Baekhyun stood up abruptly, bringing his friends attention to him.

The reason for why he so suddenly had the need to leave was because, once again, they were sat at computers and the only thing Baekhyun could concentrate on is small laughs shared between Chanyeol and Kyungsoo. He was frustrated but  to do anything.

The whole standing up thing was actually an accident— he didn't know he was out of his seat until a minute of staring and when Luhan asked him if he was ok. Baekhyun couldn't just sit back down after that so he decided to make an excuse, then that wha he might be able to calm down and remind himself that he needs to think straight.

"I'm..ugh" Baekhyun started. "I'm going to get a drink... from the vending machine."

After giving him an odd look, Jongdae shrugged and said "get me one too!"

"Oh, me aswell please?" Luhan fluttered his eyelashes with a smile.

Baekhyun knew what he had got himself into... and he couldn't back it now. Baekhyun  sent Kyungsoo and Chanyeol a questionable look as if to say 'do you want one too?'.

"If you're offering" Kyungsoo shrugged. "Thanks."

Chanyeol stood up after Kyungsoo had finished and pushed his chair under the desk. "I'll come with" the taller said softly and Baekhyun didn't know whether he regretted this decision. "...To help you with the drinks" he added after feeling as though he needed to explain.

Baekhyun felt a little more relaxed when he saw Chanyeol smile at him. Somehow, that smile seemed to make Baekhyuns heart really thump, hard and fast.

They walked out together, leaving the rest in the computer room and silently headed to the vending machine down the halls. Chanyeol returned to the close position next to Baekhyun, occasionally brushing hands which made the smaller want to slip his own hand into Chanyeols.  He thought about how soft and warm Chanyeols hands would be while they walked in silence and suddenly his face felt warm.

When they reached the vending machine, Chanyeol leant against the side and watched Baekhyun press each button, now feeling extremely under pressure and nervous.

"Are you okay?"

Baekhyun glanced over to the taller then back to the machine; suddenly it was hard to look him in the eyes.
"Yeah" Baekhyun replied. "Why?"

"You look a bit red, you're not ill are you?"

He focused on the numbers in front of him and not Chanyeol blatantly staring at him, whether it was in concern or not. "No.. just a bit hot in here, that's all"

The boy gave a small nod before speaking again. "Is everything alright though? In lessons I mean?"

So far Baekhyun had only paid for one drink , it was quite hard to think properly like this when Chanyeol was talking to him, so much so it was even hard trying to remember two digits long enough to type them in and pay for a drink.
"Yeah" he said, rather convincingly, might he add.  "Why wouldn't everything be alright?"

Chanyeol tried to shrug it off and act as though he never even asked the question. When Baekhyun was still having difficulties picking drinks, Chanyeol peeked his head round to look at the selection. The smaller almost stepped back with the unbelievably soft looking hair being so close to his face.

"Can I have this one" the taller pointed through the glass before facing him with a gorgeous smile on his lips.

Baekhyun couldn't refrain from smiling himself and nodded— boy, he'd buy anything for Chanyeol if he could. Pulling more money out of his pocket, he slowly realised he only had enough coins for four people. The rest of his savings and pocket money from parents were safely tucked away at his smaller second home.

"Uhh..." Baekhyun muttered under his breath before sliding the change into the machine and picking Chanyeols preferred drink. He bent down to pull the two drinks out of the bottom of the machine and handed them to the Taller standing next to him. He quickly repeated the process for the other two drinks and began to walk away.

"What about your drink?" Chanyeols voice echoed slightly through the halls. Baekhyun turned around to see Chanyeol had not moved from next to the vending machine.

"I didn't have enough change.."

The boy furrowed his eyebrows and immediately opened his can, while the other was tucked underneath his arm, jogged to Baekhyun and held the can in the air between them.

"You can have mine"

"Yeol, no I got it for you—"

"We'll share it then"

"What?"

At first it didn't seem such a bad idea to Baekhyun, but as soon as they joined his friends he realised it looked very odd— not to mention Baekhyun got slight butterflies in his stomach everytime he held the can to his mouth, knowing Chanyeols lips had been on the same place.

When they got into the classroom, Chanyeol didn't hesitate to pull out a chair next to his for Baekhyun to sit down. Of course Baekhyun couldn't deny this offer, especially not now, so he sat with the taller on the opposite side to Kyungsoo, who sat squinting at the screen  and not even bothered that the pair had returned.

"Don't you need your glasses?" Chanyeol asked plainly.

Kyungsoo didn't move his eyes off the screen, even when speaking to the boy. "Yes, thank you for pointing that out"

"Sorry" Chanyeol frowned. "Only asking. So where are they?"

"I left them at home otherwise I would have them on by now"

Chanyeol rolled his eyes and Leant back in his chair. "Again, sorry for asking"

As Kyungsoo sighed and continued to work, Chanyeol turned to him and offered the drink to him once more with a sweet smile. Baekhyun denied and let Chanyeol have the last of what was in the bottle.

"Um, What are you doing after this?" Was what the taller asked after a moment of silence between the two. Luckily, Luhan and Jongdae were busy bickering for them to hear what Chanyeol just said.

"What?" Baekhyun wasn't sure if he heard the right phrase or not. If he did, what was Chanyeol....

"I, err, said what are you doing later— after this i mean?"

Baekhyun scratched behind his ear— what was he doing later? Nothing? Probably. "Going home.. I guess" that was all Baekhyun could think of right now as somehow he became increasingly more nervous as this conversation went on. Chanyeol silently nodded.

"Ugh, well..." The boy started. Baekhyun held in his breath. "Do you, by any chance, want to get Odeng, later?"
Although Chanyeol was looking his way, he wasn't looking him in the eye, more like at Baekhyuns shoulders. Baekhyun almost laughed to himself thinking that it was probably because he was shy. It was odd seeing him like this.

Baekhyun couldn't completely remember what Odeng was, or at least he couldn't remember what it tasted like but he definitely won't miss this opportunity. "Sure" he smiled back to Chanyeol who finally locked eyes and grinned like Baekhyun had never seen before.

And now all he could do was stare because damn, Chanyeol had the perfect features.

"Are you two ever going to work? It's about time you stopped gazing at each other, don't you think?"

Kyungsoo voice cut them both off and the two of the looked away, embarrassed.

"And what was that about Odeng?"

Before Chanyeol could open his mouth, Jongdae's head snapped towards them with wide eyes. "Did I hear Odeng?"

"Do you care for anything apart from food?" Luhan rolled his eyes.

"Yes, gossip. It's the most interesting. Now, what were we saying?"

Chanyeol cleared his throat before speaking. "Who said that? I didn't say anything about Odeng?"

"Yes you did" Kyungsoo said simply. "I'm right next to you, you know."

Jongdae narrowed his eyes at Chanyeol. "Are you keeping something from us?"

"No" the taller said almost immediately.

"Baek why are you so quiet??"

"They're going to get odeng together" Kyungsoo interrupted and Chanyeol let out a long sigh.

"Where's our invitation?!" Jongdae exclaimed.

Luhan tilted his head to the side as he kept his eyes on Baekhyun,trying to work out this situation for himself. "Why only Baekhyun?"

"You guys are making so much fuss" Chanyeol whined. "It's nothing."

" I don't care. If you're getting food I'm coming too"

Chanyeol turned his head to Baekhyun who could only shrug and smiled awkwardly. Sadly, Baekhyun knew he wouldn't be able to stop his friends from wanting to come too even if he badly wanted to spend time with Chanyeol alone.

Maybe next time, Baekhyun thought.

---

Yo my dudes
I'm v sorry for such a late update
I'm so slow I apologise