Early the next day, Eli Thorne appeared in the living room, rubbing his sleepy eyes. There was light bluish-black below his eyes, as if he had not gotten enough sleep.
Mrs Thorne carried hot millet porridge from the kitchen. Seeing his listless appearance, she asked, concerned, "What's wrong, Sany? Didn't sleep well last night?"
Sany, was Eli Thorne's nickname. Before he was born, his father thought that he would be a girl, so he chose the nickname, Sany. Later on after birth, it was discovered that the baby did have a handle. But after using Sany for half a year, it was difficult to change it and they continued using it until now.
"Yeah. I couldn't sleep." Eli Thorne lowered his head and avoided his mother's concerned eyes. Last night, he had been indirectly confessed to by a boy and that boy was someone at the level of a big shot. Of course, he couldn't sleep!
Pulling out a chair, Eli Thorne obediently sat down for breakfast and swallowed each mouthful slowly. When Mrs Thorne had finished eating and washing the dishes, she came out and saw Eli Thorne still sitting at the dining table. She reminded him, "Sany, if you don't leave for school now, you're going to be late."
At that, Eli Thorne left the dining table, carried his school bag and left.
He was a little afraid of seeing Roman Vale in school. Did he need to greet him when they met? Would he do something weird? Thinking of it, he became extremely nervous.
Chanting to himself to be patient, he was just dealing with a seventeen-year-old.
Eli Thorne stepped onto the bus, swiped his bus card and moved towards the back of the vehicle. But before he even took two steps forward, he saw Roman Vale sitting right at the back!!! He was so frightened, he hurriedly retreated backwards, but after a few steps, he remembered that he was on a bus...
The passengers beside him looked at him oddly.
Eli Thorne smiled awkwardly, then found a handrail and stood there instead.
His phone notification sounded.
Eli Thorne fished it out and looked. It was a message from Eli Thorne: There's a seat beside me. Come over and sit.
Eli Thorne: WTH#@23
Of course, he knew there was a seat, but he didn't want to go over!
With a sullen expression, Eli Thorne put his phone away, summoned his courage, and headed towards the back of the bus. With his head lowered, he walked until he was in front of Eli Thorne, not daring to lift his eyes to look at him.
He heard the youth's clear and straightforward voice. "Why don't you look at me? Shy?" His tone was full of laughter.
Eli Thorne was pricked by the word "shy" and quickly lifted his head with an expression as if he was about to die with his head held high. Their gazes met and locked onto each other's dark eyes. Frightened, he would read his eyes, he quickly shifted his gaze, his face full of embarrassment.
"Why are you standing? Sit down. Need me to pull you?" Roman Vale looked at his slightly flushed face, and his heart felt as if it were covered with honey. He couldn't hide the smile on his lips, revealing a row of bright white teeth.
He thought to himself, finally didn't come for nothing.
When Eli Thorne heard him, he sat down immediately.
Feeling ill at ease, his heart was beating very fast. He felt that Roman Vale was probably crazy.
From the original owner's memories, he had taken the bus for over a year and had never seen Roman Vale on, not even once. But seeing him today with his attention focused on him, did he really want to pursue him? But he was a boy!
Eli Thorne didn't discriminate against gays, but he had never considered the thought of becoming gay. Even if he became bent one of these days, his partner shouldn't be fierce and hot-tempered like Eli Thorne.
Er...although it looked quite normal now, Eli Thorne knew that wasn't Eli Thorne's original character!
"Have you thought about last night's matter?" The youth leaned leisurely against the back of his seat and looked at him sideways.
The early morning sunlight shone through the window and onto half of Eli Thorne's face, making his skin look smooth and delicate. A shadow swept down from his eyelashes, which were trembling slightly.
Fuck, Roman Vale was a little dazed. His throat itched strangely, and he nearly kissed him.
"If I reject you, will you get people to beat me up?" Eli Thorne finally asked in a small voice after struggling internally for a while.
But at that moment, Roman Vale wasn't listening to him, his mind was full of demons. Even eyelashes could cause his blood to boil and his heart to surge.
Hurriedly retracting his gaze, Roman Vale swallowed and suppressed his restless, brutish nature before recovering.
"What did you just say?" His voice had been too soft, and so he didn't hear it clearly.
Eli Thorne thought that he was unhappy and he suddenly panicked. He was done for! He had offended the school bully!
He did not want to offend him, because he would for sure fight back if he were to do anything untoward towards him.
Right then, the bus prompted that it had arrived at their stop. Eli Thorne took a step and wanted to run, but the youth behind him held him by the collar.
"Why are you running?" With that, He pulled him into his arms. Eli Thorne was 178cm, and Roman Vale was 187cm. His head rested nicely against his shoulders. Someone was perfectly content and, with a britherly embrace, led him off the bus.
Eli Thorne was sullen. Although his whole body was resisting, he dared not speak out. Once he arrived at school, he would be on the other party's turf. He felt sure that he was going to die! Or be exposed!!
The bus stop was less than 100m away from the school gate, so the surroundings were filled with students. Roman Vale had his arm around Eli Thorne and was very pleased with himself. Suddenly, he heard someone shout behind him.
"Roman!"
Turning his head for a look, he saw that it was one of his mates, Thoma.
Thoma was a rich second-generation, but compared to the real big shot background of Eli Thorne, he paled in significance. He respected Roman Vale and felt that Roman Vale was rich and powerful. Overall, he was simply awesome , always hanging around with them every day, but still able to come in first for every examination. So he took the initiative to become Eli Thorne's follower, treating Roman Vale as as the leader.
"Eli, who is he?"
Thoma had been following Roman Vale since junior high. Besides other similar big-shot types of people, he had never seen Roman Vale with arms around anyone else's shoulder, so he was very curious about Eli Thorne.
"Oh, him." The youth's eyes were filled with a joyful light, and the corner of his lips lifted. He was about to say something when he suddenly felt a hand give him a light pinch. Lowering his head, he saw Eli Thorne's clear and delicate eyes imploring him with a scared look. His heart softened and he wished that he could hold and comfort him some more.
If not for Thoma's irksome presence in front of him, he would have been coaxing Eli Thorne. Hence, his tone had some unhappiness in it. "Class Twelve's Eli Thorne. Why? Is there a problem?"
He glared fiercely at Thoma.
Thoma touched his head, not understanding how he had provoked their big brother. He was clearly fine just a while ago.
"I'm going to be late for class. I'll go first." Eli Thorne used that chance to escape from Roman Vale and ran away quickly.
Roman Vale said, "Hey", and smiled helplessly. He felt that Eli Thorne was really shy, but very adorable, so his mood also undulated accordingly. He pointed towards the thin figure of Eli Thorne and warned Thoma, "Did you see? He's mine.Give Him some protection."