Falling Dreams, Rising Hopes: Saving Mr. Boyfriend

"Aaahhh! P… please, don't touch me. I beg you!"

Mei Qingyang woke up with a jolt. She had been feeling pretty restless tonight. She had finally convinced Yu Tian to sleep in his own bed and she was using the guest room. His bed was pretty big to accommodate them both, and it was pretty normal for her to sleep in the same bed as her male friends before, including Li Hanyu. She had been conditioned to be comfortable with it since she trained with guys anyway.

But, given how she had finally admitted her feelings for Yu Tian in her heart, and the guy had also half confessed, she was reluctant to sleep in the same bed for she was afraid she would jump over him in her sleep. Even the thought of it was enough to turn her whole face beet red.

So, after much fighting with and begging Yu Tian, now she was finally sleeping where she felt the most comfortable, the guest room. She had felt bad that the poor guy was being deprived of his comforts in his own home by her. Very visible dark circles under his eyes were the proof of him not getting enough sleep in the guest room.

And she knew most of the servants in Yu Tian's house, including Mrs. Zhao despised her. She had never asked them to do any of the chore for her but she could feel the hostility from them. Anyway, she could relax a bit now. She still had no idea why Yu Tian was so adamant about letting her sleep in his own bed. There was not much difference in the quality of mattresses, rather his was way comfier than her preference.

At the midnight, it started pouring once again, this time with loud thunderstorm. It had been pretty gloomy climate for almost a week now but tonight, the weather was really horrible.

Mei Qingyang was not very fond of thunderstorms; they even induced some kind of unknown fear in her. She did not remember anything related to her fear of thunderstorms in her previous memories, so she had no idea what this feeling was.

Her throat was parched for some reason; so, she woke up to grab a glass of water. It was then that she heard noises from somewhere. She was spooked thoroughly, but still decided to investigate. She also needed to be careful because there were several people living in this home. She also had to make sure she was not intruding anyone in their… private time.

Ahem, who knew what one was doing behind locked doors?

But the voices she was hearing seemed to be a cry for help. After making up her mind, she stepped towards the source of voices and found they were coming from Yu Tian's bedroom. Was he… alright?

"Senior Yu?" she called out. She did not want to wake him up if it was just a hallucination to her. The dark room was being lit by occasional thunder. She could feel Yu Tian was squirming in his bed and mumbling things.

She slowly and carefully walked towards his bed and found a very anxious Yu Tian lying in the bed, throwing everything away near him in his sleep.

"I said let me go. I am not your plaything", Mei Qingyang heard him saying very clearly.

"Sen… senior Yu, are you having a nightmare?" she tried asking but once again, got no response. She inched towards the bed and felt his head. He was drenched in sweat and running a bit of fever.

Yu Tian slapped her hand away very hard. "I said don't touch me!" he yelled. The clapping sound was overshadowed by the thunder sound. Mei Qingyang's heart started thumping really fast because right now, she looked really suspicious. The servants already did not like her, if they got wrong idea, it would be a disaster for her.

She looked towards the door to check if anyone got up because of the sound. She did not sense any movement outside.

"Senior Yu, calm down, it is just a bad dream", she again tried to wake him up verbally and shook his shoulder a bit. Yu Tian had thrown down all the pillows and his blanket on the floor and was about to rip his bedsheets.

"No! Not there, please! Ugh", Yu Tian looked so much in pain that Mei Qingyang could not take it anymore. She turned on the lights first. There was still no effect on Yu Tian, so she stood beside the bed and started patting his head slowly. Yu Tian was sleeping in the middle of the bed, so she had to take a place by the edge of the bed. She sat down on the bed to be in a more comfortable position, taking the support of big bed head behind.

"Senior Yu, it's okay. I am here with you. No one can do any harm", she whispered in his ears in a calm voice.

"Please help me… I can't do it… I want to… want to…", Yu Tian kept blabbering in agony.

"Shhh… It's alright. See? No one is here", she consoled him ultimately taking his upper body in her embrace. Yu Tian relaxed a bit and snuggled his body closer to her, clutching his arms around her waist. The half hug seemed to have worked.

The familiar scent dispelled everything, it was like someone was giving him a hand. He could really see a light at the end of the misery he was suffering right now, in this dream or past memory.

"It's okay. I will beat them all for you. Now go back to sleep, okay?" she placated. Yu Tian was fully relaxed now and had stopped twisting and turning too. His breathing evened and he fell deep into sleep.

Now Mei Qingyang was in a bind. Her waist was clasped by the guy and he was not letting it go. Seeing there was nothing she could do, she unbuttoned his shirt to let the sweat dry off since she did not have anything to wipe it. And then she saw a lot of scars on his body too.

There were not marks like hers, they were perhaps imprinted because of Yu Rong. Qingyang had long suspected that Yu Rong would beat him whenever he would not obey her. Sure, he was a big guy with one of the best fighting skills in the country.

But she knew within, when it came to certain people, one could be the strongest person and still weak against that one person. And since he was a proud person too, she knew he would not have told this to anyone, including his best friends. Who would want to admit that they, an a.d.u.l.t, take a beating from their closes relative?

She wondered what she could do to help.

It would take time for her to fully take Yu Rong down. And while Yu Tian could serve as a witness, it depended on whether he was willing to. If she had succeeded all these years in her abuse without getting caught, there must be something she was holding against him.

Or, he had given up after all this time. Did she use tactics of Stockholm Syndrome on him? She needed to find out. But right now, it was more necessary to make sure that his fever got corrected. His body was still burning. He was perhaps clinging to her because her body might have comparatively felt cooler.

And that morning only, she had got the green light from Fan Ruyi for participation. She was still concerned, so she offered to go with them earning approval from both Yu Tian and Su Lang. They had not even asked Yu Rong for permission yet, so the main battle was still pending.

In that case, if Yu Tian caught a flu during this time, it would not only not let her get out of the school but would be detrimental for the whole team as such. Mei Qingyang hoped in her heart that this fever was only related to his nightmare and would go at least next morning.