Chapter 5

Steven quickly pulled his hand and backed away from Yuki who's grinning from ear to ear.

"You keep on telling me to leave you alone, yet you touched my—"

"It was just an accident!" Steven quickly said.

Steven felt the warmth on his cheeks, and he is sure that even his ears are now red with embarrassment.

"What are you doing here?" Steven asked irritably again.

"Waiting for you,” Yuki immediately answered.

Steven took a deep breath. He needed to calm himself down. He badly wanted to sleep, and he would not be able to rest immediately if Yuki won't stop bothering him.

"Yuki—"

"Woah! Did you just call me by my name?" Yuki asked with a shocked expression on his face as if he couldn't believe that Steven just called him by his name. "Is this it? Are you already accepting me as your lover?" He excitedly asked again.

"Hey! Don't get too excited! I just called you by your name and there is no meaning to that!" Steven said in annoyance.

Steven blew a loud breath.

Patience, Steven. Patience. That's what Steven repeatedly told himself as he faced Yuki who was just staring at him. And he was startled by the kind of look that Yuki is giving him. It was the same intense gaze that Yuki gave him this morning. That kind of stare as if he had seen a delicious food that he would love to taste.

"Stop looking at me like that!" Steven said, irritated.

Yuki just answered him with a grin.

"Look. I'm tired, Yuki. Let me have some rest, will you?" Steven pleaded.

"Then stop avoiding me,” Yuki immediately answered.

"I am not avoiding you,” Steven lied.

"Yeah, right. If you are not avoiding me, then why are you always coming home late? Before you always come home early but after we had se—"

"Don't you dare mention it!" Steven said, refraining Yuki from saying that word, which only made Yuki grin even more.

"Aww…Is my lover embarrassed?" Yuki said, trying to annoy him.

"I. AM. NOT. YOUR. BOYFRIEND,” Steven answered firmly. He emphasized every word to make it clear that he did not like what Yuki just called him.

"Then what should I call you? My boyfriend?" Yuki answered sarcastically.

Steven closed his eyes. Yuki is testing his patience.

When he opened his eyes, he gave Yuki a sharp stare and said, "Stop fucking with me."

"But you're the one who fucked me," Yuki answered coolly.

Steven gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.

Calm down, Steven. Just calm down. He silently told himself again.

"Okay. Enough with this conversation. Just get away from my apartment so I can get in,” Steven said, dismissing Yuki.

"Instead of getting inside your apartment, why don't you enter your cock inside my asshole instead?" Yuki answered mischievously.

And that's it. Steven finally reached his limit.

"Get the fuck away from my apartment's door!" He angrily dismissed the young man.

"Oh! Just calm down! Calm down!" Yuki said, obviously suppressing laughter while raising both of his hands.

"Yuki looked even happier, knowing that he managed to piss him off like that's exactly what he wanted to happen.

"I said, get the fuck away from my apartment's door!" Steven said through gritted teeth, but Yuki still did not move even a single inch.

And instead of leaving, Yuki just leaned his body against the door even more. "Make me,” he said with his child-like voice.

Steven messed his hair out of frustration.

It seems like annoying him and pissing him off is slowly becoming Yuki's hobby.

He looked at the smiling Yuki angrily. He took a deep breath, gathered all his strength then smiled at Yuki. Yuki didn't seem to expect him to be able to smile at him, considering the shocked expression on his face. And since Yuki is still shocked, he took the chance to grab Yuki by the arm and forcefully removed him from leaning against the door of his apartment.

"What the hell!" Yuki said in bewilderment.

He smiled at him. "I asked you nicely, but you did not listen," Steven said with a smug face before he inserted the key on the keyhole and quickly opened the door of his apartment, easily entered inside, shut the door forcefully, and locked it properly.

"Hey! Hey, Steven! Open up!" He heard Yuki shout from the outside as he repeatedly knocked on his door.

He just shook his head before he took off his office suit and shoes, threw his bag on the sofa, then went straight to his room. He could still hear Yuki calling his name, but he completely ignored the young man. He threw himself on his bed and allowed himself to be completely swept away by sleepiness.

The repeated and loud knocks on his door were what woke Steven up. With one of his eyes still closed, Steven groggily and sleepily got out of his bed.

The loud knocks continued that it irritated him. "Just a moment!" He shouted at whoever was knocking on his door.

Steven rubbed his left eye first before he opened the door, only to be surprised by Yuki's smiling face.

"Good morning!" Yuki warmly and cheerfully greeted Steven with a blue Tupperware on his hands that surprised Steven.

"What is that? And why are you here?" Steven asked while frowning.

Yuki smiled at him. "I cooked breakfast and I decided to give some to you. This is delicious!"

It is still early in the morning and Yuki is already lively. Yuki is looking fresh, and he looked very happy which added even more to the beauty he possessed.

He stared at the Tupperware Yuki presented. He could smell the aroma of the food coming from it and he could help himself but gulp.

It smells so good.

He is still annoyed at the young man but as his mother always says, never refuses blessings. Also, it's just the aroma of the food but it's already making him hungry.

"You did not put the potion in that, did you?" Steven asked while raising his brows.

"Steven, I don't have to put the potion on your food anymore. Because I know that you will fall in love with me even without the potion,” Yuki said confidently.

He winced at what Yuki said but he still held out his palms, an indication that he is accepting what he is offering.

Yuki happily placed the Tupperware in Steven's palms. "That's delicious," Yuki said proudly.

Steven nodded. "Thank you,” he said and was about to close the door when Yuki stopped him from doing so using one of his arms. "What else do you want?" Asked Steven in an annoyed tone.

Yuki grinned mischievously. "Won't you even let me in?" He said while acting cute.

"Go home!" Steven shouted then forcefully removed Yuki's arm that is preventing him from closing the door. And when he successfully did, he immediately shut it.

He went to the kitchen and opened the Tupperware. He gulped when he saw his favorite, Adobo.

"Looks like he is not just boasting. This looked delicious,” he said to himself as he stared at the adobo given to him by Yuki.

Steven stopped walking and turned to Yuki who was following him. "What is it this time?" He yelled.

"If you think I'm following you again, then I am telling you, for the second time, that we are both going in the same direction,” Yuki immediately answered.

"Then why are you always leaving when I am leaving as well? Don't you dare say that your class schedule is the same as my work schedule!"

"What if that's the case?" Yuki, again, immediately answered. Yuki is giving Steven an innocent face that Steven is annoyed with.

"Do what you want!" Steven said, finally giving up.

He turned his back on Yuki and started walking again. He knew that Yuki was still following him, but he just ignored him.

He knew that nothing would happen even if he asked him over and over again to leave him alone. Yuki will still do what he wants.

"Steven?" Yuki suddenly calls.

"What?" Steven replied with an annoyed tone.

Yuki walks faster until he and Steven are finally walking side by side. Yuki tried to take a step closer towards Steven, but Steven immediately distanced himself from Yuki.

"Come on! It's not like I have a contagious disease for you to avoid,” Yuki said and pouted.

"It's better to be careful since I don't know what's going on inside that pervy head of yours."

Yuki pouted even more at what Steven said,

"Steven," Yuki called again.

"What? Just say what you want to say!" Steven replied, annoyed, as he continued to walk.

Why aren't we still at the bus stop? Steven silently asked himself.

He had only been walking for a few minutes, but he felt like he had been walking for too long.

All he wanted was for Yuki to disappear from his sight, for all the young man does is just tease him and irritate the hell out of him and he doesn't know how long he would be able to handle him.

"Come home early later," Yuki said.

It was then that Steven looked at Yuki again upon hearing what the young man said.

His forehead furrowed. "Why?" He asked in a calm yet curious manner.

"I would like to invite you for a drink later." Yuki was all smiles when he said that and in Steven's eyes, it seems like the young man's aura has suddenly changed. Yuki seems to have lost his mischievous and naughty nature.

When Yuki smiles, he looks kind and seems to be unable to do evil things to his neighbor.

But Steven immediately disregarded that thought.

That is just an act. An act that hides the mischievousness that he has shown to him several times.

"Why?" Yuki asked as he stared at Steven while holding back his laughter.

Steven cleared his throat and made a serious face. "Nothing,” he answered.

"So…you gonna go home early tonight?" Yuki asked.

"I still have paperwork to finish so it's impossible for me to get home early. Also, I am not in the mood to drink, and I still have to go to work tomorrow."

"You just really don't want to drink with me," Yuki said then pouted.

"If you already know, then why bother asking?" Steven replied.

"Because I wanted to be with you," Yuki answered immediately.

"Well, I don't want to be with you."

"Tsk! After cooking for you and giving you food, you still dare to refuse me,” Yuki said, almost whispering, but that did not escape Steven's hearing.

Steven, who still has that annoyed look on his face, turned around to look at Yuki, who immediately stopped walking. "I did not ask you to do those things. You willingly gave it to me. Now, if you want something in return for the food that you gave me, do not worry. I will pay for it. And for the hundredth time, I am telling you, stop following me and stop messing with me and my life. Because no matter what happens and whatever you say, you will never be my lover."

"It's not like that. I am just—"

"I'm not done yet!" Steven suddenly shouted which surprised Yuki. Steven is now fuming in anger. His patience is already at its limit. "If what you said is true, if something happened between us that night, then I just want you to know that for me, that is just a one-night mistake. A mistake that will never happen again! So, leave me, the fuck alone!" Steven said furiously, then left immediately, leaving Yuki who was stunned.

Steven is gritting his teeth as he fastens his walk. And he sighed in relief when he finally reached the bus stop.

He could hear his heart beating loudly. Even his breathing is so fast due to the extreme irritation he's feeling for Yuki.

That was the first time he had shouted at someone and that was also the first time that he had run out of patience. He is a patient person but when it comes to Yuki, his patience shortens. He just hopes that Yuki will finally stop disturbing him so that he could have his quiet and peaceful life again, which started to get chaotic when he met Steven.

Like the previous nights, Steven came home late and was very tired. He felt his energy running low. He is so tired that he even decided not to go to work the next day so that he can rest and regain sleep.

He took a deep breath as he reached the floor where his apartment is located. He got out of the elevator and was about to go to his apartment when he saw a figure standing just beside the door of his apartment that made him stop in his tracks.

His forehead furrowed. He could not recognize who it was, and he could not see its face either. But he was sure that it was a man.

The man was wearing faded skinny jeans and a black hoodie. And the hoodie hides the stranger's face as he bends down.

"Is it Yuki?" He whispered as he took a step closer to whoever the stranger was.

The stranger straightened his posture and its face rose. And he was relieved to see that it really was Yuki.

He starts walking closer towards Yuki until he is finally right in front of the young man.

"What are you doing here again? If you are just going to tease me and annoy me then—what the!"

Steven was so shocked when Yuki grabbed his arms and dragged him towards his own apartment.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Steven said in panic, but Yuki didn't even bother to answer him. And instead, Yuki just pushed his apartment door open, dragged him inside, and immediately closed the door.

"Yuki, what is this again—"

"I will remind you of what happened between us that night. I will make you remember everything,” Yuki said in pure determination as he stared at Steven.

Steven was about to answer Yuki when Yuki suddenly grabbed him by the hips and neck and aggressively claimed his lips.