Sweet daily life of Little Tanuki and Qin Che in Love and Deep Space

You were still resting on his shoulder, tilting your head and stroking the raised scales on his cheek with your fingers.

"You can't sleep?"

He suddenly tightened his grip around your waist, his voice carrying a hint of mischief.

A feeling of weightlessness washes over you, and you are carried away from the dragon's lair by him.

"Then a night flight is just right."

The wind howls in your ears, and you feel yourself flying upwards.

Hold me tight, don't let go.

The ever-increasing height makes you frantically try to grab it.

"I told you to hold on tight, not to pretend you didn't mean to tickle my Adam's apple."

"I'm not pretending, don't talk nonsense, it's all your fault! Why are you flying so high!" Your hands are clinging tightly to his shoulders.

So nervous, your face is pressed against his neck, and your lips inevitably brush against his skin as you speak.

Your unintentional actions were perceived as flirting by him.

"I don't mind playing some high-stakes games. But are you sure you want to do it from such a high place...?"

That's when you realize what that awful guy was thinking.

You hooked your arm around him tightly with one hand and scratched his back twice with the other.

"Let you talk nonsense!"

"hiss…..."

"Ah!!! Qin Che!!!" The sudden feeling of weightlessness makes you scream.

Fortunately, that feeling only lasted for two seconds before the dragon flew upwards again.

"Those claws are sharp enough," the dragon chuckled wickedly. "I was in pain, so naturally I couldn't control my wings. Don't you think so...?"

"You did it on purpose!!" You angrily bit his neck twice more.

"With your whole body in my arms, your timing for being so bold was rather unwise."

You suddenly have a bad feeling, what is this guy up to now!

"Hey! What do you think you're doing?!"

"Guess what I'm going to do?" The dragon's smile was so obvious that it made your heart tremble. You adjusted your body, wrapped your legs around his waist, clasped your arms tightly around his neck, buried your head in his shoulder, closed your eyes, and prepared for his next prank.

"Open your eyes and look at me."

You initially wanted to refuse, but after thinking about that vague and unfounded conjecture, you opened your eyes anyway.

Now that the story is nearing its end, then...

Cherish every second you spend together...

The man before you has bright red eyes that gleam, and a smile that reaches right into your heart.

"What's the point of always flying smoothly? If you're going to stand shoulder to shoulder with the devil, you have to have the courage to fall with me."

He tightened his grip on your waist, counting: "Three...two...one..."

The sudden drop in intensity leaves you no time to scream; your hair is whipped around by the wind and constantly slaps against your cheeks.

Besides these, all that's left is Qin Che's face.

I have this strange feeling that you are traveling through time.

"I knew you wouldn't back down." The dragon's low laughter rang out again, the descent stopped, and you glided above the city of Tar.

"With such audacity, why don't you turn around and take a good look at your territory?"

You turn to look at the ground, the dilapidated city, the sparse lights, devoid of any beauty.

The dragon's voice rang in my ears again: "Take a deep breath, what do you smell?"

You buried your head back in his neck and shoulder, hugged him, and took a deep breath.

You mutter to yourself: "Strong liquor, gunpowder smoke, and flint."