something new ¡! baekyeon

chapter sixteen

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Taeyeon is laying on Baekhyun's chest by now, his arm around her shoulder and his chin on her head, both of them watching the movie in silence, with empty oyster pails, dirty chopsticks, and unfinished snacks laying on the low table in front of them.

Fortunately, the movie wasn't a horror one. At the contrary, it was a friendly,lighthearted comedy with a great story.

"I've been thinking." Baekhyun says after a long silence and Taeyeon averts her gaze from the television screen, glancing at him.

"About what?"

He glances down at her, his breath fanning her forehead. "I know we've been together for only... like a week, and I probably have no position to say this, but-" A deep inhale follows. "If news of us dating or rumors start circulating around, about you having a boyfriend."

Of course he will worry about it. Taeyeon has always known that if she got herself a boyfriend, he will obviously worry about her being famous and her being the center of attention.

When it came to Baekhyun, she also thought that he would be concerned about it too, but not as much as the boyfriend that she imagined she would have, since he knows much more about the type of life she's having.

"And?"

"Will you be alright?"

Taeyeon suppresses a soft chuckle,wrapping her arm around his waist. "Why wouldn't I be alright?"

"I don't know." He runs a hand through his hair. "Maybe because you'll be badmouthed. And I'm afraid it might hurt you."

She sits up, and as she does so, his hand falling from around her shoulder to her small lower back.

"You think that because I've never been in a scandal before, it might affect me?"

Baekhyun nods and Taeyeon sighs, her hand reaching for his cheek. "People's words won't hurt me. So don't worry about me, okay?"

He nods again, his hand removing hers from his cheek, and brings it to his lips,pressing a kiss to her palm. Taeyeon shyly smiles, glancing at the screen, then drags her gaze back to him, preparing herself to ask him, "What about you?"

"What do you mean?"

I know you don't understand what I mean.

"Do you want to make out relationship public or should we keep it secret?"

She catches a glimpse of a smile on his face as he traces his fingers across the skin of the back of her hand before he says, "The decision is for you to make, I'll be good with whatever"

Baekhyun is suddenly sitting up, face to face with her as his thumb grazes her lower lip, bringing all the butterflies back to Taeyeon's stomach. "As long as you know that you're mine and I know that I'm yours."

He's gonna be the death of her; she knows it. Not even a week with her, and he already knows her weakest spots and what works the best for her.

Just as he starts leaning in to kiss Taeyeon, her insides tightens and she suppresses a loud whimper. Shitty cramps. She curses in her head when she realizes that he has noticed.

Baekhyun's eyes widen in worry, "Are you alright?"

"Yeah-um, I think it's better for me to go to sleep."

He nods and she raises to her feet, his gaze on her as she wears her slippers. But even before she starts moving, her head starts feeling dizzy and she finds herself forced to sit back down. Taeyeon lifts both her hands to her forehead, closing her eyes as she massages the side of her neck.