I Became the Tyrant's Beloved Omega - Chapter 14.1
After finishing his wash in the communal bath, Aiden returned to his room and changed clothes. When Aiden turned thirteen, Vicar, who managed the monastery as a whole, had given Aiden a room of his own. From then on, Aiden, who had come to use a room alone, flopped down onto the bed and kept tossing and turning.
Even during dinner he had kept trailing after Noah and pestering him, but it seemed his insistence was getting him nowhere. Aiden let out a long sigh and turned over to lie facing the other way.
“Hmm….”
Before he knew it, darkness had fallen and the cozy candlelight wrapped around the room. Aiden tossed and turned for a while, then, unable to stand it, sprang upright, picked up his pillow, and left the room. Then he carefully knocked on Noah’s door.
“Yes.”
Noah’s clear voice sounded and the door clicked open. Aiden hurried inside.
“Why? Is something wrong?”
“I can’t sleep… could I sleep in your room just for tonight?”
“Sneaking out of your own room at night is against the rules.”
“Just tonight.”
“If Vicar catches you, you’ll get a serious scolding. So hurry and….”
Before Noah could finish speaking, Aiden flopped down onto the bed as though diving into it and began to dig in his heels.
“Ah, no! I’m sleeping in your room tonight.”
“…….”
It seemed Aiden wasn’t going to give up his stubbornness. Noah let out a laugh, incredulous, and in the end nodded.
“In exchange, you go back to your room before dawn tomorrow.”
“Got it. As long as I don’t get caught by Vicar.”
“Ugh, you’ll be the death of me.”
Noah shook his head and pushed Aiden toward the wall. Then he lay down on the bed and, looking at Aiden, spoke.
“When I first shared a bed with Aiden, there was plenty of space left over, but now it’s so full it’s not even enough.”
“Noah’s gotten a lot taller too, and I’ve gotten even taller than that.”
“Right.”
Aiden burrowed into Noah’s arms like when he was little and said.
“Aiden, you’re too big now to be held by me.”
“Still, your arms are the best.”
In Noah’s vision, young Aiden’s sparkling eyes overlapped with his affectionate gaze. Noah brushed the disheveled black hair off his smooth forehead and gave a pleased smile.
“You have training again tomorrow morning. Let’s sleep quickly.”
“Okay.”
Aiden buried his face in Noah’s chest, then soon fell asleep breathing softly like a child. Only after confirming that Aiden was deeply asleep did Noah carefully get up from the bed. Then he began to finish the transcription that Aiden’s sudden intrusion had left undone.
Scratch, scratch. A pleasant sound filled the room. Noah, whose transcription was finished while Aiden slept deeply, stretched and rose from his seat.
“All done.”
Having finished everything he had to do today, Noah murmured quietly to himself with satisfaction. Then he went into the bathroom to bathe.
“Mm, mm….”
Aiden tossed and turned and woke from sleep. Realizing the spot beside him was empty, Aiden sat up.
Splash, splash-
Through the slightly open bathroom door, the sound of splashing water came through. Aiden, as he had when he was little, approached the bathroom without a thought.
“…….”
Through the gap in the door, he caught a glimpse of Noah washing with nothing on.
‘Was he always that white?’
The sight of Noah, standing with his back turned to Aiden and pouring water over his body, came into view. Clean water streamed down his body, white to the point of transparency. The slender line of his body running from his dry back to his slim waist, and the plump buttocks that alone had gained flesh and the smooth line of his legs, felt so beautiful he couldn’t take his eyes off them, and in that moment Aiden had to hold his heated breath for a while.
‘Wh-why am I like this?’