until the last minute

A kiss that wasn't too long, Li Qing stopped the kiss in time before Zhou Zhi wanted to push him away.

He pressed his forehead against Zhou Yin's, and the breaths of each other blended, and the atmosphere that should have been charming and ambiguous was shattered by every word he said through gritted teeth.

"You're kidding me, aren't you?"

Zhou Yin panted and chuckled, "What do you think?"

Li Qing closed his eyes, recalling the rainy night that he was forced to stay, from which Zhou Yin's secrets, those rumors passed by word of mouth were all confirmed that night.

It seems that you can still smell the strong earthy smell and the fragrance of the strong laundry detergent.

That night there was thunder again, and when I woke up in the middle of the night, I found that Zhou Yin was not in bed, and the bathroom light was on.Li Qing got out of bed, followed the light to the door of the bathroom.

He saw Zhou Yin standing in front of the sink, scrubbing something vigorously, the white foam filled his hands, and the fragrance filled the whole bedroom.

The changed clothes were thrown into the washing machine before going to bed, and Zhou Yin was still doing laundry in the middle of the night, clearly having an indescribable dream.This was a tacit understanding among his peers. He wanted to go over and tease him, but what he saw next made him blush up to the neck.

Zhou Yin raised his arms and scrubbed with a little effort, the foam was rubbed away with both hands, revealing a dark gray.

Li Qing immediately recognized that it was the gray underpants he had replaced, and it was the one with the worst fabric. It faded and pilled after only a few times of wearing. He originally planned to throw it away after wearing it again after the autumn outing, but he didn't expect it to be left behind. In Zhou Yin's hand, he was twisting it patiently.

The most unbearable side can be seen through, he feels ashamed, and he feels that he should go in and call a stop, the underwear is too private, he never let others do it for him.

But after the embarrassment, there was a strange feeling lingering in my heart.He stood still, as if there was a volcano in his body that was on the verge of eruption, lava gushing out at any time.

Li Qing thought of the rumors that he had heard several times but had never been relieved about Zhou Yin's sexual orientation.

The sudden sound of water flow interrupted his complicated and strange emotions.He shook his head vigorously, without disturbing Zhou Yin, and quietly went back to bed to sleep.

Not long after Zhou Yin went to bed, Li Qing pretended to be fast asleep, but actually he didn't feel sleepy.Lei Sheng still refused to let go, which made his disturbed mood even more messy.Several thunders struck one after another, and the rumbling sound continued to echo in his ears. When he suspected that he couldn't pretend for a second, he was caught off guard by a kiss on his lips.

Li Qing was trembling all over, not knowing how to react.

Zhou Yin posted it up, and the hand under the quilt grabbed one of his fingers, and his lips covered his lips and gently sucked the kiss. It was a slow, persistent kiss that could not end for a while.

The continuous sweet breath between his lips and teeth paralyzed his nerves and brain.

Li Qing's mind was blank, only one thought was particularly clear, maybe Zhou Yin liked him.

Several days of temptation, anxiety, countless times of self-persuasion and overthrow, all became a joke at this moment.Li Qing pressed against Zhou Yin's lips, biting his lips as if to vent his anger, until his lips were broken.

After tasting the rusty smell of blood, Li Qing straightened his body abruptly, his tone was light, as if he was saying something very common, "Sorry, I'm bleeding from a bite."

Zhou Yin licked his lower lip and smiled nonchalantly, "It's okay, I don't care about a little injury."

"Then what do you care about?" Li Qing stared deeply at Zhou Yin, "If I don't tell you the truth today, what will you do? Pretend nothing happened and continue playing with me?"

Zhou Yinlian stopped smiling and defended himself in a low voice: "I didn't intend to play tricks on you."

"As for this," he tilted his head slightly, and wiped away the blood oozing from his lips with his fingertips, "it's just a kiss and a half, it's nothing, you can actually ignore it."

Li Qing closed his eyes, "I don't understand."

Zhou Yin pursed his lips and forced a smile, "It's okay, you can go, don't come here again."

Don't come here, and don't come looking for me.

Li Qing took one last look at Zhou Yin, he didn't say anything, put his hands in his pockets, and walked out of this laboratory that he had only visited twice, and he might not come back again in the future.

For the physical education class in the afternoon, Zhou Yin arrived at the playground very late to gather.After finishing the preparatory exercises, he was not interested in the next class basketball game, and was about to go back to the classroom alone early.

Ruan Wei called him under the shade of the tree, Zhou Yin stopped and glanced briefly at the class that was taking physical education on the playground, but did not see the class that Ruan Wei was in.

Ruan Wei walked over and said, "I sneaked down, our class is doing self-study in this section."

Zhou Yin nodded, they were standing on the plastic runway, the afternoon sun was merciless, shining directly on their bodies.Zhou Yin narrowed his eyes, waiting for Ruan Wei to continue.

Ruan Wei asked, "Are you going back to the classroom?"

"Ah."

"To find Li Qing?"

Zhou Yin smiled, "It's class now, why should I ask him? I'm not in the same class as him."

Ruan Wei stuck out her tongue, "I'm just joking."

"If you have anything to say, just say it."

Ruan Wei pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just wanted to ask you, what do you think of Li Qing?"

"You ask me? Who am I to him?" Zhou Yin laughed, "I don't know him very well. If you insist on me answering, I can only say that I have met him a few times and he is very nice."

"Then, what if I ask him to be my boyfriend?" Ruan Wei smiled, with her hands behind her back, looking like a very pretty girl.

Zhou Yin also smiled, "You like him? I'm curious, what do you like about him?"

"He's handsome, and he's a nice guy. Although some people don't like him, I think he's a nice guy."

"Is he a good person?"

"You said it," Ruan Wei tilted her head and said, "By the way, my best friend is your tablemate Xiaoqin. She told me that you have nothing to do with Li Qing. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Understood, she was right."

"I see, thank you." Ruan Wei obviously breathed a sigh of relief, and gave Zhou Yin a bright smile without hesitation, her eyes were smart and sly, hiding the secret that they had reached a consensus in the conversation just now.

Zhou Yin returned to the classroom, his school uniform jacket was placed on the chair, neatly folded.The loaned school uniform has been returned, but the owner has not taken away the school uniform jacket that does not belong to him hanging on the back of the chair.

Maybe forget it, maybe don't.Zhou Yin touched the wound on his lip, it was very shallow and small, no one would notice it except him and the instigator.

Zhou Yin's cold came back and forth again and again, but he never got better.Even though it is late autumn, the temperature is still high. He blows his nose while wearing a coat in the high temperature of more than 30 degrees, like a strange person in the group.

He never asked for leave or missed classes. He honestly went to class every day, studied by himself in the evening, and ate more times in the cafeteria at noon.Occasionally he would meet Li Qing, usually a few minutes before the cafeteria window closed, when he was about to leave, Li Qing happened to walk in with a lunch box.

Even if they meet and rub shoulders, Li Qing has no intention of saying hello to him.

Zhou Yin thought that it would continue like this forever, and made a plan to ignore each other.He went back to the classroom at noon that day, and met Li Qing and Ruan Wei who were suspected of having a dispute in the corridor. He only nodded his greetings to Ruan Wei, his eyes glanced at Li Qing, without staying for half a second.

Zhou Yin hid in the bathroom cubicle and lit a cigarette.He put the cigarette butt in his mouth, tried to inhale like he was taught, and almost immediately failed again with a choked cough.

After the cigarettes completely destroyed the body and traces, Zhou Yin came out of the cubicle. Li Qing stood in front of the sink. He looked at Li Qing through the mirror, then looked away, turned on the faucet, and washed his hands as if no one was there.

Li Qing suddenly asked: "Are you smoking?"

Zhou Yin looked at the mirror, Li Qing was right behind him, he didn't know whether he was staring at the mirror or him in the mirror, his gaze and tone were extremely stubborn, "You smoke too?"

Zhou Yin turned off the tap, turned around and asked him, "Don't you smoke?"

"I don't smoke."

Zhou Yin smiled: "I know, you are a good student, but I am not."

"Zhou Yin," Li Qing called him expressionlessly, "Didn't you go to the cafeteria for lunch? I didn't see you."

"Are you looking for me?"

Li Qing hummed.

Zhou Yin looked at Li Qing's brand-new school uniform. The style and color were finally the same as each of them. He asked curiously, "With the new school uniform, are there not so many people peeping at you on the road?"

Li Qing nodded.

"But I think the one you used to look better."

"That school uniform jacket is still with you," Li Qing paused, and added, "I didn't ask you to return it, so you can keep it."

Zhou Yin said, "What's the use of me keeping it?"

The mocking words made Li Qing's face turn red and turn pale. He clenched his fists, feeling ashamed of his self-indulgent sentimentality.Zhou Yin came up to him suddenly and stared at him without blinking. Li Qing didn't realize that he had been tricked again until he saw the lingering smile in Zhou Yin's eyes.

"What do you mean?" There was a bit of uncontrollable anger in his words.

Zhou Yin pursed his lips and smiled, "Just kidding, I want your coat."

Li Qing tried to hold his breath, the distance between him and Zhou Yin was too close, even his breath was entangled unconsciously.This is a dangerous signal, and Li Qing's heart is full of alarm bells.

Zhou Yin whispered: "I thought you wouldn't talk to me anymore."

He lowered his head, perhaps because he was sad. From Li Qing's angle, he could see a section of his delicate neck. It was noon, and the light was sufficient so that Li Qing could even see the fine fluff on it.

Zhou Yin raised his head suddenly, and repeated again: "I thought you wouldn't talk to me anymore."

Li Qing's Adam's apple moved slightly, and he said, "No, I didn't ignore you."

At noon, the entire campus was so quiet that only the rustling of birds could be heard.The corridor is empty, and the curtain fluttering in the wind may be the only person who knows.

It witnesses two people leaving one after the other, with a difference of less than half a minute before and after, maybe it is a carefully arranged time difference, or it may be the length of time one of them can bear not to go to the other.

Measured in seconds.

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