Cold Water

Part 07 - Not Sleeping Beauty

Notes:

Narration
"Conversation"
Memory
(Translator's ramble)

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Just like the message that Zhan sent to Yibo, he came to the latter's apartment in the morning to ask for breakfast on the pretext of wanting to have breakfast together.

Yibo was shocked when someone knocked on the door of his apartment at six in the morning, but when he saw who was standing in front of the door with his bright smile, Yibo could not help but smile even though the smile was so faint that Zhan did not notice.

"Come in," Yibo said, allowing the other to enter. Zhan walked ahead of him to immediately sit on the blue sofa he had sat on when Yibo first invited him into his apartment, so if counted, this was the second time Zhan had come to Yibo's apartment and that made him a little confident to lay down himself on the sofa.

Yibo who saw him shook his head slowly while doing his activities which were previously delayed due to someone knocking on the apartment door.

"Bo-di. I will lie down for a while, if you have finished, wake me up." Said Zhan closing his eyes, Yibo only answered it with a hum which was not too loud but enough for Zhan to hear it. The older just smiled as he closed his eyes.

Yibo cooked several items for breakfast this morning, not too many, but enough to arouse their appetite. Yibo also prepared a glass of orange juice for himself and Zhan. Once finished putting the food on plates, he brought it to the table near the couch where Zhan is sleeping.

There was a soft snoring from Zhan, indicating that he had fallen asleep. Indeed Yibo had noticed, when he opened the door, Zhan did not look fresh and dark circles adorned his eyes.

Yibo approached Zhan intending to wake him up, but when he saw Zhan sleeping peacefully, he changed his mind. He finally sat on the floor near Zhan and decided to check what he has in schedule for today.

Yibo read all the reports he had received carefully from the case he was working with the Western Division team, by reading it thoroughly, somehow the case seemed more and more familiar. Yibo feels that it is impossible for people who do this to kill, simply because they want to take away the lives of those they have abused.

For some reason Yibo was very interested to handle this case out of the task he had to finish and Yibo might be lucky enough because this time the enemy left evidence that might lead him to prison.

When Yibo began to concentrate on his tablet, an arm pulled and hugged his neck from behind. Because there was only Yibo and Zhan in the room, the culprit was Zhan. Yibo who felt his neck hurt because he tried to turn his body to look at the perpetrator with a cold look, but in turn, he was surprised because the perpetrator was still fast asleep.

Yibo looked at Zhan close enough because the older pulled him close unconsciously. Two wrinkles on Zhan's forehead made Yibo want to press them to disappear. But right before his hand touched Zhan's forehead, Zhan pulled his hand until he almost dropped his face on Zhan's face if he didn't have quick reflexes.
(Huhh.. Stupid reflexes 😤😤)

As a result of Zhan's subconscious behavior, their faces were only one inch apart, so Yibo could feel Zhan's warm breath. Yibo looked at Zhan's face with a wistful look without intending to approach or move away.

Thinking about what advantages Zhan had, Yibo looked at features of Zhan's face one by one. He has pretty good eyebrows with pointed shapes at the ends, slightly long eyelashes, eyes with double folds that will be seen when open, sharp nose that is not too big, sharp jaws, slightly thin cheeks. Yibo stopped on Zhan's lips when the thin lips moved lightly as if to say something. At the same time the grip of Zhan's hands became so tight that Yibo felt pain, but Yibo was still reluctant to wake Zhan. Until Yibo realized Zhan's two closed eyes moved slowly until it finally opened slowly.