Chapter 118 - Take Your Time

They arrived at the small shack at the edge of the West Sector where a small lake travelled. The one where he first met Sir Ghost, who was actually his husband.

Ying Yue was placed down onto the ground and watched as his lover opened the door. He smiled and walked in to see his old items placed neatly around the small room. He went to see some of the arts on the wall and he breathed out a smile.

Arms wrapped around from his back and he leaned into the touch.

"Do you like them?"

"Yes."

"I have more."

"Oh, you do?"

"They are of you in… positions, my love," Wang Li laughed and whispered.

"Wang Li," he flushed deeply and his lover kissed his cheek and pulled away.

"Remember you made a book teaching many how to gain and keep a lover," his king whispered deeply into his ear and he shivered.

A hand moved up his chest and the other moved lower to his pelvis. He grabbed those sneaky hands and stuck out his bottom lip at his husband. He gained a grin and a suck to his bottom lip that made his heart burst with arousal.

"Forgive me, my love. We have been apart for far too long."

"Yes," he squeezed the silver eyed male's hands before forcing himself to turn around to face his lover, "Too long."

Wang Li smiled softly at him and pressed light kisses all over his face before deepening the kiss to his plumped lips. Tilting his head up and to the side, he hummed pleased as their tongues danced like lovers. A thumb ran up and down his hip bone as they pulled away just to breathe into one another.

"Should we eat first before we speak, Ah Yue?"

"You make me crazy then say something like that so easily," the blonde slapped his chest lightly.

"If you want distraction, then…"

Wang Li quirked his dark brow and Ying Yue laughed shaking his head. Exhaling a happy sigh, he pulled away.

Ying Yue smiled and looked around to not see any vegetables or meat, not even rice. Furrowed brows and a frown, he looked over at Wang Li who lifted the cover of a crate. He found himself laughing and he couldn't help the tears falling off his eyes.

Trying to catch his breath, he looked over to see his husband with a pastry in his mouth, looking innocently at him.

He fell to the floor laughing loudly.

"Ah… Ah Li," he laughed in between, "Is that… do you only have sweets in that box?"

"Yes."

Ying Yue shook his head and stood up giggling softly. He walked over to his husband and grabbed his hand.

"Ah Li, you should have told me you do not have anything besides sweets. We could have bought some food on our way here."

"But this is food."

'You are such a child,' he thought and kissed his lover, tasting the sugar on thin lips.

"There is a lake nearby, my husband. Let us go fish…" he grinned, "I bet I could catch a fish before you."

"Are you sure you wish to challenge me, my love?"

Ying Yue made a thinking sound, before rushing out of the door. He laughed as Snow followed him happily to the lake. Wang Li was not far behind and he lifted his pants over his calves. Stepping slowly into the water, he looked around.

'Wow, friendly fishes,' he thought seeing the different size of fishes swarming his feet.

"Snow, if you catch 3 fishes, I will let you push Wang Li into the water."

He whispered to see the big cat brighten and looked into the water.

He moved his golden eyes to glance at his husband, who had undressed into his under robe. He saw him reach down and a grin spread across his face, making Ying Yue smile. Wang Li held up the fish and looked smugly at him, but the fish smacked his face with its tail and escaped back into the water.

Ying Yue covered his mouth to stop his laughter, afraid the fishes would run away.

He felt fishes near his feet and he glanced down. Reaching down slowly, he caught a small fish in his hands. When he lifted his hands up, the fish jumped and he rushed to catch it, but it escaped. He heard the laughter from his husband and he found himself laughing along.

They were far enough that their movements would not deter the fishes for the other, but Ying Yue couldn't help the way his heart beat lovingly for his husband. Silver eyes caught his and he grinned as his heart jumped with excitement. Wang Li sent him a soft smile and they just stared at each other from where they were.

The longer his lover stared, the more flustered Ying Yue felt with the itching of need to be near the man who held his heart.

'So perfect,' Ying Yue bit his bottom lip, 'Maybe… maybe I'll do what Sheng Shui offered…'

A nudge at his side made him look over at the wet cat. Snow opened his mouth and 3 fishes fell out onto the ground. The blonde blinked at the three flapping fishes on the ground and saw the twinkle in blue eyes. He laughed and nodded, earning a pleased sound from his pet.

Snow panted happily and bounced over to Wang Li, before pouncing onto his unexpected master.

Ying Yue watched as the big cat brought his lover into the water.

When Wang Li got up, he was soaking from head to toe. He laughed and made sure to swipe the fishes into his outer robe to tie up. He slipped into his sandals and headed to the shack, sticking his tongue out at his husband. He gathered sticks and wood around the shack and lake, in order to make a fire.

When he arrived at the small temple that ended up being Wang Li's home, he placed the bundle down and gathered the sticks to overlay one another.

Starting a fire, he could hear the sloshing of wet sandals near him and he laughed softly. He gasped when he felt the wet robe draped over him, making him shiver from the cold. He quickly grabbed it off him and looked at his lover, bare chested before the fire.

Wet droplets trailed down the curve of cervices and scars. His golden eyes followed to the wet bottoms clung to skin that made him itch to touch. The fire illuminated how beautiful his husband was.

"Careful, my wife. Look at me longer and I will eat you."

He flushed deeply as his freckles hid beneath the redness. Ying Yue went to hung the robe over the door and saw Snow walking toward him with wet fur.

"Snow… don't-"

The big cat shook his coat, spreading water all around him. He sighed and shook his arms so the excess of water would thin. Snow stared at him innocently and he narrowed his eyes with pursed lips.

"Snow, you are just as sneaky as your master."

The big cat licked his face and he laughed patting the big head. Opening the bundle, he began cooking the fishes over the fire. Ying Yue went to sit beside his lover and his lips tingled to touch the chest, arms, shoulders, neck-

He inwardly shook his head.

"Ah Li, are you warming up?"

"The water is drying, yes."

"Ah Li… I have so many questions… I don't know where to begin."

Cold fingers traced his face and traveled down his neck. He shivered and bit his lips, sending interested eyes over at his husband. He was truly addicted to Wang Li.

"Take your time, my love. I am here."

He smiled at Wang Li and grabbed those fingers that intoxicated him. He cleared his throat and tried to think about what he wanted to ask. Looking at the hand in his, he rubbed it in between his hands as if he could warm it with heat.

"When I left… what happened?"

He saw silver eyes looked at him and the fire danced across his lover's face.

"Which time?"

He squeezed his husband's hand.

He looked down feeling guilt eating him up once more. The other soul within him tried to reassure him, but Ying Yue was stubborn. It was his fault. He should have stayed and found a way. He should have asked for help. He should have-

Fingers wrapped around his chin and lifted. Catching sad longing eyes, his heart trembled.

"None of this was your doing, Ah Yue. You left because of what the Heavens had imposed on us. I know you would stay if you could. You tell me that enough."

He smiled and kissed Wang Li. Another kiss and another.

"Each time you left, I felt a hollow within my chest. What I said to you was true, Ah Yue. You own my heart. It belongs to only you."

"And mine is yours, Ah Li."

Wang Li smiled and pecked his lips, watching him for a moment, before pulling away to look at the fire.

"When you left the first time, I listened to no one, not my family or my aunt. The only one I listened to was Ye Wu."

"He… he returned to you?"

"Yes. The darkness in me, my love, was too much for me to bear."