Baekhyun was happy about his last case for the day. It was one of his favourite patients and they had scheduled her for C-section that evening. Baekhyun smiled as he entered the ward. "Ready to meet your little boy?", the woman gave a proud smile despite her pain. 

The young doctor began the procedure and the woman had her eyes screwed shut from the uncomfortable feeling on her abdomen. But everything was shadowed off by her eagerness to meet her little boy. 

The couple held hands and Baekhyun mentally sighed in relief as he approached the final layer. The woman groaned when she felt something being taken out of her. The couple looked at Baekhyun with expectation as their little one stopped his soft whimpers but the male could not reciprocate it as he held the dead infant in his arms. 

But he was not the one to give up. He rushed to do CPR but to no avail. Up until the last check-up, the fetus seemed perfect so this was completely surprising to the young doctor. A nurse moved to Baekhyun, "Doctor, I think you should stop.", she uttered. 

"No!", came the blonde's reply making everyone flinch at the loud voice, "I know most of the babies like this survive, I have hope.", he continued the CPR until the bitter truth was obvious to him. "I'm so sorry, Mrs Nam.", he said and bowed his head. Baekhyun announced the time of death for the little infant before running out the door leaving the others to stitch the woman up. Ignoring the cries of the couple on the inside, he ran to the break room. Only a sigh left his lips, his mind still processing the event. 

Chanyeol waited out of the hospital in his car wondering why he was there out of all places he could be. He had a gut feeling that he had to be there and that's how he had found himself there waiting for the petite doctor. He tried asking the receptionist but they informed him that the other is still in the break room though his schedule was over.

The raven head jumped out of his car as he saw Baekhyun walking with his head hung low. The blonde tripped on his feet and Chanyeol was swift to hold him. "Hey, Doc.", he flashed a smile but the younger could not reciprocate it. 

He gave a simple nod before straightening himself and walking again. Chanyeol stared at the other's back before pulling the other to sit him in his car. Before Baekhyun could question, the elder began driving to the cafe where they had gone last time. Chanyeol glanced at the doctor beside him from time to time. 

He seemed unusually silent, he looked pale and deep in thoughts. The raven head could clearly see that Baekhyun was not mentally there in the car. Wanting to break the ice, Chanyeol nudged the other on his thigh with his fist. "Hey, Doc.", he smiled and just like last time Baekhyun gave a small smile before turning to look at the window. 

Chanyeol mentally slapped himself since it became more awkward. The car was filled with an awkward silence and the raven head absolutely hated it. Then his eyes moved to the radio, of course, music could heal anything. "The car's too silent, let me turn on the radio.", the raven head said and earned a little nod that was barely there. 

'Stone cold, stone cold

You see me standing, but I'm dyi--', Baekhyun switched off the radio, his eyes widened. "Can we just go in silence?", Chanyeol could only nod agreeing to it. The rest of the drive was pretty less awkward and too silent that it was almost deafening to the CEO. Sighing a little he sped up not wanting to make anything more awkward than before. 

Just like last time, the cafe was empty or at least they thought so. "That's a cute date you've got there, Yeol Hyung.", came a voice and Baekhyun and Chanyeol cleared their throats looking away from each other. The CEO flicked the new one's forehead before introducing each other. 

"Luhan, that's Dr Baekhyun and..", he pointed to Luhan, "He's one of my juniors in High School and my friend, Luhan. Oh, and this is his cafe.", he finished. Baekhyun and Luhan bowed at each other. "Woah, you're seriously too cute to be a doctor.", the Chinese one giggled as he squished the doctor's cheeks. 

"Go home, Lu.", Chanyeol secretly whined and Luhan rolled his eyes before waving them a bye. "Hope to meet you again, Doc. Bye guys.", said the Chinese man and went his way. "What's wrong?", the tall one asked looking at the other who spoke nothing only staring into nothingness. 

"Can I have a hug?", the blonde uttered with a voice barely above a whisper. Chanyeol gave a nod before engulfing the male in a warm hug only for the petite doctor to break down. Baekhyun clenched his fists at the other's shirt as he sobbed his heart out. Chanyeol was a little shocked but nonetheless let the other cry as much as he needed to.

The raven head kept silent only patting the younger's back as he wailed. When Baekhyun's sobs were finally down to silent sniffs, he made the other sit and fetched him a glass of water. Seeing that the other was finally calm, he slowly cleared his throat, "What happened?", the other sighed. 

"I killed someone today.", he choked out and Chanyeol could barely believe what the other said. "What?", the young doctor nodded setting the glass on the table. "I can swear he was alright every time I checked him. I don't even know what happened when I took him. He was dead and I tried everything I could but I lost him. I killed him.", Chanyeol could not quite understand who the 'he' was. 

"Who's the 'he'?", he quietly asked and Baekhyun sniffled back his tears. "A baby I delivered, no the baby I killed today.", he began to sob again and Chanyeol mentally cursed himself. The raven head embraced the other again, "It's not your fault, no one is at fault here. You did not kill him.", he whispered to the other, "You tried everything, maybe it was his fate. Don't be too hard on yourself.", the CEO softly mumbled and felt the blond nod against his chest.  

"When I'm sad there's somewhere I go, wanna come?", asked the CEO and the doctor shook his head but Chanyeol chuckled before slinging the doctor over his shoulder and bringing him to his car. "This is kidnapping. I'm going to report you.", he warned but Chanyeol laughed and continued to drive.

When they reached the destination, Baekhyun felt the air get knocked out of his lungs as he took a minute to drink in the beauty of the place. It was a cliff and without a doubt it was cold. The place was beyond beautiful. There was a blanket of stars above their heads and the city shined as the buildings lit it up. 

"This scenery with some hot chocolate would be the best.", uttered the raven head handing the other a bottle of the warm beverage he had fetched from his car. Baekhyun thanked the other before gulping it down. "So how's your mood now?", Chanyeol asked after a while. 

"Thank you so much for bringing me here. I guess I do feel a lot better, thanks.", he flashed a soft smile and the other nodded his head. The duo decided to go back since it was getting late but Chanyeol picked up a stone and went near a tree, Baekhyun curiously following behind. 

The raven head wrote his name along with the doctor's on the tree along with the date before throwing away the stone. "It's a record?", the taller giggled before nodding. "This is my secret spot so consider yourself lucky, Baek.", and the younger laughed before pretending to zip his lips. The duo went back to the car and took off to Baekhyun's place following the doctor's direction. 

"Wanna come in?", Baekhyun asked the CEO who thought a little before nodding. Chanyeol entered the house which looked really neat, everything in place, organized. "Don't think I cleaned everything, I haven't used a lot after I moved here. So they're all in place.", the younger giggled before telling his guest to sit on the couch and disappeared into the kitchen to fetch something for them to drink. 

Chanyeol made himself comfortable on the white couch as he looked around. The house was pretty cozy and warm. It gave off a nice aura just like it's owner, he thought. As he continued to look around, he heard his stomach grumble, 'Right, we never ate anything.', he remembered. 

Just then, Baekhyun walked with two cups of tea. "I didn't have any other beverages, sorry.", he chuckled and Chanyeol shook his head as he sipped on the hot beverage. "What would you like to eat? We haven't eaten dinner, yet.", said the doctor and the CEO grinned. 

"Do we have telepathy? I was just thinking about that.", the duo laughed and headed to the kitchen. "Alright, let's make tteokbokki. You have the ingredients and it's my favourite.", suggested the elder and Baekhyun nodded as he gave a thumbs up in approval. 

Chanyeol continued to make the dish while Baekhyun just stood there looking at Chanyeol working on the dish with a visible pout. "Can't I do anything?", he pouted and the elder huffed since the other had been asking the same for the past few minutes. With a groan he nodded and handed the knife to Baekhyun, "Fine, chop up those spring onions.", he said and the younger began his work with a happy nod. 

The two were working in silence until Baekhyun yelped holding his finger. Chanyeol looked at the other's finger that was bleeding a lot. "You're too clumsy for a doctor, you know?", Baekhyun only huffed at the elder, "I told you to go sit down.",  and Baekhyun pouted harder at the CEO as he mumbled a tiny apology. "The first aid kit is in the drawers in my room. First on the right.", the younger instructed and the elder ran upstairs. 

Chanyeol opened the drawer at the bottom and was extremely surprised to see the things in there. They were all things for babies like pacifiers, onesies, socks, mittens, tiny shoes and more, each with a little note on them. 'When he learns how to walk', 'When he's cold',  read the note stuck on the tiny pair of shoes and mittens. He had no clue as to why the doctor had them. Since he had not seen a child around the doctor, he assumed the worst and thought that the blond had lost a child or miscarried.

A voice from downstairs reminded him of why he was there and searched until he found the kit. Baekhyun carefully treated his wound as Chanyeol served the dish in front of them. "Thank you for the food.", Baekhyun did a small bow before taking a bite. 

"Woah, this is different from what I've usually had.", he uttered. Chanyeol laughed, "Of course, cause it's Chanyeol Special, it's a secret recipe", he declared proudly. Baekhyun gave a thumbs-up as he praised the chef. 

Later on, the two men were on the couch a baseball game in the background. Baekhyun was sipping on his beer while Chanyeol was still trying to come up with something more reasonable than what he had originally imagined to explain the baby things he had seen. "So you were going to ask me something the last time we went to the cafe, right?", the younger asked and the elder nodded. 

"Um, I was gonna ask if you have a girlfriend or a boyfriend.", he uttered and took a gulp off his beer. He did not know why but he felt a little happy when Baekhyun said no. "I don't even look after myself, how can I look after a man? I'm not straight, by the way", the doctor giggled taking a sip of his beer. 

"I have another question but it's alright if you don't wanna answer.", said the CEO out of the blue. Baekhyun nodded, "Go ahead.". The raven head took a deep breath before asking the question that had been bothering him. 

"Why do you have a collection of baby things if you're single? Or, I'm sorry but did you lose a child in the past or something like that?", the CEO hesitantly asked. Baekhyun's smile faded but he tried to keep it on. "You saw it?", Chanyeol gave another nod, "I didn't mean to invade your privacy, I was looking for the kit and I opened the wrong one.", he said admitting his little mistake, his eyes showing the guilt and Baekhyun gave a small smile nodding at the raven head. 

"I've never even had a good friend before, why would you assume I miscarried or had a partner?", he chuckled and Chanyeol gave an awkward laugh. Baekhyun took a breath before continuing, "It's just that I feel too lonely sometimes since I don't have anyone. I always thought a baby would help me, give me a new meaning to life, be a reason for me to keep breathing.", he uttered with a small voice. "But the truth is, I'm afraid of falling in love. I've never swayed so far for anyone and I don't wish to but I just want a baby.", he took a long breath and blinked away the tears welled up in his eyes.

"What about adoption?", Baekhyun nodded, "I've considered it but I wanna do it all. I wanna carry my baby, feel the little kicks that the patients talk about, the weird cravings, the mood swings, I want to do it all.", he admitted everything as if he had known the raven head all his life. "Have you tried getting a donor?", the doctor shook his head. "It's hard to get a donor of you're not married.", a sigh escaped his lips. A thick silence, a little too awkward one at that surrounded that room as the topic was finished. Chanyeol and Baekhyun looked around, their eyes moving everywhere but at each other. 

"So how's everything going? With your company and everything?", Baekhyun skipped from the topic and the other too did the same knowing that the other was uncomfortable. "Yeah, it's been a little hard with the new investors but there's nothing that his Park Chanyeol can't achieve, you know?", he gave his happy grin and the doctor laughed at the other before taking a gulp of his beer. 

The two chatted away and played a few video games until they realized that it was too late. "I didn't see the time, sorry.", the raven head apologized and the blond quickly shook his head, "No, it's alright. I enjoyed your company, Chanyeol.", and that made the elder smile in happiness. "Let's meet again, Doc. Good night.", the elder waved and the younger waved back, "We should definitely meet, Yeol. Night night.". The two then parted ways.

Chanyeol without his knowledge began to feel the tiny butterflies in his tummy while Baekhyun tried not to. 

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A/N

So how was it? More interaction between Chanbaek. And I'm trying to make it longer, just give me a little time, thank you! 

And today our Yeol came back! I can't be any happier. I cried from how happy I was. I love that man so much (though he doesn't know I exist lol)

Oh, and I made a new cover, tell me if it's good :)

Meet you guys in the next chapter! 

Stay safe and take care! 

XOXO