This is another 4 days in 11 chapters type thing... -_-;

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"Mmph, Yeol." Baekhyun wakes up the next morning with his face pressed into the giant's chest. He grunts softly as he pulls himself up to be level with the giant. "Yeol." His breath moves Chanyeol's hair, makes the giant's eyelashes flutter, and forces him awake with a snort.

"Wha-?" Chanyeol's words get stuck in his throat when Baekhyun pecks his forehead. "Oh hey," he murmurs, "Good morning," he pauses, "it is still morning, correct?"

"Yeah, it is." Baekhyun seems slightly disappointed that he doesn't get any affection in return, but the feeling quickly dissolves when Chanyeol pulls the brunet impossibly closer and gazes at him with a newfound tenderness.

"Did you go and freshen up while I was sleeping or something?" Chanyeol teases, "You don't look like you just woke up."

"Shush." Baekhyun pushes the giant's chest in a soft manner. "I don't take praise well."

"How can you not? You get praised twenty-four seven for your art!"

"That's different. That's skill, that's something that I worked on for hours upon hours. Beauty, is not. It feels undeserving."

"Did you just basically say that you're beautiful without effort?"

"I didn't mean for it to come out that way." Baekhyun buries his head into the crook of the giant's neck, slightly flustered.

"It's okay. I don't disagree."

"Shut up." The brunet's voice is muffled by the (sweet-smelling) skin of Chanyeol's shoulder. It's only then that Baekhyun realizes that Chanyeol's shirtless.

Not that it's a huge deal or anything, the brunet had already seen Chanyeol's bare chest after all. But wearing Chanyeol's too small clothes that were still too large for the brunet and laying in the giant's bed while sharing the same covers and basically being surrounded by Chanyeol's incredibly heady (and not to mention intoxicating) scent, and having Chanyeol himself lying right beside him with his arm around Baekhyun's waist; his hand had snuck underneath the brunet's shirt and was now resting on the small of Baekhyun's back. It was a bit much.

"Earth to Park Baekhyun. Is anyone home?"

"Huh? Yeah sur- wait. Did you just call me Park Baekhyun?"

"Yeah. You weren't responding to your own name." Chanyeol shrugs like it was the littlest thing to pretend, even for a split second, that they were married. Yes, Baekhyun might be overreacting just a tad, but can you really blame him?

[AN: Autocorrect changed 'overreacting' to 'overeating']

"Baekhyun! Park Baekhyun! Stop zoning out!"

"Huh?"

"Are you trying to get me to call you Park Baekhyun?"

"No! I just..." Baekhyun's momentarily baffled.

"Are you? I think you are." Chanyeol tickles Baekhyun's chin playfully.

"Shut up." But Baekhyun's tone indicates that no, he doesn't want Chanyeol to shut up. "We aren't even boyfriends, and you're already thinking about marriage."

"Lets change that, shall we? What do you say? Be mine?"

"You already know what I'm going to say."

"I still want to hear you say it." Chanyeol's voice is right next to his ear and it's so soft and velvety and pleading that Baekhyun can't resist (not that he would have anyways).

"Yeah, sure," he attempts to nonchalantly say. His voice wobbles its way through the two syllables.

"Really? A 'yeah' is all I get?"

"Shut up. You got your answer."

"It wasn't a very satisfactory one."

"It was still an answer." But one look at Chanyeol and Baekhyun knows that he's going to lose again. "Fine! Yes! I want to be your boyfriend!"

"Better."

Baekhyun gives the giant a look. "I'll take that back," he threatens.

"Except you won't."

"Says who?"

"Me, because I know how much of a effect I have on you."

"I- when did you become such a smooth talker?"

"I learned from the best." Chanyeol tweaks Baekhyun's nose quickly.

"If I had a dollar for every moment that I wanted you to shut up this morning, I wouldn't have an iPhone 5S anymore," Baekhyun grumbles.

"And if I had a dollar for every time you actually meant it... then I wouldn't be any richer," the giant finishes with a grin.

"Shut it."

"See?"

"Shut it, you dumb elf."

"Your dumb elf."

"Fine fine, now let me sleep."

"Why? You're the one that woke me up. It's ten, Baekhyun. Get up."

"Whyyy..."

"Up." Chanyeol flicks the brunet's forehead affectionately.

"Fine..." Baekhyun drags himself out of the giant's comfortable bed and sits on top of the comforter, draping his body over Chanyeol's legs. "I don't have anything to wear."

"Wear something of mine. Get a sweatshirt or something. And keep the sweatpants, I don't have anything else that will come close to fitting you."

"Okay." Baekhyun gets off of the giant's legs, makes his way over to Chanyeol's walk-in closet, pulls out a random sweatshirt and tosses it on. "Is this good?"

"Baek, are you purposely wearing my basketball sweatshirt?"

"What? No. I just grabbed one randomly."

"It looks good on you."

"Does it?" Baekhyun spins around once.

"Yeah. You really like my last name," the giant comments. He pulls the covers off himself and lies down on his stomach, legs up to form a loose triangle with his body.

"Shut up. It's just a whole lot of uncanny coincidences."

"You're starting to sound like Kyungsoo."

"Right. Get up and get dressed."

"It's my house, you can't order me around." But Chanyeol gets up anyways, pulling a sweater on and leaving his basketball shorts alone. He walks over to his boyfriend, wrapping him in a tight hug as he half drags the boy into the bathroom.

As soon as both their mouths are free from their (slight) morning breath, Baekhyun presses a searing kiss to Chanyeol's supple lips. The giant's breath tastes of the sweet mint toothpaste they just used, and the kiss is breathtaking. When Baekhyun pulls away, his lips are slightly swollen, but his eyes are bright and alive. "That was one of the best kisses I've ever had. Don't get me wrong, I love your little all-over-the-face-pecks, but there's something to be said about a good old-fashioned kiss, you know?"

As a response, the giant's lips reclaim the brunet's and Baekhyun is pulled back into another incredible exchange.

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I have another riddle!

Well, it's more of a challenge than a riddle. Whatever.

No cheating!

Without looking anything up...

List the colors of the original Google logo. In order!

Good luck!

I'm super backed on on writing... it's not even funny.

If I still follow the only 5 chapters left thing... I only have to write one more. The last two are already finished. So there may or may not be more than one transition... we'll see. Scratch that, there will be more. KaiSoo and XiuChen need to be wrapped up. There's also going to be an epilogue and a drabble that didn't make its way into the story. We still have a while to go!

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