Xin's blush deepened at the question and the thought, his expression torn between embarrassment and nostalgia. He ran a hand through his hair, exhaling in a shaky laugh. "And... I stood outside his door for maybe five minutes, trying to convince myself to go back home. But then, before I could knock, he opened the door."
He looked away, smiling faintly at the memory. "He told me later he'd sensed someone was standing there, that's what made him check. I panicked, said I had left my keys at work. He didn't believe it, of course, because I had changed into a hoodie that I didn't have earlier.
He just looked at me with that hot face of his and asked if I was going to enter. And when he said that... everything inside me just gave up pretending. I stepped in before I could think twice."
The silence between them deepened. Even Lili's breathing had slowed as she listened.
