‘Why do you appear like that?’ 

‘Do I look that pitiful to you?’ 

‘I do not want such sincerity coming from you!’ 

Zeke gurgled, shakily touching his bloodied lips and felt a lingering petal caught to it. He may really feel his life flashed in his eyes, black dots began swarming in his imaginative and prescient and it was changing into more durable and more durable to breathe. 

His imaginative and prescient grew to become blurry and all he may see was Jian Yu’s frantic face. A smile tugged at his lips as his imaginative and prescient grew darker and darker. 

Till it was solely left with a whole lot of shouting and darkness. 

However possibly nothingness was higher than the sickening vacancy that introduced nothing however ache to him. 

***

Zeke gasped, sucking a really, very clear breath for the primary time he awoke. 

“Hey, hey, you okay?” 

A hand shook his shoulder gently and Zeke sucked in a breath as he acknowledged the proprietor of the voice. It was onerous to not when it got here from the one you had been simping for. 

“You might be fortunate I discovered you earlier than Mika determined to make ridiculous lacking posters along with your face all over the place.” Jian Yu mumbled one thing akin with derpy faces. 

“What…?” Zeke rubbed his bleary eyes away and sat up, wanting confused. 

Jian Yu blinked at him, he was nonetheless sitting in entrance of the bench Zeke was presently sleeping on. The Beta introduced a hand to Zeke’s brow, nearly frowning on the excessive temperature. “You can have informed us you might be sick, y’know. We will at all times postpone the journey for you.” 

Lastly, after a complete two minutes, whereas Jian Yu patiently waited for him, realization dawned on Zeke. 

The surroundings lastly cleared up and Zeke seen he had fallen asleep on some random bench within the carnival. He recalled how the biting chill from the chilly wintery climate had solely worsened his chilly; how he wished to discover a place to take a seat and ended up sleeping on it. 

To not point out, WITH A HORRIBLE NIGHTMARE!

Nicely, he must be grateful he did not sleep and freeze to dying proper right here after which however nonetheless! Why such a nightmare! The truth that he may bear in mind each little bit of it despatched chills down the Alpha’s backbone. 

“Are you okay? Wanna head again first?” 

Zeke was busy groaning and grateful that these horrible moments had been solely nightmares when he registered the query. His eyes turned to have a look at Jian Yu. 

The silverette was buzzing, fingers tucked inside his coat pockets and breath misting in white puffs. All in all, he appeared joyful to be right here and Zeke could not bear to danger it for his personal well being. 

When Zeke rejected the Beta’s provide, Jian Yu frowned, asking if he was actually okay or not, as a result of the Alpha’s complexion wasn’t wanting actually good. 

However Zeke had minimize him to it earlier than he may say something, main him to numerous stalls whereas grumbling about ditching Mika and the others as a result of why not? 

The carnival was so crowded that each of them had been swept up by the ocean of people till Jian Yu lastly made up his thoughts. 

The silverette reached out, ensuring that his hand he is closing his fingers on had been Zeke’s. The second he did, the Alpha had frozen and change into stiff sooner or later earlier than glancing over his shoulder to have a look at Jian Yu, then again to the connecting fingers. 

He appeared so confused and nervous that Jian Yu nearly chuckled on the sight, however the silver-haired man hanged on, gripping the hand in his tighter. 

“Let’s go, deal with this as our crimson string of destiny,” Jian Yu cleared his throat, his voice in the next pitch as he was fairly embarrassed however he tried to not. He stored his gaze ahead earlier than persevering with. “We’ll get seperated, in any other case.” 

Speaking like this wasn’t his forte, it was Zeke’s. However he tried his greatest and the response he bought was completely price it. It appeared the Alpha had by no means been within the receiving finish earlier than as he was silent and gaping at Jian Yu, shocked to stillness. 

It took some time for the black-haired man to lastly spark again to life and quietly rearrange their fingers, lacing their fingers collectively. “You positive?” He requested, voice tender as he stepped nearer. 

To be trustworthy, Jian Yu wished to ask why he would ask one thing like that. Was he apprehensive about Jian Yu’s desire in public shows of affection? Simply how way more kinder Zeke wished to be, he was already too considerate for an Alpha with a standing like him. 

“In fact.” The youthful man gave the hand a squeeze. 

The impact was speedy. A small smile made its technique to the older’s mouth earlier than melting into an oozy grin that Jian Yu may really feel radiating throughout him. 

It solely took a couple of extra minutes for Zeke to reconfirm once more earlier than a full fledged grin burst open, an amazing joyful squeals of laughter adopted and Jian Yu could not assist however wished to observe as nicely. 

The Alpha tugged their joined fingers, pulling Jian Yu nearer to him and the Beta instantly leant in, huddling himself nearer to Zeke, soaking himself within the heat. 

The couple continued their journey by the carnival with their newly joined fingers. 

And none of them wished to tug away. 

XXX THE END XXX

NB: Simply an alternate universe, there is no connection between this and the plot of the story. 

Hello all! That is only a particular chapter I made to have fun christmas, hope you get pleasure from it! By no means deliberate for it to be angtsy within the center, however I could not assist it XD.

Now I am even desirous about making it vice versa. What if Jian Yu was the one having the hanahaki illness, how wouldn’t it end up? 

What do you guys suppose? 

Anyway, Merry Christmas and Joyful New Yr! I Hope you all have a contented vacation! Keep protected, keep wholesome! Eat tons, drink tons! Keep hydrated! 

Thanks for studying my silly shits!