Chapter 6 - The wrong movie

When it was finally 07:30 pm, Suri and I were almost running down the stairs. She changed at my house, since she has a change of clothes at my place for emergencies. Anyone who didn't know us would probably think we were a couple. The friendship that was supposed to be a way to achieve my goal has become very close and I am really happy about it.

I opened the front door where Zhan was about to ring the bell. We both looked deeply into each other's eyes for a moment, my heart immediately went into overdrive and I somehow had the feeling that he was looking directly into my soul with his gaze. My knees became very soft.

Emma yelled from the car, "I see someone else is overdressed for the cinema." And there that moment was over. Zhan rolled his eyes. And asked if we were ready then? I nodded and Suri sneaked past me and jumped in the car.

Zhan and I walked side by side, comfortably, to the car. He said quietly to me, "Just ignore Emma. You look really handsome in those clothes."

"Mmm, so do you." I replied. Like me, he was wearing black tight jeans and a very classy beige silk shirt with turquoise ornaments. He also had a necklace around and wore a ring on the index finger of his right hand, which I had seen before in a picture of him modeling for a jewelry manufacturer.

Arriving in the car, I was of course sitting in the passenger seat again, Suri said grinning broadly, "You two look fucking hot tonight. You could even go to the hottest club in town like that."

"Better buckle up, or we're going nowhere tonight." Replied Zhan, giving me a sweet smile. Ahhh I will surely dream about this tonight.

My parents were suddenly standing in the front door waving at us with tissues in their hands. Oh that embarrassment, especially when my dad rubbed his eyes with one of the tissues.

However, before we could go out to eat and then to the cinema, we had to go back to Suri and Zhan's house, Emma forgot her cell phone and just refuses to go without it for an evening.

When we arrived at the house, we all got out because Suri wanted to put on other shoes after all, and Zhan had to go to the bathroom again.

We went into the house and Suri's parents came to us. They saw me and both hugged me in greeting. Suri's mother held me tightly in her arms, stroked my back and said, "Oh my handsome BoBo it's so good to see you." She admired my hair and outfit and winked at me. "I'm sure Zhan noticed that you look really hot today."

Yes, Suri's parents also know about my feelings for Zhan. And they both said when they found out, "Well as long as it's Yibo, we don't have a problem with our son falling for a guy. In fact, the two of them would match each other very well. And with Yibo, we don't have to worry about our Zhan falling for someone crazy."

Suri's father patted me on the shoulder and said, "BoBo, you really could come over more often. You know our door is always open for you." Then when Zhan came back from the bathroom, Mom Xiao almost pushed me towards him and asked Zhan if he didn't think I looked especially hot tonight.

Zhan actually got red in the face and then nodded slightly. I admit, it wasn't just him who was embarrassed. It's already more than obvious that everyone wants to set us up with each other. But still, it doesn't look to me like Zhan would be against it. At any rate, he doesn't reject it clearly.

When it went on after beaten 20 minutes, Emma phoned first still in peace, our remaining time was only enough for a hamburger and French fries in the fast food restaurant, before it went on to the cinema.

In the cinema, there were exactly three films in the evening show. A comedy, a drama and a horror movie. I immediately said that I didn't want to watch a horror movie, because I can't stand them and I'm much too scared for them. A drama none of us wanted to watch, so the only thing left was the comedy.

Emma bought the tickets for all of us on Zhan's behalf while we went ahead and got drinks and popcorn. Our seats were all next to each other in the middle row. We sat down, both women sitting in the middle of us, Suri next to me, Emma next to Zhan. But for some reason, Zhan didn't like this arrangement and we had to switch around.

Suri sat to the right of me, Zhan to the left of me and to the left of Zhan sat Emma. So that means now Zhan and I sat together in the middle. And that also means it's a couples seat where there isn't even an armrest in the middle! Close to each other with Zhan! I don't even know how to describe what was going on inside me. How my emotions were going crazy. I think every single cell in my body was having a party.

The lights slowly went out and the screen came on. Commercials ran for about 15 minutes and then the movie started. And I immediately noticed that it was the wrong movie. I just didn't know if it was the drama or the horror movie.

The question cleared up quite soon, when already in the first minute a woman covered in blood with several wounds on her body ran through a forest, screamed for help, cried and then was slaughtered. I muttered, "I don't watch that shit. I don't watch that shit." And immediately wanted out.

Zhan asked Emma why she picked up tickets for this movie when he clearly told her another title. Emma said that this movie sounded more interesting to her. When the screen showed the killer chopping up the woman and putting her flesh into a meat grinder to make mincemeat, I jumped up and rushed past everyone.

I can't watch something like that. And fortunately I was not the only one to leave. A few other cinema guests also left the hall.

As soon as I was out the door, I felt better. I've never been able to handle this kind of thing, and I've always been frightened very quickly and very violently. 

To my surprise, Zhan followed me and asked me if I was feeling better. I nodded and said, "I'm sorry, but I really can't watch this kind of stuff."

"That's okay. We can do anything else while they're at the cinema." Then one of the employees from the cinema came up to us, and asked us if we would be interested in watching an action comedy movie that would be free if we just made a few crosses on a card afterwards to give a rating for the movie. We agreed.

We were allowed to choose a free snack and a drink, we both chose something sweet to nibble on. Then we were handed cards and pens and allowed to choose a seat. Zhan once again found the same seat as in the other room, again one for couples. The hall was only half full. We sat down and after only five minutes the movie started.

Already in the first minutes our laughing muscles were in demand and that with an action scene. It was great!

When the movie almost reached the middle, my heart soon got an attack. I put my hand next to my leg on my seat and accidentally touched Zhan's hand, who was sitting there as well as me. Our fingers touched each other and I thought Zhan would pull his hand away at any moment, but he didn't. I became bolder. With my heart racing, I challenged my luck again and put my little finger on Zhan's. He just looked at me for a moment, smiled, but didn't take his hand away.

And a few minutes later, I don't know if it was intentional on Zhan's part, he slid his hand under my hand and asked me in a whisper, "So, are you excited to go to the beach?" Inwardly, I giggled as I felt his hand under mine and outwardly, I nodded.

"Yes, of course." I replied after two or three seconds and at least ten times, yelling yes, yes, yes inside.

At a dramatic scene, I challenged the luck hardcore. I held Zhan's hand tightly. I closed my hand around his, as I've seen so many lovers do, and hoped Zhan wouldn't say anything now either. Again he just looked at me smiling, even intertwined our fingers together and we watched the movie like that, holding hands.

At the end of the movie, when the lights came back on, I reluctantly let go of his hand. We both made our crosses on the card, took our stuff and gave the card and pen to the cinema employee.

The other two came out of the cinema hall just a few minutes before us. I saw Suri and got all red in the face as she gave me a wink. She grabbed my hand and pulled me along with her and asked me what Zhan and I did and what it was like.

I told her in great detail what happened while Zhan discussed with Emma about her selfish decision to do this movie. Giggling, Suri told me, "I think you're well on your way. He might really fall in love with you soon."

"Yeah, I hope so." I replied, still able to feel what it was like to hold Zhan's hand. I thought about it, blushing again, and looked to the side sheepishly as Zhan looked at me, and suppressed a grin.

Damn, so many years I waited to be able to meet him and then I get to meet him and even get to hold his hand on the first evening. I wish I had taken it and held it right at the beginning of the movie. Now I'm even more excited at the thought of being able to spend a whole week with him.

After the movie, we walked down the shopping mile for a bit and as my mom had predicted, it got a little fresh in the evening and Zhan shivered slightly. I took off my jacket and put it over his shoulders. He put it on and thanked me. I was so proud of myself.

Around midnight, we were back in the car and Zhan drove me home. I got out of the car and Zhan walked me to the door. I thanked him for the nice evening and he hugged me goodbye. I walked into the house, my parents immediately noticed I wasn't wearing my jacket and grinned. "I told you it was getting fresh and you needed the jacket. I hope you also gave it to Zhan and not to that arrogant Emma." Said my mother.

I beamed with happiness and said, "Of course I gave it to him and I even held his hand in the cinema."

My parents were so happy for me. And I was so happy that I hugged them both several times before I went upstairs to my room, took out my picture album that I have of Zhan and looked at the pictures giggling before I fell asleep happy and satisfied.