So You Like Me Too (FortPeat AU)

🌬Chapter 26☁

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His footsteps suddenly stopped and he turned around. His soft and gentle eyes resembled the melting moonlight, "If we had met at that time, would you have listened to me singing?"

Peat lowered his head and his shoulders trembled a little. He didn’t dare to look at Fort. He had participated in these past events told by Fort. He knew that Fort was not bragging and that he was the male god in the hearts of many people. He had gone to watch every game that Fort played. He had also brought water and drinks for him. But he just stood a little far away and couldn’t hand it to him personally. He has also been secretly protecting Fort. No matter what activity it was, he was chosen to go up the stage. He listened to a lot of new songs he learned. Even if none of them were sung for him, he didn’t care. As long as he had the opportunity to see Fort every day, he was particularly satisfied. He thought that liking him was his own business, and he would not be wronged or feel anything if he wasn’t getting any reply. But as Fort brought it up now, he felt a bit uncomfortable in his heart due to some unknown reasons. He was just like a kid, who wasn’t cared for even after falling down. After getting injured, he didn’t cry or cause trouble. But then one day, suddenly he was being cared for by someone and this caused him to have great grievances. He wondered if his cautious and solemn behavior in the past was wrong. What if he had the courage to tell Fort at that time? He thought about it a lot. But even if he got a chance again, he would still choose not to say anything. He was afraid that he wouldn’t even be able to see him if he had said it. But fate was bullying his silence and cowardice. Even if he did say it without missing any word, Fort would still have taken the exam far away and he wouldn’t have been able to find him for many years.

Fort saw that he was keeping his head low with his shoulders trembling slightly. He tilted his head to look at him. Peat’s huge tears fell on the ground. Fort didn’t expect that few words from him would make somebody cry. He immediately hugged Peat to comfort him, "What’s wrong. Why are you crying?"

When Peat felt his hug, he instantly raised his hand to hug him around his back. He had finally found a person to rely on. It was rare for the person to be presumptuous in Fort’s arms. Fort hugged him and swayed him around, "What’s the matter, Peat? What made you feel wronged?"

Peat cried in silence for a while and then raised his head from his arms in embarrassment. His voice was hoarse after crying. His facial expressions weren’t clear in the dusky street lights. Fort helped him wipe off the tears on his face. And as his fingers streaked across, he was able to feel that burning hot skin. Peat looked up at him, his eyes seemed to be filled with water, and he apologized softly with a nasal voice, "I’m really sorry for not meeting you for so many years."

Fort wiped away his tears and kissed his forehead. Before Shen Lin could become shy, he was hugged and coaxed by him, "Actually, I didn’t have many impressive scenes at that time. And I have made myself a joke for others a lot of time too. Once, I forgot that it was the New Year’s Day party of senior high school. And our class was gonna perform a play at that time. I inevitably thought that I would get to play the role of the prince. But in the end, my classmates didn’t do it in the usual way and they wanted to draw lots. And guess what? I was really unlucky and I was chosen to play the role of the princess. Actually being chosen to play the role of the princess wasn’t really bad either. Anyways, I am this handsome, so I wasn’t ugly when I played the role."

Peat leaned into his embrace while listening to him talking about the New Year’s Day party of senior high school. Peat was stunned when Fort entered the stage in a princess dress. The teacher helped him draw exquisite makeup. He wore a wavy golden wig on his head, with long eyelashes and red lips. It didn’t look much out of sorts. But apart from Peat, all the other classmates laughed till they shook. The entire play show was just for fun. The princess who was performed by Fort finally held the guitar and sang rock and roll.

Peat was deafened by the sound of the guitar and he didn’t know why the plot was developing in this way.

"The script was written in a nonsensical way. In the end, the princess allowed herself to fly off while holding the guitar in her hands. While rehearsing they especially made it clear to me that I must move vigorously, that I could show the princess’s eagerness for freedom. And then I started to shake my head frantically, and finally, the wig was thrown away."

Peat let out a muffled smile while lying in his embrace. And Fort breathed a sigh of relief when he heard him laughing." And this matter was still published in the school magazine and I was laughed at by my classmates until graduation." He rubbed Peat’s hair, then looked down at him, "Little scoundrel, are you also laughing at me?"

When Peat recalled the scene of that day, his eyes curved up and started smiling bashfully without being able to stop.

Fort looked at him with helpless and pampering eyes, "You really make me feel so distressed by crying and laughing like a child. So how can I go back home with peace of mind?"

Peat turned stiff with a smile on his face, and the nervousness that he had just thrown away ran back again. "But, but the supermarket downstairs does not sell new bedsheets. Although my sheets were washed the day before yesterday, but---but..."

Fort couldn’t see his face clearly, but he knew that Peat’s burning hot face must have turned red and was about to explode. He lowered his head and kissed the stammering lips, and said with a smile, "Idiot."

Fort sent Peat upstairs and watched him enter the house before he went back in relief. In the end, he didn’t ask Peat why he suddenly shed tears. Everyone has something in their minds. Peat didn’t say that he didn’t have the right to ask too much. But he will wait until the day when Peat wants to tell him, then everything will be known. However, he still secretly guessed in his heart that Peat might have some unforgettable memories from his student days.

TBC