Over The Years

You Are My Sunshine, My World

| Yifan/Yixing | G | 2.7k 

Summary:

Their fate intertwined when one was six and the other was five, brought together by a troublesome kitten and red claw marks.

Written for Exo Housewarming 2016

"Here you go, Xing Xing, don't cry! I found him!" The little blonde boy held out a jet black kitten that was curled up in his arms towards the smaller brunette. The younger boy let out a sob and snatched the kitten from him, pulling it close to his chest. He buried his face into the kitten's ebony fur and sniffled.

"Thank you."

Yifan grinned in delight, reaching out to take the little boy's hand, forgetting the scratches the kitten had left on his arm. "No problem, come on! Let's go home!" Yixing lifted his face from his kitten's fur, blinking swollen eyes at him before dimpled sweetly. That was the moment,, Yifan thought, he fell in love.

Fast forward twenty years later and Yifan was still saving Yixing's precious cats from tall rooftops, tall trees and Yixing still healed the scratches he always seemed to receive from the frightened animals as he carried them down to safety.

"Your kittens seem to really like that maple tree." Yixing spun around, a smile spreading across his face at the sound of the voice. His world seemed to light up all at once when he saw the tall blonde man standing in the doorway with a kitten in each of his giant hands and two more on each of his shoulders.

"You're home!" He cried out in delight, dropping the knife to fly into his husband's arms. The kittens leapt off the man in alarm as the brunette barrelled into the arms of his lover, revelling in the safe scent of sandalwood and mint that always seemed to linger around him. His hand went to cradle his husband's jaw and he leant up to get his usual kiss.

Yifan's smile was warm as he gazed into his husband's eyes, still as beautiful as they were when they had first met in that garden with Yixing's troublesome kitty. He stole another kiss and wrapped his arm around his waist tenderly. Yixing still greeted him as if his world was perfect again just because he was home and he still felt as if he was falling in love all over again even though they have been practically joined at the hip since childhood.

"I was making your favourite dinner." Yixing smiled and nuzzled into the crook of his neck, Yifan's free arm going around his waist to give him a hug. The older man laughed and when they finally separated, Yifan was still staring, one hand clasped around his husband's shoulder.

"You always make my favourite." He grinned at the way Yixing's eyes twinkled and bent to press a kiss against his dimple. The kittens wound themselves around their ankles and whined loudly when Yixing pulled him in for a much longer kiss. They were hungry.

"I'll go and wash up." Yifan sighed as they pulled away and Yixing nodded, helping him out of his coat. He patted his husband on the shoulder and pressed his fingers to the bare skin on his arms that was once again littered with scratches. Yifan smiled as his skin tingled slightly and the red lines faded away.

Yixing hugged the big coat close to his body and shooed his husband away. His heart filled with love as he hung up the great coat and returned to the kitchen to finish dicing the carrots for the stew.

"By the way, I cleared out the gutter again. This autumn really brings a lot of leaves down, doesn't it?" Yifan's voice rang out through from behind him and strong arms wrapped around his waist.

"Did you bring some of the maple leaves indoors?" Yixing asked as Yifan nosed at his shoulder. His husband nodded, pressing kisses against his cheek.