Chapter 432: Kiss (Script 18)
There is still one week left until the college entrance examination.
The summer nights are hot and humid, and the cicadas are noisy.
The study window was open, and the night breeze blew in with a slight chill. The two had just finished a set of high-intensity math simulation papers and were both exhausted.
Gu Xi leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest, while Shen Xiangyang lay on the spread-out test paper, looking at the dark blue night sky outside the window with a somewhat vacant look in his eyes.
"Tired?"
Gu Xi opened his eyes and looked sideways at him.
Shen Xiangyang hummed softly, his voice full of weariness: “This auxiliary line of solid geometry took me a long time to draw.”
Gu Xi's gaze fell on Shen Xiangyang's tired profile.
The light from the desk lamp softly outlined his thin features. His long eyelashes cast a small fan-shaped shadow under his eyes, which was trembling slightly due to sleepiness.
Gu Xi stood up and walked to Shen Xiangyang.
He did not discuss the topic as usual, but reached out and gently rubbed Shen Xiangyang's tense solar plexus with his fingertips.
Shen Xiangyang's body stiffened slightly, but he did not dodge.
Gu Xi's fingertips seemed to carry a weak electric current, instantly dispelling the swelling and pain in the solar plexus, and also making Shen Xiangyang's tense nerves strangely relax.
Shen Xiangyang sighed comfortably. Like a cat whose fur had been stroked, he subconsciously tilted his head slightly towards Gu Xi's hand.
This dependent action was like a stone thrown into Gu Xi's heart, which immediately caused ripples.
So Gu Xi's movements became gentler, and his gaze became deep and focused, as if he was outlining the outline of a rare treasure.
His fingertips slid down from his temples, brushed across Shen Xiangyang's slightly cool cheek, and finally stopped at the edge of his slightly dry lips.
Gu Xi rubbed it very lightly with his fingertips, with an almost pious pity.
Shen Xiangyang's heartbeat suddenly skipped a beat.
He opened his eyes and happened to meet Gu Xi's bottomless eyes.
There were too many emotions surging in there that Shen Xiangyang couldn't understand but instinctively felt flustered.
There was lingering fatigue, deep admiration, an inextricable tenderness, and a kind of... a desire that almost sucked his soul in.
The air seemed to freeze, leaving only the two people's somewhat rapid breathing and the noisy chirping of cicadas outside the window.
Gu Xi's fingers did not leave, still staying on Shen Xiangyang's lips.
He looked at Shen Xiangyang's eyes, which were slightly widened in surprise, and his own shadow was clearly reflected in them.
Gu Xi's Adam's apple rolled, as if he had made some kind of decision. He didn't say anything, but just leaned down slightly, and his warm breath brushed Shen Xiangyang's cheek, carrying the unique, clean and refreshing breath of Gu Xi.
Shen Xiangyang seemed to be nailed to the spot, his mind was blank, and he could only watch Gu Xi's face enlarged in front of him.
Just when Shen Xiangyang thought that the hot kiss was about to fall, Gu Xi stopped.
In the end, Gu Xi's lips did not imprint on Shen Xiangyang's lips, but with a restrained and extremely cherishing touch, they gently and feather-like fell on Shen Xiangyang's forehead.
It was a kiss full of pity.
Gu Xi stood up, and his fingertips gently brushed over the small piece of skin on Shen Xiangyang's forehead that had been kissed.
His voice was low and hoarse, yet filled with a strange tenderness, breaking the suffocating silence: "Go to sleep, Xiangyang. Tomorrow is another new day."
Shen Xiangyang stared at him in a daze. The place on his forehead where he was kissed seemed to still retain the hot and soft touch, as deep as a brand.
An indescribable sourness and warmth suddenly rushed to the tip of his nose, and Shen Xiangyang's eyes instantly turned red.
He hurriedly lowered his head to cover up his gaffe, his voice as thin as a mosquito: "... Yeah, I understand."
Gu Xi didn't say anything else, just looked at him deeply, then turned and walked towards the bathroom, leaving Shen Xiangyang alone, feeling the burning temperature on his forehead in the soft light of the desk lamp.
——Bang bang bang.
Shen Xiangyang heard his own violent heartbeat.
The cicadas outside the window are still noisy, but they seem to be blocked by an invisible barrier.
That night, something silently broke out of the ground, bringing with it scorching heat, completely changing the relationship between Shen Xiangyang and Gu Xi.
…
Time passed day by day, and soon the college entrance examination was here.
The bell ringing at the end of the college entrance examination was like a heavenly sound, announcing the end of a long battle.
Shen Xiangyang put down his pen and walked out of the examination room. The warm sunlight poured down without any obstruction, covering him in a warm golden color.
He subconsciously narrowed his eyes and raised his hands to cover them, but saw the familiar figure between his fingers.
Unlike other candidates, Gu Xi was not surrounded by parents asking questions. He leaned against a tall sycamore tree outside the examination room, his posture lazy, yet like a tall poplar.
The sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, casting a layer of mottled light and shadow on Gu Xi's body, making his already handsome outline even more dazzling.
When he saw Shen Xiangyang walking out of the examination room, a bright smile immediately appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he strode towards him.
Gu Xi didn't ask Shen Xiangyang "how did you do in the exam" or say anything extra. He smiled and walked up to Shen Xiangyang, stretched out his arms very naturally, and hugged the still dazed Shen Xiangyang tightly in his arms.
It was a hug full of warmth.
Gu Xi's arms were tightly clenched, as if to squeeze out all the fatigue, tension and past haze from Shen Xiangyang.
Shen Xiangyang's cheek was forced to stick to Gu Xi's warm neck, and his nostrils were instantly filled with the clean and refreshing warmth from Gu Xi's body, as well as a scent that belonged only to Gu Xi.
Shen Xiangyang's stiff body softened little by little in this embrace, and his tense nerves completely relaxed.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if he wanted to absorb Gu Xi's scent deep into his lungs and integrate it into his bones and blood.
Shen Xiangyang stood there hesitantly for a while, and finally stretched out his arm, gently, with a hint of temptation and great dependence, and wrapped it around Gu Xi's slender waist.
Amid the hustle and bustle of people coming and going outside the examination room, the two of them hugged each other tightly as if no one was around.
The sun is warm and the cicadas are chirping loudly.
But in the world of Shen Xiangyang and Gu Xi, there is only each other's heartbeat and the tacit understanding and ecstasy of crossing thousands of mountains and rivers together and finally reaching the other side.
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