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“and that’s how i met your father.” yerin looks at baekhyun weird, before crawling away when she sees her favorite toy.
“really, hyung? she’s only 1.” he shakes the sippy cup and passes it to their daughter, who took it excitedly.
“what, she needs to know.” baekhyun opens up his arms, like a baby, and jongdae pulls him up - he’s not going to carry him, is he crazy?
“she can’t even understand when i tell her ‘no’, she wouldn’t understand an entire story.”
baekhyun pouts, “party pooper.”
they both cuddled on the couch, watching their daughter drinking her milk on her little pillow mountain.
“i think what i have now made whatever we’ve been through worth it.”
“really? even with all the backlash you’re getting?”
baekhyun sighs, “it’s not like i didn’t expect it. there’s more love though, and i think that’s much more important to focus on.” jongdae nodded his head, fixing his husband’s hair, “i’m sorry.”
“no. i should be sorry to you. it’s alright if i get the brunt of the hate, but you’re affected too. i wish i could protect you and yerin from all this bullshit.”
“it can’t be helped, baby.” jongdae leans his forehead on the ours, “it’s us, against the world. not just you. us.”
baekhyun went on to release this latest album, and also the last album before his hiatus, ‘delight’ 4 months after their little vacation. he went on to announce his hiatus on the last music show, saying that he will be gone for a while to focus on prive and most importantly, his personal life; and to look forward to his future endeavors outside his music. he released the skincare line a year later, and between that, he releases a few more collections; collaborating with different charities and looking to get his clothes more affordable for his fans. a few pop-up stores here and there, and every collection is sold out before his very eyes.
regarding his relationship with jongdae, it became stronger each day, that by the 8th month, he already knew the younger is the only person he wanted to spend his life with. he wasn’t sure if that was what jongdae wanted at that point of time, besides, they weren’t even together for a year, so he just let the feeling be and see where their relationship takes its course.
oh, another wild mention: jongdae photographed baekhyun for ‘delight’ as well as each and every prive collection. baekhyun knows that jongdae knows him best, and since baekhyun trusts his life with his boyfriend, he knows he’s in good hands.
also, not only does it mean they can spend way more time together, they can spend more time together, if you get the gist. jongdae can count on all their 4 hands how many times his boyfriend dragged him secretly to his dressing room for a little bit of rendezvous, to kyungsoo’s disgust.
on their one year anniversary, baekhyun whisked jongdae away to a 1-month long trip around europe, and when jongdae spontaneously dyes his hair blonde, baekhyun may or may not have fucked the younger into the sheets for two entire days, and he may or may not have allowed jongdae to do the same to him - take it as you will.
“well, now we only have 2 days in the city of love.” jongdae looks at them both, “and we’re both limping.”
“we can always extend our trip.”
“we’ll see if we need to. room service? again…” baekhyun nods his head as he climbs over his boyfriend and gets the phone, all while straddling the other near his dick and bouncing a little as he orders some food.
“no, byun baek.” baekhyun pouts and lies back down beside jongdae, “can’t help it when you look fucking good with this hair…” he runs his fingers through it and smells it, “my little man loves it.”
“don’t call your dick little.”
“you’re right. it’s definitely not little,” baekhyun winks as he gets up, “need to pee.” jongdae shooes him off as he sat up to check his phone, and sees 23 messages from chanyeol and a couple from his parents. he finds it funny that his parents now talk to baekhyun more than him; they were smitten by the other (baekhyun can be very charming), and had also brought up the marriage talk. honestly, jongdae has been thinking about marriage lately, but he wasn’t sure baekhyun wants the same. they do talk about it, but no timeline was set in stone yet. they wanted to get married to each other, but the timing is still up in the air. on top of that, baekhyun has to deal with whether he still wanted to re-sign with the company, and then whole media chaos if they really were to get married. still, he makes sure to keep the small maroon velvet box safe in his bag, just in case.
funny enough, baekhyun had the exact same idea. so when they both got on their knees on the same beautiful night in greece with their respective rings out in the open, no words had to be said as they both hugged each other tight in relief. the rest of the night is history.
a while after they came back, baekhyun had to deal with the contract issue. while still conflicted about wanting to stay with the group but not in the company, jongdae has been there every step of the day, and baekhyun would forever feel like the luckiest guy alive. they talk and properly discuss it, before the idol ultimately chooses to part ways with the company. he signs with sehun’s company, jongin doing the same thing, and both companies come to an agreement that if time allows, baekhyun and jongin would come back with the group. the rest of them either stayed or left for other agencies too, but the group has not disbanded, that’s for sure.
their close family and friends celebrated the couples’ engagement; including his new company, but the couple weren’t too willing to have a flashy wedding. after months of deliberation, 9 months since the proposal, they got married in a small church in an intimate ceremony, and baekhyun and jongdae wouldn’t have it any other way. baekhyun announced his marriage a month after they got married, garnering very mixed reactions; the usual ‘you lied to us’, ‘you betrayed us’, etc, but the idol couldn’t care less. what he does care is protecting first and foremost, his husband, and demanding for legal action to be taken as soon as possible for the harassment. for the most part, a safe 70% of his fans and general public are happy for him, and that is what they choose to focus on. they left out the part where jongdae’s his biggest fansite of course, only saying he’s a ‘non-celebrity’ and leaving it as that.
what happened to lovingbyun, you ask?
well, it’s still active; as active as the idol, that is. jongdae attended 3 out of 7 fansigns for ‘delight’, every of his prive collection release (with his special connection of course) but other than that, since baekhyun doesn’t do much public appearances anymore, his fansite scaled back too. he does post some archived pictures as and when, but that’s about it. he does produce merch occasionally with the three musketeers, but all of the profits he gets, he donates, so he’s merely doing this for fun now.
nayeon and bambam do eventually find out about baekhyun.
"i need to tell you guys something, but promise. promise me you won't freak out."
"why so serious, oppa? you're making me nervous."
"i'm..." jongdae takes a deep breath, "i'm getting married." nayeon and bambam's jaw comically drops, but they soon recovered and cheered loudly for the oldest member of the group.
"wait, wait oh my god, we're invited, right?! right?! we have to be there!" bambam exclaims.
nayeon hits him, "he's not obligated to invite us, it's his wedding. besides, he needs to discuss with the lucky groom¬ can we at least see his face? we need to know if he's good for you."
"you guys are definitely invited," jongdae chuckles as he pulls out his phone, lowkey buying time to surprise his two friends even more.
"wait till you see baekhyun hyung again and tell me you're hitched," bambam cackles loudly, "he's probably going to cry there and then."
"yeah oppa, you're going to break his heart¬ but i'm sure he's more handsome than baekhyun, right?"
"he has to be! for someone to catch hyung's eyes after being a fan of baekhyun for years..." oh, if only they knew... well, they're going to soon, anyway.
"here." jongdae finds a nice picture of baekhyun and shows it to them, expecting the two to freak out, but was met with narrowed eyes.
"hey¬ don't joke like that! i guess he just wants to keep his future husband a secret!"
"now he really needs to invite us to the wedding," bambam reiterates his point again.
"what do you guys mean?" jongdae feigns innocence as he pulls back the phone and furrows his brows. "oh!! wrong picture." he swipes right and shows the screen again, and this time, he gets the reaction he expected.
"shut the hell up! that isn't photoshopped isn't it?!" bambam snatches the phone and zooms in. it was a selca of baekhyun and jongdae with their rings that they took after they proposed to each other.
"is it?! is it?! oppa! show us a video instead, we don't believe you."
"but there's no video of the proposal though¬" soon, the front door opens, and in comes the subject of matter.
"hey babe," baekhyun greets casually as he walks towards the trio and gives him a kiss to his forehead. he looks over at the two other strangers in the room, "nayeon and bambam, right?" they both nodded their head, jaws dropped once again as bambam's grip on jongdae's phone loosens.
"do you still need that video?" jongdae smirks. his two friends snapped their heads back at him and were practically speechless. baekhyun chuckles, "i'm going to change my clothes. the pizza and chicken are on their way." he kisses jongdae's temple before waving to all of them and retreating into the room.
"hyung!!" bambam smacks the other on the shoulder, "no cap?"
"cap?" jongdae wasn't familiar with this... millennial lingo.
"oppa! are you fucking kidding me? don't tell me that was a joke. bam, you saw him right?! it wasn't a hallucination, right?!!" nayeon starts to freak out.
"i saw him, noona. i saw baekhyun." they both looked at jongdae again, in disbelief, before the oldest decides to stop the suffering and come straight out, "yes, i'm marrying my idol." finally, that gets into their head, and they screamed their lungs out.
when baekhyun runs out of the room in a panic to check why everyone was screaming and being loud, he sees the trio jumping excitedly in the living room, spinning around in a circle while holding hands. they were cut off by the door bell ringing and after, talk their mouths out with the grooms-to-be.
they were invited to their little wedding, except as actual guests and not free labour like jongdae had suggested previously. they were told to sign an nda though, but it was worth it for them since they got to spend some time with jongin and ten respectively. they were very happy for their friend, and joked that baekhyun wouldn't cry as they thought he would, except tears of joy, probably.
baekhyun did come back with another album a year after their wedding, and somehow still did very well considering he did lose a big chunk of his fans. jongdae did attend one fansign, and went back home with the idol right after. he promoted for a couple of weeks before embarking on a month-long busking tour around korea; jongdae following along for the ride while taking a couple of pictures when he feels like it. they spent a couple of weeks resting before the idol started preparing for an online concert, as well as more collection and product launches for prive.
fast forward two years after their marriage, they both mutually decided to adopt a baby. they applied and got back a proper response 5 months later, and soon enough, yerin was born and in their arms as soon as her birth mother gave her up.
“she’s adorable.”
“she looks like a potato.” jongdae side-eyed his spouse before cooing over the newborn again. “what? you know i’m right.”
“go get the car seat.” jongdae looks at their daughter, “we’re going home byun-kim yerin.”
yerin’s a very fussy baby. she is somehow hungry all the time, and it was very hard to get her to sleep, especially at night. they would both stay up together, feed her together, sometimes even sleep together with the newborn in their arms. not recommended, but that was how much sleep they’re losing with yerin. it’s all worth it though, like when yerin smiles or laughs with her gummy mouth, when she makes babbling sounds and especially when she actually gets 2 solid hours of sleep.
“appa. say ap-pa.”
“p-p!” she spits, bouncing on her butt as she tries to follow jongdae.
“ahhh~”
“pa. ap-pa-pa-pa.” jongdae smiled so brightly at that, and in turn, yerin gave him her gummy smile back.
“good job, baby~ you not only said appa, but you also said papa!”
“papa!”
“i’m appa, baby. your other father is papa. ap-pa!”
“papa!”
jongdae sighs, “you’re lucky you’re adorable~” baekhyun was out preparing for another collection, and jongdae needed to go to work with yerin, who was now almost a year old. he gets up and takes their bags, and once they got a message from their personal driver, wooyoung, they made their way downstairs. the couple are still getting harassed till this day, even if it has been years, and it’ll probably get worse once word gets out that they’ve adopted yerin. baekhyun hasn’t announced it yet, and he doesn’t feel the need to, but the company had asked him to prepare for the news just in case someone found them together.
they had moved to the outskirts of seoul, a little further away, but still near to the capital so baekhyun can travel easily. baekhyun had also requested for a personal driver and bodyguard for his husband and daughter, and jongdae just agreed to soothe the other’s mind and anxiety.
“we’re going to your office, right?”
“yeah. have you eaten?”
“yes, sir.”
“ah hyung~ just call me jongdae,” he whines.
“i’m not allowed to, sir.” jongdae understands; it’s his job after all. he gave the driver a box of banana milk, and thanked him for driving them.
jongdae plays with the very-awake 1-year-old; doing anything and everything not to make her cry. she is a little better now, although she is still constantly hungry, but she sleeps a lot too. at least her parents were getting a solid 5 hours of sleep now, and that’s all that matters. jongdae feels his phone rings when they get to the highway.
“hey my love.”
“hey babe. where are you at right now? on your way?”
“yeah. we just entered the highway. what are you doing?”
“resting. i wanna see your faces,” jongdae could hear baekhyun pout, “i video-called you and you still picked it up like a normal one.”
“oops, sorry.” jongdae pulls away and turns on the camera, “happy now?”
“very. yerinnie?” jongdae points the camera at their daughter; yerin immediately recognizing her father and baekhyun cooing at her through the phone. after a couple of minutes, jongdae’s arm got tired and he pulled it back, “we’re going out for dinner tonight, right? with the rest?”
baekhyun nods, “yeah. at some bougie italian place or something.”
“ok, make sure to dress nice, baby.”
“i always dress nice!”
“you’re in your signature grey sweater and cargo pants, that’s hardly nice.”
baekhyun pouts but nodded his head anyway, “i miss you.”
“i miss you too. just a few more hours, you little baby.”
“my heart hurts,” baekhyun places his hand dramatically over his heart, “for the love of my life is so far away and i-”
“i’m going to hang up.”
“no no no! i am sorry!” jongdae chuckles and gives his finger to the baby to play with.
“i hope our daughter here won’t be this dramatic when she grows up. if she is, we will still love her anyway. won’t we, baby?” jongdae says in his cutest baby voice, and she gurgles happily.
baekhyun groans, “i don’t care. take me with you wherever you are, i don’t wanna work anymore!”
“hyung, you’re still going to have to come back with the group whether you like it or not.”
“i like it. but i like you more~” jongdae did not resist the urge to roll his eyes, and hung up on the other a while after that.
“yerin-ah~” minseok calls for the baby and she goes into the arms of her favourite uncle very easily.
“not. fair.” chanyeol pouts; yerin always cries in his arms, and typical chanyeol gets jealous easily too.
yerin squeals happily at minseok, while jongdae quickly escapes and sits at his table. he plans to finish as much work as he can before they go off for dinner later. he would take all the distraction for his daughter as he can get. he sighs when he hears crying not more than 20 minutes later, and minseok comes in with a loud baby.
“aigoo~ what’s wrong~” jongdae looks at the clock - just in time for her lunch. chanyeol volunteers to make the milk for him, while jongdae opens up the little lunch box for her. he had prepared some chicken and carrots for her; luckily she wasn’t really a picky eater, so he doesn’t need to stress about food that much.
“thanks yeol. are we going together later?” he shakes his head, “i’m going home so kyungsoo and i will go together.” he nods as he settles yerin on the high chair and puts on her bib. she immediately starts eating once her father says it’s time. jongdae takes this time to eat and work too; more importantly, keep an eye on yerin while she’s eating.
“is it nice?” yerin doesn’t really understand but nods her head anyway, following her father a little, and soon enough, she was done and drinking her milk. jongdae prepares her for a nap by reading to her, singing a little, and she finally falls asleep a while after.
“you look handsome.”
“always, babe.” baekhyun shows off his outfit before getting into the car. “wah~ our princess looks very gorgeous. the prettiest princess in the universe!” baekhyun rubs yerin’s belly before jongdae hugs him from behind, “get in the car.”
“you sound like you’re kidnapping me.”
“if that’s what i have to do so we won’t be late, yes.” baekhyun kisses yerin on her chubby cheeks before going to the front seat beside wooyoung.
“so this is what they meant.” a plate of what looks like mashed rice with chicken appears in front of jongdae, and he wonders how this simple chicken rice meal got its fancy name.
“hey, at least you can eat it.”
kyungsoo suddenly stands up and says, “wait, before everyone digs in, i have something to say.” he takes a step back and goes on one knee, holding his boyfriend’s hands “i’m not one for sappy speeches, especially in front of other people but… park chanyeol, we’ve been together for 7 very wonderful years, and i know i’ve been giving some mixed signals about marriage but the truth is, i was just waiting for a beautiful night like tonight.” he takes out a small velvet box from his pocket and opens it, revealing a beautiful ring, “my love, will you marry me?”
shell-shocked chanyeol could only remain speechless, before he softly sounds, “n-no...” everyone else in the room - minseok, luhan, baekhyun and jongdae - gasped, and kyungsoo visibly deflates.
“oh. okay then… i’m sorr-”
“wait, no no…”
“i got it, yeol, it’s alr-”
“no, wait!” chanyeol takes a few deep breaths before continuing, “i…” he decides actions speak longer than words when he goes on his knees too and pulls out a similar box, “i… i was going to propose tonight too…”
luhan ‘aww-ed’ at the sight while the rest looked on as kyungsoo was now the surprised one.
“oh.”
“just say yes already!” baekhyun whispers loudly, earning a painful pinch from his own spouse. kyungsoo and chanyeol both glared at him before they looked at each other and nodded their heads. the private room erupted in cheers as the newly engaged couple placed their respective rings on the other’s finger and kissed each other senseless. after congratulating the couple, they continued eating happily, even yerin was eating well too. both sets of parents were very clear that they have to have a wedding, and they will because chanyeol’s a mummy’s boy, and they wanted to do it within the next 2 years or so.
jongdae and baekhyun left soon after, wanting to get yerin clean and to sleep as soon as possible, so they said their goodbyes and went on their way home.
they both washed up and got ready to go to bed themselves when baekhyun dropped a little bomb, “should we try for another kid?”
“you wanna try for another one, really?”
baekhyun nods, “let’s make our children-soccer team dream a reality, dae.”
baekhyun trips and falls onto the grass patch as he again doesn't see one of the many kids running aimlessly at the gardens.
“really, baby?” baekhyun pouts at his husband as jongdae helps him up.
“it’s a wonder you keep tripping on them even when you’re the same height,” chanyeol snarks as he suddenly scoops up one of his own children in his arms.
“daddy! let me down!”
“no, can do, champ. now tell me, dan, did appa tell you to follow him and clean yourself up a little or did he not?”
“i still wanna play, daddy!”
“we know that, but you do realise you’re very dirty. go to appa now and get yourself clean please.” daniel nods, before he runs into the house to see kyungsoo.
“he just follows after you, yeol.” chanyeol only shrugs, “at least mina follows after kyungsoo. we need balance in the house, you know? oh wait, you don’t. you do have 6 mini-baekhyuns and one big baekhyun under one rood after all.”
“hey! yerin is becoming more like jongdae, okay? i’m not that bad.”
“you’re only halfway through your soccer team, i cannot imagine having another 6 b-”
“nope,” jongdae sighs, “no more for us. baekhyun has achieved all of his dreams thus far, but i’m sorry, this one wouldn’t be able to come true.”
“well, i’m inclined to agree,” baekhyun nods his head, “but hey, we made it through halfway there so i’m more than happy and satisfied.”
after yerin, came two twin boys - yugyeom and yeonwoo -, another girl - chaelin, and another pair of twins, a boy and a girl this time - haewon and haejin. they all followed baekhyun’s energy, much to jongdae’s exhaustion, but he loves them all too much and wouldn’t want anything else in the world. both now in their forties, jongdae decided that 6 was more than enough, and baekhyun didn’t fight him on it because 6 kids are just right.
jongdae and chanyeol had expanded the company; they thrived so well with all the excellent reviews and superb portfolio that they now have a dedicated team of 10 people in exoplanet photography. minseok decided to leave once the team was secured, and eventually moved to beijing with luhan to start their own family. chanyeol and kyungsoo adopted two children, both from japan, and have now settled down in the countryside. kyungsoo isn’t baekhyun’s manager anymore, opting to start his own strawberry and tomato farm. exoplanet’s headquarters is midway from jongdae and chanyeol’s houses, so it’s easier for the both of them to travel. it wasn’t like chanyeol and kyungsoo moved too far anyway.
as for baekhyun, he retired from superm just two years ago; only wanting to release songs or albums when he wanted to. he personally loved prive like his 7th (technically his first) child, and decided to fully focus on the company. prive was now on-par with brand names like ysl or dior, and every collection would sell out within minutes of its release. like exoplanet, prive had also expanded to make more affordable fashion, skincare and makeup lines under the brand ‘humble’ and it genuinely caters to making good quality products at affordable prices for everyone.
‘lovingbyun’ has also retired; the exact day baekhyun announced his retirement. jongdae put up most of his photos online, except the ones he wants to selfishly keep to himself, for everyone to use freely. yes, all 20 years of baekhyun and his glory. he’s happy with how lovingbyun started and ended, and is always thankful for the experience and the two amazing friends he made. oh did he mention that nayeon is part of the dedicated team at exoplanet? he couldn’t think of anyone else when hiring new people, knowing how talented and skillful nayeon is. she still takes photos of jongin as and when, but now she takes pictures of soojung or krystal, just as much. she’s the lead photographer, a title below the founders, but she’s happy where she’s at. as for bambam, he suddenly got scouted to be a model one summer day, and is now working alongside ten himself. (rumour has it that they’re dating, but who knows, really?)
as baekhyun looks around and sees all his children playing around happily, his husband following suit to add to the excitement, he’s smiling so widely, people around him fear he’s going to tear his mouth apart. he has lived his life well so far; made a name for himself, is satisfied with what he’s achieved thus far and where his life has progressed to. most importantly, he’s married to the love of his life and has 6 very beautiful and amazing children with him. really, baekhyun possibly couldn’t ask for anything else than this. this is more than perfect for him; no more putting pressure on himself to be the best, because he only needs to be the best for his family, and even when he’s not, it doesn’t matter. jongdae and their kids make him the luckiest man alive, and that’s the best feeling in the world, he thinks .
“ya! what’s wrong with byun baekhyun? ” he hears jongin shout from the side with his heavily pregnant fiance - soojung. “i thought you guys hired some creepy, smiley clown or something.”
“nothing’s wrong with him!” jongdae defends his husband, but shrugs a second after, “well i can name a few things, but i love them all anyway.” he kisses his husband’s left cheek and says, “happy anniversary, baby.”
he looks back at jongdae with so much love, “happy anniversary to you too.”
so, what’s wrong with byun baekhyun?
well, he hopes there’s nothing wrong about feeling like the luckiest man in the world; and he knows this for a fact when all his children come running to him and the 8 of them are engulfed in one gigantic hug.