Chapter Seven - Confusion
Gan Ning opened the door to his room. He staggered inside and placed the bag full of potions on the table in front of him.
"Damn that white tiger sure was a bitch to fight," he said quietly to himself.
He opened one of the bottles slowly and drank it down, immediately feeling a little better.
He sighed and noticed a note on the table. He began reading it while taking off his gloves.
"To Gan Ning, this is Sun Ce..."
'Sun Ce? Why the hell is Sun Ce writing me a note for?' he thought, while holding the note, sitting on the bed and pulling off his boots, flinging them onto the floor.
"...I wanted to say this to your face but I couldn't find you...."
Gan Ning raised an eyebrow. Sun Ce sounded...normal. Not the bitter, arrogant Sun Ce that he was used to, but one that sounded almost human, in this note that is.
"...I wanted to apologise for what I did last night, I shouldn't have acted like that, not at your party. I have no excuses. I may have been drunk but I shouldn't have done that...."
The way Sun Ce wrote the note sounded sincere. Gan Ning just sat there, put down the note on the bed and staring at it whilst taking off his chest plate. Was Sun Ce the 'asshole' actually apologising to him? He continued reading the note.
"...I'm really sorry about... about everything..."
Gan Ning's eyes opened a little wider as he read that sentence. He knew what Sun Ce was referring to when he had said 'everything.' He put a finger to his lips, almost feeling the soft brush of Sun Ce against him.
"...Well, that's all really. See you around Gan Ning."
The note ends there.
Gan Ning was even more confused than he'd ever been. Sun Ce had called him Gan Ning. Sun Ce hadn't uttered his actual name properly for a very long time. He was referred to as 'Ning Boy' or 'shrimp' or 'shortass', and the way Sun Ce had said it sounded affectionate. His mind drifted back to the kiss. It was barely a kiss, their lips had touched only for a second, but it was enough to keep distracting Gan Ning from his regular line of thought. Sun Ce was so gentle, and his message had seemed so sincere. It almost scared Gan Ning. Had it meant nothing to Sun Ce after all?
"Wait a minute" he mumbled to himself, "Does this mean that I wanted it to mean something?"
The thought of him wanting Sun Ce made him panic.
'I am not gay and even if I was I wouldn't want to have anything to do with that stupid prick' he thought, trying to convince himself, but deep down he knew there was a feeling that wouldn't go away. One that he'd pushed deep, deep down.
"That white tiger must've hit me pretty hard to make me think I could even like Sun Ce" he joked to himself, pulling off his pants which left him wearing his black cloth underwear and the ugly padded vest.
He sighed and lay down in his bed pulling the blankets over himself, preparing for a night of troubled dreams.
Gan Ning opened the door to his room. He staggered inside and placed the bag full of potions on the table in front of him.
"Damn that white tiger sure was a bitch to fight," he said quietly to himself.
He opened one of the bottles slowly and drank it down, immediately feeling a little better.
He sighed and noticed a note on the table. He began reading it while taking off his gloves.
"To Gan Ning, this is Sun Ce..."
'Sun Ce? Why the hell is Sun Ce writing me a note for?' he thought, while holding the note, sitting on the bed and pulling off his boots, flinging them onto the floor.
"...I wanted to say this to your face but I couldn't find you...."
Gan Ning raised an eyebrow. Sun Ce sounded...normal. Not the bitter, arrogant Sun Ce that he was used to, but one that sounded almost human, in this note that is.
"...I wanted to apologise for what I did last night, I shouldn't have acted like that, not at your party. I have no excuses. I may have been drunk but I shouldn't have done that...."
The way Sun Ce wrote the note sounded sincere. Gan Ning just sat there, put down the note on the bed and staring at it whilst taking off his chest plate. Was Sun Ce the 'asshole' actually apologising to him? He continued reading the note.
"...I'm really sorry about... about everything..."
Gan Ning's eyes opened a little wider as he read that sentence. He knew what Sun Ce was referring to when he had said 'everything.' He put a finger to his lips, almost feeling the soft brush of Sun Ce against him.
"...Well, that's all really. See you around Gan Ning."
The note ends there.
Gan Ning was even more confused than he'd ever been. Sun Ce had called him Gan Ning. Sun Ce hadn't uttered his actual name properly for a very long time. He was referred to as 'Ning Boy' or 'shrimp' or 'shortass', and the way Sun Ce had said it sounded affectionate. His mind drifted back to the kiss. It was barely a kiss, their lips had touched only for a second, but it was enough to keep distracting Gan Ning from his regular line of thought. Sun Ce was so gentle, and his message had seemed so sincere. It almost scared Gan Ning. Had it meant nothing to Sun Ce after all?
"Wait a minute" he mumbled to himself, "Does this mean that I wanted it to mean something?"
The thought of him wanting Sun Ce made him panic.
'I am not gay and even if I was I wouldn't want to have anything to do with that stupid prick' he thought, trying to convince himself, but deep down he knew there was a feeling that wouldn't go away. One that he'd pushed deep, deep down.
"That white tiger must've hit me pretty hard to make me think I could even like Sun Ce" he joked to himself, pulling off his pants which left him wearing his black cloth underwear and the ugly padded vest.
He sighed and lay down in his bed pulling the blankets over himself, preparing for a night of troubled dreams.