[BL] The Ice Prince and his Fairy

A plan falls Apart*

AN: Thank you for being so pateint with me~ 

This chapter is mostly unedited 

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Qin Rong felt an immediate sense of regret at his words. What was he thinking!? Such a thing was...

It was weird, right?

Yet, seeing how pent up Xander was, he felt it was not the brotherly thing to abandon him like this. They had a history so... a little help shouldn't be too awkward.

Besides, he'd heard that bros did this kind of thing all the time and there was no awkwardness. Sure, he'd never participated in such a bonding exercise but hearsay and TV rarely lied, right?

Feeling a bit more confident, he peeked down at Xander, only to jump as he watched the man casually remove his pants. The bulge hidden under the fabric trembled, almost freed from its prison when Qin Rong took hold of his hand to stop him.

"What are you-" He cried, snapping his mouth closed as he tried to will his nerves to relax. This was going faster than he'd imagined.

Xander, ever the evil bastard, had the gall to give Qin Rong a questioning look.

"I'm stripping down." He stated, his tone so a matter of fact, one would doubt he was sporting an erection just then. "Weren't you going to help me?"

How was this guy so calm about this?!

He took a deep breath, trying to match the other man's mood. It wouldn't do for him to get all fidgety when Xander was calm. Qin Rong was still the older of the two.

Still, this was kind of new for him so he couldn't help but complain.

"How can you be so casual about this?" He grumbled, looking away. The moon was high and bright in the sky, illuminating the room.

The atmosphere was very sultry, as if an intimate interlude was about to occur.

Surely not, right?

Xander said nothing, resting a hand on Qin Rong's shoulder. They looked into each other's eyes, a moment of... something occurring before the bastard opened his mouth again.

"Do you want to strip down too then?" He casually asked, making Qin Rong want to smack him.

Since when had the Xiao Xan he knew changed so much?! Making him, the great Qin Rong, near speechless.

"How would that help?!"

"Then we'll both be naked. We're both men so there's nothing to hide." He argued, smiling in a way that made the mercenary want to grumble.

He was right. There was nothing to hide and he shouldn't feel nervous. They were both guys and this kind of thing was normal.

At least according to what he'd heard others say growing up.

Yet despite that, he couldn't help but feel wary. It was a familiar feeling, one he'd honed over the years from his life of danger. It always told him when to be cautious and usually never steered him wrong.

So why was he feeling like he was walking into someone's web?

He looked into Xander's eyes, taking comfort in the familiar darkness that no one else in this world had. He recalled that Xander had said he'd inherited his features from his mother.

In a world filled with crazy hair and eye colors, those jet black eyes were the most comforting sight he hadn't known he missed.

There was no malice or slyness shining there, making Qin Rong let his guard down. While he trusted his instincts, this was Xander. Other than some mild awkwardness, there was nothing to worry about.