Captured By The Cold Detective (BL)-Chapter 595: Flashback (4)

cw: mild sexual description

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Could they truly be considered friends?

Zhong Yun believed they could. After all, they had exchanged contact information, they knew each other’s favorite food (breakfast at the vendor uncle), and they had even spent New Year’s Eve together! But if that were the case, why have they never hung out even once?

He was aware it was mainly because of Qin Zhen’s nightly job and his own occupation which required him to fulfill client’s demands around the clock. But was it really a valid excuse for them not to hang out— or at least have breakfast together?!

The more Zhong Yun mulled over this, the more ridiculous it seemed. And thus, five months after their first encounter, Zhong Yun finally decided to summon the courage to bring Qin Zhen breakfast when the man did not show up at the vendor at the usual time.

He must be tired after working all night, Zhong Yun surmised. After all, the club must have reached the peak of its business during the weekend. With that thought in mind, Zhong Yun asked the vendor uncle to pack him a portion of bone soup, intending to show his brotherly care to nurture their budding friendship.

Along the way there, he couldn’t quite suppress the mischievous grin on his face as he imagined Qin Zhen’s surprised face when he opened the door later.

Alas, never had he expected that the tables would turn, and he would be the one receiving the biggest shock of his life.

As he climbed the stairs and turned the corner toward Qin Zhen’s room, he was greeted by the sight of the man himself, pinned against the wall by another man with their lips locked in a passionate and fervent kiss. Perhaps shock was not even adequate to describe what Zhong Yun was feeling at that moment. He froze in his tracks, eyes going round and jaws hanging ajar. He would have dropped the plastic bag in his hand were it not for the scalding soup that burned his skin, snapping him out of his stupor.

"W–Wait..." Qin Zhen gasped into the other person’s mouth, attempting to push him away to no avail. "Let’s go inside first... I–I heard... ah!" A filthy moan escaped his lips when the man grinded his knee against Qin Zhen’s groin.

Qin Zhen fumbled to open the door, the man making it difficult for him to do so by hugging him from behind and kissing the back of his neck, producing a loud smooching sound that echoed in the desolate corridor. The door swung open at the same time as the man slipped his hand into Qin Zhen’s shirt – the shirt that always appeared neat and immaculate – now wrinkly and disheveled. The two of them stumbled inside, their lips connecting yet again, and the door slammed shut with a resounding bang.

All the while, Zhong Yun stood rooted in place, his breath suspended in his throat.

That brief scene seemed to have seared itself behind his eyelids. As he stood there, he was able to recollect everything with a painful clarity. The crimson hue on the corner of Qin Zhen’s eyes, the beautiful flush that tinted his usually pale cheeks, the layer of moisture in his honey-brown eyes, the obvious tent in his slacks, the glaring hickeys on his fair neck, and his voice... oh God, those little filthy sounds he was making...

So he can make that kind of erotic sound, Zhong Yun thought in a daze as he tucked away that little information inside his mind.

It was another side of Qin Zhen he had never seen before, and it was so... so...

"Wha—" Zhong Yun was aghast when he registered the changes in his own body. Fuck, fuck, fuck, why would he... why did he get a boner just because of this?! Covering his growing arousal with the plastic bag, Zhong Yun scrambled away from that place with his tail tucked between his legs.

Upon reaching home, he instantly dropped the plastic bag on the doorway, uncaring if the soup spilled out and splashed all over the floor. He made his way straight to the bathroom and turned on the shower to the lowest temperature, desperate to tamper down the coiling heat within his body.

Why are you hard, for God’s sake?!

Zhong Yun cursed and berated himself inwardly. Alas, even the chilling water failed to dispel the vivid images etched in his mind. Qin Zhen with his fingers tangled in the other person’s hair, Qin Zhen with his neck craned beautifully as he allowed the other person to plunder his mouth, Qin Zhen with pretty tears on the corner of his eyes...

What were they doing inside that house, he wondered? Surely, they must be entangled in bed by now. Surely, the other man must have continued to kiss and bite until Qin Zhen’s entire body was littered with rosy marks that stood out against his fair complexion. Surely—

When Zhong Yun snapped back to reality, he found his hand wrapped around his cock as he pumped himself to completion with those vivid yet improper thoughts in his mind.

As his release shot all over the bathroom tiles before being carried down the drain by the flowing water, Zhong Yun couldn’t help but let out a hoarse and ironic laugh. "Fuck..."

Friendship? Admiration? What a whole load of bullshit.

It was glaringly obvious that he harbored a massive crush on Qin Zhen, most likely since the first time he’d seen the man in the breakfast stall. He was attracted to Qin Zhen romantically. He wanted to get closer to him, know more about him, touch him, kiss him, make him laugh, and fuck him into the bed just like what that lucky bastard was undoubtedly doing right this very moment.

But how could this be possible? Zhong Yun had only ever been interested in women until now. More importantly, both him and Qin Zhen were male Betas! Nothing would come to fruition even if they were together!

Yet, did it even matter now?

He had realized his feelings too late, and Qin Zhen already had a partner by his side. Zhong Yun would only be destroying the man’s relationship if he were to force his way in – as well as their friendship, if it indeed existed. No matter how much he liked Qin Zhen, no matter how much he wanted the man to be his, he couldn’t bear to do anything that would make him sad. Wearing a gloomy face, Zhong Yun listlessly cleaned himself and changed into fresh clothes.

From that day forward, he began to avoid Qin Zhen, no longer following him around like an eager puppy.

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A/N: Hi everyone, I’m extremely sorry for the one-Chapter update QAQ I will be going on a trip with my fam until the 20th, so I’ve been busy packing these days. Updates will be scarce during this week. I will still try my best to update whenever I can!