Nineteen - (Chanbaek)

Chapter 6 - Sleepover

"Baekhyun, tell us about this Chanyeol doofoos!" Luhan's potty mouth wouldn't stop questioning about Chanyeol for the past hour. They were all downstairs, sat on a huge mattress with the TV on. Baekhyun had been trying to dodge the question for a while now, but it was no use, as Luhan was really dedicated.

Instead of answering right away, Baekhyun's hidden sass got in the way. "Why are you so worked up about Chanyeol, Lu? Do you have a crush on him or something? You wanna date him? Good cause I have a movie appointment with him tomorrow—I think you should go instead of me." Honestly, that wasn't a smart move.

"OOOOOOOOH! Baekhyun is going on a MOVIE DATE!!" Sehun roared, which earned a few pillows thrown his way. "SHHH!! Jiwon is asleep!" Zitao hushed. Sehun immediately shut himself up, while Jongin was trying hard to hold back his laughter. Zitao leaned forward towards Baekhyun, "so, tell me about this movie date thing. What are you two going to see?" Baekhyun blushed, he looked down to his lap.

"Aww come on, hyung, tell us the latest gossip!" Jongin leaned forward too. Baekhyun somehow got even more flustered by his friends' actions. "Ugh. Fine. We're watching Black Phanter tomorrow and we're bringing Jiwon along." Suddenly the whole room was filled with gasps. "You're bringing... who? Oh my god. It's a family date!" Zitao said in excitement.

Baekhyun facepalmed. "I'll let you guys believe whatever you want to believe. But me and Chanyeol are nothing more than friends." Luhan rolled his eyes to that. "Well, the real question here is whether you want to be more than friends or not!" Sehun stated, it was starting to get a little bit annoying. Baekhyun's heart skipped a beat, his brain tried to process his cousin's words.

He paused, his lips pressed into a thin line while everybody waited for his reaction.

But Baekhyun's phone rang, interrupting the whole interrogation session. The owner of the phone quickly took the call. The one from his friend, of course.

Baekhyun walked outside the boutique, just to make sure his friends wouldn't hear a thing.

"Hello?" Baekhyun greeted with a question.

"hey baek"

"Hi Yeol, do you need anything?"

"I can't sleep, that's all"

"Well, can I do anything about it?" Baekhyun's question sounded a little bit too harsh, but it didn't make Chanyeol back out.

"Accompany me~" Chanyeol sounded like a little puppy's whimper.

Baekhyun wanted to reject, he wanted to prove to his friends that he certainly wouldn't want anything to do with Chanyeol except from being friends.

Oh, how much he wished he could actually do that.

"Fine, Yeol. What do you need?" Baekhyun swore he could hear Chanyeol grinning from the other line.

"sing!"

"Chanyeol, you know I don't sing anymore..."

"But I know you can sing, I saw your throphy!"

"It was from my high school days! Decades ago, Yeol. I can't sing anymore, I'm old and so is my vocal cords!"

"Are you really not going to make any exception for me, Baekhyun? I'm your best friend." Chanyeol's voice was more than enough for Baekhyun to give up on whatever he had and just start singing.

Baekhyun sighed. "Fine, fine. What song do you want me to sing?"

"Let me think about it for a second... Uh—I'm not sure you'll know this one. It's called I Miss You by Soyu?" Baekhyun furrowed his eyebrows, "what song is that?"