After a wordless night, day gradually arrived.
The ice-blue cocoon gradually melted, revealing the situation within. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were still tightly hugging each other, but the differently colored auras surrounding them had already disappeared. Their faces were right next to each other, and they could even smell each other's breath.
They were sleeping very, very soundly.
'Mom...' As he slept, Huo Yuhao dreamt of his mother. Subconsciously, he smiled and tears started flowing out of his closed eyes.
After coming to Shrek Academy, this was the first time that Huo Yuhao hadn't woken up early to cultivate, train or headed to the cafeteria to have breakfast.
Truthfully, this was the first time, ever since his mom died, that he ever felt so peaceful and content. During this moment, he felt like he was enveloped in the warm embrace of his mother.
"Ugh." Wang Dong let out a soft and somewhat lethargic groan. As he slowly opened his eyes, he saw Huo Yuhao right next to him.
He was stunned at first, then followed by the expected pinkish flush of embarrassment and anger; he wasn't this intimately close to anyone else, but then he noticed that Huo Yuhao was still fast asleep and his face was filled with a peaceful expression. Wang Dong couldn't help but find it endearing.
He hesitated for a moment before gently nudging Huo Yuhao,
"Huo Yuhao, wake up. We're going to be late." Wang Dong softly muttered, unfortunately however, this was the first time Huo Yuhao had ever felt this relaxed.
And just like anyone else that wasn't a morning person, Huo Yuhao just groaned, muttering "five more minutes" before tightening his grip around Wang Dong.
This of course just furthered Wang Dong's embarrassment and he quickly tried calling out his name again when he noticed something strange pressed against him.
'Hm? What's this hard thing poking up my stomach?' Since he was held tightly, his head against Huo Yuhao's, he couldn't see what it was. So, out of curiosity, he moved one of his hands to his stomach to feel out what it was–
"Mm..." Huo Yuhao let out a soft moan.
Wang Dong froze, cold sweat covering his face as he touched the hard "thing".
He had realized too late on what it was, what else could it be when a young boy wakes up in the morning?!
'Oh my Sea God, oh my Sea God, oh my Sea God... OH MY SEA GOD!!' Wang Dong inwardly panicked as his face completely erupted into a red, apple face.
He quickly tried to move his hand away but it was at that moment that Huo Yuhao, like any hugger who felt comfortable and safe, tightened his grip even more and nuzzled his face into Wang Dong's neck, his right hand had even subconsciously lowered down to one of his soft rear.
Wang Dong let out a strangled gasp, his mind racing with thoughts of how to extricate himself from this awkward situation.
And it feels like waking up Huo Yuhao right now was a bad idea.
'Awawawawawawa...! What should I do?!'
At the very least, he should at least let go of Huo Yuhao's... thing.
'Still,' Wang Dong couldn't help but glance down, nervously gulping. 'a-are all boys like this? S-So long, and hard...'
His breathing turned heavy, his eyes glazed over, he bit on his lower lip.
Because of his indecisiveness he had unknowingly been moving his hand up and down Huo Yuhao's schlong and any man's instinct to that was activated.
'Eep! Y-Yuhao! What are you doing?!' Wang Dong's eyes went wide as his other hand held tightly on Huo Yuhao's back as the latter had started moving his hips rhythmically.
Wang Dong was beyond embarrassed and uncomfortable at this point. He quickly mustered up the courage to forcefully push Huo Yuhao away, separating their bodies.
Huo Yuhao's eyes fluttered open, his gaze hazy and confused. "Wang... Dong?" he mumbled, still half-asleep.
Wang Dong's face was red as a tomato, and he avoided making eye contact. "We need to get up," he managed to say, his voice trembling slightly.
Huo Yuhao tilted his head, confused by his roommate's reaction. Still half-asleep, he didn't notice his roommate's embarrassment nor his "little" problem and simply nodded, slowly sitting up and stretching his arms.
Unknowingly, it had caused his schlong to stand out firmly and erect.
And poor Wang Dong finally saw the hard "thing" he had been holding onto and his face flushed extremely red once more, steam emitting from his face.
'T-That's a boy's penis?! It looks more like a dragon than a sausage!'
"I-I'mgoingoutfirst!" Wang Dong quickly stammered and like a startled rabbit, he scampered out of the room, leaving Huo Yuhao behind, still unaware of what had just transpired.
Huo Yuhao blinked, still feeling sluggish and lazy, he was oblivious to his roommate's embarrassment and waved his hand.
"Yeah, sure. I'll catch up soon."
It took him two minutes to realize he had a boner and a moment later to piece together everything.
"...Oooooohhh. Fuck!"
In Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, a certain duo witnessed everything shamelessly from start to finish.
"...Should we finally tell him that Wang Dong is a girl?" Skydream asked.
"No. This is the affairs of the youngsters, old fossils like us shouldn't interfere," Ancestor shook his head. "Let's just watch and enjoy the show."
"...Yeah. This is pretty funny." Skydream snorted, bursting out laughing.
"Wang Dong, hold up! I'm sorry!"
"S-Shut up! Don't talk to me right now, matter of fact, don't even look at me!"
Both "boys" ran like hell towards their classroom, one had a cold and dead expression running in first while the one behind him had a flushed and apologetic face, desperately trying to apologize to his friend.
The two didn't have time to eat breakfast, nor did they have the time to shower. Instead, they quickly ran towards the teaching blocks. They were extremely clear about Zhou Yi's temper after all.
Right now however, teacher Zhou Yi's anger didn't matter to Huo Yuhao. What he wanted to do right now was to apologize to his best friend.
Sure he met a few people before Wang Dong but he never considered their relationship to be that of close friends.
For Skydream, he was like a funny, eccentric and kinda sloppy elder brother. For Ancestor, obviously, he was more of a strict elder of the family. And for Tang Ya and Bei Bei, they're friends but they weren't that close; more like how a senior student treats their junior kind of relationship.
Wang Dong however, not only had they lived together in the same dorm room for three months, but they had went through a lot together whether it be hanging around, training or cultivating.
Huo Yuhao couldn't bear the thought of losing that friendship because of a silly misunderstanding. He had to apologize and make things right.
After a minute, they arrived at Class 1's entrance.
"Huo Yuhao, reporting in." Huo Yuhao calmly said.
"Wang Dong, reporting in." Wang Dong's voice was softer than his, so much so that it seemed like he didn't have any energy at all.
He stole a glance at Huo Yuhao, a somewhat complicated expression in his eyes. Snorting, he then ruthlessly raised his hand and pinched Huo Yuhao's back.
Huo Yuhao schooled his expression, he had endured worse. He also felt like he deserved it.
"Hmph. Come in first." Zhou Yi waved over to the two.
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong hurriedly walked into the class.
Xiao Xiao couldn't help but widen her eyes as she saw their wretched appearances. They didn't have enough time to get breakfast, obviously they didn't manage to fix themselves in time.
The gazes of the entire class were focused on the two, especially on the monitor whose clothes were untidy.
Zhou Yi then coldly asked the two late students, "My dear class monitor, tell me. What were you two doing?"
"Teacher Zhou, we overslept." Huo Yuhao calmly replied. He couldn't think of any better excuse so he thought it was fine to just be honest.
"Who slept with who? You actually managed to oversleep?" Zhou Yi made a rare joke.
Huo Yuhao was stunned, while Wang Dong's face instantly reddened. This was because she unknowingly hit the jackpot.
The whole class was silent for a brief moment before they all burst into laughter. Even Xiao Xiao couldn't help but join in.
Wang Dong lowered his head, his lips trembling, wishing he could find a whole to jump into. 'This is so embarrassing! Ugh. Idiot! Why didn't you tidy your clothes in time?!'
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi smiled as well. Although the smile on her face looked even uglier than someone crying, Huo Yuhao was certain, certain that she was smiling.
Huo Yuhao's lips twitched, wishing he had used his genjutsu to make him look clean.
As for the looks of ridicule and laughter from his classmates, he didn't care. He had received far, far worse from the servants and "family" of White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
"Alright, that's enough. You two. Return to your seats." Zhou Yi waved her hands, forgiving the two.
Both Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong wete stunned before the two hurriedly ran towards their respective seats.
As they took their seats, Zhou Yi started talking about the results of their three day freshmen assessment and congratulated them all for passing.
Expectedly, everyone, except a certain duo that were still brooding in embarrassment, cheered happily in response.
Zhou Yi continued speaking. "During the round-robin tournament, a total of six teams managed to win every single match they participated in. Our class only has one such team. Originally, I was planning to give them a reward, but unfortunately, they turned up late to class. Hence, their merits are equal to their demerits, so I won't reward them or punish them."
Once again, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong became the center of attention of the entire class.
In that moment, they forgot about their issue as they shared the same feeling. They felt depressed! They then looked each other in the eye. Their gazes looked normal, but both of them were stunned.
When they looked at each other, they clearly sensed the soul power in their bodies undulate for a moment. This caused a sense of intimacy that was hard to describe to involuntarily arise, so much so that they felt like hugging each other again.
But the thought of hugging Huo Yuhao once more and experiencing that "thing", Wang Dong turned to towards Zhou Yi with a straight expression and completely ignored the former.
Huo Yuhao noticed his behavior and let out a sigh.
'This, this is going to be an issue.'
....
A few minutes later.
'Wang Dong.'
"..."
'Wang Dong.'
"..."
'Waaang~ Doooong~'
"..."
A vein popped on Wang Dong's forehead and he continued to ignore the annoying voice in his head.
Out of context, that would've been concerning.
But there was only one person here in class that could mentally communicate with someone and had a reason for bugging him.
'Wang Dong.' Huo Yuhao's apologetic voice resounded once more.
Wang Dong turned to glare at him, who was intently staring at him with a complicated expression, teeth grinding.
"What?!"
*Swish* *Thump!* A loud whistling sound passed through in between Huo Yuhao's and Wang Dong's faces. They turned to see a steaming book embedded deep into the ball and they turned back to see an angry looking Zhou Yi.
"You two, go outside and start running with chainmail on you. You're not allowed to stop until the bell rings. You two just achieved something, but you're already so satisfied with yourselves! Especially you, Wang Dong!"
'Me?!'
Wang Dong bitterly cried out inwardly, daring not to speak out lest he gets punished more. But he knew the culprit of this incident and he could get some revenge once more. As they both stood up to leave, when he got closer to Huo Yuhao, he pinched him once more.
Huo Yuhao's expression didn't change as the two then bitterly left the classroom.
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