Shall I show you...

“Shall I show you?”

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It’s funny how one sentence can turn your life upside down in both the best and the worst ways. It was never meant to be the way it was, never supposed to go down the way it did, but it did. And it was what it was.

It all started one night when Baekhyun was over at Chanyeol’s place. They were sat in the basement, which doubled as Chanyeol’s little area. He used it when friends were over, or to make music. He spent more time in there than he did in his own room really, so if ever Chanyeol was home, Baekhyun knew where to find him.

But that isn’t where the story begins. But it’ll be short to follow.

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Chanyeol was an open book to Baekhyun, hell, they weren’t the best of friends for nothing, but at the same time, Chanyeol was like a huge mystery.

Baekhyun, as far as he could tell, was a straight as they came. He’d had a few girlfriends in his time – though he’d just broken up with his first serious girlfriend, Taeyeon. Mainly because she and Chanyeol didn’t get on all that well, and Baekhyun had a weakness for Chanyeol when it came to people he wanted around – and Chanyeol… Well, Chanyeol was the opposite. He was as gay as the day was long.

Which Baekhyun secretly loved, because it meant that none of his girlfriends would be lusting after his best friend whilst they were with him. Not that he thought Chanyeol would ever him over like that, but he wasn’t stupid enough to see that Chanyeol wasn’t one hot son-of-a-gun.

Baekhyun knew that he found his best friend attractive. But how could he not, especially when Chanyeol walked about in those warm grey knitted cardigans and thick nerdy glasses. He looked like a ing hipster, he was so far from one it was almost laughable.

But it was nothing more than platonic attraction, and they both knew that. Baekhyun had told Chanyeol how hot he was enough that whenever he said it now, Chanyeol would just roll his eyes and tell the shorter boy how pretty he was in return, which would make Baekhyun pout until Chanyeol made it up to him somehow – be it with a hug, or chocolate, it didn’t matter all that much.

“So…” Baekhyun said from where he was laying over the sofa in the basement, his feet over the back of it, and his head hanging so far off the edge that the top of it was almost touching the floor, “Taeyeon text me today…”

Chanyeol snorted, looking up from where he was strumming randomly on his guitar, waiting for inspiration to hit, “Oh yeah?” he asked his upside-down best friend.

“Mmm, she wants to meet up. Talk things over and all that. You know, see about getting back together…” he shrugged as best he could in his position, “Try things again”

Chanyeol frowned slightly, setting his guitar back on its stand, “And what did you say?” he asked, leaning forward.

Baekhyun sighed before righting himself again, he turned to face Chanyeol with a small smile as he crossed his legs and leant forward on them, his elbows on his knees, “I said no” he told Chanyeol, “It didn’t work out for a reason, so there’s not point”

“And she said…”

“She said, and I quote ‘Chanyeol is not a reason for you to throw away what could be a lasting relationship!’ she was a bit full on” Baekhyun laughed, “So I told her to relax, that we’re only nineteen and we’ve got the rest of our lives ahead of us”

Chanyeol smiled slightly, “And what do I have to do with anything anyway?” he asked.

“That’s what I said!” Baekhyun half shouted, “But she wouldn’t give me a straight answer. Said that I’d figure it out sooner or later”

Chanyeol snorted softly, “What a weirdo…”

“You’re telling me” Baekhyun grinned back, “besides, I don't know, something just didn’t feel right with her… Like, she was too… I don’t know, soft?”

Chanyeol raised a brow, “Oh yeah, because girls being soft is such a weird concept…”

“Shut up, I didn’t mean it like that. I just… I don’t know, okay…” Baekhyun groaned, standing up and moving over to Chanyeol, “Aren’t you supposed to like, I don’t know, help me in a time of crisis or something?”

Chanyeol laughed, allowing Baekhyun to take him by the hands and hike him up to his feet, “I will when you’re in one. I hardly think this counts as a crisis situation”

“Let’s go get food” Baekhyun announced, ignoring Chanyeol’s last comment.

“And buy food, you mean-”

“Ice-cream, of course” Baekhyun finished for Chanyeol, “I love how you know me so well by now”

Chanyeol hummed, “I know, I’ve been trying not to. Wanted to get rid of you ages ago, but your mum pays me to keep you around”

“Oh please” Baekhyun scoffed, holding Chanyeol’s hand and leading the way upstairs, not bothering to grab his jacket as he did, “You know you’d be lost without me”

“If you say so” Chanyeol grinned, letting himself be dragged.

They quickly got on their shoes before heading out of the house and to the bus stop, where Baekhyun paid for them both to get into town. He made sure to hold Chanyeol’s hand all the way there, and continued to do so even when they got off of the bus.

He knew that some people – even some of their friends – thought it was a bit odd, that he and Chanyeol were so close, but neither of them cared all that much.

There were times when people would crack jokes about them being a couple, or about Chanyeol being Baekhyun’s longest commitment, but it was always brushed off with a roll of the eyes and a slap to whoever’s arm.

They walked slowly to the ice-cream parlour, and since it was pretty late, there was nobody around to complain about them taking up too much space on the pavement.

“My treat” Chanyeol said as they walked up to the counter, “What d’you want?”

Baekhyun frowned, “You always treat. I should pay for once”

“You got the bus,” Chanyeol pointed out, “I got this. You can pay me back some other way”

Baekhyun smirked slightly, “Just what were you thinking, Park Chanyeol?” he asked teasingly.

Chanyeol smirked right back, leaning in close so that his lips brushed against Baekhyun’s ear as he whispered, “Trust me, you don’t want to know, Byun”

“You’re such a dork” Baekhyun chuckled, slapping Chanyeol away playfully, it wasn’t an uncommon thing for them to be flirty.

It was comfortable, something neither of them minded, so they didn’t bother to pay attention to the looks, or whispers that it brought on.

Chanyeol ordered their usual before the two of them and their ice-cream moved over to a small booth and sat down.

“Yeol… D’you think I worry too much about your opinion?” Baekhyun asked softly, tilting his head to one side in a questioning manner.

Chanyeol shrugged, “I dunno. I think you only worry about what I think when it matters. I mean, you wouldn’t not do something just because I didn’t like it, right?”

“No,” Baekhyun answered honestly, “If I did that, then I wouldn’t have joined that weird club with Jongdae and Sehun, would I?”

Chanyeol cackled slightly, “Oh my god, I still remember when you showed up at my house with your hair spiked up, and you had black lipstick on! And then you just come out with ‘I’m Breakhyun. Because I break the hearts of too many people’ and I just… haha, I just ing lost it” he laughed hard, slamming his fist on the table in an effort to calm himself down.

“Hey! You promised you wouldn’t bring that up again!” Baekhyun groaned, “I was a very impressionable person, okay! I gave into peer pressure!”

Chanyeol’s eyes twinkled with amusement, “You told me you were going to ask out ‘Savage Lola’ and when I asked who she was, you said ‘Dunno, dude. Just some girl with a soul as dark as mine’ and you were dead serious too!”

“I hate you” Baekhyun deadpanned.

“I love you too, Baby” Chanyeol winked, shoving a mouthful of ice-cream between Baekhyun’s pouting lips.

They fell into easy conversation after that, just talking about this, that and the other before they tossed their empty ice-cream tubs and headed back out into the street to get home.

It was passed the time that there would be anymore running busses, so they opted for the half an hour walk.

“” Baekhyun hissed under his breath, wrapping his arms around himself.

Chanyeol sighed before tugging off his cardigan and wrapping it around the shorter boy, “Why didn’t you bring a coat?”

“I was too busy thinking about ice-cream” Baekhyun said defensively, “It’s not my fault”

“Whatever” Chanyeol laughed, wrapping an arm around Baekhyun’s shoulders as he did, “Wanna hear something funny?”

“Shoot”

“Your mum asked me if we were dating yesterday” Chanyeol told him, an amused smile playing about his lips, “Then, when I said we weren’t, she was like ‘that’s a shame. I like you a lot better than those girls he brings home’ and so being the amazing friend I am, I said, ‘I know, it’s a shame he doesn’t have any taste in partners’”

“Oh yeah, best friend ever” Baekhyun rolled his eyes, “You’re a complete geek” he laughed, “And if I were into , I’d be all over you, Yeol”

Chanyeol grinned, “You already are, Baek. But it’s flattering, so don’t stop”

“I’ll never stop” Baekhyun, winked, tiptoeing to press a kiss on Chanyeol’s cheek before running off ahead.

“You little brat!” Chanyeol laughed loudly before running after him.

Despite Baekhyun being so small, he was one hell of a fast runner. But not quiet fast enough to outrun Chanyeol’s long legs.

Chanyeol was quick to catch up and tackle Baekhyun to the grass beside the pavement, making sure to wrap himself around the shorter boy before the hit the ground, so not to hurt him.

“I win” Chanyeol panted as the two of them laid on the grass, chests heaving.

“ you, Park” Baekhyun breathed back heavily, “I was so ing close” he heaved a laugh before curling into Chanyeol’s warmth.

“That sounds so wrong” Chanyeol smirked, “especially with you breathing like that. I can make you real close, if you like?” he winked.

Baekhyun grinned back at him, “Careful, one of these days I’ll agree and you won’t know how to handle yourself”

“Oh believe me, Baek, I can handle myself just fine” Chanyeol grinned, “So you ought to be careful about agreeing, because I’m not one to take it easy”

Baekhyun hummed, biting his lip in playful flirtation, “I look forward to the day”

“Me too, Baek” Chanyeol breathed out in a huff of amusement, “Me too”

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Baekhyun, Chanyeol thought, was a bit dense about his own self.

Baekhyun was everything Chanyeol was happy to have in life. He was a free spirit, a kind person, someone that kept you laughing until your dying moment, but Baekhyun was also a bit of an idiot when it came to himself.

He knew himself, that much was true, but he was also so painfully blind to himself.

But Baekhyun was also someone that couldn’t just be told something, he needed to come to it on his own, and that’s was why Chanyeol didn’t say anything about it, he just let Baekhyun carry on in his own merry way, oblivious to his own world.

Baekhyun, Chanyeol had come to realise, was also a creature of habit. He’d learnt this pretty early on. Because Baekhyun was a very touchy person, that didn’t understand the concept of personal space when it came to people he was fond of.

Chanyeol would never forget the first time Baekhyun stayed over at his house. They had been lying in bed, and Baekhyun had just rolled over and tucked himself into Chanyeol’s side. But then he’d laughed at how stiff Chanyeol had gotten, and said ‘relax, I’m not doing that whole “let me see if gay is cool” thing. It’s just that I have to cuddle something when I sleep, and you’re far more comfortable than my pillow’ and Chanyeol had felt a little odd, but gone with it none the less, and that was how it had been since.

It was the same for anything else. When they sat on the sofa together, Baekhyun always sat so close that he was practically on Chanyeol’s lap, but he wasn’t like that with anyone else. And it was half because Baekhyun was Chanyeol’s best friend, but half because Baekhyun liked Chanyeol the most out of anyone.

He was still a touchy person with others too – Kyungsoo in particular was testy about that – but with Chanyeol it reached a whole other level. To the point that they fed one another at meal times and nobody would bat an eyelid.

And Chanyeol knew that Baekhyun was special to him. Knew that he felt very strongly about Baekhyun. But he also knew that Baekhyun was, for all intent and purposes, in his own mind, straight. So he would never try anything.

Besides, he was content with what they had.

Sometimes it could be hard to concentrate properly around him though.

“Mmm, mmm mm, mmmm” Baekhyun hummed along as Chanyeol played one of his new compositions.

They did that a lot. Sat and worked together on music.

Chanyeol played, and Baekhyun sang, and all was right in the world, because, Chanyeol thought, they made life their own melody and they went with the flow.

“Don’t let me know if you love me” Baekhyun sang out of the blue, and Chanyeol almost forgot to keep playing, but he caught himself just in time and listened to Baekhyun sing as he played, “because it means I’ll have to admit the things that I’m afraid of. Why can’t we just pretend a little longer? Why can’t we just pretend? Don’t let me know if you love me, because I’ll have to tell you I love you too. And I don’t know if I’m ready… If I’m ready for you to know that I love you.

 “Why can’t we just pretend a little longer? Why, why can’t we just pretend. We could make this so easy, babe! If, we just, pretend.. Mmmm, mm-ooooh” Baekhyun trailed off into humming again, because he’d either run out of words to sing, or the more likely reason was that he was too embarrassed to carry on.

Chanyeol stopped playing, shocking Baekhyun a little, “What was that?” he asked.

“What was what?” Baekhyun frowned.

“Lyrics”

“Dunno… Just came out, I guess”

Chanyeol swallowed slightly, “It… It was good”

“I… Thanks” Baekhyun smiled, then frowned, “Um, listen, I should go, I have classes tomorrow, so…”

“Oh” Chanyeol frowned, “Okay. Text me later, yeah?”

Baekhyun smiled again, “Yeah, of course. I can’t sleep without talking to you first” he said as the two of them walked up to the front door.

“It’s because you’re a baby, and a creature of habit” Chanyeol grinned, “Not all that shocking”

Baekhyun snorted, “Or you’re just so boring that you put me to sleep” he grinned mischievously.

Chanyeol rolled his eyes as he watched Baekhyun pull on his shoes and coat before opening the door, “See you at college, assface” he said, pulling the shorter boy into a hug.

Baekhyun chuckled as he hugged back, accepting the kiss that Chanyeol pressed to the top of his head, “Yeah, see you then, buttwipe”

He went home then, but Chanyeol was on the phone to him by the time he got back.

“All I’m saying is that if I was a teapot, I’d want to belong to the queen of England”

Baekhyun snorted, “What the hell? You’d only get used once in a blue moon”

“Exactly! So I’d be kept in pristine condition. I can’t help it if you’re just a common teapot and I’m a fancy as teapot!”

“You’re a ing nutbag, Yeol” Baekhyun laughed, kicking off his jeans and changing into one of Chanyeol’s old t-shirts that he’d stolen a while back. It had quickly become one of his favourites to wear to bed. Especially since Chanyeol liked to wear it when he stopped over, so it would always smell like him after.

Since he’d stayed over the day before, it still smelled like him, so Baekhyun pulled it up to his face and took a deep breath in through his nose, smiling as he did.

“Are you wearing my t-shirt again?” Chanyeol asked suddenly.

Baekhyun found himself flushing, though he didn’t know why. He always wore it. And Chanyeol knew he did, “Yeah, why?”

“I’m picturing it. You always look super cute when you’re in my clothes” he teased.

Baekhyun groaned, laying down on his bed as he did, “Stop, oh my god” he laughed, “You’re a dork, I swear”

“It’s not my fault you’re so tempting, Baek. Gees”

“Well, only for you. I just can’t help but turn on my iness when you’re around. I’m hoping to entice you” Baekhyun grinned, his hand drawing circles on his stomach lazily where the t-shirt had ridden up as he’d laid down.

“It’s working”  Chanyeol told him, “It’s working well”

Baekhyun snorted, “Alright, big boy” he laughed, “God, could you imagine what people would think if they heard this ”

Chanyeol laughed down the other end of the line, “I’m pretty sure they’d think we were ing”

“Wow, so couth” Baekhyun scoffed, “You could have just said dating, you know”

“Yeah, but you’ve got the mouth of a sailor, so ing seemed more appropriate. ‘sides, I’m pretty sure you could do a lot more than swear with that mouth”

“Oh my god, you did not just say that!” Baekhyun grinned, “But, hey, I have no doubt that if I were gay, I’d be a master of s!”

“I’ll let you try it out one day, see if you’re all talk or actually have game. You know, just in case you ever end up switching teams!”

Baekhyun could practically see the grin on Chanyeol’s face as he said it, “You sure you could handle me?” he taunted playfully, “I’d have you coming faster than a sixteen year old”

“I’ll hold you to that, Baek”

“Careful what you wish for, soldier” Baekhyun bit his lip, his hand moving down to play with the waistband of his boxers.

“I like to live life on the wild side, when it comes to you, Byun”

“Right back at you, Park” Baekhyun laughed, and his hand slipped into his underwear without him realising what he was doing.

--

A week went by with Baekhyun not being able to stop thinking about what he’d done. As soon as Chanyeol had hung up, he’d ended up getting himself off to the memory of his best friend’s voice, and he’d harder than he’d ever done before.

“Yeol” he said hesitantly as they two of them sat on the floor of Chanyeol’s basement.

Chanyeol looked up from his phone curiously, “Yeah?” he asked.

Baekhyun fidgeted slightly, “I… What’s it like? To kiss a guy? Is it the same as kissing a girl?”

“Shall I show you?” Chanyeol asked, setting his phone to one side.

“I’m being serious!” Baekhyun groaned.

Chanyeol shrugged, “So am I”

Baekhyun eyed him for a moment, trying to see if Chanyeol was joking, and when he concluded that the taller boy was dead serious, he nodded, “Okay” he agreed.

“Come here then,” Chanyeol said, patting his knee.

Baekhyun rolled his eyes as he made his way over, throwing one leg over Chanyeol’s so that he was straddling his lap, his resting on Chanyeol’s thighs, “I swear, if you make fun of me…”

“What happened to all that talk, Baek? Now that you’re putting it into practise, you scared I’m going to wipe the floor with you?” Chanyeol smirked.

Baekhyun let out something of a growl and then he was leaning in, and they were kissing. It wasn’t that much different to kissing a girl, he found, maybe a little less soft, and a little more stubbly, but there was something… something.

It took him until Chanyeol started to play with his tongue to realise what it was. It was that this was so, so much better.

“,” Baekhyun whispered, his fingers playing with Chanyeol’s hair before tugging on it so gently.

Chanyeol grinned against Baekhyun’s lips, “What’s up? Finally realised something?”

“I swear to god, Yeol, if you don’t shut the up…”

Chanyeol smirked, “Make me”

Baekhyun glared slightly before pushing his lips to Chanyeol’s again, almost violent in the way he kissed him, but Chanyeol fought back, nibbling on Baekhyun’s lower lip.

“I like your way of shutting me up” Chanyeol moaned softly, “Although, thought it’d take you years more to figure yourself out”

Baekhyun huffed, “Shut up” he laughed, “Didn’t realise anything ‘til last week. Wanna know how I realised?”

“How?” Chanyeol panted against Baekhyun’s neck as the shorter man began to grind down on him.

Baekhyun smirked slightly, pulling Chanyeol’s hair to make him look up at him, “I was talking to you on the phone, and you were telling me how good I look in your shirts” he told Chanyeol, “I didn’t even realise I was doing at first, but by the time you hung up, my hand was on my and I was to the thought of you… Weird for a straight guy, huh?”

“So weird” Chanyeol hummed, “But hot too,” he smirked before pulling Baekhyun into another heated kiss.

It was weird, but it also wasn’t. They’d always had an honesty is the best policy agreement between the two of them, and this was no different. It was weird in the most wonderful way as they kissed hard and fast, clutching on to one another.

They broke apart breathlessly in the end, grinning at one another embarrassedly, though Baekhyun didn’t move from Chanyeol’s lap.

“If you knew, why did you never say anything?” Baekhyun asked, still trying to catch his breath.

Chanyeol shrugged, “Wouldn’t have made a difference. You had to realise it yourself”

“I… Wait. You, you kissed me back. Like… I mean, I know you offered to, but I mean, you really, really kissed me” Baekhyun’s eyes widened slightly, making Chanyeol laugh.

“Yeah? What of it?”

Baekhyun studied Chanyeol’s face for a moment, “Yeol, do you like me?”

“Have done for like a year, but thanks for finally noticing” Chanyeol teased, “It’s not a big deal though”

Baekhyun chuckled, “No, I know. It’s just something that happens, but like, how did you know? I mean, I didn’t even realise that I… you know, with you…”

“Because I’m not an oblivious little ” Chanyeol rolled his eyes, “And you did kind of think you were straight”

Baekhyun snorted, “Yeah, alright. Does that mean you were only dating Kris last year to make me jealous?” he winked, “Because it kind of did. Just, I thought it was friend-jealous”

Chanyeol laughed at that, “Are you an idiot? We’re not twelve, you know. I actually liked Kris, it just didn’t work out, so we chose to be friends. ‘Sides, he’s dating some guy called Lay or something now”

“Alright, gees. A guy can dream” Baekhyun grinned cheekily.

Chanyeol scoffed, “A guy can shut up and be serious for five minutes” he shot back.

“That just isn’t my style” Baekhyun shrugged. “But… um, what now?”

Chanyeol tilted his head cutely to one side, “What do you mean?”

“I mean with this,” he gestured between the two of them, “I mean, I think I really like you… But, um, yeah, I’ve never done this before… The whole gay thing”

Chanyeol smirked, “Yes! The gay agenda is working. Fear not, young one, we have an initiation process that will maximise your inner homoual”

“You’re a ing idiot” Baekhyun rolled his eyes, but he was grinning.

Chanyeol chuckled, pressing a small kiss to Baekhyun’s lips, “Really though, we’ll take it slow. One day at a time, and see how things go. If that’s something you’d like?”

“Will there be more kissing?” Baekhyun asked, eyes twinkling mischievously.

Chanyeol beamed back, “Oh, definitely!”

“Then I’m in” Baekhyun laughed, moving forward to kiss his best friend once again.

A/N: I don't know if you guys have realised this,
But BaekYeol is my favourite paring to write...
Like, I don't know what it is, they just...
Make me get did. I can write about these two
crazy kids forever, but alas, I promised variety :')

You know what to do~