Lapsus Linguae - Blade, Dan Heng

4. Groceries

"I don't even know how I ended up here"

Blade sighed and crossed his arms "You told me to help you I remind you" he leant and Dan Heng looked at him with literally dark circles "Do you have still trouble sleeping? You're looking awful"

"Oh shut up, Stelle did put some make up to avoid people to speak about a possible italian ghost, but I washed my face and it got off" he muttered as he was carrying the cart inside the supermarket

"I have noticed you also talked with Jian" Dan Heng stopped the cart as he noticed Blade laying the hand on it

"Uhm yes? He simply did apologise, he took some suppressors and told me he was deeply sorry, he even invited me to run together sometimes as he enjoys competition"

"I hope you did decline, it's surely a way to try to beat you" Blade smirked amused to then look at Dan Heng, who moved the cart away from his hand

"I didn't, he looked really sorry and I don't mind competition as well. He's not that bad after all, he even asked me to teach him some italian swearings" he laughed "He's funny when he's not taken by the rut or madness in general"

Blade crossed his arms and looked at Dan Heng, who was proceeding to look at some italian products to then laugh at the prices and whisper "Si, vabé, ma sono pazzi?!" (Yeah sure, are they crazy?) he clearly was laughing at the difference of prices alone. Of course he had money but he still tried not to buy too much, just his favorite ingredients under Blade's stare.

"You're really that friendly, I think you were probably known in your university as well" Blade commented and Dan Heng blocked himself for a moment to then show him a smile

"Right" he laughed embarassed "Something like that, indeed" he muttered to then change discussion "Anyway!" he blocked himself as he heard the phone ringing, the usual alarm for his suppressors "Oh damn" he touched his pockets to then feel his lips tremble as he got the pills in.

Blade was focus on looking at a product, then he turned and notice Dan Heng almost puking while holding the little pack of pills "What are those?"

Dan Heng felt bad for a moment and kept himself on the cart, as he was getting back to the pocket the pills. Of course to avoid people to read or get in no time what those were, Dan Heng was keeping the pills in a little plastic case with no text or information of the suppressor.

Betas do not take suppressor, so of course in no time people would have connected the dots.

"Oh, just a medicine against my headaches.." he lied and Blade nodded a little

"It seems it gives you more side effects than benefits" he commented, seeing clearly how he looked bad in those days "But whatever, your life... Are you done with the groceries?" he asked calmly as his red eyes were staring at his figure.

"Oh almost!" Dan Heng forced a smile, trying to pull himself together. He probably would have skipped dinner that day, he was feeling really tired.

He looked at some rice packs and felt confused "Blade?" he tilted his head and the alpha looked at Dan Heng, feeling his own face getting a puzzled stare since the little one was keeping five different packs of rice "Which one did you use when you cooked that cantonese rice? It was super tasty!"

Blade rolled his eyes to then get closer to Dan Heng, to get some of those packs in his hands and free a little the arms of the other "This one" he replied and Dan Heng smiled, as they both put back the other packs.

The two literally looked like a couple, some people left some glances because they actually looked cute and figured in no time Blade was as always exposing his alpha pheromones in order to make people keep their distance as after University he rarely was into anything that he would see as nuisance such as human interaction. But Dan Heng... Blade was never tired enough of him around, he was good.