Atypical Cafe Love

Entering June, the weather in City A has become hot.It was a rare Wednesday night when it rained and it was much cooler. Chen Songmao woke up early in the morning and saw that all the windows in the house had been opened for ventilation. Ning Siqin got up half an hour earlier than him every day and had already gone out for morning exercises.

Ever since the two had a relationship for the first time, they began to live together from time to time. In just one and a half weeks, every corner of the two people's homes has been filled with things belonging to each other: books, clothes, chargers, Ning Siqin's mischievous things. All kinds of brightly colored and cute plush toys.Sometimes when it was late at night, Ning Siqin simply stayed at his house.Chen Songmao smiled at the open window, washed and cooked.

When the vegetable and lean meat porridge was half cooked, he heard the door knock.Following Ning Siqin into the kitchen, he put a few plastic bags on the ground: "I stopped by to buy vegetables. Do you like eggplant? I haven't seen you do it before."

"I eat everything, even coriander." Chen Songmao said, "There is no dish that my dad can't cook."

"It's too much, it's forbidden to show superiority like this." Ning Siqin said with a smile, raising his head and brushing his hair again.Sweat was dripping from the broken hair on his forehead, and the smooth muscles of his arms and legs were covered with a layer of sweat, shining brightly, and his hormones were bursting.Chen Songmao picked up the towel on the sink and handed it to him: "Go take a shower first, breakfast will be ready soon."

"The road was full of water today, and I only ran halfway. I went to the balcony to do a set of punches." Ning Siqin took the towel, "If it's ready, you can eat it first."

"You know that I will wait for you, and you still take advantage of this word of mouth." Chen Songmao smiled slightly, and went to kiss him briefly.Ning Siqin blinked at him, turned and left.

When the porridge was ready, Ning Siqin hadn't finished practicing as expected.Chen Songmao went to the balcony and leaned on the balcony door with folded arms to watch him beat a half set of punches that he didn't know what to call vigorously, every movement of his hands and feet was full of sharp and aggressive power - it was also strange On weekdays, when he plays the piano and when he talks and laughs, he is delicate and elegant, and it is extremely difficult to see such a sense of sharpness. Chen Songmao has rarely seen a person who can switch between the two auras so differently, and each has his own beauty.

—and this is my love.He thought with a smile, his heart overflowing with pride.

After Ning Siqin punched and took a shower, they ate together.After the meal, Ning Siqin washed the dishes.Chen Songmao left the kitchen first, and when Ning Siqin came out, he was already sitting on the sofa, waving for Ning Siqin to sit over, and handed him some printing paper.Ning Siqin took it nonchalantly, and only glanced at it, his expression suddenly turned ugly.

It was the HIV antibody test form issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of City A.

He scrolled down and found two or three sheets of paper with similar STD test results.Chen Songmao said in time: "This is not aimed at you. It takes a while to find out HIV infection through sexual life. It is impossible to find out immediately after the sexual experience is over. I don't doubt you."

Only then did Ning Siqin's expression turn slightly.He looked up at Chen Songmao silently, and Chen Songmao continued to explain: "I show you this just because now that we have established a relatively stable... sex life, I think it is my duty to let you see this Report, to confirm to you that I have no problem. It's just because the last time I did this test was three years ago, so doing it again now has no other meaning."

As he explained, Ning Siqin's expression gradually eased. He flipped through the test sheets that were all negative, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "Do you want to see my test sheets?"

"...Frankly speaking, I want to." Chen Songmao replied, "But I just think this is a necessary notification procedure. I know that many people have different ideas and practices from mine. If you haven't done it, I believe you too. You don't have to do it on purpose."

"I did it a year ago." Ning Siqin said while standing up, "I haven't had sex with other people in this year, so the result should remain the same. If you want to see it, come downstairs with me Go get it."

He said that he had reached the door and reached out to turn the door handle.Chen Songmao reached out to hold his hand behind him and asked, "Are you unhappy?"

"What does it matter?" Ning Siqin turned around halfway while speaking, with a helpless expression, "You are this kind of person, I am not happy, and it is impossible to change your character."

"Yes, I am such a person, and I don't want to pretend to be in front of you, so I do it." Chen Songmao said, "But it doesn't mean that I have to take this way. I think it's a mutual relationship between the two sides. The basis of trust, but maybe many people think it is a sign of distrust, I don’t know what you think. If you are unhappy because of this, we can discuss it and change our approach.”

Ning Siqin was silent for a second: "I have nothing better to do." He said, pressing down the doorknob, "Don't worry, I'm not very angry."

He did not show any angry look after that, but he took Chen Songmao to find the HIV checklist in a cabinet of the bookcase.Chen Songmao took a brief glance and found that there was more than one checklist—there were several under it, and the dates seemed to be half a year apart.But he didn't say anything, didn't ask, just read it silently, and handed the list back to Ning Siqin.

After that, Ning Siqin was silent for a short while, and behaved as usual again.On the contrary, Chen Songmao still vaguely felt that he was a little unhappy, and couldn't help feeling a little guilty.Ning Siqin took the checklist and went to the piano room: "Go up first, I'm going to practice the piano."

"You can come up and practice." Chen Songmao said, "My studio is also soundproof."

"I'm practicing next to you, won't it affect your tuning?" Ning Siqin asked with raised eyebrows.

"...Yes." Chen Songmao said, "I don't want to be disturbed, but I don't want to leave you."

Ning Siqin laughed, leaned forward and kissed him: "I'm really not angry."

"Then why are you unhappy?" Chen Songmao asked, "Is it something you are not ready to tell me now?"

"Really." Ning Siqin hesitated, "This matter is too complicated..."

"Is there anything I should not mention?" Chen Songmao asked, "like HIV testing?"

"No, it really has nothing to do with your request today." Ning Siqin smiled again, and kissed the back of his hand as if coaxing him, "Go up."

"You can still come upstairs." Chen Songmao said, "I will adjust the progress of today's work. Today I will only install the strings and not tune. You don't mind me being noisy."

"I think you're noisy." Ning Siqin glanced at him with a smile, "But I can bear the food cooked for you. Let's go upstairs."

But the next morning, when Ning Siqin went upstairs to have breakfast, he was more silent than usual.Chen Songmao thought he was still a little angry at first, but gradually felt that he seemed a little listless.After eating, he took the initiative to stand up and clean up the dishes, and by the way, raised his hand to touch Ning Siqin's forehead: "What's wrong, didn't you wake up?"

"I feel like I haven't woken up." Ning Siqin rubbed his eyes, "It will probably be fine after the rehearsal."

But when Chen Songmao went to pick him up at the rehearsal venue at noon, Ning Siqin looked even more lethargic, his face was paler than usual, but his cheeks were flushed, and his steps were a little weak.Chen Songmao frowned when he saw it, stepped forward, took the piano case with one hand, and pressed his forehead with the other, it was obviously hotter than usual.

"Probably because I didn't remember to close the window when I went to bed last night." Ning Siqin comforted him instead, "I also had this occasional low-grade fever before, and it won't be long, just take the medicine once and sweat."

After all, Chen Songmao was worried, so he directly brought him to his home, put on a thermometer, and went downstairs to find out the medicine Ning Siqin used.When he went upstairs again, Ning Siqin had already changed clothes and got under the quilt.His reaction when he had a fever was a bit like his reaction when he was drunk, he was more obedient and quieter than usual, he narrowed his eyes and smiled at Chen Songmao from time to time, his whole body seemed to soften.Chen Songmao fed him the medicine, pulled up the curtains, leaving only a gap, and took a book to read by the beam of light leaking from the gap.

Ning Siqin slept until evening, Chen Songmao temporarily left the room to make dinner, and when he came back from making porridge, he found that he was already awake, and was sitting up while lifting the thin quilt.He went over to touch Ning Siqin's forehead, felt the sweat on his hands, and felt that it was not hot anymore.Ning Siqin was exaggeratedly obedient in his illness—the pajamas on his body were already drenched with sweat, yet he was able to bear the quilt.

"It's already much better. Generally speaking, it will be all better tomorrow." Ning Siqin said, Chen Songmao handed him the thermometer and watched him stuff it under his arm: "Wait a minute and have some porridge? Do you want to eat anything?"

Both of them are in good health. Chen Songmao himself has occasional colds and coughs. Basically, he can recover by taking medicine for two days. Ning Siqin is sick for the first time since he met him. Naturally, he is very distressed. .Ning Siqin tilted her head: "I want to wash my hair."

"You washed your hair just after the fever subsided?" Chen Songmao was a little helpless.

"It's okay to blow dry with a hair dryer." Ning Siqin raised his head, and could still see the sparkle in his eyes in the dark room, "Ziyun..."

Chen Songmao was conquered by his coquetry without any resistance, "Okay, let's eat first."

After eating, he went to the bathroom.Ning Siqin slowly found a set of clothes, and when he followed, he saw that Chen Songmao had already filled the bathtub with hot water—it was said to be a bathtub, but it was not very large due to the size of the bathroom, so it was called a bathtub More appropriate.Ning Siqin sat in, with only the shoulders exposed above the water.While taking off his coat, Chen Songmao reached out and pressed his shoulder: "Go down a little, and lean your head over."

Ning Siqin sank a little, and his whole body was submerged in the water.Chen Songmao took off his coat, stood by the bathtub, and took the shower head to wash his hair.Ning Siqin stretched out his hand to take it: "How can I be so delicate."

"Of course you didn't." Chen Songmao said, raising the nozzle out of his reach, and rubbing his wet hair with the other hand, "I want to take care of you like this."

Ning Siqin jokingly stretched out his hand twice: "Are you so nice to everyone?"

"Only for you." Chen Songmao said, "I like you."

Ning Siqin was silent for a while, smiled and put down his hands and wiped his face: "Why does it feel like you can confess to me at any time after the relationship is established. How can you be so straightforward?"

Chen Songmao smiled lightly: "I have suffered from refusal to confess before, so I will naturally remember the lesson."

"Can I ask?" Ning Siqin asked, retracting his hand into the hot water.

"Yes." Chen Songmao said, "but it's all about my childhood, you are not allowed to make jokes—let me think about where to start."