Our last week was pretty packed with unplanned things. On Tuesday, I just arrived at Zhan's work, and received a call from my mother saying she now had the requested evidence there and that I should come to the hospital and see it for myself.

Zhan and I then went to the hospital right after he left work. We looked at all the documents and yes, the health insurance denied the heart valve surgery. The crazy thing is, if my dad had needed a donor heart, they would have paid for the surgery and everything around it.

So then Zhan actually paid for the surgery and paid the money to the hospital right away. And all of a sudden my parents seemed very conciliatory and acted like they suddenly accepted me, their gay son. But Zhan and I knew they were lying. So Zhan said, "Now that the bill and the follow-up costs have been settled, I'm taking Yibo back with me. I hope it remains that you only call him in an absolute emergency. Because I don't want him to be confused by you. So you don't have to act like you suddenly care about him."

He took my hand and we left my father's hospital room without waiting for a response from my parents. What could they say to that? However, I was happy to see how protective Zhan was of me and careful not to let them hurt me again.

When we got back home, we ate together and then continued to renovate the second guest room.

On Wednesday, Zhan picked me up from work since he could leave work sooner. We went home, took a shower and got dressed up. Then we were shopping in the city for a bit and ate dinner at a restaurant and then we both went to a musical. It was really great. An unplanned and spontaneous date.

When we got back home, we stood kissing at our front door before Zhan lifted me up, carried me into the house and then into our bedroom where we made love. Our second time and it was even better than the first.

On Thursday, Zhan drove with me to his publishing house after work. There were a few final details to sort out about the book release of "Forbidden Love." He introduced me to the publisher as his life partner and I was really excited. All this was really exciting for me. And I even got to meet two other authors who I've also read books from. It was great to be able to talk to them, because like Zhan, they're actually aloof.

Friday we went after work, already shopping for Saturday. After that, we painted the second guest room. It is now finished and only a few pieces of furniture are missing.

When we wanted to turn on the TV in the evening shortly before 9 pm, Yanli called. She was in labor and the baby was on the way. We then drove to the birth clinic and waited with her husband, A-Jing, Cheng and Hai Kuan.

Shortly after 2 am, Yanli's husband then came out of the birthing room with a little bundle in his arms. A-Jing is now the big brother of A-Ling. Although we were totally tired before, we were suddenly all wide awake. Because A-Ling greeted us with a loud scream. He is so tiny and totally cute.

Only around 4 am we were back home, we were still very excited, but as tired as we were, we immediately fell asleep. It wasn't until about 1 pm that we woke up. And then after we showered and ate we tinkered with my car. Zhan explained to me what he was doing and I didn't understand anything. But I don't have to, because my Hubby knows what he is doing.

And just then Seungyoun and Wooseok joined us. Wooseok was totally excited because he met Zhan and could see me again after a long time. Our two men then went to Seungyoun's car while I showed Wooseok the house and told him all about Zhan and me.

"Zhan wants to make a reading room for us yet. I wanted to help him with it, but he wants to do it on his own. He wants to surprise me with it. I'm really eager to see what he's going to do with this room." I said as I showed Wooseok the unfinished room.

"You know what Yibo? With everything you just told me about you and Zhan and your home, the way you told it, I can immediately see how much you love Zhan and how much you mean to him." He replied.

"That's right. I am just happy for the first time in my life. Zhan loves me the way I am. Thanks to him, I feel stronger and my confidence and self-esteem have also grown because of him. And that is simply because he loves me the way I am. He looks out for me, protects me, is loving, attentive and caring. I can't even describe how great it feels to know that there is this man who loves me so much and who I also love and admire above all else."

"I also love Seungyoun very much and I understand exactly what you mean. He always acts so cool in front of others. But in reality, he's just like your Zhan. The other day I had a slight cough and he was so worried that he dragged me to the hospital for a complete checkup. He had taken the day off on our anniversary just so he could surprise me. He had everything set up. I got up in the morning and there was breakfast on the table, along with a bouquet of sunflowers and then he handed me his gift. 2 nights in a wellness hotel. I was really pleased."

"Mhm, I know, I helped him with the booking. He was totally nervous and was hoping you'd be happy."

"I was. And it was beautiful."

"Does Seungyoun still not want you to go to work?"

"No. Well, I could go to work. But Seungyoun doesn't like it when I'm tired in the evening then. Besides, he loves it when he comes home and I greet him and then we can eat together."

"He told me last that you two had talked about getting married. But that you were unsure."

"Yeah, no what means unsure. I want to marry him, no question. But here in this country, that's not possible. And I'm unsure what our families will say about it."

"I see. So honestly? If Zhan asked me, I'd say yes in a heartbeat."

"I can understand. Well you don't have to ask your parents first either, fortunately."

"Don't even get me started on those. Now that they know Zhan is wealthy, they're trying to sweet-talk us. My parents send me messages every day. I always delete them right away, they're only after Zhan's money anyway."

"Youn told me about it. Just be careful that they don't show up at your door one day and want to move in."

"They can forget that. Zhan would never let that happen, and neither would I. Besides, Zhan just wrote to my parents yesterday to stop writing to me all the time. He wrote that he would never let me back in their care, whether they are my parents or not."

"Wow. He's really watching over you."

"Mmm, he's great. I just know that I can trust him and rely on him no matter what. And that he would never let anyone hurt me."

"Well then, all that's missing is you have sex and he proposes."

"Well, we are sleeping with each other. Sunday night we had our first time. And he already wants me to call him Hubby because he has future plans for us."

"Oh my god, that's awesome. Were you even able to work on Monday then? I mean, because of the pain."

"Haha, so yes, I was able to. And unlike you, I wasn't in pain. My Zhan made it a perfect first time for us."

"Really now? I was still in a little pain three days later."

"I didn't at all. But Zhan also has more experience than Seungyoun did back then."

"True. And do you know anything about his ex?"

"Not much. They were together for three years during college, then broke up on good terms, and that his ex is happily married. Zhan said that was all in the past and that's where it should stay. And he doesn't want me to try to compare myself to his ex. Zhan said I'm a thousand times better than his ex anyway."

"That's really thoughtful of him. I mean, if Youn had someone before me, too, I would have always wondered who was or is better at what."

We talked for a moment more and then went to our men. Zhan immediately took me in his arms, kissed my forehead and asked me if I was done with the house tour. I nodded and asked how far along he and Seungyoun were with the car. "As good as done. That means he just needs to start the car so I can see if the noises are gone."

Seungyoun started the car and it purred softly. Wooseok was thrilled and immediately said with a laugh, "Oh wow finally we don't embarrass ourselves anymore when we go somewhere and our car can be heard from far away."

"Ha, isn't my Hubby great?" I asked, looking at Zhan all in love.

"Oh yes Yibo, he's quite great." Replied Wooseok.

We then all went to our place in the garden, Seungyoun took over the barbecue as a thank you for Zhan's help on his car and Wooseok stood next to him making sure he did it right.

"Those two are sweet together." Said Zhan with a grin.

"Yeah totally. When they first met, I had said right then that they were a great match." Replied I.

"Mhm, so are we my cutie."

"That's right Hubby. You're perfect for me."

"And you for me my cutie. And who knows, maybe by this time next year we'll be celebrating our wedding here in the garden. With everyone together then."

"So you don't want to wait long to get married?"

"I don't think so. But we still have plenty of time to talk about it. Today we'll enjoy the evening with your friends and tomorrow we'll stay in bed all day again."

"Oh yes absolutely. And I already know what we can do there so we won't get bored."

"Read?"

"Hubby! You know what I mean."

"Ah, so you want to play after all."

"Yeah, I want us to play together haha."

"Ah you're just a cute one. If you want to play tomorrow, we'll play."

"Tonight too already?"

"Mhhh, if you want to, sure."

"Yeah, I want to." I looked at my necklace, the partner necklace that Zhan also wears, and grinned.

"What are you grinning at?"

"I'm just imagining that maybe next year, instead of just the necklaces, we'll wear rings."

"And the imagination makes you grin?"

"Mmm, because it's a beautiful thought." I replied. I snuggled my head against Zhan's chest, imagining at that moment what it would be like when we were married. I wonder if it will be a different feeling than now?

We had just finished barbecuing when it started to rain. So we all went inside the house. We sat together in the living room in front of the fireplace, telling each other stories from our past, and Zhan said, "Back when I was about 5 or 6 years old, my grandparents didn't have modern heaters in the house. They had to heat with fireplaces or stoves. And often when it was very cold, my grandmother used to get up an hour early, turn on the stove and oven in the kitchen, it was a gas stove, so it was nice and warm in there when my grandfather and I got up and then we had breakfast together. After that, we turned on the tiled stove in the living room and all sat there together and watched fairy tales on TV, painted, read, or played a game. Sometimes I really miss those times."

"Well, we can do that too Hubby. And maybe if we have a child someday, we can do that with our child too."

Zhan looked at me with wide eyes and nodded. "I'm sure we'll both have a kid someday. And you'll be a great daddy."

I nodded. We hadn't even talked about having kids of our own yet. But I already had a feeling that we both wanted to have one or maybe two kids someday. But we still have time for that, and until then we can make good use of our time for each other.