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Xiao urgently needed a new flat as he could no longer afford to stay where he was. The noise was becoming unbearable and this way he wouldn’t be able to perform as well as he needed to in college.
After a lot of searching and, obviously, after some routine complaints about the subject with Zhongli, he gave him the idea of sharing a place with an acquaintance who was in a similar situation — they were in the same college, only in different courses. It would be more profitable for both of them, since the rent wouldn't be so expensive.
Xiao had nothing to lose. According to Zhongli, the person was quiet and they would probably have no problem sharing the environment. After everything was agreed upon, Zhongli introduced him to Venti — and just like his own words, Venti was indeed someone affable. He supposed that they could live together peacefully like that.
And from Venti's words, "I trust Zhongli's judgment." Xiao was surprised, but it didn't take much to discover that they were long-time friends. In that case, such trust made sense.
It took another month before he and Venti found a place that was close enough and within their budget. They opted for a small place, but at least it had two bedrooms. They moved in as soon as the keys became available.
In the beginning, everything was going very well. Venti was an organized person overall, just a little bit flighty. It was nothing that bothered Xiao at the end of the day — he also didn't pay much attention to things several times. That situation was forgivable.
The more time he spent with Venti, the more accustomed to him Xiao became. It was hard not to be attracted to his melodious voice, the way he engaged in affairs, his spontaneity, his easy and frequent smiles. Even he who was a more reclusive person enjoyed Venti's company.
However, all would not always be wonders. It was to be expected that at some point they would disagree on something. It is natural of any interpersonal relationship.
What Xiao didn't imagine was that they would disagree on something like... that.
After a few months, Venti started a little mania that was curious to say the least: he always came out of the shower in his briefs. So far, everything was fine. If, and only if, the briefs he wore wasn't stupidly tight.
Understand by tight when Xiao could see exactly his cock outlined in the fabric, including which way it was pinned. And Venti didn't appear to have just any dick — that is, if Xiao could judge right through a piece of clothing.
The first time he witnessed the scene, he swallowed dryly and tried to disguise it as much as he could. It would be indecent, to say the least, for his roommate to catch him brazenly observing his privates. However, as the days went on, it was becoming more and more difficult for Xiao not to notice Venti's cock.
"My fucking Goddess in Celestia" He sighed, shoving his face into his hands, pulling his eyelids down, nearly punching his face into his laptop and ruining one of his college reports in the process. "What the fuck am I going to do now?"
He could have a friendly chat with Venti, say that it was being a bit rude of him to do these things and that...
And that Xiao was having indecent thoughts every time he saw him in his briefs, because by the Archons, that tight cock was triggering all his fantasies — some he hadn't even imagined he had.
This time he banged his head against the keyboard, dragging his forehead across it, typing a bunch of nonsense into the document as he tried to get his thoughts in place — define: away from Venti's body and what that cock could do to him. Or yet what he could do with that cock.
"Archons help me, because I don't know how to broach this subject with him" he muttered, getting up and sighing heavily, grunting as he realized his research destroyed. "Urgh."
He decided that the best solution would be not to raise the subject directly and, if possible, avoid appearing in front of his colleague in the post-bathroom moments. That way, he could settle his thoughts without generating an unnecessary conflict — and embarrassing too.
Venti's idea seemed to be a little different than his own, though, especially when he kept showing up parading around the house in his briefs at random times during the night. And Xiao had to turn around so he wasn't staring at his marked cock in the garment.
Sooner or later, Venti would notice this attitude. There was no way he was going to be so innocent as to not notice how Xiao's eyes were navigating his body.
This tension between them remained for almost a month. Xiao was almost tearing his hair out and climbing the walls from how obsessed he was. And still unable to broach the subject with his roommate.
The opportunity to put the matter to rest came about in an unusual way — perhaps too unusual for Xiao's liking. It was a rather rushed evening, close to the deadline for one of his college research reports, when Venti decided to come into his room to ask something.
And it was obvious he was wearing those tight briefs again. He'd always walked around in just a shirt and briefs at night for almost two months, it wasn't because he'd be in Xiao's room on a sporadic visit that he'd bother putting on a pair of shorts or trousers.
If it was to say that he was processing any word that came out of Venti's lips, it was a lie, because he wasn't. Everything revolved around that brief and Venti's cock pressed into the garment. Xiao was salivating, though he was maintaining his composure with all the strength Celestia had once granted him.
"Venti." Xiao interrupted him, finally managing to disengage his eyes from his colleague's privates, cleaning his throat to find his voice. "Sorry, but we need to talk."
"Huh?" The surprise in his colleague's gaze was genuine, confusion taking over his expression next. "Did something happen, Xiao?"
"Yes, it did happen.” Xiao noticed how worried Venti looked the minute the words left his lips. "I... need to say I'm annoyed to have you walking around the house in your underwear like that." Venti's eyes widened, caught off guard. "Mostly because your underwear is so tight."
At that instant, Venti choked out a laugh, the ends of his hair swaying with the movement of his face. Xiao could clearly see how he was trying to keep his composure and not fall into laughter over his phrase.
However, Xiao had been sincere and direct. There was no other way to put it anyway. It was not out of attempts to find a better way to approach the subject.
"Wow how unexpected.” Venti admitted after taking a deep breath for a moment. However, Xiao noticed how his green eyes shone in a pointed naughtiness as they stared into his own. "Why does that bother you? Do you want to suck me off that badly, by any chance?"
"Yes."
The answer came out of Xiao's mouth automatically and when he finally understood what he had said, he felt his face heat up in the same instant. He was sure that even the roots of his hair and the tips of his ears were as red as a tomato.
At least he wasn't the only one in that situation, because he watched as Venti went red as well, as his cheeks turned rosy, him shifting his green irises to somewhere other than Xiao's face, embarrassed. His colleague began to laugh softly, awkwardly, taking a hand behind his neck, rubbing his skin gently in a vain hope of lessening the heat on his face.
"Ah, haha. I... didn't imagine you were going to give a straight answer like that." Venti commented, biting his lip in another action to ease the tension in his muscles.
"I...!" Xiao thought about arguing, but instead he stuffed his face in his hands and groaned. He could absolutely feel his entire face burning and was sure that he had now just sealed his fate.
It had been hard enough to get a roommate like Venti. And he put it all to waste because he kept imagining himself sucking him off. Honestly, if shame killed, Xiao would be seven feet under the ground by now.
"Although it was a joke~" Xiao's ears perked up as Venti's words returned, melodious as he announced, "I wouldn't deny you sucking me off."
When Xiao lifted his face, his eyes were wide open and all his sight could catch was the smile at the corner of Venti's lips, the intense glow in the emerald greens that were his irises, inviting him, encouraging him.
He blinked, all the Xiao minis within his mind going into despair as he processed that, first, he had spoken directly that he wanted to suck Venti. And, second, Venti had agreed to be sucked by him.
"Close the door" Xiao ordered, eagerly, as he stood up from his chair and leaned it against his desk.
"Xiao, there's only us in that flat. You remember that, right?" Venti raised his eyebrows, noticing the euphoria in his colleague. It was such that it seemed to overflow through every pore in his body.
"Open doors give me a strange feeling" he pointed out as he walked over to Venti, taking his wrist gently. He took advantage of this and closed the bedroom door himself, trying to calm the beating of his heart. "Even if it's just us, I'd... I'd rather it stays closed."
"Hah~ You who knows~" Venti's voice sounded melodious next to his ear, making his heart speed up even more inside his chest, a delicious shiver going down his neck and all down his spine.
Archons, have mercy on me, he thought as he gently pulled Venti onto his bed. From the way he laughed casual, Xiao imagined he should have announced that phrase loud and clear.
Patience. All the Xiao minis inside his mind had short-circuited. He wasn't thinking straight anymore — he was just acting as commanded by the head of his cock. Or the saliva inside his mouth, whatever at that point.
He sat down on the bed, guiding Venti calmly to sit in front of him. He noticed how his colleague dropped the slippers he was wearing at its feet, climbing unceremoniously onto the mattress with his bare feet, making room for Xiao to start doing as he pleased.
“After a straight answer, I don't think you need a better invitation than that, do you?” Venti teased, running his delicate fingers down the t-shirt he wore, pulling it up a bit to give more of a view of his abdomen.
He noticed how Xiao ran his eyes down his body and it was very clear how thirsty he was. Venti found it all very funny, because so far, his roommate hadn't shown so many feelings at once — although Venti had already noticed that, yes, Xiao was watching him differently.
He just didn't want to bet too high and end up breaking his face. At least in that he was lucky.
He felt how Xiao's fingers came to his knees, slipping into his thigh, a loud sigh leaving his colleague's lips as the digits slid into the silky soft skin that was that part of his body. He also noticed how he pressed his nails a little into his flesh, seeming to want to feel from his body, to prove that he was real and not a figment of Xiao's imagination.
"You're funny, Xiao~" Venti hummed, bringing his own fingers to his colleague's face, stroking his cheek. The topaz eyes were so mesmerized that Venti was in disbelief. "Come on, no need to hold back, I'm not going to disappear. This one here is not a figment of your imagination~"
He watched as the tip of Xiao's ears turned red at his comment and that only gave Venti the assurance that, yes, Xiao had many imaginations with him. It remained to be seen if Venti would be able to realize some of them now.
Xiao wasted no time in disentangling himself from Venti's fingers, no matter how affable they were on his face. He had spent an entire month raving about that moment, and if it was to be real, then let him make it real as soon as possible, yes please.
He lowered himself, wasting no time in parting his lips and shoving his entire mouth onto Venti's cock, letting it mould itself around his lips, dragging his tongue across the cotton piece. The sigh his colleague let out created another shiver down Xiao's back — his voice was melodious and not even in his wildest dreams could he have imagined the note Venti would be able to achieve.
He wanted the pleasure of hearing that. It should be delicious.
Xiao continued pressing his tongue into Venti's briefs, letting his cock become even more marked on the garment. He paused for a moment, only to admire how he looked. The sight alone was rewarding, as Xiao could feel his own cock tightening in his trousers, aching with a boner — he hadn't even started the fun yet.
He brought the fingers that were on Venti's thigh to his underwear, starting to pull it down. He noticed how his colleague helped him, lifting his hips a little off the bed, only to delight in the way his hard cock jumped out of the garment practically at the height of his lips. And, yes, Xiao had gotten it right that Venti's cock wasn't just anything — it was thick and just the right amount.
He would take great delight in sucking him off. After that sight, he had absolutely zero regrets.
As much as he wanted to keep admiring Venti's cock, he had other priorities at that moment. And he went straight at them, letting the head of his cock enter his mouth, allowing it to slide down his throat without any shyness, enjoying the way his cock felt on his lips, the smell of his post-bath skin invading his nose as he moved closer to it.
Xiao was anaesthetized and had not even started.
He took his other free hand to accommodate Venti's balls in his palm, massaging them carefully, attentively, while his other fingers held the base of his cock so that Xiao could move his head, making Venti move in and out of his mouth, a wet sound filling his ears from how much he was salivating while doing it.
"Hey, cutie, easy there~" Venti hummed, his delicate fingers starting to run through the strands of his hair and Xiao moaned with his cock deep in his throat, noticing how his colleague went all shivery for it. "Holy shit, Xiao."
Venti noticed as Xiao gradually pulled his head further up, tightening his mouth as his arousal passed through it, stopping with its head wedged between his lips, only to suck him hard, making his thighs all goosebumps that were visible on his pale skin, his pelvis being overwhelmed by an intense heat that ran down his legs, making them soft.
He also noticed how Xiao began to masturbate him, letting his cunning fingers pull the skin of Venti's foreskin lower, just to leave the head of his cock more on display, at the mercy of his colleague's tongue which made no effort to rub itself there, before making it return into his mouth, slipping the rest of his cock into his throat.
Venti felt his pelvis burn deliciously, the sensation intensified by Xiao's attentive and loving massage of his balls. He felt a shiver run down his perineum as the head of his cock tingled with the amount of attention Xiao gave it — sometimes sucking it at the tip of his lips, sometimes licking it shamelessly, alternating between the back-and-forth movements he made with the head, intense, letting his cock press between his lips, sinking into his mouth until it almost touched his throat.
And, by Celestia, how he salivated, how he groaned as he did so. It was so much so that Venti himself was already moaning audibly, his nails wandering uncontrollably through the leather of Xiao's hair, messing up all the strands between his fingers, tugging at some of them sweetly. Every time he did this, he earned another groan from Xiao, which intensified his sensations further.
The expression Xiao made as he sucked him was delightful. He noticed how the topaz eyes sometimes stared at him, but when they realized Venti was watching him directly, he closed them, the red on his face intensifying more.
At one point, Venti gave Xiao's hair a harder tug, causing him to release his mouth from his cock with a wet popping sound, watching as he was gasping for air and as saliva dripped down the corner of his mouth. He eased his grip on his locks, moving his hand down from his hair to his face, taking the other to lean there as well, holding his face and stroking his cheeks with his thumbs.
"You're making such a beautiful face, Xiao~" Venti hummed, teasingly, and Xiao moaned in surrender, being deprived of his pleasure but loving the compliment. "But... tell me something..." Quickly, Venti noticed how hard his colleague was inside his trousers, pondering, "Is that really all you wanted to do with my cock?"
"Uh” Xiao's groan was so palpable that Venti felt his own face blush further, yet he didn't let his composure change. He watched as his colleague squeezed his eyes shut, his fingers gripping his wrists, while Venti still stroked his face, delicately. "No... there's more..."
"It does, huh?" another tease, Xiao's ears turning as red as strawberries. "What do you think about telling me about them, huh~?"
"I–I..." Venti could tell as Xiao swallowed his saliva, restless, practically rubbing his thighs together to get some touch on his own cock from how needy he was. "I wanted you to fuck me, but maybe that's too much to ask?"
"Oh, wow.” Venti didn't hold back his laughter, totally embarrassed. "It's... a bit unexpected, yes. But enjoy it while I'm still hard, because if I cum in that little mouth of yours, it'll be kind of hard for me to fulfill that wish of yours~" He watched as Xiao's eyes widened further, his pupils dilating, simply incredulous at the words that left his colleague's mouth. "I'm serious, cutie~"
Venti watched as Xiao closed his eyes, groaning, seeming to premeditate everything he might feel. He was finding it all funny, all this desperation for a fuck. Maybe his colleague was too stressed about college.
Or he had really enjoyed his cock, which was a massage on his ego, he wouldn’t deny.
"Hey~ Cute~" Venti continued rubbing his fingers on Xiao's cheeks, fidgeting. "Do you have a condom? Lubricant?"
"I–" Xiao sighed, trying to straighten out his thoughts. "Got it. Second drawer door–" he spoke dashingly, before the words faded from his head.
"Hmm~" Venti let go of his face carefully, stroking behind his ear, watching as Xiao groaned and blushed some more. "Settle in while I get the stuff, will you?"
The words took Xiao a quarter of a second to process, but the instant it happened, Venti barely had time to turn to the drawer before he noticed him getting rid of his flannel trousers and pants, chuckling softly at the way he was flustered.
He quickly grabbed a packet of condoms and the lube, pulling over the drawer as he tossed the little tube of lube from one hand to the other, being watched intently by Xiao — it was amusing how topaz eyes were attentive to his movements.
"For you to leave this easily accessible, I believe it is not recent these desires of yours." Venti teased again, only to watch how easily Xiao could break down with his words. "How many times have you masturbated thinking about me? Huh~?"
"You don't want to know the answer, trust me." Xiao almost choked to reply, trying to maintain what shred of dignity he had left. Venti laughed, delighted, as he caressed his chin, delicately. "Venti~"
"If you moan my name like that, I'll come easier~" Another tease and Xiao made a high-pitched sound, not knowing how to react. "Haha, calm down cutie. Go ahead, spread your legs for me, will you~?"
Another groan on Xiao's part, a delighted giggle from Venti as he assisted him to lie on his back on the bed — and Xiao wasted no time in doing exactly as Venti asked, girding his legs for him shamelessly.
Or almost. His face said the exact opposite of his body. Lucky his body language was pretty good.
When he felt Venti's delicate fingers on his cock, Xiao moaned sharply and loudly. As he felt the same digits jerk him off, moving up and down the skin of his foreskin, stroking the head of his cock with his thumb, his moans became more frequent, looser and more delivered. He put one of his arms over his eyes, pulling the air in harder.
He was so stupidly horny that he could come with just that simple touch. His ego would be in tatters were it not for Venti's affable laughter, seeming understanding and amused by his reactions.
"Xiao~ Tell me something else..." Venti began as he moistened his fingers with lubricant. "Is this your first time by any chance?"
"No" he admitted without further thought, letting his arm go out of his eyes as he stared at the ceiling. He felt Venti's wet fingers on his entrance and a shiver crossed his body, caught off guard. "Venti!"
"Did I scare you?" Suddenly, Venti's face appeared in front of Xiao's eyes and the blush that was only on his cheeks dominated his entire face. Venti smiled, the tip of his hair brushing across Xiao's face, the gleam of his green eyes receptive, loving. "Hey, take it easy. Let me know if I hurt you, cutie~"
Xiao was definitely going to combust because of Venti's words, more so than the fact that he had sucked him off with gluttony or was spread-legged on his own bed for him. He noticed when the first finger entered his body and tried to concentrate on relaxing, but his body seemed to want to do the opposite.
However, when Venti's lips brushed across his face, as loving as the gleam in his gaze, Xiao practically melted. His laughter by his ear only intensified the sensation, allowing another finger to enter his body, caressing him from the inside, making him relax more.
Venti moved down the kisses from his face to his neck, sinking his nose into the curve of it, making Xiao sigh and clutch at his blouse, fingering there. Venti's laughter so close to Xiao's skin made his whole-body shiver, his eyes squeezing shut to try and lessen a little the intensity as his face burned with the blush.
Xiao could feel how he kissed and sucked him, making his moans grow louder and his entrance relax even more. He could feel his cock throbbing, needing attention, but he didn't have the courage to ask to be touched.
And, let's face it, Xiao wasn't processing much to be able to formulate complex sentences in that instant.
He noticed when Venti pulled his fingers out of his body and moved away, kneeling on the bed again. He heard the condom packet being opened, felt a little more lube on his entrance, the sound of it being put on Venti's fingers, probably to further lubricate the condom as well.
"Stay relaxed like that, cutie~" Venti teased, running one of his hands under his knee, lifting his leg up and resting it on his shoulder. "I'll take it slow~"
"Venti~! " Xiao's groan was one of horniness at the sight he had of his colleague on top of him, of the penetrating gaze focused in his eyes, at the way he moved his hips slowly as he entered his body.
And, holy shit, by the Archons in Celestia, how good his cock felt inside his body. None of his fantasies could have predicted or even imagined that it would be that. The moan that passed his lips was delivered, melted as his whole body was.
With each laugh from Venti at his reactions, the more delivered Xiao became. He noticed how slowly he began to move, leaving his body completely to come back slowly, until his pelvis brushed against his balls.
"Venti~" Another groan, Xiao scraping his nails on the bed sheet, pulling it, twisting it in his fingers.
"Hi, hi, little prince~" he teased again, only to see Xiao blush, his moans changing in pitch every time Venti changed his nickname and thrust into him.
He established a frequent rhythm, loving to watch each of Xiao's reactions: from the twisting of his countenance, the relaxation of him, the way his fingers were restless on the bed, even how his cock swayed with the movement his body made every time Venti thrust in. He was very cute and was having a lot of fun with it.
After a while, Venti stopped, noticing how Xiao complained. He took a moment to take off his own blouse, and then to pull off Xiao's blouse as well, only to be able to lie on his body, nose to nose, their eyes close together, their hair mingling with each other.
Xiao's eyes widened, not knowing how to process Venti so close to him — not just his face, but feeling the warmth of his body on top of his was making not just his pelvis, but him whole burn with arousal. He felt as Venti straightened his legs, making him cling to his waist, before thrusting into his body again, this time faster.
"Nee~ Xiao~" Venti's moans were so delicious to hear. They were melodious like Xiao imagined and it was driving him crazy, more so than the feeling of his cock going in and out of his ass. "You're squeezing me~" He felt how Venti gently kissed his lips and, in that instant, Xiao lost it all.
He simply engulfed Venti's mouth with his own, thrusting his tongue into it. Venti's groan was a mixture of surprise and satisfaction, feeling how Xiao's arms gripped his neck, how his fingers ran through his hair and pulled every strand out of place.
They curled their tongues together, delighting in the kiss they exchanged as Venti thrust even faster into Xiao's body, his cock rubbing against his denuded bellies, his balls being pressed against his pelvis as he could feel the rubbing of Venti's balls against his ass. It was a hallucinatory sensation, noticing each of those touches, noticing the way Venti's skin rubbed against his own, his scent from the bath, the sickly-sweet smell of his own skin, the sweat that permeated them both.
The next thing he knew, Xiao only felt his whole-body shiver all at once, his eyesight going white for a moment as he moaned Venti's name in mantra, the only word he knew at that moment, as the orgasm hit him, practically running him over as he cummed into his own belly and also Venti's.
He felt as his colleague stilled his hips more and continued to thrust into him, hitting his prostate every time he entered his body, intensifying that dazed sensation Xiao was feeling, making his eyesight go white again and goosebumps cross his whole body.
When Venti groaned sharply and paused for a moment with his forehead resting on his chest, gasping, Xiao understood that he had come. He further realized when Venti slid his cock out of his body, pulling off the condom, tying it up and going to throw it in the bedroom trash.
Xiao took that instant to run his hands through his sweaty hair, to take a deep breath, to try to pace his heartbeat, to lower the adrenaline in his body. He felt how the bed sank again and suddenly Venti was lying on his chest, just as gasping.
Reluctantly, Xiao moved his fingers down to Venti's back and hair, stroking him in circular motions, receiving a satisfied moan from him in response, feeling how his arms passed around his waist, embracing him as Venti nuzzled his nose into his chest.
"Okay~" Venti began in that humming voice. "I thought it was just you, but I guess I needed a fuck too and I wasn't knowing."
Xiao's reaction was a grunt. Alright, it was a fuck, there was no denying it. Regardless, that moment of the two of them, where Venti's fingers caressed his skin and his fingers caressed Venti's, was so...
Hm, oh, Xiao thought, feeling his face flush. Maybe he didn't just have a crush on his colleague's cock at the end of the day.
"Nee, Xiao~" Venti propped his chin on his chest, watching him. Xiao needed to lift up a little if he wanted to look his colleague in the eye. "I know it might seem like a crooked start, but since we've already fucked, I guess we can... stop and get to know each other, right?"
"Ahn... " Xiao blinked, trying to get the Xiao minis in his head to work again, but it was complicated.
Especially when Venti was still naked over his body. It was a very beautiful sight. He had beautiful thighs, too. And a nice waist. And a nice ass–
"You know~ We can also have other sporadic fucks in the meantime~" Venti commented, staring at another spot in the room, his face flushed. Xiao was paying attention to each of these reactions, curious.
"You..." Xiao cleared his throat, regaining his own voice, before continuing, "You had... some idea, didn't you?" his colleague's shy chuckle was the denunciation. "Yes, you did."
"You know..." Venti stood up, gluing his mouth to Xiao's ear, whispering, "The truth is, I'm more a bottom than a top. And I'd love for you to fuck me too any time~"
"By all the Archons and gods in Celestia." Xiao grunted and Venti laughed, resting his forehead against his colleague's temple in amusement. "Let's go slow, please. Let me process the first fuck, then I'll call you for a date, buy you dinner, and then I'll eat your ass, okay?"
"Xiao, you threw all your composure out the window, didn't you~?" Venti teased, burying his face in his neck, rubbing his nose there, letting his hair rub against Xiao's sweaty skin. "But I think you're so sexy talking like that."
The response he got was a groan of Xiao. He was definitely processing everything that had happened. It was fine in Venti's eyes — it was fun to tease his colleague and watch those reactions. Venti mischievously disentangled himself from his body, facing him head on now, holding his face with both hands, making Xiao face him in the eyes.
"I'll take your dinner before the fuck~" he teased again, kissing Xiao's lips sweetly. "And who knows, maybe other dinners, lunches and dates in between~"
The humming voice, the twinkle in his green eyes, the warm, receptive, loving smile, the way Venti's body screamed at Xiao that he was stupidly interested in having something more than just a one-night stand — it was all too much for Xiao to process at once.
At that moment, Venti was left with unintelligible words and a slightly flustered Xiao as he hugged and kissed him. Days later, they would have their first actual date — then so many more dates, lunches, dinners. A few sporadic kisses on those occasions. A few more, warmer kisses between the covers — and many, many moans from the two of them, who were sometimes in Xiao's room, sometimes in Venti's room.
The months went by and in the end, they decided that maybe they could rent another place. But instead of being roommates, it would be more appropriate for them to share a room just as lovers — it would be more profitable. And it would save them having to wash bedclothes twice as often, for the number of times they had sex.
Who would say that, to get a boyfriend, Xiao only needed one pair of briefs. It was all those blasted briefs — blessed be, because he now had the best boyfriend in the world thanks to them.