As Zhan was about to leave for his gallery the next morning to finalize some details with his assistant, he was about to leave his apartment when he suddenly remembered something very important again. "Damn, I almost forgot about that crazy idol." He muttered as he was already standing at the apartment door with his hand on the doorknob.

It had become clear to him that if he wanted to get to the elevator, he would have to pass by Wang Yibo's apartment door. But the same was valid for the staircase. No matter which way, he had to run past the idol's apartment door.

He walked up and down in front of his apartment door for another minute, talking to himself, "I mean, Ok he's crazy and now he's your neighbor. But he's not going to be crazy enough to stand behind his apartment door and wait for me, is he? No, that would be too crazy even for him. But then again, what do I know about him? Maybe I should just pretend that nothing happened and walk normally along there and wait for the elevator."

Zhan took a deep breath, was about to push the door handle down, but changed his mind again. After all, his new neighbor could be right outside his door. Zhan cautiously peeked through the peephole, but the hallway was empty, he saw nothing but the empty hallway and the apartment door of the man opposite.

Relieved, Zhan exhaled, opened the door and left his apartment. "Hey future boyfriend, did you sleep well?" Asked him Wang Yibo who was leaning against the wall next to his apartment door. Zhan scared himself so badly that he almost dropped his apartment key.

"God damn it, do you have to scare me like that?" He squeaked out.

Yibo smirked, standing right in front of Zhan, who whispered, "Don't you dare to kiss me again."

The idol chuckled, touching Zhan's chin and whispering in his ear, "Didn't you know? After the kiss is before the kiss." And gave Zhan a kiss on the cheek.

"Why are you doing this? If you're really interested in me, why don't you try like normal people and just ask me out? Instead, you just stole my first kiss, kissed me a second time without asking, and now you're doing it again." Rumbled out Zhan.

Wang Yibo put his arms around Zhan, hugged him tightly and whispered, "Because you would have said no to a date for sure. Besides, I want to make it clear from the start what my intentions are with you. I don't want to beat around the bush. Besides, it'll keep anyone from stealing you away from me. And furthermore, your lips are so attractive that I can't help myself."

"Ah yes, could you please let go of me now? You're going to make me miss the bus and then the subway." Replied Zhan, not wanting to respond to what Yibo said. But, he was not completely unimpressed by this frankness. But, he certainly wouldn't admit that in front of Wang Yibo.

"Where do you have to go?"

"To my gallery."

"Come on, then, I'll drive you. I have nothing else to do right now anyway." Replied Wang Yibo. He took Zhan's hand and pulled him with him to the elevator, not letting go of Zhan's hand until they reached the parking garage and stood in front of Yibo's car. And once again, Zhan wondered why he didn't fight back? Or at least tried to.

Yibo opened the passenger door for Zhan and Zhan sat down in the car, watching as Yibo closed the door for him as well. For a brief moment, he also caught a glimpse of his own reflection in the mirror and saw, his bright red cheeks.

As Wang Yibo got into his car, he looked thoughtfully at Zhan, leaned over to him, and Zhan asked, startled, "What now? What are you going to do?"

Wang Yibo shook his head with a smile and replied, "I'll just buckle you up." Zhan felt his cheeks turn even a bit redder as he smelled Wang Yibo's perfume. He was embarrassed that he liked the smell.

When they had already been on the road for a few minutes, Zhan looking out the window the whole time, the idol asked him, "Why do you hate me so much?"

Zhan cleared his throat and searched for a suitable answer. But then could only reply, "I don't hate you."

"Then why do you reject me so strongly if you don't hate me? Or is it because I'm an idol?"

"It's true, I don't like idols very much."

"Why?"

"Because idols aren't real in my eyes. They are a product, created to make money with them. Almost no idol is like that in private life as they are portrayed in the media."

"Mhhh, and if you know that, why don't you think I'm different from what the media portrays? Do you think maybe just because I'm only 22 years old and an idol that I'm not capable of falling in love because of that?"

"I didn't say that."

"But you have thought it. Just honestly Zhan, I'm very different from what you think. And if you'd let me, I'd prove it to you too."

"I didn't think that OK? And I can't even tell anything about you, because I don't know who you are if you're not an idol."

"You know, when I bought my first painting from you a few years ago, I really wanted to know who the artist was and I found a picture of you with an article on the internet. I followed your career and became a real fan of you and your art. And I started to develop feelings for you. Yes I know it sounds crazy, but that's the truth. And half a year ago, I bought Wei WuXian's books and I was also excited about him, I became his fan too. I often sat in front of the paintings I bought from you and read in the books, I kept looking at the paintings and found that the description in your books, perfectly matched your paintings. I just would not have thought that the artist and the author, are the same person. But now I don't wonder why I was so fond of both of them. But what I'm saying is, maybe you don't know me, but I know you very well and I want nothing more than a chance from you to prove to you that I'm serious about you. So think about it Zhan."

"I..."

"No Zhan, don't say anything yet, but think about it calmly first. Get to know me and then decide Ok?"

"But only if you stop kissing me unasked."

"Would you let me kiss you then if I asked you?"

"Um, is that a serious question now? I thought you wanted me to get to know you. Why do you have to kiss me for that?"

"Well, maybe it'll get you addicted to me and my kisses and you won't be able to reject me because of it."

"Oh man, what can I say to that?"

"Listen Zhan, you and I could get to know each other better and still kiss."

"Get to know each other like friends?"

"Yeah, that would be a possibility."

"But friends don't kiss."

"Special friends do, though."

"I haven't heard anything about that."

"Yes, you have, right now. You don't have to answer me right now. Just think about it and don't reject me just because I'm an idol."

"Let's just say I'd go for it. How did you think that would work out? I mean, as an idol, you're just on the road most of the year. You fly from one appointment to another, you're even shooting a series right now, you have concerts to do, training, working as a model, taking pictures and videos for commercials, oh yeah, and on one show you're a co-host. When are you going to have time for a boyfriend, please?"

"And you say you don't know me. Wow, Zhan, really. But to your question, I know it might be hard, but not impossible."

"Mhhh, and then when you have a boyfriend, what's the next step? You can't go anywhere together can you? Not to the cinema, not shopping, not to a restaurant or just to a park because you will always be recognized everywhere. Your boyfriend's identity might be revealed and he will be followed and harassed by your angry fans and several reporters. Honestly, I think you're imagining this all too easily Yibo."

"Do you think just because of what you just listed to me, I don't have feelings anymore because of that? Even idols fall in love and want to be with someone they like. I know myself how hard it is, because I can hardly go anywhere without being recognized. I had to move again and again because fans and journalists found out where I lived. Sometimes the fans were right outside my apartment door, ringing, knocking and calling for me. I had to call the police so many times that I can't even count it anymore. But that doesn't help me either. I can't turn off my feelings. Because I am still a human being. I have desires as well. I want to love and be loved, too."

"I can well imagine all that. But didn't you know from the beginning that it was going to be like this? I mean, you don't become an idol without knowing something like that."

"Of course I knew. But I was very young at the time when I went into this business and I didn't even have a rudimentary idea of how worse it was going to be. I mean sure, I love my fans and because of them I am who I am today. But only about half of them understand that I have a personal life too and I'm not an idol 24/7."

"That's what I meant about the product. Because in the media, you're just Wang Yibo the idol, the superstar, actor and the model. No one talks about Wang Yibo being a private person too when he's not on official dates."

"I know Zhan. Um, we'll be right there."

"Mhm, I see it. But tell me, how do you know where my gallery is? I just opened it there three months ago. And the first exhibition isn't for over a week."

"Let me surprise you Zhan. I told you yesterday I'd see you again."

Zhan suddenly had a strange feeling, like he was going to be spending a lot of time with the idol in the near future. But, was that even possible? Could Wang Yibo be his new business partner? The ominous new partner in his gallery: "Lan Zhan?"

"Oh, you've already figured it out. Then I'll introduce myself to you. Hi, I'm Wang Yibo aka Lan Zhan and your new partner. From now on, we'll be running your gallery together. And I'm really looking forward to get to know my new business partner." Yibo replied with a grin.

Zhan just stared at him with wide eyes and couldn't believe it. Wang Yibo apparently leaves no stone unturned.