✧𝔻𝔼𝕍𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ~ 𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃~✧

✧Hua Cheng- Only Look At You ✧

A/N- This is inspired by starnit and their works! They're a very good writer, I'd recommend checking them out! Their work is quite NSFW though, and I'm not comfortable writing that, so I'll be less NSFW content here. Obviously no serious smut in this chapter (only a small bit) so- sorry if you were expecting that.

I'll never be able to match their level of writing, but I hope this chapter is at least decent. Please enjoy! And do check out their writing, it's worth it, and they're really such a sweet person. Give them all the love they deserve!

LATELY, HUA CHENG had been getting quite distracted from his duties in the Ghost Realm. He had been leaving his palace more and more often, and when he came back to the palace, he always returned with someone by his side.

This someone was a tall, willowy man who at first glance could be identified as coming from Heaven Realm; if not by his inhuman looks and demeanor, then by his dressing and the blatant spiritual weapon he had around his wrist, ready to jump out and slaughter at the smallest provocation. Many ghosts, male and female alike, gossiped about how handsome the man was, but nobody would dare make advances on the lover of Hua Cheng. He would beat them all to death- if they were lucky.

This handsome man was Xie Lian, once the prince of an extravagant kingdom, now a nobody who chanced upon being the soulmate of the legendary Crimson Rain Sought Flower, a ghost king that could bring devastation to many, but would never harm a head on Xie Lian's head (except during the occasional nights spent making love that got more and more frequent until it was normalized to bleed during those sessions.)

However, Xie Lian had been getting busier and busier in Heaven Realm lately, what with all the paid commissions going around. These commissions paid an insane amount of merits, but they were also insanely dangerous, so dangerous that no one except a crazy or a suicidal person would accept them.

Luckily, Xie Lian was both certifiably depressed and certifiably broke. And when you were as broke as him, you would go to lengths only insane people would go to make even the smallest amount of money. He began taking as many commissions as possible without help, getting out of them alive by the skin of his teeth, and collecting all the merits a man would possibly need.

He also ended up worrying Hua Cheng, and that would be his undoing later on. As a defensive boyfriend, there was no equal to the ghost king. He would take any wound to make sure his gege was alright. And when he heard that the man he loved was doing such insane commissions, his protective mode was triggered like a switch flipping on.

He had to protect his love.

And so, when Xie Lian returned to Ghost Realm after what he called an 'extended stay,' in Heaven Realm, Hua Cheng chose to surprise him in the best way possible, with a surprise party.

When Xie Lian entered Paradise Manor, he was assaulted by the sweet aroma of flowers and a bouquet of camellias thrust into his arms. Red camellias bloomed like mad next to the lake that his lover's home was situated next to, as if they were decorating the otherwise bland expanse of water. Because no one did anything with them, they were just left to bloom wildly beside the water like weeds. The will-o-wisps occasionally rested on them, but even they preferred to not touch the flowers. So seeing these flowers thrust into his arms was a little confusing to Xie Lian.

"Um... whose gift are these flowers?" he asked the maid who had given them to him.

"They're our lord's gift to his dearest lover," the maid said, as perfectly as an actress. "He invites you to his bower to rest and recuperate from your doubtlessly exhausting journey. Just follow the red thread on the floor."

Bower? Isn't that a fancy name for bedroom? The type of bedroom maidens rest in? Xie Lian wondered. Why would San Lang wish me to visit his bedroom?

Nevertheless, he went where his soulmate instructed him to go, obedient and submissive to a fault. As he followed the red thread so delicately laid on the floor, he noticed that the manor seemed darker than usual. He was thankful when the hallways closer to Hua Cheng's bedroom had lanterns against the walls, giving a small amount yet a blessed amount of light.

When he reached the door to his lover's bedroom, Xie Lian could hear sheets rustling in a bed. He wondered for a moment if he should wait, if he was intruding upon his lover's sleep, but then he heard Hua Cheng's deep voice calling out to him and welcoming him in.

"Gege, it's alright, you can come in," he said.

The sheets rustling stopped when Xie Lian entered the room, and he saw Hua Cheng lying in his bed totally naked, surrounded by lanterns illuminating his perfect body. He held the end of a red thread in his hand, and on the thread there was a note. He had also pinned his hair up with camellias in it, and was lying down smiling at Xie Lian, making his heart beat faster.

A/N- Lover by Kun started playing now, at the perfect time. Love that!

"Gege, your San Lang missed you," he whispered, his deep voice like honey, making desire spread across Xie Lian's body as a wildfire spreads over forests, destroying everything and setting up its new sense of normalcy.

My heart is racing, San Lang. I can't take this anymore, the afflicted lover thought before approaching Hua Cheng and kneeling down by his bedside. Xie Lian was at heart a shy man, and he was too shy to hop into a bed with a man that was so seductive, even though he'd made love to him several times before. So he just knelt before the holy looks of the unholy ghost king, worshipping the man he loved like a god.

"Are you hurt anywhere? Why won't you lie with me?"

Hua Cheng sounded slightly hurt, and as much as Xie Lian wanted to pretend he had misheard, the tone in his lover's voice was obvious. It asked, "Did I do something to harm you? Why don't you love me anymore?"

So Xie Lian loved him. Messily, bloodily, and sloppily- he wasn't used to being dominant- but he loved him nonetheless. Hearing the man he loved moan his name and beg for him to ravish him, hurt him, gege, brought him pleasure. He saw why Hua Cheng enjoyed entering him so hard during sex, this feeling was euphoric, albeit a little painful.

After the sloppy sex, the two lovers laid together on their now stained sheets and whispered sweet nothings into each other's ears.

"You're mine, gege," Hua Cheng whispered, biting gently at Xie Lian's neck. "I only look at you. Tell me you won't leave me."

"Ah- so rough, San Lang!" Xie Lian whimpered, secretly liking the feeling of his lover's lips against his skin. "I promise I'll never leave you, just don't hurt me!"

In response to that, Hua Cheng rose an eyebrow at Xie Lian, and continued to bite him, although they weren't so much bites as nips, like a bunny biting their food.

It was said that after that serious intimacy session, Xie Lian couldn't go outside for a week without feeling embarrassed of the bite marks and hickeys on his neck. But as soon as he could go out again, he returned to Heaven Realm and told the commissioners that he wouldn't be taking any more commissions for a while.

What Xie Lian's lover wants, he gets.

A/N- I feel like this was so bad- I wanted to write this more in the style of the person who inspired me but I'm young so I'm not good at writing sexual scenes because, you know, I've never done things like that before. I hope this made sense, even if it was terrible. Please forgive me if it was bad. See you in the next oneshot.