Every day one of them would call the other to see if he was free to meet up.
Every available night they spent it together having amazing sex, and every day they re-lived it in their minds, waiting for the moment they'd do it again.

One day they were both too busy to even remember to call or text, but Wei showed up at his door nonetheless, finding that Yunlan was there waiting for him.

Without realising it, it became a habit, every night at the same hour Wei would go to his house, and Yunlan would be there waiting for him.
Instead of calling to ask if the other was free, they began to call to warn if they weren't, like when Wei suddenly had to work late.

"Ehi boy, you must work at the pub tonight, go get ready."

Wei went to get ready and waisted no time in calling Yunlan.
"I can't make it tonight, I'll see you tomorrow."

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Wei reached Yunlan's home and knocked.
The door opened but he saw that Yunlan was gesturing him to wait a moment, he was on the phone.

"I know about that," he was saying to whoever was on the line. "I already told Wang to have it ready on my desk for Monday morning, so I can be prepared for the meeting... what? No... wait a second please."

He covered his phone and whispered to Wei, "So sorry, I have to finish this call, make yourself some tea while you wait."

He then walked to his desk to check his notes. "What do you mean they moved up the meeting? Nobody told me..."

Wei went into the kitchen and looked around. It didn't look like it was used a lot. It seemed to be fairly new, and spotless, so he thought it would be an easy task to make some hot tea.

Yunlan had said to prepare it for him while he waited, but it would be rude not to have a cup ready for Yunlan when he finished his call, so he needed two cups, a boiler and the tea.

That call sounded important, Wei thought, turning to look at Yunlan scribbling notes while he talked animatedly about work.
He had to be quite wealthy, although a further inspection proved that there weren't many commodities around. He had a TV obviously, but not much more than that.
How did he pass the time when he didn't work? Or was he one of those people that worked all the time?

He came out of his thoughts shaking his head, that wasn't his business.

He looked at the kitchen cabinets, he opened the first one and found a cup, salt, a frying pan, two glasses, a small pot and a bigger pot on top of it...
He closed it frowning. The apartment looked so neat, he hadn't expected this.
He opened another and found a cup, some random cutlery: a fair mix of forks knives and spoons, and also some instant food, a wok and some spices.

This is going to take longer than I thought. He took the cup and went back to take the other one, then searched around some more until he found the boiler in a lower cabinet, the tea inside the drawer where he kept the chopsticks, but unable to find some teaspoons he went back to the second cabinet to retrieve some big spoons.

He didn't know about Yunlan, but he liked a little bit of sugar in his tea.
He frowned some more when he couldn't find any.

He sighed, and proceeded to boil some water and prepare two cups. He would ask Yunlan, or resign himself at drinking it without sugar.

While the water boiled, he looked at the cups and shook his head, no way he would drink from that. He washed them both thoroughly.

He took a seat and waited.
Finally Yunlan came back, apologising again for making him wait.

"I really didn't expect them to call me tonight, I'm sorry."

"There's no need, I understand," Wei said, then asked, "do you have any sugar? I couldn't find it."

"Did you look in the fridge?"

"..."

"I think I saw it when I grabbed a beer... there it is," he said and handed him the packet.

They sipped their tea. "Troubles at work?" Wei asked because he didn't like the silence. It wasn't too personal, he could allow himself a bit of conversation.

"Only minor ones, nothing I can't handle. I'll just have less time than I thought before a meeting, but I'm sure it'll go well."

They finished their tea and Yunlan got up to put everything away. He took the now empty cups and put them inside a cabinet under Wei's horrified gaze.
Wei hurried to get hold of cups and spoons and washed them while Yunlan put the rest away, who knows where.

He turned to find Yunlan drying the table. He circled his waist from behind and murmured in his ear, "Can I fuck you now? Please?"

Yunlan laughed and grabbed his wrist to pull him towards the bedroom. "All you want," he said, "since you ask so nicely."

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Tonight Wei arrived already so exhausted that he had no strength left in him. He blushed embarrassed when his body didn't respond to Yunlan's hug the way it usually did.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come here, I better go home, eat something and go to sleep."

Yunlan looked worried. "You still haven't eaten anything?"

"No, I... I came here as soon as I could, I didn't think... I'm sorry."

Wei didn't know what else to say, he had rushed to Yunlan's house without thinking! Why had he done that? It was so embarrassing!

Yunlan didn't seem too troubled though, and insisted that he stayed and ate something there with him.

Wei frowned, remembering Yunlan's instant food that he had found that time he had been searching for cups and tea.

"Do you have anything eatable?"

"I have delivery on speed dial," Yunlan said, showing triumphantly his cellphone, then he ordered for two.

They waited fifteen minutes before it finally arrived. They had been silent, Wei lost in his own thoughts, asking himself why was he there if they weren't going to have sex.
Was he imposing his presence?

On the other hand Yunlan confirmed what he had already found out, he quite liked having Wei around even if it was only for a meal or a cup of tea.

Luckily the food arrived to free Wei from those thoughts and break the silence.
They ate for a while without talking, Wei devouring his food since he was starving, and Yunlan only tasting his because he had eaten already.

He laughed thinking about it. He had been home early and had called that same restaurant to bring him something to eat. He wondered how often did it happen that they had to deliver at the same address twice the same night.

Wei saw it. "What's so funny?" he asked.

"Nothing, just a silly thought," then Yunlan changed the subject, it was not an everyday occurrence to have Wei there, like that, to be able to talk to him.

He had to make the best out of it.
"Tell me something about yourself," he said, wishing to learn more about him.

Wei was taken aback and looked at him uneasily, not sure if he was ready to share his life story. "What do you want to know?" he asked.

Yunlan felt his reticence and kept all the personal questions for another time. 
"Just... what music you like, your taste in movies, whatever you want."

Wei relaxed, that wasn't too difficult, he could find something to say, and he started talking while he finished all the food, including what Yunlan had not been able to eat.
Before he knew it they were talking and laughing about silly old movies, and two hours had gone by.

Wei yawned, he was so tired that he was risking falling asleep right there on that chair. "I'd better go as long as I'm able to walk."

Yunlan stopped him, he wanted Wei to stay with him as much as possible. "Wait, it's not safe to go now, you're too tired, I'd be worried, stay here and rest, you already know that my bed is big enough for both."

Wei hesitated. "I know that, but..."
He was thinking that sleeping together without having sex was different, in a way it seemed more intimate... but it sounded too ridiculous and embarrassing to say it out loud.

"No but, I'll give you one of my pyjamas,  it'll be a little big for you maybe, but I'm sure you'll look just as sexy."

Wei blushed, but accepted. He changed for the night, and they laid side by side on the bed. Yunlan switched off the lights and said, "Goodnight Wei."

Wei smiled in the dark, said: "Goodnight Yunlan," and they both fell asleep, for a night of pleasant, peaceful rest.