Strange Love [19 Days Fanfiction - He Tian/Redhead]

Chapter Five ☼ Closer

Hey, I was doing just fine before I met you
I drank too much and that's an issue
But I'm okay
Hey, tell your friends it was nice to meet them
But I hope I never see them again
-Chainsmokers ft. Halsey / Closer

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Hong Fa sat gingerly on the arm of He Tian's couch, his head craned back as He Tian's fingers gently cleaned and examined the knife wound. He Tian had gone from relieved to seemingly angry, but the softness of his touch didn't match the hard set of his jaw. Hong Fa was quiet, as the position already didn't feel great on his cut, and he didn't figure speaking would make it better.

After his neck had been cleaned with a stinging alcohol wipe and bandaged, although Hong Fa was surprised He Tian had first aid supplies if he hardly had food, gentle fingers found their way to the back of his head and tilted his neck back to a normal position.

"I don't think you need stitches, luckily," He Tian murmured. "But you were still an idiot for coming here, you know. I told you not to."

"You ignored me all day," Hong Fa crossed his arms.

"Is that out of the ordinary?" He Tian's tone was still far more harsh than necessary.

However, it indeed was not out of the ordinary for He Tian and Hong Fa to avoid each other during the school day. In fact, Hong Fa generally tried to avoid the bastard, but he had thought things had changed a bit.

"I just thought that-"

"We aren't friends, Hong Fa." It was the first time He Tian hadn't called him Carrot Head, but it didn't feel better. It wasn't even his real name, still.

"Of course, how silly of me. I'm just someone you can kiss and toss aside, right? You're such an ass," Hong Fa's fists clenched at his sides, and he fought the urge to shove He Tian back. The fucker's hand was resting on his leg.

"Is that what this is about?" He Tian sighed.

"You tell me," Hong Fa was suddenly shouting, and then he did push He Tian backwards as he scrambled off the arm of the couch.

"It seems like you're confused," He Tian let the red head push him without a fight. "That kiss was just me trying to entertain myself. It didn't mean anything."

Which, okay, definitely stung Hong Fa. He recoiled as if he'd been hit. It wasn't that he had expected the kiss to be anything, it had rather confused the shit out of him, made him feel something he wasn't used to feeling.

"If I don't mean anything to you then why didn't you let your brother and that other bastard slit my throat?" Hong Fa spat.

He Tian stiffened, "I never said that you didn't mean anything to me."

Hong Fa blinked rapidly, momentarily dazed, "You aren't... making any sense. Am I just someone who doesn't call you out on all the ridiculous bullshit you have me do for money?"

"No."

"If you don't give me more to go off of than that then I'm leaving. And I'm not coming back in the next week when you decide you need a maid again. I won't be coming back ever again, actually. Do you want to know what I thought when those men grabbed me downstairs? I thought they hurt you. I was so ready to kill them both, it reminded me that I'm not a heartless bastard even if I want to be. Because being heartless would be a fuck ton easier if you're just going to be like the rest of the people in my life."