Chapter 143

She snuggled against him, taking his hand and entwining their fingers, snuggled under a quilt.

"Your body is so small and huggable," Yomite mused.

"Hm? Well, I tried to eat a lot, but I still didn't grow." Hu Tao giggled.

"That's fine. I like you the way you are." He pulled her closer, kissing the top of her head.

"...Thank you." Hu Tao sighed happily. "I'm glad I met you, that day in the forest. If I didn't leave Liyue to come and strike a deal with Mondstadt's Adventurer's Guild, we would have never met."

"Hoh...that time when you tried to kill me...good memories," Yomite helplessly replied, "I was panicking at the time, simply because of the way you said you like to play with the bones of the deceased...that was something…"

"Really? I thought I made it apparent I was joking of course...As the director, I can't do something like that, burials and ceremonies are sacred, after all," Hu Tao pointed out.

"Come to think of it, we should visit Liyue. How about the day after tomorrow? Since you are a local, you can show us around," Yomite smirked, tilting his head down to kiss her briefly.

"Y-yeah...So you want to go there, after all..." She cuddled closer, so much that she was almost in his lap, and pulled the blanket a little tighter around them.

But he noticed something about her that seemed off.

"Are you alright? Do you not want to go?" He pecked the tip of her nose. "I personally would like to look around a new city. It would be a nice change of scenery. Lumine said she wanted to go there either way, because she might find some clues about her brother, Iris will just go with us anyway and Fischl also seemed to be interested, saying that they have some nice hot springs there, not to mention, Paimon said she wants to eat every sweet possible..."

"Well..." Hu Tao winced. "Liyue is a bit... unfriendly. Especially towards me. And if the people were to see you were traveling with me...they would dislike you equally as badly…"

(So that's what she was worrying about. Well, I took that into account already. Hu Tao is part of us, and my lover. Going without her is impossible.)

Yomite chuckled, cupping her chin with his hand, "If that's all you're worried about, then it's completely fine. Let's just ignore them. "

Yomite didn't understand why she didn't just beat all of them up with her strength.

She could assert dominance over them and they would be able to do nothing, instead, she held it in without hurting anyone.

If it was him, he would have just gone and slapped them all a few times for sure.

"...Okie Dokie~." Hu Tao let out a cute yawn, leaning her head against his chest.

Yomite closed his eyes, one hand in her hair and the other resting under her bubble butt, indicating he wanted to do it again.

She secretly had to admit she liked being spoiled, hugged and kissed. It felt wonderful to receive someone's affection.

"Wish I could stay here forever." She whispered.

Yomite was a little surprised but didn't have time to answer before she had already climbed onto his lap, arms going around his neck, legs wrapping around his waist, face nuzzling into his neck, breathing softly into his skin, making him shiver.

Yomite's lips moved against hers, giving her an affectionate peck before kissing her again.

He put his arm behind her back to hold her more securely on top of him. He then grabbed her waist and it took everything he had to keep himself from reacting.

He could feel himself getting aroused by how close she was and despite the fact that he promised himself he would get up and be productive today, his member hardened as it pressed into her stomach.

It was impossible to not get hard when a beautiful, naked girl hugged him and took initiative, showing him that she wanted to do it as well.

Yomite could feel Hu Tao's lips moving against his neck, kissing him slowly, leaving tiny kisses on every part of his neck until she went back to planting her small tongue into his mouth.

He felt himself smiling and let out a soft chuckle when he realized she was acting like a small animal, licking his face and mouth.

He pulled Hu Tao down further, letting her straddle his lap, laying her head on his shoulder. His fingers were still tangled in her hair.

He was more than ready to initiate his hunger after her body, but Hu Tao didn't move and simply hugged him tightly.

They stayed like that for some moments, simply enjoying each other's company and the warmth of their bodies against each other until Hu Tao started drifting off to sleep, feeling safe and content with the world around her.

Yomite heard her soft breathing and knew she fell asleep. Although he was a bit disappointed, he couldn't bring himself to attack her when she seemed so content in his embrace.

He covered her body with the blanket to make sure she wouldn't catch cold sleeping naked, and was about to leave when his eyes met Iris' dragonic pupils, giving him quite the fright.

"Jesus Christ...Iris... don't do this to me...I might die of a heart attack one of these days…"

With Hu Tao, he was already immune to her so-called jump-scares, at least he liked to think he was. Because he could prepare beforehand, knowing she was planning on doing them for sure…

But with anyone else, that just randomly and silently appeared behind him...it was simply impossible to expect.

"Je susu? Christu? I'm not sure what you mean, Master. I'm starving. Give me food."

"Food? Ah yeah... that's right. I forgot."

He forgot how much food Iris loved to devour…

Now that she was back to normal, his wallet would be running dry again and again...