Twelve Days of Christmas of YuZhou [YuZhouverse]

Ninth Day of Christmas: Nine Dishes To Eat

Zhou Zhou woke up feeling the pressure of his bladder. He opened his crusted eyes only to come into a realization that something was blocking him from getting up from his bed. Upon clearing his mind and wiping the sleep from his eyes, he sees the hand wrapped around his waist. Clearly, that was the thing that was chaining him to the bed.

Slowly moving the hand to the side , Zhou Zhou watched the owner of the hand, looking for any signs of waking him up. Checking to see if his lover wasn't disturbed, he moved his feet to where their bathroom were.

After emptying his bladder, Zhou Zhou washed his hands and gargled his mouth. When his hands and face were dried, he returned back to his room only to find JingYu awake. His boyfriend sitting up, back a little arched, and playing with his phone.

"Da Ge's awake, I see."

JingYu heard his lover's voice, the head of his swiveled to his direction. "Hey, where are the other gifts I've given to you?"

Zhou Zhou's eyes rolled.

"The shoes are in my parents' house. The chocolate bon bons were all eaten by my family at Christmas. And this," Zhou Zhou showed the back of his hand to JingYu, the ring on his hand glinted as it caught the light of the opened window. "I'm wearing it at the moment. But, I'll put it in a necklace when I'm put and about. I'd love for fans to speculate, but don't want them hounding us 'gain."

Feeling elated at Zhou Zhou wearing the ring he had designed and created, JingYu got out of the bed and hugged him. In an instant, his lips pounced on the other pair and time stood still for them. The two pair of lips moved, trying to dominate each other. Sometimes teeth clashing against the soft flesh organ attached to their face. Their hands roamed, circling their head and combing through hair strands of theirs.

What seemed like an eternity for the two, but in reality a minute had passed, both men needed a breather. Their heavy breathing mimicked their chest and shoulder, moving up and down like a cycle of a ferry's wheel. Two pairs of laden eyes gazed at each other, JingYu's dominant hand glide down to Zhou Zhou's jaw. A thumb caressed the rounded feature of his the other person's face.

"I love you, but I'm hungry. Let's go eat." Zhou Zhou broke the spell they were both in by uttering his hunger.

The doe eyed expression he sported was JingYu's downfall. The hand that was on the mandible crept to the back of Zhou Zhou's neck and JingYu went for another embraced. He kissed the neck of the other person, and a moan escaped from the plump, red lips. "Fine, let's go cook something from the fridge."

A playful grin appeared on Zhou Zhou and he called out, "Race you to the kitchen! The loser of the race is a rotten fish!"

JingYu snuffed out an air through his nose as he watch the high-spirited lover of his ran away from his grasped.

"No fair!" Yelled JingYu who ran after the exuberant kitty.

With a head start, it was expected Zhou Zhou to win, and won he did.

"Guess I'm a rotten fish, huh?" JingYu said while he raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, cuz you didn't wash your mouth when you woke up."

Rolling his eyes, JingYu clicked his tongue against his cheek. "Whatever, I'm gonna go to the restroom for a bit. Need to relieve my bladder, too."

Yelling, Zhou Zhou teased the man walking away. "Wash that mouth, too!"

JingYu left for the other toilet near the kitchen area with his eyes rolling at his lover's teasing. That left Zhou Zhou to peruse inside their large fridge for something to eat. He found there were still an abundant of food to make or cook, so he started preparing in advance before JingYu could come out after peeing.

When everything was laid out, Zhou Zhou pondered what kind of food the pair can make. Looking at the clock in the room, he discovered it was nearing lunch time. Guess their nighttime activities left them sleeping so late in very early morning.

"I see you're done arranging the ingredients. Thought of anything we can start cooking with?" A startled Zhou Zhou spun in his spot, seeing JingYu standing very closed behind him.

"Fuck! You scared the shit out of me. Make a noise next time, will you?"

His lover nodded as he apologized, but Zhou Zhou knew he would do it again next time. It was one of JingYu's past time to give him fright whenever they get together.

"What should we make?" Asked Zhou Zhou pondering on the ingredients that were laid on the island table. There were a lot of things that were about to expired, so he planned to used them all up before they went bad.

"There's a carton of eggs left. These blueberries, strawberries, apples, tomatoes, cabbages, potatoes, onions, and spinach are about to go bad. I'm thinking of making pancakes with these since we still chocolate syrup and bag of flour," said Zhou Zhou pointed at the fruits. "We can, also, make dumplings with the leftover sausages and the ground meat. We can make and cook them now, but eat them later if we can't finish them."

Another nod was sent to Zhou Zhou's direction as JingYu agreed with his statement.

"Save me four eggs, because I'll be making us some sunny side up and omelette, too. Want me to make some meatballs if there are leftover ground meat?"

Gulping at the thought of eating those delicious food, Zhou Zhou hurriedly concurred.

All the foods they were going to make were making them even more hungry. They went to work as quickly as they can. The two ended up producing nine dishes to eat for what was supposed to be a breakfast has now turned into lunch. There were blueberry and strawberry pancakes, omelets, sunny side ups, baozi (pork buns), jiaozi (dumplings/gyoza), meatballs, pan fried tomatoes and cabbages, onion rings, and fried rice on their table.

Smelling the aromatic food they created were making them salivate. JingYu and Zhou Zhou clasped their hands together and sent prayers for the food. Without a second to lose, they dug into their food. The couple ate until they were full, their stomach bulging as they burped.

"That was some good stuff. We actually made a full course meal!" Zhou Zhou smiled at the man sitting in front of him. "Although, the tomatoes and cabbages were a little burnt."

"Excuse me, I would have taken them out right on time if it weren't for your wondering hands. Those jiaozis were a little salty, but that means we don't need to use shoyu." JingYu's boyfriend was about to grabbed another one, but he smacked the hand away. "You're already full, you're gonna throw it up later and get sick, again. I'll clear up the table and put away the food while you clean up the table."

Both of them started doing their own work, their sluggish movement were hindered by their working metabolism. That soon went away as they worked up a sweat while they scrubbed their kitchen and cooking area. When it came to washing the dishes, the two men battled it out as to whoever gets to do the dishes by winning one game of rock, paper, and scissors. They ended up in tie, so the pair ended doing it together.

As another day turned to night, JingYu and Zhou Zhou spent the rest of the day and into the night with each watching current movies. The sky colored by the night filled with twinkling stars, the lovebirds snuggled together in their living room. They were in each other's embrace, their arms draped around their figure as their eyes trained on the glowing screen. Their feet were crossed against each other as they laid on the cushioned futon they placed on their rugged floor. Christmas spirits was within them, savoring their wholesome time together.