10:11 - part ii
10:11
Baekhyun/Chen
PG | ~11,655 words
for sncj_bigbang
Baekhyun gets three messages from different people at the same time. 10:11 A.M. How the rest of his day depends on who he responds to first, but he always finds his way back to Jongdae in some shape or manner.
part i.
Baekhyun opens his eyes to birds chirping and a hazy blue morning light peering through the window. He lulls his head left and right before pausing to see what time it was.
Five minutes before the fifteen minutes before the actual time he needed to wake up by.
He hates these days the most. The five minutes of sleep he could have had are now spent laying awake, trying to decide on whether or not he should actually get up and prepare for the day or just take it slow.Baekhyun knows better than to go back to sleep. Five more minutes can quickly turn into half an hour or more, so he sits up and yawns while mentally going through his to-do list and plans out the rest of his day.
And above all, Baekhyun is going to get his morning coffee no matter what obstacles may come in his way.
-
Baekhyun sits in front of a bus stop and pulls out a beat up copy of House of Leaves, a book that Jongdae recommended to him from a while ago. He hadn't had the chance to read it earlier since he's been working on his thesis for the past semester, and Jongdae always seems disappointed whenever he asks about the progress with the book, and now he can't put it down.
He feels his phone vibrate three times in quick succession and a soft ping sound rings into the air. He tucks the corner of the page he's on and pulls his device out.
[Text] Kim Jongdae 10:11 AM
Baekhyun, meet me in front CoEx at 12!!
[Email] Oh Sehun 10:11 AM
Situation with You Know What
Hey, I would text you but my phone died and I haven’t replaced it yet.
Anyway, when you can…
Zhang Yixing 10:11 AM
Missed Call & Voicemail
Well that's interesting. He's sure that this is something he can tell to a shit load of people and they wouldn't be too impressed, but he almost wants to call Jongdae up right now--but that can wait since they're seeing each other soon anyway.So it's down to Sehun or Yixing, and as much as he wants to laugh at Sehun about his relationship woes, he's actually more curious about why Yixing would call him up.Without listening to the voicemail, Baekhyun taps on "call back" and waits for Yixing to pick up.
He doesn't even think one dial tone rings when Yixing answers in a relieved voice."Baekhyun! Thanks for calling back, man."
Baekhyun hopes that everything's okay and that he's not about to ask to borrow a bunch of money or something. It's been a couple of years since they both graduated from college and each person went on to do their own thing without really catching up. He's honestly surprised that Yixing kept his phone number. But things could be worse if he was in need of money because Baekhyun's a broke college student still.
"Of course! What's up?" Baekhyun raises his shoulder to keep his phone in place while he turns the page of his book.
"Are you busy today?" Yixing sounds almost desperate now, and he's trying to guess why, but Yixing's voice snaps him out of his thoughts. "Baekhyun?"
"What, oh, not really. I have to meet Jongdae at noon, but I'm free until then."
"Oh, awesome!" He can almost hear Yixing's grin, and in all honesty, is super glad that someone else looks forward to seeing him.It's like the gods were being kind to him for the lack of wishes granted in the past.
"Meet me at Junggye Park?"
"Sure. See you soon."Baekhyun hangs up with Yixing and looks at the bus schedule to see how he can get to the park. Once he has his path figured out, he continues to sit there and waits for a 40 bus to come.
He still needs his coffee.
-
Baekhyun puts his hands in his pockets when he walks over to Yixing feeding ducks near the pond at the local park.
"Hey, hey!" Baekhyun says, leaning forward to catch Yixin's attention and hands him a cup of coffee.
"Hey, thanks for coming!" Yixing lets out a relieved sigh and he stands up, wiping his palms against his pants and accepts the cup. "Hmm, hazelnut."
He smiles and Baekhyun nods back. "New arrival at the local coffee shop I go to. You'll be my guinea pig."
Yixing rolls his eyes and shakes his head.
"Okay, so what's up?" Baekhyun gets straight to the point and Yixing's smile slightly falters and the latter heaves out a sigh.
"Things have been kind of tough on set lately, and I don't know why. "
"Baekhyun, you're a sociable guy, how do you do it?" Yixing looks at him helplessly and Baekhyun doesn't know how to react because it's not like he has his life planned out either. Yes, he has a goal, but he's still going through grad school to help obtain it, and besides saying the typical things, Baekhyun has never really been good at encouraging people.
He doesn't dislike Yixing for bringing it up, but asking about his sociability has almost become a trigger question for him. It's times like these when wishes that Jongdae was here to help because although they were all collegemates, Baekhyun had met Yixing through him, despite the fact that they shared the same major and shared classes together prior to their official meeting.
"It just takes effort." Baekhyun finally says; it's his answer for everything in life, really.
-
The two of them are still sitting at the bench when Baekhyun's alarm goes off.
"Hey, I have to go." Baekhyun says regrettably. He knows how hard it can be when you're insecure and wanting support.
"It's fine, really." Yixing looks up to the sky. "You're great company, as always."
Baekhyun smiles until dimples are prominent and stands up. He extends his hand out."Do you want to come with?"
Yixing pushes him playfully and Baekhyun pretends he's highly offended, but the former simply grins back. He sticks his tongue out and stretches his arms above him, reaching for the sky.
"Nah. I wasn't invited! Don't wanna crash the party or anything." Yixing continues to stay in the awkward pose of having both his arms up in the air before he cocks his head forward and looks around the park. "Besides, it's a nice day for a walk."
"Well, call me or Jongdae if you have any other concerns." Baekhyun says in all seriousness and Yixing nods and shoos him away.
"Go. I don't want to be the one ruining precious time with precious friends."
Baekhyun gives him a questioning look, but doesn't reply since Yixing's sitll shooing him away so he rolls his eyes and turns to make his way toward the aquarium.
-
Baekhyun's here early, but instead of wandering around, Baekhyun heads straight for their regular meeting spot and he's not sure he's mentally prepared to see it, really. It has been over two years since they last set this tank as their meeting place and when he looks up, Baekhyun regrets not coming by more often.
The fish in the slightly familiar tall tank are gracefully swimming back and forth, the blue water shines and sparkles, and Baekhyun feels relaxed like he's at home. He never understands why people always half-heartedly walk through the aquarium in less than an hour without taking the time to appreciate each exhibit. If it was possible, Baekhyun would stay from opening to closing to admire the fish as well as to people watch. It sounds kind of boring, but Baekhyun enjoys the slower-paced environment compared to people-watching at a theme park or around a mall. Mostly because while the children were having the time of their lives, many of the parents looked tired, disheveled and completely done with life. At the aquarium, however, he's had the chance to see so many parents look just as amazed as the children were, and seeing those faces in awe made each and every single day completely worth it.
"Nothing's really changed, has it?" Baekhyun's ears perk up at the sound of Jongdae's voice and he turns around to face his friend, lips curved up.
"Hey." Baekhyun says wistfully.
"Hey." Jongdae smiles back and scratches the back of his head. "I wasn't expecting you to come early."
Baekhyun raises a brow. "Were you planning something for me?"
"No!" Jongdae runs a hand through his hair and Baekhyun suddenly finds him suspicious.
"Then are you here to ask me for advice too?"
"What do you mean?" Jongdae slightly cocks his head to the side and Baekhyun shrugs. "It's nothing really. I met up with Yixing earlier on a whim when he called earlier and he just needed someone to talk to, I guess."
"Everything okay?" Jongdae doesn't look at him, instead, he's putting an open palm against the glass and he knows that some janitor will be angry later when they find an adult-sized hand print among the tiny ones.
"Yeah, or at least, things are as okay as they could be given the situation." Baekhyun scrunches his nose. "He asked me about about friends and keeping them and how to be good around people, and I don't really know what he expected from me.”
"Well, that's easy." Jongdae takes out a bag of chips from his bag. "You're easy to talk to."
Baekhyun doesn't know why he feels his cheeks reddening at that because it's such a normal thing to say.
-
They finish wandering around the aquarium and although they chatted throughout, something seems incredibly off to Baekhyun. He just can't put his finger on it.
"Oh, did you want to eat together or something?" Baekhyun asks hesitantly, but Jongdae shakes his head. "I actually have to meet up with someone, so maybe another time."
Baekhyun wants to ask him if there was something wrong, or if he was being completely paranoid. Because Jongdae's attitude from last night and today have completely different vibes, and he's pretty sure that this is the first time in a while since they've met up, so surely he must have wanted to hang out longer?
"See you around then." Jongdae says as he pulls out his phone.
"Okay, see you." Baekhyun says eventually and is about to wave but Jongdae turns before he can.
Baekhyun feels like he missed something by the time he walks out of the aquarium too.
He's not sure if it's because of Yixing, the gods or the fish.
It totally could have been the fish.
----
Baekhyun opens his eyes to darkness. He looks to his clock on his night stand and sees green neon light flashing back at him -- 5:00 a.m. and groans at how ridiculously early it is. His heart is still beating fast from the nightmare he was having just a brief while ago, and he knows that he isn't going to be sleeping anytime soon.
-
"Baekhyun, is that you?" A deep voice starts off low but then pitches up high by the end of the question and Baekhyun takes a moment before turning around to see if he recognizes who it is. But before he could even turn, hands are waving in front of him and a huge grin accompanied with a signature laugh confirms it.
"Chanyeol!" Baekhyun grins. "It's been forever, how are things?"
"Still going through grad school."Chanyeol grins and waggles his eyebrows and plops down in front of him. "For astronomy, of course."
Baekhyun nods approvingly. "Good to see you didn't give up."
"I also still play for shows at night with Kyungsoo to help pay for tuition. I'm on a coffee run right now since we just finished a show. Wanna say hi to the other dudes?"
The other dudes being Baekhyun's other high school friends that he failed to keep contact with. It's not that they fought or held grudges against each other, but Baekhyun moved and, like anything else in life, it takes effort to keep a friendship going.
"I'd love to!" Baekhyun smiles and for once, he's glad his internal clock was messed up today. Even if he was surviving on 3 hours of sleep, catching up with people always leaves a good feeling afterward.
-
Baekhyun takes a look around the studio apartment that Chanyeol, Kyungsoo and "some dude you don't know" share and is taken aback. Not because it is pretty or neat, but quite the opposite. Cans and paper plates are spread out on the floor
"Sorry for the mess." Chanyeol tippie-toes his way through their makeshift living room and into the kitchen. "Kyungsoo kind of gave up cleaning the living room since this is what it usually becomes by the end of the night anyway."
Baekhyun looks to their walls and sees framed records and movie posters hung up in an orderly fashion.
"Feel free to sit around anywhere. I'll get you some water." Chanyeol's voice becomes muffled as he walks farther away into the kitchen and Baekhyun pushes some empty cans off the sofa and sits down and looks to the sheet music on the table in front of him. Baekhyun remembers when the two of them tried to rope him into joining them for a three-piece band, but he had refused. Besides, all he knew how to play was the piano.
The upright piano in the studio apartment calls out to him though, and before he knows it, Baekhyun finds himself sitting in the seat and softly brushing over the keys of the piano. He plays a simple song that he memorized from his last endeavor on the piano and is startled with the sound of hands clapping
"Play it again, Sam." Chanyeol says gleefully, placing two glasses of water on the table behind him.
"You know that's not actually a line from Casablanca." Baekhyun says as he stretches his fingers across the piano.
"You get what I mean." Chanyeol huffs and rests his head against the sofa's arm.
Chanyeol pops open a can of beer an offers it to Baekhyun who doesn't budge. Drinking in the morning is not a good idea, especially after he just downed a cup of coffee.
"Just one drink. For old time's sake."
After seeing Chanyeol's wide smile, Baekhyun finally gives in.
-
Baekhyun feels his phone vibrate three times in quick succession and a loud ping ring in his ears
He doesn't bother checking his phone, knowing that Jongdae probably wants to meet at their usual time.
-
He feels completely wired up by the time he gets to the aquarium, and isn't sure if he should actually take off his sunglasses or not because everything is bright and painful and--
"God, you look like a wreck."
"Well hello, I missed you too, Jongdae." Baekhyun says as he sits down on the bench in front of their favorite exhibit. Although the bench has gotten a makeover, and although different fish have been shuffled in and out, Baekhyun still finds this tank to be the best in the aquarium. Sure, it's not the newest one installed, but there's just something about the tank that calls out to him. It's one of the centerpieces of the aquarium, and at least he'd always
“You know, the weirdest thing happened to me today.” Baekhyun says, biting his lower lip. Jongdae raises an eyebrow at him, so he continues. "I woke up super early and you won't believe who I ran into."
At Jongdae's expression Baekhyun points at him and shakes his finger. "It's totally not a Baekhyun thing, okay?"
Jongdae only smirks back.
"But yeah, do you remember Chanyeol?"
Jongdae's smile slightly drops and Baekhyun rubs his eyes to see if he's imagining things but the moment is gone by the time he opens his eyes again and Jongdae's back to giving him a full smile.
"Of course. I mean, I haven't seen him in a while, but it's hard to forget someone like Park Chanyeol."
Baekhyun nods in agreement. "He definitely gives a lasting impression."
The two of them share eye contact and laugh.
"But in all seriousness, I just ran into him this morning before making my way over. He's still going the astronaut route, it seems."
"Very good for him." Jongdae says, impressed.
They continue to talk about high school and laugh over the best pranks they pulled on innocent victims.
-
Jongdae shuffles around in his bag and with an aha expression, pulls out two slips of paper. "Here, one of my friends got spare tickets to an advanced screening of The Wolverine so I saved some for you."
"Oh my god!" Baekhyun makes grabby hands at the tickets and observes them up close. "I never knew you knew someone who worked at a movie theater!"
Baekhyun has been looking forward to seeing the movie and had planned on watching it on release day next week (or perhaps the midnight showing) and in this moment, he swears he loves Jongdae. "Do you want to go together?"
"Sorry, I'm kind of busy in the next few days." Jongdae smiles and Baekhyun tries to search through Jongdae's eyes, but his friend isn't looking at him at all and Baekhyun wonders what or if something was wrong.
But they tell each other everything, so it wouldn't make sense for him to not say anything.
"Alright, well...another time, then?"
"Yeah." Jongdae says and stands up. "Shall we then?"
Baekhyun nods and they begin the familiar tour around the aquarium that they had given to elementary kids in their high school years. The changes that the aquarium has gone through remind him, dumbly, of the changes
Because even though, the aquarium is still the same.
-
After a slow day at the aquarium and an awkward meal together, Baekhyun and Jongdae part ways at the train station in silence. Jongdae slightly waves and Baekhyun wants to say something, but Jongdae turns around so all he can do is watch his retreating figure until he can't see it anymore.
Baekhyun presses the power button to respond back to Sehun and to call Yixing back, since he has nothing else to do. And also to see if they could give any insight as to what just happened. (Even though out of the four of them, he's the one closest to Jongdae. He can see them now: "If you don't know what's going on, then how do you expect us to know?"
He tries not to let it bother him.)
----
Jongdae opens his eyes to the sound of his fan humming and morning birds chirping. After finally calling Baekhyun and setting up the meeting places, Jongdae has finally got the chance (and guts) to do it. It sounds kind of dumb to him now, but he's already set the plan in motion and now he has to add some finishing touches to it.
9:00.
He has plenty to do before meeting up with Baekhyun.
-
Jongdae waits in front of Minseok's apartment for the promised movie tickets. He had to spill to Luhan about the details, but now Jongdae wonders if it was a good idea to tell him because by now the whole world probably knows what he plans to do today.
The door swings open and a smiling Minseok greets him.
"Here you go." Minseok says, handing two tickets to an advanced screening of The Wolverine and Jongdae feels his heart soaring because things are going along well. "Are you sure this is okay?"
Minseok nods dismissively. "Yeah, Luhan does this for a lot of people. He apparently gets them from Junmyeon too, so. No sweat."
Jongdae feels like he's learning the inside trade to the movie theater underworld.
"Hey, good luck, man." Minseok pats him on the shoulder and Jongdae salutes him.
He bops his way toward the elevator and sees the flower shop across the street through the window in the hallway. He considers buying a bouquet before shaking his head, because that's way too obvious and way too much.
-
Jongdae goes through other errands and is rushing from a quick practice run with Luhan when he steps into the cool air conditioning of the aquarium. He's missed this place like crazy and when Jongdae steps into the once-familiar corridor, he's afraid to look up at first.
He has this place to thank for bringing him and Baekhyun closer as friends. Prior to volunteering at the aquarium, the two of them would bully each other's friends a lot, and even after, they were snobbish with one another.
His stomach growls and Jongdae almost wants to hit himself for not remembering to eat.
-
The clock strikes 12, and Jongdae is surprised to see Baekhyun through the reflection from the tank. He doesn't turn around at first, holding his breath because Jongdae's rarely on time. Baekhyun's shoulders slightly hitch up and slowly fall back down and Jongdae hopes that he isn't imagining the way his friend looks relieved at finally arriving at his destination. He hopes that Baekhyun doesn't notice the way his face heats up or the way his heart feels like it's about to explode on the spot.
The thing is, Byun Baekhyun is a really busy guy, and Jongdae's used to seeing the former show up tired and disheveled as if he went to hell and back. It's almost become routine that instead of greeing the usual hello, how are you's...Jongdae turns around and says, "What mess did you get yourself into now?"
Instead of a reply, Baekhyun gracefully falls ("I just plopped down, Jongdae.") down next to him on the bench and rests his head against his shoulder. Jongdae has to hold his breath for a few seconds before he can say anything.
"Jongdae, just give me a moment. Recharging." Baekhyun says and mutters some more nonsense into his arm and it's moments like these when Jongdae feels like he can wait years, decades and eons for Baekhyun to be by his side.
It's terrifying,horrificto be in such a position, to suddenly have this type of dedication toward someone who started off as a hassle, as someone he just simply had to deal with and has since grown to become someone whose opinion actually mattered, whose feelings he had to consider.
"I had a really weird day, but nothing too bad happened on my way here." Baekhyun says, looking to the fish in front of them.
“Really?” Jongdae raises an eyebrow, mouth positioned to bite into his hotdog. As if he didn't hear that one a million times before. It would be more weird if nothing happened.
Baekhyun seems to be thinking about where to start, and Jongdae continues to chew on his hotdog, waiting.
“You..." Baekhyun starts then blinks and turns. "You know how everyone always talks about how life is full of coincidences and there's no such thing as fate and things?"
Jongdae belches out an agreement. "Yeah, like life isn't about waiting for something to happen, but about making it happen."
"Gross, Jongdae." Baekhyun scrunches his nose, but Jongdae just laughs. "And, I mean, I guess it's safe to say that everyone has probably gotten that feeling at least once in their life?"
Jongdae shrugs, but nods to humor Baekhyun. This is fun, easy, and simple. There have been times before when they would have hour long conversations about different topics and sometimes Joonmyun joins in too.
"Well, right when you texted me my phone told me that Yixing gave me a call and that Sehun sent me an email." Baekhyun says, and Jongdae waits for him to continue, but Baekhyun seems to be waiting for some sort of response.
Jongdae cocks his left eyebrow up. "That just tells me you're a popular guy, Baek."
"But I mean, literallyat the same time--10:11." Baekhyun's almost waving his hands now and Jongdae resists the urge to roll his eyes.
"Oh.that is pretty trippy." Jongdae says and nods before taking a sip from his soda.
"Right? And, that just got me thinking about what changes there would have been if I like called Yixing first or emailed Sehun back or like even open my mail before coming here."
Jongdae hopes that Baekhyun doesn't notice anything different. He hopes that Baekhyun doesn't notice the way that his hands are sweaty or the way that his face is reddening or that his heart is beating twice as fast as before, because Baekhyun had just knocked the breath out of him."You mean...you actually left your schedule open for right now?"
Baekhyun almost throws his arms up. "Why is it hard to believe that I actually don't do anything sometimes?"
Jongdae stares at him skeptically, a silent Are you serious right now? lingers in the air.
"When does Byun Baekhyun ever stop?" Jongdae pauses. "Except when you have to recharge, but seriously Baekhyun. You've got one of the busiest schedules ever. It's amazing you're going to grad school."
"You should be flattered I came then." Baekhyun says, smiling smugly and Jongdae rolls his eyes. He puts a hand over his heart and says playfully,"Oh, my lord and savior, you grace me with your presence."
Jongdae waves his left hand around for dramatic effect and Baekhyun pushes him while laughing.
"But I do wonder about the probabilities of that happening, I mean...that sounds pretty crazy." Jongdae says trying to lighten up the mood.
"Oh, but do remind me to get back to them eventually. Sehun emailed me about problems with you know who, and Yixing called me about...something. I didn't check the voicemail."
"What! Unfair, why didn't he call me?" Jongdae pouts.
"Don't worry, I'm not about to steal your precious friend." Baekhyun says teasingly and the two of them begin walking through the aquarium.
-
They're at the last exhibit before the exit and Jongdae doesn't know how to bring it up without sounding or feeling awkward. Now that they've walked through memory lane, he wishes that he planned this out better, that he invited Baekhyun to a cooler (or more romantic) place, because he can do better than this. Even if the aquarium has a significance to the both of them.
Jongdae fiddles with the movie tickets in between two fingers, trying to convince himself that this is the time. He opens his mouth and promptly closes it when he looks up to see Baekhyun, and Jongdae lets the tickets fall into the depths of his bag again.
His words escape him and Jongdae's nervous; how does one confess? Everyone has been telling him there is no right or wrong way to do it, but now that he's about to do it, Jongdae feels like throwing up.
Mostly because he still doesn't know how Baekhyun feels about him, and maybe this isn't the right time to do it after all. Jongin had encouraged him before, but it's not that easy. Baekhyun's not Sehun, and he's sure not as confident as Jongin.
"Jongdae, you don't have to, you know." Baekhyun says, interrupting his thoughts, and Jongdae feels relieved yet bothered at the same time. Because did Baekhyun even know what he was going to say? And if so, how on earth?
"You're someone really special to me, and if you're about to do what I think you're about to do, then I just wanted to say that, yeah. I think I'm a great person too."
"Hey." Jongdae complains, but doesn't say anything else.
"But seriously. Even though we've been through some bumpy times in the past and in our younger years, I'm glad that you're here now Kim Jongdae. I honestly don't know what I would do without you."
"Well, first of all, you'd be at home grading more essays." Jongdae replies easily and Baekhyun smiles at him.
If there was one thing that he loves the most, it's how, under normal circumstances, Baekhyun is one of the few people who tell it to him straight.
"To be honest, I don't know if what I feel for you is love, but I do know that I care about you a lot, and that you're an important person to me." Baekhyun's face is suddenly sincere and serious and Jongdae doesn't know how to react and doesn't know what to say, and he can hear Luhan screaming at him because wow, all that wasted effort in practicing and coming up with reasons as to why he liked Baekhyun.
He's pretty sure Luhan came up with half the list anyway, because, in all honesty, Jongdae can't quite place the words and form the sentences to explain why he feels the way he does around Baekhyun. He just...does.
"Okay." Jongdae says lamely and suddenly this confession seems much more lame than he would have liked, but he's just so confused that Baekhyun is even stepping up to take control of the pace of the show. Then again, Jongdae doesn't imagine their relationship to change much, really.
"You're cute, Jongdae." Baekhyun smiles in amusement as he holds the tickets in his hands. "Come on, let's go watch the next screening."
Baekhyun reaches back to interlace his fingers with Jongdae's and leads him to the movie theater.
Because Baekhyun has been leading all this time, since day one.
-
Jongdae's laying on his bed recounting the events of the day and he still doesn't know how Baekhyun found out. It's bugging him a lot and he's trying to figure out if Luhan would really be the one to tell him.
His phone vibrates and jingles and the face of Byun Baekhyun pops up at him -- mouth open wide mid-laugh. The time on his phone reads 11:11 PM and Jongdae rolls his eyes before answering.
"Really, Baekhyun?"
"Hey, you planned it last time too." Baekhyun's laugh is soft. "Impressed?"
"Enthralled." Jongdae bites the insides of his cheeks because he didn't expect Baekhyun to figure him out that fast.
The latter lets out an amused hum.
"So you know how last time we talked about if it was worse to die in space or the ocean?" Baekhyun asks out of the blue, and Jongdae finds that this is what he loves best about them. Because he's sure that this would only happen with Baekhyun, where even after a confession from both of them (or one and a half), they can still go back to the things they love to do and talk about topics that interest both of them. They don't have to worry about impressing one another, or lingering awkward silences or anything of the sort.Jongdae smiles to himself as he listens to Baekhyun talk about the intensity of the pressures in deep water and before he flops over onto his back.
He thinks about when Byun Baekhyun used to be that annoying kid who didn't know when to stop talking to the cute and not-so annoying kid who didn't know when to stop talking who understood him the most. And realized that, it didn't really matter when it changed.
"Are you still there?" Baekhyun's voice interrupts his thoughts and Jongdae makes some unflattering snorting sounds.
"Yuck." Baekhyun says and Jongdae can see him scrunching his nose.
Because, in the end, they were still the same people as individuals who bring out the best of one another when together.
"I also wanted to let you know that Luhan told me before I went to the aquarium."
That bastard.
---
Baekhyun feels his phone vibrate three times in quick succession and a soft ping sound rings into the air. He freezes momentarily, before pulling his phone out and lets out a chuckle.
"Ha, ha, Kim Jongdae. Very funny."
[Text] Kim Jongdae
good 10:11 AM
[Text] Kim Jongdae
morning 10:11 AM
[Text] Kim Jongdae
darling 10:11 AM
"Dumbass." Baekhyun says with a grin, swiping his finger over the picture of their smiling faces to reply.
A/N: Thanks for reading this far if you did!