"I love you, I love you Gang Zhi" these were the only words in his head as he and Hao Tieng shared a wet passionate kiss.
After the tragic accident that took his parents away from him, all he wanted was to hear those words again. Sure he had already heard them from the person that saved him from his reaper state and was always there for him from the beginning but he didn't want those words coming from him, he wanted them from someone else and that someone else had finally said them. Although at that time he hadn't known Hao Tieng yet, those words coming from the person who knew all his demons just didn't sound right.
Back then he never wanted anyone to know him well not even his family knew him well but there was that one person who knew him inside out and supported him through anything but after he said those words to the immortal ,Gang Zhi turned him down and they've never seen themselves ever since and now 30yrs later here he was loving those words.
Those words came from the man he is madly in love with. All the worries and insecurities he had earlier were gone. All he was feeling that exact moment was pure happiness. At that moment as he pryed Hao Tieng's mouth open with his tongue and explored every inch of the wet cavern, he made a decision. He was ready to show Hao Tieng all sides of him. Every single side and emotion he had hidden for a long time. He wanted Hao Tieng to know him inside out. He wanted Hao Tieng to know when he is feeling angry, happy, sad, fear or pain. He wanted his mate to know him better than anyone else and finally in a very long time he was sincerely happy.
Meanwhile on Hao Tieng's side, he felt like his knees were made of jelly. He had just confessed to Gang Zhi and now they're sharing a passionate kiss. His hands were on the immortal's nape tugging on his hair while Gang Zhi's hands were around his waist. He didn't know whether the kiss meant that Gang Zhi felt the same or not but whatever it meant he didn't want this moment to stop. He didn't know much about dating or knowing when someone felt the same without saying it.
He had dated only one person in his life and he wasn't the one who confessed first. When Shao Mei first confessed to him, he was happy because the prettiest girl liked him. Back then they were in their last year of college and were the cutest couple in the whole college. After they graduated they decided to live together but they never did because Shao Mei kept on making excuses. They never did anything intimate apart from kissing until they were two years into the relationship and when they finally did it Hao Tieng didn't really feel like he wanted it but because he wanted to show how much he loved his girlfriend he just went with the flow although he felt like he didn't really belong with her. But that didn't mean that he wanted them to break up, because it was his first relationship, he felt like it would last longer maybe that's why he was heartbroken when they broke up but whenever he's with the immortal, he feels like that's exactly where he belongs, beside GangZhi.
Breaking away from the breathless kiss, they stared into each other's eyes. Blue and dark almond staring into each other emanating the love the two individuals have for each other.
"I never thought I'd ever love anyone after the accident." Gang Zhi started breaking the silence. "You've stirred my emotions in every single way ever since I met you maybe it's because of the bond between mates but this heart of mine doesn't belong to me anymore. It's yours and I'll only give it you. I love you Hao Tieng more than words can explain." he confessed pulling the lad into a tight hug but he didn't expect to see what had become of the creek.
"Hao Tieng." Gang Zhi called out.
"Hmmm" Hao Tieng hummed nuzzling on the immortal's broad chest. That was the only thing he could manage to get out of his mouth. He was so happy he was sure anytime he would start crying. He was just so happy the immortal felt the same.
"When you connected with your dragon, Did The Queen inform you of your powers and how to control them?" Gang Zhi asked.
"No, she was so happy I transformed that she almost called all the dragons to come celebrate with us. She said I'd start training with my powers tomorrow."
"I'm guessing she didn't inform you that your emotions can control your powers."
"No, Why?"
"Don't freak out but .....you kinda froze the creek." on hearing this Hao Tieng almost immediately let go of Gang Zhi and turned around and just like the immortal said the creek was as frozen as a simile. He walked towards the creek, sitting next to it and it was really frozen. What Hao Tieng didn't know is that when Gang Zhi was confessing his feelings for him. A certain inner Dragon was overjoyed with happiness, it lost control of his powers hence freezing the creek.
"C-can you fix it?" Hao Tieng asked shocked at what he had done. Sure he was an ice dragon but he didn't actually know the extent of his powers since he had only connected with his dragon recently.
"I can but I'm not going to." Gang Zhi said earning a confused/disappointed look from Hao Tieng. "You're going to fix it not me, you need to learn how to control your powers." Gang Zhi explained sitting next to him.
"But I don't know how to."
"Then I'll teach you." Gang Zhi said with a smile. Though he wasn't an ice dragon , he knew a thing or two about them since Hao Tieng's grandfather, who he had met while the Queen was teaching him how to control his fire Dragon, was one. At that time, GangZhi being a fire Dragon, thought he was more powerful than an ice dragon but the elder proved him wrong. He once froze the whole forest with unbreakable and unmeltable ice that only he could control so if this ice was anything like that then Hao Tieng had to change it himself.
"Give me your hand and close your eyes." he commanded which Hao Tieng gladly did. Gang Zhi then placed his hands on the frozen creek which made Hao Tieng flinch.
"I want you to think of water." the immortal started "Imagine that your surrounded with only water. Nothing but water. Now I want you to think that there is water in your hands. That there is nothing but water in your hands." Gang Zhi said and in less than a minute the creek had gone back to normal. "Now open." on hearing this Hao Tieng's eyes opened.
A smile formed on his face when he saw the creek had gone back to normal. He looked at the immortal and hugged him tight not wanting to let go of him. "Thank you" he breathed out.
"I didn't do anything. Your the one that changed it back." Gang Zhi said returning the hug. "Should I take you back home?" he asked before Hao Tieng could protest.
"No, I just want to stay here with you for a while." Hao Tieng answered breaking the hug and placed his head on the immortal's shoulder.
They stayed there for a while , enjoying each other's company.