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Have you ever felt so so ridiculously in love with someone, that every time you see them, all you want to do is counting how many times they breathe in a minute?
Byun Baekhyun knows very well how it feels. Because that’s the first thing he does every morning when he opens his eyes.
One, two, three, twelve breaths.
Chanyeol inhales twelve times in a minute when he sleeps. And it never changes, at least not for the last twelve years of their marriage. He counts every day.
He’ll reach his hands, carefully tucking white strands of hair. He had stopped counting how many grey hair that grows every day though. He tried to count the black ones left instead.
Chanyeol will cough in his sleep sometimes. And Baekhyun will scoot closer until his nose meets Chanyeol’s stubbled chin. He’ll kiss his chin softly meanwhile his hands making calming strokes across Chanyeol’s chest, stopping at where his heart beating, measuring how strong the pound compared to yesterday.
He’ll release a relieved sigh, burying his nose further into his neck then taking Chanyeol’s body to press into his. It often stirs Chanyeol and wakes him up in the process. But he’ll kiss Chanyeol’s chest as a silent apology and Baekhyun knows Chanyeol is smiling because he can feel it on his head.
“You cold?” Comes his deep husky morning voice, Baekhyun’s most favorite.
Baekhyun doesn’t answer but Chanyeol always pull the blanket more to Baekhyun’s side before enveloping him in his arms. The safest place in the entire universe where Baekhyun thinks he belongs.