Anying gave the raven haired youth a fond glance before taking their formation as a cue for him to get up.
So, he did. He took a few steps towards yuehua and stood in front of him on he other side of the tape.
Seeing this, xueCheng stretched out the rope for Anying to hold with an excited smile.
Anying took hold of it and tugged a little for alignment , just in time for xueCheng's voice to ring out playfully.
"This is the rule. If you, yuehua or jimeng cross this tape to our side, you loose and we win. And if we do too, then you win. Until then, I give you all 30 seconds to prepare!.".
Anying rolled his eyes hard and held unto the rope tightly.
Yuehua's hand came to envelope his warmly immediately and he got enveloped in a warm hug from behind.
Anying didn't even react, after all he couldn't peel the leach off so...
"3... 2...1... start!.". xueCheng's voice came ad the pulling.. [ tugging] began.
First, there was no movement... Then, xueCheng's side began pulling.... Pulling... Pulling.. and pulling...
One would think they were winning yet... Anying's team wasn't even budging a bit. Anying was just there, watching them fuss over wasting their strength while leaning back against yuehua's chest,
Jimeng... Jimeng still had his face buried on yuehua's back while the guy himself remained straight, unmoving while staring a caring hole on Anying's head of hair.
It looked as if yuehua was bullying Xiao Jing's team , making the youth regret putting him in the game. .Ha!.
But just when Anying wanted to coax yuehua into leaving the rope and allow team 1 fall into the couch, the former suddenly tugged the rope Forward and what happened next was a blur.
The three members of group one came tumbling into them like falling chickens while yuehua took hold of him and flipped their position before they fell on the sofa... With yuehua on top of him and jimeng still clinging to his back.
While the rest of them where grumbling on the floor they ended in about how it was unfair.
Anying blinked, blinked, and blinked up at yuehua's face that was above his.
His eyes were filled with concern and worry, and before Anying even said anything to assure him of his [ anying's ] safety, he had already moved his hand to tuck a strand of Anying's hair behind his ear.
Then he asked worriedly . "Are you ok ?". He tone came out gentle and caring.
Somehow it made Anying warm and fluffy all over.
He poked yuehua's nose in amusement and said "worrywart... I'm fine.". Afterll the man rarely fussed over people's safety.
After saying that with a smile, he watched the frown in between yuehua's brows ease, then the man stood up and pulled Anying with him.
Anying smiled and scanned his friend's face. He wanted to go over to the blonde and help her up, as she was the only one remaining on the floor. But, before he could take a step, a hand went around his front to pull him back.
Then he was hugged from behind by the worrywart. As if that was not enough for the definition of fluffiness, yuehua had the guts to say sentimentally.
."I missed you..". In an average voice filled with softness.
Anying let out an exasperated sigh but a smile still broke out of his lips anyway... He felt warmer and heavens this was too much....
"I missed you too.". He said... But when he felt four pairs of eyes on him, he held back a giggle and added ". I missed all of you. Dearly. My eternal friends.".
The tension flew out immediately and he could tell by the slight loosening of Xiao Jing's expression that, she now saw him as a dead man... No longer as a dead chicken hehehehe...
And by the little smile on Xiao hua's face she would no longer pounce on him with a bottle... A broomstick perhaps?... [Hahahaha].
Jimeng outrightly Burst out into a laughing feat while xueCheng cleaned his imaginary tears with a smile on his face.
Anying smiled when he took in this sight and scene..... It was heartwarming like this... He couldn't even count how many times he had smiled genuinely since he entered this living room filled with love in all directions.
Well... He was still basking in this rare moment when a voice he had slightly forgotten... So cold and deadly... Called out his name.
."Anying."
Anying's heart lurched in his chest when he heard it as his eyes snapped to the door way...
And what he saw... Made his heart pound faster than normal...
Hanze...
Hanze was standing there on the door's way...
The man was still on his black floor sweeping robe. His hair let down freely behind him. His eyes ... His blue eyes were still blue yet Anying thought he could make out the colour crimson drenching it eerily... Burning crimson...
His imagination wasn't far fetched though, because considering the way Hanze's aura spelled ominous and an urge to kill... It wouldn't be unjustified if he said he saw a demon on the taller man's silhouette.
His whole being went into chaos, and the hunger he thought had subsided came back slamming into him in full force surpassing before.
What?... His whole body went weak and he leaned more of his weight on yuehua.
What now... Wait but ...h-... How?... he wondered. He thought the hunger subsided but... His eyes widened as he turned to stare at xueCheng who was trying to make himself smaller by the minute.
The guy was trembling visibly.
". What are you doing here?.". Hanze asked again and Anying flinched in yuehua's hold. His attention immediately going back to the demon with a perfect face.
What was he doing here again?...
What?...
Ah... He came to eat!.
Yes!. He was hungry that's why he came out so he had a response.
". I-i... I came out to eat.. I was hungry.". He said, averting his gaze. Should he feel guilty?.
".hm..." Hanze hummed.