Love O2O- Beyond a Beautiful Smile

Chapter 43- Human No More

A/N: I'm sorry I'm not updating much but these assessments are killing me. As an apology, this link is a very cleverly edited video showing the Galaxy Fantasy beginning of HoK... and you may very well get to see Hao Mei in a blue healer's costume! (Kind of. Watch it. Then you'll see.) https://youtu.be/v8zPh5n-n10

It wasn't the news that Feng Teng Technology had brought forward the demo date, that threw Hao Mei's head for a pin. It wasn't even that Laoan was determined to finish an extremely difficult coding task that was akin to going up against a big boss by yourself and armed only with a beginner's knife. No. These trivial things weren't the reason for Mei's sudden attack of the pouts. 

    "But if we sleep at the office then we can't sleep together."

    "Hmm."

    "Why don't we both stay at the hotel? It's close so we don't need to worry about commuting...

    "Mei."

    "Don't look at me like that."

    "Like what?"

    "Like I'm being childish." Mei folded his arms and turned his back to KO, leaning against the stairwell wall. 

    "Mei..."

    "What?"

    KO put his hands on Mei's shoulders and gently turned him around. "I will miss you too."

    Pink tinged his cheeks and Mei couldn't help but look away from the sincerity in KO's eyes. "Idiot. Being so blunt."

    "My Beauty," KO pressed a soft kiss to Mei's pouting lips. "I have something to say."

    Eyes on KO's lips, Mei leaned forward. "Yes?"

    With gentle fingers, KO tilted Mei's chin up until the younger man couldn't help but make eye contact as their lips hovered millimetres apart. 

    "Get to work." 

    Mei blinked as KO pushed him towards the office door, propelling him back into the workplace. What just happened? Since when did he equip SuperFlirt?  He shook his head. Was KO laughing at me? There was no time to overthink; however, as Qui Yong Hou called him over a soon as he stepped back into the office. Coding. Right. Think about the coding and not about KO. Even as he sank into the computer chair, he couldn't help wondering just how well that endeavour would go. 

Twelve hours later, Mei had taken to pacing alongside the windows to Xiao Nai's office. Ostensibly he was stretching his legs, however his stride grew shorter and shorter until he gave up all pretence of exercise and simply leaned against the window, peering in at the two men fixated one their devices. 

    "Are you cosplaying as a gecko?" Bei Wei Wei joined Mei, taking note of the way he pressed his hands against the glass as if he could through it. 

    Mei sighed. "I'm heartbroken, Junior Wei Wei."

    "What about?"

    "Look at them! They won't let me in," Mei narrowed his eye at the oblivious pair. He hadn't slept for nearly an entire twenty four hours and hadn't exchanged a single word with KO for half that time. He cleared his throat. It wasn't like he could just blatantly admit that to anyone, even if it was Saosan. "Are they scoffing at my IQ? I was at least the best student in my province, okay?" 

    A smile played at the corner of Wei Wei's mouth but she held it back. "Mr Beauty, I think that you're overreacting. Don't you already have lot's to work on?"