Balance is key...

Kyungsoo sighed as he watched Baekhyun’s beam performance, he wouldn’t say that he was jealous, but he couldn’t say that he was pleased either.

Baekhyun had an undeniable grace to the way that he moved, be it on floor, beam, vault  - hell the guy even outshone him on bars, and that was Kyungsoo’s best area.

The worst part was that Kyungsoo couldn’t even hate him for it. He wanted to, but he liked Baekhyun too much to ever be able to hate him, even if he hated that.

The gym felt oddly stuffy that day, despite the air-con breathing down on them, much to Kyungsoo’s displeasure.

A thin hand came to rest on his shoulder and Kyungsoo turned to look at Sehun, who was sweaty from the trampoline. Kyungsoo loved to watch Sehun on trampoline, his routines were flawless.

“Watching him like this won’t help you get any better at your own routine” Sehun said lightly, running a hand over his weedy leotard clad body.

Kyungsoo sighed, he and Baekhyun had been at the same gymnastics academy since they were five, and no matter what Kyungsoo did, Baekhyun did better.

“I don’t get him” Kyungsoo grumbled, “How the does he not have a weak spot?”

Sehun laughed, “He still isn’t perfect on trampoline” he pointed out easily, “His balance is still a little off on the landings”

Kyungsoo scoffed, “He’s still better than me though” there was a deep set frown on his face as he watched Baekhyun dismount and finish flawlessly before the elder turned and caught his eye, offering him a friendly smile.

“Try not to mope too much, Kyungsoo” Sehun sniggered, “He’s coming over”

Baekhyun came to a stop in front of them, a grin still plastered on his face, “Hey! What did you think of my new routine?” he asked, “Coach was a little unsatisfied with the handstand to forward roll. He said I need to up the ante if I want to place at regionals” he frowned slightly.

Kyungsoo rolled his eyes, “You always place at regionals, Baekhyun. Your routines are flawless and you know it” he told him, trying not to sound bitter. He was happy for Baekhyun, he liked that the boy was doing well, but it didn’t stop him from wanting to be better than him in at least something.

“Ah,” Baekhyun flushed, rubbing the back of his neck shyly, “I’m nowhere near your level on bars though. And you stick your landings way better than me. I saw your run through on bars earlier, I thought I was gonna swoon with awe” he chuckled bashfully.

Sehun coughed to cover up a laugh from beside his best friend, “I – uh, I’m gonna go help Luhan on vault. He keeps losing his footing on the spring board” he smirked, “You kids have fun”

“I’m older than you, brat!” Kyungsoo called after Sehun as the younger walked away laughing.

Baekhyun gave Kyungsoo a consoling pat on the shoulder, keeping his hand there afterwards in the same way he had done for the past thirteen years whenever Sehun acted like an , “Don’t fret. We all know he just wants to show off for Luhan”

“Duh” Kyungsoo rolled his eyes, “Anyway, how’s your body condition? I heard you took a bit of a tumble the other day?”

Baekhyun flushed as he pulled his hand back from Kyungsoo’s shoulder, “Yeah, I lost my footing coming out of a back hand spring and fell. Luckily I didn’t damage anything – Luhan almost broke his face the other day though. He didn’t chalk his hands enough and lost his grip on the horse, landed right on his head. The idiot” he rolled his eyes.

Kyungsoo offered a soft chuckle at that. Luhan always did have a knack for being a clumsy er, “y,” he snorted, “Has Coach mentioned anything about pairs’ floor yet? For the in-house?”

Exo gym was one of four major competitive gyms in the city, alongside SHINee, DBSK and Suju. Each year the four of them would come together over a week long period and battle it out in a friendly competition to see who would take home the trophy for the year.

This year was SHINee’s turn to host, and in all fairness they had a pretty decent space, but Kyungsoo had always liked it when he was at home, he felt more content with himself in the sanctity of their own academy.

“Mm” Baekhyun nodded, “He wants me to do it this year, and he said I could pick someone I work well with. So, what do you say?”

Kyungsoo blinked, “What?”

Baekhyun smiled easily, “I know you’re competing for bars, but they’re on different days, so I was hoping you’d pair with me? I – I already have a couple of ideas for it… if you’re interested, I mean?”

Kyungsoo hated to admit that he was very interested. He loved floor, it gave him a chance to show off his other abilities a little more. “Why me?” he found himself asking though.

Baekhyun rolled his eyes, “Because you’re good at what you do and I think we work well together. Duh. And besides, I want to win”

“Alright, I’m in” Kyungsoo relented, trying not to focus on the way that Baekhyun’s answering smile made him feel tingly all of a sudden.

“Perfect!” Baekhyun beamed, “I have to get back to beam, but I’ll text you later about getting together and figuring something out, okay?” he gave Kyungsoo’s shoulder another pat before running off to practise again.

Kyungsoo couldn’t help but laugh when a bellow of “BYUN! HOW MANY TIMES, NO RUNNING IN MY GYM!” resounded from Coach Wu.

--

Baekhyun winced as he lowered himself into his ice-bath, ignoring the way that Luhan was sat playing on his phone by the wall opposite.

“Ah, ” he hissed, closing his eyes as he got used to the freezing water.

Luhan glanced up at him briefly, “You’d think you’d be used to that by now” he rolled his eyes before returning to his game, his thumbs tapping at the phone screen aggressively.

Baekhyun opened his eyes to glare at Luhan, “You’d think you’d know the difference between landing on your head and your feet by now” he shot back.

“Gees, someone’s touchy today” Luhan rolled his eyes again.

Baekhyun sighed dramatically, “Because I’m annoyed at myself. I was a blabbling idiot around Kyungsoo as per usual. I’ve known him practically my whole life and I still can’t hold a conversation with him without being all embarrassing and blush-y!”

Luhan snorted at his best friend’s woe as he completed the level of his game before saving it and slipping his phone back into his pocked, “I don’t get why you’re so obsessed with him anyways,” he commented off-handedly, “Sure, he’s a good gymnast, but you’re miles better and he hates it. It’s kinda funny to watch him have a hissy fit when you’re doing your routines. God, you should have seen his face when you tried your hand at bars, ha! I thought he was gonna implode out of sheer rage or something!”

Baekhyun looked none to amused as Luhan laughed at the memory, “First off, he is way better than good. Secondly, I am not obsessed. And it doesn’t matter that I excel in gym because he doesn’t see it at as good thing”

“But you won’t let that hold you back, right?” Luhan asked uneasily, “I mean, don’t throw your career down the pan just to get him on side. Oh, and it’s time to get out” he added.

Baekhyun scoffed, offended as he clambered out of the bath, his tank top and shorts clinging to his toned body, “Please, who do you think I am? A crush isn’t going to stop me from doing my best. I’m not stupid”

Luhan smiled as he stood up and handed Baekhyun a towel, “Good, because you’re better than throwing your life away over a boy” he said pointedly.

“There’s more to my life that being a gymnast, you know” Baekhyun huffed as the two of them walked back to their room. Sometimes Baekhyun was glad for the house share. Sometimes though, he wished he’d followed Tao’s lead and stayed at home with his parents and just made the commute to the gym.

“Oh yeah, like what?” Luhan challenged.

Baekhyun frowned, shutting their bedroom door behind him and beginning to strip out of his clothes. Who was he kidding, gymnastics owned him, “Shut up” he huffed moodily, towelling himself dry before grabbing his pyjamas and shrugging into them.

Luhan grinned at him, “This is why you should venture out more, eat something that isn’t green and leafy. Live a little”

“I am living” Baekhyun pressed, “I can’t do that stuff, Lu. You know I can’t. I need to stay focused. I missed out on Gold last time because I let myself slip, I can’t afford to do that again”

Luhan frowned as he joined Baekhyun on the younger boy’s bed, “Is that you talking or your mother?” he asked, his voice firm and clearly indicating his disapproval.

Baekhyun curled in on himself, “I can’t have them disappointed in me again” he whispered, “I can’t…”

“Baek, can I ask you something?” Luhan asked carefully.

“Sure”

“What’s something that you enjoy?” the elder asked.

Baekhyun paused, something he enjoyed? “I… I like games” he admitted, “I actually took this graphics design and IT course a while back without my mum knowing. I designed a game,” he laughed, “A ty little thing, but it was mine and I loved every minute of it” he told Luhan, unaware of the way his eyes lit up as he spoke.

“There’s still time to go into that, you know” Luhan put out there, his voice gentle and nurturing, “You’re only eighteen, Baekhyun. You have your entire life ahead of you”

But Baekhyun shook his head, “It’s not that simple” he sighed, “And anyway, I love this too. I enjoy gymnastics. It’s hard but I do like it.” And it was true, he did. He only didn’t like that he’d never had the chance to enjoy anything else.

Luhan nodded, “Alright,” he relented for the time being, “What does Kyungsoo think about it all?”

Baekhyun smiled slightly, “He told me that I should follow my heart, that even if I did annoy the out of him, he still wanted me to do what makes me happy” he told Luhan.

Luhan rolled his eyes, “Something tells me it’s not strictly the balance beam that’s keeping you here” he said, earning himself a slap on the chest from Baekhyun.

“”

Luhan cackled, “Yeah, but I’m your ” he teased by kissing all over Baekhyun’s face, revelling in the squeals that left his best friend.

--

Kyungsoo watched quietly as Baekhyun explained his idea for their routine, it was basic so far, but Baekhyun had said it needed a lot of work.

Baekhyun did a half-hearted arabesque into a lazy dive start forward roll then came back to his feet.

“I know it’s not great, but we’ll obviously expand on it” he said as he moved over to stand next to Kyungsoo, “And I was thinking we could do it in a round?”

“Like follow the leader style?” Kyungsoo asked interestedly.

Baekhyun nodded, “Yeah, we could start mirrored then do a sequenced travel. I’m not sure what music would be best fit though” he pursed his lips as he thought, “I think we’ll need something strong to flow to”

Kyungsoo nodded in agreement, “Something that will build up. What’s our time limit?” he asked.

“Three and a half minutes” Baekhyun told him.

Kyungsoo nodded, “I was kind of surprised you chose me for this” he said suddenly, shifting from foot to foot as he watched Baekhyun’s face shift into an expression of surprise.

He regained his composure before taking Kyungsoo by the wrist and leading him to the middle of the mat, they could work on the start of the routine later, for now he wanted to get down the mirroring. “Why?” he asked, nudging Kyungsoo’s foot into position with his own. He was aiming for nonchalance, but whether or not he’d achieved as much, he wasn’t sure.

Kyungsoo allowed Baekhyun to manoeuvre his body how he wanted him, then began to follow the slightly older boy’s lead as he showed Kyungsoo what he had in mind for the mirroring. “I don’t know, there are a lot of other talented guys is all… I know Luhan’s strength is floor”

“Only because he has a habit of falling off of everything else” Baekhyun rolled his eyes, “I knew from the start that I wanted to partner with you” he said, “Cartwheel” he added in the pause so that they could both do as he’d instructed, “I don’t know why that’s so shocking to you”

Kyungsoo shrugged as he and Baekhyun passed by one another in a split leap, “Because you’re always just so… you” he muttered frustrated as he turned to face Baekhyun. “Are we allowed to do lifts?”

“Yeah, it’s open game apparently, just nothing dangerous” Baekhyun said, “And what’s that supposed to mean? I’m me?”

Kyungsoo sighed, taking a step forward at the same time as Baekhyun, “We should end the mirroring with a lift and bring that into the travelling” he suggested before pausing to look over Baekhyun thoughtfully, “Don’t act like you don’t know you’re better at literally everything compared to me” he said pointedly, “and yet you still insist on picking me to do things with you”

“You’re an idiot” Baekhyun rolled his eyed, “Lift me,” he said, running towards Kyungsoo and allowing the younger to sweep him up in an elegant lift, “And I pick you because we make a good team. Besides, you’ll find something you’re better at one day” he smirked cheekily. Honestly he was mostly proud that he’d gone so long without his cheeks turning pick or stuttering his words.

Kyungsoo took his time in brining Baekhyun back down, making sure to keep him close so that Baekhyun had to slide down his body, his hands resting on Kyungsoo’s shoulders as he did.

Kyungsoo didn’t bother to let go of his hips even after Baekhyun’s feet were firmly planted back on the floor. “I know a couple of things I’m better at already, they just aren’t to do with gym” he said pointedly, making Baekhyun a questioning brow at him.

“Like what?” he challenged lightly.

Kyungsoo smirked back at him, sweeping a foot behind Baekhyun and catching him off guard as he brought the elder to the floor, his back planted firmly against the mat as Kyungsoo hovered over him. It didn’t escape his notice that Baekhyun’s thighs parted to give him room to push between them, allowing him to keep Baekhyun pinned to the floor.

Baekhyun’s hands were still clutching Kyungsoo’s shoulders, whilst Kyungsoo rested his elbows on either side of Baekhyun’s head. They were closer than close, and the feeling of Kyungsoo’s warm breath on his face was making Baekhyun feel all kinds of dizzy.

“I’m better at fighting” Kyungsoo whispered, “And I’ll bet you anything I’m better in bed” he smirked teasingly.

Baekhyun rolled his eyes, “You’ve never experienced how good of a I am, clearly” he refused to back down, “I’d definitely show you up”

Kyungsoo let out an amused laugh, “I highly doubt it. I bet if I wanted to, I could make you right now, without even touching you”

“Try me” Baekhyun’s eyes narrowed dangerously, “I won’t go down without a fight”

Kyungsoo smirked, leaning in to brush his lips against Baekhyun, “I already told you I’m better at fighting, Baek. Don’t you listen?” There was a predatory lilt to his voice as he spoke that send shivers down Baekhyun’s spine.

He knew then and there that he was royally ed.

“How have I never seen this side of you before?” Baekhyun asked quietly, one of his legs hooking around Kyungsoo’s waist in silent challenge.

Kyungsoo shrugged, pressing down against Baekhyun to raise the stakes, “It never came up” he paused before adding, “But something’s definitely coming up now” in a cheeky whisper.

Baekhyun flushed at that, he knew he was getting hard, but Kyungsoo always surprised him by being so blunt about things, “I… I didn’t…”

“It’s okay,” Kyungsoo cut him off though, “I told you I’m better at this kind of thing. Besides, I like making you lose your composure. It’s a nice change” there was a smirk playing about his lips and it took all of Baekhyun’s strength not to moan at the sight of it.

“So what? You’re gonna do this to make me lose from now on? That’s not fair, you know I have to do well in competition” Baekhyun argued. He liked Kyungsoo a lot, but he wasn’t willing to throw away all of his hard work for the sake of an ego battle.

But to his surprise, Kyungsoo laughed, “I’m not about to up your career, Baekhyun. I think a part of me wants this side of you all to myself”

“I don’t follow” Baekhyun lied, his eyes falling closed in pleasure as Kyungsoo began to roll his hips.

Kyungsoo laughed again, “I might not want to you over, but I definitely wouldn’t mind ing you” he told Baekhyun, grinning at the way Baekhyun gasped with each hip roll.

“T-This is sudden” Baekhyun commented, his hands clutching tightly onto Kyungsoo.

Kyungsoo shook his head though, “Is it?” he asked, “I’m not blind, you know. I know you like me. And lord only knows I’ve been crushing on you for ages, even if you do annoy the out of me when it comes to gymnastics. As a person, I’m pretty into you. Why do you think Sehun teases me so much?” he pointed out.

Baekhyun lifted his head slightly to bring his lips to Kyungsoo’s before pausing in hesitant questioning, allowing Kyungsoo to bring him into a kiss, slow and soft, “Try dealing with Luhan,” he breathed against Kyungsoo’s mouth.

“I already have to deal with you” Kyungsoo shot back, “I think that’s punishment enough”

Baekhyun rolled his eyes behind his closed lids as Kyungsoo kissed him teasingly, “ you, Do” he managed out between kisses.

“Do you want to?” Kyungsoo pulled back slightly to quirk an amused brow at Baekhyun.

Baekhyun flushed deeply again, but refused to look away from Kyungsoo’s eyes, “Yes” he said firmly, “But we have things to do, and trying to plan a floor routine with a sore doesn’t sound like fun” he frowned, obviously disappointed, but if they were going to win the In-House, then they needed to focus, and Baekhyun was nothing if not focused on his long term goals – or at least he was where gymnastics was concerned.

Kyungsoo hummed, “Aright” he smirked, “Then I have another idea” he was glad Baekhyun had opted to practise in a vest and shorts today, it made what he was going to do next a hell of a lot easier.

Baekhyun said nothing as he watched Kyungsoo shuffle downwards, he dropped his leg so that the younger boy could move better, though he didn’t register what Kyungsoo was up to until cool fingers dipped into the waistband of his shorts and briefs and pulled them both down in one swift motion.

Baekhyun gasped as his semi-hard hit the cold gym air. Had anyone asked him how he thought practise would have gone with Kyungsoo, he’d have said perhaps bickering over what to use or even working together to create something really cool and different to gain them attention, he would not have expected this in the slightest. God he hoped Luhan wouldn’t ask how it went. He’d always been a liar.

He in a sharp breath of air as Kyungsoo’s hand wrapped around his shaft and gave it soft, tentative , bringing him to full hardness, “I’ll admit,” Kyungsoo said, glancing up at Baekhyun, “This wasn’t how I planned to let you know I was into you… Nor was it how I intended our practice to go”

Baekhyun moaned breathily as he let out a slightly laugh of disbelief, “Yeah, me neither” he got out, his eyes hooded as he looked back at Kyungsoo, trying to fight back the embarrassment he felt at meeting the younger’s gaze, “I thought we’d actually pr-ah-actice”

Kyungsoo smirked as he continued to tease Baekhyun, “Oh well, all’s well that ends well, I suppose” he laughed, and then he was dipping his head down and taking Baekhyun generously in his mouth, rolling his tongue over the head of Baekhyun’s before taking in as much as he could, giving him a hearty and making Baekhyun choke out a moan. It had been a while since anyone had touched him like this, he was always too busy working on his routines, too busy perfecting his movements, too busy trying to get a grasp of all that EXO academy had to offer.

But for the life of him, in that moment, he couldn’t remember why he had denied himself such cardinal pleasures for so long.

Kyungsoo hummed as he bobbed his head, sending vibrations through Baekhyun, causing him to buck up slightly, resulting in Kyungsoo pinning his hips to the mat below them. He’d be damned if he let Baekhyun dominate him in this too, but still he didn’t complain when Baekhyun’s pretty fingers tangled in his hair and tugged it a little harshly.

It wasn’t too long before Baekhyun was arching off of the floor and hard and fast, and Kyungsoo took it like a champ, swallowing it all down. After all, it wasn’t like they could leave a mess behind, Coach wouldn’t just kill them, he’d skin them alive!

Baekhyun was breathing like he’d just run a marathon as Kyungsoo pulled back and wiped his lips on the back of his hand before pulling Baekhyun’s bottoms back up and tucking him away with a sly grin.

“So what do you say we work on that floor piece?” Kyungsoo said easily, shifting and getting back to his feet easily, peering down at the mess that was Baekhyun.

Baekhyun glared up at him, his face redder than Kyungsoo had ever seen it as he did, “Go yourself” he shot back.

Needless to say, Kyungsoo’s answer was made up of only laughter.

--

Baekhyun groaned as he laid down on his bed, he was frustrated as and didn’t know what to do about it.

It had been three weeks since Kyungsoo had gone down on him in the gym, and ever since it had become a battle of who could get the other off first once they’d finished practising – it was an unspoken rule that the competition came first, then whatever the hell it was between them.

Luhan had clocked on that something was up, but Baekhyun waved him off with a half truth about being stressed over his beam routine.

Truth be told, Baekhyun was just worried that this was only a game to Kyungsoo. Sure, Kyungsoo had he liked him, but people said things they didn’t necessarily mean in the head of the moment, so he didn’t know what to think.

“ my life” Baekhyun sighed under his breath, this was complicated before it had even begun. He’d just gotten comfortable when there was a soft knock on his door before it opened and in walked the root cause of all his frustrations.

“Gee, don’t look so happy to see me” Kyungsoo rolled his eyes, closing the door behind him before walking over to sit on Baekhyun’s bed by the elder’s hip.

Baekhyun hummed, “Can’t help it, your ugly face just saddens me” he shot back.

Kyungsoo rolled his eyes, he couldn’t say that seeing Baekhyun as he was wasn’t a pleasant change, but he was also concerned at his friend’s behaviour.

Though admittedly, Kyungsoo knew it couldn’t be that bad if the idiot was cracking lame jokes.

“Easy tiger” he snorted, “What’s got you all rattled?” he asked.

Baekhyun sighed as he felt Kyungsoo’s hand come to rest on his waist, “Just… Stuff” he said, shoving his arms behind his head as he looked at Kyungsoo, “I just… Between the In-House and Regionals, and school work and… and you… I’m barely getting time to breathe” he admitted, “I know you think that I just do things well right off the bat, but I don’t. I… This is just hard and it doesn’t help that I’m so confused lately.”

Kyungsoo felt a sniggle of guilt eat at him, he supposed that he’d never stopped to think about how Baekhyun had got to be so perfect. In Kyungsoo’s eyes he just always had been.

“I’m sorry” he found himself saying, “I must have made it even more annoying for you, huh?”

But Baekhyun shook his head, “It isn’t that… It’s not what we’re doing. I… I enjoy it. It’s more that I never know where I stand with you” he explained softly, “Competitions I can handle. I’m used to that stress, I think I thrive on it. But with you… You confuse me”

Kyungsoo frowned, “What have I done to confuse you then?” he asked, feeling a little confused himself.

“Just, this whole thing. You know I like you, which is fine, it is. But I feel like I don’t know if this actually means anything to you, or if it’s just a… a power play or what have you” Baekhyun admitted in a breath of frustration.

Kyungsoo paused awkwardly, “I’m not just playing with you, if that’s what you’re asking” he coughed to clear his throat, “I’m just… I’ve never been good at expressing myself with words like you are. I told you I’m better at fighting, even because that’s physical stuff. But feelings that you have to talk about aren’t really my strong suit, Baekhyunnie… And I’m sorry if that’s confused you. But I’m not playing with you. I do like you a lot” he clarified.

“So what now then?” Baekhyun pused his lips, “You know Coach said we aren’t allowed to date” he pointed out.

But there was a mischievous fire in Kyungsoo’s eyes as he shifted to lean over Baekhyun with a smirk on his plump lips, “Oh naïve little Baekhyunnie. Who said that Coach has to know?” he purred, “We won’t lose focus on practise, but we will have a little secret, which could be fun”

“We won’t even be able to tell Luhan or Sehun” Baekhyun pressed importantly, “Can you handle that?”

Kyungsoo scoffed, “Please, what do you take me for? I’ve kept more secrets than you could dream of”

Baekhyun raised a brow, “Oh yeah? Like what?” he challenged easily, parting his legs so that Kyungsoo could fit between them as he moved to lay atop of him.

Kyungsoo grinned, “Like Sehun lost his ity to Zhang Yixing last year and Luhan still hasn’t found out about it”

Baekhyun spluttered, “As in Assistant Coach Zhang?! You’re joking?!”

“If the scratches on our little Sehunnie’s back were anything to go by,” Kyungsoo drawled amusedly, “Then I’m definitely not joking”

“Holy ” Baekhyun’s eyes were wide with shock, “Luhan’s gonna flip a table over that if he ever finds out. He’d been fawning over Sehun for like three years!”

Kyungsoo hummed, “I know. Sehun got kinda mopey about it actually. Said that he felt bad because he did – does – like Luhan. But it had been a spur of the moment kind of thing. Plus, Coach Zhang is ing hot”

Baekhyun snorted, though he did agree. Yixing was smoking. “Is it just me, or does Sehun have a thing for Chinese guys?” he laughed.

“I think he kind of does” Kyungsoo shorted out a laugh, “But anyway, I had a point to telling you that: If Sehun can hook up with a Coach then why are you so afraid to give me a shot?” he asked calmly, reaching up to brush Baekhyun’s hair back with his fingers.

Baekhyun let out a soft noise of contentment at the feeling, “I don’t know” he said honestly, “Maybe it’s because I’m just not used to you being so… soft, for lack of a better term, with me”

“I was never like this with you before because I never knew how to approach you with the idea of it” Kyungsoo told him, a faint flush on his usually blush-free face. “I… I’ve always been kind of in awe of you. I mean, I wasn’t jealous, I was kind of happy that you were doing so well, but I was a little bit envious that I’ve never been able to best you in anything. I think that’s why I initiated things that day in the gym. Just to get a rise out of you really, but then I realised that maybe this was actually my chance to… to show you that I really do like you…”

Baekhyun bit down on his lip, slightly flustered by the blunt honestly that Kyungsoo always seemed to go by, “It’s risky” he said, and the answering smile on Kyungsoo’s face was enough to know that Kyungsoo knew he wasn’t going to put up a fight anymore. He was truly and royally ed.

“You’re worth the risk” Kyungsoo shot back swiftly, “Am I?” he asked, bringing down the hand that had been carding through Baekhyun’s hair to cup his cheek instead.

Baekhyun leant into the touch almost like second nature, “Yeah, you are” he answered, “Okay, let’s date. But if we get in trouble… It’s on you. Got it?”

“Got it, Baek” Kyungsoo chuckled, “I’m gonna kiss you now, alright?”

“Yeah, alright” Baekhyun hummed before Kyungsoo made good on his words.

Baekhyun figured it would be alright, so long as everything remained balanced. And with Kyungsoo’s help he knew that it would be okay.

After all, balance was key.

A/N: Haven't done gymnastics in years, so probs bobbed a lot of this
I do miss the thrill of competition though man
Anyways, let me know if you enjoyed~
TTFN!<3