34 : paper rings



Xiaoting's POV





It's been days since my group disbanded and now, Top Class wants to send me back to China. I'm still under Top Class but the contract dismissal is under process now. Since YXY is under Changsha Chromosome Entertainment (Owned by EXO's Lay) in China, I will probably transfer there too. TopClass was never a music Entertainment anyways, it's just a school where they train kids and send them to programs. And my uncle will probably let me transfer.





I stayed at the Youth's house and the day before my flight, Y/n cooked me breakfast before sending me off. It's sad because we're going to separate again, we've seen each other again for like 3 days ago then we're going in different ways again. She told me something again before leaving. "Wait for me" Is she going to follow me there? I hope so, but she has work to do. I heard it's their group's evaluation today. Their group does that every 2 weeks so the CEO will see their improvements.





"My mom is in Beijing, but if want to go to our house, you're welcome" She also told me that. Y/n's mom became busier after Y/n left. My mom on the other hand is always busy even when I'm home. Y/n will always call me and tell me "if you're bored, come to my house. I got this new movie, let's watch it together " Y/n looks like a career-oriented person but she got this thing they called love-brain. She likes romance movies, romance books, and anything romantic. She IS romantic but sometimes embarrassed to show.





















































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"What are you doing?"






"What? I'm not doing anything "





"I just saw you hid something in your drawers" Xiaoting raised an eyebrow at her girlfriend who's pretending to not understand her. "I'm not, come on" Y/n grabbed her arms then dragged her away from the bedroom. Xiaoting was still curious about what's the thing Y/n was hiding but she can't just violate the other girl's privacy even if she's her girlfriend.






"My dad says we can go to Hainan tomorrow, you'll come with me, right?" Y/n asked her. Hainan is where Y/n's father's company was based. Her father also hides there from the enemies.






"Of course, I'll go wherever you go"







"Okay then, let me tell mom about this- mom!" Mrs. Song then appeared from the kitchen, talking to a head handmaiden. "Ba-, I mean, Xiaoting is coming with us" Y/n almost slipped, at that time, they weren't legal yet. They were secretly dating.






"Okay~ make sure to pack your bags, okay? We'll stay there for a week... I'll talk to your mom about it too so don't worry" Mrs. Song then patted Xiaoting's head. Both of the girls smiled then went to the gazebo at the Song Mansion's house. "So... what were you doing earlier?" Xiaoting elbowed the older.






"Nothi-"






"Saw you writing something"





"Fine... it's an article"







"About me?" Y/n is one of their school's senior journalists, mostly about Xiaoting's dance competitions. But during her senior year, she was tasked to do other students' achievements, not just Xiaoting's.






"No... about that Archer slash Wall Climber slash Street Dancer ace of our school... she's a year below us"






"Is she pretty?"






the girl:





"Of course" then all of the sudden, Xiaoting got all sulky that made Y/n puzzled. Since they started dating, this is probably the first time Xiaoting stopped talking like she normally does every time. "What's with the sudden change?" Y/n asked but Xiaoting only glared at her. "What?"






"You think it's funny to tell your girlfriend that this and those girls are pretty?" Y/n immediately gets what Xiaoting was pertaining to show. She was jealous. She recognized this tone after watching that movie earlier. "You're jealous, aren't you?"






"I'm not"







"Then why are you acting like that? That's not like you"






"I'm acting like this because-"







"Because I called other girls pretty? Come on, baobei. You're not the only pretty girl living in this world" Y/n rubbed her shoulders while chuckling. "Okay fine, I'm jealous. But is that how you comfort a jealous girlfriend? 'You're not the only pretty girl living in this world', I thought you know everything about love words! You should've told me that, 'they are pretty but you are prettier' but you-"






"They are pretty, you are my girlfriend. Just because I called them pretty, I like them romantically? It's not like that, Ting. The person I liked romantically is the girl sitting beside me right now, nothing more, nothing less... don't be jealous, I only like you and you only, in a romantic way" Xiaoting felt her cheeks flushed as Y/n caressed them. "Do you think I'm the type of person who dates and dates? No, I am loyal to my lover and that lover is you"






"Be sure about your words, Yang"





"I am sure, since the day I asked you to be mine, I already thought about not letting you go no matter what happen"






"But what do you think our parents will say to us? What if they don't want us together?" Xiaoting was worried, she liked Y/n for a long time already, but her parent's conversation scares her.






"Xiaoting is graduating soon, do you think it's time for her to be in love?"

"Soon. Does she have any love interests at the moment?" Her father asked.


"No, I don't see or hear her talk about anyone except her best friend"


"That's good, I'll go ask my friend about their child. I think they will eventually click"



"I am sure about this too"






"Baobao," Xiaoting called for Y/n who's raising her eyebrows at her. "Do you like me? Like really? Or do you just not want to let me down after telling you I like you?" First, Xiaoting must be sure. She's willing to risk herself if Y/n does really like her.






"I love you" Xiaoting's heartbeat went fast after hearing Y/n's first I love you to her. She's been waiting for this for so long and now, she received it directly. "I'm sorry for not noticing you for so long, I really like you. Whenever I'm sick, you're there for me. When I can't go to school, you take notes for me. I'm a boring person but you chose to stay on my side even though you got fun friends with you at school. If our parents knew about this, it's fine if they kick us off. I'll find a way to stay beside you"







"When we were 13, I thought I was just tired of running that's why my heart was beating fast. Turns out I fell in love with you after you caught me falling from that slide. I know we're probably too young to say I am in love but as time goes by, I fell deeper. Every time you call me, saying you want me to come over, it brings joy to me. Even when it's late-night already, I'll tell my mom to drive me to yours. Every autumn we walked hand in hand in that one forest in Zhejiang, it felt like a movie scene that I thought will never happen to me in real life. I almost gave up but every time I see you read other people's letters, I can't help but get sad how you noticed them and not me. I gave you a letter once and remember? I took it and read it for you without telling you it's me who wrote it. I saw you smile over a letter hundreds of times already but that time, I felt like indirectly confessing to you and you accepting me. I can't just let go of my first love and thankfully that first love is mine now, can I ask something?" Y/n didn't hesitate and nodded her head. It's like confessing the second time.






"Am I your first love?" Xiaoting asked.






Y/n thought about it for minutes that made Xiaoting frown. Y/n's hands also slid down from her cheeks down to her arms. "You are" Y/n confessed happily that brought back Xiaoting's smile into her face. People say that 'first love never dies', no wonder why Xiaoting can't get Y/n off her mind all day during these 5 years of waiting.







"And about those letters... ah- nothing" Y/n was about to confess to giving Xiaoting letters too but she was too embarrassed because Xiaoting threw them all away... in front of her face.






"What are these people? I told them to stop sending me letters" Xiaoting threw the pile of paper into her trashcan and even stomped in front of it. Y/n saw her letter on the floor getting beaten up and she remained silent. The teddy was also at the trashcan, heads off its body. Xiaoting did all of those to show Y/n she's not interested in anyone but her. Seems like Y/n doesn't get the signal. It was rude to stomp on letters but she just want to show Y/n that she has no interest in them at all.






"What is it you were about to say?" Xiaoting waved a hand in front of her girlfriend who was spacing out. "Ah... I was saying that I got a surprise for you tomorrow, oops- why did I say that-" From overthinking, Y/n spilled her surprise. The thing she was doing earlier.







"Was that the thing you were-"






"Yes, pretend you didn't hear about anything"






The next day during their flight to Hainan, Xiaoting fell asleep on Y/n's shoulders and when Xiaoting was in deep sleep already, Y/n secretly slid her handmade paper ring on Xiaoting's left hand. It wasn't just a paper ring, it is a letter folded into a paper ring. She never knew if Xiaoting already read the letter but Y/n hopes she did.







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Xiaoting, without completing her 7-day quarantine immediately called Mr. Win to drive her to the Song's Mansion. Mr. Win immediately picked her up on her pajamas and was sent to the bigger house. Xiaoting ran inside with a mask, towards Y/n's room.






After arriving, she was all giddy and smiley but after running upstairs, this girl just went out of her fiancée's room. Also, this girl is unfamiliar to her.







"Good morning Miss Shen. I am Miss Yang's personal maid, she's currently asleep right now"






"What's the name?"






"Zhou Shiyu, ma'am" Ah, so this is the Zhouzhou, Xiaoting thought. Ruiqi and Y/n weren't lying at all, the girl is pretty but she'll stick to what Y/n told her before. "They are pretty, you are my girlfriend"






"Can I go in?"






"Of course ma'am, she's your fiancée"






'Glad she knows about it' Xiaoting talked to herself then inspected the other girl from head to toe. "What's your relationship to her?"






"I'm her personal maid, ma'am"






"Is that all?" Xiaoting raised an eyebrow. She knows she can trust Y/n but this new girl might flip her. "Ah... I'm..." Shiyu paused in her words making Xiaoting more curious. "You're what? Gay? Do you like her?" Xiaoting blurted out. Shiyu was taken aback then shook her head.







"I'm her pet's caretaker too... sorry for thinking about the right word for so long" Shiyu apologized then bowed. "And no, miss. I don't like your fiancée but I am gay... he he..." Shiyu awkwardly ran off leaving Xiaoting by the door. She shook her head then went inside the room. "Yang" She called but the older one wasn't responding.





"Baobao"







"Huh? What are you doing here?" Y/n finally lifted her head up seeing Xiaoting sitting on the other side of her bed. "Came here to see you, I will stay here too, my mom is in Fujian, I got no one at home" Xiaoting reasoned then slid in the covers beside her fiancée. "I'll sleep here too, I should keep an eye on you 24/7"







"Why?"








"That maid of yours... I don't know her yet, who knows something bad she will do to you"






"Shiyu? She's a good girl"







"My ears heard it wrong, what did you say?" Xiaoting scrunched her forehead, giving the phrase double meaning. "I said she's a good friend, what are you thinking about? Calling her girl doesn't mean anything except she's a girl too, bao" The older girl pulled Xiaoting closer so her head was resting on Xiaoting's neck.






"Let's just sleep, dizzy after the long travel"





"Yeah, let's sleep so that Shiyu will see us cuddling..."






"Stop getting jealous over everything. I didn't stop you from talking to Yurina, right? Then don't gatekeep me from talking to other girls especially Shiyu, she's like a little sister to me... oh, older actually, she's born in 1998"






"Do you know that the people you made as your 'little sister' started liking you? Doah? Suyeon? And what if Shiyu to?" Xiaoting patted Y/n's head to soothe the girl to sleep. She does this every time she takes Y/n to her dreamland.






"I don't care if they like me, I like you and that's more important. Xiaoting, stop looking at other's point of view, focus on you and me. We're the only person who matters. You know me well, you cheated on me but did I cheat on you? No. I even promised you before I will never leave your side, always stick in my words"






"I know... I can't help getting all insecure, you know? You're very pretty, everyone likes you, your idols started liking you too. Who won't get jealous when their fiancée is being eyed by millions of people?"






"Listen," Y/n had enough and then raised her head, moving her hands on Xiaoting's cheeks, making Xiaoting look directly into her eyes. "I only love you" She shortly said but her eyes told a lot of words to Xiaoting's. Unknown to them, their heads started to inch closer and closer until their lips touched but then-






"Oops-" Their gazes went towards the open door, left by Xiaoting earlier. Shiyu was standing with a duster on her hands. "I should've knocked on the wall first, sorry. Continue your thing, I'll go now" Shiyu closed the doors then left.






"Uh" Xiaoting's gaze went back to Y/n who's obviously on top of her.






"Let's just sleep" Y/n rolled back to bed then hid behind the covers due to embarrassment. Xiaoting laughed off while patting the shy girl's head outside the covers.






"Just always remember, Ting. I will always love you and only you"






































































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"What's this?" Xiaoting was about to unpack her bags when she noticed a paper ring in her hand. Y/n went outside to get them food so she was left alone in the resthouse.






"I don't remember wearing these" She took off the ring then smelt it. Smells like Y/n's cologne.






"Aiya, that girl~" She smiled to herself then opened her luggage. She took out a picture frame with their pictures inside. It's almost their 3 months in a relationship, she wants to give Y/n a present.






"See you in the future" Xiaoting opened the frame then kept the paper ring behind the photo. "Stay there for a while" She closed the frame then set it on the bedside table.






"So, it's the thing she was hiding to me yesterday"

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