This Crayfish Is Not Edible - Chapter 81

Xia still insistently reached out towards Long’s pants. His agitated movements made his step on a mossy, slippery surface of a rock.

He slipped. A small mishap and his entire gravity changed.

World tilted as he was falling rapidly.

“Xia!” Long shouted and gripped onto his outstretched hands.

With one strong pull, he dragged his lover up by his hand and hugged him.

“Are you okay? Does your leg hurt?” Long whispered. His scrutinizing eyes checked his lover from his head to toe.

Xia Che still had a stunned look on his face. “I am not hurt.” Even though he said that his heart still fluttered unusually. His hands trembled.

Long hugged him close. “But you could have silly. Don’t ever do something like that,” he said.

The little snake’s calming voice near his ear, his warm breath on his skin, made him shudder in pleasure. “Hmm,” Xia hummed and hugged his sturdy shoulders. “Your punishment is… is lifted for the day,” he whispered with a small blush.

Long Aotian chuckled loud. “What? I did not hear that.” He said with a small smirk.

“I said you are exempted from your punishment,” Xia whispered.

“Hmm, that’s good to know. I felt so bad that I can’t hug my darling,” he whispered.

Xia che hugged him closer and nuzzled his head in the crook of his shoulder. “Really! Did you get sick often because of that too?”

He felt a bit guilty for punishing him like that. ‘Did he suffer so much? Did he always suppress his suffering? But why did he hide it? He should have told me I could have helped him.’ he thought with tears in his eyes.

His entire life, from his birth till six months ago, his life was in his river and his mom. But this reclusive life style did not expose him to any other human feelings. He did not know what lust was, what love was, what friend ship was, what betrayal was. So he had become ignorant to people’s feelings.

Thousand years ago he met a well bred scholar and had tea. He was very sweet and caring. But ignorant he was, did not find the dark intentions he had for him.

The scholar met with him one day, along with a fat man. Introducing him as a merchant that he was close to. Young little crayfish thought he was a good man too. But he was wrong.

That fat man kidnapped him and forced him to a marriage sedan.

But thankfully his mom Yukiya saved him from that greasy man’s clutches.

Thus In his two thousand years of life, except his mom, he had never met anyone else. Never cared so much for a person before. Little Long changed his life completely. His caring disposition, his cute smile, his flushed face…. everything captivated him to the core.

He never knew that he could feel this way; that his heart could flutter. It was the thing that humans called butterflies. He felt it the first time the frail little snake changed into a man with an imposing aura.

At first when he saw the little Long bleed, he thought it was because of body heat. But now he knew the truth. Long bled because he craved his presence. And to know that he is suffering because of his stupid punishment broke his heart to pieces.

“I didn’t mean to ‘sniff’ I didn’t mean to,” Xia sobbed into his shoulders.

It was Long’s turn to be stunned. He did not expect his lover to start sobbing. ‘Maybe he is frightened by the close call just now,’ he thought and sighed.

With one arm, he hugged him close and patted his back softly. “I am here right. I will catch you anytime you fall.”

His lover sobbed loudly at this.

“Oh… Ah… Even better, you don’t even have to climb it yourself. I will piggyback you,” Long said awkwardly.

“AHH LONG~ I have tortured you so much,” Xia shouted as he sobbed louder.

“Eh what?” Long whispered in confused. ‘Isn’t he crying because he almost fell? How did he torture me? What is going on?’ so many questions rushed in his brain.

“Ahmm, everything is fine?” the golden dragon patted his lover’s back. Weirdly, his eyebrows were twitching and his forehead was sweating.

‘Did I do something again? Should I apologise? Oh my god, what if he cries for that too? WHAT SHOULD I DO?’ he internally cried.

“I am sorry, Xia,” Long apologised profusely.

His lover’s shoulders stopped trembling.

‘I knew it. Apologising is always the best approach,’ he internally patted his shoulders.

Xia pulled away from the crook of his neck and kissed him softly on his lips. “I will never punish you like that again! Ever!” he said with tears still streaming down his face.

As much as he wanted to dry his tears, Long’s hands were currently very busy holding them both steady on the rocky wall. ‘Is that why he is crying? He’s guilty for punishing me. Aww, why is he so cute?’ he internally squealed.

Xia wiped his tears away and whispered; “now I can help you, ah.”

“No! Stop!” long shouted

But his lover swiftly reached into pants.

He touched a very flaccid member. “Eh, it was big just a moment ago. Where did it go?” Xia exclaimed in shock.

Long Aotian was mortified.. It was the most embarrassing moment of his glorified life.