Chapter 41 - 41 - Birds And Bees

Xia ran into the stall and bought another chicken leg and ate with relish. After this they both walked around the market visiting any restaurant, they can see. By late night, they both rented a room in one of the inns.

The little crayfish rushed into the room and plopped onto the bed. He happily robbed his big tummy and smirked. "That chicken was good," he mumbled.

"Would you be able to finish this," Long said, holding a small package.

"Of course I can, give it to me," Xia slowly unwrapped the delicious Peking chicken from the parchment paper and munched on it.

"Mnn, so good," He mumbled with his mouth full.

The golden dragon glanced at his little lover with a smirk. "How are you so cute?" he mumbled, wiping the oil from his lips.

"Me?" Xia pointed at himself with the chicken leg, "Mommy Yukiya said that I was born cute." He smirked. "Oh, and that's also the reason why she made this seal," he pointed to the small lotus rune on his forearm.

"But you said that she put this rune on you for safety?"

"Yeah, this—This, I don't wish to talk about," Xia Che mumbled placing the chicken leg on the paper.

Long Aotian frowned. 'What is he hiding? What does this mean?' he held his lover's forearm and peered into the rune. The small blue lotus shimmered as he touched his forearm. "Don't tell me, .... your mom placed a physical seal on you," Long gasped.

Xia pulled his forearm and put his sleeve down. "I was naïve when I first gained my human form. One day, I sneaked into a human village without Yukiya and almost got married off to an old geezer," Xia mumbled with his head down.

"WHAT!! Who did that? Did they hurt you?" Long hugged his lover close to his chest.

Xia chuckled. "It's okay. That guy would be long dead. It has been thousand years since," Xia tugged the little snake's lapels.

Long Aotian took a deep breath and hugged him closer. "Thank god. If that guy was alive I would have Kil..."

His lover placed a finger on his lips. "Ah, don't say that," He sighed, "It is in the past. Let's not think about that."

"Hmm," Long kissed his forehead. Then slowly realisation hit him and his cheeks turned pink. "Xia, when—when we were doing... stuff... Could she have sensed it?"

Xia Che gave him a confused look. "What stuff?"

Long hugged him close and mumbled, "That stuff... In bed."

His lover's face turned cherry red in minutes. He glanced at him with his mouth wide open. "Oh god, she would have known." He borrowed his face in his chest and mumbled, "She is not going to take this news nicely."

Long held his chin and peered into his eyes. "She will not accept me?"

"She will not accept what happened between us. Oh god, she is going to kill me," Xia started tearing up.

Long rocked his little lover and hummed. "She will not hurt you, you know that right?"

Xia sniffed and glanced up at him. "She does not approve of premarital s*x...." he cried even more.

Frowning, Long he wiped his tears away. "But we didn't have s*x."

"But we did that in the bath and you stripped me. And even on the bed we did so much. You touched me, kissed me, sucke...."

Long closed the silly beast's blabbering mouth. Panting, he slowly whispered, "that was not s*x."

Xia pulled his palm away. "Really? Then what is sex?" he mumbled with a confused look.

Long chuckled and kissed his forehead. "Weren't you were going to teach me about birds and bees? That's s*x."

Xia chuckled awkwardly. "Ahmm, about that, Birds don't have man parts," he pointed between his legs.

Long gave him a double take. "Yes, they do." He held his lover's chin and gazed deeply into his eyes. "Xia, do you even know anything about birds and bees?"

"Of course I do!! It's about having babies," Xia pushed him away and rolled onto the other side of the bed.

Long gaped at him. "You really don't know. 'Sigh' Birds and bees have intercourse to have babies. But two men cannot have babies, so they just have... s*x."

Xia rolled onto his stomach and held his chin. "Sooo what is the purpose of s*x if you can't procreate."

The golden dragon felt a small pang at this remark. 'He... will he leave me because we can't procreate?' this thought swallowed his regained confidence. 'He is an innocent kid when it comes to this issue. I have to teach him.' He swallowed his dark thoughts and smiled.

He caressed his delicate face. "It's about.... Love. About being there for each other when in thick or thin."

Long intervened their fingers together and kissed his lover's palm. "Holding onto the other through adversities."

His lover gave a dazzling smile. Long flickered his cute nose and whispered, "And growing old together."

"Little silly beast, we don't need a child to validate our love."