Dark Purple Rose [YiZhan FF]

Chapter 32

It was almost 9 o'clock in the morning when Yibo stepped out of the guest room and looked around confusedly for Zhan. Zhan still seemed to be asleep, because he couldn't see him anywhere. So Yibo first took a shower, then got dressed and waited with a growling stomach for Zhan to finally wake up so they could have breakfast together. One thing that Yibo had gotten used to all too quickly. Just a few weeks ago, he would have done without breakfast. Because eating breakfast alone was no fun for him. But it was different with Zhan.

Finally, around 10:30 AM, Zhan came out of his bedroom. Yibo looked delighted and greeted him: "Finally. I'm starving already. I thought you wouldn't wake up at all. Oh yes, good morning."

"Good morning." Zhan replied, beaming, and after stretching extensively, he added: "I've been awake for quite a while. I didn't even realize that you were already up."

"You were already awake? What were you doing in bed for so long?"

"Oh, um, I wasn't in bed. I was sitting by the window making a list of activities we could both do to get to know each other better." Zhan said and handed Yibo a sheet of paper with many points listed by Zhan.

Yibo looked at the long list and didn't really understand what Zhan was trying to do? To get to know each other? Didn't they already do that? Aren't they already in the process? He had to ask Zhan about it. Because he didn't understand what it was all about on his own. "What exactly do you mean we're getting to know each other better?"

Zhan suddenly looked nervous and his cheeks turned red. "Well, getting to know each other." He replied and wondered why Yibo didn't realize that Zhan meant dating. After all, they had confessed their feelings to each other last night. And the next logical step would be for them to get to know each other better on or through dates. Zhan wasn't asking for them to become a couple immediately. But that he could get to know Yibo better that way. Because there is still so much that Zhan doesn't know about him.

Yibo, who was so hungry that he was unable to really think, looked at Zhan skeptically. He really didn't understand what Zhan was trying to accomplish with this list. And even at first glance, he realized that there were many things listed that they couldn't possibly do together. At least not during the day and without Yibo dressing up. He had to point out to Zhan that a lot of it was not possible. "So Zhan... these things here... well how can I put it? We can't do most of it. I'm a nationally known idol and I have to watch what I do and who I'm seen with." He explained cautiously.

"Oh oh yes, that's right." Zhan replied and took the list back. In his mind, he called himself an idiot. How could he forget that Yibo was an idol and a secret agent when he was making the list? Was the time he had spent with Yibo so far to blame for his forgetting who Yibo really was? Because Zhan had to admit to himself that he now only sees the Yibo who is behind the idol and the agent. The adorable young man he had fallen head over heels in love with!

Zhan walked past him into the kitchen and Yibo could see Zhan throwing the list into the paper bin. With a strange feeling of having said something wrong, he asked Zhan, "Are you mad at me?"

"Oh no. If I am, it's just at me for forgetting that you're an idol and an agent."

"I um..."

"Yibo? Can you please buy some bread quickly? We've run out and I want to eat sandwiches for breakfast today."

"Sure. I'll be on my way right away." Yibo said and immediately went to put on his shoes. "See you in a bit." He called out to Zhan and left the apartment. Zhan breathed a sigh of relief. A tear rolled down his cheek as he looked at the list in the trash. He was disappointed and didn't want Yibo to see it. Because it wasn't Yibo's fault that Zhan was disappointed. Although Zhan was sure they could have done a few things from the list.