Spoiling

The door to Mingze's room burst open. Mama Xie hurriedly tried to wake up his sleeping son, hugging his long pillow. "Little Ming, hurry up and wake up!"

"Five more minutes, mom." He grumbled under his breath, turning his back against his mother and further pulling the blanket over his head. 

"The young master is here... Geez, this child." 

Mingze didn't hear his mother's words; he was completely trapped in the dream land. He always goes to bed early; he just hates waking up in the morning. He slept for almost two days, the longest record he held. His mom nearly thought he had gone missing that one time, only to find him sleeping in bed instead.

"It's okay, auntie. I'll take it from here."

"Oh, okay, I'll prepare your bentos down stairs."

Mama Xie left the room, leaving only Fen Yichen standing in the middle of the room, while Xie Mingze was completely asleep, unaware that someone else had invaded his room.

Taking a few steps, he sat down at the edge of the bed and ruffled Mingze's hair, which was sticking to his face. With the covers covering his entire body, the boy resembled a rolled piece of sushi. Yichen wanted to bite into his white, chubby cheeks.

"If you won't wake up, I'll kiss the sleeping beauty awake." Fen Yichen whispered in Mingze's ears. 

Maybe he felt a sense of danger. His eyes suddenly shot open, and the first thing he saw was Fen Yichen.

"AHHHHH!"

He slapped his face in reflex; the other man was so surprised by Mingze's sudden shout that he didn't have the time to dodge the slap. After slapping him, he came back to his senses.

"Hey Mingze, take responsibility for hurting me... Ouch!" He winced while trying to talk; the slap was heavy, and his lower lip burst. 

He was in a state of surprise when he suddenly woke up and saw a random person in his room.

"What are you doing in my room? How could you just barge into my room like that? You keep asking me to take responsibility, you take responsibility!" 

Maybe because of the loud noise, Mama Xie went upstairs again. She saw his son pointing fingers at the son of her employer and Fen Yichen with busted lips and red cheeks, obviously hit by something. 

"What's happening?" 

She approached the injured person first and checked on it, saying, "I'll get you some ice so it won't swell." 

"Young man, you need some explaining to do after this." Her mother gave Mingze a stern look before she left the room in a hurry to grab an ice pack from the refrigerator. 

Mingze did feel a little bit guilty for hitting Yichen when he was just trying to wake him up. He overreacted. 

"I'm sorry for hitting you." 

"Don't worry about it, it's my fault for startling you."

As he caressed his swollen cheek, Xie Mingze's shoulders instinctively flinched. The guilt was eating up Xie Mingze; this time, he was the one at fault. He grabbed Fen Yichen's arms and dragged him to sit on the bed. "Sit here for now while mom gets the ice."

'How the heck could I hit this hard after just waking up?'

The first thing Mingze checked was his phone. It was too awkward to just stare at each other without saying anything. While he was thinking of a topic, he noticed something was different from Fen Yichen and couldn't help but blurt out some words: "Why aren't you wearing red?"

A smile blossomed on Yichen's lips, like he was glad someone noticed this early in the morning.

"You said to wear something else, I listened to you." 

Contrary to his usual red clothes, this time he is wearing a black top. It was simple, but for some reason it further highlight his face more than ever. For some reason Fen Yichen was obedient to him.

The door opened before Mingze could say anything to Yichen.

"The ice is here, place it on your cheeks so the swelling will go down."

Mama Xie entered the room and walked towards Yichen, "And you, Little Ming, how could you just hit Little Yi? These two kids, honestly, hurry up and wash up, fix your clothes while you're at it."

Probably taken over by the shock of hitting someone after just waking up from dreamland, added the fact of awkwardly staying in one room with his victim. Xie Mingze didn't notice that his shirt's neckline was wide and showed his shoulders and collarbone.

He felt his face heat up until it reached the base of his neck. How could he show that dishevelled look to someone else? Xie Mingze felt embarrassed and run to the bathroom to wash up. The door slam hard.

"Hey, don't slam the door." Mama Xie shouted as sounds of footsteps were heard running down the stairs.

A few seconds after he left, the door creaked open, revealing a red face peering inside.

"I forgot my clothes." Xie Mingze mumbled sheepishly.

Mama Xie and Fen Yichen couldn't help but burst into laughter. Xie Mingze is incredibly adorable. His face further heated up as he trudged back to get his clothes in the closet.

***

Following the morning incident, they are now enjoying breakfast. After drinking the night away, Papa Xie was still asleep. While the two men were happily munching Mama Xie's food.

"Why are you here again?" Mama Xie hit Xie Mingze in the head after he complained.

"Have you forgotten? You are always sleeping in. Little Yi decided to just eat breakfast here instead of going to their house to cook. If I leave without waking you up, you might just wake up next week." Mama Xie replied.

Fen Yichen grabbed another omelette to place in Mingze's bowl. "Am I truly your son? Why do you keep on scolding me?" He asked as he rubbed the top of his head. Maybe the reason he was a bit stupid was because of all the hits he received from his mother growing up.

It wasn't fatal enough for him to scream and curl in pain, but it still hurt enough for him to say it hurts. 

"If I don't discipline you, who would? Even Yichen keeps on spoiling you!"

Mingze couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at his mother's words. Spoiling who? What spoiling?