Upon arriving in that spacious and luxurious bedroom, Kazien, Alvin, Allen, and Arken immediately got ready. The air inside the room felt cool, a sharp contrast to the hot air of the bathhouse they had just left. The plan was that they would soon get dressed and then head to the adventurer guild to undertake a mission before returning to the capital.
After Alvin and Allen left, only Kazien and Arken remained in the room.
Kazien was standing completely naked having just dried his body, about to step towards the wardrobe. However, before his hand could touch the clothes, suddenly Arken approached. Without warning, the boy pushed his adopted brother's body strongly until Kazien was knocked back.
Thud!
Kazien landed in a sitting position on the soft bed. Immediately, Kazien was shocked by Arken's behavior who had suddenly pushed him like that. Especially since right now, they were both stark naked as they hadn't had time to put on clothes.
Arken slowly approached Kazien who was lying on the bed. However, his gaze was soon diverted downwards. He saw Kazien's shaft which was erect.
The same went for Kazien. He was even more surprised when he realized Arken kept approaching him without hesitation, stepping forward to the bedside while displaying his own erect shaft.
"Why did you push me, Arken?" asked Kazien in astonishment, staring straight into Arken's pale light purple eyes that were now towering over him. "And why is your shaft suddenly erect like that? This is the first time I've seen your shaft erect like that in front of me."
"I think, you already know the answer!" answered Arken without hesitation, his voice sounding heavy and serious.
Kazien, who didn't understand, tried to rack his brain which had suddenly gone blank. He looked for a logical reason, but Arken's gaze demanded a conclusion he had avoided all this time. And finally, he realized one thing.
"A-Arken, have you fallen for me?" asked Kazien, making sure with a trembling voice.
Arken did not answer with mere words. Standing very close to the edge of the mattress, he immediately climbed up and sat on Kazien's lap. Their skin touched directly. The two of them looked at each other from a very close distance.
"Yes, you are right, Brother Kazien! Right now, I have fallen for you!"
Instantly, Kazien's world seemed to collapse. He froze while looking at Arken's cute face which was very close to his own. He never expected that his cute brother would fall in love with him.
The feeling radiating from Arken's eyes was clearly not the love of a brother for a brother, but the love of someone for the man he wanted to marry, a love that demanded possession.
"Arken, don't joke with me!" exclaimed Kazien who still didn't want to believe his brother's words, trying to deny the reality in front of him.
"I'm not joking with you!" asserted Arken.
Without warning, Arken's hand moved down and directly held Kazien's erect shaft. He squeezed slowly and played with his brother's shaft gently, as if wanting to prove that his brother's body wanted him, even though Arken's own heart was beating very fast due to nervousness.
Kazien, feeling his shaft being held by Arken's smooth hand, was shocked to the point of widening his eyes. The sensation electrified his entire nervous system.
"W-What are you doing, Arken?" shouted Kazien in panic while trying to release Arken's hand from his shaft.
But Arken didn't want to release his grip. He instead resisted Kazien's strength and held the shaft tightly, refusing to be rejected.
"Is it wrong for me to hold your shaft like this?" asked Arken, a bit agitated seeing Kazien's behavior trying to release his grip. "I am only holding the shaft belonging to the person I love! Is that wrong?"
"Of course it's wrong!" asserted Kazien, his voice rising in frustration. "Never mind holding my shaft, your feelings for me are already wrong! You know yourself that right now I already have Alvin and Allen as my future wives, right?"
"Yes, I know!" answered Arken briefly, his tone flat as if that fact was no longer important.
"If you know that, why did you say 'love' to me?" exclaimed Kazien while looking sharply into Arken's eyes, trying to bring his brother to his senses.
"Because that is what I feel!" asserted Arken, not wanting to lose. "It is also because of your own doing that I could fall for you like this!"
Kazien was stunned. He tilted his head while continuing to look into Arken's eyes, confused by the accusation. "Because of my doing? What exactly have I done?"
Arken took a deep breath, gathering the courage to bring up the past. "Do you remember the incident in the capital when we had breakfast together?"
Kazien nodded slowly.
"Since that time, I spoke about what if I fell for you!" confessed Arken honestly. His voice began to sound emotional. "At that time, I was willing to die if one day I fell for you. But what happened? You instead threatened to turn me into an undead if I was desperate enough to end my life."
Arken continued speaking, spilling everything he had buried. "Right now I have fallen for you and I should be dead!" asserted Arken, his voice trembling. "But, you instead forbade me from ending my life!"
Kazien stared at Arken with his mouth locked shut. He couldn't deny nor answer his brother's words.
"If you can't take responsibility for my feelings, which should have died because of my feelings for you, aren't you very selfish, Brother?"
Arken's eyes began to glaze over, a pool of water starting to blur his vision. He was on the verge of shedding tears.
However, for Kazien, Arken's words had slapped him in the face very hard. He didn't know what to answer. Kazien was truly helpless in front of Arken who was declaring his feelings so fragilely yet demandingly.
He was in a tremendous dilemma. He couldn't accept it due to his principles, but he couldn't hurt the feelings of Arken, who right now was the brother he cherished dearly.
"You look at your shaft!" said Arken again while moving his hand on Kazien's shaft which was throbbing in his grip. "Your shaft stood erect when you hugged me at the funeral, stood erect when I slept on your body, stood erect when you bathed with me, stood erect when I was on your lap, and stands erect when looking at my face!"
Arken leaned his face closer, his tears starting to fall, wetting his cheeks.
"You are captivated by my face, aren't you? Answer me!" urged Arken, his voice hoarse from holding back tears.
Seeing Arken's tears flowing down his reddened cheeks, Kazien was increasingly cornered. His fortress of defense began to crumble. He increasingly didn't know what to say to Arken.
"Brother Kazien, answer me!"