Chapter 18 - 18 - Little Golden Scale

Xia Che took the small flower and hugged the little snake. He threw it into his mouth and chewed loudly. "Now, let's get out of here shall we," he cooed at the little snake and stood up from the tub.

Water dripped from his wet body, creating a beautiful dripping sound. His hair, completely wet, stuck to his forehead and his back. He tried moving the hair from his face with one hand, but he couldn't.

"Little son wait here," he said placing the little snake on the tub rim and proceeded to tie his hair up in a bun. He glanced down to a mortifying sight. His little JJ had become a big JJ. 'Shit that wet dream really did something to my body' he internally screamed and tried to hide it with his hands.

This was the first time His JJ had done this so he was very flustered. "Um, where are my clothes?" he shouted as he started searching with gusto. He remembered that he had left it on the rim of the bathtub. But it had somehow slid down.

"Ah there it is" he exclaimed and bent down to pick it up.

Long Aotian saw the silly beast bending down and lost all rationality. His nose started to bleed, 'Ah, what a beautiful sight,' he thought before he fainted in shock.

Xia che picked up his clothes and used it to hide his JJ. "Little son lets go have some fun in the town," he said as he turned towards the rim. But he didn't see his little son there.

"Eh little son, where are you?" he called and looked outside the tub. The snake was not to be seen anywhere.

"Where could he have gone?" he scratched his head in wonder and looked down at the bath. The bath water was slightly tinted red. So he bent down and slightly sloshed the water. The water cleared up to reveal a small snake at the bottom of the tub.

"Son!" Xia che exclaimed and picked up the unconscious snake. "Oh gods, did you drown? Why is there blood coming from your nose," he started to panic and ran towards their room? He slowly lowered the little snake to their bed and started fiddling with his medicine bag.

"Where is it?" he had bought a lot of healing liquid in the town market but even after searching for a while he could not find the bottles. He searched under the bed and found it had fallen to the other gap near the bed.

He leaned forward on top of the unconscious snake with his arms outstretched, trying to reach the bottle.

Long Aotian woke up to such a sight. A milky white chest was casting a shadow on his face. What shocked him more was a pink seductive nipple was right on his face. He felt himself heat up as he rubbed his body slightly. 'Oh my god, I am gay' he thought as he rubbed the nipple with his head again.

His nose started bleeding profusely again. 'I fell like an animal on heat,' he thought as he kept rubbing and due to too much blood loss he lost his consciousness again.

Xia che felt the little snake move, but he was too focused on trying to retrieve the bottle. "Ah see I got you" he gleefully smiled at the bottle.

"Little son, now you can be healed" he said and looked at the little snake. But the snake had bled even more and was unmoving. "Oh my, it's more serious than I thought," he whispered, as he applied the salve to the little snake's nostrils.

The little snake remained unmoving to all this that made Xia che worry. 'Is he really okay now?' he thought as he put his head near the little snake's body. He felt the little snake's chest move as he took deep breaths. "Phew, thank god he is alive. I thought for a second that I drowned him. Maybe I should take him to a beast doctor" he said to himself as he softly stroked the little snake.

He sat next to the bed waiting for the little snake to wake up. But lunch came and his little son didn't wake up still. He lost all his interest to sightsee as he sat close to the little snakes huddled form. 'I never imagined I would worry about this little snake so much.' He thought as he lightly stroked the snake's skin.

"I did that," he said out loud looking at the empty space where the golden scale had been. 'I should have been careful. I feel like a failure as a parent,' he thought with tears in his eyes. He still had the little scale in hope that maybe Yukiya could help heal him with her powers. He picked up the scale from the sleeve and took a guilty look at it.

He found a small string nearby and fastened the golden scale to it. He then tied it around his neck. "Aha, this will keep it safe. Mommy Yukiya can definitely heal my son," he proudly exclaimed. But his joy did not last long, he felt extremely worried looking at the unmoving snake.

Xia che crawled on the bed and laid next to the him. "Little son wake up soon daddy is waiting for you," he whispered into the little snake's ears and hugged him to his body. "Daddy will keep you warm till then.. Don't keep me waiting too long ah" he softly whispered as he fell asleep.