Note:  "XYZ" means conversation
      (XYZ) means Jian Guo's translation
       XYZ means sounds

At Zhan's apartment:

"Mine"

"Meow"(mine )

"Mine "

"Meow"(mine)

"I told you he is mine", Yibo glared at the ferocious wild creature in front of him.

"Hisssss"(he is my master) , the cat growled looking at the evil , mean and wicked human in front of her .

Click. Upon hearing the sound of opening of door was both of them snapped their heads towards the direction of the door and dashed off . Competition on who will reach the door first began , they both ran and stood in front of the entering hallway a few feet away from the front door.
Xiao Zhan was removing his shoes when both the competitors reached there.

"Welcome home, Zhan ge."
"Meow meow."( welcome home, master)

When Zhan was done, he smiled at them. Before Yibo takes a step forward towards his Zhan ge, Jian Guo runs to her masters and leaps in the air . Zhan accepts her with open arms and hugged her dearly.

Yibo was watching all this with a bummed out face.
While Zhan was placing his car keys in the keybowl , Jian Guo smirked evilly at Yibo, mocking him.

After keeping the keys, Zhan walked towards his 6 years younger boyfriend and stood in front of him, one hand holding Jian Guo and the other hand lifting up to caress the soft cheek of Yibo leaning forward till their lips touch . They kissed softly for a while .

Xiao Zhan broke the kiss , lightly tapped on Yibo's cheek and said with a beautiful smile:

"I am home, puppy."

Hearing this Yibo smiled sheepishly .

Meanwhile Jian Guo was witnessing all this with a scowl on her face.
Zhan put her down and then went to his room to freshen up.

Now there stood two people in the hallway. Not exactly two people ; one male human and one female cat.

"This is not over yet. He's only mine and I'll make him mine . Nobody can take my Zhan ge/ my master away from me."
They both seemed to convey their messege to each other through an intense glaring.

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Still glaring at each other ,Yibo sat on a couch facing a wooden table , under which the American Shorthair cat sat royally.

Zhan came out of his room after a shower. He looked tired.

"How was your work, Zhan ge?"

"It was hectic. We had a presentation then an emergency meeting came up , then we had to prepare designs for our new client and then present it to them . Then choosing the models for the new designs and so on"

"Aww, did that tire my ge out?"

"Hmmm", Zhan nodded while pouting.

"Then let me help you forget it."

Yibo pulled Zhan towards him, looking endearingly at his lover . His one hand on his ge's slim waist and the other at the back of his head, while Zhan's hands were placed on his boyfriend's muscular chest. Both closed their eyes and leaned forward and...............

"Meow"

And there she goes......she did it again, spoiled their romantic moment. Zhan immediately left Yibo and walked towards this beloved pet cat.
"Sorry Jian Guo, it's already your dinner time and I totally forgot to give you food. Sorry, please forgive this silly master of yours, okay?" He said nuzzling their noses together.

Yibo's blood boiled at this scene; she  spoiled our romantic mood, took him away from me, getting all lovey-dovey with my ge and now she's even making him apologize, she's such an evil creature.

"Yibo can you please bring her food from the fridge after heating it a bit."

He would have never done this but it was his ge's request how can he say no?

"Okay ge"

Then suddenly Zhan remembered yibo's cooking adventures ;
put his pet on the floor and abruptly stood up .

"On second thought, let me do it. You can just relax and sit here"

Yibo dumbfoundedly looked at him till he reached the kitchen.

No sooner than Zhan got busy in the  kitchen , Yibo turned around to face the cause of his distress.

Jian Guo, smirking evilly at him.

"meow meow"(Master loves me more, so stay away from my master ,you filthy human)

"You...!!", Yibo gritted his teeth so as to prevent himself from cursing.

After heating the food, Zhan ge came back with the food in her bowl.
After happily eating her meal, Jian Guo began to doze off .

Zhan picked her up and put her in her fluffy marshmallow bed and kissed her good night.

Then he went back to the kitchen to prepare their dinner.

"Sorry, I still didn't prepare our dinner."
"It's ok baobei,  we can order food and you look tired too."
"I am fine. I will manage."
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Dinner was prepared and served.

"Bo, are you staying here tonight as well?

"I want to , but I can't." Yibo looked like a sad puppy. He continued,
"I have my racing practice early morning tomorrow and an interview after that."

"Is that so?", Zhan nodded understandingly.

"Also I have my racing tournament in the next month. Please try to make it this time."

"I'll try.......and by the way, looks like you and Jian Guo are getting along. You guys are not fighting anymore." He squealed with a pleasant smile.

"If only you knew, Zhan ge," murmured Yibo.

"Huh?", Zhan was confused.

"Nothing nothing eat your food before it gets cold."

After dinner it was time for Yibo to go back.

"I don't wanna go."

"But you have to."

"I didn't even leave yet and I am already missing you."

"Oh come on, you visit me almost everyday, this month ." Zhan tried to reason out.

"But I want to stay here with you." Yibo continued whining.

"You can stay here tomorrow."

"Promise?"

"Yes, promise , I will clear up my work before the night."

"Yesss" he threw a victory punch up in air.

"Now go back didi" Zhan pushed Yibo towards the door.

"Go back, just like that? No goodbye kiss?"

Zhan chuckled softly. He walked upto Yibo and gently placed his arms around the younger's neck while Yibo tightly secured the elder's waist in his strong arms , not ever wanting to let go.
Their faces inched towards each other until their lips meet diving in a soft wet kiss.
As it started to get heated ,  he felt the touch of Yibo's fingers under his shirt , Zhan pulled away though still in Yibo's embrace.

" Let's stop here Bo di , you have practice tomorrow morning."

After leaving a final peck on on his gege's mole , Yibo reluctantly had to let go.

"In tomorrow's interview speak kindly, okay ?"

"I won't promise anything , I will be my regular outdoor self."

Zhan giggled after hearing the stubborn guy's reply.

"Bye love"

"Bye-bye and good night baobei"
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The next day:

Zhan got home at 7:00 p.m. immensely tired. Yibo did not arrive yet. He was having a headache due to to all the hectic work he had to do all day long. He even skipped his meals.

When he sat on the sofa Jian Guo came and sat on his lap.

"Meow? "(tired?), she meowed with worry in her eyes.

"Hmm." Zhan replied shortly, patting her.

Yibo came shortly after.

He saw his ge resting on the couch, looking exhausted.

"Are you tired, gege?"

"Yeah , our recent designing project was running late so I had to work extra hours."

"Ohh, go take a warm shower . Let's have dinner and then you can sleep early."

"Sorry Yibo" Zhan said with guilty conscience.

"It's okay , you can make it up to me afterwards, okay?

"Okay." He kissed Yibo's forehead and left for a shower.

As soon as Zhan left, Yibo felt a pair of cold eyes staring at him.

"Meow meow" (why did you come here, you cold human?)

"I am not here to meet you, I came here for my Zhan Zhan."

"Meow"(filthy human).

"Disgusting cat......I have no time to argue with you , I have to impress my Zhan Zhan."

Yibo put and end to the argument and took about his phone.

When Zhan came back Yibo had already served food on the dining table .

"You were tired so I ordered food online. It will save your time and energy." Yibo explained excitedly .
Zhan could even see his puppy ears standing up and tail wagging to and fro.

"Thank you , Bo di is such a good boy." Zhan said pinching his cheeks playfully and patted his hair
"Let's eat"

"Come-on Jian Guo, let's eat."

Yibo's happily smiling face turned into a frown  but he quickly hid it as he want his ge to be in a happy mood . He had been tired lately.

When they were halfway through the dinner , Zhan's phone started ringing.
He looked apologetically at Yibo ,

"Sorry, I have to take this , it may be something urgent."

Yibo nodded, mentally cursing the people who were calling his ge in the middle of his dinner.

Zhan answered the call from his co-worker.

With a sigh, Zhan stood up and went to his room.

"Yes, give me a minute , I will check the mail."

In Zhan's room:

He put on his glasses to check the mail.

"WHAT??....they want to change the designs?...now? But I already completed the entire thing."

"I know but please change this now I got a mail from them 5 minutes ago".

"Why didn't they say anything sooner. it's almost completed how can they ask me to change the entire design for all the panels.

"I know this is going to be difficult but what can we even do the clients ask to to change the the designs from panel 3 to panel 5."

"But doing everything will take a lot of time!"

"They are an important client of ours. We don't have any other choice but to redo it with the new panel of choice."
"Mr. Xiao, please complete it till the morning I will do the other half of the work we have to present it to them tomorrow."

"OK I will do it". He ended the call.

Zhan sighed for the nth time in that day.

Meanwhile in the kitchen:

The human and the animal glared at one another.
Yibo smirked at Jian Guo. He unlocked his phone and showed her a pic of a dog.

"When I move in with Zhan Zhan, I will adopt this doggy and then I will see how you dare to take my Zhan ge away from me."

The angry and frightened hissed at him, her body hair standing straight up and her back arching.

She angrily pushed the jar of water towards Yibo which fell and the water wetted his clothes.

"You are dead!!" Yibo growled.

He threw the small plate of salad on her which she dodged effortlessly , while the poor cucumbers and tomatoes from the salad laid on the floor.
Then he picked up the chopsticks and threw them at her, again she dodged them and showed a mocking grin.
Then Yibo picked up a glass of water, fire evident in his eyes.
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Zhan opened the door of the bedroom and heard noises from the kitchen. He started walking to the kitchen to see what nuisance is happening.

As soon as he stepped in the kitchen, he saw Jian Guo running for her life and Yibo running behind her with a glass of water.

"What's happening here?"

Yibo was about to stop hearing Zhan's voice but his leg slipped due to the cucumber on the floor and water flew from the glass in his hand.

                        *Splash*

Water splashed on Zhan's face, wetting him all over.

That's it he had had enough for the day.
Zhan removed his glasses and with grim tone, said:

"You two....sit on the floor......."

Yibo and Jian Guo both gulped and looked at each other horrifyingly, hoping they have heard it wrong.

"NOW!!! ", Zhan screamed making the other two flinch.

They both quietly sat on the floor , ready to face the punishment, facing Zhan who was pacing in the room to and fro.

"How many times has it been?
How many times did I tell you both to behave and here I thought like a fool that you were getting along. But no you were doing this behind my back. First those clients now you two . Stop messing with my head, just let me live in peace."
He sighed, letting out his frustration.

"Yibo, go change your wet clothes and sleep in the guestroom."

"But..."

"Please, Yibo"

Zhan was pressing the bridge of his nose between his thumb and index finger , closing his eyes tightly.

"I am already tired don't add to my stress. Just go, please."

Yibo looked like a kicked-out puppy.
He quietly left to the main bedroom, head hanging down ; picked up his night suit from Zhan's closet and a stufftoy and went to the guest room.

Now only Zhan and his pet was in the kitchen.

Jian guo was looking at him with pitiful eyes , hoping that her master will forgive her.

"Don't give me that look , it's not gonna work this time. I am not talking to you for two days from now. Also , I am not putting you to bed, now go and sleep on your own."
Zhan said with cold eyes.
Jian guo dejectedly walked to her bed and slid in there.

Zhan went to the bedroom, putting on his glasses back, took out is laptop and SketchBook and other stuff and started redoing the entire report.

Yibo sneakily came out of the guestroom and entered the kitchen to clean up the mess that he created.

After cleaning up, he went back to his bedroom , keeping the door slightly open and kept the lights on before sleeping since he was afraid of the dark.

Laying on the bed, hugging the stufftoy, he guiltily looked at the empty side of the bed.

"Sorry Zhan ge" were the last words that he thought before sleep embraced him.

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Zhan finished his work at 4:30 am
He was very tired and exhausted.
But he had to clear up the mess in the kitchen so he forced himself to get up from his seat and walk to the kitchen.
His entire body was aching.

Upon reaching the kitchen, he was surprised to see that the kitchen was clean , everything had been taken care of. He walked to the fridge and opened it. Their left over food was wrapped up in proper containers.

Seeing this he smiled to himself and said to himself, "He's such a good kid , now I feel guilty for scolding him."

He glanced over the guestroom, and through the slightly open door, saw that the light were on. He glanced over the area near the table where Jian Guo was sleeping in her marshmallow bed .

Suddenly his head started throbbing. The room in front of him was spinning , his breathing became difficult. He had to take the support of the nearby table. His vision became blurry and his legs felt weak . He knew he was about to faint.
He tried walking towards Yibo's room but failed to reach it and lost consciousness and fell on the floor with a 'thud'.

The sound woke up Yibo and Jian Guo. The cat walked soundlessly and cautiously toward the source of the sound. Upon seeing her master lying motionless on the ground, she ran towards him . Yibo was initially scared to see what caused the sound but hearing Jian Guo's repeated meowing coming from the hall, he immediately got down from his bed and ran towards her .
Upon reaching there, he was beyond frightened to witness his ge lying on the floor motionlessly.

"ZHAN GE!!! "

He ran towards his unconscious boyfriend and took him in his arms and tried shaking him.

"Zhan ge wake up, please don't do this to me baobei, please wake up."

Jian Guo was helplessly looking at the scene, fear and worry evident in her eyes.

Yibo tried shaking him and tapping his cheeks to wake him up . He felt the warm temperature. He placed his palm on Zhan's forehead. It was burning hot.

"Oh no baobei , you are having a fever."

He immediately picked him up and carried him bridal style to their main bedroom, Jian Guo following them. He gently put him on the bed and took the glass of water that was kept covered on nightstand, took some water in his palm and sprinkled it on his ge's face.
Zhan eyelids slightly fluttered and he open them with much efforts.

"What happened ?" he asked in confusion and tried to sit up .

"Don't get up just lie down. You fainted in the hall and you are having a fever. "

"But I have a meeting today, I have to .........

"You are not going anywhere."

Zhan knew there was no point in arguing since he would never win against him.

"I will text your colleagues that you are not well and won't come. What's the password of your phone?"

"0508"

Yibo felt a pang in his heart.

"O....okay."  He unlocked the phone, typed a message and sent it.

Zhan's eyelids were getting heavy, he was sleepy.
"You can sleep, I will wake you up later to eat something"
"Hmm" Zhan agreed and closed his eyes.

Jian Guo was watching all this with anxiety.

Yibo picked her up and she didn't resist. He took her to the hall and placer her on the couch.
"Stay here and don't worry. I will take care of him."
And she surprisingly agreed.

Yibo went to the kitchen. After realising that he was at a safe distance from the other two, he clutched his chest and slumped to the floor. His heart never stopped beating rapidly after witnessing all that. It was so scary for him to see the person he loves so much, in such a vulnerable state.

"It's not time for you to be afraid, you have to take care of your ge, Yibo". He reminded himself.
He took some cold water in a bowl . After coming back to the bedroom, he took out a clean towel from the closet.

He put the bowl of cold water on the night stand , dipped the towel in it and started swiping Zhan's body. The tensed muscles of Zhan's forehead relaxed to to the soothing cold touch.

After he was done, he opened the cupboard shelves without making any noise and took out the box of medicines .

"But I will have to feed him something before giving him the medicines. Ge didn't eat properly last night too."

This was the first time he regretted not being able to cook.
He took his phone and checked if the nearby restaurants or food stores are open, but they won't open till 9 am.

He messaged his manager that he won't be coming to practice today and not to call or message him again for the day.

Bling
Zhan recieved a message on his phone.
Yibo opened it to see that it was from his coworker. It said that not to worry about the meeting, they will manage and to take care of his own health.

He locked the phone again and looked at Zhan. He was sweating again.
Now that he observed carefully, Yibo noticed that Zhan didn't change his wet shirt last night. Maybe that's why he caught the fever.
Guilt overwhelmed him.

"Not now ,Yibo , not now," he  reminded himself.

He opened the closet and took out a fresh set of clothes. He removed Zhan's clothes and wiped his body again. Then dressed him in the fresh clothes .

Now that he was done, Yibo went to the guestroom and sat on the bed. He covered his mouth with his palms and begin to sob silently, blaming himself:

"I am sorry Zhan ge....*sobs*...it's all my fault. Because of me....*sobs*...you caught fever...*sobs*.......You fainted...*sobs*...because of me.....*sobs*.... I am sorry....*sobs*.....I always trouble you.....*sobs*.....I am sorry. I am......*sobs*....sorry.
*sobs*................*sobs*...............

Hearing the light sobs, Jian Guo came to the guestroom. She saw that her master's boyfriend was crying uncontrollably.

"Meow"( human?)

Knowing about her presence , Yibo stopped crying and wiped his tears.

She walked closer to him.

"Meow"(are you okay?)

"I....I am okay. And Z..Zhan ge is f...fine. Don'ttt worry." He tried hard to control his shaky voice and smiled at her.

He picked her up and put her to her bed.
"Sleep now , I'll take care of him" he said and went off to check on Zhan.

Confirming that his ge was sleeping well, Yibo brushed and took a shower.

At 9:00 am, he ordered some porridge online which was delivered in fifteen minutes. He poured it in a bowl, covered it by a plate, took a spoon and went to Zhan.

"Zhan ge, wake up." He said gently tapping his cheeks. Zhan woke up.

"Mnnnnnn. What time is it?"

"It's 9:30. Eat some porridge band then sleep again."

"Okay, but let me brush first."

He was about to get up , when Yibo carried him bridal style to the bathroom.

While Zhan brushed, Yibo held him from behind as he feared at his ge will fall again.
After he was done, Yibo brought him back to the bed and fed him the porridge. Then he made Zhan eat the meds.

"Where's Jian Guo? "

"She's sleeping. I put her to bed. She stayed up worrying about you."

"Did you two make up?"

"Hmm, more or less."Yibo paused for a while and then continued,

"Sorry Zhan ge, for yesterday and for all other days... I always make you worry and... sorry for not getting along with Jian Guo. I was kinda jealous of her....You always post your pics with her on your social media, but never with me. Even your wallpaper is her photo. So I.....I was jealous, I am sorry", he complained and apologized while pouting.

"Yibo-ah, you both are very important to me and I love you both very much. I would be very happy if you two would get along. She's like a child , Yibo.
Even if we get married one day , we can't have kids . She will be our baby then."

"Hmmmm. A lion , a bunny and a cat! This family will look so weird.........but it's perfect.
But I will be the dad of this family." Yibo demanded.

"Says the one who is shorter than me."

"Zhan ge!!" Yibo whined. "I am still in my growing phase."

"Oh yeah?"

Yibo nodded and both burst into laughter.
When the laughter subsided, Zhan looked lovingly at Yibo caressing his cheek with his thumb.

"Don't grow up Yibo, stay the same . I don't want you to lose your innocence. When people grow up, they change their priorities, money replaces relations, work replaces passion . I am afraid you will lose yourself when you grow up."

Yibo tenderly took his gege's hand which was caressing his cheek and kissed it reassuringly.

"Don't worry Zhan ge. Your didi is very strong. I won't lose myself to this world. I will forever be by your side and I will always take care of you and Jian Guo."

Zhan's eyes formed tears.

"Crybaby!! Why are you crying, huh?"

"Nothing, it's just I feel so lucky to have you both.
I am sorry for scolding you both yesterday and thank you for taking care of me", confessed Zhan while crying and smiling at the same time.

Yibo wiped his tears.

"We are a family. We both love you so much. So no need to thank us.
Now take rest, I'll wake you up for lunch."

Zhan agreed and went back to sleep.
Yibo watched over him with gentle eyes.

"Meow"(master?).... Jian Guo came to check on her master's condition.

"Shhhh", Yibo silenced her and pointed a finger towards the sleeping Zhan.
Then he motioned her to come to the bed.

With her silent paws , she walked and hopped on the bed between Zhan and Yibo and watched her master who was sleeping peacefully.

"You can sleep with us here", Yibo whispered.

Surprised to hear this she looked at Yibo with her big eyes. Yibo nodded in agreement.

She happily snuggled against her master's chest while Yibo patted her head.

"Meow"( thank you , second master) she too whispered in a low voice.
Yibo smiled.

"So this is what a family feels like......it kind of feels nice" He thought  and went to sleep with his new found family.
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The next day:

"Baobei, you should rest for one more day."

"Nah, I am fine now. I already skipped a lot of work . Can't afford to take anymore day off."

"Okay. If you say so. Take care and call me if you are not feeling well again. I'll pick you up", Yibo said walking behind his gege towards the front door , who were in turn followed by Jian Guo.

"Yeah ,yeah. I will be going now"

Zhan turned back to Yibo and leaned in for a kiss.
Meanwhile Jian Guo patiently waited for her master and the new second master to finish up their greetings.

After the couple separated from each other, Zhan looked at his lovely pet.

"Come here , baby ", he sat down with open arms.

Jian Guo ran and hugged her master who hugged her back.

"Love you. I will be back in the evening. Okay?"

"Meow meow" (okay, master)

Breaking the hug he got up, "And you both BEHAVE , no fighting". He warned while pointing at both.

"Yes Zhan ge"
"Meow "(yes master)

"Bye."  Zhan said with his signature smile and went out.

The two figures watched the love of their lives stepping outside the house and closing the door behind him.

With idiotic grins on their faces,

"My Zhan ge"
"Meow" ( my master)

"Huh?"
"hiss"

"Mine"
"Meow" (mine)

"Mine"
"Meow"(mine)

"I already told you he's mine."
"Meow meow"( he's my master )

"MINEEEEEEEE"
"MEOWWWWW"(mineeeeee)

aaaaaaaand the fight continues.............

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                          *The End*

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Author's note:

Thank you for reading his story.

If you like it, please vote and comment. They are highly appreciated.

Btw , do you guys have pets? If not, which one would you like to have?

I don't have a pet , but I want one like 'Shiro' from Shinchan . He's cute ,smart and fluffy.

Once again thank you so much for reading, bye bye ♥️