Teensy-weensy Xiahou Dun/Cao Cao oneshot, because there simply aren't enough of them. The ideas you get while cleaning…

Disclaimer: I don't own neither Xiahou Dun nor Cao Cao. If I did, there would be a lot more YKA (yaoi kissing action) in the games.

Xiahou Dun is sitting on the windowsill of his room, looking down at the gardens of Cao Cao's estate beneath him. It is almost night, the setting sun bathing everything in a warm orange light.

Xiahou Dun sees women walking through the garden, most of them with children holding their hands or babies on their arms. They are Cao Cao's wives and consorts, along with his numerous children. He often watches them walking around the garden. It isn't because he wants to admire the beauty of the women, although he has to admit that his lord really has a talent for always finding the most beautiful women. No, even though he is a fearless warriors he sometimes likes to enjoy that picture of calmness when there is a time of piece.

He sees Cao Cao walking towards the women, intending to bid them a good night and talk a few words with some of his children. He has watched this evening ritual a lot of times but it is still strange to see the otherwise so ruthless warlord being so affectionate. Xiahou Dun knows, that Cao Cao holds dear all his women and children, but he isn't jealous.

He chuckles when a handsome young servant walks by and Cao Cao's gaze seems glued to the boys face. For the people close to Cao Cao it is no secret that their lord often prefers the company of men to those of women. (He suspects that were it no for his lord's desire to father a lot of children to secure the reign of the Cao family, there wouldn't be any wives at all.) Xiahou Dun himself has enjoyed his lord's company more times than he can count, but he knows that there have also been many other men throughout the years. Especially during their long campaigns when his wives are around, his lord often turns to men to satisfy his needs. Xiahou Dun knows that there will probably always be other men, but he isn't jealous.

Having completed his evening ritual, Cao Cao leaves the garden and enters his house, stepping out of sight. Since the sun has set in the meantime, the garden is now getting dark, most people leaving for their rooms, but he continues to look out of the window now regarding the stars that are beginning to appear in the sky.

Xiahou Dun loves Cao Cao with all of his heart, more than a normal general loves his lord. When he joined up with his cousin to defeat Dong Zhou, he did it because he knew that Cao Cao was a capable leader and destined for greatness. Now, several years later, he knows that he was right. What he didn't expect was the fact that he would fall in love with his lord. He still admires Cao Cao for all the things he does to unite the land, but there is so much more now.

It was Cao Cao that first came to his room at night, because even though at that time Xiahou Dun already knew that he felt more for his lord than was normal, he would never have dared to approach the other man. It was a wonderful night, and he feared that it probably was a onetime thing, but Cao Cao came to him again, the visits becoming more frequent. The times when Xiahou Dun would turn to other people became fewer and fewer over the years, coming to the point where there simply isn't anyone else for him anymore. He knows that he isn't the only one his lord seeks pleasure with, but he isn't jealous.

There is a short knock and the door opens. When he turns around he sees his lord entering the room, smiling.

"Good evening, Yuanrang."

Xiahou Dun isn't jealous, because at the end of the day, Cao Cao always comes back to him.