The Escort

f Min Yu’s eyes were slightly bent.
He smiled softly and said, “Just drink a little bit.”

“…” Shao Mingwei was unable to say a word to refute.

In the somber afternoon, there was a sound of raindrops hitting the windows, horns of the driving cars outside, and the sound of the movie.
No light could pass through the still room, so the two people were covered in darkness.

Shao Mingwei thought he would be somewhat uncomfortable, but he didn’t expect that the movie would attract him as soon as it played. 

Until the two protagonists drank too much alcohol.
In the middle of the night, Ennis and Jack who were sleeping together in the same tent had sexual intercourse under the influence of alcohol and hormones.

Shao Mingwei thought that it was a bit unnatural that he was watching it with Min Yu.
Then a beam of scorching stare landed on him.
The stare was getting hotter and more profound as time passed as if it would turn into some hot substance that would burn him.

Shao Mingwei couldn’t help turning his head to look at Min Yu, who was also watching him.

The two looked at each other.
Min Yu was slightly drunk.
When Shao Mingwei wasn’t paying attention, the two empty cans of beer were already lying on the small table, its ring pulled open. 

He actually drank it all.

Min Yu’s cheeks were red.
His tipsy eyes were gentle and soft but there was also a trace of eagerness in those.

Seeing Shao Mingwei looking at him, Min Yu’s emotions turned chaotic.
He was breathing quickly, and couldn’t stop himself from slowly leaning close to Shao Mingwei.

The rain outside the windows became heavy.
It was like a thousand arrows falling, turning into a water curtain, it falls layer after layer, covering the rushing vehicles and shrouding this neither small nor big area.
The beating raindrops hitting the windows made the sound of the two breathing people, who were extremely close indistinct. 

The ambiguous atmosphere came like a tide, flooding the whole room, submerging the two people.

Shao Mingwei’s eyes deepened, not speaking nor avoiding.

Min Yu held his breath, leaning forward cautiously, fearing that he might startle Shao Mingwei, he gently moved his chin forward.
The slightly cold and beer-stained lips stamped a kiss on his cheek.
It stayed for a moment, and then it slowly and reluctantly retreated.

Shao Mingwei did not move, but his eyes remained looking at him, the sound of moans from the TV surrounded the two of them. 

Being watched by Shao Mingwei, the alcohol had gone its way to Min Yu’s head.
There was no gentle smile on his eyes, only an incoherent and confusing emotion of desire and longing.

After his lips left the youth’s cheeks, he shifted closer under Shao Mingwei’s slightly drooping eyes and moved inch by inch to the other party’s lips.

With the sound of rain in his ears, Min Yu’s heartbeat was so rapid that it was as if the seawater was about to clog his mouth and nose in the next moment.
He would either get rescued ashore and escape alive, or he would sink into the deep sea to suffocate and die.

One second is as long as ten thousand years. 

Breathing intertwined, soft lips on the verge of touching…

But at the last moment…Shao Mingwei held his shoulder.

The sound of rain suddenly became louder, like pearls falling on a plate, raging viciously, as if the dragon prince was making trouble somewhere in the sea, depriving tranquility and stirring up people.
The room seemed to be the only place left in the world and only Shao Mingwei and Min Yu were its inhabitants.
However, the loud sound of the rain made it impossible to hear each other’s voices.

“I’m sorry, give me some time.” 

However, Min Yu still heard it.

He suddenly became sober and retreated, putting a safe distance between them.
The desire and longing in his eyes disappeared in an instant along with his tipsiness, and he turned back to being the considerate and tolerant Min Yu.
The corners of Min Yu’s eyes were slightly red, then Min Yu laughed at himself with self-deprecation.
Still smiling softly, he said, “It’s okay.
I was too impatient.
It’s a bit… embarrassing.”

He curved the corner of his mouth, lowered his head, and didn’t want to be seen wronged, then whispered, “It’s very embarrassing… ”

How could Shao Mingwei bear this kind of pitiful and finicky Min Yu? He clenched his fist tightly, then abruptly released.
Opening his palm, he enveloped Min Yu’s slender neck with his hand and the back of his head with the other.
Under his astonished wet eyes, he leaned closer and kissed Min Yu’s forehead, although quick, it was firm and gentle. 

The sound of rain had suddenly become gentle again.

Shao Mingwei slightly bent his back and looked straight into Min Yu’s eyes.
He was shy but he didn’t want to escape, and said in a low voice, “You don’t need to be embarrassed, don’t be embarrassed.
It’s me that is not good… Please give me some time.”

He repeated, “Please give me some time.”

Outside the windows, the scene of the pouring rain has as if turned into autumn.