Voyage With The Pirate King

Ji Yao could hear the sounds of Rui Fei bustling about in the bath for a very long time. In this silence, his movements were especially amplified. Even the sound of water was like a gushing waterfall in Ji Yao's ears.

He impatiently waited for Rui Fei to get into bed but he also didn't want to urge him. Ji Yao waited till his side was beginning to grow numb as he hadn't changed position. While contemplating whether to move or not Rui Fei suddenly appeared and his body froze in place.

He continued to pretend like he was sleeping as he listened to Rui Fei's footsteps getting closer and closer. A tingling sensation spread on his sensitive back as Rui Fei stood in place watching him for a while.

Ji Yao's brows creased as the hairs on his back raised in alert. An ominous feeling suddenly filled the room like his life was under threat but he didn't move. At this moment, Rui Fei who had tried so hard to suppress the darkness threatening to overwhelm him for the past hour was losing himself again.

Without Ji Yao's comfort, there was a high possibility that he was going to have a sleepless night. He knew the solution but because Ji Yao was upset with him he couldn't bring himself to take advantage of the sleeping Ji Yao and lie next to him.

With a trembling hand, he took out Ji Yao's handkerchief that he cherished so much and took a whiff of his scent with a crazed expression. His eyes that had turned into vertical slits changed back as he regained his rational mind.

As though doused in cold water the sinister aura tucked itself away as calmness was restored. Rui Fei took a few deep breaths before walking away and slept in the luohan bed on the other side of the room.

Ji Yao, 'Are you fucking kidding me?' Yes, they had fought and he himself had threatened to kick Rui Fei off the bed countless times but he didn't think the idiot would actually follow his words. Angered beyond words he stubbornly refused to turn around despite his arm having long gone numb.

Rui Fei on the other hand was just expressionlessly staring at Ji Yao's back thoughts unknown. One would think that after sleeping it off it would ease the tension in the air but that wasn't exactly the case. In fact, sleep was what made things worse.

Rui Fei should have slept in the same bed with Ji Yao to calm his emotions that were in turmoil as this was a necessity but because he didn't things took a dark turn. In his sleep, the darkness in his aether sprouted and with nothing to restrain it his heart blackened.

In the ill-lit room, Rui Fei's eyes abruptly opened as a sly grin crept up his face. One could tell something was wrong from his eyes alone. They had changed to vertical slits with grey pupils like when he is in his true form. When he took a step his footsteps were especially silent with his silvery-grey hair shimmering under the moonlight.

His villainous eyes were overflowing with bloodlust as he lifted the quilt and lay next to Ji Yao. With an obsessed look on his face, he sniffed the back of Ji Yao's neck and closed his eyes as though savouring this moment. This dark and sinister version of himself has nothing to do with being a Huishe. The Huishe were crazy but not this crazy.

This had to do with whatever Nocru Emperor Yu slept with to have Prince Rui which in turn passed down to Rui Fei. Because he was also Huishe this sinister side was not only amplified but well suppressed as long as Rui Fei wasn't overstimulated.

"Wang fei, you and I can never be over. Do you understand?" he whispered as his hand slipped in between the small gap of Ji Yao's arm and chest. His leg hooked Ji Yao's leg holding him in place as he kissed the man's neck.

The passed out Ji Yao didn't feel any of it as he had already sunk into an unnerving dream. He dreamt himself within the confines of the imperial palace in a room lacking colour or lustre. Everything in it was either black or grey even the bedsheets he lay on.

His arms and legs were tied to the bed making it very difficult for him to raise his head. There was an eerie silence all around him like the palace was devoid of life. He wanted to break the chains and free himself but he found that the chains on his body were made of latrion, thick and heavy.

That fear that he once felt the first time he met Rui Fei swept over him making his heart clench. His entire body began to sweat profusely with visible pit stains. He was so frightened and helpless as he lay there struggling.

His efforts were indeed futile but he couldn't just lie there and wait for something bad to happen to him. His fingers curled around the chains on his wrist as he began to pull them down attempting to break the bedpost of the canopy bed.

Working in tandem with his legs he began to work hard to free himself. The chains soon began to dig into his flesh as he pulled. It was painful but he didn't care. He had to leave this place otherwise he would die. His frantic movements caused the curtain to flutter and that was the moment he saw him.

It was a dark shadow in the night with eyes as grey as a stormy sky and he was just sitting there watching him struggle. The two people looked at each other for a long while intensifying the tension in the atmosphere.

The figure stood up and in slow steady footsteps walked over with his hands behind his back while maintaining eye contact with Ji Yao. He stopped behind the curtain for a moment before a hand reached inside opening up a small gap.

The fingers were long with a healthy wheat colour that made Ji Yao want to touch them. His wrist was partially covered with a black brace made of rough leather from a beast unknown to Ji Yao. His gaze fixed on that hand he heard a familiar yet deeper voice say, "You want to leave me that bad that you would even injure yourself?"

Ji Yao's body froze as he watched the man in anticipation. His chest heaving like he had gone through a vigorous exercise he stared at the man's face through the curtain. "I don't want to leave you... Fei-er," he said before gulping down his saliva.

A throaty chuckle entwined with travesty was heard from behind the curtain before a familiar yet unfamiliar face appeared before Ji Yao. Aaaaahhhh..... his cub was even more handsome and mature than before.. The fear from earlier was quickly replaced with something else.