Help, I'm in Another World and All the Men Are Are So Dangerous! [BL]-Chapter 236: A Nap Gone Wrong

Try as he might to resist, his head started nodding off on its own.

Noticing this, Laxus reached out and gently pinched Rocco’s cheek, steadying his head with a soft chuckle.

"Oh? Getting sleepy? Dinner will be ready in about an hour, but it’s kind of an awkward time. Want to take a nap?"

"Nnngh... ’m fine... not sleepy at all..."

With dinner only an hour away, even if he did nap now, he’d barely get thirty minutes.

That wasn’t nearly enough for a proper, comfortable sleep.

So, despite his drowsy mumbling, he was determined to stay awake until mealtime.

Laxus, watching fondly, chuckled as he stroked Rocco’s head.

"Hmm, but... your little eyes are already halfway closed. Even if there isn’t much time, how about we nap together? I kind of want to take a nap with you."

"Mmm... If you’re gonna insist that much... I guess I don’t mind... mmnn..."

Yes. Rocco was a responsible, strong-willed boy who could totally fight off sleep.

But if Laxus really wanted to nap together, then Rocco supposed he could allow it.

Thinking this, he shifted positions on Laxus’s lap—turning from a posture where he had been leaning against Laxus, to one where he was now hugging him tightly.

He buried his face into Laxus’s strong chest.

"Laxus, my back is cold... Hug me tight."

"Guh—! T-The sheer destructive power...! This is torture...!"

"Laxus... huuuug. Huuuug meeee."

When Rocco nuzzled closer, Laxus immediately snapped to attention and responded with a determined, "Of course I will!"

Completely wrapped up in Laxus’s warm, suffocating embrace, Rocco relaxed, his lips curling into a soft smile.

And just like that, he drifted off into the world of dreams—until dinnertime.

Rocco slowly woke up while mumbling drowsily.

The sky outside the window had already turned dark—it seemed he had woken up just in time for dinner.

He was sure he had fallen asleep on the sofa, yet he found himself waking up in bed instead.

Needless to say, Laxus was right beside him.

Judging by the way he was being hugged tightly, they must have ended up napping together.

After he carefully slipping out of Laxus’s arms, Rocco sat up and glanced down at his own body with a mix of curiosity and apprehension.

Alright, his clothes were still on.

Just to be safe, he peeked down at his chest—good, no signs of anything inappropriate happening.

His dignity remained intact.

Phew.

While he was at it, he decided to check his lower half as well.

Undoing his belt and lifting his pants slightly, he confirmed that everything was just as it should be.

No signs of tampering.

All good.

Letting out a sigh, Rocco couldn’t help but reflect on how he had never worried about things like this before.

Knowing that Laxus was originally a possessive and scheming love interest in the story, and now realizing that Laxus’s romantic focus had shifted to him—it was only natural for a former reader like him to feel a little on edge.

After all, the Laxus in the original work had the kind of personality that screamed, "If you won’t accept me, then I’ll just lock you up and break you down until you do."

Even something as simple as an afternoon nap warranted caution.

Laxus was an important friend, before anything else, so it hurt Rocco’s heart to be so suspicious of him. freёnovelkiss.com

However, when it came to protecting his own dignity... well, he had no choice.

"Hmm..."

Feeling a little bit anxious after recalling the possessive protagonist from the original story, Rocco quietly pulled his pants back up.

And just at that moment, a large hand suddenly slid across his lower abdomen from behind.

"Nhyaah?! Wh-What?!"

The hand stopped just short of touching something very important.

Rocco who is startled instinctively grabbed the offending hand and spun around—only to meet a pair of narrowed red eyes, brimming with amusement.

"...Hey, why are you doing something like that?" Laxus murmured, voice dripping with playful sweetness. "Undressing in bed, putting your cute little self on display... You’re totally seducing me, aren’t you? Are you testing me?"

"H-Huwaaah—!"

A firm hand pressed against Rocco’s stomach and pinning him in place with just enough pressure to keep him from escaping.

Still trembling, he could do nothing as Laxus sat up with a sudden motion and pulling Rocco closer by the waist.

Before he knew it, he was trapped in a loose yet unyielding embrace from behind.

His movements were completely restricted.

The dinner time was approaching, yet the air between them had become thick with a strangely teasing tension.

Then, as if to make things worse, the hand that was resting on Rocco’s lower abdomen shifted ever so slightly.

The tips of Laxus’s fingers barely brushed against something that was still peeking out just a little.

Rocco’s breath hitched.

"Hyaah! W-Wait! Don’t touch there! That’s a no-go zone...!"

Rocco’s panicked protests fell on deaf ears as the atmosphere around Laxus grew even sweeter and more dangerously intoxicating.

He could hear Laxus’s ragged breathing right beside his ear, hot and uneven.

Meanwhile, the hand that was not touching the forbidden area had also begun to move in a suspiciously unsettling way.

Even Rocco’s usually dull danger sensors were going off at full capacity.

Woo woo! Emergency! Red alert!

If he didn’t escape soon, his dignity was about to be thrown straight out the window.

"Hah... wow, it’s so tiny... and soft... I could probably pinch it with just my fingertips..."

"H-How dare you! I’ll have you know it’s a perfectly average size! Not small at all!"

Wait—crap!

Laxus’s words were so unreasonably rude that Rocco’s indignation completely overpowered his embarrassment.

I mean, come on! Who looks at a guy’s most important area and the first thing they say is, "tiny"?! That’s just downright disrespectful!

It’s unacceptable!

And what was that about pinching it with just his fingertips?

That was way out of line!

There was no way that was true—Rocco was absolutely, definitely, 100% normal-sized.

Right? Right.

...Right?