How to Screw up Playing Guitar During a Duet and Still Attract Byun Baekhyun (Baekhyun/Chanyeol, PG)
Title: How to Screw up Playing Guitar During a Duet and Still Attract Byun Baekhyun
Pairings: Baekhyun/Chanyeol
Word Count: 1242
Rating: PG
Warnings: Terribly un-beta'd. Written completely on my phone because feels.
Summary: Chanyeol makes plenty of stupid slip ups, even on national radio, but Baekhyun just finds himself falling more and more.
Notes: Requested by jongsquishy and inspired by this! I do enjoy Bumkey's music and when I found out who the original singer of this song was, I was gone.
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It's quiet, except for the small sounds of crickets filling the background with soft chirrups.
Chanyeol's on the cusp of sleep, content and warm. His limbs are tired from working all day, but his fingers are intertwined with a certain slim boy's fingers and his heart is swelling with an emotion he can't put into words.
Just before he falls asleep, he hears a groggy voice pipe up. "...Yeollie."
Chanyeol wakes just a bit to hum in his deep voice to let Baekhyun know he's listening.
"Let's sing a love song on a radio show," the soft voice continues, sleep laced through it.
Chanyeol feels the corners of his mouth curl up and he hums a second time to agree.
"Yeollie."
Another hum.
"Good night. I love you."
He tightens his finger over the smaller fingers and lets himself fall into an exhausted slumber.
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The blond stumbles into Exo's bathroom, currently already occupied by a dark eyed Chinese and a sleepy eyed maknae. Chanyeol grunts something that resembles a greeting and it's returned with similar grunts.
The tallest of the trio reaches for this green toothbrush with a gold sticker on it and squeezes some toothpaste onto and he falls into the morning routine with a drowsy mind. He goes through the motions and soon all 12 of Exo are off to the salon to get ready for their first schedule.
Baekhyun sits quietly next to Chanyeol, their fingers naturally interlace and he glances up at Chanyeol, who's got headphones and he's smiling gently into the music with his eyes closed. Baekhyun worries his lower lips and murmurs softly Chanyeol's name.
As though his ears are tuned specifically to Baekhyun's voice, the taller sits up and mets his eyes, nudging off his headphones. He looks at Baekhyun with shining eyes and the elder nearly melts at the look.
"Remember what I suggested last night?" Baekhyun quietly murmurs, afraid to disturb the other sleeping members in the van.
Chanyeol looks pensive for a moment before nodding, "The love song?"
"Yeah. That."
"Ok. What song?"
"Love Song. By Bumkey and Rhythmking. My brother sent me that song a while ago. And I thought it'd be really pretty with your guitar, because it's already acoustic. Let me pull it up on my phone." Baekhyun pulls out his phone and quickly unlocks it, scrolls through his music player, and selects the song. He offers an ear bud to Chanyeol who places it on his free ear.
Soft guitar strumming fills the earbuds and vocals soon start. It's in English and they both cant understand a word, but the tender way he croons the lyrics is enough to know the message.
Their eyes meet and they find that they're smiling sweet love sick grins at each other and Chanyeol nods.
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They bring up the idea to their mangers and they agree once they hear the song.
The couple spends their practice hours in the studio, Chanyeol learning the guitar chords by ear and music sheet that he finds on the Internet. Baekhyun finds the lyrics in Hangul and finds the translation.
Baekhyun finds that he just needs to glance over at Chanyeol hunched over his guitar, his face scrunched in concentration, ears sticking out from under his snap back, and long fingers plucking out notes and he starts singing.
His voice swells with adoration and love. He stutters a bit over the English but the emotion behind the lyrics are enough to make Chanyeol pause in his actions and just look at Baekhyun with so much tender affection. His voice caresses the notes and crests over the high notes, his face making that cute concentrated expression the Chanyeol finds adorable.
Many nights like this repeat and the two bring together the soft guitar and Baekhyun's vocals for a moving ballad. They eventually showcase it to the rest of Exo in the practice room and everyone freezes as they are entranced.
From Joonmyeon to Tao to Kyungsoo, they all agree that they can just hear that the song is solely dedicated to Chanyeol and the younger one knows this, playing the guitar with a love struck manner, his gaze constantly coming back to the singing idol.
They applaud when the song ends and the couples blushes, mumbling thanks around praise and behind their backs, Chanyeol gives Baekhyun's fingers a soft squeeze.
A deep mumble sounds in Baekhyun's ear, "You sing beautifully." Somehow, even though practically everyone from Exo had already said the same, it just sounded so sincere from Chanyeol.
Baekhyun gives a small grin and says back, "Your guitar is the backbone to my voice."
Behind the two, Sehun and Jongin are making exaggerated gagging faces and Kyungsoo rolls his eyes and slaps the two youngest on their heads. "Don't be rude," he hisses as the two nurse their injuries.
Their manger tells them at they're going on Youngstreet soon and inform them that they've arranged for the two to sing their arranged song on the radio.
More hours are poured into practicing this song; Wufan and Kyungsoo generously help Baekhyun with his English and Yixing gladly plays accompaniment. Days tick by and they flawlessly play the ballad.
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Boom greets them enthusiastically and Exo make their introductions to the DJ. They make small talk and Baekhyun and Chanyeol are practicing one last time for rehearsal and everyone in the radio station falls under the captivating spell that is woven from the little body's voice and is enchanted by Chanyeol's surprisingly gentle strumming.
It's time for the broadcast and it goes smoothly, booming laughs and funny games are played until Boom announces that it's time for Chanyeol and Baekhyun's duet.
The two stand and makes their way to the set up microphones. Chanyeol nervously fine tunes his already in tune guitar and Baekhyun warms up his vocals for the sixth time. At last, all eyes and ears are on the duo and the camera is ready.
Chanyeol's finger entice out the first notes. A sweet, sweet voice begins to follow and Chanyeol feels the rest of the world melt away. His lover's voice lulls him into an intimate embrace, the sounds washing over Chanyeol through his headphones which only serve to make the song more intimate.
Deaf to all else in the studio, they stare adoring glances that will surely be gobbled up by shippers and fans alike. As Baekhyun hits all his falsettos, Chanyeol feels his breath hitch and stop in his throat. His fingers stutter on the strings and he scrambles to get his brain to play the next keys.
He sheepishly grins at Baekhyun who just facepalms at the younger's mistake, but the song continue The taller concentrates extra hard on the rest of the song, dedicated to making the end flawless.
The shorter makes a impeccable performance, ending on a drawn out high note and Chanyeol brings his fingers down one last time.
The recording studio is loud with applause and Chanyeol just bash fully grins, but no one takes the miss up too harshly, just Jongdae making a joking jab, that's placated with praise.
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It's later that night when Baekhyun's nearly asleep with his limbs tangled with Chanyeol's longer limbs that he hears a mumble of his name.
Baekhyun blinks his eyes open and murmurs, "Yes?"
"We should do that again, sometime."
Baekhyun agrees with the sentiment and Chanyeol sighs out an 'I love you' in English and the elder smiles into the dark of their shared room.
"I know."
Pairings: Baekhyun/Chanyeol
Word Count: 1242
Rating: PG
Warnings: Terribly un-beta'd. Written completely on my phone because feels.
Summary: Chanyeol makes plenty of stupid slip ups, even on national radio, but Baekhyun just finds himself falling more and more.
Notes: Requested by jongsquishy and inspired by this! I do enjoy Bumkey's music and when I found out who the original singer of this song was, I was gone.
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It's quiet, except for the small sounds of crickets filling the background with soft chirrups.
Chanyeol's on the cusp of sleep, content and warm. His limbs are tired from working all day, but his fingers are intertwined with a certain slim boy's fingers and his heart is swelling with an emotion he can't put into words.
Just before he falls asleep, he hears a groggy voice pipe up. "...Yeollie."
Chanyeol wakes just a bit to hum in his deep voice to let Baekhyun know he's listening.
"Let's sing a love song on a radio show," the soft voice continues, sleep laced through it.
Chanyeol feels the corners of his mouth curl up and he hums a second time to agree.
"Yeollie."
Another hum.
"Good night. I love you."
He tightens his finger over the smaller fingers and lets himself fall into an exhausted slumber.
☆
The blond stumbles into Exo's bathroom, currently already occupied by a dark eyed Chinese and a sleepy eyed maknae. Chanyeol grunts something that resembles a greeting and it's returned with similar grunts.
The tallest of the trio reaches for this green toothbrush with a gold sticker on it and squeezes some toothpaste onto and he falls into the morning routine with a drowsy mind. He goes through the motions and soon all 12 of Exo are off to the salon to get ready for their first schedule.
Baekhyun sits quietly next to Chanyeol, their fingers naturally interlace and he glances up at Chanyeol, who's got headphones and he's smiling gently into the music with his eyes closed. Baekhyun worries his lower lips and murmurs softly Chanyeol's name.
As though his ears are tuned specifically to Baekhyun's voice, the taller sits up and mets his eyes, nudging off his headphones. He looks at Baekhyun with shining eyes and the elder nearly melts at the look.
"Remember what I suggested last night?" Baekhyun quietly murmurs, afraid to disturb the other sleeping members in the van.
Chanyeol looks pensive for a moment before nodding, "The love song?"
"Yeah. That."
"Ok. What song?"
"Love Song. By Bumkey and Rhythmking. My brother sent me that song a while ago. And I thought it'd be really pretty with your guitar, because it's already acoustic. Let me pull it up on my phone." Baekhyun pulls out his phone and quickly unlocks it, scrolls through his music player, and selects the song. He offers an ear bud to Chanyeol who places it on his free ear.
Soft guitar strumming fills the earbuds and vocals soon start. It's in English and they both cant understand a word, but the tender way he croons the lyrics is enough to know the message.
Their eyes meet and they find that they're smiling sweet love sick grins at each other and Chanyeol nods.
☆
They bring up the idea to their mangers and they agree once they hear the song.
The couple spends their practice hours in the studio, Chanyeol learning the guitar chords by ear and music sheet that he finds on the Internet. Baekhyun finds the lyrics in Hangul and finds the translation.
Baekhyun finds that he just needs to glance over at Chanyeol hunched over his guitar, his face scrunched in concentration, ears sticking out from under his snap back, and long fingers plucking out notes and he starts singing.
His voice swells with adoration and love. He stutters a bit over the English but the emotion behind the lyrics are enough to make Chanyeol pause in his actions and just look at Baekhyun with so much tender affection. His voice caresses the notes and crests over the high notes, his face making that cute concentrated expression the Chanyeol finds adorable.
Many nights like this repeat and the two bring together the soft guitar and Baekhyun's vocals for a moving ballad. They eventually showcase it to the rest of Exo in the practice room and everyone freezes as they are entranced.
From Joonmyeon to Tao to Kyungsoo, they all agree that they can just hear that the song is solely dedicated to Chanyeol and the younger one knows this, playing the guitar with a love struck manner, his gaze constantly coming back to the singing idol.
They applaud when the song ends and the couples blushes, mumbling thanks around praise and behind their backs, Chanyeol gives Baekhyun's fingers a soft squeeze.
A deep mumble sounds in Baekhyun's ear, "You sing beautifully." Somehow, even though practically everyone from Exo had already said the same, it just sounded so sincere from Chanyeol.
Baekhyun gives a small grin and says back, "Your guitar is the backbone to my voice."
Behind the two, Sehun and Jongin are making exaggerated gagging faces and Kyungsoo rolls his eyes and slaps the two youngest on their heads. "Don't be rude," he hisses as the two nurse their injuries.
Their manger tells them at they're going on Youngstreet soon and inform them that they've arranged for the two to sing their arranged song on the radio.
More hours are poured into practicing this song; Wufan and Kyungsoo generously help Baekhyun with his English and Yixing gladly plays accompaniment. Days tick by and they flawlessly play the ballad.
☆
Boom greets them enthusiastically and Exo make their introductions to the DJ. They make small talk and Baekhyun and Chanyeol are practicing one last time for rehearsal and everyone in the radio station falls under the captivating spell that is woven from the little body's voice and is enchanted by Chanyeol's surprisingly gentle strumming.
It's time for the broadcast and it goes smoothly, booming laughs and funny games are played until Boom announces that it's time for Chanyeol and Baekhyun's duet.
The two stand and makes their way to the set up microphones. Chanyeol nervously fine tunes his already in tune guitar and Baekhyun warms up his vocals for the sixth time. At last, all eyes and ears are on the duo and the camera is ready.
Chanyeol's finger entice out the first notes. A sweet, sweet voice begins to follow and Chanyeol feels the rest of the world melt away. His lover's voice lulls him into an intimate embrace, the sounds washing over Chanyeol through his headphones which only serve to make the song more intimate.
Deaf to all else in the studio, they stare adoring glances that will surely be gobbled up by shippers and fans alike. As Baekhyun hits all his falsettos, Chanyeol feels his breath hitch and stop in his throat. His fingers stutter on the strings and he scrambles to get his brain to play the next keys.
He sheepishly grins at Baekhyun who just facepalms at the younger's mistake, but the song continue The taller concentrates extra hard on the rest of the song, dedicated to making the end flawless.
The shorter makes a impeccable performance, ending on a drawn out high note and Chanyeol brings his fingers down one last time.
The recording studio is loud with applause and Chanyeol just bash fully grins, but no one takes the miss up too harshly, just Jongdae making a joking jab, that's placated with praise.
☆
It's later that night when Baekhyun's nearly asleep with his limbs tangled with Chanyeol's longer limbs that he hears a mumble of his name.
Baekhyun blinks his eyes open and murmurs, "Yes?"
"We should do that again, sometime."
Baekhyun agrees with the sentiment and Chanyeol sighs out an 'I love you' in English and the elder smiles into the dark of their shared room.
"I know."