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—Shizun — Is the first thing Shen Qingqiu hears his husband say, as he gets out of the wooden bath. The transmigrator had accostumed to bathing with him ever since they got married, but today was one of the few times he showered while Binghe cooked them dinner.
—What is it, husband? — For some reason Binghe was outside of the bathroom door instead of cooking in kitchen, but Shen Qingiu deciced to not question it right now, knowing he would just change the topic into complimenting his Shizun, something like “I just couldnt stand being alone without shizun…!”.
Binghe looks at Shen Qingqiu in the eyes as he opens the door in between them. And oh lord, does the Peak Lord know that look… Shen Qingqiu was absolutely sure his husband was about to ask for something, and the fact he didn’t know what scared him. Listen, he was taking the job of 300 wives! Three hundred!! He of course loved his husband, but he really couldnt resist those pleading eyes. —I… This one was thinking, shizun…—.
—Husband. — Shen Qingqiu corrected, they had talked about not using tittles while being alone and talking about their personal lifes.
—Husband, — Binghe repeated. — This one was thinking, and we have been married for years now…— Binghe lowered his head. — And, well, this one was wondering if this one could call his husband by his name, Shen Jiu…?— Shen QingQiu freezed at that.
He couldn’t be blamed, that was the original good´s name! the one that used to beat up fourteen year old Binghe for almost no reason at all!! —No- — He spit out before he was able to bite his lower lip. By seeing the disappointed and upset face his husband made, he decided to add more to his awnser. —I mean, Binghe, I am not… so sure. I am not used to being called by that name, it has been years since the last time I even heard it. — It was true. The last time he had heard (more like read) that name was in the original novel from his world. ¬—And… This one is sure his husband is aware of this one´s past. That name… really brings back awful memories.—Ok, that was a lie, but he coulnt just drop the bomb of “Hey so yeah, I am actually not from this world lol. Actually I possessed your old teacher´s body about a decade ago and pretended to be him. My actual name is Shen Yuan btw”.
Binghe had a look of understanding, and he passed his husband a towel before blushing. Shen Qingqiu blushed too, he had completely forgotten he was butt naked. —This Binghe understands. If there is something this one wants to avoid, is bringing back unpleasant memories of his husband. — Binghe grabbed his hand and kissed it. —This one will be in the kitchen preparing husband´s dinner if he needs anything. — Binghe said before leaving to cook.
Shen Qingqiu was left to his thoughts. He… wanted to tell Binghe everything. Tell him the absolute truth. Tell him where he was from and how things worked there. Tell him the foods he missed, and try to see if his husband could recreate them (oh God, he MISSED coffe!). Tell him about his family. Tell him his real name. But he knew he coulnt. Well, he actually could, since he has barely heard of the system ever since they got married. Wait… the system! He had completely forgotten about the absolutely insufferable Google voice ringing in his ear every time! But anyways, even if he was completely able to tell binghe everything, he woulnt do it. He was scared. He didn’t know how his loving husband would react.
His train of thoughts were cut off by the voice of Binghe calling him for dinner. He quickly dressed up in his inner robes and went to the kitchen, where his husband waited for him. Shen Qingqiu and Binghe sat together and enjoyed a nice (absolutely delicious) meal as they talked about very useless topics. Shen Qingqiu remembered what they were talking about earlier in the evening, and wanted to bring it back up somehow.
—Binghe, would you love this master if he was a worm? — Escaped his lips. He didn’t even realize it. It was a common question young couples asked eachother back in his homeland, and he remembered cringing whenever someone asked it. Now, it was him saying it. Flushed, he said —Actually, forget what this master said…—
Binghe´s face lit up, at he looked at Shen Qingqiu with shinning eyes. —Of course! This one would love his shizun in every world, every form, every universe. This one is truly grateful of the love Shizun brought to this one´s life… If I could, this lowly disciple would give his Shizun the world. — His blackened disciple said as if it hadnt been exactly what Shen Qingqiu needed to hear. He needed reissuance that Binghe would love him no matter what.
Shen Qingqiu had to bit his lips just to stop himself from saying anything. He wondered if the System would do anything if he decided to tell him about his past, but he came to the conclusion it probably would. —This master… is glad. — He said, trying to ignore how embarrassing he felt at that moment.
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Weeks, even months passed from that day, and everything was going absolutely perfect in their marriage. They loved eachother, and Shen Qingqiu hadn’t heard of the System in a long time now.
They were preparing for sleep, Luo Binghe was already in his sleeping robes, and the Peak Lord was getting into his. —Shizun. — His Husban called in a loving tone, one Shen Qingqiu very much enjoyed.
—Yes, husband? — Shen Qingqiu said as he turned back to facing Binghe, seeing his beautiful husband with his arms open, seemingly waiting for a hug. Cold air rushed through the windows as he witnessed that sight, one that kept him from ever stopping loving his old disciple. The demon lord had a small smile, and cute half closed eyes.
—Shizunnn… Can this lowly one get a hug from his husband? — Shen Qingqiu chuckled, and came closer to him. He slowly hugged his husband, warm arms covering his back as he smelled Binghe´s sent.
—Binghe, I love you. — The peak lord said, as he slowly laid next to his husband on their bed. —I truly, truly love you. — Binghe happily laid next to him too, cuddling to sleep.
Some minutes passed, and Shen Qingqiu could feel his husband already asleep. He couldn’t do much more than to just stare at the sleeping beauty besides him, thinking of how he even ended up like this. Not like he was sad or angry, in the contriary, he was delighted of how things ended up after all.
He heard the System coming up not long after, and his lovely thoughts transformed into intrusive malicious thoughts. He looked over at the blue screen, and freaked out when he saw a big red [ERROR] sign on it. He thought “is this it? Is this how I don’t even get to say goodbye to my husband before leaving him forever?” Until the red screen turned blue again, and the System started explaining itself.
In the blue screen, he could now read “System is sorry to inform that due to maintainance of the server, User 002 must be teleported back to his original server for an undefined period of time.” Shen Qingqiu almost cried at this, until he remembered Binghe would probably wake up at this and ask “whats wrong?” in the cutest way possible he might spit out everything at that moment.
Shen Qingqiu forced himself to stop thinking about his husband and concentrate on what was going on right now, how the system was about to just kick him out of the land where he had spent more than 2! TWO!! decades in.
“How much time do I have left?” The Peak Lord asked the system, to which the goddamn thing awnsered : “User 002 has approximately 30 seconds left.” AND A FUCKING COUNT DOWN APPEARED!
Shen Qingqiu´s world fell at that.
He now only had THIRTY FUCKING SECONDS to say goodbye to his husband, awesome! He wants a refund! Fucking useless system!
Shen Qingqiu only managed to kiss his husband on the lips lovingly, before whispering “I love you” as tears started to run down his cheeks. His world went black after that.