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Baekhyun shakes his head for the nth time that morning, groaning at his paint covered hands. Why!? I knew there was a reason that I never painted sunsets! He sits still, listening to the sound of the rain pounding against his window.

The brunet was currently struggling with his entry for a contest. The contest that he conveniently forgot about until two days ago. Why do I do these things to myself!?

Despite Baekhyun's best efforts, he cannot get the paints to blend properly. I really need more practice with watercolor. The brunet clicks his tongue. I still have a few more days. He sighs. Who am I kidding. I'm going to need way more than a couple days.

His alarm pulls him out of his dreary thoughts. Time to start cleaning up. The brunet grudgingly stands up and sets his wrecked painting aside and begins to clean up his workstation. After putting the paint up and dumping out the brown water, the brunet removes the old newspaper covering the table and wipes it down. He scrubs his hands throughly in his sink, then removes the oversized shirt he uses for a smock and hangs it up. Grabbing the painting, Baekhyun swings his bag onto one shoulder, grabs an umbrella, and runs out of his bedroom and out of his house. I could care less about my dreadful creation right now. Or ever.

He gets to his school a lot earlier than he thought he would, having caught the bus prior to his usual. Oh come on! This day just keeps getting better and better. He shivers when a gust of wind blows past, jerking at his umbrella and making him stumble. Rainwater hits his hair and he sneezes.

He spots Chanyeol a few meters away, sitting on a bench, shivering and looking very cold. The brunet catches the giant's eye quickly before looking away again. Involuntary, his feet begin to make their way over to the giant, managing to avoid most of the puddles that had formed on the ground. Yep. It's been a great day.

The giant blinks rapidly, wrapping his coat closer to him, attempting to shield his body from the piercing wind. Why did I forget an umbrella today!? Suddenly, he's no longer being pummeled with raindrops. Huh? Did the rain stop?

"What are you doing, you goof?" Baekhyun's melodious voice fills his ears. Chanyeol looks up and sees a red plastic canopy draped over his head. Baekhyun's umbrella.

"What about you?"

"This." Baekhyun holds up the painting. "It's my entry for the annual art competition." That was a mistake.

Already annoyed, Chanyeol didn't want to be reminded of what he kind of despised at the moment. Without a second thought, he grabs the painting and tosses it to the ground. The canvas lands in a relatively clean puddle, color-side up, and four eyes watch as the colors slowly seep together in a fuzzy haze. Baekhyun blinks calmly. Well, that's my decision made.

Chanyeol's expression screams of mockery. "Oops, sorry 'bout that. Such a shame that it's drenched." He just wanted to make the brunet mad, to reflect the inner turmoil that he was clouded with. Guilt pushed at his conscious, but he shoved it away.

Baekhyun shakes his head. "It's okay. It'll be like it's underwater. What's a little water to a watercolor painting?" He grins teasingly. Well, that's one way to mix colors together.

The giant's expression twists into one of confusion and anger. "Aren't you supposed to be mad? Be mad! I just ruined your chance in the art competition! The entry deadline is in two days! You can't possibly finish. Be mad! Yell! Scream! Get angry! It's okay! I deserve it!" His eyes are wild as he pushes Baekhyun backwards. The brunet stumble and jerks the umbrella back in the process, letting the unrelenting raindrops fall onto Chanyeol's soaked hair. The brunet quickly regains his footing, and hastily covers Chanyeol again. He sneezes and rubs his eyes.

"Why would I be? It's just an art competition. I can enter again next year. I don't think I'm ready anyways. The painting isn't exactly ruined either."

"Why aren't you mad!?" Chanyeol balls his hands into fists. The giant is shaking with rage.

"Because I know what it is Chanyeol. I knew from the beginning. You don't have to hide anything." Baekhyun reaches for Chanyeol's shoulder, but gets batted away.

"Know what?"

"Why you're like this to me."

Chanyeol stares disbelievingly, momentarily silenced.

"You hate me for a petty reason, but you like me too." There, I said it.

"Like you? Are you absurd!?"

"You tell me."

"I don't like you. I can't like you."

"Can't? Or won't? Too afraid, are we?" Baekhyun taps Chanyeol nose teasingly. "Believe me. I know. It's hard to push down your ego sometimes." Especially yours.

Chanyeol grits his teeth.

"Here. Maybe this'll change your mind." Baekhyun leans forward until their lips meet. It was a bit of an irrational decision on his part, but the brunet couldn't think of much else.

Chanyeol's initial thought was to force the pair of lips away, but he found himself melting into the brunet's warm touch, one that never failed to send shivers—good shivers—down his spine. Baekhyun drops his umbrella as he grips onto Chanyeol's face, but neither cared.

The red equipment falls into the same puddle, rippling the water and swirling the colors again. It reflected their thoughts at the moment, in some strange way.

Rainwater runs down the brunet's face and onto his jacket. Baekhyun shivers at the cold touch of wet cloth against his skin. Instead, he focuses on the pair of warm lips meeting his own.

He's disappointed when Chanyeol releases him, but the feeling is quickly flushed out when the giant holds the brunet to his chest. Baekhyun hadn't even realized that Chanyeol had stood up. "Wow..." the brunet trails off. He presses his lips together.

"What am I to you?" The giant persists. "You can't just kiss me randomly without reason." For once, there a hint of a smile in his tone as he looks at the brunet. Chanyeol wants to laugh, but didn't, thinking that it wasn't the right time.

Baekhyun takes a deep breath. "Come on, let's go inside. We need to talk."

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Please tell me at least one of you understood the meaning of the winky face at the beginning...

And if you don't...

Then I made this a lot harder than I thought it was. :l

Haha, but honestly, what did I just write? I feel like it doesn't make much sense.

I have a new book! Check it out! It's called 'See You Again'

Congrats to April_girl02 for getting the riddle (it was in my tag book) correct!

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