Baekhyun sighed and yawned as he settled into bed beside Chanyeol, and just as his eyes began to flutter shut and before dreams could float him off into oblivion, a very deep toe-curling voice asked, "Where have you been? You've been gone for nearly an hour . . ."

Baekhyun's eyes shot open to find Chanyeol's deep brown and curious one staring back at him. Baekhyun gulped, and slowly sat up as he mumbled, "I told you I went to talk to Daehyun."

Chanyeol's brow furrowed, and Baekhyun saw something flash in his eyes too quickly for him to identify. Baekhyun inhaled shakily.

"Is that it?" Chanyeol asked. "You were gone for an hour, Baek. What could you possibly of talked about for an hour?"

"Our—- Um . . . Daehyun wanted to apologize for the way his parents treated me . . ." Baekhyun nervously replied.

"Anything else, because surely that didn't take an hour."

"Why are you asking?" Baekhyun whispered.

"Do you want the truth?" Chanyeol asked. Baekhyun nodded hesitantly, afraid to hear the answer. "I'm asking because from the moment to you laid down next to me, I could smell him all over you . . . Why?"

Baekhyun blanched and his mouth opened and closed, but nothing ever came out. Tears began to fill his eyes, and he quickly wiped them away before crying, "Chanyeol, please, let me explain!"

"Holy shit," Chanyeol gasped. "You didn't."

"Please, I can explain," Baekhyun whispered.

Chanyeol grimaced and quickly stood up from the bed as he yelled, "I said I'd marry you, and you go and do that the day right after you ask me!? What the hell! Why would you do that to me!? You better have a damn good explanation, Baekhyun!"

"I needed closure!" Baekhyun cried.

"Closure!" Chanyeol laughed. "So having sex with your ex gave you closure!?"

"Yes! Chanyeol, please! Daehyun and I . . . We've been through so much together, that I just couldn't end things the way we did! I'm so sorry, but it just....it just made sense."

"Sex with him made sense! In what universe!?" Chanyeol cried.

"Chanyeol, please! I know you don't understand but what I did—-"

"What you did was open my eyes! Shit! You cheated on Daehyun twice, it was only a matter of time before you did it to me . . ." Chanyeol trailed off.

Baekhyun furiously shook his head. "No no no! It's not like that Chanyeol! I love you! I've always loved you! How can you doubt me now!? I mess us up one time and what!? I suddenly don't love you anymore? Well, fuck . . . you, Park Chanyeol!" Baekhyun yelled as he jumped off the bed and stalked out the door.

"Where are you going?" Chanyeol yelled.

"To have sex with the whole neighborhood!" Baekhyun shouted before slamming the front door.

Upon hearing the front door slam shut, Chanyeol cringed and fell back against the bed with a whimper. He couldn't remember the last time Baekhyun and him had ever fought so viciously, and when he thought about it, they never had.

Chanyeol felt horrible. He knew the instant Baekhyun slammed that door shut he had screwed up. He should have listened to what Baekhyun had to say instead of blowing up in his face. But honestly, what kind of reaction had Baekhyun been excepting? He had sex with his ex-fiancé for heaven sake. He couldn't have possibly expected Chanyeol to react rationally? But then again, Baekhyun probably did expect Chanyeol to at least listen, since until this point he's always been understanding.

Chanyeol groaned and rubbed his face. Baekhyun may have cheated, but it was Chanyeol who screwed up.

Since Chanyeol still had the apartment to himself, it gave him a chance to reflect over things. Mainly Baekhyun's relationship with Daehyun, and Chanyeol hated to admit it but they would always have a connection on a deeper level. For Baekhyun, Daehyun had been his first in everything; his first boyfriend, his first kiss, the first hand he ever held, the first to ever know him intimately. Chanyeol had to remember that; he had to remember there was things about Baekhyun and Daehyun's relationship he didn't know.

Yes, he still had the right to be get jealous and angry when his boyfriend slept with someone else. But if it was because they were letting go in a way they knew would work . . .? Chanyeol should at least be grateful for that even if the how made him want to punch through concerte, because at least things were over and they wouldn't feel whatever they had been feeling that lead to them sleeping together.

Chanyeol sighed as he threw his blanket over his head, all the conflicting thoughts giving him a headache. Eventually he fell asleep, and sometime later in the night he felt the bed dip beside him, and a slim arm wrap around his waist.

They kissed Chanyeol below his jaw and whispered, "I'm sorry. I love you, so please, don't ever doubt that."

Chanyeol hummed in his sleep, as if acknowledging Baekhyun, before he sleepily replied, "I love you too, Baekkie. Sorry . . ."

Chanyeol felt Baekhyun tuck his head into his shirt, and two small wet spots started to bleed through the fabric as Baekhyun cried. Chanyeol held him closer as he drifted further into his sleep.

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