Chanyeol had started moving his things in over the weekend, and had gotten help from Baekbeom, Jongin, Kyungsoo, and much to his surprise, Sehun. Everyone was off in the small house in a different room either doing their own thing or helping Chanyeol unpack.

Chanyeol was in the living room going through his DVD and book collection with the help of Baekbeom, while Baekhyun was in their bedroom neatly folding his clothes into a drawer or hanging them up in their now shared closet. Kyungsoo was sitting on the bed with Toben in his lap, flipping through one of the many baby magazines Baekhyun kept on his bedside table. Kyungsoo was circling the things Baekhyun would need in red marker, and smiley-facing the things he thought would be cute for the baby; like clothing and toys that would work for either gender.

Baekhyun thought it was too soon to be buying, or thinking about buying things, but then Kyungsoo had reminded him he would be needing a lot of things sooner rather than later and that it'd be safer to have a lot of diapers and baby wipes than not enough. Baekhyun understood his point soon enough, so had let him search through his baby books, and they had both been doing their separate jobs peacefully as they listened to softly playing music when there was a light tapping at Baekhyun's bedroom door. He glanced up curiously, half expecting it to be Chanyeol, but to his surprise Sehun stood in the doorway.

Sehun stood there awkwardly with his hands shoved into his pockets, his eyebrows knitted together with some kind of confliction. Baekhyun bit his bottom lip, and quickly glanced at Kyungsoo, who looked just as surprised.

Baekhyun sighed, and softly muttered, "Soo, would you mind giving us some space . . ."

Kyungsoo nodded as he climbed off the bed and panted his leg for Toben to follow, and as he walked pass Sehun he frowned at him curiously before slipping out of the room. Once the door had shut, Baekhyun forced a smile as he asked, "Did you need something, Sehun?"

The corner of Sehun's mouth twitched with a barely there smile, before he glanced up at Baekhyun. He sighed as he muttered, "I do, actually. I was wondering . . . I was wondering if you'd like to meet my parents?"

Baekhyun gasped, and he's pretty sure his jaw dropped —- although that could have been his imagination, but when he felt himself having to close his mouth to speak, he knew it had been real.

"You—-you want me to meet your parents?" Baekhyun asked in disbelief. "Wh–why? I mean, I'm not your . . . We're not together, so why—-"

Hurt flashed across Sehun's face, and Baekhyun immediately regretted his words. He clamped his lips shut and muttered, "Sorry . . ."

The corner of Sehun's mouth twitched with a weak smile, and he sighed before replying, "I didn't mean that I wanted you to meet them as my boyfriend, Baekhyun. We were strangers before all of this, and then you became my friend, and now . . ." Sehun trailed off with a sigh, before quietly muttering, "I just want them to meet my friend."

Baekhyun bit his bottom lip, and he couldn't help himself when he asked, "Do they know that I'm....pregnant?"

Sehun pursed his lips before muttering, "Yes...."

Baekhyun sighed. "Do they know—-"

"If you're asking if they know, then yes, they know there's a chance the baby could be mine...." Sehun muttered.

Baekhyun sighed and squeezed the bridge of his nose before muttering, "Sehun, I don't feel comfortable with the idea of . . . meeting your parents. It'll be extremely awkward for me, and not to mention I don't have the best track record when it comes to parental figures. Can you please just—-"

"Cancel on them?" Sehun said.

Baekhyun bit his lips before quietly whispering, "Please?"

Sehun laughed humourlessly before muttering, "Okay fine, I guess it was navie of me to think you'd actually want to be around me and imagine for a moment that the little life growing inside you might not be your perfect boyfriend's baby. But for my sake, can't you bare it enough to pretend for an hour, that's all I ask?"

Baekhyun gasped, and he bit his bottom lip to hold back the threat of tears stinging in his eyes. He inhaled a deep breath before quietly muttering, "Can you leave, please?"

Sehun rolled his eyes and threw down a gift Baekhyun hadn't realized he'd been holding, and before he left, Baekhyun saw the look of heartbreak flash in his eyes before he quickly shoved it away. Sehun threw the door open and marched from the room, stalking down the hall before the distant echo of the slamming front door resonated throughout the house.

Baekhyun just stood there numbly, unsure of what to do next. He let a few tears roll down his cheeks, before he crouched down to pick the small and carefully wrapped gift, that was a decorated baby blue with little storks and a pink and blue bow. Baekhyun wiped his eyes before standing up and taking a seat on the edge of his bed. His fingers played with the bow as he stared at the gift, unable to open it out of guilt.

He didn't deserve to receive gifts from a friend he continues to repeatedly hurt time and time again. He had to make things right between them, and if the first step to mending their friendship meant meeting Sehun's parents, then he had to accept it.

So inhaling a deep breath, Baekhyun stood up and carefully tucked the gift away in his top dresser drawer, only vowing to open it after he's deserved it.

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