"Why are you angry? Because I didn't really kiss you?" Reese supported his chin and turned his face to the side.

The culprit who had caused him so much distress now looked as if nothing had to do with him.

Nie Chuan wanted to punch that handsome face.

Of course, he did so.

"Go to hell!" Before Nie Chuan's fist touched Reese's nose, it was grabbed by the other party's palm.

Reese moved Nie Chuan's fist away and looked into his eyes: "If you really want me to kiss you, you don't have to say anything, just nod."

Nie Chuan was really about to explode.

"Reese, kissing is a very serious matter to me."

If you don't really want to kiss me, don't joke about kissing me.

Nie Chuan also looked into Reese's eyes without shifting his gaze.

There were always many profound meanings in Reese's eyes that Nie Chuan dared not guess.

"I can kiss you seriously and seriously." Reese's eyes still didn't shift at all.

At that moment, Nie Chuan opened his mouth and wanted to say: If I tell you that I really like you, can you still say you want to kiss me?

But he found that he didn't have that kind of courage.

If he really said such a thing, what kind of expression would Reese have?

Surprised? Disgusted? Or even more indifferent and distant?

Reese's smile, Reese's teasing, and even the time Reese spent on him were all things that outsiders had never experienced.

What if all this will disappear because of my confession?

Something warm began to flow in Nie Chuan's eyes.

He had told himself countless times that failing in his confession was no big deal, and that losing his head would only leave him a scar the size of a bowl. Eighteen years later, he would be a brave man again!

In fact, it won't take eighteen years for him to fall in love with someone else.

And at this moment, when the impulse came, he realized that all the likes he had in the past combined were not as strong as the impulse he had to kiss Reese at this moment.

"I don't know how to grill bratwurst. Grill it yourself."

Nie Chuan withdrew his hand, lowered his head and ate the chicken wings in a depressed mood.

He didn't want to look at Reese. He was afraid that if he looked at him again, he would act impulsively like a fool again.

"What's wrong with you?" Reese stretched out his finger and poked Nie Chuan on the cheek.

"Nothing serious. Just grill whatever you want to eat." Nie Chuan bit off the meat from the chicken wing roughly, and there was no taste at all on his tongue.

"Hey, are you angry?" Reese poked Nie Chuan's face again.

There was no more teasing in his voice, as if he really started to care about Nie Chuan's anger.

"Yes, I am angry. Some things cannot be taken lightly, at least for me."

Nie Chuan raised his face, and he didn't know that his eyes were red.

"Your eyes are red."

“It’s spicy from the jalapenos.”

Nie Chuan was about to lower his head, but Reese held his chin.

"So Nie Chuan, who has been heartbroken 365 times, is so serious about kissing? It seems that no one has kissed you before."

Nie Chuan waved Reese's hand away and said sullenly, "I'm not as experienced as you."

It's obvious that your kissing skills have been honed!

"I've only kissed one person," Reese replied.

“It’s a lie.”

"Why do you think I'm lying?" Reese looked at Nie Chuan, even though all he could see now was Nie Chuan's forehead and the tip of his nose.

"If you've only kissed one person, what about me? And you've only kissed one person, how did you get such good skills?"

"Oh - so you admit that my skills are good." Reese leaned towards Nie Chuan with a smile in his eyes.

"Yes." Nie Chuan admitted generously.

"When I was little, my sister Vivian had a boyfriend. They kissed under the windowsill of my room. I remember Vivian half tilted her head back with her eyes closed, as if she was intoxicated. When she came home, I asked her what it felt like to kiss."

"You're actually curious about this kind of thing?"

"Of course. But Vivian told me that there was a sense of frustrated expectations. It wasn't as intoxicating and unforgettable as described in the movies or novels."

Nie Chuan pulled the corner of his mouth, he didn't think so.

Whenever Reese kissed him, even though it was always when he was caught off guard, even now when he recalled it, his heart still beat fast.

Reese had said that no one would kiss him like he did.

Now Nie Chuan knew it was the truth. Because whether it was Celine, Lily, or anyone else in his life, none of them would appear in his sight like Reese, as hot as the midday sun, slowly penetrating him and making him unable to extricate himself.

"So what was your first kiss like? Did you feel your expectations were dashed?"

After Nie Chuan asked, he regretted it. He really didn't want to know what Reese's first kiss was like. Because that person couldn't be him.

If Reese could still perform at such a high level if the person he kissed for the first time was himself, he must be extremely talented!

Reese said in Chinese: "No. It was much better than I thought. I still remember his reaction."

It was as if he wanted Nie Chuan to understand more clearly, or maybe because there were so many people around him, he just wanted Nie Chuan to understand.

Nie Chuan didn't say anything. He hoped Reese would stop talking about this topic. He didn't want to know what it felt like to be kissed by someone else.

But Reese had no intention of stopping.

"The tip of his tongue was warm, his reaction was a little clumsy, his shoulders hunched, and then for the first time I felt unbearable. I sucked him hard, wanting to swallow him into my body. I wanted all of him, and no matter how hard I sucked, it only made me realize more clearly that I couldn't have all of him. I wanted to leave my mark on his body, in his deepest part. From the moment I kissed him, I wanted him like crazy."

"Hey...you don't have to continue..." Nie Chuan shook his hand. He simply couldn't imagine what Reese would be like if he lost control.

"I thought I would be disappointed, thinking that after kissing him once, I would no longer have any expectations for kissing, just like my sister Vivian said. But that's not the case. I want him even more. I can't stand even if I imagine that another person will kiss him like me."

Nie Chuan was attracted by Reese's voice and slowly raised his head. He saw the persistent madness in Reese's usually calm eyes. They broke through all constraints, pressed on his face, and drowned Nie Chuan in an instant.

"Where is that person now?" Nie Chuan asked subconsciously.

"In a place that is very close, but the distance is so close that I cannot cross it no matter how hard I try." Reese replied.

"I'll go grill the mushrooms." Nie Chuan stood up.

He didn't want to face Reese again, he was afraid he would burst into tears without any backbone.

He always felt that he had failed before he even confessed his feelings.

Someone must be very special to make Reese love him so hard.

"Don't forget my German sausage," said Reese.

“Bake it yourself!”

Nie Chuan sniffed, turned his back, and wrinkled his whole face.

After eating the barbecue, Nie Chuan and Reese returned to the dormitory.

After taking a shower, Reese sat at the desk and read a book. It seemed that he had a very difficult problem to solve.

Nie Chuan, on the other hand, was lying on his side on the bed, listening to music with headphones on.

At this time, he should have been playing games online or watching some meaningless videos, but now he is very quiet.

Reese, who had been performing calculations, suddenly frowned, turned sideways, and looked at Nie Chuan, who was curled up in the quilt with his back to him and only his head exposed. More than ten seconds passed, and Nie Chuan didn't even move.

Reese stood up, walked to Nie Chuan's bed and sat down.

Feeling the mattress sink, Nie Chuan inexplicably became nervous. He pretended to know nothing and closed his eyes until Reese's hand reached into the quilt and gently covered his ankle. Nie Chuan's whole body stiffened and he dared not move.

What is Reese going to do?

He felt Reese's hand reaching into the trouser leg of his pajamas, slowly moving upwards and pressing Nie Chuan's calf with a little force. His warmth seemed to penetrate from Nie Chuan's skin into his blood, and all his senses became sharper.

Nie Chuan kicked his calf subconsciously. He finally couldn't pretend anymore. He opened his eyes and turned to look at Reese who was sitting behind him: "What are you doing!"

"You've been exercising quite a lot today. Let me see how tight your calf muscles are." Reese's face was serious.

"oh……"

Nie Chuan was roaring in his heart: What are you doing! Don't touch me! Be careful or I will be rude to you!

...But how can I be rude to you?

"Hey, what are you thinking about?"

"I'm sleeping."

I miss you.

I was wondering what that “place that you can’t cross no matter how hard you try” is like.

"You don't seem very happy." Reese's hand left Nie Chuan's leg and was taken back from the quilt.

Nie Chuan thought he was going to get up and continue working on his advanced math problems, but he didn't expect that his hands would instead rest on Nie Chuan's pillow, his entire body pressing down.

There was a small space between his arms, filled with his scent.

"What's wrong with you?" Reese moved closer.

Nie Chuan pulled the quilt to cover his face: "I'm sleepy after eating, I need to take a nap."

Reese reached out and pulled Nie Chuan's quilt under his nose.

"Don't sleep with your face covered. Lack of oxygen can make you stupid."

"knew."

I am stupid to begin with, and I can't be any more stupid.

Nie Chuan regretted not recording all the words Zhou Bin said to comfort him when he was heartbroken before he left. Now he just had to play them over and over again.

He felt that the person Reese was talking about was like a □□. All the attention he had from Reese would explode when that person appeared, and nothing would be left.

He really wanted to tell Zhou Bin all this, but Reese was not any girl he had liked before. She was his roommate, his teammate, and someone of the same gender as him.

In the following weeks, Coach Gordon arranged several more practice games and deliberately separated Nie Chuan and Reese, letting Reese play in the first half and Nie Chuan in the second half.

Nie Chuan's outstanding performance also made him famous in the region and the focus of attention of other school basketball teams.

As Nie Chuan ran quickly on the court and made assists again and again, Carlo, who was sitting on the sidelines, tilted his head and said to Reese, "Hey, do you think Alan has been eating a lot of chocolate recently?"

"Really?" Reese had no expression, just crossed his arms, his eyes always following Nie Chuan's figure.

"Your only reaction is 'really'? Just now when you were on the court, he was sitting here eating chocolate!" Carlo opened Nie Chuan's sports bag, and there was a crumpled piece of tin foil inside.

He spread out the tin foil and handed it to Reese: "See? Such a big piece! He ate it all! Do you think he will become a fat man?"

"It's impossible for him to become fat with the amount of exercise he does," Reese replied.

"Okay...but, did you notice that Alan seems to be licking the inside of his teeth with his tongue? Is the chocolate stuck to his teeth?"

At this moment, Nie Chuan just passed the ball to Ewing, who scored. Nie Chuan's right cheek was a little bulging, where his tongue was licking.

"Reese, Alan is indeed a little distracted." Coach Gordon also spoke up.

"I know. I'll ask him what happened when I get back."

After the practice match, Nie Chuan was chatting with Lily on the sidelines with a smile on his face. Lily's casual words made Nie Chuan laugh happily.

Carlo touched his chin and said, "Alas, originally Lily, this high-class flower, was my target, but since Alan likes her, I had no choice but to give her up!"

Yu Yin rolled his eyes speechlessly: "Didn't you pursue Lily, and Lily rejected you because you were too fickle?"

"So are we going to the dessert shop we talked about last time today?" Lily asked Nie Chuan.

"Okay! Let's go together!"

Although Reese said that the dessert shop was very expensive, he also searched the Internet for prices. Now he has saved enough money to go for a meal!

Reese walked behind Nie Chuan without knowing when, and hooked his finger through the back of his collar: "You can't go."

When Nie Chuan heard Reese's voice, his heart felt like it was being squeezed.

"Oh, why can't I go? Is there another training?" Nie Chuan's face wrinkled.

"Open your mouth." Reese's expression was a little cold.

At this time, Nie Chuan suddenly realized that every time he and Lily were chatting happily, Reese would appear, and his face was not very good.

It was almost as if she was jealous of me and Lily being together.

But Nie Chuan knew very well... this was impossible.

"Jealousy" is an emotion that is completely uncharacteristic of Reese.

Nie Chuan found that he couldn't keep up with Reese's logic again.

Reese reached out and pinched Nie Chuan's cheek, forcing him to open his mouth.

"What are you doing...you're pinching me..."

Reese turned his head and stared at the right alveolus of Nie Chuan, then said to Lily, "He has cavities and can't eat dessert. I'm going to take him to the dentist this afternoon."

"Oh...that's it..." Lily didn't know what to say for a moment.

"I don't have cavities! I just have swollen gums!"

Nie Chuan was going crazy. How could Reese say in front of Lily that he had cavities? This was such a shame!

"Your gums are swollen because the nerves of the decayed teeth are also damaged. If you don't remove them, do you want to keep harboring worms?"

Reese raised his eyebrows, and Nie Chuan suddenly became weak.

"Do you secretly sleep with chocolate in your mouth at night?" Reese asked again.

Nie Chuan took a step back and signaled to Reese with his eyes not to continue discussing the topic of tooth decay in front of Lily.

"Haha... How is that possible..."

The truth was that he had hidden the chocolate in his pillowcase, and with it in his mouth he would not be thinking about Reese, who was sleeping in the bed next to him.

Otherwise, he couldn't fall asleep listening to Reese's breathing. The smell of chocolate could distract him.

"Then why did your teeth rot?" Reese maintained a high-pressure attack on Nie Chuan.

"I'm going to the dentist this afternoon." Nie Chuan's face wrinkled.

Dentists are expensive...

Reese turned to Lily, nodded at her and said, "I'm so sorry, but the coach also noticed that he was not concentrating during the game. The college league training will start next week, so his tooth decay needs to be fixed as soon as possible."

"Ah, I understand! Alan, you should go see a doctor right away! If you don't treat your cavities, you'll be in so much pain that you won't be able to sleep at night.

We won’t go to the dessert shop. Let’s make an appointment to eat something else next time.”

"Okay, I'm sorry!" Nie Chuan clasped his hands together, feeling extremely sorry for Lily.

"It's okay. We have plenty of time."

Looking at Lily's back, Nie Chuan showed a dejected expression. Before the next time they made a dinner appointment, he would have already paid the money to the dentist...

When Nie Chuan turned around, he saw Reese staring at him with his arms folded.

He lowered his head under the pressure of Reese's gaze.

Reese had been watching Nie Chuan brushing his teeth, but he didn't expect that he would still fail at the last moment.

After the training, Reese drove Nie Chuan to the nearest dentist's clinic.

Nie Chuan was very nervous along the way. He still remembered the experience of having a tooth pulled when he was a child. The pain was so severe that he couldn't even eat braised pork for a few days, and his mother gave the White Rabbit candy to the neighbor's children.

"Maybe my gums are swollen from the barbecue I ate..." Nie Chuan comforted himself.

Reese ignored him, her face still cold. Reese was angry, Nie Chuan could tell. There was nothing he could do. Anyone who watched him brush his teeth every morning and evening and then couldn't resist the chocolate hidden in the pillowcase would be furious...

The car stopped in front of a dentist's office. Reese took Nie Chuan in to register. When they walked into the waiting room, Nie Chuan realized that most of the people who came were mothers with their children.

The younger one was only three or four years old, and was held in his mother's arms, coaxing her while she cried. The older one was only in his teens.

When Nie Chuan and Reese sat down, they immediately attracted everyone's attention.

A child hugged his mother's neck and turned his head to look at Nie Chuan: "Mom, does he have cavities too?"

His mother smiled and didn't answer him, but just hugged the child back.

"Aren't cavities only found in children?"

Nie Chuan lowered his head, feeling really ashamed.

Reese still said nothing.

After waiting for more than an hour, it was finally Nie Chuan's turn.

The dentist was a middle-aged man in his forties. He smiled kindly when he saw Nie Chuan, and asked Nie Chuan to sit on the chair and open his mouth to accept the doctor's examination.

"I suggest you have this decayed tooth removed. You should pay attention to oral hygiene and never go to bed directly after eating sweets."

Nie Chuan was about to cry. Was he really going to pull it out?

That tooth has been with him for more than ten years. Is he really going to lose it?

"He doesn't go straight to bed after eating sweets, he goes to bed with chocolate in his mouth." Reese responded to the dentist coldly.

"Ah? Why do you want to sleep with chocolate in your mouth? Are you feeling stressed or something is making you unhappy? I heard that sweets can make people happy and relieve stress. Is that why you want to sleep with chocolate in your mouth?" the dentist said half-jokingly.

Nie Chuan was stunned. Is this a dentist or a psychologist?

He has been under a lot of pressure lately!

Because ever since I heard Reese describe his first kiss, I couldn't help but imagine that Reese would meet that person again one day, and then he would move out of the dormitory like Zhou Bin!

Although this idea was stupid, Nie Chuan knew in his heart that even if that person didn't show up, they would still be separated one day.

Once college days are over, they'll all go their separate ways, right?

Nie Chuan agreed to have the tooth pulled out. The feeling of the injected anesthetic couldn't be more pleasurable, and the decayed tooth was pulled out and thrown on the tray.

Nie Chuan sat up and looked at the tooth. It was really decayed...

Finally leaving the dentist's office, half of Nie Chuan's face was slightly swollen.

When they got back to the car and Reese started the engine, he put his hands on the steering wheel and suddenly said, "You sleep with chocolate in your mouth. Is it really because you are stressed?"

Nie Chuan was stunned. He didn't expect that Reese actually took the dentist's casual words to heart?

Seeing that Nie Chuan didn't answer, Reese asked again: "Do you feel pressured, the voice is for me?"

Nie Chuan trembled slightly. Could it be that Reese discovered something?

"Am I usually too strict with you, or are you actually unwilling to live with me?"

Reese's question pierced Nie Chuan's heart like a needle. He spoke without thinking: "It's because I'm afraid of being separated from you that I feel pressured!"

After saying this, Nie Chuan regretted it so much that he wanted to bite off his tongue!

What nonsense is he talking about! If Reese asked him why he thought about this question, how would he answer? They were just roommates and teammates, and it was only a matter of time before they would separate.

"Why do you think we will break up?" Reese turned his head and frowned slightly.

"Because...because we will graduate sooner or later. If I'm lucky, I'll go work in a company related to communications engineering, and you...will either go to the NBA or stay in school to continue your studies..." Nie Chuan lowered his head.

Fortunately, Reese asked "Why do you think we will break up" instead of "Why do you want to think about this question?"