My Little Shifu

No Shame

Rushing through the Grove, Bai Qians heart was racing at the sound of his roar. It was the first time she had ever heard him rumble like that and for a moment, her feet stilled as she took stock of where she was exactly. Being a fox who had inherited her fathers good tolerance for wine, the fact that she was drunk was actually more surprising than the way he had literally come onto her.

It may have been a mere game, but she had felt an undeniable attraction to him while also sensing something far deeper from him than a mere desire to beat her at a game she had never lost. And for a moment, his anger at her sudden disappearance from his lap felt all too real, as if he had actually enjoyed the way she had tried to put him off by snuggling into his lap. It even went beyond his desire to know her name. Because suddenly that rumble felt exceptionally dangerous, as if she had triggered something she should have left alone.

Only, the noise from the Sprites who emitted a piercing signal to warn her of his approach, soon had her fleeing for the exit. They both needed to sober up and being too drunk to deal with him, she quickly took on her fox form. Even drunk, she could run far quicker and no sooner was she at the hut and him pounding the earth to chase her down, then she quickly fled for the Den where she knew he wouldn't find her.

Mo Yuan missed her by mere seconds. Rounding the corner, he barely caught sight of a ball of fur disappearing into thin air. His eyes were bleary from the wine and his mind barely functioning, but he was coherent enough to run her down. And no sooner had she disappeared then Mo Yuans anger began to simmer at having been played by a mere fairy at his own mischief.

Though what surprised him more, was he had not intended for the game to go so far. He had literally tried to seduce her and had he not been so drunk, he would have dwelled on that much longer, only he could barely get over the fact that she had also outrun him and he had never been outrun by anyone drunk or not.

Shaking his head from side to side, he barely caught sight of the Sprites who had also given chase to ensure she got away. Mo Yuan wasn't aware that they really were her guardians rather than the other way around and they absolutely would not have allowed him to catch her anyway, and not wanting an audience witnessing his embarrassment, he called a cloud to go home.

Only being too drunk to fly, he was forced off it in midair by several Sprites who deemed him not only a friend of their Goddess and therefore their friend, but he was unfit to travel seeing as he could barely keep to his feet. And he might have fought them off him, only he completely underestimated their power. Not even Zhe Yan could have foreseen how cultivated they would become by over indulging on his peaches but the moment Mo Yuans hand rose to throw them off, then a flash of light passed across his face, before everything went dark.

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Barely making it back to the Den being also unfit to travel, her tails were splayed out flat against the ground as she stumbled straight into the arms of her brother who gently picked her up with a shake of his head. Having returned briefly to drop off the strawberry wine that Zhe Yan had been helping him to create, the sight of his drunk sister eyeballing the pretty ribboned bottles on the centre table, had him shaking his head at her.

"I thought Zhe Yan banned you from his cellar. You know he is going to anger when he returns." Bai Zhen scolded her softly. Though he couldn't help but be impressed with her gaul. It was the first time she had ever disobeyed a direct order from the old Phoenix, so he didn't continue with his berating, instead he carried the ball of fur to her bed and left her to sleep it off, while wondering if he should stay.

He really did have to talk to her seeing as she, as well as himself had been invited to the festival of peaches in just under a weeks time. Many of the worlds youth would be there, and though she was not a child, many of the worlds leaders would also be there, which offered a very real chance at getting her married off, or at least meeting men and perhaps dating.