Byun Baekhyun has a huge crush on Kim Taeyeon, a senior in the same school he's attending. He doesn't know how to approach her, so he asks help from Nam Hyora. She agrees to help him, only to regret her decision a bit too late.
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"Okay, deep breaths loser. You can do it. It's time for you to prove to me that you're more than a loser although you'll forever be a loser in my eyes."
Despite the nervousness almost eating him alive, Baekhyun still managed to throw Hyora a glare that was too weak to make her knees tremble.
She rolled her eyes, something that Baekhyun was used to seeing. "Don't you even look at me like that. And eww, you're sweating buckets, Byun, get a hanky or something."
Baekhyun ignored her completely and focused on decreasing the rising fear in him. Or so he tried. What if she won't like how I smell with this perfume Hyora sprayed on me? What if I stutter and look like an idiot in front of her like how I was with Hyora? What if she'll think of me as a creepy ass stalker like what Hyora told me? What if—
"Baekhyun!"
He surprisingly looked at Hyora who was impatiently snapping her fingers in front of his face. "Wake up, idiot! I can see her from here now!"
And all the courage he'd been building was drained in an instant.
"Oh God, you look so pale," Hyora muttered. "Seriously, you look like a corpse, loser. Are you that nervous?"
Baekhyun gulped nervously. "I-I don't think I can—"
"What? That you can't do it?"
He shook his head. "I— I can't—"
"Okay, stop there," she said, cutting him off. She sighed and closed her eyes for a second before continuing. "If from the start you tell yourself you can't do it, then you can't! Baek, you need to learn to believe in yourself that you can! You can do it, okay? I need you to do this, I want you to do this, and I know you can do this."
She paused, gazing at Baekhyun thoughtfully. "I'm trying to help you, okay? And I'm doing the best that I can. And as I know, if you do this, you'll be taking a step forward to your goal. Just... just do your best. If you stutter, okay, whatever. So what? If you suddenly fart out of nervousness, then shrug it off with a laugh. Don't let anything hinder you from doing this. You want this, right? Then do what you think what you need to do."
Baekhyun looked at her with wide eyes, obviously surprised with the words that came flowing out of her mouth.
Getting conscious of the shocked stare he's giving, she uneasily cleared her throat and covered her awkward state by rolling her eyes at him again. "Tss. Whatever. Just go!" Then she pushed him, leading him to where Taeyeon was currently stuffing books in her locker.
"Fighting!" Hyora whispered in his ear before fleeing away to leave Baekhyun a meter away from Taeyeon. She stayed at a safe distance away from them and made sure she can still see what's happening.
He swallowed.
"You can do it, okay? I need you to do this, I want you to do this, and I know you can do this."
