EXO OTP's One Shots Collection ⭐

85 - CHANBAEK : Project EXODEUX (Part 1)

Title: Project EXODEUX (1/?)
Pairing: Chanyeol/Baekhyun
Side Pairing: CHANYEØL/BAËKHYUN
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Angst, SuperNatural!Au
Word Count: 12.4k words

Summary: Chanyeol and Baekhyun are rivals in the past, but they team up together to create superhuman clones for Project EXODEUX. Is love possible between them, too?

Notes: This is fic is a looong one! It's inspired by EXO's Lucky One, Power, and Tempo MV as well as EXO-L's comeback theories since debut up until now, combined with the EXO vs X-EXO concept and the EXODEUX Obsession Teaser. Sit back and enjoy reading! Happy Birthday, Chanyeol! Stream Obsession!

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• Seoul, South Korea •
Year 2020

It's already the fiftieth trial for this month and Baekhyun waits with bated breath, sleep-deprived eyes squinting behind his thick-framed glasses that are sliding down his nose.

96...

97...

98...

He ignores the low and high beeping of machines reverberating around his laboratory, as he only focuses his sight at the computer apparatus in front of him finally reaching the number 100.

Configuration has completed.

The genius scientist grins and almost jumps to his feet with clenched fist, silent excitement filling his system. The lid of the machine opens and a testube arises amidst warm steam. Quickly scrambling around his unorganized table filled with data sheets, experimented chemicals and lab tools, he picks up a syringe, transferring the colorless liquid from the tube inside it.

"I hope this works, I hope this works," Baekhyun earnestly prays after rolling up the crumpled sleeve of his lab gown up to his elbow just to reveal a small portion of skin. "Please, for the love of Dmitri Mendeleev! Let it be the one!"

Eyes wide, he slowly injects the drug into his own veins, patiently anticipating for any noticeable reaction that is to show up. A victorious yet creepy smile slowly forms into his lips seconds passed as nothing happens. He didn't develop thick rashes nor swollen dots on his hands. He waits for a while just to make sure, and it is indeed a success, finding no single reddish spot unlike the last time he administered it to himself.

"GOODNESS GRACIOUS, FINALLY!!!" Baekhyun happily rejoices while he does a stupid dance, not caring if he looks ridiculous right now. He's alone in this underground laboratory anyway, nobody can see him. He can't even recall the last time he went outside to do groceries or at least have a haircut. He couldn't care less. He created the medicine and it's all that matters.

"YES! YES! YES! HAHAHAHA! OH MY GOD!" Baekhyun goes to his computer and rapidly types classified data on the keyboard, evil-laughing. "I've successfully developed the cure for this rare internal allergy disease! Hurrah! Hail Science! I really did it!"

The scientist is still guffawing when an email notification suddenly pops out of his big screen projected on the wall. He clicks on it, bottom lip caught under his teeth.

"Well, let's see if this is about my application..."

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