80 Coming Ou (2/2)
”Mn? What is it? Just tell me.”
Su Yan suddenly sat up straight and stared at him.
Nie Chang gulped. ”Uh … Wha … What is it?”
Su Yan pondered, then he stood up, hurried to the other side of the table and sat on Nie Chang's lap. ”Ah Chang! You have to help me!”
”Ah?” Nie Chang had no idea what to say. What was even happening? He silently lifted his hand and stroked Su Yan's back. ”I'm here. Whatever it is you want me to do I'll do it immediately!”
Su Yan hugged his neck and burrowed into his arms. ”Come and help me confess to my mother!”
”Confess? What are you talking about?” Nie Chang grew even more flustered. Wait, wait! Why was his shoulder wet? Su Yan wasn't crying, right?!
His boyfriend indeed looked up at him with eyes swimming in tears. ”You have to be responsible! Come with me when I tell her that I'm gay! Uh, my poor mother … Who knows if she'll be able to take it when I explain to her what that means …”
Nie Chang's lips twitched. Darling, you don't have to worry about it. She already knows. Heavens, she was even the one who wanted to set us up yesterday!
He really wanted to tell him that but then again it might be better if Su Yan actually went and told her. With the courage it would take him to do that, their relationship would be much more secure in the future. He couldn't bear to just let him cry, though.
Nie Chang gently hugged him and rubbed the back of his head before he wiped the tears away that were spilling over. ”Don't worry. I'll come with you and explain. And your mother certainly won't mind. Didn't she always like me?”
Su Yan sniffled. ”That's true …”
”See? There's no way she'll be angry when you have your coming-out. I promise she'll be happy instead. Isn't it as if she got a second son? I remember you once told me she would have liked to have another child.”
Su Yan pursed his lips. ”That's true. But she wanted to have a daughter, not a second son.”
”Mn, I see. She probably wanted to arrange her marriage.”
”Right.”
”Then you have even less reason to worry.” Nie Chang smiled and kissed both of Su Yan's cheeks. ”You'll just have to promise that you'll marry me in the future.”