Soma and Agni lay unclothed on the huge bed. Soma curled on Agni's chest, the plum hair strewn across his shoulder glowed bright in the light of the single candle. Agni's long fingers traced the swirls of henna across the Prince's back as he closed his eyes.
"Do you know why I saved you from being executed?" Soma asked suddenly, causing Agni's eyes to snap open.
"No," Agni said carefully, his hands pausing. "I've never understood."
"It's a stupid reason." Soma mused. Agni's hands remained still, urging him to go on.
The smaller stared somewhere far off. "It was because I loved you." he said quietly. "I loved you from the moment I saw you." Agni didn't dare move a muscle, not wanting to break his master's reverie.
"You were too beautiful for me to just pass by," he continued, eyes flickering from the snowy-white hair to the angular face and across the lean amber body. "I wanted to make you mine."
"And that I am." Agni finally murmured, leaning in for his lips to brush against the top of the diminutive Prince's head. "I promise you, I will forever belong to you."
"And I to you." the boy yawned, nestling further into the wide chest. Agni resumed stroking his back until the breathing grew slow and deep.