The Imprisoned Dragon - Blade, Dan Heng IL

25. Red Thread

"I still don't get why won't you wear your usual robe" Blade sighed as the two were walking through the city streets, seeing some dragons preparing the decorations for a celebration "And why you even asked me to keep the kimono" he mumbled annoyed to then lay the hand on his forehead "I don't even know why I even did listen to you ah... What is happening" he whispered like he was cursing himself

Dan Heng looked at the swordman, as he was walking next to him. Their hands were sometimes touching, and Blade was too focus on their arounds to notice the immortal's lost stare on some dragons focus on preparing a lovely incoming event.

"It seems there's going to be a lovely festival, are we going to join?" Dan Heng asked and Blade crossed his arms, stopping to look at him with an annoyed stare

"Yes, sure, not like we have three guilds chasing us and definitely we're not here to have fun" he said ironically to then look at Dan Heng rolling his eyes along with Yichen

"Aranvar gave us some days. I wonder if they're torturing Shui" he mumbled, feeling sorry for him "We live in his manor but have you noticed? We haven't seen him much lately"

"Who knows" Blade actually was questioning himself why the last time they saw Aranvar was when he asked gently to have breakfast with him that day, to then disappear from their sight "But no guard is in alarm and the people look fine, they're even preparing a damn festival"

"Since we're going to stay here so why not enjoying it then?"

Blade smirked "Oh, I am sure you're loving this time, but unlike you" he pointed the finger at a grumpy immortal "I think about our next moves to avoid a clueless dragon to be taken away from me." he gnashed his teeth "From the world, from the world..." he corrected himself to then sigh nervously and wanting to slap himself.

Dan Heng smiled warmly to then look at his own hands "You don't need to worry." Blade raised his eyebrow, and the immortal kept his lovely aura "I am not going to be taken" he looked weirdly determinated to Blade's eyes "I got tricked once, I do like... Freedom, and I also want to stay with you" he sighed and Blade got flustered "If I get imprisoned, I wouldn't be able to see your face and I have told you since the start I am quite fond of those red eyes"

"Dan Heng" Blade almost whispered with a flustered tone. He noticed how the immortal was speaking casually about it like it was something logical without feelings.

Those words were actually hitting Blade's heart a lot.

It was quite new and quite hard to believe someone wanted to stay with him. It's also true he had never given chance to anyone to get closer, because he was wandering for years without ever stopping for too long in a place.

Being attracted to someone or even falling in love wasn't anything worth to even consider in his mind.

But those blue eyes did capture him and made him fall down, in a deep ocean where he didn't even want to fight or try to get back to the surface. Blade was fine in his insanity and his bond with Dan Heng, and he honestly still couldn't get if that was a good or bad thing for them.

Blade looked around, feeling like the territories of the dragons were actually doing something good to stay isolated from the other lands. All the dragons looked pretty much satisfied and happy. They weren't much into showing emotions, but Blade could tell the whole territory was a peace pond in that hell of universe humans created.

He looked at Dan Heng and almost laughed at the thought heavens put him on the duty to take care of the world life cycle, to mantain the world in order for all the creatures to still live, and humans too.

Humans didn't deserve him at all.

But was it smart to think like that? After all he was... human on a side? Cursed with immortality but still born as human.