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"Not what you expected?" Ryōichi spoke quietly into Hisaya's ear as he approached from behind. They were standing in the kitchen, having just finished washing the dishes, eyeing Ichiro, who was happily chatting away with Asahi on the ground with all of the toys sprawled about.
Ryōichi brushed his lips against the shell of Hisaya's ear, wrapping his arms around his narrower waist. They easily moulded into one another, enjoying each other's presence. In response to the man's earlier question, Hisaya tilted his head to the side ever so slightly, to encourage the teasing brushes of the older man's lips.
"No, but he's far better than I could have imagined." He confessed,
"Hm?" Ryōichi tightened his hold and took a nibble of his young lover's ear. "Should I be concerned?"
Hisaya chuckled, spinning around in the mans arms so that he could face him. He brought his hands up and rested them on Ryōichi's chest, fingertips teasing the opened-buttons on the collar of the polo shirt he was wearing. "Haven't you seen the article that very conveniently just came out? I'm already in a harmonious relationship, I apparently haven't got an eye for anybody else."
The older mans mouth curved, "Mm yes, I did see something like that, but everyone knows to take stories on the news with a pinch of salt. But since you're here, it's like I have VIP access, I get to ask whether or not you do have an eye for someone else." He spoke matter-of-factly and it made Hisaya laugh at how bad of an actor the man was. He was obviously used to being direct, lacking the foreplay Hisaya would later promise to teach him.
And he just so happened to be in a playful mood, "And what if I did? What if it was a simple beta who lives a very simple life, works in a simple job and yet will cherish me with all his being?"
Whether Ryōichi was aware of his grey eyes exposing his emotions, Hisaya wasn't sure, but he enjoyed winding the man up. He had his head cocked just slightly, a ghost of a smile on his lips. The alpha holding him was trying but failing to contain himself, and with the patience that Hisaya gave him, Ryōichi brought a hand up and cupped his cheek.
"A simple man is easier to make disappear." He revealed and for whatever psychological-trigger that had in Hisaya; he was immediately aroused.
Hisaya suppressed the urge to break out in a grin, and instead raised a brow. "That's mighty possessive of you, alpha. Though I can't say I don't like it, I am in fact fighting against that very thing as a job."
Ryōichi's reaction was immediate, he stepped forward so Hisaya's back pressed against the island, and he was looming over him. The hand that once cupped the pale cheek now dropped to lift a chin. Regardless of where they were, or who was in their company, Ryōichi clearly didn't mind.
"It would be no different if you were a beta or an alpha, my feelings would be the same. And I don't wish to possess you, I want to do just about everything else to you, but not that. And from the way you move, planning your every move and always having an escape-route with everyone except for me, I can only guess you want that too."
Hisaya felt the impact of his words, his ears burning red, just as his inability to look someone in the eye when embarrassed, surfaced. "I'm not su-" He laughed awkwardly but Ryōichi was relentless. As Hisaya had turned his head away, exposing his neck, the true wolf that was his lover, attacked.
"No simple man could handle you, Hisaya." He whispered against his skin, the thick baritone voice making his eyelids become heavy. But he wasn't finished, tracing his lips up his neck, a flicker of the man's warm, wet tongue darting out now and then to have a taste, before he came to the junction between his throat and his ear.
"Nor would you give a simple man the time of day." His voice was laced with confidence, and by how close they stood, Hisaya was overwhelmed by the strong scent of the man's aroused state. It was intoxicating, and made his own body itchy.
Hisaya ran a tongue over his bottom lip, an instinctive move he wasn't aware he'd done. Ryōichi had tilted his head to the side, face still pressed against Hisaya's skin, but enough that he could see the moistened lips.
Whether Ryōichi was right or not, even if the man was purely saying those things in order to persuade Hisaya that he was the only one who was right for him, the younger of the two had no complaints. Especially when a man as delicious as Ryōichi was standing right in front of him, showing no intention of giving him up. Over his rattling brain, he could feel the almost-painful thumping in his chest. Perhaps it was the innate instincts that 'omegas' had which made them naturally drowsy when aroused, Hisaya wasn't certain. But what he did know was his desires.
And they were screaming at him to jump onto the marble-surface of the island behind them and bare-all to his lover. But the tiny bit of sanity that was clinging on, the part that was repeatedly reminding him that both Asahi and Ichiro were present, kept him from doing so.
"Ahem." Hisaya reacted immediately, his hands shooting out and pushing on Ryōichi's chest. Though there was little to no movement, like pushing on a wall, the young man was immensely flustered as his head whipped round to find the owner of the voice who cleared their throat.
Ichiro was standing on the other side of the island, "Though I'm not into that sort of thing, I now realise I could watch you two.."
"Ichiro" Ryōichi growled from over Hisaya's head, whilst the red-faced omega looked silly as his jaw had well-and-truly dropped.
"What? I'm a nurse, need to make sure everyone's healthy," he shrugged but paused when he spotted his boss' dark gaze get increasingly more dangerous so he decided it was the best time to make an escape. ", which of course, I can see you both are. We'll be going then.."
Asahi was standing nearby, holding Tsuki to his chest and rubbing his eyes. When he heard Ichiro's last few words his sleepy eyes widened. "I'm going too?"
"Baby, remember it was you that wanted a sleepover at Ichiro's." Ryōichi kept one arm fixed on Hisaya's hip, seemingly comfortable with staying where it was. Hisaya was a little surprised too, he also didn't know that Asahi was leaving, he would have liked to tuck his baby in and give him endless kisses.
That started the waterworks- not from Hisaya, but the little bun who was more tired than anything. "But didn't know Hishaya would be here." He spluttered and Hisaya couldn't handle it. He wanted to break free and dash over, but as soon as he took a step away, he was tugged back once again. His back met Ryōichi's hard chest and he blinked quickly.
Looking over his shoulder to the man, Ryōichi showed him the 'parent expression'. "Asahi, Ichiro has been looking forward to your sleepover too, if you don't go then he'll also be sad." He explained and Hisaya gradually understood. Obviously he was a little inexperienced with raising children, but this was evidently Ryōichi teaching their son responsibility.
Asahi looked to Ichiro, who gave the baby a gentle smile. But everyone could see the muddled-mind of the three year old, and he burst into heavier tears. He clutched Tsuki to his chest and ran around the island, impacting head first into Hisaya's legs. The baby clung to him.
"Asahi" Ryōichi tried to make it sound like he wasn't impressed with his sons attitude, but he was still the same man that had hundreds of photographs of the same bun on his phone. So his resolve was crumbling. And Hisaya's was nonexistent.
"Why is baby crying?" Hisaya bent forward just enough to reach the infant. The action caused a bit of a compromising position with the older man standing behind him, who tensed. But Hisaya didn't have time to think about it, because he'd already picked his toddler up and set him on the island in front of him; so they were almost level.
Though the bun's face had become red, with various dribbles of snot mixed in with tears, Hisaya still found it unbearably cute. It then made sense to him why some parents kiss the ground their children walk upon. He sighed, looking over to Ryōichi , "Do you think you could release me just for a second to get a tissue?" He teased.
The stubborn man responded immediately, "On any other occasion, definitely not. But since you asked nicely." The man moved over to the other side of the kitchen to fetch some. Meanwhile, Hisaya reverted his attention back to the sobbing child.
He cupped Asahi's face ever so gently, lifting it up so the glistening silver eyes looked right at him. The button nose was tinged red, and was repeatedly sniffing as fat blobs of water fell down his cheeks. "Why is my gorgeous boy crying?" He asked again, his tone softer and filled with affection.
When his lover returned, Hisaya plucked the tissue from his hand and softly dabbed under Asahi's eyes. He was patient and it worked to coax the stubborn bun out of silence. "I wan' stay with you but I dun want to make Ichiro cry." His bottom lip quivered and more tears fell.
Hisaya's heart exploded. Pausing from clearing up the tears, he ran a hand through Asahi's soft hair. Before Hisaya could utter a reply, Ryōichi was the one to speak. "Asahi, Hisaya will be here tomorrow morning, you can see him then."
Asahi lit up, "You are?"
Hisaya blinked, "I am?"
"He is?" Ichiro chimed in with a big grin on his face.
The oldest one in the room rolled his eyes, wondering how it was possible he was surrounded by children. But upon seeing the blush appear once again on his lover's face, his lips curved. Though he knew from experience that his son cried stubbornly when he wanted something, it wasn't something he did often, and for Asahi to do so in such a violent way, instead of concerning Ryoichi it only filled him with joy.
His son and his lover were becoming more and more attached to one another. Making it impossible to separate the two, and on any other occasion Ryoichi would be thrilled with that, but as he wanted an evening with only him and Hisaya- it was a slight issue.
"I hope so, then we can have breakfast together."
Long story short, Asahi's gorgeous smile resurfaced and he sniffed away any remaining tears. He looked at Hisaya with big, shiny eyes and the omega couldn't resist. He learnt forward, cupping Asahi's face and kissed him on the forehead, then both cheeks.
In response, the toddler giggled but didn't fight the loving he was getting. And in the end it had to be Hisaya who was consoled by Ryoichi as Asahi happily left with Ichiro; Tsuki tucked under arm and a night-bag packed.
Seeing Hisaya's pouting, and after waiting for the front door to close, Ryoichi spun his lover around and captured the lips he'd been eyeing all evening. "Mm!" Hisaya called in surprise but swiftly wrapped his arms around the taller man's shoulders, clinging to him as tightly as the toddler had done.
Lips parted and tongues equally drilling right in, swirling and appreciating the others' warm mouth. Just as Hisaya had earlier done for Asahi, Ryoichi hitched him up and sat him on the edge of the island's surface. This way the older man could get closer, positioning himself in between Hisaya's sprawled legs.
Hisaya hummed into their connected mouths, loving the feeling of the rigorous and hungry kiss. He slipped his fingers through the man's dark hair, the previous styled-look looking haphazard as they passionately smooched.
Ryoichi's hands drifted from holding Hisaya's sides to unbuttoning his lover's shirt. Hisaya's skin prickled as he felt the heat coming off of Ryoichi's own body, his skin which was naturally sensitive became even more attuned to every touch.
Feeling the remainder of his shirt being torn away, Hisaya wondered if his earlier suggestion of doing it on top of the island was actually going to happen, but that was quickly discarded as Ryoichi fixed his hands on his hips and pulled him to the very edge. Hisaya wrapped his legs around the man, which was clearly what was being urged, and was surprisingly lifted up.
"Whoa-!" Caught off guard, Hisaya gasped and pulled back just an inch. He looked at where they were going, and Ryōichi chuckled before latching onto his throat. Unlike earlier, where his kisses were light enough not to leave a mark; this time it was different. Hisaya moaned, feeling Ryoichi nibbling and bruising his skin to make a mark.
"So," Hisaya spoke breathily, "This is what you had planned."
And the other man laughed, stopping his attack so that he could manoeuvre them safely out of the kitchen and down the hall. Hisaya watched as the bedroom passed them by. And he looked to his lover, who winked. "Though I have no complaints with heading straight to the bedroom, I did have something else planned."
"Hmm?"
As soon as they entered the room at the end of the hall, the humidity that radiated from the heated pool was a big give away. But unlike the last time Hisaya saw the room, it was now different. The lights were off, only the ones inside the pool were on. Even then they were dimmed, so they didn't impose on the selling point- which was the view. Because it was an infinity pool you could get right to the edge and look over. But for safety reasons, on each floor there was a glass protection shrouding it. But on one edge, where there was some underwater seats, there was a section of the glass that had been opened.
And by the seats, was a floating tale of sorts that had a very tempting bottle of wine in an ice-bucket on it. Ryoichi set Hisaya down as the young man smiled appreciatively. This was beyond what he could have imagined, and would pick this setting over any other location for their date.
"You like?" Ryoichi asked, moving Hisaya's hair and kissing under his ear.
"I love," he admitted and looked up to the man with a cheeky grin, "But whatever do I do? I don't have any swimming gear?"
Ryoichi laughed and pecked Hisaya's lips quickly. "I'm sure we can think of something." He said whilst hitching his shirt off and working on unbuckling his belt. Though Hisaya should have been removing the rest of his own clothing, he couldn't help but be in a daze as he watched his lover strip right in front of him.
After the belt was removed, the first button on his trousers was released- but that's when Hisaya was discovered. Ryoichi cocked a brow, but Hisaya was transfixed. Especially on the defined bulge that was raring to break free from Ryoichi's trousers. He'd felt the lovely length before, but only with his hand, he now had to wonder what it would feel like inside. It would no doubt fill him up entirely. And his body very quickly reacted to that.
And if he thought Ryoichi wouldn't pick up on that, he was sorely mistaken. The man actually strangely flinched before sniffing the air. He was still for a few moments, before quickly pushing down his trousers, and underwear, and all but jumped into the pool.
Hisaya blinked, a little perplexed, but didn't think anything of it as he undressed, kicking off his shoes and all but flinging his own trousers away; along with his briefs. Ryoichi emerged from under the water, running both hands through his hair to slick it back, and he did that all whilst watching Hisaya approach the steps of the pool and slowly get in.
"Have you swam before?" Ryoichi asked, approaching his naked lover, who wrapped his arms around the man's broad shoulders.
"I have, but I can't say I'm the strongest. So if I struggle, will you be my sexy lifeguard?"
Ryoichi's hands found the soft globes as their bodies came together, his fingers couldn't resist cupping and then squeezing. In response, Hisaya nibbled his irresistible baby daddy's bottom lip.
"I will be your everything, baby." Was his mature, and heated response, blowing the cheekiness that Hisaya was feeling right out of the water. He blushed, hugging the older man and revelling in the secure feeling that came with being wrapped in his arms.
Ryoichi loved the clinginess of the other, and instead of breaking them up he leant back and cruised them over to the other side of the pool. Only when they reached the submerged seats did Hisaya release him. He was immediately taken by the view that was just in front of them too, so with three strokes he was at the edge.
Resting his arms on the ledge he took in a breath of the cool, night air. Even if someone was in the worst of moods they couldn't possibly stay so after looking at the same sight. Which is similar to what Ryoichi was thinking as he poured the wine into the two glasses, his gaze slipping over to his lover who appeared in awe. It was a glorious view- not of the skyline, but of Hisaya looking so relaxed.
Beautiful, Ryoichi breathed as he skilfully swam over with two glasses of wine in hand. He swam up behind Hisaya and, with a glass in each hand and set them down either side of the omega. He pressed up against his young lover's back, kissing his neck once again, which made Hisaya look back and smile at him lovingly.
Ryoichi slid one hand around the younger man's side, his fingertips running over the smooth surface of Hisaya's stomach before stopping there. He snuggled closely, using his other arm to keep himself in place as he looked out at the view that captured his loves eye.
"This is.." Hisaya was lost for words. Until then, everything had been so fast paced. He had gone with the flow, adapting quickly in order to survive. But now that he'd stopped, being embraced by the lover who had done as he promised and followed him even after death, he honestly felt like he couldn't be happier. As bizarre as it was.
Other surrounding buildings, skyline buildings, were wonderfully lit up as the night-life came alive. The world was still bustling, but it felt miles away to the two men who were in the pool together. Hisaya handed the man his drink, and took his own glass before raising it for a toast. "It's certainly been a journey," Hisaya said with a light laugh behind it, "but- to us."
Ryoichi smiled, he leant forward and they shared a lingering kiss, before their glasses clanked together. "To us." He whispered in return, a promise in his words.
[ TBC ]
[ A/N: Ugh, I love them. And damn it- I want a man who can take me on a date like this. Preferably not a first one, because I'd rather not bare all and share all right away. But I wouldn't turn it down on the second date~ eyy. I'm sure you can tell what's coming next chapter. Hope you look forward to it ;) ]
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