"We Look The Best Together"
Title: "We Look the Best Together"
Pairing: Baekhyun/Chanyeol
Length: Drabble
A picture can say a thousand wonderful things but not as beautiful as a few words from a lover's lips...
Maybe because it looks so real that's why his heart was breaking this way.
Two perfect beings in one perfect picture. How could Baekhyun ever compare?
The sound of the bedroom door opening made him look up to find his roommate entering flushed from his jog outside. "Baekhyun!" He greeted.
And it was a testament of how stupid he was when just his name on Chanyeol's lips makes him all quivery inside, makes him want to hope. Because no one says his name better than his best friend. He likes to believe that the two short syllables meant something more to Chanyeol than to everyone else. Cause it's his name. But it's just a name.
"What do you have there?" The taller boy asked in his especially deep voice, referring to the things on his lap, the pictures scattered on the bed.
"It's the pictures we took during the exhibition. They had them developed." He answered. Chanyeol came closer and Baekhyun had an urge to hide the one he was holding. Because what if Chanyeol sees it?
What if he sees the two perfect beings in that one picture? What if he sees what Baekhyun does?
What if the picture of Kris-hyung and Chanyeol standing together makes him realize that they are the perfect fit? What of Baekhyun and his stupid, hopeless feelings?
But it was too late to do anything about it since Chanyeol already took the picture from his clammy hands and groaned. "I knew it! I look really bad with that hairstyle.”
"Not too bad." He answered with a little smile.
"I look like a mushroom. And there's hyung with his bitchface again." Chanyeol laughed.
"You look great together."
"Yeah, we do." Chanyeol said almost absently. Still holding the picture, he sat down on the bed beside Baekhyun and started to look at the other shots.
"You should keep that picture. It's probably the best of the bunch." He uttered softly, berating himself for being all kinds of an idiot. Because Chanyeol's agreement earlier hurt more than it should even though he already knew it would.
"Well, no. I like this one better." He saw Chanyeol lean closer to pick up a picture from his right, his arm brushing against Baekhyun's side. They stilled for a moment, a second, and then his friend continued to lean closer. Baekhyun's gaze followed Chanyeol's hand as it reached for a photo.
"I'll just keep this one instead." The taller boy let go of Kris' and his picture and Baekhyun watched as it fell on top of the pile.
Surprised, Baekhyun looked at the one Chanyeol replaced it with. It was a picture of the two of them, their bodies bent awkwardly and Chanyeol looking surprised while his own face had an unflattering blank expression. It was even out of focus. Despite that…
"We look the best together." Chanyeol said with his big, eye-twitching smile.
Baekhyun couldn't help it, his arms went around Chanyeol's neck and he buried his face at the warmth there.
"Just give me a few seconds here, okay?" He said. He decided he'll just be embarrassed later but not now, not when Chanyeol thought they looked best together. Not perfect but the best.
"Okay. Then it's my turn." Chanyeol said against his hair as he wrapped his arms around Baekhyun.