I Just Wanted to Avoid Death - Chapter 98
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All of Yeshion’s past actions had been aimed at harming members of the Imperial family.
‘And Yeshion’s ultimate goal…’
It must have been to kill him, a direct member of the Imperial bloodline.
Even if Yeshion had no personal grudge against him specifically, since the Imperial family was responsible for the Azelist family’s downfall, Adelio himself must have been considered a target for revenge.
Yet, Yeshion hadn’t killed him. Instead, he’d saved his life and had tried to face him as one person to another.
Even today, he’d tried his best to ease the pain of Adelio’s curse.
“Of course, it might only be because you’ve lost your memories…”
Adelio lowered his gaze and looked at Yeshion. The way he softly smacked his lips as if he were about to wake up was unbearably cute.
Adelio pressed a kiss on his lips with a loud smack and murmured,
“If you knew I was your enemy, how would you treat me?”
Right now, he was like a docile cat, having lost his memories, but once he regained them, he might go back to being filled with venom like before. Or, perhaps unexpectedly, he might put on that indifferent face and respond with, “So what?”
“I just… hope that even if you remember everything, you won’t hate me.”
The voice that murmured those words somehow sounded like a desperate prayer.
He liked this curt, brusque tone better than the fake, sultry laugh he’d heard when they first met.
The cold, disdainful look in his eyes was more attractive than the ones that curled like a sly fox.
He hoped this version of Yeshion would never disappear from before his eyes.
“Yeshion.”
When Adelio called his name, the still-sleeping Yeshion responded with a drowsy, muffled “Mmm?” as if he had heard him.
Adelio stifled a laugh and lightly tapped the tip of his nose.
“I don’t care even if you tried to kill me. Do you still want to kill me?”
The rustling stopped, and as if he’d fallen back asleep, there was no answer.
“Well, I guess it doesn’t matter.”
He murmured, brushing Yeshion’s cheek.
The moment Adelio realized the reason for that strange feeling that made him want to see him every day, that clenched his heart every time they met, he knew he was hopelessly bound to Yeshion.
Even if he were to regain his memories and try to kill him.
“…The one who falls first is the one who loses, I guess.”
Adelio let out a senseless mutter and closed his eyes. Right now, he just wanted to love this warmth in his arms with everything he had.
* * *
Yeshion, who had been wriggling in his sleep, slowly opened his eyes. It felt like he had slept so deeply he had no idea how much time had passed.
‘When did I fall asleep…?’
Staring blankly at the ceiling, Yeshion slowly retraced what had happened right before he dozed off.
He had tried to heal Adelio, then suddenly his body had started to feel strange…
“Waaah!”
Letting out a startled scream, he shot up—and a searing pain exploded from his lower back. With a strangled groan, he collapsed again, and a chuckle sounded beside him.
“What are you doing now?”
Even if he tried to deny it in his head, the evidence of what had transpired was all too clear.
The uniform, haphazardly stripped off and tossed on the floor beneath the bed.
The stabbing pain in his waist, the raw sensation in his still-loose hole, the bruises scattered across his thighs and everywhere else.
When he turned to look at Adelio, mouth agape, the man let out a relieved sigh.
“Glad to see you’re doing better.”
At the genuinely concerned face, Yeshion bit his lip.
If only he’d said it lightly, like someone who had just woken from a nap, he could’ve at least gotten mad and yelled, “Who shoves it in like that, you brute!”
‘I’m insane, I’m seriously insane!’
As Yeshion wildly tugged at his hair, Adelio came closer and grabbed his hand.
“Don’t take responsibility.”
“What the hell are you talking about? Take responsibility for what?!”
“Well, since I was your first, obviously I should take responsibility.”
“Aaaaagh, what are you even saying?!”
If only he couldn’t remember, he could’ve feigned ignorance—but tragically, he remembered every single thing that had happened, start to finish.
“Still, I did try to stop a few times. But you wanted me anyway.”
“That’s not the point right now!”
It was his first time!
That was one thing, but the fact that his body had been burning up, screaming at him to get pounded into, was an even bigger problem.
“…Wouldn’t he lose his memory if I hit him really hard on the head.”
Of course, he being Adelio.
Just as he stared at Adelio with blazing eyes, full of sincerity, a knock came from outside.
“Yeshion.”
It was Eldis.
