Chapter 211 - 5.21 All Yours
Terra blinked.
Oh.
OH. A kiss, a physical act of intimacy that required you to brush your lips against someone else’s skin, his brain supplied unhelpfully.
Terra couldn’t take his eyes off the sinful curl of the sentinel’s lips. It wasn’t once or twice he had caught himself staring at Kai’s lips without realizing, wondering how could someone’s lips looked so soft and delectable at the same time and how would it feel like if he were to take it in between his teeth, and every time he had to force himself to scourge the thought. He had no idea where such a strange thought sprung up from and it made him feel all warm and tingly. True to the sentinel’s words, Terra was... overwhelmed. He truly had no idea how to name what he was feeling.
Right, kiss. Terra focused his sight on Kai’s lips and clenched his fists in determination. He might be able to— no, he could definitely do this. He let out an exhale and quietly inched closer, his heart beating a hundred miles per second.
In front of him, Lu Yizhou was waiting patiently, with his arms open in invitation and plush lips slightly parted. Like a moth drawn to the flame, Terra floated closer without realizing and when he came to his senses, his hands had already found their way to the base of the sentinel’s waist.
Terra almost felt betrayed by the audacity of his own hands which no longer listened to him until he was distracted by the firmness of Kai’s abs under his palm. Tentatively, he glided his hands up across the soft fabric of the man’s shirt and oh, Terra had never been so proud of his courage until now. He could already see through the clothes that Kai was... ripped but still, as his fingers traced the solid lines of the man’s abdominal muscles, Terra felt dizzy and lightheaded, awestruck by the physique that was so different from his slender one. His breath was coming out ragged and quick as if he had just run a marathon.
Under his exploring touches, Lu Yizhou shivered and Terra looked up to see the man’s silver eyes darkened, almost dark gray in color. It was as if Terra was gazing straight into the eye of the storm, floating helplessly and could only brace the harsh weather that threatened to take him apart. He bit his lips without realizing and Lu Yizhou’s eyes lowered to follow the motion. Terra’s breath instantly caught in his throat.
The tension between them intensified, as if sparks could form in the air at any second from the way they looked into each other’s eyes. Terra might have been frozen for five seconds or it could also be five hours when Lu Yizhou’s arms shifted from his side. He broke out from the trance in time to see the man’s broad palm hovering around him. His warm breath brushed against Terra’s cheeks as he whispered, voice deeper and lower than usual. "I am going to touch you, okay?"