I Like Your Pheromones - Chap 23
I Like Your Pheromones 23: Sharing a Bed
Lu Xingci took a shower. Just as he stepped out of the bathroom, he suddenly received a friend request.
It was from his own class’s group.
He and Duan Jiayan never added each other as friends before so Duan Jiayan sent him a friend request.
[Which room are you in?]
Lu Xingci tapped the accept button.
[301.]
He waited for a bit, but before Duan Jiayan sent him a follow up message, Lu Xingci suddenly thought of something and he quickly sent another message: [Are you feeling unwell?]
In the tunnel that afternoon, there was indeed a small red rash on Duan Jiayan’s neck, but in the evening when they were gaming, Lu Xingci specially looked and found that the mark had already disappeared.
There was no reply for what seemed like half a day, so Lu Xingci put away his bath towel and walked towards the door. Just when he was thinking of asking Song Yi which room Duan Jiayan was, someone knocked on his door outside.
“Who?”
No one answered.
Lu Xingci pulled open the door.
The moment the door was pulled open, the person outside immediately fell into his arms and was trembling all over. Seeing how he was already unable to even stand steadily, Lu Xingci reached out to support him.
Lu Xingci had just taken a shower, so his hair was still a bit wet. The pheromones that floated in the air mixed with the scent of his body wash like damp grass, stained with the smell of lemon.
Duan Jiayan felt dizzy and just wanted to be as close to this person as possible. He unconsciously wrapped his arm around his shoulder and buried his face in his neck.
Duan Jiayan wasn’t that weak. He grabbed him tightly like he was a drowning driftwood. It was the first time that Lu Xingci felt that Duan Jiayan really needed him so much.
He gently patted Duan Jiayan’s back: “Does it hurt a lot?”
Duan Jiayan was in too much pain to even speak, so he could only nod.
His head was still buried in Lu Xingci’s neck. As he nodded, his soft hair swept across his skin, making him a bit itchy.
After being hugged by him for a long time, Duan Jiayan was surrounded by Alpha’s pheromone and slowly calmed down.
Duan Jiayan let go.
He took a step back and said in a quiet voice: “My stress disorder flared up.”
Lu Xingci looked at him. That part of his neck was red and the allergic red rash extended all the way to his chest.
It was not hard to imagine the scene under his clothes.
“Mhm.” Lu Xingci said: “It looks very serious.”
Duan Jiayan opened his mouth, wanting to say something but was pulled into the room by Lu Xingci: “Come say it inside.”
Only then did Duan Jiayan react. He was too hurried just then so he hugged Lu Xingci as soon as the door was opened.
Duan Jiayan touched his nose awkwardly.
Thankfully no one saw it.
He walked into the room, followed by Lu Xingci who locked the door.
“Can you…” Duan Jiayan felt awkward. He had troubled Lu Xingci to temporarily mark him once before. He did research and found that even if the temporary mark faded away, the effect of doing so would gradually add up. If he did it often, not only would he become addicted to it, but Lu Xingci would also be affected.
After thinking for a while, Duan Jiayan came up with a more reasonable idea: “Can you let me stay here?”
“Stay here?” Lu Xingci’s gaze swept over the sole bed in his single room and raised his eyes with an unreadable expression: “Then where are you going to sleep?”
Duan Jiayan was unsure what he meant, so he was a little uncertain: “I… I’ll sleep besides you?”
Afraid of being rejected, he added in a hurry before Lu Xingci could answer.
“As you can see, I have no way to separate from you at this time. If you don’t agree, I can only drag the blankets and pillows to sleep outside your room…”
“Sleep outside my room?”
When he saw the smile on the lips of Lu Xingci that repeated his words, his heart sank.
“Being outside won’t work. With a door between us, the pheromones aren’t enough.” Afraid of hearing him say that sleeping outside was fine, Duan Jiayan hurriedly said: “Perhaps, when you open the door tomorrow, you’ll find my corpse. Think about it. That scene must be very frightening. If you see it and accidentally lose ten years of your life, it’s not worth it.”
Duan Jiayan paused and said sincerely: “You’re so handsome. How can you allow your life to be shortened because of this sort of thing?”
After these flattering words, even Duan Jiayan was a bit dazzled.
In order to climb into a bed, it really was too fucking difficult.
“It does sound very scary.” Noticing that Duan Jiayan was looking at him rather nervously, the smile in Lu Xingci’s eyes deepened: “But sleeping in the same bed when we’re an Alpha and an Omega… Isn’t it improper?”
“N-n-no. There’s nothing improper about it.” As soon as Duan Jiayan heard that he was about to let go, he quickly followed what Lu Xingci said. Fearing that Lu Xing wouldn’t believe him, he even raised an example: “I’ve slept in the same bed with Shen Chilie and we even covered ourselves with the same blanket. As long as you treat me as a friend, we can sleep in the same bed happily like friends.”
The smile on the corner of Lu Xingci’s lips lessened. His voice was deep but light: “You slept in the same bed with him before?”
“Yeah,” Duan Jiayan was ignorant: “However, I was bothered by his poor sleeping position so I kicked him to the ground in the middle of the night.”
During their estrus period, an Omega became very sensitive to Alpha’s pheromones. They would more or less be able to perceive an Alpha’s moods. Duan Jiayan could feel the tense atmosphere around him suddenly relaxing. Although he didn’t know why Lu Xingci’s mood shifted, as long as he could put him in a good mood, he could say continue:
“If you are willing to sleep in the same bed with me, I will definitely not kick you. If I dare to disturb your sleep, I will immediately kick myself awake. My sleeping position…” After a pause, Duan Jiayan thought that he should use deceit to get what he wanted first: “My sleeping position is super good. I don’t snore or grind my teeth. I won’t hoard the blanket either. Every night, Song Yi would think that I was dead in my bed. If you can’t sleep, I can even tell you a bedtime story. “
After saying that, even he thought of himself like a bed pendant that was super quiet and still.
Lu Xingci looked at him and his gaze swept around his face. Duan Jiayan was so nervous that his Adam’s apple bobbed and he blurted out: “Brother Lu.”
“…”
The moment he said that, he felt a gaze pass over him, slowly, super slowly. He felt his scalp tingle and his spine felt as if it had been touched by a hand. Duan Jiayan couldn’t stand this kind of torment. In addition, Lu Xingci’s attitude was also ambiguous. Duan Jiayan guessed that the other had a bad judgment of him so he didn’t dare to make trouble now and instead tried every means to torment him.
Duan Jiayan’s teeth felt a bit itchy. He gritted his teeth and somewhat wanted to just get up and leave. But he lost his temperament at the thought of his miserable situation previously in excruciating pain.
“Brother Lu.” Duan Jiayan made up his mind: “Please? Just take me in, okay?”
Piece of Trash Lu Xingci.
Laozi will remember this.
There will be a day where
Laozi*
will make you pay! With! Your! Blood!
*T/N: Arrogantly-used personal pronoun ‘I’.
“Then alright. You can stay here.” It never occurred to Lu Xingci that Duan Jiayan could compromise to such an extent. The more Duan Jiayan looked at him, the more amusing it was. After he agreed, Duan Jiayan’s eyes lit up all of a sudden. Holding back a smile, Lu Xingci teased: “Why don’t you make your bed on the floor? You can sleep next to me.”
“…”
Duan Jiayan was silent for a moment.
He inwardly repeated that Lu Xingci would pay with his blood. When he lifted his head, there was not a trace of visible murderous intent on his face.
Lu Xingci watched with a smiling expression, expecting him to continue to bargain with him.
He was engrossed and waiting for Duan Jiayan to speak up.
“Thank you Brother Lu for giving me this opportunity. Then I will sleep under your bed tonight. I’ll have to bother Brother Lu to walk on the other side. Don’t step on me.” Duan Jiayan said as he walked towards the wardrobe: “Does your room have spare blankets? I’ll make my bed on the floor.”
“…” This time it was Lu Xingci’s turn to stay silent.
He watched as Duan Jiayan moved the spare blankets out from the wardrobe and tossed it efficiently to beside his bed. As he was making the bed, he suddenly looked up at him.
He thought that Duan Jiayan regretted doing so now. Lu Xingci pondered inwardly that as long as Duan Jiayan showed a little regret, he would tactfully remind him that if he said a few more smooth words to him, it was not impossible to let him sleep in his bed–
Duan Jiayan said: “I want a pillow. There are two on your bed.”
“Oh,” said Lu Xingci in a light voice, unable to sense any emotion: “Then take it.”
Duan Jiayan didn’t expect him to be so easy-going. He pulled down the pillow with satisfaction.
During the day, he walked all around the mountain. At night, he had to deal with estrus and suffered from the stress disorder. Duan Jiayan was already very tired. When the futon was ready, he laid down right away inside it.
However, after the lights were turned off, he couldn’t find a suitable sleeping position even after shifting for a long time and couldn’t help asking: “Brother Lu, do you want to listen to a bedtime story?”
Duan Jiayan couldn’t fall asleep, so he wanted to talk with someone: “Us school bullies are the best at storytelling. Every school bully must be proficient in this skill before they can enter the campus.”
Lu Xingci laughed: “It’s not easy to be a school bully. You also have to be multi-talented.”
“That’s right.” Duan Jiayan also laughed: “Is it easy to be the school grass? It doesn’t seem that easy either. You have to be ranked first in the exams yet also know how to smoke. Plus, your sexual orientation has to be studying.”
“Who told you that my sexual orientation is studying?”
“Didn’t you say it yourself? Have you forgotten? …Haah, do you like to ignore others and wait for them to chase you?”
“What are you thinking about?” He carelessly smiled. He thought it was necessary to prove to himself. The light in the room had already been turned off. In the dark and quiet room, his voice was clear and low: “If I don’t chase after someone I like, aren’t I stupid?”
Duan Jiayan was a little sleepy. He yawned and casually flattered Lu Xingci: “That makes sense. Our Lu Xingci is so smart.”
Lu Xingci was silent for a moment: “Is it comfortable to sleep on the ground?”
“It’s comfortable,” Duan Jiayan was used to being the lackey tonight, so he might as well smash the cracked pot: “As long as I’m sleeping besides Brother Lu, I’d feel comfortable no matter what.”
Lu Xingci paused: “Isn’t the floor hard?”
“The hardness is good for the spine. Normally, the dormitory’s bed is too soft, and I’m even afraid of getting spondylosis. I don’t know what Song Yi is thinking. When he made the bed for me, he used two layers of bedding. Does he take me as the princess from the Princess and the Pea…” Duan Jiayan’s voice trailed off.
Ah, apparently the dorm’s bed wasn’t made by himself.
“…” Lu Xingci was quiet for a bit before he sighed: “Why don’t you come up.”
There was no answer.
He waited for a while, but there was still no response. He glanced over and finally discovered that Duan Jiayan had already fallen asleep with his eyelids drooping.
Lu Xingci’s gaze unwillingly landed on Duan Jiayan’s bed.
There were two spare blankets in the room. Duan Jiayan laid one on the ground and covered the other on his body.
The mountains were covered in cold air. To only rely on using a blanket as the separator from the icy cold floor, if he slept till the latter half of the night, perhaps he might catch a cold.
He got out of bed and walked to Duan Jiayan. Duan Jiayan seemed to have fallen in a deep sleep and didn’t even move his eyelids from beginning to end.
Lu Xingci leaned down, one hand stuck to Duan Jiayan’s back and the other threaded through under his knees, lifting the person along with the blanket up horizontally.
After he placed Duan Jiayan on the bed gently, the latter mouthed something in his sleep. Lu Xingci thought he had woken him up, but Duan Jiayan rubbed against his pillow unconsciously, still breathing evenly.
Seeing him sleeping so soundly, Lu Xingci got into bed from the other side. Before he lay down, his gaze swept lightly over the sleeping face of the person next to him.
What a peaceful face.
Duan Jiayan seemed to like sleeping on his side. He curled up completely unconsciously. He was normally so peevish, but when he fell asleep, he became quiet and gentle.
Faint Omega pheromones wafted off from him. It was as if flower branches had climbed onto the bed and the air was filled with a misty fragrance.
Lu Xingci looked at him for a while before laying down with his back facing him.
He was a little tired after such a long and troublesome day. After closing his eyes, he gradually felt sleepy and his consciousness slowly blurred.
Just when Lu Xingci was about to fall asleep, suddenly something fell on top of his leg.
The force used wasn’t that little. After that thing fell on his leg, it even daringly made two sweeps, as if searching for the most comfortable position.
Lu Xingci was compelled to widen his eyes. He looked and found Duan Jiayan tangled up with him. He moved Duan Jiayan’s foot away a bit speechessly and conveniently helped him press down the blanket.
After doing all of this, he closed his eyes. But some time later, just when Lu Xingci was about to fall asleep, he heard a rustling behind him through a haze. Soon after, the mental state he had originally relaxed snapped right open–
The sound of soft and slow breaths came from where his glands were and wisps of hot air glided on the sensitive neck. Whether it was of an Alpha or Omega, this piece of skin couldn’t withstand any stimulation.
Half asleep and half awake, Lu Xingci suddenly thought of an obscene joke Chen Yue once made.
If there was an Omega breathing beside your glands, would you be turned on by it?
…
Lu Xingci lifted his eyelids. Just when he was about to open his eyes, he suddenly felt something soft rubbing lightly against his glands.
It was lips.
Soft lips that brought along pheromones. It was like a knife dipped with honey, cutting a kiss into his glands.
Lu Xingci was almost startled right into awaking. When he opened his eyes, he saw Duan Jiayan completely leaning into his back. He looked at him carefully and found that his eyes were closed and he breathed smoothly, as if sleeping soundly.
“Duan Jiayan, are you playing with me?” In the darkness, the boy’s voice sounded as if he said it through gritted teeth. He whispered beside Duan Jiayan’s ear: “You have a good sleeping position?”
Only the sound of smooth breathing answered him.
He pressed the tip of his tongue against his teeth and rubbed it around. For a moment, he really wanted to kick that thing off the bed.
He was just considering how to deal with Duan Jiayan, when the person in question in his sleep unconsciously frowned. It seemed that he was dissatisfied with the distance between them, so he took the initiative to move a little closer to him. When he reached Lu Xingci’s shoulder, he was satisfied and rubbed against it.
He stuck to Lu Xingci like a puppy clinging to a dog nest. Lu Xingci unconsciously lowered his gaze and looked at him.
He was very pale. In the dark room, his exposed skin almost resembled mutton fat.
He wore a T-shirt with a big collar. His collarbone was thin and his exposed neck was snow-white and slender. Duan Jiayan’s eyebrows and eyelashes were as light as his hair, all were of a slightly unnatural light brown. With his delicate appearance, his whole face was filled with a sense of youth.
After staring at him for a long time, he finally reached out and pulled the whole person into a hug.
Afraid that he would toss about again, he simply folded his arms and held them in his arms as well.
