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"One Pumpkin Spiced Latte, 2 pumps of sugar, please"
Xiao Zhan took a deep, deep breath. So it was Pumpkin Spiced Latte for today.
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(Flashback)
Xiao Zhan is the CEO of a furniture company, a job that is not exactly what he wanted to do, but his family had somehow made him agreed on taking over the company from his sick dad.The only thing he enjoys about making furniture is imagining how it would looks like on someone's home, how the interiors would be much better with the stuff his company's made.
Every single day, he would get a coffee from a Starbuck right across his office at 3 PM. After years of going there with nothing in mind, he eventually met a young man, a boy, even, with plump, kissable lips, slightly messy hair, great fashion sense, and an unbelievably cute face.
Xiao Zhan always knows he wasn't straight, but the moment he saw the pretty boy, he had never feels more gay.
They both ended up chatting with each other, never really swapping their names, for their entire one hour conversation, just talking about random things. Xiao Zhan likes how simple and yet intriguing the boy is, and he loves the fact that the boy proves that he wasn't just a pretty face, but also someone who is smart, witty, bratty at times, and oh, for the love unicorns, that boy was flirty
It wasn't very obvious, on their first encounter, but day after day, the both of them keeps finding each other, in that Starbucks, deciding to sit together on the corner of the famed coffee's shop, talking for an hour, as Xiao Zhan have to get back to work right after. And on those days, he noticed how mischieveous and flirtatious that pretty didi is.
It started like this : Xiao Zhan when Xiao Zhan comes in to the shop on Friday, at 2:45 PM, just a bit earlier than he usually is, he saw his pretty didi on the counter, choosing his drink for the day
That boy love to switch his coffee, ordering new things every single day, a complete different from Xiao Zhan, who orders the same thing : Hot Americano.
He had decided to buy Starbuck's brand new Unicorn Frappuchino, which looks like a rainbow vomit in Xiao Zhan's eyes, but his pretty didi seems to be interested enough, that is, until the young boy saw the drink's price.
"Aw, it was way much more expensive than the usual!" He complained. The Barista offers him an apologetic smile,
"Sorry, the store decided the pricing. It's the hot thing lately" he explained.
The young boy sighed, deciding he would order for something else, until Xiao Zhan swoops in, deciding to give his pretty didi his Unicorn-Vomit Frappuchino.
"I'll pay, didi. Do you still want that thing?" He asks suddenly, startling the boy. His didi laughs, "ah, it's a unicorn frappuchino, gege! Not just a thing" he said, wiggling a finger in Xiao Zhan's face. Xiao Zhan chuckled,amused. For someone who could have a heated conversation about politics with Xiao Zhan, his pretty didi certainly is quite childish.
"Give me that Unicorn drink. And one Hot Americano, please" Xiao Zhan ordered. "One Unicorn Frappuchino and one Hot Americano for Laoban, coming right up!" The barista sings. Xiao Zhan chuckles.
It was one of the reasons why the two never manages to know each other's names, as the Starbucks employee's here are well-acquintanced with him, and they always called him Laoban, after hearing his head security (Xiao Zhan family hired a private security company to guard their family members, recruiting bodyguards from them) called him the name, when Xiao Zhan decided to bring the guy with him to the coffee shop one day.
And, much to Xiao Zhan's dissapointment, he did not see his pretty didi's name on their first encounter, because days after, the boy had always order under the pseudonym , "Kong". Xiao Zhan guessed that it was his last name, but his didi laughed and told him that it wasn't the reason why he choose that name.
They took their drinks to their usual corner, sitting facing each other, talking about many different topics, until Xiao Zhan's watch shows that it was 4 PM already, and he had to leave. Xiao Zhan dreaded the time, as that would mean he had to stop talking to his didi, and went back to work.
As they both walked out of the shop, his didi waved at him, before going to a different direction, saying, "Thank you for the drink, Daddy!" The pretty boy said happily, winking at him.
Xiao Zhan had turned red, prompting the other to laugh at his embrassed expression. If Xiao Zhan wasn't needed at his company, he would have ran after the boy, who was already walking away to where he parked his motorcycle.
His didi processed to teased Xiao Zhan days after that, casually calling him daddy, mainly because they somehow manages to enter the shop at the same time, exactly at 3 AM, and Xiao Zhan decided that he should always pay for his didi's drinks.
It was mainly because Xiao Zhan found a new side of himself, the night on the day his didi called him that for the first time, Xiao Zhan had jacked off thinking about his didi, all wrecked beneath him, calling him "Daddy".
When Xiao Zhan buys the pretty boy his drink the day after, he had hoped that his didi would call him that again, and his didi did not dissapointed him.
Accepting the fact that he indeed had a kink that he never thought he had before, Xiao Zhan started to call his didi "baby" as well, and the nickname seems to please the young man.
His didi reminds him of a carefree, cute puppy who tails him around, because that's exactly what the younger's do. He would follow Xiao Zhan's around in the coffee shop, even when Xiao Zhan gots up to use the restroom.
So one day, on their 6th month of meeting each other for their 3 PM coffee, Xiao Zhan called his didi "Puppy". He hadn't expect such a cute reaction from the other.
His pretty didi squealed, almost tripping on his step, almost spilling his drink all over Xiao Zhan's expensive suit. Thankfully, Xiao Zhan manages to catch the shorter boy, holding him by the waist.
The younger was red all over his face, but there's this look in his eyes, glazed and...wanting. And for a moment, Xiao Zhan wishes he could pepper those pretty eyes with kisses, gentle and loving.
But, of course, he had to push that thought away, as they didn't even know each other's real names, and it seems like their continous flirting had been all for the sake of fun, at least for his pretty didi.
Still, Xiao Zhan loved the look on his didi's eyes as he called him "puppy", and he decided to just went with it, continously torturing his blushing didi with the nickname on every chance he got that day.
Finally, after lots of squirming, blushing, and even a soft whimper at some point (Xiao Zhan can feel his little brother's down there, twitching a little at his didi's oh-so-pretty whimper), after the whimper, seeing how his gege looked so please with his teasing, the younger boy decided to crossed his arms on his chest, stucking his lower lip a little, pouting.
Xiao Zhan laughs at the boy's antics, and tried to coaxed him, but his didi refused to talk, simply staring at Xiao Zhan with sad, puppy eyes, and he still pouting. Xiao Zhan realizes that he was completely head over heels for this pretty didi in front of him at that moment, because he felt like that pout would make him do anything the younger boy wants him to do.
So, Xiao Zhan finally decided to buy his sulking boy another drink, and one of those Starbucks Sandwich, hoping it would taste fine, since Xiao Zhan himself never really bought it.
Only after Xiao Zhan brought the bribes to him, his pretty didi stopped sulking, grinning as he took a big gulp on his drink.
And then, their conversation continues, and Xiao Zhan decided to simply called him didi or baby again, as he didn't wish to make the younger angry. He wouldn't have that, he cherises his one hour with his didi far too much for that.
However, soon after they walked out of the shop together, his didi had shot him with a gentle smile, saying ; "Thank you for today, gege. Didi loves you" and then,he walked away, leaving a shock Xiao Zhan to register what he just heard.
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(Back to the present time)
Xiao Zhan and his didi sat on their usual corner, Xiao Zhan sipping on his Hot Americano, while the younger boy in front of him tasted his Pumpkin spiced Latte.
"Are you buying it because it's autumn?" Xiao Zhan asked curiously. The pretty boy in front of him nods enthusiasm, grinning.
"Yes! Halloween is my favourite holiday, you know. With the pumpkins and apples and chocolates..." the boy drawled, sighing dreamily. Xiao Zhan hums. He already knows that his didi loved sweets. He also knows that his didi is studying in Peking University, and was part of it's dance crew. He knows that the boy wanted to be a professional racer. He knows he loved Legos, and games. He also knows that his didi had an unhealthy obsession with G-Dragon, having the famous South Korean star as his wallpaper on his phone.
> Despite all these, he still didn't know the boy's real name, and vice versa.
Sure, Xiao Zhan can just go to the internet, find a website about Peking University, snoop around about their dance crew, and he might find a thing or two about his didi.
But somehow, that doesn't feels right to him.
Especially since he had accepted the fact that, after the maybe-or-not-confession from his didi two months before, Xiao Zhan had found himself hopelessly in love with a boy many years younger than him, whose name he doesn't even know.
"Tomorrow is my birthday" Xiao Zhan suddenly said. His pretty didi raised an eyebrow at this sudden statement, "and? Do you want a gift from me, daddy?" He asks in a teasing, higher than his normal pitch voice and it makes the butterflies in Xiao Zhan's stomach flutters.
Xiao Zhan hides that well, however, tilting his head, saying ; "mmn. Maybe I do want a gift from my baby". He was smiling suggestively as he said so.
Xiao Zhan really didn't plan to take it further, but his didi only gives him a grin, and an answer.
"Sure. I'll be your genie. Three wishes, nothing more, nothing less. Hopefully they weren't something that requires me to go broke and sign for bancruptcy. I'm pretty sure your watch alone is worth way much more than me" the pretty boy said, still grinning.
Xiao Zhan hadn't expected that, but he's not Xiao Zhan if he didn't take the chance.
"Fine. My first wish would be..." he started, deciding to prolong it mainly because Xiao Zhan is dramatic that way, "Your real name".
Xiao Zhan had expected the boy to gasps in surprise, or to asks him to wish for something else's. Somehow, asking for a name sounds so intimate for Xiao Zhan right now, which is weird. Maybe that's what happened when you fell in love with someone whose name you didn't even know.
But his prettt didi simply smiles, and answered that wish right away.
"Gege, my real name is Wang Yibo" he said. His voice sounds soft and vulnerable as he told his gege his real name. Wang Yibo feels as if he was entering a new territory he never knew, like walking to a wolf pack. It feels almost as if he was entrusting Xiao Zhan with something important.
Xiao Zhan's doe-like eyes soften as he saw that vulnerability, reaching out to put his hand on top Wang Yibo's, offering the boy comforting strokes with his thumb.
"Good boy. My name is Xiao Zhan...though I don't mind you calling me with all the other names" Xiao Zhan said, grinning wide. He feels full, somehow, now that they knew each other's name. He felt as if they were closer than before, and he knows a little bit more about his pretty didi. His Bo-di.
Wang Yibo flushed as he heard the words "good boy" but he asks Xiao Zhan for his next wish, anyway.
Xiao Zhan pretended to thini about it, even though he already knows the answer.
"I want your number" Xiao Zhan said, smiling gently at Wang Yibo, "I wanted to be able to call you, and chat you up. Are you fine with that?" The older asked.
Wang Yibo nods. There's something about the way Xiao Zhan talks, so soft and yet firm, and it stirs Yibo's stomach with a feeling foreign to the 21 years old man.
So they swapped numbers, and Yibo asks his gege for his third wish.
Xiao Zhan smiles, "let's get out of here for that third wish" Xiao Zhan said, his voice drops an octave lower. Wang Yibo actually whimpers at that tone, and he quickly stood up, almost knocking his seat in the process.
Xiao Zhan laughs fondly at the younger's eagerness, and he led the boy to outside the coffee shop, and then, Xiao Zhan turns Wang Yibo to face him.
"My third wish" Xiao Zhan said, searching into Wang Yibo's pretty dark eyes, "is to kiss you. Can I kiss you?" Xiao Zhan asked. Because a wish or not, he would never force anyone to kiss him.
Wang Yibo blushed, the blush spreading from his cheek to his nose and ears. But he nodded,anyway, his heart's beating really fast, as he anticipated this handsome gege, who always buys him drinks and play fight with him and took all of his words seriously, to kiss him.
Still, Wang Yibo is nervous. He had kissed people before, boys and girls both, but never with anyone whom he truly, truly have fallen in love with. To think about it, Xiao Zhan might be the first person who made Wang Yibo feels so loved, so full with affection.
Xiao Zhan looks at his didi fondly, the way Wang Yibo's eyes went wide with anticipation, his lips trembling a little, from nervousness. Xiao Zhan knew that Wang Yibo is nervous.
So Xiao Zhan bent down a little, but instead of capturing those soft, plump lips, he kissed Yibo's forehead instead, kissing him twice, soft and gentle. Xiao Zhan's hand went to Yibo's head, gently stroking the smaller boy's hair.
And then, Xiao Zhan pulled away, and his hand had dropped from Wang Yibo's head to his cheek, caressing those soft cheeks softly.
Wang Yibo feels warm all over, he didn't expect Xiao Zhan to kiss his forehead instead of his lips, and the way Xiao Zhan stroke his cheek, the look on Xiao Zhan's face, so soft and loving, made Wang Yibo wanted to just melt in the arms of the older man.
Xiao Zhan smiled at him, savouring the glazed, adorable look on Wang Yibo's face.
"I'm a gentleman, bo-di, how could I kiss you on your lips without taking you to a proper date?" Xiao Zhan asked teasingly.
Wang Yibo shooks his head, still blushing, but he's chuckling anyway, and Xiao Zhan loves the sound of his laugh.
"Alright gege, so when will you took me out on a date?" Wang Yibo asks, fluttering his eyes at the older male. Xiao Zhan laughs, amused, and he bent down to kiss Wang Yibo's smooth forehead once again.
"Saturday afternoon? I can get you out for lunch" Xiao Zhan asked, his fingers stroking the veins of Wang Yibo's neck now, and the younger male leaned into the touch, obviously loving it.
"Mnn. How about our 3 AM Coffee? And dinner??" Wang Yibo asks, his eyes sparkling. Xiao Zhan laughs again, shaking his head in disbelief at this little gremlin.
"Sure, puppy, as long as you're not bored with me, I'll feed you anything you want" Xiao Zhan promises, and Wang Yibo eyes went wide, and he cheered as he throw himself at Xiao Zhan, his hands hugging Xiao Zhan'a waist.
Xiao Zhan stumbled a little, surprised with the sudden hug, but he welcomed it anyway. He put his arm around Wang Yibo's shoulders, chuckling.
They both looked forward for the promise of tomorrow, as they mouthed each other name instead of a goodbye as they part ways.
"Xiao Zhan"
"Wang Yibo"