fries with a side of love. baekyeol

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⠀⠀"You look sexed up," Baekbeom noted tiredly as Baekhyun walked through the living room. "Did you fuck the boy?" he asked with a wry smile. The older one had been hunched over the coffee table, scribbling words on papers upon papers with a steaming cup of coffee in front of him. Baekhyun rolled his eyes, rubbing his now overly-sensitive lips with his thumb and wincing ever so slightly before plopping down next to Baekbeom.

⠀⠀"Why would you know what my sexed up looks like, hyung?" Baekhyun shot at the older, leaning forward to glance at Baekbeom's documents and eventually giving up and leaning back because he was unable to make sense of the terms on the page. Baekbeom snorted, momentarily straightening and staring at his younger brother.

⠀⠀"The amount of times Kyungsoo has called me to take you home from a party is astonishing, and the amount of times I found you in some room with your dick up some girl or you on some guy's dick is even more startling," Baekbeom said bluntly. Baekhyun smirked before shrugging.

⠀⠀"Can't be that shocking, hyung," Baekhyun sang before shoving his hands into his pockets and standing up, his bracelet jangling softly. He began to make his way to the bathroom the brothers shared before Baekbeom grabbed onto the back of his varsity jacket and pulled him back by the sofa.

⠀⠀"Hold up. You didn't have that bracelet earlier today," the older man said suspiciously as he examined the shiny silver bracelet on his younger brother's wrist carefully. Baekbeom stared up at Baekhyun. "Where'd you get it? The boy?"

⠀⠀"I—ah—yeah."

⠀⠀Baekbeom began softly smiling before standing up and ruffling Baekhyun's black hair. "I never thought I saw the day my baby brother would settle down," he said fondly, only the barest trace of bitterness. Baekhyun crossed his arms and pouted.

⠀⠀"Kyungsoo said the same thing," he grumbled. Baekbeom chuckled before squeezing the younger Byun tightly.

⠀⠀"Tell your little boyfriend that it's about time that he met the scary, buff big brother with the intimidating and important job," Baekbeom teased before releasing Baekhyun and pushing him away from him and towards the bathroom. "Go sleep. The big day is tomorrow."

⠀⠀Oh, shit, Baekhyun swore mentally as he speed-walked into the bathroom. His brother was typically a very nice, chill type of guy, but when he wants to he can and will act like a complete and total asshole. Baekhyun assumed that Baekbeom would act in such asshole-y manners to test Chanyeol, and living with him for 17 years, he knew Baekbeom could be absolutely terrifying.

⠀⠀Turning on the shower and allowing it to heat up for a few moments, Baekhyun pulled his phone out and first checked the time—11:52PM—before sending a quick text to Chanyeol.

byunbacon: hi yeollie-ah～ my big bro wants us to have dinner with you. come prepared baby <3 love youuuuu

⠀⠀"Give the poor boy some mercy, hyung, damn," Baekhyun mumbled before putting his phone back down on the counter. He slipped off his new shiny bracelet then began stripping down, and stepping into the steamy shower, relieving the memories of the night.

⠀⠀He replayed the teasing jokes and banter he and Chanyeol had thrown each other playfully, which ended up with Baekhyun's back on the soft blanket with Chanyeol above him, laughing to their hearts content after they had wrestled for a bit. He replayed the small food fight they had, throwing the cheap and greasy fries at each other without giving a single damn. And the kiss.

⠀⠀Oh my god, the kiss.

⠀⠀Baekhyun could feel his heart hammering in his chest as the water washed over his head. Why had he liked it so much? Surely, he had had far more experienced kisses with others, especially since Chanyeol had never even even kissed another person in his life besides his family. There should've been words on his tongue that could explain the strange feeling, but there simply weren't. Perhaps it really was that love thing that people always talked about. Perhaps true love did exist.