||Replacement|| - Qixin

4

It was Jiaqi's break so he decided to go out to get a drink. He went to a boba shop nearby, and he heard Yaowen talking about how good this place's boba was. He decided he would go try it out.

When he entered the boba place he saw many customers. The whole place was pastel pink with their menu on the wall. He went to go order his boba and he looked at the worker. He saw a familiar face. The familiar fox features. It was him, the boy from the bar.

"Oh, it's you again," Jiaqi said. "Uhh, you are?" the boy responded.

"Oh, I was the one that helped you get home that night at the bar." Jiaqi answered.

"Wait, were you the one who called Yaxuan, so I could get home?" the boy questioned.

Jiaqi was surprised that he met him at the boba shop at this hour, "Yeah, that was me." he smiled at the boy.

"Thank you so much!" He said and grabbed Jiaqi's hands, but he dropped it right away. "Without you I would've not gotten home." The boy thanked him.

"You're welcome. By the way, what's your name?" Jiaqi asked. "My name is Chengxin, what's your name?" Chengxin said. "I'm Jiaqi, nice to meet you!" Jiaqi followed.

"Oh right, what would you like to order?" Chengxin said realizing that Jiaqi came here to order boba. "Ok coming right up!" Chengxin exclaimed.

Jiaqi waited for 5 minutes, and he heard his name. "A boba for Jiaqi!!" a worker yelled.

Jiaqi got his boba and forgot to say bye to Chengxin before leaving. He took a sip of his boba before leaving. That's when he realized Chengxin wrote something on his drink.

"Thank you so much! Here's my number. Remember to text me so I can invite you to dinner as a thank you." There was also a smiley face on the letter drawn by Chengxin. Jiaqi smiled as he read it.

Jiaqi got home and he was bored in his room. He decided to text the boy he met yesterday, which was the boy he knew and was named Chengxin.

Hi!

Who's this?

Oh it's me Jiaqi.

Ohh hi!!!!
Thank you so much for yesterday.

You're welcome!!

When are you free? I want to invite you to dinner, as a thank you!

I'm free tomorrow afternoon if that's ok with you.

Ahh, I'm free too! How about at 6 o'clock at TF hot pot place?

Yes, that's totally ok!! I'll see you there at 6:)

Byeee!

Jiaqi couldn't stop smiling, the way Chengxin shows his emotions through exclamation. He is just so cute. Jiaqi was very excited about dinner. He wanted to get to know him better as a person and see if they could become friends.

At the Hotpot Place.

When Jiaqi got there Chengxini was already there, and he could see Chengxin's back profile from his view.
He walked up to Chengxin and said, "Hi!"
"Hello, good to see you again." Chengxin smiled, showing his bright white teeth.

Jiaqi sat down. It was kind of awkward when no one was talking to each other, so Jiaqi decided to talk first.
"How are you?" Jiaqi asked. "I'm good, What about you?" Chengxin answered. "I'm doing great now that I see you," Jiaqi answered.
Chengxin blushed, "oh can you eat spicy food?" Chengxin is trying to change the topic. "Yes I can, what do you want to eat?" Jiaqi followed. "How about we get some beef and vegetables. You can order the rest." Chengxin declared.

After they got their food they started talking about their hobbies trying to get to know each other.
"I like to dance, and I'm actually in a dance studio called TFJZ," Chengxin said.

"Really!? I really like Zhixin from TFJZ dance studio!" Jiaqi said excitedly. "Aww, does that mean that you don't like me?" Chengxin said, teasing him.
"No, not at all. That wasn't what I meant." Jiaqi replied. "I sure hope Qiqi," Chengxin said.

No one has ever called Jiaqi Qiqi, so he got flustered at the nickname.

So Qiqi, what do you like to do?" Chengxin asked.

"I like to sing. I have a small covering account on youtube," Jiaqi answered.

Chengxin was shocked about his answer, "Oh really? I would love to hear you sing." Jiaqi smiled at him and said, "and I would love to see you dance." Jiaqi used the same smile from 3 years ago, and it was genuine.

"Well, I have a performance tomorrow if you would like to see it." Chengxin got curious about what Jiaqi was going to answer.

"Really!?" Jiaqi exclaimed and followed it with, "I would love to go!"

"Yea, it's at four if you're free!" Chengxin said. "Okay," Jiaqi answered.

It was about time to go, so they decided to clean up their stuff and leave.

"Waiter! Were ready to pay!" Chengxin yelled. After that, they paid for the restaurant and left.

"Hey, would you like me to drive you home?" Jiaqi asked. "Umm, but you've done so much for me already," Chengxin replied. "No, not at all." Jiaqi defended.
"Okay then, If you say so. I hope you don't mind," Chengxin said, giving it a second thought.

The ride was quiet but it wasn't awkward. Both of them were relaxed and comfortable. Jiaqi wishes it could stay like this forever. Just like how he thought he and Chenzhelin were gonna stay together.