Chapter 04.

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This was one of the weirdest things Weizhou had ever done in his short existence. Wang Yu was sitting at the top of a ladder while he tried to take photos of the two boys who were laying over a big white bed. The key word was 'trying’ because it was being pretty hard for Weizhou to stay still and not laugh as he laid on that bed with Jingyu almost on top of him. Wouldn't it had been easier to fake a bed on a horizontal position? No, Wang Yu liked things the hard way and said that it didn't look natural and organic otherwise. If he had known he was going to be in that kind of situation he would have thought twice before accepting that job, he didn't have anything against it but he wasn't mentally prepared to be that intimate with a guy he just met the previous day. As Jingyu placed his hand over his naked torso, Weizhou started laughing again and everyone else sighed in despair.

“Weizhou! You've been giggling like a little girl for more than thirty minutes, we can't keep losing time with this!” Wang Yu sounded pretty annoyed and Weizhou was starting to feel like an idiot for being so nervous.

"Sorry.” He mumbled, hiding his face with his arm. Jingyu lifted his head to look at the other boy and patted his shoulder, when Weizhou didn't make a move he grabbed his arm and pulled from it until he was able to see his face.

"Wang Yu, can we take five minutes please?” The guy nodded from the top of the ladder and one of his assistants helped him get down. Weizhou sat up and rubbed his face carefully, he didn't want the makeup artist to hate him even more.

“I’m guessing no one told you what kind of photoshoot we were going to do.” Jingyu also sat up and placed his hand over Weizhou's shoulder trying to calm him down.

“I thought it was a normal photoshoot for a clothing brand.” Jingyu laughed at the way Weizhou was saying those words, almost scared.

“It's a normal photoshoot, idiot!” Jingyu smirked and hit Weizhou’s head playfully. “Look, this is the second campaign they're releasing on the european market and they want to show a gay couple on their ads. The first was an interracial couple and if this campaign goes well they might do another one with a lesbian couple. My manager is crossing his fingers because they might use some of his agency models. Anyway, that's not the point.” Weizhou was still feeling nervous but as he heard Jingyu talk he managed to relax a little bit, there was something about his voice that made him feel at ease. “Look, we’re both straight males, it's going to be a bit awkward for you at the beginning because this is the first time you're doing this kind of thing but just like you did yesterday you're going to get used to it pretty fast and you're going to do it like you've been doing it your whole life. Try to be serious and professional and don’t laugh every time I touch you. I have no interest in touching your dick, don't be paranoid. Or are you ticklish?” Jingyu pinched Weizhou's side and he tried to move away, then he punched Jingyu’s arm.

“Okay, fine, I get it, I’ll try. Stop it!” Jingyu laughed but raised his hands in surrender as he saw Weizhou pout again. He took a deep breath as he heard some footsteps approaching him from behind and two small hands started fixing his hair.

“If you guys are done, let’s go back to work.” Wang Yu climbed back to the ladder as Jingyu pushed Weizhou down to the mattress and recovered his previous position on top of him. Weizhou was still feeling a bit nervous but at least he wasn’t laughing, that was good, it was an improvement. Wang Yu started taking pictures and it seemed things were going pretty well because he didn't hear him complain or growl as he had been doing the last twenty minutes. That was also an improvement.

“Jingyu, move your head, place it over his chest, don't cover the shirt, yeah, open it, like that.” Weizhou could feel Jingyu's warm cheek against his chest, he was sure the other boy could hear his heart racing like crazy and that made him feel a bit embarrassed. Why he had to make a fool of himself in front of a professional?

“Relax.” Whispered Jingyu. As if they were some kind of magic words Weizhou took a deep breath, closed his eyes, opened them again a few seconds later and then felt his body start to relax. He followed Wang Yu guidelines as well as he could, and it looked as if he was doing better than expected because the photoshoot kept going smoothly without any major inconvenience.

Weizhou was leaning against the headboard of the bed, Jingyu’s arm was over his bare shoulders when Wang Yu told them they were done with that photoshoot. They should finally stop and get lunch. Weizhou was feeling much relaxed now, he didn't care that he was shirtless on a bed, wearing only his underwear and the bottom of a pyjama, with another almost naked male while there was at least ten more people looking at them. Okay, maybe he cared a bit, but it was over, he was going to have something to eat and then…

“Okay, guys. Get the next set ready before you go to eat. We need the bathtub ready so we can warm the water, we don't want the boys to die of hypothermia.”

“Did he say bathtub?” Weizhou asked to Jingyu as they both put on the robes and walked to the catering table.

“Hey, do you know if Wang Dong arrived yet? I told him to bring me my toothbrush.” Jingyu was talking to some of the staff, not paying too much attention to what Wang Yu was saying, so Weizhou asked him again, just to make sure. “Oh that. Yeah, the next set is supposed to be in a bathroom, we're going to take some pictures inside a bathtub, but don't worry, we're not going to be naked.” Weizhou looked at him with his big brown eyes opened like crazy. It was going to be a really long day.

***

Weizhou had always thought that being inside a bathtub with someone else was something very uncomfortable. Now he knew it from his own experience. The photoshoot had begun outside the bathtub but a few minutes later they had moved inside. At the beginning it was just one of them inside while the other interacted from the outside but now both of them were inside that small white bathtub and Weizhou just wanted to finish with it soon.

He moved one of his legs to be more comfortable, but that made Jingyu move and his elbow hit Weizhou's ribs.

“Sorry.” Jingyu moved again to avoid hitting him again, but as he did it he could feel Weizhou's shoulder digging in his chest. “Fuck...” He whispered under his breath. Weizhou tried to turn his body to the side but it looked like it was making things worse. Wang Yu, on the other side, didn't seem to notice any of their inconveniences as he kept taking pictures one after the other. He just kept encouraging them and giving them directions.

“Put your arm around his neck, yeah, like that, from behind. No, wait, move a bit to the side, we need to see the brand on the t-shirt.” The water was so hot that Weizhou's make up was dripping down his face to his neck, he was afraid of making the water look brown and every five minutes the makeup artist and hair dressers where swarming around them to fix their appearances.

Weizhou looked at his fingers and frowned, he was starting to get wrinkly and his back was killing him, he was pretty sure Jingyu was feeling the same way but neither one of them said anything about it besides the occasional 'fuck' or 'shit'.

“Okay, we're done with this set of clothes. I'm going to change the battery, you guys get dry and put on the last outfit. After that we can start to get everything ready to leave.”

Weizhou tried to get up from the bathtub but his legs were almost numb after all the time he had spent on the same position. When he tried the first time he almost fell again, but Jingyu grabbed him and helped him out of the bathtub.

“Try not to kill yourself, okay? We need you to finish the rest of the photoshoot.” Jingyu pinched him again as he sat at the edge of the bathtub. The boy had found out his weak spot and he was taking advantage of it.

“Stop pinching me, I'm ticklish and you know it!” A girl approached them and handed them two big towels. “Thanks.” Jingyu laughed softly and wrapped the towel around his shoulders as he started undoing his wet shirt.

“Whiny bitch.” He whispered with a playful smile on his lips. Weizhou gasped and hit him with his towel. “Hey, why are you hitting me!? I didn't say anything!” Jingyu said, offended, pretending to be innocent. He threw his wet shirt to Weizhou who moved fast enough to dodge it. The shirt fell a couple of meters from the boys, someone leaned over it and grabbed it.

“Really? How old are you two? I thought I was working with adults here. Put on your slippers and go to the changing room, we can't lose time here playing like kids.” Jingyu rolled his eyes and grabbed his shirt from his manager's hand.

“Yeah yeah, excuse us for having fun for two minutes.” Jingyu stretched his arms and walked towards the changing room. Weizhou put on his slippers and grabbed Jingyu's as he followed him.

“Your manager is a bit scary.” Weizhou said as soon as he had closed the door behind him and left the other slippers on the floor. Jingyu threw his towel over a chair and shrugged.

“Yeah well, he is good at his job but sometimes he's a pain in the ass, he's my dad's friend and sometimes he over exceeds his obligations.” Weizhou started to take off his clothes just like Jingyu was doing and dried his body with the fluffy towel. The temperature inside the room was very pleasant and he wrapped himself around the towel as he picked the last set of clothes they had to wear that day.

“So, it was your dad the one who introduced you to this world?” Weizhou asked as he put on the new clean and dry underwear as fast as he could, even if he was covered by the towel he still thought it was weird to talk to another guy when you weren't wearing underwear.

“Yeah, something like that. My mum used to be a model, my dad says that I have her 'demeanour', who knows, I just thought it was a good opportunity to use his contacts to get more jobs as I was studying.”

When Weizhou was completely dressed he sat on what he had decided was going to be his usual spot for the next minutes and grabbed a biscuit from a tray that was full of sweets and drinks. He started eating it as he stared at Jingyu who was buttoning his new shirt.

“Do you travel outside of China a lot?” He finished his first biscuit and grabbed another one.

“Yeah, at least once a month, it depends on the job but I do most of my photoshoots outside of China. A lot of european and american companies want asian models now and as I said, my manager is really good at his job.” Weizhou nodded and hummed as he kept eating the biscuits.

“Do you live with your parents?” Jingyu sat on the chair next to Weizhou and twisted it to face the other boy. He was drying his still wet feet with the towel when he saw something blurry in front of his eyes. He lifted his gaze and saw a biscuit, he opened his mouth and started munching it. Jingyu shook his head and swallowed the food in his mouth before speaking again.

“I'm sharing a place with a friend. What about you?” Weizhou opened a bottle of water and offered to Jingyu while he nodded.

“Yeah, I live with my dad and grandparents, I can't afford a place at the moment. I need to pay for college. Maybe someday.” He shrugged and smiled at the boy in front of him as he returned him the bottle of water. He took a long sip and sighed. “I wish I could, if I could do this a couple of times I think I might be able to afford a small place, maybe I could share it with a friend.” The door of the changing room opened abruptly and a bunch of girls entered, Weizhou knew that meant they had to get ready again for the photoshoot so he grabbed a couple of biscuits and stuffed his mouth with them.

***

An hour later both guys were again inside the changing room, this time they were taking off the make up and putting on their own clothes. Weizhou felt a bit plain as he looked at Jingyu's clothes. The guy had style and being a model had nothing to do with it, Weizhou was sure that if the guy wore a potato sack it would look good on him. He sighed as he looked at his old grey sweater and growled when he remember the state of the clothes that were inside his suitcase.

“What's wrong with you now?” Jingyu asked, approaching him and sitting on the same couch Weizhou was sitting. “Are you nervous about the flight?” Jingyu grabbed the tray with the remnants biscuits and offered one to Weizhou who accepted it without even looking at it.

“A bit, I don't know, I still have second thought about this whole thing.” Weizhou almost choked with the biscuit when he felt Jingyu's hand hitting his head. He coughed a couple of times and then stole the whole tray from him. “Yeah, I get it, you don't have to hit me every time I doubt myself.”

Jingyu tried to take a biscuit but Weizhou was shielding them with his arms so he decided to attack his unprotected flanks and tickle him.

“Do you prefer if I do this?” Weizhou started laughing and spitting pieces of chewed biscuit but didn't let go of the tray. “I'm just being helpful, hey, if you want, to make you feel better I can teach you some martial arts movements. I'll do it when we're in London, I think we're sharing a room there.” Weizhou shook his head vehemently and slapped Jingyu's hands.

“No, thanks, I'm okay, stop that!” He finally let go of the tray and Jingyu smirked as he grabbed a bunch of biscuits.

“It's okay, it'll be fun.” Weizhou threw him a biscuit right when Wang Dong entered the changing room.

“Do I need to put you in separate rooms so you can behave?” He breathed in exasperation and started picking up Jingyu's things, Weizhou wasn't sure if he wanted that man to be his manager, actually, he wasn't sure Wang Dong liked him so that was probably never going to happen. “Everything is ready, the plane is leaving in three hours, we'll arrive at the hotel around seven in the morning, the first photoshoot is at 15:30h but you two need to be ready to leave at 13:00h. That means, sleep on the plane and take a nap tomorrow morning, I'll stop by your room at 12:00h to make sure you didn't kill each other with your stupid games. Come on, get up, the car is waiting for us.” Weizhou didn't know what to say so he just put on his coat in silence, grabbed his suitcase and his bag and followed Wang Dong and Jingyu outside the changing room ready to take his first flight to London.

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