Oh My, How Extra!

Just One Cup, My Love! (OMF Qixi Festival Special)

Author's Note: Oh. My. Fate?! has ended but no need to fret! There's still lots more to come 🥰 As I said at the end of the main story, we'll get to the actual sequel after Romancing the Son of Heaven has also ended which is still a little while away. In the meantime, I'm going to upload some of the extras from the IoF universe, starting with this two-chapter special for the Qixi Festival which I wrote aaaaaalllllll the way back in 2019.

Now, let's hop right into these two stories which feature both our main couple Qiu Ling and Jing He, as well as our second side couple Xin Lan and Xiang Yu! 😍

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"My love ..." Qiu Ling cooed and slid onto the seat next to Jing He, waving a bottle of wine. "How about sharing a cup with your future husband?"

Jing He gazed at the bottle and slowly raised his gaze to Qiu Ling's eyes. "I don't know if that is such a good idea."

"Just one cup, my love." Qiu Ling smiled and raised his brows.

Jing He gazed at him, his heart fluttering. How could he reject what the man he loved wanted? If it was this important to Qiu Ling ... He nodded. "Alright. One cup shouldn't be too much. It isn't a strong wine, is it?"

A guilty expression flashed through Qiu Ling's eyes. Uh ... Considering that it hadn't been too long that his beloved returned from his trial and that his body hadn't aged at all for the duration of his trial ... He remained the same young man not long past his coming-of-age ceremony. That kind of person shouldn't drink any strong wine. Wasn't that why Xiang Yong and An Bai had made him gift the Heavenly Emperor a light flower wine at his birthday banquet? Ah, but he couldn't resist his curiosity! He still remembered how Jing Yi had been when he got drunk that one time. He really ... really wanted to know just how his beloved's immortal self would behave after having just a bit too much wine.

He cleared his throat and poured the drinks, pushing the cup into his beloved's hand. "No, it's ... it's not very strong. But maybe you should drink slowly to make sure it won't be too much for you."

Jing He nodded and smiled lightly, raising the cup to his lips. He had never touched a single sip of wine before. His father would be appalled if he knew that he did today. He couldn't help but look back up at Qiu Ling when he thought of that. "Qiu Ling ..."

"Mn?" Qiu Ling who had already taken the first sip glanced over. His beloved hadn't drunk yet. He would have seen! So ... What was it?

"If ... If I can't tolerate the wine and ... behave abnormally, you would make sure that nothing happens, right?"

Qiu Ling put down his cup and reached over, covering Jing He's free hand with his. "Of course, I will. I will always be there to protect you from all harm. Nothing will ever happen to you. You can be at ease."

"Mn. Then my father ..."

"Don't worry. He doesn't need to know."

Jing He nodded but his heart still fluttered with an unknown feeling. This was just like in the night before his trial when he had allowed Qiu Ling to stay in his palace. It was ... the temptation of doing something he knew was forbidden.

Jing He lowered his gaze to the wine in the cup and slowly brought it back up to his lips. The aroma wafted up into his nose, the smell making him dizzy already.

Qiu Ling watched as Jing He's cheeks flushed red from just smelling the wine and he gulped. After this cup ... would his beloved even be conscious anymore? Maybe this kind of wine was too much after all ...

His doubt came too late though. Jing He tilted his head, exposing his slender neck, and a few drops of liquor ran over his lips, touched his tongue and finally reached his throat. He gulped them down and took a trembling breath before exhaling lightly.