The night was late and the bar was empty with the doors locked. Everything was finally peaceful. Ritsuka lay tired on the stage humming lullabies he'd heard from old gypsies. Soubi swept the floor listening intently to Ritsuka's supple humming.
"I think it would be fun living the life of a gypsy." Ritsuka interrupted his own song. "Dance for money and travel all over the world." He sat up quickly with excitement written across his face. "We should become gypsies!"
Soubi let his broom stop. "Become gypsies?" He lightly shook head. "But my dear, you already dance for money. Traveling the world only gets you lost."
"I want to be lost." Ritsuka started to sound more like the child he was supposed to be. "I want that kind of adventure."
"Adventure is for the crows." Soubi stepped closer to the stage. "And your nose is much too meek for a beak."
"Oh but yours is just fine." Ritsuka leaned in to tap Soubi on the nose. "You could be the one to fly me away."
Soubi took hold of the boy's wrist and pulled him in close. "I would fly you to the highest trees." Their eyes held each other's gaze till Ritsuka looked away.
"As long as I'm with you, we can do as you please." His eyes filled with waving seas. "Just take me away from here. Lets travel till we are both truly free."
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Soubi carried the tired boy to bed. He felt free to touch the child with Seimei away. Ritsuka's small arms wrapped around Soubi's neck, resting his head in his chest his eyelids began to fall. Soubi kissed the boy's neko ear before laying him on the soft bed.
"Stay with me." Ritsuka held Soubi's shirt. "It's cold tonight." Soubi sat beside him. "Hold me." The fragile child laid his head in the man's lap. "I don't want to lose you."
Soubi stroked down the child's back. "I will hold you till morning." His fingers pulled lightly at the corset drawstrings. The corset fell lose and Soubi's fingers trailed across the small of Ritsuka's back. A small moan escaped Ritsuka lips. A tantalizing smile crept across Soubi's face.
"Touch me." Ritsuka nuzzled his blushing face in Soubi's thigh. "My skin burns for you."
Though Soubi knew this would not be the first time the prepubescent boy has been turned on by a man's touch, he didn't mind as long as he only wanted him now. Ritsuka was a pirate's treasure, it's been touched before but it can still been stolen away. He would love the boy more than anyone else because they only had him in wickedness.
