Just for you... -6-

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When Zhan got on the bus the next morning to go to work, he listened to music all the way so he didn't have to listen to the young girls talking. Along the way, he continued to read the book he had started the night before and could not put it down. Never before had he shared with the characters such intense fever, suffering, laughing, loving and crying while reading as he did here with this book.

He had even been so engrossed in reading that he almost missed his stop. He quickly got off the bus, packed his book in his jacket pocket and hurried to work. When he arrived at the office, there was a small package on his desk. Since Yu Bin hadn't arrived yet, it couldn't have been from him, and since there was no sender on it, he had no idea who else it could be from.

Curious, he opened the small package and the first thing he found was a letter or rather a note: "I promise you won't regret it. Please think about it. I expect you at my concert. And hey, it's not only for young girls. It is for young and old, although I don't think that just because you are about 6 years older than me, you are old. Wang Yibo."

In the package itself there were two concert tickets, two backstage passes and a headband that said "I love Wang Yibo." Next to it, on a sticky note, it said: "Especially for Xiao Zhan!" Zhan looked at the green headband with a small white bunny sewn on it and suddenly had to laugh.

"He's trying hard and the headband is really cute, except for the writing." He said to himself as he wrapped it around his wrist.

When Yu Bin came to work, Zhan showed him the concert tickets and the backstage passes, which almost freaked him out. He cheered and jumped up and down happily on his chair. "So you'll come?" He asked Zhan as he slowly pulled himself together.

"Phew, I don't know. I don't really feel like it. But he's trying really hard and it seems to be important to him for some reason. So, maybe."

"Well, I'm sure he'll be happy."

"But Yu Bin. Even if we go to this concert and meet him backstage and even if we meet him again before, please remember not to expect anything from him. He is an idol, which is always travelling. So don't be surprised if he disappears from your life again."

"Zhan, I am aware of this. But I also know, for example, that Wang Yibo will take a year off from his concerts starting from December. He will then commute here between Shanghai and Beijing because he has taken on the leading role in a series. So it could well be that I will see him more often after all."

"Tell me Bin, I have to ask you this now and if you don't want to, you don't have to answer. But, could it be that you are in love with Wang Yibo? I mean, your obsession with him goes way too far."

"Uh, no, well, no. I adore him, but that doesn't mean I'm in love with him."

"But it seems to me like. You talk about him almost all the time. I wonder if your life is all about Wang Yibo, or you have other things on your mind?"

"How can I explain this? Last year I had an accident and was in hospital for a long time. The doctors weren't sure if I would ever be able to use my left leg normally again. That was pretty upsetting for me. And one evening a recording of a concert of Wang Yibo was running and seeing him dancing motivated me not to give up and keep on fighting. I also dance myself and so I know something about it. And to see him dance gave me courage and hope and also an incentive to continue. To become better and to learn from him. And at some point it was not only that, I became a fan of him."

"I understand." Zhan replied. He had heard from his boss that Yu Bin wanted to start working here earlier this year, but he couldn't because he had health problems. Now Zhan knew what health problems they were. And now he also knew why Yu Bin was so crazy about Wang Yibo. He drew his strength from him to keep going and get well again.

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