❝ Intoxicated ❞ ➟ Zhengkun (ON HOLD)

FOUR

"You showed up!" Zeren said as he saw Zhengting walking towards the counter.

"Of course, I'm working here." Zhengting said and placed his bag down.

"What happened last night? Were you alright?" Zeren asked.

Zhengting was cutted off when Wenjun arrived.

"Hey 'ting I already banned that guy here, just tell the guards if you ever see him." Wenjun said and walked in his office.

"Banned? Who? I'm clueless here someone explain." Zeren again said while making a drink for a customer.

"Here miss." he handed the drink and again looked at Zhengting.

"So?" he said waiting for some explanation.

Zhengting tells Zeren what happened last night,

"So that technically means you two are now pretty close?" Zeren asked.

"I don't think so, but-" Zeren cutted him off.

"Look at him, that was his 5th bottle tonight." Zeren said as he pointed a certain spot of the bar where Xukun usually sits.

"He's drinking? And what? 5th bottle? It's just 8:30 pm, when did he start drinking?"
Zhengting asked as he frowned,

"He got here around 8 pm." Zeren answered.

"What?" Zhengting can't help but to stare at the boy who's now staring at the blank space drinking his fifth bottle of beer.

"Do you think he got some problems in life?" Zeren asked,

"I don't know.." Zhengting replied,

Xukun looked at the counter and met Zhengting's eyes. His stares are blank and lifeless.

"Give me a bucket." he said.

Zeren prepared the bucket of beer and handed it to Zhengting.

"If you're worried about him, you can talk to him." Zeren said.

Zhengting just nodded, making his way towards Xukun and placed the bucket of beer on the table.

"Hey, are you here again just get yourself drunk?" Zhengting asked.

Xukun looked at Zhengting, same lifeless eyes.

"That's what bars are made for right?" he replied drinking his 6th bottle of beer.

Zhengting frowned even more, this Cai Xukun, is different from the Cai Xukun he saw last night.

"You should stop drinking." Zhengting said, still frowning.

Xukun again, looked up at Zhengting.

Zhengting frozed when he saw Xukun's eyes. It's tired? cold? lifeless? or is it just because he's already drunk?

Whatever the reason is, it sent chills all over his body.

"You can't stop someone from drinking, just do whatever you need to do there." he replied and looked away as he drink his beer.

Zhengting was taken a back by Xukun's words, normally, Xukun would ask him to accompany him while he's drinking and he would decline.

He walked back to the counter and tried to ignore the existence of Xukun in the bar. But actually, he can't help but to steal glances to the said guy.

Moments passed and it was almost the 10th bottle of beer Xukun was drinking. It's already 10 in the evening, but the bar was just starting to get crowded by some teenagers,

Music banging through the speakers, the dance floor was firing up.

But still Xukun was in his sea of thoughts. Who knows what he has been thinking right?

Zhengting, on the other hand was busy taking drinks and dealing with the customers.

Suddenly a tall girl who's in a red fitted short dress sat beside Xukun.

Zhengting saw the scene, the girl was obviously trying to hit on Xukun.

The girl's hand travel at the back of Xukun's neck as she sat on his lap.

"Hey boy, what's the name?" the girl asked while tracing circles on Xukun's chest.

He didn't replied, his eyes instead searched for Zhengting, and there he saw him, already looking at him. Both of them didn't take their eyes away from each others.

"Bet you wanna skip the introduction part, huh?" the girl said as she crashed her lips on Xukun's.

Zhengting's eyes widened, totally shocked the scene he's been watching. Xukun smirked in between the kisses and he began responding to girl's kiss.

Still looking at Xukun, Zhengting's mind is in a great mess.

Will he ignore the scene? Xukun is obviously trying to prove something to him,

'What the fuck are you doing'

Zhengting snapped out of his thoughts and looked away at Xukun as Wenjun called him.

"Ting! What are you looking at? Ow-" Wenjun's eyebrows raised as he saw the scene Zhengting has been watching. "I think I really should change the ambiance of this bar, what do you think?" Wenjun asked.

"I think so, this is not a motel tho." Zhengting replied, trying to ignore the scene.

"I can probably set a stage for a live band here, not just party music and dance floors stuffs. People these days, they're so wild." Wenjun said.

"Ya really know how this business works, huh. So proud, I raised you well." Zhengting joked. He stole a glance to Xukun and saw him all alone again, eyebrows frowned.

"Whatever 'ting, and oh by the way. Someone is looking for you over there. He said he's Ziyi." Wenjun said, "I'm at my office 'ting." he said and walked out.

Zhengting made his way to the side of the bar where Wenjun pointed out.

But before he got into Ziyi, he was grabbed by someone and dragged outside the bar.

"Cai Xukun what the fuck- aw!" Zhengting flinched as his back hit the cold wall of the bar.

"What are you doing?" Zhengting hissed.

Xukun looked at Zhengting, "I don't know Zheng,"