"... Hello, Han?"

Lu Han's breath hitched as soon as the receiver's deep voice reached his ears. It had been a long time, months even, since he heard that familiar-but-still-not-so-quite husky voice. He didn't even know why of all the things holy he tapped 'call' on the other's contact when he could just message him like he often did.

"Yifan..." he managed to breathe out as a reply after a moment. Truth be told, he honestly didn't want to have a conversation with this man, who obviously still had a massive impact on Lu Han even though he wasn't even physically present. But there was no turning back now. And he had to. For their child, he reminded himself.

"Yes, hello. It's quite a surprise you called. What's up? Did something happen?"

"I-I... well. You do remember Shixun's seventh birthday is next week, right?"

There was a long silence on the other line and Lu Han thought perhaps the other was thinking of an appropriate answer for him. "Why yes. Are you... Are you inviting me to his party?"

"Only i-if you want to, of course! I mean... if you're not busy and all. And I think Shixun would really appreciate it if you'll come. But if you can't, then it's all fine. I understand."

"Of course I want to! Man, you don't know how much I've waited for this to happen. I'm going, alright?"

"Okay, if you say so. It's on Sunday. Lunch time. I hop