Brotherly Love I

"I'll be going out for dinner tonight with some new friends. You coming?"

"Nah, I want to cook tonight," Yuliang said as they walked out of the student supply store with their purchases. The items were obviously overpriced, but the convenience of buying them on campus instead of having to go out had Yuliang paying the required amount with grit teeth.

Honestly, it felt like a robbery! How rich did these people think they were?

"You don't even have anything to cook with," Yukio pointed out, sounding breathless from carrying his load. On the other hand, Yuliang, who was used to manual labor, looked completely unaffected.

"I'll go shopping in the evening. Eric said that supermarkets are open 24/7."

"Won't you be lonely, brother?" Yukio asked, swiping his student card on the access pad to unlock the door to the student dormitory building.

"You don't have to leave me for a bunch of strangers on our first night here," Yuliang said as he held the door open for Yukio to get through. He could only linger at the entrance right now because If Yuliang ended up going up to his brother's room, Yukio would find some way to rope Yuliang into doing everything for him. Yuliang couldn't have that when he still had so much to do with his own room. So, it was best that Yuliang only saw him off at the building entrance.

"I already agreed to go, brother. I can't pull out now. That's social suicide."

"You have your answer then."

Yukio looked like a scolded puppy, "I'm sorry," he whined.

Yuliang rolled his eyes and gave his shoulder a parting clasp, "We're almost adults now, Yukio. We need to get used to this sort of thing. I'll be fine. You enjoy your dinner with your new friends. Call me if anything happens, alright?"

Yukio nodded. "I promise. Take care, brother."