Brave Jewel

Tragedy Part 14

Watch out for the Heat!!!

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Everyday is a lovely day, at least for Zhao. His report is all done, he don't really have anything to do, unless the public shooting that disturbing him, and his team isn't dare bothering him no more. Zhao is reading the guidance Shen wrote him, about narcotics and stuff. He already know all of that, but it's Shen Wei who's making it for him, so he's looking at it like a treasure.

In the afternoon, when he's on the mood of working, he goes with the team to analyze what happens with the public shooting. Like solving the puzzle, he could read this guy intention, but nothing more. His guts tells him that they will come to the city sooner or later, but Zhao is lost. He give it all to Daqing to sniff something out. He's walking to the office files, before Lin Jing runs to him.

"Chief!!! There's fire near here!!!" He almost screams.

Zhao hear it and walks outside, with the rest of the team.

"Where?" Zhao turning his head when he sees black smoke coming from Shen Wei house direction. His stomach drop to the ground

"Shit!!" He runs like his life is on the line.

"Hong, called the university, ask them for Shen wei." He screams.

"Lin Jing, follow me!"

"Tell me you're not there." Zhao rambling for himself. "Please tell me you're not there."

Zhao get there with Lin Jing, and Hong arrive after. He could see that the fire doesn't come directly from the library, but it is closeby.

"Chief, Professor just go home by now they say." She reporting.

"Call the fire truck." He said, looking around, searching Shen wei. Zhao gets relieved a bit, but his heart still can't be calmed.

About time Hong finishing her line, Zhao see Shen behind her. With his eyes intensifies with shock. Zhao runs to him, like he knew this would happen.

Seeing his neighbor house in fire, Shen tremble hard, he drop his bag and stumbling forward. He's holding himself, clawing both of his arm. Falling in his knees, with Zhao.

"Hey, hey it's alright. you're fine." Zhao calming him, holding his arm, covering his hand. "Shen wei look at me. You will be fine."

Shen starts to cry.

"No, please don't No... don't do this to me." He muttering to himself.

This is the first time Zhao seeing Shen wei losing his control. He cannot be sure why, but Zhao know he needs to be with him.

"Xiao wei, babe, please. Open your eyes. You will be fine, I am here." Zhao shaking his body gently.

Finally, Shen wei watch Zhao, slowly,

"Don't save me. please don't save me." Shen hugging Zhao intense.

"I'm not, Xiao wei." Zhao pulling him in his embrace. "I will be here with you."

Zhao dragging him to the car, thinking , he doesn't really have somewhere to go either. His conditions makes Zhao hurts so much, he wants to share the burden, he wants to help him. In the chaos, He still could tell Lin Jing to take care of the house and the people, stopping them from getting themselves hurt.

Zhao give Shen his jacket, helping him to stand and goes straight home.

Shen is still crying with no sound when Zhao blanket him in his room. A glass of water beside them, Zhao pouring him with love. Shen's eye still in tears, but the tremble was gone. Zhao hold him, preciously.

"You want to lay down?" He whisper, and weighting him a little so that he could put his head on the pillow.

Zhao hug him until he sleeps, until the running water from Shen's eye stops dripping in his chest.

Zhao just get back from buying breakfast for them, the next day. He sees Shen still sleep in the bed, sleeps because he's tired, put his bag in the table and sits beside him.

"Xiao Wei" Zhao brushes his hair. "You need to eat."

Zhao pour the hot soya milk he bought and bring it to him.

"Drink this at least." He sits beside Shen, and helping him to sit down. Smiling, his hand has been in the air for a whole minute, before Shen accept it and drink a little.

"I'm sorry. I have been bothering you." Shen puffy eyes blink.

Zhao stroke his back with care, giving him a little warm feeling. He play with his hair, his cheek and his nose.

"Want to shower?" Zhao say, gently. "your beauty buried by the grief."

"Why don't you ask?" Shen asking while looking at his warm glass in his hand.

"You need me to listen?" Zhao queries.

Shen not saying a word, he drinks his milk again, playing with his thumb.

"Could you help me take of my shirt?" Shen talks again, putting his glass beside his specs.

Zhao frowns in wonder a little, but he doesn't say no. He takes his time, on every button he touch, Shen Wei shivers a little. His breathing goes deep, like he's about to telling the world the crimes he has done.

"You want me to stop?" Zhao examines his expression.

He shook his head, touching Zhao's back hand "Keep going, please."

"3 years ago, when I am a little bit cherrier than today, something changes my life." Shen detailing everything he hasn't told Zhao.

Zhao looking at burned scar that tattooed in Shen's flawless shoulder, flowing until his spine when he finishes with the shirt.

"I was in my home, working for my assignment. I have a research group happened in next week, I try to finish it fast. I got tired, and before I realise.... " Shen keeps talking, when Zhao hands stroking his scar, unhurried.

"I don't know when it's coming from, but I wake up by smoke. My little apartment was on fire. But I can't leave my work in there. I try to save some important document, before I know it was already late. Some big pile of fire drop on my shoulder." Shen covering his face. "The next thing I remember was when I woke up at the hospital."

Zhao didn't say a thing. He fill the gap on Shen wei, kissing his shoulder scar, to brings the pain away. He drench Shen with lust.

"You don't want me to see this?" Zhao quest him, with his hand signaling him to lie down "It's your past, Xiao wei. I will never turn my back against your past"

Before Shen could move, Zhao already atop him.

"look at me. Would you let me comfort you today?" Zhao goes slowly in rhetorical.

He kiss to prove Shen something. His tongue finding a slit in his lips and activates Shen wei, like a switch. This morning was a good morning, filled with pureness. That's exactly what Zhao finds out, and he won't let anyone know about it. It's about Shen Wei. He couldn't describe how his cold bare build quake, how his breath simmers Zhao's urge. Zhao knew Shen has fallen, and he's ready to catch it.

It's like running water, how refreshing everything was and both of them was only small fish, swims with the current. Zhao could tell rocks and stones below the river, marking it one by one. They don't care anything from this mortal business, unless their own paradise. A little wind escape from the blocking curtain, grazing their beads of sweat away. Seeing Shen Wei beneath him breathing dense, was the only romance he'll ever watch. 

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I got sore thumb. 

I clearly don't know what happens with my finger, especially with my thumb and index finger. They got swollen. 

Is it because I type? This is weird.