Xiumin handed the last box of steamed buns to the customer. It was 7pm and it was closing time. A sense of accomplishment filled him when when he glanced at the kitchen. The trays that were once filled with rows and rows of assorted buns were now wiped out. He had succesfully cleaned up and was ready to go home.

He had been doing that for almost 3 years, to support himself with schooling but Xiumin knew that he had enough money already. It was time to focus on other stuff. Maybe a new job. He heard the lady at the pat bing soo stall was looking for a new employee.

When he finally closed down the gate, he stared at the WANTED: NEW EMPLOYEE sign and walked off. 

"hey hey! wait up!"

Xiumin spun around quickly to see a boy running towards him waving a piece of paper.  "You work for the steamed buns shop right?"

Xiumin raised an eyebrow. "Yeah. But if you want to apply you can come back tomorrow. It's closing time."

The boy laughs at himself. "Oh yeah. Right. Sorry, I was too excited." he offers his hand to Xiumin. "My name is Xi Luhan. call me Luhan. I just came to Korea two weeks ago."

For someone who had just arrived he was already good at the language. 

"If you didn't tell me you were chinese I could have mistaken you for a local!" he smiled and shook Luhan's hand. "I'll see you tomorrow, Luhan."

Xiumin started walking when he turned around once more.

He was sure that he left Luhan near the steamed buns shop. 

"is he following me?" Xiumin shook off the thought and walked faster. What if Luhan - or if that really was his name was only faking and was planning to kidnap him.

Being the scaredy cat that he was, Xiumin started to run and was ready to call his friend Yixing to ask for help when Luhan calls him. 

"I'm not a bad guy okay! I'm just...lost."

"What?" Xiumin asked with his heart beating loudly in his chest.

"I don't know the way back to my apartment! Is it okay if you help me?" Luhan takes out a hand written map from his pocket and shows it to Xiumin.

Xiumin takes it from Luhan. "Oh. We live in the same building." he laughs. "We can take the train together." he smiled at Luhan who gave him an even more dazzling smile in return.

idk what im doing guys. but for a change I want to experiment with other exo couples. hehe.