2 Chapter 2- Food for though (1/2)

Someone made of light was sitting on his head. Hao Mei groaned and tried to push them away but his hand simply passed through air. Cracking one eye open, he winced as light from the open window burned a hole into his brain. With a whimper he closed his eyes tightly, not before establishing that no, there was no one sitting on his head; but then why the hell did it feel so heavy? Groaning, he rolled over and barely managed to slither and slide his way down the ladder of his bunk bed, landing on the floor in an ungainly pile of smelly clothes and beer breath.

”Ah...” The pungent smell of his own breath brought his memory rushing back. Well, parts of it. End of year basket ball game, Xiao Nai and Lu Wei Wei Wei, no... Bei Wei Wei... no... Hao Meo shook his head then groaned again when the sudden movement made his stomach roll. Lu Wei Wei Wei and Bei Wei Wei were the same person. He remembered celebrating the game, celebrating Laosan and Saosan meeting in person, celebrating... what else was he celebrating? He remembered the rest of the guys celebrating because they'd seen the downfall of the campus' most eligible bachelor but he'd arrived at the gym too late too see Xiao Nai and Bei Wei Wei together so he wouldn't have been celebrating that...

Crawling in to the bathroom, he pulled himself relatively upright in front of the sink and frowned at his reflection. His skin was pale, and not the beautiful 'I'm so gorgeous' pale, but a clammy, queasy pale. Shadows under his eyes were so dark he looked like he'd been in a fight. Well, Hao Mei shrugged, he'd lost a fight with alcohol so that counted, right? Splashing cold water on his face he gasped at the chill which unfortunately meant he also took a whiff of his own body odour. Gagging he slammed the bathroom door shut and stepped, fully clothed, under the water.

”Hao Mei! Hurry up in there!” Yu Ban Shan pounded on the bathroom door. ”Hurry up! I need to pee!”

”Go ask Da Zhong if you can use his toilet. I'm not moving.”

”Can't make it...” The bathroom door opened and Ban Shan stumbled in, looking back at the door in surprise. ”You didn't lock it....?”

Hao Mei groaned and stuck his face under the water.

Fumbling with his zipper, Ban Shan sighed with relief then looked over at the fully clothed, half drowned Mei. ”Aw... Mr Beauty... Did you forget something?”

”Yes. I think I did; I can't remember what I've forgotten but I think it was something important.”

Ban Shan nodded sagely, washing his hands and drying them with Hao Mei's towel. ”I know what you forgot.”

Mei turned around, eyes wide. ”You do? What?”

Ban Shan backed slowly towards the door. ”You forgot to take your clothes off.”