Chase And Run [Wenzhou]

part 9 - can I go with you?

"It's me." The person pulled out the chicken head, displaying the face of someone he knew. "Xie wang." He smiled.

"What the hell.." wen kexing stared at the chicken costume.

"Laowen, what are you doing here?" Wen kexing's attention instantly shifted to zhou zishu, who was smiling brightly at him.

He showed an awkward smile. "A-shu, I..."

"You were following me here, weren't you~~" zhou zishu teased him, intentionally raising his eyebrows several times.

"Huh? Oh please... I'm here to get some cool air before going to the gym after this." He flicked zhou zishu's forehead, making the man winced in pain and slapped his hand away.

"And why are you here..wearing this?" He asked xie wang, while moving his eyes up and down looking at xie wang's costume.

Xie wang pointed at a restaurant. "I work there. Today the man who was supposed to wear this shit got sick and I unfortunately need to replace him." He sighed.

"Oh.."

Beiyuan came forward, smiling to both wen kexing and xie wang.

"Laowen, this is--" before he could introduce beiyuan to them, xie wang suddenly spoke over him.

"You're zhou zishu, right?"

"Yes..."

"Didn't you say you like wen kexing?"

Wen kexing turned to xie wang, looking at him strangely wondering what got into him to suddenly ask him that question.

Zhou zishu nodded confidently, and shamelessly.

"Then why did you go out with another man? Or are you actually interested in every pretty man you see?"

"Xie wang what the fu--"

Zhou zishu took a step closer, face looking all serious. "Dude, I don't know what's your problem with me, but let me clarify it to you. First of all, I like wen kexing, of course. But he didn't like me back, yet. And we don't have any relationship, yet."

Wen kexing almost chuckled listening to zhou zishu's 'yet', but he held it in because he didn't want to ruin their intense stare moment.

"Second of all, this man right here, is my distant cousin and also my bestfriend. He has a boyfriend, who's also my bestfriend. So I don't think there's any problem. Why? Do you have any problems with me? You seem to have a lot." Zhou zishu stared at him, waiting for an answer.

Wen kexing also looked at xie wang who was having some kind of strange expression on his face. He didn't understand, why would his bestfriend seems to hate zhou zishu that much?

"Xie wang, what's wrong with you?" Wen kexing asked, he really needs to talk with him if this thing get serious.

Xie wang sighed, "No, nothing. I'm sorry. I'll go now." He slightly bowed to zhou zishu and immediately left the spot.

"What the fuck.." wen kexing massaged his temple. He turned around to look at zhou zishu. "I'm really sorry about him, I don't what's wrong with him these days."

Zhou zishu pout, and began to put some dramatic act by holding his chest. "Oh I'm really hurt by his word.."

"Sorry.."

"I don't know if I could forgive him or not...unless.." he curled up a smile as he raised his head to look at wen kexing.

"Unless...?"

"You let me go to the gym with you."

"Huh? Aren't you in the middle of shopping with him?" He pointed at beiyuan. He smiled at him, genuinely since all the mess in his head had already been cleared up after he heard zhou zishu said 'distant cousin' and 'already has a boyfriend' earlier.

Beiyuan shook his head, then giving all the paperbag he held for zhou zishu back to him before pushing him towards wen kexing. "No no. We're done with shopping. Please take him. I cannot deal with him anymore. He basically brought me here as a servant to hold his stuff. And he would threaten me to tell my boyfriend about stupid things I did in the past if I don't do it. Go go!"

As if been given a freedom, beiyuan immediately ran away from them.

Zhou zishu chuckled while shaking his head. "This bitch.."

"I didn't even had a chance to ask his name."

"He's beiyuan."

"Oh." Wen kexing nodded, then held out his hand in front zhou zishu. "Give me your stuff. I'll hold it for you."

"No. I won't trouble my beloved crush by holding my stuff." He held the paperbag, which at least ten in both hands closer to his chest, shaking his head when wen kexing trying to take it. "Rather than the bags, how about you hold my hand instead? It's kinda heavy you know.."

Wen kexing grabbed all of the paperbag from his hand. "Shut your annoying ass and give your bags to me. Let's go." Then walked away. He actually didn't even want to go to the gym today, but since it has come to this, he would just go bringing along zhou zishu with him.

"Damn, so aggressive and for what.." Zhou zishu ran after him. "You sure I can follow you?" A cheeky smile appeared on his face.

Wen kexing nodded his head. "Yup."

"Aren't you scared that I might just stare at you the whole time there?"

He received a chuckle from wen kexing. "Do it. I don't mind. You're not the only one who's gonna stare at me later. I'm quite famous there, you know.."

He clicked his tongue in annoyance. "I'll gouge their eyes." He said while mumbling to himself.

Wen kexing was laughing seeing his reaction.

But then, zhou zishu stopped his movement as he suddenly remembered something. "Oh shoot I forgot about it!"

"What?"

"Laowen, give me my stuff."

Wen kexing's eyebrows rose, still holding zhou zishu's shopping bags even though the man already streched out his hand to take his stuff. "Why? Do you need to go somewhere?"

"Yeah.. Han ying actually invited me to the club he was working at tonight."

Hearing han ying's name, wen kexing unconsciously tightening the grip on the shopping bags. "Are you..close with that guy?"

"We were quite close in highschool. But now since we took different courses and we've been quite busy, it's really hard to hang out now." Zhou zishu said, still reaching out his hand.

Wen kexing sighed, before he suddenly asked thing that he himself didn't expect that. "then, can I go with you?" What the fuck, wen kexing what are you doing?!!! This is so fucking embarrassing.

Before he could regret asking that question, zhou zishu nodded. "Sure. But aren't you going to the gym later?"

"Ah I--"

"Nah forget the gym. Going with me would be better. Let's go!" And of course, zhou zishu didn't want to let the chance to have a 'date' with his crush slip by. He walked fast, urging wen kexing to follow him.

Without realizing, wen kexing's lips curled into a smile with his eyes following zhou zishu's movement. He shook his head, before running towards zhou zishu, walking next to him.

While they were walking and talking with each other without noticing everything around them, there was a certain man who kept staring at them, fist clenching and eyes glaring sharp watching their interaction.

"A-shu..laowen..so fucking annoying."