Baekhyun stared aimlessly up at the dark ceiling when he should have already been asleep hours ago. The events from earlier kept replaying in his mind as he laid down on his bed like some broken record.

          They haunted him in a way.

          The image of Chanyeol lying flat on the stage floor, seemingly motionless. How time practically stopped as he dashed for his fallen figure. And when he held that same person close to his body once he regained consciousness.

          It was almost traumatizing. Baekhyun had never been more glad that him and Chanyeol were roommates within the dorm any more than he did in this single moment. He could keep an eye on that boy himself without having to do anything extra. Though he still couldn't sleep. It was undetermined why his friend had fainted earlier and Chanyeol kept insisting that it all happened due to fatigue. The other members believed him, Baekhyun on the other hand, well, didn't. He knows Chanyeol's habits and staying up late enough to faint the next morning isn't something he does.

Of course he stays up late to compose and practice his singing and rapping, but he always gets enough sleep to function properly. Him fainting earlier that night wasn't from fatigue. Now the only question was what exactly caused him to faint in the first place...

Tossing and turning around in his bed like a child, Baekhyun couldn't even begin to feel drowsy as his mind kept wandering to the other man in the room. Finally giving up on sleeping, he slowly got up from his bed and wandered over to Chanyeol's. He couldn't stop himself from sitting down on the edge of it and brushing lightly through the others hair.

Chanyeol's eyes fluttered open as he turned his head a bit and tiredly squinted up at Baekhyun. "Hm..?" He hummed in question.

"I didn't mean to wake you..." Baekhyun whispered as he continued to brush through his hair.

"Can you not sleep?"

With a smile, Baekhyun lightly shook his head 'no'. Before he could even comprehend what was happening, Chanyeol suddenly grabbed his hand and pulled him down so that he was lying on top of him.

"Then sleep here with me..." Chanyeol mumbled lazily while turning onto his side so that him and Baekhyun were cuddling. He made sure to keep his arms wrapped tightly around the shorters waist, preventing him from pulling away.

"Ch-Chanyeol?" Baekhyun whispered his name. When he got no response, he managed to turn around in Chanyeol's embrace so that his face was even with his. Though when Baekhyun finally looked at him, he noticed that Chanyeol was already out cold and asleep once again.

First he couldn't sleep and now he's gotten more than what he bargained for. Great, just great...

Baekhyun had to focus on anything but Chanyeol when he noticed how quickly his own heart had begun to beat. Why was it doing this? Was it because of Chanyeol? No. No, it couldn't be. They're best friends so that's just stupid of him to think.

They're best friends.

Something about that thought put a sour taste in his mouth as he snuggled closer into Chanyeol's chest. Sure they're friends, but is there a chance they could be something more?

Probably not.

Baekhyun isn't gay and neither is Chanyeol from what he knows. Even if they were, dating is something that the members have deemed 'not allowed' due to many reasons with fans and possible breakups that could cause awkwardness or tension among the others. It's just easier to leave everything as is instead of jeopardizing the state of the band.

But it leaves things unsaid and feelings unheard. The plan isn't bulletproof, not in the slightest bit. Though everything was alright with the rules up until now.

Baekhyun mentally scolded himself while staying close to Chanyeol's chest. He shouldn't be near this man nor feeling the way he does towards him. This is wrong. Plain and simple. All this is just a wrong that he shouldn't have let happen.

          "But I don't want to leave you..." The words were nothing above a whisper that Baekhyun muttered under his breath.

If he really thinks about it, he's always had a special place in his heart for Chanyeol. Those derpy smiles he does or those awkward laughs and then the way he dances and raps, everything that makes him him is something Baekhyun can't let go of even if he tried. He can't escape the being that is Park Chanyeol.

Hours passed before the sun began to rise and Baekhyun had yet to fall asleep. Even being held tightly in Chanyeol's arms, he still couldn't manage to find his way over to dream land.

          Carefully, Baekhyun pulled himself away from his best friend and trudged his way out of his bed. He didn't want to stay near that tall giant for much longer considering his heart was still having mixed feelings about this entire situation. Though he couldn't bring himself to willingly leave the room either.

          It was another couple of hours that passed before the time read nine a.m. and the sound of the other members making their way around the dorm could be heard from outside their bedroom. Baekhyun decided against waking Chanyeol up and instead walked out of the room and headed for the living room in his pajamas.

          "Morning.~" Jongin practically cooed from his position on the couch while Jongdae and Sehun waved dumbly over to him.

          "Morning to you three idiots to." He laughed in return as he walked over to them and plopped down on the edge of the couch.

          Jongdae was the first to speak. "Soooo, are you and Chan alright now?" He asked.

          "I don't know what you mean..."

          "He means about how you nearly had a panic attack yesterday and if Chanyeol is doing any better." Sehun clarified.

           "Oh! Yeah, we're both doing fine."

          Them four continued talking for a while before some of the other members began emerging from their shared rooms. Though the last one to wake was Chanyeol who still looked rather weak as he walked into the now full living room and sat himself down on the last available seat next to Baekhyun.

Some members began asking if he was feeling any better which he replied to with a ginormous smile and a loud "yup!" with the 'p' popping at the end every time. The other members couldn't help but to laugh at how childish Chanyeol really was. Even Baekhyun was chuckling to himself.

After the interesting turn of events last night, EXO's manager managed to get that day off for them to do as they pleased. Probably not the best decision to do considering the majority of the members have the mentality of five year olds. Five year olds with a lot of money and astonishingly stunning good looks.

"I vote we go out and play laser tag!" Zitao yelled from his seat between Sehun and Yifan.

"Paint ball!" Minseok then chirped up as some of the other members began having ideas of their own.

"Arcade?"

"Amusement park.~"

"Camping!!!"

"No camping Suho, just, no."

It went on like this for a good ten minutes before everyone finally just voted Zitao's idea of laser tag as the winner. Most of the members immediately darted from the couch and straight for their rooms to get ready for the battle awaiting them. All but two.

"You don't want to go with them?" Chanyeol asked Baekhyun when he noticed that neither of them had any plans on moving from their seats on the couch.

"Nah." The shorter responded. "You're going to stay home and rest right? So someone should be here to keep you company."

Baekhyun felt his hand that's in between Chanyeol and him get covered by the others larger one. "Don't use me as an excuse Baek, you can go if you want to."

Though even with Chanyeol's permission, Baekhyun just stayed seated next to him, refusing to move away and risk their hands separating. His heart was beating quicker and a small blush was creeping it's way up to his cheeks because of the fact Chanyeol was technically holding his hand. Why does this giant sitting next to him always make him feel like such a school girl anyway? They don't like each other...

"Hey Bacon, you're staying home?" Jongdae asked as him and Junmyeon returned to the living room with a small army of ready-to-kill-with-laser-gun men behind them.

"Yeah." He responded.

Chanyeol's hand over his squeezed lightly while he decided to speak up. "I'm not feeling perfect so I asked him to stay." He spoke with a bright smile which caused everyone else to laugh.

"Sure you did.~" Jongdae cooed.

"I think he just wanted to stay because he lik-"

"Shut it you little brat."

Baekhyun cut Sehun off before he could finish that thought which only caused the younger to smirk in victory and the other members to look between them slightly confused. Sehun was the first to figure out about his awkward feelings towards Chanyeol and has yet to let that information go. Especially now that Baekhyun and Chanyeol seemed to have grown closer seemingly over night. They weren't going to hear the end of it from that evil maknae of theirs if something ever did happen between them and he found out...

"Well we have to get going if we're going to make it to the laser tag place." Junmyeon spoke up as he walked over to Baekhyun and Chanyeol and then wrapped them both up into a tight hug. "Be safe and don't do anything stupid."

"Yes mother..." Both Baekhyun and Chanyeol laughed once Junmyeon pulled away from them both.

          After some time of random comments being flung back and forth between the two on the couch and the ten standing around in front of them, the other members finally left to go and play that all-amazing game of laser tag. Neither Chanyeol nor Baekhyun made any move to get up and be productive so they resulted to just staying where they sat on the couch and clicked on the tv.

They pretended to pay attention to the show that was playing and the other believed them as well. But in reality, both of them were still completely focused on the fact that Chanyeol still had his hand resting on top of Baekhyun's. Neither were uncomfortable with this. If anything they liked the contact. But what was confusing was what did this change between them, if anything?

          "Hey Chanyeol..." Baekhyun suddenly spoke up.

          "Hm?"

          "I thi- no nevermind..."

          Chanyeol glanced over to him from the corner of his eyes, clearly wanting for him to continue his thought but also not wanting to push him into speaking. Baekhyun on the other hand tried to ignore what he was just about to let slip out of his mouth while intensely focusing on the stupid tv show that was currently playing.

          I think I like you...