Oath [BL; Book 2]

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Aether lay in the bed staring at the ceiling.  "My body..." Aether didn't dare move himself, "it hurts! Everything hurts!" He was mortified, but couldn't move his arms to cover his face. "My butt, I've been completely-!!" He recalled every detail up until he passed out and now sighed too embarrassed to remember it again. "He made a mess of me! But...." thinking of it now he calmed a moment, "He looked like he really... enjoyed it.... even if he was really rough, it felt great. Is that what sex is like? He has so much stamina.... I-I even.. what came out of me? That weird stuff?? Am I okay??" Looking down he saw he had a change of clothes, careful as he sat up he flinched feeling his back tensed from the ache in his ass. "Ack-aaahh... I should be carefully..." getting up slowly he found it extremely hard to walk taking one step every few minutes after groaning from the discomfort. "He destroyed meee!!" Yet he didn't regret a second of it, "How is he so good at it?! I don't understand!" Irked with his own inexperience he sighed finally getting to the bathroom where he washed his face and then noticed a mark on his collar bone. "?"

Looking down his shirt his face burned bright red. Lifting his shirt he saw the marks, red dots, light bite marks, his body was covered in them. There were even some on his back and his lower abdomen.

Aether couldn't handle it sinking down into a squat ready to die from the horror of mortification. "Haaa, I was supposed to meet Ninguang today...." he checked the sun and  touched his lower back as it ached. "I can still make it, I just have to be careful..."

Getting to the Jade Chamber was easy enough, but the treacherous stairs he had to go down made it amazingly hard to do so. Trembling from just going down two stairs at the Inn he had to rely fully on the rail to hold him. Missing a step only caused more pain as he fell right on his bottom.

"Ow..." Aether groaned, "when did stairs do damage?" He sat there on the step for a moment then looking up as he heard steps approach.

It was Xiao, he was just as surprised to see him as Aether was, "You're awake."

"Ah..." he had a tray of food, "Is that..?"

"For you. Yes, I was going to wake you." Xiao moved the tray now holding it in one hand. With his other hand free he helped Aether to stand and saw his body was trembling, narrowing his eyes he said, "I will carry you."

"Huh? It's ok, you have the-" but with one arm Xiao easily scooped him right up taking him downstairs to the table by the kitchen. "I keep forgetting just how strong he is!" Xiao set down the tray first and now gently sat Aether on the chair. "Did you make this?" He asked curious as the food looked delicious.

"Uh.. no, I requested Yanxiao's assistance. I lack the culinary skill of a professional chef. It would not be an appealing breakfast had I made it."

"Pff, okay, then I'll accept almond tofu instead next time!" Aether grinned happy he was given breakfast.

Xiao sighed relieved he was still himself, "Very well." He accepted his terms. Sitting with him, he had to ask, "How is... your body?"

"Ah-" Aether thought then smiled being nervous as honesty was the best response. "Um, it hurts.." this made Xiao distressed, "b-but I'm really fine! I.. wasn't expecting you to be... uhm, that rough. That was surprising." He ate slowly, "I won't lie and say I'm easily used to it. It was my first time so of course it would be like this."

"I shouldn't have forced you..."

"You didn't." Aether smiled reaching over and pinching Xiao's cheek playfully. "I wanted to do it too, I'm sort of glad I lasted through it. For a second I really though you'd keep going!" He chuckled.