By Zephyria Beyond the bubbles rising, his jewel-like blue eyes were excessively clear. As a result, it took Leonardo a little time to recognize the situation, as his gaze was stolen by the other’s eyes.
It felt as if the world had stopped. If the bubbles hadn’t brushed against his skin, he might have really mistaken it for that.
Only the hair fluttering along with the waves gradually groped his hazy vision. At the same time, the sensation of the tip of his nose brushing against his face diagonally traveled from the bridge of his nose and forehead to the top of his head. Just as his entire scalp was lifted by the chills, Leonardo was finally able to recognize the reality before him.
‘……!’
His golden eyes, filled with confusion, shook violently as he grasped the situation. His hunched back, arms, and shoulders. Other places also trembled at the same time.
What he noticed first was the excessively close distance to the other person. Next was his lips, which were being crushed unseemly by that person.
The blurred sensations gradually became clearer. The lasciviousness of the contact that followed blew away the reason he had barely managed to hold onto.
Leonardo reflexively closed his eyes tightly and gave strength to his neck and arms, which he couldn’t control. But even though it was his own body, there was nothing he could move as he pleased. It was because his entire body was wrapped in water and tightly bound.
“Ugh, hmm―.”
In the midst of that, his head was tilted towards the other person as if begging, and the short sounds he barely let out were buried in the water as if offering them only to him. When he opened his eyes slightly and looked at the other person, he saw that his narrowed blue eyes were gazing down at him.
As the deeply lowered gazes slowly intertwined, the breath he was already lacking was cut off.
‘What’s going on right now?’
He couldn’t understand at all. He could only desperately avert his eyes from himself reflected in the blue eyes, and confusedly gripped the arms that had trapped him.
But perhaps it was a signal that he had clenched his fist tightly. Rather, the lips that had touched his gently rubbed his lower lip. As if trying to soothe his tightly closed teeth, the movement was quite slow and persistent.
That area felt hotter than any other part of his body that was burning, and he couldn’t believe that the person he was touching was ice. Moreover, it was very strange and even stimulating, so Leonardo unconsciously twitched his eyelids. His particularly sensitive and delicate skin faithfully reacted to the action, contrary to his will.
“…….”
“…….”
His jaw was tense and the corners of his lips trembled. His reason, which was trying not to give in, barely bit down on his teeth. As if that was okay too, cool fingertips lingered on his lips. It was probably intended to reassure him, but Leonardo became even more confused by the touch. He didn’t know what this act wanted from him.
Because of that, he kept his mouth shut and continued to resist, so Hugo, who had tried gently several times, changed his actions this time.
His large hand grabbed Leonardo’s chin and tried to force his mouth open. It had already been about 3 minutes since he had last breathed, so it was about time he reached his limit. Even if he was okay, Leonardo might drown in front of him if things continued like this.
Gazing at the golden eyelashes that were trembling finely even in the water, Hugo persistently stimulated the gaps in his closed lips. He tried to force something between the membranes and breathe in, but Leonardo didn’t open his mouth easily, as if he would resist even if his jaw was crushed. This kiss, which felt somewhat forceful, made him recall a different emotion than embarrassment.
‘Leo.’
A voice other than the person in front of him called his name. At the same time, his crumpled, beautiful forehead smoothed out in an instant, and the memories he had buried in a distant place came to mind one by one.
Meanwhile, Hugo, who had been touching him softly, had no choice but to completely cover Leonardo’s lips. He managed to create a gap by pressing hard on both cheeks. Afterwards, he began to breathe cold air into the gap as if performing artificial respiration, but Leonardo felt a chill run down his spine every time his mouth was filled with air.
‘Leo.’
What came to him next was not relief.
It was an indescribable fear.
“…Ugh, hmm!”
Leonardo, who suddenly turned his head away, inadvertently emitted explosive heat. In an instant, the lake water surrounding the two of them bubbled due to his heat.
In the midst of the swirling bubbles, the water molecules that had bound Leonardo’s arms and legs temporarily scattered. Hugo, who had been holding him, also hesitated at the heat. Sensing that his body was free in that instant, Leonardo strongly pushed Hugo’s shoulders with both arms.
Hugo, who had been off guard, was pushed back slightly, but thanks to the water cushioning him, he didn’t get pushed back very far. Rather, he quickly regained his balance and rushed towards Leonardo, who was bewildered, riding the water current.
But Leonardo, who was struggling and waving his arms, tried to get away from Hugo again. He looked quite confused, so Hugo first grabbed only one arm that was flickering in front of him to calm him down. Then, he pulled him back in front of him again and tried to calmly look at his face.
However, it was only a moment before Leonardo’s fist, which had been swinging fiercely, struck Hugo’s jaw.
“……!”
Even in the water, a fairly dull impact sound was heard. He probably couldn’t use even half of his original strength because of the resistance, but it felt as if his jawbone had almost been shattered.
As the pain he was feeling for the first time in his life spread through his lower jaw, Hugo’s expression lost control and crumpled in an instant.
Soon after, as the taste of iron and fishiness lingered in his mouth, he looked at Leonardo, who was struggling with a dumbfounded expression. But the person who had struck him was just as surprised, and Leonardo was frozen in place with a pale face. It could have been because he was out of breath, but anyway, sensing an opportunity, Hugo bound his entire body with water currents again.
Leonardo twisted his head and tried to escape again as the other person approached again. However, his head was fixed because a large hand strongly pressed down on the back of his head, so he could no longer avoid it. The lips that had been separated for a moment were now roughly colliding again.
“…….”
Leonardo’s groans, which had been intermittently leaking from his messed-up lips, were completely buried. Instead, the breaths of the two people mixed randomly, and bubbles occasionally flowed out between their membranes.
His distorted golden eyes glared sharply at the other person with a somewhat rebellious gaze. His blue eyes, not giving in to that, coldly confronted the other person with a somewhat overbearing gaze.
Hugo’s hands, which wrapped around Leonardo’s waist and the back of his head, no longer gave him any room to escape. He wrapped him even tighter, pressing their bodies together, and emitted cold air as if he would freeze everything.
Leonardo, who was held in Hugo’s arms, trembled as the icy water brushed against his skin. At the same time, a familiar Magic Power flowed over from their mixed breaths, opening his airways and entering like overflowing water.
The Magic Power, which had a fishy taste mixed in, filled his mouth, sloshing around as if water was flowing in. As a result, Leonardo, who was breathless and couldn’t refuse anything, instinctively raised his chin and tried to pass it down his throat. Then, his Adam’s apple rose and fell as if he was drinking liquid, and his heart and stomach were the first to become cool to the point of tingling.
Leonardo closed his eyes tightly once again at the refreshing yet strange sensation.
But his eyelids, which felt strange, soon twitched and then opened slightly again.
Beyond the bubbles rising, his deep-sea-like blue eyes were excessively clear.
Soon after, when he realized that the heat inside him had stabilized, his blocked breath was gradually opening up, strangely enough.