"Click."
A soft click broke the brief silence. Wu Heng stopped and slowly released the man in his arms. He glanced down at Su Bai, a rare trace of embarrassment appearing on his face.
"My neck-" A stiff expression crossed the doll's pale face, as though he were struggling to preserve his dignity.
Su Bai clearly hadn't fully recovered from that far-too-deep kiss. He stared blankly for two seconds before belatedly realizing that the click had come from Wu Heng's neck-the neck joint of his doll body had come loose.
It took only an instant to snap out of his reverie. The fluttering in his heart and the desire he'd lost himself in immediately turned into concern for his lover.
Concerned though he was, Su Bai didn't rush to straighten Wu Heng's neck. Instead, he nestled closer into his arms, lowered his head, and shook with barely contained laughter.
Only after he'd laughed his fill did he reach up and gently support Wu Heng's chin, easing his head back into place with movements that were both tender and practiced.
Wu Heng stood motionless, his eyes lowered, a rare look of defeat on his face.
"There." Looking at his expression, Su Bai's eyes filled with even more amusement. He lowered his head and pressed a kiss to Wu Heng's lips, as though offering a reward.
"Let's deal with this problem first." Only after Wu Heng's expression brightened did Su Bai turn and leave the dormitory.
"And then?" Wu Heng followed close behind him, amusement in his voice, as though coaxing his lover to finish an unfinished declaration of affection.
"There is no 'then.'" Su Bai didn't look back, but a quiet pleasure colored his voice, and the corners of his mouth lifted involuntarily.
He hadn't denied what Wu Heng said. He