ADVANCEMENTS

When Baekhyun woke up the next morning, his body was being weighted down by a sleeping figure beside him. He jerked back in surprise when he recognized it be to Taeyeon. He didn't even know she had come by.

Baekhyun sighed and slide out from under her arm, and noticed that she was wearing one of his shirts that only reached down just a little past her butt. Baekhyun gulped and quickly turned away, locking himself into the bathroom to take a shower.

He liked to listen to music and sing along while showering, so it wasn't a surprise when he didn't hear the bathroom door click open.

Taeyeon stepped inside, not nervous that her boyfriend was only a shower curtain away as she opened the medicine cabinet and pulled out the spare toothbrush and toothpaste she kept here for the nights she'd stay over; even if nothing ever happened between them. That also had her wondering why nothing ever had? She loved him, and he knew that, so why . . .?

Taeyeon finished brushing her teeth and spit onto the sink, rinsing it away before wiping her mouth and yelling loud enough for Baekhyun to hear over the music. "Baekhyun!"

Baekhyun's body stilled, his hands frozen in mid-air and his mouth frozen with the next syllables he had been prepared to sing. "Y-yeah?" Baekhyun called nervously.

The music stopped and Taeyeon's voice sounded closer when she asked, "Why haven't we slept together, yet? Don't you want me?"

Baekhyun swallowed the lump in his throat and squeezed his eyes shut. He sighed and turned the water off before peeking his head outside the curtain.

"Can we not talk about this while I'm naked? It makes me uncomfortable, Tae. Please?" Taeyeon sighed and handed Baekhyun a towel. He smiled and muttered, "Thanks," while Taeyeon continued on talking.

"But honestly, Baek. I love you and I'm ready. Why aren't you? You're the guy, usually the guy has to wait around for the girl, it's hardly ever the other way around . . ." Taeyeon trailed off as Baekhyun stepped out of the shower with the towel securely around his waist. He was extremely gratefully the hickeys had started to fade and were now practically nonexistent, although it did sadden him in a way.

"Why are you suddenly asking me this?" Baekhyun muttered as he avoided Taeyeon's gaze.

Taeyeon huffed. "Because we've been together for so long now and I want all of you, Baek. So please?" Taeyeon murmured as she stepped towards him and gently brushed her hand down his bare shoulder to his back where his shoulder blades met.

Baekhyun felt his breathing hitch with panic and he said, "Taeyeon, please, not today." Taeyeon's face fell and she sadly ran her finger down Baekhyun's spine before sliding her arms around his waist as she hugged him.

"Then when?" she whispered.

Baekhyun bit the inside of his cheek just as a thought came to him. What if finally giving in to Taeyeon stopped him from thinking about Chanyeol? It was cruel for him to even think it, using Taeyeon just to help himself instead of making it special for her. She loved him, and what was he doing to do?

Use her. It was disgusting really.

Baekhyun turned around in her arms, his hands falling to her waist as he softly asked, "You really want this, don't you?" Taeyeon nodded and Baekhyun weakly smiled.

He kissed her forehead and slowly made his way down to her lips. When they connected in a kiss, there was no spark and he didn't even feel that little zap like before when they would kiss. There was just nothing.

Baekhyun's brow knitted together with frustration, and he kissed Taeyeon even more, using his hand to tilt her head to deepen the kiss. Taeyeon responded happily and twisted her fingers into Baekhyun's hair as she locked her arms around his neck, too blinded by the fact that she was finally going to get what she wanted to notice that Baekhyun wasn't responding to her touch, but just merely going through the motions.

They soon ended up on the bed, Taeyeon's shirt bunched up to the bottom of her bra, leaving her toned and tanned stomach on display. A sight that would have driven any other man crazy —- any other man but Baekhyun.

But if he faked it, maybe it would actually became real? So with that hope in mind, he pushed his knee between Taeyeon's legs and grabbed one of her thighs while he kissed her abdomen.

He honestly had no idea what to do, and oddly, when he had been with Chanyeol he had. And at the thought of Chanyeol Baekhyun moaned. Fuck, how twisted is that?

Taeyeon moaned too and breathily whispered, "Baek! Please, I want to feel you inside me!"

Baekhyun's gut twisted at her words, and just how fucked up would it get if he thought of Chanyeol while he did this. It didn't help his situation at all, he was suppose to be doing this to get over him, but maybe if he did it this way . . .?

Squeezing his brow together, Baekhyun took Taeyeon's shirt off. He felt angry and so frustrated. An when he slide Taeyeon's underwear off and she gasped before crying, "Ow, Baek! Not so rough!" he was afraid he wouldn't be able to control his actions. But Taeyeon didn't really give him a chance to back out when she suddenly pulled off his towel, completely exposing him.

Baekhyun gasped and Taeyeon softly murmured, "Hey, it's okay," as she scooted up onto her knees.

Baekhyun knew what she was doing. What she was going for. An he acted quicker, honestly not want her to touch him there. Ever. It was sad and only fantasy, but Baekhyun only wanted one person touching him there.

Taeyeon's eyes whined when Baekhyun blocked her, but he managed to satisfy her — he guessed — when he started to kiss her again and mindlessly ran his hands down her body. He was so out of his element, and when Taeyeon said she wanted to feel him inside her, he started to panic. He had no fucking idea where anything was and where to put himself. He never thought of himself as naive before, but when it came to girls and doing that, it might as well have been discovering the cure for cancer.

His panic started to increase, and every touch from Taeyeon felt wrong. It was like a zap to his skin. Like an electric fence that warned people or animals way, and this sensation was doing much of the same thing.

Taeyeon kissed along his neck up to his jaw and mouth, and Baekhyun felt his stomach twist. He gasped and jerked away from her, Taeyeon fell forward in shock. She managed to catch herself by grabbing onto his shoulders, and she looked up at him in confusion as she breathily asked, "Baek, what's wrong."

Baekhyun just shook his head and closed his eyes tightly shut; he inhaled an unsteady breath before reopening his eyes. He removed Taeyeon's hands from his body as he hoarsely murmured, "I think I'm getting sick," before he quickly slide backwards off the bed and grabbed his towel before locking himself into the bathroom.

Taeyeon just sat there for a moment, completely frozen. Eventually she snapped out of it and gathered together her clothing from the night before. She dressed quickly and softly knocked on the bathroom door.

"Baek?" she called. "Are you okay? I'm sorry. I shouldn't have insisted. I know you haven't been acting like yourself, and I figure now it's because you caught a cold or something . . ." She took a breath. "Just forget what I said, I can wait. I want you back as you were before anything else happens. Do you want me to stay here and help you? I won't try anything, I swear."

Baekhyun stayed silent as he sat in the corner of his bathroom, his head resting back against his wall as he tried to steady his breathing.

Who knew one night could mess him up so badly?

His brow furrowed, and still with his eyes closed he replied, "No, it's okay. Thank you, though."

"Okay. Feel better! I'll talk to you later, alright?" Taeyeon called.

"Okay," is all Baekhyun could manage.

A moment later he heard the front door closing, and with a sigh of relief he got up from the floor and went back into his room. He threw on a pair of pants and a simple T-shirt before grabbing his phone and making a group message.

From: B.B.H. Bunny
To: DeerBaby and Squishy

Do you guys want to hang out? I need to clear my mind.

From: DeerBaby
To: B.B.H. Bunny and Squishy

You need to clear your mind how . . .? Drinks?

From: B.B.H. Bunny
To: DeerBaby and Squishy

Yes.

From: Squishy
To: B.B.H. Bunny and DeerBaby

Hey, bitches! What did I miss?

From: Squishy
To: B.B.H. Bunny and DeerBaby

Ooh, drinking! I'm down for that. Where are we meeting?

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Baekhyun and his friends were the loudest people in the bar, and they would get dirty looks thrown their way every time one of them laughed too loudly. Their little group consisted of Kyungsoo and Luhan. As well as some of their other friends at school; like, Minseok, Jongdae, and Sehun, who knew Jongin and had invited him along with. Kyungsoo had been a bit, unfriendly, when Jongin showed up to their little party.

He claimed he hated the guy, but would never tell them why. So with Kyungsoo being cold and distant, that left Baekhyun with Luhan, but he didn't even pay him any attention because he was too busy flirting with Sehun. So instead, Baekhyun settled for drinking his drink and listening to a story being told by Minseok.

"I don't think I've ever been more embarrassed," Minseok finished saying, much to his annoyance because during the middle of his story, they had all started to snicker. Jongdae pursed his lips together until they were practically colorless as he comfortingly patted Minseok's back and tried to say, "It's okay, Min. No one's laughing at you just at the situation," and with that, Jongdae's long contained laughter bursted forth.

Minseok glared at him and punched his arm. "I hate you!" he cried, which caused Jongdae to quickly sober up as he pouted. Minseok's face flashed with guilt and he murmured, "Sorry, I take it back. You just made me mad for laughing."

Jongdae smiled sympathetically and kissed Minseok's temple before muttering, "Sorry, Min. I love you."

Minseok rolled his eyes but smiled softly as he replied, "I love you too, you dork."

As the night wore on, they grew louder and louder, becoming more rowdy by the minute. When they were being especially loud, the owner of the bar came over to their table and asked them to politely leave. Everyone grumbled as they gathered their things, and then Baekhyun who didn't want the night to end, said he had alcohol at his apartment. Joyous shouts filled the bar as they all filed out of the bar to pile into their cars and driving to Baekhyun's place.

They got there safely, and when Baekhyun stepped out of his car he about fell down onto the asphalt. Kyungsoo had been walking beside him, and he caught his arm before he could fall. Baekhyun laughed and slung his arm around Kyungsoo's shoulders and they started to walk again. When Baekhyun tripped again though, he crashed down onto his backside, taking Kyungsoo with him this time.

Someone saw them.

Chanyeol had been walking back from one of nearest convenience stores when he heard the loud laughter that struck him as familiar. He looked over just in time to see Baekhyun fall down onto the road and take one of his friends, Kyungsoo, he believed his name was with him.

Baekhyun laughed again, and when Kyungsoo tried pulling him back to his feet, he just kept falling back down because he was so drunk. Luhan came over to help and it was when they had successfully managed to pull him to his feet that he noticed a very familiar figure standing just behind his car, watching the whole thing. Baekhyun blushed, the mere sight of him sobering him up, if only a little bit. The still drunk part of him didn't feel the embarrassment as he yelled out.

"Hey! Chanyeol! What are you doing here? You're not stalking me are you?" Baekhyun called with a laugh. He noticed Chanyeol's cheeks turn a deep shade of scarlet, even the tip of his ears, and he felt guilty for embarrassing him. Then he noticed Chanyeol start to walk towards them, and his grin slipped away as his breath caught in his throat.

"Hello, Baekhyun. Kyungsoo. Luhan," Chanyeol greeted.

"Oh wow, professor, what brings you here?" Luhan asked.

"Oh, and don't mind this one," Kyungsoo said, patting Baekhyun's back. "He normally doesn't act this way."

Baekhyun couldn't speak now that Chanyeol stood so close to him. It was as if his tongue had run away and told him "Good luck!" All he could do was stand there gapping at him completely mute.

Chanyeol didn't look at him as he replied, "Oh, I'm sure." But when he did finally look at Baekhyun, he said, "Don't drink too much, you'll regret it tomorrow. Well, see you in class on Monday." And then he was walking away.

Baekhyun just stared after him with his mouth agape and muttered, "Damn, that was cold." Baekhyun sighed and followed after his friends, no longer in the mood to have fun.

They raided Baekhyun's cabinets and fridge, going for the beer, chips, and ice cream. Luhan even found the ingredients to make a margarita, and those were soon passed around and after twenty or so continuous shots, they were playing truth or dare.

They didn't go over the ground rules beforehand, so when Kyungsoo dared Jongin to streak around Baekhyun's apartment complex for ten minutes, he hadn't been allowed to say no. They gathered into a car that would hold them all and rolled down the windows in order to film it, and followed Jongin around as he ran naked in the half darkness as flakes of snow fell from the sky. When the timer for his ten minutes sounded, he yelled at them to open the door and throw him his clothes.

Baekhyun searched around for them, but he only found one sock and the baseball cap he had been wearing. Kyungsoo, who was driving, rolled down his window and yelled, "The van's full! Looks like you're walking!" and threw the little things he had out the window. Jongin's jaw dropped as Kyungsoo sped away, everyone in the van either laughing or telling Kyungsoo what an asshole he was.

Jongin got back to Baekhyun's five minutes after them, arriving with his cap covering his face and wearing the sock like a condom. Kyungsoo grinned at the sight and innocently asked, "Did you have a nice run?" Jongin just gave him the dirtiest look possible and flipped him off, and then with a smirk forming across his lips he took the sock off and pinged it directly into Kyungsoo's face. He shrieked and smack it off his head as Jongin ran to the bathroom and locked himself inside to dress, as well as to protect himself from Satansoo.

There wasn't much of the "truth" part of truth or dare, but dares that went on much like that, just less extreme.

And as the night continued on Baekhyun got dared to kiss Luhan, and Jongin dared Sehun to kiss Minseok. Something that infuriated Jongdae and pissed off Luhan, seeing he had a thing for Sehun but just wouldn't admit it. And to get back at Jongin for making them kiss, on Luhan's turn he dared him to kiss Kyungsoo, who responded by saying, "Do it and I'll kick you into next week."

He had done it anyway, and after five seconds of Kyungsoo repeatedly smacking him, they both fell into it. Their friends whistled and cheered, and when they pulled apart, Kyungsoo flipped them off while Jongin had a stupid grin on his face. And just an hour before, they had been ready to kill each other . . .

Baekhyun had been laughing and joking around with everyone too, but it stopped abruptly when Luhan said, "Baekhyun, I dare you to randomly knock on someone's door and kiss whoever appears. And don't worry, we won't tell Taeyeon because it's only a dare. Meaningless."

Baekhyun's laughter caught in his throat and he choked; Minseok smacked his back. When his coughing fit came to an end, he stared at Luhan with wide eyes and gasped, "What!? But you already dared me! What if an old man answers the door!? No way in hell am I kissing an old man. Or what if it's a little girl!?" Baekhyun cried.

Luhan sighed and waved his hands in a 'calm down' gesture before he said, "Okay, with a few exceptions then. If a child answers the door, get the hell out of there so you don't get labeled as a pedophile. But if it's an old man . . ." Luhan grinned wickedly and glanced sideways at Kyungsoo, who grinned just as evilly before he continued to say, "If an old man answers the door you must kiss him. No running away or you will receive a punishment. As a matter of fact, anyone who refuses a dare will receive a punishment just to keep things fair."

Baekhyun's jaw dropped open even more and he couldn't even find the words to speak; he just stared at Luhan in silent horror.

"Alright, then!" Luhan said cheekily with a clap. "Let the dare begin!"

He could feel them watching him from the van, parked only two or three cars away as they watched him walk towards the apartment Luhan had pointed out. Baekhyun was biting on his bottom lip in nervousness, completely scared shitless for what was to come.

He kept thinking that if it was an old man, he would be disrespecting his elder. Or if it was a perfectly health man that happened to be much bigger and taller than him, he feared he'd get the shit punched out of him. But he didn't want to have to endure the punishment. It was awful. Although he did value his face and didn't want to see it get messed up.

Baekhyun sighed, the decision too complicated.

Once he finally reached the door, he squeezed his eyes shut and inhaled a shaky breath. Still with his eyes tightly shut he lifted his fist and knocked ever so softly, hoping they wouldn't hear and no one would answer the door. But when Baekhyun heard the doorknob twisting open he internally cursed the heavens, and then in a hurried rush he said, "Oh my God, I'm so sorry! Please don't hit me for this! It was a dare and I don't want to be punished! Please, don't hit me!" Baekhyun cried.

There was a moment of silence as Baekhyun began to lean in, but when he heard a very familiar voice say, "Baekhyun?" his eyes flew open and his jaw dropped in shock.

Oh fuck my life! Baekhyun internally screamed as he gazed up into the eyes of none other than his professor, Park Chanyeol. Who he was suppose to kiss on a dare.

Chanyeol just continued to gaze down at him questioningly and asked, "What are you doing here? And what were you yelling just now?"

Baekhyun still couldn't speak. He just stared up at Chanyeol completely and utterly dumbfounded. Of all the doors he had to knock on, why did it have to be Park Chanyeol's, of all people? They just stood there awkwardly, Chanyeol waiting for an answer while Baekhyun stood frozen in place, his eyes practically popping out his head.

Chanyeol tilted his head to the side, looking at Baekhyun with concern as he asked, "Are you okay? You still haven't moved or said a word," and with that Baekhyun finally snapped out of it. He has already embarrassed himself enough in front of him so why did he have to continue to do so?

"I-I'm sorry . . . for disturbing you. I'll —- I'll leave now. I didn't know this was your apartment . . ." Baekhyun muttered dazed-like as he turn around.

Before he could get more than two steps away, Chanyeol snapped out of it and reached out for his wrist, stopping him as he said, "Baekhyun, wait! I–I mean, aren't you going to tell me what your doing here? I couldn't exactly understand what you were saying earlier because you were practically screaming it in my face."

Baekhyun looked back up at Chanyeol, his cheeks flaming and his wrist burning with the heat from Chanyeol's touch. Baekhyun glanced down at his hand and Chanyeol blushed too before quickly releasing him.

"S-sorry. But are you going to answer my question?"

Baekhyun looked back up at him again, nervously biting on his bottom lip before he took a deep breath and said, "We were playing truth or dare, and I got dared to walk up to an apartment and kiss whoever answered the door. But with a few exceptions . . ." Baekhyun mumbled the last part.

Chanyeol didn't say anything, too shocked maybe, and then he softly asked, "So you're telling me that we have to kiss?"

Baekhyun eyes widened again and he cried, "What!? No! I mean, I can take the punishment. I can't kiss you, not again . . ." Baekhyun mumbled in a small voice.

Chanyeol didn't say anything for a moment, so Baekhyun glanced up from his nervously entwined hands to see him wearing an expression that he couldn't figure out. Another moment of silence passed before he said, "Okay, and that's probably for the best. I am your professor after all so we shouldn't do that again."

Baekhyun nodded numbly and mumbled, "Y-yeah, we really shouldn't." And with that, Baekhyun turned around again, but then he stopped for a moment, the dreaded punishment flashing through his head.

Damn it! Baekhyun thought as he suddenly pivoted around on his heel and stretched up on his tiptoes to kiss a very shellshocked Chanyeol upon the lips before quickly running away.

When Baekhyun got back to his friends and got into the van with them and they were all staring at him in surprise. He cringed and cried, "I am never playing truth or dare again! Do you have any idea how embarrassing that was!?"

They all continued to watch him for another moment, lips pursed and smiles threatening to burst forth, and then they all erupted into a fit of laughter. Luhan laugh-crying as he gasped, "Holy shit! Park Chanyeol! What are the chances? Hah!"

Baekhyun frowned and twisted around in his seat to smack his leg as he yelled, "Shut up! All of you just shut up! Kyungsoo! Take me home!"

Kyungsoo snickered and replied, "Whatever you say, Baek."

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Author's Notes

Hello, my lovely readers! I just wanted to say, this chapter.... *Nervously laughs* Well then, I hope you enjoyed it. Please don't forget to vote, comment, and share with your friends!

Anyway, until next time.... 🌸🌸