Chapter 102 - 102 - Icarus

Long gazed at him through his hair. He hugged his lover close and hid him with his sleeve.

"Who are you?"

The man glared back at him and whispered, "I would like to ask the same. Who are you? And don't you know, public display of affection is considered rude?" he said.

Xia pulled away from Long and whispered, "Long.. Don't be like that. He helped us a lot,"

Long shook his head, still gazing at the man. "No Xia, he is the one trying to hurt us," he whispered.

"What... what do you mean?" Xia whispered.

"Those corpse butterflies were being controlled by him." he said. "During the purge, ten thousand years ago, these corpse butterflies were a huge force of one of the seven demon lords,"

"You are Icarus right?" Long said with his eyes narrowed.

The man chuckled. His white eyes crinkle with laughter lines. "Good, good, I didn't expect anyone with royal blood still remembered me. In my defence, these cuties of mine are there just to as my guard dogs. They attack anything that moves," he said, holding one of those shiny butterflies in his hand.

Long pulled his lover behind and guarded him carefully. "What do you want?"

Demon lord, Icarus, raised his eyebrows. "I want my little friend to be my guest," he said, pointing to Xia.

"No," long rejected immediately.

The man gazed at him with eyes narrowed. "You are also welcomed join him. I promise you I would never hurt a single hair on his head," he said.

"No, never,"

Xia peeked from behind and gazed at the demon lord. Then he looked at the little snake. "The herb is in there though,"

Long gazed down at him, eyes wide, "now is not the time dear, this pervert is trying to steal you from me and you are telling me walk right into his trap," he said.

"But it doesn't seem so. If he wanted to, he could have hurt you with his butterflies or even worse he could have done something bad to me. He was a gentle man," Xia said.

Long held his hands firmly. "No. He is a pervert,"

"Long~ why are you accusing someone else like that," Xia said.

Icarus watched this stupid couple fight with his eyebrows twitching. "Eh guys I Am not a pervert. I just want to talk to him about something," he said with a smile.

"No," "yes," Long and Xia answered in at the same time.

Long gazed down at his silly little lover. "No, why do you want to talk to him. I hate this idea,"

"We want his help. We can deal with this civilly," Xia said with a small smile.

The golden snake hugged his head to his chest. "I don't agree,"

Icarus cleared his throat loudly. But the dog couple ignored him. "ya you are in front of one of the dangerous demon lords of all time and this is what you do? Argue? That's stupid. Either you guys come inside, have a tea or I'll wake my butterflies again." He shouted at Long.

Then with a kind smile he gazed at Xia. "And young master, I would never hurt you I swear on my life," he bit his finger and took a blood oath right in front of them.

Xia peeked out with a cheerful smile. "Promise me that you won't hurt these two as well. I'll come have your tea," he said.

"Xia! What the hell? Don't agree to this creep's invitation. Look at him;" he pointed to him, "he barely looks trust worthy. And I've heard that the legendary demon lords were extremely deceptive in nature," Long said.

With twitching lips and eyebrows, Icarus bit his fingers again, "I swear upon the heavens that I would not kill this bastard," he said with a strained smile.

Xia strode towards the door. "Done, invitation accepted,"

"XIA!" Long cried and followed after him.

Just after the entered the building, the gate behind them closed with a thud.

The demon lord Icarus smirked at him and said, "Young master must be tired from the journey, i have prepared a room for you to freshen up. And you..." he gazed at long, "I have prepared the shed for you. Mind you, that is the best I can provide for you royal highness," he said.

"You..." Long charged at him, but Xia held him back. His long hair in front of his face waved around like a fiend.

Icarus gazed back at him and scoffed, "Che, I don't know what you see in this savage man, young master. If you would like I Can introduce better men than him," he said.

"What the.... Xia let me go, I'm going to kill this bastard," long strained against his lover's hold.

"Little Long..... Aotian~ we need the herb, please be patient," Xia lovingly whispered to his ear.

Long's ears reddened. He softly nodded his head. "But, I am staying with you. No bastard can separate us,"

"Yes.. Yes we can, please stop cursing," Xia said with a cheerful smile.

Icarus clenched his jaw and stopped himself from glaring at him. "This way, young master. And I've prepared spirit water for you in your room. Please drink that and replenish your spiritual energy," he said, smiling at Xia.

Long blew his hair hiding his face and glared at that man. 'Why is he treating Xia specially? Did he fall in love with him?' he gazed at his lover's little form.

'This is bad. This is a ten thousand year old demon and my spiritual l energy is badly drained. If he wants to fight me fairly, I won't be able to defeat him. We have to find a way to steal that herb and leave here as soon as possible,' he thought.

The butterfly demon led them to a large wooden room. It even had paper doors. "I have prepared a change of clothing as well. Please do not be shy, as if you need anything," Icarus said to Xia.

"Thank you so much for your help," Xia said and dragged the glaring little snake into the room.

Xia smirked one last time at Icarus and closed the door on his face.

He turned back to meet a pouting little snake. "Xia, he is extremely dangerous. We need to leave this place." He said.

Xia sighed and hugged him. "Long trust me, I don't feel any bad intention from him," he said.

Long cupped his face and gazed at him with a worried look. "Love, he is one of the ancient demon lords. He thousand folds stronger than you and me combined. If he.. If he wants to do something to you... what will I do," he said.

Xia kissed him softly on his lips. "I won't let it get that bad. We can request the herb from him and leave here peacefully. Let's not make a strong enemy," he said.

Long nodded and burrowed his head near his neck. He started sniffed him vigorously. "You are bleeding!" he said.

Xia looked to his side and nodded. "One of the corpses slashed my shoulders. It's just a skin wound though," he said.

Long sniffed, "My love got hurt.... I was not there to protect you," he said.

"Hey, I told you I will not leave, I bet you have learnt your lesson not to jump anywhere without me," Xia said and caressed his soft hair. He pulled his hair back in a small bun and whispered, "Why don't we take a bath,"

"Hmm," Long nodded. "Wait," he said and pulled his lover's collar down. He hugged his waist tightly and licked the wound.

Visibly, it started to heal. "I won't forgive myself if you get a scar on you," he whispered.

Xia moaned softly. "What about your wounds?" he whispered. He removed the little snake's shirt and softly caressed the little bite marks. They were healing fast. "Thank god, you are healing very fast," he whispered.

Little snake picked him up and placed him on the bed. "I need to check if you are hurt anywhere else," he said and pulled his pant strings.

A loud bang disturbed their lovely session.

Icarus stood by the door way with his lips twitching abnormally. "Oh ho, young master I forgot to give you soap," he said and threw the soap at Long's face.

It was thrown in such a high speed that long was not able to dodge. It hit him right on the face. "Agh," he shouted and fell off of his lover.

"Long, are you okay? Icarus, why did you hurt him, ah?" he shouted to the smiling demon.

"Young master, I was just bringing the soap. And I wanted to play catch... he he. Too bad this guy is bad at catching*" Icarus said.

Long got up from the floor rubbing his aching face, "It's because I only throw* I don't catch*"

Icarus gasped. "Not even for your lover. Too bad, I've heard switching* is always the best,"

Xia gazed at them both with a confused face. "What catch and throw, ah? Isn't this about soap," he whispered.

Note:-

Catch- Uke, bottom, ahem i think you guys get the gist.

Throw- Seme, top, I think you guys understand this as well.

Switching*- taking turns being the bottom and top.

'Shrugs', Author peace out~