Chapter Four

After we established that he would be staying the night, I quickly walked into the kitchen to see what I had to eat. Although it was late, I knew neither of us had eaten anything since lunch. As I expected there was nothing to eat other than cup ramen. I could go out and buy something, but most likely everything would be closed at this hour.

I turned to the large guy that sat on my couch and simply said, "I only have cup ramen, so if you're hungry you'll have to eat that." He didn't glance in my direction when I said it. It was like he didn't even hear me. He just stared blankly at my wall, barley blinking.

I walked over to him, and waved my hand in front of his face. It didn't take long before his eyes focused on my hand.

"Did you hear me?" He still didn't say a word. He instead focused on following my hand. What the hell was going through his mind?

His face was as it usually was, entirely emotionless. I scanned his face quickly but when my eyes came across that bruise on his cheek they didn't move from there. The hand that I had waving In front of his face also stopped.

The bruise was a fresh shade of red. It almost matched the color of his lips. Slowly I reached over and slightly rubbed it with my thumb. As I was going to pull my hand away Ba Wei grabbed my wrist. Startled I looked down to see those deep eyes staring back at me.

"Do you usually touch everyone you ask to stay over?" I didn't know what to say. I could deny that, but if I did so quickly It would look defensive. If I replied to slowly it would also make it seem like the statement was true.

"No," I said reluctantly.

"So it's only me then," he said while raising an eyebrow? I could feel my face starting to heat up as I stared into his eyes. I immediately snatched my arm from him and walked towards the kitchen.

"Uh no," I blurted out. Why am I blushing? For the first time I heard a chuckle come from the cold person that sat on the sofa behind me.

"Cute." He said it very low, but I still caught it. I didn't think my face could get any hotter, but it did. I knew I was a bright shade of red by now. Why was I reacting like this? It was Ba Wei, and plus it's a guy. I must be shyer than I think I am. "Can I take a shower?"

"Yeah, sure." I didn't turn around to look at him. My blushing had yet to go away, and I had no interest in letting him see it. I stood there just staring at the wall until that deep voice sounded right beside my ear.

"Are you going to show me where the bathroom is?"

I did my best to act how I usually was, but it was difficult when I actually was trying to force it. I didn't say a word and just started walking towards the bathroom. I could hear his footsteps close behind mine, and for some reason my heart beat started to speed up. I cut on the light to the bathroom and walked in.

"Towels are in those cabinets. I'll go try to find some clothes that will fit you."

When I turned around I took in a sharp breath as Ba Wei's naked abdomen came into my line of sight. When did he take his shirt off, and how did I not hear it. Looking at his body, as a man I was jealous. He had a perfectly sculpted chest, with oddly perfect abs. It wasn't that I had a weak looking frame because I didn't.

I work out when I need to, but never a lot. My body was naturally strong looking , but compared to Ba Wei's I looked tiny. I wonder how he got that kind of body? What workout routine did he follow to get that kind of result.

"Um...I'm gonna go get the clothes now," I said pushing past him. He didn't say anything back to me, and as the door clicked behind me I let out a sigh. Why did that feel more claustrophobic than it should've? It may be because I haven't really been around people in a long time. That had to be it. It was the only thing that made sense. "Why do I have to be so weird," I said aloud.

I pushed those thoughts in the back of my mind and went into my bedroom. I didn't know what size Ba Wei wore, but looking at his frame he couldn't be much larger than my father. I walked to my closet and started searching through it. After about ten minutes, the only thing I found was sweat pants and a long sleeve shirt.

"You'll have to do."

I sat them on the bed and started looking for some underwear for him to wear. He most definitely wears a different size of briefs than me. Not that I looked in that area a lot, but during the tutoring sessions I couldn't help but glance at his waist when he stretched.

It wasn't out of the ordinary for me at all. I did it to a lot of people. I did it to Yaling, and some of her friends also. She actually caught me doing it a couple of times, and now that I think about it her reaction was strange.

My father calls me an observant person and because of that most of my family members hate me. My father isn't an exception from that. It's the reason why he doesn't try to keep things from me. If he did, I would find out about it somehow. I'm pretty sure he hates that I'm like that.

Although I searched for a slightly larger pair of briefs, I couldn't find any. I pulled out a package and pulled a pair of underwear out. I grabbed all the clothes and walked Over to the door and gave it a knock. Not even a second passed before the door opened. I held out the clothes and he grabbed them.

"The underwear might be a little tight, but they're brand new."

He nodded and shut the door. I turned and walked back into my room. I stopped at the foot of my bed and a question that hadn't been asked popped into my mind.

Where would he be sleeping? He could sleep on my bed but I would have to sleep there too. Wouldn't that be strange? We barley know each other. I could put him on the couch but that would be rude. I was the one that asked him to stay over, so if anything I should sleep on the couch. I ran my fingers through my hair. I'll just sleep on the couch, no big deal.

Ba Wei emerged from the bathroom not soon after I made that decision. The pants fit him perfectly, but the shirt was slightly tight.

"Is the shirt comfortable," I asked as he came to stand beside me?

"En."

Although he said it was okay, it didn't look comfortable. Without saying anything I walked back into my closet and started searching for something bigger. The shirt I gave him was a large and it belonged to my father. By the way it was hugging his body, he had definitely stretched it. I moved the clothes around until I found the only extra large shirt I owned. I barely wore it anymore, so it wasn't surprising that I forgot about it.

"Put this one on," I said as I walked out.

"I said-"

"I know what you said, just put the damn shirt on." I didn't mean to sound so aggressive, but as I looked up at his face I could swear a slight smile graced those full lips of his.

He took the shirt and started to put it on. I walked out of the room and went to a nearby closet to get a blanket. I threw it on the couch and checked my watch.

"Damn, 2am. I've never been up this late without being in bed." I walked back in my bedroom to see Ba Wei standing in the same place he was before I left. I grabbed a pillow off the bed and looked at him. "You can get in bed."

"Where will you sleep?"

"I'm going to sleep on the couch."

"Why?"

At this point I was getting annoyed. I just wanted to sleep, and him actually being talkative was preventing that.

"Look I don't need to explain myself. Just sleep in the bed." I turned to leave but a strong hand grabbed my wrist. "Look, I'm tired. I already made a decision to sleep on the couch. It's not an issue." He let go of my wrist and I rubbed my eyes.

"The light switch is right here."

After that I walked out the room. The couch wouldn't be that bad to sleep on since it was so expensive. Wait, why did he not mention anything about how nice this apartment is? In the past when I brought people to my old apartments, they would always make comments about how nice it was. So why did he not say anything about it?

This apartment wasn't as lavish as my other ones, but it still didn't look cheap. In fact the rent for this unit was on the steeper side. I put the pillow down and picked up the blanket and laid down on the couch.

It was mostly dark in the living room since all the lights were off but the light from my room was still on. I watched it closely and after about five minutes the light was switched off.

This was the only time I wished that I had got a two bedroom apartment. The apartment my father wanted to get me had two bedrooms, but I didn't need it because I never invited anyone over. The fact that he was here was simply because it was really late.

I stared at the ceiling with nothing on my mind. I knew that my body was going to shut down soon by the fuzziness of my mind. I listened to the silence as my blinks started to become longer. Not soon after they closed, and I was swept into the dark abyss that is sleep.