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Narration
"Conversation"
'Sign language'
( My ramble )

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Birds chirping merrily. The night mist began to change into dew. Sunlight began to enter from the gap of leaves to make two lovebirds who were still sleeping awaken from their deep sleep. Their position was still the same as last night until finally Yibo open his eyes and shift slightly away from Zhan.

" What time is it now?"  Zhan asked rubbing his eyes.

"6:00 a.m."  Yibo answered after checking his own cellphone.

"I'm still sleepy,"  Zhan stretched and yawned wide without caring Yibo beside him, signaling that he was still really sleepy.
( Woah.. It's really contagious!! I yawned 5 times while editing this 😅😅 )

"Huh. It feels very difficult to open eyes"  Zhan tried to open his eyes and blinked several times.

They both fell silent for a long time.

"Let's get up. We must move back immediately,"  Zhan said as he got up from his sitting position.

When Yibo tried get up, Zhan immediately helped him and supported him.

"Ah. Wait. I have something." 

Zhan reached into the pocket using one hand that was still free. He took out two candies with red wrappers.

"One for you, one for me. Not bad enough to increase our sugar levels,"  Zhan tried to peel the candy wrapper, to give it to Yibo. But even after several attempts he couldn't open it with one hand.

Yibo who felt exasperated, grabbed the candy from his hand to peel it.

However, due to his position being supported by Zhan with a hand around the older's neck accidentally pulled his neck to make their faces almost collide if Zhan did not immediately hold Yibo's hand. Even so the distance between their faces was only a couple of inches away.

"Be careful. There's no need to hurry. You don't want to accidentally kiss me for peeling this candy wrapper, right!?"  Zhan smiled showing his bunny teeth.
( Who knows.. 🤨😏 )

Yibo had no intention of answering Zhan's questions. He peeled the candy wrapper then put the candy into the latter's half-open mouth. While put the other one in his own mouth.

"Hm. Thank you. Your hand.. I mean the candy is very sweet,"  Zhan almost bit his tongue.
( His own tongue guys 😜😜 )

Yibo just rolled his eyes staring in the other direction.

The two of them walked slowly, watching for the condition of Yibo's still injured leg. They roamed the forest without direction, hoping to find a river or residential area to drink. And how lucky they were to find a river with very clear water!!

"We are really lucky. Hopefully there will be fish there too,"  Zhan said happily.

"Come on.."  Zhan was so impatient with Yibo walking slowly so he picked him up and carried him in a bridal style. Yibo who was shocked suddenly treated like that could only glare in surprise. While Zhan carried Yibo with a little run but remained cautious.

"Sit here"  Zhan put Yibo on a large rock by the river.

His eyes beamed happily. Once finished taking off his jacket leaving a thin white T-shirt, Zhan immediately crouched down to clean his hands then carried the water carefully in his hands for Yibo.

"Now drink it, before it all drips down."  Zhan reached out his hands towards Yibo. Yibo looked at him for a moment, looking doubtful. But seeing Zhan's radiant face, Yibo set aside his doubts and drank water from his hands.

Zhan smiled happily when he saw Yibo who wanted to drink the water even though he initially looked doubtful. As soon as Yibo lifted up his head, Zhan finished the rest of the water in his hands. Yibo who saw it immediately fell silent.

"See.. Isn't it fresh? Want some more?"

Yibo had no intention of answering Zhan but the latter returned with water in his hands, inevitably Yibo drank it again and again.

"It's enough"  Yibo said when Zhan offered water again.

"Okay then, I will drink some water too."

Zhan then returned to lake to drink water.

"It's cool, how long it's been, since I was able to feel water clear as this"

Zhan washed his face and poured some water on his head, then ruffled his hair without caring if the water on his head splash on Yibo.

"Uh"  Yibo yelled a little surprised when water splashed on him suddenly.

"Ah. I'm sorry"

Zhan wiped Yibo's face with his wet hand which actually made his face even wetter.

The perpetrator only smiles without sin while the victim can only be silent resigned, because he knows it's useless even if you resist.

"Since your face is wet, how about I wash your face as well?"

Yibo who heard it almost choked on his own spit.

"Good thing I brought two"

Zhan took a handkerchief from his pants pocket. Yibo was quite confused as to why Zhan carried two handkerchiefs while he had never used it for his own sake. He just used the other one in the building, and now this is the second.
( Not for other purposes, he made him sit on IT. I hope you understand that 'it' refers to handkerchief 😗😗 )

Zhan wiped Yibo's face slowly and carefully. The latter only followed his gentle treatment when he cleaned his face.

"It's clean. Very sweet"

Zhan cupped Yibo's face. His eyes looked at Yibo's entire face with attention. Yibo's eyes unconsciously began to weigh down with the touch and the intense staring. Both of them stared at each other unconsciously.

Yibo lost his mind seeing the face of Zhan who looked very hot with messy hair not forgetting water that was still dripping from there.

Yibo is not the only one to lose it. Zhan also almost felt crazy when he saw Yibo's sweet face with thick red lips that looked charming which for some reason he really wanted to taste right now.

Zhan unknowingly brought his face to Yibo. While the latter closed his eyes slowly.

The four lips met softly, without any movement. Once they felt right with each other's lips, the lips began to move slowly. So soft that both seemed to feel the butterflies fluttering in their stomachs. Very funny and tickling.

Zhan placed his hand on Yibo's neck, pulling him closer, deepening their kisses. While Yibo involuntarily wrapped his arms around Zhan's waist, clutching his t-shirt.

Now their kisses are no longer soft pecks, but they are trying to dominate one another. Bite each other, suck and try to damage each other's defences. But Xiao Zhan, who didn't want to lose and dominated by Wang Yibo, immediately pressed and bit the soft meat making him retract it back to the cave. Once convinced that he had managed to dominate Yibo, Zhan began to explore the insides of Yibo's cave without the slightest gap.

Whosever it is, the saliva flowed from the corner of Yibo's lips and now it had reached his neck. But certainly both of them seemed to be unaware of each other's behavior, with Zhan hovering on top of Yibo on the large stone that he sat on earlier.

They've been kissing for more than five minutes, making them inevitably have to unlink each other due to breathing difficulties. Once the link is separated the two were breathless with both eyes staring at each other until both of them are aware of what they just did.

Zhan quickly stepped down from Yibo, while Yibo cleaned his lips and his neck which was flowed with saliva using the sleeve of his jacket.

"I'm sorry" Zhan said softly as he handed the handkerchief he used to clean Yibo's face, but Yibo refused.

Yibo instead moved from his position without answering apologies from Zhan, walking stumbling he sat on the ground and washed his face again. Zhan actually intended to help him, but thinking of what he had done, it was possible that Yibo would reject him, making Zhan finally choose to just watch. For some reason now her feelings are very mixed between sad, guilt, anger and worry.

"Let's go,"  Yibo said softly, trying to stand up, seeing Zhan immediately approached him and helped him up.

"May I help you?"

Zhan's voice trembled, fearing Yibo would reject it.

"Hm"

Zhan was quite surprised. That the younger man did not reject him, but he felt suffocated by this behavior as if he didn't care about what they had just done. But Zhan tried to brush it off and continue to help Yibo walk by supporting him.

When they started to walk a few meters a voice called their names. Zhan and Yibo immediately stopped and looked around cautiously. But a few seconds later several people they knew appeared from behind the trees. The Joint team members are running towards them.

"Zhan-Xiong. We are looking for you since yesterday after we were forced to leave you"  Paul Yu hugged Zhan while Yibo moved towards Fan Xing and Gu Cheng.

"Where have you been? How could you enter the forest like this!!"  Zhuo Cheng asked, looking at both of them in turn.

"Of course, to save ourselves!! If not, maybe our names will be the only thing to be left behind!!"  Zhan rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Forgive us, we were forced to go to call for reinforcements. But when we got there you were gone. Then we immediately looked for you since you disappeared yesterday"  Paul Yu said.

"Okay, forget what happened. The important thing is now we must immediately go to the hospital to check the condition of his feet"

The four of them immediately looked at Yibo's feet which were only wrapped in knee-length pants with ankles looking blue, so contrasting with his white skin.

"What happened? Why is he like that?" Zhuo Cheng asked, looking at Xiao Zhan with a worried look. Yibo is his responsibility when he is the leader of this joint team.

"Long story. We better go immediately" Said Xiao Zhan in a cold tone. "Where were you going from?"  Xiao Zhan asked.

Finally they took Yibo to the hospital to undergo treatment on his feet. While Zhan was forced by Zhuo Cheng to have his head examined after telling me why Yibo had a wound on his leg.

Either Zhan was very stubborn or he didn't feel it, his head was injured and had to get a few stitches. He claimed to only feel a little pain in his head when he washed his head but he did not see the slightest blood because the blood on his wound had dried.

The doctor shook his head slowly, when Zhan was even more concerned with the wound on Yibo's legs than his own head that had to get stitches.

"It's over. Don't let it touch the water for 3 days. After 3 days, please come back here for an examination" Said the doctor after bandaging Zhan's head.

"Is it okay if I get checked by my colleague? One of my colleagues is a medical expert. Because I think I won't have time to come here again after this,"  Zhan said, staring at the doctor with a pleading look.

"Who do you mean?"  Zhuo Cheng asked, standing beside Zhan's bed.

"Of course, Meng-jie,"  Zhan said, moving from his position.

"The examination still needs to be done to see the development of deep wounds that may be felt in the next few days,"  The doctor said firmly.

"Of course, I would come here doc, if only I felt something odd about my body. You don't need to worry. Thank you doc,"  Zhan casted his bright smile. The doctor couldn't help but just smile at the stubborn Zhan.

"Then excuse me,"

The doctor left Zhan's room.

After the doctor had gone, Zhan immediately walked out of his room. Zhuo Cheng followed him to see Zhan stop right in front of the door of a room.

"Why don't you go in?"  Zhuo Cheng asked when Zhan looked at Yibo who was sitting quietly on the bed. A girl with small stature sat beside him. Her white skin was covered with a light blue allied dress with a lily pattern.

The girl held Yibo's hand tightly, seemingly trying to invite Yibo to talk even though he only answered in a hum. The girl smiled when she heard Yibo's answer even though it was only a hum. Her smile is very beautiful.

Seeing the sight, Zhan felt his chest tighten, he immediately averted his gaze from the room then walked down the hallway with a wistful look. Zhuo Cheng who saw Zhan's behavior only followed him silently.

Yibo who felt a gaze, looked at the door but found no one there. For some reason he was very sure that it was Zhan who just stood there. But why didn't he just come in, even though he usually just barge in to him uninvited.

"Yibo, are you looking for someone?" The girl asked as she looked at Yibo's gaze.

"No one"  Yibo murmured. His eyes looked down with a blank look.

Meanwhile Zhan had unwittingly stopped in front of a room. The name tag on the door reads, 'Pei Qin'. Zhan immediately opened the door followed by Zhuo Cheng behind him walking into the room.

Paul Yu, Guo Cheng and Fan Xing were apparently seen telling some things to Pei Qin who could only smile at the three of them while occasionally participating in laughter without making a sound.

"Zhan-ge, are you done? How are you feeling now?" Asked Fan Xing who first saw Xiao Zhan and Zhuo Cheng enter the room where Pei Qin was being treated.

"Not too bad. Just got a few stitches."

Zhan smiled, showing his rabbit teeth. Fan Xing invited him to sit on a chair near Pei Qin's bed.

"Still, it's bad. Forgive us who have left Zhan-ge and Bo-ge in that situation like that," said Guo Cheng.

"You'll often come across things like these, remember what your work is and how big the risk is. These are the things that you must accept" Zhan said and turned to Pei Qin.

'How are you?'  He asked while moving his hands.

'I feel better. Thank you for everything. I really feel indebted'  Pei Qin moved his hands smiling.

'No need. This is our duty'  Zhan smiled.

"How is Bo-ge doing? We were forced to leave his room because a girl entered his room,"  Paul Yu asked.

"Really? What is the reason you came out of the Yibo room?" Zhuo Cheng asked, glancing at Zhan who was talking to Pei Qin using sign language.

"The girl said that she was the fiance of Yibo. Whether that was true or not, but seeing Bo-di's not denying the girl's words seemed certain that the girl was indeed his fiancé"

Zhan who listened to their conversation suddenly fell silent.

"That girl is very beautiful. Bo-ge is very lucky" Fan Xing said excitedly.

"But I guess Bo-ge didn't like it when he saw the girl. I heard that they were arranged by their parents for business reasons and reciprocation or something like that," Guo Cheng said shaking his head.

"It's possible. Bo-ge is indeed very quiet and introverted"  Fan Xing continued, adding his thoughts to Guo Cheng's words.

"Hushh.. You can't talk like that. We are outsiders to Yibo. Although we are co-workers we cannot interfere in his private affairs if he does not tell us himself" Zhuo Cheng scolded Guo Cheng and Fan Xing.

Hearing Zhuo Cheng's words, Fan Xing and Guo Cheng were silent while looking down. Zhuo Cheng's words do have a point.

Zhan, who had not participated in the conversation, decided to go out after saying goodbye to Pei Qin.

"Where are you going?" Zhuo Cheng asked. Zhan stopped in his tracks when he almost reached the door.

"Cheng-ge. Can I go home first? I feel a little unwell"  Zhan asked with his hand on the door handle, waiting for Zhuo Cheng's answer.

"Do you need a ride? Let Paul Yu take you home." Zhuo Cheng worried.

"No need. I'll just take a taxi. See you."

Everyone in the room stared at Zhan's departure with a wistful look.

Zhan walked staring at the floor, making him almost bump into people several times. At the front door of the hospital, he actually hit someone in a wheelchair.

"I'm sorry, Sir. It was an accident."

Zhan lifted his head. Xiao Zhan's eyes almost fell out of place, upon seeing the person in the wheelchair. While that person just looked at Xiao Zhan with a wistful look.

"Yibo. I have finished taking the medicine. I can take you home now,"

A girl came running toward the person in a wheelchair earlier.

Yes. That person is Yibo.

Yibo was allowed to go home on one condition, that he will not carry out dangerous activities that could hurt his leg. And for a few days he have to use wheelchair and canes as walking aids.

The three of them were silent for a few moments until it was Zhan who decided to leave.

"I'll excuse myself first,"

Zhan ran away hurriedly leaving Yibo and the girl.

Yibo could only be silent seeing Zhan who seemed to be keeping a little distance from him. That made him feel that there was a part of him that felt empty. But who knows what it is, he doesn't know either.

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