Because the kiss came so suddenly and was mixed with a bit of nervousness and anxiety, Li Mingyang stopped after their lips touched and did not go any deeper.
He could feel that Xiaobao's body was a little stiff, so after a few seconds he reluctantly left those soft pink lips and looked into Xiaobao's wet eyes.
"Sorry, Xiaobao," Li Mingyang said with a complicated expression and a hoarse voice, "I couldn't control myself."
"Ah? No...it's okay." Xiaobao gradually came back to his senses and said quickly, "You don't have to apologize. Didn't you...already confess your feelings to me?"
"But you haven't agreed to me yet." Li Mingyang lowered his eyes slightly in disappointment. "Besides, this is your first kiss. I was really a bit abrupt. It seems... like I'm being a hooligan."
"No!" Xiaobao hurriedly grabbed his hand, "Brother Yangyang is not a hooligan, and that kiss was not abrupt at all. I... I like it very much."
Li Mingyang was stunned for a moment, then suddenly raised his head: "What did you say?"
"I said..." Xiaobao looked at him very seriously, "I like that kiss very much, and I like you too."
Li Mingyang trembled all over and opened his mouth but couldn't say a word.
He must have heard it right, right?
Xiaobao said he liked him, really liked him...
Li Mingyang stood there with his mouth half open for a long time, then he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, but his eyes were still staring at Xiaobao, and he looked a little silly.
Xiaobao chuckled, touched his face, and said, "Brother Yangyang, wait for me a moment."
"I have something to tell you too."
Li Mingyang blinked, said "oh" softly, and then watched Xiaobao quietly put his hand into his pocket. Then, a blue velvet box of the same style appeared in front of him.
Li Mingyang's eyes suddenly widened.
"Not only did you prepare a ring, I also have one," Xiaobao said softly as he opened the box. "When I first saw this ring, I thought it was really suitable for you. It looks delicate and a little cold, but it's actually very gentle. So I set my eyes on it a long time ago and secretly bought it a few days ago, intending to... confess my love to you and put it on your finger myself."
Li Mingyang was completely stunned. He finally found his voice and murmured, "Xiaobao, what do you mean..."
"Were you planning to confess your feelings today?"
"Yes," Xiaobao looked at him with a smile, "I have been secretly planning this for a long time, and I have also mobilized Xiaoan and Xiaojin to give you a surprise on my birthday."
"I just didn't expect that you, Brother Yangyang, had the same idea as me."
"Well, I'm also... quite surprised." Li Mingyang chuckled. "I was worried that you would reject me and dislike me, but it seems I was worrying too much."
"I knew you would think so." Xiao Bao curled his lips and pinched his arm lightly. "You clearly made your feelings clear so early, but you are so reluctant to do so. I'm afraid that if I don't take the initiative, you will suffocate yourself to death."
“…I don’t dare to say.”
Li Mingyang held his hand and whispered, "I'm really scared."
Xiaobao: "What are you afraid of?"
Li Mingyang: "...I'm afraid you don't like me"
"You haven't even asked me, how do you know I don't like you?" Xiaobao was unusually aggressive because he wanted Li Mingyang to say it out loud.
Li Mingyang closed his eyes and said, "I admit that I'm very timid about this matter. I don't dare to reveal my feelings easily, let alone tell you that I simply... simply don't have the courage to gamble on that answer."
"When I thought about the possibility that you might reject me, or even leave me, I could only retreat again and again, hiding again and again. I have been hiding like this for more than ten years."
"Actually, I wasn't completely sure about confessing my feelings today, but I was also prepared to go all out..."
"I won't leave you"
Li Mingyang was suddenly interrupted by Xiaobao when he was halfway through his speech. He was stunned for a moment, but Xiaobao looked at him firmly in the eyes and spoke word by word.
"Brother Yangyang, I will never leave you, not before and not in the future."
"You have to believe that I like you just as much as you do. I really, really care about you."
Li Mingyang kept gazing at those bright and clear eyes. Suddenly, his nose felt a little sore, but countless warm currents surged in his heart, causing him to choke with sobs.
"Yes, I believe it."
"I always believe in Xiaobao"
Xiaobao smiled, then grabbed his hand and slowly put the ring on it.
"Brother Yangyang, do you know? I really like you. I have liked you since I was a child."
"Although I didn't understand what love was before, I know I can't live without you. Besides my brothers, you are the most important person to me. I have always understood this."
As Xiaobao spoke, his eyes fell on their clasped hands. The two rings became even more shining when pressed together, and the happy smile on his face grew deeper and deeper.
"No matter when, as long as you are by my side, you always take care of me and protect me. You get anxious when you see me sad, and you rush over to vent my anger when you see me being wronged or bullied. Then you come back with wounds all over your body to comfort me, and you still stubbornly say that you are not hurt."
"It really doesn't hurt," Li Mingyang said softly, "Compared to seeing your tears, that little injury is nothing."
"But do you know why I always cry loudly after you vent your anger on me?" Xiaobao asked.
"I know," Li Mingyang nodded. "When people are wronged, even if they get a little bit of protection, they will magnify their sadness and cry even harder."
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