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Liu Qingge looked through the window of the old house, curling up his nose at the amount of cobwebs and broken glass on the floor inside.
“Are you sure this is the place?” He asked snottily. Shen Qingqiu, dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood, looked up from the map he was reading, nodding his head much harder than was necessary.
When they had gotten the call on Halloween about ghosts in a house in the middle of the woods (and nowhere), Liu Qingge had immediately called bullshit because “who the fuck would be in the middle of the woods to see that shit?”. And yet, Liu Qingge had the most annoying ghost hunting (or busting, if you asked Luo Binghe) partners ever, so here they were. Dressed up as a fairy tale trio (Liu Qingge, himself, was the hunter) and in the middle of the woods on Halloween.
Liu Qingge sighed.
“Do you think it’s actually safe to sneak in?” Ah, there was Luo Binghe. Liu Qingge had thought he (who was dressed as the wolf) was done for when the man disappeared around the side of the house to survey it.
“What are you, scared?” Liu Qingge snarked at him, causing the youngest of the three to glower and stick his tongue out at him. Honestly, this kid was so immature, why and how had he become part of their group?
“Both of you stop, please.” Shen Qingqiu interrupted them, causing them to do as told and shut the fuck up. Liu Qingge scoffed and went back to looking in the window while Luo Binghe went to the door, turning the doorknob. He let out a yelp when the door swung open, causing Liu Qingge and Shen Qingqiu to run over to him. They both sighed in relief finding Luo Binghe in front of the open door, looking like he was going to cry. Shen Qingqiu pat his head reassuringly.
“Don’t cry, Binghe, you did well.” Shen Qingqiu’s words were like magic, instantly making Binghe stop looking like a kicked puppy and instead puffing out his chest with pride. Liu Qingge rolled his eyes and pushed him aside to walk into the house. And almost immediately fell through the floor with a yelp. However, a strong arm around his waist caught him as the board snapped, holding Liu Qingge in place. His heart was beating at 100 miles a minute but he still managed to scowl, knowing Shen Qingqiu didn’t have muscles like the ones holding him. As soon as Binghe set him down, he swatted at the arm around his waist.
“Liu-shishu needs to be more careful.” Luo Binghe teased, causing Liu Qingge to snarl. Before he could snap back, Shen Qingqiu held up his hand.
“I’ll go first.” He said, lifting his cape up a bit with one hand so it wouldn’t get caught on anything and holding their night vision camera in the other. Luo Binghe and Liu Qingge immediately both started protesting but he held up his hand again (now with a cape in it which was awkward but whatever), leaving them both pouting. He continued into the house, avoiding the hole Liu Qingge had made and making sure to test where he was stepping before actually going forward.
“You need to go next, in case he falls.” Liu Qingge grit out at Luo Binghe, who nodded and continued on. He did try to hold Liu Qingge’s hand, though, which was definitely annoying and did not make Liu Qingge turn red at all. He did take his hand though, reasoning that Luo Binghe shouldn’t get lost (and ignoring that he couldn’t actually go anywhere and actually get lost).
The three of them walked around the whole house, checking all nooks and crannies and getting jumpscared by more than one bug and/or wild animal. However, they could not see any signs of ghosts or any life (or death) in this house whatsoever. Instead of sitting down in what Liu Qingge assumed was the dining room, they decided to exit the house and sit on the porch to check the footage and just to take a break. The camera yielded about the same results, causing them to sigh in disappointment.
“This was a bust,” Liu Qingge informed, as if his companions didn’t realize this, “like I told you.”
“It was still fun to watch Liu-shishu almost fall through the floor.” Luo Binghe giggled, making Liu Qingge lunge at him.
“You little shit-” Luo Binghe scooted back before jumping up and running down the porch steps and to a tree on the edge of the clearing, hiding behind it from Liu Qingge. He started to get up to chase him, but Shen Qingqiu grabbed his sleeve.
“Stop it,” Shen Qingqiu sighed, closing the camera. “We should head back, I’m sure Yue Qingyuan’s party is still going and it would be a waste to not show off our costumes.”
“About that,” Liu Qingge started, looking at Shen Qingqiu’s thighs as his skirt shifted with his movement, “Should we be worried we are sexualizing a children’s story?” Shen Qingqiu laughed.
“Straight people did it first,” Shen Qingqiu shrugged, smoothing out his skirt, “It’s fine. Besides, Binghe is adorable.” The “adorable” man in question had fallen on his ass trying to climb a tree and was now coming back to them.
“Ew.” Liu Qingge wrinkled his nose, causing Shen Qingqiu to laugh. He stood up, offering a hand to his senior before they went down the porch steps to where Luo Binghe was waiting. “So, we’re heading back?” Shen Qingqiu nodded before he got a look on his face, reaching towards Liu Qingge’s face.
‘Liu-shidi, you have something on your face.” Liu Qingge started to ask where it was before Shen Qingqiu leaned forward to kiss him quickly, before turning with a twinkle in his eye and walking down the path they’d come. Liu Qingge stood there, mouth opening and closing like a fish.
“BOO!” Luo Binghe yelled, also kissing Liu Qingge on the mouth before running down the past after his boyfriend. Liu Qingge sat there frozen for a second before running after them with a shout.
Yeah, he had the most annoying ghost busting partners ever.