rendezvous (Yizhan Angsty Romance)

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The engagement party was in full gear when he arrived. It was a chinese engagement party where all the decoration was in red and gold, and since it was held inside of the biggest ballroom in one of the most prestigious hotels in the country, he thought he would swing by to check if everything was according to his standard. 

Oh, he knew that his assistant could handle everything here, but just in case. Besides, he knew the groom. He was an old friend from college, and he invited him to come and meet their old friends and classmates. 
Wang Yibo was not a sentimental man. 

He'd rather focus on the present and the future, not the past. Especially when his past was not something that he wanted to remember.

He was just about to leave, when Ji Li, his right hand man, walked toward him with a face that could scare the bravest of the vikings off.

"Boss, we got a problem." He dragged him aside and spoke in a low tone. "That bastard Su She didn't come and we need someone to perform now." 

Su She was their bartender for today's event, and the one they've booked to give the special performance in this party. But he was as reliable as the wind, and that's why he came to check, supposedly.

"What about Song Lan?"

"He was in another party across town."

"Xue Yang?"

"He had the flu since yesterday, that's why we use Su She, remember?" Ji Li frowned.

"Fuck, no one's at the Purgatory right now? Yizhou?"

"Nope, all fully booked." He looked at him. "But you're not."

He knew this was his intention from the beginning, judging from the glint in his eyes.

He looked at him, and to the empty bar, sans a few other normal bartenders, then sighed.

"I will get you for this." He shrugged off his jacket, and rolled up his shirt. Ji Li only grinned and signaled the other bartenders that their boss was the one who's gonna perform. They cheered loudly, making the crowd turn their heads to their direction, and did a double take seeing a very handsome man now take his place behind the bar, and cue the DJ for the music they've specially prepared for the performance.

The lights blacked out.

The guests were gasping and questioning if there's any electrical malfunction, when a single spotlight highlighting one particular spot in the bar. 

He was used to this, hell he did this as a mean to an end back when he was still in college. So he took a deep breath and started.

He took a bottle of his specially-blended cocktail with high-proof alcohol content and threw it up with one hand and caught it with his other hand, did a full body spin, then poured it into the already prepared shot glasses, did a little dance, then tossed the vodka bottle back up and filled another round of shot glasses, and poured it from behind with flair, then the other bartenders put a small stick in each of them.

His moves were methodical and it looked easy, while in practice, he often dropped innumerable bottles of cheap vodka before he could spin and throw correctly.
Finally he flicked the specially made gas burner and lit them up together in one big burst, and the sticks - which were actually mini sparklers - lit up cheerily.

There was a beat of silence, before everyone clapped and shouted, and some of them gave loud wolf whistles. 

Yibo took a bow, and retreated. 

But before he could go, his friend, Seungyoun, caught him and managed to drag him back to their friends. Which he hadn't seen since he graduated five years ago.