Moonlight: A BL Fanfiction

Chapter 15

A week later,

Hai Qing received Pin Jun's text.

Pin Jun went to 21 21 Design Street - an art gallery, and sent Hai Qing lots of photos he snapped there.

This was their usual mode of communication now. Whenever Hai Qing went somewhere he would send photos to Pin Jun and Pin Jun would do the same. They missed each other so much. Distance made their hearts grow fonder.

Hai Qing viewed all the photos, staring at Pin Jun in every one of them, trying to memorize his expressions. Pin Jun was smiling in all of them. He looked so happy.

Hai Qing was missing Pin Jun so much.

Hai Qing started typing back to Pin Jun to tell him how nice the place looked with all the marvellous pieces of art but Yan Fei called Hai Qing right then.

Hai Qing picked up the call.

Yan Fei said, "Come to my place today? Let's watch a movie."
Yan Fei was still trying. Not to win Hai Qing. But to make Hai Qing feel better.

Hai Qing enjoyed the time he chatted with Pin Jun. But other times his face would remain dull and gloomy.

"Sure, I'll come at 8 then. Gotta finish some office work first," Hai Qing replied to Yan Fei. Hai Qing could not say no to Yan Fei's efforts. He didn't want to disappoint Yan Fei and also needed some sort of company and distraction to feel better.

Yan Fei was there for Hai Qing this past week and with the broken pieces of his heart, he was trying to fix Hai Qing's heart.

Hai Qing was missing Pin Jun but he was trying to divert his attention in other things to not feel so down. And Pin Jun was there over social media but it just wasn't enough. He needed Pin Jun physically present.
Not possible.

Yan Fei ordered Hai Qing's favourite food and put on one of Hai Qing's favourite movies to watch. Anything he could do to make Hai Qing feel better, he would.

They watched the movie together. Yan Fei tried to cuddle up to Hai Qing during the movie. Hai Qing allowed it. He needed some distraction. Cuddles were fine.

Humans require affection.
12 hugs a day are needed for normal functioning. How many do we get?

Hai Qing needed something to keep his mind off Pin Jun to not feel lonely. Yan Fei was offering that to him. So he took it. Yan Fei hugged Hai Qing and they sat there wrapped in a blanket, watching the movie.

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Five months later,

Yan Fei and Hai Qing decided to go to the restaurant where they had first met. Yan Fei had set up a small decoration with a cute little cake as Hai Qing had received a promotion at work.

As Hai Qing walked in, the first thing he did was take a picture of the decor and cake to send it to Pin Jun.

Yan Fei realized again that he always came second to Pin Jun in Hai Qing's life.

After sending the photo, Hai Qing thanked Yan Fei for the surprise. They sat there and had their dinner.

All this while, Hai Qing was remembering Pin Jun. The last time they had visited, Pin Jun was with them too. He wasn't there now.

Hai Qing was feeling the absence so much he wanted to cry. Yan Fei wanted to comfort him. Yan Fei asked him to go back home with him for the night. Hai Qing was so vulnerable at that moment that he nodded. He couldn't care less. He just needed something to save his sanity.

It was night time in Japan. Pin Jun just got back to his dorm. An empty loft had been his company for the past six months. He was missing his best friend so much. He did not find anyone here who matched his mentality and his quirkiness like Hai Qing did.

He missed their hour-long goofy chats, their controversial conversations about religion, talking nonsense and meeting in person to talk for hours. Most of all, he missed the feeling of knowing that Hai Qing is just a text away to plan and meet up in person. It wasn't possible now. Every day he was missing Hai Qing more and more.

Different thoughts were running through his mind.

Do soulmates have to be romantically involved?

Can't two friends be called soulmates?

Soulmates can have platonic love. Can't they?

Pin Jun's thoughts kept on and on.

This is how he felt for Hai Qing. No romance, no sexual feelings. Just love, pure platonic love.