Chapter 178: SO WHAT ARE WE?

Chapter 178: 178: SO WHAT ARE WE?

The room was quiet. Only the sound of their breathing could be heard as they lay there.

Nyx held June firmly while staring up at the ceiling. "Are you asleep?" he finally spoke after a while of silence.

"No," June managed to mutter while lying in his arms, the blanket covering them from their chests downward.

June was quietly feeling through the energy of Nyx within him, and he was relieved to find that it had finally calmed down.

The intimacy between them had successfully cleared away his negative energy, just as the system had suggested. And Nyx was safe now.

June guessed this was what they called killing two birds with one stone. He had gotten to save Nyx while also satisfying his own sexual arousal.

Nyx smiled as he asked, "Does this mean... that we’re dating now?"

June found himself smiling as he sighed, his eyes still closed. "What further action do you need to signify that? A wedding?"

Nyx smiled shyly as he held June more firmly. "I just want to make sure..." He turned to stare at June, whose hair rested against his chest.

Nyx gently ran his fingers through his hair. "I feel like I’m dreaming... It feels so unreal that we’re together, and we also did it..."

He hesitated shyly before continuing, "Can you pinch me to make sure it’s not a dream?"

June smiled as he opened his eyes. He didn’t hesitate. Instead, he leaned in and kissed Nyx on the lips before pulling back to stare at him.

"Is that enough to prove that it’s not a dream?" June asked with a smile.

Nyx nodded profusely.

They lay like that for a while, with June resting against Nyx’s chest as they both stared into the distance.

"I’m so happy that I could die right now..." Nyx smiled. "I never thought it would happen... I thought you’d reject me."

"Let’s not talk about dying now, okay?" June said with a smile.

Nyx nodded. "Sure. I won’t mention it at all."

June nodded. "That’s more like it."

Nyx smiled. "I guess from now on, we can be like the other couples I’ve seen. Wearing matching clothes, holding hands openly at school, kissing publicly while parting for different classes, and even going on dates and all..."

"..." June was speechless, though a smile slowly appeared on his face.

"What? What’s funny?" Nyx asked.

"I can’t believe the nerdy Nyx has been paying attention to such things. That’s cute." June teased him.

"I guess I did after I started liking you..." Nyx shyly admitted. "I can’t wait to do it all with you."

June smiled. "Well, we definitely won’t do everything publicly... like kissing."

"Why? You don’t want to kiss me?"

"No, silly. But that’s..." June tilted his head.

"You’re shy?" Nyx teased.

June flushed. He actually was.

"You... You’re using my own words against me. What a rascal," he snapped.

He couldn’t imagine being so romantically open with Nyx at school. He was indeed shy about it.

Nyx smiled. "Well, I’ll give you time to get used to it." He leaned closer and kissed June on the forehead. "But I’m impatient. I won’t wait for too long."

June shook his head. "How irrational," he said as the two of them lay there, their fingers intertwined.

"June..."

"Eh?"

"What do you like about me?" Nyx asked.

June kept his eyes closed as he smiled. "I want to know you," June said softly. "I want to be with you while doing that. And I want to spend a long time journaling all the things I like about you every day."

Nyx smiled as he shyly stared down at him. "Stealing my words."

June smiled. "I can’t steal what’s true, can I?"

Their eyes met, and they smiled at each other for a while. Then June leaned in closer for another kiss.

"I won’t make you regret it..." Nyx said after the kiss. "I won’t make you regret liking me."

"You talk a lot... You should get some sleep." June teased him as Nyx smiled and closed his eyes.

The two of them lay there quietly.

"For how long have you liked me?" Nyx asked. He couldn’t sleep with endless excited thoughts running through his mind.

June smiled. "I don’t know. I guess it just happened. I don’t even think I know when it did."

Nyx smiled. "That’s cute." He paused before adding, "Because Ryan told me something about you declaring that we’re dating back then at the welcome party for freshmen..."

Embarrassed, June closed his eyes tighter at the statement. He recalled having said that just to piss off the jerk who had been pestering him. He hadn’t known it would come back to haunt him now.

"That rascal just won’t shut up, will he?" he muttered as Nyx smiled.

"I wish I had come earlier then. I would have happily played along." Nyx pulled June closer to his side.

"When did you become such a tease, you little..." June shook his head.

Nyx smiled even more. "Since I liked you, I suppose."

June shook his head. "Irrational."

He suddenly recalled something and opened his eyes, staring at Nyx. "And while we’re at it, why don’t you also tell me about how you got to read a fanfic in preparation for tonight? I’m curious to know."

"....."

As soon as he said that, Nyx instantly went shy. He shut his eyes and leaned back as though preparing to sleep.

"I’m sleepy. Let’s talk tomorrow."

June laughed as he leaned closer. "No. I can’t sleep without knowing that. Since you’re so talkative tonight, why don’t you also let me know about that? Huh? Speak up," he said persistently while Nyx kept his eyes shut.

"Let’s go to sleep. I’m sleepy, okay?" Nyx said with his eyes still closed. He pulled June closer to his side. "Good night, and sweet dreams."

He kissed him on the forehead.

June lay beside him with a smile, closing his eyes as he was wrapped in Nyx’s warm embrace.

"I’ll still find out myself," he murmured.

The two of them quietly lay there in each other’s arms, smiling as they prepared to fall asleep.

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EXTRA SCENE

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While Nyx was out of the academy, he had come to the Guide’s classroom during break to meet Ryan.

When he found Ryan, the latter was sitting in class, reading a BL smut scene on his phone. He looked up at Nyx, who was standing beside him.

"What?" Ryan asked.

"I came to... ask you for a favor," he said.

Ryan tilted his head with a smile. "Oh. Sure. What is it?"

Nyx hesitated before speaking, but before he could say anything, his eyes fell on the display on Ryan’s screen.

The smut scene.