"Defense! Defense!" The whole school was chanting. Chanyeol barely heard the screaming. He was playing for his life. This was it. The championship. This was his entry to college. A future in the NBA. He looked at Kris, his teammate and captain, and nods. Their opponent makes a shot and Kris, guarding the ring, swept the ball before it even touches the ring. He dribbled the ball before looking for Chanyeol. 0:20, the clock said. Chanyeol looked at Kris again and raised his hands. Kris passed him the ball and he runs inside and shoots the ball from under the ring. They watch the ball as it rolls around the rim. 5...4...3...2...it goes inside...1.

"2 points for number 64! And Seoul High wins! Seoul High is this year's Champion!"

Chanyeol hugs his nearest teammate, Kris and pumps his fist. Kris ruffles his hair and said, "Good work, kid."

They went into the showers in high spirits. Everyone was singing, shouting, doing some kind of a dance and Chanyeol, in the middle of it all was smiling so wide. He noticed a girl, sitting in the bench in front of the locker rooms, head buried in a book. She looked familiar.

"Hey nerd!" He called out. She looked up and pushed her glasses up and Chanyeol was glad that he was right, it was the girl who sits beside him in his stats class. Baekhyun.

"Shut up, jock." She rolled her eyes at him before returning to her book. Chanyeol, being the jerk that he was, snatched the book from her and raised it high up.

"Hey! Give it back!" She shouted while struggling to tiptoe around the tall jock to reach her book. Chanyeol looked up at the book and squinted to read a part of the book.

"His head bent to one , his mouth hunting for the tip...wah nerd! Are you a ert?" Chanyeol's eyes were wide and looking into Baekhyun's. When their eyes met, Chanyeol felt his heart thud making him lower down the book. Baekhyun snatched the book back and sat back down.

"Shut up jock!" Baekhyun opened the book back to where she stopped before Chanyeol arrived. Chanyeol shook his head to clear whatever that had happened. He went towards the lockers before hearing Baekhyun call him back.

"Can you tell Kris I'm waiting for him here." Baekhyun said without looking up from reading her book.

Chanyeol felt his mood dampen with the statement. But he can't figure out why. His captain dating his classmate was none of his business. He doesn't care. You do. He shrugged before going inside and looked for Kris, relaying Baekhyun's message before going to the showers and washing away the weird feelings he was having.

 

"Baekhyun, did you wait long?" Kris softly asked while carrying his and her bags. 

"Nope, it's fine. I brought a book so it's ok." Baekhyun closed her book and followed Kris to his car. They got inside and sped away.

Chanyeol looked at the car before it a corner and was out of sight. He didn't know nerd and his captain were dating. He didn't know his captain was dating anyone. Last he checked, he was still heartbroken from this Chinese exchange student named Xing, who went back to China to finish her studies. He also didn't know Baekhyun was dating anyone, not that he would have noticed anyway. He only sees her in stats class and sometimes alone in the cafeteria. And she does not look like Kris' type, not that he'd know. He went into his own car and went his way. 

 

They were holding a party as a celebration for winning the championship at one of his teammates' houses. Chanyeol went to appear for a while before going home and sleeping the night away. 

"Chanyeol!" Kai, one of his teammates, greeted him. "Hey, glad you could come! Help yourself with the food and the booze. It's all there at the back." 

Chanyeol went inside, grabbed a plate and filled it. He heard his stomach growl. It had been an exhausting day. He grabbed one can of beer and walked outside to where the pool and the party were and sat on one of the plastic chairs by the pool, a little further from where the party was.

“Ew, you again.” Said a girl with a nice voice on his right. He looked up from inhaling his food to see Baekhyun sitting beside him. He smirked at her and she laughed at his face. Call Chanyeol crazy but he thinks her laugh sounded angelic. She was laughing at him and he thinks it’s angelic. Maybe the hit from the ball earlier had loosened a few screws.

“What’s funny, nerd?” Chanyeol went back to eating.

“You.” Baekhyun retorted back. She laughed again when Chanyeol’s face turned red with anger.

“You little-“

“Baek!” They heard a voice calling from behind.

“Baek, I was looking all over for you. You should tell me before disappearing like that.” Kris sat down beside Baekhyun slipping his arms around her.

“Kris oppa, I just don’t like it there. You know, nobody likes me here and I’m not one for parties.” Baekhyun slumped into the chair with Kris’ arms still around her. Chanyeol felt something clench in his chest seeing the two practically hugging in front of him.

“Oh hey, Chanyeol.” Kris called out. He must have been staring because they both looked at him weirdly.

“Uh, hey Kris.” Chanyeol responded then looked down at his food. Suddenly the food looks unappealing. He gulped his beer instead.

“Hey slow down there.” Kris called out. He looked beside him and saw Kris pulling on Baekhyun’s ears, Baekhyun having an annoyed look on her face.

“Sorry for bringing you here. I just needed to stop by. We’ll go home now, ok?”

“No!” Baekhyun said with an alarmed voice sitting straight. “I, uhm, it’s ok. You can go and have fun with them. I-I’ll be right here. I still have my book so I’ll just read.”

Chanyeol felt like he was intruding on their conversation but he can’t make himself stand and walk away.

Kris looked at Baekhyun with surprise. She wanted to stay?

“Alright, then. I’m going back there to greet someone. Want some more food?”

Baekhyun shook her head.

“Sure? Ok.” Kris stood up, withdrawing his hands from Baekhyun’s and kissing her forehead.

“Chanyeol, take care of my baby here. If something bad happens to her, I’ll kill you.” Kris’ voice was calm but there was a clear threat in his voice.

“Yes, sir.” Chanyeol answered and when Kris was out of sight, he let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding.

Baekhyun grabbed her backpack and took out the same book she was reading from when she was sitting near the lockers.

“So Baek-“

“Don’t call me Baek, we’re not friends.” Baekhyun said before turning a page rather harshly.

“Alright, nerd then.”

“Will you shut up! I’m reading here. Why don’t you go party like everybody else. I’m sure those ty cheerleaders over there are hunting for you.”

“You know, if I didn’t know any better, I’d say you’re jealous. But that wouldn’t be true, right nerd?”

“Me? Jealous? Why would I be jealous over you? Dumb jock.” Baekhyun raised her book, so Chanyeol wouldn’t see the smile on her face.

Chanyeol was chuckling after his conversation with Baekhyun. They always banter like this before class starts and he was always comfortable with her. She wouldn’t gush about him and she wouldn’t cling to him. But he wants her to. He wants her to cling to him. Wait, what? I don’t like her!

“Don’t like who?” Baekhyun lowered her book and looked curiously at Chanyeol.

“Uhm, what? I didn’t say that. You must be hearing things.” Chanyeol tried to save himself but failed. He should be careful of voicing out his thoughts, who knows what he might be blurting out next. You like her, admit it. And you’re jealous of Kris.

“I’m not! Shut up!” Baekhyun looked at him and tried to act scared. She looked so cute that he stared.

“You know, they say I’m weird, but I think you’re weirder.” She laughed her angelic laugh again.

“Whatever. I’m not. Bye nerd.” Chanyeol stood up after finishing everything he had in his plate and the lone can of beer he took. He wanted to walk away from her, from his thoughts, from this house.

“Wait, where are you going?” Baekhyun asked.

“Home. I said I was just going for a while so this is my ‘a while’.”

“You just came here for the food?”
“Yeah, why? You want me to stay?” Chanyeol teased. What’s the harm in teasing her, Kris’ isn’t anywhere near anyway. See, you like her.

“No, you intruded on my reading. I’m glad you’re going.”

“If you say so.” Chanyeol went to the trash bin to dump his waste. Before going back unconsciously and even surprising himself with his question.

“Hey, since you don’t want to stay anyway. I could drive you back home.” Chanyeol tried to hide his nervousness waiting for the answer with shuffling his feet.

Baekhyun looked up at him with an obvious shock on her face. She looked cute surprised and he wanted to pinch her cute nose.

“You sure? I live far from here.” Chanyeol nodded. “Uhm ok. No regrets jock, lets go.”

“Don’t you need to ask Kris first?” Chanyeol winced at the name.

“I’ll just text him on the way.” Baekhyun said slinging her backpack behind her, clutching her book on her hand. She was looking or staring at Chanyeol’s back and smiling she took out her phone and texted Kris.

Chanyeol’s driving me home ^^ See you later. Love you.

Baekhyun put back her phone on her pockets and followed Chanyeol out the door to his car. When they went inside, Chanyeol leaned over to put her seatbelt on.

“I-I can do it.” But Chanyeol had already pulled the belt around. After hearing the click she said her thanks.

They drove in silence. The only sound was her giving directions to her house. She does live far away, Chanyeol thought.

“Turn here. Then stop in front of the white gate.” Baekhyun said softly. She had a smile when she climbed in his car but she now has a frown on her face.

When they stopped in front of her house, Chanyeol went out and around to open the door for her. He walked her to her door. Chanyeol was fidgeting on her side. He felt weird doing this for her when he had done this a dozen times on dozen dates he went to. But this wasn’t a date.

“Uhm, thanks for driving me. You didn’t have to walk me to my door.” She said and he heard her whisper dumb jock under her breath.

“It’s ok. I don’t mind.” Chanyeol was waiting with her for someone to open the door. “You can go now, you know.”

A woman who strikingly resembles Baekhyun opened the door.

“Baekhyun! Where’s Kris? Who is this handsome young man?” She asked with a smile on her face.

“Oppa stayed at the party. This is Chanyeol, my classmate. Chanyeol, this is my mom.”

“Hi Ma’am. Just driving your daughter home. I-I’ll go now. See you at school.”

Baekhyun and her mom watch as Chanyeol walked back to his car, closing the door only when the car had gone off their sight.

“So, Chanyeol?”

“Mom, please.” Baekhyun had an embarrassed look on her face.

“He’s cute and nice. Walking you to your door.” Her mom followed her up to her room. Standing on her doorframe looking at her with a teasing glint in her eyes. Wiggling her eyebrows, she asked, “so who is he?”

“My classmate.”

“Just a classmate?”

“Moooooom!”

“Alright, why don’t I just ask Kris? I’m sure he knows him.”

“No! Mom, please don’t tell Kris! He’ll kill him for sure.”

“And you don’t want him killed, of course. So who’s he?”

“He’s also in the basketball team.”

“Ooooohhh.”

“Mom!” She looked pointedly at her mother.

“He’s just a nice friend mom. We’re not even friends.”
“But you want to be.”

“You’re embarrassing mom.”

“Isn’t that what mothers do?” She chuckled before leaning in and kissing her daughter’s forehead. “Good night love. I’ll wait up for your brother. Now, sleep. So you won’t have eyebags tomorrow and this Chanyeol boy will love you.”

Baekhyun rolled her eyes. “Mom, good night!”

 

The next day, in their stats class, Baekhyun sat on a corner reading a new book.

“Hey ! Reading racy storied again.” Chanyeol greeted with a teasing voice. He nudged her before grabbing and closing her book. Baekhyun looked up angrily, ready to curse Chanyeol, when she sees his face so close to hers and looking straight into her eyes.

“Hi.” He greeted again with a breathless voice.

“H-hi.” Baekhyun looked away feeling her heart beat right out of her chest. “Can I have my book now please?”

“Nope. You have to talk to me.”

“About what?”

“I-uhm-I need a tutor for the upcoming exams.” Chanyeol fiddled with edge of the book he was still holding.

“And I thought since you have the best grade in stats and in chem, maybe you would like to help me? I really need to pass my exams.” Chanyeol looked up with pleading eyes. And Baekhyun thought, who could say no to that?

“Fine. Why don’t we study at my house every Wednesday night? Kris will be angry if I stay late at school so might as well do it at home.”

Oh yeah, he forgot about Kris.

“Ok, won’t Kris be angry if I come to your house?”

“Why would he be?”

“Cause he’s your-“

“Class! Pop quiz! Take out a pen and a paper.” The teacher cut off into their conversation. Baekhyun swipped back her book before taking out a pen and two papers, one for her and one for Chanyeol, just like always.

 

“So why is Chanyeol coming over again?” Kris asked while keeping his anger in check.

“I’m tutoring him. That’s all. Why are you so against it?” Baekhyun just told her parents that Chanyeol will be coming over later that night and Kris was quick to object.

“Because I know Chanyeol, Chanyeol is a ladies man. He’s…just be careful ok? He’s popular and handsome and has dimple on his face.”

Baekhyun crunched up her nose, “What’s the dimple got to do with this?”

“I know you like dimples. Don’t even deny it. And he can charm you up. If he hurts you, I’ll kill him.”

“Anyone who goes near me, you give murderous eyes. That’s why I never got a date through out high school.”

“Good! I made a good job then.”

“But Chanyeol doesn’t even like me, it’s not even a date!”

“As if I don’t know these stuff! I asked Xing to tutor me before and it ended up with me on her bed…I mean…wait, I mean just I know where this is going!”

Baekhyun whipped up to face her brother, “He doesn’t see me like that. I’m not pretty like Xing is. I’m not pretty like any of those girls he dated. I’m just smart enough in stats and chem that he wants me to help him.”

“But you like him.” He stated.

“So?”

“Baek…” Kris sighed and reached out to his sister.

“No.” Baekhyun walked away to open their door.

 

“Hey, Chanyeol.” Baekhyun opened the door to see Chanyeol with his hands on his pockets looking great in his jeans and plain shirt.

“Hey, Baek. Sorry to be late, my car had problems starting up.”

“No problem. Come inside.”

“Hey Mrs. Byun.” Chanyeol greeted the woman walking to their dining table setting up dinner.

“Oh hey Chanyeol. You’re just in time for dinner! Baek, show him to the washroom so he could wash his hands then we can eat.”

“But, uhm, no need to feed me Mrs. Byun.”

Baekhyun dragged Chanyeol to the washroom. “Better not contradict my mom. She finds ways to still convince you to do her bidding.”

Chanyeol chuckled, hyper aware of Baekhyun’s hands on his arms.

On the way to the washroom, they bump into Kris.

Oh, Kris was also here.

“Hey dude.” Kris’ tone sent chills up his spine.

“Hey Kris. Uhm I hope you don’t mind me-“

“Oh I mind Chanyeol. I mind. I’ll be watching you like a hawk tonight. Touch her and you’re dead.” The hairs on Chanyeol’s arms stood up.

“Stop bullying him! Just go and wash your hands Yeol.”

Kris followed Chanyeol inside the washroom. Closing the door behind him fast before Baekhyun can protest.

“Hey! Oppa! Open the door! Hey!” Baekhyun was pounding on the door.

“Listen you punk! Touch my sister and you’re dead. Try hitting on her and you’re dead. Keep 10 miles of distance from her at all times.” Kris threatened. But all fell on deaf ears since Chanyeol heard the word sister from Kris. They were siblings?

“You’re her brother?”

“Why else would I be living in the same house? Wait, you thought I was her boyfriend?” Kris started laughing.

“Well, I didn’t know you had a sister.”

“I keep her hidden because of predators like you.”

“Hey! I’m not a predator! And-” Baekhyun burst into the room holding out the keys victoriously in her hand. She dragged Chanyeol away from Kris and down to their dining room. Chanyeol sat beside her as Mrs. Byun put a nice smelling roasted chicken in front of them.

The dinner went by with Mrs. Byun teasing her daughter and Baekhyun being embarrassed with her mother. Chanyeol laughed it off and Kris kept giving him murderous glances. Baekhyun and Chanyeol went up to her room for the study session.

“It’s quieter here than downstairs.”

“I’ll be watching you, Chanyeol!” Kris called from downstairs.

“I swear they are both embarrassing.”

They went inside her room. He looked around and saw posters of a famous boyband up on her walls. He saw framed family vacation pictures on her nightstand. And her room smells like flowers. Chanyeol thought it smelled wonderful. She smelled wonderful.

“So you like EXO?”

“What? Oh, yeah. They’re cool.”

“Didn’t peg you for a fangirl.”

“What? You thought I’d have Einstein posted on my walls? Or equations?”

Chanyeol felt his cheeks fire up. “Of course not. I’d just…You...I...I don’t know. Sorry.”

“I was joking. I like them but I don't feel the need to tell anybody I like them.” Baekhyun sat on the edge of her bed. She tapped the place beside her for Chanyeol to sit. "I have no other space so we have to do it in bed, sorry." 

"It's uhm, fine." Chanyeol was nervous. They were just going to have a tutor session, not like they were going to do something else.  He has to calm down his racing heart. 

"Hey, you ok?" Baekhyun waved her hand in front of Chanyeol then put it on his shoulders. How to calm his heart now?

"Yeah, yeah. Uhm," Chanyeol turned around to get his stats book from his bag and took it out. "So where do we start?" He looked up to see Baekhyun peering into him. 

"Chapter 2? Probabilities?" They started the session with Chanyeol's questions. Why do I divide it by n? What is the difference between combination and permutation? Why is it always a fair die? It is really fair to die?

Baekhyun chuckled. "It's a dice, Chanyeol! Not die as dying and death! We only assume that the dice is the same on all it's side, nothing will make it turn into one side more than the others. So then if I want 1, what is the chance that I will get 1 from tossing a fair die?"

Chanyeol scratched his head with a pencil. "Uhm, 1 over 5? No! 6! 1/6!"

"Very good!" Baekhyun smiled up at him and he swears he saw his whole world turn bright with the smile. He will answer everything correctly from now on if it means she will smile up at him like that.  

They continued on with the lesson and Chanyeol grasping the concepts bit by bit. He was amazed how patient Baekhyun was with him and how smart she really is. 
 

"We take a fair coin and," She paused to take off her glasses and rub her eyes. They had been studying for quite a while and her eyes are getting teary. When she stopped rubbing she looked up and Chanyeol saw her eyes. Her beautiful brown eyes. They were the best shade of brown and just perfect. She put on her glasses and looked up. Chanyeol, mesmerized, stopped her hand. 

"What?" 

"Don't...glasses...I mean, your eyes. They're really nice." 

Baekhyun blushed and looked down shyly. "Thanks!" 

"Really, it's true. Why do you hide them with such think glasses?" Baekhyun saw Chanyeol's sincere bright smile. 

"I-I can't wear contacts yet. I'm not comfortable and my eyes get red and itchy." 

"I see."

"Ow!" She flinched. "I poked my eye!" She kept her eyes closed and kept pressing her fingers into her eyes.

"Let me see." Chanyeol leaned and was trying to take her hands off her eyes but she kept them on her eyes and leaned backward away from Chanyeol. 

"No, it's ok. I..." She fell back with Chanyeol still holding her wrists. They were now sprawled on the ground, Chanyeol on top of her holding her. Baekhyun opened her eyes and they locked gazes. They were staring into each other's eyes, immersed in their own world.

"Chanyeol!" Kris slammed the door open to see his sister and his teammate on the floor on a compromising position. 

"I thought I told you not to touch her!" The two jumped from Kris' voice and babbled, explained why they were in such a position. 

"She...poked her eye."

"And he was..."

"She fell and..."

"He fell with me..."

"Shut up! Time to go home Chanyeol!" Kris tugged on Baekhyun's arms to turn her away from Chanyeol. Chanyeol looked apologetic to Baekhyun before following them out the room and out the front door.

 

It was the second week of their session and this time, unlike the last, they were awkward around each other. Both shy of what happened and both afraid that Kris will appear any second.

"We go to normal curves?" 

"Yeah, yeah. Bell curves."

"What?"

"Bell curves."

"Oh I thought you called me with curves." 

They both chuckled. That seemed to clear the awkwardness for a while. They worked on the whole chapter with Baekhyun drawing the different curves and Chanyeol hovering over her. Chanyeol finds it so cute when she bites on her tongue when she tried to erase and correct her mistakes. Or when she scrunched her little nose when she can't seem to get the drawing right. On one particular curve she was scrunching her nose and biting her tongue. It was too much for Chanyeol that he didn't realize he was leaning further down and was practically inhaling her neck. He unconsciously leaned further until his face was right beside her cheek. He was looking down into her drawing and when he looked at the side, he saw he pretty face up close. This was the closest he had ever been to her. When he was hovering over her the last time their faces weren't this inches away from each other. Baekhyun could feel his breath on her skin. She can't look. She can't bear to look at Chanyeol so close. 

Chanyeol was staring at her skin. He gently rubbed her nose to see if it was as soft as it looked. The feather touches made Baekhyun's heart pound. Chanyeol's breath hummed softly into her cheeks. His lips centimeters away from her lips. In a sigh, he leaned and skimmed his lips at the side of hers. He pressed further and was now kissing her full on the lips. Baekhyun finally turned her head, meeting his lips. He cupped her face and pressed the kiss further. Her lips were so soft. He grazed his hands on her cheeks. There was wetness seeping into his fingers. He opened his eyes and looked into her closed eyes with tears on the side. He wiped them away before taking away her glasses and leaning again to kiss her. 

They were locked into their embrace for a while before Chanyeol thought they needed air. 

"I'm sorry." Chanyeol whispered while still cupping her face in his hands. Leaning his forehed on hers.

"I'm not." Baekhyun smiled and looked into his eyes.

"You're not?"

Baekhyun shook her head. "I've liked you for a long time." 

"I never knew."

"Obviously. Are you still sorry?"

"No. I just never wanted to take advantage of you. I like you. From way before I knew you read racy novels."

Baekhyun leaned away and slapped his arms. 

"I'm joking. Come back here." He has a smile on his face. A very wide smile, Baekhyun only saw after he shot the winning basket on the championship game. He dragged her by the arms back into his embrace. He sat her between his legs and embraced her from behind. 

"How do we tell your brother? I don't think he likes me that much."

"Well, we'll just have to sacrifice your nice body to him."

"What?" Chanyeol looked shocked, maybe a bit scared, at him.

"He won't hurt you that much. Maybe a bruise here and there. You'll live." Baekhyun tried to keep a straight face but failed.

Baekhyun was having a laughter fit. "You should have seen your face." Baekhyun was laughing hard. 

"Shut up, Baek. I was so scared you know. I think your brother can do much more." Baekhyun calmed herself before snuggling back into Chanyeol's embrace.

"You know he said, he did the same thing with Yixing, asking her to tutor him to date her."

"Well, the difference is I really needed the session, he didn't."

"Good thing I'm smart then?" Baekhyun smiled up at him.

"Yeah, smart and erted."

"Hey!" She slapped him on the arms again.

 

"Kris oppa, Mom, Dad, I have something to say." Baekhyun looked down. This was it. She held his hand in hers and he gripped it for assurance. "Chanyeol's my boyfriend and ugh, I'm...pregnant." 

"WHAT???" Kris shouted. "YOU BASTARD!" Chanyeol run to the door outside with Kris hot on his heels. "YOU SNEAKY ! GET BACK HERE!" 

 

"AW! OUCH! AH! HELP!"

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and whew that was long hahaha 

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-kkeut-

 

happy birthday again re!!!

hope you like this!

 

I like girl!baek!

yay! for girl!baek!

 

sorry for the past tense/present tense thing. I can't see them right now. haha Good night!

And obviously I don't know how to end hahaha 

 

the line with the thing is from lisa kleypas' book.

sorry for the probabilities and curves. I only know stat hahaha who loves stat? *raises hands* I'm joking I'm joking.