SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS [YiZhan Fluff Fanfiction]

8 - Aunty

[warning: mention of harassment]

"We're here." Xiao Zhan announced, face still red from Yibo's statement earlier. Thankfully the surrounding was dark and his red face couldn't be seen clearly.

The shop before them was small and open space, few people could be seen inside. It was a simple shop but selling authentic local food.

They entered the shop and went to the counter. Few people greeted Xiao Zhan and he only smiled and nod at them. Yibo noticed that Xiao Zhan was quite known in their place. Well, he shouldn't be surprised, Xiao Zhan had exceptional beauty and was very kind and lovely.

Some people inside threw curious stares to Yibo. This person beside me could really gather attention, so effortless. Xiao Zhan thought. Yibo's physique was just perfect to Xiao Zhan's eyes. He was tall enough, and looked very fit. He was also very handsome. Damn.

People kept on glancing on him but they couldn't recognize him because he wore a cap and he wore a scarf that covered the lower part of his face.

They were greeted by a lady who looked like she was in her early forties. She was the sister of Xiao Zhan's mom. She was very delighted to see Xiao Zhan that she gave him a big hug.

"Zhanzhan! My handsome nephew finally visits me after two weeks huh," she said, ruffling Xiao Zhan's hair.

Xiao Zhan laughed, "Aunty, I missed your cook."

"Aiyah, I'll cook for you! Come sit-- oh wait, who's he?" Aunty suddenly asked, looking at the boy much less taller than Xiao Zhan but has a strong aura.

"Oh, he's my friend," Xiao Zhan looked at Yibo who just looked at them shyly.

Xiao Zhan realized he couldn't say Yibo's name in public for the fear of people recognizing him, so he whispered, "His name is Wang Yibo."

Aunty looked at them with eyes surprised, mouth forming an o. She also whispered, "Okay, come here guys I have a table for you where you couldn't be seen by anyone."

Yibo and Xiao Zhan looked at each other.

A moment later, Xiao Zhan asked his Aunty if he knew Yibo.

"I know him. I saw him in the news, even in tabloids." Was her answer.

The two of them seated and the silence was thick between them. Xiao Zhan, looking more worried than necessary, looked at Yibo. He wanted to ask something. But they need to eat first. For sure, Yibo hadn't eaten anything since on the train.

Xiao Zhan tapped the table with his fingers, an unintentional action that he do whenever he wanted to do or say something but couldn't. It's quite same as his habit of twirling a pen on his fingers.

Yibo unknowingly looked at his hands and wanted to compliment it, ge you have beautiful fingers...

But his word got stuck in his throat and he couldn't say it when Aunty arrived with their food. She must also know where Yibo came from because he brought some not spicy food.

Yibo's face lit up, "Thank you, Aunty."

Xiao Zhan finally broke into a smile, "Thanks, Aunty."

Yibo also called his Aunt, Aunty. That was just cute.

They finally dug in their food. Yibo can eat with big bites. Xiao Zhan was quite surprised with that fact. He was like a hungry wolf. But not a wolf, but a cute puppy. Xiao Zhan wanted to laugh. Really cute.

Aunty also brought them drinks, she gave them cola.

They were currently sipping their drinks when Xiao Zhan burped, not too loud but it was there. Yibo looked at him and smiled. The smile turned into giggles.

"That was cute," Yibo said.

Xiao Zhan rolled his eyes, his lips wide from smiling, "What's cute with burping?"

"You're cute regardless of what you do."

"What if I fart?"

"You'll be the cutest."

They laughed with their stupid remarks. It took them a while to recover. Now that it became silent, the question from a while ago resurfaced in Xiao Zhan's mind.

"Yibo, what happened?"

Yibo looked at him, then avoid his stares. He bit his lips and the inside of his cheeks.

"It's okay if you don't want to tell me." Xiao Zhan smiled, reassuring him that he understand him.

"No, I.. I think it's better if you know..." Yibo said.

Yibo told him about an older senior in the industry who wanted to have a secret relationship with him. The senior was in his thirties and was respected by everyone. Not a single day that the senior didn't visit Yibo in his dressing room or practice room. The senior was overly sweet and forceful to Yibo, sometimes hugging him or kissing his cheek without his consent. Yibo had punched the senior once, but it only resulted to chaos. Multiple delayed flights, cancelled photoshoots, no salary for three days and fans following his car or even knowing his address. Yibo knew that all of that was because of that senior. It was very tiresome and greatly affected his mental health.

Then Yibo thought about suing the senior. But before that, he needed to gather evidence. So he let the senior harassed him, not to the point that he would lose everything. He gathered all the evidences of what had happened to him with the help of his manager and assistants. That senior of him was shameless. Even some of his assistants were around, the senior would go bugging him, touching his back and shoulders. Just Yibo thinking about it made his blood boil because he let that happened. He was very disgusted but he couldn't do anything. He should've punch the senior but because of the chaos that had happened when he did so, he just removed the dirty hands of the senior, pulling on an angry face. He make sure that his assistant captured the scene in her phone.

It came to the point that he got enough of it, he told his manager to expose everything. He paid a big money, almost all his salary for a whole year just to sue that damn senior. Before the news came out, Yibo told everything to his parents, saying they shouldn't worry and that nothing worse had happened to him. When the news came out, Yibo decided to disappear.

"I just think that my career would be over, and my reputation would be damaged by then. But I don't care. I just want that old jerk to rot in prison." Yibo's eyes were red from anger and disgust, but his words were tired.

Yibo finally looked at Xiao Zhan and what shocked him was, Xiao Zhan was silently crying as he listened to him talk.

Yibo knew by then that this person was right for him. He helped him. He brought him in his own home. He cried for his pain. Yibo never cried for the unfortunate things that happened to him before. But Xiao Zhan did.

I think... I'm in love with him...