Welcome Home

-Yunlan-

The next day, Shen Wei was submitted to a few more test and everything aside from not remembering a month of his life, was normal. His wound was healing well and he was finally out of bed, although with pain. Zhao helped him to get out and move around the room, so he could stretch his legs.

"Shen Wei, if you are in too much pain, go back to the bed." Zhao suggested, as he gently moved his hands over both sides of his professor shoulders, in an attempt to massage his stressed muscles. He stood behind him, as Shen Wei looked outside the window. All windows in that hospital reflected the sky from the outside, so no one could see inside, for which he let Shen Wei came close to look at the garden, ten floors below.

"No, I'm fine. I can withstand the pain. What I want is to get out of here as soon as possible." Shen whisper, blushing like mad, as he felt Zhao's hand work wonders over him.

"Ah, so you are eager to come home with me?" Zhao teased, making Shen's ears even redder, but he still smiled.

"It will be you the one who wants me home so badly. Don't get me wrong, I do want to share my life with you, but honestly, I'm holding you here and that can bring you problems with your superiors... you are supposed to be working on my case." Zhao paused to kiss his neck.

"We have a separate office quite far from HQ, you know that and I am working very diligently, making sure my prime witness is safe from all harm. Who can point a finger at me and blame me for doing my duty?" Shen smiled.

"Seriously, we need to catch that murderer as soon as possible. If he can't get rid of me, he will look for another victim to vent his anger, then his killing pattern can change."

"I got the feeling this is a smart killer Shen Wei, he will wait and watch you first to find out whatever or not you recognize him. He purposely hit you in the head probably wishing you brain damage. Lin Jing had sent me a few expedients to have a look and to be honest, it's a bit hard to guess, because all your acquaintances from the University are academics to the core."

"Can I have a look at them too? Maybe it will trigger my memory."

"You are the expert in profiling, so yes... but Shen Wei... just be very careful. I know I can't keep you hidden for the rest of your life and this can take a while..." Shen Wei tuned and smiled at him.

"I can take care of myself Yunlan... I know I was stabbed, but I promise you, no one else will caught me off guard." Zhao kiss him.

"Mmmm, still maybe I can keep you home for at least a month? You know, stab wounds can take a long time to heal and you most fully recover..." Shen smiled some more.

"I bet you want more than a full recovery. A month Yunlan? By then I will need to be rescue..." Zhao laughed.

"How so? You know I can barely touch you without causing you pain... Ah, this will surely kill me, having you so close but unable to... you know what..." He said suggestively while he winked at him, making Shen blush while smiling.

"I see you are the same shameless Zhao Yunlan I had known for five years... I'm glad I didn't lose all my memories." Zhao slightly hug him, so not to give him more pain.

"So do I Xiao Wei, so do I..." Zhao whisper on his ear as he rested his head over his shoulder. Only thinking about it was heartbreaking. He loved the man blindly and not have him in his life was like not having half his heart.

"You know, I would have try again from the start if you had end up forgetting everything. I promise myself when the doctor first told me you may have some brain damage for the hit you took, that I will remain by your side. Even if you had ended in a bed for life, I would take care of you until my very last breath..."

"Yunlan..." Shen whisper before kissing him fully while pulling him closer. He was moved to the core for those words because he knew he really mean them. He had a bad childhood, if he compare it with others, but as an adult, he had been blessed.

"Ah, my Wei... you kiss so heavenly... You had no idea how I yearned for this. I'm so glad you are still with me, I don't know what I will do if you didn't sur..." Shen put a soft finger over Zhao's lips.

"Don't say it, I'm here now and I will compensate you for making you pass through this. Seriously, I'm sorry for delaying this for so long... just how did I end up deserving you? Yunlan I... I..." He blushed profusely, then a knock on the door make Shen turn to face the window once more, in hope to calm his heart enough to be able to face the one who enter the room. Zhao laughed, of course, which make Shen Wei blush even harder. A nurse came in with a tray in hand that had some bandages among other things.

"Sorry to interrupt, but it's time to change the bandages." She said, but Zhao simply took the tray from her.

"I can do that, sweetheart..." Zhao said, winking at her.

"But is my duty to..."

"I have first aid training, so I am quite capable to change a bandage, the same way I was capable to bathe him..." Shen Wei turned in surprise, earning a wave of pain from his back, for the sudden movement, yet he didn't care. As he felt like melting in front of the young woman, he looked at Zhao with widen eyes and a very red face.

"You did what?!" Shen Wei asked almost fainting. Just thinking about Yunlan bathing and touching him was... was... too much to handle in one go.

"Bathe you, of course... you were out for two days, remember?" Zhao remind him, without a single hint of embarrassment, so unlike him whose face was in fire.

"He is joking right?" Shen asked the woman, who also blushed under his intense gaze.

"No, he did bathe you... he really insisted, each time..." She said and Shen Wei felt like his legs were going to fail him, so he sat at the border of his bed and passed a hand through his hair.

"Well... I think I will take my leave now.... If you need anything, please call me." The nurse said, hastily getting away from the coming storm. Those two lovers were too passionate for her weak heart.

"Ah, my Wei... don't be mad at me. The nurse that came to bathe you the first time was eyeing you like she wanted to eat you alive, so as your guardian, I step in and..."

"Did the same thing she was going to do... Yunlan... you shameless pervert..." Shen sighed. He shouldn't be surprised, because he was well aware he had fallen for an eternal teaser.

"I wasn't acting as a pervert... you got me too worry to take advantage of you." Zhao said seriously, while sitting at his side and took his hand back into his. Shen Wei looked at him and analyze his gaze and found he really was telling him the truth.

"Never mind that... it's not like it will be the last time you will see me naked from here on." He blushed.

"Indeed, although I had been warned not to have sex with you for a few weeks, doctor's orders..." Shen Wei coughed, as that one almost killed his already racing heart.

"Really... I need to get out of this hospital..." Shen whisper, as Zhao laughed, then kissed him on his very tinted cheek.

"Now, about that change of bandage..."

"I want the nurse..." Shen joked.

"No can do babe, this is a husband duty to his wife..." Shen laughed a bit.

"Seriously, I was wondering when that word will come out of your mouth..."

"Like I said, you know me well." Zhao said before kissing him again.

"Just take me out of here Yunlan..." Shen Wei whisper as he allowed Zhao to kiss his flaming neck.

"I will arrange a few security issues, then we go home, I promise..."

"Please do..." Zhao slightly kiss him in the crown of his head, before beginning to make some more calls and after an hour or so, they go out of the hospital, escorted by undercover cars. Zhao helped his Wei to get out of his red Hammer and took his arm to guide him in. He knew that Shen Wei, despite not telling it, was actually in pain, but as soon as he was inside his home, he help him sat on his comfy couch. Then he went to his room to bring him a soft pillow for his injured back.

"My Wei..." Zhao said as he helped him get rid of his shoes.

"Yes?" Shen asked arching an eyebrow.

"Welcome home, babe..." Those words, welcome home, were the ones he had yerned since he was a kid and hearing him tell them to him with such care... Well, what else he could do...

"I'm home, Ah Lan... come and give me my welcoming kiss." He smiled as Yunlan gladly comply. Tomorrow they will deal with the case, but tonight they will simply begin to be a family on their own.

AN: Thanks for reading, hope this one is equally sweet. I want for a few chapters of them adapting to each other before things begin to become more serious, so enjoy.