What Happens In Rome.... [Lgbt] [✔]

Chapter 23

"Why do you love me?"

"Why do I... you're asking..."

Wei took a deep breath and explained. "I know why I love you, but I just can't understand why would you love me."

Yunlan was shocked, he hadn't expected that. He probably should have, but he hadn't.

Why he loved him... he had never thought about it, he just did.

He was taking too long to answer, and a shadow began to appear in Wei's eyes.

He put his hands on Wei's shoulders and tried to give him an answer as honest as he could. "Look, I don't know why, I just do..."

Wei's heart sank, to his soul those words meant that Yunlan didn't really love him otherwise he would know, but then he heard him speak again.

"I only know that I like it when your eyes shine, when you blush you're so cute it's overwhelming, every gesture you make is so elegant, your voice is so melodious I could never get tired of hearing it, you're kind, polite, sweet, candid, sincere, and when you look at me you make me feel the most special person on Earth, and I don't know if this is why I love you or if I feel like this because I love you, I just know that I do, very much, and I wish more than anything for you to feel free and safe with me."

Wei's eyes filled with tears but he was smiling so Yunlan wasn't sure what to think, then Wei spoke.
"I do. Feel safe with you, I really do."

Yunlan smiled weakly, that had to be why Wei loved him, that was good, feeling safe was important, it meant that he was important to him.

"But that's not the only reason I love you. You're generous, you're open, free, positive, likeable, confident, you help without asking anything back, you are intelligent, brilliant, patient, caring, you live the life you want, you make me feel like I can do anything if you're with me, you make me dream of a life I never thought I would have."

Yunlan suddenly hugged him so tight that he couldn't go on. The emotions were too much, Yunlan's heart was beating so wildly in his chest, Wei loved him, he had said he did but Yunlan had always wondered... but now those words were making deep roots inside his heart, Wei did love him and Yunlan would never let go of him.

Laying on the bed they hugged and kissed happily and Yunlan encouraged him to express his feelings freely never being afraid to touch him; it was intimate and loving, and even if this time they didn't go all the way they loved each other in other pleasurable ways, feeling happy in each other's arms.

From that day Wei spent every night at Yunlan's place, learning what being loved felt like, and also what loving felt like. He wasn't as scared as before, and every night they enjoyed the feeling of being wanted by the person you love.

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It was a beautiful sunny day and they had decided to go for a walk around Rome. Now that there was Qiqi with them, and sometimes Lisa as well, Wei felt more at ease whenever they went out all together.

They were walking down Via Margutta on a hot Summer day, chatting amongst themselves. Wei couldn't yet handle a conversation with Lisa since his Italian was still in progress, so they naturally divided into pairs, Wei and Yunlan walking ahead and the two girls strolling behind them, occasionally stopping to look at something or giggle at each other's jokes.

They stopped to look at a painter showing his works at the side of the road while the men kept walking ahead at a steady pace.

Wei listened to Yunlan's endless stories with a big smile on his face.

"I wanted to send my parents an actual postcard, you know, they're not really fond of technology, so I went to a post-office. I took one with a nice view of Rome but I didn't have pens with me so I tried asking the woman next to me." Yunlan laughed then continued his story. "She gave me the nastiest look you can imagine and went out in a hurry. It took me many more days to realise that I had mispronounced the word 'pens' and had actually said 'penis'. She probably thought I was making her an indecent offer."

Wei laughed and put a hand on his shoulder; Yunlan smiled at the spontaneous gesture then he saw that Wei was walking right into a man.

He tried to warn him but it was too late. The man was facing ahead so he didn't see them coming. Wei bumped into him making him drop the icecream he was holding straight on his daughter's face.

The child screamed and the man turned around in a rage. Wei began apologising in a series of "(Sorry, sorry, I sorry)." The man shouted words Wei didn't understand so he bowed and apologised again.

Yunlan took a step forward. "(He apologised already, there's no need to get angry!)"

Wei tugged at his arm. "It's ok, it was my fault."

Yunlan went on ignoring his protests. "(Nobody was hurt, it was only an ice cream.)"

At that moment the girls appeared with an icecream in each hand. They looked at the scene then Lisa's hand moved.
Qiqi's face ended up covered in strawberry flavoured ice cream.

Lisa laughed and stood on her toes, teasing her for her height. "(You can't reach my face from down there)," she said mocking Qiqi's attempts at revenge.

Qiqi didn't give up and successfully shoved her cone over Lisa's mouth.

Lisa froze, Qiqi giggled, the child burst out laughing pointing her finger at Lisa's face. "(Poo!)" she yelled and laughed again.

The girls turned to see themselves reflected on a shop window glass. Qiqi's face was a delicate shade of pink-ish red, but Lisa's mouth was a different colour.

"(You had to choose nuts and chocolate, didn't you?)" She glared at Qiqi who kept giggling licking the strawberry off her mouth.

The child kept laughing like crazy and began licking her own mouth, using her hands for what she couldn't reach with her tongue. In a second her whole face and both hands were covered in cream. Her father smiled at this point but he told her to stop and lead her towards a drinking fountain where he proceeded to wash her face and hands.

"(Let's go get you another one.)" The child nodded several times, extended her little hand for her father to hold and they went to buy another ice cream.

Yunlan laughed. "(You clean up too, the child is right, you look like someone pooed on your face.)"

Lisa punched him on a shoulder receiving an "ouch" in response. Satisfied, she took the child's place at the drinking fountain followed by Qiqi.

While they were cleaning up Wei said with a shy voice, "I'm sorry Yunlan, it was my fault, you don't have to fight for me."

Yunlan had a serious expression when he spoke next. "You're right, you bumped into him but you did apologise. You didn't do it on purpose and he shouldn't have yelled at you. Anyway, it doesn't really matter who's right or wrong, only you matter to me."

Wei's heart skipped a beat and he didn't say another word.

The girls came back with a clean face.
Lisa said, "(It's so hot today, shall we buy another one all together?)"

She wore her hair shorter now and she was all wet after she put her head under the fountain, and the water was dripping all over her tee-shirt.

Wei was left with his mouth open when Yunlan's face beamed and he hurried to imitate her. Yunlan put his head under the fountain then shook it like a dog to get rid of the excessive amount of water.

His hair was all over the place now, a wet mess that was met with more giggles from the girls. "(You look like a hedgehog)," Lisa said and Wei didn't reply.

He didn't know what that word meant, but it had to be something incredibly sexy.