39. Unbury the Dead Past

Monday afternoon, after the class ended...

"She's back." Hao Xuan said while smoking with Yibo under the waiting shed outside the school.

"Who?" Yibo asked and threw his cigarette on the ground, stomped on it until it died. The Huangs were waiting for Jiyang and Zan after their class ended. Jiyang had a meeting with the classroom officers while Zan went to borrow some books from the library.

"It's Qing." Hao Xuan stated. He looked very problematic that he kept scratching his temple.

"You mean that little bitch?" Yibo chuckled, disappointed and quite surprised. He added, "Why would she be here? Isn't she currently residing at United States?"

Hao Xuan sipped a huge amount of smoke before throwing the burnt out cigar on the ground, "She went to Wen's house party with some friends she just recently made. Living at states and going to lots of house parties, I'm pretty sure that she never felt slightly awkward when she went there knowing that she was the only non-student in our school."

"Let me guess, she was the one behind the drug?" Yibo sounded excited rather than worried. He felt like rushing to wherever Qing was at the moment and tell her she's the coolest. He was right with his guess though.

"You sound so happy, aren't you?" Hao Xuan frowned. He wanted to punch his cousin's face because he was totally pissed.

"Of course I Am! I mean why not?! She's our best friend and she's always cool since we were kids!" Yibo said while chuckling. He was very excited that he looked like he wanted to talk more and reminisce about the past.

"Looks like you already forgotten about that." Hao Xuan hissed and glared at his cousin.

"Woah! Woah! Stop giving me that look! And about THAT that you're talking about, don't dare include me. You know it didn't have anything to do with me." Yibo said while waving his hands in front of him. He looked like an innocent child trying to defend himself against the world's wrong accusations.

"Yeah whatever." Hao Xuan rolled his eyes and stopped talking. Yibo was humming while looking at his phone. He has been the happiest person  living in this world these past few days. Zan was calling him and he quickly picked the phone up, "Hi baby! I'm at the shed right now waiting for you! Are you already coming over?"

"Yes, I'm heading there right now. These books are heavy, I borrowed four thick books." Zan grunted on the other line.

"What?! That many?! What subjects are they? You should have just inquired to me to teach you. There's also the great Math Hero Hao Xuan, why bother carrying those books?!" Yibo started ranting on the phone.

Zan chuckled on the other line and asked, "Do you guys know about Harry Potter books? If yes..."

Yibo turned around and smiled genuinely at Zan who was standing right in front of him. Hao Xuan didn't bother to great his cousin's boyfriend because his mind was in chaos.

"...then I'll gladly return them to the library." Zan continued his speech while smiling at Yibo, his bunny teeth showing.

Yibo's heart melted and he grabbed the books, "The car is coming in few minutes. Let's put these books in there and return them back to the library tomorrow."

"Huh? And why would I do that?" Zan asked. Instead of answering the older's question, Yibo pulled Zan's necktie and captured his lips. The two kissed like there was no one in the world except them. Hao Xuan stared at his phone and saw the numbers of missed calls coming from an unknown caller.

Yibo's car arrived. The one driving was one of his friends inside the campus. The two bumped their fists before they parted ways.

"Don't forget to treat me some drinks next time, bro!" the guy with a cool and relaxed aura yelled from a far.

"Who was that? And why is he driving your car?" Zan asked while looking at the guy walking far away.

Seeing that Zan was still looking at the guy's back as if trying to familiarize his existence, Yibo pouted. He held the older's cheeks and turned his head back to him, "Stop looking at other guys. I just lent him the keys this morning so he could bring my car to the car shop for a wash."

Zan chuckled and bumped their noses, "Where are we going anyway?"

Yibo sighed dramatically, "Of course we're going on a date. How many books does Harry Potter have?"

"Why you ask?" Zan chuckled again.

"I'm gonna buy them all for you, got a problem with that?" Yibo raised one of his brows and averted his eyes. He was starting to blush.

Zan was beyond happy that he cupped Yibo's face and kissed him aggressively. Right after that sweet and naughty kiss, Zan cheered, "No problem! Not at all!"

The two went inside the car and Yibo opened the windshield for his cousin, "Hey"

Hao Xuan glared at his cousin. In his mind, he was cursing why the two were still there when they wanted to date so badly.

This time Yibo sounded serious, "Settle everything with Qing and explain everything to Jiyang. I'm sure he'll understand and will still accept you. We're no longer kids. There are things in the past that we could never forget and we have to accept."

Hao Xuan looked like he was about to cry and breathed deeply.

"We always have to dig them over and over again, fight against it, escape from it and struggle to bury it again. But we all know that burying it doesn't mean that the smell underneath won't continue to hunt us. Don't run away from it, Xuan. Face it and chase it until it gets tired of chasing you." Yibo added.

Hao Xuan looked at loss while listening to his cousin's every word.

"Nah, what I'm trying to say is trust yourself, and trust Jiyang. You know him better than anyone. I'm just returning the piece of advice you gave me before. It was really effective, you know. We're even now." Yibo chuckled one last time and closed the windshield.

"Yeah? I hope so." Hao Xuan said to himself and bowed his head. He got another phone call and this time it was not from an unknown number, it was Jiyang.

"Baby, I'm almost there." Hao Xuan could tell that the angel was smiling on the other line.

"Yeah, come over real quick. I really want to see you right now." Hao Xuan said. His voice was honest. Jiyang knew that he was lonely. After few minutes, Jiyang arrived at the waiting shed.

"What's making my puppy sad?" Jiyang pouted and hugged Hao Xuan who was sitting miserably on the bench. He was standing in between the bad guy's legs. Hao Xuan's face was buried on the angel's face.

"I'm sleeping over at your place tonight. I don't wanna go home." Hao Xuan said boldly.

"Is it because auntie is going home at the mansion?" Jiyang asked. Tha bad guy nodded timidly while still hiding his face on the angel's stomach. Hao Xuan's mother knew about their relationship. She already had a hint that her son is obsessed with Jiyang ever since they were kids. So when Hao Xuan told his mother that he would make Jiyang his lover, she was not surprised in the slightest. It didn't sound like she accepted it, approved them or criticize their feelings either. She just believed that no matter what Hao Xuan do with Jiyang, he couldn't escape the fact that he was the only son, and the young master of Mr. Huang, Yibo's father's brother. And being the only heir, Mrs. Huang, Hao Xuan's mother, let her son decides about his life. Despite knowing that her son had a lover and was totally captivated by Jiyang since their young age, she still favored Hao Xuan and Yibo's girl childhood friend named Qing. She even informed Hao Xuan when the boy reached twelve years old that the little girl would be his fiancee in the future. And of course, Jiyang never knew anything about Qing or the little girl's existence, so much more about her and the Huangs' past when they were little. Before Jiyang and Hao Xuan became friends, Qing already migrated to the United States because of an accident caused by Hao Xuan. These facts were remain hidden and were beyond Jiyang's knowledge.

Now that many years have passed, the little girl returned as a beautiful, wild young lady to remind Hao Xuan of who he was in the past.

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