What if... another Weilan story [bxb] [✔]

Chapter 5

“So, have you talked to Shen Wei?” Da Qing asked him the next day.

Yunlan hadn’t, and Da Qing offered to talk to Shen Wei himself if he didn’t want to do it.

Yunlan: "No no it’s... it’s fine, I’ll talk to him today."

Shen Wei had started eating at the cafeteria every day, so he planned to talk to him then.

He felt rather nervous, who knows why, but he tried to hide it saying he was too hungry to skip lunch, so he ate a little before gathering enough courage to stand up and walk towards him.

Shen Wei started getting up too, so he quickened his steps.

"Hello," he greeted him.

Shen Wei looked ready to leave but he stopped to gaze at him and smiled.

"Hello."

Yunlan scratched the back of his head and said, "Uh, I just... do you have a minute? I wanted to talk to you."

Shen Wei opened his mouth then closed it then opened it again.

"I..."

He adjusted his glasses then said without looking at him, "I really have to go now, excuse me," and he started walking away, but after a couple of steps he paused, hesitated, then turned around.

"But I’m free after school, we could... I mean, if you want to talk, we could meet then? Where we met the other day?"

Yunlan was a little taken aback by the turn of events, but he thought that the others wouldn’t really let him be until he talked to him, so he agreed.

Wei smiled then went on his way. Yunlan hesitated, the image of that smile lingering in his eyes, then walked back to his friends.

“You have a date with Shen Wei?”
Hong couldn’t really restrain herself.

Yunlan: "It’s not a date! You’re the one who wanted me to talk to him!"

Da Qing: "You date guys too?"

Jin: "Didn’t you go on a date two days ago? Was that also with Shen Wei?"

Yunlan: "No! and it’s not a date!" he exclaimed, then he stood up and left.

He felt reckless, it wasn’t a date but it was probably the first time that he met someone after school, alone without Hong, and not for a study project or something.

Was he supposed to wait for him at school? But he said to meet where they met the last time, and that could only be when he paid for his and his friends’ ice-creams, so he started walking towards the park.

When he got there, he didn’t see him anywhere so he took a seat. As reckless as he was, waiting wasn’t easy, and he wondered if it would be rude to eat something while waiting... after ten minutes of pondering if he should stay where he was or if he could get himself an ice-cream while waiting, he decided that something sweet would ease his spirit so he stood up and walked towards the ice-cream parlour.

"An ice-cream, please."

"Make it two," said a nice voice handing the money for both.

"Wait, I can let you pay again..."

"It’s my fault for making you wait, it looks like I always have to apologise to you."

They took their ice-creams and started walking around the park. Yunlan didn’t really know what to say, the other guys had done everything so far and he never thought of asking them what he should talk about with Shen Wei.