77 A Diamond in the Rough (2/2)
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Su Yan had black lines running down his face. ”How did you know?”
Nie Chang smiled. ”Just a guess.”
”Ugh.” Su Yan flopped back onto Nie Chang's chest and stared at the task. Had he known … Well, then again this might not be too bad. Without a limit, he might have written something really long. Now he wouldn't have to edit as much and could still put in the things he would have liked to have.
He wanted to get up but Nie Chang's arms circled his waist and held him in place.
”Heh! What do you think you're doing?”
”I should be the one to ask that. You just came back from the hospital. It's nice enough of me to let you write for so long. I certainly won't let you go and edit that thing for the rest of the night.”
”Hah? But —”
”No but.” Nie Chang craned his neck and kissed Su Yan's brow. ”Come on, let's go to bed. You can edit that tomorrow at work.”
Su Yan pursed his lips but he had to admit that Nie Chang wasn't wrong. A look at the clock showed that it was already midnight. ”Oh. Then I'll go to bed.” He got up but Nie Chang grabbed his hand before he could go and turn his notebook off. ”What?”
”What do you mean you'll go to bed? I'm obviously going to come with you.” He grinned and stood up, too, pulling Su Yan into his arms. He bent down, his breath tickling Su Yan's ear. ”Or … do you have a problem with sharing a bed with me?”
Su Yan shuddered. This … This bastard! He hurriedly escaped out of his arms and covered his ear. ”Can't you talk normally?!” Then, he ran into the kitchen and hurriedly saved the document before turning the notebook off.
Uh, sharing his bed with Nie Chang … It shouldn't be a problem. But he still felt giddy thinking about it. This wasn't just having a friend sleep over anymore. This was spending the night with his boyfriend.
Su Yan went back to the door and stared at Nie Chang. ”Ah Chang.”
”Mn?”
”What we said before … It still counts, right?”
Nie Chang smiled and came over, hugging him. ”Naturally. I won't do anything you don't want. And now stop to put it off.” He jostled him toward the bedroom.
Su Yan just stood there and eyed Nie Chang warily. Somehow, he didn't trust him right now. 'I won't do anything' and 'I won't do anything you don't want' were two completely different things. What if that guy tried something and he couldn't bring himself to reject it and they somehow had sex and then broke up in two weeks?
Nie Chang sighed. ”Would you like me to sleep on the couch?”
”Hah? Why would you?”
”Because you're looking as if I was going to eat you raw the next moment.”
”That … That's bullshit. It's not like we've never slept together before.”
”Exactly.” Nie Chang came over, grabbed Su Yan's shirt and pulled it over his head.
”Heh! You … What —”
”I'm helping you or you'll never get into bed today.” He reached for Su Yan's pants but his boyfriend took a step back.
”I can do that alone!”
”Alright …” Nie Chang stopped looking and just stripped himself. He didn't even wait for Su Yan before lying down. Ah, he'd just wait for him to come over himself.