. tearing throats  ⁠(⁠↼⁠_⁠↼⁠) .

"Come here.". He heard her say. And his feet moved on their own.

Before he knew, he was engulfed in a two sided warm hug by both his friends...

"Err... Guys?.". He called, anxiously.

"Relax.". Says jimeng.

"Why?. shouldn't you guys be angry at me?.". Anying asked , raising his head to stare at their faces.

But he was met with two blank ones in return.

"..."

"..."

"What?.". He asked, creeped out. Were they finally going to rip his throat?.

"Whatever you're thinking won't be done. We're not angry, and we can't be cause it's not your fault so why?.". Xiao hua said, when she caught his creeped out expression.

"Yeah. It's that sorcerer's fault for zapping our friends so don't worry about it.".. jimeng added.

Anying was bewildered and... Overfilled with warmth... What should he say to this?... They weren't angry... They weren't... They weren't...

"Y-you guys... How...". He was choking on his words... What to do...

"Aww... Stop crying.".

And they hugged again... Ah, he forgot.

"Don't call him that.". He said.

"Don't call who What?.". xueCheng asked, with a confused face behind his back.

"Don't call Hanze a sorcerer". He said.

"Oh. Yes I will.". xueCheng scoffed internally.

Anying decided to leave it at that and focus on his hug. He didn't get this too often.

But just then, someone barged down the stairs, stood at the end of it with red glistening lips, folded his hands and sneered.

"What's this, are you guys having a reunion without me?.".

"What does it seem like?.". Jimeng replied without breaking the hug... Yup , he was still angry.

So just to prevent them from having a battle of words, Anying chose to attack xueCheng's conscience with the suspicion red marks on his neck.

"Hey, xue. What are those hickeys on your neck?.". He asked in a feigned serious tone.

xueCheng's face turned red dramatically. Yup. He was making out with xiajie. Forgetting they had a flight he had been nagging them about to catch ...

"What's your business about it?!. We have a flight to catch"!.". He fired back. Attention completely diverted to trying not to get embarrassed.

Everyone "..."

Says the one who forgot about it while smooching.

Anying thought he loved PDA?.

"Uhuh. You forgot about that minutes ago.". Jimeng tsked with an eye roll for dramatical effect.

And it worked. But just when he was about answering, the soft thudding of the door caught everyone's attention.

It was xiajie on home clothes... He looked so hot and talo and masculine and fierce and cool and bad and dark and ooooh so eatable on those clothes...

He walked down the stairs... Just to place a watch around xueCheng's wrist. A suspicious looking one. After which he turned to Anying, looked him up and down then asked,

"Hello Anying, how are you?. Did you get hurt.". With genuine concern In his voice.

Anying was confused by the question. But he definitely needed to answer since xiajie was asking, so he replied.

"Ermmm... I'm fine.. what about you?. ".

The man seemed to be fine but ... Wasn't he supposed to be tearing at anying's throat?!.

' what's wrong with you and tearing throats?!. You want your throat torn?!. I'll do it! '. ' * flips table * . Cchini.

"I'm fine.". Xiajie replied.

"That's good...". Anying said.

Xiajie nodded and turned to xueCheng who then adopted a wronged expression to start complaining.

"Must I wear this?.".he asked.

"Yes.". Xiajie replied.

"What if I get hurt?.". xueCheng asked again.

"You won't.". Xiajie reasured.

"How are you so sure?.". xueCheng stared at him with squinted eyes.

"Because your restriction is currently undone. And with your Powers only a few can hurt you here on earth. Which is why you need this to hide your presence while you're away from my inspection". Xiajie explained.

"Hm...". xueCheng hummed in disapproval... He was against all of it. It wouldn't feel like a vacation with a tracker on him. Moreover...

"What if I lost consciousness?. Wouldn't it take hours to find me... But then, what if something h-hm!.".

Xiajie silenced him with a deep kiss this time, choosing not to satisfy his whims.

Collective ' ughs '. Followed their actions as the rest chose to leave this room with the PDA-ic couples.

Anying said it. They had a kink for displaying their lovemaking everywhere they want . Ha!.

He should recommend the square at the middle of the street sometime.

Hm!.

Well the rest of them chose to go stay outside and wait for them to finish their fairwell kissing... So, they went to sit inside the car that would take them to the airport.

Preferring to chat away.

So, minutes passed like that until... xueCheng came sometime later with limbs overly red, slightly bruised lips... Anying pittied for him but was he gonna say it?.

No.

He joined the rest people to Tease and blame the youth for keeping them waiting and making out on the staircase...

After that... Anying decided to ask about the wristwatch... The suspicious looking one.

"It hides our Auras from other gods who might be present both here and in the upper realms... So, we'll be hard to target as we leave Hanze's and xiajie's circle of protection.". xueCheng's explained when he asked about it.

"Oh.". Anying nooded in understanding, his curiousity of the moment satisfied.

But xueCheng's was not done speaking yet you see.

"Also... Now that we're traveling. Going on a ' VACATION '. ". He said, enunciating the word vacation, so as to pass his point across before continuing. "I do not want anyone to spoil our fun with personal problems got it?.". He asked seriously, staring at their faces one minute each... With a rather feisty look Anying found cute.

"Ok." They all chorused, before bursting into laughter.

It felt good to be free and together....

But keeping personal matters out of Japan... Wasn't that too big of a request to make?.

Well, he shook his head...

' i should probably just enjoy my time there. Yes that's it. '. That was way more better, he thought.

And off to the airport they went. in peace and harmony.