Four Hearts, One Home

Chapter 19

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"I like you Xiao Zhan. I want to date you"

Xiao Zhan was shocked by Wang Yibo's confession. He had seen and heard Wang Yibo flirt with him before, but never this serious and this dramatic.

Confused and speechless, Zhan recalled  how Miss Jane had just slapped him a moment ago and now in the blink of an eye, here he was confessing to him. It seemed impossible. Temporary. Set up and forbidden.

"Are you messing with me again?"  Zhan looks glumly at Wang Yibo who has now sat up on the bed.  Yibo then glances at him once and then looked more sharply.

"I've never been more serious than now" He says.

Zhan shivered and slowly closed his distance with Wang Yibo. He then kneeled on the floor and slided closer to Yibo's bed which made Yibo gasped.

"What are you doing, Zhan?" He asked, quite terrified.

"Wang Yibo" Zhan fixed his eyes into his ex-boss. "Do you realized that you have just made a confession?" Zhan asked pouring his eyes deeply into those cold, straight eyes that were now overwhelmingly warm and sincere.

"I do" Yibo mumbled and held Zhan's hands that were resting above his blanket, tenderly.

"Do you realise what that means?" Zhan persisted on his questions being overwhelmed with an unexplainable emotion.

"I know what I said and I mean it"

"How can I be sure that I'm not going to end up like what happened to Miss Jane just a moment again?" Zhan whispered.

A brief silence followed as their eyes poured deeply into each other, filling the room up only with their heavy breathings.

Yibo then cleared his voice and gently tilted Zhan's chin. "I haven't done this before, Zhan. But I don't know what it is about you but I find you comforting." He said trying to level his eyes with his.

"Even though you don't know anything about me? " Zhan pursued his interrogation deliberately. He loved the words Wang Yibo was rolling out smoothly but he was hesitant to embrace that information willingly.

He wanted to believe that Yibo was only messing with him but the tone of his voice and his expression obviously told a different story. And it impressed him making him curious to push his boss to dig out the genuineness in his feelings.

"Isn't that the reason why people date? Because they want to know each other better?" Wang Yibo sanguinely explained brushing his hand across Zhan's hair gently. "I want to know you better. "

The more Wang Yibo talked, the more Zhan became satisfied.

"I once had a big brother and a father until they both died in an accident." Yibo slowly muttered out, "And ever since, I've been constantly on a battle against life and emptiness; trying to find myself peace." Zhan's heart began to beat fast. This was a real confession. He had never thought he would one day be this close to his intensely, charming boss and see him become this emotional and vulnerable while holding him like he was the last person on the earth.

"I worked really hard to get to where I am today but I never feel at ease nor do I feel like I'm ever at home." Yibo continued, "And then you came along. Things got really exciting after I met you. You were clumsy, very clumsy and I hated that but not enough to deny that you were charmingly attractive and cute. You have a face that look fragile and innocent but you're braver and bolder than anyone I know. I love messing with you, enjoyed watching you blush, become uncomfortable and vulnerable...there's just so many things about you but I just don't know how to form that in my mind and---" Zhan could no longer take it. It was the most beautiful thing he had heard in years. He could no longer contain the gushing of his emotions. And without warning, he pressed his lips against his.