Leon opened his puffy eyes and saw Kayden looking at him. Leon looked into Kayden's emerald eyes as the other stared into his own eyes.
'Is it me or do I see obsession and tender love within his eyes…'
'He's been staring at your sleeping face for 45 minutes. He hasn't moved from that spot this whole time. It's pretty obvious to me that he loves you deeply.'
Leon's heart raced and he began to feel embarrassed at the intense stare. He turned his sight away, took the pillow beside him and put it over his flushing face.
"Go away. I don't want to see you right now."
"Are you thinking of leaving me again?"
"..."
Kayden's face darkened and he grabbed the pillow away from Leon.
"Hey! Ah-."
Kayden tossed the pillow and took Leon into his embrace. Hugging Leon tightly, feeling that if he didn't hold on enough. The other would disappear again.
"4 years. I searched for you for 4 years and finally found you. Don't leave. I won't be able to stand it. I'll really go crazy this time."
"B-but aren't you together with Tiriana? You let her stick to you all the time."
"I won't let her touch me anymore. I didn't want to waste my energy responding to her before. I swear I had no intention of getting together with her. You are the only one I love and the only one I care about. So don't leave me."
"I-I didn't mean to leave you. I was on my way to work and died in an accident. Even before I lost consciousness, my last thoughts were of you. Believe me! I love you just as much as you love me!"
"Un, I believe you."
Leon released a deep breath that he unconsciously held in his lungs. Leon hugged Kayden back just as tightly. They shared a comfortable moment before Leon felt something poking his thigh.
"Um…your bird is poking me, Hubby."
"It's okay. It'll go down in a bit."
"Uh, do you want me to help you release?"
"..."
Kayden looked at Leon for a moment before nodding his head. Leon scooched back and gave the both of them more space on the bed. Leon slowly moved his hand to touch the large hardened male organ.
"Woah~. It's a big bird."
Kayden groaned at the touch of Leon's hand. No one has touched him there and even he didn't play with himself to give himself release whenever he had morning wood. Leon rubbed the standing meat pole for almost 30 minutes.
"...Hubby. My hand is really really tired. When are you going to let it out?"
Kayden then pushed Leon onto the bed and hovered himself over the other. His face at the side of Leon's neck, taking in as much of Leon's sweet scent into his lungs. Leon had tightened his hand that was holding Kayden's hot pulsing cock when he fell backwards. Kayden released a grunt next to his ears. The hot breath and touch of the other sent tingles and heat where Kayden's lips grazed on his skin. Kayden used one arm to wrap tightly on Leon's slim waist. His other hand covered Leon's hand and then he rubbed his cock a few dozen strokes before releasing onto their shirts. Kayden moved his head back and saw that Leon's face was deeply flushed. He observed the long pink lashes, misty eyes filled with lust, and moved his gaze to Leon's soft looking lips.
'Sorry to burst your bubble but I had to remind you that it's almost time to meet up with the others in front of the fountain.'
"Ah! We're gonna be late!"
"..."
Leon sat up and Kayden jolted back at Leon's sudden outburst.
"Ah…W-were you about to kiss me? Go ahead, I won't suddenly move!"
Leon shut his eyes, waiting for his husband to give him a smooch. Kayden gave him the kiss and bit his bottom lip in frustration. Leon gasped and Kayden forcefully pushed his tongue into the other's mouth. His tongue roamed all over the inside of Leon's mouth. Leon's tongue shyly approached Kayden's tongue and they did a long and deep french kiss. Kayden finally let go and Leon fell forward, taking in as much air as possible. Kayden picked up Leon into a princess carry and took them to the bathroom. They quickly rinsed and changed into new clothes.
"Hubby~. Can I wear your cloak?"
"..."
Kayden gave him his cloak and they went out of the barrier.
"Yay! My mount is still there. Let's ride together."
"Mount?"
Kayden's face darkened.
"Are you…jealous?"
"I am. Are you scared of me?"
"No, why would I? I think it's cute. I'm falling for you all over again~."
"Un."
"Okay, no more fooling around, let's go meet up with the others."
Kayden carried Leon up to be seated and then he easily got on behind Leon. Kayden took the ropes and they sped off faster than the time Leon had taken to come. Leon shouted excitedly as he felt the wind flow pass him. Everything around them was a blur, that was how fast they were traveling. They slowed down when they arrived closer to the city entrance. They showed their adventurer's ID card and were let inside. They returned the beast and they walked to the fountain. There was Tiriana and Theo. They seemed to be chatting happily as they came close.
"Good morning."
"Hey! Morning you two!"
Theo responded back to Leon with his usual bright sunny smile. Tiriana was eyeing Leon and Kayden.
"Why do I feel like you two have gotten a lot closer within a night?"
"That's because we became lovers. Me and Kei were having a heart to heart and realized that we had met before when we were kids. When I was little, I asked for Kei's hand in marriage. He accepted my love and we promised to marry when we got older. But then my father took me away and I lived with the human race. It wasn't until now that we met again and decided to never leave each other's sides."
"...really?"
"Yep."
Leon held his chin up proudly. Kayden's lips raised a tiny bit, but no one noticed. He found it amusing how Leon could bullshit so well with that much confidence.
"Ok. Well, congrats on finally getting together."
"Thank you. Oh, that's right. I'm very, extremely, madly in love with him so you better not touch him! Not even holding his arm! I won't tolerate it!"
"Alright, I don't want you treating me mean again. Theo, you don't mind me being sticky with you right? I only have you now that Kei and Leon are together."
Tiriana asked Theo beside her and hugged his arm.
"I don't mind, Tiriana. And congrats to you guys! Happy Marriage!"
"Thank you."
Kayden nodded his thanks. The group then decided to go to the Adventurer's Guild and see if they could find any information on the appearance of the Dark Dragon.
"Nothing. No one has noticed any signs of the dark dragon around here."
"Should we go look at the past history? Maybe we'll see some clues and be able to predict where the next Dark Dragon will be."
Tiriana grumbled in irritation. Theo input his thoughts. They decided to travel again. The first hint they found about the past Dark Dragons was that one of them used to have a home in Beastman Land. They went on a journey to the Beastman Land.
"So this is one of the Dark Dragon's homes? Doesn't look like anything."
"Well, it's probably more than 150 years since the last Dark Dragon appeared and the ones before that were probably eroded by time."
They chose to look around a bit more. Kayden and Leon went one way and Theo and Tiriana went the other way.
'There's a secret entrance of a cave which is a few steps away from you.'
"Huh? Wah!"
Leon stepped forward as the system warned and slipped on some wet moss. Kayden was a foot away and hurriedly went closer to stabilize Leon from his fall but he was dragged by Leon. They both fell into the cave and groaned in pain.
"Ouch! What a fall. Thank you, hubby."
"Un."
Kayden had switched their positions mid fall and Leon fell on top of Kayden. They both got up and looked around them. Both of them had night vision.
"Hey, aren't these stone carvings? How old are these?"
Leon came closer to a random wall and Kayden went over to him and looked at the carvings. On the left was a huge egg in a nest and then another carving was a baby swaddled in cloth. Carried up by two arms. Looking at the carvings from left to right, it told an ancient history.
"An egg and a baby? The next carving is a baby dragon and behind him is a cracked egg. So the egg was a dragon's egg. I'm guessing the dragon and the human grew up? Oh! This carving show some kind of ritual? The dragon changed into a human form and the human is holding the dragon's hands. It looks like the human gifted something to the dragon. Huh? How come…that gift looks familiar? Where have I seen it before?"
"This. It's this. The dragon and the human got married."
"Huh? Wait, isn't that what I gave you when we celebrated our marriage?"
Leon moved to look at what Kayden wanted to show him. It was the silver chain he saw before. Looking at the necklace whole, Leon realized that it was the wedding gift he sent Kayden when they got married. It was an embedded light blue gemstone, in the shape of a teardrop, with the game logo within the gem. The logo was white and had a single peach blossom within a circle of vines.
"Aww, you had worn it all this time?"
"Un. It was the only thing that gave proof of our bond."
"I'm going to cry. I love you so much, Kayden."
"Me too. I love you very much, Leon."
They hugged each other before focusing back on the cravings.
"Huh? Are they having a couples fight? Ah, the human ran away. Why do I feel like the dragon looks sad and lonely being left behind like that. The next carvings are… A war? Of the four races? No, the human is being chased by the four races. Why?!"
"..."
Kayden frowned in contemplation.
"Oh, the dragon arrived at the battle scene! Will the human be saved by his lover? Wait! Nooo! The human is dying as the dragon is crying! He's kneeling on the ground while his lover is in his arms. Then...the dragon went crazy?"
"This is the history of how the Dark Dragon came to be."
"I can see that, this one shows the dragon wrecking the land and killing the lives that lived in the land. Huh? This one…he let himself be killed? So it wasn't that the four races gathered together and won the battle?"
"Yes, it seems that he regained his clarity for a short moment and decided to follow his lover into the afterlife."
"There's more. The dragon lost his legs?"
"No, he became a wandering spirit. Searching for his lost lover. Here, it shows that he couldn't find his lover after 150 years. Then this shows the birth of a beastman. Then the beastman grew up to be abandoned and after turning into an adult, he suddenly went crazy and turned into a Dark Dragon. This means that the Dark Dragon's obsession to find his lover followed even after he had been reborn in the world. Then this shows that he had let himself be killed again. The next scene, he is reborn as an elf that went mad at maturity and turned into a Dark Dragon again. The same process repeats as he reborns into a human, a dragon, and lastly it ends with the carving of him being reborn again."
"How…did you understand all of that and tell so much detail about it?"
"Because I am this carving of the baby at the end. I am the current Dark Dragon of this time."
"But didn't you reach maturity? You don't have any symptoms of mania."
Kayden just silently stared at his lover, Leon. Leon gasped as he realized.
"I'm the human in the first carving. You found me and didn't go crazy."
"Initially, I should have signs of madness but I met you before I was 25 years old. Then you suddenly disappeared. And I started having whispers in my head. I controlled my bloodlust and craving for murder for 4 years as I searched for you. But I was reaching my limit. My last option was to let myself be killed by Tiriana and any of her companions if I didn't find you at the end of this season."
"And then the cursed cycle would repeat itself again."
Leon teared up as he thought of what could have happened and what had already happened. He sobbed as it hurt him so much to see his lover struggle to live a new life while searching for his soul.