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“San Lang!”
Xie Lian didn’t know what had gotten into Hua Cheng in these last few days.
A few nights ago when they were passionately making love. Hua Cheng- for some reason couldn’t help but start marking Xie Lian up. He had never thought this way before but thinking that his Gege would be walking around with his marks on him, letting everyone know that Gege was finally his even though everybody knew clearly, just made his dead heart pound in a way that he had never felt before.
The first time that Hua Cheng did it, it was during their honeymoon. Xie Lian blushed like a strawberry the next morning. He felt embarrassed and lightly slapped Hua Cheng’s shoulder, while “yelling” at him and voicing his opinion on how Hua Cheng could leave these marks on him! Though he will never admit it, he really did like that Hua Cheng loved leaving marks on him. It made Xie Lian’s stomach swirl with butterflies just thinking about it.
After being around his husband for so long, Hua Cheng continued to add hickies or marks to his beloved’s neck. Adding on new ones to faded ones or darken the pale skin that was still unblemished.
This brings us back to the present.
Xie Lian squirmed and wiggled on Hua Cheng’s lap as Hua Cheng sucked lightly on Xie Lian’s neck. Hua Cheng had his hands gently placed on his lover’s thigh and on his lower back. The other had his arms wrapped around his neck.
“That tickles!” Xie Lian giggled out loud and grabbed Hua Cheng’s face gently to look at him.
“What, Gege?” Hua Cheng looked as if he was drunk on love, looking up at his beloved with lazy eyes and a wide smile. Xie Lian giggled at how let go his husband could be when he was with him. In front of the city, he can be merciless, protective, and cunning but in front of his husband, he’s like a lovestruck highschooler who wants to spend any waking moment with the love of his life.
“How can I hold myself back when my husband looks irresistible in front of me?” Xie Lian blushed bright red and hid his face into his hands which made him fall back onto the bed, whining.
“San Lang! You can’t just say things like that! You’re making me blush!”
“That makes me want to do it more, Gege.”
Hua Cheng reached out with gentle fingers to pry open the slim hands that kept him from seeing his beloved’s face. Softly, peeling back the hands to see that his husband was smiling and giggling, just as lovestruck as he was made Hua Cheng’s rotten heart soften.
“Does Gege ever like the marks that I give him? San Lang doesn’t want Gege to feel uncomfortable.” Hua Cheng’s face dropped to a serious expression all too quickly. Xie Lian eyebrows furrowed like he was just offended by Hua Cheng’s words and then he slowly began to sit up with his husband following.
He rubbed the back of his neck as the blush started to creep up to his ears, “I’ve never told San Lang this but I…quite like them..”
The room was silent for seconds as Hua Cheng tried to process the information that was just received. His husband liked…them? It made Hua Cheng want to curl up into a ball and scream to his heart’s content. The love of his life didn’t mind that he would constantly leave marks on him. Whether during their love making, cuddling, or a busy day and the two need a break.
“I didn’t know Gege was so into me marking him up.”
Xie Lian blushed again and pushed Hua Cheng which almost sent his husband flying into the other room. Xie Lian should be used to Hua Cheng’s teasing by now but he never is. It always makes gooey and mushy. But it makes it a bit better that he will never get bored of Hua Cheng’s words or encouraging language towards him, it makes it more exciting for Xie Lian.
“That’s not what I meant!” Xie Lian laughed out and curled into himself on the bed which made Hua Cheng’s nonpumping heart squeeze. The fact that he made his husband blush, squirm, twitch, with his hands was the best wish that he could have. 800 years ago, he was content with just looking at his husband but being able to do the real thing was like a wish come true.
“I’m sorry, Gege, I know you didn’t mean it like that.” Hua Cheng was still chuckling under his breath as he lifted Xie Lian to lay back into comfortable arms.
“I’m sorry, Gege! Will you forgive this lowly servant?”
Out of nowhere, Xie Lian pops out of his shell and instantly presses his lips against his beloved’s, making both of them topple over onto the bed. Sheets went in different directions and so did the pillows.
Yin Yu outside was about to knock on the door, saying that he was going to go out with his…..a partner of his, right as his hand almost hit the door, he heard some very interesting noises. The headboard was banging on the wall, pleading for more, and the very expensive bed was squeaking which made him turn around and leave right away.
“Don’t call my San Lang lowly.” Xie Lian scolded as he brushed some hair out of Hua Cheng’s face. They had a bit of a tumble earlier and now they are holding each other after cleaning up. (Also Yin Yu came back but didn’t bother checking on Hua Chengzu)
“Forgive this one.” Hua Cheng sincerely answered. He dug his head into Xie Lian’s neck and slowly placed some kisses there. The white-robed man giggled above him and pulled on his hair a little when the kisses or bites started to have an effect on him.
“I would like to know why my San Lang likes giving me marks.” Hua Cheng paused and squeezed Xie Lian’s waist.
“We don’t have to talk about it if San Lang isn’t comfortable with it.” Xie Lian placed both hands on his husband’s face and lifted his face. He wanted Hua Cheng to know that he could trust him with anything. It’s not like Xie Lian will judge his beloved just because he likes marking him up.
“I always had a tendency to bite things, even when I was a kid. The habit hasn’t gotten better.” Xie Lian smiled gently and kissed Hua Cheng softly with just enough force to have the other whine into the kiss. The red-clad man dragged his hands on his beloved’s sides, which brought out a shiver from the other.
“San Lang can’t control that. If it makes San Lang feel better he can bite or nip at me whenever he wants. You know that I also have a thing for you marking me up.” Hua Cheng’s eyebrows raised, surprised by that. People would always pick on him whenever he would bite on something, whether it be a stuffed toy or even on hard rocks. But hearing Xie Lian’s soft sayings and words instantly calmed him down.
“Thank you. Gege is the best husband this one could ever ask for.” Hua Cheng and Xie Lian embraced each other, lovingly and both of them feeling whole like they were two perfect puzzle pieces. This is how in the future, Xie Lian would stop trying to hide the marks and a lot of heavenly officials started to wonder if he had a blood-sucking vampire at home.
But nope! It was just his husband.