[BL] Seducing Male Leads To Survive As A Villain In A Novel-Chapter 282: It’s real

Eden stared at him. He didn’t understand what he meant by that, but he listened to get more information anyway.

"I..." Elvis hesitated. "I’ve been confused for a while now. I’ve been asking myself a lot of questions about it. But I think I’m still confused."

"Confused about what?" Eden asked.

"You."

Eden stiffened. "Me?"

Elvis now looked up at him. Their eyes met in the yellowish light.

Elvis continued. "Right now I still don’t know how to explain it in the most polished manner. But if I want to tell you, I guess I’ll have to try."

He still had his eyes on Eden, tender and moving. "Maybe because you were the first person who actually did come to my rescue? I don’t know. But the moment you stood before my dad and everyone and protected me... everything felt different."

"It was a first for me. The first time someone thought I actually mattered. The first time someone felt I actually mattered. It was the first time someone chose me first over anything."

"Maybe I was overthinking, but it meant a lot to me. And even though I didn’t want to acknowledge it, that was the day I started getting curious about you."

"You are different from the tales in many ways. So it was hard to understand anything about you. But I was curious to know..."

"The pattern was strange, but at the end of the day it was still traceable. Feeling strangely happy when you were around, feeling the need to always strike up some talks with you even though it was hostile. Getting irritated when you prioritised someone over me..."

"...even getting excessively worried about you when you’re in trouble." He scoffed. "It was just a deal. One I shouldn’t care about. If you ended up dead it would still benefit me, right?" He smiled. "But I was still running to your rescue like you only had me to rely on."

"The symptoms were obvious even though I never acknowledged them. I’ve always told myself that I was just being dutiful with taking you down. That was silly, I guess."

"And I guess it struck me with a hint of realization when I pieced together the fact that you were almost powerless as the Wizard of El, yet I still didn’t do anything against you..."

"What?" Eden cut him off, shocked. "You knew I didn’t have my full powers?"

Elvis smiled. "I’m not that dumb, you know. I studied you. Although I didn’t mean to, I accidentally picked up on how you never used your powers in most situations for one who was a wizard. I’ve read about you a lot, and the Wizard of El was obsessed with using and showcasing his powers in every situation."

"But you never did so. At first I thought you were up to something. But after I monitored you for a while, I realised that something might be wrong with your powers. Even in critical situations, you tried escaping from enemies you could easily take down. You strangely always needed some sort of protection. You didn’t use your powers..."

"And then it struck me that you made a deal with me to protect you. This then came off strange to me. The Wizard of El would never need protection like that. He would never cling to anyone for protection unless something happened."

"And the fact that you never used your powers at will only proved that something was wrong with them."

Eden blinked while listening to him. He guessed he had underestimated Elvis, because he already knew.

Elvis smiled. "But instead of taking advantage of that and taking you down, I protected you instead. I doubled my vigilance to protect you like a powerless mortal. And at that moment I realised something was wrong with me."

He had his soft eyes on Eden as he spoke, while Eden simply felt himself exploding.

"And when you suddenly changed your attitude towards me when I was about to get married, I realised that something was seriously, seriously wrong with me."

"You said our deal was coming to an end, and I figured I didn’t want it to. I didn’t want to end the deal. And the thought of ending it had me feeling down."

"You seldom came to speak with me. Seldom bothered me. I didn’t hear your blabbing for long, and it felt like torture. I always found myself thinking about you in most cases and even dreamt about you sometimes..."

"That was when I knew..." He still stared at Eden. "That something was wrong."

And Eden would be a fool if he didn’t know what was happening right now. Because he did. And his heart was exploding at the thought of it.

"I didn’t take the pills because that would mean the end of our deal. The end of us. But I kept it, hoping that it’d bring us back together. And I realised that I wasn’t just reluctant to end this deal... I was rather reluctant to let you go."

Eden blinked, his mouth had gone dry as he swallowed hard. He was feeling hot from all he had heard. All the unexpected words that came to him at that moment.

He never expected such heart-fluttering words from Elvis at all.

"So..." Eden cleared his throat as he found himself saying. "What are you trying to say now...?"

Elvis stared at him without saying anything.

Eden ended up asking, "Is this some sort of confession or something? Do you mean you like me or...?"

"That’s why I said I’m confused. About you and about me. I’m confused as to how I’d classify this feeling since it’s happening with you. It should be strange. You’re a guy after all, it’s not something that has happened to me before. It’s not something I grew up knowing. It just happened with you, and I’m still confused as to what you’d call this feeling. I’m still confused about how it’s possible for me to end up feeling this way for a fellow guy... Is that even possible?"

"But..." Elvis let out a soft sigh. "I’ve been with this feeling for a long time now. And I’ve thought about it for a long time now. And I’ve come to realise that... it’s strangely real no matter how I view it."