Mika and Yuu left the party.

Yuu left a message for Guren- who planned to go home with Shinya anyway- and took the carriage back to the townhouse. With Mika at his side, silently staring out the window.

"Hey," Yuu said at one point, sliding his hand across the bench to cover Mika's. "Is everything okay?"

"Hmm?" Mika blinked and looked up, turning to fix bright blue eyes on Yuu in the dimness. "Yeah. I'm just concerned about my crew. They can be troublemakers."

Yuu smiled. "The kids from the orphanage?"

"Most of them." Mika agreed. "We've gotten some new members over the years. Lost a few others."

Yuu nodded in understanding. "Do you need to go find them?"

Mika shook his head. "No. I planned on being separated from them tonight, and they have their orders. I trust them to do as they should."

Yuu smiled. "You planned on being separated from them all night?"

Mika shifted his eyes.

"I thought you and I would need some time." He explained, in a low voice and Yuu's expression softened.

"Mika…"

Mika looked into Yuu's eyes. Searching the deep, green depths of them and feeling his chest ache.

Yuu, to him, was so perfect. Stunning and alive and warm like summer. Like some wonderful natural thing that you could never quite capture without killing it's magic.

Mika had always felt honored that Yuu had been his friend when they were younger. That the two of them had been so close. Being chosen by Yuu had felt like the greatest compliment Mika was ever given. And the idea that Yuu loved him was a wonder so powerful that it hurt.

Mika leaned forward. "Yuu… Spend the night with me."

Yuu tensed in surprise, red staining across his skin. "Mika…"

Mika shook his head. "It doesn't have to be… Like that. I just mean… I want to be with you. Just the two of us. Before… everyone and everything else starts to matter again. Would that be okay?"

Yuu read his eyes. "You're crew is really fine until morning?"

Mika nods. "They are."

Yuu pressed his lips together. "All right."

Mika smiled, and it was warm and bright like when he was a kid. "Yeah?"

Yuu nods, and his hand over Mika's tightened. "But you know it won't just be tonight, Mika."

Mika flipped his hand over, capturing Yuu's fingers. He stared at their hands as he spoke.

"But tonight is special." Mika replied. "It's my night to be with just you. Like a holiday from the rest of the world."

Yuu reached out and tipped Mika's face up to look at him.

"I like that," He murmured with a smile. "Just you and me."

Mika reached out and stroked his hand through Yuu's hair. "Exactly."

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When Yuu and Mika arrived at the townhouse, there were lamps already lit all over the house, and Mika was surprised. That is until he saw a servant walking down the hallway.

Of course, thought Mika, nobles' houses had servants. People who turned the lamps on, kept the fire, made it so that for the nobles all these things seemed to happen on their own. Like helpful haunting ghosts.

"Good evening, Emily." Yuu greeted a maid who walked by carrying towels, and she looked up.

"Hello, Mr. Yuuichiro," she replied with a smile and then her eyes shifted to Mika. "A friend from the party?"

"An old friend." Yuu corrected her.

Mika raised an eyebrow in surprise.

Maybe not like ghosts then. Not to Yuu, anyway.

"I'm Mikaela." He introduced himself, bowing slightly. The maid blushed at the gesture and curtsied.

"A pleasure," she said, and then went back to her work.

Yuu took off his coat and jacket and hung them on a post by the door. Mika hesitated for a moment before doing the same. Then Yuu pulled on his tie until it loosened so that he could undo his top few buttons.

Mika smiled. A glimpse of the Yuu-chan he knew.

Mika loosened his collar as well and followed Yuu into the house.

"Are you hungry?" Yuu asked. "Thirsty?"

"I'm fine." Mika replied, a little too stiffly. He didn't want to feel like he was receiving charity, but he felt bad taking out on Yuu.

Yuu nodded. "All right. How… how about we go up to my room? Its warm there and then you can put your feet up."

"Sure." Mika tired not to let any reaction show on his face as he agreed, but Yuu still smiled that blinding smile as he grabbed Mika's hand and pulled him up the stairs like a little kid.

Mika smiled too.

When they reached the next floor, Yuu let go of Mika and opened the door to his room.

Mika was surprised.

It was a wealthy room-with a lit hearth across from the bed even-but it still seemed like him. With furnishings of green and blue around the room and books stacked on shelves and a desk in the corner, somehow both neat and messy at the same time.

Mika already felt it was familiar to him.

"Nice," Mika said aloud, giving Yuu a low-burning smile. Yuu looked back at him shyly, running a hand through his hair.

"Thanks." Yuu sat down on the bed, kicking off his shoes. He leaned back on his hands and looked at Mika. Mika looked at the way Yuu's body curved when he stretched like that.

Yuu's expression changed. His smiled fading and his eyes turning dark and shaded.

"Mika."

Mika looked up into Yuu's eyes, and he felt the mood shift around him. The crackling of the fire suddenly deafening in his ears.

Yuu shifted, sitting up and pulling more on his tie. Slipping it off from around his neck. Then his fingers went to the buttons on his shirt.

"What are you doing?" Mika asked in a low voice, like he might startle something. He watched Yuu's movements; absorbed but suspicious as Yuu shirt started to fall open. Revealing smooth, tan skin.

"I know you said this isn't what you meant before," Yuu murmured, his fingers shaking a little when he moved them aside. His shirt now hanging open. "But, I thought… It is just us…"

Mika raised his eyes back to Yuu's. Who looked vulnerable and a little frightened. "Yuu… isn't this all…" he sighed. "I don't know… It's been six years."

"I thought about you all the time," Yuu sat up a little, like he wanted to get up and bring Mika closer to him. "In six years, there wasn't ever a point when I wasn't still thinking about you."

Mika's lips parted.

"Me too," He whispered, before he could stop himself. And Yuu smiled.

"I don't think the clock resets just because we haven't seen each other." Yuu said, looking at Mika in a way as if to lure him closer. "I think I've just loved you for years. Together or apart. And I think I'm ready for this."

Mika swallowed.

He still wasn't sure if this was a good idea. If it was right, by any reasonable standards. But at that moment, Mika started pulling off his tie.

"Me too."

Yuu barely managed a wider smile before Mika crossed the room and crashed his lips over Yuu's.

They landed together on the bed. Yuu moaning when he felt Mika's weight slide over his bare stomach. The sound only encouraged Mika as his hands moved between them to glide over the skin.

Yuu tugged on Mika's shirt, fiddling with the buttons until it came apart. Mika let him. Moving his own hands around Yuu's back to skim them up his spine. Making the boy arch into him pleasantly.

"Mika," Yuu panted, pushing back a little so that he could move. He shifted up until he was sitting with his back to the pillows and he shrugged the rest of his shirt off his shoulders throwing it aside. He eyed Mika and Mika did the same.

Yuu's eyes darkened as they roved Mika's exposed, pale torso. The hard ripple of his stomach and the smooth curves of his chest. Yuu let out a shaky breath.

Mika was not less enthralled though. Yuu was softer than him. More delicate. Evidence of their difference in lifestyle. But for Mika, Yuu was lovely and slim. With the beautiful angles of his bones cutting lines into his warm, golden skin.

And just like that, Mika was back against him. Pushing him down into the pillows as his lips moved urgently from his mouth, to his jaw, until his was nipping hungrily at the slope of Yuu's throat.

Yuu gave a needy moan. "I didn't peg you as liking to bite."

Mika laved his tongue over the mark. "So you had theories then? About what it this would be like?"

Yuu blushed but didn't lose his bravado. Mika got the feeling nothing ever intimidated his confidence.

"I may have thought about it." Yuu breathed, molding his lips over the curve of between Mika's shoulder and his neck. "I also may have dreamed about it."

"Really?" Mika sucked against Yuu's collarbone before continuing to descend his kisses down Yuu's chest. "And what were your dreams like?"

"Not as good as this." Yuu repled, twisting his fingers in his sheets when Mika's tongue flicked over one of his nipples.

Mika lips smiled against him. "Mine either."

Mika could feel Yuu's pulse jump against his lips at that.

"Come back here." he said. Pulling Mika up by his chin until their lips met again, and Yuu's hands wove into his hair.

Mika moaned into the kiss, and his heart pounded at the urgency he felt in it. Like Yuu couldn't bring him close enough. It made Mika feel needed, in a way he had never, ever felt before.

And for some reason… it hurt like hell.

"Yuu," Mika said, and his voice whined as his desperately pulled Yuu closer to him, as he pushed his tongue passed Yuu's lips and pressed himself into him. Wanting to disappear there. Wanting in that moment to be inseparable parts of the same person, until Yuu was something that could never be taken away.

The desire burned in him-like the fire that cast shadows in Yuu's eyes- eating him from the inside until he was pushing Yuu down and arching his body into him. Twisting them together and making Yuu groan.

But it still wasn't enough.

Mika fingers went to Yuu's pants.

Yuu's breathing picked up, but he didn't stop him. He even lifted his hips when Mika got them undone so that the blonde could slide them off over his legs. Then Yuu's started doing the same to Mika.

"Mika," Yuu's voice was rough, when he felt Mika's nearly bare legs sliding between his own. A knee running up the inside of his thigh.

Mika struggled with himself. He wanted to hesitate. He wanted to go slower. For Yuu, to protect him. To be gentler with him. But part of him was so starving for this. Aching for it; as if Yuu was something vital Mika had been lacking all this time. And he just wasn't sure how to pull himself back.

"Are you sure about this, Yuu-chan?" Mika tried, moving himself back at least long enough to look into his eyes.

Mika's own eyes were blown out, and searching. Looking at Yuu like he was something mythical. Like he was something too grand to quite believe, and it made Yuu's body flush with heat.

"I'm sure," Yuu said, reaching up to curve his hand to the side of Mika's jaw. "Do you… I mean…" Yuu swallowed.

Mika tilted his head confused. "I want to, Yuu…"

Yuu blushed.

"No. I mean- good! I'm glad- er, at least." Yuu shook his head. "That wasn't what I was going to ask."

"Oh," Mika tried to read his face. "What then?"

Yuu let out a breath.

"Are you… I mean…" Yuu closed his eyes and seemed to argue with himself. He didn't open his eyes before asking, "Do you want to be on top?"

Mika felt a surge of blood moving somehow up and down his body at the same time. It left him feeling a little dizzy.

"Are you…" Mika cleared his throat, "Comfortable with that?"

Yuu turned red. "I… wasn't, but… with what we were talking about earlier…"

Yuu hesitantly met his eyes. "I dreamed about it once. With you… like that and it was…" Yuu ran a hand through his hair. "Just be patient with me, okay? I don't really know how…" Yuu trailed off avoiding Mika's eyes.

Mika blinked in surprised and then smiled.

"Lay down Yuu," Mika whispered, spreading Yuu out beneath him on the bed and climbing over him. "I'll show you everything."

Yuu sucked in a breath.

Mika started out slow, moving his fingers over Yuu's body, and leaning back in for a kiss to distract him.

Yuu obliged. Arching his body into Mika's touches and his voice catching from time to time when Mika found the right places. Then, when Mika felt Yuu had relaxed… he carefully slid off Yuu's undergarments.

Yuu tensed, just a little, but Mika felt it and he drew patterns on Yuu's thigh to sooth him. Quickly twisting his tongue with Yuu's to bring out the boys competitive side.

It worked. It always worked. Yuu pushed back instantly and his body relaxed again. Hardly even noticing when Mika reached down to slide off the last of his own clothes as well.

He did notice, however, when Mika moved his body forward and settled his hips over Yuu's.

Yuu groaned loudly.

"Mika," He whined, when they broke for air, bending his neck back when Mika moved.

Mika moved again. Building on the friction.

Yuu's eyes rolled back in his head a little.

"You're sensitive." Mika noted with breathy satisfaction, and his eye grew impossibly darker.

He felt like something wild. He felt like a fire. The more he was fed the more out of control he was becoming. And he didn't want to stop until both he and Yuu were consumed.

"Shut up," Yuu blushed reaching up to skim a hand over Mika's stomach. Stopping to teasing Mika's chest between his fingers.

Mika grunted, bucking his hips into Yuu and making the boy hiss.

Yuu smirked. "You're the same," he said, fixing Mika with hazy eyes.

That pulled Mika back to kissing him.

Mika kissed him hard. Over and over and over, pressing him back into the pillows with his force. Yuu didn't yield though. He pushed back, nipping and sucking at Mika's lips and tongue until they were both red lipped and wet and breathless.

Then Mika's hands started to roam again.

At first he was just teasing. Running smooth strokes over Yuu's length and admiring the feel of it.

Yuu bucked instantly.

"Shh," Mika hushed him, when he started making loud, sexy cries. "Do you want everyone to hear you?"

Yuu blushed but glared at him at the same time.

Mika ran two fingers around Yuu's swollen lips. Tracing them.

Then he pushed them open.

"Suck on them." Mika instructed, sliding his fingers over Yuu's tongue. Yuu shivered but closed his mouth and did as his was told. Giving Mika's fingers long, hard sucks that made his blue eyes hazy.

"That's enough." Mika murmured and Yuu released his fingers. Mika smiled before leaning back in to kiss over Yuu's jaw.

"Spread your legs." Mika mumbled against Yuu's skin. Yuu's dick jumped with interest as his moved them apart.

Mika smirk was pressed into the hollow of Yuu's neck.

"Focus of this." Mika said, as his made a trail of deep, sucking kisses down to Yuu's chest.

Just when Yuu's eyes slipped shut and he gave a shaky breath of approval, Mika's hand snuck up between his legs.

Yuu jumped. "Ah!" he shouted when he felt Mika's finger press into him, and the blonde quickly moved his mouth to take one of Yuu's pink nubs between his lips and suck on it.

Yuu arched."Mika!"

Mika kept distracting him, giving one side some long attention as he carefully moved his finger in and out, then he moved to the other side.

Yuu groaned, slowly loosening and relaxing back against the pillows as he grew accustomed to the intrusion. Trying to keep his mind on the feeling of Mika's lips.

Then Mika started to move lower.

He was more careful this time. Distracting Yuu with love bites and marks across his stomach while he continued to work. But when he got low enough that his breath brushed Yuu's dick, He carefully adjusted his fingers.

"AH! FUCK!" Yuu's body bent like a bow when Mika carefully timed wrapping his mouth around Yuu's dick at the same time he inserted his second finger. Moving both of them to stretch and mold Yuu's insides while his tongue and lips teased Yuu's tip.

Yuu continued to writhe and fist his sheets. "Mika!"

Mika hummed in response and Yuu felt it travel to his core, making him shudder.

Mika smiled around him.

It took a little while for Yuu to start to relax, but Mika didn't mind as he dipped himself lower and pulled more of Yuu into his mouth. Enjoying the way it made the boy flush and open his mouth in short, needy cries.

"Fuck Mika! AH!"

When Mika could feel he was stretched enough he changed his tactic. Pushing himself down and sliding Yuu to the back of his throat as he used his fingers to explore even deeper.

He knew the second he found what he was looking for because Yuu's hand tore through the sheet.

"AHHHHHH!" Yuu arched off the bed and his body shook when Mika's fingers pressed into the right spot. His already weeping cock shot streams of hot liquid into Mika's throat.

Luckily Mika had, at least sort of, seen it coming and managed not to completely choke. Although he did have to pull back and wipe what he couldn't swallow off with the back of his hand.

Yuu was still breathing hard when he was able to open his eyes and look at Mika. But when he did he sat up.

"Shit, I'm sorry." He reached for Mika apologetically but Mika caught his hand and kissed his fingers. Giving him a sexy, wet lipped smile that made Yuu's heart jump.

"It's okay." Mika said, leaning forward to kiss up Yuu's jaw to his ear, where he could breath hotly,"You're so sexy when you come for me."

Yuu shivered, and he tilted his head slightly without meaning to. As if inviting Mika to kiss his neck.

Mika grinned and took the invitation eagerly. Pulling Yuu towards him from around the waist and holding him closer.

Yuu's breathing was ragged again before too long.

"Mika, please." Yuu whimpered when Mika drug his teeth over Yuu's pulse point, making it jump.

"Hmm?" Mika hummed, still sucking on Yuu's skin. "Please what?"

Yuu frowned at Mika's teasing and his hand moved down to find Mika's cock and curl his fingers around it.

Mika jolted in surprise.

"I know you want to." Yuu murmured, low in Mika's ear. "You're so hard for me," Yuu's fingers traced up to the tip, "You're all wet."

Mika shuddered. "Yuu…"

"I'm ready," Yuu whispered, giving Mika's length a tug and making him buck into him. "I want you inside of me, Mika."

Mika moaned loudly.

"I love you, Yuu-chan," He panted, pulling back to look in Yuu's eyes.

The boy blinked, seeming a little surprised but then he smiled. His bright, warm smile.

"I love you too." He said and then leaned forward to kiss Mika hard on the lips, the two of them melting into more long, hot kissing as Yuu slid back down into a lying position and Mika curved over him, lining up their hips.

"If it hurts-" Mika started, when they broke for air, and Yuu reached up to glide his hand up Mika's neck.

"I know." He agreed. "I trust you." Then he pulled Mika back into the kiss and spread his legs wider.

Mika moaned against his lips, before aligning himself and slowly pushing in.

Yuu cried out. Clearly trying not to and accidently biting Mika's lips as he tried to keep quiet.

Mika ran his fingers soothingly through his hair, trying to hold very still.

"You're still so tight," he groan, desperately trying not to move.

Yuu gripped the sheets and squeezed his eyes shut until the pain started to subside.

"You can move, Mika." Yuu told him when he felt like he could. Opening his eyes to look up at him.

Then he reached up to tangle his fingers in Mika's hair, pulling the beautiful blonde back to him for a kiss as their hips slowly started to move together.

Mika moaned, loudly against Yuu's lips as he felt Yuu trying to keep with his rhythm. Pushing and pulling Mika through his tight warmth.

Mika was breathing hard, and desperately gripping the bed as he moved with Yuu, changing his angle over and over again until Yuu screamed his name.

There, Mika thought with a smile, arching himself and speeding his pace into that same spot until he and Yuu were both moving fast and wild against each other, desperately building towards their release.

Mika grunted, feeling the tight coil in his stomach give a tug.

"I'm close, Yuu-chan." He breathed, starting to become sloppier in his haze. "I love you so much."

Yuu gave a cry, nodding his head rapidly. "I love you too Mika. Come with me."

And Mika did.

It was like something bursting, and everything turned white behind Mika's eyes as he rode out his bliss and then collapsed into the slick warmth of Yuu's skin as they rolled together against the bed.

"That was better than anything I could have dreamed up," Yuu panted when he finally started coming too, and Mika laughed, blinking open his eyes.

He moved, pulling out of Yuu and rolling until the too of them were lying on their sides and facing each other, Mika's arm looping around Yuu's waist to pull him closer.

Mika smiled and kissed his forehead.

"It was perfect."

Yuu smiled back.

Then he yawned.

"We should sleep." Mika encouraged, running his fingers through Yuu's hair. "It's been a long day."

Yuu's green looked up into Mika's eyes.

"But then our secret night will be over."

Mika chuckled.

"It has to end eventually." Mika pointed out. "And at least we're ending on a good note, right?"

Yuu blushed and nodded.

"Come on," Mika traced Yuu's cheekbone with his fingers. "Sleep with me. I used to love having you next to me when we were kids. It always made me feel safe."

Yuu smiled. "Me too."

Warmth bloomed in Mika's chest and he leaned forward to give Yuu a slow, chaste kiss on the lips.

Then he rolled over and turned out the light.

"I love you, Yuuichiro." Mika whispered into the dark, as he pulled Yuu into his arms. "I always have."

Yuu curled tighter into Mika's chest.

"I love you back, Mikaela." He replied. "Always."

And their fingers twisted together beneath the sheets, as they slowly fell asleep.

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