His light in the dark [bxb]

Chapter - 08

FIRST KISS

Raya silently watched the demon from where he was sitting on the ground, eyes on those lips that were moving when the creature tried to read something out loud. Lixian was oblivious to it all. The said boy frowned when he didn't understand a word, opening his mouth to ask for help, but closed it again once his eyes locked with the ones that were already watching him.

"You alright?" He asked as he combed a hand through his messy, black hair. It was getting a little long.

Raya quickly let his gaze cast down to his lap, fingers nervously playing with each other since he was caught staring. "Yes, sorry. I spaced out for a bit. You need help?"

The demon slowly nodded, noticing a familiar rosy color beginning to spread out over the human his cheeks. Something that happened a lot lately. He crawled a little closer, placing the book on the ground so Raya could read it too. "Is this... l-lovely? Lovey-ly?" He tried saying and looked up again for clarification.

Raya nibbled on his bottom lip as he scanned the book before nodding. "You said it right the first time, it's lovely."

"What does it mean?"

Raya's eyes flickered back up at those dark orbs in front of him, trying to calm down his heart that started to pick up its pace from how close they were. "Um—" He mumbled lowly, his words forgotten because of those onyx eyes staring back up at him, causing him to forget how to breath properly for a second. "You can use it in a sentence like, y-your eyes... are very lovely." He softly explained. Feeling his heart skip a beat when the demon tilted his head at that.

"What does that mean?"

Has he really never heard of it? The older questionly thought. "It means t-that your eyes are beautiful, or v-very pretty."

Lixian closed his mouth and slowly pushed himself up into a sitting position. "—Oh." He breathed out shyly and scratched the back of his neck as a blush started to take over his cheeks. Did he really think that? The demon wondered.

Raya bit his lip again and looked back down at his lap. Goddess, why did he even say that? He probably thinks he's weird or something! I mean, do men even compliment each other's eyes? He frowned, feeling more and more insecurities take over his mind. He'd never seen two men date before either...

Lixian glanced back up at the human boy after a few seconds of wondering and saw this... pained expression flash across his face. Making him a little worried. He slowly shuffled closer on his knees and reached out to his cheek, causing the boy to flinch out of his thoughts as those eyes flickered back up at his in surprise.

The younger smiled reassuringly at him and retraced his hand, not having the confidence to do the thing he wanted to do anymore now the human was glancing back up at him. Raya breathed out some air and smiled back at the demon. Forgetting all the bad thoughts he had once that shy, little smile he loved was shown.

"So... you think my eyes are lovely?" The demon asked teasingly, trying to cheer up the unusual quiet human before him.

Raya rolled his eyes and pushed Lixian's shoulder playfully, feeling embarrassed. The said demon only chuckled and grabbed the human his wrist before it could even touch him, causing the older to look up at him in surprise. He tried to escape the hold the younger had on him, but groaned out when the demon didn't let go.

"You think you can beat me?" Lixian playfully smirked with a tilted head, teasing the human further.

Raya arched an eyebrow, liking this playful side of Lixian that was shown more and more over last couple of days.