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Ch56 - Falling sick
Kissing in the classroom was more stimulating than Duan Jiayan had expected.
He shut his eyes and felt a warmth spread from his lips.
Their surrounding was very noisy, filled with the chatter of their classmates. Duan Jiayan was kissed till he went into a daze.
They exchanged fluids as they kissed. Lu Xingci’s pheromones were swallowed by him and he could feel his head heating up.
“Xiao Duan, do you have any snacks?” Song Yi asked from in front of them. “I’m a little hungry.”
Song Yi knew that the other had a habit of keeping snacks and Duan Jiayan was about to reply when his answer was swallowed by the other person in front of him.
He hurriedly pushed Lu Xingci back slightly. The latter continued kissing him as if he had heard nothing.
“Xiao Duan?” Song Yi said as he turned around, “What’s wrong with you—”
Song Yi saw what was happening in the back. He did not see Duan Jiayan but could see Lu Xingci bending over. He froze for a moment before suddenly realising what was going on.
Song Yi’s voice suddenly stopped and he silently turned back. His gaze unnaturally looking towards the front.
Luckily the security camera had long been out of order, otherwise……
After a while, Song Yi could hear noises behind him and could not resist turning back again.
The two at the back were sitting perfectly normally. They sat really close, though their chairs were not right beside each other, it might as well be.
One had a lazy look on his face, satisfaction evident throughout. The other had his head bent down, his thumb angrily rubbing against the sides of his swollen lips.
No matter how one looks at him, he had a pitiful look as if he had just been bullied.
Song Yi turned his head back.
After a moment, he felt that Duan Jiayan looked a little too pitiful. He was originally quite a pure child and Lu Xingci still pressed him at the back of the class to do those sort of things. Duan Jiayan should be close to exploding.
It wasn’t often that Song Yi felt a rare trace of love for Duan Jiayan, so he turned to Chen Yue and said, “Can you try hinting to class monitor to not bully Xiao Duan too much?”
Chen Yue was leisurely playing on his phone, “Then why don’t you do it yourself?”
Song Yi, “You’re closer to him.”
Chen Yue, “If I told him ‘Don’t bully your omega too much.’ What do you think he’ll do to me?”
Song Yi, “……”
Chen Yue slowly said, “I think I still value my life more.”
In the back of the class.
Lu Xingci watched as Duan Jiayan quietly rubbed the corner of his lips with his thumb, his entire being was in a daze and he seemed to not have recovered as of yet.
“Does it hurt?” He asked as he studied his expression.
Duan Jiayan kept his hand back.
He was still thinking about the kiss from earlier and his heart was beating very fast.  Duan Jiayan’s expression was a little unnatural as he said, “No it doesn’t.”
Lu Xingci suddenly bent over and kissed him again. After his surprise left, Duan Jiayan realised he had not move at all.
This was their third time kissing. Lu Xingci could come up with various ways to play with him but he was still as stiff as a block of wood. Furthermore, he was even trembling after their kisses. He figured he must have looked rather pitiful. In the end, Lu Xingci still patted him on the back.
Duan Jiayan thought back to his foolish appearance and the more he thought about it, the more disappointing he found himself. Why didn’t he kiss back? When the other had stuck his tongue in, he stood there on the spot like an idiot. Wasn’t that just so f*cking boring of him?
Lu Xingci was a little stunned, he did not know how the other came to that conclusion and was just about to ask when the other spoke up.
“I don’t take the initiative, I also seemed to have hit you,” Duan Jiayan saw him not speaking and decided to ask straightforwardly, “Even though you kissed me without any warning and I was not prepared but I… I did not even kiss you back, don’t you think that’s a little boring?”
Lu Xingci never thought that this would be what he was mulling over. He saw Duan Jiayan looking more serious the more he spoke and could not resist smiling. He said, “It’s quite good, I think it’s very fun.”
After hearing this review, Duan Jiayan’s brows first slowly smoothened out and after, a slight smile inched up his face secretly. The tips of his ears even started to get a little hot.
Next time.
Next time, at the very least……
He should move his tongue a little.
The temperature dropped really low as it got closer to their end of year exam.
The first class of the day was physical education. Since it was so close to their exams, Teacher He was a lot more lenient to his students state in his class. Some students even chose to skip his lesson to continue their revision in class.
Meanwhile, there are some students there had no fear in such a situation and chose to still play however they want to.
Chen Yue was dribbling a basketball outside the class and noticed that Lu Xingci was still not going out. He rushed him, “Lu-gou, hurry up.”
Beside him were a few boys, all waiting for Lu Xingci to join them for a game.
One boy looked into the classroom and saw Duan Jiayan sitting beside Lu Xingci as he solved his questions. He clicked his tongue and asked, “The school tyrant has really reformed?”
“Not only has the school tyrant turned over a new leaf, but even Lu-ge has also been demonstrating a never before seen passion for his studies lately. Is he planning to score 750 points?”
Chen Yue rubbed his chin, “I think we’re about to be stood up.”
Lu Xingci watched as Duan Jiayan solved his questions and asked, “Not going to play?”
This was the first time he saw Duan Jiayan skipping physical education class. This fellow would usually treat a normal class as a physical education class, he would love it if he could spend every day on the basketball field.
“There’s no time Lu-ge. There are only three days left,” Duan Jiayan spoke without even raising his head. “If I go down to play today, I’ll be crying in the exam hall three days later.”
Lu Xingci could not help laughing.
He raised his head and inclined his head in Chen Yue’s direction, “You guys go on down, I won’t be going.”
Hearing him say this, the boys outside looked at one another.
“Lu Ge’s being gu?”
“Gu gu gu gu.”
“This is called being gu gu for love,” Chen Yue bounced his basketball. “Come on bros, let’s not disturb their studies.”
After the sound of their laughter had faded, Duan Jiayan put his pen down and asked, “You’re not going to play?”
Lu Xingci pulled his chair out and sat back down, “I’ll stay back and explain the questions you’re unsure of. It’ll take a lot more time for you to figure it out yourself.”
Duan Jiayan was very touched as saw him really opening up his study materials. Just as he was about to speak, his nose started to itch slightly.
He rubbed his nose and muttered, ‘Is this what it feels like to study with a genius?”
Since last night, Duan Jiayan felt a little dizzy. It was nothing too serious, he just felt a little dizzy so he did not think too much about it.
Lu Xingci gave a slight smile, “Continue studying. If you’re unsure of anything, ask me.”
Duan Jiayan agreed and continued studying.
As he wrote, Duan Jiayan felt his temples hurting more. He was not sure if it was because he was not getting enough rest lately. He was a little tired so he raised a hand to pinch between his brows.
While Lu Xingci was studying, he made sure to take note of Duan Jiayan’s condition.
He noted that Duan Jiayan would frequently stop to take breaks and realised something was not quite right. So Lu Xingci placed his book down and turned to the side a little more.
He tugged on Duan Jiayan’s wrist. The latter looked up in a daze as Lu Xingci used his fingers to raise Duan Jiayan’s chin and studied his face.
Duan Jiayan’s face was unnaturally flushed and he also looked unenergetic. Lu Xingci frowned as he placed the back of his palm against Duan Jiayan’s head.
Unsurprisingly, the skin under his hand felt hot.
Lu Xingci held his face, the corners of his lips were pressed down, “Do you know you’re running a fever?”
Duan Jiayan looked at him in shock, “It can’t be? I’ve not had a fever in so many years.”
“You don’t have a headache?” Lu Xingci asked, “You were rubbing your temples just now.”
“It hurts a little.” Duan Jiayan held his pen and said, “It should be because of my lack of sleep.”
When he saw that the other was still planning to continue studying. Lu Xingci’s gaze darkened and he spoke in a slightly stern voice, “Go to the nurse’s office first.”
“……” Duan Jiayan hesitated, “I don’t eat medicine when I’m sick, I’ll get better in a few days.”
He saw Lu Xingci not talking and consoled him, “It’s nothing, I’ve always recovered from illnesses by myself since I was young. I might be having a low fever, I’ll go get a cup of water later. At night I might just—”
Before he finished speaking, Lu Xingci closed his book.
Duan Jiayan saw him closing his book and was still unable to follow what was going on. Lu Xingci’s fingers gently brushed across his cheeks and he gently said, “Stop studying and rest okay?”
Lu Xingci’s cool fingers were on his flushed face.
It felt very comfortable.
Aside from Fu Yuan, this was the first time someone cared so much about him. While thinking that this was something new, his heart was also very satisfied.”
Also, this was the first time he saw Lu Xingci like this and found it quite intriguing.
“I’m really fine,” he laughed. “It’s the same if I rest after school. If you are really worried, I’ll go back to my dorm during tonight’s self-study period.”
Duan Jiayan added, “During tonight’s self-study period, if I’m still running a fever, I’ll go to the nurse’s office.”
As he spoke, he very naturally tugged on Lu Xingci’s hand.
He held onto the other’s fingers and gently rocked them left and right. Every move was him naturally trying to appease the other.
Lu Xingci’s previously suppressed anger slowly dissipated under his actions.
He really could not stay angry at him for long.
Lu Xingci sighed in his heart and held his hand, he spoke in a low voice, “Then can you lie down and rest for a little while now?”
Duan Jiayan stayed silent for a few seconds before suddenly saying, “Actually there was a question I wanted to ask you.”
Lu Xingci heard this and could not resist teasing him, “Are you still the Duan Jiayan I know?”
Duan Jiayan saw him giving in and laughed too, “You still know other Duan Jiayans? Introduce them to me, I’ll see if they are as handsome as me.”
He laughed, looking much better than he did a moment ago. Lu Xingci reached out and gently pinched his cheeks before cupping his face with both his hands, raising it slightly.
Duan Jiayan was made to pout his lips and soon could not stand how foolish he looked. Just as he shook his head in protest, he felt his cheeks being pinched.
“Alright, don’t be silly.” Lu Xingci saw him being like this and gently said, “Why are you working so hard?”
Without waiting for Duan Jiayan’s reply, he made a guess, “Afraid that you’ll worry your mom?”
Duan Jiayan did not reply and Lu Xingci patiently waited for his answer.
Ever since he knew the other, once Duan Jiayan has decided to do something, he knew that the other will do everything in his power to work towards it.
Regardless if it was doing his best to finish running a 3000-metre race, or if it was working hard to prepare for his exams.
He knew Duan Jiayan had promised Fu Yuan that he would study hard. Even though such a notion was childish and laughable but an alpha’s sense of possessiveness could not help but cause trouble at the bottom of his heart.
Duan Jiayan’s lips opened slightly and he looked slightly hesitant.
Seeing him not responding after a long while, Lu Xingci decided to threaten him, “If you aren’t going to talk then I won’t let go. It’s almost the end of class, the others will soon be back and will see you like this.”
Lu Xingci studied him for a moment and laughed, “It’s quite cute.”
Duan Jiayan decided to come clean after being laughed at.
“It’s because of you,” His words sounded a little mumbled due to Lu Xingci pinching his face. After he spoke, Duan Jiayan shifted his gaze around in discomfort.
He honestly felt that such a topic was about something in the distant future and could not talk about it with confidence.
Duan Jiayan’s voice softened to the point where it was difficult to hear him, “I want to be a little closer to you.”
There was too much distance between Lu Xingci and him in too many aspects.
There were some things that he naturally had no way to fight against and Duan Jiayan also did not care too much about those. But results were different, this was the only thing that he could work hard on to bridge the gap.
If he scored better, even if they couldn’t go to the same school, he should still be able to choose a school in the same city.
He wanted to walk into the same future as Lu Xingci.
Lu Xingci froze.
He stared at Duan Jiayan, the latter’s gaze was still flittering about. There was a peach-like flush on his face and he did not know if it was because of his fever or if it was because he felt embarrassed.
He honestly had never thought that the boy in front of him, who usually looked as if he had a lazy and casual attitude towards anything, would be thinking of such a thing.
His heart was quickly filling up with love and satisfaction, it was filling up so quickly that he could not describe it.
While he was still sitting down, he leaned down and bit on Duan Jiayan’s lips.
The author has something to say: Once again engaging in activities that have nothing to do with their studies.
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