God's Bargain

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"I like you! please go out with me!" the enthusiastic girl literally shouted at yibo's face then there's the bouquet of purple tulips being pushed at his button nose that almost cause him to fall back as he was startled a bit

he just wanted to rest at this single bench under the big Chinese elm tree with his favorite book while the other students was busy having their physical education but who knows that yang zi quietly followed him here to confess her untold feelings

he gently pushed the bouquet out of his sight to directly stare at the girl

yang zi might misunderstood his action as she blush pink and tucked the loose strand of her hair at the back of her ear

yibo grasp the comic book against his chest as he stoop up and bowed at her, "im sorry but I'm not interested" he said blankly, turning his back to yang zi and was ready to leave

the bouquet of purple tulips hit his back and the torn petals scattered at his feet like a broken glass

"you've got no heart!" she screamed and yibo heard her rushed footsteps growing fainter as she ran away until the only thing he could hear was the flattering leaves of the Chinese elm tree

he was once again alone

yibo slowly bent down, picking the mess out of the newly cutted grass

"that truly was a painful rejection"

"heartbreaks hurts of course"

"aishh. you should at least sugar coat it a little and not just 'I'm not interested'"

"you know I'm not that kind of guy"

"you're blunt but handsome" lou qinyang wink at him as she helped throw the wasted bouquet at the trash bin

yibo scoffs at her teasing

yes, he's blunt and straightforward but aren't that better than telling lies and blurting words that he don't mean?

its not that yang zi was not beautiful, she's very honestly, its just that yibo don't swing that way

"if she just know that you like dicks"

yibo can't help but to slap her arm and qinyang giggled at him

they continue their bantering as they walked towards their usual hangout place, an abandoned room at the southern part of their university

the room was old, been years since it was last used for classes and only him and qinyang was it's companion after seemingly being forgotten by others

then there's the movement behind the bushes along the path that lead to the said room. yibo squint his eyes to get a better view and he can't be mistaken with the highlighted red between the green field

it was blood, he was sure

but who's blood? his curiosity was picked

"you go first, i forgot my wallet" he lied and qinyang halt at her steps, giving him a once over like assessing though she nodded after and take her leave

after making sure that qinyang was nowhere at sight, yibo take a step closer at where he saw the blood with outmost care

-crack-

a stick beneath his shoes then there's the rustle of dry leaves

yibo stop on his track, breathing slowly and calming his heart beat that quickened with just the slightest sound before he squat at the ground and pushed the bushes aside to see a clearer view of a black, covered in red, body of a snake