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💌Valentine's special #2💌

On a day like this one, you could only sigh at your loneliness. You had expected to at least be able to have a little sleepover and watch romance movies with your best friend, but she, just a day before Valentine, had been able to get together with her long-time boyfriend that she had been on and off with. Great. Well, you were obviously happy for them, but that she canceled her plans with you didn't exactly sit the rightest.

And that was how you, after classes, found yourself standing in front of a fairly new cafe that you had been wanting to visit for a while, figuring out you'd at least treat yourself to something while you were at it, as if it wouldn't make the day any less gloomy; You were in absolutely no place to ideally confess to your crush and friend at college because he didn't like chocolates and you were also positive that he didn't like you back. Your friend had ditched you just in time. Valentine's day was giving you a pat on the shoulder, wasn't it?

The building reeked of the warm aroma of freshly crushed coffee beans and sugary desserts. Pushing the door open you were met with yet another valentine's greeting, though this one hit slightly different.

"Happy Valentine's day! Welcome to our...Y/n?" The employee's very familiar voice faded in the middle of his sentence as he saw you walk in, frozen in his actions with a box of free chocolates trapped between his fingers as he had been on his way to give them to you.

"B-Baekhyun?" You wondered, seeing your classmate and crush dressed in a barista uniform with a pink apron tied around his neck and waist. His brown hair fell softly over his eyebrows and his cheeks flushed with the slightest tone of red upon having you see him dressed like that. Flusteredly, he pushed the box of chocolates into your hands, clearing his throat.

"You work here?" You asked, stating the obvious, and the boy only nodded, looking at you a bit uncertainly from underneath his long eyelashes.

"You...You don't have a date?" He questioned, his voice almost a mere whisper as he held your gaze for a second before casting it further inside the cafe, you followed his gaze and noticed how there were basically only couples inside. Suppressing a groan, you nodded, feeling extremely embarassed and stupid.

"I'll just go-" You rushed, only to be stopped by Baekhyun's slender fingers wrapping hurriedly around your wrist. "No! Wait-" He urged, making your heart betray you by skipping a huge beat that set your whole body on fire.

"My shift is basically over...So... Um, do you want to...?" The redness on his face traveled from the apples of his cheeks to the adorable tips of his ears, making you bit down hard on your lip to hide the huge smile that would give away every little thing you thought of him. Still, you gave him a grateful nod, to which made his shy expression falter, morphing into a heartbreaking grin.

"Great, you can wait on that table right there." Baekhyun excitedly explained and pointed to an unoccupied table by the window. In a few minutes, Baekhyun showed up again, with two desserts in his hands though in different clothes, ripped jeans and an incredibly oversized hoody that made you want to squeeze him into a hug. There was a boxy smile on his lips as he sat right next to you, giving you a close-up view of his twinkling crescent eyes and a whiff of his ridiculously nice cologne. Baekhyun seemed rather excited as he sat next to you, which got you wondering.

"You know-"

"Do you want to be my valentine?"

You almost choked on the cake in your mouth.

"W-what?!" You sputtered in pure shock, wondering if your ears had just made that up. You regretted turning your face to meet him because your faces were incredibly close and as if the piece of cake stuck in your throat wasn't enough- he had to knock out further air from your lungs with his perfect pearly white smile and gooey pink cheeks.

"Wait-" Panic flashed on his face, "No- you? You actually don't like me back? I thought we- Oh my gosh this is very awkward I'm so sorry you don't have to-"

"No! Baekhyun hold up a second!" You shut him up from his panicked ramble, palming a side of your face in shock yourself.

"Did you just ask me to be your Valentine...?"

"...Yes?" Baekhyun hesitated because truly, your reaction was making him expect the worst of rejections.

You surprised yourself when you suddenly muttered a sentence that you had never in your whole life thought you'd ever be pronouncing.

"Can I be your girlfriend too?" Were you sounding desperate? Will this scare him away? At this point, you were giving it all you had. You didn't have the courage to watch the reaction on his face but was equally surprised to hear a massive gasp from him, his hands suddenly on either side of your cheeks as his trembling orbs danced all over your face.

"Will you please be?" He murmured pleadingly back as if he couldn't breathe another time without having you finally claimed as his.

And only a small, almost inaudible yes from you was enough for him to place his soft, strawberry shortcake tasting lips upon yours.

Omg, I hope this doesn't suck?? I don't feel too good about this one but hopefully, you can enjoy it nonetheless💕