Winter Heat | chanbaek

Chapter One

Little flurries fell outside the coffee shop window, as Byun Baekhyun sat inside the warm building sipping his tea. He watched as people drove pass in their cars, as he wondered where they were going during a busy Saturday afternoon, that marked the first day of December. The chair across from him scrapped across the wood polished floor as his friend, Do Kyungsoo, took his seat. He placed his coffee down and unwound his scarf from around his neck before taking a drink. Baekhyun could feel Kyungsoo eyeing him from over the rim of his Christmas themed coffee cup, but he didn't acknowledge his gaze.

The streetlights outside the shop changed from red to green twice before Kyungsoo finally broke the silence.

"Baekhyun, are you going to tell me why you invited me here on this cold and snowy day, depriving me from the comfort of my warm apartment?"

Baekhyun still didn't say anything, and he still didn't meet his friend's gaze. He kept his eyes glancing between his tea and the changing streetlight. He wasn't ready to tell Kyungsoo why he dragged him away from his warm apartment, because he knew the moment he spoke his life would change. He took a small sip of his tea, and glanced down at the table, his finger picking at a small chip in the wood.

Kyungsoo sighed in annoyance and threw his head back in exasperation before he hushedly cried, "If you don't tell me what this is about in the next second, I'm walking out!"

Baekhyun bit his bottom lip before glancing up at Kyungsoo as he mumbled, "I'm thinking."

Kyungsoo rolled his eyes. "Can't you think later? I have a date with Jongin in an hour, and the longer you sit here staring at walls, the more annoyed you're making me and I don't want to start my date annoyed," Kyungsoo said.

Baekhyun didn't reply.

"For heaven's sake, Baekhyun, talk to me!"

"It's hard!" Baekhyun cried.

"Why?"

"It just is . . ." Baekhyun mumbled.

Kyungsoo rolled his eyes. "Should we do this some other time, then?"

Baekhyun shook his head.

"Then talk to me," Kyungsoo said, putting emphasis into each word.

Baekhyun sighed and twisted his tea cup in a circle, mentally working up the nerve to speak. He knew he had too because Kyungsoo wouldn't sit with him much longer if he didn't, and Baekhyun really needed his friend.

Baekhyun released a heavy sigh, before taking another deep breath he plunged into the metaphorical water, and desperately hoped he'd be able to swim.

"Okay, I invited you here because I've been thinking about doing sometime for a while now. It might sound . . . crazy and rushed but it's not."

"What is it, already?" Kyungsoo asked.

Baekhyun inhaled another deep breath before saying, "Kyungsoo, I want to have a baby."

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