Thrive in Catastrophe by 焦糖冬瓜

Chapter 27 I Want To Die In His World

As Xiao began to drift above the ocean, Heine grabbed his shoulder and pointed above his head.

"Go there and you will wake up."

He glanced upwards. Thoughts, details and data rushed endlessly overhead. Layers upon layers of information were densely packed above him. Like a machine, it was constantly processed and ordered.

" Thank you."

Heine's face, in that moment, is the most exquisite work of art to enter Xiao's gaze.

Heine slowly slides his hand across his face. His expression, that usually hovers at absolute zero, seemed to emit a type of warmth.

"Next time. Protect yourself."

"What?"

Hein's palm suddenly tightened along the back of his head and the distance between them disappeared.

He pulled Xiao Yan against him and his lips pressed against his. He slowly and intimately coaxed his mouth open. His kiss deepened and his impressive strength crashed against him... branding him. A strong sense of possession infused his movements and Xiao Yan knew that he should resist, but was bound by a force he couldn't name.

Heine's tongue is warm and wild, his movements frantic. He sucks and licks, seeking to own all of Xiao Yan in this encapsulated moment. He angles his head and forces his mouth open further, plundering with a desperate madness. His kiss is aggressive. The pressure of his mouth and the ferocity of his need seeks to annihilate something

...only for it to be reignited.

Xiao has no space to reject such an onslaught, as Heine's control disintegrates, the force of his desire rushes in and threatens to burn up the whole world.

Then Heine let go.

His face settled back into his familiar indifference,  his hand reached over and the knuckle of his index finger gently brushed a strand of hair hanging over Xiao Yan's forehead. As the tips of his fingers move against his skin, Xiao Yan has to know something.

"Why?" he asked.

"You want to know why? You won't remember the answer when you wake up."

"Exactly this is all in my subconscious. Everything you say and do, I will remember none of it. So tell me the answer, Colonel."

To his surprise Heine answers him directly.

"I'm addicted to you, Xiao Yan.

While Xiao Yan is still standing, processing the immense impact of those words, Heine has fallen back.His form sinks into the blue ripples and then dissolves completely.

"Heine!"

He reaches out to grab him... but he is already gone.

Addicted?

Heine Burton... addicted to him?

Shouldn't it be that the average person is addicted to the x-virus?

...To him?

The illusion, dreams, all of it was because of the x-virus...

Right?

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Heine has returned. He opens his eyes and removes the terminal connection device.

"You're alright." Shen Bing, closes his eyes and exhales in relief.

"I'm fine. Heine got up and approached Xiao Yan's bed, his fingers gently tracing the space between his eyes.

Shen Bing shifted in embarrassment at the intimate action. They were both from the same class of the Central Academy of Sciences. Although Heine used to always give off a cold atmosphere, he was never as oppressively distant as in recent years. He does not easily connect with anyone.