What If It's LOVE

❤️TWO❤️

QITIAN

When Qitian left the restaurant his eyes has already turned red. He moved in slow pace in no particular direction. He didn't even think about taking a cab and go home. His eyes cleared sometimes, and blurred sometimes. He didn't even realise he was crying.

Suddenly he was pulled back by strong hands and he crashed into a strong chest.

"Yan Qitian, do you wanna die?"

A whishing sound just passed Qitian scaring him even more. When he slowly got back to his senses again, he found he was being embraced by Andrew Tesla himself.

He pushed the man suddenly trying to get away.

Andrew looks at him unamused. Maybe he thought he shouldn't have saved the other man. "Qitian, I just want to talk."

"I don't." Qitian's shaky voice exclaimed.

"Want it or not, we're going to talk." Andrew holds Qitian's hand forcefully trying to pull him against his will. But felt resistance coming from the man.

Andrew stops to look at the scared eyes of Qitian and sighs. "Follow me, will you?"

Qitian just stands there with his hand strongly held by a certain man and his lowered eyes overflowing with tears that didn't come out yet. Andrew wasn't sure about the reason of the tears. He thought it was pain because of his hold. But he didn't want to loosen and risk the man getting away.

"Look, Qitian, I know what happened between us wasn't right......."

But before he could say anything another voice disturbed him.

"I'm sorry to interrupt but my friend here doesn't want to talk to you."

Qitian looked back to find Dr. Lambert walking with determined footsteps towards them. He felt a surge of relief wash over him. Though it wasn't enough in the long run, but he's safe for now.

He doesn't know why he feels this sudden fear whenever Andrew is trying to look for him. He just wants to get away. Disappear.

"G...Garry."

Qitian called out trying to align with the statement of the said doctor. A friend wouldn't call each other by honorifics after all.

"Qitian. You're fine." He moved closer and pats the young man's back. Then pries the hand of his patient away from the stronghold. "I'd take him home."

And then guides Qitian away from a dumbfounded Andrew Tesla cursing in his mind about his luck.

Qitian was dropped off in front of Amanda's home by Dr. Lambert. The young man was avoiding the eyes of the doctor but still said in a dimmed voice.

"I'm sorry."

Dr. Garry Lambert looked surprised. "Why would you apologize?"

Qitian didn't answer. He couldn't even invite the man inside because this wasn't his place. He just bows and gets in. But because of not looking back he missed a certain remark the doctor made.

"What are you afraid of Yan Qitian?"

After entering Qitian found Amanda sitting on the sofa with a stack of paper and her laptop.

"Busy?"

Qitian asks while going to the room that he's staying in for the time being.

"Mmm. But not for you!" She looks at the clumped back of her best friend realised that his mother might have treated him bad again. "What did she say?"

She gets up and follows him into the room curiously looking at him.

"She doesn't care."

"She doesn't even care about her grandchild?"