Go Against the Rules

NINETEEN

When Byun Baekhyun knocked at his front door at six am the following morning, Yixing was ready for an integration. He had come to the conclusion that his student had figured out his secret after having spent most of the evening with Chanyeol and his family, he knew how easily Baekhyun clued into his surroundings and with Suho in such a vulnerable situation he half expected the truth to slip out. However, every ounce of anxiousness slipped out of his pores the moment he faced Baekhyun's wide grin.

Instantly he was reassured that the secret he had held so close to his heart for the past couple years had been kept in the dark for now, a breath of relief slipping past his lips as this conclusion settled his raging mind. He fell against the doorframe, his lips curling upwards as Baekhyun's perky aura began to rub off on him. "What makes you so giddy this morning?"

Baekhyun lifted his right arm showing off a small tote bag he usually carried his smaller canvas in whenever he decided to go out on a walk to the park, yet Yixing could gather that the materials within the carrier weren't for painting. He was proven right when Baekhyun opened the bag just wide enough for him to gaze inside, a small white box stared up at him with various designs and doodles filling the entirety of the lid. It looked like an average confession box and yet Baekhyun seemed to have turned it into something unique and valuable to Chanyeol and Chanyeol only.

"I made it after I finished my homework last night, do you think he'll like it?" Baekhyun wondered, casting the box within his bag a nervous glance. "It's filled with those 'open when..' messages, I thought that they would be a good idea to cure some of his insecurities."

"That's actually a really good idea Baekhyun," Yixing chuckled, trying to get eye contact but was unable to so as Baekhyun's eyes focused hard on the ground below them. "he's going to love it!"

"Do you mind if we went to school earlier, so I can put it into his locker? I'm going for the average high school confession, something I never thought I would do." Baekhyun admitted with a shy smile pulling on his lips, his puppy eyes sparkling up at him making Yixing let out a low chuckle.

"Come in and wait for me, I'll make sure that you get to school before them today!"

Yixing watched as the boy practically leaped over his threshold, the hold on his tote bag tightening for just a moment. Baekhyun rushed over to the couch and threw himself down on the thick cushions, mindful to watch where he placed his feet since wearing his shoes indoors was fine as long as he didn't place them on any of the furniture. He had dealt with the consequences once before, and with Yixing it usually meant that one time was enough to get the point across.

He closed the door behind him and turned to go to his bedroom, keeping in mind to hurry his routine since he had a very impatient boy waiting for him whose insistence of getting to school before his mate would increase the longer they stayed within the four walls of his apartment. Yixing mentally sent his earlier self a 'thank you' for getting his outfit ready for the day, thankfully Baekhyun wouldn't have to worry about staying too long.