Chapter 6

                                    

                                          
Author notes: This is my first attempt writing YiZhan. English is not my first language, so please forgive my mistakes and awkward writing. This is NOT for profit. I don't own them. AU and maybe OOC.
                          
Author Notes: Thanks for the votes! They feed this humble attention seeker. 

                          
Thanks to CALActorsTypist for editing this.

                          
Chapter 6
                          


                          
City lights always fascinated him, since he was a child. He turned off all the lights in the apartment and stood in front of a large window watching them. He didn't miss Shanghai's lights at all while being here. He served himself a shot of whiskey and just observed the city through the window.
                          
He really didn't know what possessed him to make that proposition to Yi Bo. Honestly, the business reason was completely valid in his book, but there was something else and he knew it. 
                          
Shameless, he thought. Since when was he so shameless? He wanted the younger man near him. No, he needed him near. He was really taken aback by the sheer attraction he felt towards Yi Bo.
                          
It was really unexplainable. He have met beautiful men before. Some have attracted him enough to share the bed with them, some others, he had just admired them from afar. However, none of them had had that intense pull on him.
                          
Yi Bo was beautiful, but there was something else. Something that he had not found out yet. Something intangible. He felt a little guilty now. Yi Bo's face had lost its color when Xiao Zhan had told him to move in with him. That had been a bold move, but it was worth it.
                          
It had proved that Yi Bo was not indifferent towards him. The young man had looked so nervous. He didn't even answer in a complete sentence. He had just said "Mn," immediately going for his stuff.
                          
He had installed his belongings in one of the bedrooms and got ready to go out shopping for the right wardrobe to wear as Zhan's cousin.
                          
That had been a torturing experience. Yi Bo had modeled every fucking outfit to him. Man, that body! Zhan had been salivating the whole time. It had been extremely hard to keep his poker face. Those abs were to die for.  
                          
Remembering this, Xiao Zhan smirked. Now, he had Yi Bo exactly where he wanted him. Now what? What should he do? What did he want?
                          
I just want to be near him, was the honest answer his brain had provided him
                          
But, is it really enough for me? Just watching and never touching him. That will have to do. I don't want to hurt him. I won't impose myself on him. But I want...
                          
He had been lost in this train of thought so he hadn't realized Yi Bo had walked silently towards him.
                          
"Sir," Yi Bo had called him.
                          
Zhan was startled, he had looked up and had seen Yi Bo standing in the middle of the living room.
                          
"Yes, Yi Bo?"
                          
"I have a question, sir."
                          
"Tell me."
                          
"When am I supposed to start this...?" Yi Bo hadn't finished the question. He had just looked at the floor shyly.
                          
"This new assignment?" Zhan completed.
                          
"Yeah..."
                          
"Tomorrow morning."
                          
"Mn," had answered Yi Bo, nodding in understanding.
                          
Yi Bo had been about to leave the room, when Zhan called him.
                          
"Yi Bo... remember, you need to be more... familiar with me."
                          
Yi Bo had just stared at him. Lost for words.
                          
"How...?" Yi Bo had asked.
                          
"Please, call me Zhan ge. I'll call you Bo di."
                          
"Yes, sir," Yi Bo answered automatically."
                          
"Bo di..."
                          
"Sorry...Zhan ge." He had said in an almost inaudible voice that had sent shivers down Zhan's spine.
                          
"Don't worry Bo di," Zhan answered.
                          
"I'm going to sleep now," Yi Bo said, doubting it very much.
                          
"Sleep well, we have an early call tomorrow."
                          
Without saying anything else, Yi Bo had turned on his heels and went to his room.
                          
And here he was, figuring out what had he done and asking himself how he was going to sleep for a minute knowing that Yi Bo was next door... in bed. He poured himself another shot of whiskey and drank it.