Water and Fire (BL)

Chapter 49: Clashing Feelings

Chapter 49: Clashing Feelings

Eric was napping on the couch when the familiar knocks came. For a moment he became excited but upon realization that it could be David, he felt a little sad.

He confirmed this when he opened the door and saw David outside. He had quite a different expression on his face. His face held something angry and sad at the same time. David averted his eyes from Eric's face then tried to conjure up the words in his mouth but failed. Still, David's face was crumpled in annoyance.

"Why are you here?" Eric's voice was cold with a hint of sadness.

David felt pained. He quickly entered the door and grabbed Eric's waist. He looked down on Eric with both his brows furrowed. "Is that how you greet me after a long time?"

"Well, aren't you happy with your girlfriend, ha?"

David smirked lightly and tapped Eric's nose with his finger. "Someone's clearly jealous."

Eric pushed him back. "Get the fuck out!"

David was shocked. "Why are you being like this, ah?! I just wanna see you, yet you're being a jerk! Is it wrong for me to miss you, ah?!"

"Let's stop this, David. This won't work out."

David stepped closer. "What won't work out, ah?"

"This... You and me."

"When I say it'll work out, it'll work out!"

"This is wrong!"

"Says who? Your Jesus Christ, and those priests, and this fucked up society?" David clutched Eric's collar. "Well, if your Jesus is telling you that loving another man is wrong, then he's not a God of love, but of hatred!"

Eric slapped him hard on the cheek. "Are you listening to yourself? Aren't you afraid of those words, ha?"

David stepped closer until his nose was an inch away from the bridge of Eric's nose. "I'm not afraid of anything if it's you waiting at the end!" He shouted violently, clutching Eric by the shirt.

Eric leered at him. For a moment, Eric felt the warring emotions in his heart. In the end, he said, "It will never happen, David Zhou."

"Why? Is this because of her?! I would dump her anytime just for you, Eric!"

"This isn't just about her. This is about our family! About society! Everybody tells us this is not right!"

"Well, fuck society!!! Let's escape this messed up society and go far away where there's only you and me!" While saying this, David was holding Eric's body and caressing it up and down.

Eric tried to push David back, but instead, David yanked him hard towards him and David dove in for a kiss.

Their lips met and Eric felt David's warm, passionate lips on his. David let out his tongue but Eric did not let this probing tongue enter his mouh. It merely brushed against Eric's lips.

For a moment, Eric felt frozen. It was like his soul was being sucked by David's mouth.

Suddenly, he pulled back and punched David hard on the face, causing him to crash to the ground.

This time, it was David who was frozen. He had the shock of his life. He sat there clutching his bruised cheek.

He never expected Eric to hurt him like this. It was like all the flowers that they had started to plant and water had suddenly been destroyed by a violent storm. Never would those flowers bloom ever again. Furious, he stood up and tackled Eric to the ground until they were rolling on the floor beating each other, wrestling, fighting for dominance.

It was like when they wrestled each other in the Peace Room, only this time, it's violent.

They punched at each other's faces. Eric was like an untamed storm in the middle of the ocean, letting out violent waves and winds that could sink ships. David was unleashing all the fires of hell with all the physical strength that he was exerting just to beat the sense out of this boy called Eric.

In the end, David managed to punch Eric on the face several times. He never expected that an indescribable anger would envelop him, caused by this boy whom he had loved and longed for. All the love, hatred, lust, passion, and wrath were clashing inside him, painting different colors in the canvas of his heart. The colors of these clashing feelings created something ugly and beautiful at the same time. Something so beautiful that it felt so fragile.

They were in that state, bruised and breathing heavily when Xiaoge appeared on the doorway.

She rushed inside to pry David from Eric's grip. David got peeled from his adversary, sitting on the floor and holding the bruises on his cheek.

Xiaoge proceeded to attack Eric with her handfan. "You bad man! What are you doing to my baobei?!"

"Stop it!" David pulled Xiaoge from Eric. They both stood up.

Eric stayed sitting on the floor, breathing heavily, clutching his face, clutching his heart.

He looked at these two lovers and felt an indescribable pain in his heart and mind. It seemed like the pain in his heart was more painful than the bruises on his body.

"Are you alright, baobei? You hurt?!" Xiaoge held David's face but he swiped her hands away.

"I'm alright."

"Who's this guy?!"

David smirked then cracked the bones in his neck with a head twitch to the right. "An old friend." His eyes were seething with contempt.

The way David looked at him made Eric feel the deepest sadness in his life.

"Let me call the police and have this bad man arrested! Look at what he did to your pretty face!"

Xiaoge fished her phone from her pocket and began dialling when David snatched her phone.

"No need. It was me who started the fight."

Eric sat there on the floor watching these two. When he looked at David, he saw nothing but coldness in his eyes.

"But still, justice must be done!" Xiaoge yelled. She then kicked Eric on the knee. It was so painful that Eric winced and hugged both of his knees.

"Do that again, bad man, and I will smash your face!" Xiaoge yelled, then hooked an arm around David's waist.

Still looking at Eric, David leaned closer to Xiaoge and kissed her on the lips. "Thank you for coming here, baobei."

Xiaoge blushed. "Don't thank me, Marilyn told me to follow you."

Eyes still on Eric, David said, "That's so sweet of you." He planted another kiss on her lips.

Xiaoge blushed even more. "You're sweeter."

"I love you, baobei," David said, not leaving Eric's eyes.