together for a moment

"You...stay with me tonight, okay?"

If it is said that Zhao Yimu had any charming fantasies at the beginning because of this sentence, it disappeared after he saw Nick poking with his own key three times before opening the door.

Nick may be nearing a tipping point

When I entered the room and turned on the light, the air was cold and lifeless. Every piece of furniture told a memory that belonged to the family. The memory was too beautiful and heavy, and Nick couldn’t hold it alone.

Zhao Yimu helped him take off the scarf around his neck, held his face with his hands instead of the scarf, and said in a warm voice, "Tired nights are not suitable for daydreaming, but for taking a hot bath and then sleeping with your head covered." He tweeted Holding Nick's shoulders and walking inside, while turning on the lights, large and small, to illuminate every corner, he urged: "Hurry up, it's more comfortable to take a shower, I'll stay here with you today."

After Nick closed the bathroom door and heard the sound of splashing water, Zhao Yimu turned around and went to the kitchen to see if there was anything sweet and hot to cook. The refrigerator and kitchen cabinets were fully opened for a round, but there was nothing. There is a convenience store at the entrance, and it takes only 5 minutes to run back and forth, then pick up the key that Nick left on the shoe cabinet and go out.

As soon as he left the house, Zhao Yimu made a phone call back home, and after a few rings, Tang Qing answered, "Hello?"

"Hey Mom," Zhao Yimu swallowed to stabilize his mood, "I have to stay in the company tonight to have a video conference with clients in the United States, maybe I won't be able to go home until tomorrow morning."

"So tired? Have you eaten dinner yet?" Tang Qing's voice was muffled, and Zhao Yimu knew it was her unhappy tone, "I still want Xiaopei to come to my house tomorrow and weekend. I didn't meet Mama Lin last time." Let’s have a good chat, do you want to formally invite the Lin family to dinner?”

Zhao Yimu's galloping footsteps stopped, and the autumn wind rolled up the fallen leaves around his feet. He opened his mouth and clenched his fist with his right hand. Although his brain rationally judged that this was not a good time, the words flowed from his heart to the root of his throat. He opened his mouth and said frankly, "Mom, I broke up with Xiaopei."

"What did you say?" Tang Qing raised the volume.

"Mom, I'm sorry. I broke up with Xiaopei." Zhao Yimu looked at the tip of his shoe and said again.

For a few seconds, Zhao Yimu could only hear the rustling wind on the street, this autumn is really cold, he thought.

"I see. You go to work first," Tang Qing's tone was very flat: "I'll talk about it when I go home."

Mom must be disappointed, and I cheated on her.

But he couldn't be his former self again for his mother's expectation, Zhao Yimu turned off his phone, went to a convenience store to buy some things, and walked quickly back to Nick's house.

When he got home, Nick hadn't come out of the bathroom. Zhao Yimu took his things to the kitchen and put them away, and boiled some hot water with a teapot. He knew that Nick was not in the mood to eat, but drinking some hot food would help improve his sense of happiness. It's just Nick, he thinks he needs it too.

It was not until the water boiled that Zhao Yimu realized that Nick had been in the bath for too long. In his impression, Nick was solved by taking a 5-minute battle bath. He ran to the bathroom door and put his ear on it, but there was no movement at all.

"Nick, are you done washing?" Zhao Yimu knocked on the door, and after waiting for a few seconds, there was still no movement. He turned the handle and probed in: "Nick?"

He saw Nick lying in the bathtub through the white mist, his wet head leaning against the side, one hand hanging out.Damn, could it be that he passed out?Zhao Yimu rushed into the bathroom without even thinking about it. The moisture on the ground made his feet slippery, and he threw himself into the bathtub in a funny posture.

"Nick? Nick?" He squatted by the bathtub and patted Nick's face, his tone urgent.

"Huh?" Nick woke up after a few times, his consciousness was not very clear, his eyes were bloodshot, and he forced a smile, "Hey, I was so tired, I fell asleep accidentally." Nick said Rest your head on your arms and close your eyes.

Zhao Yimu touched the surface of the water with his fingertips, the water temperature had lost its heat, he pulled out the plug on the bottom of the basin, took a large bath towel from the shelf, and did not dare to focus on the shining carcass under the waves.

"Get up and dry off and go to sleep on the bed." He pushed Nick's shoulder, the skin he touched was warm and smooth with water droplets, the mist in the bathroom was like a layer of tulle in front of his eyes, something unreal Zhao Yimu felt that his throat was tight and his heart was beating fast, and he was almost at the critical point, Zhao Yimu took Nick by the arm and dragged him out of the bathtub.

"Wipe it yourself, I'll wait for you outside." Zhao Yimu put the towel on Nick's shoulders, turned to leave, but Nick suddenly raised his hand to wrap around Zhao Yimu's waist, and pushed him to the wall with a clever force, sticking it on his back. While the tiles were cold, Nick's hot carcass pressed him from the front, chest to chest, thigh to thigh, his shirt was soaked in no time, and his sanity had completely collapsed.

"Nick, do you know what you're doing?" Zhao Yimu looked at him tenderly, swallowed his throat, his voice was trembling with depression.

"I just want to ask you, do you know what you are doing?" Nick's eyes were bloodshot, he grabbed Zhao Yimu's collar, and said in a low voice: "Listen now, I admit that I am very tempted by you, I can't help it I want to see you and want to be your friend, but I am very tired, life is very tiring, earning money is very tiring... liking a straight man is also very tiring." His eyebrows darkened, and he was full of grievances under the forceful momentum, "If you don't intend to bear the burden of homosexuality If you are still planning to get married and have children to fulfill your family's expectations, then we...don't meet again..."

"It's over? Let me say it," Zhao Yimu raised his eyebrows and hooked the corner of his mouth, "but before I say it, I want to do one thing first."

Zhao Yimu put his arms around Nick's shoulders with one hand and clasped his waist with the other. He swiftly and gorgeously made the two switch positions. Instead, he pushed Nick against the wall and kissed him directly and roughly.

This kiss was not gentle, Zhao Yimu waited for too long, coveted for too long, longed for too long, so that he didn't care about the severity, he bit Nick's lip, when the two tongues entangled and kissed each other, there was a faint blood The taste is an unforgettable taste. He believes that love is to make the best choice under objective conditions, and then use the law and morality to promise a lifetime.

It turned out that he never knew love.

Love is not a choice, it is involuntary.

Love is not just a promise, sometimes what is needed is commitment.

After a violent storm, he backed out from between Nick's teeth, and kissed gently on the corner of his lips, like licking and rubbing, then greedily rubbed to the tip of his nose, kissed all the way up to his forehead, and then along the When the sideburns came to his ears, he squeezed the fluffy round and soft earballs until Nick's feet became weak, Zhao Yimu tightened his arms to support him, and whispered beside his ears: "I am you I know, being too pragmatic doesn’t make nice words, and I’m really not sure what the future holds, but I want to give it a go.”

Nick's eyes were even more red, and his face was wet, maybe it was the water droplets falling from the ends of his hair, maybe it was something else.

Zhao Yimu backed away a little space, wiped off the water droplets on Nick's face with his thumb, and kissed his face and neck several times without holding back, as if he got a treasure that he couldn't put it down, he chuckled and said: "Nick, Don't take my liking for you as a burden, I want to rely on you when you are tired, be a driver when you are running around, and give you some strength when you are down and out."

"Don't reject me, okay?" Zhao Yimu looked at Nick expectantly and pleadingly.

"He said he couldn't speak nice words, and he said so much at his fingertips..." Nick first glanced at him not very threateningly, then sighed, and said with a heavy face: "Thank you, but unfortunately I don't need to rely on..."

Zhao Yimu frowned instantly.

"I'm short of a playmate, someone who can travel around the world with me for the rest of my life." Nick smiles, "Are you interested?"

"I'm interested, very interested." Zhao Yimu leaned up to kiss him again, "Although I don't have much travel experience, I can endure hardships and stand hard work. I can bargain prices during the day and warm my bed at night. No matter where you go, you must take it with you. fuck me."

"Hey, don't kiss again, my face is full of saliva, I have to wash it again." Nick's eyes and cheekbones were a little red, his eyes wandered around but he didn't dare to look at Zhao Yimu, he shrank his shoulders and neck, "Okay It’s cold, it’s time for you to wash, I’ll get you a set of clothes.”

Zhao Yimu wrapped him in a big bath towel, looked left and right, and said with a little distress: "Too thin, the dark circles are so heavy." He took out the hair dryer and blown Nick's hair, blowing the thin soft hair like puffy Mian Mian, feeling super satisfied, looked at the flushed person in the mirror and said with a smile, "It's my first time blowing someone's hair, don't be disgusted."

"The technique needs to be strengthened, that's enough, it's enough, then what... I'll go out first." Nick's mouth is not weak, but the movement of pulling the towel and slipping out is really shy and cute, and Zhao Yimu thinks it can't be more beautiful.

When Zhao Yimu came out of the shower, Nick was already curled up on the bed and fell asleep. He was lying on his side, curled up like a shrimp. His sleeping position was very obedient, and there was enough room for one person to lie down beside him.

No matter how beautiful love is, it can't resist the fatigue of life, but when Zhao Yimu is lying beside Nick, he still feels that there is nothing more he can ask for. Try to learn to be brave, learn to fight, and strive to grow with each other.

Zhao Yimu hugged Nick into his arms, took it as his own, and didn't need to make excuses to cover it up like before. He left all his worries behind, closed his eyes, and fell asleep with his prince.

When Zhao Yimu got up in the morning, there was no one around him. When he opened his eyes, he didn't know where he was. He sat up for three seconds and saw the staff in front of the blue wall. In front of the wall, I found that the photo of him and Nick had been clipped on it, and I was in a good mood early in the morning.

I still didn’t see Nick when I opened the door and went downstairs, but there was a ham, cheese and egg sandwich and a thermos bottle on the table, and a note was pressed underneath: In order to thank Lawyer Zhao for going to the convenience store to buy food last night, I will show my cooking skills when I am young I made breakfast, please enjoy it slowly.The brackets at the back read: Wait for my call, maybe I can make an appointment in a leisurely way.

Zhao Yimu sat down to eat breakfast quietly, the sunlight poured into the room from the window, it was quiet and peaceful.There was brewed milk tea in the thermos, and he drank it sip by sip, with stamps all over his body, it would be even better if Nick was there.

His good mood did not gradually change until he drove home. Zhao Yimu stood at the door of the house and took two deep breaths before opening the door. The sunlight also illuminated the corner of the living room, but he felt that the inside of the house was not bright enough.

"Are you back?" Tang Qing came out of the kitchen and sat down at the dining table. The tired look on his face showed that he didn't sleep well last night. "You have been busy at the company all night. Do you want to eat something before going?" sleep?"

Zhao Yimu quickly replied with guilt: "I just bought something to eat on the way, but I didn't stay up all night last night. After talking on the phone a few times, I went to sleep on the sofa. I'm not tired now." He went to the dining table and I looked at my mother's face and asked softly, "Mom, you didn't sleep well last night?"

Tang Qing supported her head with her hands and closed her eyes, her brows were full of sorrow, she sighed and said, "As long as I think of a girl as good as Xiaopei, you can't grasp it, I will be so worried that I can't sleep."

Zhao Yimu opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.

She raised her head and stared at Zhao Yimu, her eyes full of helplessness, "Mu Mu, when will you stop worrying about mom? I'm old and I want to enjoy life in peace."

When Tang Qing lowered his eyes, a teardrop rolled down, and he knocked on the table with an "answer". ".

Zhao Yimu bent down and hugged Tang Qing gently from behind, and said, "Mom, I'm sorry." There is nothing to refute, only an apology.

"I want to be happy too."