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It's late in the afternoon when Baekhyun leaves his last university class to find something suitable for dinner. It's ridiculously cold for November and the wind blows furiously as he wraps a large scarf around his neck and jogs across a busy street. He stops in a quaint cafe to warm up a bit.
The short man shuffles towards a table in the corner and looks at the menu. He orders a coffee and a soup.
Looking out the window Baekhyun watches various couples pass by bundled up and holding each other close for warmth. It's not like he's lonely; he has plenty of friends in his university classes. There's Kyungsoo who helps him with all his homework, and his model looking boyfriend Jongin, and there's the Chinese quartet Sehun, Yixing, Kris and Luhan and various other people he chats with on campus. Then Baekhyun realizes that they're all in relationships.
Baekhyun isn't picky, nor is he difficult to get along with he's just not good at meeting new people he likes and not stuttering on every word he says.
His parents always told him that being in that shell will never allow him to get a wife but that's the least of his worries, it was boys that were the problem. He's had his fair share of girlfriends but he's never been attracted to any of them.
"Boys are tough" he sighs into his coffee as he sips the last bit, stands up, pays his bill and leaves.