"Are You Still Addicted?" Book One (Addicted Fanfiction)

"Next To You"

  Bai LuoYin was attacked with lots of questions when he arrived at his father's house. Aunt Zhou was the first to hug him and ask about Ying Yue, Jiang Yifei, and the babies. His father asked how come he wanted to spend the night at their house and gave him a suspicious look. Tong Tian was there also and asked, "Is Gu Hai coming too?"
  He cringed internally, shook his head, and said, "Gu Hai is busy at work. He has so much work to do today that he will be staying overnight at the office to get it done." He made a serious face so that he would look believable.
  Bai Han Qi frowned harshly, turned back to the plate of food in front of him, and continued to eat, unable to entertain his son's lies. He could see right through him and he wanted no part of it!
  This made Bai LuoYin laugh nervously. He tried his best to act, but failed. He should have known better. His father knew him too well. He tried to change the subject by saying, "I haven't seen you all in so long! How is everyone?" He hugged Tong Tian and then sat down to eat. They ate for a while in silence and then Bai LuoYin went into the guest room to relax.
  A light knock on the guest bedroom door and Aunt Zhou popped her head inside. He smiled at her from the bed and she entered with blankets and more pillows. He looked over at the ones on the bed already and frowned. "Why did you bring more pillows?" he asked.
  She placed the items carefully on the bed and stepped back to say, "Gu Hai will need them when he comes by later on tonight. I want him to be comfortable."
  "I told you he's not coming. He has work to do and he'll be at the office all night." Bai LuoYin said, looking at her as if she were forgetful.
  Aunt Zhou fiddled with her fingers. She looked worried for a second, then said, "Are you sure everything is okay between you two?"
  He smiled, nodded, then went to embrace her. He couldn't tell her that Gu Hai had pounded his poor butt into next week, that the pain was still fresh and that it hurted when he sat down to eat with them. He was scared that he wouldn't be able to fight off Gu Hai's advances if he came over tonight. Instead, he hugged her, kissed her gently on the cheek, and went to watch TV with her in the living room.

  "What are his siblings like?" Gu Hai asked. He was beyond interested now.
  Yang Meng frowned and sat back hard in his chair. He folded his arms across his chest and said, "They're all scary. I don't want to talk about them."
  Gu Hai rolled his eyes, disapointed, and then stood up. He adjusted his belt and shirt and said, "Well, it's time to get back to work. It was nice talking to you. I hope that I helped you out in some way."
  Yang Meng stood up also. He extended his hand.
  Gu Hai looked down at his hand and then met his eyes. "What are you doing?" he asked.
  Yang Meng looked embarrassed. "I thought I should shake your hand or something," he confessed.
  Gu Hai laughed. "Did we do business that I'm not aware of?"
  Yang Meng laughed nervously. "No," he said and dropped his hand.
  Gu Hai looked at the man and shook his head. He thought for a second, then said, "You know what, Yang Meng, you should have more confidence in yourself."
  Yang Meng scatched the back of his head. "What do you mean? I have lots of confidence."
  Gu Hai squinted his eyes and looked at him sideways. "No, you don't. People would take you more seriously if you had more confidence when you spoke. If you showed people a more serious side of you, they would think twice about taking advantage of you at times."
  Yang Meng took in the words. He listen to what Gu Hai had just said and watched as he walked away after, returning back to running a billion dollar company.

  Later on that night, after Gu Hai had caught up with his work, he leaned back in his desk chair and pulled out his cellphone. He dialed Bai LuoYin and listened as the phone rang and rang. Where was his lover, he thought. Why wasn't he answering? He tried calling a few more times and then frowned as the call went to voice mail. Did his lover go to bed early? Did he go to sleep without meeting him? He dialed the home number, got no answer, then dialed Yang Meng, who answered on the first ring. "Is Bai LuoYin with you?" he asked.
  "No, I'm home watching TV by myself," Yang Meng said robotically and confused.
  Gu Hai hung up and called You Qi, who also answered on the first ring. He asked the same question and You Qi said that he was alone. He hung up and went to find Yan Ya Jing, maybe Bai LuoYin had come to the office to meet them, he thought.
He walked into her office and found that she had left for the day. He sighed, pulled his phone out, and sent a text message to his lover. 'Where are you? Are you okay? Call me when you get this message.' He stared at his screen and waited for the message to be seen. He waited for at least five minutes and got no reply. He dropped his hands and leaned against the door, staring out into the distance through the windows in the office. He thought for a second and then his eyes lit up. He dialed Bai Han Qi.