''Wherever we walk together, it'll be heaven''
Addicted To You
A/N: Please do not get confused by the change of the font's color! There is NO fanfiction in a fanfiction - the supposed HunHan story mentioned in this one-shot is not 100% relevant to the rest of the plotline and only serves as one of the one-shot's many 'jokes' ;-)
Black = present
Dark blue = past (Baekhyun's memories)
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Dedicated to a special friend... 정말 사랑해, 내 자기 ~ ♥
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Who knew that this was going to be the last evening that Tao would read randomly chosen fanfictions on the internet as so-called 'good night stories' for the other eleven young men in the dorm. Who knew that Baekhyun's inner volcano of emotions would erupt on said evening and cause an unnecessarily awkward end to this comical bedtime ritual. Most of all - who knew what Byun Baekhyun-ssi was actually up to?...
"TaoRis jungle AU?"
"Noooooo, we've had that one a gazillion times before!"
"KaiSoo angst?"
"Noooooo, too unfunny!"
"KrisYeol medieval AU?"
"Chanyeol as a medieval princess? Naaaaaah!"
"KyungMyeon without plot?"
"Ewwwwwwww!"
"XiuChen bunny AU?"
"What in the actual ?"
"ing..."
"...You already read ing last week!"
Among the laughters and yelling during the messy and noisy discussion on what Tao was supposed to read out loud, Luhan suddenly stood up with a raised hand, clearing his throat loudly to gain his fellow members' attention. "Out of all the weird things you read the last times... why haven't you picked out a HunHan fanfiction yet, dearest Zitao?" A rather mischievous grin appeared on the tender-looking blonde-haired guy's lips before he put down his hand again. "Would be perfect if it even ended with our wedding party..." - "Aish, sit down and let Tao choose himself, hyung!", Baekhyun hissed while pulling on Luhan's pj pants, making the elder Chinese boy sit down beside him again. Although this was already a sign, everybody else was too excited to notice Baekhyun's unusually grumpy behavior.
"HunHan you say, hmm?", Tao looked back at the eleven guys behind him before turning back to the laptop screen on his lap. "Let's see what we can find here... - ah, there we go! 'I Lost My Mind'... sounds like the perfect title for a good night story, right?" Baekhyun rolled with his eyes in a visibly annoyed manner while the others started cheering on Tao to read the chosen HunHan story out loud; even Sehun couldn't stop chuckling to himself out of mere excitement, already leaning his head down on Luhan's lap while his legs were being placed on Jongin's lap, thus making the 'visual ' complete, as Joonmyeon liked to call the three of them. On the other hand, Baekhyun didn't like this scene at all, so he reflexively scooted closer to Luhan's side even though he was already sitting next to him pretty closely.
For someone who was usually cheerful, sugary sweet and vivid, Exo-K's petite main vocal had been a bit more than short-tempered than usually. The only times he appeared to be fully himself was when all twelve of them were practicing, when he had his derp moments with Chanyeol... or when Luhan randomly back-hugged him. In fact, he quite liked Luhan's back-hugs a lot. In Baekhyun's eyes, the elder male seemed to be especially cuddly towards the younger one, and naturally Baekhyun liked this very much and would always become the bouncy goofball that he normally was.
Without any hesitation the younger male would always respond to his hyung's lovey dovey attacks, and it wasn't a rare occasion for the two of them that they cuddled this intensely and sincerely, whether during a public event or inside their own dorm. Of course one day Baekhyun became addicted then.
What was new to him was that he was merely addicted to Luhan's skinship. Everybody knew Baekhyun loved and cherished skinship with anyone he was close to, and Exo was already a big family to the point that everybody cuddled with everyone. But his skinship with Luhan had quite a more different feel. Up to now the younger male wasn't aware of this fact, for he was only sure about one thing - whenever Luhan cuddled anybody else, this normally bubbly babyface of his would turn into a furious expression added with slightly blown up cheeks. Baekhyun wouldn't be himself anymore, and to the fellow members' surprise he would claim the doll-like hyung as his possession.
Of course Baekhyun kept denying it whenever Chanyeol about having an innocent 'boy crush' on Luhan. "Luhan-hyung belongs to Sehun or Minseok-hyung", the singer would boldly say, "HunHan or XiuHan all the way, right? D'oh!" This would be his typical respond to any of Chanyeol's concerns. Probably Chanyeol had sensed it right from the beginning on? He knew that his petite best friend wouldn't say such things. It was somewhat obvious that there were not so faint hints of jealousy showing up. Thanks to Tao's good night stories.
"...Hyung, will you marry me?" Not able to control his own amusement anymore, Tao burst out laughing, almost hugging his laptop as he rolled on his back while his voice almost cracked from the hysterical laughing fit. The other guys, except Baekhyun, were already screaming and cheering when that certain part of the fanfiction finally came up, with Jongin continuously hitting Sehun as they couldn't control their own laughing fit as well.
At first Luhan let out his usual loud and open laughter as well, but after having calmed down himself while the others kept on literally rolling on the floor laughing, he only chuckled out calmly as he gently wrapped his arms around the pouting Baekhyun from the side. At this the younger male couldn't help but curl his pinkish lips into a small smile upon getting that warm familiar feeling again. His one and only addiction beside singing - Luhan's skinship. He had waited for this all day long, in fact, he loyally kept waiting for this moment every single day, even when Exo-K and Exo-M had individual schedules. The moments when Exo were one really made him feel much more blessed. This was one of those moments in which he could just melt away in the loving warmth only Luhan's cuddliness could give him. For a few seconds he was able to forget about the jealousy that made him go insane before.
Recently jealousy wasn't unfamiliar to Baekhyun anymore. Although he highly cherished the way Luhan cared about him, the younger one couldn't ignore the way the elder male cared about the others as well. Whether it was Sehun... Minseok... Yixing... or Jongin... when it was too much for Baekhyun to handle, his usually smiling lips would suddenly turn upside down into a visible pout. It was no doubt that Luhan was fairly popular within the group, and as a matter of fact the younger vocalist had already accepted this characteristic of his hyung's long ago.
Yet it was his heart that couldn't accept it. Every tickle attack on Jongin. Unbearable. Every bromance moment with Sehun. Annoying. Every holding hands scene with Yixing. Hell on earth. Every random peck on Minseok's cheek. Way. Too. Much. Simply unacceptable.
Especially the moments Luhan had with Minseok were the ones Baekhyun had to swallow a lot since those two hyungs were both in Exo-M and known to be fairly close with each other when Luhan didn't have Sehun around him. Much to Chanyeol's amusement, the somewhat stubborn Baekhyun had attempted to make Luhan jealous many times before - to no avail. Perhaps that was why the younger one was currently riding an irritating rollercoaster of mood swings, thereby resulting an unbelievable overreaction on said last fanfiction evening.
Luhan unhesitatingly rested his chin on Baekhyun's shoulder, tightening his already warm and firm grip around the shorter guy like he usually did when cuddling with the younger one. As the Chinese boy with the porcelain-skinned feminine face let a soft hum escape from his throat, the Korean babyfaced lead singer turned his head a bit just to get a playfully gentle nudge against his button nose.
"Sorry, I couldn't resist...", Luhan chuckled out quietly, leaving a flustered and deeply blushing Baekhyun behind. At this very moment the younger and shorter one was too distracted to even listen to the continuation of the HunHan fanfiction. His face had never been so close to Luhan's like this before. To be more precise, the two of them were in a certain position that almost made them look like they were about to kiss. Instead Luhan shot his dongsaeng a loving smile. "I'm sorry, Baekhyun-ah."
Baekhyun shook his head hastily, patting his own cheeks with both hands to get rid of the heat on his flushed skin. Shortly afterwards he turned around to look back at the narrating Tao with no definite emotion on his facial expression, silently letting the cuddly Luhan squeeze the petite younger boy any further.
"Byun Baekhyun", Luhan whispered in the dark while laying on top of Baekhyun, almost squeezing the younger Korean guy to death, "...wo xi huan ni." The only thing that could be heard after that was Baekhyun's protesting whimpering, along with him helplessly wiggling with his arms beneath a widely grinning Luhan. "I don't speak Chinese, you idiot!", Baekhyun yelled with his prominently powerful-yet-youthful voice. "Have respect towards your hyung, Baekhyun-ah", Luhan laughed sweetly, squeezing the dongsaeng even more, "I told you that I like you... because I do." After finishing his last words, the elder male rolled over to lay on his side on the bouncy mattress of Baekhyun's bed, tightly and safely hugging the younger male from behind while slowly dozing off to sleep.
Unbeknownst to the deeply dreaming Luhan, Baekhyun was actually frozen with bewilderment. He didn't want to crow too soon, but for some reason this simple and sincere 'I like you' made his heartbeat race faster; whether the elder guy meant it in a friendly or 'serious' way, Baekhyun didn't care, all he knew was that he felt liked. No, even more than that. For some reason he felt loved. Sincerely and unconditionally.
On this night the Exo members decided to switch roommates out of boredom. Much to Baekhyun's joy, he pulled out Luhan's name card. So there they were. Laying down in an intimate spooning position. Something only lovers would do. Baekhyun hadn't even had this with his best friend Chanyeol before. Sure they often had their married couple moments, but it was a completely different feeling with Luhan. That was when Baekhyun doze off silently with cold tears rolling down his milky-skinned cheeks. He knew he would lose a special friend in Luhan if he listened to his thumping heart. But that was way before he turned into the grumpy cat that he was now. The grumpy cat that kept heaving out a sigh every time a y HunHan moment was mentioned.
"Seriously now... I want you two to reenact that scene right here, right now!", Jongdae demanded with a loud voice as he stood up and pointed at Luhan and Sehun, referencing to a certain romantic sequence that had been read out loud by Tao a few seconds ago. Sehun waved with both hands in a rejecting manner, immediately hiding behind a laughing Jongin, while Luhan was laughing out loud, his cheeks heating up swiftly as a result.
Expectedly the blinded Baekhyun totally misinterpreted Luhan's flushed cheeks. Although it had always been hard for him to let go of Luhan's hold, the younger male unhesitatingly freed himself from his hyung's arms, immediately scooting closer to Minseok's side, tightly wrapping his tender arms around the other hyung. Unfortunately for Baekhyun, as he decided to ignore Luhan from now on, he couldn't see that the elder male had become rather surprised now. Yes, Luhan just sat there with big dumbfounded eyes, staring at his moody dongsaeng with his jaw slightly dropped to the point that he began to ignore his cheering surroundings. He only reacted the moment Sehun pulled him up, and that was when Baekhyun finally turned his attention towards Luhan again.
"KISS AND HUG! KISS AND HUG!" Everybody kept cheering and shouting as Luhan and Sehun stood in front of each other, face to face, grinning at each other in the most awkward way possible. Only Baekhyun groaned with irritation at the unbearable sight, squeezing on Minseok's arm shortly before Minseok himself stood up to stand right behind Luhan, pushing the bashful Chinese guy closer against Sehun so that the maknae practically had to hold him. It began in only a few quick seconds - and HunHan let their own ship sail itself by reenacting the requested sequence.
It was obvious that they both did it for fun, but Baekhyun understood no fun. At all. It was a quite unusual moment for the normally fun-loving Byun Baekhyun. But when it came to the one he treasured the most, there was supposed to be no fun involved. Eventually this was the of any past events that had happened the last few weeks. Too blinded to even realize that Sehun only pecked the corner of Luhan's mouth, Baekhyun stood up without words, walking behind his laughing bandmates who were too busy being amused to even notice him, and directly made his way to where the dorm's fuse panel was, immediately turning off the whole electricity. In the twinkling of an eye the whole place was dark; no one but Byun Baekhyun understood why. All of a sudden the eletricity was again after a brief moment of total darkness, and as soon as the remaining eleven boys became noisier in the living room, all electricity was turned off again... and on... and off... and on... and...
"I say disco, you say party, DISCO DISCO, PARTY PARTY!!!" While shaking and bopping his head like he was partying hard, Baekhyun kept turning the fuse panel on and off continuously, as if he were possessed. The now completely insane vocalist just kept up with his annoying actions for a while, until all of a sudden two huge hands were harshly placed on his tiny shoulders, making the shorter guy stop at once. "The party is over", a prominently deep voice spoke, and as Baekhyun turned around, he kind of sensed in the dark that it was his tall best friend Chanyeol who seemed more than frightening at this very moment. After gulping down quietly out of intimidation, Baekhyun only cheeped out bashfully: "Sorry... friend..." Chanyeol heaved out a sigh and didn't dare to hurt his petite friend at all, as gentle as he was. "I know what you feel for Luhan-hyung", the rapper told the singer calmly, "so go and tell him instead of acting this childish."
Baekhyun felt like his heart had just clenched somewhat tightly at Chanyeol's words. Was he right? Had Baekhyun developed a crush on Luhan... or even more than that? Baekhyun started to have flashbacks of his own personal moments with Luhan just when Chanyeol went on to turn on the fuse panel again.
Every gentle squeeze. Every intertwined fingers. Every loving whisper. Every sweet nothings that had been exchanged. Every nose-nudging and cheek-rubbing. Secretly Baekhyun had always been addicted to every single lovey dovey moment with Luhan, and though the younger male showcased this through his body language and his recent actions, he had never admitted it out loud before. Suddenly all the jealousy and other bad thoughts were gone, completely. Erased from his messed up mind, just to get replaced by the lovely memories he had shared with his most beloved hyung. Slowly he curled his lips into his usually cheery smile again.
The door opened - and out of nowhere Luhan stood there with an obviously concerned expression written on his fair-skinned face. "It was you", he mumbled out with a slight hint of shock, staring at Baekhyun as if he couldn't believe that the younger one could be this shameless. Chanyeol let out a rather amused chuckle then. "I think it's better if I leave you two alone from now on", he said with his friendly deep voice, walking past Luhan to leave the small storeroom. Without hesitation Luhan took this chance to step inside, closing the door behind him before he went on approaching his dongsaeng. "Baekhyun... what's wrong with you?", he still mumbled out calmly, shooting the younger male a visibly worried frown. "Why did you do that, you almost caused a short circuit..." - "Ge, wo ai ni!", Baekhyun interrupted by dropping his broken Chinese, directly confessing to the now completely flustered Luhan. "W-what... what did you just say, Baekhyun-ah?!", Luhan said with a slightly dropped jaw, shaking his head fast and trying to grasp what he had just received - a mere and sincere love confession. "Yah...", Baekhyun mumbled as he looked down with a visibly nervous facial expression, additionally shoving his lower lip forward as he wasn't able to hide his true feelings anymore. "Hyung... I told you that I love you... because I do." At this the bubbly babyface made a comeback, looking up to gaze back into Luhan's round eyes with a proud, yet still sad smile on his faintly parted lips.
Luhan was lost for words. He blinked with his eyes a few times, inwardly trying to convince himself that he wasn't dreaming, before he dared to step closer towards the younger and shorter one. "Can you also tell me... why...?" As the elder male spoke out those words with his soothing and soft voice, he also couldn't help but curl his small lips into a somewhat relieved smile. This flustered Baekhyun a lot, but it didn't stop him from confessing any further. "You... your... your warm... and gentle touch... hyung", the younger singer almost stuttered, instantly taking in a deep breath to continue talking normally: "You gave me incredibly lots of affection when I needed it the most... and without all of it, it's like someone else is taking away my favorite drug from me..." Baekhyun's voice cracked a little right before he could finish his words. "How do I even put it...", he suddenly continued, "...I'm addicted to you and I could not help but fall even deeper at one point or another. Deal with it, hyung." Quickly afterwards Baekhyun folded his hands behind his back in a rather sheepish manner, secretly playing with his fingers out of nervousness. Despite all of this, he still dared to shoot a direct look into Luhan's prominent eyes, trying hard to showcase all the courage he had gathered for this one and only confession.
Much to Baekhyun's surprise though, Luhan slightly covered his grinning mouth with a balled fist, letting a soft-sounding chuckle escape from his throat added with a bright eyesmile. "Gosh, Baekhyun, why are you so cute?", he told his dongsaeng frankly. "And most of all - why didn't you tell me earlier on... I confessed to you first, remember?" This was when a certain lightning struck into Baekhyun's head. Of course he remembered. In fact, he was never able to forget about that one night when Luhan said 'I like you'. But 'like' wasn't 'love'... or was it? "Of course I was being discreet", Luhan added with an embarrassed laughter. The younger male couldn't believe his eyes and ears. There he saw his most beloved hyung visibly blushing all over his usually milky cheeks. "To be honest, I'm more than glad you feel the same way", the elder doll-like male continued talking once again, "I've always kind of adored you from afar and I would be totally happy every time you never ran away from my cuddle attacks." Convinced at his own words, Luhan additionally nodded twice before shooting Baekhyun a somewhat proud smile. "Also, just so you know - I'm always cuddly towards everyone I like, but please don't get it the wrong way, Baekhyun-ah... my hugs for you are the only ones filled with love... because I only love you, okay?"
This time Baekhyun became lost for words. No, he wasn't dreaming... but it still felt pretty surreal to him. He couldn't believe it could be this easy to love and to be loved in return. All this time he had always convinced himself that he'd live in an illusion of an unrequited love. On the contrary - Luhan's skinship attacks were real signs of both love and affection, and not only the latter. Shortly over his lips thoughtfully, Baekhyun took a few steps closer before he carefully wrapped his arms around the elder one, tilting his head a bit to the side while gazing down at Luhan's lips. "Are you about to do what I'm about to do as well, Baekhyun-ah?", the elder male almost whispered as he tilted his head a bit to the opposite side. Without hesitating too much both guys' lips were finally connected in a tender and pure kiss. As the younger male immediately felt his heartbeat racing a tad faster, a sudden rush of excitement added with butterflies in his stomach overcame him in the blink of an eye, and without thinking twice he swiftly tightened his grip around his hyung, pressing himself even closer against the elder male who was now attempting to deepen the kiss a little. After daring to move their lips a bit more passionately against each other's, Luhan made some slow steps forward until he slightly pushed Baekhyun against the wall.
Shortly afterwards Luhan carefully broke the intensely gentle liplocking just to place a few loving pecks on Baekhyun's lips while both of them were slowly sinking down on the ground, with Baekhyun sitting down with his back against the slightly cold wall and Luhan knelt down hovering over the younger one. Catching Baekhyun's lips once again for another intense kiss, Luhan already pleaded for entrance by tenderly over those sweet-tasting lips of his dongsaeng's, right before he pulled back again. "Is that... okay... for you...?", Luhan whispered softly against Baekhyun's already parted lips, to which the impatient dongsaeng hissed quietly: "Aish, just kiss me as hard as you want to, hyung!" Letting out a short and approving chuckle at first, Luhan swiftly pressed another passionate kiss onto Baekhyun's already reddish lips right away, the two of them connected in a tight and trustful embrace again while lovingly and deeply kissing each other at last.
This was the last night of all fanfiction reading nights. Nobody knew what Baekhyun was up to, but whatever he did, he had achieved his goal in the end. To love and to be loved in return. Sincerely and unconditionally.
- BONUS SCENE -
Just when Chanyeol stepped inside the living room again, he hadn't expected all the curious looks that he suddenly received. "Did they finally confess to each other...?", Kris asked slightly deadpan, to which Chanyeol responded with a shrug with his shoulders. "How am I supposed to know?", he said with a smile, "But I do hope they did just now, or else..."
In a split second the electricity was turned off again before Chanyeol could even finish his sentence. The whole living room became silent for quite a while. "I guess they did", Joonmyeon mumbled out rather insecurely. Right after that only Kyungsoo's fiery yelling could be heard in the end.
"BYUN BAEKHYUN!!!!!!!!"
THE END
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