Cursed Freedom

Flirting

(Story under construction  🏗)

   After they ate a hearty dinner of steak and potatoes with mixed vegetables, which Baekhyun complimented Chanyeol on profusely, they sat in the library.

   Baekhyun hadn't had much access to books in his travels, so he was fascinated by the collection in the mansion. Chanyeol, however, had read every book in that room at least twice, but that's what Baekhyun wanted to do, so they sat across from each other on the floor of the library, reading.

   Chanyeol wasn't actually paying much attention to his book, instead, he kept sneeking looks over the edge of his novel at the expressions that Baekhyun made while reading every once in a while. He had a very expressive face and a tendency to mouth the words silently as he read them. Chanyeol couldn't help but find it adorable.

   It wasn't til after he had done this about five or six times that he got caught. Baekhyun peered over the top of his book as well, a blush tinting his cheeks. He just shook his head, smiling with narrowed eyes back at Chanyeol.

   Their eyes locked like this several times before Chanyeol finally looked up to see Baekhyun's book in his lap, his elbow on the book, and his chin resting on his fist, giving Chanyeol a devilish little grin.

   "Can I help you with something?" He asked smiling, using a theatrical tone for effect.

   "No... no... it's just that you look super cute when you read." Chanyeol replied, sticking his nose back in the book in front of him that he wasn't really reading.

   A few seconds later, he felt a finger pull the book down from in front of his face. "I look 'cute' when I'm reading?" Baekhyun raised his eyebrows dramatically. "I gotta say, that's a new one."

   "Well, you look cute doing most things, so... You shouldn't be surprised." Chanyeol said and he closed his book and sat it on the chair behind him.

   Baekhyun climbed onto Chanyeol's lap, straddling him. Chanyeol timidly placed his hands on the smaller's waist. "What else do I look cute doing?"

   "Well... you smile in your sleep. That's pretty cute."

   "Well, it's hard not to smile while I'm thinking about you, even if I happen to be asleep at the time."

   "Oh... Do you think about me often?"

   "Always..." he whispered into Chanyeol's ear and kissed his neck. The latter shuddered from the contact.

   "I'm flattered," Chanyeol replied, he tried to keep up with Baekhyun's casual style of flirting. But with no experience in his back pocket, he just sounded awkward when he replayed it back to himself.

   Baekhyun pulled back and jumped up, stretching his arms out above his head. "Well, I don't know about you, but I'm a bit sleepy, you don't care if I take my book with me, do you? I promise to look cute while reading it." He batted his eyelashes at Chanyeol.

   "Ok course, go ahead. What's mine is yours." He said casually as he stood up as well.

   "Well, I'm going to go shower," Baekhyun explained, and then reached for Chanyeol's belt loops to pull him closer till their pelvises were gently grazing against each other's, then whispered yet again, "but I'll meet you in bed, yeah?" He kissed Chanyeol long and deep before letting go of his belt loops and walking out the door with his book in his hand. He made sure to sway his hips a bit and then take one last heated look back at Chanyeol before he disappeared into the hall and up the stairs.

   Chanyeol waited until he heard Baekhyun's door close before he raced up the stairs himself as quietly as possible.

   Sure, he usually took his showers in the mornings between workouts and breakfast, but there was no way he could just... NOT get prepared for this by showering again and fussing over his room and his clothes and everything else while he anxiously waited to see Baekhyun again.