Looking Over at the Guy Across the Way

Chapter 5: Life is like a weather forecast; saying it’ll be sunny but it’s actually raining.

“Hey, Gu MengYang…..”

“I-I’m going downstairs to buy watermelons!”

“……”

Chen Xiao had been about to raise a hand, but the red-faced Gu MengYang ran down the stairs quickly, leaving him with a gust of hot air. Clearly he had worked up a lot of courage to dare to face him again. After the two men stroked each other the other morning, they were both embarrassed and didn’t say another word. Gu MengYang just rushed to clean them both up at that time, then rolled up his bedding and ran back to his house, not waiting for Chen Xiao who was lethargic after just coming. He couldn’t believe he had done such a bold thing…… but now he felt like he was carrying Gu MengYang’s scent on his hands……

“Hey, Gu MengYang……”

A gust of hot air, the other man disappeared across the street.

“Gu…..”

*Bang!* The door slammed almost on his nose.

The veins in Chen Xiao’s forehead throbbed, his face a little dark.

“Gu MengYang! Come out and talk! If you don’t open the door again, I’ll come to your door every morning and jerk off!!”

“Hey, Chen Xiao-!”

“Yo, your ears really are working, huh, are you willing to come out?” Chen Xiao stared at the irritated Gu MengYang’s red face. The unhappiness eased a little in his heart. “Why did you hide from me, is it that shameful?”

Gu MengYang opened his mouth and stammered, “……..I’ve always thought……that kind of thing is abnormal…….” His gaze wandered back and forth on the floor, he didn’t dare to look at Chen Xiao. If he said it felt really good, would Chen Xiao think he was a freak? Coming because of a man was weird, wasn’t it……

Chen Xiao frowned because of the three syllables “abnormal” and sarcastically thought, Looks like I’ve never been normal.

He stared at Gu MengYang for a long time, suddenly not knowing what to say. He wanted to scold but was reluctant to do it, so all he could say was “oh.” He turned towards his own doorstep, with an unspeakable sense of depression in his heart.

“Chen Xiao?! You, you’re angry? I didn’t mean to hide from you, I just didn’t know how to face you……every time I see you, I blush uncontrollably……”

Bang! Chen Xiao felt his heart blow up again, can this kind of thing just be said casually?! Don’t you know how lethal it is! Young people shouldn’t tease people’s appetites like this!

He touched his burning earlobe, not daring to look back, and whispered to the man behind himself: “Then I’ll go to your house for dinner tonight and I want braised fish.”

As he opened his door in a panic, he heard a quiet “good” coming from behind his back and his ears were about to burn.

Damn it, that’s such a foul play……

Gu MengYang cooked a big, good meal that night, with fish and meat again. He could tell Chen Xiao was starving, his mouth drooling wildly.

“What are you still dazed over, sit down and eat.” Gu MengYang gave him a funny look and put a bowl and chopsticks in front of him.

Gu MengYang’s cooking wasn’t very delicious and it was light, not Chen Xiao’s usual taste, but he couldn’t seem to eat enough. One bite wasn’t yet swallowed before he was stuffing more in, his cheeks completely bulging. Every time he came to his house for dinner, he was ridiculed for acting like he was starving to death.

“Hey, eat slowly, no one’s stealing from you.” Sure enough, the man before him had a tone of “hating iron for not becoming steel”, shaking his head with regret. He smoothly grabbed a paper towel and wiped the corners of his mouth.

Damn it, my heartbeat is out of control……

Chen Xiao had become accustomed to Gu MengYang for a long time now, but he was starting to get shy easily too, how can something like this easy blushing, racing heart, and shortness of breath happen to me over and over again?!

So he took a deep breath and turned the other side of his face towards Gu MengYang: “Hey, there’s oil here on this side too too.”

“…….oh…….”

Heehee, you blushed.

After dinner, Chen Xiao went into Gu MengYang’s room to get the fan. He took a peek when he passed the bedside table and glanced at a random picture frame in the corner. In the photo, a Gu MengYang who looked more tender and young than he was now held a sweet-looking girl in his arms; the background seemed to be from a university, sunlight shone between the crevices of leaves on the two people. It looked beautiful and stunning. Gu MengYang wasn’t looking at the camera in the picture, but was looking sideways slightly at the girl next to him with a faint smile at the corners of his mouth.

“What are you looking at?”

Chen Xiao’s hand shook and the fan fell to the ground, making a loud noise.

“Ah, what’s going on? It didn’t hit your foot, did it?!”

“It’s okay…..I wasn’t holding it steadily, this is…..your girlfriend?” Chen Xiao, for the first time, didn’t dare to face Gu MengYang, gaze still locked on the picture. His facial muscles also seemed to be stiff and he was sure his voice was trembling, so he reached out and pinched his face fiercely, forcing a smile.

“No, it’s not. As you know, I’m with you almost every day now, when would I have time for a girlfriend?” Gu MengYang picked up the picture frame and looked at it with interest.

“Haha……that’s true……” Chen Xiao breathed out a shaky breath, bending down and picking up the fan. And then at that moment, he heard Gu MengYang speak again –

“Well……but I always secretly liked my xieujie. In the end, I didn’t dare to confess. Stupid, isn’t it?”

Chen Xiao was stunned, turning his pale face to look at Gu MengYang. The other’s eyes held the same gentle look as they did in the picture, still looking at the girl.