A Push in the Right Direction

On the way back to their training, Chen Li obediently walks a few steps behind Su Min, afraid that if he makes him angrier, then he'd only continue to ignore him.

The two walk in silence for a while, before Su Min abruptly stops in his tracks. He releases a long sigh, before turning around to face Chen Li with a complicated expression.

Chen Li, previously emanating an aura similar to a dejected puppy, immediately perks up and smiles! Su Min is looking at him again! Him, and not Xu Jiyu, or anyone else! Just knowing this simple fact makes all of the darkness disappear from within his heart.

"Don't smile at me like that…" Su Min's eyes soften slightly.

Su Min can't stay angry at someone smiling at him so sincerely. His stern expression melts into one of resignation. He's totally lost to this boy, ah.

"You aren't going to ignore me anymore, Su Min?" Chen Li asks, his obsidian eyes gleam with hope.

Another sigh from Su Min, and he beckons his partner over. "Come here, Chen Li."

Chen Li doesn't need to be told twice. He runs over to Su Min, arms outstretched: "Su Miii~iiin!"

Su Min opens his arms and Chen Li fits snuggly in his embrace. Su Min chuckles softly, patting Chen Li's back comfortingly. After growing up together as childhood friends, who knew that this big guy would be so sticky? Chen Li is only a few centimeters taller than him, if looking from far away they'd look like they're the same height. Despite being of similar height, Chen Li is much heavier-set than Su Min. His shoulders are much broader, his build stout and obviously masculine, whereas Su Min's physique is leaner, more petite, and semi-androgynous.

Even their personalities are quite different. Su Min is much more obedient and disciplined, while Chen Li is much more wild and does as he wishes unless Su Min chastises him and ignores him for a good while. If Su Min wasn't there to tame him, then Chen Li would've probably gone rampant long ago.

"Ah-Min, I'm sorry, I'll be more obedient from now on, would you please forgive me?" Chen Li profusely apologizes, calling him more intimately while burying his face in the crook of Su Min's neck.

Su Min hum, his nature is one of forgiveness: "Mm, just listen to me in the future, okay?"

Chen Li nods excitedly: "En, I will!"

Su Min smiles this time, finally becoming a bit mischievous: "Then, will you accompany for me tea? We can have a nice conversation about how you need to be more respectful towards others, especially our senior brothers."

Chen Li immediately freezes. He doesn't dare to look at Su Min's devilish expression right now.

...He was really going to be lectured in the end, ah!!!

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Su Min calmly sips on his cup of tea. It had long since cooled off, while Chen Li's cup is already empty.

"So, have you learned your lesson yet?" Su Min questions, his saintly smile still evident upon his face. Although he's smiling, his previous scolding definitely did not match with his expression, ah!!

"... Mm." Chen Li answers, staring down at his empty cup. He reaches over to the teapot to pour more for himself, but realizes that it's already empty as well. Chen Li can't ignore Su Min's harsh scolding by drinking a lot of tea anymore…

He sighs, resting his chin on his hand, a dejected expression on his face.

Su Min raises an eyebrow at the other's action. "No more?"

Chen Li nods his head once. "En, there's no more tea."

Upon hearing his answer, Su Min brings his cups down onto the table and slides it over to Chen Li without much thought. "Here. There's still a bit left. Since it's the last cup, you can have it."

Since they are childhood friends, they've done this often. Sharing baths, sharing food, sharing drinks, and even sharing beds… they've done everything imaginable together. This much didn't affect him in the slightest, not finding it out of the ordinary.

Chen Li's obsidian eyes stare at the cup intently. A small smile blooms on his face as he greedily takes it. "Then, many thanks, Ah-Min."

In contrast to Su Min's innocent thoughts, Chen Li's mind races with thoughts such as: 'Ah-Min drank from this cup, it's like I'm kissing Ah-Min…' Thinking like this, he places his lips on Su Min's cup and drinks it very slowly.

Su Min chuckles as he watches this scene. "You really like this tea that much? You're even trying to savor the taste."

Chen Li pauses, deliberately licking his lips. His obsidian hues gleam with a dangerous glint that makes Su Min involuntarily shiver.

...Why did it suddenly seem like Chen Li isn't interested in the tea, but rather, something else?

Chen Li answers: "I really like this tea. No, I love this tea. I want to savor it as much as possible… but Ah-Min, what if I want more? What should I do when there's no more?"

The atmosphere around them becomes strangely ambiguous.

Su Min doesn't seem to understand the true meaning of Chen Li's words. He replies, "If you really like it that much, then we can go buy more. There's no need to act like a spoiled child."

"If I want more, then I want more, ah. Ah-Min, please give me more?" Chen Li says, finally placing the cup down. He stares at Su Min with heated eyes.

Su Min furrows his eyebrows together. "How will I give you more, when there's no more? Silly Ah-Li."

After those words leave his lips, he feels the world spinning on its axis as he's suddenly pushed down.

Chen Li had pinned him down, his larger build looming over him. Surprise is clearly evident upon Su Min's face, his cheeks quickly reddening. He's unable to struggle, as Chen Li had already locked down his arms by his wrists.

"Ah-Li, what is the meaning of this, ah?!" Su Min splutters, unable to meet Chen Li's intense gaze.

"I want more, Ah-Min…" Chen Li simply replies, his breath tickling Su Min's cheeks. He leans down and teasingly sucks at a patch on Su Min's neck.

'You want more?! Since when did my childhood friend become bent, ah?!' Su Min screams in his mind. 'I knew I shouldn't have doted on him so much, ah!!'

Su Min laughs nervously: "D-Don't be silly, Ah-Li, be obedient and get off of me, okay?" Because if you don't get off of me, my little brother down there is going to be very troubled! Even though Chen Li looks very inviting and very sexy right now, Su Min's reason reigns over his body's honest reaction. Maybe he might've turned bent too, without realizing it…?! No… no way?!

Chen Li doesn't answer for a while, his mouth clearly occupied with Su Min's skin.

"Mm…" Is the only answer he gets; a small hum as he continues his business.

Su Min can feel the wet sensations on his neck, and his body turns to mush. On one hand, he wants this, but on the other hand… he's really embarrassed, ah! So maybe he did turn bent for his childhood friend somewhere along the way and only realized it now, but he wanted to be the one pushing Chen Li down!

He will not stand for being the one pushed down! His pride as a man won't stand for it! He attempts to say: "A-Ah-Li, maybe we can switch positions, I'm going to be very—"

He never gets to finish his sentence.

Chen Li's lips had sealed Su Min's shut.