"Um... Nngh~... A-Anteros... Mmnh~... s-stop~"

"-Elie... Elion Grimalkin!"

Nymeria[Mrs.Grimalkin] shouted, pulling off the thick blanket cover from Elion, who was puckering his lips and making indecent moans in his sleep.

"He won't wake up that way, wait Aunty."

Evander took the glass of water by the table beside the bed and poured half of it on his friend's face to wake him up from the daydreaming.

With that, Elion sat up straight, gasping, and wide-eyed. He wiped the water off his face and stared at his family and his friend Evander in a daze for a moment in confusion.

"...uh, why am I here? When did I get back home?" Question marks were written all over the little Mainecoon's face.

"Then where are you supposed to be, if not in your home?" Evander questioned back, "Also where did you get back from in your dream, you were-"

"I was on a date with Anteros and he kiss-"

Elion stopped, popeyed. Closing his mouth with his both paws instantly, realizing what he was about to say.

His silver-golden ears twitched and his fluffy tail stood up with goosebumps. A strawberry blush crept across his cheeks, nape, and ears.

Evius, the whale-shark was quick to catch on what his little brother was going to say. Not to mention Evander has sharp senses when it came to such things.

"Ohhh~~, you were doing kissy kissy with your soon-to-be-hubby on a date in your dream, huh? Sorry to break you from such a romantic sweet dream," Evander teased with lenny face.

"Dream... No... How can it be a dream?" Folds were formed on Elion's forehead.

>>>It was too real for it to be a dream...

Cause the phantom of the Ice-dragon's warm sweet lips devouring his... It was still lingering. He accurately remembered the taste of Anteros, his big hands cradling his waist and nape, not letting him break the kiss.

That sensation... and everything was just only a dream? If it was a dream regrettably... then from which point on he was dreaming? Was it from when he was drunk and kissing him and the Ice-dragon biting his cheek was also included in that, no way right?

He got up immediately ignoring the people in his room. Pushed his friend aside and stood in front of the long mirror. When he saw the bite mark on his cheek, he relaxed.

>>>So, fortunately, the sweet memory we shared wasn't a mere dream.

Elion breathed a sigh of relief. Yet, he felt a little strange. He was baffled not knowing how much of it was a dream and how much of it was reality.

He clutched his head feeling a light pain surging to his temples as he tried to remember it more.

Evius immediately held his little brother in his arms, "Are you feeling light-headed, Elie?"

"He must be. We did drink like there was no tomorrow, yesterday night. I still feel like my head is being hammered continuously," Evander commented rubbing fingers on his forehead to ease his headache from hangover.

Mr. & Mrs. Grimalkin glared at the three of them, especially at Evius who was the older of the three. They didn't imagine in their wildest dreams that their eldest son would be so irresponsible and were a little mad at him for not stopping the other two from drinking until they passed out.

When they came back late seeing Evius and Evander in the hall on the floor with alcohol bottles rolling around they were beyond shocked.

Then they hurriedly checked for Elion and seeing him sleeping peacefully under the blankets in his room, they were relieved.

In the morning, Evius and Evander knelt on the floor as both Nymeria and Cassian lectured them for an hour straight.

They waited for Elion to wake up but it was almost late afternoon and the little Mainecoon showed no signs of waking up. Though cats tend to sleep more Elion never overslept like this before.

Becoming worried they gathered in his room to see if he was sick but heard Elion moaning in his sleep trying to kiss the air.

"So, you are saying Elie too drank with you both yesterday, huh?" Nymeria glowered at her youngest son, asking even though she was not oblivious to the situation.

Evius and Evander smiled awkwardly stepping back.

"Elie, I never expected such a behavior from you," Cassian[Mr. Grimalkin] remarked with a stern voice.

"Father... um, that..." Elion was in a confused state and he didn't know what to say to his father at the moment.

His head was already filled with so many questions from that odd vivid dream, his head was aching all over due to the hangover, and now he had to listen to his parents lecture if he didn't have something to speak up soon enough.

Rather than trying to give excuses he thought by apologizing quickly, he could escape from their nagging. So, he right away bowed his head almost touching the floor.

"Mom, Dad... I am sorry. I will never drink like this again."

Both the Grimalkins looked at each other. They didn't want to reprimand him strictly in the first place, they were just worried for his health so seeing him apologizing to them like that they shook their heads and sighed.

"Alright, be careful from now on. You're getting married in almost less than a week, and being this immature will only land you in problems. Your in-laws are the Grand Duke and Duchess of our Ice-Dragon province, they're held in very high regard by all the citizens, so as their soon-to-be-son-in-law, you must be in your better behavior, got it?"

Cassian completed his long speech in a serious tone.

"Yes, I understand." Elion nodded, obediently.

Evius got ticked by those words and wanted to say something back but Nymeria stared down at his eldest son who stopped himself from opening his mouth and gulped down his words, unwillingly.

"Alright, enough with this. Let's go eat, the food will get cold if we dilly-dally any longer," Nymeria suggested taking her husband's arm and directing him to the hall downstairs.

Evander and Evius waited for Elion to freshen up and then the three of them whispering among themselves came out of the room.

"Yah, it's all your fault. Even my Mom called Auntie asking why I didn't go back but she made some excuses and saved me... If my mother catches on that I drank till I blocked out then I will be done for, oh god!"

Evander patted his chest feeling relieved.

Elion frowned upon hearing it. In his vivid dream, he recalled his mother saying the same thing to Evander and how his friend hugged her being grateful that she lied for his sake.

Getting no reply from his friend Evander nudged him, "Oy, are you even listening to me? Or are you still in that dream of yours, kissing your hubby?"

"Shut up, Evanie. Only you will have such lewd dreams. My Elie is innocent and pure unlike you," Evius retorted.

"Oh, big brother... you don't know anything. Yes, Elie is pure physically but you don't have any idea how his thoughts are not so innocent, am I right Elie?"

Evander wiggled his eyebrows with a playful smile on his lips.

Elion didn't say anything and pushed Evander away and stepped down the stairs hurriedly. His face was a blushing mess cause he yet again remembered the way he was kissed by that big Ice Dragon.

The other two followed the little Mainecoon to the dining hall and sat in their seats. The servants brought and served the food Nymeria prepared for them.

While eating, Elion wanted to know if his parents saw Anteros when he came to take his Mavto back and asked permission from his parents to take him out on a date as he dreamt.

"Um, Mom... did you see his highness Anteros last night?"

Nymeria raised her left eyebrow, "No. Did he come to our mansion yesterday?"

They didn't know what happened at the shopping district the previous day and about the meeting between Anteros and Evius to discuss the incident and what actions must be made to keep Elion safe.

Cassian looked at his eldest son for an explanation.

"Prince Anteros came to our mansion after we met him and his friends coincidentally in the shopping district and we decided to shop together since it was for the same occasion..."

Evius started and then elucidated everything that happened leaving out the accidental kisses between his little brother and the Ice dragon.

Hearing that, Nymeria got up from her seat and hugged Elion tightly, patting his back, "You must have been scared, Elie."

Elion hugged her back and nodded, "If it wasn't for his highness, I don't know what would have happened to me... he fought those people and saved me, Mom."

"Son-in-law is sure a reliable man. Also, Evy did you track those people down? Who the hell dared to hurt my youngest? I won't live them alive."

Nymeria's eyes glistened dark sea blue, she didn't release her whale-shark aura but seeing her menacing look anyone would drop to their knees quivering in fear.

"Prince Anteros found them and..." Evius paused looking at his little brother, "I will tell you the details later, Mom."

Understanding that Evius didn't want to mention it in front of the little Mainecoon, she nodded and looked at her husband who too nodded with a frown evident on his forehead as he pondered about something.

"But Elie, he left before we started drinking. Aunt and uncle came back after we passed out so how can they see Prince Anteros? Why did you ask that?" Evander raised his doubt after some seconds of thinking.

"Ah, about that... After we drank, I went out to the front lawn to get some air as I was feeling dizzy and met his highness. He said he forgot his Mavto so he came back to take it..."

Elion halted his words in the middle as he didn't want to say how he embarrassed himself by kissing him and how the mean Ice dragon bit him on the cheek.

All the others crossed out the bite mark when they saw it first thinking that it was the texture of the duvet or something as Elion had the habit of sleeping on one side and his skin is so sensitive that it would turn red easily.

After bathing Elion put on light makeup to conceal it so the others didn't notice it.

"Oh, did he? Don't you remember when he left? We didn't see him when we came back, maybe he left before we arrived," Nymeria spoke, sitting back in her seat.

"I don't recall what happened after that... it was all blurry..." Elion but his lower lips.

"Ah, is that why you are in your room? Did he carry you back to your room when you passed out?" Evander clapped his hands with excitement.

"Maybe..." Elion too didn't have any memory of that.

"So that happened. Don't forget to thank him when you meet him again," Cassian voiced out.

Elion nodded in agreement and then was lost in his thoughts cause it was different from what happened in his dream... so everything he felt was just an illusion and nothing happened in reality.

But how did he dream of the 'Greenriver' restaurant of Capybaras when he neither went there nor did he hear about it from anyone?

"Dad, is there a 'Greenriver' restaurant on the border between our province and Fire Dragon province?" Elion queried.

"Yes, there is. It's the restaurant of the Capybaras clan. Usually, they stay between borders to prevent any fights between other provinces. But how do you know about it?" Cassian inquired.

Elion's irises expanded wide, "I don't know... I dreamed of going there..."

Evius pulled his eyebrows together as he heard that. The others were a little taken back to seeing the flustered little Mainecoon.

At Anteros Mansion...

It was so dark in the Ice Dragon's bedroom and panting sounds were heard. Anteros was lying on his bed covered in cold sweat. He woke up suddenly with a jerk.

He switched on the magi-lamp beside him. He was breathing heavily, his body was hard as the azure dragon scales appeared on his skin leaving only his face.

Anteros winced, clutching his chest. After some time, he became calm and the dragon scales disappeared.

He was back to normal. He wiped off his sweat, "Why did I do that?" He mumbled to nothing with a regretful expression.

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Ms. Villainess has something to say:

Hey, my sweet little poisonous Deathtraps! It took longer than I expected to update this chapter, sorry for the long wait, hope you enjoyed reading(⁠人⁠ ⁠•͈⁠ᴗ⁠•͈⁠)

What happened, was it really just a mere dream? Why did Elion feel it wasn't and why is Anteros in such a state?

To know that, please be on standby for the next chapter. See you all soon, bye-bye💙✨