Jiang Pingce’s routine was very regular, usually in school, he went to bed early and got up early. After coming to the library, he still maintained good habits. Every morning before 7 o’clock, he would certainly get up and wash his face first, just as Yue Xingwen got up at 7:00am, both people could stagger the time of washing.
Unexpectedly, today, Yue Xingwen was not woken up by the timed alarm clock of the library, but suddenly sat up from the bed.
Jiang Pingce washed his face in the bathroom, and had just passed by Yue Xingwen’s bedside when Yue Xingwen suddenly sat up from the bed with a jerk. Seeing that he was under a messy black hair, his back was still as a statue, his face was full of disbelief, and his eyes were slightly widened from shock.
This startled way of getting up made Jiang Pingce stop in his tracks and looked back at Yue Xingwen. He was puzzled and asked, “Xingwen? Why did you sit up all of a sudden?”
Usually, after the library’s early alarm rang, Yue Xingwen tossed and turned in bed for a few minutes before reluctantly getting out of bed. Today’s posture of getting up was particularly strange, Jiang Pingce saw that his pupils seemed to have lost focus, staring blankly at the wall in front of him, as if he was possessed.
Jiang Pingce said in realization, “Was it a nightmare that woke you up?”
The familiar voice that sounded in his ears made Yue XIngwen finally come to his senses. He raised his head, and met at Jiang Pingce’s concerned gaze, remembered the images in his dream. Yue Xingwen’s face suddenly turned red and stammered, “En… I, just have a… a nightmare… woke up with a shock.”
Dreaming of Jiang Pingce kissing me, is this a nightmare or a spring dream?
Yue Xingwen didn’t dare to look at Jiang Pingce’s gaze at all, he felt as if he had insulted Jiang Pingce. How could he have such a dream? Pingce had been by his side as a friend all these years, caring for him and taking care of him. Both of them had always been best friends, and he actually had evil thoughts about Jiang Pingce other than that of a friend?
How could he dream of Jiang Pingce kissing him if he wasn’t imagining things in the depths of his heart?
It’s not right! It must be that he got along too closely with Jiang Pingce during this time, plus they danced together in the dance class, holding hands and hugging each other waists. It must be a coincidence that made them go further in the dream world.
Yue Xingwen took a deep breath and lowered his head. “I’ll go wash my face.”
Then, under Jiang Pingce’s gaze, he quickly fled into the bathroom. Jiang Pingce clearly saw that early in the morning, Xingwen’s ears were already red, and his cheeks were also dyed with a layer of red…
Jiang Pingce thoughtfully turned to look in the direction where Xingwen’s back disappeared—— I’m afraid it’s not as simple as a nightmare.
Otherwise, how could there be a loud sound of water in the bathroom, did you need to take a cold shower for a nightmare? They were all boys, some things didn’t need to be said explicitly. Running to the shower early in the morning, everyone knew what kind of dream this was.
Thinking of Xingwen’s nervous face just now, the corners of Jiang Pingce’s lips couldn’t help but raise slightly. He walked to the bathroom door, knocked on it, and whispered, “Are you okay?”
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Although the voice from the bathroom tried to keep calm, the tail end was shaking slightly, “No, I’m fine, don’t worry about me. I’m sweaty, I want to take a shower, you can go to the canteen to eat first, I’ll be there in a while…”
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Jiang Pingce said in a low voice, “Okay, then I’ll wait for you to go eat together.”
Yue Xingwen answered casually, indiscriminately took a shower with cold water, wiped himself from head to toe with a bath towel, and then changed into his pajamas and walked out wetly.
Jiang Pingce took the hair dryer and handed it to him, Yue Xingwen reached out and took it, sitting on the edge of the bed and blowing his hair. The tips of his ears were still red, as if he was shy. Jiang Pingce looked at him like this, and his heart softened—— I didn’t expect that Yue Xingwen, who usually had a bright smile and a big grin, would actually have moments of nervousness and shyness?
Jiang Pingce looked at him with a gentle gaze and asked, “What did you dream about? Can’t you tell me?”
Yue Xingwen almost bit his tongue off.
Shit! I absolutely don’t dare to tell you, I dream of making out with you, even crossing the boundaries of friends, and you roll on the ground, kissing hard. If I really say it, Jiang Pingce’s face may blacken into the bottom of the pot, and then completely cut off friendship with him.
Yue Xingwen knew that Jiang Pingce actually had some mental cleanliness. Once Jiang Pingce knew that the person he regarded as his best friend actually had strange evil thoughts about him, what would Jiang Pingce think? Would he feel sick?
Yue Xingwen’s mind was in a mess, embarrassed to say it, let alone dare to say it.
Because he especially cared about Jiang Pingce’s opinion of him, Jiang Pingce was the person he least wanted to lose, the more he valued this hard-won friendship, the more he dared not to cross the minefield step. He was afraid that once some words were spoken, both of them couldn’t even be friends.
Maybe this dream of his was just a temporary confusion?
After being single for a long time, he actually had strange thoughts about his good brother. Perhaps, he might return to normal after a few days of calming down. Yue Xingwen tried to convince himself, completely unaware that Jiang Pingce’s gaze had been on him since the beginning.
After a while, Yue Xingwen returned to his senses, rubbed his nose and coughed lightly, saying, “I dreamed that the stage suddenly collapsed while we were dancing, and I woke up instantly with a scare… It’s nothing, don’t worry.”
Jiang Pingce didn’t poke at Xingwen’s obvious lie, but gently held the back of Yue Xingwen’s hand and said, “Xingwen, I know that there are some things that you’re not quite sure about and are not mentally prepared, but I’ll always wait for you in front.”
Yue Xingwen was stunned for a moment, “You, what did you say?”
Jiang Pingce’s voice was low and gentle, “Follow your heart, as long as you’re willing to take that step, I’ll accompany you for the rest of the way.”
Yue Xingwen had been a liberal arts top student with full marks in reading comprehension since he was a child, but he couldn’t understand these two sentences Jiang Pingce said at all. He always felt that Pingce seemed to be hinting at something, and even saw through his sudden evil thoughts… walk with him? Could it be that Pingce also had this idea about him?
Speaking of which, both of them had known each other for six years, from ignorant adolescence to adulthood. There were too many unforgettable memories between them, and they were used to following each other’s footsteps. In middle school, they always liked to find each other’s names in the rankings, and when they were in university, they participated in various activities and clubs, and they were always each other’s companions…
Jiang Pingce’s appearance was the top of the Mathematics Department, with outstanding grades, superior family conditions, and his fans who admired him could queue up to circle Hua’an University, but in the past three years, there was never a girl at Jiang Pingce’s side.
Was he busy learning to care about falling in love, or was there someone else in his heart?
When the freshmen met at the freshman exchange meeting, Jiang Pingce only chatted with Yue Xingwen and exchanged contact information; Yue Xingwen wanted to join to Student Council, and Jiang Pingce, who originally hated the excitement, actually accompanied him to interview; Later, no matter what activities Yue Xingwen participated in, as long as he said it, Jiang Pingce would always accompany him.
As soon as they had free time, they went to the library to study together and ran together in the playground…
Was it reasonable for a top student in the Mathematics Department to seek out a friend from the Chinese Department to study together? What could be discussed?
Last year, Yue Xingwen led the team to Beijiang University of Political Science and Law to participate in the finals of the debate, and Jiang Pingce actually booked a ticket for the day, personally went to the scene to watch the competition, and when Yue Xingwen won the award, he bought flowers and came forward to congratulate him. Could a good friend do that to this extent?
And the year of the university entrance examination, he obviously heard that Jiang Pingce was going to apply to Kyoto University. Many people in the school were rumoring that Jiang Pingce’s father and the assistant professor of the Mathematics Department of Kyoto University were brothers of the same master, and Jiang Pingce would definitely be more taken care of. As a result, he met Pingce at the freshman exchange meeting of Hua’an University.
For three years, the person who spent the most time with Jiang Pingce was Yue Xingwen.
Yue Xingwen was usually carefree that he had never thought carefully about these questions, and now, one past was connected together, it seemed to point to a possibility—— it was possible that Jiang Pingce liked him.
Yue Xingwen’s breathing suddenly choked, and he didn’t know what to say for a while.
It simply turned his perception upside down!
He always felt that he was a straight man, and he never thought of himself as bent? Never thought that Jiang Pingce was bent?
With a mess in his head, Yue Xingwen rubbed his temples and muttered in a low voice, “I have woken up yet, my brain can’t react. I thought wrong, right? I must be wrong…”
Jiang Pingce sighed softly, back then, when he found that he liked Xingwen, he was also shocked and confused, and later, after repeatedly confirming his mind, he strengthened his determination to protect this feeling, revised his ambitions and came to the Mathematics Department of Hua’an University, and began a long pursuit.
Of course, his way of chasing people with boiling frogs in warm water was not obvious at all, and Yue Xingwen did not notice it at all.
But he knew that Xingwen was a very emotional person, and one day, he would let Xingwen get used to his existence and slowly become attracted to him. If Xingwen really couldn’t accept the same-sex relationship, or even felt disgust of the man’s approach, he would leave silently and no longer disturb each other’s lives.
The current Xingwen obviously sensed his feelings and wavered.
Xingwen was experiencing the contradictory mood he had experienced at the beginning, and Jiang Pingce decided to give a gentle assist. “Xingwen, if I tell you that I like men, will you think I’m perverted?”
Yue Xingwen: “……”
This was simply a thunder that sounded on a sunny day, which made Yue Xingwen’s mind go blank.
After a long time, he suddenly came back to his senses and stammered, “No, no, I have no prejudice against homosexuality, but I didn’t expect that you actually, actually…”
Jiang Pingce’s voice was gentle. “I wasn’t born gay, I just like someone and he happens to be a man. If he is a girl, I’ll like him too. This has nothing to do with gender, can you understand that feeling of ‘it has to be him’?”
Yue Xingwen: “……”
Was this talking about me? Was it a hidden confession?
There was only a fierce heartbeat in the quiet dormitory, Yue Xingwen’s ears were red, and he didn’t know how to answer this question. He stood up in a hurry, and said bluntly, “As a good brother, of course I support you, cough, I, my brain is a little messed up today, let’s not talk about this, let’s go and meet everyone first.”
Yue Xingwen turned and left the dormitory, Jiang Pingce was silent for a moment, got up and followed.
He didn’t directly say ‘the person I like is you’, a tactful expression, leaving enough room for each other, and also leaving a little time for Xingwen to think carefully.
The frog had been boiled in warm water for three years, and now it was almost cooked, it couldn’t be over-exerted and boiled into paste directly.
Pingce is about to have a hot bowl of frog soup, three years in the making 😂
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