When Yunlan got back to his friends, he was feeling confused and couldn't help stealing a glance at Shen Wei, but Wei wouldn't look at him and the others immediately showered him with questions he didn't want to answer. He really didn't feel like talking right now.

He pretended to feel sick and asked only Hong to go home with him. She grabbed her bag without a word, sensing something was off, and followed him.

As soon as they were out of earshot, she blurted out, "Shoot, why the sudden sickness?"

Yunlan's brain didn't even register her question. She looked at him, then punched his shoulder.
"You're ignoring me?"

"Ouch," he yelled, snapping out of his own thoughts. "Why did you hit me?"

"You're ignoring me. Haven't we always told each other everything? What's up with you now?"

"Nothing's up with me, I just want to be left alone, without all the guys asking a thousands questions!"

'But not all of them' he thought inwardly, 'maybe he doesn't care?'

There was only a short hesitation before she asked, with quiet, low voice, "Do you want to tell me how it went with that girl?"

He opened his mouth, emitted a strangled sound, then managed, "ayssh I don't know, she said she liked me and I refused her, that's all."

"You didn't tell her that we're still a couple, right?"

He rolled his eyes.
"No of course not, we agreed on that already."

"Then how did you... what did you say to her?"

Yunlan didn't want to talk about it, which upset him even more because they always told each other everything. He didn't like it himself, it didn't feel right to keep her out.

So he said it, "I told her... I told her that I liked someone else already, so I couldn't be her boyfriend."

He said it all in one breath, without looking at her.
He was still processing the whole thing in his mind, this new thought, this new longing for someone's company, a feeling unknown to him before.

Hong thought of the right words, then she just asked, "Is there?"

"What?"

"Someone you like? Or you lied to refuse her politely?"

Yunlan felt like choking, until finally his voice came back.
"I don't know."

Hong had a thousand questions, truth was she was more curious than their friends, but she saw something strange in him and thought that maybe this was one of those times when she should just shut her mouth and let him take his time.

Of course Da Qing wouldn't just let it go like that, he wanted to know more about his encounter with that pretty girl, but by then Yunlan had had time to find himself again, so he replied in his usual voice, telling him everything that she said but changing the end of the story, pretending he told her that he had just 'regained his freedom' and didn't want to feel locked up again...
Wei didn't say anything.

Even if Yunlan often hang out with his new friends now, his school grades were safe since Wei had joined their group. When they got together to study, Wei never let them slack off until they had finished, and only then he allowed them time to chat.

Yunlan really enjoyed the company, now. He had always thought that he would do better on his own, with only Hong at his side, but now he wouldn't give it up for anything.

School was over for today and they were about to go to the mall when suddenly a guy approached them. "Wei?"

Shen Wei startled at that voice and looked at him, "Ren? What are you doing here?"

"I came back" was the only thing he said. He kept staring at Shen Wei.

Yunlan felt something burst inside, he didn't know why but he didn't like that guy, at all.

Wei turned to his friends, "I'm sorry but I have to cancel our plans for today, I will go home now."

After saying that, he walked away without looking at them, paying special attention to avoid Yunlan's eyes.

Ren got closer to him and they walked together.

Yunlan: "Who is that? Is he going to Wei's house?"

'I've never been to his house', he thought.

Nobody seemed to remember him but Da Qing. He said, "He was a student of this school until last year, I think he changed school."

Yunlan: "Then what is he doing here?"

Sang, stating the obvious: "He said he came back."

Da Qing: "I think he was friends with Shen Wei, I remember seeing them together a few times."

Yunlan felt that he really didn't like him.

Wei didn't go home. He never lied if he could avoid it, but at that moment he didn't want to face Ren in front of his friends and Yunlan. He didn't know how he felt about seeing him again, and wanted to figure it out alone.

They walked to the park and Ren bought them a couple of ice-creams.
While he was eating his, Wei thought of his secret date with Yunlan.

Actually there was nothing secret about that day, really, other than the fact that he always thought of it as a 'date'. That day it took him a lot of courage to ask him out, and Yunlan probably didn't even realise it.

His heart had been thundering inside his chest, his brain had been shouting warnings, but he had given in and let himself hope; Yunlan wanted to talk to him, so what if he wanted to know him, what if maybe he liked him too, what if... but of course it hadn't been like that.

Ren's voice snapped him out of his thoughts, "I never wanted to break up with you."

Wei kept silent.

Ren: "I miss you."

Wei didn't say anything. He did miss him a lot for a while, but it wasn't the same anymore, and yet Ren had meant something, he had been very important to him, and the shadow of those feelings was still inside him, bothering him.

When Ren asked him, "Is there someone else in your life?" Wei found himself seriously thinking about it.

'Is there someone in my life? Is there, really?', because he knew he liked Yunlan, he had liked him since the first time they bumped into each other and he had stared at him, bewildered.

He liked him so much, but they didn't really have a future together, did they? It was a secret, unrequited love. He was just one of his friends, he reminded himself. Yunlan wasn't his boyfriend, and will never be.

"No, there is no one in my life, only friends."

Ren's smile widened, and he made his move.

Ren smiled at him and put an arm around his waist, pulling Wei towards himself.

"We could start over," he said in a low voice, then he lean down and kissed him.

Wei was startled, for a moment he didn't know what to think or do; suddenly he felt so alone, so needy of warmth and love, and those old feelings were poking at his heart.

Wei felt Ren's arms around his waist, keeping him close, and Ren's lips on his, moving slowly and so tenderly, silently begging him for a second chance. Wei closed his eyes, opened his mouth and kissed him back.

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Another one up 😄
Don't be angry at my Wei, we all need to feel loved and have our moments of confusion, don't we? 🤗

Sorry if they are rather short chapters, I wouldn't be able to update this frequently if I made them longer, and I want to update so badly!
What has Weilan done to my life, I love their story so much I can't stay away from them💕💕

Even though this is just a simple little story, I'm enjoying writing it so much 💓 and have it all planned already, only need to write it down and possibly, hopefully correct all first mistakes 😊
Really hope you enjoy it 🤞