Querencia

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Eunjae had never hated his lanky legs as much as he did right now, as he stumbled towards Minghao and his mother. Suddenly, he was the shy little kid that didn't want to leave home, not at all confident in his movements, and he kept getting cut off by the bustling people around him. 

With his height, he could clearly see Minghao laughing at him, joined by the mother who looked too much like her son to be normal.

As he lumbered forward, he tried his best to remember the introduction that Minghao had taught him, but it was slipping his mind, as if he hadn't been practicing incessantly on the plane, and his palms began to sweat. Despite his height, he felt very, very small.

Minghao was getting impatient, and he quickly darted through the crowd, grabbing Eunjae's arm and pulling him, hardly allowing the taller boy time to apologize to everyone that he bumped into.

"Mom, this is Eunjae. Eunjae, this is my mom."

"Well, this is probably the first time I've stared at a tall person and not wished that I was their height," Minghao's mother chuckled with her son.

Eunjae stumbled over his words, just as he stumbled over his legs, "Nice meet you! My name... Eunjae, I'm... 17 years ..... I like sky looking, and I..." He sounded so awkward, and he hated it, but it was too late to run back to the plane and go back to Korea.

Minghao's mother was struggling not to break into laughter, and Eunjae gave Minghao a strange look, wondering if he had said something wrong.

"Oh, he sounds like an elementary student, so cute. You taught him the old ice-breaker used for school?"

With Eunjae's tall stature and sharp features hidden behind his soft face, it wasn't often that he was called 'cute,' but he was more caught up in the elementary student part. He knew his way of speaking was very amateur, but he couldn't help but be offended, sending Minghao an irritated look.

Minghao couldn't help but laugh at his boyfriend, and the way he had so easily fooled the boy into reciting the standard introduction used for children in school. 

"Well, let's go ahead, your father can't wait to see you, let's see if we can beat him home, he took off work so we could all be together."

Eunjae noticed how happy Minghao looked, smiling widely at everyone around them, and he forgot his annoyance, too busy drowning in adoration. 

Eunjae noticed the way both Minghao and his mother grabbed his arms, Minghao once again pressing it to his chest, while his mother simply held Eunjae's arm, as if she didn't want to get lost.

He would have laughed, if he wasn't so god damn nervous, and he could only pray that he wouldn't trip as they walked through the airport, with Eunjae's height and Minghao's pushy nature allowing them a clear path.