"So Chanyeol, when do you plan on proposing to my brother?" Baekbeom asked teasingly.

Baekhyun coughed on the gulp of water he just took as he hoarsely gasped, "Baekbeom, you can't ask him that! We haven't even—-"

"I've thought about it," Chanyeol said, his words breaking Baekhyun off mid-sentence. "I've also thought that we've barely had the chance to date and have our first fight."

Chanyeol laughed humorlessly, and he was talking solely to Baekbeom when he said, "But I love your brother so deeply I didn't even know it was possible to love someone so much. And despite the fact we've only been dating for a few months, I still fantasize about the perfect moment with the perfect setting and the perfect music until I finally know the right moment to get down on one knee."

"I know I probably sound like a love sick fool, and maybe it's true, but I knew from the first moment I meet him that I had to know him and in some way make him know me. He's perfect, everything about him amazes me and very single day I learn something new that I get to fall in love with."

"I love your brother, so don't rush me, because I want our moment to be a perfectly beautiful just as he is," Chanyeol said.

The room was silent, and as they say there soaking in Chanyeol's heartfelt words, Baekhyun felt tears sting his eyes and he had to cover his mouth to hold back a sob. He was so overwhelmed, and he had absolutely no idea Chanyeol thought about any of that. He was especially guilty feeling, when all Baekhyun's been thinking about was the little day to day things, like what he could and couldn't eat; what to wear for work; to remember to feed Toben and take him outside to potty. But marriage?

Not once has that crossed his mind.

His tears came more heavily as he suddenly stood up more the table and hurredily ran to his room, closing and locking the door behind himself before he threw his body onto his bed and continued to  heavily weep while clutching a pillow to his chest. In some weird twisted way, Chanyeol's words broke him, and he just couldn't stop crying.

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"What did I just do?" Chanyeol softly asked when he heard the loud slam of Baekhyun's door closing.

Baekbeom just sat there frozen for a moment longer before he hoarsely asked, "Do you know where Baekhyun's phone is, Chanyeol?"

"Ah, um, the coffee table I think . . . Why? What did I do?" Chanyeol pleaded as he followed Baekbeom into the living room.

Baekbeom didn't answer him as he quickly unlocked Baekhyun's phone before calling the one person he knew who'd be able to help.

"Hello, Kyungsoo? Yes, hi, this is Baekbeom. Yes, I know, I'm sorry I didn't let you know I was coming for a visit. Thank you. Um, Kyungsoo, I need to ask you something?" There was a pause. "It's important, Baekhyun—- No, he's not hurt, he just . . . He needs you right now, please, hurry. Okay, thank you, see you soon," Baekbeom said before hanging up.

There was another moment of silence before Chanyeol softly asked, "Baekbeom, please, talk to me? What did I do? Why is Baekhyun...." Chanyeol trailed off.

Baekbeom sighed. "You didn't do anything, Chanyeol, it's . . . Baekhyun's been hurt too many times and promised too many things, and as those promises were broken he would get hurt a little each time and it seems . . . Your promise to marry him, if something happens and you break that promise, I–I don't know what will happen...." Baekbeom trailed off.

"I won't—-I won't break it," Chanyeol said sincerely.

Baekbeom smiled sadly and patted Chanyeol's shoulder as he softly said, "I believe you. But if you hear so many empty promises during your life, as Baekhyun has, it hurts and it takes away pieces after every disappointment. And it's hard for him to recover, so you'll have to be patient. I love my brother, and I can't see him get hurt again."

It didn't take long for Kyungsoo to show up on their doorstep, Jongin right beside him as they rushed into the house as Kyungsoo demanded, "What happened!? Where is he?"

"He locked himself in his bedroom," Baekbeom said.

"Why?" Kyungsoo demanded.

Chanyeol bit his bottom lip before saying, "I—-"

The insist he opened his mouth, Kyungsoo turned on him with his eyes blazing and his teeth bared as he yelled, "What did you do!? Why would you hurt him, you son of a—-"

"Kyungsoo!" Jongin said as he grabbed his shoulders and pulled him back. "Breathe."

Kyungsoo took a deep breath before asking through gritted teeth, "What did you do, Park? He's in love with you, why would you—-"

"Kyungsoo, he didn't do anything," Baekbeom quickly said.

"What do you mean, 'He didn't do anything'?" Kyungsoo demanded as he kept throwing glares at Chanyeol from the corners of his eyes.

"What I mean is, . . . Chanyeol promised a proposal," Baekbeom quietly said.

Kyungsoo gasped and he softly whispered, "Shit," before he was spinning around on his heel and running to Baekhyun's room. They heard him knocking and his muffled voice before the sound of the door opening and closing, before silence once again fall over the room.

"What do we do now?" Chanyeol asked.

"We wait," Baekbeom replied as he exhausedly sat down; Chanyeol and Jongin followed suit, and together they settled in for the wait.

Word count: 920

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A/N: Poor Baek, Kyungsoo will rescue you! 🤗

Hello, lovelies, thank you so much reading! Also, I've just published a new story called RENDEZVOUS | Chanbaek, so when you have the time I'd really appreciate it if you checked it out. Only the first chapter has been published so far, but there is still plenty to come. The story can be found on my page, thank you!

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BunnyBaekkiee ❤️