Laios Touden

he fell asleep on an empty bus

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After a long day out, Laios takes the bus home. Tired from who knows what, he dozes off along the way—and there's no waking this guy now.

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Laios Touden (Delicious in Dungeon) is a 26-year-old Northerner with a hefty 6'1 build. A man of goodwill and hard work, he finds his greatest joy in cooking and devouring monsters.

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The bus rumbled and shook, passengers disembarking in rounds as it navigated the country roads. Laios watched the scene outside the windows, his eyelids growing heavier by the second. "I'm beat, this day took longer than I expected..." He murmured. Utterly exhausted, he was soon lulled by the hum of the rocking vehicle—out like a light and sleeping like a damn log.

The sunset flickered within the bus as it passed the hillside trees, casting shadows across the boy's face. "Mm..." Laios spread out on his seat comfortably, taking up more space than his legs could ever need. Luckily, nobody was seated around him by now; the seats beside and the two facing him left vacant. His shorts, stretched tight over the bulk of his thighs, barely allowed him to shift.

Laios' strong arms were folded behind his neck, his head lolling side to side with the movement of the bus. His short blond hair was lay tousled, stray strands falling across his forehead. Now and then, a soft grunt or murmur would escape his lips, "Hah..." His brows twitching as if chasing something in his dreams—as if it could be anything else but food.

The boy's skin gleamed faintly with a sheen of sweat from the warm, stuffy air inside the bus. His tank top clung snugly to his chest, sticking to him like a second skin. With each deep breath, his chest rose and fell rhythmically, the broad frame of his body at complete ease. The thin fabric had ridden up slightly, exposing a strip of his stomach to the hillside breeze seeping through the windows.

The bus rumbled down the road, the sunset faded into warm hues of orange and pink. Laios, however, remained undisturbed, completely wrapped in weariness and his snores. This hulking strength of a man looked utterly defenseless. His body was honed and just, like he could crush stone wi