Just A Bit Obsessed

Alexander was in a bad mood when he picked up Mira, and her delay made it worse.

"I'm so sorry," Mira apologized when he called her. "But I have to turn in my homework today. Otherwise, Professor Rutledge will fail my department. There is half an hour at most, can you wait for me?"

"Ok."

He hung up the phone, stuffed the phone into his pocket, leaned against the wall, and prepared for a long wait.

He saw the students beside him milling around.The end of term is coming and everyone looks stressed.

Not everyone is so stressed, though.

Alexander's eyes focused on the student who always looked relaxed and was joking with the people next to him.

Christian.

Alexander felt his body tense for no apparent reason.He took a deep breath and relaxed, but kept his eyes on Christian.

After watching for a few minutes, Alexander came to the conclusion: this guy loves to flirt around shamelessly.The way he smiles at people is... not serious.To be honest, Christian himself didn't do anything out of the ordinary - he just smiled and looked people in the eyes - but that alone was enough to make the other students stare at him and want to touch him.This guy must be aware of his influence over other people, so that means he does it on purpose.

Alexander pouted.He doesn't like teasers; he has zero tolerance for them.Most people don't understand what "loyalty" means.They enjoy being adored and desired; one admirer is never enough.He despises this kind of person the most.

His eyes followed Christian from one clique to another.He watched as Christian put his hand on a boy's shoulder and laughed.And the man stared at Christian's lips, his eyes dimmed with desire.

Alexander watched helplessly as he moved away from the man again and wrapped his arms around the waist of another beautiful girl.The girl put her hand on Christian's chest and stroked it gently.

Nausea.

Christian took a step back, winked at the girl, burned a kiss on her cheek, and turned—

The moment he saw Alexander, his smile froze at the corner of his mouth.

After a while, Christian muttered something, without even looking at the students around him, he pushed through the crowd and squeezed towards Alexander.

"Tired of hurting others?" Alexander mocked, speaking in a harsher tone than he expected.

"Huh?" said Christian, stopping very close to him—again.This person either has no concept of "personal space" at all, or just likes to pretend not to understand.

"You know what I mean," Alexander glanced at the two who had just been seduced, and they were still staring at Christian eagerly.

Christian looked back and sneered, "Breaking their hearts? Are you serious? I just had a few words with them."

"Just talking, of course," Alexander replied.

Christian was also leaning against the wall beside him, studying Alexander with his head stretched out. "You were following me just now?" he asked quietly, a smile on his lips as he played with the sleeve of Alexander's jacket with his fingers.

"I'm waiting for Mira."

"Answer to the question." Christian's fingers playfully slid from his arm to his wrist. "Did you pay attention to me just now?" He whispered again, sliding his fingers into his cuffs, stroking Alexander's skin.

"I'm bored," Alexander replied stiffly, without looking at him.What the hell is going on with this guy that can make him react so violently.

"Then there's nothing to see but me?" Christian's thumb swipe his wrist.

Alexander stared at the girl in front of him. "I know you."

Christian smiled softly. "You are so perverted." But fingers kept stroking his skin.

"You are the one who makes my hair stand on end." Alexander replied without turning his head. "Is this some 'chicken game'? I'm not that easily scared."

①Gaychicken, two straight men make ambiguous actions towards each other, from touching to kissing to indescribable, the level gradually increases, and whoever avoids it first will lose.

"You were freaked out after you kissed me yesterday."

"I didn't. I didn't kiss you. I didn't even know it was you. Just a stupid mistake."

"Um... okay." Christian took his hand. "Then are you scared now?"

Alexander froze.The hand in his hand was a little smaller than his own, but much larger than Mira's. It was undoubtedly a male palm.

"What trick are you playing?" Alexander scolded him, but did not take his hand away.Once this guy knows that he panics so easily, then he will die.

"Honestly? I don't know either." Christian said with a slight smile. "I just want to mess with you." Christian intertwined their fingers. "Not scared yet?"

Alexander stared straight ahead, feeling that nothing was real.He is now intertwined with another man.He is holding another man's hand. "No."

"So you peek at me when I'm not looking, and you don't look at me when I'm talking to you. Okay. But if you keep looking at that girl, she'll think you're interested in her. She's already Began to look at you hopefully. You're going to break that poor girl's heart, you know?"

"Fifty steps, one hundred steps."

Christian looked at him innocently. "I don't hurt other people's hearts. Kindness and friendship don't hurt people."

Alexander snorted. "Admit it, you are just showing off and playing with people's hearts."

Christian narrowed his eyes. "Even if I was—I didn't say I was—so what? What do you care?"

"I don't care."

Christian raised his eyebrows, and the amusement flashed across his eyes. "As a man who doesn't care, you have a lot of complaints, Alex."

Alexander shot him a sideways look.

Christian smiled and wrapped their fingers tighter. "What's the matter baby? Is there something wrong?"

"Don't call me that," Alex said angrily.

"Which one? Alex or Baby?"

"Not allowed."

"Okay," Christian nodded solemnly.

Alexander was immediately suspicious. "You agree?"

"Of course." Christian smiled gently.

This smile... is unsettling.

Alexander looked from Christian's lips to his eyes. "There is fraud."

"No," whispered Christian.

"Hi, Chris!" A girl greeted him, waving at him.

Alexander immediately shrank back, only to realize how close their faces were just now.

"Hey, Donna," Christian twitched the corner of his mouth unnaturally.

The girl looked at Alexander curiously. "New boyfriend?"

Christian leaned against Alexander and kissed him on the unshaven cheek. "Hmm, aren't you handsome?"

The girl nodded, gave him a thumbs up, and left.

Alexander asked gritted his teeth. "Does teasing me get you horny?"

"Sexual? Not at all." Christian replied happily. "Did I mess with you? I'm so fucking proud. I bet not many people can catch you off guard."

"What do you mean?"

Christian tilted his head and looked at him with serious eyes. "I don't know... It feels like there is a filter in your body that only allows suitable reactions or emotions to manifest in you, and suppresses all other unqualified ones." He chuckled lightly. "Did I understand?"

"No," Alexander replied.

"Look, here you are again."

"What's coming again?"

"Hidden behind the camouflage. Refusing to look at me. Seems like you're afraid to look at me for long."

Alexander turned his head. "Why am I afraid to look at you for a long time?"

"I don't know. You tell me."

"Yes, yes, I'm afraid," Alexander said. "I'm afraid that if I watch you for too long, I will accidentally strangle you to death."

Christian's Adam's Apple rolled up and down. "Okay." He took Christian's hands and put them around his neck. "Then let's do it."

Alexander looked directly into those dark brown eyes, which contained provocation and more emotions.Christian stuck out his tongue and licked around his lips, his pulse beating violently under Alexander's palm.

It was only then that Alexander realized that he really wanted to do it, pinch it, and squeezed his subordinate's neck fiercely, watching Christian gasp in pain, begging himself to let go.

He tightened his hands.Christian's lips parted slightly.Alexander moved closer—

"Hey, two!"

Alexander let go of his hand all of a sudden, and took a step back, feeling a little confused.What the fuck just happened?

He vaguely felt Mira peck him on the lips, and then said something to Christian.His heartbeat was still pounding against his eardrums.

By the time it caught up with Mira's rhythm, it was already too late.

"...Then come tomorrow night?" Mira invited.

Christian gave Alexander a strange look, hesitating a little.It was the first time Alexander saw that he was uncertain about something.

"I don't know," Christian said as he patted his hair, blushing rarely. "Actually, I'm quite busy this week, and I have to prepare for the end of the-"

Mira laughed. "It's okay, Chris. If you don't want to come, just tell me, no excuses, really."

Christian smiled uneasily. "Sorry. I'm really busy."

Mira kissed him on the cheek. "It was really fun before, but I guess even the best things will end one day." She took Alexander's hand and intertwined his fingers. "See you later."

"Okay," Christian glanced at the hands they were holding, put his hands in his pockets, turned and left.

Alexander watched him go.

"Alexander?"

He looked at Mira.She frowned slightly. "Did you just get into a fight with Chris? You put your hand around his neck."

Alexander's mouth went dry.

"He's messing with me," he heard himself answer.It's not a lie, but why does it sound like a lie?

Mira shook her head. "He's so easy on you. He's hot and the threesome is fun, but I'm glad we didn't have to go on. He upset you. You've been very emotional since it started."

"Let's go home," Alexander asked. "Have you finished your homework?"

Mira didn't see through his abrupt change of subject.She never does.

And Christian will.

Alexander pushed the whimsy out of his head.