fries with a side of love. baekyeol

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⠀⠀Baekhyun stared out the car window, mindlessly drumming his fingers over what had happened in the theater.

⠀⠀Don't get him wrong, he really did love Disney movies with a passion and watched Zootopia with intent (marked it as one of his favorites, to be honest—forget stupid Snow White or Sleeping Beauty), but once he saw that Chanyeol had also probably been dragged there by an overexcited Jongin, he couldn't stop himself from looking over to him every so often.

⠀⠀Kyungsoo pulled into the parking lot of an indoor swimming arena, and Baekhyun stared at him curiously as he pulled the key from the ignition. "You're going swimming," he said simply after meeting gazes with Baekhyun in the rear-view mirror. Baekhyun frowned tightly and grabbed onto Kyungsoo's sleeve as the younger began to step out of the car.

⠀⠀"Woah, woah, woah, since when?" Baekhyun asked with narrowed eyes. "What is it with today, Soo? Besides, I don't even have my swimming. . ." his voice trailed off into nothingness as Kyungsoo pulled a bag from underneath the passenger seat and pulled out Baekhyun's swimming trunks and a tan fluffy towel. Baekhyun's jaw dropped. "H-how did you—?"

⠀⠀"Let's get going, loser," Kyungsoo said gruffly as he got out of the car, bag in hand, and opened up the backseat for his best friend. Once Baekhyun had gotten out, Kyungsoo slammed the car door closed and began walking towards the indoor swimming arena, Baekhyun trailing close behind in confusion.

⠀⠀"Soo, what are we doing here? It's December—nobody wants to swim in December." Baekhyun reasoned with a pout as Kyungsoo pushed the front door of the arena open and held it for him. He felt a jab in his gut and whined as he whirled around and glared at a stone-faced Kyungsoo.

⠀⠀"You'll see," the younger male said simply, the cryptic edge of his words sending Baekhyun's nerves into overdrive. He hated it when Kyungsoo spoke so mysteriously because somehow it managed to send small shivers down his spine.

⠀⠀"What's going on?" Baekhyun drew out the on in a whining tone, clinging onto Kyungsoo's thick arm for a few seconds before Kyungsoo began to slap him away lightly.

⠀⠀"Stop that," Kyungsoo huffed as they walked to a locker room. Baekhyun pouted as he watched Kyungsoo open a locker and demand, "Give me your phones and keys." Baekhyun sighed as he fished out said items and placed them in Kyungsoo's awaiting hands before crossing his arms.

⠀⠀"It's not like you weren't clinging onto me at the mall," the Byun boy pointed out with irritation.

⠀⠀"Shut up, Baek," Kyungsoo sighed. He tossed the blue swimming trunks from the bag at Baekhyun's face and quickly ordered, "Change into those, I'll be right back," before walking out of the locker room and leaving Baekhyun alone.

⠀⠀As Baekhyun stripped down and changed into his swim wear, he could've sworn he heard a car peeling from the driveway through the thin walls of the locker room. After exiting the locker room and peeking out through the bottom of a high window, Baekhyun soon realized that Kyungsoo had just ditched him.

⠀⠀"Oh, that fucker," Baekhyun swore as he rubbed his arms to retain some warmth. 

⠀⠀He spent the next ten minutes dipping his feet into the lukewarm pool water while angrily spamming Kyungsoo with a barrage of swear-filled texts and devil-horned emojis. Oh, Do Kyungsoo was going to get it in the nearby future—Baekhyun promised it. Perhaps ruining one of his favorite sauté pans or sending Jongin embarrassing stories from their childhood to mortify Kyungsoo.

⠀⠀As Baekhyun grumbled quietly about his relentless revenge towards his best friend, there was a surprised squawk of "Baekhyun?!" Said boy turned around, brows drawn together in confusion before his dark brown eyes widened considerably.