“Please allow me this much. It’s like marking my territory, warning others not to touch you carelessly, Major.”
Lucas deliberately kissed the reddened bite mark with a smacking sound and whispered in a low, husky voice.
“Am I yours? What’s this about marking territory…”
“That’s what I hope for. I want to be yours too, Major.”
Iberis’s breath caught for a moment, and he fidgeted with his lips. He thought it was quite a talent to say such embarrassing things so casually.
“As if there’s any guide who would touch me besides you…”
Iberis mumbled, as if he had heard something absurd. Originally, other guides couldn’t even properly touch him, let alone guide him. Only Lucas could do this to him without hesitation.
Probably no one else desired him either, Iberis thought. He believed Lucas had unusual tastes. Otherwise, why would he like a terminally ill patient with nothing special except his ability?
“It makes me happy to hear you say no one but me would touch you. Well, you are my esper after all.”
Lucas’s eyes curved pleasantly as he savored Iberis’s words. Just as it was against military law for paired espers and guides to have casual contact with others, the reverse was also true.
Even if Iberis couldn’t be his lover right away, Lucas could have him exclusively as his dedicated guide. Of course, he had no intention of being satisfied with just that position.
“Why do you keep…”
Iberis grumbled under his breath so Lucas couldn’t hear. Since confessing to him, Lucas often smiled in front of him. He clearly knew how powerful his smile was.
Is this what they call using beauty as a weapon?
Feeling strange, Iberis fidgeted with his hands on Lucas’s shoulders. Then he suddenly tensed as he felt hot breath curling around his ear.
“Why do you keep stopping mid-sentence?”
“It’s nothing… Anyway, besides you, there’s no weirdo who, um, likes me, so you don’t need to keep biting me like this…”
“What do you mean, there’s no one?”
“What?”
“There are so many people interested in you, Major.”
Lucas whispered softly, kissing Iberis’s soft earlobe. Due to his overwhelmingly strong ability, Iberis had to isolate himself and couldn’t form close relationships with others, leading to a lack of self-confidence. His self-esteem was inevitably eroded as everyone he met found him difficult to approach.
However, the truth Lucas understood was different. To others, Iberis was like a flower on a cliff – someone they couldn’t dare to touch, only admire from afar.
Lucas was certain that if Iberis didn’t have guiding issues, he would have been constantly bombarded with all sorts of seduction and flirtation. Lucas was confident in his assessment. Before realizing his own feelings, he hadn’t noticed, but now he saw many irritating presences.
Even among the N-0 unit members, he noticed several who harbored similar desires. They looked at Iberis not with the eyes of respecting a superior officer, but with the expression of someone attracted to another.
There were even guides who, after seeing Lucas guide Iberis without issues, wondered if they might be able to do the same if Iberis’s condition improved.
That’s why Lucas wanted to leave his marks on Iberis’s body even more. To prevent anyone from coveting him, from daring to harbor impure desires towards him.
Honestly, he wanted to hide Iberis away where no one else could see him. Lucas chuckled at this thought, amused by his own narrow-mindedness and possessiveness.
While harboring the most impure thoughts towards Iberis himself, he was using his position as Iberis’s guide to keep others at bay, despite not being in any real relationship yet…
He felt self-loathing, wondering if he was really such a person. But he couldn’t help it. Although he tried to act as composed as possible in front of Iberis, Lucas was just a novice floundering in his first love.
The only exception in a life lived solely for revenge.
Thanks to Iberis, Lucas had been overwhelmed by intense desires several times a day recently. These were all unfamiliar and novel emotions, bewildering even to himself.
If Iberis had firmly rejected him, he might have been able to endure it somehow, but because Iberis accepted him despite his reservations, Lucas’s desires grew day by day.
“You don’t even realize how people look at you… Your obliviousness is why I can’t let my guard down.”
“What do you mean…”
“In any case, the problem is that you’re too kind and defenseless, Major.”
Blaming everything on Iberis, Lucas left a bite mark on the tip of his ear visible through his black hair. Then he licked the ear shell languidly with his tongue.
“Ugh! It hurts, what are you– ah…”
Iberis gasped at the intense stimulation, groaning in confusion. It was the first time he had been bitten somewhere other than his neck. As the moist, thick flesh moved along his ear, a wet sound echoed in his ear like tinnitus.
“Ah, don’t, nngh, I don’t like…”
Suddenly feeling strange, Iberis turned his head away from Lucas’s lips tormenting his ear.
Lucas obediently pulled away when Iberis showed signs of dislike. However, he soon rubbed his lips against Iberis’s trembling neck instead of his ear.
“Hnn…”
Iberis shifted his waist at the peculiar tickling sensation. He could clearly feel the warmth and soft touch sliding along his straight neck. The fine hairs stood up following the movement of the lips.
Gulp.
As the soft flesh settled on the still-burning kiss mark, Iberis unconsciously swallowed hard. Unlike his own, Lucas’s warm lips caressed the reddened skin and wandered over the newly imprinted bite marks, stirring an inexplicable thirst within Iberis. As if craving even more pleasure.
Feeling awkward and uncomfortable with himself, Iberis was overcome by an unfamiliar fear. He ended up twisting his shoulders back, once again trying to avoid Lucas. In response, as if unwilling to tolerate this a second time, large hands cupped Iberis’s face.
“Why do you keep avoiding me? We’re in the middle of guiding, aren’t we?”
“I-I feel a bit strange…”
“Hmm?”
“Can’t we just kiss?”
Iberis pleaded in a small voice. He thought kissing might be better than this kind of skinship.
“…If that’s what you want.”
Momentarily taken aback by the unexpected suggestion, Lucas answered by devouring Iberis’s lips. He inhaled the cool breath reaching into his mouth and pushed his tongue deep inside.
“Mmnh…”
Iberis let out a soft moan as the invader explored every corner. Each time the thick flesh probed and ravaged the soft mucous membrane, heat rose like sparks flying.
Unlike Iberis, who was still clumsy with kissing, Lucas led him very skillfully. As the kiss deepened, mana as warm as sunlight seeped into Iberis’s body.
His already weakened legs soon gave way. Iberis, who had been trying his best to keep up with Lucas’s kiss, staggered as he succumbed to the sensation of his body heating up. The next moment, his body was lifted.
“Ah!”
As Iberis’s feet left the ground, their lips parted for a brief moment. Lucas turned around while holding Iberis, then immediately sat down on the nearest sofa. The leather creaked under their sudden combined weight.
Finding himself straddling Lucas’s thighs, Iberis straightened his back. He opened his eyes in surprise as long, firm fingers parted his shirt and entered. As the temperature different from his own caressed his bare skin, a tingling pleasure spread as if electrified.
“What are you– mmph.”
His weak protest was swallowed by the fiercely approaching lips. Lucas devoured Iberis like a starved beast, again and again. Their lips, soaked with both their saliva, collided and rubbed together, filling the office with wet, squelching sounds.
Pleas to stop disappeared into Lucas’s mouth without becoming words. Iberis panted, unable to gather his thoughts under the relentless kisses. As the pleasure intensified and his body heated up, his mind went blank. The excitement fever, trivial to others, was more lethal than poison to him.
“Haa… Luke, hic.”
At last, a sob crept into Iberis’s moans. He desperately clung to his fading consciousness. If he didn’t, he felt he might really faint. The sexual sensation was that intense.
The kiss that seemed to last an eternity only ended when Lucas heard the tearful whimper. The transparent thread connecting their lips shone briefly in the light before breaking. As if on cue, Iberis’s body collapsed like a puppet with cut strings.
Lucas lightly embraced the crumbling Iberis and briefly admired his flushed face as he panted heavily. Seeing the cheeks tinged a light peach color, he felt hungry again.
Chu, chu.
Tilting his head, Lucas pressed his lips to Iberis’s sweaty forehead, moist eyes, prominent nose, and reddened cheeks in turn. Not stopping there, he kissed Iberis’s chin, neck, and collarbone, easily finding the tender flesh hidden under the crumpled shirt.
“Haa…”
Lucas steadied his breathing, suppressing the urge to open his mouth and bite into Iberis’s chest. Then, he barely managed to squeeze out his voice.
“Isn’t it about time you allowed me a little more?”
