Noticing that Levi had forgotten about his previous words of resting along the way, Noah diligently reminded him, "Rest your eyes for a bit."
How could Levi sleep when his baby could be in danger at any moment? Levi glanced towards Noah, who was sitting next to him.
"…"
Ah, forget it. He'd oblige and just pretend that he was sleeping. At least that way, his baby would feel more at ease.
Levi contemplated how to do just that when a sudden jolt of inspiration shook him.
Wasn't this an excellent opportunity to profit from a calamity?!
With glittering eyes hidden behind his long eyelashes, Levi nodded very obediently and made a show of lying down across the seats. He, a grown man over 190 cm tall, naturally couldn't fit; thus, while attempting to squeeze in, he very naturally plopped his head in Noah's lap, using him as a pillow.
Noah stiffened. This position… there seems to be something wrong with it?
Noah opened his mouth, yet the protest got stuck in his throat when he noticed how Levi had closed his eyes, and his breathing was evening out. This poor brother-in-law badly needed some shuteye, Noah didn't wish to disturb the little rest time he had. He could only swallow down his complaints and endure through the awkwardness.
With his ears red in embarrassment, and eyes full of unshed tears, Noah looked up to the heavens, all the while internally chanting, 'Ignore it, ignore it, nothing inappropriate there, just an oversized puppy dog who doesn't know better…'
The internal pep talk was just starting to bear fruit when the "puppy dog" wiggled his head on Noah's lap and even turned to face his crotch.
All of Noah's hair stood up, and his soul nearly leaped out of his body. 'Wrong, wrong, wrong!! This position is too wrong!!!'
'Brother-in-law…!! I'm begging you! Please, oh please, move your head away!!!! If you come any closer, you'll end up nuzzling my "little brother"!!'
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Blackie: (◞‸ლ) '…You just had to remind him to rest for a bit! You should really learn to speak less…'
Blackie looked at this host that really knew how to dig pits for himself and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Levi outwardly appeared blissfully unaware of the predicament he was putting his darling through, however, inwardly, his blood was boiling, his heart beating like a drum.
There was something really tempting, really exciting about sneakily eating his baby's tofu!
He knew he shouldn't, yet he just couldn't stop himself! This urge to "bully" the little guy was stronger than his common sense!
Thus Levi stepped up his level of "bullying". He pretended to have forgotten his surroundings in his sleep and started to fidget and touch around as if trying to find a more comfortable position.
Noah nearly jumped out of his skin, his mind turning into a jumbled mess. In a moment of desperation, a flustered and wide-eyed Noah covered his family jewels with both hands, like a shy maiden guarding her purity.
At least… at least now… besides the layer of clothes… there were also his two hands in between Levi's face and his crotch? 〒▽〒
Levi peeked between his closed eyelids and felt displeased by the sudden appearance of another physical barrier. His intention was to slowly edge closer and eventually bury his face into his darling's stomach.
Now he could only settle for second best and rest his head on top of his darling's smooth and lovely little hands.
Mn~ Really, really comfortable! Just like earlier today when his baby stroked his face!
Upon second thought… this wasn't all bad either; at least it seemed that his baby was sexually conscious of him?
Noah: 'What sexually conscious?!? QAQ Your nose is nearly buried in my privates!!! I'm asexual, not retarded!!!'
Blackie: 'Sorry, but no. On both counts. Not asexual, not not retarded.' (¬‿¬)
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For Noah, the five-minute ride seemed like it lasted an hour. He kept checking the time on his communicator every couple of seconds, cold-sweating, feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles.
Through the entire ride, Trey sitting opposite of him had an expression of a man who had just swallowed a fly. He had a bellyful of complaints yet couldn't voice it out because he'd be accused of waking Levi up. He couldn't even send a message through his communicator in fear that the ringtone would "disturb" Levi's "sleep".
Imagine the feeling of seeing the asshole love rival of yours eating your darling's tofu, yet all you could do was sit there and burn metaphorical holes into the scoundrel with your eyes.
This love thing was really wretched!! ○|￣|_
He felt as if he was losing years of his life for each day he was forced to eat this display of… of… aarrghh!
Levi, on the other hand, was in la-la land. Just look at his adorable baby! Every second that passed, he looked more and more like a cooked shrimp. At this point, even his lovely white slender fingers had turned pink!
Look how rigidly he sat there, with his large watery eyes and pink lips pouting out. Ah, ah, how could anyone be so lovely?!?
The ding signaling the arrival of the Magcart to its destination sounded like a heavenly bell of salvation in Noah's ears. Immediately he went to shake Levi awake… but realized he had no extra limbs to do so. While protecting his privates, both of his hands got pinned down under Levi's face.
His lips quivered in helpless indignation, "Brother-in-law! We have arrived!" In his hurry, he even forgot how Levi had asked him not to use that form of address. "Get-get up!"
How would Levi be willing to get up? These five minutes that felt like an eternity to the other two men felt like a blink of an eye to him. He hadn't had enough of snuggling his baby!
Thus, Levi, like a dead fish, didn't even move an inch.
Noah helplessly glanced towards Trey, his glassy and red-rimmed eyes begging for help.
Oh, how Trey wished he could deliver a vicious wake-up kick to Levi's behind.
Yet, he could only keep his stiff poker face on and go to "gently" shake Levi awake, while inwardly imagining all kinds of not-so-gentle ways of handling the other.
Levi was stuck in a dilemma. He didn't want Trey's "gentle" touch, yet how could he avoid it if he was pretending to sleep?
In the end, Levi could only hide the bitterness and unwillingness inside his heart while pretending to have just woken up. He blinked his long black eyelashes dazedly, and looked up to Noah's pink face through his half-lidded eyes, "Mn… arrived already?"
His clear reluctance to get up made his just-woken-up image even more convincing. He rubbed his bloodshot eyes and slowly got up into a sitting position, all the while showing no signs of being disturbed or even surprised due to his sleeping posture.
Noah gaped dumbfounded. He had spent the entire ride dying out of awkwardness! Yet, when his brother-in-law found out about their embarrassing positions, he didn't even bat an eye!!
He just got up like everything was in order!! No- he even had this refreshed feeling about him as if he wanted to praise him for being a good pillow!!
'Brother-in-law, how can you be like this?!?'
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'I know I'm also a male, and you view me as a little brother, and you meant nothing by it, but…! But-but-but… even little boys shouldn't be touched there!!!'