For thirty minutes I watch him sleep. No matter how we end up falling asleep he seems to always migrate back to my chest. He tends to lay his head right where my heart is.
I know one of the reasons is so I won't be able to leave his side. The other reason is because he loves to hear my heart beat. He says it soothes him, that it is the best sound he could ever hear.
My fingers go through his locks of auburn hair twisting and twirling it in my fingers mindlessly. To have ever thought I didn't want him seems like such a ludicrous thought to me now. He's more than what I ever asked for...as small as he is.
His eyelashes flutter for a moment before they slow. He gazes at me for a quick moment before he rests his head back onto my chest. His hands wrap around my torso causing me to look at him.
"...I wish...we could just stay like this.
Just like this."
He trails his fingers down my side with a ghost of a touch.
"Pierce...have you ever thought of where you would live? You know...after the ceremony..."
"With you of course."
"...And the effects of our union..."
"The effects...?"
"I mean..." I can feel his face growing hotter.
"Such as... children and the sorts..."
My body becomes rigid causing him to laugh. " I suppose you haven't..."
He hugs me a little tighter. "How many do you want?"
"Want? Uh..mm...I'm not quite sure..." I say a bit flustered.
"Just give me a number."
"Three."
"Mmm...I want four."
"Why am I not surprised?" The laugh I tried to suppress comes bellowing out of me. He raises his head and looks at me with a smile.
"Four is a good, even number. Three is too...I may change my mind if you convince me well enough." His eyes leaves mine for a quick second before looking back at me.
"How many boys?"
"I suppose three."
"...No girls?"
"I never done too well with women...having a daughter...may be even worse. Kids period, I've never done well with," I admit.
"I have a feeling you would spoil her to death and let her get away with everything. She would be your favorite and you her's." His hand finds mine and intertwines his fingers with my own. "You would make a great father, Pierce."
His eyes fill with so much warmth as well as his voice. "A loving, doting father that would give them everything their hearts so desire." I pull him closer to me and cover his lips with mine unable to express the happiness those words brought me .
"And what exactly brought on this topic?"
He gives me a shy smile and lays his head back onto my chest. "Nothing...just thinking of every little aspect of life with you. I am a king and a king needs an heir...and I want kids. Lots and lots of them."
I bite down my lip and narrow my eyes at him. An heir cannot be adopted. He or she must come from him directly. So, what exactly is he trying to get at here?
"Cassius," I growl. Heir or no heir, I will not allow him to sleep with another person. He puts his leg between mine and rises with a big grin on his face.
"No worries, my jealous mate...I plan on having them with you. I plan on having everything with you." He presses his lips to my chest as he finishes.
"How can-"
"If this is what life will be like for now on...I'd truly want to live forever."
My hands continue to go through his hair. I try my best to fight off this stupid grin threatening to appear on my face, yet I can't help it. This man makes me so happy.
"...You mean the world to me Cassius." I feel his smile on my skin.
"And you are the world to me."
I know he is saying these things because the time for us to part is nearing. Each time I left he found it harder than the last. This time, I know, will be the hardest.
"Promise me something."
I nod my head.
"Promise me... I'll have your hand in ceremony. Promise me..."
"I promise."
"Say it with some meaning." He pops his head back up and gives me smile before continuing.
"With your lips on mine."
I let out a deep exhale before looking away from him. He's so easy to read. I know what he wants. But I'm going to make him work for it this time.
I give him a light peck on his lips causing his eyes to narrow and a slight blush to appear on his face. "Pierce!"
A laugh comes out of me. He takes both my wrists and shakes them. "I want a much deeper one than that."
"Then why don't you just take it? It's free."
"I like them much better when they're given to me."
I give him a wry smile before covering the little space separating us with my lips. He opens his mouth to me letting me explore every inch of his mouth. The moment I feel a small moan from him vibrate to me causes me to pull away and eye him with a knowing look.
"See, it's easy... Stealing a kiss from someone's lips."
"It isn't necessarily stealing if I want you to," he mumbles red-faced and all.
"It's whatever you want it to be, Your Highness," I say smugly causing him to purse his lips. He finishes his climb on top of me and pins both my wrists to either side of me.
"Shut up and just let me love you." Before I can answer his lips latch onto mine drowning me in silence. Unlike his usual kisses, these are much softer, slower, and filled with so much more feeling I have to turn my head away.
His tongue goes up the side of my neck causing my head to tilt further away until I let out an undesirable moan. He goes and leaves fresh love bites around my neck which brings a stinging ache with each press of his lips on my skin.
"Cassius, we have to go..." I murmur which only causes him to smile.
I feel his canines scathe down my neck before a grin appears on his face. He backs away until our noses are barely touching and looks at me with such a loving expression it causes my heart to wreathe.
"...Until the ceremony then..."
My lips part at the touch of his breath so close to my mouth. I resist the urge to go and close the space between us and let him climb from off of me.
"You should head to the shower first, before I pounce on you again," he says with a teasing voice, but I know there is some truth behind it.
As I get up, I watch his eyes fall. The smile washes from his face and his body begins to tense.
I let out a small sigh and head to the bathroom making sure to be quick about it so I can console my little mate. He's cute when he pouts like that. No one will ever be able to see this side of him besides me and I guess that's why I love it so much.
After ten minutes, I leave out the shower drying my hair off with a towel. I look around for him and in the next minute I hear the bathroom door shut behind me. I guess he was serious about the pouncing thing.
If I didn't have to go back, the Goddess knew I would let him do what he will with me, but time isn't on our side. He knows that.
As soon as I finish dressing I see Cassius out of the corner of my eye coming from out the shower and going towards his closet. I turn my eyes away as I notice where my thoughts are leading and muffle my desire down with a gruff cough.
This is easier said than done... After putting on his pants he went on to put on a white dress shirt which showed off every bit of his body to me causing me to sigh out. I'm supposed to be the cool-headed one. One of us has to show some restraint.
I look at him again and notice he is six buttons away from the top. He stops at the third and grabs a black tie from out of his drawer. Before he can walk to the mirror, I grab his wrist and tug him a little closer to the bed with a smile. It causes a light one to appear on his.
"Let me tie it for you."
He lets out a small scoff before handing it to me. "This is a cruel game you're playing with me... Pierce," he mumbles. I should have known he would have much more of insatiable craving than me. He hasn't marked me yet.
"Promise me... after this day you will never leave me again..."
I drap it over the sides of his neck causing him to bite down on his lip. Soon as I have both ends of it in my hand, I yank him down to my level and stop inches away from my lips touching his. His eyes narrow into mine as my lips start to part.
"I promise."
I give it another small tug until our lips meet. All the tension that was building between us comes draining out in waves. As I press deeper, so does he which makes me back up further into the bed and take him down with me.
His hand cups the side of my face as mine falls away from the tie and onto the ends of his shirt. The buttons begin to pop off once I spread his shirt apart wanting to feel his skin on mine.
As soon as the last button is off I drape it down his shoulders while my hands trace down his back. He sighs into me and soon begins fumbling at the hem of my shirt as he throws his across the room.
The moment he has my shirt over my head and thrown in some random place, he takes my lips back into his with a quickness. It causes me to tilt my head back even further as his nails digs into my sides. I welcome the pain that comes with every passion-filled embrace from him.
They skim down to my hips and unbutton my jeans with ease. Before I have time to breathe in another breath, I feel them going down my bottom. His hands move to where my jeans once were trailing up and down my bare skin.
He leaves me with one last, lingering kiss before moving away from me for air. I watch as his eyes go from my face down my body and right back to my lips causing a light smile to appear on my face.
"After this day...no more parting...for you will be mine. Truly mine with the Goddess's Great Blessing."
"I'm yours now, with or without her blessing..." I think for a moment before saying, "Cas."
A blush streaks across his face before a smile blooms right after. "Cas? So, now you find it whereas you have to give me a nickname?"
"A pet name."
"Pet name?"
"For lovers... for couples...mates."
He presses his forehead on mine before he breaks out into a full grin. "I love you, Pierce."
"Say it with some meaning...with your lips on mine." He moves his hands over mine before showing me a small smile.
"My body would do much more showing than what my lips would ever be capable of."
I roll my eyes before a scoff of laughter comes from me. This man...
"I love you too...Cassius."
"Now...come closer and show me how you love." I move my hand from his grasp and wrap my arm around his neck until my lips press against his.
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[A/N] SO, I hope this buttered some of you up or... I could have made it worse ahah. Finishing this was a bit hard considering the latest chapter...and it just made me feel sad :/
FLUFF FLUFF FLUFF. Just gotta love it. Well, thanks for reading guys! You truly are the best and I couldn't have asked for better readers than you guys~~ ♡ ♡ ♡