Last Thank You?

When they returned from the carnival, both of them were quite tired but wholly stuffed with the local cuisines. Mei Wei had even drank a little wine. His cheeks were still painted red. Although he was not even close to being tipsy but his eyes were a little hazy.

Both of them entered inside Aman's suite and sat on one of the couches in the lounge. There was a pleasant silence between the two of them.

Mei Wei tilted his face a little in order to look at Aman, however Aman had the same idea as he also turned his face. Both of them caught each other's eyes, they froze for a moment before both of them burst into a laughing fit.

After laughing for a few moments, silence again enveloped them. Mei Wei diverted his attention and started fiddling with the small Panda toy in his hands. He poked its little nose. He was completely bemused as he giggled simultaneously after swaying its little hands.

Aman supported his head with his right hand and looked at Mei Wei's actions.

"My prince…," he called softly.

"Hmm," answered Mei Wei. He did not pay attention to Aman but was busy shaking the Panda's hand.

Aman piched Mei Wei on the bicep, they had already taken off the extra clothes due to enough automatic heating in the suite. He pinched lightly while speaking in a complaining manner, "my prince, listen to me and pay attention na."

However, Mei Wei was still busy with His toy, "I am listening, you speak," said Mei Wei while he brought the toy to his face level. His face was full of a dreamy look.

Aman suddenly got up and snatched the Panda from Mei Wei's hands. Mei Wei came out of his trance and he looked at Aman and complained, "Aman, give it back."

Aman narrowed his eyes and said, "no I won't. You are paying it more attention than me. I won't return it." He huffed. He leaned back as he held the Panda far from Mei Wei's approach.

Mei Wei also leaned as he tried to get the toy, "Aman give it back, please na?"

But Aman was not having it, "no I won't. First, you tell me why you are paying it more attention. I am not liking it."

"Aman, return it back!" Mei Wei ordered.

"No, no answer to me first. Why is it better than me?"

Mei Wei, who could not reach out and get his toy, was starting to get frustrated. He tried to get it again but failed. At last he said, "Aman, give it back, otherwise I'll tickle you badly."

Aman did not take his threat seriously and said, "okay, but answer me first."

"Because it's our baby!"

Mei Wei's eyes widened when he realised that he had spilled the truth, he quickly tried to cover it, "MY! my baby! It's my baby. When you gifted it to me I accepted it as my son, 'my Mr. Koala."

Aman narrowed his eyes at Mei Wei's explanation, still felt that something was fishy, "but it's a Panda. So, how can it be a Koala?"

Mei Wei racked his brain and said, "it is mine not yours, okay. So if I want my son to be called a Koala, I will call it a Koala. Do you have any problem with this."

Aman held his hands up in the air as he said, "no, no I don't. Here take your Mr. Koala back." He handed the Panda to Mei Wei.

"Now, you are behaving like a good boy," Mei Wei praised Aman while ruffling his hair. Aman also passed him a grin.

Only after that did they realise their current position. Aman was lying horizontally on the couch while Mei Wei was above him. Their noses were almost touching and Mei Wei who was taller than Aman was almost covering his body as their bodies rubbed with friction. If someone else saw them at this time they would definitely think that both of them were doing something dirty.

Realising this closeness, a certain something was starting to get erect. Mei Wei quickly got up and closed his legs tightly, his face red from embarrassment. He coughed, "uh! ah! Tell me what you wanted to say."

Aman also got up, he tucked a strand of hair behind his ear and started saying softly, "my prince, I want to thank you. I am so grateful to you that you take great care of me."

"You know, when I first came into this big city with Mr. Mei Shao, I was completely terrified. There were many things in this...in this big city that I did not understand. Even one time I was almost hit by a car. But he was there, to save me and assure me…. He told me that I could handle everything and succeed in my goal."

"And then...then I first entered into the Mei Mansion. I met you - the young master Mei Wei, whose caretakers get changed at the end of every month….of course, you did not even spare this naive villager and shouted at me endlessly. That much, that your head started aching badly."

Mei Wei was also lost in old memories as he spoke in an apologetic manner, "I remember, I am sorry about that. But I still remember, even after I yelled at you so much, at night, I found you rubbing a balm on my forehead silently. There was no resentment on your face. That entire night we did not even say a word to each other. Not any of my previous caretakers was that patient with me."

Aman shook his head as he took Mei Wei's hand into his own, "from that day, you started behaving a little nicely. And slowly after taking baby steps we have reached this far. My prince, seriously I can't even imagine my journey till here without you. You always take care of me. Always try to protect me. You stood against the whole world in order to protect me. Even words cannot describe what I am feeling right now."

"Anyhow, at this moment, I just want to say, thank you so much…" He said this while squeezing Mei Wei's hand. 

Mei Wei also felt a warm feeling. He asked, "I understood all of this. But why are you saying this all of a sudden? Is something happening?"

Aman shook his head, "no, no nothing is going on I just wanted to say thank you to you for being with me." There was a strange shine in Aman's eyes.

He patted Mei Wei's shoulder, "okay. Enough with the sappy talk. It's getting late. You should go and sleep. We have to go skiing tomorrow. Go okay?"

Mei Wei nodded and started leaving. When he was getting his windbreaker, he again turned and took a look at Aman. Somehow, he felt that something bad was going to happen….

****

The next day, both of them were ready in their skiing gear after their daily routine. The special skiing gear was provided by the resort staff.

However they faced a little problem there - none of them knew how to ski. They were a little lost. But not for too long as Mei Wei instantly called the manager and requested him to arrange a ski instructor for them.

Of course his possessiveness could not be ignored as he deliberately chose a quite old and kind looking instructor for Aman. Young people cannot be trusted with beauty, he believed. However, there was no need for him to fret over his own instructor. Thus, he got an imposing woman with no nonsense attitude.

After two hours of constant practice and in Mei Wei's case constant nagging, they could ski more or less. After all they could not master this skill in a mere time span of two hours.

Aman's instructor urged him to ski on his own but only in this safe area. Aman agreed and went away. Meanwhile when Mei Wei tried to follow him, his instructor gave him an earful.

Aman was skiing slowly on the little hills and he felt that it was a really great thing. Although he was still missing someone. 

"Aman!" He heard someone shouting his name.

He turned and found Justin skiing his way towards him. He smiled, "hello Aman, I saw you skiing. You seem to be enjoying it greatly." He was again in his overenthusiastic self.

Aman also smiled at him and said, "yes, it's pretty good." 

Justin grinned, "that's great! Do you want to enjoy it more and ski a little higher?" He offered.

Aman shook his head, "no, my instructor said I should only ski here."

Justin pleaded to him, "come with me. I guarantee you won't be disappointed. It will be a lot of fun."

Aman was also happy with this new discovery. He liked skiing very much, so after a little hesitation, he agreed, "okay." Justin jumped in happiness. 

Meanwhile Mei Wei who was looking at both of them found them going and he also wanted to follow but his instructor stopped him. Mei Wei could accept anything but he could not leave his Aman in a dangerous place. So he directly fired his instructor and started looking for Aman.

Thus they went to one of the higher hills. There were only a few people around here. Justin said excitedly, "so we are going to ski here. Don't worry I will be with you. See, we will only ski on the safe side not the other. This one is the safe side, Okay?"

However, Aman was looking at Mei Wei who was waving at him fiercely. He waved back and did not pay attention to Justin. He just nodded, "alright."

Suddenly, Justin's phone rang and he looked at the id and said to Aman while going near a sign board which was covered with snow, in order to talk, "take your position at the safe side, I will be there after attending the call."

On the other hand Mei Wei was also skiing towards them. Aman took his position at the edge. He tried to take a look down but suddenly his balance shook and he started falling downwards. One of his ski poles also fell away. 

He completely lost his balance. He was panicking as his brain stopped working. He could not stop himself no matter what he tried. And then he saw it - a cliff. And he was going uncontrollably towards it's direction…

On the other side, both Mei Wei and Justin were shocked by the accident. Suddenly Mei Wei turned and punched Justin, "how dare you to take my Aman here! I will kill you!" 

Justin stumbled and collided with the board behind him. Due to the impact the snow fell off. They were stunned after reading the board,

"Dangerous Cliff ahead. Do not Ski here!"

He started thrashing Kevin, desperately while a thousand emotions running in Mei Wei's mind when he heard a bone chilling scream.

It was his Aman's scream….