Chapter 2
Chapter 2
A week after I came home, my brother returned with a face practically blooming with joy.
Even Dad couldn’t help but look puzzled. “Why are you grinning like that?”
My brother smugly pulled out his phone. “Your son is about to get himself a girlfriend.”
Dad was confused. “Didn’t you say before that you liked that girl called Song Lin, but her younger brother wouldn’t agree to it?”
My brother said, “That’s all thanks to Little Sis!”
Dad frowned. “How so?”
My brother said, “Last time, Song Yu ran his mouth and lured Little Sis over there, so to make it up to me, he gave me his sister’s WeChat.”
Dad reached for his belt. “So for someone else’s sister, you sold out your own?”
My brother’s mighty frame shuddered.
“No, Dad, listen to me expl- Ow!”
Mom and I were lying on the couch together, watching a drama while wearing face masks. After Mom finished chewing the chips in her mouth, she asked me, “Are you dating that Song Yu?”
“No.”
“Oh.” Mom crunched through another chip, then commented, “That young man is pretty good-looking. If you want to date him, you can give it a try.”
“Mm.”
The second time I saw Song Yu was at school.
“Senior, I really, really like you~ Just be my boyfriend, okay~ Please~ If you don’t agree, I won’t let you leave!”
I was looking for a suitable empty classroom to draw in when I heard that coquettish voice coming from around the corner not far away.
Out of curiosity, I stretched my head around the turn to take a look-and met Song Yu’s irritated, troubled gaze head-on.
The moment he saw me, Song Yu’s eyes lit up.
“Baby! You’re finally here!”
I looked around.
There was no one there.
When I turned back again, Song Yu had already strode over.
The girl who had been clinging to his arm was stunned by that one “baby” and froze on the spot, even letting go of his arm.
Song Yu walked up to me and gripped my hand excitedly. Just when I thought he was going to call me “comrade,” he said with great emotion, “Baby, you’re finally here~”
???
At that moment, the girl behind him snapped back to her senses and shrieked, “Who are you!?”
Before I could answer, Song Yu declared proudly, “She’s my girlfriend.”
Me: “I’m not.”
Song Yu’s expression stiffened. He turned to face me, putting his back to the girl, and “apologized” in the most pitiful voice. “Baby~ I really only like you~ I don’t like anyone else. Please don’t be mad, okay~”
Then he lowered his voice, sounding like he was about to cry. “Sis, you’re my dear sister. Help your brother out just this once. I’ll treat you to a meal next time, okay?”
Me: “Not interested.”
Song Yu really was about to cry.
I hesitated for a moment, then proposed, “Let me feel your pecs and abs.”
“…”
That girl stormed over. “So who exactly are you!?”
I looked at her calmly. “I am…”
Before I could finish, I heard Song Yu scream through tears, “Baby! You can do whatever you want! Just stop being mad at me! That’s all I ask!”
I said to the girl sincerely, “His girlfriend.”
The girl looked utterly unconvinced.
“Impossible! Absolutely impossible! I follow Senior Song around every day. If he got a girlfriend, how would I not know!?”
I asked back, “Do you follow him when he showers and sleeps too?”
The girl’s face instantly turned bright red.
“You followed him then!?”
“I’ve seen him.”
The girl’s already big eyes widened even more. She pointed at me and Song Yu. “You-you two, you…”
In the end, she ran away crying.
Once the girl left, Song Yu let out a sigh of relief.
“I swear, how can a girl be that clingy?”
I had no interest in that topic, so I turned to him and asked, “When are you free?”
Song Yu, who had just relaxed, went rigid all over again.
“I… I… I…”
I took out my phone. “If you can’t think of a time now, you can think about it later and send it to me on WeChat.”
Maybe he remembered something, because Song Yu sighed heavily and said with the tragic resolve of a man marching to his death, “Th-then today.”
I put my phone away.
“That works.”
The two of us found an empty classroom in a corner, locked the door, and drew the curtains. The light was dim and hazy. Just as I was about to turn on the lights, Song Yu stopped me.
“Don’t turn on the lights!”
I felt a little regretful. Earlier, I’d only said I wanted to touch. I hadn’t said I wanted to look.
So I pulled my hand back from the light switch.
I walked up to Song Yu. He looked a little restrained.
“How… how do you want to touch?”
“With my hands.”
“…”
Song Yu broke down. “Of course I know with your hands! I mean… Forget it, I can’t with you. Should I take it off? My T-shirt.”
“Either way.”
Hearing that, Song Yu let go of the hem of his T-shirt.
“Then I won’t.”
“Mm.”
The classroom was quiet for a while. Seeing that Song Yu wasn’t making any moves, I took the initiative and asked, “Are you ready?”
Song Yu took a deep breath, looking like he was facing certain death. “Yeah. Go ahead.”
With his permission, I reached for the hem of his T-shirt. The moment my fingers slipped under it, Song Yu shrieked like a startled hamster. “Wait, wait, wait, wait! We’re starting just like that!?”
“Didn’t you say you were ready?”
Song Yu covered his face.
From our first meeting, it was hard to imagine he was actually this innocent.
I withdrew my hand.
“How about next time?”
“What?”
I explained, “You look like you’re under a lot of psychological pressure. You can go back and mentally prepare yourself first.”
Song Yu said nothing. After a long while, I heard him sigh heavily.
“No. Let’s do it today. Better to get it over with.”
I nodded. “Are you ready?”
“…”
After another heavy sigh, Song Yu said, “Go ahead.”
Remembering how startled he had been just now, I kindly gave him one more warning. “Then I’m touching you now.”
He paused, then said, “Hold on. I should take it off after all. It feels weird having you put your hand in there.”
“Mm.”
When he took off his T-shirt, Song Yu had to take three or four deep breaths before he finally steeled himself.
“Do you need me to close my eyes?” I asked.
I had always been an upright person. Without permission, I never took advantage of anyone.
Song Yu: “…Then close them.”