or nah - zhang yixing

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"hyo-sonn!"

"oh hey yixing." to the background, the girl yelled, "jaein I swear if you do not stop hitting your brother then someone is going to time out!'

"um, hyo-sonn? are you all right?"

"yeah yixing. i'm babysitting my brother's kids and lord have mercy. they're everywhere at once."

"oh. do you want me to call back later?"

"no. it's okay. you kinda saved me from having to drag a screaming two year old from the playground."

"well then I'm glad I could help." laughter. but she could almost hear the smile in his voice.

"i desperately needed it. i thought the playground would be a good idea but now they've thrown sand everywhere. i'm pretty sure one of them will have bruises by tomorrow. i swear. these children are insane."

he chuckled. "i'm sure they can't be that bad."

"yeah. well, i'd trade you places and let you see how you'd do."

"well, if i think you're who i think you are, then challenge accepted." 

"wait. yixing. what do you mean?" 

she could almost hear the smile in his voice. "well, i see a girl on the phone and these few kids running around her. so if i knew what you looked like, then maybe i'd know if it was actually you." 

"all right. well, i'm in some jeans and a black shirt. and my hair is tied up." 

yixing gave a frustrated sigh. "damn. i saw this girl who i thought looked like you and i got so close to going up to her and asking if it was you. good god that would've been embarrassing." 

"well, i'm glad you actually didn't. i would've laughed at you." 

"well i appreciate your concern for me hyo-sonn." 

"well hey. what else can i do? but maybe you'll get to meet me another day. maybe." 

"i will hold you to that." 

"feel free yixing. but i actually need to go because jaein is about to throw sand in her brother's eyes and i need to handle this." 

"all right. i guess i'll text you later?" 

"sounds good. bye hyo-sonn." 

after yixing hung up, he glanced around at the people running around and chasing after children. and once he thought he found her but it hadn't been her, he had felt a sense of disappointment. he did however, see a girl in a black shirt with hair tied up running by screaming after a child named jaein.