"Hoo, ho, hoo, ho—"
Yun Wei was running on the cleared land beside the coast.
This was his fifth attempt.
Isaac conducted a physical assessment and concluded that he should have no problem running seven miles every morning.
But in his first few attempts, he was never able to stick with it.
He gave up halfway through, citing excuses such as ill-fitting shoes, uncomfortable ground, and cold, foggy weather.
For someone who hardly exercises, simply running at full speed is an insurmountable mountain.
Although he had made a solemn promise to his partner yesterday, he was determined to achieve his goal today.
Now, Isaac was standing quite easily beside him. "Come on, Yunwei! Adjust your breathing, listen to me, inhale—exhale!"
The other party not only looked normal, but also specially changed to half-body armor to increase the load, making a "click, click" sound when running, with only a thin shirt on his upper body.
Yun Wei did as instructed.
His lungs burned with pain, his mouth tasted rusty, and even his vision began to blur.
"Yunwei, keep going! Take bigger steps and swing your arms back!" The patient coach was really serious, and he couldn't let him down.
Yun Wei gritted his teeth, lowered his arms from behind his waist, and continued running forward.
He thought he must look extremely pathetic right now.
The mornings in Hokuriku have a deep blue filter, and the waves crashing against the shore follow a unique pattern.
As he kept moving forward, Yun Wei felt himself sometimes very light, merging with the salty sea breeze, and sometimes very heavy, like a reef in the tide, both heavy and cumbersome.
He didn't know how much time had passed, but the muscles around his knees began to tremble.
"I...Isaac, how far have I run? Huff! I can't run anymore!" Yun Wei asked, enunciating each word with all his might, as if he were shouting.
"One and a half mile left, the last crucial mile and a half! Come on, you can do it!" Isaac shouted after him.
The other person was running a short distance to his right front, then turned around and started clapping his hands.
The throbbing veins on his forehead gave Yun Wei an urge to touch them.
He could only grit his teeth and continue to drag his exhausted body forward numbly.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
Footsteps and heartbeats mingled together, mingling with the deafening crash of the tide against the rocks, creating a cacophony in Yunwei's world.
"Isa, I, I really, phew, I really can't go on!" Yun Wei said with his eyes half-closed, ready to surrender in despair.
“Only one mile left, hang in there!” he heard Isaac yell at him.
So after all this time, you've only run half a mile?
Yun Wei's legs suddenly lost strength, and he wanted to give up immediately.
"Run! What did you say yesterday? You had to achieve your goal today, and you told me not to hold back! Come on, come on! Open your eyes, look up, and look at me!"
Isaac is so noisy.
Yun Wei went all out. He stared intently at the knight who was only inches away, almost gritting his teeth, as if he wanted to devour him whole.
Step by step, he continued walking toward the cool and handsome man.
His mind was blank; he was just staring at those eyes, those smoky gray eyes.
He couldn't understand Isaac's emotions, and he was even more afraid to face his own weak and pale reflection.
"Isaac, I really tried my best," he thought to himself, yet his eardrums throbbed with pain.
"I can't take it anymore, I really can't!" After saying this, Yun Wei staggered and fell forward.
His frail body was completely exhausted, and all he wanted to do was lie down immediately.
He lay there like a lump of mud.
His lover caught him as expected.
In his hazy consciousness, the other person was half-squatting, supporting his arm and grabbing his hand.
The other hand reached around his lower back and pressed his burning palm against his side.
The other person smelled so good that he opened his mouth wide and breathed in deeply and greedily.
“Don’t stop yet, let’s keep going,” Isaac said softly, as the other person supported his entire weight and continued walking towards the endless edge of the coastline.
His consciousness had completely dissipated, and at this moment he could only let the other party make arrangements.
After walking several dozen steps, Yun Wei finally felt his body warm up. The sea breeze blew by, and his skin was covered with a layer of cold, damp sweat.
His consciousness finally returned, and he regained a little strength to speak.
Beneath his raised arm, I could feel the steady beating of Isaac's heart.
Yun Wei suddenly felt extremely guilty. "I'm sorry, phew, phew, I'm sorry, Issa, I failed again."
He's really useless.
Yun Wei was about to cry.
This is something I haven't done in a long time; I feel like crying because of my own weakness.
“Hmm.” Isaac was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed.
A deep, continuous laugh began to vibrate from the other person's chest, shaking the already tightly sealed space between them.
Yun Wei's expression turned somewhat unpleasant, but then he became indifferent. "Go ahead and laugh, Issa. Laugh at me all you want. That's just how I am..."
This is a complete mess.
"What are you thinking about? I'm not mocking you." Isaac's large hand restlessly scratched his side. Yun Wei felt itchy, but he had no strength to resist.
He just gave a weak "humph".
Isaac said, "Alright, I'm not kidding you anymore. Yunwei, actually... you ran seven and a third of a mile today."
Yun Wei paused for a moment, then laughed, "Isa, you don't need to comfort me like that—"
“Really!” Isaac stopped in his tracks. “When you asked me earlier, I had just finished running seven miles. But I felt that your body seemed to have the potential to be further developed, so I lied to you.”
“You see, your body isn’t as fragile as you think. I feel, and it sounds strange, that your body is trying its best to help you,” Isaac concluded.
As a well-trained soldier, he was always fully aware of his own body and mind, but Yun Wei was completely different from him. It seemed that the other party had never seriously appreciated his own body.
After listening, Yun Wei remained silent for a long time.
He didn't even know why he was crying again.
But Isaac didn't ask any more questions. The other person simply cupped his face and carefully licked away his tears. "It's so bitter, Yun. You shouldn't cry anymore. It's killing your husband with bitterness."
The other person's rough fingertips brushed across his cold neck, then brazenly brought them to his lips, savoring them carefully. "Let's sweat it out, it'll taste a little salty."
Isaac stared at him intently, his expression so resolute and serious, as if he were discussing some self-evident and paramount matter.
Yun Wei froze the moment he felt the touch on his cheek.
“Isaac!” He was completely taken aback, and he criticized me with unusual seriousness, “That’s dirty, you know that!”
Isaac replied nonchalantly, "Where is it dirty? You're a level ten professional, your body doesn't have many impurities to begin with. Besides, it's all your scent."
That was the only color and flavor that ever existed in his life.
It was proof of the fact that Yun Wei was with him, a fact he always wanted to confirm.
The knight gazed at the mage before him, his eyes darkening.
He wanted to say more than just these things, but if he actually said them, they might have been vulgar.
Yun Wei was completely speechless. He shook off Isaac's hand and continued walking forward angrily.
He wasn't really angry, just shy. The atmosphere just now was so strange, so strange that he actually wanted to disregard his exhausted body and order the knight to embrace him.
Just like now, his body was clearly exhausted, yet he exuded an unprecedented lightness.
What?
It's all Issa's fault.
He actually did it.
The sound of shin guards rubbing against boots came from behind. Isaac had already caught up quickly. "Yun, take out the cloud boat. Let's take a bath first, and then I'll help you relax."
Yun Wei did not move.
He looked at Isaac uncomfortably, wanting to say something but afraid of revealing his true feelings.
The two of them, regarding that matter—
Lately, I've really become addicted to this and have no self-control whatsoever.
This truly perplexed him, a man who considered himself a god of pure love.
Although the two of them were indeed always in sync, after their first sexual experience, their relationship took a completely different turn.
“Fafa, my darling.” But Isaac had already leaned in and whispered in his ear, “I’m yours, I’ll be yours sooner or later, and I won’t run away. On the contrary, I love you inside and out, you know that.”
After uttering these lewd and shameful words that filled him with utter humiliation and indignation, the other person immediately took a half step back, stood up straight, and resumed the demeanor of an upright knight. "I was just helping you stretch, otherwise you'll feel very uncomfortable later. I promise."
"Isaac!" Yun Wei shouted, unable to contain himself any longer.
“I am here.” The knight tapped his heel, making a crisp metallic clanging sound. “My beloved lord, my lord, your loyal servant is here forever.”
The two gazed at each other quietly, their eyes locked in a tender exchange, each harboring their own secret thoughts.
In the ambiguous atmosphere of sweet intimacy, Yun Wei took out the cloud boat and walked towards the cabin door with a cold smile. "I will be training hard for the next week. So, during this time, you are not allowed to touch me."
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