📱 Side Story – Late-Night Messages
12:03 AM
Yan Rui:
> You awake?
12:04 AM
Mo Jue:
> Always.
Or did you forget who has nightmares and insomnia?
12:05 AM
Yan Rui:
> I was just thinking about something.
Well… someone.
12:06 AM
Mo Jue:
> Am I supposed to pretend I don't know you're talking about me?
12:06 AM
Yan Rui:
> Depends.
Would you behave better if I said it was?
12:07 AM
Mo Jue:
> I don't behave. Especially when I know you're in bed, texting me with that smug little smile on your face.
12:08 AM
Yan Rui:
> What makes you think I'm smiling?
12:08 AM
Mo Jue:
> Because I know you.
And because if I was there right now, I'd have you biting your lip instead.
12:09 AM
Yan Rui:
> That's a bold assumption.
12:09 AM
Mo Jue:
> Not an assumption. A promise.
What are you wearing?
12:10 AM
Yan Rui:
> You're ridiculous.
12:10 AM
Mo Jue:
> And you're dodging.
12:11 AM
Yan Rui:
> Fine. Just a tank top. Boxers. Nothing special.
It's hot tonight.
12:11 AM
Mo Jue:
> Is it the weather or the thought of me?
12:12 AM
Yan Rui:
> I'm not answering that.
12:12 AM
Mo Jue:
> You don't have to. I can already see you shifting in bed, pretending you're not imagining my hands on your thighs.
12:13 AM
Yan Rui:
> You think you're so smooth.
12:13 AM
Mo Jue:
> I know I am.
Want me to tell you exactly what I'd do if I were beside you?
12:14 AM
Yan Rui:
> …I shouldn't.
But yes.
12:14 AM
Mo Jue:
> First, I'd kiss the edge of your jaw. Slow. Just there where your skin is softest.
Then I'd whisper in your ear exactly how long I've been thinking about you tonight.
I wouldn't even touch you yet. I'd just let you want.
12:15 AM
Yan Rui:
> Mo…
12:15 AM
Mo Jue:
> Then I'd press you into the mattress. Still clothed. Still teasing.
My fingers would slip under your waistband—
But I'd stop.
And ask, "Do you want me?"
12:16 AM
Yan Rui:
> You're evil.
12:16 AM
Mo Jue:
> Only when you ask for it.
So ask.
12:17 AM
Yan Rui:
> ...Tomorrow.
I'll ask you in person.
Come over.
12:17 AM
Mo Jue:
> Already outside your door.
Yan Rui stared at the text for half a second—
before the doorbell rang.
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End of Side Story – To Be Continued…