Three. (1/1)

A quarter to nine o’clock Baekhyun arrives in front of a huge multi-story building. Luscious green flourishing shrubbery covered the landscape, protected behind a black iron gate. Baekhyun tilts his chin wall the way up causing his jaw to slack bit to try see to top of the structure.He knew Junmyeon had nice place. But boy did he underestimate. Baekhyun vaguely remembers Sehun babbling on about Junmyeons’s parents who had bought him a fifth floor flat to live in during his time at University. After that is when Baekhyun zoned out and played with the hangnail on his thumb while half listening to him babble on about the three bedroom two bathroom apartment that came with an entire wine cellar, a balcony with enough room to hold the entire dance studio all while over looking looked Downtown Manhattan.Materialistic things make Sehun giddy, he love to flaunt.And Baekhyun clearly listened more than he intended to.Through a private entrance on the side of the building he made his way up to the fifth floor. Quietly standing in the elevator he ran a hand though his hair. Thin fingers combing through silky strands as he rearranges the fallen hairs off of his forehead. The higher the elevator reached the greater his anxiety bubbled in his stomach.Baekhyun knows he is showing up late to the party and he can already hear Sehun’s voice nagging at him for his lack of punctuality. He is not going to mention to anyone the fact that it took him way too long to try to get his eyeliner even.The pathway from the elevator to the front door wasn’t nearly long enough for Baekhyun to compose himself. There he stood, staring up at the ceiling as he inhales a deep breath though his parted lips. Gathering himself before entering the front door into the chaotic gathering. The confidence radiating off him is brightly glowing yet its tinged with a haze of nerves.A wide smile grows across his face creasing the corners of his eyes. Baekhyun is officially tired of hiding away. He needs to get out there, enjoy his life that’s going on right now.Standing there in his a-little-too-tight black skinny jeans that he knew no one could say no to, paired with his messy brown dyed hair and smokey smudged eyes; Baekhyun said 'fuck it’ as he grips the cold handle to the front door and passed through the threshold.

The apartment is, in simple terms, huge. It is completely packed wall to wall with students and friends all in association with the art school. Iconic red solo cups adorned nearly every visible surface underneath the dimmed lighting. To his left is a tangle of intoxicated limbs flowing along to the heavy beat of ‘Rhythm Ta’ as it blares from the multiple overly loud speakers. On the other side of the large flat a few boys sat on top of a wooden dining table coyly playing their guitars while puppy eyed half drunk fan girls shower them in praise. Hanging over their every note. Baekhyun chuckled to himself as he continued searching around the flat looking for his friends.Where are they?His ears pick up on a loud howl coming from the kitchen, a yell that he can recognize anywhere. He quickly beelines in that direction; making his way directly through a group of people, not bothering to try to walk around them. Too bad Baekhyun isn’t bothered by eyes starting at him, because nearly a dozen pairs are glaring at him for being an inconsiderate ass.They'll get over it.Around the corner he finds two pairs standing comfortably around the marble countertop elbows and palms aiding in stability. Sehun and Junmyeon in matching plain black shirts and denim blue skinny jeans, more than likely thanks to Sehun's strong ambitions in dressing them both. At the center (as usual) of attention laughing loudly, Sehun being the one screaming at the top of his lungs. Yep, Baekhyun knew that vocal sound anywhere. Their counter partners Jongin and his boyfriend Kyungsoo with animated overly enthusiastic toothy smiles are clearly enjoying themselves while Jongin has his army lazily slung around the others shoulder.Under the soft kitchen lighting Baekhyun stands in the doorway for a moment, soaking up the positive energy radiating off them before making his way closer."Hey! You made it! Look here- remember my Junie?" A slightly slurring and ecstatic Sehun leans in and yells a little too loudly in Baekhyun’s face. His dark hair falling over his eyes making him look much younger than he actually is. Baekhyun loves how absolutely stunning the boy looks. He grabs Baekhyun by the back of his neck pulling him in for a quick slobbery peck on the cheek. "Not a single thought of Tao is allowed tonight, got it?" Pushing Baekhyun back by his shoulders and pointing with his index finger before giving Baekhyun a cute ‘boop’ on the nose.He was trying not to, until you brought it up.Baekhyun politely gestures a wave to Junmyeon as he gives Sehun a gentle full palmed pat on his face to push him away. Affectionate, but with enough force to deliver his message. He’s such a pain in the ass. Sehun pouted out his glossy bottom lip in an attempt to look hurt. With in attention span of a rodent tonight, his pout was quickly replaced with that cute grin again before focusing his attention on filling five small glasses of a crystal clear liquid for everyone around the island.A tingling sensation accompanied by an unwarranted burn caught Baekhyun by surprise as he closed him eyes and gulped down the contents of the glass that was pushed in front of him. As a punishment for being late Sehun insisted on immediately pouring another shot for Baekhyun to ‘catch up’.Okay, that’s fair.The slow burn is swiftly replaced with a numbing feeling that flowed down his torso and through his thighs, somehow holding him up.College boys are uncontrollable. Several forced shots later, thanks to Party Boy Sehun, everyone around the island is feeding off of the electric vibes as the attractive sounds of ‘Want’ swim around them. Playfully the dance majors sway their hips around purposely teasing the others in the dim lit room. And its working.That magnet attraction buzzed as Sehun found his way to Baekhyun. Their bodies moving to the beat in their own reciprocating movements. As natural as breathing they flowed into the beat. Baekhyun turning around to face Sehun, rolling against his thigh. Throwing his head back he let out a loud laugh as Sehun locked his wrists around his neck, bellowing slurred lyrics into the short boy’s face."I’m your toy to make you innocent, trust your self-control, move your body and soul’Junmyeon watched with his dark hooded eyes glued onto the two, the sight ignited something within him. Growling under his breath as the corner of his mouth turned upward, watching the two gave him a thrill. Leaning further into the counter and discreetly adjusting his tight denim before resting his elbows on the surface and leaning in.“Okay, okay, that’s enough you two!” Kyungsoo has absolutely no hesitations to be the one to stop the show going on the other side of the counter.Let the boys be wild!“Oh, come on! Jongin, discipline your man!” Sehun waved his arms around in the air, slowly backing off of Baekhyun and wiggling his way back to Junmyeon. The other quickly wrapped his arm around the tall boy’s waist, looping two fingers though a belt loop to keep on a close leash.Baekhyun can only keep his thoughts locked away for so long before they begin scratching at the framework of his being, begging to be set free.

Huang Zi Tao. Repeating him name slowly, each syllable caused that pain to wrench inside him. And once the memory is freed there slim to no chance of him reeling it back in.Please, let just one night.All these thoughts flooding in have Baekhyun beginning to choke up.Please.  Physically shaking his head to get a grip and smash the creeping ache down again Baekhyun attempts to distract his wandering mind. Glancing away from the loud chatter surrounding the island, his eyes nervously search the room for anything to focus on. A smile returns to his face when he spots two familiar faces. Jongdae and Minseok, plus another body. Someone he has never seen before.The two of them have zero volume control when they were together, it’s a mystery how Baekhyun didn’t notice them before. Jongdae being the main source of the high decibel issue.Unapologetic, they are one of those sickening cute couples that do literally everything together. Baekhyun is half convinced that if Minseok ever let go of Jongdae he would probably float away like a pink balloon. Whose place is it to fight love though? They were okay with the way they were and the world had no choice but to accept it.But who was that boy standing with them?Baekhyun is star struck. Who can his boy be?He looks so young, there’s no way he is a student. He looks way too grungy with his over sized sweatshirt and wild untamed hair to be fine arts major. And even though he's totally hot, he does not have the body for a dancer.Apparently his staring is strong enough to pierce right though them because the three of start walking over in his direction.Shit."Where the hell have you been this whole time?" Minseok excitedly jumps at Baekhyun closing in on the space between them. Pulling him in for an overbearing embrace before releasing him to quickly return back to Jongdae. Baekhyun cant help hide the fact that his gaze is locked onto this tall blue eyed boy with fluffy brown hair and a huge Cheshire grin.Are those contacts? Wow.“Baek, meet Chanyeol, its his first year here, we have kind of taken him under our wing” With an adoring pat on Chanyeol’s shoulder Jongdae sounds like a proud mother. “Isn’t he adorable?” Adorable isn’t the word Baekhyun would have used, but yes.With a red cup nearly empty in one hand, Chanyeol gestures a soft wave with the other while at the same time flashing that big lob sided grin one more time.Oh my god."H..Hey.." shyly rubbing the back of his neck Baekhyun couldn’t have made this any more awkward. Baekhyun immediately kicks himself for not asking anything, not greeting him properly. The taller boys eyes set onto Baekhyun with that smile permanently locked onto his face like he is trying to figure him out. He is incredibly handsome and Baekhyun cant do anything but stand there. “I’m... I’m Baekhyun.” he finally chokes out.Come on, Baekhyun, form a proper sentence.A chuckle slipped out from behind his teeth. “Yeah, as I am sure you figured, I’m Chanyeol.” Baekhyun can’t tell if he is mocking him “Nice to meet you,” His voice is soft and so genuine.Baekhyun has to thank Sehun later for his rowdy actions to break the tension, or whatever the hell it was that Baekhyun just experienced. What the is wrong with him? Yeah, he knows he has been out and down for a while, but really? Baekhyun feels like he is sixteen again. Reverting back to that smaller black haired boy with glasses and braces, he was the princes of weirdness.Welcoming the new coming bodies to the counter top that is now fully circled by the complete group, plus one new addition. Sehun pours another round of drinks for everyone. Not too often does the entire group gets to get together anymore, studies and practice tend to take priority as graduation moves into arms reach. No matter what each one of these boys are aspiring to be- at the end of the day they are just college boys that need to let out some build up testosterone.Moments like this are ones that Baekhyun wants to savor forever.Each one enjoying the company to either side of them as drinks are being passed around the group in an attempt to make a game out of it. Each one sporting their own smiles and displays of affection without diminishing their masculinity of trying to one-up the person to their left. Leaving Baekhyun slightly fucked because he in stuck in the rotation of being to the left of Sehun, who drinks like a fish and Chanyeol across the counter and he didn’t want to look like he could not handle himself in front of him.Baekhyun watches Sehun nervously as he throws back a full shot without even batting an eyelash, no recoil after, nothing. Looking at Chanyeol and then back to Sehun Baekhyun wiggles in place “Ha! No problem!” Baekhyun grabs his blue tinted glass before his eyes flutter shut and mouth welcoming the numbing liquid. Gently placing the glass back in its spot on the counter, Baekhyun keeps his eyes shut and takes a moment, shaking his fists in an odd little dance. Yeah, he’s totally does not got this.After a dead silent minute of the entire group watching him suffer Baekhyun pops back into his body. Throwing two balled fists directly overhead into the air and letting out a howl. It must have gotten his second wind because he just resurrected back to life.And he feels great.“Now that we know for sure that Baek isn’t going to keel over in front of us, lets make all this more interesting- lets play a real game!” Jongin blurts and slams his glass down onto the counter top with a force a loud reverberating sound echoed as the glass clashed with the marble.Well surpassing the definition of tipsy, his monster of an alter ego is beginning to emerge. Kai as he loved called him. The name was officially given to the boy one really, really, weird drunken night last semester. It involved a lampshade, a squirt gun and a tub of ice cream. Things got out of hand and no one wants to reminisce unless they have to. You know those nights, its something kept between you and only the ones present. It will be joked about continuously but never fully explained to outsiders. And ever since then, drunk Jongin is known as Kai. He's rowdy, loud and obscene.“Oh my god! Yes! Do you guys remember playing Never Have I Ever as kids?” Sehun quickly stole the spotlight- as normal.This kid, man. Baekhyun smiles as he rolls his eyes. Nevertheless, he agrees.Scuffling his bare feet across the tile he adorably waddles to the end of the counter before squatting and rummaging around in the cupboard. Like he found treasure his face light up as he pulls out a huge bottle of some fancy scotch, looking at Junmyeon for approval. With a name they can not pronounce the bottle is probably old enough to be drinking with them. “But every time someone looses they have to take a shot of this!”“Keep talking,” Minseok had a wild look in his eye as he poked his tongue out and ran it across his lips, not subtle at all. Everyone burst out into laughter at the thirsty man. Minseok looking around with a confused look on his face, eyes widening and jaw dropping he throws his arms up. “What?! Oh, come on, fuck all of you! Shut up!”Several minutes of multiple voices bickering and shouting across the countertop led to the conclusion that Kyungsoo was going to be the first one to start off the game. Since he is so quietly took attached to Jognin’s side and not making a single input other than glaring at everyone, he was forced into this decision unwillingly.“Never…” Kyungsoo stutters and is unable to come up with anything on the spot. Jongin gives Kyungsoo an encouraging nudge on the shoulder and leans in to whisper something in his ear that no one else is able to decode. Kyungsoo’s cheeks blush red and shakes his head hiding a smirk. Baekhyun assumes he can not bring himself to say what Kai had just suggested. “Never have I ever.. sent a sext.”“You’re supposed to say things you have NOT done Soo!” Jongdae belts out a loud whine that sends everyone into hysteric fits of laughter. Jongin, clearly being the recipient of said sext, puffy cheeks flush as his eyes press into tight creases. He can’t do anything but laugh at his counter mate as Kyngsoo is poured the first shot of the game.

A smug little wag in celebration for calling out Kyungsoo, Jongdae puffed his chest out and happily takes the next turn. “Never have I ever had a one night stand.” Squinting eyes scanned the island waiting for someone to call him out. Yes, Jongdae prides himself on not following college norms.Damn it Jongdae and your pureness. A few boys roll their eyes and more than half of them have been caught by this. Cheap shot. Sehun and Baekhyun simultaneously shoot each other a coy smile. Several shot glasses were pushed together in a line, awaiting their fate. Chanyeol stood leaning against the counter palm propping him up for support, no shot glass for this round. Baekhyun is slightly even more intrigued by this boy.A few more rounds passed around involved the boys doing nothing more but finding ways to expose and embarrass one another. Minseok got Jongdae to drink for exposing him for that things he did in the music room after class hours. Kyungsoo got his revenge finally and got all of the dancers to take a round of shots for having given lap dances at least once. Jongin tired to bluff but Baekhyun knows all of the things he has done screamed out and slapped his palms against the surface calling him out. The alcohol has Baekhyun riled up. That alter ego was now vividly showing, he could not hold in his poker face for more than a few seconds and had to take a shot with everyone.This juvenile game somehow led Sehun to share a unnecessarily detailed story about him and Junmyeon that absolutely no one was prepared or wanted to hear. Junmyeon seemed pleased with himself, encouraging his younger to continue even though everyone was making silent gagging faces. Leaning against the counter, a newly found smirk seemed to change Junmyeon’s whole facial expression . Even for someone who is always very quiet in situations be began to show his illuminated flare. Letting himself enjoy the night he loosed up the most out of everyone. Before Sehun progressed any further into TMI territory he grabs Sehun by the hips and biting into the nape of his neck to finally get him to shut up. Thank God.Baekhyun couldn’t help himself but to periodically glance up from him dark eyes to steal looks at Chanyeol as all the events were taking place. Half drunk, Chanyeol’s smile only became more alluring to Baekhyun. That fluffy wild hair was now pushed back exposing his forehead from running his fingers through it every few minutes. Baekhyun’s eyes can only wander and wonder over the tall boy. What is under that big hooded sweatshirt?“Okay, lets take his up a notch,” Junmyeon placed both hands on the cold marble, leaning in. He knew for certain he was about to get almost everyone standing here with this: “Never have I ever been the one to wear the collar.” smirks splayed across everyone.Real smooth Junmyeon, well played. Baekhyun giggles to himself.This group, so close to each other was like a collaborated open book and didn’t hold secrets. More so, they over shared. Everyone knew exactly who was going to drink. Jongin, Jongdae, Sehun and Baekhyun all giggled cutely as they pushed their glasses together into a diamond configuration . With slight hesitation, the newest addition, that tall mystery pushed his glass in. Cheeks hot, Baekhyun’s intoxicated eyes widened. Trying to conceal the electric pulse that shot through him, he shot Chanyeol another glance. Big brown eyes met with a gorgeous blue for a quick second before a spark zapped through Baekhyun’s entire body. That Cheshire grin forced Baekhyun to divert his gaze after a split second. As if Baekhyun couldn’t be more fascinated, here he is. Surprising him further.Cheers among the ones taking the shots of a beautifully golden liquor erupted and the smug men who get to watch them take yet another shot fully enjoyed the sight before them.Progression throughout the night blends together flawlessly.This night was everything that all of them needed, right now, everything in this moment was bliss.With alcohol pulsing through everyone and too many bodies in a too close vicinity. Baekhyun needed to step outside for some air before he loses himself completely.Pushing off of the counter top he wobbles a bit and his throat tightens up “I.. I’ll be back, guys.”