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"So, how far have we gone, senior?"
Xuyun tilted his head. "What are you talking about?"
"Did I confess to you each time too?"
"I guess…"
"Have we date?"
"No!" Xuyun replied fast.
Sui pouted. He thought for awhile, then said, "how about this one time? You will not see me again in the future anyway. Think of it as doing a dying man's favour!"
"You planning on using me?"
"No, no, no! How dare I to do that!" Wrinkles appeared in Sui's forehead. "Well, you used me too, senior. You did asked me about the future secrets, right?"
Wrinkles now could be seen too on Xuyun's forehead.
The boy smiled. "I don't mind if you want to use me, senior. Feel free to ask anything you want to know, I just want a one day date with you, no, only ten hours. Well, it's nine now." He counted the time on his watch.
Xuyun didn't say anything. Actually, he didn't feel like doing anything anymore. He felt like swinging a sword to release his emotions.
Even though he looked absent-minded, he still noticed the pair of legs coming closer. "Leave me alone," he said. He was going to turn away, but his gaze was locked on the his glistening pair of eyes. Xuyun could still see his clear reflection on those.
The boy raised his arms. What was he going to do?? Xuyun moved his hands and caught Sui's shoulder.
Then, Sui's arms circled around Xuyun's back. Slowly, they pressed on his back, tighter. His face buried on Xuyun's chest.
"This time, we have gone into hugging step," he said. Xuyun's chest got warmer because of his breathe.
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Xuyun could hear the boy's heartbeat. He held his shoulder, they were slightly shaking in rhyme with the heartbeat. Why is your heartbeat that irregular? Are you going to die from a heart attack this time? Xuyun couldn't help but questioning him in mind.
Having people touch him in the back and chest, getting so close that you could hear them breathing, touching skin to skin, was an unfamiliar feeling to Xuyun. So this was what people called hugging?
"Are you out of you mind? Get off me!" he said, uncomfortable.
Sui released his arms. He looked at Xuyun for awhile, then he smiled.
He took Xuyun's hands off his shoulder and said, "senior, this is how you hug properly. Look at this." He then placed Xuyun's hands around his waist, before circling his arms again around Xuyun's back. Now, they were closer than before, their chests rubbed against each other.
Xuyun still felt alarmed. But indeed, this was more comfortable than before.
He grabbed the boy by his shoulder again, pushing him away. "Is this enough?"
Sui smiled, satisfied. "We can go on a date now!"
Xuyun frowned when hearing those words. "Not a chance."
"Come on, only until 6 PM," Sui begged him. "You can ask me anything about the future."
Xuyun thought for awhile. The guy in front of him was the only person who got a clue about the secret. And he was about to die in 9 hours. Okay sure, he would curse life in these 9 hours, then lived like theatre doll in the next few years until his time of death.
"Where do you want to go, senior?"
"Last time, you went to the arcade."
Smile grew on Sui's face. "Let's go! Let's go!"