SAYE [Run Freely]

Chapter 56

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If they wanted to go to a better cinema, they had to go to the shopping center downtown. Had it been usually, and Jiang Cheng was made to bike all the way to the shopping center while carrying a person, he wouldn't be willing - it was so far.

But today was different. The person in the backseat who had his forehead pressed against his back, hand stuffed in his pocket, and tugged at his neck so much that it was a little suffocating was his boyfriend, Gu Fei. Prior to eight o'clock in the morning, this person was still simply his deskmate, but now, he was already his boyfriend. How wondrous.

He had many imaginations about "dating"; everyone would have some sort of fantasy at this age, but during the time he was with Yu Xin, he couldn't match up with her at all no matter how hard he tried to understand her. Every time, he would even wonder if his own expectations were too high.

That was until now. As he carried this person, wrapped up in both real and fake bandages, behind him on their way to watch the movies together - he suddenly, but finally, experienced the feeling of "dating".

Although this was a relationship that he had always been avoiding, always been resisting, and always been fearful of... in this moment, all the fear and anxiety that was hidden in the depths of his heart since the day he found out that something wasn't right with him, were all pressed down by excitement and joy.

When Gu Fei first suggested going to watch a movie, he couldn't quite understand why they should go hang around a place with so many people. But once he started pedaling the bike while being blown by the breeze the entire way, he suddenly understood.

It was precisely because of that feeling of being a small secret mixed in the crowd.

You see, there are so many people, but we are right here; we come together and leave together, all while within the crowd and under the gazes of others, yet we have a clandestine sense of security.

Gu Fei's forehead which had been pressed against his back suddenly slid to the side, and following that, his body also tilted along and swayed to one side.

"Holy fuck." Jiang Cheng hurriedly stabilized the bike with the handlebar before turning back to face him, "Did you fall asleep?"

"En." Gu Fei once again pressed his forehead against his back, while also once again stuffing his hands back in his pockets, "You can just keep pedaling. I'm just going to doze off for a while."

"Do you know what 'doze off'[1] means, illiterate?" Jiang Cheng teased, "You really did fall asleep."

"I really was just dozing off in the beginning, but then I actually fell asleep by accident afterward." Gu Fei retorted.

Jiang Cheng doubled up in laughter before letting out an audible exhalation after a moment: "How about we don't watch a movie anymore. You should go back to sleep for a while?"

"No need," Gu Fei opposed. "The time has already passed for me to be able to sleep properly. I just want to go watch a movie with you."

"What would we do if you fall asleep in the movie theatre?" Jiang Cheng teased.

"I won't." Gu Fei's hand which was in his pocket suddenly felt along his leg, "If we find a movie that's a little more stimulating, and use a slightly more stimulating way to watch the movie..."

"You, fucking watch out a little!" Jiang Cheng almost crashed into the electric scooter beside them because of this caress of his.

"En, I'll continue to sleep." Gu Fei stopped moving afterward.