Tides: Years of Dawn

When Crewe followed Gawain, Gareth was still a little worried.But Crewe didn't dare to look back, Gawain called him, and he immediately stood up and followed.Along the way, he silently walked behind Gao Wen with his head bowed, fearing that he might offend someone halfway and be reprimanded by Gao Wen again.

After all, he was still afraid of Gao Wen.Leaving aside whether the other party can protect and hurt him in terms of status, even in terms of pure emotion, he has always been in a state of admiration and fear for Gao Wen.

Gawain calmed down a lot, but when he reached the intersection between the pier and the sea monster's house, Gawain did not allow Crewe to go back.

"Come home with me," he said to Crewe. He didn't reach out to Crewe, but just stood at the fork in the road and ordered.

Crewe struggled for a while, but finally said nothing and continued to follow.

After returning to the sea monster's house, Crewe muttered that he still had two other exams, and he wanted to go back to school to review and prepare.

But Gao Wen kept his face dark as if he didn't hear it.

Crewe had no choice but to play with Lemarlock, who was getting taller and taller, for a while.It wasn't until dinner that he mentioned it to Gao Wen for the second time, and Gao Wen replied angrily—"Are you only missing this night?"

Crewe stopped mentioning it.He's not bad, he's just scared.

He could see that Gao Wen meant to keep him here overnight, but his heart was like a drum.Although Gao Wen refrained from attacking him before, what happened today made the original plan deviate.

Gao Wen can also do what the Sea Crocodile Brothers did to him.

Crewe didn't want to understand this sentence, he couldn't even think about it.

Fortunately, Hua De was not at home, he went to eat and drink with the head of the Moray family.In the whole family, only Gao Wen was left giving orders, and the rest of the time was eerily quiet.

After dinner, Crewe was called by Gawain to change his laundry.Such an order made Crewe more certain of his thoughts, and when he walked into the bath, he wished he could become an octopus and not come out.

He lay at the bottom of the pool, thinking about his conversation with Gareth.

Gareth confessed that Gawain had come to look for them before, and he also confessed their exchange conditions.Of course, the task assigned by Gao Wen was also progressing smoothly. It was easy to kill a student. Today they have successfully processed the last piece of crocodile meat.

After all, they were better than Crewe. Crewe only knew how to push Dale into the sea whole, but the hunters knew how to cut into small pieces and throw them scattered, and the fish would eat them faster.

Crewe sighed deeply.He understood Gao Wen's kindness, and he also believed that in time, Gao Wen would understand his painstaking efforts.

Only now—he still had to face the raging sea monster, and it was very likely that he would have to taste the tearing pain again tonight.

In fact, he had to wait until after the graduation oath was taken before he was willing to have a relationship with Gao Wen. One was to run the ceremony properly, and the other was to give himself some time to adapt.

Crewe, who has never formally attended a large ceremony, sees it as an important step for him to take over as the Octopus.So he didn't want to destroy the sanctity of the ceremony before that, and hoped that Gao Wen would give him a chance to support the scene.

Of course, even if the two young people really took the initiative and kept the secrets in their hearts, Crewe can ignore it.He has not yet considered the cost, and he is willing to firmly believe that the future will last forever.

But taking a step back, Brother Crocodile's damage to Crewe was huge, and his body was still a trivial matter, but he couldn't get rid of this shadow in his heart.

Sometimes in the middle of the night he would still think of Dale's face, and the bruises that Geros had pinched on his body, even though they were gone now, were still painful.

This is all a psychological effect, Crewe knows, but knowing it doesn't mean it can be relieved.

What's more, he couldn't tell anyone, not even Gao Wen.

Even more so now, the left ear hurt by Gao Wen's beating is also excruciating, and the cuts at the corners of the nose and mouth are still stinging after being soaked in sea water.

But he rested for a while in the form of an octopus, and obediently returned to his human form.

Before entering Gawain's bedroom, Lemarlock kept clamoring for Crewe to hug and sleep with Crewe.Gao Wen scolded him twice, and he ran away resentfully pinching the web between his fingers.

Lemarlock became more and more sensible, but at the same time he became more and more afraid of Gawain.Crewe couldn't bear it, but Gawain didn't let him chase after him. Instead, he asked the servants to lock up Lemarlock, and don't let him run around at night.

Perhaps because of the two years of hard work, Gao Wen has become more and more able to give orders.He slowly revealed the toughness that he should be in charge of the family, but Crewe hasn't figured out the mode of getting along with each other.

Following Gawain back to the room, Crewe sat on the edge of the bed.

The bed was a brand new set of bedding, smooth and cool to the touch.Crewe sat for a while, and seeing Gawain begin to undress, he did not dare to wait for the other party to urge him, turned his back to Gawain and slowly took off his clothes, put on his nightgown, and shrank into a corner of the bed.

At home, Crewe doesn't cover such a good quilt. Although Saru is under control now, his previous habits have not changed.He still lives in his small room, and the quilt and pillows are still the same ones used by his older brothers and sisters.

But now the quilt is so expensive at first glance, so that Crewe, who had never worried about the mucus on the quilt before, accidentally stuck a corner of the quilt with his tentacles, quickly smoothed it with a human arm, and glanced nervously at Gao Wen glanced.

Gao Wen didn't say anything, he took off his clothes and turned off the light, then got into the bed naturally.

He hugged Crewe involuntarily, and Crewe shrank smaller and smaller, almost becoming a small octopus ball.

He always felt that Gao Wen was about to start work in the next second, and he was desperately preparing, breathing steadily.He hugged a big pillow and turned his back to Gawain, but Gawain's hot chest was pressed against him, and through the thin fabric of his nightgown, it almost made his skin burn.

"You said you and I are friends, right?" Gawain asked, tearing off Crewe's pillow, grabbing Crewe's hand and pressing it on his waist.

Crewe twitched, and replied in a low voice-"I...I, I, I was wrong, sorry, I...we are not."

"Then what are we?" Gawain asked again.He let go now, just his fingers slipping through the collar of Crewe's nightgown, stroking his shoulders and chest.

Crewe's face was hot, and his heart was beating out of his throat.

He squeezed his hands tighter, trying to resist Gawain's movements.But Gawain directly grabbed Crewe's wrist with the other hand that was pillowed under Crewe's neck, and forcibly pulled the neckline loosely.

"We—I, we are..." Crewe swallowed and said with difficulty, "You are my spouse, you are... my master."

I don't know if Crewe was shaking too much, which made Gawain feel that it was too much.After a moment of stalemate, Gawain made no move, but sighed lightly, and finally pulled his hand from Crewe's chest.

He took Crewe by the shoulders and rolled it over so he was face to face.

"Do you really like me? Apart from fear, gratitude, and trepidation, tell me honestly, how do you feel about me?" When Gawain said this, his own voice trembled a little.

When the feeling towards Crewe in his heart became clear day by day, Gao Wen was actually very afraid of hearing a negative answer.Crewe got the answer from him, but Gao Wen didn't get it from the beginning to the end.He beat Crewe with a whip, and his heart was extremely moved, but he didn't know whether Crewe's purpose of doing this was to fulfill himself or the relationship between the two.

The slap on Crewe's face before, now there is still a mark on that beautiful cheek.

At this moment, Gao Wen was very similar to Crewe when he met him at the beginning. He looked into Crewe's eyes seriously, without anger or fanaticism.

Yes, the current Gawain is divided.

Like Crewe, he was growing up, so he kept using reason to suppress the primitive animal nature that exploded more and more violently in his heart.But he didn't know how long he could last, nor what would happen if he let himself go.Although it seems that he is more straightforward than Crewe, in fact he is just as confused.

Crewe looked him in the eyes, tentacles huddling under the covers.He moved slightly, but touched Gawain's thigh.

His heart missed another beat, and he lowered his head again, curling up slightly.

"You... I get nervous when you're close to me... I, I don't know if I like it."

Crewe said that his voice was very soft, as if the night wind could blow it away, "When you kiss me, when you touch me... I, I get hot all over. But I'm also afraid... I can't tell you what would happen if I wasn't afraid..."

Gao Wen was a little discouraged by such an answer, but he also found comfort in it as much as possible.

All those years of bullying really terrified Crewe.Those people and voices who bullied him have not been attacking him for a day, even if it is him, he just threatened him condescendingly.

How could Gao Wen ask the answer he wanted at this time.

Gawain sighed more deeply, and pulled Crewe into his arms completely.He remembered what Tristan had said to him during the day when he was telling him the results of his mission.

Tristan said—boy, what can you do with such a rampage.

That's right, Gao Wen was on a rampage.It's just that no one told him it was wrong when he was growing up.The eyes of the parents are necessarily subjective, and what the parents see is Gao Wen's drive and ambition.Others were afraid of Gao Wen's family background and status, and they would not say bad things to him.

Originally, there was a friend who should speak out, but Rael also chose to remain silent because of his personal relationship.

No one pointed out Gawain's mistakes, so that he thought he was never right.

He kissed Crewe on the forehead, then on the cheek, and finally on the corner of his mouth.He said sleep, sleep, forget about today.

This is probably the best possible outcome.

TBC