ROOMMATES (complete)

8.

It was one week before Zhou Zhi Shu's wedding and Wuxian knew that Wang Ji was right. 

He needed to let Zi Shu know everything about the past. He needed to talk things out with Zi Shu. 

Wang Ji had left early today, it was his dad's birthday and the last conversation he had with his father was when his father practically abandoned his younger son. It definitely wasn't the easiest memory to settle with, so Wang Ji left early today saying that he needed to practice some more but Wuxian knew that he just needed to be alone for some time.

Wuxian left the house, slightly nervous, hopping on his toes. 

When he knocked on the door of his old house, he was in cold sweat. Today's conversation was going to change their relationship forever. Zi Shu opened the door and seeing his little Ah-Xian in front of him, Zi Shu jumped in for a hug. Even though Zi Shu was older, he was shorter than Wuxian, so he was engulfed in Wuxian's chest and Wuxian hugged back with his entire being.

Something was different about this hug. For the first time, Wuxian didn't feel guilty for holding Zi Shu in his arms. It felt lovely rather than restrictive. 

"Finally you remembered me!" Zi Shu said in delight.

They both sat together and Zi Shu poured tea for both of them. 

 "Where's your lover?" Wuxian asked sipping the tea, looking around the house. 

"Lao Wen? He left early today. He's busy with the preparations of the wedding." A pretty pink blush creeped on Zi Shu's cheeks as he mentioned Lao Wen. 

Wuxian laughed softly at the love-sick puppy in front of him and then he straightened his back and said, "I need to tell you something important." 

Zi Shu sensed the seriousness in Wuxian's tone and asked, "What is it?"  

Wuxian could feel his blood pressure rising, temperature falling, sweat breaking out and his breath becoming shallow. But he had to do this! He thought of Wang Ji, gained some strength out of the image of Wang Ji in his head and started speaking.

"I- Umm, You know, like- how I, I- I mean... How I left the apartment, ab- abruptly and, and I moved out... well... all of that- I-I did to- beca- because I- I was trying to get over you." Wuxian said in a miserably broken tone and was waiting for Zi Shu to explode, but that never happened. 

Zi Shu replied calmly, "I knew that."

This however caused Wuxian to panic-shout, "You- You knew! H- How? How can you- I- Never- how can anyone- did- did someone else tell- no but- I never told. How is this- how can it- its not possible-" 

Zi Shu looked at Wuxian panicking and smacked the boy gently on the head with an exasperated expression that seemed to say 'it was fucking obvious'. 

"Ah-Xian, we have lived together for years. I can practically read you like a book. I knew you started liking me in the first year of college. And I- I-" Zi Shu paused. 

Wuxian was bewildered, Zi Shu knew all this time, and Wuxian noticed how he paused while speaking, so Wuxian softly whispered and prompted, "You what?" He sipped his tea to calm himself down. 

Zi Shu heard Wei Wuxian clearly. He swallowed the lump in his throat and said, "Well, I liked you back." 

Wei Wuxian promptly chokes, spitting out the tea in his mouth all over Zi Shu's face, and started coughing loudly.

Zi Shu cleaned his own face awkwardly and sat next to Wei Wuxian and rubbed his back, "Easy Ah-Xian, easy." 

Wuxian screamed, "Easy my ass! You- YOU-YOU- liked me back! Then why- Why did you never-?" Wuxian stopped himself from completing that question, as Zi Shu was getting married in a week. What kind of an awkward time was this to ask such questions!