30 Hallucination

Yitian got up from his seat and get his bag. He was so tired and was looking forward to having a nice long shower. But all of his hard work on this trip paid off. He was invited with one more classmate as an intern to an architecture company, to get more experiences. And more importantly, it was a paid internship. He could finally pay back Chao's kindness.

Yitian looked around. Nobody knew when he was coming, only Yixing. And Yitian forced him to be secretive about it and not to tell Chao. He wanted to surprise him. But Yitian saw a person in a suit standing a bit farther, holding a sign with his name. He walked towards him.

"Ehm, I'm Wang Yitian, who are you?" he asked suspiciously. He knew this wasn't Chao's driver, none of them.

"Hello, master," he bowed to him, putting down the sign and opening doors for him, "Young Master, Li Yixing, sent me to pick you up." Yitian was surprised about that, but it made sense. So, he got into the car. When the driver got in, after putting Yitian's luggage in the back of the car, Yitian leaned forward.

"Don't call me Master, please. So where are we going? The apartment right?" He smiled at the driver, who was visibly startled by his familiarity.

"Yes, Mister Wang. I'm supposed to drive you to your apartment and wait for you to clean up. Then I'm supposed to take you to the club. Young Master Li and Master Jin are there. I have a message for you." He handed Yitian a piece of paper and started the car. They were on their way when Yiian read what was on it. And he frowned after finishing.

Soon he was in the apartment taking a shower and still thinking about that message. Looks like he won't go to sleep soon like he thought he would.

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"More!" Chao shouted at the person, who was waiting in the VIP lounge. He was drinking so much, he had his own personal waiter. The club owner really took care of him today, knowing he had enough money to spend there. Yixing frowned. It was late already. He hoped that Yitian will come soon, or… he couldn't think of what will happen to Chao.

"What about slowing down?" Yixing asked Chao, but the said person just killed him with his gaze. Literally not giving fuck about him.

"Maybe you should drink more, you moralist," Chao said and drank another shot. He didn't even know what he was drinking, he just knew it was burning his throat and that after the fifth shot he was already tipsy.

"What if Yitian saw you like this?" Yixing said and Chao shot another glare at him.

'Don't even say his name…' he thought for himself and drank another shot. Or at least he wanted, but his glass was empty.

"Where is my drink! I will fire you. Fill it up, you good-for-nothing!" He shouted more, on the person by his side. His gaze was hazy, so he couldn't even identify if it was Yixing or the waiter. Didn't matter, he just needed a drink, more of them, to sleep as he did two days before. When he was dreaming about talking to Yitian. He hadn't had nightmares that day. He was that wasted.

"You know that I hate this word." The person next to Chao flinched. Chao blinked a few times, but he still couldn't tell if that person next to him was Yitian. Maybe he was already so drunk he had hallucinations. At least nice hallucinations.

"You are here, finally," Chao said and hugged the person standing next to him. The poor waiter was struggling to get out, looking at the two gentlemen laughing their asses off. He was paid a lot of money but he wasn't sure if it was enough for this.

"Drunkard! I'm here," Yitian said and lightly slapped Chao's head, "what did I tell you about drinking?" he asked Chao, who was confusingly blinking and looking right through him. after few seconds his face lighted up once more and he let go of the waiter, turning around to face Yitian.

"Look, look, I'm still okay. My hands are not shaking," he said happily and lifted up his hands, showing Yitian his hands, but he frowned when he saw then shaking slightly.

"Bad hands, you are not supposed to shake!" Chao slapped his hands one after one and frowned at Yitian.

"I'm sorry. I won't drink anymore. So, please come back." he made such pleading eyes and voice, that Yixing gasped at it.

"He thinks you are a hallucination. That's quite good." Yixing laughed and Yitian rolled his eyes and sighed.

"I don't think it's worth saying something to him now, right?" Yitian closed his eyes, calming down, and took Chao's ear, pinching him and lifting him up.

"Is this real enough for you?" he said when Chao flinched.

"Ouch, ouch… That hurts… Let me go, Yixing!" Chao whined and Yitian rolled his eyes again. And Yixing couldn't help it anymore, he started to laugh so loud that more people in the lounge looked towards them.

"Oh, I need more sleep for these two people," Yitian whispered and led Chao out by his ear, laughing Yixing in his steps.

"I will pay, get him in the car and wait for me," Yixing said, still laughing. After they managed to stuff Chao in the car, he laid down, leaning on Yitian's shoulder, snoring loudly. Yitian led him by his ear again, to get him to his bed and when they managed to get him to lay down and cover him with a blanket, they both exhaustedly went to their own beds.

When Yitian laid down, he sighed. He was worried about Chao's hands. That wasn't good for him. He should refrain from drinking if he wants to be a pro gamer. But he knew his drinking was connected with nightmares, he just had no idea, that whenever he was left behind his nightmares would recur. Yitian closed his eyes, tired, hoping for a long dreamless sleep.