Chapter 88: Dungeon expansion

Chavu needed to be alone. Sure, Marcellus had kissed his skin many times, first his wrist, then, his neck. But that had been Chavu's first kiss with the vampire. First real kiss, that is.

He stared down in the waters of the river and into his reflection. He was blushing from his ears and down his neck. A kiss. Such a small thing. Yet, his mind could no longer rest.

One per day.

That was all Marcellus had asked of him, before giving him the mana for the machine. Just one. It didn't have to mean anything, really.

"But it means the world, to me, at least," Chavu murmured and leaned down so that his belly could touch the mowed grass. All around him, ants were cutting the grass. As they did in these hours of the day. They would store away the grass cuttings for their own nest. Going through the open teleport every so often, to carry it over.

Chavu dipped his fingers in the water and sighed.