Twelve Days of Christmas of YuZhou [YuZhouverse]

Sixth Day of Christmas: Six Pairs of Sneakers

Jing Yu had been piling up pairs of shoes to give to ZZ. The problem was he keeps forgetting to give it to him. He realized that when he saw the mountain of boxes in the corner of his room. So he decides to use ShengYin's One Day express delivery service, again.

Before calling them, he inscibed something on a sheet of paper. Then, enclosed it in an envelope. Scribing the paper took him less than ten minutes, in which he ended it with his love written on it. With the envelope closed after a lick and a phone call to shipping company, it was became a waiting game for Jing Yu.

When the ShengYin deliverman came, it was the same person from the last time. The expression of the man called Michael was an exact copy. Jing Yu felt disturbed so he didn't entertain the younger man. He just nodded along Michael's information dump on him. Afterwards, he ignored the person as he gave him instructions of.

The other person in Jing Yu's apartment was very obtuse at the owner's unfriendly behavior. It was an agony for Jing Yu as he waited for Michael to leave his living room so he could send his package faster.

"Hey, could we finish sooner? I really want the person to get these before midnight." Jing Yu's straight face looked squarely at the man who crouched down as he wrote down the address of the other person.

"Ah, don't worry, Sir Huang. Our company are the best and we'll have it shipped before ten pm."

A large beam appeared on his face as he worked faster. In five minutes time, Michael left the apartment bowing with a smile. He waved at the unsmilling Jing Yu while he closed the door.

Breathing out, Jing Yu was relieved at the unwanted presence's had finally left. A quick text was sent to his lover, his thinned lip changed to a budding smile. While he waited a reply from Zhou Zhou, he started studying his role and memorizing his lines for an upcoming drama series.

It wasn't until about four hours later that he felt his phone vibrated on his lap. Jing Yu fumbled with his phone as he grabbed it, almost dropping it to his tiled floor.

"Hello!" An excited Jing Yu greeted the caller. "Did you get the notification already?"

Loud laughter echoed out the phone's speaker and into Jing Yu's ears. It resulted to rolling eyes at the booming cackle of the caller.

"Sorry, Jing Yu. I got the notifications, but really- six pairs of shoes? Isn't that excessive? Although, I'm thrilled to open them all. I saw some of the pictures you sent, I like most of it. But, there's one that I don't know when I'm going to wear it. I'll probably ask if I can use it for a photoshoot, again. Thank you, baobei."

Jing Yu grinned at their nicknames that came out of Zhou Zhou. Time dragged on as both men talked with each other to catch up in what's happening in their lives. Not realizing, they've spent almost two hours of conversing. While he talked with his boyfriend, Jing Yu was careful not to tugged his phone's cord as it was currently charging.

"Baobei, wanna meet up?" The longing in his tone affected Zhou Zhou as he heard his lover suck in air.

"I'd love to see you, again. But, you know how it is-," There was gloominess in Zhou Zhou as he said those words.

"I do, but we've done it in the past." Jing Yu gave a paused and Zhou Zhou waited for him to finish what he wants to say from his mind. "I miss you badly. I want you in my arms. I want to kiss you so much. I want to sleep next to you everynight. I want to be able to walk with you anywhere, and not have THEM hound us."

Jing Yu heard a noise at the other end of the line. It sounded like a gasp after his small confession about their situation. Sighing a really big one, he opened his mouth, but no words came out.

"Ah, wait. Let me get the door. That might be your package." A thud could be heard as the person's feet at the other end of the phone call were shuffling further and further away from the phone. It wasn't until Zhou Zhou's voice spoke up that indicated he was speaking to someone. It really might be ShengYin delivery boy that his lover could be speaking to.

"I'm back," Zhou Zhou said in a sing-song manner. Then, Jing Yu gets notified that the other man wanted to Facetime. The usually straight face man answered the request. There in a glorified state, Zhou Zhou had already opened one box. It showed it was one of Jing Yu's favorite shoes.

"I see you got it. That's good. I was afraid you wouldn't get it in no time."

Zhou Zhou scoffed.

"Come on, you were the one that suggested me to use this company's service. They are really good, by the way. Anyways," Zhou Zhou trailed on as he showed Jing Yu his least favorite shoes that Zhou Zhou might like. "Why'd you give me this?"

It was a pair of mustard colored shoes with black stripes at the side. Despite being the color of yellow, like Jing Yu's last name, it was the shininess that was glaring. It didn't suit to Jing Yu's style so Zhou Zhou might appreciate the blinginess of the pair of shoes.

"Ah, that. I thought you'd like it since you would like to have another pair of Latin dance shoes."

Playful grin plastered across Jing Yu's face as he joked. Zhou Zhou's eyes rotated like the globe that we live on. "I like and know Latin dance, but I don't like this either. I know you gave it to me, because you dislike these kinds of things. Luckily, your boyfriend can wear anything and still come out looking like a prince from heaven."

It was Jing Yu's turn to roll his eyes at the person who was becoming narcissistic, much like him.

"Okay, okay. No need to get so cocky, now." Long breathe with mouth opened, Jing Yu finally said his nightly greetings to his beloved. "Anyways, I have to go to sleep. I have a closing year event that I have to attend to. I got invited to CCTV's New Year Award Event."

Before I go, we have to see each other, soon. Please, just a quick date or a week off with just us. Think about it, okay?"

Zhou Zhou agreed and hanged up, but not before thanking Jing Yu for the six pairs of shoes he had given to him. Even if one of them was ugly, it was still a loving present that he will use. For promotional use or on personal level, Zhou Zhou and Jing Yu loves giving each other gifts. More so on Jing Yu's behalf.