No Ordinary Love
Author: light_chaser08
Recipient: koizoras
Title: No Ordinary Love
Word Counts: 4,600
Side Pairing(s): HunHan, KaiSoo
Rating: R
Warning(s): super slight NC-17 with a little angst
Disclaimer:The celebrities' names/images are merely borrowed and do not represent who the celebrities are in real life. No offense is intended towards them, their families or friends. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. No money is being made from this fictional work. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: This is not a story about childhood friends or a historical deep-rooted friendship that started since they were young. The two lads met around college, where freedom was at its finest. Byun Baekhyun was a normal looking guy, with normal looking friends in a normal looking school or so he thought. Park Chanyeol was also a normal looking guy, with normal looking interests in a normal looking course or so he thought.
Author's Note:I don’t even know if I got the prompt right. Sorry! Hope all readers like it!
A drunken Baekhyun is an insecure Baekhyun, not that a sober Baekhyun isn’t but let’s just say that this certain drunken person is currently sobbing in the shoulders of Park Chanyeol, bestfriend of the drunken mess.
“For the nth time Baek, I’m sorry that I’ll leave soon but didn’t I promise to keep in touch?” Chanyeol repeatedly said as he rubs his best friend’s back for comfort.
“But waz ifz yu forgeeeet meeeecghfgmjbughb?”
Translation: But what if you forget me?
“It’s only a week Baek. We’ll text and video chat anyways. I always go to my cousin’s place every 1st week of vacation remember?”
“Buuuuuuuuut-“Chanyeol suddenly put a finger to shush Baekhyun’s slurring mouth making the smaller male blush.
I can’t believe this! My mind is a mess due to alcohol and I’m STILL conscious with his F*CKING PRESENCE! DAMN YOU, YOU GIANT ABOMINATION, PIECE OF SHIT, I LOVE YOU!
Oops!
A giant hand suddenly waved in front of Baekhyun’s, snapping him out of his little monologue.
“Huh? What?” fuck! Did I just say that out loud?
“I said, are you sober enough to walk? Or do I need to carry you again?”
Well if you ask me, I rather you carry me all my life so that we’ll be together forever, eat breakfast together, sleep together and have babies together. SHIT!! STOP THIS BYUN BAEKHYUN, the second your brain to mouth filter malfunctions you’ll be dead meat. DEAD MEAT I TELL YOU!!!
“I can walk, let’s go home”
As the blushing Baekhyun quickly walks away from the bar counter, he didn’t see the smirking Park Chanyeol immediately following him behind.
***
Friendship is a fine treasure worth keeping, says someone who probably wrote this story. A particular friendship worth keeping is of Byun Baekhyun and Park Chanyeol.
This is not a story about childhood friends or a historical deep-rooted friendship that started since they were young. The two lads met around college, where freedom was at its finest. Byun Baekhyun was a normal looking guy, with normal looking friends in a normal looking school or so he thought. Park Chanyeol was also a normal looking guy, with normal looking interests in a normal looking course or so he thought.
In fact, Baekhyun was really one of the sought after lad in the university, thanks to his looks and to die for thighs, men and women alike secretly wishes for his company. His friends are, let’s just say at par with him: Do Kyungsoo, the petite bookworm that you’ll want to cuddle every single day and Lu Han, the genius that has the goddess face that will make every person insecure. The three friends are on top of the second year’s academic roll.
Chanyeol on the other hand is a sex god, or at least that’s what he looks like with legs that can go on for days, eyes that can pierce your soul and lips that can kill you with a smile. This man has only one flaw and that is: He LOVES cute things; anything cute may it be a puppy, a mug, a pencil or an eraser if he thinks it’s cute, he’ll do anything to get it and flaunt it around. His friends are, let’s just say at par with him too: Oh Sehun and Kim Jongin, the most wanted powerful amateur dancers in the campus. The three friends are the first year’s most talked about persons mainly due to the fact that despite their looks worthy of fame and fortune, they are taking preparatory course for Medicine.
The university has about 100,000 students and the chances of meeting with a person are kind of slim if you’re not a social butterfly. Needless to say, the two groups are nowhere near the word SOCIAL.
But on an ordinary Wednesday afternoon, in a certain coffee shop, Chanyeol who is overdosed with caffeine ordered his 5th espresso of the week. Coincidentally, Baekhyun was also at that certain coffee shop trying to select a coffee that he’ll order for the first time. Byun Baekhyun is not a fan of coffee but desperate time calls for desperate measures, as finals was slowly creeping in.
After getting his coffee, the caffeine kick that Chanyeol has been building in his system induced him to bump on a certain petite male in the side of the counter.
“SORRY!” a deep voice said multiple times as he helped Baekhyun clean his now drenched coat and shirt.
“It’s okay, it’s okay”
As Chanyeol offered more napkins for the smaller lad, their eyes met and they stared with each other for about eight seconds.
What a tall dude! And that face! I-
“What about my face?” The tall guy looked at him, a hint of confusion slowly surfacing in his eyes.
“Oh! No, no, no. I didn’t mean it in a bad way. Oh God I’m sorry. It’s just that your face seems familiar. Have we met before? Oh! I’m not trying to pick you up. Shit! I didn’t need to say that. Okay, I’m babbling now. I’m ruining my life already. Goodbye” he hurriedly ran outside as his coffee was left alone in the counter, ownerless.
Park Chanyeol was stunned to say the least. What just happened? First he bumped a quite small person and the next thing he knew was he was staring at the most gorgeous eyes of a man babbling about how he was sorry about something he didn’t even understand.
Chanyeol asked the barista for another set of napkins to dry his arms that was also drenched from his earlier clumsiness. He saw a cup of coffee in the counter and remembered that it was earlier held by the petite man. He turned the cup and scribbled in the side were: BB.
***
AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! Byun Baekhyun how can you forsake us. We could’ve had it all but we rolled down into the deep, deep darkness. We should really work on this brain to mouth filter thing.
“I should really stop talking to myself before someone thinks that I’m crazy” Baekhyun stopped running as he reached his dormitory just two blocks away from the coffee shop.
An arm was suddenly wrapped around his shoulder. “Don’t worry man, we don’t think that you’re crazy because YOU ARE crazy” Kyungsoo said as Luhan opened their dorm laughing.
“Shut up! I’m not asking for your opinion, you two faced jerk” The two sat down in the living room as Luhan went to the refrigerator.
Kyungsoo put a hurt face and held his chest. “Excuse me? I didn’t asked to be stereotyped into a quiet, cuddly dude”
“But you didn’t even bothered to change that misimpression” Luhan interjected.
“Says the queen of sports that secretly wants to dance” Kyungsoo said as he threw his socks towards Luhan.
“Ewwwww! And just so you know, I just don’t want anyone to know that secret passion of mine just to use it to cling on me or something. I want a peaceful time when I’m dancing. Oh, I applied in a night dancing class so I’ll probably be home later than usual every Fridays”
“Hah! You’re just stalking that first year dude that you saw dancing last week on the school event”
Luhan lunged at Kyungsoo and thus a tickle fight ensued.
“And they say I’m the crazy one” Baekhyun gave up on his roommates and went to his room to wallow in his self-induced despair.
***
“But HIS eyes, they were like sucking me in, refusing to let me look away” Chanyeol actively describe, while sitting in front of his study table, the less than two minute interaction of him and the petite man he now know as BB.
“Wow, hyung is really hooked up to that guy, huh?” Kai entered Chanyeol’s room after taking a shower, beads of water still dripping from his hair as he tried to dry it with a towel.
“But the main question is: who is this BB guy? Will you ever find him again? You even asked the baristas if they knew him and they said that it’s the first time they saw him” Sehun said as he rolled around Chanyeol’s bed.
“Shut up you two! If I meet him, then I meet him. Don’t rain on my parade you pessimistic guys”
“Whatever. Anyway hyung! I found this cute guy in the library. He had these thick rimmed glasses that accentuate his cuteness. The word cuteness is an understatement. Urrgghhh! I’m trying to find him in every first year class that I pass by but I can’t seem to find him. I may be as hopeless as you, hyung” Jongin planted his eyes in his palms in defeat.
“Hey maknae, would you be so kind and drag that piece of shit out of my room?”
“Wow hyung, you’re getting more lovable by the minute, but at least he’s the only piece of shit and not me” Sehun laughed and followed his hyung’s order, dragging Jongin away from the room.
A week after their fateful encounter Baekhyun, Chanyeol and their respective set of friends end up meeting in the last room of the old abandoned building of their university.
“Jongin! I said we shouldn’t do this again. The library is a decent enough place to study. You shouldn’t continue to find these places to own for ourselves anymore. I-“ Chanyeol shouted as he entered the classroom just to be cut off by surprise for he was left speechless as he saw three other people besides his friends inside the room, with BB being one of them.
“Hyung, how did you open the door? No! Don’t close it” Sehun tried to stop Chanyeol but was too late as the door swiftly closed.
“Idiot”
“Kyungsoo stop that mouth. You shouldn’t be rude to people since you don’t know them” Luhan slapped Kyungsoo’s shoulder.
“So it’s alright if I know them huh, Luhan?”
“I didn’t say that. Come here you little insolent being. Let me punch you once” He grabbed his collar and was about to start fighting until Baekhyun interjected.
“Stop it you two. You’re embarrassing us”
Keep your cool Baekhyun. HE’S FUCKING HERE!! Act calm and pretend that you don’t fantasize about him every freaking night for the past week.
“BB?” Chanyeol shouted as he pointed his finger at Baekhyun.
“Excuse me?”
“Wow! You’re here. Do you remember me? I’m the guy from the coffee shop. Sorry again for spilling my coffee on you”
HE FUCKING REMEMBERS ME!!!!! DO NOT HYPERVENTILATE! I repeat Byun, DO NOT hyperventilate.
“It’s alri-” Baekhyun was cut-off by a booming voice that surrounded the room.
“Greetings, I am Suho, guardian of the universe. I have gathered you all today for you are the key for the continuance of the flow of time"
"Wait, what?" Kyungsoo stood and faced the ceiling.
"Sighs, are you deaf? In these loud speakers you didn't even hear me?"
"Are you stupid? It's an expression not a question!" Kyungsoo continued fighting with the voice.
"Can you let it slide for once? Aren't you tired yet?" Luhan said as he grabbed Kyungsoo and forced him to sit and shut up.
"Well now that there's no interruption anymore, as I was saying I gathered you here for the sole purpose of the future. Years from now, each and everyone inside this room will become a trigger for the destruction of the world. The only way to prevent this is to ensure that this group will be formed. If the bonds of friendship will intertwine all of you, the path of world destruction will not occur. The domino effect of the formed friendship will deviate your path away from making the world into chaos and death. You may not have wished it but a simple decision that each of you will make in the future without the formed friendship bond will result in catastrophe"
"Mr. Voice? Are you the one who sent me the letter in my locker to meet here? Let me get this straight, you're saying that we just need to be buddies with each other, right? Then that is so easily cool!" The maknae happily summed up the explanation.
“Yes. I sent you all letters, carefully writing as similar as yours respectively. Aren’t I great?” The voice bid farewell and had said that he might return some time to check their bonds.
"This is clearly a prank" Kyungsoo walked out of the room, Baekhyun and Luhan following behind.
"Hyung, a prank or not, this is your chance! You have an excuse to talk to your BB. We'll help you" Jongin grinned as Sehun wrapped his arm around the other two’s shoulders.
“You’re just using me as an excuse to get close to, what’s their name again? And I saw you maknae stealing glances to that girly looking dude”
“Don’t call him girly dude his name is Luhan and he recently started going to my dance class”
“And the cute feisty one was Kyungsoo. I never thought that the library guy I was looking for was right before my eyes earlier. I finally know his name” Jongin celebrated.
Baekhyun and his friends on the other hand were skeptic about the happening. After all, only idiots were to believe it right? They never would have thought that the intellectual level of the people they had met in the old building may not exceed but at least be on par with theirs.
The three first years never failed to meet the second years wherever they may be each day for the past month after the happening. Kyungsoo will always be found by Jongin someplace while reading a book, may it be in the library, in the garden or under a tree. Luhan will always see Sehun watching while he was practicing football and Baekhyun and Chanyeol, well they had a different story altogether.
Baekhyun may have been skeptical but he was happy to see Chanyeol again. He mustered up his courage and got Chanyeol’s number with the excuse that they might as well try being friends than risk world destruction. Chanyeol was happy to oblige.
BB: Hi. This is my number; you didn’t get it so I should tell my name, so yeah hi this is Byun Baekhyun
CY: Haha! Hi. Sorry I was so nervous when you asked my number I forgot to ask yours
BB: I don’t know what to talk about. I’m not good at this kind of thing. I’m not that friendly.
CY: let’s start with interests? Maybe we have something in common. What do you like?
OMG! What should I say? You really suck Byun Baekhyun. We should’ve asked for help from Luhan, at least he had experience in flirting. We shouldn’t have kept this a secret from them. You’re going to blow this chance up. Whatever, let’s just be honest and let all the pieces fall in wherever they may fall.
BB: great idea. I like dogs. I have a Shih Tzu at home that’s why even if I’m in the dorms, I find time to go home from time to time just to see my cute little furball.
CY: SHIH TZU?! Sorry for the caps but that is soooo cute. Can I pet him sometime?
BB: Haha. Sure! Let’s hang out sometime.
Their text conversation only ends when they’re asleep. The good morning and good night texts came naturally. The flow of conversation may it be in real life or in text never went dull. If it is really destiny that put the two together, they wouldn’t question it anymore for their compatibility in anything was spot on.
It was also almost funny how easily their friends clicked with one another. The guardian Suho must be a powerful being to know that having this certain group of friends brought out each other’s bests. Luhan isn’t shy about his dancing anymore, with Sehun being a supporting friend. Kyungsoo finally became a decent human being, albeit still cynical, after having Jongin around.
Baekhyun can’t explain this feeling that he experiences every time Chanyeol is concerned. He never fails to make Baekhyun smile, to make him laugh and enjoy each day. Yes, He was happy having Luhan and Kyungsoo as friends but after meeting Chanyeol he felt that his horizons widened.
Chanyeol is the type of person who doesn’t care about how people see him. He has this mindset that as long as he’s happy, even if anyone thinks he’s weird; he will not care at all. There was one time when he brought furball, his puppy, Chanyeol practically squealed in the middle of the campus. His height doesn’t help also as he attracts more attention when he jumped up and down after he petted the puppy, add to how gorgeous he looks even when doing dumb things like this particular event.
But the most memorable moment thus far is when he realized that he fell deep in love with Chanyeol. It was a normal evening in May. Chanyeol texted Baekhyun to hang out and he brought him to a nearby playground. It was deserted and dark by the time they arrived.
“Baek, I know I’m weird as fuck, I’m also a nerd who wants to be a doctor but you still chose to be my friend. I am so thankful that you accepted me for what I am. The small moments that we have shared are truly treasures worth keeping”
Why am I hurting when he says that we’re friends? Is this what I this it is?
“Baek, I dedicate this for you” He played the guitar and sang:
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But, baby I've been, I've been praying hard
Said no more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars
Yeah, we'll be counting stars
“I may not have given you the most expensive gift but I hope that the stars in the sky will make you smile. Happy birthday Baekhyun”
Baekhyun looked at the sky and true enough the beauty of the stars made him smile. Baekhyun realized at that moment that he is truly IN LOVE with Chanyeol.
“Thank you Yeol, I couldn’t have asked for more. This is the best birthday gift of all”
It was not until 5 more months before they finally became a couple. Baekhyun bought a cute plush toy and excitedly showed it to Chanyeol. They say that if you love someone, you eventually have the same tastes. True enough Baekhyun started being obsessed with cute things too. He banged on Chanyeol’s door and put the toy in front of his face while waiting.
“Who is it?” Chanyeol opened the door only to be surprised by a cute plushie.
“Look what I’ve found. Let’s bring this in the library when we study I think I’ll be more pumped up reviewing if this is with us” Baekhyun said still covered with the plush toy.
“Baek?”
“HAHAHA. Yeah? It’s cute right? But who’s cuter, me or the plush toy?” Baekhyun joked as he removed the toy in his face only to be met by Chanyeol’s lips.
“I’m sorry but I can’t keep this any longer. Byun Baekhyun, I really, really, really like you. I like you more than any cute things in the world. Will you go out with me?”
Chanyeol’s confession was answered by a kiss. Baekhyun eagerly kissed Chanyeol until they were both out of breath.
“I didn’t expect this confession. I guess buying that plush toy was a good luck charm”
“When you moved that plushie away from your face, the plushie lost it’s cuteness compared with you. I realized that I fell deeply in love with you”
Just then the whole gang showed up.
“At last, they finally got together” Sehun celebrated as he hugged Luhan.
“Hey babe, you owe me 20 bucks” Jongin said to Kyungsoo.
“Wait a damn minute. You all are in a relationship?” both Chanyeol and Baekhyun shouted together.
“Well duh! Of course we are. How the hell are we spending almost every time together and not end up being in a relationship? You couple are so slow. Anyway we just ruined your moment. We didn’t know that today will be a miraculous day. We’ll be going, take your time smooching off” Kyungsoo said as he pushed everyone out of the room leaving the two behind. Baekhyun and Chanyeol laughed hard at the event being as unpredictable as it can be.
But every Ying has a Yang. Every light has its shadow. And not every news is good news. Suho’s voice, the guardian of the universe, suddenly appeared in Chanyeol’s dormitory one random afternoon while he was hanging out with his now boyfriend Baekhyun.
“Greetings again. You all did a splendid job of being close to one another. I am both happy and sad. Happy that your love with each other has been fulfilled but also sad to tell you a bad news, unfortunately, the future may have taken a different course of the future. The bonds that you have creating greatly helped the formation of a better future but it is not enough. I have the power to change its course for the better once and for all but a price must be made”
“And that is?” Baekhyun asked as he held Chanyeol’s hand tightly.
“I must need your most treasured possession. I am sorry for this news but you two hold the key. You must have asked why the two of you. It is simply destiny. There are some things that are meant for another. You two are meant to influence the universe”
“How can you know what are treasured things are? Is it my plush toys? I don’t even have enough money? Is it this dorm?” Chanyeol asked clearly confused and frustrated at the same time.
“I know for certain what are your prized treasures are, they are your memories of each other. I am taking your memories from the moment the two of you had met and the memories of other people who bear witness to your interactions. You may not believe me but keep in mind how easily you got along with each other and fitted right in each other’s lives. That is the only proof that I can provide that I am not lying. By the end of this day, you two will forget everything”
The voice vanished leaving Chanyeol and Baekhyun dumbfounded. Tears gradually overcame Baekhyun as it hit him. He will have to part with Chanyeol, his life, his soul mate and strength. Chanyeol squeezed his hand and said “This is really not the best day for us huh?” laughing sadly.
They spent the remaining afternoon feeling each other, trying to carve their existence to their partner hoping that even if they forget, their body will remember. Night came and Baekhyun asked Chanyeol to accompany him to the nearby playground.
“Do you remember when you sang for me on my birthday last year here?” that was when I realized that I love you”
Chanyeol looked at Baekhyun while unconsciously tearing up. He barely realized that he was crying until he spoke.
“Baek, I love you”
“I know, I know babe. Please allow me to sing a song for you hoping that it will reach our future selves even after we both forget our memories.
If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day till eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you
If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then
Again, I would spend them with you
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do, once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go through time with
If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty, except for the memory of how
They were answered by you
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do, once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go through time with
“Park Chanyeol, I know that we will leave each other’s memories, you will leave my life but I know that even if the heavens and universe forget you, even if I forget you, the love that we once had was real and the most beautiful of all, I love you Chanyeol, forgetting you is the biggest heartache that I'll never remember but will regret forgetting”
“How am I supposed to live without you, now that I’ve loved you so long” Chanyeol cried as they embraced each other in the cold night.
***
Two years have passed. Destiny was a trickster for one way or another Chanyeol met Baekhyun again. They became neighbours in a certain apartment and became friends. Another year passed by and they levelled up in becoming best friends.
On a normal random night, Chanyeol and Baekhyun went out for a drink. Baekhyun became a drunken mess.
“I said, are you sober enough to walk? Or do I need to carry you again?” Chanyeol asked.
Well if you ask me, I rather you carry me all my life so that we’ll be together forever, eat breakfast together, sleep together and have babies together. SHIT!! STOP THIS BYUN BAEKHYUN, the second your brain to mouth filter malfunctions you’ll be dead meat. DEAD MEAT I TELL YOU!!!
“I can walk, let’s go home”
As the blushing Baekhyun quickly walks away from the bar counter, he didn’t see the smirking Park Chanyeol immediately following him behind.
They walked in a narrow empty street. Baekhyun was wobbling while walking ahead when Chanyeol grabbed his arm and pushed him in a wall.
“Wha-Wha-What are you doing?” Baekhyun stuttered, the effects of alcohol completely gone.
Chanyeol put his hands on the wall in both sides of Baekhyun’s head, trapping the smaller male. He leaned closer and whispered:
“I don’t know how clichéd this may sound but I feel that I have known you far longer than the time we had shared this past three years. I don’t know how or why I feel this but Byun Baekhyun I really, really, really like you” Chanyeol slowly closed the gap of their lips as he kissed Baekhyun.
That confession sounded familiar. OMG he’s kissing me. He likes me! Hooray for Byun Baekhyun!
“I like you too. I don’t know why but your confession didn’t sound clichéd. I actually feel the same” Baekhyun breathed as their kiss broke.
Maybe love is certain. It may go in a roundabout manner but whatever happens if the love is real, it will defy all odds. It will push through all adversaries.
Recipient: koizoras
Title: No Ordinary Love
Word Counts: 4,600
Side Pairing(s): HunHan, KaiSoo
Rating: R
Warning(s): super slight NC-17 with a little angst
Disclaimer:The celebrities' names/images are merely borrowed and do not represent who the celebrities are in real life. No offense is intended towards them, their families or friends. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. No money is being made from this fictional work. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: This is not a story about childhood friends or a historical deep-rooted friendship that started since they were young. The two lads met around college, where freedom was at its finest. Byun Baekhyun was a normal looking guy, with normal looking friends in a normal looking school or so he thought. Park Chanyeol was also a normal looking guy, with normal looking interests in a normal looking course or so he thought.
Author's Note:I don’t even know if I got the prompt right. Sorry! Hope all readers like it!
A drunken Baekhyun is an insecure Baekhyun, not that a sober Baekhyun isn’t but let’s just say that this certain drunken person is currently sobbing in the shoulders of Park Chanyeol, bestfriend of the drunken mess.
“For the nth time Baek, I’m sorry that I’ll leave soon but didn’t I promise to keep in touch?” Chanyeol repeatedly said as he rubs his best friend’s back for comfort.
“But waz ifz yu forgeeeet meeeecghfgmjbughb?”
Translation: But what if you forget me?
“It’s only a week Baek. We’ll text and video chat anyways. I always go to my cousin’s place every 1st week of vacation remember?”
“Buuuuuuuuut-“Chanyeol suddenly put a finger to shush Baekhyun’s slurring mouth making the smaller male blush.
I can’t believe this! My mind is a mess due to alcohol and I’m STILL conscious with his F*CKING PRESENCE! DAMN YOU, YOU GIANT ABOMINATION, PIECE OF SHIT, I LOVE YOU!
Oops!
A giant hand suddenly waved in front of Baekhyun’s, snapping him out of his little monologue.
“Huh? What?” fuck! Did I just say that out loud?
“I said, are you sober enough to walk? Or do I need to carry you again?”
Well if you ask me, I rather you carry me all my life so that we’ll be together forever, eat breakfast together, sleep together and have babies together. SHIT!! STOP THIS BYUN BAEKHYUN, the second your brain to mouth filter malfunctions you’ll be dead meat. DEAD MEAT I TELL YOU!!!
“I can walk, let’s go home”
As the blushing Baekhyun quickly walks away from the bar counter, he didn’t see the smirking Park Chanyeol immediately following him behind.
***
Friendship is a fine treasure worth keeping, says someone who probably wrote this story. A particular friendship worth keeping is of Byun Baekhyun and Park Chanyeol.
This is not a story about childhood friends or a historical deep-rooted friendship that started since they were young. The two lads met around college, where freedom was at its finest. Byun Baekhyun was a normal looking guy, with normal looking friends in a normal looking school or so he thought. Park Chanyeol was also a normal looking guy, with normal looking interests in a normal looking course or so he thought.
In fact, Baekhyun was really one of the sought after lad in the university, thanks to his looks and to die for thighs, men and women alike secretly wishes for his company. His friends are, let’s just say at par with him: Do Kyungsoo, the petite bookworm that you’ll want to cuddle every single day and Lu Han, the genius that has the goddess face that will make every person insecure. The three friends are on top of the second year’s academic roll.
Chanyeol on the other hand is a sex god, or at least that’s what he looks like with legs that can go on for days, eyes that can pierce your soul and lips that can kill you with a smile. This man has only one flaw and that is: He LOVES cute things; anything cute may it be a puppy, a mug, a pencil or an eraser if he thinks it’s cute, he’ll do anything to get it and flaunt it around. His friends are, let’s just say at par with him too: Oh Sehun and Kim Jongin, the most wanted powerful amateur dancers in the campus. The three friends are the first year’s most talked about persons mainly due to the fact that despite their looks worthy of fame and fortune, they are taking preparatory course for Medicine.
The university has about 100,000 students and the chances of meeting with a person are kind of slim if you’re not a social butterfly. Needless to say, the two groups are nowhere near the word SOCIAL.
But on an ordinary Wednesday afternoon, in a certain coffee shop, Chanyeol who is overdosed with caffeine ordered his 5th espresso of the week. Coincidentally, Baekhyun was also at that certain coffee shop trying to select a coffee that he’ll order for the first time. Byun Baekhyun is not a fan of coffee but desperate time calls for desperate measures, as finals was slowly creeping in.
After getting his coffee, the caffeine kick that Chanyeol has been building in his system induced him to bump on a certain petite male in the side of the counter.
“SORRY!” a deep voice said multiple times as he helped Baekhyun clean his now drenched coat and shirt.
“It’s okay, it’s okay”
As Chanyeol offered more napkins for the smaller lad, their eyes met and they stared with each other for about eight seconds.
What a tall dude! And that face! I-
“What about my face?” The tall guy looked at him, a hint of confusion slowly surfacing in his eyes.
“Oh! No, no, no. I didn’t mean it in a bad way. Oh God I’m sorry. It’s just that your face seems familiar. Have we met before? Oh! I’m not trying to pick you up. Shit! I didn’t need to say that. Okay, I’m babbling now. I’m ruining my life already. Goodbye” he hurriedly ran outside as his coffee was left alone in the counter, ownerless.
Park Chanyeol was stunned to say the least. What just happened? First he bumped a quite small person and the next thing he knew was he was staring at the most gorgeous eyes of a man babbling about how he was sorry about something he didn’t even understand.
Chanyeol asked the barista for another set of napkins to dry his arms that was also drenched from his earlier clumsiness. He saw a cup of coffee in the counter and remembered that it was earlier held by the petite man. He turned the cup and scribbled in the side were: BB.
***
AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! Byun Baekhyun how can you forsake us. We could’ve had it all but we rolled down into the deep, deep darkness. We should really work on this brain to mouth filter thing.
“I should really stop talking to myself before someone thinks that I’m crazy” Baekhyun stopped running as he reached his dormitory just two blocks away from the coffee shop.
An arm was suddenly wrapped around his shoulder. “Don’t worry man, we don’t think that you’re crazy because YOU ARE crazy” Kyungsoo said as Luhan opened their dorm laughing.
“Shut up! I’m not asking for your opinion, you two faced jerk” The two sat down in the living room as Luhan went to the refrigerator.
Kyungsoo put a hurt face and held his chest. “Excuse me? I didn’t asked to be stereotyped into a quiet, cuddly dude”
“But you didn’t even bothered to change that misimpression” Luhan interjected.
“Says the queen of sports that secretly wants to dance” Kyungsoo said as he threw his socks towards Luhan.
“Ewwwww! And just so you know, I just don’t want anyone to know that secret passion of mine just to use it to cling on me or something. I want a peaceful time when I’m dancing. Oh, I applied in a night dancing class so I’ll probably be home later than usual every Fridays”
“Hah! You’re just stalking that first year dude that you saw dancing last week on the school event”
Luhan lunged at Kyungsoo and thus a tickle fight ensued.
“And they say I’m the crazy one” Baekhyun gave up on his roommates and went to his room to wallow in his self-induced despair.
***
“But HIS eyes, they were like sucking me in, refusing to let me look away” Chanyeol actively describe, while sitting in front of his study table, the less than two minute interaction of him and the petite man he now know as BB.
“Wow, hyung is really hooked up to that guy, huh?” Kai entered Chanyeol’s room after taking a shower, beads of water still dripping from his hair as he tried to dry it with a towel.
“But the main question is: who is this BB guy? Will you ever find him again? You even asked the baristas if they knew him and they said that it’s the first time they saw him” Sehun said as he rolled around Chanyeol’s bed.
“Shut up you two! If I meet him, then I meet him. Don’t rain on my parade you pessimistic guys”
“Whatever. Anyway hyung! I found this cute guy in the library. He had these thick rimmed glasses that accentuate his cuteness. The word cuteness is an understatement. Urrgghhh! I’m trying to find him in every first year class that I pass by but I can’t seem to find him. I may be as hopeless as you, hyung” Jongin planted his eyes in his palms in defeat.
“Hey maknae, would you be so kind and drag that piece of shit out of my room?”
“Wow hyung, you’re getting more lovable by the minute, but at least he’s the only piece of shit and not me” Sehun laughed and followed his hyung’s order, dragging Jongin away from the room.
A week after their fateful encounter Baekhyun, Chanyeol and their respective set of friends end up meeting in the last room of the old abandoned building of their university.
“Jongin! I said we shouldn’t do this again. The library is a decent enough place to study. You shouldn’t continue to find these places to own for ourselves anymore. I-“ Chanyeol shouted as he entered the classroom just to be cut off by surprise for he was left speechless as he saw three other people besides his friends inside the room, with BB being one of them.
“Hyung, how did you open the door? No! Don’t close it” Sehun tried to stop Chanyeol but was too late as the door swiftly closed.
“Idiot”
“Kyungsoo stop that mouth. You shouldn’t be rude to people since you don’t know them” Luhan slapped Kyungsoo’s shoulder.
“So it’s alright if I know them huh, Luhan?”
“I didn’t say that. Come here you little insolent being. Let me punch you once” He grabbed his collar and was about to start fighting until Baekhyun interjected.
“Stop it you two. You’re embarrassing us”
Keep your cool Baekhyun. HE’S FUCKING HERE!! Act calm and pretend that you don’t fantasize about him every freaking night for the past week.
“BB?” Chanyeol shouted as he pointed his finger at Baekhyun.
“Excuse me?”
“Wow! You’re here. Do you remember me? I’m the guy from the coffee shop. Sorry again for spilling my coffee on you”
HE FUCKING REMEMBERS ME!!!!! DO NOT HYPERVENTILATE! I repeat Byun, DO NOT hyperventilate.
“It’s alri-” Baekhyun was cut-off by a booming voice that surrounded the room.
“Greetings, I am Suho, guardian of the universe. I have gathered you all today for you are the key for the continuance of the flow of time"
"Wait, what?" Kyungsoo stood and faced the ceiling.
"Sighs, are you deaf? In these loud speakers you didn't even hear me?"
"Are you stupid? It's an expression not a question!" Kyungsoo continued fighting with the voice.
"Can you let it slide for once? Aren't you tired yet?" Luhan said as he grabbed Kyungsoo and forced him to sit and shut up.
"Well now that there's no interruption anymore, as I was saying I gathered you here for the sole purpose of the future. Years from now, each and everyone inside this room will become a trigger for the destruction of the world. The only way to prevent this is to ensure that this group will be formed. If the bonds of friendship will intertwine all of you, the path of world destruction will not occur. The domino effect of the formed friendship will deviate your path away from making the world into chaos and death. You may not have wished it but a simple decision that each of you will make in the future without the formed friendship bond will result in catastrophe"
"Mr. Voice? Are you the one who sent me the letter in my locker to meet here? Let me get this straight, you're saying that we just need to be buddies with each other, right? Then that is so easily cool!" The maknae happily summed up the explanation.
“Yes. I sent you all letters, carefully writing as similar as yours respectively. Aren’t I great?” The voice bid farewell and had said that he might return some time to check their bonds.
"This is clearly a prank" Kyungsoo walked out of the room, Baekhyun and Luhan following behind.
"Hyung, a prank or not, this is your chance! You have an excuse to talk to your BB. We'll help you" Jongin grinned as Sehun wrapped his arm around the other two’s shoulders.
“You’re just using me as an excuse to get close to, what’s their name again? And I saw you maknae stealing glances to that girly looking dude”
“Don’t call him girly dude his name is Luhan and he recently started going to my dance class”
“And the cute feisty one was Kyungsoo. I never thought that the library guy I was looking for was right before my eyes earlier. I finally know his name” Jongin celebrated.
Baekhyun and his friends on the other hand were skeptic about the happening. After all, only idiots were to believe it right? They never would have thought that the intellectual level of the people they had met in the old building may not exceed but at least be on par with theirs.
The three first years never failed to meet the second years wherever they may be each day for the past month after the happening. Kyungsoo will always be found by Jongin someplace while reading a book, may it be in the library, in the garden or under a tree. Luhan will always see Sehun watching while he was practicing football and Baekhyun and Chanyeol, well they had a different story altogether.
Baekhyun may have been skeptical but he was happy to see Chanyeol again. He mustered up his courage and got Chanyeol’s number with the excuse that they might as well try being friends than risk world destruction. Chanyeol was happy to oblige.
BB: Hi. This is my number; you didn’t get it so I should tell my name, so yeah hi this is Byun Baekhyun
CY: Haha! Hi. Sorry I was so nervous when you asked my number I forgot to ask yours
BB: I don’t know what to talk about. I’m not good at this kind of thing. I’m not that friendly.
CY: let’s start with interests? Maybe we have something in common. What do you like?
OMG! What should I say? You really suck Byun Baekhyun. We should’ve asked for help from Luhan, at least he had experience in flirting. We shouldn’t have kept this a secret from them. You’re going to blow this chance up. Whatever, let’s just be honest and let all the pieces fall in wherever they may fall.
BB: great idea. I like dogs. I have a Shih Tzu at home that’s why even if I’m in the dorms, I find time to go home from time to time just to see my cute little furball.
CY: SHIH TZU?! Sorry for the caps but that is soooo cute. Can I pet him sometime?
BB: Haha. Sure! Let’s hang out sometime.
Their text conversation only ends when they’re asleep. The good morning and good night texts came naturally. The flow of conversation may it be in real life or in text never went dull. If it is really destiny that put the two together, they wouldn’t question it anymore for their compatibility in anything was spot on.
It was also almost funny how easily their friends clicked with one another. The guardian Suho must be a powerful being to know that having this certain group of friends brought out each other’s bests. Luhan isn’t shy about his dancing anymore, with Sehun being a supporting friend. Kyungsoo finally became a decent human being, albeit still cynical, after having Jongin around.
Baekhyun can’t explain this feeling that he experiences every time Chanyeol is concerned. He never fails to make Baekhyun smile, to make him laugh and enjoy each day. Yes, He was happy having Luhan and Kyungsoo as friends but after meeting Chanyeol he felt that his horizons widened.
Chanyeol is the type of person who doesn’t care about how people see him. He has this mindset that as long as he’s happy, even if anyone thinks he’s weird; he will not care at all. There was one time when he brought furball, his puppy, Chanyeol practically squealed in the middle of the campus. His height doesn’t help also as he attracts more attention when he jumped up and down after he petted the puppy, add to how gorgeous he looks even when doing dumb things like this particular event.
But the most memorable moment thus far is when he realized that he fell deep in love with Chanyeol. It was a normal evening in May. Chanyeol texted Baekhyun to hang out and he brought him to a nearby playground. It was deserted and dark by the time they arrived.
“Baek, I know I’m weird as fuck, I’m also a nerd who wants to be a doctor but you still chose to be my friend. I am so thankful that you accepted me for what I am. The small moments that we have shared are truly treasures worth keeping”
Why am I hurting when he says that we’re friends? Is this what I this it is?
“Baek, I dedicate this for you” He played the guitar and sang:
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But, baby I've been, I've been praying hard
Said no more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars
Yeah, we'll be counting stars
“I may not have given you the most expensive gift but I hope that the stars in the sky will make you smile. Happy birthday Baekhyun”
Baekhyun looked at the sky and true enough the beauty of the stars made him smile. Baekhyun realized at that moment that he is truly IN LOVE with Chanyeol.
“Thank you Yeol, I couldn’t have asked for more. This is the best birthday gift of all”
It was not until 5 more months before they finally became a couple. Baekhyun bought a cute plush toy and excitedly showed it to Chanyeol. They say that if you love someone, you eventually have the same tastes. True enough Baekhyun started being obsessed with cute things too. He banged on Chanyeol’s door and put the toy in front of his face while waiting.
“Who is it?” Chanyeol opened the door only to be surprised by a cute plushie.
“Look what I’ve found. Let’s bring this in the library when we study I think I’ll be more pumped up reviewing if this is with us” Baekhyun said still covered with the plush toy.
“Baek?”
“HAHAHA. Yeah? It’s cute right? But who’s cuter, me or the plush toy?” Baekhyun joked as he removed the toy in his face only to be met by Chanyeol’s lips.
“I’m sorry but I can’t keep this any longer. Byun Baekhyun, I really, really, really like you. I like you more than any cute things in the world. Will you go out with me?”
Chanyeol’s confession was answered by a kiss. Baekhyun eagerly kissed Chanyeol until they were both out of breath.
“I didn’t expect this confession. I guess buying that plush toy was a good luck charm”
“When you moved that plushie away from your face, the plushie lost it’s cuteness compared with you. I realized that I fell deeply in love with you”
Just then the whole gang showed up.
“At last, they finally got together” Sehun celebrated as he hugged Luhan.
“Hey babe, you owe me 20 bucks” Jongin said to Kyungsoo.
“Wait a damn minute. You all are in a relationship?” both Chanyeol and Baekhyun shouted together.
“Well duh! Of course we are. How the hell are we spending almost every time together and not end up being in a relationship? You couple are so slow. Anyway we just ruined your moment. We didn’t know that today will be a miraculous day. We’ll be going, take your time smooching off” Kyungsoo said as he pushed everyone out of the room leaving the two behind. Baekhyun and Chanyeol laughed hard at the event being as unpredictable as it can be.
But every Ying has a Yang. Every light has its shadow. And not every news is good news. Suho’s voice, the guardian of the universe, suddenly appeared in Chanyeol’s dormitory one random afternoon while he was hanging out with his now boyfriend Baekhyun.
“Greetings again. You all did a splendid job of being close to one another. I am both happy and sad. Happy that your love with each other has been fulfilled but also sad to tell you a bad news, unfortunately, the future may have taken a different course of the future. The bonds that you have creating greatly helped the formation of a better future but it is not enough. I have the power to change its course for the better once and for all but a price must be made”
“And that is?” Baekhyun asked as he held Chanyeol’s hand tightly.
“I must need your most treasured possession. I am sorry for this news but you two hold the key. You must have asked why the two of you. It is simply destiny. There are some things that are meant for another. You two are meant to influence the universe”
“How can you know what are treasured things are? Is it my plush toys? I don’t even have enough money? Is it this dorm?” Chanyeol asked clearly confused and frustrated at the same time.
“I know for certain what are your prized treasures are, they are your memories of each other. I am taking your memories from the moment the two of you had met and the memories of other people who bear witness to your interactions. You may not believe me but keep in mind how easily you got along with each other and fitted right in each other’s lives. That is the only proof that I can provide that I am not lying. By the end of this day, you two will forget everything”
The voice vanished leaving Chanyeol and Baekhyun dumbfounded. Tears gradually overcame Baekhyun as it hit him. He will have to part with Chanyeol, his life, his soul mate and strength. Chanyeol squeezed his hand and said “This is really not the best day for us huh?” laughing sadly.
They spent the remaining afternoon feeling each other, trying to carve their existence to their partner hoping that even if they forget, their body will remember. Night came and Baekhyun asked Chanyeol to accompany him to the nearby playground.
“Do you remember when you sang for me on my birthday last year here?” that was when I realized that I love you”
Chanyeol looked at Baekhyun while unconsciously tearing up. He barely realized that he was crying until he spoke.
“Baek, I love you”
“I know, I know babe. Please allow me to sing a song for you hoping that it will reach our future selves even after we both forget our memories.
If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day till eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you
If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then
Again, I would spend them with you
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do, once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go through time with
If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty, except for the memory of how
They were answered by you
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do, once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go through time with
“Park Chanyeol, I know that we will leave each other’s memories, you will leave my life but I know that even if the heavens and universe forget you, even if I forget you, the love that we once had was real and the most beautiful of all, I love you Chanyeol, forgetting you is the biggest heartache that I'll never remember but will regret forgetting”
“How am I supposed to live without you, now that I’ve loved you so long” Chanyeol cried as they embraced each other in the cold night.
***
Two years have passed. Destiny was a trickster for one way or another Chanyeol met Baekhyun again. They became neighbours in a certain apartment and became friends. Another year passed by and they levelled up in becoming best friends.
On a normal random night, Chanyeol and Baekhyun went out for a drink. Baekhyun became a drunken mess.
“I said, are you sober enough to walk? Or do I need to carry you again?” Chanyeol asked.
Well if you ask me, I rather you carry me all my life so that we’ll be together forever, eat breakfast together, sleep together and have babies together. SHIT!! STOP THIS BYUN BAEKHYUN, the second your brain to mouth filter malfunctions you’ll be dead meat. DEAD MEAT I TELL YOU!!!
“I can walk, let’s go home”
As the blushing Baekhyun quickly walks away from the bar counter, he didn’t see the smirking Park Chanyeol immediately following him behind.
They walked in a narrow empty street. Baekhyun was wobbling while walking ahead when Chanyeol grabbed his arm and pushed him in a wall.
“Wha-Wha-What are you doing?” Baekhyun stuttered, the effects of alcohol completely gone.
Chanyeol put his hands on the wall in both sides of Baekhyun’s head, trapping the smaller male. He leaned closer and whispered:
“I don’t know how clichéd this may sound but I feel that I have known you far longer than the time we had shared this past three years. I don’t know how or why I feel this but Byun Baekhyun I really, really, really like you” Chanyeol slowly closed the gap of their lips as he kissed Baekhyun.
That confession sounded familiar. OMG he’s kissing me. He likes me! Hooray for Byun Baekhyun!
“I like you too. I don’t know why but your confession didn’t sound clichéd. I actually feel the same” Baekhyun breathed as their kiss broke.
Maybe love is certain. It may go in a roundabout manner but whatever happens if the love is real, it will defy all odds. It will push through all adversaries.