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After dinner, Bob wanted to go for a walk.Timothy clicked his tongue. "You're not that old, are you? Why are you behaving like an old man?"Bob replied, "I used to walk my dog, so I got used to walking after dinner."Timothy asked, "So, where's the dog now?"Bob said, "My ex-wife took it."Timothy pulled a face as if to say, 'Man, you've got it rough.'Bob found it amusing. "What kind of expression is that?""It's just, you know, exes always take something you don't want them to and leave something you don't want them to leave behind..."Timothy glanced around, once again feeling an overwhelming emptiness. "Did your place always look like this?"Bob also looked around and said, "Yeah, some things are missing."That was it; he did not elaborate further.After that, he went upstairs, grabbed a pair of trousers, and handed them to Timothy, who was sitting on the carpet with his bare legs exposed. "Put these on. We're heading out."Timothy pulled on the pants. They were too bi
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"I don't have time to date two people at once," Bob said, placing the steak on a plate and heading to the dining room. "Wash your hands and come eat."Timothy immediately shut off the faucet, barely bothering to dry his hands as he followed. "So, does that mean it's just me?"Bob replied, "Yeah, let's take it slow."Alright, he wanted to take it slow. Slow was fine.Timothy casually withdrew the hand he was about to wrap around Bob's waist from behind. His tone was nonchalant as he said, "That's fine. I'm not in a rush anyway. I'm young, right?"Bob smiled. He set down the steak and untied his apron.Timothy sat down, slicing into the steak. "Aren't you eating? Should I grab another fork?""I'm not eating. Brush your teeth when you're done." Bob was about to head upstairs but paused. "Oh, you don't have a toothbrush. Hold on.""Okay."Timothy assumed Bob would get a spare toothbrush from his stock, but when he finished the steak, Bob had already changed his clothes. "I'm going
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Timothy quickly let go of Bob's hand as soon as the kiss ended. Holding hands felt too intimate.Sex was like eating. It was a necessity. As an adult, there was nothing embarrassing about fulfilling a basic need.However, holding hands was optional—it was intimate and equivalent to having a deep, emotional conversation. Young people were often shy about exposing their bodies. However, they become more reserved about exposing their emotions as they mature.They had already exposed their bodies to each other multiple times, but when it came to revealing his inner self, Timothy felt the timing was not quite right. No wonder Bob said to take it slow—the wisdom of the older generation was not to be trifled with.After Timothy let go of Bob's hand, Bob did not try to hold his hand again. The two continued to walk side by side toward the gas station, keeping a small distance between them.After a few steps, Timothy asked, "Where was I?"Bob replied, "You were saying that my ethics as a
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Bob replied, "No."Timothy did not believe him. "How's that possible?""I've always been in steady relationships.""Always? Since when?"Bob thought for a moment and said, "Since I was 14."Timothy was shocked. "That early? And you've never been single since?""Rarely."Bob was a seasoned pro. Ordinary people really could not compare.Timothy clicked his tongue. "Tsk, tsk."Bob asked, "What?"Timothy summarized, "Thanks to your previous partners—they were the ones who molded you into who you are today. I'm pretty lucky."Bob smiled.They returned home, and after washing up, Timothy pestered Bob into having sex one more time. He was both enjoying it and cursing Bob for being an old beast until four in the morning. Afterward, both stood on the second-floor open-air balcony, shirtless with a jacket draped over their shoulders, smoking.Timothy took a few puffs and noticed there was nowhere to ash. "Bob, you don't have an ashtray here."Bob did not say anything. Instead, he l
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When Timothy woke up, he found himself alone in the bedroom. He got out of bed and pulled the curtains open.The sunlight flooded in, causing his pupils to constrict before he adjusted to the brightness. The light was warm and comforting.Bob was sitting on one side of the balcony with a folder and some papers on the wooden table in front of him. He looked like he was working.Timothy leaned comfortably against the doorframe between the bedroom and the balcony, his shorts loosely hanging off his hips. The front of his shorts was slightly raised; his morning wood had yet to subside."Morning," he greeted Bob, his voice a bit hoarse. Understandably so—he had cursed too much the previous night.Bob glanced at his watch and said, "Yeah, morning."Timothy asked, "What time is it?"Bob replied, "Two in the afternoon.""No wonder," Timothy muttered as he walked forward, putting his arms around Bob's neck from behind. "I'm starving so badly. Bob, you should cook for me.""What do you
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'Who was the one who laid down 40 euros from their wallet while holding a cigarette after sex?'And who was the one who put a glass jar by the bedside, planning to deposit money into it regularly?' Bob thought.Timothy also thought for a moment and said, "Isn't this unfair to your other students?"He was silent for a while before saying, "Forget it. I don't want to copy the notes anymore. I don't want to turn our relationship into something like that—as if dating you is just a way for me to pass an exam."It's the same as wanting to go 50-50 before—I don't want to make things so complicated."His voice grew quieter, almost inaudible. "Um, we shouldn't complicate this."Bob glanced at the glass jar on the bedside table and sighed inwardly.If it felt like compensation, so be it. The kid wanted to feel a bit more independent and have a pure romance—who was he to stop him?He ruffled Timothy's hair and said, "Alright, I get it."After eating, they went for a walk and passed by a
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When Timothy finished washing up and went downstairs to the dining room, Bob had already changed and was reading a newspaper.The table had freshly baked croissants, fried eggs, fresh orange marmalade, Nutella, butter, and a short glass pot of hot coffee.Timothy noticed that nothing on the table had been touched yet. Bob was waiting for him. It felt like a parent waiting to send their child off to school.Timothy looked down at himself. He was wearing nothing but Bob's pajama pants, which he had put on commando because he could not find his underwear. There was no way he could go to class like that."Uh, where are my clothes? My jeans and shirt?" Timothy asked.Bob's eyelids lifted slightly, his gaze moving from the newspaper to Timothy. "Where did you take them off?"Where did he take them off? Timothy started to recall. Bob had stripped the shirt off him yesterday, and he vaguely remembered it had been thrown onto the balcony on the second floor. He could not remember what had
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Bob curled his lips, pinched Timothy's chin, and gave him a quick kiss. "Alright, focus on eating your breakfast.""Okay."Timothy tried to focus on his food. As he ate, he suddenly thought of something. "Are we going to class together later?"Bob replied, "Why not?"Timothy said, "It's early, and everyone's heading to school for class. What if people see me getting out of your car?"Bob asked, "What do you suggest?"Timothy thought for a moment and said, "Maybe you can drop me off a few hundred meters before the school, and I'll walk."Bob nodded. "Alright, we'll leave a bit earlier today."That was necessary. Professor White always entered classroom S17 at exactly 8:15, but students could not afford to cut it that close, especially since Timothy had to walk a bit further.That day, Professor White, who had never arrived early, showed up in the classroom at 7:58. Every student who came after that worried they were late, including Timothy, who made it at 8:05.Timothy had not
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