After Tony showed Raiden and Yinsen around the house, the three of them returned to the living room. Tony took three bottles of Coca-Cola from the fridge and handed them to Raiden and Yinsen, saying.
"So, did you find a room you like? I've already prepared everything for you two. You can move in anytime."
"Uh," Raiden and Yinsen exchanged a glance. Raiden was about to say something when a sudden exclamation interrupted him.
"Oh! What? No, Tony, you can't just let women move into your house, let alone…... men?"
A woman voice, tinged with urgency, came from the direction of the entrance. But when the elegantly poised, sharply dressed woman walked in, her face clearly showed a look of surprise, which made her seem somewhat flustered.
Pepper expression was complex—shock, confusion, but mostly disbelief. Tony Stark was a very proud and lonely man. He had always lived alone, and no one had ever been able to break into his world. And moving into Tony house? In this world, only women could move into Tony house, and they had to be beautiful women at that.
But even then, they could only stay for one night at most. By the next morning, they would be discarded like trash.
And now, Pepper had heard the most unbelievable thing in the world. She wished it was just a joke.
This was unprecedented, something Pepper had never seen in the ten years she had been by Tony side. When Pepper heard Tony say those words at the door, she felt tense and anxious, unsure of what she was afraid of. But when she walked in and realized that Tony had invited men, Pepper let out a sigh of relief.
However, another terrifying thought quickly surfaced in her mind. Because these were no ordinary men… Raiden and Yinsen were strikingly attractive, undeniably charming. And then she thought of Tony accident two months ago.
'Tony Stark, the great yet lonely genius, had invited someone to live in his house, to step into his world….. not only that but both of them is a man too..... did tony turn into a gay now after being trapped in a cave for so long?'
"Hey, Pep—" Tony was about to greet Pepper and introduce her to Raiden and Yinsen, but Pepper sudden embrace caught him off guard.
"Tony, we can see a psychologist. We can find the best psychologist in the world. It's going to be okay," Pepper said, gently patting Tony back.
??????
Tony was completely baffled. Why see a psychologist? Why see a psychologist again? Didn't I see enough of them recently?
"Hello, Pepper, actually, we're Tony—" Raiden didn't quite understand what was going on, but he figured introducing himself couldn't hurt.
"Wait, Pepper? Raiden, how do you know her name is Pepper? I don't think I've introduced her yet, have I?" Tony asked curiously.
"Tony Stark! Never mind how he knows me. You need to see a doctor now!" Pepper said, grabbing Tony clothes.
While Pepper was "pressuring" Tony, Raiden mind was racing.
'Right, how did I know Pepper? How did I know her name was Pepper? With a guy like Tony, if I can't come up with a reason, he'll definitely dig to the end of the earth, its not like i can tell him that i know her from the movies!'
Watching Tony and Pepper arguing, a sudden inspiration flashed in Raiden mind.
"Stop!" Raiden shouted.
Tony and Pepper both turned their heads to stare at him.
"Sleep-talking! Tony, when you were locked in that cave, you often called out Pepper name at night. Isn't it this beautiful lady?" Raiden said, looking at Tony.
As he spoke, the trouble expression on Raiden face gradually relaxed, and he couldn't help but marvel at his own genius in his heart! After finishing, Raiden even stepped forward and performed a hand-kissing gesture to Pepper, saying
"Hello, beautiful lady. We were once imprisoned in the same place as Tony, and now, we are family."
But Pepper no longer cared about Raiden explanation. Her face was flushed with embarrassment, completely immersed in the beautiful imagination that Tony called her name every night in his sleep.
Tony was also stunned by Raiden answer.
'Did I call out Pepper's name every night? How could that be, how is that possible! But...'
Tony looked at Pepper face, it seemed, maybe it wasn't impossible... Tony shook his head vigorously, I must be going crazy!
"Raiden, are you joking? That can't be true, hey, Pepper, wait a minute, this must be a misunderstanding!" Tony was about to explain, but Pepper had already run out with a red face, and Tony had no choice but to follow her out.
For a moment, only Raiden and Yinsen were left at home.
Raiden walked over and patted Yinsen on the chest, saying, "How about it? Pretty slick move, huh?"
Yinsen calmly picked up his cola and took a sip. His only thought was... Are you all freaking insane? This sudden battle that erupted in a flash left Yinsen completely clueless about what was going on.
He was utterly confused from start to finish, and even felt like grabbing some popcorn.
Seeing Yinsen expressionless face, Raiden awkwardly withdrew his smile and somewhat embarrassed picked up his own cola to take a sip.
"But how come I didn't know Tony talks in his sleep at night?" Yinsen suddenly asked.
"That's because you didn't know!" Raiden's face immediately lit up with excitement as he explained.
"Just look at those two, you can tell there's something going on, but the relationship they show isn't that of a couple. It must be that they're just dragging their feet, with only a thin layer of paper left unbroken. So, I just helped them break through that layer of paper."
Yinsen nodded, half-understanding, "So that means Tony doesn't actually talk in his sleep at night, right?"
Raiden patted Yinsen on the shoulder, "I sleep way more than he does every day, how would I know if he talks in his sleep."
"Oh~ Raiden, you're really something." Yinsen praised, and Raiden face almost split with a grin.
"But Raiden, since you're so amazing, you must have had a lot of relationships, right?" Yinsen added.
The smile on Raiden face instantly froze. Yinsen wasn't just adding words, he was adding knives!
"Uh... Let's go check out Tony lab, shall we?" Raiden said, changing the subject.
"How did you know there's a lab here?" Yinsen asked curiously, as Tony hadn't taken them to any lab earlier.
"He's Tony Stark. It wouldn't make sense for his house not to have a lab or something like that. Follow me." Raiden led Yinsen toward the basement.
"But Raiden, how did you know the lab is downstairs?" Yinsen asked again.
"Yinsen, you're not a 15 years old white girl who's always ask 'why', now come on!" Raiden beckoned.
Yinsen tilted his head suspiciously.
Why does it always feel like Raiden knows everything? But whatever, that's Raiden.And we're family…