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“Caelus. Please let go of me.”
There was a soft groan in response, and Dan Heng felt Caelus’ grip on him only tighten. “Why? Do you not love me anymore???”
“You know I do.” He huffed, shifting uncomfortably. “It’s just… very hot. And you are like a walking oven-“
“And you’re always so cold…like an ice cube… Can you blame me?”
“Yes,” was the blunt reply Caelus got in return. “I love you, but I’m going to melt, so please stop cuddling me.”
Whining, Caelus complied very reluctantly. The hands he had snaked around Dan Heng went back to his sides, and he rolled over to not face him anymore. He was sulking.
Dan Heng paid no mind to his childish behavior.
… Caelus was determined to get him to cave, even if that meant pleading pathetically.
“You’re so mean…. It’s not that hot…”
“It is.”
“The air conditioner being broken is barely noticeable…”
“It is very obvious.”
“I’m not that warm.”
“You are veeery hot.”
“Aww you think so?”
…Dan Heng was disappointed in himself for falling for that one. “You know what I meant, Caelus.”
Caelus sighed, seeming dissatisfied with the deadpan response and a clear lack of sympathy coming from his oh-so-cruel boyfriend. He resumed his previous sulking, frowning and looking off at some point in the distance longingly.
“…Stop doing that.” Dan Heng huffed. Despite having his back turned to Caelus, he can basically sense the sadness coming from him.
“Doing what?”
He’s SO obviously making his voice sound weaker and more pathetic. Like a sad, standing outside the house in the rain, kicked puppy.
“You know what you’re doing.”
“I think your guilty conscience is trying to tell you something, Dan Heng.”
Weird way to pronounce your own name, Caelus.
Whatever, no matter what, he wasn’t going to give Caelus what he wanted. No matter how sad he looked, and how pathetically he sounded, and how he turned away from him, and-
…UUGGHHH, ok, he felt bad.
Dan Heng groaned, knowing he was losing this fight. After much hesitation and reluctance, he sat up and began to remove his shirt.
Caelus shamelessly watched him the entire time.
“… I thought you said it was too hot. I didn’t know you meant it like that-“
“I didn’t.” Dan Heng quickly replied, killing any other ideas Caelus was thinking. “I’m just trying to… make the heat more bearable.”
Caelus didn’t quite understand what that meant, but he got his explanation once Dan Heng laid back down to face him and carefully pulled him in a gentle embrace. Caelus tried and failed not to smile like a cheeky idiot.
“You are so lucky I love you,” Dan Heng muttered. Despite his cold tone, he only leaned in closer, his head resting against Caelus’ chest. “The things I do for you…”
Caelus only hummed contentedly in reply, smiling as he pressed a gentle kiss to Dan Heng’s forehead. “Yes, yes, you’re the best, I love you too.”
…Dan Heng couldn’t suppress the fond smile that was forming on his lips in response. The two laid in comfortable silence after that, enjoying the comfort of each other’s embrace.
“...I think the air conditioner is back on.”