[✔] White over Red (boyxboy)

֍CHAPTER 43: Pandora's Box

Despite him falling for Stepan, his instinct still told him to be wary of him. That was why when he first came to Stepan's room back then, he left something in his room. He feigned innocence when he walked out of the bathroom door just now to see Stepan in his room with a smile on his face. "You woke up early this morning," he said. Kirill smiled back at him. "I needed to pee," he informed him and only then noticed that his voice was hoarse. He swallowed his saliva to try to regain his natural voice. Stepan immediately offered him a glass of water. He took it and drank the whole glass in one go. "Are you going anywhere today?" Kirill asked as he handed the glassback to Stepan. He then walked back to the bed and got under the covers naturally.

"I have something to do in the afternoon. What about you?" Stepan asked as he sat next to Kirill after he placed the glass on the bedside table. He fixed the covers on Kirill's body and looked at him lovingly. Kirill looked back at him before pulling his hands to his mouth and kissed it. He then smirked at him. "I'm going to sleep all day here. Someone totally wore me out last night," he teased.

Stepan laughed and leaned down to plant a kiss on Kirill's forehead. "Then you have a good rest," he said. "If you're hungry, just press the bell at the door. My housekeeper will bring in your breakfast or lunch whatever."

"Are you leaving already?" Kirill asked.

"Yeah. I have to go to the hospital," Stepan said. "...to see Stanley."

"Hey, be nice to him," Kirill warned.

"I know. I was quite impulsive last night. It must've scared you. I'm sorry," Stepan apologised.

To that, Kirill immediately understood something. 'You're only sorry that you've scared me but you're not sorry that you almost killed someone.' "It's okay," Kirill replied. "Hey, can I use your laptop later? I needed to finish an assignment," he asked.

Stepan turned his head to look at his study table which was situated directly opposite of the bookcase. "Sure," he said. "The laptop is there on the table. It is not password protected."

"Okay. Thanks," Kirill said with a smile and kissed Stepan's hand again.

Stepan leaned down again but this time, he kissed Kirill softly on the lips for a while. "I'll see you later," he said as he broke the kiss. He then caressed one side of Kirill's cheeks with the back of his hands. "I love you, Kirill," he whispered.

Kirill smiled at him. "Get home early," he said. 'I love you too, Stepan. But I don't trust you,' he added in his mind.

When Stepan left the room, Kirill stared at the ceiling for a long time. All sorts of thoughts are floating around in his mind. All sorts of emotions were filling his heart. He took his time to get up. It was because he knew he was about to know some secret. He was afraid of knowing. But somehow, he only allowed himself to be conflicted for a moment before he finally got up from the bed, put some shorts Stepan had left for him on, and walked over to sit at Stepan's study table. It is for a fact that after observing Stepan for a while, he noticed a few things about him. One was that he never wrote with a pen and paper. And secondly, he never used his laptop. He always carried his iPad around. He took down notes and did his assignment on his iPad.

That was why when he first came into the room, he saw how quite dusty Stepan's study table was. So back then, he decided to place a ballpen into the pen holder on Stepan's study table. That was the very ballpen he used to place in his locker. The ballpen with a secret camera in it. The battery must have run out by now but it should have recorded for 24 hours after it was turned on. These 24 hours should start from the morning when he woke up in Stepan's room before the boys revealed to him about 'Fed Fet-ish'.