Bzz. Bzz.

The alarm went off for a couple minutes before the older boy woke up, rolling around on the mattress on the floor. He let his ears ring a little before he got annoyed and reached for the alarm clock, stopping the buzzing.

“Baekhyun.” He spoke shaking the boy sleeping in the bed. “Baekhyun, wake up. We should get to school early.”

The boy in bed groaned, pushing the hand off him. “5 more minutes, Hyung.”

“You always say that.” He told him but Baekhyun was already asleep again. He grabbed his towel and quietly made his way to the bathroom, not wake anyone else up.

He looked himself in the mirror. He looked tired, and his black hair was messy. Shaking it out and flattening it, his hair reached just past his eyebrows. The boy stopped thinking about it, hitting his face lightly and turning the shower on. He stripped and stepped into the water, cleaning himself, using Baekhyun’s shampoo and conditioner.

When he finished in the bathroom, he went back to Baekhyun’s room and found the boy wide awake, standing in front of his closet.

“Yixing, what should we wear?” Baekhyun asked him. “It’s the first day of school and we have to look fabulous.”

“We should wear the school uniform.” Yixing pointed out, pulling two uniforms out of the closet, one for himself and the other for Baekhyun. “Go shower so we can eat breakfast.”

Baekhyun argued a bit because that’s how he was but Yixing was basically his mother in a boy form so he dragged his feet to the bathroom. Yixing got dressed in silence and the other boy came back, dripping wet and singing a song.

They both went downstairs and found two bowls of rice and soup, set out for them by Baekhyun’s mother, who must have gone back to sleep. They ate quickly and Yixing rushed them out of the house.
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When they got to school, there were three long lines that started in the lobby and continued outside. Baekhyun steered them towards the shortest one.

“Why are we standing in line?” Yixing asked, trying to look past the people and inside the school.

“We need to get our schedules.” Baekhyun told him, looking around.

“Aren’t we in the same classes? I thought we were supposed to be in the same classes? That’s what the student exchange papers said.” He panicked.

“We are, don’t worry, hyung. I got you.” Baekhyun reassured him, linking arms with the Chinese boy, waiting for him to calm down before opening his mouth to talk again.

“Baekhyunnie!” A loud voice shouted, a big person bumping into them, enveloping both boys into a hug, lifting them off the floor for a second.

A hand touched Yixing’s shoulder and he saw Yifan, another exchange student that was staying with Chanyeol, the boy that hugged them.

“I haven’t seen you in forever, Baekhyunnie.” Chanyeol smiled, his bright teeth sparkling.

“We just saw each other a few days ago when we went out for dinner together.” Baekhyun reminded him, looking to Yixing, who was talking to Yifan in Chinese. “Ya! You guys are supposed to be talking in Korean!”

Yixing apologized but Yifan rolled his eyes.

“Don’t roll your eyes at me! We’re in charge of you!” Baekhyun tried to sound bigger than he was.

“I’m older and taller than everyone here.” Kris informed him, looking around at the shorter people.

“Names?” The lady behind the table asked them once they reached the front of the line.

“Byun Baekhyun. Zhang Yixing is my exchange student.” Baekhyun told her, watching her nod and look through her pile of papers.

A little while later, all four of them had their schedules and they followed the crowd of students to another section of the school. There were tables, some with bright and colorful signs and there were some that had the plainest sign.

“What are we doing now?” Yifan asked, confused about everything that was happening.

Baekhyun was too busy looking for something to hear the boy.

“You guys have to sign up for a club. It’s part of the student exchange deal.” Chanyeol informed him and Yifan. “Didn’t you guys read the papers?”

Yixing blinked blankly, knowing he read everything very carefully.

“Don’t worry, it’s not a big deal.” Chanyeol reassured him. “Besides, we already know what club we’re going to join.”

“The Otaku Club!” Baekhyun shouted, arms wide and pointing to the table where two boys sat. A blond boy had his face in a manga and the other one was sleeping on a Pikachu plushie.

“The what club?” Yixing asked, looking for a sign.

Chanyeol pointed to the sticky note in the corner. “The Otaku Club. It’s a club for people obsessed with manga and stuff like that.”

“I think that you should sign up.” The blond boy said, who looked at them over his manga.

“Well, Joonmyeon, that would be easy if there was a sign up sheet.” Baekhyun replied with a smirk, hands on his hips.

The blond boy raised an eyebrow and handed them a blue sharpie. “Write on Sehun’s back.”

Yixing’s eyes widened. “Isn’t that a- Baekhyun?! What are you doing?” His eyes looked like they were going to fall out of there sockets as he watched the older boy write on the sleeping boy’s back.

“I’m signing up. Here, sign up.” Baekhyun handed him the sharpie. “Chanyeol, where’s Yifan?”

“He said he wanted to sign up for ping- pong.” Chanyeol informed him.

Baekhyun stared at him. “So you just let a foreign exchange student that been here for a grand total of 5 days roam around an unfamiliar school by himself.”

“Huh. It doesn’t sound so smart when you say it like that.” The tall boy pouted, wondering away in search of Yifan.

“Can you guys keep it down, I’m trying to read.” Joonmyeon said.

Baekhyun rolled his eyes and looked at Yixing, who was just looking at the boy’s back. “Yixing, it’s fine. I know the kid and, trust me, he doesn’t care. At all.”

He rubbed the back of his neck. “I don’t kn-”

“If he gets mad, we can switch sleeping places. You get the bed and I’ll sleep on the floor.” Yixing was writing before Baekhyun finished his sentence.

“Text us if Sehun gets mad.” Baekhyun told the blond boy, who just waved him off. Baekhyun started walking away, expecting Yixing to follow him

“I’m sorry.” Yixing whispered to the sleeping boy, bowing before turning to leave.

“It’s fine.” A voice said.

Yixing turned to look at the table, finding the blond boy still reading and the sleeping boy still sleeping.
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That night, Yixing got a text from an unknown number.

[Unknown Number] First Otaku Club meeting is this Wednesday. Report to locker B410. Bring your favorite manga.

“Did you get the text from Sehun?” Baekhyun asked him.

“This is Sehun’s number?” Yixing asked.

Baekhyun nodded and Yixing saved the number under the name ‘sleepy boy’.

“Do you even have any mangas?” Baekhyun asked the boy.

Yixing paled.