On The Run

Part 18

Yibo really had a great sleep. The sun was up when he opened his eyes.

The body in his arms shifted but he tightened his hug.

"I need to go to the bathroom, Yibo..." Xiao Zhan mumbled.

But Yibo didn't move any single muscle. Xiao Zhan took effort to entangle himself and went to the bathroom.

Yibo rolled on his stomach and buried his face into the pillow, breathed in Xiao Zhan's intoxicating smell.

"Zhan-ge... get back here..." Yibo said, mumbling against the pillow when he heard the bathroom door swinging open.

Xiao Zhan chuckled softly.

Yibo took a peek from his half-open eyelid - Xiao Zhan was having himself a glass of water.

Xiao Zhan crawled under the sheet, wrapping himself in Yibo's arms.

"What are we going to do today?"

Yibo kissed the top of Xiao Zhan's head. "Good morning, Zhan-ge. We'll wait."

"And if there's nothing happen?"

Yibo sat up, pulled away the sheet that was covering his body and stepped out of the bed to the counter, making two cups of coffee.

"Here..." Yibo handed Xiao Zhan one.

Xiao Zhan took it and sipped it slowly.

"I don't know..." Yibo said, sat on the edge of the bed.

Xiao Zhan looked at him in silent.

"I can try to call Da-laoshi..."

Xiao Zhan looked at Yibo in confusion. "I really need to talk to dad."

"Don't. They are spying on your dad. They will know what you're talking about."

"At least my dad knows that I'm alive. I don't want to worry him so much."

"He knows. Don't worry."

Xiao Zhan smiled weakly. "No secure line?"

Yibo shook his head. "I'm sorry."

Xiao Zhan finally smiled. "Don't worry, I understand."

Yibo took a deep breath, smiled back.

Xiao Zhan, still smiling, stepped out of the bed. "I'm taking a bath." Yibo nodded. He put the coffee on bedside table, grabbed his clothes before he retook it and stood by the window, checking outside.

The street below was not that crowded. Yibo intentionally picked the inn that was a little bit hidden from the main street. Too busy street was boomerang for him - he wouldn't be able differentiate between ordinary people and stalkers.

He brushed his hair back and sighed. There was obviously no other option except waiting.

Xiao Zhan was out of the bathroom and while preparing breakfast, Yibo took his turn showering.

"I think I need to buy a new phone," Yibo said when they were having breakfast.

"Oh... why?"

"I need to find another phone that has difference wave transmission, low transmission if possible, to stay out of radar."

Xiao Zhan nodded, in confusion.

"Smartphone today has high wave transmission that can be tracked down easily. I need to contact Da-laoshi but have to stay out of radar," Yibo explained. "I can't use my previous phone. Two wave transmissions in a row could bring suspicion."