just another short and chessy chapter before the (ahem) 'real deal', enjoy!

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Kai walked out the office building, his mind was calculating the estimation of time he will take with the nearest train departure. Usually it took 30 minutes to arrive home, in the busiest hours. He made it into the train, even though there are so many people and he could only hope the train won’t burst out. It’ll be horrifyingly funny, but he afraid he won’t survive to laugh at it. He looked at his watch, half to make sure it’s still there and not in the possession of any mugger, as well as checking the time. It’s ten minutes before 5.pm. Perfect, the train stopped five minutes later and it gave him some time to rush back home in time.

“I’m home.”

He opened his shoes and placed it neatly on the rack beside the door, waiting eagerly for steps approaching the foyer and to get wrapped by a hug from Luhan then they will kiss and ground their body until one of them reminding about having dinner is the top priority before any naughty activity.

“Luhan?”

But no one coming for him and so he placed his bag on the living room couch, started calling and searching his wife from room to room. Well not much room they’d had here. Only the bedroom, the clothes storage (it’s a bit ridiculous to think Luhan would hide in storage or under the bed) and the bathroom. But then he found his heart clenched so hard in anxiety. These past months, he realized that he never came home alone. There’s always Luhan waiting for him and squealed for his return. Now he looked around and cleared his throat, couldn’t believe he was living by himself before, couldn’t take the emptiness and loneliness from it.

“Right.” Drowning in mellow feels, he forgot he had phone and he was about to call Luhan, when he saw unread texts from his wife. He didn’t hear the buzzing sound and so he didn’t reply to them.

11.00 AM ‘Appa I’m going to dorm with Lay, I love you’

3.15 PM ‘I’m still at the dorm, doing my homework. I know you’re busy so you don’t have to reply. I love you’

4.25 ‘Appa, I can’t take train home, it’s so crowded so I’m going home by cab and I’m still trapped in traffic. I love you’

5.05 ‘Appa, where are you? The cab driver said he can’t go on. There’s an accident ahead us. it’s so awful. Please answer my call.-’

5.06 ‘-I love you.’

Kai immediately called Luhan, “Hey?” He heard the whine, “where are you? I just read your texts, sorry.” He wanted to tell Luhan, he was sorry because there’s a meeting and he left his phone in his bag, all day, “Just wait at a nearest café, eat something and wait me there. No,” he tried to smile when Luhan asked if he was angry the boy wasn’t home as it should, “I’m not angry. I’m just missing you, so much, I think I’m going crazy if I’m not seeing you right now.”

Luhan answered him with something more sounded like a sob.

“Hey, don’t cry. The accident isn’t your fault. You’re not driving and certainly it happened not to your cab.” He whispered, “Just get out of it ok and go to the café.” He was already walked out to the street and into the subway, “yes, I’m at the train station now. Just a few minutes and I’ll be there.” He swiped his card and entered the newly arrived train after the sea of people streaming out. He found a seat but he insisted to stand near the door, cause his destination was the next station. In the train, he’s still talking to Luhan, asking what the boy did today to avert away Luhan attention from the accident.

As soon as he found the café, he also found long track of vehicles behind a falling container truck in the middle of road. Kai furrowed his eyebrows. No wonder Luhan was so freaked. He immediately entered the café and found Luhan sat nervously at a corner seat.

“Appa.” Luhan immediately hugged him and never stop hugging him even until Kai sat next to his wife and ordering menu for both of them. He pecked Luhan side head, feeling ticklish at strange smell lingering around Luhan. He never saw Luhan painted before so the scent of oil paints was also new thing to his nose. “Are you painting in dorm today?”

“I’m sorry.” Luhan gasped and immediately released him, “am I smelly?"

“Yeah.” Kai chuckled to see Luhan frowned face, but he leaned in and kissed Luhan on the lips, “you smelled better with your passion. I’m just surprised you never smell this good around me before.”

“Appa.” Luhan blushed furiously, “just say if it’s disgusting, no need to be sarcastic about it.”

“It’s not disgusting.” Kai brushed his cheek gently, “it’s sweet and alluring. It’s the scent of your hard work, and it’s enough proof to me that you didn’t give up your dream because of me. In fact, I wish you would paint at home, Luhan.”

“It’s impossible!” Luhan winced, “I don’t want our house smelled like art gallery.”

“Oh, I thought you afraid I’m capable of stealing your painting style.”

“Eh? Why would you do that? I’m not even thinking about it.” Luhan asked while laughing, “you’re so absurd, Appa.”

Kai returned it with a coy smile, but he spoke no more since their order finally arrived. Luhan immediately squealed at the sight of his strawberry milkshake. The boy stopped craving for green tea now and he was so thankful for that. Kai watched him for a while, until he turned red and redder in embarrassment and asked why,

“I love you.” Kai said smoothly, and laughed when the young wife frowned again, probably didn’t expect to hear such cheesy words from him. But it’s about the time for Kai to say it, cause Luhan kept saying love in the texts and he didn’t even give a single reply for them. “I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you…”

“Gezz, Appa!”

Kai ignored the cute hiss, “How many times you said it today, I’ll return it thousands times, just so you know it’s only you in my heart.”

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Kai walked out the shower only with a boxer and a towel on his head, when he heard Luhan phone rang. “hey, sweety…” He entered the bedroom to give the phone to Luhan, but the mother was already curled in the middle of bed and sleeping soundly, so Kai rejected the call and joined Luhan by placing his hands around the bare belly and his legs in between the softness of thighs. Lately, Luhan was always exhausted. Once the boy even got overslept when they had , Kai hesitated if he should stop rocking or continue. If he stopped, he’ll be in pain all night, if he continued it’ll be no fun.

The phone rang again. Kai felt Luhan stirred and moaned lowly, “my phone…” the boy said while raising his hand to the air, as if the phone will fly to the awaiting palm.

“It’s late.” Kai grabbed Luhan hand and tucked it close to the chest, “ignore it.”

Actually, it’s just 8 PM.

Kai turned off his wife’s phone before he hugged Luhan again, “whoever called you should understand what happened to you now.”

When he didn’t expect Luhan to even hear his low grumble, he heard low chuckled from his wife, “what happened to me?” Luhan turned at Kai, the eyes tightly closed.

“You’re inside your husband arms. No one can distract him from devouring your eyes…” Kai pecked the closed lid and Luhan giggled, “your nose…” he bit the point of Luhan’s small nose, “and this insolent flesh who think the husband was funny…” Kai drowned the laugh into his kiss, “am I funny huh? cause when I’m done, there’s nothing on you that didn’t belong to me.”

“Possesive oldman.” Luhan whispered, but he threw both his pale and slender hands at Kai and so they clung to each other as they drifted into sleep.

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hehe how was it?