Your reviews make me so happy. They really make a difference for how often and long I write a new chapter. Today I had planned to get a little further, but I had no time to write it down. I hope you like it. I think I have to raise the rating now.

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Fall – Chapter 4

After a while it started to get quite chilly out on the balcony and Hiruma decided that they might as well go to bed. After ushering Sena into the bedroom he started to hang up weapons from his schoolbag on the rare empty spaces on the walls. Sena stood idle at the door.

"So, where do want me to sleep? Maybe I could have a blanket for the couch or something..." he said, uncertain what sleeping arrangement would be appropriate to request. Hiruma turned to him with a hand on his hip and a raised eyebrow.

"Well, you can sleep in my bed." he said with a look that insinuated that he thought Sena was a bit stupid. Sena's eyes widened a bit, but soon he had a troubled expression on once again.

"But I don't have anything to sleep in. My pajamas are still at home." he mumbled, finding it embarrassing enough just to be alone with Hiruma, with all the awkwardness he seemed to get himself into. As he lifted his gaze, that had somehow ended up on the floor, he saw Hiruma pull of the black T-shirt he had been wearing. It was thrown into Sena's blushing face as Hiruma strolled off into the bathroom.

"Th- thank you Hiruma-san! And thanks for letting me have your bed." Sena managed to say, but it went unnoticed as Hiruma had already locked himself into the bathroom. Sena smiled for himself before undressing and putting on the T-shirt which still had Hiruma's body heat radiating out from it. It was more then a few sizes to large for him and looked more like a short dress on him then a shirt. Slipping under the covers and laying his head down on one large and surprisingly soft pillow Sena felt the cent of Hiruma's aftershave fill his nose. Closing his eyes he could feel a whole lot of other scents that were all distinctly Hiruma.

Sena felt his mind beginning to wander. Memories of how Hiruma had been smiling more this evening than he usually did and how easy their conversations had flown by passed through his head.

He pondered for a while over Hiruma's reaction on the mention of Shin and remembered how he had seen him glare at Shin at more then one occasion. After thinking some more he recalled that Hiruma had been in that mood even when Shin weren't around. Sena especially remembered one time after the showers when he had beaten up Jumonji for no apparent reason.

The thought of the showers made Sena's mind wander into another territory, Hiruma's body. Today Hiruma had been more tactile then usual and Sena had gotten more then one chance to get a closer look that lean but powerful body. Sena felt blood rise to his cheeks as he recalled how warm his chest had been and how muscular those long thighs had actually looked beside Sena's. When he got to that surprising and unexplained kiss, the taste and how soft his lips had felt, the blood headed southward. Sena snapped out of his daze realizing that this would most probably turn into something extremely embarrassing if he got hard while laying in Hiruma's bed. Thankfully he had the willpower to prevent this beginning hard-on.

With a cloud of smoke from the shower Hiruma wandered out from the bathroom, now dressed in nothing more than a wet towel around his waist. Great, Sena hadn't nearly enough willpower to prevent this. Shamefully turning on his side to hide the small tent he was now pitching he found that when enough blood had traveled back up to his cheeks he could actually get the situation under control. Thanking his lucky star he turned over to his other side, only to come face to face with Hiruma.

"Hiiie!" Sena screamed out of surprise, which made Hiruma cover his ears.

"Y-you were thinking we would sleep together?" Sena stammered trying to grasp what that would imply. Hiruma was feeling his earlobes.

"Fuck, I forgot to take out the earrings." he said and sat up with his back to Sena, who soon watched with interest as Hiruma cleared his ears of the golden hoops.

"Did it hurt?" slipped out from Sena's lips as his eyes wandered to the soft hair over Hiruma's neck and back again.

"What? The piercings? Not rea-" Hiruma's voice stopped in his tracks when Sena reached out from behind him to gently touch his ears. His upper lip quivered a bit when Sena's finger traced a soft stroke all the way from the tip of his ear down to his earlobe.

"Your ears are so pointy. I've never seen anyone else with ears like yours." Sena said in a soft voice. Noticing how Hiruma was staring right into the wall with a slightly shocked expression Sena decided to be a bit daring. Sneaking even closer he whispered in Hiruma's ear.

"Goodnight Hiruma." before giving him a soft peck on the cheek and throwing himself back under the covers on the other side of the bed. He lay with his back turned for a while before he felt the mattress shift and Hiruma throwing one long arm around his waist to pull him towards the center of the bed. Soon Hiruma was spooning him with his sharp nose in Sena's hair and a fanged grin against his neck. As Hiruma breathed into his ear goosebumps spread over Sena's arms in a mixture of excitement and fear.

"You shouldn't have done that, Sena. Now I will no longer take responsibility of what i might do next."