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“Hm,” said Kyungsoo monotone. “He’s pretty cute.”
It was a response to Baekhyun’s earlier question. In a moment of curiosity, scrolling through instagram, spread starfish on the bed while Kyungsoo worked, he’d asked, “Who do you think is cute?”
He held out his phone for Kyungsoo to take a look. As always, Kyungsoo humored him and turned from the computer to disinterestedly scan the screen. “No one,” he said, returning to his desk.
“You barely looked!”
“I told you. No one’s cute to me except you.”
Baekhyun scrunched his nose. The sweet words were juxtaposed by Kyungsoo’s bland tone, but he knew he was telling the truth regardless. No matter how many times he tried to goad Kyungsoo into saying someone other than him looked attractive, he would always return to that fact. Still...
“I think there’s something wrong with you.”
Kyungsoo paused. He looked over just to roll his eyes. “There’s nothing wrong with me.”
“Are you blind? Can you tell when things are attractive? Kyungsoo, is this attractive?” In a surge of panic, Baekhyun held out his phone again, this time to show Kyungsoo a picture of him passed out in class and drooling. He’d seen the photo a few days ago after looking through his album. Apparently he’d fallen asleep in lecture and instead of waking him up, Jongdae took a picture. There was no way anyone would think he looked good in this picture; anyone who said so needed to get their eyes checked.
“It’s cute,” Kyungsoo said.
“Kyungsoo...” Baekhyun sat up, reaching out to brush the hair from his boyfriend’s eyes. For a moment, he looked him over worriedly. “I think we need to get you to a doctor.”
“Oh my god. You’re insufferable.” Batting his hand away, Kyungsoo swiveled in his chair. “Okay, fine. I’ll try to find someone attractive, and when I see someone I’ll tell you.”
“Good. Try really hard, okay?” Somehow, Baekhyun was getting excited. Who did his boyfriend find cute? Even if he had to think really hard about it, if there was even a bit of attraction there Baekhyun was curious. He wanted to know.
At least, he had wanted to know.
After Kyungsoo had finished working, the two of them went to the couch to watch a movie in the living room. For a while everything was fine. They watched the introduction up until the main character was introduced, but it was then that Kyungsoo said it, almost noncommittally: “He’s pretty cute.”
Baekhyun’s eyes widened. He turned to him. “Really?”
“Yeah.” Kyungsoo drank from his soda can, still looking at the screen.
A full scene passed before Baekhyun finally said, “... You like someone other than me?”
Kyungsoo still didn’t acknowledge it until Baekhyun sniffled, and even so took a moment to put down his drink. “Baekhyun.”
“You said... you said you don’t find anyone else cute.”
“Baekhyun, I told you—“
“You liar.” Betrayed, Baekhyun put his back to him and crossed his arms, sniffing again just to emphasize his broken heart. Kyungsoo sighed.
“I only said it because you wanted me to find someone.”
“But I didn’t think you’d actually choose someone. I thought you’d say,” he employed his best Kyungsoo voice, “‘Oh, I can’t choose anyone, only you look cute to me.’”
“What— I don’t sound like that!”
The corner of his mouth twitched at Kyungsoo’s laughter, but he refused to give. “You do.”
“Baekhyunnie,” Kyungsoo said, finally, finally consoling and warm, “I can’t choose anyone. Only you look cute to me.”
“Liar.”
“Not lying.” Kyungsoo wrapped his arms around him from behind, coaxing him to lean against his chest. “I just didn’t want you to think I’d think you were cute even if you were a potato.“
Baekhyun sniffed. “... You wouldn’t?”
“I probably would,” Kyungsoo admitted. “Whatever. My point is: I have some sense of what’s attractive and what isn’t. I just think you’re the only attractive thing to me.”
It didn’t make a lot of sense to Baekhyun, if he was being honest, but Kyungsoo sounded sure of himself so it probably made sense to him at least. Baekhyun let his weight rest fully on him and held his arms that were around his chest. “Then who’s cuter, that guy or me?”
“You.”
“Who’s cuter: me or you?”
Kyungsoo laughed. “You, obviously.”
Looking up at him, Baekhyun poked his glasses. “Blind.”
“I’m definitely right about this one.”
“No.” But Baekhyun gave in in the end anyway, if only because he got distracted by Kyungsoo leaning down, covering his mouth in an upside down kiss.
“Now,” said Kyungsoo, pulling away. “Are you ready to watch the movie again?”
Baekhyun narrowed his eyes suspiciously. “You sound oddly excited to see the lead actor again...”
“I swear to god—“
Throwing his arms over him, Baekhyun snuggled against him and laughed. “I’m joking. Let’s watch.”
“Good.” But Kyungsoo smiled anyway, and the two of them settled in again.