Chapter 140: Close Contact
The dorm room was almost completely dark, with only the faint light from the screen lighting up everyone’s faces.
Su Peng was trembling slightly, subconsciously leaning toward the person beside him. His shoulder pressed against An Han’s, but his eyes were fixed straight on the screen, watching the increasingly creepy and scary scenes unfold.
The background music filled the dorm with a heavy sense of fear, making everyone quiet down, but An Han’s thoughts were nowhere near the movie.
This guy, Su Peng! Is he taking advantage of me on purpose!?
She leaned to the side, trying to avoid touching him, but Su Peng kept inching closer.
What the hell is he thinking with so many people around!?
Isn’t he afraid of embarrassing himself along with me!?
He’s crazy!
When she could no longer move away, An Han froze in place and glanced around with the corner of her eye.
Luckily, everyone else seemed too focused on the movie to notice what was happening on her side.
So she slowly reached out her hand, placed it on Su Peng’s thigh, and after a moment’s hesitation, gave the soft flesh a hard pinch.
Su Peng’s body jerked, and he turned to look at her, confused.
Yeah, keep pretending!
An Han glared fiercely at him and shoved his shoulder away.
Looking innocent, Su Peng sat up straight again and turned his attention back to the computer screen. But not long after, his body began to lean. This time toward Wang Sheng, who was sitting on his other side.
Wang Sheng looked surprised, but in a scary movie atmosphere, it felt perfectly normal to huddle together for warmth. He didn’t think much of it, and even leaned back toward Su Peng, the two of them trembling side by side.
Watching this, An Han started to wonder if she had misunderstood Su Peng.
Maybe he really was scared?
And to think he’s the one who’s trained in martial arts since elementary school, with that strong body of his, but he’s even worse than me!
This horror movie had a rating of over nine points. Not only eerie and scary, but also full of bloody scenes that made everyone’s hearts race nonstop.
Even Long Xing, who was usually the bravest of them all, now looked nervous. When An Han glanced back, she saw Wu Dongming couldn’t keep watching. He lowered his head to play with his phone, though every now and then he couldn’t resist sneaking glances at the screen.
Only Chen Junjie was watching with excitement written all over his face.
Aside from that guy, the rest of them are such cowards! It’s just a horror movie!
An Han rested one foot on her chair, hugged her leg, and finally focused on the movie.
As she got more into it, her heartbeat sped up, and her nerves grew tighter and tighter.
Once again, Su Peng quietly leaned closer, but this time she didn’t react. Instead, she straightened up nervously, trying to lean away from the screen, but the back of the chair stopped her.
Suddenly, a ghostly shadow flashed across the screen.
“Holy crap!” Long Xing swore loudly.
An Han jolted in shock and, almost on instinct, threw herself against Su Peng.
The warmth of his slightly higher body temperature briefly calmed her racing heart. She took a small breath and glanced at his expression.
He looks even more scared than me.
She could feel his trembling, that usually handsome face was now twisted in fear.
At that moment, An Han finally remembered her female identity.
Not embarrassing at all! Just look at all these grown men, they’re terrified! And at least I didn’t scream like a girl or curse like Long Xing did!
An Han finally felt relieved, turns out Su Peng wasn’t any braver than she was.
So his actions must’ve been just like hers, a subconscious move to huddle close for comfort, nothing more.
The light from the screen was getting dimmer, making the dorm room even darker. Only the faint outlines of their faces could barely be seen.
That made An Han’s nerves tighten even more. Her eyes kept flickering away from the screen, and her body leaned closer and closer to Su Peng.
Her full attention was now locked on the movie. Everything around her felt blurry and distant. As the story grew more intense, she was almost living inside the movie, her whole body tense from head to toe.
But at the same time, that gentle warmth beside her slowly wrapped around her body, making her heart calm down a little.
When the movie reached the ending, everyone’s tense nerves began to relax. But suddenly, a twisted face filled the screen.
“Holy crap! Crap! Crap!”
The only words the terrified guys could manage were curses of panic.
In truth, what startled An Han most wasn’t the movie. It was her roommates’ sudden shouts. Her body trembled, then she let out a long sigh of relief when the credits started rolling.
Finally over.
After two full hours, everyone’s backs were soaked with cold sweat. They all sighed with a strange mix of fear and excitement.
“I think this movie just gave me a trauma! Damn!”
“I’m definitely having nightmares tonight!”
An Han was about to speak, but then suddenly realized something was wrong with the warmth wrapped around her body.
Wait a second…
Su Peng, when the hell did you put your hands around me!?
She looked down and saw a hand resting around her waist. Turning her head slowly, she saw that, somehow, she had ended up almost completely in Su Peng’s arms.
Right now, she was practically half-lying against his chest. Her own hands were clutching his without realizing it, and she could faintly smell that hard-to-describe, subtle scent on his body.
It wasn’t exactly the situation she imagined, not like she’d gotten scared and thrown herself into his arms, but the result was… more or less the same.
Su Peng noticed her staring, glanced down at her, and gave an innocent smile.
“Scared me to death. That movie was way too scary.”
“……”
You were “scared,” huh? Then how come you had time to take advantage of me!?
Nice move! Pretend to be afraid so I’ll lower my guard and then sneak in your little trick!
Smiling faintly, An Han raised her hand, ready to strike back. But before she could, Su Peng quickly let go of her waist and stood up cheerfully.
“I’ll go turn on the light.”
She could only sigh in defeat and glance around. At some point, Chen Junjie had ended up sitting on Long Xing’s lap, the two of them heatedly discussing the movie’s plot.
Maybe Chen Junjie’s old spot didn’t have a good view?
The two were close enough to look suspicious, but their heads were both so simple that they didn’t think twice, just laughing and chatting as if nothing was strange.
“Get up already, my legs are numb,” Long Xing grumbled, pushing Chen Junjie’s back and then noticed the light had come back on.
“Huh? Why’d you turn the lights on? Let’s watch another one!”
The same guy who didn’t want to watch the movie earlier was now the most eager for another round.
But everyone ignored him, each chatting excitedly about the scary scenes and plot twists.
An Han dragged her chair back to her own desk, resting her cheek in one hand, and then noticed her face felt hot.
Her body hadn’t resisted Su Peng’s touch at all.
Even her mind… was starting to get used to it.
In the past, she definitely would’ve exploded with anger. But now, her mood was strangely calm, maybe even good. Still, she couldn’t help but worry a little that her roommates might’ve seen.
To them, it was normal for two guys to sit close together. But she was a girl now and Su Peng clearly had impure thoughts.