Wei woke up first as usual, and prepared himself like he always did.
He was ready but Yunlan wasn't up yet, so he went back to the bedroom and woke him up gently. His alarm clock would ring soon anyway.

Yunlan opened his eyes and smiled at him.
"Good morning."

"Good morning," Wei said back, and Yunlan got up fast to give him a kiss before he went away, but he stumbled and got hold of Wei's arms to steady himself, and Wei looked worried.
"Are you ok?"

"I just felt a little dizzy but I'm okay arms," he said, but as he let go of Wei's arms he almost fell and had to sit back on the bed.

Wei's worried expression and his concerned words made him promise that he would take a day off.

Wei knew he was probably overreacting, and he was actually surprised when Yunlan agreed so easily to stay home.

"Just help me change before you ," Yunlan asked with pleading eyes, and Wei brought him his clothes and helped him wear them.

Once that was done Yunlan said, looking up at him tenderly, "Don't worry about me, I'll be fine."

Wei hesitated, then gave him a quick kiss before going out.

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As the door closed, Yunlan quickly put on his shoes, grabbed keys and jacket and went out.
He saw Wei getting on a bus and quickly signalled for a taxi. This time he got lucky and a taxi stopped for him, so he got in and told the driver to follow the bus.

Yunlan called his secretary, saying that he would be late today, then watched carefully as people got out of the bus at every stop.

He told the driver to keep going until he saw Wei getting out. He raised his voice, "stop here!", he paid quickly and followed Wei on foot.

He saw him reaching a modern building and his eyes widened. Did Wei live there? Only the really rich lived in that area.

Wei went in, Yunlan was still thinking about it when ten minutes later he saw Wei coming out again. He was wearing different clothes now, if he changed in there it had to be his house right?

But now he wasn't alone, a girl followed him. She was wearing high heels and expensive clothes, she looked stunning in that particular way that only the rich can manage.

And she was wearing sunglasses! Just in case the sun might decide to pay a visit, Yunlan mocked her inwardly.

Shen Wei and that girl walked together to a car, they both got in and Wei drove away.
'He can drive?' Yunlan said inwardly as if it was some kind of revelation. He looked around but there were no taxi available now, and Wei's car disappeared from sight.

Yunlan walked a bit until he could find another taxi, he gave his work address and sat back, thinking of Wei and that girl. Who was she? Best case scenario, she was a relative, there was no reason to be jealous and Wei was rich.
Worst case scenario, Wei had a double life, with him at night and with her in plain daylight, or he was a gigolo and he was escorting her around... he couldn't decide which was worse.

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Shen Wei sighed, Miss Zhu was much worse than her father: he was rude but at least with him it was always about work while she kept bothering him to no end, he had to take her out to eat, accompany her while she went shopping... he could stand her 'take this' and 'bring me that' easily, what weighted more on him were the frequent questions like 'do I look better with the red or the purple?'.

What he was really thinking was that Yunlan would look better in light blue, but he couldn't say it so he just blurted out a random answer, not caring at all.

He was surprised of his own thoughts. He couldn't take Yunlan off his mind. It had been like that from the beginning, but lately it was different. He didn't only think of the sex, he thought about him constantly, if he was eating he wondered if Yunlan would like that spicy dish, if he was in a clothes shop he imagined those colors on Yunlan, when Mr and Miss Zhu called him 'boy' or sometimes 'Shen' he thought of the sweet way Yunlan always murmured his first name...

He had been terrified of letting him into his life and he still was, and he was also scared of showing him that he wasn't a successful businessman but only a poor employee who did anything his boss asked him to do. He had nothing of his own, he lived in a very small apartment that he shared with his friend Chu, sharing with him all the expenses.

Many times he had thought that Yunlan was out of his league, but maybe it was time to take the risk and just go for it because he had to admit that there was now so much more than sex between them. He was falling in love, maybe he already had, and when he thought back at the way they had danced together, the loving kiss they shared, he dared hope that Yunlan might feel the same things.

He had even started to open up to him, telling him about his parents, and it was unsettling. Actually he had only said that they were both dead and nothing more, but for a private man like him it seemed like he had shared a part of himself to Yunlan.

He was glad he did, and it seemed enough for him right now. He really felt like they were becoming something more than he ever considered possible.

He noticed that miss Zhu had finally chosen her new lipstick. He had never imagined that it was such a hard decision, they had entered that shop two hours ago and she had checked them all out, trying some shades on her hand, confronting them, finally trying one on her lips before looking doubtfully at her image in the mirror and changing her mind... now she seemed to have made up her mind, and was paying for one.

Wei almost choked when he heard how much it cost, he could pay a month rent for that amount!

They stopped for a drink because apparently she was 'tired out of her mind' and she tried to make him drink with her. Luckily he had a good excuse since he was the one driving, so he was able to refuse. If she got angry he knew that her father would appreciate his choice to not endanger his daughter's safety by drinking and driving, but she didn't insist.

He received the news that she wanted to go back home with the utmost relief, he looked at the hour and thought that it wouldn't be much longer before he could see Yunlan again.