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Baekhyun never learns.
There’s many times he could have done something to prevent such catastrophes, but does he actually try? No.
So here he is, phasing the consequences of his actions.
Supposedly, he was going to travel with his family—in the same plane—but because of his irresponsibility, he didn’t make it to the flight.
Doing everything at the last minute, playing games until he’s exhausted thanks to his friend Sehun, being messy, and lying.
All those mistakes made him miss his flight and have to rebook a new one, and wait a couple of hours in the airport by himself.
He could be sitting on the plane with his family if he just wasn’t so damn careless.
And he knows all his irresponsibilities will strike him.
Exhaustion ambushed him the hardest out of everything.
As soon as he got inside the plane, he went quickly for his seat, not taking a single look around, he just knew he’s sitting next to the window with some stranger. He only had a small bag, so he chose to carry it on his lap.
It was a 2 hour flight, therefore he wanted to rest as much as he could.
When he put his head back and closed his eyes, he immediately went off to sleep.
Terrible neck pain disturbed the amazing nap he was having.
He stretched his body—with his eyes closed—and went back to the position he was resting on, furrowing his eyebrows and clicking his tongue.
“Nice pillow you have there, huh?” A husky voice asked calmly.
“Yeah… a bit humid though… ” Baekhyun mumbled—still with his eyes closed—crossing his arms and breathing in deep.
“Ah… I wonder why.” The same deep voice answered.
Baekhyun nodded and didn’t reply, clasping closer to where the warmth was coming from, planning to go back to-
Wait…
Oh no…
Oh no no no no no.
Baekhyun widened his eyes and glanced up to where the voice was coming from. He rapidly snapped up, pulling back from where he was resting on.
The fucking shoulder of the stranger he was sitting next to.
That was not the worst part, what made him want to be swallowed by the earth completely was the patch of drool he saw on the man’s shoulder, drool which he also had on his cheek.
Baekhyun was mortified.
“Oh my god… I’m so sorry I didn’t mean to- Gosh this is gross this is all my fault I’m so stupid and sorry and-“
“Hey, relax a little. It’s alright, just some… drool, it’ll dry in a bit.” The stranger cut him off.
A very handsome stranger.
Stranger who was probably disgusted by him and just wanted to be nice, stranger which he lost any small talk chances with because of his tiredness and goddamn saliva.
The latter grinned at him and grabbed a napkin from the tray table. “Here, clean your drool.”
Baekhyun nodded, he grabbed the napkin and sat back, scratching the back of his head. He noticed the box of food on his tray table, he remembered he hadn’t eaten a single thing all day.
His stomach growled, Baekhyun sighed and closed his eyes, cheeks flushing out of embarrassment.
“The stewardess came and asked if you wanted food while you were sleeping, so I just said yes. Airplane food isn't the best but you seem… hungry so…”
“I-it’s fine- thank you uh…”
“Chanyeol.” The latter said.
“Thank you, Chanyeol.” Baekhyun replied, giving him a simple smile.
He opened the food box, and before starting to eat, he looked for his earphones inside his bag.
Big pocket.
Medium pocket.
Side pockets.
Small pocket.
His own pockets.
Nothing.
“Shit…” Baekhyun whispered, could his day get any worse?
The same man sitting next to him chuckled, staring down at him. “Having a tough day?” Chanyeol asked, his chin resting on his hand.
“Uhm… kind of? It’s mostly my fault though…” He looked down, biting his lip out of self consciousness.
“Aw come on man, don’t blame yourself, nobody just plans to have a bad day.” Chanyeol tries to comfort.
“No, really! I didn’t rest enough, lied to my family, came late, packed my bag at the last minute, traffic was horrible, and- I’m over sharing aren't I? I’ll just shut up.” He giggled nervously, eating a spoon of whatever they gave him to eat.
“What does lying to your family have to do with ruining your day?” Chanyeol asked, raising an eyebrow.
“Well… my family and I always travel together… Right now I'm supposed to be in Japan already but I missed my flight, that’s why I’m here… I told my parents I was ready for the flight but I didn’t have a single thing ready… I’m always disorganized so they’ll probably be pissed when I get there…” Baekhyun explained, breathing in deeply.
“Oh wow… you definitely have some fault.” Chanyeol teased.
“I know…” Baekhyun pouted and ate more of his food, it was not that bad, but probably because of how hungry he was.
“Just kidding, I used to be negligent of everything back then, I had to work on getting rid of that bad habit.” He sympathized.
“I’ve been trying, but it’s a bit hard you know…” He said as he munched on his food.
“You’ll get there.” He smiled.
Baekhyun smiled back and dug in to finish his food. Missing his flight and being irresponsible wasn’t so bad after all. Meeting an attractive and kind stranger wasn’t necessarily in his list, but he can’t complain.
“Chanyeol…” Baekhyun mumbled.
“Yes?” He replied.
“Sorry to ask you this but.. you haven’t touched your food… May I have it?” He asked nervously.
“Oh! Of course, of course, here.” Chanyeol said as he grabbed the box and placed it on Baekhyun’s tray table.
“Thanks. I’m just very hungry.”
….
“So… How about when we get off this plane I treat you to some actual good food…?” Chanyeol requested.
Oh.
“Yes!”
He’s very glad he missed his flight