While you were sleeping[boyxboy]

07 I can't figure you out

"Cheng Xiao, please go, I don't have time now for you! Don't you see that he's bleeding?
Look, your father is calling you!", Yibo dismissed the girl, while helping Xiao Zhan to stand up.

"Woah your place is so nice. It defines you, tiny, warm, cute and cozy, the same as you are!", Xiao Zhan exclaimed in a nasal voice, after they entered Wang Yibo's one-room apartment.
Then he laid down on the bed, hoping that the annoying bleeding would finally stop.

"No, no, it's not good to lie down!
You have to stay in a vertical position and sit with your face slightly bent. Apply pressure on the nose in its soft area to help stop the bleeding. Press both nostrils while using your mouth to breathe.", Yibo explained while pulling the armchair closer to the bed to make it easier for Xiao Zhan to sit in.

"Really? You sound professional, did I understand wrongly that you studied Economics, not Med?
Hmm, I always thought that lying onto my back would stop the blood from flowing, but I guess I was wrong all of this time. Okay, I will shut up now and follow the doc's advice!", Xiao Zhan smiled, then did what Yibo told him to do.

"You understood correctly, I studied Economics, but I know this kind of stuff, because I did a lot of research during my father's illness. He often had nose bleeds, especially after his chemotherapy sessions.
You gave me quite a fright!", Yibo said, crouching before the sitting man to check out his nose. "It stopped, thank god! Now you can lie down and take some rest, until I will greet and feed BaiXiangGuo."

"I want to greet her, too, and introduce myself. Don't worry, I feel alright now.", Xiao Zhan stood up and walked to the turtle tank.
"Hi, BaiXiangGuo, my name is Xiao Zhan, nice to meet you!", he said, trying to lure the pet with a piece of food.

"She likes you, and I must tell you that she is very picky!", Yibo smiled, handing more food to Xiao Zhan.

"I like you BaiXiangGuo, too, and I am not less picky than you.
But, how would you know that she likes me?"

"A happy turtle is one that will go after her meals eagerly when it's feeding time.
I know she likes you because she takes the food from your hand. And she doesn't eat from others than me, not as I had that many visitors, but just saying, ha, ha!", Yibo laughed.

But his laughter choked into a gasp when Xiao Zhan's fingertips brushed gently against his hand while taking the piece of pet food.
He pretended to cough to cover his out-of-place gasp, even though it seemed that Xiao Zhan didn't notice it...Or did he pretend to not notice?

"Is this your dad's sweater you were talking about?", Xiao Zhan asked, pointing to the clothes placed on the armchair's backrest.

"Yes, I keep it there because, sometimes when I can't fall asleep, it's enough to look at that sweater and imagine that it's my dad sitting in the armchair, reading my favorite fairy tale in his gentle voice full of love. God, I miss him!", Yibo sighed, suppressing the tear brimming at the corner of his eye.

He startled when Xiao Zhan pulled him in a tight embrace, with his chin buried in his neck crock and whispered:
"Don't cry, your dad wants you to be happy! He is happy too, watching you from up there and seeing that you're not alone anymore!"