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WARNING: AU, smutty scenes, in progress. Oh, and, SLASH, but that much was obvious, wasn't it? Watch it: not English native speaker here!
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ANY MORE USELESS STUFF BEFORE WE GET STARTED: cynism and stoicism were two opposite philosophies back in ancient Greece, as I'm sure you already knew. Guess who'll play the stoic part here?
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Now, meditation is a serious matter. It's about focusing really hard on your inner energy, shut the whole world down and keep in touch with the Greater Powers above while immersed in perfect quiet.
Ay, there's the rub.
Perfect quiet was little more than a Zeus-damned feat, as of recently – Hephaistion thought bitterly, whilst some obscene sounds from the outside pierced the supposed stillness of his treasured temple.
"Master…"
One of his youngest disciples eventually blurted out, apparently unable to ignore the disruption any longer.
Hephaistion sighed. Couldn't really be blamed, could he?
"Aye, Philotas, I get it. Please, do not let yourselves be bothered, kids. Just stay focused while I am off solving this matter for once. I will be right back."
Thus he took his leave, stomping down the corridors towards the external chamber and the courtyard.
One could hardly ever tell if something was troubling the young master of the Stoà, his imperturbable façade being the reason why he was most admired and quite popular in Athens. After all, it was extremely uncommon to reach such a high rank in the philosophy-teaching league at such a young age, and his devoted disciples deemed it a honour to attend his meditation sessions. Any who'd met Hephaistion before would have been quite astonished to witness the scene which was undoubtedly soon to come.
Many had gathered to see what was the commotion about, but at the master's arrival the crowd was already moving along. After all, nothing new nor interesting was going on – not yet, at least.
It wasn't like the stoic Wiseman had expected differently, mind you; this kind of disturbance had become quite frequent, so frequent in fact to cause even the calmest of men to act upon it.
In the middle of the road stood – rather knelt, Hephaistion reconsidered – two youths. Their cheap wanderer robes were torn apart revealing bare, tan skin. One, a long-haired and rosy-mouthed boy, was an all fours and panting, strained puffs of laughter erupting between his moans. The other, a fair-looking blond head, was kneeling right behind, in an unmistakable dog-like fashion. He too was fighting off his laughter, while steadying himself to encircle the other boy's waist and bottom with his exposed muscular thighs.
Coupling in public was a barbarian habit that Greek educators spent half their time viciously condemning. Hephaistion had been no different, and was always pleased to apprehend how strictly his pupils respected the moral code of conduct he'd imposed on them.
This had always been the case, until those freaks from Sinope had made their appearance in Athens.
Some called them cynics, for they took pride in behaving like dogs. Such a lifestyle caused them to roam throughout the country, poorly (and scarcely) dressed, depriving themselves of food and repair for – what was their reason again? Few could tell or cared, for that matter. What was needed, according to every single man in Greece who still held the tiniest bit of decorum, was a total clean-up to get good riddance of such disgraceful libertines; it was about time that this matter was dealt with by the well respected masters of the Stoà.
It was way easier said than done, thank you very much.
Fact number one: those doggish wanderers had no sense of propriety at all; they even indulged in their shameful displays of libido right outside the Garden, and in plain daylight. Fact number two: not even one of them had ever showed the slightest sign of remorse, let alone self-consciousness. Most worrying of all, fact number three: cynics did not fear stoics. They would mock them and purposefully cause havoc to raise their anger, and were only satisfied when an atypically strong reaction was forced out of the quiet Wisemen.
Hephaistion was very much aware of how hard it was going to be. Even more so, the moment he recognized the blonde youth doing the… taking.
The master's presence had been acknowledged, too. A wide grin spread in response on the handsome boy's face, who deliberately slowed down his thrusts and kept eye contact, challenging.
"What's with you, Alexander… oh, I see! Looks like we've got company, ain't it so?"
Shifting under his lover's weight, the long-haired guy rose his head to smirk lustfully at Hephaistion.
Alexander, as he'd called the other dogman, barked in laughter: "Yeah… do you reckon we could get the master to join us, Cassander? Or is love too disgraceful a practice for these Athenian prudes?"
Hilarity always spread like a virus among those hateful animals, Hephaistion observed: "I must say I fail to see what is so amusing. Might it be you actually enjoy lowering yourselves to the level vulgar beasts stoop?"
An exaggerated moan of pleasure was all the answer he got.
"Even if that is the case, and I feel really sorry for you if it is, I must ask you to go practice your lovemaking elsewhere. May I suggest somewhere indoor, where you shall not mar for good any children eyes?"
He was not expecting to see his wish granted so soon. That's why he felt himself stiffen when Alexander stopped pounding into the other youth and rose to his feet, making no effort whatsoever to cover his nudity.
"Why in the name of Hades did you…? Get the fuck back here, Alexander!"
"Hush, my beloved Cassander. I believe our behaviour was somewhat inappropriate. We shall make it up to beautiful master here, shan't we?"
The blonde head stood right in front of Hephaistion, sporting a sinister glint in his eyes. One hand rose to cup the Athenian's cheek, caressing it ever so slightly.
"Somewhere indoor, you said? Were you by any chance implying we used your bedroom? I don't see any child getting a trauma in there."
Alright, the stoic master was not feeling very stoic at the moment. Frozen on the spot currently fitted him better.
Alexander let his fingers brush casually to fix the other's hair back in place, tugged securely behind one ear: "Then again, your eyes are probably just as innocent. They shine so purely one could say it's Aphrodite's doing, really."
This sort of snapped Hephaistion out of his daze. Frowning in anger, he slapped the dogman's pawn away, putting a fair amount of distance between their bodies in the process: "How dare you call out for the gods after you have so unsuitably dishonoured a sacred ground?! Have you not noticed where is it that you and your ungrateful friend were performing your sordid act?"
If Alexander had heard him, he gave no sign of it. His hand reached out once again, but it stopped mid-air as the youth cracked a somehow saddened smile.
"You know, it's such a shame you chose to give up on so much. Neither Aphrodite nor any other deity would be so cruel to make you this beautiful and have your looks go to waste because of some weird chastity vow. Only humans could ever be so lame."
Those words hit Hephaistion harder than he had imagined.
Tired of being neglected, Cassander voiced his distaste while lying on the dirt, his bare arse still blatantly waiting to be taken: "For the love of Gods, Alexander, let him be! He's no use to us, now or ever. They just don't get it."
The blonde young man hesitated for mere moments, before stepping aside Hephaistion and catching up with his companion.
"That's right, my faithful friend. I just wish that, sometimes, it wasn't the case."
Then he helped Cassander up and led him along the street, without casting so much as one glance in the direction of the temple.
There Hephaistion stood, struggling with an odd sense of defeat. Well, he'd done it, hadn't he? The dogs had left for Zeus knows where, so he could go back to his disciples and be through with today's lesson.
Just, how come he was feeling like something was terribly wrong?
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Yey, how come? =D
So, tell me: should I continue? I won't if you think it's not worth it. (But that would make me so sad, buuuh! TT__TT)
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