“It’s convenient for me over there,” Levi said with a smile. “We don’t seal the windows; I can just climb up from the back. But the Omega dorms are all completely enclosed.”
Qin Chu was a little puzzled: "Didn't the person on duty downstairs just see us leave? Why didn't they leave the door open?"
“...Usually, if you go out with someone at this time, you're unlikely to come back,” Levy said.
Qin Chu didn't understand at first, but he understood after a while.
An alpha and an omega going out late at night... most likely they're going to a hotel room...
After a moment of hesitation, Levi coughed lightly: "I'll go wake up the person on duty."
Qin Chu stopped him, saying, "Never mind, I'll sleep in the art studio tonight."
Otherwise, if that old lady woke up and saw the two of them, she would probably look at them with her eyes and ask the soul-searching question, "Young men, are you two impotent?"
“The studio isn’t very safe,” Levy said. “There are quite a few alphas that can get in now.”
Qin Chu didn't explain, she just glanced at him.
Levi immediately understood: "Okay, I know you're not afraid. If someone actually goes in, the alpha will probably be the one who suffers more."
Qin Chu was satisfied and turned to walk towards the art studio: "You can go back now."
Levi walked a few steps toward the military academy dormitory, then caught up with them.
"Why did you come back?" Qin Chu asked.
Levi hesitated for a moment, then didn't dare suggest taking him out to stay. He scratched his head and started making things up: "I think I forgot my access card at the studio."
Qin Chu stared at him: "Oh, you need a key card to climb through a window?"
The lie was exposed in a second.
Levi coughed lightly and told the truth: "It's so late at night, I'll take you there."
"No need," Qin Chu refused without even thinking.
“Let’s still give it to him,” Levi said, following him. “Otherwise, people will laugh at me.”
Qin Chu didn't say anything more.
Levy, on the other hand, transformed into a mother hen.
"Are you really going to sleep in the art studio?"
"Um."
After a while, he said again, "Don't forget to lock the door when you go in."
"Am I stupid?" Qin Chu retorted.
Levy remained silent.
Even after arriving at the teaching building, Levi still felt uneasy looking at the dark building.
He looked at Qin Chu and asked again, "Do you remember where the hiding room is? Just in case..."
Qin Chu squinted at him, then sighed: "Mr. Levi, no alpha can enter the teaching building and then quietly open my studio."
Levi paused, then looked at him and said, "Yes, I am."
"..." Qin Chu was speechless for a moment.
“I have the key to the studio,” Levy added.
"...So, do you lack confidence in me, or in yourself?" Qin Chu asked.
Levy spoke the truth: "I lack confidence in myself."
"Hey, hey, don't kick!"
"She's wearing slippers!"
"Wait, the shoe will fly off again!"
After a while of commotion, the area under the teaching building returned to calm.
Qin Chu entered the art studio and went to the restroom to wash up quickly.
Perhaps because Levi had mentioned it so many times, he actually opened the hiding room after washing up and went inside to take a look around.
When he came out of the restroom, he suddenly heard a faint noise outside the studio door.
Qin Chu was taken aback, wondering to himself, "Could it be that Levi was right?"
He walked to the door, but the sound had already disappeared.
Qin Chu was about to go open the door, but stopped when he got close and glanced sharply at the crack in the door below.
Something was stuck in the door crack, right at the one-way sealing strip.
He crouched down and pulled the object out; it was a key.
It was the key to this art studio, still carrying the lingering warmth of my body and a faint scent of pheromones.
Qin Chu stared at the key, then chuckled softly.
He also noticed a note next to the key, which looked like it had been torn off from a sticky note by the door.
The note, written in hasty handwriting, read: "The key is in. If someone opens the door in the middle of the night, it's not me. Feel free to call."
grass.
Qin Chu laughed and cursed.
That's a fucking big face. I'd beat you up even if it were you.
After spending the night in the art studio, Qin Chu got up very early the next day.
He first went back to his dormitory, took a shower, changed his clothes, and then went to the cafeteria to buy breakfast.
When Qin Chu returned to the studio, he saw Levy sitting idly in front of the door playing with his personal computer from a distance.
"Why don't you go in..." Qin Chu stopped midway through his question.
Levy's key is currently hanging in his studio.
"So early." Levi looked up at him in surprise, stretched, and said, "I knocked on the door but no one answered. I thought you were still asleep. I didn't expect you to have already gone back to your dorm."
Qin Chu opened the door and led him in, but as soon as he entered, he instinctively stepped back out.
Although he had already slept there for a night, Qin Chu still felt a little uncomfortable when he first saw what the art studio looked like.
Levi also peeked out and exclaimed, "I didn't expect it to look like this during the day."
The studio, which used to be so deserted and seemed to be set up as is, is now filled with all sorts of decorations. Because of the abundance of plush toys, it even has a pink and tender feel to it.
Before Qin Chu could speak, Levy went straight to the small bed in the studio.
Qin Chu slept in this bed all night, and now it's covered in his pheromones.
Levi paused, reached for a plush toy on the bed, and looked at Qin Chu with a smile: "Still sleeping with it?"
"...I just use it as a pillow," Qin Chu retorted.
After setting up the easel, Qin Chu was pondering his work for the day when he suddenly heard Levi ask, "Nothing important has happened these past few days, has it?"
"No, what do you want to do?" Qin Chu asked, looking up.
The first draft of the second stage has been submitted, but the theme for the second stage hasn't been decided yet, so there's definitely some free time.
"That's good. I just wanted to ask for leave in advance because I have something to do tomorrow," Levy said.
Ask for leave?
Qin Chu paused as he bent down to pick up his paintbrush.
Having been a model for so long, this was the first time Qin Chu had received a request for leave from Levi.
Where should I go if I take leave?
What are you doing?
Group activity or individual activity?
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"Is that alright?" Levy asked.
What are you going to do? Why do you have to ask for leave? Qin Chu instinctively wanted to ask back.
But as he was about to say it, he realized something was wrong.
Taking leave is normal.
It's only right to grant leave if there's nothing urgent.
What Levy does is his own business, why ask so many questions?
none of your business.
Qin Chu mentally berated himself, straightened up, realized he had grabbed the wrong pen, and bent down to exchange it for a charcoal pencil.
He nodded to Levy, but he felt uneasy if he didn't ask something.
He thought for a moment and asked a standard question: "How long?"
“Just tomorrow,” Levy said.
It took all day; it wasn't a small matter, but it wasn't a very serious one either.
Qin Chu subconsciously guessed, then suddenly stopped, forcing himself to focus on the drawing board in front of him.
It wasn't that he was overthinking it.
Given Levi's usual attitude, Qin Chu never imagined that he would ask for leave one day.
Given his level of dedication, Qin Chu always felt that even if he asked for a day off, Qin Chu would be very disappointed that he didn't have to come to the studio today.
So... what could possibly make Levi take leave?
Levy remained calm and relaxed when asking for leave, as if nothing unexpected had happened in his life.
At least it's not a bad, unexpected situation.