Things quickly progressed and soon the two of them were half-naked on the bed and breathing heavily. Heracles didn't do anything with him yet for fear of his reaction. Besides, he felt no reason to make things progress quicker. Their relationship was perfect to him at the moment, they could kiss without it being awkward and Kiku was opening up to him bit-by-bit. It felt so perfect to have Kiku by his side. So there they lay, in their bed, together in an almost sinfully blissful moment. When they reduced to cuddling, Kiku figure it'd be okay to start a conversation.

"Heracles, you know so much about me, so why not tell me about yourself?"

"What do you want to know?"

"I'm not sure, just things I don't know I guess."

"Okay, well, from birth I was raised in Greece by my mother whom I loved very much. When I was eleven, she died of tuberculosis and I was left alone until the founder of the resistance took me in and honed my skills so I could become a leader. Right now, I only lead this division but I'm sure I'll get somewhere in the future. Sadiq is my step-brother if you can believe that, his dad and my mom married a year before she died and he and I never really agreed on anything so it made the family somewhat strained. I've been taking care of him, even though he's the older one, since his dad died when I was thirteen. He took everything from me and I finally just stopped caring and went down to earth to watch people carry on. About a year-and-a-half ago, I finally saw you. I'm pretty sure you know where things go from there."

"Yes, I do. So, what about your personal interests? You know that I like to draw and such but what are your interests?"

"Well, I love cats and sculpting. My favorite food is probably Dakos, my favorite color is probably the color of chocolate, I love sleeping and sunshine, I've never been one for talking and I like alcohol, but I don't drink often because I've been told that I'm forceful when I'm drunk."

"Wow. You're a pretty simple person, but I guess that's why I love you."

"Well I'm glad I am the way I am then, because I probably couldn't live without you." Kiku giggled hiding his mouth with his hand again.

"I'm sure you could but it would be a sad existence." He cuddled further into Heracles' chest. "You know, I thought I'd be alone forever before I came here. I guess I was just waiting to be rescued."

"So I am your knight in shining armor? Do I get a white horse?"

"Yes you are and no you don't."

"Aww, well at least I get to save the princess, right Kiku?" Kiku kissed him.

"Of course. But, I wasn't aware princesses could be male."

"Now they can. Oh my goodness, one day if we ever get married, will you wear a dress?" Kiku blushed.

"Heracles I only have to ask you one thing."

"What would that be?"

"Are you serious?"

"Of course."

"Then I suppose so, but I will pick it out. And you can't complain." Heracles smiled.

"Fine. But I hope you know that you just agreed to marry me in the future."

"No I didn't. You said if and you also didn't propose properly."

"Aww, you always have to ruin my happy moments."

"Don't worry Heracles, one day I'm sure we'll get married but until then you can tell me all your daydreams about it."

"Can I tell you one now?"

"I don't see why not."

"Well, I've had this one since a month or two after I started watching you. It was you and me and my twelve cats sitting on a beach in Greece, and my cat Corporal caught a fish. She brought it to me and you told me that it was cursed. I didn't believe you and the fish turned into a huge demon. The demon reached out and grabbed you, but dropped you into the water because you were such a pure being that you burned his hand. I dived in after you to save you, but the demon ate me and then laughed. He said 'You will never save him and he will never forgive you!' and then he swam back into the sea." Kiku had a rather distressed look on his face.

"Heracles, you know that things like that usually depict either things you feel or things that may happen in the future right?"

"I'm going to be eaten?"

"No, I mean….uh let's see… Well even if you don't know it, you may feel that you cannot protect me from such things. Or, in the future, the demon's words may be telling you that you were unable to do something or did something wrong and that I would not forgive you for it." Heracles sat up.

"I'm… going to hurt you?"

"It is not certain, Heracles; it is just something I learned as a child."

"But, I don't want to hurt you Kiku." He lay back over Kiku, nuzzling his face into the crook of his neck. "Kiku, you'll forgive me… right? Please forgive me." Kiku wrapped his arms around Heracles' neck.

"Heracles, I will always forgive you. I do love you after all." Heracles lifted up and pressed their lips together tightly.

"Kiku, I love you. Will you… promise me that when you feel that you are ready, you will marry me? I don't want any doubt that you are mine." Kiku considered this thought carefully. Would he ever love anyone as much as he loved Heracles? No, definitely not. Would anyone else love him as much as Heracles did? He didn't think so. Would Heracles be happy with a person who could not give him children or show affection openly in public? He wasn't sure. So he thought he'd ask.

"Heracles, are you sure you want me? I… could not give you what a woman can. I cannot give you children, or anything of the sort, I am not even comfortable with showing affection in public…"

"Kiku, I am not worried about you giving me children or showing affection to me in public. If we decide that we want kids, we can adopt. And I don't care if you don't show affection to me in public because I know you will show it to me when we are alone. Kiku you are everything I've ever wanted. Let me love you."

"Then, when I feel the time is right, I will marry you. We will show the world how love can overcome any circumstance." Heracles leaned down and kissed him again, letting the kiss act as a distraction for his hand that made its way down from Kiku's side, down to the side of his butt, and down his thigh. Kiku's leg automatically pushed into his hand and it ghosted over the skin and up to where Kiku's hardened member stood waiting for its attention. Heracles began to stroke it, feeling Kiku moan softly into his mouth and his arms tighten. He pulled away from the kiss to look at Kiku's face. It was blushing considerably, his lips trembled from the abrupt ending of their kiss and his eyes begged for more. The painfully hard Kiku pulled him down so they were pressed flush against one another. At this, Heracles blinked with surprise. He wasn't aware that Kiku could be so demanding, but he liked it. He moved, letting his kisses trail down from Kiku's neck, leading downward to his chest and down to plant kisses at his hips. Heracles was delighted to learn that Kiku didn't wear underwear under his long yukata. Kiku suddenly withdrew his arms and pushed Heracles away a little.

Heracles felt a little hurt by Kiku's move, but he sat up and crossed his legs, awaiting what he hoped was going to be an explanation. Instead, Kiku moved his legs and pushed him back onto the pillows. He raised an eyebrow, questioning silently what Kiku might be doing. He opened his mouth to ask what Kiku what he was doing but was silenced with a kiss. Kiku only whispered a quiet, "This is what you want." into his ear before unzipping and pulling his pants off. Heracles got where this was going now, and he was sure Kiku was going to need help. He got out from under Kiku and went to his box of things at the other side of the room. At the very bottom, was a little bottle of lube and he plucked it out and handed it to Kiku before laying back down for him.

Kiku looked utterly lost on what to do with it. Heracles took pity on the poor virgin and took the bottle from him, slicking his fingers up with the viscous liquid as soon as it was open. Kiku looked at him, a mix of fear and wonder etched on his face.

"Don't worry; this is for your own good." Kiku nodded and lifted himself up as Heracles reached around behind him and pulled him down. "It's easier at this angle." He relaxed onto Heracles' body, letting his legs spread just slightly more on either side of the Greek. Heracles reached under the yukata (Kiku still had the sleeves on for some weird reason) and prodded around Kiku's amazing backside, feeling around for the tightened ring of muscle he couldn't wait to get his cock into. When he found it, he teased it a little before letting the first finger make its way into the tight space.

Kiku tightened his grip on Heracles' shoulders. He'd never had anything inside him like this before and he found it uncomfortable. He bit his lip a little as the second finger pressed in, a little bit of pain mixing in with the uncomfortableness. Heracles kept kissing his head, assuring him that it was alright. The pain subsided after a few moments of his hole being stretched accordingly and a third finger felt it's way in. With this one came the tiniest hint of pleasure, the friction of Heracles lightly thrusting fingers inside him made him bite his lip a little harder. One of the fingers stretched up farther and brushed against something that made Kiku let forth the smallest of moans. Heracles smiled and let Kiku sit back up onto his waist.

Kiku's eyes took on a hint of lust as he gazed down at Heracles, and he smirked. The Greek took hold of Kiku's hips gently as he pulled up and set himself down gently onto the cock. It hurt, a lot. Kiku's eyes watered and he closed them tight. Heracles knew Kiku would not be able to handle the pain if he was in this position and had to deny him control this once. He flipped them again, keeping inside Kiku whilst he did so. The position switch was so sudden that Kiku latched onto Heracles shoulders for safety.

"Sorry Kiku, but it'll be easier on your body to do it this way. I know you like control, but I don't want you to hurt any more than necessary."

"I-If you say it'll hurt less than I'm okay with it. But you'll… you'll be gentle with me, right?"

"Of course! I would never be too rough with you, after all, you are going to be my wife one day and I don't want you ruined for our honeymoon." Kiku blushed deeply.

"E-Eh, o-okay. You, um, you can move now…" Heracles nodded and started his rhythm, first starting slow and gradually increasing as he felt the need for Kiku's body increase. From his point of view, Kiku seemed to be enjoying it too. And he was. Kiku was meeting his thrusts, digging his fingernails into Heracles' back, and gasping the Greek's name with each breath. As they reached their peak, Heracles snatched up Kiku's neglected member and stroked him in time. This is when Kiku lost it. He moaned into the hot air as he released into Heracles' hand. Within a few more thrusts, Heracles came too and rode out the orgasm before pulling out and flopping beside Kiku, whom immediately cuddled up to him and yawned. He pulled Kiku close and kissed the top of his head.

"I love you Kiku."

"I love you too Hera-kun."

"Alright, you need sleep now. Goodnight αγάπη."

"Goodnight." They both fell asleep soon after this, letting the Turkish terror outside their door to finally snap. He had had enough. He needed to sabotage this relationship now or he would have to kill Heracles and that was not going to please Kiku at all. He looked around the hallway before stepping into his room and pulling out his messaging device. He held it to his ear and waited for an answer.

"Bonjour?"

"Hey, Francis! It's Sadiq, listen, you know how you owe me that favor? Yeah, well, I need you to do something for me."