A week passed but things were not getting better with Baekhyun. He tried to be cheerful with everyone but his husband was able to tell the difference in his acting. The nightmares continued and it worried Chanyeol since his husband refused to talk about it. 

It was a little past 7 when Chanyeol came home from a meeting. He took off his jacket and shoes before following the sweet humming to the kitchen. Baekhyun had his sweater on under the red apron. Chanyeol almost giggled at his cute husband and the tiny movements he could see through the apron on his midsection. 

"Oh, hey. When did you come back?" the younger squealed throwing his arms around his husband's neck and burying his head against his chest. Chanyeol wrapped his arms around the younger's waist and pecked the crown of his head, "Just now, baby."

"I made spaghetti and guess what? It tastes delicious and nothing is burnt," the doctor giggled proudly and Chanyeol showed him a thumbs-up. Baekhyun after having nothing to do at home decided to learn cooking. 

Initially, Chanyeol often found him slumped on the dining table crying over how fast the videos on YouTube are or how the cookbooks have too many words. But the smaller was not ready to give up. Of course, there were times when the elder had to eat up all the burnt food to keep his pregnant husband from eating it. 

"I'm gonna go take a shower and let's eat diner, alright?" The younger nodded with a smile and the elder pulled him closer, "Would you like to join me?"

Baekhyun shook his head and slapped his chest, "I'm gonna take a bath after dinner, Yeol."

Pouting, he nodded and his eyes moved to the bump. As they stood close together, he could feel the tiny kicks against his abs and chuckled. The raven head moved his hand to gently stroke the bump and leaned down. Baekhyun almost gasped when the other lifted his sweater, "Are you growing well in there? We're waiting to meet you, our little smurf." He finished with a little peck on the stretched out skin. 

"I'll give you a massage before bed, alright?" Baekhyun nodded and let the other steal a kiss from his lips. 

A couple of hours later, dinner was over and the couple was getting ready for bed. Chanyeol was on the bed looking through the documents he had to sign while Baekhyun was enjoying his bath. 

The younger had leaned his head against the tub. The calm vanilla scent and the warm water soon lulled him to sleep. 

Just then, Chanyeol threw the papers off his lap and jumped off the bed to the bathroom. Baekhyun was screaming as he thrashed under the water. His husband's touch only caused him to flinch and move away. 

The elder was quick to drain the water and held his sobbing husband by his shoulder and wrapped a towel around him before carrying him to the bed. 

Seeing he was still lost in thoughts, the raven head dressed him up with one of his sweatshirts and dried his hair with the towel. "Baek?" he held his hand and shook him a little, just enough to bring the younger back. 

"What happened in there, baby?" Chanyeol asked as gentle as he could with his fingers lightly squeezing the younger's thigh. Baekhyun coming out of his trance looked at his husband and shook his head, and repeated the words he always said, nothing, Yeol, everything's alright.

"Park Baekhyun!"

Baekhyun sighed at the other's loud voice knowing the other would not let go of this anymore. Chanyeol sat sideways facing his husband, "We're not sleeping till you tell me what's going on," Baekhyun nodded taking a deep breath. 

"Every time I look at the bathroom or our bed, I remember Minhyeok. I have nightmares about what Minhyeok did to me. I dozed off just a little in there and, I felt as if he was there drowning me. When we sleep on that bed, I dream of that night. The bullet, the building, the rooftop,"

Chanyeol held the other's shaking hands and stroked them, "Why did you not tell me earlier, Baek?"

"I did not want to worry you and besides, you love this house so I didn't want to make you uncomfortable, Yeol."

The CEO pulled the other towards his chest and rested his head atop the mop of blond locks. "I'll get used to this place again and I'll forget everything soon, so it's no big deal, alright?"

Chanyeol nodded but he was already sure of one thing- they had to move away. 

And that was how he found himself sitting with his Father and three friends. "So, that's why he's been this silent?" The raven head nodded his eyes focused on the floor. "We need to find a new place soon and we'll have to give away the penthouse too. This stuff takes a long time but I have to do something soon," the young CEO sighed and Jongin who was near him patted his back. 

"I can move in." Yifan volunteered, "The house is damn big and the view is awesome. Junjie would also have a lot of space to play in."

Chanyeol nodded and leaned back on the couch, "I think I might have just another house."

The four turned to the eldest with a puzzled look, "How many houses do you even own, Dad?"

The elder waved his hand, "I bought it for you and Kyungsoo when his father took up the idea of a marriage." Chanyeol interrupted his father, "Isn't that why you gave me the penthouse?" Jaehwan laughed shaking his head, "Why would I give up such a place to you, kid? I thought after you got married, I could probably convince you out of it."

"Wow, the betrayal," the CEO shook his head and looked up at his father, "But you gave it to Baek?"

"I like Baek. He's a nice guy with a sweet personality and I wanted to apologize so the penthouse was, you could say, a way of apologizing."

"Wow, both my Mom and my Dad like my husband more than me."

The three friends and the old man laughed at his dramatic response. "Want to check out the house, boys?" The four nodded in a heartbeat and Chanyeol drove them as his father instructed him the directions. 

"Holy shit!" The four breathed out. It was not as huge as a mansion but it looked just perfect. Entering the house, their eyes wandered around the rooms. Every room was spacious enough and the silent house was only filled with the tapping noises every time their heel made contact with the wooden floor. 

"Wow, Dad," he looked at his father, "this is perfect!"

Jaehwan proudly nodded his head, "When are you bringing Baek to see this place?" Chanyeol shook his head, "He told me not to do anything and if I tell him about the house, he'll say no."

"What if he doesn't like this place?"

The CEO shook his head, "He would love this place, no doubt in that. But he cannot know we're moving."

The five men were in deep thought when Sehun jumped up and snapped his fingers, "I have an idea."

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The following day, Chanyeol and Baekhyun were dressed in white jeans and sweaters as they stood at the studio. The studio looked pretty elegant and Baekhyun admired the setting where they would be posing for their shoot. 

A red velvet loveseat with a white backdrop. "That looks so comfy, Yeol," Baekhyun eyed the couch and the elder chuckled watching the younger's eyes become crescent. "But isn't it all too white?" the doctor looked at his outfit and the background. 

"He said we need to be white for the shoot and he had the best one planned," Chanyeol assured his husband and pressed a kiss to his temple. 

A few minutes passed and the photographer walked in through the door. "Hey guys, I'll be your photographer for today," he bowed at them, "Call me Mark, Mr. and Mr. Park." Baekhyun chuckled and nodded.

Before he could ask further, the man fetched what seemed to be tubes of paint. "Isn't the white a little too clean? What do you say we make it messy?" The young doctor squealed and eagerly pressed his hand into the squeezed out paint and the CEO laughed following the other. 

Their hands were messy and the elder could not resist but make a stroke on his husband's cheek. Baekhyun gasped with a glare before swiping his finger under his husband's nose creating a dark coloured moustache.

"Oh, my! Yeollie, you look like a weird cowboy," Baekhyun joked and laughed at his husband. 

Mark smiled at the husbands, "You guys can sit on the couch."

When the two were seated, "Chanyeol you can lean on the armrest and Baekhyun lean on him. Make sure to have a huge smile."

That was not a problem at all. Once their eyes met, they became blushing teenagers who could not hold back their happy smiles and eyes filled with love. Finishing a few shots with the pose, the couple sat up. 

"Usually the couples would paint the name of their baby on the bump. Would you like to try that?"

Baekhyun squealed and nodded with his crescent eyes. Lifting the sweater to just above his bump, he looked at Chanyeol who looked at Mark. He scratched his nape, "We don't know the gender, yet."

"Oh, that's alright. What about a message or a doodle then?"

A light bulb went off in Chanyeol's head as he dipped his hand in paint before pressing them on either side of the bump from behind. Baekhyun quickly caught up before doing the same and pressing his hands just a little above Chanyeol's handprint. 

The taller stood behind his short husband and leaned his head on his shoulder and entwined their fingers together. Before Mark could click a picture, the elder put up his hand, "Wait."

Cleaning his finger a little, he dipped it into the red paint and drew a red heart on Baekhyun's belly button. Baekhyun laughed at the ticklish movements and looked down at his bump once he moved away. 

Four handprints and a lovely heart decorated their baby's temporary shelter. The couple went back to the pose. The husbands had the most beautiful smiles on their faces as their eyes met and Mark made sure to capture it. 

Trying out a few more poses, the shoot finally came to an end. 

When the husbands were back into the casual hoodies and jacket, Mark called them to choose their favourite. Once it was done, Chanyeol looked at the man, "My cousin will be here to pick it up, alright?"

Mark nodded and bid the couple goodbye. 

"I want nothing more than to go home and soak my feet in warm water and take a nap," said Baekhyun once they were inside the car. Chanyeol chuckled and pecked his knuckles, "How does a restaurant sound? McDonald's maybe?"

The doctor nodded with a laugh. Chanyeol was glad that his husband was finally smiling without forcing himself. 

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Meanwhile, Sehun and Luhan pushed the cart through the sections of the baby store trying to find the things which Minyoung had written down for them to buy. 

Luhan eyed the cart which was full of tiny rompers and shoes in different shades of pink and the unicorn plushies. "Tell me again," he looked at Sehun, "Why are we getting girl stuff when your cousin said it was going to be a boy?"

The brunette shrugged, "Baek said he had a vision of a girl with black hair in ponytails, so he said it's a daughter."

"What if it's a boy?"

"It's not like those two will stop at one. They are like bunnies in heat, you know? They can use these stuff later." Luhan laughed at that agreeing with the brunet. 

Just then, something caught Sehun's eyes. A pastel pink onesie with the picture of Bambi on it. Meanwhile, Luhan picked up the pastel blue one with a little chick on it. Both the men turned to show each other what they had with huge smiles on their faces. 

Only to shy away when they did. "Why did you pick that?" They both asked simultaneously. Sehun laughed before holding it up again, "The Bambi reminded me of you."

"Same, the chick reminded me of you, Hun."

Luhan looked at the elder and gulped, "Sehun?" the male hummed with a nod, "What are we? We have sex, we drink together. Are we friends, or are we just hooking up for a good time?" Sehun stayed silent eyes fixed on his shoes.

"Never mind, I don't know why I said that. Let's forget that and finish shopping," Luhan raised his hand to put it back only to be stopped by Sehun, "Why?"

"We might need it," the brunet responded. "What?"

"Will you be my boyfriend, Lu?"

Luhan eyes sparkled with tears as he tackled the male to the floor and kissed him all over his face. "Public, Lu."

"Let them see I've got you all for myself now."

Sehun chuckled before pulling the male and kissing his lips. "So what do we do about the Bambi and the chick?"

The brunet stood up and helped the other up, "Let's get married soon and have kids. We'll dress them up with that." Luhan slapped his chest with a laugh before throwing the two onesies into the cart adding to the pile of clothes. 

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Once they were done with their burgers, the couple stepped out of the fast-food joint and walked to their car hand in hand. "Before we go home, there's somewhere we need to be," said Chanyeol and the smaller husband pouted, "But I want to go home."

"You really need to come there, baby."

"Is it that important? What is it?"

Chanyeol put a finger on his lip, "It's a surprise. So lean back and rest your eyes." The young doctor narrowed his eyes at his husband but nodded and leaned back as his husband's big hand found its way onto his lap stroking the jeans and only leaving to change gear.

Baekhyun watched as they enter a familiar neighbourhood. As expected, the elder parked in front of the Parks mansion. Chanyeol turned off the engine before jogging over to Baekhyun's side to open the door and held out his hand for the other to take. 

"We come to your parents' house all the time but I don't get what the emergency was," the elder shushed him with a kiss and proceeded to tie a blindfold over his eyes. "What are you doing?"

"Making you temporarily blind. Isn't that obvious?" the raven head waved his hands in front of his face but the younger responded nothing. "Oh, my God!" Baekhyun gasped, "What? What happened?"

"You really can't see. Good."

Baekhyun snickered at his husband before pinching his bicep since he was holding onto it. Massaging the spot, Chanyeol laughed as he held the other guided him to the door. 

As soon as his blindfold came loose, he was hit with confetti and the smiling faces of their friends. "Hi, baby, like it?" Baekhyun nodded crying on Minyoung's shoulder. "It looks so beautiful," he sobbed. 

The entire place was decorated with pink streamers and balloons. There were little plushies and gifts. Taehyung brought in the cake decorated in all pink while Baekhyun eyed the different sweets neatly arranged on the table. 

"It's your baby shower, Baek." Luhan giggled and pecked his cheek before offering him a party cap. "Why is it all pink?" Chanyeol narrowed his eyes. Junmyeon laughed and pointed to his husband, "Baek said he had a vision of your daughter. Thus, it's all pink."

"What vision? No way, it's a boy."

"Excuse me!" Baekhyun turned to his husband, "But I definitely saw a little girl!"

"You were under medication, Baek. You could have even imagined being a K-pop idol."

Zitao and Jongdae laughed, "I think Baek would make a good idol, though."

The others followed agreeing to the comment. "I know it's a girl, Yeol."

"Did you ask Minseok to tell you the gender?" Chanyeol gasped but Baekhyun shook his head, "I know it is a girl." The younger repeated emphasizing each word. 

"Are you the one carrying the baby? It's called instincts. Shut up. I win."

Everyone laughed at their sassy friend and made him sit on the couch. "You can leave. No Daddies allowed here," said Kyungsoo and pushed out Chanyeol with a wink and a thumbs-up. 

Their plan was going well so far and the raven head wished for it to go well till the end. 

Once Chanyeol was out the door, the occupants began playing games and more. Though Baekhyun could not eat a lot, he still enjoyed the strawberry cake. The gifts were mostly the tiny clothes that had him smiling so hard. 

Minyoung had gifted him a little hanging toy for the crib which played a song when pulled. It was all thanks to Sehun and Luhan who had done a great job with shopping. Taehyung, Kyungsoo and Minyoung did all the cooking while Jongdae and Zitao were in charge of decoration. Little Junjie and Daewoong had to be there as Baekhyun's little friends.

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Meanwhile, Chanyeol took off to the new house. There were a few painting works that had to be done. Just like the last place, Chanyeol had locked the nursery after all the repairs were done saying he would finish it himself in two days. 

His friends had moved all the things from the penthouse to the new house while he and Baekhyun had gone out. They were currently putting things in place and arrange the furniture and everything. 

"Now that you're here," Sehun handed him a frame, "Hang it yourself. I just lost my thumb from trying to get that stupid nail inside." Chanyeol chuckled and patted his back. Taking off his coat, the raven head went to put up the frames they had to. 

"He's at our house, right?" Chanyeol nodded at his father and draped an arm around him, "You're a genius, old man."

"I gave the idea, asshole," Sehun snickered at his cousin. The raven head laughed before pulling the man into a hug. 

"He's the one who gave the idea?" came Minseok's voice as he and Jungkook walked in taking off their rubber gloves which had soil on them. "You made a doctor who cuts flesh to cutting plants. Wow!"

"Oh, shut up," said Jongin who walked in with Yifan and Yixing, "We own hotels," the police put his hand up, "And I arrest people."

"Yet here we are cleaning a pool."

"It's not my fault. You guys suggested we play rock, paper, scissors for each task and lost," the brunet put up his hand and stuck out his tongue. 

Yifan had hired men to move the things but the painters responded it might take longer to get it all done. Thus the eight men were stuck with doing everything themselves. 

"Picked out a name for your daughter, by the way?" said Jungkook as he grabbed lemonade for himself and Minseok. "Why does everyone think it's a girl?"

"Because Baek said so, Yeol."

The raven head rolled his eyes at the dancer, "It is a boy!"

"He's the one carrying the baby, though," Chanyeol glared at Sehun and poked out his tongue. The raven head turned to Minseok, "You know the gender, right?" The doctor shook his head, "I have no idea, as well. Every time I try to, your baby gives me its back."

"I know it's a boy. It's called Daddy instincts," the raven head muttered, "I'm gonna work on the nursery and if anyone calls about Baek, let me know."

The others nodded and watched the man leave. Once he was out of sight, they snickered, "Chanyeol's competitiveness won't let him be wrong. I need to see the look on his face when he sees it's a daughter and not a son as he said."

"Oh, my God! What if he gets Baek pregnant again right away?" 

"The smurf would hit the giant."

A pillow hit the back of Sehun's head and everyone looked up to see Chanyeol. With a sheepish smile, they waved at him, "Get back to work!" They all nodded and scattered away.

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It was almost 9 and Minyoung had called to inform that Baekhyun wanted to go home since he was tired. Chanyeol and the others took one last glance at the house before nodding and mentally patting themselves for a job well done. 

"It turned out great, man," Yifan patted his back, "He'll love it. And the efforts matter more, right?"

"They are going to be living here. Efforts don't matter here. It's only a matter if Baek likes it or not." Everyone turned to glare at Sehun who looked away with a sheepish smile. 

Once everyone left, Chanyeol drove his father to their mansion. 

Opening the door, everyone looked worn out except Minyoung, Daewoong and Junjie who had not taken part in any of the games. "They decided to have a sleepover here and I allowed them," said the lady and Luhan shook his head, "Sehun just texted me that he'll pick me up soon. Maybe some other time, Mrs. Park."

Minyoung pouted but nodded with a smile. "Yeollie," Baekhyun put up his hands for his husband to take. The raven head chuckled at his other half before pulling him up and into his chest, "That tired?" He felt the younger nod against his chest. 

Chanyeol chuckled before leaning down to carry the other and nodded his head at his parents before leaving. 

"Bye, smurf," Junjie squeaked and Daewoong followed and hugged his legs before going back to Minyoung. "Bye Dae. Bye Jiji," he responded and turned to his husband, "Remind me to kill Yifan for that nickname."

"We really made him so happy after all these years," said Jaehwan seeing their son's retreating figure and draped an arm around his wife's shoulder. Minyoung pushed it away and turned to her husband, "I made him happy. Don't take credits, Mister."

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Baekhyun was fighting sleep as his eyelids kept drooping. The car was warm and Chanyeol's jacket felt even better. Everything was slowly lulling him to sleep while the raven head could only laugh at how his husband was trying to stay awake. 

"There's one more gift, baby."

The younger turned to his husband and shook his head, "Forget it. I just want to go to bed and fall asleep. Show it to me in the morning, Yeol." A huge yawn left his lips as he leaned back on the seat. 

"You can go to bed only if you see it," said the elder and Baekhyun turned to look at his husband, "Stop the car, then. I'll walk home or hail a cab."

"Come on, Baek. It's on the way and trust me, you need to see it."

Baekhyun whined and threw his head back closing his eyes, "Alright, fine. Five minutes, understood?" Chanyeol took his knuckle to his lips and kissed it before grinning make the other chuckle.

When he stopped in front of another house, Baekhyun widened his eyes. The raven head opened the door and helped him out of the vehicle, "Please don't tell me this is another party. I'm so tired, Yeol."

"Trust me, will you?" Baekhyun sighed yet nodded and let the other lead him by his hand. 

Chanyeol pushed open the door and Baekhyun's fatigue was long gone replaced with a feeling of surprise and happiness. His jaw fell open as he looked around the place, "Welcome home, Baby."

Baekhyun did not know how to respond as he looked around the place. The frames on the walls made his heart flutter. His eyes then fell on the picture they had taken that morning, paint on his belly, Chanyeol hugging him from behind and they were smiling at each other. A chuckle left his lips seeing the heart on the middle of the bump looking a little uneven from their baby's kick.

Chanyeol took the male for a tour around the house and the younger's eyes turned crescents as he looked at each room. "This is beautiful, Yeol," the younger sighed seeing the master bedroom. Baekhyun could not help but giggle happily at the piano he found in the living room, "You said you played, right? So I thought you would like one." The younger pressed a kiss to his husband's chest and leaned on him.

The raven head smiled back and held out a key, "You said you woke up to see the nursery, right?"

Baekhyun pulled away and gasped, "I can?" The elder nodded and led him to the locked room. The younger's mouth fell open as he stepped in. The room was painted in a bright shade of grey with white stars and the Moon painted onto it. On another wall, were a few music notes and a piano. The crib, the rocking chair and the dresser were all white, which went well with the colour of the walls.

"Don't tell me," he turned to Chanyeol, "You drew it all?" The elder nodded with a shy smile, "It's so beautiful, Yeol."

"Why grey, though?"

"It's one of your favourite colours and you love music, hence I panted those," he pointed to the wall and turned to the stars and the Moon, "I love astronomy so I painted those."

"This is so beautiful, Yeol. Thank you." Chanyeol kissed his forehead and the couple stood there enjoying each other's presence. 

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A/N

I promise, baby next chapter. I feel like testing everyone's patience lol, sorry ^^

How was the chapter? Hope you guys liked it :)

Ohhhh btw.... who's with Chanyeol and who's with Baek? A baby boy or a baby girl? ^^ I already dropped a lot of hints too XD

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