Chapter 17 - 17.) I love you

Qiang Lu fell asleep soon after. What he didn't know was that, the next morning the one who woke up first wasn't himself but Li Wei.
When Li Wei woke up he found himself buried inside Qiang's arms head laying on his chest and legs tangled up together.
The previous night, Li Wei had actually noticed what Qiang wanted to do.

After all there was a scene in the book he wrote that the Sect master used his power to look at the villains memories. He had purposely left his memories of that night at the forefront of his mind, it was a test on what Qiang Li would do.

No matter how much he loved Qiang Li now he didn't know how much the other would look after him. He purposely provoked him so that he would see his memories and pity him. The more emotions he invested in him the happier he was.

Shifting closer he closed his eyes and slipped back in a deep slumber, it was warm and he was safe here. He slept the best that he ever had since coming to this world.

When Li Wei opened his eyes again, startled awake, it was because he felt his body had shifted. Lifting his head he found he was sitting on Qiang's lap. Head buried in the crook of his neck and legs hanging around Qiang's sides. Qiang had wrapped one of his arms around Li Weis waist and the other hand was placed on the back of his head.

Occasionally the hand would lower and trace the back of Li Weis neck, not that Li Wei minded, a odd sense of security came from the motion. They were sitting upright, but leaning back at the same time, if he had to guess it'd be that Qiang was sitting in a rocking chair with himself sitting on his lap.

Qiang noticed that Li Wei had awoken and was waiting to see how the other would respond, without realizing it he had begun to trace his hand against Li Weis neck. It had already become a subconscious reaction, one that asked for control.

As Li Wei made his way to sit up Qiang lifted him backwards until they both could make eye contact.
Without waiting for Qiang to say a word Li Wei suddenly spoke,

"Qiang i love you, the reason i left was because when you came back cover in perfume drunk I thought that you liked woman, i thought that you wouldn't love me back and so i decided it would be best for me to get rid of these feelings."

In one breath Li Wei had let out all of his thoughts.
Qiang narrowed his eyes the color light brown gold color darkening quickly.

"Li Wei, i love you more than i would love a deciple, and the day i relized that i left and drank because i didn't know weather or not i should encourage that feeling, especially because it was so strong. Even i surprised myself with how much the feeling was, it was very overwhelming and overbearing.
After drinking i came home and saw you. Then i realized that i loved you, and wanted to make you mine."

Li Wei froze for a moment, it seemed that Qiang really had just gone to get drinks, and now he found out the reason was himself.

As soon as Qiang's words left his mouth Li Wei had been thinking how he could convince the other to love him, or to at least have a relationship with him. But after hearing what Qiang said he was stunned. He had thought the other would push him away. The two looked at each other and smiled.

It was a very gentle moment, although there thoughts weren't. Li Weis mind was full of thoughts on how he could lock Qiang to himself, weather through guilt by a sense of duty or seduce the other until it was impossible to let him go.

These thoughts stemmed from the insecurity that came from when he came here alone and had little trust in anyone as well as knowing the future. Especially because of the fact that his master would side with the protagonist and not him. Now he felt like a bird who had found a place to rest amidst a raging sea.

Meanwhile Qiang was busy thinking about how he should make sure that Li Wei stayed with him, or how he could track the other so he wouldn't disappear like he had before.
How he could ensure that even if Li Wei ran away that he could find him. He even was thinking of learning how to better control his power to use the water in others body to control them so he could use it on Li Wei in a emergency.

The next few months passed too quickly to really count, Li Wei was too absorbed in cultivation after he had rested his fears on his master loving someone else.
The two lived comfortably, away from others, it seemed like a little abode, it made it easier for Li Wei to relax as he knew that Qiang wouldn't leave unless it was to deliver sect papers.

After seeing Li Wei's memories Qiang was very anxious about how he had starved for around a week. It was also a very unpleasant experience for Li Wei especially after he was severely injured. So they always had a meal together everyday and neither would ever miss it.

The one year mark was coming closer, the time that the Secret realm would open and he would have to go and find the Tiger seal was quickly approaching. Li Wei had a vague idea where it might be, as he had written the book himself, but he wasn't sure if it would still be there, or if he would be transported to the same place that the Li Wei in the book was.

While he had a idea of where the seal was buried, it didn't mean he knew the location if he appeared somewhere that wasn't the place that the Li Wei in the book had gone.
When the day that the realm was going to open, Li Wei who, had finally reappeared in the sect appeared with the sect master at the end of Orgin core stage 2 the other deciples were in shock.

After all while they knew that there Senior brother was going into closed door cultivation but they didn't know he would have progressed this far!
The common thought was,
'When we get back to the sect we must beg him for story's! He owes us 3!'

As the portal opened and cultivators began to disappear into the mist his master pulled him over and right before he Disappeared he placed a seal over Li Wei's cloths, this way he could find him once they both were inside the secret realm. Kissing Li Weis lips lightly he disappeared. Li Wei smiled at the now empty space and closed his eyes, letting himself drift into the void.