*Back to the Present*
I was so furious afterwards
Angered Shui Yi left the office right after the meeting to the Cafe Magic. After a few hours at the cafe, she left, and a series of events led to the current situation.
Her car she left at the cafe. Shui Yi has to go back. Walking back is not reliable; her legs are sore from the miles she ran.
Oh!? My wound!!
Shui Yi took off her scarf around her neck and pressed it against the wound to stop the bleeding.
She needs to get the injury she got to regain consciousness treated. Going to a hospital to get treated by a doctor; a stranger was a no-no for Shui Yi. Also, there's a possibility that she'll run into the stalker again at the hospital ,since her throw would not have left him uninjured after all; it's a throw of karate black belt.
Shui Yi leans against the Bridge's Railing gasps
Ah!! Damn! The effect of her injury is fading, recurring her episodes. With her breath getting heavier, her eyes searched the surroundings: the people walking a place full of couples, a scenery one would watch with their partners to stare at the night sky filled with stars.
Let's get treated
"Is that you, Shui Yi?" a familiar voice exclaimed Xiao Zhou waved his hand from distance
Why is he here??? Shui Yi hurriedly let her hand down and hid behind her back.
|Lub|
|Dub|
I should get going
Shui Yi struggles to stand up and stumbles with all the fatigue in her legs from running so long.
Zhou Chou runs towards Shui Yi, his arms placed on her shoulder, and pulls her up, aiding her to stand up as he did her hands loseend. His hands slid down her arm and held her hands. He asked
"Are you okay?" His voice calmed her; at that moment, time slowed down with Shui Yi, and she got immersed in her thoughts. Shui Yi's hands felt warmer. For the first time in a long time, she felt warmth from a man's touch.
He looks handsome!! His eyes—they are glowing?
His radiant eye's gaze met her eyes; her breathing got much better, and her heartfelt words slipped out, "Be my boyfriend."
Xiao Zhou's jaw dropped, his eyes darted for a second, and he exclaimed, "What?"
Shui Yi flustered and reframed her sentence, "Be my pretend boyfriend!!"
"Oh!!" The glitter in Xiao Zhou's eyes faded
A gentle, cold breeze swept her hair over her face. Xiao Zhou tucked shui yi's hair behind her ears, revealing her wound
"You are injured!"He held her hand as he hurried, "Let's go to the hospital!"
"No," Shui Yi said anxiously.
Wait! What?? Shui Yi's mouth widened and her eyes swelled. What just happened? She shook his hands away.
Shui Yi was abruptly confronted with the truth about her life. It was the first time her episode halted with just breathing difficulty; an abnormality occurred. Was it because of Xiao Zhou? He is also the first whose touch did not trigger an episode.
Xiao Zhou opened his mouth to speak with a puckered forehead before he could say anything.
"Just drop me at Bai Lu's place," she said.
With agreement, Xiao Zhou nodded his head.
***
*****
It was a quiet ride. Both sewed their lips together as they drove to Bai Lu.
Shu Yi stepped out of the car and bid Xiao Zhou bye, saying, "Thank you."
"Will you be okay? Let me —"
"No! I'm good," she interrupted.And she finished by adding, "Give me an answer tomorrow by 2 pm."
*****
Xiao Zhou drove back to his place, and Shui Yi's words echoed as he tossed on the bed. The word pretend slaughtered his heart; it was unexpected. Since the night he fell in love with Shui Yi eight years ago, he has always liked her and has lost track of the passing of time. He is three years younger in age; he was waiting for her to consider him. It always appeared like Shui Yi viewed him as just a little brother to Xiao Zhou.
Does that mean I have a chance now? that put Xiao Zhou to sleep.
*****
Shui Yi rang Bai Lu's apartment bell late at night. Bai Lu opened the door in a gittering bodycon.
"Did you just get home?" Shui Yi asked, entering the house. She continued, "You should stop clubbing."
"Yeah!" Bai rolled her eyes. "Why are you here?" they walked toward the sofa as they sat Bai notices shui yi's wound "So that brought you here." She left Shui Yi in the hall and grabbed the first aid in the kitchen to their right.
"How did you get this?" she asked as she treated the injury. Since graduating from medical school, Bai Lu has served as Shui Yi's personal physician.Bai's admission to medical school was influenced by Shui Yi's condition rather than her parents' medical backgrounds.
Shui Yi pushed herself and Bai into the bedroom and said, "Let us get changed first."
***
Bai and Shui Yi sat down around the table for drinks.After hearing Shui Yi's story, trying to discern the events that occurred to her friend, she said, "You!?" She paused. "You are not drunk talking, right?"
Shui Yi swung her hand, the can she held into Bai's face, and said, "I haven't finished my first can of carbonated drink." She stressed, "carbonated drink."
Bai's eyes hovered at her surroundings with multiple cans of alcohol; she turned back at shui yi and said, "I must be drunk hearing things."
ShuiYi took the can from Bai's hand and placed it on the table, offering her another can and saying, "You can hold your alcohol!!"
"Then it's true!!" Bai Lu threw herself at Shui Yi, wrapping her arms around her, and exclaimed, "Could it be you've recovered!!"
Shui Yi's eyes darted, her face turned pale, and her suffering for eight years suddenly came to an end.
I wish that were true with rising doubts Shui yi got out of Bai's grasp and said, "Let's not jump to conclusions."
Bai grinned unevenly. "You are such a mood wrecker," she said.