Don't Hide From MeCh4 - The Bathhouse

Edited by Rae and Elanor

After class, as usual, Ye Yao returned to the dormitory to do his homework when he suddenly heard Xiao Pang, who was lying on his bed, slap his thighs excitedly with a loud ‘smack’.

Xiao Pang poked his head out of bed and excitedly shared the gossip he had just learned, “Fuck, there are two guys over at the Engineering Department who got caught whoring around and now they’re going to be expelled! All the campus groups are going crazy!” s yBQi

“Such a thing happened?” Wen Ke, who was scrolling through short videos on the other side of the room, perked up and opened the blocked campus group, “It’s true, the announcement has been sent out. Tsk, tsk, tsk, knowing the law and breaking it, they deserve it! They’ve disgraced their family, haven’t they?”

Ye Yao twirled his pen, and instead of taking out his mobile phone to watch the excitement, he continued to look at the book on his desk. Usually, his attention would not be distracted while studying, unless ….

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Out of the corner of his eye, Ye Yao saw the bathroom door open a crack, white mist poured out from inside, and Lu Xun’s voice sounded out.

“Help me grab my clothes, I forgot to take them.” Lu Xun shouted from the bathroom. ShabTd

Although he didn’t specify who, everyone in the dormitory knew who Lu Xun was shouting at.

Ye Yao put down his pen, got up and opened Lu Xun’s wardrobe, grabbed the whole set of clothes and underwear without any change in his expression, and headed for the bathroom.

The bathroom door remained open with a small crack, seemingly reserved for him to hand over his clothes.

A steady stream of hot air flowed out from the bathroom, and there was a naked Lu Xun across the door.

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The hot steam hit Ye Yao’s face and tinged his face with a little bit of heat. Ye Yao turned his head to the other side to make sure he didn’t see anything he wasn’t supposed to see, and said to Lu Xun, “Here are your clothes, take them.”

The weight on his hands lightened and Ye Yao was about to withdraw his hand back when the next second, a large, wet, burning hand grasped his whole hand in its grip.

“Why are you in such a hurry to leave?” Lu Xun teased, “Sending my clothes from a thousand miles away. Although it’s a small gift, it contains so much emotion, so don’t I have to scrub your back to say thank you?”

“No, I have my own hands.” Ye Yao refused without any hesitation and tried to pull his hand away. tx19HJ

But Lu Xun’s strength was greater than he expected, and in the process of tugging and pulling, Ye Yao not only failed to pull his hand back, but allowed the bathroom door, which had not been fully closed, to open from the inside —

Steam rushed towards his face and with it, Lu Xun’s naked body that Ye Yao had been avoiding to see.

Ye Yao didn’t know what expression he had. He seemed to have met Lu Xun’s eyes, but he didn’t seem to have seen it. Everything seemed to be just his hallucination.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Yao withdrew his hand, while at the same time, his other hand slammed the door shut, blocking everything behind it. JT1MvF

Heart beating like a drum, Ye Yao clenched his fist with a calm expression.

Not good, he had reacted too much.

Would Lu Xun notice that something was off?

As he pondered over this, the closed bathroom door was opened again, and through a small gap, Lu Xun stuck his head out. yFMzd4

The campus male god, who was handsome even when his hair was wet and messy and without any style to speak of, said to Ye Yao with a smile in his dark, deep eyes, “Student Ye Yao, we have been together for so many years, why are you still so shy?”

Very good, Lu Xun hadn’t noticed anything.

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“Cut the crap and get dressed.” Ye Yao turned around as usual and continued to act normal, “Don’t be a hooligan in broad daylight, go away.”

Sitting alone at his desk, Ye Yao let out a long sigh of relief. MXR2qU

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With a click, the bathroom door opened and Lu Xun stepped out of it.

Ye Yao didn’t turn his head, trying to keep all his thoughts on his book, intending to wait until he was calm before facing Lu Xun. df18WL

The sound of footsteps coming from the bathroom got closer and closer, stopping only when they reached behind him.

The person who came grabbed the back of the computer chair Ye Yao was sitting on with one hand, and with a little force, Ye Yao’s whole body, with the chair, was turned 180 degrees and came face to face with the person standing behind him.

Ye Yao had just enough time to see Lu Xun’s smirk before his whole face was pushed into Lu Xun’s arms.

“What are you reading, student Ye? Which book is better looking than me?” Lu Xun said resentfully, “I’m jealous.” 46dzG0

Ye Yao: “….”

Ye Yao didn’t even care what Lu Xun was talking about now.

What his face directly touched was the smooth and tough pectoral muscles on Lu Xun’s chest

Lu Xun, who was fresh out from his shower, still had the refreshing scent of shower gel on his skin. It was his favorite body wash, which he had been using for a long time and hadn’t changed. Oef735

Apparently, although he had taken a full set of clothes for Lu Xun ….. Lu Xun wasn’t wearing a shirt at all!

“…..” Ye Yao felt that the blue veins on his forehead were about to pop, “Didn’t I get you a set of clothes?”

“Yeah, do you want me to wear it?” Lu Xun looked lazy, he draped his arm around Ye Yao’s shoulders, and said with a smile, “How could I behave like a hooligan with you if I wore it?”

Ye Yao felt the pen in his hand would be crushed by how tightly his fist was clenched on it, and the temperature of his face against Lu Xun’s chest was rising beyond his control. 7GfRW3

Calm down, Lu Xun is a straight man of steel without the slightest sense of self-awareness, this is all normal straight man stuff.

Even before his mind went off tangent from the friendship route, Lu Xun had always behaved so coquettishly with him.

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Ye Yao calmly analyzed the situation and decisively put his hand against Lu Xun’s abdominal muscles and pushed him away. He took a few deep breaths of fresh air and preemptively said, “You are going to suffocate me, you don’t want me to live anymore, so you plan to use your abdominal muscles to murder me?”

Ye Yao’s expression was the same as usual when he said this, but his complexion had changed. He had always had pale and thin skin, even a little blush on his face would be very noticeable. KCojJu

Lu Xun quieted down as he looked at Ye Yao’s flushed face for a moment, and then smiled a smile that was not innocent at all no matter how he looked at it.

Ye Yao kept his face calm, “What are you smiling about?”

Did Lu Xun feel his blushing was strange and noticed something was wrong?

“What are you holding your breath for? I think student Ye is blushing because he is fascinated by my body.” Lu Xun said. G584Xm

Ye Yao’s heart skipped a beat.

“As a courtesy, you should return the favor. You’ve touched my abdominal muscles, I want to see yours too.” Lu Xun continued.

Ye Yao: “…..”

His previous concern was really idiotic. An idiot opening the door to an idiot, and the idiot came out. Fucking idiotic to the core. Oj8RpC

Lu Xun, a practical man, was about to make a move, but Ye Yao was quick to ward him off.

“You’re being unreasonable,” Lu Xun said earnestly, “Everytime I ask you to go to the bath house and take a bath with me, you won’t go, and you don’t want a back rub alone. How are we going to bond and improve our relationship?”

Ye Yao was from the South and had a natural awe for the big bathhouses in the North. When he and Lu Xun came to the city to go to University, they never went to a bathhouse either, as each dormitory had its own bathroom.

At first, because he had not adapted yet to the northern style of bathing, he refused Lu Xun’s invitation to go to the bathhouse with him. Later on, when his friendship had changed, it became even more impossible for him to go to the bathhouse and face a naked Lu Xun. UrBx1d

Ye Yao felt that there was no logic in what Lu Xun had said and frowned suspiciously, “What does this have to do with improving our relationship? I think we have a pretty good one already.”

“How is it not relevant?” Lu Xun raised an eyebrow, “You’re thinking of other people’s judgement, is that right?”

Xiao Pang, who was lying on the bed eating a melon, stuck his head out eagerly and actively encouraged, “No way, no way, Ye Yao, you’ve never been to the bathhouse with Brother Lu? Going to take a bath together is something every brother will do. Well, you both are best of friends, don’t be shy Ye Yao, washing in a bathhouse is really cleaner than washing by yourself.”

Wen Ke nodded along, “It’s good to be open and honest with each other. Very wonderful.” 2WSo8G

Ye Yao: “……”

Frankly speaking, he was afraid that if he couldn’t control the situation, their friendship would go up in smoke.

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“It’s fine if you don’t want to go, at least give me a reason.” Lu Xun said.

Ye Yao replied cautiously, “There are too many people, I’m not comfortable with it so I don’t want to go.” 5XI9xh

Lu Xun clasped his arms, “So what you’re saying is that you’re willing to go if no one else would be able to see you?”

No one else could see him?

Ye Yao frowned, relying on his misconceptions about bathhouses, he felt Lu Xun was referring to bathhouses with many single cubicles.

It didn’t matter if he went to that single cubicle, as long as he didn’t have to face Lu Xun directly. SzaXvj

Even if Lu Xun wanted to bust into the cubicle in the middle of his wash, he would only see his back. He could just face the wall, and keep his eyes out of sight and not be distracted.

Ye Yao thought about it like that and nodded.

…………

Ye Yao was about to have a mental breakdown. dDTByg

Why had no one told him that the bathhouse also had double rooms?

Ye Yao took a step backwards and bumped into Lu Xun who was right behind him.

Lu Xun took him by the shoulders and his dark, narrow eyes were full of amusement, “So excited? There’s no rush, let’s take our time.”

“I thought we agreed that there would be no one else?” Ye Yao asked. q6yF1k

“Yeah, there’s no one else here.” Lu Xun nodded, his face had a needless to say expression as he continued, “It’s not like I’m anybody else.”

Ye Yao: “….”

This untimely confidence sometimes made him want to punch Lu Xun in the face.

Lu Xun led a stiff Ye Yao inside and stopped in front of the small bath. FXmfy7

Ye Yao looked down at the water while Lu Xun finally said something logical, “Relax, I’m not going to laugh at you …… or are you afraid I’ll force you to do something like those perverts on the internet?”

Lu Xun paused and whispered, “Don’t be afraid, it won’t happen.”

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Ye Yao looked at Lu Xun for a moment, thinking that Lu Xun couldn’t see who was the  actual pervert between the two of them.

It would be strange to dilly-dally any further when the situation had already come to this. tym5Cz

Ye Yao looked around, observing the furnishings in the double bath as he tugged at his shirt, pulling it off his body with ease. His dark, thick eyelashes lifted as he looked at Lu Xun, who was standing still and staring intently at him.

“What are you looking at, why aren’t you moving, aren’t you here to take a bath?” Ye Yao asked.

Ye Yao’s limbs were slender. His body was in a stage between a teenager and a young man who had not yet fully matured and he still had a sense of youthfulness.

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Lu Xun slowly began to move after Ye Yao’s reminder, and while Lu Xun was taking off his clothes, Ye Yao hurriedly took off and got into the water, closing his eyes and pretending to rest.

Properly pretending to be blind was conducive to the so-called long-lasting friendship.

He waited until Lu Xun was in the water before opening his eyes, so that only the upper half of Lu Xun’s body above the water was clearly visible and he would not lose his composure at the sight of Lu Xun’s body.

Ye Yao was in the middle of mentally calculating the entire situation when his cheek was suddenly caught between a pair of large hands. iztwuc

Those hands rubbed the flesh of Ye Yao’s cheeks in circles and tried to press inward, making Ye Yao’s lips pucker with the force.

There was no way Ye Yao could pretend to be blind in this situation. He opened his eyes, full of questioning and saw Lu Xun standing next to the bath, leaning down and reaching out to rub his face.

The naked Lu Xun, let him have a direct view of all that he should see and what he should not see, shattering Ye Yao’s facade of calmness.

Ye Yao felt that at this moment, he was not a Law Department student, but a talented actor in the Performing Arts Department. PelvF5

Of course, Lu Xun’s hand, which pressed his face and made his expression distorted, also helped him immensely.

Ye Yao frowned while suppressing his voice, “What are you doing?”

Lu Xun gave a laugh.

“Don’t you always say that I like taking liberties with you?” Lu Xun, the cold-hearted male god to outsiders, winked at Ye Yao with an impish look on his face, “Don’t you want to take this opportunity to take liberties with me as a revenge?” urDWXA

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Rae~ Lu Xun ah Lu Xu why are you clowning yourself.

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Zaki~ Lu Xun, aiyah, stop tempting your YeYe ah..lol

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Translator's Note

rae~ i want it to happen

Translator's Note

zaki~耍流氓 hooligan. Can mean acting like a hooligan or taking liberties with people

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32 comments

  1. Sometimes I wonder who really is bent between the two of them 😂

    Thanks Rae, Ela and Zaki. You guys are the best 💙

  2. I only just stepped on to this ship and already I love it. Sail safely little ship and avoid danger!

    (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*.✧

  3. this guy…. theres no way he doesnt know, he’s definately doing this on purpose. Because there is absolutely no way, in any context, any situation, and any way of thinking that would make whatever tf is happening there str8. Its gay, all of ut is gay. Gays. Rainbows. Homo. Gays. lgbtq. homosexuals. Rainbows and gay yk?

  4. I don’t think sending Lu Xun south accomplished exactly everything his family was hoping for. Instead of making him no longer a hooligan, it planted a seed that thrives in bathhouses and dorms 😄

  5. The true pervert has been showing himself boldly the whole time, and is only perceived as brotherly… haaaaa

  6. Aww, YY with LX’s endless teasing – it must be driving him mad!

    Thanks for the chapter 💞