And they called it puppy love
Just because we're in our teens
Tell them all, please tell them it isn't fair
To take away my only dream

The teacher's soft voice succumbed slowly into the background of your deep thoughts as you contently watched how the cloud-like curtains fluttered with the wind coming from the open window. Clear blue, the sky was spotless, making it look even more immense than it already did, flowers' petals and trees rustled with the soft breeze, you inhaled deeply with a smile extending on your lips. It smelled like summer.

Your gaze wandered around the classroom, enjoying the warm palette in which the room was painted in as it had such a loving effect when the walls would be kissed by the sun rays. Everything seemed to be, as usual, almost everything. Without being to help it your eyes had already landed on a certain person, admiring the way that his shoulders had grown to be so steady and broad, and how they were looking from where you were watching him, admiring the unnatural silver shade that his hair was dyed into, how it shone like a million diamonds in the sun. But your favorite part was the way his delicate and milky fingers tapped absentmindedly on the desk, his back hunched over the desk as if he'd fall asleep at any moment.

Baekhyun was starting to change.

In class, everything was the same as always, while he was the one who was truly changing, the fact made your heart do a tiny but painful squeeze in your chest. You didn't know why you were feeling like that, so... so anxious about it. It was something for you completely inexplicable. Somehow you feared that Baekhyun would grow on his own and drift away from you, he was a dear friend and you'd hate to have him become someone else, someone that wasn't Baekhyun. Baekhyun was always surrounded by many people, so loved and yet, he always found time to be with you. It would be a lie if you said that it didn't make you feel reassured from your worries, but yet, a part of you was still afraid that what the two of you had would disappear. 

As if he felt your stare burn on his skin, Baekhyun faced back, having his eyes meet with yours at first glance. Caught off guard, you flinched the slightest while trying your best to control the blood from reaching your cheeks. However, your efforts were to be wasted when his eyes formed into two glistening crystal moons, his lips stretching into a smile that even though you couldn't make out his reasons behind it, it shone brightly so that you for a second considered Baekhyun being an actual sun. His perfect pearl teeth showed and you feared that he would see you actually melting into your seat, leaving behind your furiously beating heart.

Flustered, you looked away, not really knowing what to name the reason to why your heart was like a sea in a storm inside of your chest. It worried you. 

On the other side, you could hear Baekhyun still a laugh and in a second you had forgotten about anything you had been thinking about as you were quick to send him a scowl, but the harsh expression didn't last long on your features because the view of Baekhyun's back shaking in silent laughter delighted your heart so much that you oh so clearly could feel it swell with happiness in your chest. While you absentmindedly leaned your cheek into your palm, a sigh escaped your lips and you let your eyes fix on Baekhyun's figure once again, but this time with no intention of looking away. When your eyes met again, you could feel the waves crash violently against your ribs and yet you didn't look away, as if your gaze had been glued onto his, letting his eyes find whatever they were searching for inside of yours.

His eyes whom in the sun were like jewels but once you'd stare into them, they'd turn into deep, deep oceans with no bottom, making whoever who'd stare into them feel lost and adrift, his gaze was something to you almost dazing as it took all of your will power to look away from his treasures, almost as if his eyes alone could put you under an inescapable spell.

Just when the class felt like it would never end, the bell ringed freedom. However, Baekhyun's eyes continued staring into yours, making you stay rock still in your seat, not daring to look away from the precious view that was his orbs. His silver hair was tousled into messy, wild locks, and yet he looked as perfect as he could, with his clear skin where his cheekbones would catch the rays of the sun, highlighting so brightly his face. People were quick to gather around him, wanting to hang out with the amazing guy who was currently giving you the most affectionate stare. Teeth dug into your lips when for a second you wished that these people would disappear and let you be with him alone. Alone. As if the two of you had never shared such a long gaze, he gave you another of his radiant smiles.

That smile that within a second enlightened the whole classroom, that smile that held an incredibly joyful warmth, you didn't know what happened, but you felt a part of yourself slip like sand through the cracks of your fingers when your heart skipped a beat that felt so different from the usual, at the same time it felt as if you had been renewed, as if there were wines and roots intertwining around your heart, flowers, roses, and plants growing on its edges, ornating it with their colorful petals, filling you with their delightful essence. You blamed his pearly white smile and those plump lips, for making your eyes draw to them like magnets, it was its fault that you couldn't help but wonder how it would feel to have his lips curl into such a smile against yours. 

A hand that squeezed on your shoulder broke the eye contact with the boy a few seats away as you faced the person, only to be met with another rather beautiful smile and a pair of wide chocolate orbs that couldn't wait to look into yours. 

"Kyungsoo, hi." Your lips curled while you pronounced his name and his beam brightened at your attention, his delicate hand slid down your arm absentmindedly before leaving you.

"Hey, I brought your notes back, thank you so much for lending them to me." The sincere words were said in his usual dark yet soft voice as he ever so gently placed the notes you took back on your desk, he bit his lips shyly as if there was something more he wanted to say, so you waited for him to gather his courage with a kind smile. Kyungsoo was always so delicate and calm and that never failed to rub off on you, in fact, you rather liked it. With his plump lips caught in his teeth, he swung slowly on the ball of his feet, occasionally looking at you from under his long lashes.

"I was wondering if you, sometime when you're free, perhaps we could go to study together?" His voice had barely been a light whisper when he finally brought himself to utter the words. You were surprised and for some reason, your heartbeat became more agitated. This was the first time a guy asked you out and for that matter, you had no idea what to say or if you ever wanted to. Kyungsoo was with no doubt an amazing and sweet person. But you could see from the rosy blush on his cheeks and the way he couldn't look at you in the eyes, that he felt something stronger in your regards than just simple friendship, you couldn't bring yourself to try and feel the same.

A nervous smile twitched on the corner of your lips while the tiniest bit of cold sweat started forming on your forehead.

"Uhm, let's see..."

As if someone had heard your silent call for help, a warm chest brushed against your back and a strong arm wrapped around your shoulders, pressing you against his side. 

"Y/n! I've been looking for you, can we talk for a second?" Baekhyun's voice resounded in your ears, sending happy chills down your spine as his arm unwrapped from your body and casually held your hand instead. Kyungsoo's sweet eyes turned within a second hard and stony when his gaze fell on your holding hands, eyeing the way that Baekhyun's fingers were so lightly holding yours. Completely ignoring the fact that he had interrupted you from answering, Baekhyun gave the other guy a radiant smile: "I'm so sorry, it's really urgent." With that being said, he dragged you wordlessly outside. You gave Kyungsoo an apologizing glance from behind your shoulder, while a tiny part of you was feeling guilty for not giving a proper answer, the rest of you couldn't help but wonder why you felt so delighted by the simple skin contact with your best friend. Teeth dug hard into your peachy lips to suppress the smile that was to spread on your by now rosy, warm cheeks.

"What did he need?" Baekhyun questioned, genuine curiosity in his honey-sweet voice that you recently found yourself wanting to hear more and more, especially when he wasn't there with you. It would happen in the most un awaited moments, mostly in your sleepless nights, an intense urge to hear Baekhyun's voice- to have him tell things he wouldn't let anyone besides you know, to have him sing for you, because it was a talent of his that only you had the privilege of acknowledging. But the fact that you couldn't just have that, it pushed you into dark loneliness that would leave you with a twisting pain in your chest.

"Just brought back something I lent him," You spoke through the smile that you hadn't been able to push away, Baekhyun's brows met each other into a frown on his forehead.

"You lent him stuff?" He seemed confused, almost as if it would be strange for you to do that. You shrugged your shoulders since you didn't consider it a big thing.

"Yeah, notes I took during English class." You explained shortly, Baekhyun nodded although there was something in his expression that told you he wasn't completely satisfied with the vague answer. Hesitation made its way on his face- as if there was something that he wanted to say- though wasn't sure if he should.

"Do...Do you like him?" Baekhyun eventually murmured, your eyes widened inevitably at the unexpected question, you wondered, why had your heart skipped such a strong beat? Why was it stuttering so in your chest? Perhaps... Would it bother Baekhyun if you did like Kyungsoo? Why did the thought make butterflies flutter your heart?

Biting your lip and pushing a stray strand of hair behind your ear, you shook your head hesitantly. "No- well- I'm, I don't know." It wasn't a lie, you knew Kyungsoo liked you and although you had established that you wouldn't try to invest yourself in him, there was no denying in the fact that you might actually like him if you were to open your heart for him. However, what really mattered at the moment was the slightly pained expression that Baekhyun hadn't been able to hide from his face.

"Oh," He trailed off, eyebrows meeting each other on his face, creasing the little spot on his forehead, and you had to curl your fingers into fists to not reach up to push your index finger to his brows and ease the tensed spot on his milky and beautiful skin. All you did was send him a soft smile, one that gave away none of the things that were rushing through your head. A smile that left nothing but curiosity and confusion, though, to Baekhyun, the little smile didn't do only that, but also set his heart on fire, a feeling that he felt greatly bothered by. He couldn't put his finger on it, but the conversation had left him absolutely upset as you left to your next class without another word. A shy yet mischevious smile on your lips.

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You opened the slidable door to Baekhyun's homeroom classroom, only to find it completely empty and painted by the strong yet incredibly warm colors of the sunset. It was nearing five pm and you were supposed to meet up with the said boy on your way home, however, as you well knew, he wasn't done with classes yet and waiting in the library had gotten extremely boring. Knowing that he'd be coming by his classroom before he reached you, you decided it wouldn't be a bad idea to have him find you there right away. It wasn't difficult to find Baekhyun's desk, really, the boy was known for leaving his backpack hanging on the back of his chair. As your trailing eyes fell on the desired desk you smiled to yourself, remembering how Baekhyun would sometimes be late for school and therefore not having time to stop by his lockers made him run to the classroom right away. Small giggles threatened to leave your lips as you sat down at his desk, feeling like a silly character from a shoujo manga. This wasn't supposed to make you feel this happy- so...How to explain it? Why was it that the mere thought of Baekhyun made your heart squirm? Heat gathered on your cheeks as a possible, very obvious answer, made its way to your head, but you quickly shook the idea away. It couldn't be...Or...?

Sudden clatters and noises of shoes tapping against the ground outside the classroom sent your heart almost flying out of your throat and the first thing you did was throwing your arms over the table and your head upon them, feigning sleep.  You had no idea why you had felt the need to faking sleep, why you suddenly felt embarassed. If it wasn't Baekhyun who was about to enter, it would seem rather strange and questioning if they a girl randomly blushing while sitting at a male's seat, no? Maybe it had been the direction that your thoughts had been wandering to that would have made you feel extremely embarassed if you had to meet Baekhyun's eyes after almost admitting that you liked hi-

The door slid open rather harshly and closed just as quickly. Whoever had stepped inside was breathing as if they had run all the way here and that made you press your eyes tightly shut as you tried to keep your breathing steady enough to trick whoever had entered that you were in fact sleeping. The urge to peek was unbearable, it tingled into every part of your body- into your fingertips and the tension in your body made your toes curl unknowingly inside your shoes.  The person made their way into the classroom, you were glad it was only one and not a group of people. It almost didn't occur to you how they had stopped in front of you until you finally sensed their presence. Oh God, help, please-

You had no idea whether you were doing a great job in looking asleep, but perhaps the fact that this person was supposedly inspecting you meant you were probably not as convincing as you were hoping to be. Nonetheless, you kept going because although a strong part of you wanted to see who it was, your heart was beating in a way that resembled fear therefore you couldn't bring yourself to do it. Especially not when a certain sent reached your senses, the fragrance of a familiar faded cologne of musk and berries that would usually set your heart under a calm spell- but that by now was making your already frantic heart feel as if it was about to explode inside of your chest, destroy your ribs and eventually make you disappear. Your breath was by now gone somewhere far, maybe you were crazy but you felt their presence much closer than it had been a few moments ago and the fact made you almost freak out. Little did you know who it was. 

Your thoughts were by now an untamable mess that you didn't really know how to sort out, hence, you didn't even know why you were trying to in a situation like this one. But none of that mattered anymore, because your train of thoughts was suddenly crushed by the feather-light yet extremely definite soft pressure against your lips, a warm and sticky texture attaching to your lips like scotch and the warmth they emanated almost burned you. Your body was trembling crazily, cold shivers covering your body, the familiar feeling of something blooming inside of your chest numbed the frantic beating of your heart, the picture of blooming roots and growing vines intertwining around your heart flashed in front of your eyes as you felt the pressure shift the slightest- deepening a little but just as soon the pressure slowly detached from your mouth, and from your lips tumbled a huge yet quiet gasp.  You could feel how the backpack was picked from the behind of your chair- and as your eyes fluttered open- what you saw was the same broad back that you had been staring at the whole morning. The beautiful silver hair bouncing softly with ever step he took. Your heart was stuttering- Baekhyun was leaving- no, please don't leave-

"Baekhyun!" You called, standing abruptly up from your seat- the chair almost tumbled down but somehow gained its balance before it could fall. The boy turned immediately to see you standing there, perfectly awake, his eyes grew the size of two saucers and it was almost unnoticeable, but on his cheeks caressed a light hue of pink heating up his skin. His shocked expression soon morphed into something you couldn't decipher, there was fear in your chest as you strode to the opposite of where he was standing, the big window facing your back.

Tattered pants were leaving your lips. Suddenly feeling as if your breath had been taken away, and yet you found it in yourself to beg at the ethereal person in front of you; "Do it again," You murmured under your breath, barely giving in to the urge to avert your gaze. But the fear of Baekhyun leaving you behind was too heavy, seeing him there, enhanced by the shades of the sun, so beautiful, and yet so far. Could you ever stay by his side forever? He wouldn't leave you behind, would he? Why were these questions filling your head? They made no sense, Baekhyun had never even mentioned leaving you. You liked him so much it overwhelmed you, you wanted him all to yourself- how- how could you have come to feel such strong emotions? 

Baekhyun's expression was completely void of any emotions as he started with slow steps coming closer to you, you didn't know what it meant that he was looking at you like that, but you didn't want to care. He was coming closer, that meant he'd stay with you, right? Once he was in front of you, his movements were so extremely slow, so frustratingly slow as he brought his hands to rest ever so lightly at the curves of your hips, pushing you gently to walk backward until your back hit the thin texture of the curtain separating you from the contact of the window, the white veil effulging both of you in its flow with the breeze. His eyes were so serious but just as always, you found yourself getting lost in the infinite ocean that they were. 

You barely realized when Baekhyun's hands disappeared from your waist, only to appear on the side of your neck, his long and silky fingers reaching up to your jaw and fingertips kissing the tip of your earlobe. You shivered at the touch. Two fingers clasped gently around your chin, tilting your head up the slightest for a good angle and you found yourself gasping for breath as Baekhyun titled his own, eyes hooding sleepily over his hazel orbs the closer he came to your lips. They came crashing down on yours, making you grip tightly the material of his shirt into your fists. His lips were the softest as they captured yours in the slowest ways possible, tugging at your single lip towards him, eventually tasting it with his graceful tongue and capturing it in his mouth all over again. 

Why had you tried to deny it? It was futile, your heart belonged to Baekhyun, and by the way he had claimed your lips, he knew it did too.  As you parted from the breathtaking kiss- you threw your arms around his neck and hid your face near his collarbone.

"This means you'll never leave me behind right?" You heard yourself begging, almost desperately. "You... You love me right?" You murmured hesitantly, although the kiss he had just given you should have been enough for you to know the answer to that question, but the fear inside of you was still shaking your feelings. Though, Baekhyun tightened his arms around you, bringing you closer, as if it had been possible, his lips traced the shell of your ear as he spoke:

"How could I ever?"

"How could I ever leave you behind? I like you so much I don't know what to do."

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It's very spontaneous, perhaps even a lil crappy one shot, but I suddenly felt like I had enough inspiration to finish this and I truly hope you like it! It's very simple and short but please don't hesitate to tell me what you think! Sorry for the weird sentences and mistakes!

All the love, P💖💕💞🌸💐