Seventeen Ships oneshots

GyuHao///Love is so Simple

Minghao walks down to the street, under the city's night sky which has no stars and only has the moon. He walks in silent as he tightening his coat, it's the first day of winter. The sky is so dark and the night is cold even without snow falling and decorates the street with it. A white smoke dancing out from his lips.

"Ugh, it's so cold," he said while still trying to make himself warmer.

Twenty minutes he walks yet he still so far from his destination. Minutes passing by, he tried to walk faster until he saw a granny selling roasted sweet potato in this cold weather. He smiles, I think I should buy some from her. He stopped in front of the granny and bought some roasted sweet potatoes. The warmness from the sweet potatoes spread through him. He walks as he ate some of the sweet potatoes, he just realized that he hadn't eaten anything since in the morning. He left to work after he eats a piece of bread, leftover from the last night.

1 hour of the total he walks from the city to a pretty small town. His place, his home. He still needs to walk until 15 minutes more. The sweet potatoes that he bought started to lost its warmness and become cold instead. But still, he walks and walks.

He arrived in front of a real small house made of old wood, pretty old that when you step on it, it makes a creaking stone. He opened the door and saw the fireplace burning(?) and there is a figure that he knew silently watch the fire as he holds a pen and a book trying to write something.

"Mingyu, I'm home," said Minghao.

Mingyu startled and gave him a puppy smile that he used to gave to Minghao since their high school life. Minghao put the sweet potatoes bag on the table near the couch where Mingyu seat.

"Welcome home, Hao," said Mingyu.
"I bought roasted sweet potatoes, have you eat?" said Minghao as he walks to Mingyu and Mingyu took Hao's arm in his.

Mingyu shakes his head as he smiles. Minghao pouts, "You need to eat more, and your hands are so cold! You should bring your blanket here!" said Minghao and try to go to their bedroom for taking the blanket and wrap it around Mingyu. Mingyu holds Minghao's wrist and puts down his book and pen before finally pull Hao into his lap and hug him tightly.

"You are my blanket anyway, you are warmer than every blanket that I know," said Mingyu and bury his face into Minghao's shoulder.

"Idiot," said Minghao, kind of blushing.

"I am," said Mingyu and chuckles.

They fell into silence for a while.

"Hao, you need to take a rest," said Mingyu finally spoke up.
"Hmn? It's okay. I want to stay with you for a while," said Minghao.

His body is tired but he doesn't want to take a rest. He wants to stay with Mingyu for a while. He wants to enjoy every second he spent with one and only lover, Mingyu. Their relationship since highschool really went to chaos. Their parents disagree, everyone starts weird rumour around them until finally, they decide to run away and live together with their savings. It's been 12 years since then.

Their life is not a perfect one, Minghao only works as a part-timer at a supermarket, café and a bar. Meanwhile, Mingyu sells his harvest from their garden and does gardening things as he does the house chores. Even though it's like that, they are happy. They treasure every second that they spend together. Sometimes, they mention about the home and the family that they left for. They want to go back, yet have no courage to do so.

Strangely, Mingyu kept writing something at his book. It makes Hao's curiosity risen. Minghao tries not to invade Mingyu's personal things, he even not try to ask about it. He only smiles as Mingyu hides the book from him.