Zhan was at Yibo's house as they both had dinner.

"Want some wine?" Yibo asked and Zhan raised a brow but then Yibo remembered that Zhan has a very alcoholic tolerance so he dropped the idea.

"I will wash the dishes," Zhan said, and proceeded to wash the dishes, as Yibo sat on the counter beside him.

"You know handsome...I am planning to settle down."

Zhan nodded, "Oh really?"

Yibo nodded, "I mean I am of the marriageable age...and I have heard that family gives emotional stability."

Zhan smiled, "Who is the lucky guy?"

Yibo smirked, "Take a guess."

Zhan smiled and touched Yibo's nose with his soapy hands, "Hey!"

Yibo said and did the same to Zhan who threw water at him and Yibo did the same, the room was filled with laughter and joy, Yibo soon grabbed Zhan's waist and tickled him, "Stop, stop, wait!!"

Zhan laughed his face had turned red, but then grabbed Yibo's hand and pushed him against the counter he made Yibo sit on the counter before attaching their lips and kissing passionately.

The laughter was replaced with moans and groans.

"You are going to be the death of me," Zhan said and Yibo bit his lower lips, "Don't talk about death and all."

Yibo's hand slipped inside Zhan's shirt as he felt his skin, "Let's take this to bed."

Zhan smiled as he grabbed Yibo's hips and Yibo wrapped his legs around Zhan's waist as Zhan took him to the room and threw him on the bed before hovering over him Zhan pinned Yibo's hands on the side of his head entangling his fingers and kissed him.

Their groins rubbed against each other's as Zhan sucked on Yibo's neck but before they could do anything further...the doorbell suddenly rang.

"Were you expecting someone?" Zhan asked but Yibo turned him around and kissed him, "Ignore to, whoever it is will leave."

But the doorbell continued to ring till Yibo groaned with annoyance, "Oh god who the hell is it."

He grumbled and walked out of the room while Zhan smiled, Yibo was ready to give a death glare to the person who cockblocked him but he was the one who got intimidated when he saw Yanli standing outside and she looked pissed.

"Ms. Xiao?...com..." Before Yibo could say anything Yanli walked in and ignored him, "Where is Zhan,"

"Ms. Xiao is anything wrong?" Yibo asked

"I ASKED WHERE IS ZHAN!" she yelled and Yibo flinched at the outburst, "ZHAN!! ZHAN!"

"Ms. Xiao please sit down and tell me what's wrong," Yibo said anxiously, Zhan also came down quickly after he heard Yanli's voice.

"Aunt...what's wrong?" he said but Yanli just grabbed his hand and dragged him, "Come with me we are going home."

Zhan and Yibo's eyes widened as Zhan stopped and said, "Home but why Aunt what's wrong what happened so suddenly you are behaving like this."

Yanli glared at Zhan, "I don't want to hear anything Zhan I said we are going means we are going and forget about him."

Zhan's heart stopped when he heard that and Yibo was frozen at his place, Yanli was about to drag Zha again but Yibo blocked her way, "I know that you are his family but I am not letting you take him away until you tell me why."

After seeing Yibo, Yanli felt rage she felt immense anger after she remembered what Dean had told her, "Out of my way."

"No...I won't' please..." before Yibo could complete his sentence Yanli slapped him.

"Aunt!" Zhan said as he stood in front of Yibo, "What's wrong with you? why are you behaving like this?"

Yanli glared at both of them, "Yo think I will allow you to be with someone who had humiliated you and called you a whore in front of the entire campus?"

Zhan's eyes widen and so did Yibo's before Zhan said, "Aunt it was seven years ago...and I have forgiven him..."

Yanli nodded, "Alright you forgave him for humiliating him but what if I tell you that this guy was ready to frame you for drugs."

Yibo felt like his world stopped and he placed a hand on his chest, as tears filled his eyes and he felt Zhan's hold on him loosen.

While Yanli spoke, "you know right how dangerous are drugs? if his plan had succeeded then forget about seven years, even seventeen years would not be enough to clear your name, the Xiao's would have fallen, media, the business would have shunned us, do you have any idea how much disaster it could have caused!!!!"

Zhan gulped as he looked at Yibo, who was not looking him in the eye, "I am sorry, it was in the past and I backed off...because..."

"BECAUSE WHAT!" BECAUSE YOU FELL IN LOVE? IF YOU WEREN'T IN LOVE THEN YOU WOULD HAVE RUINED HIS LIFE?! HOW CAN YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT FRAMING HIM FOR DRUGS IS IT A JOKE TO YOU?

THAT'S SICK, YOU THOUGHT LIKE THAT, AND LOVE STOPPED YOU...IF ONE DAY YOU FALL OUT OF LOVE THEN YOU MIGHT MURDER HIM..."

Yibo looked at Zhan, and grabbed his hand, "Zhan I am sorry, I really am sorry, please..."

But Zhan didn't look at him, his eyes were filled with tears, as he slowly made Yibo let go of his hand, while Yanli grabbed his hand, "Let's go."

"Zhan! Zhan! zhan please listen to me please don't leave please give me a chance please!!" Yibo begged but Zhan didn't look back as he cried, he sat in the backseat with Yanli before the car drove away.

While Yibo cried hysterically as he placed a hand on his forehead.
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The car ride was silent, no one said a word Zhan only stared outside the window as silent tears escaped his eyes, while Yanli had her hands crossed in front of her chest, as her eyes were closed.

Once they reached home, Yanli got down first and Zhan followed her, and when they reached the living room, Zhan finally spoke, "Aunt"

Yanli stopped and let Zhan speak, "Aunt...I love him...a lot..."

Yanli closed her eyes and sighed, "Zhan I don't want any more discussions about this."

She tried to walk away but this time Zhan stopped her, he was determined today, he wanted to say whatever came to his  mind, "Aunt lease I love him and I want to be with him."

Yanli sighed and turned before glaring at him and yelling at him, "HAVE YOU GONE MAD?! CAN'T YOU SEE WHAT'S RIGHT OR WHAT'S WRONG? LOVE, LOVE, PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE AGAIN ZHAN, JUST FORGET ABOUT HIM."

This time Zhan replied back, "I tried, I tried for seven years to forget him, aunt, I tried too hard but I can't yes people might fall in love again but exceptions agree, I get it, what he did was wrong was very wrong but he already paid the price.

He lost his parents, he had a near-death experience, he has to deal with trauma and his disability and he had to get through all of this alone, if I have suffered then so has he, aunt please...please I beg you."

Yanli stared at him as she breathed heavily, Yuhai and Simon also came down to see what the commotion was all about.

Yanli suddenly felt dizzy but she didn't let it show, "Zhan my decision is final."

"What's going on?" Yuhai asked, "Zhan? Yanli what's wrong?"

Zhan also looked at her with determination, " Then my decision is final as well...I cannot let him go and aunt if you are going to separate him from me then just kill me."

Simon and Yuhai's eyes widen while Yanli was so angry that she moved forwards and raised her hand to slap him but in the end, she didn't slap him instead grabbed his collar, "WHY CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT HE..."

"He what aunt? that he made a mistake when he was young? don't we all make a mistake when we were young haven't you ever made a mistake?, as you have always told me you made a mistake to let me live, made a mistake to let me be born, YOU HAVE MADE THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF YOUR LIFE THEN WHY CAN'T YIBO OR I MAKE A MISTAKE?"

Yanli let go of Zhan's collar, as she stepped back, while Yuhai and Simon were speechless, this was the first time that Zhan had yelled at her talked back to her, and demanded something so firmly.

Yanli's eyes became wet, while Zhan spoke again, "I am a mistake too aunt...aren't I? a mistake made by you...right?...aunt I love you, I respect you a lot, you want me to die I will gladly but...please don't take him away from me...

I have already lost him once and it's not every day that you get another chance that I got, I will be a fool to let it go..."

Yanli suddenly placed a hand on her chest as she stumbled back and Zhan became alert as he moved forwards to grab her, "Aunt?"

But Yanli only collapsed back, "Yanli!" Yuhai yelled why Simon and Zhan caught her.

~~~~~~~

When Haoxuan came to Yibo's home he was shocked to see the mess that the house had become.

Yibo sat on the ground with his knees to his chest, his head down as he sobbed, Haoxuan went to him, "Hey. what happened? what's wrong?"

Yibo grabbed Haoxuan's hand, as he looked at him with his tears stained red face, "I fucked up...I fucked up really bad."

Yibo then told Haoxuan what had happened and even Haoxuan grabbed his head and sat beside him, quietly for some time, "Drugs are not a joke Yibo, you could have ruined his life."

Yibo cried, "But I backed off, I did not proceed with the plan."

"Becuase you fell in love, and if you weren't in love then?"

Yibo had no answer, as he placed a hand on his forehead and cried.

He soon received a call from Simon, Haoxuan picked it up for Yibo and placed it on speaker, "What the hell happened can you tell me Yibo?"

"Is everything okay there?" Yibo asked.

"Actually no, Aunt Yanli just fainted and guess she had an argument with Zhan."

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"High blood pressure and symptoms of pneumonia...nothing serious curable." The doctor said and finally, Zhan could finally breathe.

As he sat on the chair in the hospital, Simon also sighed with relief, while Yuhai joined her hands and thanked god.

"Can we meet her?" Yuhai asked and the doctor nodded, she and Simon walked into the room while Zhan just sat outside alone.

He suddenly felt a presence beside him and his hand was held by someone else's warm hand, their fingers were entangled as Zhan tightly squeezed the hand.

While the person gently patted his back, "What do they say?"

Yibo asked quietly, Zhan sniffs before saying, "High blood pressure and symptoms of pneumonia nothing life-threatening..."

Yibo also sighed, "That's great to hear."

"How come you are here?"

"Simon told me everything...you had a fight..."

"I didn't have a fight...I just told her about my feelings...for the first time."

"So you forgive me?" Yibo asked, in his shaky voice and Zhan nodded.

Yibo suddenly scoffed, "I am relieved, I feel like I can finally breathe I feel like I can finally live but at the same time I feel concerned about you."

Zhan listened as Yibo spoke again, "You know...A-Yuan is not my child...but I can die and kill for that child, that little bundle of joy has bought me so much happiness that he himself does not know.

And if someday, sometime, I ever knew that someone tried to ruin that child's entire life and destroy his reputation for childish hate and misunderstanding, I would kill them."

Yibo sighed, "And she is your aunt...your parent...she is not wrong you know."

Zhan sighed as well as he wiped the tears that were threatening to escape his eyes, "Yibo...I didn't care about anything anymore, I don't want to think rationally, my aunt has countless times stated that I shouldn't have been born, and I have always taken the hate and blame from others because I thought I deserved it.

Aunt Yanli, Aunt Yuhai, you, Jenny everyone...who has hated me I have always forgiven them been kind to them..." Tears escaped his eyes as his voice broke, "For the first time I was something so desperately why can't I get it, 

Yibo I am human," Zhan suddenly broke down, "I am human and there is a limit to how much I can keep going...I don't want to hate Aunt Yanli for letting me be alive."

Yibo stopped trying to control his tears and hugged Zhan, he let him cry on his shoulder before saying, "You think I am going to give up so easily?"

Zhan didn't say anything, while Yibo said, "Not so soon, I have learned the art of patience, and I am not going to give up on you, I am going to try my best to pursue her."

Zhan smiled faintly, "And what if she does not say yes?"

Yibo smirked, "Then darling run away with me and I promise, everyone will support us."

Zhan finally smiled, "Good idea."

"Then we will get married and in four to five years she will be calm right."

Zhan laughed, "I can't say."

"Oh come on she will get old, and old people can't do much even if they get angry."

The two laughed.

Author's note: I loved the part where Zhan says that he is human, finally he realize that he is not just a punching bag, or a dustbin where everyone can dump their frustration.