Qi Gu reached behind himself and tugged a few times in resignation, then quickly decided to give up.
Anyway... he was already more or less dressed. Only a little of his back was showing, which really was nothing between men.
After all, he had showered in the same bathroom as Lin Hanzhi before, and he had worn even less then.
As Qi Gu mentally prepared himself this way, the romantic tension in his mind faded a little. He did his best to convince himself this was just an utterly ordinary little matter.
Lin Hanzhi had already put on his wetsuit, but he did not dare turn around. After all, it was tight, and if his body had any inappropriate reaction, he would be the one suffering.
But after a long while without hearing Qi Gu ask for help, suggest leaving, or even make any rustling sounds as he dressed, he finally spoke. "Are you done?"
Qi Gu said, giving up all pretense, "The zipper won't go up."
Lin Hanzhi took the opportunity to turn around. Qi Gu stood with his back to him, the orange light spilling through the crack in the door falling evenly over the strip of fair back left exposed by his black wetsuit, making that beautifully contoured patch of skin look all the more warm and lustrous as jade.
A few ends of Qi Gu's hair were also tinged with pale gold, lying neatly against his slender neck.
Lin Hanzhi's breath caught, his heartbeat betraying every flutter within him. Expressions and words could be controlled, but a heartbeat was impartial and honest. It could not lie.
The temperature began to drop at dusk, and Lin Hanzhi's body temperature already ran low. Though his fingertips were reaching for the zipper, they inevitably brushed Qi Gu's back. The