It was Monday, as usual, Zhan got up by 7.45 am. This time he didn't check his phone. He knew he would be disappointed.

So first, he freshened up, made breakfast, and went off to get ready. Only after getting ready he checked his phone to his surprise, there was a new notification for the Anonym app.

He clicked on it and there was a long message from Bob. Zhan was over cloud nine. He read that message. And everything fell in place. At that time he figured out who the other person was. He couldn't stop smiling. He was just staring at the message for 15 min. Then he replied.

Sean: Bo, Fuck you. You scared me to death. Fine, let's meet. Let's meet at the patio after lunch break before the evening break.

Bob: Sean, I am sorry. Fine, let's do that. I will meet you there at 3.00 pm.

Sean: Cool, Bo this is gonna be fun. Iam already late see you.

Bob: See you!

After that Zhan texted Jessi.

Zhan: How did you figure that out? It took months for me.

Jessi: Finally, you figured it out. How can you be this dump? Who made you the team lead?

Zhan: Hey, even you voted for me. But thanks, Jessi. Iam gonna meet him today. See you.

Jessi: You are most welcome! Well, see ya.

Other side Yibo reached the office by 9.00 pm. His teammates were happy to see him.

Song Jiang came over hugged him and said, "I am so done with your work. Just take it over from here."

"If Haoxuan sees this he will just kill me. So leave me now." Yibo retorted.

"Yibo, how's your hand? And what exactly happened?" Liu haikuan asked.

"Nothing much, I just slipped. I am fine now." Yibo replied.

Just then Ji li came running and hugged him, "Finally you are here, I think this is why Zhan is happy too".

Yibo gave him a questioning look and asked, "What happened to Zhan?"

"Now, even you are worried about Zhan. With that rumor, workload, and everything, Zhan was fully dull. But now I think he is fine. I just saw him downstairs he was showing off his 32 teeth to everyone." Ji Li.

Yibo was a bit worried, "Wait? What rumor are you talking about?".

Just then Li Bowen came over, "Hey Yibo, How are you?"

"Li Bowen, what rumors about Zhan are they talking about?" Yibo asked.

"Are you in any office chat groups? Oh, you broke your phone. Hey, it's nothing. It's just about Zhan dating Dilraba." Li Bowen said.

Yibo cried out, " Is Zhan dating Dilraba?"

"Stop screaming Yibo. They aren't dating. Dilraba spread those rumors. Just leave it. How are you?" Yang asked.

"Iam fine. But How is Zhan?" Yibo asked.

Song Jiang chuckled and said, "Why don't you go and ask him yourself?"

Yibo was just planning to go, when Liu Haikuan called him back, "Let's do that later on. We have a meeting at 9.30 am. And I just texted Luo Yunxi, he said Zhan looked super happy.

Even he doesn't know what's the reason."

Yibo was a bit relieved. Then he went to his cabin to do the rest of his work. Yibo and the team had a meeting at 9.30 am. And the meeting ended at 1.30 pm. The lunch break was almost over. Yibo and the team directly went to the cafeteria, to grab something to eat. They couldn't find Zhan and the team there too.

Yibo fished out his phone from the phone. He saw a message from Jessi. He went through it.

Jessi: Yibo, All the best.

Yibo was confused. He asked others, "Hey guys, Do you know why Jessi is wishing me luck?".

Others gave him a questioning look as well, Yang said, " I don't know. Maybe she texted you wrong."

"Hmm maybe," Yibo said. And then he remembered the text she sent on Saturday, about some surprises. He didn't know what to think of it. But as time went by Yibo became more and more reckless. He was happy but a bit tense.

He wanted to meet Zhan but didn't see him anywhere, so he messaged him.

Yibo: Zhan, you okay? Where are you? I couldn't find you at lunch break?

Yibo got a reply instantly.

Zhan: Don't worry we will meet soon.

Yibo was confused with everyone's message. He didn't know what to make out of every conversation. Anyway, he felt that he will find out soon.

All left the cafeteria by 2.00 pm. All went to their cabin or cubicle. But none of them had much work. Even, Yibo didn't have much work for today. His friends completed his previous week's work. So he didn't have anything for now. It was just 2.30 still he went patio to get some air.

The patio was on the 10th floor. So after the lunch break, most of the time it was vacant. Yibo went there. He was getting too reckless. He didn't know why? He wasn't this nervous even during those high-stress interviews.

He was panicking, he was walking to and fro, he was feeling hot. Even though there was a quiet soothing breeze it didn't calm him down. He was too worked out that he didn't even notice that someone watching him.

Zhan who came over, saw Yibo pacing to and fro. He wanted to laugh out loud. He seriously couldn't stop smiling from this morning. He wanted to go over and hug that guy who was pacing in front of him. He laughed at his on thought.

After scrutinizing Yibo for a while, Zhan put on a serious face and said, "If you keep up the pace you will lose 5 to 10 kg easily."

Yibo who was losing his mind, then he saw Zhan leaning against the door frame he was surprised, he looked around he couldn't find anyone else. It was 3.05 pm, he thought Sean should have been here by now. He asked Zhan, "What are you doing here? When I was searching for you, I couldn't find you and now you are here. And how long have you been staring?"

Zhan came over where Yibo was standing and said, "Can't you just talk slowly. Why? Didn't you want to see me? Were you waiting for someone else?"

Yibo started to sprout nonsense, "No, I mean yeah, no, I don't know. God! What in the hell am I sprouting?"

Zhan laughed, "Seriously Bo, what in the hell are you sprouting?"

"I don't know. Zhan, what are you doing here? Are you okay?" Yibo asked with concern.

Zhan looked at Yibo and said, "Yibo, I am fine not just fine, I am too happy. And last week I missed you a lot."

Yibo was beet red. He just stared at Zhan. He didn't know what to say. He came here to meet Sean, instead, he met Zhan. And in front of him, his crush was saying he missed him. He skipped a couple of heartbeats in a few seconds.

Zhan saw Yibos beet-red face and ears, he chuckled. He had immense pleasure in teasing Yibo. Yibo looked too cute. He once hated to see this guy but now he was falling hard for the same guy. After a while, he said, "But Yibo, I just don't know who I missed more. You or Bob."

Yibo was stunned. He didn't know how to react. He struggled to pull out a word from his mouth.

Zhan came in front of Yibo, he asked, "are you gonna say something?".

"Sean, I mean Zhan or Sean. I mean Sean was you. Fuck Zhan. It was you the whole time.

How didn't I recognize that? Yibo mumbled out.

"I don't blame you for that. Fine, let me introduce myself again. Yibo hi, myself Xiao Zhan or Sean Xiao." Zhan retorted.

"Zhan, I don't know what to say? Fuck, I was adoring you in front of you. And still didn't

recognize you" Yibo said.

Zhan pulled Yibo closer by his collar, "Bo, your second last message was. Don't get mixed up with reality. But one of my friends said that I am not getting mixed up, I am just in love with the person behind those chat screen."

Yibo smiled, he pulled Zhan closer by his waist, "Zhan, don't you think you are too whipped for this chatmate?".

"Yibo, my dear Booooo, weren't you completely whipped for Zhan from the very start?" Zhan retorted.

"Fine, I was whipped. I liked you from the day I saw you. I was obsessed with your smile and attitude. Whenever you smiled at me I just wanted to grab you by the waist and devour those lips." Yibo confessed openly.This was Zhan's turn to turn beet red.

Yibo laughed and pulled Zhan even more closer and whispered, "Zhan, I love you so much. And I want to kiss you right now. Can I?"

Zhan's looked into Yibo's eyes and smiled, "Then what are you waiting for next Christmas?"

Yibo chuckled, "I didn't know, my Zhan was this desperate."

The way Yibo called "my Zhan" gave butterflies in Zhan's stomach.

Zhan pulled Yibo closer to kiss, Yibo devoured Zhan's lips. First, the kiss was soft then it became a passionate one. The kiss went on till they both were out of breath. For a while, both were panting, and then they started to laugh.

Yibo asked, "How did you figure this out?"

"All thanks to Jessi. She figured out everything in an hour." Zhan said.

"How did she know?" Yibo asked.

"I told her. Last week I was a mess. Mostly because an idiot stopped messaging me out of nowhere. I distanced myself from everyone. I didn't even go for evening break meetups... So last Saturday, you can say that Jessi asked me out." Zhan said.

"Jessi asked you out? That doesn't add up." Yibo said.

"Yibo, we do have a great friend circle. We should treasure them. Our so-called friends felt that I needed a push. They felt that I needed someone to talk to. So Jessi pulled me into a nearby cafe. And I told her everything." Zhan said.

"But how did she figure out? And those rumors are you okay with that." Yibo asked.

"I don't know how she figured it out. Let's just ask her. And about rumors, I don't care. It just messed with me because I was not in the right sanity. Now that I have figured everything out and my boyfriend is with me I should be fine." Zhan said giving Yibo a smirk.

Yibo pulled Zhan into a kiss again, "Zhan, Don't give me that smirk I won't be able to control myself."

"Who asked you to control?" Zhan whispered into Yibo's ear.

Yibos ear turned flush read. Zhan couldn't control laughing, he then leaned forward and kissed Yibo's forehead and said, "Yibo, You are mine." This gave chills down Yibo's spine.

Just then to spoil the moment Zhan's phone started to ring.

Yibo cursed under breath and fished out Zhan's phone, He checked the caller ID. It was Jessi. Yibo looked at Zhan and Zhan just nodded, so Yibo picked up the phone call. He said, "Jessi, you spoiled the moment."

"Hey lovebirds, sorry to spoil your moment but we are going to the cafeteria. Join us and no excuse." Jessi said that and hung up. She didn't want to hear any more excuses.

Just as Jessi hung up, Yibo pouted. Zhan started to laugh, he said, "Yibo, you are too cute. Let's go and join them. We have to break this news too."

Yibo pouted all way to the cafeteria and Zhan was laughing all the way.

As Jessi saw Yibo and Zhan entering the cafeteria, she couldn't control her laughter. The rest of them gave her a confused look.

Yibo and Zhan came over. Yibo said, "Jessi I am seriously not talking to you. And Zhuo Cheng and Haoxuan. I didn't break my head."

Zhuo Cheng gave Yibo a smirk, "Are you sure?"

Song Jiang pointed at Jessi who was still giggling and asked, "Did she break her head? Are we missing out on something?"

"Jiang, we were missing out on many things. Why don't you ask them?" Jessi said pointing at Zhan and Yibo.

"Wait, what happened? Zhan, you look happy and Yibo you look childish and you both are blushing. What exactly happened?" Yang asked.

"Fine, we will let you know. But first Jessi, How did you figure it out in an hour, which took months for us." Zhan asked.

"How come you guys didn't figure it out? You guys are seriously dumb." Jessi retorted.

"How? I mean what in the hell made you think that it's me?" Yibo asked.

"I think at some point even you guys knew who the other person was you just didn't want to admit it," Jess replied.

"But Jessi you figured its way too quickly." Zhan retorted.

"Zhan when you started your story, I was damn worried. You started by saying you love two people. I was like, should I call Luo Yunxi for help. But as you continued I felt that the two-people you are talking about are similar and familiar. The only difference was Zhan could open up with one but not the other. But still, I was confused. Then I asked him when did you receive his last message. Then Zhan said it was 'Monday evening'. Then literally everything fell into place. That's when I realized he was talking about Yibo the whole time." Jessi said.

"Ok, now are you guys gonna say. What's going on? We don't have any idea." Zoey asked.

"Zoey dear, Its simple Zhan and Yibo love each other. And they figured it out just now." Jessi replied.

"WHAT?" Everyone in unison.

"Seriously, I mean are you guys dating now?" Song Jiang asked.

"Yibo, Are you sure you didn't hit your head? I mean what you saw in him." Wang Haoxuan retorted.

"Haoxuan, I wanted to ask you the same thing. Did you hit your head? How come you fell in love with this idiot?" Yibo asked pointing at Song Jiang.

"Yibo stop it. Haoxuan idiot, remember your bonus for this month is in my hands." Zhan said.

"Zhan, this is blackmailing. I have a family to take care of." Haoxuan whined.

Everyone laughed.

"Hey guys, they are committed that's only a part. You should listen to the whole story. It's fun" Jessi said.

"Yup, Zhan said. What's the whole story?" Luo Yunxi asked.

Zhan narrated the whole story and Yibo pitched in. He explained every detail. After like half an hour the story was completed.

Everyone was silent for a minute. Then burst out laughing.

"Seriously, Zhan how didn't you figure this out?" Luo Yunxi asked.

"I wanna ask the same question to Yibo. How come you didn't recognize him?" Liu Haikuan asked.

Yibo said, "Seriously, now that I think about it. It's quite obvious. How didn't I figure this out"

"It may be because we never thought about it. We were fine remaining unknown. But it messed up last week when he couldn't message me." Zhan said.

Just then Dilraba came over, with some of the newly created playmates. "Hey Zhan, I didn't see you here for a week. Were you okay? I was worried."

Yibo's mood changed. But Zhan held Yibo's hand and said, "Yibo cool down, it's ok. Someone is genuinely showing concern so shouldn't we return the concern."

Zhan went over to Dilraba's side and said, "I will return the favor. You said you didn't know why we broke up? Right. I will let you know that now. So that you can correct it. Cool."

Dilraba gave him a questioning look and then she nodded.

Zhan mumbled near her ear in a low voice which was only audible to her and those who were sitting or standing near to her, "You are just a paranoid human being. Who doesn't like to see others happy? In case you found out they are happy without you, then you would try your dirty tricks to make their life living hell. That's the reason." And then he moved away and gave her a smirk. Then he went back to his seat.

Li Bowen, Zhuo Cheng, Yang who were sitting near to her burst out laughing.

Dilraba was embarrassed. She bought her friends to show off her boyfriend. But it backfired.

"And Dilraba, one more thing. Meet my Boyfriend Yibo." Zhan said that without of pinch of hesitation. He was too proud of himself.

His other friends as they heard this they choked on their drink.

"I don't know why, but I can't get used to this." Zhuo Cheng said.

Dilraba went off, stomping her legs again.

"She needed that," Yang said.

"Hey, guys, the other day. Jessi said you guys stood up for me. Thank you so much." Zhan said.

"We don't need your thank you. Just pay for our drinks it would be fine." Zhuo Cheng said.

Zhan smirked, "I can pay for these drinks. I don't mind that. But Cheng I didn't submit your appraisal form too."

"This is cheating." Zhuo Cheng whined.

"Zhan we are your friends. We will stand up for you, I mean for any of you" Liu Haikuan said. Zhan smiled.

"Zhan, Yibo you said your whole story but how did Jessi become part of it." Luo Yunxi asked.

"Last Saturday, you guys were pulling off the night shift. I left early, that day I found him in the lobby. And I pulled him to a nearby cafe. And asked him to let out everything. And he did that. It was like he was waiting for someone to ask him." Jessi said.

"Seriously, the known enemy turned couple cheers." Ji li made a toast.

"CHEERS" Everyone.

"CHEERS TO THIS FRIENDSHIP," this time Zhan made the toast.

Everyone smiled, "CHEERS".

And that's the end.

P.s: "Every single thing I have written has nothing to do with any people living out there. And the photos used are from Pinterest."

"Do give me your feedback if you are reading this story. I would love to know what you are thinking..."