Author's Note: here is the second story I promised. Please note that this is a series. I want to write it as one book and I am not too sure of the chapter count but it should be somewhere between three to five chapters, maybe more. I would like to know if you guys prefer the series to be written as one book or several.

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Chapter one

Noh couldn't understand it. He was his father's son, wasn't he? He wasn't just a child picked from the street and raised as his father's son was he, or perhaps the son of a slave. No, true and true, Noh was his father's legitimate son, the sole heir of the Chandervican family. If that's the case then why, just why did his father give the post to that self-righteous son of a concubine, Phun from the middle-class family, Panini? It was unacceptable.

Sitting in his entrainment room, Noh fumed. His friends who came to visit and console him for losing the post couldn't find a way in and just kept silent about it, watching his anger rise to boiling point.

Noh received a miserable gift for all his efforts from his father. He didn't even see fit to hand deliver the gift, sending a servant instead. Of course, he couldn't, that father of his, because he knew Noh would bite his head off.

"argh," Noh took the box his father had given him, unopened and untouched since it was given, and flung it at the far wall, just missing his friend's head by a breath.

"Hey, calm down, lord Noh. It's alright. You don't really believe that he is going to last there do you, that middle-class person."

"Yeah, sooner or later he would screw up and get kicked out." The lot of them laughed except for the young man next to Noh, his best friend, Earn.

"It is possible that he won't, "Earn said simply, pouring cold water on the others and causing Noh's frown to deepen. "I mean, Noh, you did lose to him in the national exam—"

"Only by four points!" Noh shouted raising the four digits with his fingers. "And it was because I wasn't feeling well that day."

Earn closed his eyes and said, "Fine, but you also lost to him at swordplay."

"He cheated! Earn, how many times do I have to tell you that he cheated!"

"No one but you saw him cheating though."

The two friends glared at each other. Although Earn was the son of a lesser noble, he never treated Noh like he was superior. He didn't bend to Noh's ridiculousness like their other friends who were ready to wipe the floor Noh walked on with their tongue if he said so.

Noh's father was the king's right-hand man, one of the highest-ranking officers in the king's council, and the most powerful man in the country besides the king. He was trusted more than anyone and therefore highly favored. Pleasing him was pleasing the king and the same goes for the only son, Noh. Although Noh grew up being doted upon by his father, he could not believe that same father chose to give the most coveted post to someone else. Irritation made his white face red.

"I don't need you to contradict me, Earn, if you are going to be that way then go away!"

"Very well." Without a preamble, Earn rose to his feet regally with grace and began to leave.

"Lord Earn," cried the onlookers. They wouldn't dare leave as they want so they envied Earn's boldness. "Don't go like that. Can't you see Lord Noh is a little upset? You are the only one that can reason with him."

In other words, take us with you. Don't leave us alone with him.

Earn stopped at the door and glanced at his friend whose face was turned away, fuming. "I will return when he is calmer," he said and left.

"Don't return! All of you leave as well. I know you want to go so get lost." Noh shouted at them, swinging his hand at them and the door. He wanted to be alone.

Shrieking pathetically the three of them fled from Noh's temper. He got up after them and pulled the door close with a snap. All of them wondered what had gotten into the young master. His temper has always been the talk of the town but wasn't he a little too angry over something like this? Over the two years since he met the bastard son of the Panini family, Phun, Noh has been running around trying to prove something. Even though he was clearly superior to Phun Panini, he considered the lesser lord a rival much to the chagrin of their friends and anyone who knew him. Losing to him must have really stung for him to be so angry.

No one understands anything, thought Noh with a bitter bit to his nails. Not even Earn knew what he had lost by losing the post to Phun. What he would have to suffer for this.

Later that night a shadow crept through the darkness. It was clad in black and easily blended into the darkness. There were guards stationed at strategic corners, looking to intercept any intruder but this shadow seemed to know where and how they worked. He slipped through the crack in their security and entered the large house of the king's right-hand man.

It walked through the passage, slipping into a corner to avoid a servant who was still awake walking by with a lantern, and then it continued as if familiar with the ins and outs of the great house. Its destination was Noh's room.

The angered heir to the household had fallen into a restless sleep after trying and failing to understand his father. Said father didn't come home to get yelled at so he went to bed without eating, disregarding the pleas of his mother.

In his sleep, he sensed the shadow entering his room and jumped to sitting instantly, reaching for his sword. Too late, a cold blade was pressed to his neck and he couldn't move. Still, he glared with spite at this intruder.

Casually the intruder took off his mask and revealed a severely handsome face. Long hair tied up, face so smooth, and perfectly curved eyes, a really beautiful man.

"It's you," said Noh in a quiet voice, his mouth agape.

"Did you think you could escape?" the blade was taken away and Noh had a hand full of male as the intruder entered his bed and straddled him, skillfully trapping his hands and movement.

"Phun, get off!" his words were cut off by a hand over his mouth. "I'm not in the mood," he seemed to be saying but his words were muffled.

"You are a sore loser, Noh. I didn't know that about you. Why didn't you come to the usual place?"

The hand was removed to hear the answer. "Because I hate you!"

Phun laughed a hearty laugh. "You are just ashamed, aren't you? I beat you at your own challenge. You thought I couldn't do it. Or...were you hoping your father would pick you instead despite the fact that you lost to me?" he laughed again. "Spoilt brat."

"I will kil—"his words were silenced this time by a kiss, a brush of lips.

"I wasn't even serious about my reward," Phun said as he pulled back, still cupping Noh's face.

"You weren't?" Noh's face perked up and Phun smiled.

"Not at first but since you kept me waiting I have decided to collect after all. Are you ready?"Phun bit Noh under his ear before he could respond. That place was very sensitive and ticklish. Noh broke off his response into giggles and tried to push Phun away but his hands were still arrested under his rival.

"Stop Phun!" he giggled and wiggled in place trying to get away. "I can't believe you snuck in here just to do this. If you are caught, my father will kill you."

"I won't get caught then." He pressed kisses on Noh's neck intending to illicit more ticklish sensations. His kisses traveled into the folds of Noh's collar, which he pushed aside to get more access to his neck and shoulder.

"You are so reckless," said Noh, breathlessly.

"I just missed you." Playfulness abandoned, Phun turned his head to seal Noh's mouth with a serious kiss. Noh was so used to it or perhaps wanted it just as much and subconsciously responded, opening his mouth to deepen the kiss.

"Stop Phun, we can't," came his delayed response, even as he allowed more kisses. Lips on lips making lewd sounds that he thought too loud in the quiet of the night, they continued to kiss, their breathing rising with each taste.

"Only for a little bit," Phun said as he pulled Noh by his head closer for more taste of him. He didn't sound like he was listening.

"No way, Mother is in the other room—"his words broke off into a low moan. He was getting kissed deeply and touched in places that left him breathless. Phun wasn't relenting and Noh's will was being shaved off piece by piece. He could try to imagine his mother's shock if she walked in on them like this and what would happen after, the chaos it would bring but his brain, at least the part that was capable of reasoning, had shut down and he began to kiss back just as deeply, just as hungry and desperate as Phun was.

Phun shifted and that released Noh's hand to fist Phun's hair and press them even closer. With expert swiftness, their positions were switched. Noh vaguely envied Phun's muscles and wanted to know how he trained but a big part of him was still focused on getting more pleasure. He continued to kiss Phun, shifting himself forward to get more reach.

Noh's senses returned when he felt the hot erection pressing against his butt. He took in their position again and frowned. This time he was the one on top of Phun and his legs were obscenely spread over Phun's thighs. This is the person who has been his rival for the past two years since they met, someone he thought he wouldn't ever lose to, and now he was about to lose to him again. No way.

Since they discovered this weird attraction for each other, Phun and Noh have only been kissing in the quiet, touching and playing with each other's body almost every day and as often as they could get away with. They've never gone all the way. In fact, until recently they both didn't know how else they could pleasure each other. That was until the bastard Phun learned of something more. They both agreed it sounded painful and didn't want to be the one to do it. At first, they dropped the issue but then Noh thought he was a genius and decided to settle things with this bet that he was sure to win. He wouldn't have imagined that his own father would throw him away to save face. He was supposed to be the one to be on top of Phun and though technically he was right now, he still felt like it was the other way around.

"So you are here to claim your reward aren't you," Noh said, accusingly.

"Will you give it to me?" Phun asked. He looked lost and nothing else but Noh was registering in his mind. He continued kissing Noh's neck and driving him wild with want. Noh couldn't believe it but he was not able to push Phun away, and the thing he had dreaded was not sounding so bad with each open mouth kiss to his chest, his neck, and his mouth.

"mmh, stop kissing there. Don't...ah, hmng, not there." He found himself moaning and assisting Phun to touch his body, dragging their bodies closer.

His clothes were being divested off by Phun's expert hands. It wasn't that Noh didn't want to do it. Actually, he wanted to know what it was like to do it. He was a virgin true and true and only knew what pleasure felt like in Phun's hands, but Phun was still his rival and aside from looks, Noh felt superior to Phun in every way. Losing to him left him bitter but a hunger he had never felt before was growing in him.

It seemed Phun really had balls of steel to sneak into the general's house to sleep with his only son.

Noh's breath hitched as Phun's fingers closed around his heated flesh. He was used to this level of pleasure but it never stopped being so good, so overwhelming. He threw his head back and began to moan. Falling back shoved his butt right on Phun's erection.

"Noh," Phun moaned, gripping his waist. "Don't sit on it too much, I'm really close."

Oh, a light came on in Noh's head. He could get Phun off by rubbing on him that way they could postpone any other play tonight. He started to move his hip and moaning as Phun's hands moved faster. Yes, so close. It was always such a high when he came and he was near the brink.

He didn't expect to get flipped to his back and for Phun to settle between his legs. "Hey, don't—what are you doing." He panicked.

"I learned something, I want to do it. Let me?" Phun's handsome face was flushed and he really looked blissed out. Did he like touching Noh that much, his desire was almost palpable and made Noh feel powerful somehow?

Hey, don't act cute when you are trying to violate my body, Noh thought even as he relaxed and allowed Phun to settle between his legs. He couldn't help it, for a while now he has been wanting to stop turning this down because he too was desperate to feel the pleasure Phun could give him.

Phun took his answer and pushed forward. Noh promised to return the favor later to console himself for conceding and then they did it. They may have done it wrong the first time, it was painful as Noh had suspected it would be. He kept telling Phun to stop every few seconds, but towards the end it got better, so much better. And on the second round with a lot more lubrication, it was so good, Noh couldn't seem to keep his voice down. It took Phun's kiss shutting him up to keep them from getting caught. Noh hoped no one knew what was happening in his room that night because he completely forgot himself in the moment to care.

By the morning, Noh heard that Phun declined the position

"What? How come?" he asked his father who had presented the news immediately he caught sight of a pouting Noh waiting at the door.

"I don't know, perhaps he understood he was too lowly for the post. But that boy is competent, that is why I offered him another job."

"Another job? Why?"

"Because it would be such a waste to let him go like that. So starting from today, he will be working as your bodyguard."

"huh?"

Phun stepped into the compound looking deathly handsome in his noble guard clothes. Noh's face reddened as he remembered what Phun did to his body last night. He had bites everywhere from the bastard.

"I-I don't need a bodyguard, father." He couldn't meet Phun's eyes and turned to complain instead.

"Sure you do because as the second position the job falls to you. I hope you both work well together."

The two people who didn't get a wink of sleep last night stared at each other. One pair of eyes asked, "Why are you here? Will you go away?"

And the other pair saying, "It's brilliant. I get to be with you all the time without being caught."

"Jerk."

"hahaha"

"Hey son, are you listening? Your marriage date has been set."

"What?" marriage? For the longest time, Noh has been engaged to Yuri, the king's cousin. It was a perfect match since both the king and his general wanted nothing more than to have their bloodline join. Yuri was the only girl Noh's age related to the king and he practically raised her like a daughter so it was perfect.

Noh's father would have more power and Noh's status would rise, plus he was childhood friends with Yuri and at one point even liked her but...

Two anxious eyes meet and then Noh ignored it. This was his one duty, his father used to say. I will let you have everything Noh, but this is the one thing you have to do for me. It was an agreement.

"Yes father, I understand," Noh said.