[100]
In the morning, most people were running listlessly due to sleepiness. Straight Guy also felt dizzy because of staying up late last night. Accidentally, he was tripped over by a little stone on the playground. When he was falling on the ground, his bare shank was gashed suddenly.
Seeing that, The Glasses-guy flew to Straight Guy, “Don’t move.”
“Ouch. Upperclassman.”
The Glasses-guy supported Straight Guy to stand up, “The dispensary is right there. I’ll accompany you there.” The Glasses-guy’s features were chiseled looking a little reserved when he did not smile. Straight Guy was so scared by the upperclassman’s reaction instead of his own bleeding shank that he sprained the other ankle.
The Glasses-guy stared at Straight Guy for a moment, and then he stretched one arm to hold Straight Guy’s back and the other arm bend through his legs, picking Straight Guy’s body up. He said undoubtedly to Straight Guy, “Don’t move. The temperature is high now, the wound should be taken care of quickly.”
Straight Guy sensed schoolfellows’ look and their surprising “hoo”. He was too embarrassed to raise his head. He thought, “This bothers upperclassman two much.”
[101]
Domineering Guy felt liking riding bike to escort Coquettish Guy to classes. He said that this was campus romance style. Coquettish Guy firmly rejected him.
Domineering Guy felt aggrieved and started to nag behind Coquettish Guy, “Isn’t it the right way of romance. I ride bike with you. We pass by the shade and you put your arm around my waist.”
“You only want to me to hold your waist.”
After being found his intention, Domineering Guy became more thick-skinned, “I’m not claiming you are my boyfriend in public. I just want to ride bike with you. If we don’t have any intimate moment, what relationship does that make?”
Coquettish Guy really wanted to ask him about last night intimacy, but he restrained himself out of shyness, “Don’t make a scene when we are out in public, behave yourself”, Coquettish Guy felt speechless, “It’s weird for a man riding bike with another man. You fear that they don’t know our relationship, don’t you?”
Before Coquettish Guy had finished his words, they saw that The Glasses-guy sent Straight Guy back on a bike.”
Domineering Guy, “???!!!”
Coquettish Guy, “……???”
[102]
With a large gash in the shank, Straight Guy could not walk around. He would rest in the dorm when there was no course arrangement. When Domineering Guy wanted to get intimate with Coquettish Guy, he sensed Straight Guy’s presence.
Therefore, Domineering Guy cared much about the condition of Straight Guy’s injury, ordering the take-out of various nourishing soups for him every day. Straight Guy tried to refuse him in an indirect way, but Domineering Guy forced him and said, “We’re bothers. That’s what brothers do. ”
Then, this day, when The Glasses-guy came to visit Straight Guy with a not fully buttoned shirt on, Straight Guy flowed two lines of nosebleeds.
Under The Glasses-guy’s inquiry, Straight Guy told him the truth, “Last night, I had worm grass pig-bone soup, today is carp with bean curd soup. Boss said that drinking more soups can help me to recover quickly.”
The Glasses-guy pushed his eyeglasses, “It’s for promoting lactation.”
[103]
After Domineering Guy undertook a project with The Glasses-guy, they need face-to -face communication frequently. Because of lacking of study rooms in school, they had to communicate in the dorm at night.
After discussion, it was late. The Glasses-guy had to go back his dorm. Before leaving, The Glasses-guy suddenly turned to Straight Guy, “Give your student card to me. I’ll help you to punch in these days. Swipe Zhou Ming’s card at the canteen. He owes me.”
Straight Guy, “What’s going on?”
The Glasses-guy grabbed Straight Guy’s card. Seeing the innocent identification photo of Straight Guy, The Glasses-guy curved the corner of his mouth and closed the door.
[104]
Coquettish Guy did group discussion with his classmates in selective course. Without his wify’s companion at dinner, Domineering Guy got a bit angry and anxious and said to Straight Guy, “Zhou, what shall we eat？How about take-out?”
Straight Guy, “Sorry, Boss. The mid-term exam is coming. The upperclassman offered to help me to review specialized course knowledge.”
Domineering Guy, “Ok. You go.”
Then, Straight Guy also left the dorm.
Domineering Guy ordered a take-out alone and sadly, he felt like an elderly abandoned in the empty-nest.
[105]
For Straight Guy, the mid-term exam of gymnastic course was a challenge.
The teacher taught them a new set of movements and required students to show it in front of her one by one in mid-term exam. Straight Guy never experienced such a terrible thing his whole life. However, he was eager to get an A in this course, so he must take the mid-term exam seriously.
Straight Guy was reluctant to exercise in training room due to his heavy limbs. For fear of losing face, he recorded the actions of classmates with good performance and secretly learned it in the dorm.
This day, seeing Domineering Guy and Coquettish Guy leaving the dorm, Straight Guy signed in relief. He pressed the play button on his mobile phone and prepared to learn gymnastics movement. Unfortunately, Domineering Guy forgot to bring notebook and dashed back into the dorm, which scared Straight Guy very much. Straight Guy immediately covered the screen with a book.
The sharp-eyed Domineering Guy still saw it.
On the way to the classroom, Domineering Guy told Coquettish Guy with a gloomy face, “Wify, something is wrong. I saw Zhou secretly watching a video of a boy twisting waist in the dorm.”
[106]
Coquettish Guy felt Straight Guy’s problem was obvious. In the key point of forming three outlooks, he unfortunately lived with two gays and unconsciously accustomed to gay mode, which caused him insensitive to being gay and straight. Domineering Guy’s problem was also obvious. He saw everything from gay’s point. Others’ eyes were biological eyes, while his eyes were filtered to fathom the slightest gayness.
Coquettish Guy believed that Straight Guy was straight and he still was a pure and friendly high school student. Therefore, when Coquettish Guy pushed open the dorm door at night, finding Straight Guy were doing splits in the middle of the dorm with the soothing music, Coquettish Guy also felt confused.
Being caught exercising gymnastics secretly, Straight Guy was so nervous that he blushed, “Chen, why did you come back so abruptly.”
“I…The teacher has diarrhea, so, the class is over early.”
“Ok. Got it.”
The atmosphere became weird suddenly. Coquettish Guy quietly stared at Straight Guy who was doing splits on the floor. Straight Guy guiltily glanced back at Coquettish Guy. After a moment, “Can you pull me up?”
“What?”
“I went too far doing the split. I can’t stand up by myself.”
[107]
Finally, the mid-term examination of gymnastics was coming. They were required to display gymnastics in front of teacher one by one, the test order was in line with their registration number, and they could leave the classroom respectively once they finished the display. Boys were looking at each other in speechless despair, feeling that this definitely would be a shameful display.
Moreover, the earlier they were assigned to perform, the more embarrassed they would feel. Displaying alone and displaying in front of acquaintance was totally different. When thinking of upperclassman would watch his performance, Straight Guy blushed to his ears, even though he did not know the reason.
The Glasses-guy’s performance was assigned to perform last due to he was a sophomore. After finishing his display, Straight Guy walked up to upperclassman with a red face, “Upperclassman, do you want to eat together later? I can wait here.”
The Glasses-guy replied with a little stiffness, “No. Thank you.”
“It’s ok. I have nothing else to do. I can wait for you.”
“….” The Glasses-guy covered the belly abruptly and said in a weak and hurried voice, “Zhou, my stomach illness befell me again. Can you help me to get some painkiller? Hurry. I can’t take the exam otherwise.”
Straight Guy became nervous immediately, “What? Stomach illness! I’ll tell the teacher, you can’t take the exam.”
“That’s ok.” The Glasses-guy stopped him, “Old illness. Some painkiller would work. Zhou, can you help me？”
“Of course. Where is the pharmacy? On my way now. I’ll be right back.”
Watching Straight Guy leaving the room, The Glasses-guy finally relived. He thought, “I can feel less shameful when displaying gymnastics in front of the teacher.”
[108]
The Glasses-guy was packing up to leave the classroom. Suddenly, he found that Straight Guy’s backpack was left in the room. He assumed Straight Guy only carried some cash and a mobile phone and dashed out. The Glasses-guy bent over to pick the backpack up and put it on his shoulder, intending to send the backpack to Straight Guy’s dorm directly at night. He thought that Straight Guy would go back when he found the exam was over.
Soon after, the members of student union had to discuss something with The Glasses-guy in a meeting. Therefore, Straight Guy let the episode go for the moment. However, in the middle of the meeting, the door was knocked. The Glasses-guy opened the door, only to see breathless and sweaty Straight Guy.
The Glasses-guy gave a stop gesture to the people in the room. He walked out and closed the door. Straight Guy gave him medicine and a bottle of water, “Here …” It took him a long while to not pant, “The pharmacy is so far. Sorry I’m late. It still hurts now？”
The Glasses-guy was stunned.
Straight Guy, “I’m sorry, upperclassman. I didn’t find you in the classroom, sorry I ran too slowly. I sent you a message but you did not reply. So, I asked others and I finally found you. Take you medicine. Do you feel hurt still?”
The Glasses-guy swallowed the meds cheerfully. “It doesn’t hurt any more. Thank you.”
Straight Guy was amused, “It sure works fast.”
The Glasses-guy also smiled, “Yes, it does.”
[109]
It became less and less hot. The Glasses-guy proposed a two-day trip in the suburb after the mid-term exam, such as picking oranges and barbecue.
Then, a group of four people bounded for the suburb. They did not aware of something was wrong for a two-day trip without a girl member.
Without doubt, Domineering Guy and Coquettish Guy sat together in the car. The Glasses-guy was driving the car and Straight Guy sat beside him.
The car started. Domineering Guy took a little pillow out of the bag and put it on his shoulder. He pressed Coquettish Guy’s head on his shoulder and said softly, “If you are afraid of carsickness, take some rest. If you feel uncomfortable, you can rest your head on my legs.”
Hearing that, the two people in the front row looked back at them. Domineering Guy said in a brazen-faced way, “This is the responsibility of a married man. Singles boys like you two, you don’t understand.” Straight Guy was choked by Domineering Guy’s words and then bantered with him, “Boss, why did you only bring pillow for Chen? I’m also afraid of carsickness.”
Domineering Guy waved his hand, “You close your eyes quickly. Or you will vomit then.” The unloved Straight Guy turned his head back miserably.
He happened to see The Glasses-guy’s smiling look, “I have no experience in this so I don’t have a pillow, but I have a shoulder to offer.”
Straight Guy’s heart was waved a little and thought, “The upperclassman is so tantalizing even though he is just joking.”