TWP 4: Owe me a kiss

Lin You clutched the ballpoint pen in his abdomen, trying to keep it fixed in the wound. Amidst the excruciating pain, he smelled the metallic scent of rust, and the sensation in his hand gradually became damp, thick, and sticky.

Fuck your mother, you lunatic, trash, rabid dog, son of a bitch.

Countless curses flashed through Lin You’s mind. His lips trembled, and the blood loss and pain were making him dizzy. Even the air in his lungs was gradually becoming scarce.

And that rutting, murderous mad dog was smiling arrogantly in front of him.

“Honey ──” No. 330712’s magnetic voice was laced with mockery and a drawn-out, sweet tone.

No. 330712 carefully licked the blood on Lin You’s neck, making sure not to bite him to avoid infecting him with the virus. He leaned quietly on Lin You’s shoulder, enjoying Lin You’s slight trembling from the pain and the bloody scent permeating the air. He even hummed a song in good spirits.

Lin You frowned, his mind racing to figure out how to escape, but all he could feel was his vision gradually blurring.

He endured the pain, one hand covering his abdomen. Despite the layers of cold sweat constantly seeping from his forehead due to the pain, he used his other hand to grab No. 330712’s hair and pull his head up forcefully.

“Cole Martinez,” Lin You uttered No. 330712’s name, which hadn’t been called in a long time, in a weak, breathy voice.

A flash of surprise quickly crossed No. 330712’s eyes, but he soon widened them, revealing an excited expression.

“Now, Honey, why are you calling my name?” No. 330712… this man named Cole Martinez tilted his head, responding with a noncommittal and questioning smile.

Lin You smiled, and to keep himself conscious, he bit his lower lip. The moment the pain struck, the blood that flowed out dyed his increasingly pale lips red, adding a touch of wicked allure to his originally gloomy and serious face.

Cole looked at Lin You’s weak but unyielding smile and couldn’t help but smile as well, this time quite sincerely.

He really was a little reluctant to just eat Lin You like this.

“Cole, look at me.”

Lin You gasped for breath, letting go of Cole’s hair while switching the hand covering the wound to his right hand. The movement of the pen caused him so much pain that he almost cursed.

Cole’s bright golden eyes met Lin You’s. At this moment, Lin You’s eyes were misty, and physiological tears were swirling at the edges, making him look somewhat fragile and pitiful.

While Cole was thinking, Lin You placed his left hand, still covered in blood from pressing on the wound, on the back of Cole’s neck, stroking downwards as gently as a lover’s caress.

Enjoying the sweet scent of blood in his nostrils and the gentle caress, Cole squinted his eyes comfortably.

“Cole.”

Lin You’s wrist moved, stopping at the side of Cole’s neck.

Cole stared blankly into Lin You’s eyes, feeling the cold touch of the metal watch on his neck and the warm, moist sensation from the palm of his hand.

Lin You smiled softly, and at the same time, the intoxicating fragrance wafting from his body made Cole’s head spin slightly.

“Do you want to taste it?” Lin You pursed his lips. “Here, my blood.”

“Heh,” Cole chuckled. “You have a wound on your lips; you’ll get infected.”

“It’s okay, the amount of virus in saliva isn’t much. It’s just a kiss… hiss…”

He spoke too quickly, aggravating the wound on his abdomen, and the pain made Lin You see stars.

“A kiss…” Lin You took a deep breath. “Nothing will happen.”

“Why?” Cole tilted his head and smiled. “Do you want me to let you go?”

“Will a kiss make you let me go?” Lin You raised his head, his left hand still moving on Cole’s neck, pressing his head down, hinting that he should lower his head.

Interesting.

“I’ll consider it, because Honey is too cute and smells too good. I can’t bear to eat you just yet ──” Cole lowered his head, his lips stopping in front of Lin You’s. “Honey, after this kiss, if you can make me happy, letting you go isn’t impossible.”

“Oh?” Lin You chuckled softly, the burning breath warming their lips and noses. “Then what are you waiting for?”

“Close your eyes, Cole,” Lin You said in a low voice, his tone carrying an unnatural and awkward seduction. “I’ll make you satisfied…”

Cole found Lin You’s desperate attempts to survive adorable. He simply chuckled and immediately closed his eyes, waiting for Lin You’s initiative kiss.

However, he didn’t receive the passionate kiss he had imagined.

“…Damn it, found it.”

Lin You said in a low voice, gritting his teeth.

Cole was stunned for a moment. Before he could react, a sharp pain shot through the artery in his neck.

A feeling of numbness and dizziness immediately rushed to his head. Cole’s pupils contracted, and he touched his neck, his hand covered in sticky, bloody red.

He quickly realized what Lin You had injected him with──

It was fast-acting anesthetic.

The needle was hidden in the strap of his left-hand watch, and Cole had fallen for the old human trick, seduced and deceived by Lin You, failing to notice that Lin You was trying to find the carotid artery in his neck to ensure the fastest effect of the drug.

Damn it, he’d been played.

He was initially angry, but then he wanted to laugh.

The feeling of dizziness eroded him. As the world spun, Cole widened his golden eyes and grabbed Lin You’s throat fiercely with one hand.

His throat was forced shut, and Lin You let out a soft groan. His head began to ache from oxygen deprivation and blood loss. Because of the gradually diminishing air in his lungs, he couldn’t control the hand pressing on the wound, and it gradually loosened. Blood began to flow uncontrollably.

He could feel the blood flowing into his pants, soaking his lower body. The pain was so intense that he felt numb, only feeling waves of heat constantly flowing out of the opening in his abdomen.

“Honey, I should kill you.”

Cole gasped for breath, trying to stay awake, but his body gradually tilted to one side.

“But you still owe me a kiss.” He twisted one corner of his mouth, barely managing to say, “So… you have to use that to pay me back for the hole in my neck.”

Before Lin You could react, Cole reached out and pulled the ballpoint pen out of Lin You’s abdomen.

Fuck, damn it, shit, crap, son of a bitch!

A string of curses flashed through Lin You’s mind. The pain that had been numbed was violently awakened by Cole. With the lack of oxygen, his vision went black from the pain.

An indescribable, intense pain swept over him. Damn, he thought of his bastard of a mother and began to wonder if there was a reason she hated Lin You and his sister, maybe it was the constant screaming pain in her abdomen when she gave birth to them.

Lin You placed his hand on Cole’s hand, trying to pry away the hand choking his throat, but he gave up due to weakness from blood loss and the increasingly severe pain.

In his blurred vision, he saw Cole raise the ballpoint pen again.

Before he could think, another pain shot through his abdomen.

This time, he didn’t have time to curse in his heart because he fainted from the pain on the spot.