Love Me, Baby - Chapter 1

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Title: LOVE ME, BABY
A CHANBAEK/BAEKYEOL AND FANXING/KRISLAY FANFICTION
Chanbaek, Fanxing | PG-13 | Fluff, Romance, Domestic!au
Summary: Baekhyun wanted a bundle of joy, Chanyeol is conflicted, Kris and Yixing are set up by their bestfriends but unsure if they really clicked together. But a baby on the way will change everything including the almost perfect lives they currently have.
Note: NOT M-PREG. I DON’T WRITE M-PREG.


The Yes or No Dilemma (Chanbaek)

“YOU WHAT?!”

Chanyeol could hear Kris choking on his coffee over the line after he just announced the big news of his life. “Yes, I did,” he answers as he skims through the book he was holding.

“You’re kidding, right?” Kris asks once more while trying to pull it off with a chuckle.

Chanyeol shook his head and replied, “No, I’m not. It’s just... I can never say no to him!”

“Since when did you ever say no to Baekhyun anyways?” Kris scoffs and Chanyeol needed to close his eyes to concentrate on the conversation and not the ways he could do to throw Kris off to the Pacific Ocean.  “You’re not helping,” says Chanyeol as he flips another page of the book.

“Back at you when I asked for help last time, just why are you telling me this so late now,” answers the other line and Chanyeol decided to continue the topic, “So, what do you think of my decision?”

He could hear Kris’ laughs and voice saying, “Hey, I might be Chinese but I’m not your fortune cookie.”

Chanyeol groaned in annoyance as he started, “Can you please drop the sarcasm? I’m trying to ask you about a lifetime decision of mine.”

“Alright alright. Stop whining, pansy pants,” Kris was still laughing and Chanyeol huffs out air up his fringe and pouts. “What now?”

“We’re visiting the center tomorrow,” Chanyeol answers and finally puts down the baby book on the table before him. Kris remained quiet and Chanyeol continued, “Baekhyun wanted a baby because he wants it to grow on us. And...”

“And you’re not ready even after all the procedures done?” asks Kris and Chanyeol found himself humming in response. Just then, Kris was about to say something once more when the door of Chanyeol and Baekhyun’s room opened. Chanyeol looks over his shoulder to see a smiling Baekhyun at the doorframe. Chanyeol needed to stop thinking at first because yes, Baekhyun’s smiles always made his world stop especially when they’re sudden.

“Ugh don’t tell me you’re gawking at your husband right now because Chanyeol, I swear I’m going to vomit on your face once I’ll see you in person,” Kris’ irritated voice broke Chanyeol out of his reverie and immediately said, “Sorry, Kris but I am-,”

Beep beep beep...

“Did he just hang up on me?!” Chanyeol exclaimed as he looked at the phone on his hand, speaking out obscenities about crippled dragons in Canada and ben ben nicknames. Baekhyun just ignored him and instead pulled Chanyeol’s hand to help the other stand up.

“Come on, Chanyeol~! We need to buy baby stuff already!” Baekhyun jumps excitedly and Chanyeol can’t help but smile at his cute lover. “But you have plenty of stuff already!” Chanyeol whines as he hugs Baekhyun tightly. Baekhyun laughs at Chanyeol’s clinginess and rubs his hands on the latter’s back before scolding him, “I’m not your baby, Chanyeol. You promised and agreed!”

Chanyeol pulls away and just sighed, “I know...”

Baekhyun then peeks on Chanyeol’s lowered head and held his face with his two hands, “We’re going to be great parents, okay?” Chanyeol held the hands that were on his face and looked at Baekhyun, “You think so?”

Baekhyun nodded cheerfully and the excitement evident on his face made Chanyeol give up. “Alright, let me get my keys and we’ll be goi-”

“Yay!!” Baekhyun shouts in glee as he hugs Chanyeol before kissing him on the lips. After that, Baekhyun runs out the room towards the car, too impatient to even wait for Chanyeol. The latter then bit his lip once more, now that Baekhyun was away; the sudden confidence was also fading. But seeing Baekhyun depress is sadder so Chanyeol decided to just do this for his partner.

***

“Crib, check! Baby clothes, diapers, food, milk, toys... and woah, do we need this?” Baekhyun asks as he held a huge dragon in his hands while browsing on the stuff toys. Chanyeol was looking at the walking robots beside him when he turned to look at Baekhyun. He saw the dragon and immediately thought of Kris and shrieked in horror, “Certainly not!”

Baekhyun pouted but puts the toy back anyways. Chanyeol continued pulling the cart with various baby necessities in it while reading on the material Baekhyun gave him before going in the department store.

“Birthday is November 24, 2011; oh she has the same week of birthday as me! Hm, girl and turning two years old also this year... Baekhyun, she kinds of have a puffy cheeks like you in your baby picture!” Chanyeol chirps. He eyes the photo for a long time and realized the baby has such cute dolly eyes and full cheeks while her lips were thin and pink. Baekhyun only watched him in delight before turning around again and said, “That’s because she’s my cousin’s daughter!”

Chanyeol suddenly looked at Baekhyun’s back profile and back at the documents again. He reads through the parents’ information and read ‘Parents died in a car crash and...’

“She named her Yohyun and nobody wanted to take her in so instead of letting her be put up in adoption, I presented to be the nearest guardian parent.” Baekhyun finally turns around with a sad smile.

Chanyeol didn’t know what to do but walk closer to him and held Baekhyun’s head to rest on his chest, “Is this why you wanted to adopt a baby so bad? You should just have told me earlier instead of putting me through so much court hearings without any knowledge of her connection to you.”

Suddenly, Baekhyun pulled back and widened his eyes on Chanyeol, “Wait, I thought YOU KNEW? And no, I really wanted to adopt a baby even before her parents died. But Chanyeol, haven’t you thoroughly read through the papers you’ve signed??”

Chanyeol unconsciously scratches his head in uncertainty and said, “Well, I didn’t really read but signed only since you wanted it and that’s all it mattered...”

“Park Chanyeol!” Baekhyun crosses his arms over his chest and started looking at Chanyeol incredulously. Chanyeol cringed at Baekhyun’s expression and felt little despite the height difference. “I’m sorry, okay? Besides, it’s all done, the baby will be ours tomorrow,” the latter apologized and Baekhyun didn’t have a choice but just sigh.

“Fine, I’ll let it go for now but next time read before you sign, okay? We both might not know you already signed a paper giving out all our properties to strangers,” Baekhyun chided as he walks off towards the cashier, settled on the things they’ve chosen so far.

Chanyeol heaved out a deep breath as he imagined his friends’ laughing voices in his mind, teasing him of his recklessness again.

He looks at Baekhyun one more time and just followed suit, reminding himself that since it was Baekhyun’s blood-relation, he will love the baby just as he loved Baekhyun also.

***
The next day,

“Yohyun!~” Baekhyun calls out sweetly and the baby looked at the man before him. Baekhyun scooped her up easily and didn’t even cry. Instead, the baby squirmed and made sounds that Chanyeol described as goo goo ga ga audio. Chanyeol was stoned at the middle of the room and babies with ages from 1 to 2 started crawling towards him.

“Too. Many. Babies.” Chanyeol whispers as his head started spinning. Too much goo goo ga gas echoing in his mind and it just won’t stop. He didn’t want to move also because he felt like a real giant and he might step on something that is called a baby and he didn’t want to be put into jail yet.

The yellow room with walls painted with different Disney characters didn’t help cheer up Chanyeol and there’s even sweat rolling down his temple now. He might be good with babies but ever since Baekhyun wanted one, the responsibility of it all scared the shit out of him.

“Chanyeol! Yohyun is coming your way!” Baekhyun’s voice managed to catch Chanyeol’s attention and the latter saw the small girl’s steps directing to him. Chanyeol didn’t know if he should kneel to wait for the one year old but there are just too many babies around him to be able to move.

Baekhyun, though, noticed this and started carrying the nearest baby behind Chanyeol while laughing. The other caretakers also brought the other two and Chanyeol finally kneeled on his one knee.

Yohyun was giggling while struggling through her steps and Chanyeol was the only one expecting her.

Chanyeol watched quietly and just opened his arms, waiting for the baby girl that will change their whole lives.

And when she was one step away, Yohyun wasn’t able to lift up her left foot and stumbled, face becoming confused on her falling state. Chanyeol instantly caught her in his arms and stood up, saying, “Gotcha, baby girl!”

Yohyun recovered in no time and started giggling again when Chanyeol carried her effortlessly, hands clapping in joy. Chanyeol then watched her and his eyes won’t see anything but her. Imagining her grow into a kid and then a teenager, with Baekhyun and him there to guide her in each decisions she made... a beautiful girl in the making and Chanyeol’s head didn’t stop from thinking about the future. And all he could think of was the beautiful things and joy this child will bring them. It was not the sleepless nights of taking care of a baby or anything like the smelly diapers and nonstop cries. It was the moments like this, Yohyun laughing in his arms, that he wants to experience once more.

“Hello Yoh~” Chanyeol exclaims as he holds the baby with two hands hooked on her small body and started swinging her slowly which made Yohyun giggle more.

Chanyeol then heard Baekhyun’s laugh behind him and turns around, Yohyun still hanging in the air with his straight arms stretched forward, both smiling stupidly. Baekhyun laughed more and the baby boy in his arms remained expressionless. Chanyeol then finally placed Yohyun safely in his arms and clears his throat, “Well, she is an adorable baby...”

Baekhyun only stared at him shrewdly like he was still expecting Chanyeol to say more but shook his head instead, “We’re staying for a few more hours since the owner is still on her way.” He puts down the baby boy and Chanyeol just nodded. When Baekhyun stood again and came closer to the two, Chanyeol started baby talking Yohyun like goo goo ga ga and moo ma moo amma.

“She is never going to learn how to speak if you keep talking that language,” Baekhyun chuckles as he listened to Chanyeol’s baby talk. Chanyeol merely looked at him before doing the same sounds again. Baekhyun laughed more softly before saying, “Not every baby talks goo goo ga ga!”

The former only smiled goofily as if to tease Baekhyun more as he and Yohyun continued talking alien language and giggled every now and then. Baekhyun couldn’t help but just watch in awe; he couldn’t believe Chanyeol’s hesitation on the whole thing was no more visible as he played with Yohyun.

Chanyeol then finally took note of his husband and reached out Yohyun to him, “Wanna hold her now? I think it’ll be just fair if we played with the kids, right?” Baekhyun immediately nodded and eyed Chanyeol with disbelief as the latter scooped up another child in his arms, lifting them up in the air (but not too high) and started laughing. The child he was holding didn’t flinch but just laughed his lungs out whenever Chanyeol lifts him up once again. Baekhyun looked over Yohyun and saw how she watched her soon - if soon is an hour away - to be daddy play with other babies.

Baekhyun knew Chanyeol liked playing with kids but ever since he opened the topic about adopting a baby, he never looked that comfortable with children subjects again and this made Baekhyun realized Chanyeol wasn’t sure of being a capable father yet.

But looking at the very scene now, Baekhyun thought otherwise. Because Chanyeol playing with all the kids right at the moment made him stop all his worries. After two years of being married happily together, Baekhyun knows this is the perfect time to have a running happiness around their house.

Setting down Yohyun then, Chanyeol then sat on the floor and continued pulling off faces that either made the babies frown in displeasure or laugh because of the abundance of Park Chanyeol’s funny faces.

Baekhyun sat there also, laughing at Chanyeol’s way of being a comical figure while Yohyun just stared at him, completely clueless on what her daddy is even doing.

The two didn’t even notice the time passed by until Baekhyun felt Yohyun’s head heavy on his abdomen. Chanyeol looked at the both of them and only smiled knowingly. Yohyun slept soundly with her body leaning on Baekhyun and the latter carefully pulled her up to let her sleep on his shoulder. Chanyeol helped him stand up while the caretakers went to pull up the other babies also because the clock said it was baby nap time already.

“The owner is in her office already, sir,” one of the caretakers said and Baekhyun thanked her before he and Chanyeol went out the nursery. Chanyeol kept quiet since and just watched Baekhyun and Yohyun. The two of them walked towards the hallway and Baekhyun could feel his partner’s heavy stare at him.

Baekhyun looked back at Chanyeol suddenly and asked, “Why are you staring at us like that?”

Chanyeol gave off a sheepish grin before saying, “Nothing. I just think I easily chickened out in the first place and I just understood now how this isn’t so wrong after all.”

“I told you...” Baekhyun smiles back and Chanyeol leans in to give him a peck. He turns to Yohyun then and kissed her forehead. Both continued on walking with comfortable silence around them until they reached the owner’s office door. They entered quietly and the head looks up to see who her visitors were.

“Oh, if it isn’t Mr. Park and husband,” the older lady smiled kindly as she stood up to catch for a handshake. Both men smiled back at her and walked towards her desk. “Please, sit down,” she told them before everyone settled for business.

“Today’s Yohyun’s last day here in the center and I know you two are both excited to take her home,” she started and she could see the nervous smiles on both males. She chuckled lightly on this and continued, “I just need you to sign these last papers and you’re free to go. You two have both passed the parenting tests although Mr. Park here needs more improvement since he almost failed.”

Chanyeol lowered his head in embarrassment as he knows Baekhyun excelled in taking care of babies more than him. Since he was the one working mostly, he guessed it was just right it was like that.

“Don’t worry, Mrs. Yoon. Chanyeol’s in charge of making Yohyun laugh more than me,” Baekhyun assures the older woman and Mrs. Yoon only nodded. “I’ve been here for two hours now though. I saw you lovebirds having too much fun with the kids so I didn’t want to disturb you.”

Chanyeol and Baekhyun looked at each other before looking at Mrs. Yoon again. The latter laughed quietly and said, “Sorry, I didn’t want to ruin the fun.”

Baekhyun restrained a smile and replied, “You don’t need to apologize... we’re the ones who should.”

“It’s fine,” Mrs. Yoon waves her hand off to stop Baekhyun to apologize more before handling them a blue folder.

“Here, you can sign now,” she told them and Chanyeol was the first one to do it. Baekhyun was about to sign also but Chanyeol tapped his shoulder suddenly, “Let me carry Yohyun for you. You won’t be able to sign properly.”

Baekhyun mouthed a thank you before carefully slipping Yohyun into Chanyeol’s arms. Chanyeol held Yohyun with one arm only and her head on his shoulder, sleeping still oh soundly. She weighted nothing on Chanyeol’s strength so it was easier for him. Baekhyun then signed the papers already and Mrs. Yoon stood up to eye level with them, “Congratulations to you both~ You two are now Park Yohyun’s official parents!” she exclaimed in a lower tone and the couple grinned back appreciatively.

“Now shoo and make this baby happy,” she beams back and walked the two out of her office, glad to have given another kid a good future to two good parents once again.

The two walked out the center happily and Baekhyun opened the car’s backseat directly. Chanyeol placed Yohyun on the baby seat with wary and the baby girl didn’t even squirm in discomfort and just continued sleeping. After getting the seatbelts on her, Chanyeol proceeded to the driver’s seat where Baekhyun sat beside him.

Starting the ignition, Chanyeol heard Baekhyun say, “I hope we can raise her well.”

Chanyeol found himself smiling confidently before answering, “We will.”

Baekhyun smiled in gratefulness for his partner to do this and held Chanyeol’s hand in an assuring warmth.

The coming days will surely go smoothly for the both of them.

Or not.

Because babies aren’t all about fluff and adorableness.

***
After one week,

“Dude, you rarely come out and the last time I saw you was Yohyun’s welcome party,” Jongin, a composer and Chanyeol’s friend, said first thing the moment Chanyeol opened the door for him.

“What can I do, I just can’t leave Baekhyun alone to take care of Yohyun and have fun with you, guys,” Chanyeol sighs as he lets the insolent brat in his house. Jongin only shrugged and comes in, eyeing the whole place altogether. “Wow, it’s a baby mess,” Jongin commented as he saw scattered toys everywhere.

“Yeah, well, the baby’s an energetic one,” Chanyeol yawns and walked towards his recording studio’s door, saying, “Let’s get your work done now.”

“Aren’t you even going to offer me some refreshments?” Jongin looks at him incredulously and Chanyeol only snorted at him, “I’m a producer, not a maid here.”

“Oh wow you’re somewhat becoming like Kris hyung. I can’t believe he could still teach you sarcasm even though he’s still in Canada,” Jongin shook his head and just followed Chanyeol inside the studio. Chanyeol didn’t fail to hear the faint ‘what a rude host’ words that came out from Jongin’s mouth and just decided to ignore it.

Since Baekhyun was on a break on his composing works also, Chanyeol’s work as a producer retained and started accepting increased offers to make up for Baekhyun’s unpaid break. Well, getting a comfortable and spacious home while working in the same place was enough for the three of them since the two’s work paid very well they can even afford more of what they needed.

“By the way, where’s the other half Park?” Jongin asks when Chanyeol started setting up the controls.

“They’re at the supermarket, grocery shopping with Yixing,” Chanyeol answers and turns on the two computers on in front of him. Jongin just sat at the stool near Chanyeol and asks again, “Baekhyun’s bestfriend? Hm, I never had a decent conversation with that guy... Is he always in dazed?”

“He’s like that ever since. He’s fun to be with if you will just stay a little longer by his side,” says Chanyeol casually before turning the speakers on also. Jongin finally gave up and decided to give Chanyeol his flash drive so they could finally do their work.

***

It’s been few days since then when Jongin last visited. The family has been doing great for the past time and one day when Chanyeol went home from his whole day out in the music company they worked for,

“Baekhyun, Yohyun I’m ho-,” Chanyeol forgot what he was supposed to say as he continued walking in their house. The first second he opened the door, the toys that Baekhyun once cleaned up this morning are there again.

Chanyeol sighed as he got used to it. He is a witness of the living playhouse anyways.

He continued walking and when he reached the living room, the view before him took him back.

Yohyun’s fluffy cheek lay on Baekhyun’s chest and the latter was lying down on the couch, asleep also.

Chanyeol can’t help but crouch down in front of the couch and just stare at his family. He watched as Baekhyun’s chest rise up and down from even breathing and Yohyun’s head followed suit, making Chanyeol smile in delight. Baekhyun has been doing a good job in taking care of everything and this made Chanyeol feel useless if not for his husband’s assuring words.

Baekhyun was a born baby expert, he thought. Because whenever Yohyun wakes up at the middle of the night, Baekhyun knows what to do. In just ten minutes Yohyun is already lying asleep on her crib. Baekhyun knows how and when to feed her, entertain, or make her sleep in her napping hours while Chanyeol, well, Chanyeol only knows how to make her laugh - whether intentionally or accidentally.

When he slides on the floor from an unseen toy or whenever he makes faces that are Chanyeol, Yohyun would always laugh or sometimes giggle that makes the couple restrain themselves from squishing her whole being.

Chanyeol knew he was being a good father but a crappy husband though.

He saw the dark circles under Baekhyun’s eyes and realized that he just doesn’t show it but Baekhyun was tired. Chanyeol felt guilty right into the core of his existence as he realized how useless he is as Park Chanyeol.

So he then resolved into helping Baekhyun from now on no matter how busy he is. Chanyeol threw his fist in the air and pulled it suddenly in decision. Yes, he will now become a capable and most responsible father!

***
Three hours later,

“Mhm,” Baekhyun mumbles as he shifts his back and hugged his chest where Yohyun was supposed to be sleeping; which at the moment was only air now.

Baekhyun immediately opened his eyes and held his chest in emptiness. Panic started forming in him as he tries to remember that he was holding a sleeping baby and when it had dawn to him that Yohyun was not on top of him, Baekhyun stood up instantly and looked at the floor. Yohyun was nowhere to be seen around the living room either and Baekhyun finally called, “Yohyun?!”

There was no answer and Baekhyun ran to the kitchen or anywhere in the house where the baby could get into. He was too anxious of the current situation to even realize that there aren’t scattered toys on his way.

There was no luck in looking for Yohyun in the house but when he opened Yohyun’s door, Chanyeol was there.

“Gah~” Yohyun giggled and continued waving her arms in the air as Chanyeol held a unicorn doll up, making airplane sound as he then tickles Yohyun with the plushie. The television was on with a cartoon DVD on the player and Yohyun was torn with watching and reaching for the unicorn.

Baekhyun continued holding the knob as he stayed frozen at his place.

It was evening already and he didn’t even notice it. Baekhyun then looked at the wall clock in front of him and noticed that changing of diaper time has passed by an hour.

“Oh, you’re awake!” Chanyeol finally saw him from the floor and grabbed Yohyun in his arms as he stood up from the floor. Baekhyun just stared at him with a jaw dropped face.

“You... changed her diaper?” were the first words Baekhyun managed to say while he walked in front of the changing unit, observing the clean sheet on it. Chanyeol followed his eyes and when Baekhyun looked at him again, Chanyeol straightened up and said, “Yeah! I know how to change diaper now!”

“But you finished all of the whole box of baby wipes,” Baekhyun stated with a shocked face and Chanyeol widened his eyes like a deer caught in the spotlight and snickered in a low tone, “Shit I forgot to place a new one.” Baekhyun didn’t hear it and Yohyun continued pinching Chanyeol’s face as distraction.

“And you got shit on your hair,” Baekhyun ended.

Chanyeol’s smile faltered and his posture stilled. Yohyun was still giggling while pinching his cheeks.

Baekhyun then smiled widely and took Yohyun in his arm, saying, “Now go wash up, big dad. I’ll be with Yohyun just watching these little banana robots in the TV.”

Chanyeol didn’t know if he should freak out or not because first thing is, he has some baby poop on his hair that he didn’t want to touch or check with his bare hand while Baekhyun was smiling so proudly of him. He then just sighed as he realized he’d failed to be a clean responsible person. He turns around and goes for the bathroom’s door but before he could go out, Baekhyun called him and he turned around. Baekhyun smiled again and said, “It was thoughtful of you, really. Thank you.”

It was all Baekhyun’s smile that made Chanyeol forget everything and answer, “Well, we’re supposed to be together in this, right?”

Chanyeol didn’t wait for a reply as he went to go for the bathroom then because he didn’t want to start up a romantic and touching vibe with a shit hanging on the strands of his hair.

So when Chanyeol got in the bathroom and readied himself to see how miserable he looks at the mirror, he frowned deeply as he saw no poop hanging above him.

Oh, there’s no poop, Chanyeol thought.

“PARK BYUN BAEKHYUNNNN!!”

Baekhyun was clutching his stomach as he couldn’t stop laughing his heart out. Yohyun was watching quietly beside him and didn’t pay attention to them but Baekhyun was still laughing.

“BAEKHYUN!!” Chanyeol’s deep booming voice came closer and when Baekhyun looked behind him, the former had grabbed his shoulders and pushed him on the floor and tickle the living laugh out of him. Chanyeol had wrapped his arm around Baekhyun’s waist and his other hand roamed on the latter’s side, making Baekhyun squirm in protest while laughing.

“Stop stop!! I call truce!!” Baekhyun tried saying between gasps but Chanyeol only laughed and rolled on the floor when he realized how red his partner was already.

Baekhyun strived to regain his breath as he continued lying on the floor while Chanyeol’s hands remained still around his waist, his breath touching Baekhyun’s neck. The two then stirred from their recent routine and one tiny voice made their heads turn towards the busy body watching a movie,

“Mama?”

Both men widened their eyes in surprise and immediately scurried towards the baby.

“Yohyun! No, can you say Papa instead?!” Baekhyun coaxes and Chanyeol beside him goes on, “Not mama, say Pa-pa~”

“Mama.” Yohyun deadpanned again and this time, she didn’t show any expression and just stared at her parents. “Say pa-pa, paaaaa-paaaaaa~” Baekhyun tries again and Chanyeol looked at their daughter hopefully.

“Mama.” Yohyun finalized and Chanyeol was the first one to lower her head in dismay.

“Well at least she spoke a word,” Baekhyun raises his brows and just smiled towards Chanyeol. The latter smiled back and Baekhyun then asked, “Uhm, do you think she just misses her mother?”

“I don’t know,” Chanyeol frowns as he saw how Baekhyun’s smile started fading again.

Before Baekhyun could even start another tear-jerking conversation, Chanyeol scooped up little Yohyun then and stood up, “Wanna eat, Yohyunnie?~”

Yohyun seemed like to understand and smiled. Baekhyun saw two twin dimples forming and can’t help but smile again. “Okay, I’ll cook now.” He says while he decided to stand up also. Chanyeol laughs and said, “I already cooked dinner.”

Now Baekhyun froze once again, staring at Chanyeol in disbelief.

Chanyeol frowned and mumbled, “What? I can cook...”

“You can cook yes... but you can only cook bacon,” Baekhyun says unsurely but Chanyeol only nodded, more proudly, “Exactly.”

“You cooked bacon for dinner?” Baekhyun asks again and Chanyeol smiled and nodded.

“I’ll cook curry and make salad to partner with bacon then,” Baekhyun turned for the door.

“Ugh I knew it,” Chanyeol groans as he just followed Baekhyun while carrying Yohyun.

***

“If you wanted to make up for the sleepless nights I had, you should have told me,” Baekhyun grins sheepishly as he watched Chanyeol dig up in the salad he made. Chanyeol merely scratched his head and said, “I guess I sucked at the attempts?”

“You did,” Baekhyun nodded and feeds another spoonful of carrot flavored baby food in Yohyun’s mouth. Yohyun munched on the food slowly as Chanyeol whines in response, “I should have known...”

“But thank you,” Baekhyun said instantly and looked at Chanyeol. The latter swallowed down what he was chewing and beamed back, “All for my lovely family.”

Baekhyun chuckled and looks at Yohyun. The baby was eating with a serious face but with those whole cheeks, Baekhyun can’t help but pinch one side lightly with his free hand, “Taking care of this baby is worth the tiredness!”

Yohyun replied with a giggle, showing an orange stained teeth and Baekhyun wanted to pinch harder if not for his practiced control. Chanyeol picked a part of the salad with a fork and fed Baekhyun also. Baekhyun made an ‘ahh’ sound while still talking with Yohyun. Chanyeol smiled for a second as both persons looked so adorable.

He sighed one last time before saying, “I really suck at all the baby stuffs...”

Baekhyun then at last eyed Chanyeol with apprehension. “If you really wanted to, you would be good at this... You always think you don’t that’s why you don’t.” He explains and becomes worried all over again. He now knows Chanyeol is being his old self because the latter rarely tries hard with things he wasn’t good at.

“If you could balance work and family time, I will let you take care of Yohyun’s daily needs! Although I could do it all myself...” Baekhyun cuts off and Chanyeol answered straight away, “Yes. I will really help from now on.”

He did it with a salute and Baekhyun beams at him in response while Yohyun tries to reach Baekhyun with her both hands in the air.

***
After two days,

“I think I’m going to have a mental breakdown,” Chanyeol says over the phone as he plops himself on the sofa near his study. He could hear Kris snicker in the background before the latter answered, “What a nice way to greet me after a week I didn’t hear from you.”

Chanyeol groaned from the lack of a decent reply and said, “Look, I’m really trying hard to be the most responsible person in the family and yes I don’t need your passionate love of mockery right now but some serious advice.”

“I can’t believe you’re saying that... but well, I know nothing on kids so why would you ask me?” Kris asks in a more casual tone before Chanyeol rubs his temples with his index finger and thumb. “Kris, you’re my bestfriend, my best man, and my kid’s godfather. Show some concern.”

“I am a godfather?” Kris answers instead and Chanyeol frowned at the question, “Yes you are. I thought I told you that already? You and Yixing are the ones we chose as Yohyun’s godparents...”

“You just didn’t make me a godfather with that guy...” Kris’ voice sounded threat forming but Chanyeol only shrugged, “Why? Nothing’s wrong with Yixing... Unless you still held a grudge at him because he turned down the date two years ag-”

“Stop. I am never going to reminisce a past with Zhang Yixing. It’s you and Baekhyun’s fault for even setting us up. I liked women, okay. Not a mother slash dazed slash perfectionist kind of guy.” Kris snaps and Chanyeol found himself smiling at the memory. “If you say so, Kris. But anyways, when are you coming back here? You’re a godfather who hasn’t met his godchild yet.”

“Speaking of that, I’m in Korea right now and maybe visit tomorrow then.”

“Oh. Cool. See you then!”

“Yeah. I still remember the promise I gave you.”

“What promise? Will that excite me???”

“The promise I will vomit on your face.”

Beep beep beep...

Chanyeol looked at the phone on his hand and wanted to swear again.

But he remembers Yohyun and made a mental note that he could never ever swear again especially now Yohyun was with them.

And now that he realizes it, where the hell was Yohyun?

Chanyeol got on his feet the second he didn’t see Yohyun on the floor beside the sofa, her toys left without consideration.

Was he that long on the phone? Chanyeol thought to himself as he knows he just managed to make Yohyun stop on crying, fed her, and changed her diaper and she was just supposed to be playing with her blocks while watching TV but now she isn’t anywhere to find.

Chanyeol didn’t want to think his daughter has some teleportation power hidden within her soul but what the hell where was Yohyun?

“Yohyun!” he started calling and he goes first on her room, their room, bathroom, dining room, and other room rooms in the house. He goes back to the living room and then finally saw Yohyun - crawling out from his recording studio room - holding a CD.

“Oh dear god don’t tell me-“ Chanyeol, panicked and shocked, suddenly grabbed the CD out from Yohyun’s grasp and the once giggling baby’s face turned into a scowl and then expression threatening to fall into a chaotic one called a cry.

Chanyeol immediately checked on his studio and saw numerous CDs stacked out from the lower shelf and scattered everywhere, some scratched visible that are obviously from the edges of the dragon toy Yohyun was holding.

“Yohyun, those are not playthings! Those are daddy’s works!!” Chanyeol forgot to control his voice and then heard a faint sob that instantly turned into a loud cry. He looks at the baby before him and saw how frightened she was. Chanyeol instantly carried her and apologized, “I’m so sorry, baby. Sorry, alright? Daddy was just surprised. Come on, ssh...”

The man continued cooing Yohyun but the baby was too shocked to even response and continued crying. Chanyeol really regretted what he’d done and even started picking up few CDs and showed them to Yohyun, “Here, have them all as your toys even! Daddy won’t be angry~” Chanyeol coaxes as he really hates seeing his daughter cry. The only one that could make her baby girl cry was some boy in her teenage years in the future which he will surely kick his ass or some scary ghosts from a horror or anything NOT JUST HIM. Chanyeol can never accept he will be the reason his baby will cry.

“Sssh ssh, Yohyun, Daddy isn’t angry, okay??” Chanyeol tries again and Yohyun continued crying, but this time, it was growing weaker.

“Chanyeol I got the symphony now for the no. 9-“ Baekhyun’s voice entered and Chanyeol snaps his head towards his newly arrived husband.

“What. Did. You. Do.” Baekhyun’s face suddenly turned into a serious one and Chanyeol needed to gulp in fear. Yohyun continued crying and Baekhyun reached for her right away. Chanyeol gave in without protest and Baekhyun started rubbing the baby’s back as she sobbed on his shoulder.

“I got surprised and... accidentally yelled... BUT IT WAS NOT A LOUD YELL I PROMISE.” Chanyeol tried explaining but Baekhyun only glared at him to make his message understood, “We all know how a yell sounded from you, Yeol.”

Chanyeol didn’t answer, only gulped more.

“I can’t believe it,” Baekhyun huffs and no second thoughts left Chanyeol in the living room to Yohyun’s room.

“No dinner for you!” Baekhyun says one last time before slamming the door shut. Chanyeol sighed and heard some faint noises of cooing from Yohyun’s room. Great, his baby doesn’t like him and his husband’s mad. And some of his unfinished recordings are scratched. Worse, they were from a dragon toy.

“Kris is such a bad luck. Not suited for a Chinese cookie,” Chanyeol pouts as he starts thinking of a way how to make up for Baekhyun and Yohyun. It was near sunset and he probably should think fast now.

***

Yohyun had finally stirred from her outburst and Baekhyun sighed in relief. Yohyun kept quiet and just leaned on his shoulder.

“Are you okay now, Yonnie?” Baekhyun asks in a sweet voice and the baby nodded.

“Daddy didn’t mean to yell at you, I guess. Don’t worry, baby, it’s his fault for even putting those CDs reachable for you,” Baekhyun coaxes once again as he was still angry at Chanyeol. He heard their doorbell ring then but he knows his husband is there to answer it anyways so he stayed inside Yohyun’s room.

If only Chanyeol tried to control his voice... Baekhyun thought as he knows deep inside him that Chanyeol didn’t really mean to especially when he saw he was trying to coo Yohyun too awhile ago. But it was all so surprising and he didn’t want to talk to Chanyeol first - a trait that will never be removed from him.

“Baekhyun, I’m going out,” Chanyeol knocked on the door and told Baekhyun.

Baekhyun didn’t answer but he heard Chanyeol walk away towards the door. He refused to follow so he just asked Yohyun, “Do you want to watch the baby with the unicorn plushie?”

Yohyun smiled with teary eyes, nodding with a sound of gaa gaa. Baekhyun pursed his lips in a smile, completely taken by Yohyun’s expression again. So they just settled on the floor as Baekhyun switched the player on the movie he had put in.

***

“I can’t believe you yelled at your daughter, you know you have soft copies of these, right?” Jongin feigned a gasp when he and Chanyeol walked towards his car in front of the Park residence.

“Only some of it, okay? AND I DIDN’T MEAN TO YELL,” Chanyeol pressed on the few words which only made Jongin roll his eyes, “Yeah you didn’t but you know how Baekhyun is when he’s angry.”

“It takes a lot of effort to ease him but with a baby part of the reason, I don’t know how to make up with it but this plan,” Chanyeol shook his head as he got in Jongin’s black coupe. “What?” asks Jongin but Chanyeol only answered, “Just help me with this and don’t ask questions?”

Jongin shrugs and started the ignition, “I’m willing to help as long as you don’t trash my compositions. Wow it rhymed I think I’m a genius.”

Chanyeol didn’t answer and the car accelerated in fast speed instantaneously.

***

“Yixing, what are you doing here?” Baekhyun mumbled when he opened the front door to see his bestfriend. He stared at him suspiciously and kept their stand in the doorframe.

“Uhm, well, I want you to come with me with baby Yohyun of course,” Yixing replies with a hand scratching the back of his neck. Baekhyun knew his friend too much and he knew what this gesture meant, “Chanyeol made you?”

Yixing looked frantic and immediately waved his hands in denial, “No no, it was Jongin.”

“Oh, why would Jongin want you to take me and Yohyun?” Baekhyun asked sceptically and Yixing’s eyes travelled down to see a baby Yohyun crawling behind Baekhyun.

“It’s a secret. Just come with me and I know you will. Hi baby Yo~” Yixing crouched down and Yohyun sat to reach for his hands. Yixing carried her and then looks at Baekhyun, “Let’s go?”

Baekhyun meekly sighed and went inside the house to bring Yohyun’s things before coming with Yixing then.

While in the car with Yohyun at the baby seat at the back, Yixing drove in comfortable silence as Baekhyun chose baby songs on the radio. Since he couldn’t shut his mouth while doing other things, he opened up, “Kris is coming over tomorrow. I just wanted you to know.”

He could sense the deforming of his bestfriend’s face. “Why would I care?”

“I know you won’t. I just said it to make your day better,” Baekhyun hid a smile and finally settled on using his iPod to put in the music player.

“He was rude and I maybe homosexual but I don’t like him,” says Yixing.

“Xing, that was like three years ago, you should have forgotten disaster date 101.”

“I still don’t like him even though he is Chanyeol’s best buddy in the world.”

“Sorry for setting you up though. I didn’t know he was like that since I barely know him that time,” Baekhyun beams at Yixing and the latter knew better when his friend was really sorry.

“You’re still hoping we’d hook up, aren’t you?” Yixing eyed him shrewdly before focusing back on the road. Baekhyun smiled widely and that made Yixing groan in protest, “Whatever.”

The road to their destination took an hour and Yohyun was fast asleep already. But when they reached it, Baekhyun frowned at the place.

“Why are we... DID WE JUST DROVE IN CIRCLE AROUND THE TOWN?” Baekhyun turns to Yixing who was already climbing out the door. They were in their house again and Baekhyun can’t believe what just happened. Yohyun yawned from the back, indicating she just woke up. Yixing opened the door on her side then and both giggled as Yixing removes her belt.

Baekhyun stomps out the car angrily and Yixing was fast on skipping towards the house door. Baekhyun huffs and finally reached Yixing. “What were you thinking?”

Yixing didn’t answer his question and just smiled, lowering his head lightly and moved his hand like a gentleman, “You first.”

Baekhyun pouted but opened the door.

“I AM SO SORRY,” Chanyeol’s huge voice greeted and Baekhyun was taken aback.

Around the living room were big Teddy Bears and Unicorns and various Minion plushies and Baekhyun didn’t know what to say and stayed quiet, staring at the massive population of soft cottoned stuff toys in their living room. He could hear Jongin snickering about the toys needed to be delivered because they can’t fit in his car but he ignored him.

“How-“ He finally said and Yixing had put down Yohyun on the floor whose eyes were already shining in excitement upon seeing her daddy’s gifts.

Baekhyun went in and since Yixing was the last one to enter, he forgot to close the door behind him.

The latter held a video camera on his hand and started filming the whole thing.

“I’m sorry, Baek. First, if you’re thinking I agreed in this because I can’t say no to you, I did but in the past few days Yohyun was with us, it changed. I love this kid as my own now and second, I never intend to make our baby cry and though others might say we’re exaggerating like the assh-shat is saying beside me, I’m still sorry for what I did.” Chanyeol said and Baekhyun just stood frozen. Jongin kept quiet although he knows he was about to be called an asshole and Yixing behind the camera stood still also.

“Oh, and I threw all her dragon and hard toys away so I got these. Can I still have dinner?” Chanyeol ends.

But before matters get teary and over fluffy, Baekhyun walked forward and pulled Chanyeol for a kiss.

Jongin was fast to get on Yixing’s side and knelt behind Yohyun to cover her eyes. “Ugh,” Jongin sighs but just grinned towards Yixing, both knowing the dilemma of the day was finally solved. Yohyun laughed when her eyes were covered and Baekhyun was still kissing the living daylights out of Chanyeol and the latter kissed back eagerly.

“Do you think we need to stop them now,” Yixing asks in a whisper and Jongin just shrugged, “I don’t know. I suck at pulling magnets apart.”

“Jesu-, what the?” a new voice interrupts and every head turned - even the kissing couple - to look at the sudden visitor.

“Kris!” the Park couple calls and the latter was there, standing and completely grossed out at the same time surprised when he saw his friends inside the house.

“Hyung, I didn’t know you were up for surprises,” Jongin stands up and made a bro handshake with the other.

Kris then walked in and answered, “Park Chanyeol remember I still have that promise to make and walking in you like that proved I really need to do it now.”

Chanyeol laughed and didn’t know what to answer; he should have known better when Kris makes statements like ‘I’ll be visiting tomorrow’ to ‘today’. Since the living room was stuffed, Kris remained beside Yixing who was the only one who hasn’t greeted him yet.

“CHANYEOL, BAEKHYUN, stop. Stay right there!” Yixing suddenly exclaimed in a hushed voice and the others didn’t know what he meant until all eyes landed on the baby on the floor.

It was late for her to learn it but Yohyun slowly stood up by her own, every muscle moved in a slow pace to gain her balance. Yixing caught it in the camera and the baby finally stood up for five seconds. Both parents instantly crouched on their position, holding few stuff toys as they called, “Come here, Yo. Just little steps and you’ll make Daddy and Papa proud!”

Yixing remained still while Jongin kept the ‘I don’t care’ look on his face but well, he was cheering inside while Kris watched in amusement.

Yohyun took a first step and then second step.

Step by step she came near the Park couple and when she finally reached them, she reaches her arms for the minion plushie Chanyeol was holding. Chanyeol gave it to her and when she got it, she purposely let her balance lose. Chanyeol caught her and raised her in the air excitedly.

“That was the most advance she got on walking!!” Baekhyun exclaims as he jumped around the two. Chanyeol nodded and replies, “I know. The far she gotten is ten now she got fifteen!!”

Both jumped happily while the subject of their happiness just giggled while playing with the toy she got. From the reaction she had given so far, she already forgot what she cried for at the first place.

“They’re happy... with a... three steps... progress,” Jongin asks with confusion. Yixing elbowed him and answered, “Of course they are. Parents get too much excited in little things.”

“Oh,” Jongin utters before Kris joins in, “They’re the most pathetic and loving parents I know.”

“I have this unsettle feeling that Yohyun will going to be the one who will scold them one day,” Jongin answers casually and Yixing needed to agree with that, “It’s either she’ll be forced to be the mature one or she will grow to be spoiled.”

“I hope for the former,” Kris replies and this time, Yixing looks at him and Kris smiled, “Hi.”

“Hi.” Yixing didn’t know what to say but that. Jongin beside them noticed the sudden change of atmosphere and immediately smirked, “What a touching reunion.”

Yixing suddenly turned away and focused on the camera again, with the couple still jumping in joy and started bribing their daughter to walk few steps once more.

Kris laughed and it ringed on Yixing’s ear that annoyed him.

“Well, I guess we’ll just have to join in the fun now,” Jongin calls them as he proceeded to take Yohyun’s attention while she walked towards her parents. Chanyeol glared at him for distracting their daughter but Yohyun changed her direction and went for his uncle Jongin.

And at the entrance, two figures remained still and just watched the whole scene.

A/N: I’m sorry if I failed to give fluffy feelings I am so not in coherent mind when I did this. This has a sequel and it’ll be fanxing. I think I will just take my time and break before doing that sequel though. I was overloaded with Chanbaek with baby so yeah, this is for Anj for giving me too much feels. I suck at domestic!au since I just finished an angst one but this is to make up for it, i guess. Ciao

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