FIRE

FIRE 19

"The red is truly beautiful, is it not?"

Jaejoong kept his silence and continued to peel Yunho's many layers of clothing slowly. The Bakuran have heavier and less decorated clothes on them but as a royalty himself, the younger man was not unfamiliar with it. He had also spent some nights undressing the Great Emperor before this.

It was just the stench of blood and the crusted remains of Hyun Chul that made him slightly uneasy.

He'd been in battles but he was never familiar with a massacre and what the Great Emperor had just done was even more horrifying than that. His hatred for the betrayer was even more than Jaejoong's own fury.  And although the younger man does not know why his Beloved had come to him drenched in blood when Yunho could've gotten himself cleaned properly before seeing him, but, Jaejoong can no longer deny this man anything.

Unlike the cold and aloof young Bakuran prince he once knew, this Great Emperor of Bakura was desperate and needy in their affair. It seemed like Jaejoong's misfortune and their long separation had truly killed his arrogance and belief. Now, the older man couldn't even bear to lose sight of Jaejoong for more than a few hours. Had he spend too much time with Mother and Mia, his Beloved would soon come searching for him. Only after seeing and touching Jaejoong would he then be at ease, and he could allow Jaejoong to continue to attend to whatever it was Jaejoong was doing before.

How could Jaejoong even deny him anything when it was that easy to see how he was still so loved.

"Now what would you do, my Love?" Jaejoong croaked, his voice still unpleasant to hear but at the very least, the burning in his throat whenever he speak was no longer present thanks to the Healer's concoction.

"What was left of Yani will naturally be restored and protected, as I promised you." Yunho took his hand and kissed it adoringly, before undressing the rightful Crown Prince of Yani as well and pulling him into the hot spring. Yani had always been a beautiful and bountiful nation. Its Main Palace, naturally had everything it could offer. "But you will no longer stay here."

Jaejoong slightly looked away.

"My Love!"

"Fear not." Jaejoong gently assured with a gentle kiss on his Beloved's nose, then allowed himself to be kissed deeply and embraced to the point of hurting. "I will not refuse you. But is it necessary to present me as your companion? Yunho... My Beloved Yunho, what would people say? I am like this... I could not bear to cause you any wrong."

"Kim Jaejoong! I will not allow even you to shame yourself!" Yunho roared angrily, his hold tightening even more and he bit the younger one's shoulder without any inhibition until he tasted blood. Licking his Love's blood, he whispered heatedly into Jaejoong's reddened ear. "I will gouge any eyes that caused you any shame... Let them be blind if they can't accept their King. Should anyone speak ill of you, let them lose their tongue and never speak again! If they dared question our love and disrespect you, I will send them to Hell and let them rot in misery!"

"Yunho!"

"Do not stop me anymore, Jaejoong of Yani. I could sacrifice anything, everything, for you. I beg you to not shy away from me. You must hear me, I will not live another day without you by my side. I could not!"

Jaejoong sighed. Feeling Yunho loosening his hold, he turned his body and encased the Great Emperor lovingly instead.

He had purposefully hidden himself yet he always found ways to get some news about his other half. He was always aware of Yunho's every conquest and achievements.

But his Beloved... His Yunho had lived thinking he's dead... All these years, how empty and scarred his heart had become?

Jaejoong tried to smile. He looked straight into his lover and vowed, "I, Kim Jaejoong of Yani, will now and forever be the Great Emperor of Bakura's companion. As your King, I will live by your side and die by your side."

Yunho's gratitude and affection can't be spoken with mere words. The man simply kissed him until they're both breathless and dizzy with desire.

"Good! We will leave for Bakura the day after tomorrow and I will officially crown you as my companion, our Bakura's King!"