A kiss
This realization made Shi Guang's heart, which had been hanging high in the air, relax a little. It was as if a guard who had been watching you had finally laid down his weapon and closed his eyes.
As his tense nerves began to relax, fatigue washed over him like a tidal wave. Dozens of hours of intense concentration had already drained his energy. Now, sleepiness began to envelop him like a gentle net.
His consciousness gradually became blurred, and he began to struggle weakly on the edge of wakefulness and sleep.
Late at night in Qingwa Town, the cold air from the mountains began to seep in through the cracks in the window. The temperature in the room dropped several degrees without anyone noticing.
Physical instinct is always more honest than reason.
Between half asleep and half awake, Shi Guang's hands and feet, which had been a little cold due to tension, began to unconsciously seek the source of warmth.
His body seemed to possess a will of its own. Driven by sleepiness, his stiff posture began to move quietly inch by inch towards the stove behind him that emitted a constant heat.
The process was so slow and silent that even he didn't notice it.
Just like a plant that longs for sunlight, it will instinctively stretch its branches and leaves towards the light.
finally……
After a slight movement, his back touched the soft pillow in the middle that served as a boundary, almost without any feeling.
Just this gentle touch was like a weak electric current that instantly pierced his chaotic consciousness.
Time suddenly woke up!
He regained consciousness instantly, his heart pounding wildly at this transgression. He was so frightened that he almost wanted to jump away immediately, retreating as quickly as possible to his own cold and safe territory.
However, just before he was about to take action, he hesitated.
Through the thin pillow, he could clearly feel the overwhelming and amazing heat coming from the other side. The warmth was seeping through the cotton of the pillow and continuously penetrating his cold back, bringing waves of comfortable warmth that made him shudder.
His body greedily and meanly longed for the warmth that did not belong to him.
Go back, back to that cold and safe island.
Or... come a little closer and steal that deadly and tempting warmth?
Reason and instinct engaged in a silent tug-of-war in his mind.
At this moment, the huge heat source behind him moved without warning.
He felt that Lu Yu's body seemed to have turned over in his sleep, from lying flat on his back to lying on his side, facing him.
This action instantly exacerbated the tilt of the mattress.
What was even worse was that as he turned over, the already soft and weak pillow was easily squeezed by Lu Yu's tall body and almost bounced away.
Shi Guang's heart instantly rose to his throat. He subconsciously held his breath, not daring to move a finger. He could clearly feel the oppressive and hot body, now separated from him by only a pitiful, long, squeezed pillow.
He could even feel the other person's warm breath brushing against the top of the pillow, blowing on the back of his neck with a burning itch.
It was sweet torture.
Shi Guang closed his eyes in despair. His only thought now was to pray that Lu Yu had just turned over unconsciously and would turn back over quickly.
However, the opposite happened.
Just as this thought flashed through his mind, a warm and strong arm crossed the Chu River and Han River boundary that had long been in name only and gently wrapped around his waist, which looked particularly slender due to nervousness.
Then the arm retracted slightly.
Shi Guang only felt a huge yet gentle force coming, and his uncontrollable body, along with the quilt wrapped around him, was embraced by that embrace without any explanation.
"Bang!"
His back hit hard against a warm chest filled with strong muscles.
Time's brain is blank at this moment.
Lu Yu's warm chest pressed tightly against his back, which was a little cold from the cold and tension. Lu Yu's chin rested lightly on the top of his head, and he could even feel the little bit of new stubble on his chin.
After the initial stiffness, Shi Guang's body began to tremble violently and uncontrollably because of the sudden and overly intimate contact.
However, just before he was about to take action, a hoarse voice, like a dream talk, sounded softly in his ear:
“Don’t move…”
The voice paused, as if to confirm that the person in his arms was no longer struggling, and then continued in a more ambiguous tone:
"...You're too cold..."
“…This way, it warms up quickly.”
Yeah, he's too cold.
And this embrace is so warm.
A steady stream of heat was coming from the body pressed against him from behind, penetrating the thin fabric of his pajamas and brutally dispelling the chillness from his limbs.
The irresistible warmth and the unprecedented sense of security of being completely enveloped by a powerful presence trapped him tightly like an airtight net.
Time no longer struggles.
He gave up all futile resistance, like a stray cat that finally put away all its spikes after being comforted by its owner, and allowed himself to be hugged tightly by Lu Yu from behind in an attitude of absolute possession.
In the darkness, the amplified effect of the senses reached an unprecedented peak.
He could clearly hear the steady and powerful beating of the heart behind him.
“Boom…boom…boom…”
It seemed as if the sound was not heard through the ears, but resonated directly into his body through the warm chest that was pressed against him, intertwining with his own heart that had long been confused and beating wildly.
Gradually, he discovered a fact that made his cheeks hot again.
However, just as his consciousness was about to fall asleep, the low voice sounded in his ears again without warning.
"Time..."
Lu Yu called his name.
Just these two words made Shi Guang's heartbeat, which had just calmed down, skip a beat uncontrollably again.
He heard Lu Yu chuckle in his ear, a satisfied laugh. Then, he felt the arm holding him tighten a little.
Lu Yu's voice was like the mellowest cello, slowly opening the most moving prelude in the quiet night.
"You know..."
"This afternoon, I was sitting in front of the computer, watching the model of the ancestral hall being constructed bit by bit from scratch in your hands..."
"I feel..." Lu Yu's voice paused, as if he was looking for the most accurate word to describe his mood at the time.
"...I feel like it's like the two of us, together, have built a home."
Home.
This word is like a faint spark.
Those are the words that we most desire but dare not touch since we were young.
That was the source of all his pain and the end of all his dreams.
Shi Guang used up all his strength and slowly turned around.
This action was so difficult that the two bodies pressed tightly together inevitably produced more blushing and heart-pounding friction because of the turn.
In the end he succeeded.
In the faint moonlight that filtered through the gaps in the curtains, their faces were close together.
Their breathing was rapid and warm, intertwined, and they could no longer be distinguished from each other.
The tips of their noses were almost touching.
Lu Yu could clearly see the pair of eyes so close to him, shining brightly in the darkness like two stars cast into a deep pool. Those eyes were filled with so many complex emotions he had never seen before: tension, vulnerability, a desperate determination, and... a burning love that he could understand.
Lu Yu's heart skipped a beat. He subconsciously wanted to say something.
However, time did not give him this opportunity.
Shi Guang also looked at Lu Yu's eyes, which were still surprisingly bright in the darkness. He took a deep breath, as if he had used up all the courage he had accumulated in the past twenty years.
Then he tilted his head back slightly, closed his eyes, and pressed his somewhat cold lips against hers.
This was a kiss as cool as the first snow, immature, clumsy, yet with a sense of piety.
After a brief moment of surprise, Lu Yu immediately took the initiative.
He suddenly grabbed the back of Shi Guang's head, pressed him deeper into himself, and responded to all his courage and love with a kiss full of long-suppressed desire and strong possessiveness.
Time slowly softened in Lu Yu's embrace. His hands, originally resting lightly on Lu Yu's shoulders, had unknowingly grasped the corner of his pajamas, his knuckles turning slightly white from the force. He awkwardly responded to the kiss that nearly suffocated him.
I don’t know how long it took, but this long and passionate kiss finally ended slowly when the oxygen was completely exhausted.
The two of them separated slightly, their foreheads pressed tightly against each other, and in the dim light, they greedily breathed in the air.
Shi Guang's chest was still heaving violently. He could feel his lips burning and numb, and it felt like all the strength had been drained from him.
Lu Yu's voice was hoarse from the kiss just now. "Shi Guang," he whispered his name, rubbing Shi Guang's slightly swollen lips with his bony thumb. "You are not allowed to go back to your place."
Shi Guang's brain was still in a chaos of oxygen deprivation, and there was even a trace of moisture on his eyelashes. He nodded obediently.
Lu Yu lowered his head and rubbed Shi Guang's face affectionately with the tip of his nose. Then, a kiss as soft as a feather fell on Shi Guang's still slightly trembling eyelid.
"Don't be afraid," he whispered, "Close your eyes and go to sleep."
After saying that, he carefully adjusted his posture, holding the person in his arms to a comfortable position, allowing him to curl up safely in his arms.
In the darkness where no one could see, a smile bloomed on Lu Yu's lips.
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