Inevitable Love Journey [ZhanYi]

Again it is us

Yibo wondered why the 'annoying' professor of his was late to the lecture today. Considering the fact that he was someone who was punctual to the core. Yibo's eyes wondered over the students who are busy talking with each other by the surprising free time they were given.

He on the other side wanted so badly to see the older. He wanted to know why the story he heard had made him have a nightmare same night. Why he named it a nightmare? Well a historian red and black clothed 'Professor' was smiling and goofing around him all day and strangely he himself wasn't talking at all was a nightmare on its own for Yibo. I'd rather see myself die in his hands than seeing myself so aloof like that.

Suddenly the anticipated Xiao Zhan walked in with hurried steps. Yibo was slightly worried seeing the other cough even though he did it lightly. It seemed like he was sick. He made a mental note to buy him some medicine and ask for the favour of teaching him hypnosis in return.

So just when the class ended Yibo sprinted towards the collage's pharmacy and bought the medicine for simple coughs and ran back to catch Zhan. He saw him exiting the lecture hall and quickly went over to him, handing it.

Zhan waited till Yibo catch his breath from running and with a frown glanced at the medicine in his hands.
"You- you seemed like sick. Hope they'll help you get better." Zhan slightly smiled at the other and Yibo was sure meticulous enough to catch it.
"So~ gege...about you teaching me...can you do it now? I promise I'll be good." Yibo pleaded with his infamous puppy eyes. He watched Zhan's passive face and immediately started thinking of ways to make Zhan agree to his wish.

"Pretty please?"
"If you ran all the way here just to say that then I'm afraid you are wasting your time. Why not use that time to do your assignments on time." Zhan said and turned around to leave.

Yibo who had no other alternate option in his mind, he hugged Zhan from behind and tightened his grip.
Yibo felt Zhan froze on his tracks.
"W-what are you doing?" Zhan asked.
"I'm not letting you go until you agree to teach me." Yibo said with determination as Zhan tried to wriggle his way out.

"Let go, other people are watching."
"Nop." Yibo shook his head and kept it on Zhan's shoulder. He himself didn't know what the hell he was doing at the moment or why his insolent heart started to rampaging inside when he could smell the Zhan's fragrance in his nostrils.

"F-fine I'll teach you." Yibo heard Zhan's stuttering words as he saw Zhan giving a helpless smile at a fellow professor passing them by.
"Promise?" Yibo asked with a teasing smile seeing the flustered older.
"Yeah yeah."

So when Yibo loosened his hands Zhan wasted no time to install a meter distance between them. He sighed before saying,
"Fine. But, you must study and remember every book I give you and no slacking off. Because if the university board catches a professor giving private lessons to a student, my job will be on the line." Zhan said sternly as Yibo nodded his head eagerly.

And by agreeing to study Yibo didn't thought he'll be studying a whole fucking library. He slumped to the floor seeing the mountains of books lined in front of him. Besides them sat a stern Zhan signalling him to start. With a forced smile Yibo started opening the book which said 'Hypnosis and life'

If he ever get an opportunity to explain about an eternity of hell, he'll explain it better than anyone. Because the amount of pages he turned and the amount of words he read was nothing apparently when he read the clock saying in mockery, "It had only been an hour"
Yibo glanced at Zhan who was observing his every movement leaving no chances for him to slack off. He wondered whether he'll even remember whatever he read now if he was asked later on.

Rather unusually as he was staring at the boring pages filled with words his mind started drifting off today's event where he was hugging the older. He could literally feel that smell again inside him and he had admitted about his neediness to have a whiff of that addicting smell again. Unconsciously a smile etched on his face.

Zhan had been looking at the struggling kid besides him and when he suddenly started smiling he actually for a second got worried over Yibo's sanity.
But soon after few minutes he found the other dozing off. He managed to stop the other's head being smacked onto the table when he started dozing off , by keeping his hand under Yibo's head.

"We can do a practical now if you are bored." Zhan said finally giving up trying to free his hand which the other had dozed off peacefully on top of it. Yibo who heard it immediately lifted his head up not realising on what he had been sleeping all this time.

As Zhan instructed, Yibo closed his eyes sitting on the sofa comfortably and a soft ting erupted time to time making him sleepy. His instincts had already told him that he will again see him and professor in some historian clothes again. So he prayed fo it to not be something awkward because Zhan had instructed him to tell whatever he see's now. And he did not want to be the one explaining about all the silly things they did in his fragments of things like memories.

"Take a deep breath and let the sleep overtake you." Zhan's soothing voice mumbled as Yibo found himself again in some kind of void filled with darkness until it all originated into a scenario between two men. He was a bit amused to see themselves in a timeline that looked like eighties or nineties. It was a bit unfamiliar to see them in different clothes this time.

"Do you really have to leave?" He saw his 'professor' ask in a saddened voice.
"I know it's sudden but I must. My first ever job requires this training in Chongqing. I..I must leave tomorrow." His self-like person replied with an equal remorseful voice.

Yibo didn't understand clearly but he had this strange feeling looking at the two of them. It seemed like both of 'them' were standing two feet apart maintaining the distance when deep down they wanted to close that gap and embrace each other.

He noticed the twitching hands of his 'professor' and before he knew it he watched his 'professor' inching close to 'himself' and giving a peck to the other on the lips. Yibo watched the amused and shocked reactions of both of them with his own amazement.

"I- I I have to go." He heard the one who looked like him say in a flustered voice and turn around.
"Wait!" Without waiting he hurried his steps and went inside the train station. But before getting in the train he stopped for a second and turned back. He gave a cheeky smile at the one that looked like his 'professor' and get on to the train fast.

Yibo watched the other one smiling to himself as his own vision started getting hazy.

He fluttered open his eyelids and saw Zhan's face right on top of his. It was such a surprise that Yibo almost shouted seeing his professor up so close.
"I-I ...W-what-" Yibo stuttered as Zhan retreated immediately muttering slowly,
"You had a bug on your face..."
"O-Oh.." Yibo still stammered, clearly flushed.
"Anyway tell me what you saw and this time I want a detailed explanation." Zhan said sternly making Yibo gulp.

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