HP: It's a snake, not a badger.

Chapter 158 Hehe

(I just approved it and was thinking of adding a reminder, then it was blocked. Damn it, I shouldn't have touched it...)

It was unusual for Severus to wake up earlier than Emerick today. Still half-asleep, he felt something pressing against his lower back, and reached back to touch it.

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Pulled out and held in his arms, Severus glared fiercely. He was a man too, and he knew he was prone to impulsiveness in the morning, but that wasn't a reason to tease him first thing in the morning. His body, still sensitive from calming down, was aroused again after just a few kisses and embraces from Emeric.

"Do you need my help?"

"roll."

Severus picked up his change of clothes, rolled his eyes at Emeric, and went straight into the bathroom. He could take care of himself and didn't need to be taken advantage of by anyone anymore.

The sound of water continued for a long time.

"Get in here."

"Okay~"

Severus's voice came from inside the slightly ajar door, "Are you Hufflepuff? Don't eat everything!!!"

After the sound of water stopped, the two of them came out of the bathroom one after the other, both of them looking languid after the event.

Don't kiss me today.

"What? You're disgusted with your own stuff?"

Severus reached out and grabbed Emeric's lips, pinching them together with two fingers to make a duck's beak. "Don't touch me if you're not going to rinse your mouth. So what if I don't like it?"

"Waaah..."

Emeric looked pitifully at Severus, his arms wrapped around the man's waist. It looked as if the man was being unreasonable and bullying him, but in reality, he had just taken advantage of him and was ready to push his luck.

"Alright, stop pretending. I know you too well. Hurry up and rinse your mouth." Severus picked up a glass of water and fed it to Emeric, intending to watch the little rascal rinse his mouth.

So, breakfast turned into lunch because of their antics. Severus sat as far away from Emeric as possible, afraid that the little rascal would cause trouble again.

Looking up and seeing Emeric's slightly chapped lips, he remembered what had just happened in the bathroom. He snorted but didn't say anything, after all, it was the little rascal's fault for doing it himself.

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

"It's okay, just eat your food."

"Okay."

After dinner, the two sat together, each reading a book. Emeric had a cookbook in his hand; it was hot lately and he couldn't think of anything to eat, so he was looking for inspiration from the book. Severus wanted to read a different book today, so he randomly picked one up and opened it; this chapter was about physiological attraction.

"Interesting." Comparing Emeric's behavior with the contents of the book, he didn't believe the claim that physical attraction was temporary and prone to change. Putting aside his confidence in his own attractiveness, the fact that Emeric practically clung to him every day made him completely unconcerned.

But that didn't stop him from preparing to use this to get back at Emeric. "See for yourself, easily swayed? Ha." He coldly threw the book into Emeric's lap, then got up and sat down beside him.

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"This book is nonsense!!!" Emeric was truly aggrieved this time, clinging to Severus. "I didn't~, look, it says 'spiritual attraction' later on, I'm definitely the latter."

"Oh."

"I won't change my mind, you believe me."

"How can you prove it?"

Hearing Emeric's anxious voice, Severus's eyes lit up with laughter, and he was completely immersed in the joy of his successful prank.

"We have a partnership contract, how could I possibly change my mind?" Emeric looked down at the person in his arms and found that the man wasn't angry at all, but rather had a mischievous grin on his face. "Severus, you tricked me?"

Enraged, he fiercely kissed the lying mouth, pressed the man onto the sofa, pinched Severus's chin with his hand, forcing him to open his mouth as wide as possible, and only released him after kissing him until he was dazed.

"I didn't say anything, it's all your own imagination." The man pinched Emeric's face and turned the tables on him.

"You're bullying me."

"What, you won't let me bully you? Then I'll find someone else?" Severus shifted his body to make himself more comfortable in Emeric's lap.

"That won't do. You can only bully me."

Emeric became jealous and insisted that Severus agree that he could only bully him, or he would cause a scene.

"Fine, fine, I'll only tease you," the man said, exasperated. "What's wrong with you? You don't want me to like you, you want me to tease you."

"You're bullying me again!" Emeric didn't want to hear Severus say anything more, so he simply shut him up with his own mouth. He grabbed the hand that was pushing him and intertwined his fingers with it, while using his other hand to support the back of the man's head to prevent him from escaping.

"Say you like me, or I'll kiss you again." Emeric, like a little pig, whined and squeaked next to Severus's head, insisting that he admit he liked him.

"I like you, I like you." Although he had never said anything romantic, Severus felt no burden at all. He was used to being confessed to by this little rascal every day, so he just asked him to say it.

(Wow!!! They actually approved it, I'll stop complaining about sensitive skin. Oh no, I added a preface and it's under review again, oh no!!! I shouldn't have touched it!!!)