After Yu Sheng finished speaking and wanted to leave, he turned around when Jin Linkun grabbed his wrist.
There were people walking around outside the door, and some people were busy packing their things.
On the last day of the summer camp, no one was in the mood to go to bed early, and clear and lively voices came through the door.
Hearing suddenly became much sharper than usual, the second hand ticked by and the sound of breathing was all the more deafening.
Jin Linkun raised his head and looked at him.
His little friend’s ears were red, the corners of his lips were pursed tightly, and his brows were furrowed, as if he wanted to beat him up at any time.
But the hand he was holding onto had no intention of making a move at all.
Without even exerting any strength, their fingers were loosely intertwined, hand holding on to his.
A little… cute.
Jin Linkun pulled him towards him, his Adam’s apple rolled slightly: “Yu Sheng.”
Yu Sheng pursed his lips: “Are you finished writing now?”
“…I’ll write it now.”
Turning his gaze back to the white paper on the table, Jin Linkun turned around abruptly, picked up the pen and was about to start, the tip of the pen paused, then bent down to search in the drawer again.
Yu Sheng couldn’t help asking him, “What are you looking for?”
“Pencil.” Jin Linkun rummaged through the drawers, got up in a hurry, and searched the bookshelves one by one, “Wait a minute, I’ll draw a horizontal line, I have to make a draft, just wait a moment… “
It seemed that he had never been so nervous before, and he chatted non-stop unconsciously. After searching around twice, fine sweat covered his forehead.
Yu Sheng looked at him for a while, lowered his eyelashes, and pursed the corners of his mouth helplessly.
Jin Linkun searched for a long time, finally found a broken wooden pencil from a corner, picked up a penknife to sharpen it, and just raised his hand when another hand took it.
Yu Sheng didn’t speak, just pulled a stool and sat down beside him to sharpen the pencil.
The slender fingers are firm and strong, and the wood flowers bloom on the blade, mixed with a little bit of fine graphite powder, and fall down like snow.
The young man bent down slightly, the shirt that he hadn’t changed out of hugged his sharp and narrow waistline, his eyelashes drooped, and his gaze quietly fell on the pencil.
Jin Linkun called him softly: “Yu Sheng.”
His tone was different from usual, Yu Sheng couldn’t help frowning slightly, the penknife in his hand paused, and continued to sharpen the tip of the pencil: “What?”
“I–“
Jin Linkun stopped abruptly, and continued after a while: “Can you teach me how to cook?”
Yu Sheng was a little confused: “Why do you want to learn this?”
Jin Linkun smiled lightly, with a rare embarrassment on his face: “My family–my family may have another child now.”
“The child has a bad stomach, and if he doesn’t eat, he will be hungry and hurt easily, and he doesn’t want to be the one cooking it.”
Listening to his own heartbeat, he continued: “I can accompany him to sleep, study with him, talk to him when he is in a bad mood, help him fight, climb over walls with him, practise the piano with him, we can even play a 2 person score.”
“But I can’t cook yet.”
Jin Linkun lowered his gaze, and lightly clenched his empty right hand: “I think, if he wants to sleep in someday… I have to kiss him, tuck him back into bed and go back to sleep, I’ll get up and make something delicious for him to eat.”
After he finished speaking, the room fell silent again.
This time even the sound of breathing stopped, only the pounding heartbeats scrambling to overlap each other, like thunder.
Jin Linkun was a little nervous, and instinctively chattered: “I can’t cut the shredded potatoes well, I’m afraid I can’t do it well, so he can’t help but beat me—”
“Okay.” Yu Sheng interrupted him, “If you stop at the sentence just now, it’s actually quite touching.”
“……Yeah?”
Jin Linkun was stunned for a moment, and couldn’t help but blame himself: “I should still make a draft…”
The corner of Yu Sheng’s lip couldn’t help but twitch, then he threw the sharpened pencil back to him: “Okay, write it.”
The pencil has been sharpened for a long time, and it is half shorter than before, and it can be completely covered with one hand.
Jin Linkun actually turned around, holding the tip of the small pencil in an awkward posture, ready to make a rough draft.
Standing behind him, Yu Sheng watched him earnestly make a grid on the paper, and write what he said just stroke by stroke neatly, and suddenly closed his eyes a little hastily.
Jin Linkun had only written the second half of the line, and felt his neck was cold, so he took the towel on the table reflexively: “Is your hair still wet? Come here, I’ll wipe it for you—”
His voice paused, and he slowly stood up straight.
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The young man’s shoulders were still tense, and it took a lot of effort to pull him into his arms.
Jin Linkun hugged him, stroked his back, and lowered his head tentatively: “Yu Sheng.”
Yu Sheng closed his eyes tightly, took a deep breath and exhaled, and leaned against his shoulder: “If you dare to say—”
“I’m the one crying.” Jin Linkun said in time, and wrapped him in his arms, “I’m so happy.”
Seeing that this person has actually taken the initiative to take the blame, the corner of Yu Sheng’s mouth couldn’t help but twitch, and the sudden intense pain in his chest was calmed down a little bit by the warm embrace.
He leaned on Jin Linkun’s chest and shoulders, relaxed little by little, and raised his hand to hold him: “Ge.”
The kid suddenly softened, almost making Jin Linkun think that he accidentally brought back that little dinosaur suit.
Jin Linkun slowed down, adjusted his posture slightly, and stroked his hair: “What’s wrong?”
“I don’t know—” Yu Sheng’s voice was very soft, “I don’t know what a family member should do, I forgot.”
Jin Linkun’s chest shrank, and he subconsciously tightened his arms: “No, Yu Sheng, listen to me—”
“You teach me.”
Yu Sheng didn’t listen to what he said, and lowered his gaze, he clenched the little piece of fabric on his cuff, his knuckles were faintly white: “Don’t worry, I will learn.”
Jin Linkun’s eyes suddenly burned, and he couldn’t continue speaking.
He put in more strength, pulled him into his arms, and held Yu Sheng’s hand tightly: “I’m not in a hurry, and you don’t need to learn this.”
Yu Sheng’s shoulders trembled slightly, and he raised his head to look at him.
The black eyes were extremely clean, Jin Linkun bent his index finger, and lightly touched his thick eyelashes.
“I’m here.”
Jin Linkun smiled at him, and rubbed the kid who didn’t know how to blink when his eyelashes were touched: “You have learned it already, I can’t fool you anymore.”
Yu Sheng: “…”
Two minutes later, Jin Linkun, who was forced to write another reflection,admitting that he had deceived him somewhere, faced the two blank sheets of paper and tried to explain: “My friend, I just want to make you laugh.”
Yu Sheng was in a good mood, sitting at the table with his arms pillowed on his head, watching him write with his mouth upturned: “I laughed, you write yours.”
“…”
Jin Linkun resignedly grabbed another piece of paper, and continued to compare with the ruler, drawing horizontal lines one by one.
His family’s little friend has such a nice smile.
Realising the new prefix he had added, Jin Linkun’s heart beat faster than expected, he elbowed him, and called him softly: “Yu Sheng.”
Yu Sheng was peeling the sugar wrapper, and looked up following the sound.
Jin Linkun held the pen in his right hand, and reached out with his left hand.
It was rare for Yu Sheng to want to eat a piece of candy. Seeing him hesitating, he put the piece of candy in the palm he stretched out.
“…” Jin Linkun picked up the candy and handed it to his lips: “I don’t want this.”
Yu Sheng took the piece of candy in his mouth and raised his head: “What do you want then?”
His voice was not as cold as usual, and his whole body looked soft under the warm yellow light, and the corners of his pale lips brushed against Jin Linkun’s fingertips.
Jin Linkun paused unconsciously, withdrew his hand, and smiled: “I want…to hold hands.”
Yu Sheng’s hand was placed by the table, Jin Linkun took the initiative to go over, picked up that hand, and held it in his palm.
Ten hands intertwined, fingers of Yu Sheng’s hand against the back of his, their palms were covered with warmth.
It’s not uncommon to hold hands. Yu Sheng has long been fooled by him, insisting that it is normal that they should hold hands. He didn’t pull it out, but still asked him: “What’s there to hold now?”
“It’s different now.”
Jin Linkun held his hand, the corners of his lips couldn’t stop rising, and he showed him their clasped hands, “This is my boyfriend’s hand.”
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The voice fell, and neither of them spoke again immediately.
Jin Linkun himself paused for a moment before returning to his senses. He coughed lightly, adjusted his glasses, and tightly clenched his hands in anticipation: “Friend, I—”
Yu Sheng interrupted him: “Shouldn’t I be your boyfriend?”
Looking at Yu Sheng who was showing a tendency to blush into his collar all the way, Jin Linkun opened his mouth, and the joy bubbled up from his chest, and the corners of his lips couldn’t stop twitching up.
Yu Sheng lowered his head and stared at the interlaced fingers of the two people. His whole body felt so hot that he would not be able to sit still any minute, but for no reason he didn’t want to move at all, and just wanted to hold it like this all the time.
He tried to appear normal for a while, but finally couldn’t help raising the corners of his mouth, and pulled Jin Linkun’s hand towards him.
Jin Linkun relaxed his strength, and let himself be pulled over. He was still thinking about what Yu Sheng was going to do, but his new boyfriend had already closed his eyes and lay down on his arm.
After the summer camp was over, Jin Linkun didn’t go home immediately, and sent Yu Sheng off first.
When he went there, he didn’t plan to stay for a long time, and Yu Sheng didn’t bring much luggage. On the other hand, Jin Linkun’s two large suitcases of luggage took a lot of joint effort. Together with the heavy books, they finally dragged them upstairs, and both of them were sweating from exhaustion.
Yu Sheng washed his face, threw the suitcase in the living room, and was in no hurry to clean it up. He poured a drink for Jin Linkun who was rooted at the door: “It’s been five minutes, and you haven’t opened it yet?”
“It’s opened.” Jin Linkun was immersed in the joy of unlocking the door of Yu Sheng’s house with a click, “I’m reliving the experience.”
“…”
Yu Sheng walked over and handed him the drink: “If you break this lock, I’ll change it, and you can find another way to get in.”
Jin Linkun paused, put away the keys neatly, drank a drink and sat in the living room with Yu Sheng.
School is about to start, and there is a row of unread messages on the phone. Duan Lei, who has started school for almost a month in advance, fills the screen with ghosts and wolves. It seems that his mind will be completely destroyed by learning soon.
“Are you planning to stay here?”
After Yu Sheng replied to the message, he looked up at Jin Linkun who had already finished a glass of drink: “You went to the summer camp for a month, and no one in your family is looking forward to your return?”
“……how to say.”
Jin Linkun thought for a while, then put down the empty glass in his hand: “When I came home from an accident last year, my parents opened their arms to me, hugged me and said to me, no matter what happens, my parents will always believe in you, and will always stand by you. Family is your most solid backing.”
Although this paragraph sounds very touching, Yu Sheng still felt that there was something in his words: “And then?”
Jin Linkun: “Then I stayed at home for a month. My solid backing helped me pack my luggage and asked me where I would like to go for fun, travel or any winter training camp. Don’t bother them at home.”
“…”
Yu Sheng couldn’t hold back, and coughed several times after being choked by a sip of drink.
Familiar with the characteristics of his parents, Jin Linkun pondered for a while, and added: “This time I went back to live for a few days for fun, either they want to kick me out to live in school, or the two of them went on vacation and travelled around the world. There’s a third possibility.”
Listening to his description, Yu Sheng felt that he should sympathise with him, but for some reason, the corners of his mouth couldn’t stop curling up.
Jin Linkun lowered his head and took a look at his expression. His eyes behind the glasses were bent, and he put his arms around his shoulders and lowered his head: “Happy?”
“No.” Yu Sheng took his arm and threw it away, “I’m politely expressing sympathy for your situation.”
The kid doesn’t even hide the smile at the corner of his mouth.
Jin Linkun couldn’t help laughing, stroked his hair, and went around in front of Yu Sheng: “The luggage is here with you, you can pack it for me as you like.”
Yu Sheng felt that he should not help out of courtesy, and before he could speak, Jin Linkun had already raised his hand to wrap the back of his head.
He bent down, bent his eyes, touched his little friend’s forehead, and gently rubbed the short hair at the back twice: “Wait for me for two days. I will be back soon.”
The warm body temperature envelops the whole body, and his low voice sounded incredibly gentle.
Yu Sheng was unconsciously stunned by him for a few seconds.
Seeing that Jin Linkun would continue to dawdle, Yu Sheng pursed the corner of his lower lip, and finally couldn’t hold back, and kicked him: “Then go.”
“…”
Jin Linkun, who was kicked neatly to sit on the ground, still hadn’t reacted a little bit, raised his head a little confused, and watched Yu Sheng get up without any hesitation, and went to find the schoolbag on the suitcase: “Friend——”
“It’s nice to have a family…”
Yu Sheng rummaged through his schoolbag, lowered his head, and interrupted him: “You spend more time with them, explain any conflicts, and don’t make trouble.”
Yu Sheng doesn’t know what a normal family is like, but according to what Jin Linkun said, since they can comfort their son, there should be no problem with their relationship.
Probably the problem is that this person is just too annoying.
Jin Linkun opened his mouth, wanting to explain to him that “missing home when you are outside, getting annoyed when you’re home” is probably a common situation in most families, but he still didn’t say it.
He nodded, and his eyes softened: “OK.”
“They—if they don’t hurry you away.”
Yu Sheng continued to enlighten him: “Just stay a few more days, maybe they are just saying that they don’t want you around, but they actually want you to come home.”
Jin Linkun felt a slight pain in his chest, and couldn’t help interrupting him softly: “Yu Sheng.”
He took a few steps forward, wanting to hug his little friend and say a few words, but Yu Sheng had already turned back quickly and stuffed all the candies in his school bag into his hand.
Jin Linkun knew that his roommate could never run out of candy, and there were all kinds of flavours and brands, but he never knew that there were so many of them.
He raised his hand subconsciously to catch it, but he still couldn’t hold it firmly, it slipped from the gap between his hand, and fell to the ground.
Yu Sheng’s hands were empty, he took a step back from his side, and clenched his fists slightly.
He didn’t know what to say, and he didn’t really want to.
It’s nothing more than “I’ll come back to see you in two days” and didn’t come after two days.
Then gradually it will become two weeks, two months, two years.
In the end, he couldn’t find anyone, and the school called them, but they were either perfunctory or hung up.
In fact, looking back, he feels like it’s all in the distant past.
Back then, the boy who waited from dawn until dark, clutching the balcony railing tightly and refusing to go back with the nanny, had grown up alone without illness or disaster.
It’s not a big deal.
Nothing else to add on.
“I’m very busy. I have a lot of things to do at the start of school. I have to go back to school, go through the formalities for the day study program, and have to memorise the contents.”
Yu Sheng stood for a while, but still didn’t say anything. He lowered his head, and his eyes fell on Jin Linkun’s handful of candies.
“You stay at home for a few more days, before the candy is all eaten just… come home.”
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T/N: …Is it just me or…is anyone else feeling extremely single right now…?
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Extra note: I will be going somewhere for the weekend so will not be able to have an update on the weekends, so I will drop the next update today. Sorry and thanks!
Update: immediate
- After becoming enemies with the lord god
- Blog
- Completed
- Don't talk to me!
- Dropped
- Ghost Marriage
- Hunger Academy
- I opened a safe house in the Infinite Stream
- Notices
- Ongoing
- The Dragon Lord is Weak and Helpless but Has a Big Appetite [Interstellar]
- Want to ascend? Then fall in love.
- What can I do, I'm not human.
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