Chapter 48 (2/2)

To be honest, he had never been kissed on his lips before. Xie Tao still needed some time to digest this.

Having his hair touched by the youth, Ya Yi obediently lowered his head a little further and raised his pupils slightly.

The youth in front of him was a very beautiful being. He was just like the moon, always there, always shining in the sky, even when all light disappeared, when the vain sun left, throwing the world into darkness. He was there. Attracted by this kind of warmth, this Knox had been unable to take his eyes off the youth from the very beginning.

The was no question, that light in darkness was so much more dazzling.

At last the oval gem gifted was put away properly. To end this matter, Xie Tao wanted this night to pass by as soon as possible.

The was a cub bed in the small pool in the hotel room. Originally Xie Tao had at first hummed a lullaby to lull the mermaid cub to sleep, but the cub had not at all responded as he had expected.

On their way to the hotel, the mermaid cub nestled in his arms had already seemed a little sleepy. But now the cub did not obediently lie down on the shell bed, but reached out a hand and grabbed onto Xie Tao’s clothes as he passed by.

“Papa.”

Grasping the youth’s clothes, the mermaid cub in the pool called out to him.

He wanted to sleep with his parent.

Seeing the big bed not far away, the mermaid cub came up with this idea.

From the cub’s line of sight, Xie Tao was able to interpret what the cub wanted. After a second of hesitation, he lifted the mermaid cub out of the pool.

The cub would be fine as long as he was not away from the water for more than 12 hours, it was enough time to cover from now until dawn tomorrow morning.

As the silver haired Knox showed no sign of planning to change back to his cub form any time soon, Xie Tao let the other sleep in the big bed together with them instead of the cub bed at the side.

All rooms in this hotel had wide beds, there was more than enough room for two people and a cub on it.

Ya Yi fortunately laid down on his side, leaving room for them. Xie Tao turned off the light and laid down on the empty spot on the bed.

The cub naturally had to sleep in the middle. Xie Tao inched closer to the middle so that the mermaid cub lying there could easily nest in his arms and sleep.

Wanting to coax the cub to sleep, Xie Tao lightly hummed a lullaby. However Xie Tao was actually the one who ended up falling asleep first this time.

Resting in the arms of the youth, the mermaid cub instinctively lifted his tail fin and gently patted the youth’s body. The patting was very light and did not affect the youth’s sleep.

Rhythmically lifting and gently patting, this behavior showed that the mermaid cub felt safe and that the cub was very dependent on his parent.

Originally, the mermaid cub had been very close to falling asleep after Xie Tao. But as the cub was about to close his eyes, a cold silver tail had attracted the cub’s attention.

The silver tail lightly circled the waist of the sleeping youth, or maybe it was more appropriate to say that it was hugging it. The mermaid cub who saw the silver tail’s action, moved his attention to the person lying next to him, his blue eyes meeting the other’s azure.

“Papa…? Not sure if he should use this word, the mermaid cub only uttered the two syllables in a very low voice. But the cub did not move his eyes away from the other.

The inheritance of the race made this mermaid cub have a vague innate understanding of the various traditions of the mermaid race. The moonstone was a token of love in the mermaid race. The person from whom the youth accept this gift should be the other parent of the little mermaid.

Even if the other was clearly male.

After saying the two syllables, the mermaid cub touched the silver tail out of curiosity. It was very different from his own.

Ya Yi did not respond to being touched by the young cub.

The tail of the Knox race was special. They would not allow someone to touch it unless it was a parent or partner.

But in reality, there was also another exception. If their own cub wanted to touch their tail, they would also comply.

Without saying anything, the Knox recalled the movements of other people and mimicked them, raising his hand to touch the soft golden hair of the mermaid cub next to him.

Sleeping between his two parents, the little mermaid soon fell asleep in this comfortable environment.

Even after falling asleep, the cub’s mood could be seen from the small movements of the tail fin.

The little mermaid seemed to have a very happy dream.

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Translator’s note:

Aw~ Gale got another parent~

Also, kiss!!! ･:*+.\(( °ω° ))/.:+

Need even more awesomeness? Here is Gale fanart made by ggrrizzly. ^^