When Nightmares Come True - BJYX

19

"I drank again?" He wasn't sure because he didn't remember drinking. And wasn't that what happened when he drank last time? Completely blank.

"No, Cheng. You fell asleep in my car and I didn't know where you kept your card key so, I brought you to my apartment." A tender voice escaped through the muffling of the sheets.

"And I'm in bathrobe?" The younger inquired. Purposely ignoring the vivid image of himself in the elder's arms when he carried him.

"You looked uncomfortable." The tender voice provided.

"And we slept on the same bed?" Could have been worst.

"That was an accident." The older was exhausted himself, having done nothing all day.

"Holding hands???"

"That too was an accident."

Just how many times he had to embarrass himself in front of the older? The luck surely wasn't on his side. He rolled off of the bed and went straight to the bathroom to let out his frustration.

The older got up as well and busied himself in the kitchen. It was a fine morning and he decided to prepare something accordingly. Moments later Zhuocheng came out of the bathroom looking beautiful like the day. His damp hair and fairy white skin was a perfect Sunday gift.

Liu Huai Kuan realized he was staring too much when the younger gave him an eye roll. Zhuocheng made himself at home, sitting at the table for breakfast. He had been shamed already; he doesn't need to feel eccentric now.

Liu Huai Kuan placed the appetizing waffles with butter and fresh fruits on the table and joined the younger. The two eat in the company of sweet aroma and morning silence. Zhuocheng had given up on the idea of having a face in front of the elder.

He scanned the apartment, which he couldn't do before with his eyes darting from one peculiar thing to another. The set of mittens; embraided with sting ray pattern, pots of blue gentians and collection of weirdest museum items. Everything represented the older in one way or the other.

"Those are some hefty looking books."
ZhuoCheng commented as his eyes fell upon the stack of thick books. Too thick for his taste.
"Yes, I'm studying medicine." The elder followed his gaze. he owned more books than one could count.
"Oh? I thought you were business man like Da-ge?"

Though it took him years but Wang Yi Zhou managed to established himself in Japan from scratch. It was a feat in itself and Zhuocheng thought, that they worked together because he had always seen the duo together. So, it was only logical he concluded that.
"I was. My father was a business man. And my uncle wanted me to do the same. And I did but after years I realized there's something else, I should be doing." Liu Huai Kuan looked into the distance to where the heavy looking books were resting.

"And you decided to pursue medicine?" Zhuocheng asked and was replied by a simple 'Mn'
"How come?"

How come you left the company? Why would you want to pursue something totally different? Were you forced upon it? Zhuocheng said just few words but the elder had heard them all.
There was a little gap in his voice but he managed to say,

"Because I want to help someone."

There was hint of sadness and regret in his voice and it didn't go unnoticed by ZhuoCheng. He wanted to say something. Anything that would elate his foul mood.
"Then you better not fail, Liu-ge."

Well he was never good with words but it's the thought that counts. Luckily his little trick worked. The older let out a soft chuckle followed by
"I promise I won't."
ZhuoCheng thought faces like those are meant to smile.
"What about you Cheng?"
"I'll just be following my father, maybe take over his company one day? " ZhuoCheng looked up to the puzzled Expression of the older.
"Right I never properly introduced myself. I am Wang ZhuoCheng, son of Lu Jian Min- Jiang Corp."
"As expected." Liu Huai Kuan was beaming. Through Wang Yibo he had heard the names Jiangs because those were the people who adopted his brother's boyfriend, Xiao Zhan. But that was all he knew. Aside from their own encounter.
"And are you there by choice? Would you be the next heir to the company?"