Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday! <3

Today, I'm officially a teen! :D

<3 <3 <3

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"Oh my goodness! I still can't believe I'm friends with my idol! Don't mind my fanboying." Kyungsoo rambles on as he walks with Baekhyun into the cafeteria. "Please tell me I'm not dreaming."

"You aren't. I can promise you that."

"I want to go and walk around to school, just to look at your art."

"We can go if you want. We'll just eat along the way. I'll even give you some backstory." The brunet replies, half-joking.

"Okay!"

The pair grabs a ham sandwich, a bottle of of apple juice, and a bag of chips each. They pay, then exit the cafeteria just as it was beginning to fill up.

The two of them camp out by the front, underneath the mural. "So what's the story behind this one?"

"The principal asked me to spice up the school." Baekhyun replies simply. He takes a bite out of his sandwich.

"And that?" Kyungsoo points to the principal's picture.

"That was a while ago. I wasn't very good with people at the time, so I posted a half done version on Instagram to see the responses. Believe it or not, some people actually said it looked like their principal, and I recognized them as students here."

"Wow."

"Yeah."

"If you don't mind me asking, why did you reveal yourself this morning? Was it a personal choice?" The owl-eyed boy rips open his chips.

Baekhyun shakes his head. "Sorta. Chanyeol kind of pushed me over the edge. I got mad."

"Oh, what hasn't that jerk done?" Kyungsoo rolls his eyes. "So tell me how you started art."

Baekhyun launches into a lengthy explanation, and Kyungsoo listens attentively, still stuffing his face with food. Baekhyun quickly alternates between quick bites of sandwich and chips as he talks, being mindful not to eat to much at once.

"Yeah, so that's pretty much it. My life in a nutshell." Baekhyun stretches and stands up, gathering his trash. "Come on, I'll show you my sketchbook. I just need to get it from my locker." The two walk into the cafeteria and toss out their garbage.

"Let me run to the bathroom really quick."

"Sure. Just meet me at my locker." The two boys part ways.

Baekhyun skips to his locker quiet happily, until he sees Chanyeol leaning against the pillar right next to his destination, live-streaming. Oh goodie.

"What are you doing?" The brunet asks the question, even though he already knew the answer.

Chanyeol glares at the shorter boy before turning back to his phone.

"Park Chanyeol. Answer my question." The brunet walks up to the giant.

"Buzz off." The red head puts a hand over his phone's microphone as he responds.

"Yah! Why are you being so cold? What happen to the Chanyeol I met on the bus this morning?"

"Don't ask questions you already know the answer to," the giant mutters, head bowed.

"Just tell me, and I leave you alone."

"Why? What's the point? You know what the answer is."

"But I want to hear you say it."

"No."

The brunet studies Chanyeol carefully. "You're a lost cause."

"Scram."

"My locker's right here." Baekhyun taps the metal box cheerfully.

"Then get what you need and go."

"Fine fine. No need to be so pushy."

"Hurry up, you're wasting my time."

"Have you eaten yet?"

"Argh!" Chanyeol stomps his foot in anger. "Stop asking me pointless questions. What does it matter if I've eaten or not?"

"Well, then start answering my questions, and maybe we'd actually get somewhere."

"Who said that I wanted to get anywhere with you?"

"You seemed fine about it this morning."

"Stop bring this morning up! Things have changed!"

"Barely. I mean sure, we both a few hours older. The world is a few hours closer to it's end, the world population has grown, and we're both closer to graduating, but that's besides the point. Nothing major has happened. Nothing that immediately affects us, anyways."

Chanyeol heaves a sigh and shakes his head. I'll never win an argument against this guy.

Baekhyun twists open his lock, takes out his sketchbook, and re-locks his locker. "Well, it was delightful chatting to you, but I've got to go. I have a friend that's waiting for me." Baekhyun walks off.

The giant sighs again. This guy.

The brunet turns the corner to see Kyungsoo laughing, Jongin right beside him. He leans against the wall and waits, not wanting to disturb them.

Baekhyun has to slap his sketchbook against his mouth when Jongin hugs his project partner and walks away with a wave.

When Kyungsoo turns around and spots the brunet, his cheeks are tinted pink. The owl eyed boy walks up to Baekhyun, still in a slight daze. "Pinch me. This can't be happening."

Baekhyun flicks Kyungsoo's arm, and the boy responds with a hurt look.

"What? You told me to. I just didn't feel like pinching you."

"Pfft. So I'm not dreaming? My crush really did just hug me?"

"Yes. Yes he did. Kim Jongin really did just hug you."

"Oh my goodness!" Kyungsoo squeals into his hands.

"Alright. Let's not overreact."

"How!? This is insane! My idol is my friend, and my crush just hugged me! Gah!" Kyungsoo shakes Baekhyun's shoulders violently.

"Here." The brunet places his sketchbook into Kyungsoo's hands. "I'm pretty sure there's nothing too embarrassing in there."

Kyungsoo slowly flips through the well loved sketchbook, quietly in awe of his friend's talent. As he turns a slightly wrinkled page, he gasps. "Wow, is that..."

"Chanyeol? Yeah."

"It's so good! Why did you draw him? Do you like him?" Kyungsoo runs a finger over the paper, tracing the jawline Baekhyun had sketched.

"In his dreams. It was a huge request for some reason..." Baekhyun scratches his nape. "Should I paint it or do it black and white on paper? What would look better?"

"Paint it. You haven't done a painting in a long while."

"Yeah, that's because they're harder to accommodate. Having to plan everything out. Making sure it doesn't get ruined while I'm not working on it. Getting the right colors. Yada, yada, yada. But you're right. It probably would look better in color too. I could do a side by side comparison with the original..." The brunet trails off, muttering ideas to himself.

"Woah. Slow your roll. You need to paint it first." Kyungsoo chuckles at his friend's antics.

"Planning first. That's a lesson that I learned the hard way."

"Really? Mind telling me?"

"Nah. That's a story for another time." Baekhyun shakes his head. "I should go now, the bell's going to ring soon."

Kyungsoo's cheeks heat up. "Jongin's in my next class!" He bites his lip nervously.

"Another chance to impress him then."

"I guess it isn't so bad, if you think about it that way..."

"Well then go find him! Walk to class with him or something. Show him that you value his company! Go!" The brunet pushes his friend in the direction they saw Jongin walk away in.

"Alright, alright. No need to be so pushy." The owl-eyed boy cringes at his terrible pun. "Imma go now." He scurries off.

Baekhyun laughs behind him. "Good luck!"

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KaiSoo! But can I really call them KaiSoo when Kai is Jongin? I'll have to come up with something... hmm...

I'm double updating this book. So stay tuned for another chapter a few (10ish) hours from now? I don't know exactly when...

Four people gave me their opinions, and it just happened to be a tie. So I chose. :l

This book could probably use the extra chapter anyways.

...

Bai. :)

(Cosmic Railway has left me speechless.)

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