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Chapter8

"Come live with me"

Renjun stopped sipping on his coffee and looked up at Lucas. His reaction was different from what Lucas had expected. He didn't spit out his coffee or stutter out words. Instead, he was...calm. Renjun slowly placed the cup down and looked at Lucas like he had grown two heads.

"Uhh.....no?"

"Wha- Why? My house is big enough and you don't have to pay rent"

Lucas' cool facade was gone as he sounded almost desperate. He couldn't let this chance go.

"That's exactly the problem. I'm not freeloading"

"You can pay rent then and my house is only two blocks away from your school"

"..........why? Isn't it better to stay by yourself?"

Renjun inquired. Curious to why Lucas was being so intent on making him move into his house. Lucas slumped into the seat and looked away from Renjun's sparkly eyes towards the window. In a low voice, he said,

"It just gets lonely sometimes"

That sentence was all it took to convince Renjun. There was no way the boy was gonna reject the offer now. He would even feel guilty about rejecting it. He was too nice.

"Okay, Lucas. I'll move in with you"

Lucas' head perked up and he straightened in his seat. His face was obviously brighter now and a big grin adorned his face. Renjun could just imagine a tail wagging behind him.

"But-"

The taller boy raised his brows and his shoulders sagged a bit.

"But?"

"But not until we get to know each other. We're still practically strangers"

"accquitance"

Lucas corrected, making Renjun snort.

"sure"

"Okay Renjun. We'll get to know each other and then you have to move in as soon as we 'know each other',"

Lucas put up two fingers and air quoted. Renjun didn't know what that was supposed to mean but he dropped it and finished his coffee.

They left the cafe after some time and after they got out of the cafe, Lucas insisted that he would give him a ride but Renjun was feeling particularly brave. So he asked the question he would probably regret later.

"Hey, Lucas"

He tugged at the hem of Lucas' shirt.

"....does it hurt if you pull on it?"

Lucas was kinda surprised but he knew too well that Renjun was referring to his lip ring. The corner of his lips tugged upwards in almost a cocky way. His hand traveled down Renjun's arm to his smaller hand where he enterwined their hands. Renjun looked down at their hands in surprise.

oh

"Do you want to know?"

Lucas said in a low voice, almost seductively. Renjun just wanted to know out of pure curiosity but Lucas surely took it the other way.

".......yeah"

Renjun finally looked up. His eyes were sparkling with innocence, not knowing what he had put himself into. To Renjun's confusion, Lucas dragged him into the dark alley by the cafe.

Renjun leaned against the wall while Lucas looked around to make sure they were alone. He secured the hat on his head and placed his hands on the wall besides Renjun's head.

"You can tug on it. But..... "

Lucas trialed off and one of his hands on the wall traveled down to grasp both of Renjun's wrists. Wrapping his long fingers across the pale wrists and securing them in a harsh hold. Renjun looked down to his wrists and a chill ran down his back when Lucas leaned down to whisper into his ear.

"...you can only use your mouth"

Lucas chuckled when the blush crept up onto the tip of Renjun's ears. Renjun stayed quiet. Afraid he would sprout stupid nonsense out of embarrassment. How could he say such things so bluntly. He wanted to hide his face away into the scarf from how hot he was getting.

"Well, that's.....umm..."

"You don't want to do it?"

Lucas whispered again into his ear. Renjun wished he would stop doing that and make chill go down his spine everytime. So he did what he had to do. He freed one of his hands from Lucas' strong grasp and gently pushed his chest, putting distance between them.

He put on a nevous smile and freed his other hand too.

"Maybe another time? I have to get home early today"

He said frantically as he escaped the narrow alley towards the car park. The way Lucas grasped his wrists made him feel nauseous for a reason. Probably from how fast his heart was beating. Yep, that's it.

Renjun arrived to the car first and waited for Lucas to unlock the car. The shorter boy avoided eye contact and remained silent the whole ride. Running off the car frantically after saying thank you, Renjun leaned against the white door of the house after he got in. The older boy makes him feel really anxious and not in a good way.

He strightened up after releasing a big sigh. Maybe agreeing to live with him was a mistake after all.

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