"Come on, you can do this, Baek. Don't be nervous. You can do this!" he encouraged himself, hyping himself up and trying to keep calm at the same time. He didn't want to make a fool of himself in front of the pizza guy.

He had come to know the pizza delivery guy very well. When his pregnancy cravings called for pizza almost every other day of the week, he always called the closest pizza joint and ordered a large pizza to himself. And every time he called, it was the same pizza delivery guy who came to his house. He had the most dazzling smile ever and his tan skin glowed even in the dull light of Baekhyun's entryway to his apartment. 

Jlongin was his name, as he came to learn. He wore no nametag so it had taken a lot of guts on Baekhyun's side to ask him what his name was. When he had asked, Jongin's slim features and gorgeous eyes lit up as he animatedly shared his name. Baekhyun had nearly forgotten to tell the younger what his name was before Jongin reminded him. 

Baekhyun was usually confident, but after getting out of an abusive relationship where his boyfriend did nothing but criticize him, he kind of lost that confidence he held so proudly before. As a result of that relationship, Baekhyun got pregnant and his boyfriend had nearly lost it. For fear that he would grow violent and physically abusive, Baekhyun left for good. His boyfriend wasn't going to say another hideous word towards him and his baby. They hadn't had contact since then. 

So here he was: pregnant, single, twenty-two, and crushing hard on Kim Jongin. When he had first called that pizza place all those weeks ago, Baekhyun had just started showing, but Jongin was never able to see it. He had been sixteen weeks, and now he was twenty-three weeks along. There was a major size difference, but Jongin had never commented on his rapidly growing midsection. He never even spared it a glance, even when Baekhyun had opened his apartment door with no shirt on at eighteen weeks along, the slight swell of his abdomen on display. It had been miserably hot that day and he just couldn't stand wearing clothes. He had nearly forgotten he had called in a pizza until there stood Jongin with Baekhyun's chicken and barbeque pizza in hand. But like the gentleman he was, he didn't comment or even look at Baekhyun's round belly. He had been kind and cordial as always. 

So tonight, Baekhyun was going to ask Jongin on a date. He had been mustering up the courage for a week and he had seen him twice in that week. His self-confidence was more or less shattered by the words of someone whom he loved. Baekhyun had loved his ex so much and his love language was words of affirmation, 100%. Not hearing those things made him work harder for no reason. It had been hell and now he wasn't even sure if Jongin liked him in that way. He wasn't so sure, but he was going to try because damn it, he deserved some good in his life even though it was falling apart.  

Baekhyun was waiting on his vegetarian pizza - at this point, he had eaten just about every kind of pizza they had. He hadn't tried vegetarian yet - and was practicing his smile even though Jongin had seen it just about eighty times already. He was wearing one of the last shirts that fit him, which happened to be a white v-neck that complimented his entire upper half. It wasn't too snug on his belly, which was a plus. He was wearing a long and dark cardigan with it and black jeans. He looked pretty well put together even though what he was wearing wasn't overly extravagant. Baekhyun thought he looked nice, something he hadn't thought in a long time. 

His pizza was due to arrive any second and along with the pizza woul