Lick Me Up If You Can Novel (Completed) - Chapter 93

“Uh, yeah.”

Koi stopped shaking his head vigorously and fixed his gaze. Ashley looked him straight in the eye and urged him.

“If your father threatens you for any reason, contact me immediately and come to my house. Understood? I’ll take care of the rest.”

No matter what else, he couldn’t back down on this. Ashley had to get a firm promise from Koi.

“Hm?” he prompted again, and Koi, who had been blinking for a while, hesitated and then nodded.

“Okay.”

Under Ashley’s intense gaze, Koi couldn’t help but promise again.

“I’ll do that.”

“Good.”

Only then did Ashley nod and relax his expression. At least he understood, which was a relief. Koi thought so, but he couldn’t agree with the proposed solution.

“Ash, but saying I dumped you…”

“Koi.”

Ashley cut him off as he cautiously spoke.

“That’s a closed matter. There’s no other way. If you don’t like this, suggest an alternative.”

Koi seemed to think for a moment, then his eyes sparkled as he asked.

“What if you say you dumped me?”

“But I confessed?”

At the immediate rebuttal, Koi was speechless. Ashley chuckled and said,

“If I confess and then dump you, I’d really be trash, wouldn’t I? That’s even worse.”

“Uh…”

Thinking about it, it was true. Koi’s face turned red, and he mumbled a small “Sorry.” Finding him cute, Ashley kissed his lips again. As he gently pulled away from their softly touching lips, Koi looked at him with eyes already hazy.

Ashley smiled and lightly licked his lips.

Koi immediately trembled all over and closed his eyes. In Ariel’s case, he had made a mistake, and it would have been silly to correct it, so he just left it alone, but now, having to go around saying he was dumped by himself, it was quite unseemly. But looking at Koi’s face now, it was definitely worth it.

You know, Koi? You’re the only one I’d do this much for.

After playfully biting his lip slightly, Ashley pulled back and this time asked with a serious face.

“Koi, do you have any intention of reporting your father?”

Koi’s dazed expression immediately returned to reality. He seemed to think for a moment, then shook his head.

“Then I’ll end up in a facility.”

He wouldn’t be able to continue his studies, and going to college would become impossible. Most of all, he didn’t want to break up with Ashley.

Ashley could understand his thoughts, so he couldn’t force him any further.

To have to throw someone so precious into such a precarious situation, Ashley felt his insides burn.

If we were adults, I would take you and run away right now.

But no matter how much he boasted, Ashley was just an ordinary high school student. He just had a rich father; wealth and power could not be his.

Because of that, this was the only method he could use.

All he could do was tell him to call and come home.

Ashley realized how powerless he was and fell into self-loathing.

“I’m sorry, Koi. For not being able to protect you.”

At his lamenting murmur, Koi immediately denied it.

“No.”

He looked at Ashley with utmost seriousness.

“I only need you.”

Even though it was not the situation for it, Ashley laughed. With a self-deprecating laugh, Ashley whispered,

“Me too.”

This time, Koi closed his eyes before their lips met.

Ashley tried to push his tongue in as he pressed his lips against him, but failed again. He had no choice but to lift his head, wiping the saliva from Koi’s lips with his thumb, and asked,

“Koi, is it because of your father that you can’t smell? …I mean.”

Koi shook his head at Ashley’s cautious choice of words.

“No, it’s not because my father hit me that I became like this.”

“Then…”

Ashley, who was about to ask more, closed his mouth. Don’t pry unless Koi speaks first. Perhaps that was Koi’s biggest wound.

If Ashley hadn’t expressed, and if he hadn’t decided to stay by his side, perhaps Koi would have kept that fact hidden until now.

This time, determined not to repeat the same mistake, Ashley let him go.

“It’s better to go back now, Koi.”

He said in a somewhat rested and subdued voice.

“If you’re any later, your father will find out. …Right now, you’re covered in my pheromone scent.”

“Oh, really?”

Koi, flustered, brought his arm to his nose. He instinctively sniffed, then realized he couldn’t smell anything and lowered his arm again.

“Um, then… I’ll go.”

“Okay.”

Koi looked at Ashley one more time, then opened the car door. Following him as he got out of the passenger seat, Ashley also got out of the driver’s seat. Ashley faced Koi, who had stopped on the sidewalk in confusion, and said,

“This time, I’ll watch you.”

It was always Koi’s turn to watch Ashley’s car drive away. But this time was different. At Ashley’s words, Koi hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

“Yeah.”

Thinking that Ashley would watch his back, his heart swelled, and his face naturally brightened.

“Then, Ash.”

“Goodbye, Koi.”

Ashley raised a hand and waved lightly. Koi also smiled brightly and turned around.

He learned for the first time how reassuring it was to have someone watching over him from behind.

Just the fact that Ashley was standing there made Koi’s steps lighter than ever.

He walked a few steps and looked back, and Ashley was still there.

With a smile that seemed to say ‘don’t worry,’ Koi turned back, then after a few more steps, he repeated looking back again.

Watching him, Ashley recalled a video he had once seen. It was exactly like that when injured wild animals were released.

As he smiled, recalling the young animal that kept looking back at the person who had cared for it, Koi stopped walking again and looked back at him. This time too, Ashley smiled at him. As if telling him to go without worry.

But this time was different. Koi seemed to hesitate for a moment, then suddenly turned back the way he came. Seeing him suddenly running at full speed, Ashley straightened his body, which had been leaning against the car, in confusion.

“Why…”

The moment he opened his mouth to ask what was wrong, Koi, who had run right up to him, stood on tiptoe and jumped.

He tightly hugged Ashley’s wide-eyed neck and kissed him directly on the lips.

Ashley was uncharacteristically flustered. He had never imagined such a situation. Koi kissing him first. And he ran all the way from there and jumped into me.

With his brain feeling like it had stopped for the first time, Ashley just stared with wide, blank eyes as Koi pressed his lips firmly against his and then pulled back.

As his feet touched the ground, his arms naturally released, and they stood silently facing each other.

Koi’s face quickly turned bright red. Realizing what he had done belatedly, he frantically turned to run away.

At that moment, Ashley grabbed his arm and immediately pulled him closer. Ashley, holding the helplessly pulled Koi in his arms, pressed his lips against his again.

Ah.

Because Ashley leaned in as if to overwhelm him, Koi arched his back greatly and inadvertently parted his lips, and Ashley didn’t miss the opportunity.

“…Uh.”

A groan escaped between their locked lips. The tongue that entered his mouth messily rubbed and licked his tongue.

Koi squeezed his eyes shut, his brow furrowed, and his whole body tensed. His mind completely went blank with the slick sensation of saliva mixing.

Rough breaths continuously escaped, making his shoulders and chest heave involuntarily.

Ashley caressed his tongue with his own and lowered one hand to grasp his buttocks. At the same time, Koi tensed up.

If Ashley hadn’t been holding his waist with one arm, he would have collapsed right there.

“I like you, Koi.”

Ashley whispered, grinding Koi’s lower lip. His breath was as hot as Koi’s.

Koi hesitated, then cautiously brought his trembling hand to the back of Ashley’s neck.

“Uh-huh…!”

The moment Koi hugged Ashley’s neck, Ashley suddenly hugged his waist with both arms, crushing him tightly.

He pushed his tongue back into Koi’s mouth, which had opened to suppress a moan. Their tongues tangled in his mouth, and their lips met without a gap.

Pressed against Ashley’s entire body, Koi plunged into the kiss, losing his mind.

This, this is truly a kiss.

In his daze, he barely realized it. How much Ashley had held back until now, and also that if he put his mind to it, stripping Koi to the bone would be no effort at all.

Thinking that, Koi felt a chill run down his spine in fear, while a corner of his heart trembled with anticipation.