We Aren't Friends (Xiuchen High School AU)

Chapter 5

The next morning Chen woke up, his arms still wrapped around the smaller boy, and when he'd tried to get up Xiumin had stirred and grabbed hold of his arm, "No Chenny Chenny, five more minutes."

Chen happily obliged, letting the other pull him into a hug, "Wait. We are on pet names now?"

Xiumin turned, blinking sleepily and made eye contact with Chen, "I'm sorry. I'm just happy."

He went slightly red and fidgeted slightly, pulling away from Chen, but Chen filled the gap the other had made between them again,

"No I don't mind." And he sunk into the others hold, burying his face in Xiumin's hair.

"Xiuchen, lessons start in 10 minutes. Get your asses out of bed." Baekhyun suddenly shouted, hammering on the door.

"No..." Xiumin complained at exactly the same time Chen yelled,

"I don't wanna."

They heard Baekhyun sigh through the door, and then Chen realised he hadn't actually locked it the night before as Baekhyun bounced in but then paused in the centre of the room in shock, "I knew it." He squealed.

Chanyeol rushed in, eyes widening in shock as he saw the two boys hugging and then said, "OK this is cute and all, but we still have classes to get to."

Chen groaned, shuffling further under the blankets, and Xiumin made a noise of agreement, before sliding out of Chen's grasp and sitting up, "Ok fine. We are up. We are awake. Go away so we can get ready."

He made eye contact with Baekhyun who gave him a triumphant smile and looked like a kid who'd just been told he was going to DisneyLand. In the end Chanyeol had to drag Baekhyun away, apoligising and promising to try to hold Baekhyun back in the future.

As soon as Chanbaek left, Chen placed his head in Xiumin's lap and pouted at the other, "Can we not just take a sick day?"

Chen looked so cute that Xiumin had to force himself to say no, giving the others hair a small tug, "No. Come on. It's only morning lessons. We have all afternoon after we finish homework and you're caught up with the 3 days you missed."

Chen's pout got bigger, but then he rose his arms up, hugging the smaller by the waist and stretching, "Ok fine. "You'd better promise that this afternoon I get cuddles."

Xiumin blushed but then nodded, "I promise."

*******

Xiumin was walking back to EXO dorm from dance practice, when he saw Chen talking to a girl outside the building. He slowed, tucking himself out of sight. Chen was laughing with the girl, and when she leant forward and put a hand on his shoulder, his smile got wider. Xiumin watched until the conversation ended and the girl hugged Chen goodbye; Chen kissed her cheek before she walked off.

Chen disappeared into the EXO building and Xiumin sunk to the floor, holding back tears. He didn't understand why he was so upset about the whole situation, but he got back to his feet and turned back to the dance room. It was empty now so Xiumin danced until it was dark outside, tears rolling down his face, and then he returned back to the dorm, the corner of his lips downturned.

*****

It had been nice to see his cousin after so long. Ji- Hye had moved to Thailand when they were 8 and he hadn't seen her since he was 12. She told him that she was returning to Seoul with her parents, and Chen was overjoyed that he was going to be seeing his cousin more often.

He returned back to his and Xiumin's room with a huge smile, sitting on his own bed and pulling out his catch up work. Xiumin normally gets back within 10 minutes of him returning, and hopefully the smaller boy would live up to his promise later. However, 3 hours later, when Xiumin hadn't returned Chen felt himself getting increasingly concerned. He knew nothing would have happened to the other boy as he was on school grounds, it was more that Xiumin had promised him that he would come back, and despite the fact he didn't know Xiumin that well he didn't seem like one to break his promises.