“Hey Yeol, you wanna hang out after school? Pizza at my place?”, I heard my favorite voice talking next to me. I gave him my usual wide smile and nodded. “Sure.”

He smiled back at me with his usual beautiful smile, his eyes were shining like diamonds. “Cool, is 6PM okay for you? I have something to do before... gonna tell you later about it. See you later, Yeol!”

I didn't even have the chance to tell him goodbye as fast as he ran to his next class. “See you later, Baek.”, I mumbled rather to myself.

I wondered what my friend had to do before meeting me? Probably his girlfriend.

A shiver ran down my spine at the thought of it. Gross.

~

It was 5:57PM when Baekhyun opened his front door and I stepped in.

“Hey, my parents aren't home so we don't have to be quiet and can watch some movies or something in the living room if you want to. Pizza is in the oven.”

“Sounds good.”

We went into the living room and I made myself comfortable on the big sofa, just as usual. “So, what was so important that you couldn't meet your bestest best friend on earth earlier?”

“I broke up with Taeyeon.”, he said quietly while sitting down on the floor.

I wasn't sure if I heard correctly. Did he really broke up with his girlfriend he had dated for almost four years?

“What?”

“It didn't work out anymore. I don't love her and she doesn't love me.”

How could someone not be in love with him?

“What do you mean with she doesn't love you? H-how do you know?” I couldn't help but sounding confused.

“Well, you can feel something like that, Chanyeol. When I was around her I had the feeling I'm spending time with you. Or maybe not with you, spending time with you is way more fun,” He smiled at me. “but maybe like spending time with Joonmyun. Not that I would have with Joonmyun...” - “Baek, please.” - “Sorry. But you get my point.”

I did. And I was happy. Not happy because Baekhyun broke up with Taeyeon, not happy because he wouldn't have with Joonmyun but happy because he had told me that spending time with me is more fun than having with his girlfriend. Indirectly but I was pretty sure that he meant something like that.

“I'm sorry for you, hyung.”, I lied and looked the other in the eyes.

“You don't have to be sorry. Taeyeon and I will remain as friends.”, he smiled at me and suddenly stood up. I looked at him with big eyes. “We should eat the pizza now.” Baekhyun went to the kitchen still having a smile on his face.

After a few seconds he came back with a huge pizza and put it on the table in front of the sofa.

“Here take this”, he held a piece of pizza in front of my mouth as if he had wanted to feed me.

“T-Thanks”, I mumbled, taking the pizza with my own hands and ate it. Peperoni pizza. Our favorite one.

While we were eating the pizza we decided to watch some random TV shows, laugh about stupid stuff and talk about everything and anything. It was just a normal evening except for the fact that we were both single. Not that I thought that this could change anything between us.

Soon, Baekhyun had the idea of going out a bit, getting some fresh air and buying some beer in the convenience store not far away.

We found a bench to sit and drink our cans of beer at. Baekhyun told me everything about his relationship with Taeyeon, that they had often fought, that she could be a sometimes and that he had the feeling that she had cheated on him even though he had no prove for that. Tears were suddenly running down his face but he assured me that he was fine and that he was just confused. I hugged him tightly, tried really hard not to cry as well.

“Hey, Chanyeol. Do you like someone at the moment?”, Baekhyun asked me all of the sudden, wiping away his tears.

“Yeah”

I didn't even try to lie to him.

“Who is she? Do I know her? It's Yuri, isn't it?”

“Yeah and no.”

I wasn't drunk enough to tell him but as hard as I tried, I couldn't lie to him either.

“You wanna tell me?” He really was curious.

“No, not really. It's okay, hyung. Let's talk about something else.”

“Chanyeol.” He looked me deep in the eyes, his expression told me that he was worried about me.

“You know you can talk to me if you ever have a heartache. Or if you want to have any tips on how to hit on girls or something. I'm not good at it either as I have only had one girlfriend in my life but I'd try.”

Nice. My best friend wanted to give me tips on how to hit on girls when all I wanted was his lips on mine.

“It's okay, Baek. Really.”, I told him. “Let's finish our beer and go home.”

I gave him one of our two last cans of beer and we drank it without saying anything, enjoying the cold evening breeze. It wasn't an awkward silence though. We had often had those silences and I enjoyed to only sit next to Baekhyun and he probably did the same.

The smaller was the first one to break the silence. “Let's go home.” He threw his empty can away and stood up. I took the last sip of my beer and did the same. “Okay, let's go.”, I said with a smile.

We were wandering around without saying anything to each other until I heard a quiet “Yeol?”. I looked at the other who just smiled at me. “Thank you for always being there for me and... you know, for being my best friend.” I didn't really know what to reply to something like this as I loved being there for my best friend. “It's nothing, Baek.”, I said quietly. “No, it's not nothing. I owe you one. Is there something I can do for you?”

“Doesn't matter what?”

“Doesn't matter what.”

This could be my chance.

“Are you sure?”

Baekhyun grinned and nodded his head. “Yes, Park Chanyeol, now say something I can do for you before I change my mind.”

“Kiss me.”

“What?”

“Kiss me. “

“Why would you want me to kiss you?”

“You know that I have never kissed someone. It doesn't have to be a passionate kiss, just a casual one. You said it didn't matter what it is.”

“But I won't kiss you, Yeol.”

We stopped and Baekhyun gave me a confused and kind of concerned look.

"Baekhyun, please."

"No."

Although it wasn't easy, I didn't intend to give up soon. "Only this one time."

"Why me, Chanyeol?"

Because I love you.

"Because you're my best friend?"

"But best friends don't kiss."

The beating in my chest was almost unbearable, it hurt me that Baekhyun seemed to be disgusted at the thought of kissing me. But, still, I kept on trying.

"I'm 18, Baek. Do you want me to die without having kissed someone before?"

"You're not dying, man."

Why do I feel like it then?

"You never know."

I was so close to let it be. So close to move on as if I had only made a stupid joke.

"Fine."

"Baekhyun ple- what?"

I couldn't even think about his last word any further as I felt some soft lips pressed on mine.

Blame it on the alcohol or on fate but this wasn't just the casual kiss I had asked for. It felt better than I could ever have expected, the taste of my friend's sweet lips was better than the taste of chocolate. Meanwhile, my hands found their way to the smaller's hips as I began to gently bite his bottom lip, still unsure about what to do exactly.

I needed more.

My tongue asked his mouth for entrance which he hesitantly agreed to. I explored every inch of his mouth and he did the same but we had to break the kiss due to a lack of air.

My hands let go off of Baekhyun's hips and we both looked awkwardly to ground.

“Let's not tell it anyone, okay?”

“O-okay.”

“But, Chanyeol?”

“Yes?”

“You're quite a good kisser.”

A wide smile appeared on my face. “Thanks, you, too.”