Tao Zhiyan turned on the living room lights, then deliberately pulled up a birthday song on his phone and turned the volume all the way up, trying to liven the place up.
Only...
Why did it feel lonelier the noisier it got?
Tao Zhiyan looked at his phone, then shifted his gaze to the TV.
Should I turn the TV on too?
Otherwise, this is just too depressing.
"Enough," Feng Ze said, amused as he saw what Tao Zhiyan was thinking.
"The two of us are enough."
No, we aren't.
Everyone else gets a lively birthday celebration.
Why should Feng Ze's be so quiet?
Tao Zhiyan frowned slightly, seriously considering how to get the atmosphere going.
Click-
A few sounds came from the front door.
They both looked over.
After a while, they finally heard someone slowly making his way inside.
It was Feng Yiqian. At some point, he had dyed his hair red again.
Sporting a head of Aquaman-red hair, he looked up, then down, anywhere but at them.
"I didn't come back to celebrate your birthday."
Feng Yiqian rubbed his nose, his voice muffled.
He was wearing his stage outfit, with a choker around his neck and his collar wide open. He hadn't even wiped off his eyeliner.
"I just came back to get something," Feng Yiqian declared at the top of his voice. "I'm leaving as soon as I get it!"
Feng Ze raised an eyebrow.
Tao Zhiyan raised an eyebrow too.
For a moment, everything was utterly silent.
"..."
Feng Yiqian felt a little embarrassed.
He had clearly said he would never speak to Feng Ze again, yet he had barely held out for two days before he couldn't resist scurrying back.
What did I come back for? Did I really have to celebrate this birthday?