Traveling through Thailand

After driving for a while, Xiao Yi suddenly lost his voice. He looked ahead, saw the rain hitting the glass, and immediately made a decision. He looked around and saw the coffee shop, and he had an idea. He quickly found a parking space and stopped before the rain got any heavier.

Sky, instantly understanding Xiao Yi's thoughts, pulled up the car, grabbed an umbrella from the backseat, and opened the other door. Sharing one umbrella, they entered the coffee shop just before the rain began to intensify. Once inside, Xiao Yi wasn't surprised Tai was still there. The man sitting across from him looked uneasy. He said something, then turned and left. But the look on Tai's face suggested it wasn't a big deal.

After that person left, Xiao Yi went forward to look at the words on the sticky notes: Ah~ It turned out to be about him seeing his soul mate in real life.

Tai was surprised to see Xiao Yi back again, and then wrote on the sticky note: "Is it over so soon?"

Xiao Yi took his pen and wrote, "It was just a simple meal, nothing else, so it was naturally quick."

"Oh. What about Sky?"

"He's ordering. Look, he's coming over."

Sky, who had finished ordering, came over with the order sheet and pulled up a chair to sit around the round table. Suddenly, the small round table bore the weight of the three people's hands. Seeing them talking with sticky notes, Sky also took out a sticky note from his bag. "Tai, it's so late, why don't you go home?"

Tai took the paper, read it carefully, and wrote on his own paper: "I wanted to go back after you left, but then the editor called and asked me to revise the manuscript, so I stayed until now."

"Is that so? Then when are you planning on going back? Do you want me to call you a taxi?"

"No need. I checked the news. The rain won't last long. I'll go back when it stops. What about you? When are you planning to go back?"

"We'll wait for the rain to stop. Since tomorrow is Sunday, we don't have school anyway."

"Well, let's go hiking together tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?"

Xiao Yi, who was ignored, took the paper they had read and gave his opinion when they asked whether they should go hiking tomorrow: "I think we can wait."

Ky and Tai both looked at him, waiting for his next words.

"You've seen what your soulmate looks like, haven't you? And he suits your taste. Since he suits your taste, why not give yourself a chance? Maybe he's your match made in heaven?"

Tai took the paper and read it carefully. He picked up a new piece of paper and wrote, "But he has a girlfriend. I can't be the third party."

The two people who saw this piece of paper had big exclamation marks of shock above their heads!!!

Xiao Yi took the paper next to Sky and wrote quickly, "Are you sure? And have you asked him? What if he breaks up? What if he's single again? I think you should ask. With such a good opportunity, why not take it? It doesn't cost any data. It's just a matter of talking."

Sky nodded repeatedly, agreeing with what Xiao Yi said. Tai looked at Xiao Yi, then at Sky, and saw encouragement in their eyes. He slowly wrote on the paper, "Then... I'll try?"

"Try it, try it now." X2

Encouraged, Tai took a deep breath and opened his mouth, speaking his first words since being bound to his soulmate: "Are you there?"

As soon as Tai finished speaking, Xiao Yi's excited eyes turned dull, while Sky supported his chin and watched Tai shyly greet his soul mate, so he didn't notice Xiao Yi's eyes that looked like he had seen a ghost.

Xiao Yi, realizing what was happening, listened awkwardly to their simple yet cautious greetings and responses. To distract himself, he took small sips of his drink as it arrived, pretending to admire the scenery outside the glass.

Fortunately, the situation didn't last long, and Tai and the other person stopped talking. Perhaps it was their first conversation in so many years, and neither of them knew what they were talking about. But Xiao Yi could still hear that the person on the other side was very excited when Tai took the initiative to speak.

Sky, who had been watching Tai, saw that he didn't say anything more, so he immediately wrote on the paper: "How?"

"I just said hello. I didn't ask any other questions because I felt like I couldn't open my mouth."

Sky nodded: "That's right. After all, we haven't spoken a word for such a long time. If I suddenly say hello now, I won't know what to say."

Not long after the rain stopped, Xiao Yi and the others heard the sounds of footsteps and whispers around them again.

"The rain has stopped. Let's go. We'll take you back."

"No, I'm quite close to home. Besides, the rain has only stopped temporarily, and I don't know when it will start again. You should go back first."

In the face of Tai's firm refusal, Xiao Yi drove towards the apartment with Sky.

Shortly after returning home, the rain began to fall again. This time, Xiao Yi sensed something was wrong. After entering Tai's chat channel with his soulmate, he heard the guitar playing there as well. This feeling of being secretly touched made him uncomfortable, like a peeping tom.

I only heard a voice from the other side: "Ah, it's raining outside. Sorry, did I disturb you?"

Xiao Yi took a deep breath, clenched his teeth and tried not to make any sound to scare them.

"No, go ahead."

"Well, okay." After a while, the sound of guitar sounded again.

Xiao Yi rolled around on the bed, trying to get the shame out of his body. Every word they said made him feel uncomfortable. He started to regret not staying in the car when it started raining, but running to the coffee shop instead. Now he couldn't get up or down. Many times he wanted to say, "Can you lock this channel? I don't know how you managed to get me in."

Embarrassed to the point of his feet, he buried himself in the quilt. He didn't notice anyone coming in when the door opened. Sky opened the door and saw Xiao Yi lying in the quilt. He went up to him and patted his shoulder. Suddenly, Xiao Yi cried out "Ah" when his shoulder was patted, and the music in the soul channel stopped abruptly.

Xiao sat up and covered his mouth, his mind filled with thoughts: It's over, it's over, it's over... I've been discovered.

He was feeling very miserable at this moment, and he had not expected that they would discover so quickly that there was an extra person in their private channel, although he had not entered it voluntarily.

"Yi? Yi?"

Xiao Yi, who was detained, burst into tears. Sky looked at him puzzledly: he was gone, and the look of being detained by mistake was even more confusing. He didn't understand why he suddenly became like this.

Sky, still a little worried about him, wrote on the paper: "What's wrong with you? You look like you're dead."

His eyes rolled slightly as he saw the contents on the paper. He picked up the paper with a look of despair and wrote: "Sky, wuwuwu~ I'm so miserable!! This crappy symptom matched me with two men. Wuwuwu~ I became the third party. Wuwuwu~"

Seeing the contents on the paper, Sky was so shocked that he forgot he was still deaf. "What?! Two men!?!"

Xiao Yi turned the page with trembling hands and continued writing: "I know him."

"know???"

"Woo woo woo~ I'm going to climb the mountain tomorrow, woo woo woo~"

After handing Sky the last piece of paper, Xiao Yi stood up and headed for the bathroom, ready to take a long bath to calm himself down. Lying in the tub, Xiao Yi suddenly remembered Sky coming to him with a change of clothes. Wait, what's Sky doing here? He even brought a change of clothes. Did he want to take a bath too? Never mind. I'll go out and ask later.