>> little light
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happy birthday haechan
Haechan’s alarm is a blaring, obnoxious sound. It’s shrill and annoying and echoes off the walls of his bedroom, almost always waking you up before him. That’s why it’s a wonder that he’s able to sleep through it so soundly, face nuzzled blissfully into your hair as if his alarm was set to the sound of angels serenading him instead.
In retrospect, his alarm rarely does its job of waking him up. For some reason, it always has to be you.
“Haechan,” you mumble, patting lazily at the arm slung across your body. You don’t have to open your eyes to know he’s still asleep.
You pat him again. “Baby, your alarm.”
Somewhere behind you, you feel him stir, but he has yet to silence his phone. Instead, he only mutters something you can’t catch. You squint open your eyes to the faint light of sunrise seeping in through the window.
“Haechan,” you repeat, turning around in his hold. With the tip of your nose, you nudge him by the collar of his old teddy bear t-shirt. It had been your birthday gift to him some years ago but is now worn to the point where the print is beginning to fade. And despite all the shirts you’ve gotten him since then, none of them have ever been as loved as this one.
“Sorry,” he eventually replies, reaching over you to grab his phone sitting on the bedside table. Once the room settles back into silence, he resumes his original position, albeit holding you a little tighter under the sheets.
“Aren’t you supposed to be meeting with Chenle?” you ask sleepily, ducking your head beneath his chin.
You hear him stifle back a yawn. “He can wait.”
“I think we both know that he can’t,” you tease, reveling in the slow rise and fall of his chest.
Somewhere above you he snorts. “Well, he’s gonna have to. This is more important.”
He presses a kiss to your forehead and your heart swells with warmth. Even though this is how most mornings start when you two are together, you can’t help but be selfish for a little bit, indulging in his love for just a minute or two longer.
You’d never tell him but he’s right. Maybe nothing else matters when he’s by your side. But for now—
“Baby,” you start again. “You should get up.”
For now, you’d rather not be at the opposite end of Chenle’s annoyance.
Haechan takes a heavy breath before loosening his grip on you. “Fine. Hold on. Lemme just—”
He shifts back a little until you’re able to get a clear view of his face. He stares at you, with his messy hair and constellations of moles dotting his cheeks. You fight back the smile pulling at your lips. He’s just that cute.
You raise a brow. “Just what?”
“Let me look at you,” he says softly, smiling into the words.
There’s a roll of your eyes. “You look at me all the time.”
“Not like this.”
“What’s different this time?”
“Nothing,” he says before shrugging. “Everything.”
Sure, it’s a vague answer but with the way he looks at you, you’re certain you already know what he means. It’s not unlike the times when you’re out with friends and his gaze meets yours across the room—searching for the comfort of nothing other than knowing you’re there. The same rings true this morning.
Because despite his stupid alarm and the cracking print of his old t-shirt, everything is right. In this moment, it’s only you and him, and he’ll be damned if he lets Chenle get in the way of that.
“Good morning, beautiful,” he greets, running a hand along the side of your face.
You take his hand in yours, smiling over at him. “Good morning, Haechan. I love you.”
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