Sehun stopped as he reached their table.

He looked at Baekhyun.

Baekhyun looked at Chanyeol.

Chanyeol looked at Sehun.

And Kris felt left out so he kicked Chanyeol again.

Then a lady came to sweep up the mess that Baekhyun had created.

Okay.

We’re back to the first stage.

Awkwardness.

Chanyeol shuffled over to make room as Sehun slowly sat down.  He seemed to be a little nervous.

Baekhyun felt something rise in his stomach. He couldn’t stop narrowing his eyes at the tiny amount of space between them.

He wanted to…uh…

He wanted to…crawl over the table and squash himself between them.

He wanted to be that awkward middle seat separating the two people in the back of a car.

Just sitting there…

So they couldn’t hold hands…

Or touch each other tenderly on the knee…

Or play the piano on each other’s leg…

Or-

What the hell was wrong with him?!

Baekhyun watched carefully as Chanyeol wrapped his arm…slowly…around Sehun’s…waist.

Waist.

Okay.

Calm down.

Chanyeol turned to face Sehun and tilted his head a little as he spoke.

“Sehunnie. You are late, for a very important date.”

Date.

Baekhyun’s clawed at the seat. Hopefully Kris wasn’t hawk-eyeing him right now.

Sehun blushed slightly as he pulled his face away slightly at Chanyeol’s closeness.

“Yah…hdafjhfjkdahf.”

Well. He didn’t really say hdafjhfjkdahf but it was implied. Because he went all giggly and cute.

He really hadn’t changed.

Baekhyun coughed a little and scratched his neck.

“Uh- h-hi…Se…hun…” He mumbled.

Awkward…

Shut up.

Sehun glanced over at him. He smiled sweetly.

“Ah~ Hello.” He inched a little closer to Chanyeol, eyes still locked on Baekhyun. “I’m sorry but…”

“Who are you?”

Baekhyun’s jaw dropped.

You’re kidding me, right?

How could he not forget that extremely awkward awesome, terrible beautiful, hell of a once in a lifetime date?

“Y-y-you…don’t remember me?” Baekhyun let out an unintentional whine.

Sehun looked cutely at Chanyeol and then shook his head.

Something important lingered in the back of Baekhyun’s mind. But he couldn’t quite remember what it was. Definitely not now…

“I can’t believe I’m saying this…” Baekhyun began, “but Kai, you know, the guy that looks like he’s been to the beach a few too many times, set you and me up on a date!”

Sehun pouted and shook his head again.

“Who?”

“You know! The guy who thinks he’s y and all when he scrunches up his face and bares his teeth like a dog with rabies?”

“…no?”

“He’s like to wave like he’s grabbing ies!”

“no.”

Baekhyun let out an exhausted sigh and face planted himself on the table. He swore he could hear somebody giggling.

It’s not me.

I know. You already died of laughter.

Suddenly Baekhyun remembered.

His head shot up.

“Sehun! Aren’t you seeing some Chinese blonde dude with 22 hair?!”

…

Scene 5. Take Two. Action!

“Sehun….aren’t you…seeing…blond…hair…dude…who is…twenty-two…?”

Baekhyun cursed at himself for having to translate his own words.

Sehun turned away slightly from Chanyeol as he said it. He began to open his mouth, just as…

…some Chinese age blonde dude with 22 hair walked up to him.

The 22-blond-hair widened his eyes.

“Sehun?!”

Sehun pulled away from Chanyeol and immediately stood up, ungracefully apologising to the angel in front of him.

“Luhan! Please! It’s not what it looks like!”

“Then what does it look like exactly, Se-Hun?!”

The emphasis of each syllable made Baekhyun feel uneasy, even though he wasn’t the one being yelled at.

Luhan looked like he was about to cry…but seriously. Was this guy really twenty-two? Baekhyun was younger and he still felt like a pedo…

Sehun tried to touch Luhan’s hand softly, but Luhan pulled away. He let out a soft sob and headed out of the café. Sehun instantly got up and followed him quickly.

Baekhyun just stared at Chanyeol.

Chanyeol watched them leave.

Kris felt left out again.

Baekhyun expected Chanyeol to get up and follow the two outside to explain or apologise or something!

But…he…just reached across the table and locked fingers with…Kris.

What the hell was going on here?!?!

Baekhyun felt his brain explode…again – for the second time in two days!

Chanyeol wasn’t just a jerk!

He was an absolute player!

“Chanyeol! Aren’t you going to follow them?!”

“No? Why?”

“Shouldn’t you apologise or something?!”

“No. Why?”

“…”

Because you’re an .

Because you probably just broke up a beautiful relationship.

Because you should feel bad.

Because I’m going to hit you if you don’t.

“Because I said so.”

Chanyeol laughed again, smugly.

Baekhyun heard the bell on the door ring again, and Sehun ran in, teary eyed and sobbing.

He fell onto the seat and threw his face into his arms on the table.

“Lu-lu-han…” He choked out between sobs.

Baekhyun felt an urge to place a hand on the crying boy’s hair…but he didn’t. Probably because it was styled very well, and he didn’t want to mess it up.

Kris spoke for the first time in ages.

“Luhan what? Sehun?”

“H-he…j-just…”

“Yes?”

“A UFO just c-came out of nowhere…and suddenly a l-light ray came down and…”

him up!

Baekhyun…He uh…

Baekhyun…uh…

What?

Then suddenly the entire booth cracked up in laughter.

Baekhyun just sat there…mortified.

Kris laughed. Somehow he still had his -face on.

Sehun cried/laughed into his arms.

Chanyeol had the whole shebang. Crazy smile, crazy twitchy eye, clapping, knee slapping.

Whoopty-freaking-do.

Luhan had obviously heard the laughter and came rushing in to join in the humiliation of Byun Baekhyun.

Only 20c a laugh.

Pies in the face cost an extra 50c.

Great. They’re laughing at you.

If you had done your job, I would have figured out they were all pranking me a lot sooner!

Where’s the fun in that?

Luhan snuggled up to Sehun, cutely placing his head on his shoulder.

Chanyeol stopped laughing. Thank god.

Kris…-mode still activated.

Baekhyun huffed in his seat.

“So you’re all friends.”

Chanyeol laughed again.

He took it that was a yes.

“And you were all in on it.”

Luhan pouted as if he was apologising but as he felt Sehun laugh a little, he snorted and began giggling too.

“And you do remember me.” He turned to Sehun.

Sehun still shook his head.

He was wrong.

He thought there would only be one Chanyeol in his life.

But there were four.

Wait. He was wrong again.

He thought there would only be one jerk like Chanyeol in his life.

But there were four.

And in the end, there was still only one was Chanyeol.

And that was the person, no jerk could be jerkier than.

Baekhyun remembered the feeling in his stomach when he thought Sehun and Chanyeol were together.

Dammit Jealously, didn’t think I’d be seeing you so soon.

This time it was Baekhyun who kicked Chanyeol under the table.

“Moron. You owe me a coffee.”