University High (Yizhan Fanfiction)

Chapter 7: Empty

Yibo went home dejected. He opened the door, turned on the lights. Emptiness greeted him. His cousin who was visiting from Italy was not home yet.

He went to his room and saw Zhange's shirt hanging on the rack. He buried his face onto the shirt and soaked in the remaining scent of him. Images of hugging and kissing Zhan flashed in his mind. Yibo closed the door and went to his kitchen and opened the fridge to grab some liquor. 

Zhan's words echoed in his ear 'It was just a one night stand...' he felt a pang in his heart and smashed the glass in his hands to the countertop. The glass broke and poked a few gashes on his palm. Yibo stared at his bleeding wound. Dark red and it reminded him of Zhange's beautiful lips. He chuckled sadly, pulled the glass shards from his hands, took a few tissues to wipe the blood. Then drank the liquor straight from the bottle. He sat down on the sofa drinking, lost in thought.

He had moved out of his father's house and lived on his own for the last 2 years. Yibo's father was a conglomerate who owned a few financial companies and properties around town. However, rich as he was, he had many mistresses and was seldom home.

Yibo's mother was one of his father's mistresses. When his mother died back when he was in high school, Yibo's father took over guardianship and Yibo had to stay at the huge lonely mansion with his father, stepmother and older stepbrother WangChao. Since he was a lovechild that was conceived after the marriage of his father and stepmother, his stepmother did not really like him.

It was not until he got to University High that his father let him stay at his own apartment. University High was a prestigious business school in the area who cater to mostly heirs of rich corporations. He had promised that if Yibo's grades were good enough to enter University High then he could have his own place. That was enough motivation for him to cram and study hard for the exams and in the end he finally made it in. However, he did not like to depend on his father's wealth Yibo loved music and he did not see the point of studying business since he did not want to follow his father's footstep or fight over inheritance with his stepbrother. He had been taking up a couple of part time work to support himself so he did not have to ask his dad for pocket money. 

That night he put on Zhange's shirt and fell asleep.