I HATE YOU◕◕

Slow Pace

When ming went back to the room, he saw forth clutching his head,

“Headache?” ming asked, to which the other just hummed without looking at him.

Ming went inside the closet & came back with a bottle of hair oil. He went to the couch & sat.

“Forth, come sit here” ming motioned to the floor when he has thrown a cushion for the other to sit.

Forth looked around when his eyes fell on the oil bottle,
“You don’t need to, it will go away soon” forth tiredly spoke, he didn’t wanted to tire the other, not knowing he was equally stubborn,

“Forth, come here. It will give you relief or you won’t be able to sleep like that” ming comment made forth, he tiredly strode his legs to sit on the ground removing the cushion.

Ming took a decent amount of oil in his hand, rubbed them in his palm to bring them to accurate temperature before bringing his hand close to forth’s hair.

Silky black threads passed his fingers in attempt to go to the roots, the sparks erupted when their skin came in contact, making both of them shudder at the impact.

Ming’s movement paused, he took deep breath to calm his heart dancing at the beats of tingles & palpating pulse. He was not used to this, contact is still foreign to him as forth has done a good job in being a gentleman.

After recollecting himself, ming slowly & delicately moved his hand on his scalp, spreading oil everywhere, lacing in between the black threads.

“You will not tell me why you are stressed, isn’t it?” ming spoke once he felt forth relaxing & leaning in to his touch,

“You have not asked about it?” ming suddenly wanted to whack himself, he forgot the basic rule that in order to know something you need to ask first. And here he was assuming everything without asking.

Embarrassed on his own ming cleared his throat & asked,
“Why are you stressed?” ming softly asked, forth slumped back more leaning all his weight on the couch & his head lying on ming’s lap closing his eyes,

“There is this German automobile company, which want to develop a software to link the cars with the device. It is a big project, there is no way one could have loss, it can give humongous profit, we had also filed the tender, to get the job but they rejected ours” forth spoke his worries with deep sigh,

“It’s okay, it’s just a project you will get another. Don’t be sad” ming crooned trying to make other understand, but his words went in vain,

“It could have made my company back” forth spoke, his voice hinted how much of expectation he had from the project.     

“Aren’t there another projects” ming asked, rubbing forth’s temple while the other just shook his head,

“There is one, government’s project. But we don’t stand a chance in there. The only hope was this project now it is also gone”

“Why are you thinking this negative. Trust me when I say you will get it” ming retaliated,

“That’s too good to be true” forth just shook his head, ming griped his head tight the impact forced forth to open his eyes & then ming spoke,

“Mark my words you are gonna get that project. Mae will make sure of it” ming confidently spoke.

“So much confidence huh. Is it on your husband or mother in law” forth teased,

“On both” ming smiled seeing the light back in his eyes, forth just hummed in reply continuing to enjoy the massage.

“Umm forth there is something I wanted to ask?” ming spoke, a bit cautiously.

“What is it?” he asked,

“I actually wanted………….. umm wanted to……………….. work with you” it’s done, the words were spoken.

Forth’s shocked eyes looked at him, or maybe oogled at his weird thought ming was about to take his words back when he heard,

“Why are you asking about it? that’s your company you can join whenever you want” ming’s mouth opened & closed like a fish,

“So can I join from tomorrow?” once his brain processed the words that forth spoke the question on their own came out.

“You can do as you please baby” forth said, again closing his eyes, but then after giving it a thought he said,

“Or it would be better if you would join from day after tomorrow, so I can give you a tour & help you settle. As I will not be in office tomorrow”

“Why? Where are you going?”’ ming asked with pinched expression,

“Well, when my husband has this much confidence in me then shouldn’t I go to the meeting to present my idea” forth teased, colouring ming’s face rich colour of red.

“Hmm, seems like you headache is gone huh” ming answered but still continued to stroke his head. It felt good to both of them.

Minutes went by with both of them basking in each other’s scent & touch, it wasn’t anyway sensual but at the same time it felt the most intimate moment. Silence was talking, between them & they were hearing everything contently.

Forth was out for meeting, but more than forth, who was asked to wait in the lounge area of the government office before presenting his idea, ming was comparatively more stressed.

Not only chapping his innocent nails, checking for forth’s call in every minute his whole body spoke his restlessness.

He couldn’t help but keep asking his mother to help forth, while the other was complete calm. If not for his husband’s insistence, forth wouldn’t have came there with his secretary. He for sure knew it’s a waste attempt, he not any way is going to get the tender, but how would one smitten husband will deny his husband’s puppy eyes.

As promised, once forth was out of meeting he called ming before taking a breath.

Although there was a drop in ming’s cheerful voice, hearing ‘we will contact you soon’ reply of committee, but what could  forth do, he knew it was a lost battle that his husband has hopes with so to cheer him up, forth asked,

“Are you sure? Won’t you be tired doing up & down” ming asked, forth was in another city  it would have been understandable if he would have been spending the night in some lodge & then return at the morning, but his husband here is planning for an ice cream date.

“I don’t have to run all the way there baby, I will come by car so why will I be tired by sitting hmm? You be ready I might arrive by 11P.M.” forth calculated time instructing his driver & secretary to get in.

“Umm, but don’t rush okay, and don’t overspeed an hour or other, late will be okay by me rather than not having you” ming scolded, being well aware of other’s habits,

“So you want me huh?” forth being forth didn’t let the words go.

“Shut up” the line died with the golden word which now forth believed were on ming’s lips all the time.