Chapter 5 - Unforgettable

I had put my brother in explaining trouble and saved my own butt with it, while at the same time, I got my revenge on him. Why does he always interfere in everything? If he hadn't started with the fan fiction, I wouldn't have said anything about Cheng, it's that simple!

Suri came over to me, sat on my knees, which she has done many times before, when there was no free space, and whispered in my ear, "Nice save BoBo" Then we both grinned and waited to hear what my brother had to say.

But, before it was time, Zhan cleared his throat fake and looked at Suri and me very grimly. Suri asked him what his problem was and Zhan said, "Really? Do you really have to sit on Yibo's lap?"

Suri and I looked at each other questioningly and she replied, "Why? There's no other seat available. You're sitting in Daddy Xiao's chair, Emma in the other chair, Yibo, his parents, and his brother on the sofa. As you can see for yourself. And there's no other place left."

"But do you have to sit on Yibo's lap because of that?" Asked Zhan perhaps a little more sharply than he intended.

Suri, being the kind of person she is, asked him, "If it bothers you, you can sit on Yibo's lap too." I lightly poked her in the back with my hand and she laughed.

My father, however, took this in his stride and arranged a new seating arrangement. He said, "Then we'll do it like this. I'll sit in my chair, Suri will sit next to Yibo, and Zhan will sit on Yibo's lap." I almost choked myself when he said that.

I was still like, he never does that anyway, that would be too far-fetched. But then Zhan stood up and said, "Okay, let's switch seats." He almost pushed Suri off my lap and sat on my lap himself and I held my breath. Inwardly I said to myself, this can only be a dream, I'm in bed, asleep and dreaming.

Suddenly I didn't know where to put my hands, I felt hot and my heart was hammering so loudly in my chest that I was afraid Zhan might hear it. He was merely 5 centimeters away from my chest.

With all the excitement, I almost missed what my brother has to confess about himself and Cheng. With my heart soon jumping out of my chest and a billion butterflies in my stomach, I listened to my brother. Sort of halfway. The other time I was thinking about getting my hands back out from under my legs and maybe wrapping them around Zhan, because he was sitting so wobbly on my lap.

My brother said, "Well, so, um, it's like, I don't know how to explain this, but, um, well, Cheng and I, we so, we met half a year ago. We immediately liked each other and well, we, we've been dating for four months."

Suddenly my father stood up and I thought, by his angry look, that my brother will get in trouble now. But instead, he took out his wallet, took out 100 yuan and gave it to my mother, saying, "All right, you win." My mother laughed and immediately put the money in her pocket.

"What the hell was that?" I asked as I looked past Zhan and completely unnoticed, put my arms around his body. I didn't catch it, no kidding. It just happened.

My mother said, "Your father and I had a hunch that our dear Hai Kuan didn't like girls. But your father was convinced that maybe it was just an appearance. I, however, was firmly convinced that Hai Kuan likes men. We made a bet and I won." They're crazy, both of them!

Then suddenly I felt hands on my hands and realized where my hands were. On the flat belly of Zhan! And, he didn't even fight me off, but calmly put his hands on my hands. I could have cheered now and taken it as a sign.

But the thing is, through Suri, I know that he has no problem with such things.Because even in the past, he and his friends were supposed to have sat like this more often. Suri said Zhan is someone who likes physical contact and always hugs his friends too. So the exact opposite of me.

I was ready to push my luck one more time today. I opened my hands and put them around Zhan's hands. From all the excitement, my blood pressure surely shot up immeasurably because I got a slight nosebleed. Suri wiped it off me and everything was as usual. Zhan on my lap, his hands in my hands and my mother still laughing because she won her bet.

My brother then told us all how things were going in the relationship between him and Cheng, and my father urged him to bring Cheng here the next chance he got so we could meet him. "Yibo also brought his boyfriend home, after all." Said my father. And I would have loved to fall over with charm. Fortunately, no one said anything about it, not even Zhan. It was a pity that I couldn't see Zhan's expression and had to be satisfied with his back and the back of his head.

However, when the doorbell rang, the funny round was over. We all got up because my grandmother was coming to visit. She came into the living room with her walking stick, we all greeted her and she looked around the group and then asked, "Oh wow, who is this Sexy Angel?"

Emma giggled goofily and said, "Hi, I'm Emma."

But my grandmother shook her head and pointed her walking stick at Zhan and said, "Not you girl. I mean this cute creature by my youngest grandson."

"Um, I'm Xiao Zhan." Replied Zhan sheepishly.

Then my grandfather came too, whining about his back and grumbling because my grandmother was running away again, running hahaha, she has a pace of about 100 meters a day, then he too looked around and grinned, "What's going on? Is there some mass event taking place here? Are you planning anything illegal? If so, I'm in. In my old age, I want to experience something again."

My mother then introduced him to Zhan and Emma. And my grandfather with his big snout asked, "Zhan? I've heard that name here many times. Isn't that that guy from that story Yibo is writing?"

My brother stood next to him and said loudly, "Yeah right grandpa. The fan fiction." And there it was again, the topic I had been so successful at avoiding. That asshole, I knew he would find a way to pay me back.

Luckily, I have my grandmother. She swung her walking stick and slammed it into my brother's stomach. Then she said very seriously, "And you need to stop always putting your brother in embarrassing situations. You're 24 years old, will you get yourself together?"

"But Yibo started it." Replied my brother, rubbing his stomach.

"Yibo started it, my ass. I know you. I'm sure he just had to defend himself against your meanness again. My little Yibo gets teased by you all the time, doesn't he?" She said.

My grandfather scolded her and said, "Don't scold Hai Kuan again. You'd better go on so I can sit down."

My grandmother patted Zhan and me on the face and then sat down on the sofa. My grandfather trailed behind her, winked at me, and then sat down as well.

Zhan looked at his watch and said he had to leave now because he had to pick up his father from the office. "Emma and I are going to leave now. But don't forget that I will pick you up here promptly at 7:30 pm." He said and said goodbye to everyone.

My father and mother immediately wanted to know what 7:30 was and I told them. Then they both dragged me upstairs to my room and stood in front of my closet with me and Suri. They were picking out different outfits, my mom complained that I still had to shower and style my hair and was running out of time and Suri asked me in a whisper, "What was it like with my brother on your lap?"

"It was unforgettable for me." I explained with a big grin.

My parents finally decided what outfit I should wear to impress Zhan. A pair of tight black jeans with ripped knees, an equally tight white shirt and a thin but fluffy cardigan.

I reminded my parents that it's summer and warm. And my mother said, "I know that. But in the evening sometimes it's still quite fresh. And then when your Zhan is cold, you can give him the cardigan."

"Uh-huh, and if I'm cold?" I asked her and my mother slapped my arm with a grin. After that, my father sent me to take a shower. The two of them pretend like I have a date with Zhan today, where we'll be alone and running around outside somewhere. It would be nice, but it's not like that.

But who knows, maybe that chance will come at the beach. I think Suri will make sure Zhan and I can spend time together and without them too.

There was a time when I was afraid Suri might want more from me than friendship. She was always near me, hugging me all the time or sitting on my lap like today. But then she confessed to me that she had a crush on Seungyoun. Only, so far, he hasn't noticed her in the same way she's noticed him.

But luckily Suri is like me and doesn't give up hope. Even though I think, with Seungyoun and her, that won't be something. Because Seungyoun's gaze is clearly always on one of the other students. I think his name is Wooseok and he is also Korean.

Youn once told me that he is unsure whether he likes women, men, or maybe both. Maybe that's why he doesn't believe that you can meet true love the first time you fall in love.