34 HEART BOND

Surprisingly, this time Renji drank the tea without speaking again. As soon as half remained, he put down his glass and lay down as usual. "Change your pajamas after this," he said. Then he's back to Ginnan. "And sleep next to me. The place is still spacious. Tomorrow we wake up early. Good night."

Ginnan was dumbfounded there for a while.

Incredibly, Renji wasn't angry in the slightest. But if there was any chance the man might still be awake, Ginnan wanted to say something. "Um, sorry about your cell phone earlier. I'm a curious person," he muttered under his breath. "I didn'tmean to violate your privacy or anything. Moreover, I'm an outsider. But, I swear. If it says 'DON'T PICK IT UP', for me it's a big temptation… hahah… that's how it is… you understand right?"

Awake or not, Ginnan was relieved to have said it all.

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In the morning, Ginnan hadn't woken up until Renji said something in a deep voice.

"Open your eyes, lazy cat…"

The voice seemed to go straight to his ears. Ginnan woke up immediately sitting up without caring what he looked like.

"What! WHAT! IT'S NOON?!" he shouted spontaneously. His expression of horror was immediately met with a low chuckle from Renji.

"Haha… yeah. Our flight has passed," Renji said. But on his couch, the man looked relaxed, sipping tea with an automotive magazine in hand.

"What?! What time is it?!"

Ginnan aimed at the alarm clock, Renji stood up for a moment. Put the magazine down on the table and walked to the curtain until the morning sun dazzled the man.

"Aw! It's only 7 o'clock! You bastard!" Ginnan cursed while covering his eyes with his arm. "I thought it was ten o'clock! Gosh!"

"Hmph, what do you expect from what I said?"

Renji turned around, Ginnan looked directly at him fiercely. "That's right! Just forget you're an asshole! Even though I was worried about ruining your plans!"

Renji suddenly smiled faintly and came closer. Ginnan's reflexes were tense and alert. "Hey, what do you want?" he asked. With both hands squeezed the fleece blanket that covered half of his body.

"Take a shower there," Renji said. Once in front of Ginnan with a smile that turned into a smirk. Ginnan couldn't understand where his pale face was last night. "Didn't you see? Two cleaning services came in to clean up."

DEG

"What?" Ginnan was shocked. "Where?" he asked. Urgent. And after looking around, there were indeed two officers who were ready to clean but still stood reluctantly in the corner of the room. Staring at them. Staring at Renji. And those two pairs of eyes were full of curiosity.

"I live alone, remember?" Renji said. "Or do you want to go back to sleep, but wake up later?"

"No! Of course not!" said Ginnan quickly. "I'm down! I'm down!" he said. Then he immediately went down without caring when he stumbled on a lump of blanket that fell to the floor. "Aw! Aw! You bastard!"

Renji stared at him in surprise before Ginnan quickly ran into the bathroom. Too shy. Waking up in bed with a man like Renji and his hair must have grown big.

Brah!

And Ginnan was sure, out there Renji was chuckling insulting his behavior.

"Gosh… Crazy! Why didn't you wake me up first?! That sucks!" grumbled Ginnan alone. Even though it was that morning, Ginnan was frowning at the sight of Renji's long sink.

Last night Ginnan did pick up a new toothbrush at Renji's locker. They were the same color, so for fear of being confused… of course, he put it in the corner next to the hand sanitizer. Surprisingly, this morning there was a new glass to put the thing in.

The glass has a small version of Naruto's face on it. While Renji's since last night has been placed in a glass with a picture of the Hokage Naruto. Place the two side by side. And Ginnan swears if Haru is here often… why isn't there a bit of that guy's stuff?

"I must be overthinking…" Ginnan sighed. Then slumped into a squat to ponder everything that was happening.

Like a dream. Meeting Renji was no different from riding a roaller coaster. Sometimes raised too high. Sometimes it is dropped without care. However, to be honest from the heart, Ginnan couldn't believe the man's touch was so real. Pleasant. However, there is no special relationship between them.

Ginnan touched his lips with his finger. And—hey! That's just lips! Renji hadn't touched him until now.

"Gosh, I have to endure," Ginnan muttered. Trying to wake up. "Whatever happens, it's only two weeks. After that I'm free, make a lot of money from him, and I'll be out of here."

Exciting himself, Ginnan woke up. Immediately he cleaned up and tried to treat the room as if it were his bathroom. Play with bubble bath milk. Crazy like a child until satisfied, just came out and was surprised to see all the things he needed were ready in the suitcases that Madam Shin had sent.

"Your bath for 40 minutes. That's great," Renji said. His tone was sarcastic but chuckling. He was dressed neatly in a knee-length jacket and a plain black turtleneck sweater. Very handsome. Ginnan looked away, denying the beauty.

"I forgot myself. Sorry. Your bathroom is very comfortable," Ginnan said. He came over and sat on the sofa opposite Renji while wiping his hair with a towel. The white wardrobe is too big. Because it's the size of Renji's body. Ginnan was sure Renji was staring at his appearance without blinking at that time. "Oh, yeah… your cleaning service is gone, even though I'm hungry."

From the automotive magazine, Renji glanced at him with a wink. "We'll eat later on the way. Or later at the airport. The flight's in an hour."

"Oh…"

"Are you disappointed? Or are you not used to being hungry?"

Ginnan snorted. "Of course! I'm a worker who relies on physical exertion. Breakfast on time is a must!"

What the hell just now? Ginnan himself unknowingly said such a shameful thing!

"Ho. Then next time try getting up early."

"You didn't wake me! You already know I was very stressed last night!"

Renji turned to him this time. "Are you stressed?"

DEG

"…"

"Because I'm renting? You don't want me to touch you like that?"

"For God's sake! If you already know why to ask!" Ginnan shouted in his heart. But somehow it felt so embarrassing. He's a professional gigolo. Just because it's straight, can that be called a good enough reason to be stressed?

"Not really…"

Ginnan's voice trailed off at the end. He scowled and continued to stroke his hair with emotion.

"Is that true?"

"Tsk. Why do you need certainty! If I say yes, yes!"

Ginnan glared. Renji got up with the magazine just letting it fall onto the sofa.

DEG

"H-Hey… Sir…"

Ginnan backed away. Renji instead put one knee between his legs and approached. His arms were tucked into the back of the sofa. Making Ginnan gulp.

"Where's my morning kiss?"