[121]

Domineering Guy grabbed Coquettish Guy’s thin waist and started to express his longings in body language.

Coquettish Guy, “Let’s sleep early tonight. This room is not soundproof.”

Domineering Guy who was still indulged in hormone stared at Coquettish Guy, as if he was saying, “I don’t buy it. I’m aggrieved. A blatant lie it is.” He said to Coquettish Guy, “How did you know that?”

Coquettish Guy pressed his head, “Haven’t you heard Zhou’s singing in the next room?”

Domineering Guy calmed himself down and yeah, Straight Guy’s happy and bold singing came to his ears.

Meanwhile, in the next room, when hearing Straight Guy singing a song in the bathroom, not embarra.s.sed of being heard. The Gla.s.ses-guy secretly used the mobile phone to record it and he almost burst out laughing.

[122]

Coming out from the bathroom, Straight Guy looked pretty calm with a serious manner. If you didn't hear his unrestrained singing, you would definitely buy his serious look.

The Gla.s.ses-guy also put on his a serious face, “Zhou, you done?”

Straight Guy, “Yes. Do you mind wait till when the water vapor disappeared, it’s more pleasant to use then, uppercla.s.sman.”

The Gla.s.ses-guy, “Sure. I’ll get the clothes and towel for now.”

Straight Guy, “Ok.”

Walking past Straight Guy, The Gla.s.ses-guy looked back at him and remembered something. He curved the corner of his mouth with a hint of smile and said to Straight Guy, “Zhou, I never expect you like Peppa Pig so much that you made its theme song you shower song.”

Straight Guy suddenly felt awkward from head to toe.

[123]

Due to poor acoustic part.i.tion, the charming night of Domineering Guy was ruined. He thought if he could not enjoy a feast, an appetizer would do for now. Then, he proposed to sleep on the same bed.

Coquettish Guy replied, “Too crowded. Let’s sleep early and stop talking. Tomorrow, we have to get up early to hike in the mountain.”

Domineering Guy went back to his bed aggrievedly.

Soon after, Domineering Guy guessed Coquettish Guy was about to fall asleep. He secretly got out of the bed and set the air conditioner at the lowest temperature.

Coquettish Guy soon snuggled down beneath the quilt. Domineering Guy duly squeezed into Coquettish Guy’s quilt, cuddling him. He lured his sweetheart in a soft and patient voice, “Chen, are you cold? Don’t be afraid. I’m here.”

Dazing with sleep, Ji Chen cuddled him and muttered something.

Domineering Guy thought to himself, “What a happy night.”

[124]

After The Gla.s.ses-guy walked out from the bathroom, Straight Guy already felt so dozy. He rubbed his eyes and asked, “Uppercla.s.sman, do you want the side by the window or by the door?”

“Door, please.” The Gla.s.ses-guy replied, “Oh, by the way, do you turn off the light or save a little table lamp?”

“Either.” Straight Guy was so sleepy that he was nodding off. “I can sleep under all circ.u.mstances.”

The Gla.s.ses-guy gave a little chuckle, “Ok, I’ll turn all the light off.”

The room suddenly plunged into darkness. Feeling the bed sank a little, Straight Guy came to realize that the uppercla.s.sman and he were sleeping on one bed, “Oh, yes.” It occurred to Straight Guy, “Excuse me, can you pa.s.s me my mobile phone, I charged it on the outlet of your side. I forgot to unplug it.”

“Really?” The Gla.s.ses-guy said, “Where? I didn’t see it.”

“What? I remember….” Straight Guy subconsciously sat up and crossed The Gla.s.ses-guy to fumble the line of charger. After unplugging the charger, Straight Guy sensed the position was improper. He nervously glanced at the uppercla.s.sman and found the uppercla.s.sman was looking at him. Yan Jingnan (The Gla.s.ses-guy) was not wearing eye-gla.s.ses. In the faint moonlight, Straight Guy saw the uppercla.s.sman’s dark and gentle eyes.

[125]

Straight Guy’s heart suddenly beat fast. He lay on his side and calmed down after regulating his breath for a while. He thought, “How strange!” Rolling up to the bedside, Straight Guy thought, “Fortunately, there are two quilts are on the bed. Or it will be stranger.”

“If you keep rolling, you will fall on the ground.” The Gla.s.ses-guy’s voice suddenly rang in the quiet environment. Straight Guy stunned and was so scared that he lost sleepiness, “I’m ok. I don’t occupy much place.”

Compared with Straight Guy’s panicky mood, The Gla.s.ses-guy was so much more collected, “Is it the new bed or that you’ve got company that keeps you awake?”

“I have bad sleeping habits. And I like pus.h.i.+ng the quilt. I’m afraid I’ll kick you.”

The Gla.s.ses-guy smiled, “Then what do you do when you have a girlfriend in the future?” Do you sleep separately?

Straight Guy could not come up with a solution right away so he said, “Maybe, I can find a strong girlfriend.”

[125.5]

Straight Guy felt bitter in the heart because a strong girl was not his type, but they talked about finding him a strong girlfriend before sleep, and he dreamt of a strong girl that night. Although he did not see the girl’s appearance clearly, he felt that she was a beautiful girl, expect that her figure was bigger than his.

In his dream, The strong girl and him were on a date. He wanted to kiss her. But due to the girl’s high stature, he could not reach her even on his tiptoe. The girl expressed a doting smile and held his waist to lift him up to kiss him.

Straight Guy was so scared that he woke up from his dream.

The Gla.s.ses-guy, “What happened?”

Straight Guy, “No, nothing. Girls are so high maintance. Uppercla.s.sman, why haven’t you slept yet?”

The Gla.s.ses-guy, “You really are a kick sleeper. I was kicked awake by you.”

[126]

The next morning, they were scheduled to hike in the mountain. The four boys planned to eat at the restaurant of the mountain top. So they decided to travel light, only packed drinking water.

On the way up, they found the journey was longer than what they had expected, because the four young boys already felt hungry when there was half way left. When they sat down for a break, they all regretted for not                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   carrying food. It was so worth the efforts than climbing a mountain on an empty stomach.

Straight Guy hesitated a while and took a bun out of the bag, “I have food. But I only bring one bun for uppercla.s.sman. He will suffer stomachache if he skips meals.”

Domineering Guy and Coquettish Guy watched him handing the stomach medicine, bun, and water to The Gla.s.ses-guy in a complicated mood.

[127]

The Gla.s.ses-guy happily accepted the image that he had a weak stomach and firmly adhered to this image.

They had local ate specialties for lunch. The Gla.s.ses-guy found that Straight Guy showed special preference to local chicken drumsticks, so he took the one in his bowl to Straight Guy’s bowl, “No rush. I still have one.”

“Um.” With food stuffed in the’ mouth, Straight Guy asked, “Uppercla.s.sman, don’t you wanna try one?”

“My stomach is weak. I can’t eat greasy food.”

Straight Guy showed a pitiful expression that it was so inhumane that someone who could not eat chicken drumsticks, while his appet.i.te was honest enough to happily accept the gift from The Gla.s.ses-guy.

Domineering Guy’s gaze swept across them for a while and looked at Coquettish Guy in a serious way, “Wify, I must feed you food to show our affection. That’s the only way to win.”

Coquettish Guy shook his hands and said, “No. I refuse.”

[128]

Before they had arrived at the top of the mountain, they agreed to leave some free time to each other so they could take pictures or take a rest as they wish. After that, they would take the cable car down the mountain together.

Coquettish Guy felt something took a subtle change on knowing Straight Guy brought stomach medicine and bun for The Gla.s.ses-guy. He thought, “Hanging out is a good way to boost relations.h.i.+p. But from a gay’s view, what was between those two was not that simple.”

Then, when they finally reached the mountain top, Coquettish Guy said, “Zhou, Let’s take pictures.”

Straight Guy remembered the uppercla.s.sman’s advice about not being a third wheel, “Sorry, Chen, I want to stay with the uppercla.s.sman.”

Coquettish Guy, “???”

Straight Guy, “Yeah, please go spend time with Boss. It’s ok to go to a far place even.”

Coquettish Guy thought secretly, “…. I’m worried about you.”

[129]

Although Coquettish Guy had doubts, but The Gla.s.ses-guy’s behaviors was watertight. When he carefully thought about it, it was just an uppercla.s.sman showing care. Moreover, Domineering Guy joined a project led by The Gla.s.ses-guy. He was Domineering Guy’s leader. Coquettish Guy had better keep silent but he still felt doubt about the Straight Guy s.e.xual orientation.

This night, Straight Guy went out to do a group discussion. He brought a girlish pinky drink when he came back.

Coquettish Guy immediately asked him in vigilance, “Why did you buy this kind of drink?”

Straight Guy replied, “Not me. A girl in our group bought it for me. It’s tasty.”

In his heart, Coquettish Guy almost burst out tears out of joy. He thought, “Girl. It’s girl. How nice is she. This girl must be an angle.”

However, Coquettish Guy still advised him in a calm face, “Oh, next time, you can buy something for her in return, such as a milk tea.” He secretly thought, “If they keep contacting, Zhou may have a girlfriend in the future.”

Straight Guy pondered about it while drinking, “But she bought everyone a drink for our group of six. If we all give her drinks in return, she can’t finish it.”

Coquettish Guy, “…ok.”

[130]

Straight Guy received the task of doing slides for their group. Other members sent their texts to Straight Guy and then he made them into consistent slides. After finis.h.i.+ng it, he would hand the slides to the girl who was in charge of presenting it.

When Straight Guy was doing the slides, Domineering Guy happened to pa.s.s by and see it, and he gasped. Straight Guy was confused, “Boss, what happened to you?”

Domineering Guy, “Nothing. Why did your group a.s.sign you this task?”

Straight Guy, “A girl, our group leader, a.s.signed it.”

Domineering Guy, “Good. Good. Right, do you want to use my template?”

Straight Guy, “No, thank you. I have excellent PowerPoint skills. I can handle it.”

Domineering Guy patted his shoulder and silenced. He quickly walked away.

The day when the girl, their group leader, opened the slides made by Straight Guy, she screamed, “I can’t believe you are gay. Gay community is famous for excellent taste. Now it’s lowered by you.”

Straight Guy, “????”

[131]

The girl was confident about her gaydar, but this time, she suffered a setback from Straight Guy. The presentation was on Monday, which was around the corner. She would never use the slides made by Straight Guy, she would rather die or jump from the teaching building.  

The girl went furious and asked Straight Guy to join her, “I don’t mind revising this. But you can’t just be an onlooker. You gotta join me. I’ll teach you how to match colors.”

Straight Guy felt guilty, because he had always been a top student and was talented in all tasks. But this time, he was on the verge of letting the team down. So, Straight Guy brightly agreed and he followed the girl to the coffee shop where they could study and revise the slides.

Study rooms were usually packed in weekends. Students had to study in the coffee shops or book shops around school. They modified the slides for a while. A tall figure walked up to them.

The Gla.s.ses-guy smiled at them, and said to Straight Guy, “Zhou, What brought you here?”