First Kiss
The simple and ignorant words coming out of her mouth made Gu Tinglan feel embarrassed instantly.
His behavior just now seemed like he was taking advantage of her ignorance and doing whatever he wanted.
"I'm sorry—"
He was about to apologize, but Xixi didn't give him a chance. She leaned over to him and gently pressed her lips against his.
Gu Tinglan's breathing stopped instantly.
Xixi instinctively stuck out her tongue and gently rubbed his tightly closed lips. The warm touch made her deeply immersed in it.
Gu Tinglan's lips were softer than she had imagined, with a faint minty scent. The warm touch made her whole body freeze. Xixi seemed to suddenly realize what she was doing, and she suddenly woke up and stepped back.
But Gu Tinglan hugged him.
His fingers gently cupped her cheeks, his fingertips caressing her earlobes, his movements gentle but irresistible.
Xixi's tail uncontrollably wrapped around his wrist, her fingertips unconsciously tugging at his collar. Her eyes widened, her crimson pupils reflecting Gu Tinglan's eyelashes, which were so close to her. They trembled slightly, like a frightened little animal.
Gu Tinglan seemed to notice her stiffness and moved away a little, his nose still touching hers, and whispered, "...Close your eyes."
Xixi finally realized what was happening and closed her eyes, her eyelashes trembling slightly. Gu Tinglan chuckled and kissed her again.
This time, his kiss was deeper, his tongue gently tracing the shape of her lips, tentatively, but not daring to go any deeper. Xixi felt a tingling sensation running up her spine, her fingers unconsciously tightened, and even the tip of her tail was stretched straight.
The Ferris wheel slowly descended, the car swaying slightly. Xixi lost her balance and fell into Gu Tinglan's arms. He took advantage of the situation and put his arm around her waist, holding her on his lap, but his lips never left hers.
"Um..." Xixi gently pushed his shoulder, her cheeks flushed red, "Gu, Gu Tinglan..."
"Hmm?" He said in a low voice, rubbing his thumb across the corner of her wet lips.
"I...I can't breathe..."
Gu Tinglan then let her go, resting his forehead against hers, his breathing a little disordered.
"Aren't you a succubus? Such a loser." He teased.
Xixi didn't have time to argue with him now. She lay on his shoulder, breathing softly, her tail unconsciously wrapped around his waist, as if she was afraid he would run away.
The carriage landed and the staff knocked on the door: "Hello, it's time."
Gu Tinglan uttered a "tsk" and reluctantly let go of her hand. Xixi jumped down with a red face, frantically adjusting her skirt and hastily retracting her tail, almost tripping over it. Gu Tinglan quickly grabbed her and said helplessly, "How stupid."
"You're the stupid one, and you're a coward!" Xixi glared at him with a puffy face, but he took her hand and pulled her out of the Ferris wheel.
It was obvious that he couldn't help but want to get closer to her, but he gave up halfway and had to let her take the initiative.
If this isn’t cowardice, what is?
"You..." Gu Tinglan understood what she meant, but didn't know how to refute.
The night breeze was cool, and the lights of the amusement park gradually faded away behind them. Xixi followed Gu Tinglan step by step, her fingers tightly clasped by his, and the warmth of their palms against each other made her heart beat fast and could not calm down.
"Gu Tinglan." She called him softly.
"Um."
"Why...why did you kiss me?"
Gu Tinglan paused and looked sideways at her: "What do you think?"
"Besides, it was you who kissed me first."
Xixi blinked, then suddenly widened her eyes: "You can't be..."
Gu Tinglan raised his eyebrows and waited for her to continue.
"...You want to suck my spiritual power?!"
Gu Tinglan: “…”
He took a deep breath and pinched his eyebrows: "Xixi."
"Um?"
"Shut up."
"...So, why do you want to kiss me?"
Gu Tinglan lowered his eyes, raised his eyebrows and said, "What's your reason? I have the same reason as you."
Xixi muttered, "You said you didn't want to absorb my spiritual power."
Anyway, I'm here to absorb your spiritual power, Xixi thought.
"Hmm?" Gu Tinglan didn't hear clearly.
"Nothing." Xixi pouted in grievance, but secretly laughed in her heart.
——Stupid Gu Tinglan, you obviously like me.
As the night deepened, the colorful lights of the amusement park gradually faded away. Gu Tinglan held Xixi's hand as they walked home, the atmosphere between them subtly quiet.
Xixi stole a glance at Gu Tinglan's profile. The moonlight outlined his sharp features, and his eyelashes cast a small shadow under his eyes. She couldn't help but gently poke his wrist with her fingertips: "Gu Tinglan, are you angry?"
"No." He answered quickly, but his tone was obviously lower than usual.
Xixi pouted and scratched his palm with her fingers: "Then why don't you say anything?"
Gu Tinglan suddenly stopped and turned to face her. The halo of the street lamp enveloped the two of them, and his eyes were particularly deep in the night: "Xixi, do you really not know why I kissed you?"
Sissy's heart skipped a beat. She subconsciously tightened her grip around his fingers, her tail unconsciously wrapping around them even tighter. "I-I guess it's because..."
"Because of what?" He took a step forward, and the distance between them suddenly shortened.
Xixi could smell the faint scent of cedar on him, mixed with the sweet smell of cotton candy from the amusement park. Her ears began to burn, and she stammered, "Because... you want..."
Gu Tinglan suddenly raised his hand and gently stroked the corner of her lips with his thumb, where a trace of strawberry ice cream still remained: "Because I've wanted to do this for a long time."
Xixi's eyes widened, and her red pupils sparkled with an incredible light in the moonlight.
"So you still don't want me to get into your bed, or make love with me?!"
Gu Tinglan: “…”
"That's another matter." The corners of his mouth twitched, and he said helplessly, "Don't be impatient, listen to me first."
"From the first time you stole the pudding from my refrigerator," his voice was low and gentle, "from the first time you sneaked into my bed in the middle of the night, from the first time you..."
"Wait!" Xixi suddenly covered his mouth, her face red as blood. "You, you know everything?!"
Xixi felt very guilty. It was because he always looked like he didn't want anyone to approach him. Not only did he not let her touch him, he also didn't let her enter the room. After she finally had a chance to enter the room, he even didn't let her touch the bed.
The seeds of resentment were planted from the night she became a child. Whenever she got the chance, she would sneak out of the room in the middle of the night and climb into his bed.
The difference was that he was sleeping so soundly that he didn't move at all. Xixi didn't even need to use her spiritual power to hypnotize him.
She was happy for a while at that time. It turned out that he was not sleeping soundly, but he did not sleep at all.
How could she possibly wake up someone who was pretending to be asleep?
Sissy stared at him.
Gu Tinglan raised his eyebrows, a sly look flashing in his eyes: "What do you think?"
Xixi stamped her feet in embarrassment and turned to run, but Gu Tinglan pulled her back into his arms. He wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his chin lightly on the top of her head: "So, do you understand now?"
Xixi buried her face in his chest and hummed in a muffled voice, but she said, "I don't understand."
"I like you."
"oh."
Her reaction was flat.
But Gu Tinglan just chuckled, took her hand and continued walking forward. This time, their fingers were intertwined and they didn't let go.
He knew that she was a succubus after all, and would not understand human emotions for a while, but it didn't matter. As long as she stayed by his side, she would understand sooner or later.
Those who are close to vermilion will be red, and those who are close to ink will be black.
The street lights stretched the shadows of the two people very long, snuggling closely together, as if they wanted to walk the journey home slower and longer.
*
On Monday morning, when Gu Tinglan stepped into the classroom, the surroundings immediately became quiet for a moment.
Pei Song poked his head out from his seat, looking gossipy: "Hey, Lao Gu, where's your boyfriend? Why didn't he come with you?"
Gu Tinglan threw his schoolbag on the table, expressionless: "I'm sick."
"Sick?" Pei Song's eyes widened. "Then she has been ill for too long."
Pei Song even counted on his fingers and said in shock, "You've been sick for a week. You're so useless."
"You must not have taken good care of her."
Pei Song certainly knew that he just wanted to hide away and being sick was just an excuse, but he just couldn't help himself and liked to tease him.
Gu Tinglan didn't bother explaining and walked straight to his seat. Last night, after returning from the amusement park, Xixi had been complaining about being sleepy, transformed back into her little succubus form, and fallen asleep in his palm. This morning, he tried to wake her, but she drowsily rubbed his fingers against hers, muttered "Five more minutes," and fell completely silent.
He guessed that she would not be willing to come to school again. After all, no one likes to stay in school, and succubus are no exception.
Thinking of this, he looked down at the phone in the drawer - no new messages.
This heartless guy is still sleeping and hasn’t woken up yet?
On the podium, the homeroom teacher knocked on the blackboard: "First of all, I have one announcement to make today. Each class needs to prepare a program for next week's school anniversary performance..."
Gu Tinglan was turning his pen absentmindedly, his eyes occasionally glancing out the window.
...I have a bad feeling about this.
*****
During lunch break, Gu Tinglan was leaning on the corridor railing drinking coffee when he suddenly heard a commotion behind him.
"Is this true? Lin Mo from Class 3 wants to confess his love?"
"I heard it was for that transfer student!"
"Fuck, he's so brave, isn't he afraid that Gu Tinglan will beat him up?"
Gu Tinglan tightened his fingers, and the coffee cup was deformed with a "click".
He turned around and walked towards Class 1. As soon as he reached the door, he saw a handsome boy wearing glasses standing next to Xixi's empty seat, holding a bouquet of pink roses in his hand, his face flushed red.
"I, I like classmate Xixi!" Lin Mo's voice trembled, but he was extremely firm. "Although I have only met her a few times, she always looks so beautiful when she smiles..."
There was a burst of booing all around.
Gu Tinglan's eyes turned cold instantly.
"I hadn't planned to tell her before, thinking it would be fine to just keep it as a secret crush, but now she hasn't come for several days."
Lin Mo took a deep breath: "I'm afraid it will be too late if I don't tell her now! What if she really doesn't come one day, I..."
"Whether she comes or not is none of your business."
A cold voice interrupted him.
Everyone turned around at once—Gu Tinglan was standing at the back door, his face terribly gloomy.
Lin Mo was so frightened that he took a half step back, but he still said with a stiff upper lip: "Senior Gu, I just want to express my feelings..."
"And I've inquired before, you two are not in a relationship."
Gu Tinglan sneered, walked straight to Xixi's seat, and pushed her desk open with one hand: "It's not your turn to touch her things."
He moved the table away, and Lin Mo's hands on it lost their support and slid down naturally.
The classroom was silent.
Lin Mo clenched his fists: "But classmate Xixi..."
"Her what?" Gu Tinglan narrowed his eyes. "Do I need to remind you whose necklace she is wearing around her neck?"
Everyone then noticed that there was a silver chain hanging on Xixi's seat, and the pendant was a valuable jade pendant - last week during physical education class, Xixi felt it was in the way, so she took it off and stuffed it into the hole in the desk.
She actually took off such an expensive item without thinking. At the very least, she should have found a better place to store it, right?!
Pei Song felt depressed. After all, as Gu Tinglan's good brother, he had never received such treatment.
Lin Mo's face turned pale.
After saying that, Gu Tinglan turned around and left, leaving behind a sentence: "If I see you approach her again, you will bear the consequences."
*****
After school, Gu Tinglan skipped the last class and went home.
When I opened the door, Xixi was sitting cross-legged on the sofa eating potato chips, her tail wagging happily, and a melodramatic idol drama was playing on TV.
"Gu Tinglan!" Her eyes lit up, "You're back so early today!"
Gu Tinglan didn't say anything. He threw his schoolbag on the ground, walked straight to her, and looked down at her.
Xixi was frightened by his stare, and her tail shrank unconsciously: "...What's wrong?"
"Who is Lin Mo?"
"Ah?" Xixi looked confused. "What Lin Mo?"
Gu Tinglan sneered, pulled out his phone, and flipped through the campus forum. The front page boasted a post titled "Breaking News! Lin Mo, a top student, publicly confesses his love for the transfer student!" The accompanying image was a photo of Lin Mo holding flowers.
Xixi leaned over to take a look, and suddenly realized: "Oh! The boy who lent me the eraser!"
"Borrow an eraser?" Gu Tinglan's voice was dangerous. "What else has he borrowed?"
Xixi tilted her head and thought for a moment: "She even borrowed my sunscreen during physical education class last week..."
Because she is a succubus, she doesn't know that humans are not resistant to the sun. Other girls are applying sunscreen, and she is afraid of being treated as an alien.
Before she could finish her words, she was suddenly pushed down on the sofa. Gu Tinglan grabbed her wrist with one hand and pinched her chin with the other, his eyes dark and frightening: "Xixi, do you think I have a good temper?"
Lin Mo is a boy, so why would he carry sunscreen with him? It’s easy to guess what he is thinking.
Xixi blinked and suddenly smiled: "Gu Tinglan, are you jealous?"
Gu Tinglan: “…”
He lowered his head and bit her lips, a little hard, like punishment. Xixi made a sound of "hmm" and her tail circled around his waist.
After the kiss, Gu Tinglan rested his hand against her forehead and said in a hoarse voice, "Don't accept other people's things from now on."
“But sunscreen—”
"I'll buy it for you."
"eraser--"
“Buy a case.”
Xixi burst out laughing and poked his face with her hand: "Gu Tinglan, you are so childish."
Gu Tinglan grabbed her finger and bit it gently: "Try to smile again?"
Xixi suddenly leaned closer and whispered in his ear: "But...the one I love most is still you."
Gu Tinglan's breathing stagnated and his ears turned red instantly.
Even though he knew very well that the liking she spoke of was not love.
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