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Mo Guan Shan couldn't believe how easily he'd been swayed to accompany Jian Yi and Zheng Xi. It was the week end of winter holidays before school was resuming class next week and here he was, choosing to spend it with these two idiots, plus a third even bigger idiot that was coming by in just half an hour. It should have been better considering said idiot wasn't here yet. At least he had time to relax and take a breather before his presence came to knock down any resolve he had.
"So Zheng Xi, there's that one game I was telling you about that comes out next Tuesday!"
Zheng Xi cocked an eyebrow, "But if it's on a Tuesday, that means we'll be in school at the time, I don't see your point."
Jian Yi gave an exasperated sigh as though Zheng Xi hadn't caught on, "That 's exactly my point. We can pretend to be sick. You know, I'll pretend to break my arm while you pretend to have a fever and-"
"Like, how on earth is that supposed to work?" Zheng Xi gaped at him. "When you're missing from school, the head office calls your home."
"So what? Just ask your little sister to cover for you. Promise to take her with us when we go out or-
"What the hell do you mean 'ask her to cover'? She'll be at school during that time, dumbass!"
"Oh yeah..."
A pause followed during which Mo was just absentmindedly checking his phone. He Tian had just sent him a text saying he'd be a little late. For some reason, the feeling he felt towards that felt a little...off. He was glad that He Tian wasn't here already, so why was he still feeling somehow left out?
"Hey reddie...could you maybe help us escape school?" asked Jian Yi.
"Like hell I will. What makes you two idiots even think I'd want to?" he retorted. In truth, the idea didn't seem that bad, the only problem was that every time he was with them, all sorts of shenanigans would happen, mainly involving a certain dark-haired someone.
"Come on Red, nothing would happen, it won't be like that one time where we escaped that shop owner and then that raccoon-"
"If you want, I could really break your arm."
Jian Yi recoiled. "ZHENG XIXI DID YOU HEAR THAT? HE SAID HE WAS GONNA BREAK MY ARM!"
"Oi, don't be so loud!" shouted Zheng Xi from somewhere in the kitchen. A sound of a fridge opened. "And it serves you right for thinking up that idea in the first place."
"XiXi why are you on Redhead's side!?"
Mo rolled his eyes and continued looking at the screen.
The doorbell rung. Mo inwardly cursed. Great. Now with two shitheads, fate was gonna give him a third. Ignoring the bantering in the kitchen happening, he opened the door expecting the bane of his inner thoughts...only to be met with a middle-aged man in uniform holding a medium package. The annoyance washed from his face immediately.
"umm..." he said, unsure.
The man spoke. "Is this Black Pines apartment #34 in Zhengzhou, from Henan Province, 18350?"
"Uhh..."
"What's going on, Redhead? Did He Tian come?" With Zheng Xi following, Jian Yi stopped at the sight of the stranger outside the door now looking a bit annoyed. "Wait, who're you and why are you here?"
"I assume you're the owner of this apartment. I have a package for you."
"Package? But wait- I didn't order anything! What the hell do you mean it's for me?"
"Not my problem, I'm just here to deliver, have a good one." said the deliverer indifferently. He thrust the package at him, and by their contents alone, it didn't seem to be too heavy.
"What does the address on the box say?" Zheng Xi peered at the lettering. "It does show the correct address, but-hey the name's different!"
"It could be from that white-haired gangster!" exclaimed Jian Yi. "It might have something valuable inside!"
"Like more money?"
"Wait, it's not from that one white-haired guy. It's for somebody else. Still, there could be money inside! Maybe a new game counsel!"
"Well it's way too light to be that." answered Mo, now thrusting the package at Jian Yi. Despite his better judgement, he was actually interested in knowing its contents. He knew it couldn't hold something like a Playstation 3 (the dimensions were off, anyway), but maybe it could have money, or a new iPhone, or something of equal value. Was he going to pass up this opportunity?
"We should put it to a vote," how about, whatever of value is in there, we should split it three ways."
Jian Yi scowled, "but it was addressed to my apartment."
"It was dipshit, but it wasn't for you except this..." He read the name. "Mr. Chen ."
Zheng Xi looked skeptical about this, yet he could see Jian Yi looking as though he had a fair point.
"Fine, okay then." said Jian Yi. "We'll pinky swear on it. Whoever here today in the presence of this package will henceforth receive its contents in equal parts!" Zheng Xi lifted his pinky as well.
"What the fuck kind of swear is that?"
"You have to swear, Reddie!" Jian Yi reminded. Mo grit his teeth and lifted his own, almost smashing his fingers against the other two's.
With a knife from the kitchen provided by Zheng Xi, Jian Yi cut the package down the middle then to the sides, opening the flap. Even though it seemed like they were just opening a package, Mo couldn't help but hold his breath. Inside could be anything. Money, a lifetime supply of tickets, free store coupons, subscription passes to retail stores, at the very least- a year's supply of phone chargers...
Turns out, it was none of those things. It was the last thing he'd ever expected from an unknown package.
"Oh my God. No way!"
Jian Yi looked confused. Zheng Xi's face twisted into one of horror. He guessed his own was somewhere between the two, for at eye level, Jian Yi was holding up what appeared to be a pair of undergarments. But not just any kind of undergarments. A bikini-looking one white in color with frilly lace on the side and which had red hearts decorated. It had drawstrings on the side but worse, left very little to the imagination should someone put it on.
"Why the hell are you touching that?!" Mo said in horror.
"Whoa, this is pretty scanty for a bikini." remarked Jian Yi, looking it up and down and turning it this way and that. "How was something like this even delivered here?"
For once, Mo couldn't even find the resolve to answer. He felt his face grow hot. There was more, he realized in horror. As Jian Yi emptied the contents out on the floor for each of them to see, he could see they all were brand new, with price tags still attached, all belonging to some store neither of them had recognized.
"What the hell? Ties and Thighs? What the hell kind of store is THAT? Thirty dollars just for this little thing? It barely even covers anything! Plus, they look kinda...different." Zheng Xi held up one that looked like a red t-back but with some cloth that seemed to cover the lower front region of the body. If he could just imagine it on a mannequin (fuck no, he'd never imagine it on a girl like some pervert!) then the cloth part would be the perfect place to conceal some extra room. Like balls-
Wait.
Wait.
No way.
He dropped the tag. Zheng Xi also realized at the same time and was the only one who could say anything in the dead silence. Even Jian Yi dropped the panties.
"I...I don't think they're for...women..." Zheng Xi said slowly.
More silence. Even Jian Yi now looked shocked. Now all three towered over the piece of lingerie sitting innocently on the ground like it was some strange alien creature. Mo knew that the other two were thinking the exact same thing as him. Whoever ordered this were certainly one kinky bastard and wouldn't be one bit happy to find that his merchandise was opened by three very young very horrified teenagers.
Well, two horrified teenagers.
"Oh my gosh, Zheng Xi, that Mr. Chen is one kinky bastard!" Jian Yi burst out laughing. To everyone's surprise (and disgust), he picked the underwear and was now tossing it around in their faces. "If he finds we're opening his lingerie collection he's gonna be pissed!"
"Jian, there's no freakin' way he'll even ask us for the missing package in the first place! Not with what's inside!" Xheng Xi scolded, swatting at the lingerie with distaste.
"Who'd even want such trash as this?" Mo burst out. And suddenly against his better judgement, his mind unhelpfully flashed him an image of a faceless person- naked, with shining limbs tanned against the burning light of a lamp in a dark room...wearing a frilly white thong...a certain someone with strong biceps and dark hair fringing their face...
Mo shuddered, and then immediately wanted to beat himself for thinking such thoughts. What the fuck kind of thought was that?
"Ooooh so you were imagining it on someone then!" teased Jian Yi, looking at Mo carefully. "Who were you imagining with it on?"
He could have throttled Jian Yi right then and there if it wasn't for Zheng Xi miraculously deciding to interrupt them with a shout somewhere feet away and looking at the package. "Hey, what's going to happen to all these um...panties if the guy won't take them. Jian, didn't you say something long ago about a "Mr. Chen" who used to live here and who left the bathroom with cockroaches when you first moved in?"
This sparked Jian Yi's face to recognition. "Oh yeah! That guy! Well, his loss then, he sent it to the wrong address. Too bad, guy won't be able to get his panties."
"UGH, can you STOP saying the word 'panties'?!" Mo yelled, feeling himself turn red.
"What d'you mean stop? I'm only telling them what they are!"
"Well, it's fuckin' disgusting! And get rid of them!"
Now it was Jian Yi to look shocked. "What d'you mean get rid of it? You mean to tell me we're gonna be throwing out someone's package in the garbage? All that?"
"Jian, Guan Shan's kind of right. Besides, it's not like we can er...use them."
For as long as Mo lived, whether he be in his mid-twenties, rich, poor, or an old man, he'd never be able to find the resolve to forgive Zheng Xi for that comment, for it became a catalyst for disaster.
"But...but what if we could?"
"What if we could what?" Zheng Xi prodded.
Jian Yi sighed exasperatedly, as though the others were idiots and not catching on. "What if we could use them- try them on!"
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that." Zheng Xi said quickly.
"You really want a broken arm that badly?" Mo asked. But despite the threat, Jian Yi didn't look at all that fazed when he had threatened him earlier. Jian had this wild determination in his eyes that spelled trouble. Once those eyes were lit up, he knew that his best friend would find no way to refuse.
"Guys I'm serious!" Jian seemed to plead. "I heard somewhere that certain underwear actually increases macho levels in men. I heard it once on the Discovery Channel!"
"That's a fuckin' animal documentary!" spurt Mo furiously. "And who the fuck would even say some bullshit like that?"
"Okay, maybe it wasn't the Discovery Channel, but I think it was the internet or something. Apparently panties which are made from this material are super hard to come by since they're made with 100% silk! Supposedly there's scientific research to prove that sports guys wear them to prevent the itchiness that comes with wearing boxers and briefs!"
"So what do you suggest, that we try them on? Cause there's no way I'm trying them on first." Zheng Xi said.
Jian Yi looked at Mo.
"No." he said, almost immediately.
"Aw come on, Reddie, do it for the science!"
"You're out of your mind! You wear them!"
"If you don't, I'll show He Tian that recording of you in the hospital!"
"What recor-" And then he remembered. He grit his teeth so hard that he felt they would break. Almost immediately, Zheng Xi leaped forward in front as if to block Mo. "YOU MEAN YOU TAPED ALL THAT SHIT?"
Jian Yi to his credit bravely nodded, holding up his phone. "So, if you don't want me to send it, you have to try one of these on." he said, motioning to the pile.
With flashing eyes, he looked at Jian Yi and Zheng Xi, then at the pile of frilly lingerie and wondered if it could be possible to cover up a murder before the police would come . But then, with a self control he didn't know he had, he only glared at the pair of them, grabbed a random one from the pile and retreated behind the couch. "Alright, but I need you to wait in the other room. And I swear to god, if I even see so much as any of you peeking, I'm going to murder you."
Jian Yi and Zheng Xi obediently made their way to what he figured, would be Jian Yi's bedroom, closing the door behind them. He thought he could hear a snicker from behind the door.
He took one of the panties and threw it at their door. "Fuckin' bastards!" he hissed. Then he got to work.
With every ounce of hesitation, he had trouble unbuttoning his jeans with shaking hands. It felt like he was going to strip nude in front of an entire audience. Well, it pretty much was like that. As soon as he'd be done, he was definitely going to kill the blond. Even if his gangster buddies would come after him.
In his anger over the pair of idiots, he had been dismayed to realize that, out of all the bunches, he had picked the most frilly one. It was a light blue and white striped that resembled a jockstrap but which was in actuality a thong with a t-back.
He spent quite a lot of time putting it on, twisting this way and that and gritting his teeth as he wondered what kind of mess he'd gotten into with these idiots.
At last, having been fully naked and managing to put it on the correct way after several errors, he was almost compelled to puke as he made his way to the full sized mirror, breath held.
He stared.
Well, gawked.
Is this really me? He thought.
"Oi redhead, you done yet?" came Jian Yi's voice from the bedroom.
"Just a second!" he bellowed back. Then he turned his face to the mirror.
Now, he would never admit it to anyone, but he thought he looked...well, not bad.
His muscles looked pretty prominent, and he hated to admit it, the cloth material around his, well...thing, felt a lot more comfortable. Better than the cotton in his normal briefs which would usually feel scratchy. He thought back to what Jian Yi had said about men wearing it due to the cloth material. For the life of him, he would forever wonder if Jian Yi's idiocy was contagious enough to have sparked this unusual curiousity within him. Could what that idiot have said been true?
I must be mental he thought, desperately. And then, suddenly against his better judgment, his mind drifted to what He Tian would say. What would he say if he saw him now? He was always constantly harassing him, teasing him in ways which always sent unwanted tingles down his stomach and somewhere else.
Turning this way and that, he was met with the horrible realization that if He Tian were to catch him like this now, there would be no end to his teasing. Or worse, he would use it to his advantage and-
As the redhead was turning this way and that in front of the mirror, cursing at himself for his cowardice and especially at his thoughts of wondering about He Tian looking at him, he failed to realize the unlocked door opening slowly behind him.
He was just angling his legs to see behind the lace covering his nether regions when a smooth voice dripping with playfulness broke the silence.
"Well, well, well lil' Mo.."
At once Mo felt his entire body wash to a thousand degrees in one second as he spun around, jumping a foot in the air to find to his complete horror the very guy he wished not be seen with.
"Wha-you-!-ARGH!"
He stumbled from the carpet in terror, yelping and tripping against a pillow which had been on the floor put by Jian Yi. A crash was heard at which Mo came stumbling over the couch, pelting almost headfirst into the table holding a lamp, but only being saved by tacking his head underneath it. Now with his middle bent over the couch, it looked, quite literally, like he was presenting his ass up in the air to He Tian.
Right there, in lingerie he should NEVER have worn. All exposed.
There was the longest silence Mo had had ever witnessed. He was reluctant to get up from his original position due to two reasons: one was that it required strength. The other was that he would die of embarrassment facing He Tian. The longest pause ensued, and he could swear he felt he Tian was undoubtedly watching him. No, scratch that. He knew He Tian was watching him closely. But he broke the silence eventually.
"OOoo Lil' Mo, didn't know you liked this kind of stuff~" teased He Tian from somewhere above and behind him. "If you wanted my attention so much, you could have just asked..."
"Fuck you, get away!" He was dismayed to hear his voice was cracked, desperate. He felt the footsteps get ominously closer, and then, a pair of dexterous cold fingers on his warm back made him coil upwards in shock. "What-get away!"
"Oooh, your ass looked so nice when you arched your back just now." teased He Tian from above. "Just like a peach."
"Fuck you, you pervert!"
"Why would I do that, Momo,". He heard a chuckle up above, but the He Tian's tone felt very different than normal. "...when you're right here?" To his horror, Mo felt those smooth dexterous hands move down his back, trekking their way through the pale contours of his skin to the frilly panties covering him. He sputtered.
"You-He Tian what the hell are you-"
"Hmm, the elasticity on this is pretty amazing, commented He Tian, never taking his eyes off how the lace hugged tightly around the pert ass spread before him. He Tian felt a little breathless, one finger curling around the thin laced bows. He felt the other male twitch underneath his ministrations, and that movement alone triggered a ripple of pale skin through his pert ass. He felt all reason leave his body. Here was an ass. Mo's ass. In PANTIES. Panties which were hugging him perfectly. He would never dream this opportunity would come. Without realizing what he was really saying or doing, he continued, with lower voice, almost like a whisper.
"These...these look great on you." he said without thinking. "They're very stretchy in certain areas..." A finger slid in between the thin string separating both his buttocks. By now, he felt Mo more than twitch underneath him and he could also feel something twitch in his pants. He hadn't realized he was almost flush against the other's back. "I wonder how far this can stretch..."
"He-Tian you-stop it!"
And just then, at that moment as if things couldn't be any worse, the sound of a door opened, and the elastic that He Tian ha drawn back, snapped back at Mo's buttocks, making him yelp. Jian Yi and Zheng Xi entered the room.
"Oi, are you finished ye-"
Then the pair caught sight of Mo- bent over the couch facing them with a tomato face. Then He Tian behind him frozen in spot.
"WE'RE SORRY, REDHEAD, WE DIDN'T KNOW YOU WEREN'T READY YET!"