IF

5

ShangYu moved ShiWen's luggage to his house, it's the same one from his last life--his own house, not one where his family lived.

But now, it's not for the same reason---they had just graduated from high school. ShangYu's family always had wanted him to find an Omega to marry with a same rank. Yet ShiWen was not only a Alpha, he's a C-level Alpha. ShangYu hadn't got the ability to protect him, having him to live with the Shang family now would be like throwing an egg to a stone.

ShangYu felt guilty about it, but ShiWen seemed satisfied. The decoration style of the house was decided according to the owner's preference, the black and white metal-like line is cold and impersonal. ShiWen seemed to be the only warm color in the whole room.

ShangYu helped him to hang his clothes in his closet, before he could think of anything to say, he saw his lover looked at him with a timid look on his face. "What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"Shang Yu subconsciously touched the cheek.

"No...nothing." ShiWen stammered. He consciously looked up, bushing when he felt his stare. "I want...well, do you want to go shopping for some...um, decorations?"

It's too cold, the house is too cold-- it was a cold black and white everywhere, When ShangYu bought this house, ShiWen had not yet entered his life.Now that he heard his word, it at last clicked that ShiWen liked his house to be warm-toned.

ShiWen softly tugged ShangYu's shirt, he was already regretting what he had said just a minute ago. ShangYu was, nominally, his alpha, but, the cause of their marking was pathetic to say. He had not forgot how ShangYu was apathetic back when they were in Empire high, yet, he was still selfishly(and stupidly)thinking that they would be happily ever after. And now, the last bit of this dream had been pinched out by ShangYu's silence. "It's...it's fine if you don't wanna go." ShiWen let go of the alpha's shirt, trying his hardest to keep calm "the style is great, I like it."

"Nonsense.", ShangYu grabbed ShiWen's hand, his heart sank a little form the disappointment in ShiWen's words. He softly pinched his cheeks, "I was just wondering if there's a mall around here that sell wallpaper and other stuff like that, we're going there together." The corner of his mouth curled into a small smile, making him gentle and lively.

"This is our room, I told the constructor to make it as simple as possible when I first bought this" ShangYu lean over to peck his lover's cheek, "but for now, I want you to furnish this with what ever you want."

"For real?"ShiWen couldn't believe it.

ShangYu nodded, his brows soften, "for real."

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The mall was a 20 minutes' drive from the neighborhood, ShangYu and ShiWen walked through many shelves of furniture and supplies. The enthusiastic Beta salesman were informing ShiWen about matching wallpapers and bed sheets. ShangYu leaned on the table nearby, eyes fixed gently on ShiWen.

The blue and white light shone above them, dancing upon ShiWen's soft hair. He seemed to be in a really good mood, selecting through the wallpaper samples that were spread across the bed. Ten minutes later, ShiWen came up holding two samples.

"Which one do you like better?" ShiWen frowned, handing ShangYu the samples. The first one was beige with cartoon themed, the other was blue, patterned with flowers. ShangYu took the beige one without hesitation, "They both look fine though, we could use this one in our room and the blue one in the guest room."

"Can I?" ShiWen was surprised.

"yeah, if you want to" ShangYu nodded with a smile.

"You're paying?"

"Of course.", ShangYu lifted ShiWen's dream, staring into the mischievous gleam in his eyes, his heart soften, "I'll pay for whatever you want."

ShiWen smiled and took ShangYu's hand.

After buying the wallpaper, they went straight to where sofas and bedding were sold. No matter what ShiWen had chosen, ShangYu all pay without batting an eye. The day passed quickly, and by the time they had finally done their shopping, the sun had already set.

"Hungry?" ShangYu softly pinched his lover's cheek, the selected furniture would be sent directly to their place---an SSS Alpha always had some privilege that no one else have. ShangYu sat side by side on a sofa at the lounge with ShiWen. ShiWen picked out two plums from the snakes on the coffee table. He ate one himself before feeding the other one to ShangYu. ShangYu squinted his eyes from the sudden sourness. ShiWen lean over and whispered into his Alpha's ear, "A little bit, but i don't know where to eat."

"How about that poach pork you've been talking about?" ShangYu whispered back, "you mentioned it a few time before? Where's it? I'm driving."

"The poach pork?" ShiWen was surprised, "you remembered that?" There was a restaurant across Xing Avenue, it was famous for it's poach pork, ShiWen did mentioned it before for a several time, he even had an attempt to ask ShangYu out. But at that time ShangYu seems so impatient and cold, ShiWen thought he will never remember that, nor will he even care.

Yeah, I remember that." ShangYu pull ShiWen into his arm, so that the man was laying on his shoulder, "I remembered every single thing you said."

And that every single thing, had been repeatedly echoed in his mind during his 20 years alone.

"oh" ShiWen murmured, he bury himself further into ShangYu's neck. His Alpha's soothing pheromone calmed down the slight discomfort in his fake omega gland. ShiWen, with all his finally plucked up courage, pecked his ear, feeling ShangYu's stiffness, ShiWen's cheek burnt bright red. "Guess we're having poach pork for dinner, it's still on you.

"yeah, it's on me." his lips curled into a slight smile when he caught sight of ShiWen's red cheek, he grab the man's hand as they leave the mall.