Through the Night (ChanBaek)

iv

Hey, I'm back! *waves*

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"Chanyeol! Wait up!" Baekhyun trailed his (handsome) friend (he wasn't going to call them boyfriends because Chanyeol had yet to label them as anything.) "Where are you going?"

"To meet my boyfriend." Chanyeol looked back just in time to see Baekhyun's stunned face. "Kidding, kidding." He bent down and cupped Baekhyun's cheek. "I was just fooling around."

"Park Chanyeol! I was about to kick myself for actively chasing a taken man!" He hit Chanyeol's arm lightly. "Don't scare me like that!" He whined gently as Chanyeol hugged him.

Chanyeol rested his chin on Baekhyun's head. "I can't make any promises," he teased.

"Has anyone ever told you that you were annoying?"

"Oh yeah, loads of times. Why?" Chanyeol grinned cheekily, not that Baekhyun could see it.

Or maybe he could.

"Yeol, stop grinning like that. You're digging your chin into my scalp. I bet you look like an idiot as well."

"Ouch." Chanyeol clutched his chest comically. "That was cold Baek."

"Takes one to know one."

Chanyeol grunted like someone had just shot him in the heart. "Geez. What happened to considering my feelings?"

It was probably impossible to count that number of pointless banters that they had on a daily basis on an average person's fingers and toes. But at the end of the day, one could probably find them in Chanyeol's dorm (since his roommate was hardly ever there) studying or just relaxing. As the sun was going down on a rainy Wednesday, they were studying.

Chanyeol was sitting at his computer, typing an essay as Baekhyun leaned on the chair, arms around him. In one hand, he held a study guide in his hand. The other was draped on a Chanyeol's shoulder and he inhaled the soothing lavender scent

that he had grown to love. He murmured the material over and over to himself, ruffling Chanyeol's raven hair from time to time. Chanyeol laughed.

"Baek? What are you doing?" Chanyeol asked as Baekhyun hugged him tightly.

"You smell nice."

"Do you want some of the oil?" Chanyeol held up the small vial.

"It's better coming from you." Feeling bold, Baekhyun pecked Chanyeol's cheek lightly. "Did you know," he murmured quietly, "when you think a person smells nice, they automatically become more attractive?"

"So you think I'm attractive," Chanyeol grinned. Baekhyun hit him with his paper.

"Narcissistic much? I did not say such a thing."

"But it was i—"

With a flicker, all the lights in the dorm went out. Chanyeol's computer was the only thing illuminating the room until the emergency generators kicked in, casting a faint glow on the room.

"Damn, the wind must have knocked down a power line." Baekhyun murmured. "So much for your essay."

"Thank goodness it automatically saves." Chanyeol logged out of the computer. "Maybe I can help you study?"