263: 6.23 Grave Mistake

6.23 Grave Mistake

Lu Yizhou couldn't help but chuckle. What was with this déjà vu? He trailed his fingers along Jillian's sharp jaw until he could press his thumb on his kiss-swollen lips. "We're finally alone, and this is the first thing you are asking me?"2

They had been on the road for the last few days where no privacy was given; the soldiers were travelling together, eating together and even bathing was difficult because most of the water source was frozen due to the chilling temperature. It was winter anyway, so they strived to hurry to the destination and forwent bath altogether. 

Every night, Jillian could only pepper kisses on Lu Yizhou's doll face secretly under the cover of the blanket and bemoaned how he had missed kissing the real person. Alas, when Lu Yizhou offered to transform, Jillian was vehemently against the idea, unwilling to let Lu Yizhou be seen by everyone. "Do you not realize what kind of effect you have on humans?" He hissed in a hushed tone. "Haven't you learned from that woman last time?!" 

This perplexing man, Lu Yizhou thought fondly. So he still held a grudge after all this time simply because Lu Yizhou had given Maia his name.

It was after they had arrived at the border this morning that Jillian could finally have his own tent, bigger than the other and also separated quite a distance away. 

As soon as Jillian concluded the meeting with the other Generals regarding their battle formation tomorrow and returned to his tent, Lu Yizhou instantly took on human form and crowded him against the low table. Jillian didn't even have time to discard his dusty and sweaty clothes before Lu Yizhou kissed him within an inch of his life. Lu Yizhou had never thought himself to be an impatient man but… it had been too long. Each second passed without Jillian's lips on him was seconds where Lu Yizhou felt himself getting colder and colder.

It was weird how he could still feel things like this even without a physical body. 

Lu Yizhou kissed, licked and nipped Jillian's slightly chapped lips, tracing the dry skin with the tip of his tongue and ignoring Jillian's muffled protest of how dirty he was, greedily absorbing the man's heat into his body. It was warm, so so warm. Lu Yizhou hadn't realized how cold he had become until he had Jillian in his arms. 

Jillian let out an annoyed huff but his hands were gripping tightly onto the hem of Lu Yizhou's billowing sleeves. "Whose fault is it that I keep on thinking about this matter? You shouldn't have shown yourself in front of that woman. Look at what kind of headache she has given us. Not only that, you have even told her your name!"

Ah, there it was. Jillian's pettiness. Lu Yizhou leaned in and took Jillian's bottom lip in between his teeth, nibbling until he could draw a lengthy moan from that sweet mouth and the flame of anger in those golden eyes ebbed away in lieu of pleasure. Jillian's hands fumbled up to cradle Lu Yizhou's jaws, fingers interlacing within the strands of Lu Yizhou's hair. 

Jillian was making soft involuntary noises into his mouth and… Lu Yizhou had no idea whether the man realized it or not but it was getting quite dangerous. Before, he was unsure whether he could still pop a boner in this kind of body and now, he had confirmed that he still retained that ability — should he be grateful even if there was no way he could reach completion when all he got was a few minutes a day?

He could feel his length hardening and most importantly, the warmth of Jillian's kisses that flowed all over his body, making him so hot that it was almost sweltering. Lu Yizhou pulled away slightly before he could let himself be carried away, opting to stare into his lover's hazy eyes instead. Jillian looked quite haggard with bloodshot eyes and dark shadows beneath and oh, how Lu Yizhou wished he could kiss the exhaustion away. 

"It's not fair," Jillian grumbled. "You're distracting me, aren't you? Don't think that I will forgive you just because you kissed me a few more times." The last sentence was uttered in a low whisper, almost inaudible if Lu Yizhou wasn't being so close to him. 

Lu Yizhou held back a smile. 

Despite his grumbles, Jillian's hands were holding on to him so tight as if he couldn't bear to let go. The faint blush on his ears, the tension slowly loosening from his shoulders and the way he oh so willingly be pliant in Lu Yizhou's arms even though he was clearly sulking. All those little things were so adorable and Lu Yizhou felt as if his heart didn't have enough space to contain the entirety of this man inside. He took a deep breath, but it was useless — he didn't need to breathe anyway — his chest still felt tight, almost bursting through its seam for all the unspoken affection and love.

Nonetheless, Lu Yizhou still forced himself to take a few steps back. Jillian's eyes snapped up to him, mildly panicked with his hands reaching out. "Regius, I—" Lu Yizhou readily held onto him and tugged him toward the steaming wooden tub that had been placed behind the folding screen. 

Slowly, whilst keeping his eyes on Jillian's bewildered eyes, he slid his hands up the man's shoulder until he grasped onto his tie. Jillian's breath hitched, presumably realizing what Lu Yizhou was intending to do. Otherwise, he was silent. Waiting. 

The corner of Lu Yizhou's lips curled upward as he smoothly tugged the tie loose. Next, he undid the buttons on Jillian's double breasted coat one by one and slipped it off his shoulders, letting it fall and gather around his feet. Following that was his wet shirt, Lu Yizhou's fingers moved defly against the buttons until the fabric joined the coat on the ground. All the while, he let his eyes hungrily rake across each patch of skin shown as more buttons fell loose, and he made no attempt to hide it either.

Jillian shivered minutely; either from the cold or any other reason, only he could know. There was gooseflesh over his arms and his dark colored nipples hardened from the cold air. His eyes were half-lidded as he stared at Lu Yizhou. Under the flickering candle, those golden orbs were almost black in color, having been shadowed by his dark lashes. The tent was silent but if they strained their ears, they might just be able to hear the faint footsteps of patrolling soldiers as well as the hush conversations from afar. But here, in this little narrow space hidden from everyone's sight, there were only the two of them. 

Jillian breathed in and out slowly. After his upper body was bare, Lu Yizhou continued his endeavor to the man's trousers. It was easy to unclasp the button all the while maintaining eye contact with Jillian. As if they were having a secret, silent conversation; as if this was a battle that none of them was willing to back down from. What would they do if one of them were to look away? Lu Yizhou had no idea but it seemed like the answer was looming right on the increasing temperature of Jillian's skin, on the rise and fall of his chest, of his parted lips and audible exhale when Lu Yizhou's fingers brushed against his hipbone. 

Lu Yizhou tugged the trousers down and tapped Jillian's thigh when the man didn't move. "Up." Jillian all but jumped, almost tripping on the mess of clothes and planting himself face first to the ground if not for Lu Yizhou holding him securely on his elbows. 

Gently, Lu Yizhou guided him as he climbed into the tub, politely ignoring a certain awakening part of his body. Jillian let out a satisfied groan when the warm water cocooned him, his eyes blinking sleepily at Lu Yizhou. "Are you trying to make up for your mistake with this?"

Lu Yizhou merely chuckled and let Jillian draw the conclusion he wanted. "I can't maintain this form for long." He went around Jillian to scoop a ladle of water up and poured it over the man's shoulders. "Just any minute now. It's getting better nowadays that your soldiers have been praying to me for some reason. I can—"

"Praying?" Jillian perked up, all drowsiness dissipated as he latched onto the most important point. Lu Yizhou clamped his mouth shut and cursed inwardly. Damn it, how could he lower his guard down like this?! You have gotten careless, Lu Yizhou! This was a grave mistake, he should have known not to underestimate his lover even when he was in a relaxed state! Jillian turned to face him, eyes sharp as he examined Lu Yizhou's face. "Praying can make you maintain this form longer? It makes you stronger…?"

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