Secret relationship au | Love O2O HaoKO | 4 that didn’t stop you before | & happy new year in advance! ♡
that didn’t stop you before
KO catches Hao Mei wincing when Xiao Nai announces that Wei Wei won’t be going on the lunch runs anymore. They all knew this was coming after her penchant for attracting trouble. He tried to send Hao Mei a look that indicated that he wasn’t to volunteer to take her place but it went right over his pretty boyfriend’s head.
He tries to talk to Hao Mei over dinner at home and gets a dark glower for his trouble. “I’m a man, too. I can take care of myself.”
“I know.” KO tries to say it carefully but it looks like Hao Mei is worked up about something.
“I’m not even good at being a wife,” he grumbles into the dinner KO enjoys making for him.
“I don’t care about that,” KO says. “Hao Mei--”
“I like being friends with Wei Wei but that doesn’t mean I’m a girl. There is nothing wrong with being a girl but I am a man. I can take care of myself.” Then he settles into angrily munching on dinner and KO refrains from telling him how adorable he is in this moment.
“Do you want us to stop teasing you about that?”
Hao Mei sighs and puts down his chopsticks. “What happens to Wei Wei when she’s in public is never her fault. I am enough of a deterrent most of the time. Her strength puts everyone to shame but she shouldn’t have to deal with that shit. And when you tease us about being the office wives, it feels like you and Xiao Nai agree with the shitheads. That’s why we didn’t tell you. We don’t have to fall into those roles, KO. I don’t have to be the wife and you don’t have to be the husband. We can just be boyfriends and take care of each other.”
KO actually smiles. “I like that. I’ll try not to be the husband at work so much then.”