cruella de vil, cruella devil, if she doesn’t scare you, no evil thing will—
baekhyun eyes the other side of his couch, where his phone is alerting him of an incoming call. sora’s incoming call, to be exact, because that’s the ringtone he’d given her about a year ago. for a brief moment, he considers ignoring it, too busy lounging, but if she found out he’d ignored her she’d probably skin him alive. so it’s with a sigh that he reaches over and picks up.
“hey, princess— of course i’m not,“ his answer drips with sarcasm, clear and heavy. despite this, he doesn’t bother to tell her she’s wrong, because she’s not; he’s been bumming around the house for the past week, looking for a job. of course he hadn’t anticipated the shelter closing down, but now that it’d happened… well, he’s not exactly used to the whole being unemployed thing. not to mention all this free time hasn’t helped lessen any kind of stress but only added to it; if he doesn’t find a job soon he’ll probably become homeless and wander the street for all eternity and—okay, focus, baekhyun.
tuning back into the conversation, his face scrunched in mild confusion and slight distaste. “why would i want to watch your modeling shoot—why do you want me to watch your modeling shoot?” obviously he doesn’t have anything better to do, but watching sora model isn’t at the top of his list either. from what he’d heard from chanyeol, it was pretty damn boring. still, seeing as he doesn’t have a schedule and sora is his best friend—she’d asked him for a reason, right? and she’d probably do the same for him—he doesn’t have to think long about his answer. “fine, but you’re taking me out for dinner after… hey, are there any hot models there?” now that would be interesting.
typing the address in on google maps, baekhyun uses his phone’s gps to locate it. it’s not too far from his place, so he takes his jacket and keys and heads out. “did the pup piss over your ego too, is that why you want me to come over?” the corners of his mouth curl as he teases, quickly flashing his neighbor a smile when she eyes him weirdly. “need me to kiss it better and tell you you’re still a star? sounds more like a job for whatever incompetent asshole you’re seeing right now.”
as soon as the words leave his mouth, baekhyun bites on the tip of his tongue, grimacing. sure, with sora, he doesn’t have to sugarcoat anything; but that doesn’t mean he should say whatever comes to mind either. sometimes baekhyun wishes he had more of a brain to mouth filter.
“i’ll be there in ten minutes.”