Blood and Roses

Chapter-3

Hey lovelies! Here's the third installment of the story. Sorry, it took awhile for me to write this chapter as I was busy with writing my other fics. But here it is now. Not sure how it turned out. So, it'd be of great help if you guys share your thoughts with me!😊😄

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Chapter-3

WeiZhou woke up to find a damp, bleak day with an overshadowed sky. A perfect match for his mood. At least today he wouldn’t have to pretend to be cheery. Nobody was expected to put on a bright front on such a gloomy weather.

He looked up at the ceiling with unseeing eyes. Eight days…it had been eight long days since his birthday. Since JingYu disappeared again. As expected. A rueful smile appeared on his face and dissolved just as quickly. He anticipated this, didn’t he? This abandoning? He knew if he let go, JingYu would leave. But what about the promise he had extracted from him? Was that a hoax too? To placate WeiZhou for the time being?

Fuck it.

Dragging his body out of the bed, WeiZhou rubbed the tiredness off his face. He’d just go about his way. Study hard, move through and not brood over the lying bastard. Because he was a liar. As opposed to what he told WeiZhou, there was no such accident that happened to him four years ago which asked for a rescue. He had questioned both of his parents, even double checked with his peers. No such thing and that meant JingYu was lying through his teeth. But why? Why making things up when there was no need to? And why the hell WeiZhou felt like half of his soul was missing without JingYu near him? And what about those half remembered memories? And what was wrong with him? He was desperate for a stranger. This was not how an adult should suppose to act. He didn’t even know he liked men before this, for heaven’s sake! A strange handsome guy with his impenetrable persona appeared into his like one day, smiled at him, sweet talked and he lost his mind, his rationality just like that! Yes, there were these whole lot of déjà vu but even that should have creeped him out, not made him fall harder for the man. Or, maybe all of this was an elaborate prank, a practical joke at the expense of his sanity.

Well, fuck it too.

He went through all his morning rituals, chewed on a toast half heartedly and finally went out of the house. Morning lectures always sucked but on a rainy day like this it was a special kind of hell for students. Unlocking his phone a few text notifications popped up. He opened the one from Bobo.

Wake the fuck up Pikachu poopy pants.- BB

The first real smile appeared on his face. He met Bobo when they were in middle school. A large boy, usually quite but if provoked, could punch a hole through his enemy’s head. He couldn’t remember how exactly they ended up as friends, but ever since Bobo was there, beside him, guarding him when needed, annoying him when wanted, cheering him up when he was feeling low. Like these past few days.

On my way. You better not skip the first lecture. –T

He sent out a text and headed for the university. If JingYu wanted to disappear with fake promises then be it. WeiZhou had a life before JingYu and he’d continue to live it. And if his heart pained every now and then, well, he’d just have to ignore it away.

XOXOXOX

It was nearly dusk when the classes for the day were over. Bobo had a date coming up with a girl he had a crush on for forever and WeiZhou was trolling him mercilessly. Despite how the day started, he felt lighter than yesterday. He was used to finding happiness in others’ joy and was doing exactly that now. Just as he was cackling, neck trapped under Bobo’s arm, trying to choke him, a sleek black sports car screeched stopped in front of them, momentarily halting both of them midway.