Light and lingering.

“I settle for.”

Bai Zhi’s reply sounded and Ji Guichen’s eyes brightened. After a second, the corners of his lips hooked upwards and he lowered his head, revealing a slight smile. 

“Then I’ll cost a little bit of curiosity.”

“What?”

Bai Zhi didn’t perceive the that means of those phrases from Ji Guichen. Within the midst of his confusion, he noticed Ji Guichen method shut with a couple of steps.

Ji Guichen was very tall, taller than Xie Siliu by a head. Up to now Bai Zhi didn’t pay a lot consideration to this, however now he actually couldn’t not discover.

The individual in entrance of him used his top benefit to firmly block his view. Bai Zhi instinctively stepped again, and his leg ran into the lamp submit of the streetlight.

Useless finish.

The little demon thought silently.

Ji Guichen had already seen Bai Zhi’s distracted state. He didn’t say something, solely standing calmly in entrance of him and fixing his eyes on him unhurriedly.

The streetlight gave off a faint white radiance, reflecting off Ji Guichen’s hair, casting Bai Zhi’s face in shadow. Bai Zhi lastly got here again to his senses and raised his head to take a look at Ji Guichen in entrance of him. The gap between that individual and himself was already very shut. Bai Zhi may clearly hear his respiratory, out and in, tickling his ears.

Ji Guichen slowly bowed down, bent his left fingers on the knuckles, and drew a circle of shadows on Bai Zhi’s face. Bai Zhi lowered his head uncomfortably, gripped the corners of his shirt along with his palms, after which he heard a bout of sunshine laughter. Bai Zhi regarded up and blinked his eyes, after which Ji Guichen lowered his head.

The lip-to-lip contact was each light and lingering. Because the clock struck eleven at evening, the bell tower on their road presently rang, its melodious sound ringing in all 4 instructions. Bai Zhi tilted his head again, with each eyes closed tightly and each palms unconsciously pressed in opposition to Ji Guichen’s again.

Dong, dong, dong. The clock lazily sounded eleven instances. The kissing shadows of the 2 below the streetlight steadily separated.

Bai Zhi buried his face in Ji Guichen’s chest. Along with his head lowered, he didn’t say something. Ji Guichen kneaded the again of his neck soothingly, and presently reached out to drag him into his embrace:

“I’ll take accountability.”

Bai Zhi replied in a small voice: “I, I may also take accountability.”

Ji Guichen had laughed regardless of himself by somebody’s foolish reply: “Okay.”

“Pinky promise.”

Bai Zhi regarded up and prolonged a finger: “So long as Heaven is above, you should not violate your oath.”

“The place did you study to say these sorts of issues?” Ji Guichen reached out and patted his head.

Bai Zhi grew to become sad: “Do you pinky promise with me or not?”

Ji Guichen hooked his pinky instantly, urgent down along with his thumb to seal it closely: “Swear on this pinky to not change in 100 years.”

Bai Zhi smiled out of the blue. Ji Guichen lifted his wrist and checked the time, saying:

“It’s getting late, you need to return and relaxation.”

Bai Zhi nodded reluctantly. On his approach again, he stored turning his head again to look in Ji Guichen’s course.

Ji Guichen stood the place he was with a small smile as he watched Bai Zhi go upstairs. He stayed till the lights on Bai Zhi’s flooring went out, and solely then did he take a deep breath, flip round slowly, and stroll away.

When the solar rose the following day and Bai Zhi woke, his thoughts was nonetheless occupied by the kiss from final evening.

He touched his personal lips in a daze, sitting on the mattress for half a day earlier than coming again to his senses:

“Uncle, yesterday, Ji Guichen and I formally acquired collectively proper?”

The system snorted: “A person’s religion, a deceitful wraith. [1] Who have been the 2 individuals final evening who swore to be chargeable for one another final evening and forgot all about it after one evening of sleep?”

Bai Zhi furrowed his forehead: “I didn’t neglect!”

“Oh?”

“I used to be too completely satisfied, so I stored on pondering it was simply me dreaming once more.” Bai Zhi smiled embarrassedly: “Then I’m going to highschool to satisfy Ji Guichen now.”

When he arrived on the classroom Ji Guichen occurred to be exiting it. With one step of his equalling three of others’, Bai Zhi walked in entrance of him and spoke up: “Good morning Ji Guichen.” 

Ji Guichen nodded: “Did you end your homework?”

[1] 男人的嘴，骗人的鬼 – lit. a person’s mouth, a mendacity ghost. (I modified it a bit to rhyme in English :p ) Used to explain the stereotype of males who promise issues out loud (esp in love) with out actually that means it.