I am the Lucky Cat of an MMORPG

ch71

71. Kiss...

"XiaoYu, do you live alone?" QiYao asked. When they were done kissing, he'd locked XiaoYu, who was about to go up in smokes from embarrassment, in his arms for a session of gentle soothing.

"Yes."

"You cook?"

"A little."

"I want to try out your cooking, if there's a chance. Can I?"

"Sure. What do you like?"

"Anything's fine. I'm not picky."

"Oh."

"Do you have anything on tonight?"

"Hm? No."

"There's a restaurant nearby with great reviews. Have you been there before? Interested?" While QiYao knew XiaoYu might not like talking about going out, he still asked. Now that his relationship with XiaoYu was confirmed, he wanted to at least know why the other was running away from reality. If it was possible, he hoped to help XiaoYu walk out of this stage of his life.

"...I can't go out," XiaoYu dejectedly reply. "I'm sorry," he added.

Just as QiYao thought.

He raised XiaoYu's head up. Their eyes met. XiaoYu couldn't see an ounce of dissatisfaction in his eyes at the refusal. That handsome face was still soft with kindness.

"XiaoYu, I really do want to know why." QiYao paused. XiaoYu was visibly troubled by his words. The other's eyes kept avoiding his. "But," he continued, "I like you. So I won't force you to do anything you don't like."

"Thank you," XiaoYu replied.

"Do you remember what I said? If there's anything you need to vent about, you can come to me."

"Mn." XiaoYu still remembered how grateful he was at the offer.

"The offer still stands, but now I hope you can look at me first for support. Otherwise, I must be a failure as a boyfriend."

"Hehe. Okay." XiaoYu let out a laugh at the QiYao's doe eyes and cutesy tone.

"But now I don't have any dinner. How do you plan to compensate me, XiaoYu?" If anyone else saw QiYao acting so entitled, they would definitely pinch themselves to make sure they weren't dreaming. However, QiYao himself didn't seem to realise that. He just exposed his childish side to the one he loved without any care.

"Then...I'll cook for you?"

"Mn. I look forward to it." No day was better than today. QiYao really wanted to taste XiaoYu's cooking. It must be known that there were so few people these days who knew how to cook.

"I haven't cooked in a while though. It might taste a little weird." The noodles XiaoYu had cooked up this morning was so salty he had to down a few glasses of water straight after. It seemed like his days spent in AO had affected his reality.

"It's fine. If I end up with food poisoning, you'll just have to take care of me for the rest of our lives." XiaoYu's strait-laced and honest personality always made the prankster in QiYao perk up.