Winter Heat | chanbaek

Chapter Fifty-Eight

As they prepared to cut apart the cake to reveal the inside color —- or colors —- everyone held their breath with anticipation. When the knife sliced through perfectly sweet frosting into the moist cake underneath, it broke open to reveal not one, but two colors. Surprise and excitement filled the small kitchen as Kyungsoo and Jongin congratulated their friends with happy smile, and Yoora choked back a sob as she threw her arms around Chanyeol.

Chanyeol felt dazed in a world of happiness, as very fantasy he'd hoped for began to take form within his mind. He could see his baby —- his son —- taking his first breath into the world, and crying for his parents that would love him unconditionally. He could see his baby's first steps as his cutely chubby legs supported him as his toddled across the living room, Toben following along beside him curiously as he happily laughed. He could see him going to his first day of kindergarten and making his first friend. Chanyeol could see every possible moment playing out inside his head, and as he stepped towards Baekhyun and clasped his cheeks between his hands before deeply kissing him, he had never felt happier.

Sehun felt weightless with joy, as if a heavy pressure he hadn't realized he'd been carrying around on his shoulders finally lifted. He felt light and free, the thought of his baby girl giving him something to hope for. He would be able to build himself something happy, like what he'd been wanting since he found out about Baekhyun's pregnancy. He would have the family he'd always been wanting.

Hyuna and Hyuk. My babies. My joy. My life.

Baekhyun smiled wistfully as he touched his belly, and felt a small kick. He couldn't wait to hold them and love them as they laid sleeping in his arms. He couldn't wait to dress them in the cute matching baby polar bear pajamas Yoora had bought them. And within another month, every fantasy he'd been dreaming of would come to fruition.

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It's been a week since Sehun learned the gender of his unborn baby, and since then he'd been going to every baby store buying the things he'd need for her. He had decided to turn Chanyeol's old room into a nursery for when he got to bring his baby girl home. He hadn't yet discussed his idea with Baekhyun, but Sehun was hoping Baekhyun would allow him to take joint-custody of her when she was born. It was probably naive of him, but Baekhyun would have his baby with Chanyeol, so would that make Sehun selfish and navie to want his little girl when Baekhyun would already have his perfect family?

Sehun sighed to himself as he held up to two different shades of yellow, unable to choose on which one to paint the nursery. Both were very beautiful; one, a soft, pale yellow; and the other, bright like the setting rays of the sun. He couldn't decide which would be better for her, and he was about to tuck the paint swatches into his back pocket to choose later when someone suddenly pointed to the pale yellow swatch and said, "I think for whatever you have planned, that color is the better choice."

Sehun jumped at the unexpected, yet surprisingly familiar voice, and spun to face them. His eyes widened when they landed on the petite man beside him, with dyed blonde hair and a soft, almost feminine face. He smiled gently at Sehun, while Sehun just gaped at him like a fool. When he managed to collect himself, he gasped, "It's you."

The man chuckled and carefully took the paint swatch from Sehun as he replied, "Yes, it's me." He inspected the swatch for a moment, before glancing up at Sehun with curious eyes. "So what are you painting?"

Sehun felt lost and foolish. He couldn't remember where he meet this man, who was so pretty. He definitely didn't look like someone anybody would easily forget unless they were . . .

In love with somebody else, Sehun thought, as a memory drifted to the forethought of his mind.

Sehun was aimlessly walking around his apartment, still getting use to the fact that he was alone. He always thought Chanyeol was too loud and took up more space than Sehun did, but now that his best friend had moved out and took all his noise and stuff with him, the apartment felt too big and quiet.

Sehun sighed as he moved through the living room, he was about to sit down on the couch when he heard a knock at his door. He frowned curiously before going to answer it, and opened the door without checking to see who it was.

Sehun pulled the door open to reveal a short-ish, slender man with blonde hair and feminine-like features. Sehun's frown deepened as he asked, "Ahh, can I help you with something?"

The short man smiled and held his hand out as he said, "Hi, I'm Xi Luhan and I'm looking for Yoora. Is she here?"

"I—- Ahh, hold on," Sehun said before spinning around on his heel. He quickly walked down the short hallway to the guest room and knocked on the door as he called, "Yoora, you have a weird visitor at the door!"

Yoora opened the door a moment later and scowled at Sehun as she snapped, "Luhan is not weird! He's sweet and kind, something you are clearly unfamiliar with."

Sehun rolled his eyes and retorted, "Can you just go answer the door already . . ."

Yoora huffed and rolled her eyes before shoving pass Sehun as she called, "I invited him for dinner, just so you know!"

"Whatever, just don't expect me to cook!" Sehun called back.

He remembered him now. Luhan. He was beautiful and had seemed perfectly kind and polite, but when they had first met he was still getting over Baekhyun. And now, he had Baekhyun and his friendship, but more importantly he would have his baby girl. His daughter had grown much more important than his futile infatuation with Baekhyun, that would always inevitably end with Baekhyun and Chanyeol together. His daughter had quickly become his life and family, as Baekhyun had become nothing but a distance dream that never had the chance to become reality, Sehun couldn't picture himself with anybody else.

But now things were different. He could see new possibilities; new futures filled with new happiness. A flame had gone out when he lost Baekhyun's love to Chanyeol, and a new one had been lit when he stepped back into Baekhyun's life and ultimately his daughters. And for some reason when he looked at Luhan, even despite them being strangers, he felt those new and wonderful possibilities of something new filled with happiness.

A small smile curved along Sehun's lips as he gently took back the paint swatch and put it into his back pocket, before asking, "Would you like to grab lunch together?"

Luhan blinked in surprise, before a soft smile lifted his lips and he gently replied, "I'd like that."

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A/N: *inhales* *exhales* Hunhan is happening!!! 😆😆🥳🥳

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