Illusion - SCI Mystery 谜案集 Fanfiction

Chapter 24

When the nurse entered the room in the evening to tell Bai Yutong that visiting hours were over, she found both of the men sleeping soundly in each other's arms. She had overheard a little of the situation concerning the two of them. Things like that spread like a wildfire among the nurses - especially when it concerned two handsome men like they were. So she just decided to let them sleep. It wouldn't hurt to let the policeman stay for the night. And if someone had something against it anyway, she would just argue that the patient needed protection. No one would dare to go against that.

So she just gently shut the door with a loving smile. These two were really cute together.

The next morning, Bai Yutong woke up feeling much more rested than he did in the whole past months. And once he saw Zhan Yao's sleeping face, who was snuggling closer to him, Yutong smiled widely. For a moment, there was just him and his cat. For a moment, he forgot all the problems, the differences or the case. It was just the two of them.

Gently - and because he simply had no self-restraint to keep his hands to himself once Zhan Yao was in arm's reach - he began to stroke his hair and listened to the soft breathing of the still sleeping man in his arms. He pushed a lost strand of hair from Zhan Yao's forehead and tugged it behind his ear carefully. Zhan Yao hummed in his sleep under Bai Yutong's touch and a soft smile spread on his wonderful pink lips. Yutong watched him, completely captivated - as if he was in a trance.

His fingers soon started wandering and softly caressed Zhan Yao's cheek, then traced the outlines of his face. His brows, the evenly sculptured nose, his high cheekbones and finally his soft lips - where his fingers remained much longer. When he finally forced himself to let off of his lips - mainly because he was worried to wake up Zhan Yao since he was shriveling his nose caused by the ticklish action - he reached the chin and let his fingers glide over the soft jawline.

His fingers' journey finally led them past Zhan Yao's face and resume with his slender neck. Yutong could feel Zhan Yao's calm pulse and brushed his finger's over his prominent collarbone. A mind of it's own, his hand slipped beneath the hospital gown and caressed Zhan Yao's shoulder, slowly gliding deeper.

His hands came to an immediate halt - interrupting Yutong's mesmerized exploring - when Zhan Yao let out a raspy cough. His eyes snapped to lock with his and Zhan Yao looked at him awkwardly and obviously embarrassed.

He opened his mouth to speak - probably to question him what in the world Bai Yutong was doing to his body while he was sleeping or just greeting him a good morning with an awkward smile because he was too embarrassed to speak up about it.

But he couldn't even utter his first word since Bai Yutong cut im off very effectively. He put a sweet and soft kiss on Zhan Yao's mouth - whose eyes immediately fluttered shut, forgetting what he wanted to say or that he wanted to say something altogether.

Since Bai Yutong remembered Zhan Yao was uncomfortable with kissing when he just woke up, he reluctantly let go of his lips and started peppering his face with kisses instead.

Zhan Yao sighed and grabbed on to Yutong's muscular arms which he drew Zhan Yao's face even closer with. He was still not fully awake and also light-headed from the loving kiss.

"Yutong."

He sighed barely audible, not sure what he even wanted to convey to him. Bai Yutong simply hummed in response and let go of Zhan Yao's face. Zhan Yao already thought he had stopped when Yutong buried his face in the crook of his neck and kissed his neck repeatedly. Reflexively, Zhan Yao turned his head more so Yutong would have more space - which he certainly used to the utmost potential. He ceased the repeated kisses and bit the lobe of Zhan Yao's ear teasingly before he slid his tongue over the skin right above his vein - earning him a hitched gasp from Zhan Yao who unconsciously slid his fingers through Yutong's hair and pulled his head even closer towards his neck.

Bai Yutong - though a litlle surprised by Zhan Yao's honest reaction - enjoyed it all the more and sucked on the sensitive skin, nibbling on it a bit as well and was rewarded by a quiet moan from Zhan Yao. Encouraged by the sweet sound, he continued and left a visible mark on Zhan Yao's milk white skin. Bai Yutong couldn't help but look at his work proudly but forced himself to turn his gaze to lock it with Zhan Yao's when he noticed he might be getting carried away a little too much. They were at a hospital after all, not at home. Which meant his actions were only limited. Unfortunately.

Staring into each other's eyes, Zhan Yao only now noticed that Bai Yutong was completely hovering above him - but still minding not to crush him under him. He thought about their situation and suddenly remembered they were in a hospital room where someone could come in at any time. His gaze nervously flickered towards the door and back to Yutong to tell him to get off. But his breath got stuck in his throat when he was captured by Bai Yutong's intense stare. He kew that look in his eyes. But they couldn't. Not now and especially not here. They had already gone way too far already.

Stumbling for words, as he was still affected by Yutong's soul-piercing gaze, he tried to weakly push the muscular man on top of him off of his own body. But Bai Yutong wasn't anywhere near satisfied and just simply used his left hand to cover Zhan Yao's mouth and shut him up, putting his thumb under his chin to raise his head and expose his neck. He swiftly licked his lips when he saw Zhan Yao's adam's apple bobbing in a nervous gulp. Not leaving the poor cat a moment to react, the mouse dived for the treat and started leaving his markings all over Yao's delicate throat.

Oblivious to what was going on inside, the nurse accidentally stumbled in on them but going unnoticed by the two men who were too immersed in each other. She quickly left the room as quietly as possible and tried not to squeal. She took a few moments to collect herself and loudly knocked on the door before she entered again. The man dressed in white calmly sat on the chair beside the bed while the other handsome man on the hospital bed glared at him blamingly with flushed cheeks which didn't seem to origin from his fever.

Though the young woman tried to keep a straight face, she seemed to have failed as Bai Yutong raised a questioning brow at her wide grin.

"Good morning. Did the both of you sleep well? I couldn't bear to wake you up yesterday, as you seemed to be very tired, so I just let you stay over for the night. I hope I didn't trouble you."

She greeted them while checking on Zhan Yao's status. Zhan Yao flushed in embarrassement while Bai Yutong tried to suppress a smirk - and failed.

"No. Not at all. Thank you very much for letting me stay despite the regulations. I hope you didn't get in trouble for it?"

He answered and recognized her as the nurse who had managed to throw out the chaotic bunch on the former day. He didn't really pay much attention to her that time - mostly because of his tiredness - but now he looked at her more closely. She was a young woman, admittedly quite beautiful and with a gentle smile tugging on her lips.

"Not at all. You don't have to worry about that. If you want to, I can make the hospital allow you to stay here the entire week. We also have spare beds. Well, if you even need one."

She answered while helping Zhan Yao to sit up in his bed and fluffen up his pillows. The last sentence was just a mere whisper to herself but Bai Yutong still heard it and noticed the mischieveous smirk on her face. Thankfully, Zhan Yao seemed completely oblivious to it or he would have for sure down-right refused the offer. Before he could politely decline, Bai Yutong beat him to it.

"That would be very nice of you as long as it doesn't trouble you."

He smiled at her and she turned her back on Zhan Yao to face Bai Yutong.

"Not at all, I'm more than happy to help."

She said with a wink and Bai Yutong grinned at her when they reached a sort of silent agreement and understanding.

Zhan Yao was a little confused by the sudden situation but tried to decline anyway.

"There really is no need t-"

But was cut off by the nurse who suddenly was in a hurry to leave the room.

"Well, that's about it. I'll send the doctor in to take a look at you later. You can call me with that blue button whenever you need me. Please use the red button only in emergencies. I'll be taking my leave now."

She explained and then quickly exited the room with an even wider smile than the one she had when she entered - leaving a confused Zhan Yao and a smirking Bai Yutong behind.