PART 9

Kaoru yawned and stretched his arms high above his head with his mouth wide open in a yawn. He turned and looked at the clock beside the bed. It was only five o’clock in the morning. He had been so used to waking up that early that he couldn’t seem to shake his inner alarm clock.

His eyes slid over to Hakuei sleeping beside him. His face was buried in the feather pillow and the blankets with cocooned around him. As Kaoru was sitting up a bit of the blankets were pulled away, exposing Hakuei’s naked skin. Hakuei pouted stubbornly in his sleep and tried to curl deeper into the blankets. Kaoru shook his head and smiled. He climbed out of the huge bed and tucked in his lover happily.

He remembered having to tuck someone in before, but it being very uniform. He had been afraid to make the tiniest mistake from what his master had liked… Kaoru shook his head angrily. He didn’t have to worry about that anymore! No one cared that he has disappeared, if they had he would have heard about it by then.

Shivering, he realized why Hakuei was so curled up. It was very cold in the room. The fireplace had gone out in the night and was now only a bit of smoldering ashes.

Padding over to the head-high fireplace he sat cross legged in front of it and placed some wood into a make-shift "house." He rolled up old pieces of paper that had been thrown beside the fireplace and slid them into the space between the pieces of wood. It took ten minutes for the wood to ignite and another ten for the room to warm up.

In that ten minutes Kaoru straightened up some books on the bookshelf and some papers on Hakuei’s desk. He moved to the side of the bed and started picking up the dead leaves from the plant on the bedstand.

"You don’t have to do that anymore." Kaoru gasped as a hand reached out and held his wrist. He looked over at Hakuei. The fear was so deep in those brown eyes that it also make Hakuei afraid for a second himself. "Kaoru…"

Kaoru quickly smoothed a smile onto his face and pulled away. "I’m sorry, Hakuei. You just startled me. I thought you were asleep. I’m sorry if I woke up… you know this mental alarm I have." He babbled on quickly until Hakuei sat up on the side of the tall bed with his legs dangling off and pulled Kaoru to him in a tight hug.

"Why do you still do all this work? I told you I have a maid for all this… You aren’t a slave here, Kaoru." He stroked his thumb over the palm of his lover’s hand very lightly leaving a trail of tingles over his skin.

The eyelids on Kaoru’s thin face fluttered. "I know that." Kaoru said more than a little distracted by the light touches. He pulled back and smiled a little. He traced his fingers around the curve of his lips. His eyes flickered as the pink tongue swirled around the finger and pulled it into his mouth before sucking on it strongly once and then pushing it away.

Suddenly Hakuei yawned. "Come back to bed." He fell back. He was pressed up against the pillows looking at Kaoru through veiled lashes.

Hakuei shivered and sat on the end of the bed looking over at Hakuei. "Are you sure you’re not mad I woke you up." He asked half teasing.

Crawling down the bed Hakuei looked like a wild beast after it’s prey. He licked his lips and pulled Kaoru’s sleeve into his mouth and tugged on it. Kaoru took the hint and slid farther up on the bed until he was sitting in the center. He slid his arms around Hakuei’s shoulder, pulling him forward to kiss him deeply. He made a sound of pleasure as he slipped is tongue to the back of his mouth. He licked the roof of his mouth and sucked on his lips. Hakuei quickly pulled back as Kaoru started slide down his chest. Kaoru looked quizically at Hakuei.

"You try to do too much." Hakuei said huskily. "You need to learn to be more taking and less giving." He pushed Kaoru back looming over him with a wicked smile. "Tell me exactly what you want me to do."

Seeing Hakuei with his hair framing his face and his pouty lips open as he breathed deeply, his dark eyes smiling at him; Kaoru went blank. (Night Note: Wouldn’t you!?)

Hakuei smiled deeper. "For example, if you don’t like this," Hakuei leaned down and bit Kaoru hard on the side of his neck. He cried out and pulled away. "then tell me what you want me to do." He added and licked Kaoru’s lips.

"I can show you…" Kaoru said trying to turn him over and cried out when Hakuei slapped him hard on the side of his ass and smiled.

Kaoru was about to protest when Hakuei moved down to his chest and drew his nipple into his mouth, sucking strongly causing Kaoru to make a high sound in his throat. He turned red at the sound when Hakuei chuckled. "You like doing this to me so much I took it as a hint." He said huskily and moved to the other nipple.

Kaoru didn’t know where to put his hands. They staggered around a bit before he dropped them to the bed and dug his fingers into the sheets. He felt his stomach being nuzzled by warm lips that tugged at the edge of his nightpants inpatently until he finally simply tugged them out of the way.

His face nuzzled the dark hair between Kaoru’s legs, smiling to himself as he lifted his hips to get Hakuei as close to himself as he could. Hakuei’s fingers skimmed over the soft thighs on either side of his face. His face rested down on the hard stomach. His eyes flicked up to look over Kaoru’s face.

He was completely relaxed, not expecting anything surpising but simply enjoying the soft playing his lover was doing to him. He combed his fingers through the auburn hair and rubbed his palms on the back of the warm neck.

Hakuei continued the soft movements of his hands, now rubbing them from the back of the thin knees to just below his backside. He had slowly been parting his legs, now they were wide so that his shoulders didn’t even touch them.

Kaoru’s breath was even but then his heart jumped and he tore up so fast his back muscles tensed immediately. He stared down at Hakuei who’s face was now burried in his center.

Hakuei nearly laughed out loud as he heard his lover’s scream and sucked even harder, pushing his to lay back down. He held his hips in place as he ran his tongue from the base all the way to the tip and sucked on the very end. In another minute he felt his face smashed against the hot flesh but a pair of strong hands and the even hotter liquid shoot to the back of his throat.

Kaoru slumped onto the bed gasping as the last few shutters rocked his body.

"You’ve never had that done before, ne?" Hakuei kissed the inner side of the thigh closest to his face.

Kaoru sucked in air greedily and shook his head weakly.

Hakuei licked from Kaoru’s belly button to chin and collapsed on top of him, clinging to him and pressed his aching center against Kaoru’s leg. He wanted to give, not to take from him but it was almost too much for him. He winced into Kaoru’s neck.

He tried to pull away as Kaoru flipped him over while he was weak and shooshed him. "Who said I was giving now?"

Hakuei bit his lip as he legs were parted. Kaoru rubbed himself against Hakuei, trying to harden himself again. He looked up at his lover’s helpless face so filled with need for him that Kaoru felt himself stiffen immediately.

"You’ve never been seme before have you?" Hakuei asked quietly.

"No…" Hakuei looked down at the tight hole in front of him… how was he supossed to fit?

"It’s just like with a woman, it just feels a lot better." He wrapped his long legs around Kaoru’s center, begging him.

Kaoru gasped as he guided himself in and threw his head back. Hakuei winced, it had been quite a while for him. He helped but widening his legs. He pulled Kaoru’s face to his own and kissed him long and slow. "I got you to stay in bed." He smiled and let his lover take him.

Kozi sat in the crook of the tree high above the ground with a sollem look on his face.

"What’s wrong?" Taizo asked as he climbed over to him, holding some of the food Nao had made for him in his teeth so he wouldn’t drop he. He sat down beside him and nibbled on the food. He offered Kozi some but he shook his head.

"I don’t know." He looked over at the estate in the distance. "I just have this feeling that the bad thing coming to us has something to do with that place."

Taizo just watched him for a moment, but he didn’t show any emotion. He wondered how Kozi could keep such a straight face all the time. Maybe it had something to do with his past, he hadn’t told him much. Only that he had been a servant until he got "promoted."

"I’m getting tired of sitting up in this tree." Kozi sighed and looked down at his feet, dangling above the land.

"It’s safer up here." Taizo said through a mouthful of dried apple.

"How is the threat of falling safer." Kozi still didn’t look back at him, but was still studying the mansion.

Taizo stood and starting moving quickly on the branches. "I never fall!" He smiled and leaned close to his beloved who smiled at him. "Ne Kozi, I do have pretty good balance in this tree… want to try something else?" He smiled wickedly.

"In a tree!?" Kozi looked down, seeing how far the ground was.

Taizo shrugged. "Just a suggestion."

"It sounds good, but I think we have to watch for what is coming."

Sighing loudly Taizo dropped down beside him and leaned wearily on his shoulder. "What are you looking for?"

"I don’t know." Kozi shrugged, making the other man’s head bob on his shoulder.

Taizo looked up when the shoulder beneath him suddenly tensed, becoming hard as a rock. "What is it?"

"Oh my God…" Kozi breathed as he looked out at the horse riding across the field directly away from them. He didn’t recognize the long-haired man in front but behind him…

The lustrous pink hair was bouncing just above the thin shoulder’s with each movement of the horse. He recognized the face immediately; the straight nose and full lips. The cheekbones weren’t as high as they used to be now that he seemed to be much better fed.