Hey guys! Happy New Year to you all! I hope all the health, happiness and success to you for this year 2013! ;)
So here is another chapter that I hope you will like. But before starting this new chapter I just would like to address a review that I had from someone whom I was unfortunately unable to reply anywhere else than here since it was a guest review.
I am sorry if the word "mate" offends you but I have never meant to make it sound 'specist' as you said. One of the definitions of mate in the Collins dictionary is the fact that it is designating a marriage partner. In this story Ace, Harry and Marco are attracted toward each other because a bond is pulling them to one another. A bond is what you create with your partner when you are getting married. All in all I don't really see what is 'specist' about it. About taking out all the humanity out of them because of the use of this word, I am a firm believer that we can act as high and mighty as we want, we are nothing but slightly more intelligent and high tech animals. We all have the same basic needs and some of our reactions when there is a crisis and when we are in danger are very animal like.
This is just my opinion. People can agree or disagree with me like they can like or dislike this story. I am just defending my use of words as I don't want to get misunderstood on this kind of thing.
Anyway thank you to the person who sent me this critic, your use of words is very courteous and elegantly put. I think I have just one more thing to tell you (if you ever read this): I do not think of my stories or myself as perfect (far from it!). Perfection does not exist. There is always room for improvement and I think we will never attain the ultimate perfection as we all need a good dose of self-criticism. I appreciate all the nice reviews that people give to me and I am even more grateful for people who are criticizing it and telling what I did wrong in a constructive manner to help me improve myself.
Sorry guys for this very long message.
I am now going to let you enjoy this new chapter. ^^
Enjoy!
Quote from Harry's research notebook about wind phoenixes:
There are two steps into fully bonding with a mate. The first one is simply to find the mate. It creates automatically a thin link between the two of them and makes them want to be constantly around. The last step to fully bond with the mate is the marking of the mate as theirs by the physical consuming of their bond. But before they can fulfill that part, the dominant mate has to court the sub for a certain amount of time, which depends according to the sub, before they can consume their bond.
The final bonding step can be divided into two stages: the first one being a simple kiss which means that the courted mate is accepting the courting mate's seduction through a kiss that they share for the first time. The second stage, which is the physical consummation, comes after the courting mate has shown that he can protect and care for his mate.
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A week had now passed since the return of Ace on Whitebeard's ship with Harry by his side. Though the plan had been for the freckled pirate to go back after Blackbeard after having brought Harry to his captain and crewmates, he decided to postpone his pursuit to focus on the current situation he was now in. Figuring this whole thing between him, Harry and Marco was something quite hard to do and they all had barely begun coming to terms with all this.
Slowly but surely the trio was getting used to the situation and the idea of being together as mates. Ace was helping Marco accepting the fact that not only was he the young hybrid's mate and also make the process easier, but he also was helping him accept the fact that he had to share their mate between the two of them.
Even Ace, who had accepted the fact that he wasn't the only one to be the petite male's mate, he had needed some time to fully accept the whole situation. As for Harry, the feminine looking young man was more focused on bonding with the phoenix man than anything. Oh he knew of his mates' internal turmoil. But he also knew that there was nothing he could do except wait for them to fully come to terms with all this.
Right now the three men slept in separate beds in the crew's dormitory, though it wasn't rare to see the three of them staying up late talking and bonding even more with each other, especially now that Ace and Marco were now entering a more complicated relationship where they had to share someone between the two of them. As Marco had less of a hard time accepting this attraction that was pulling them toward Harry, he had much less of a struggle with bonding quickly with Harry whom he became closer and closer throughout the days.
One day, as the blond man was giving some orders to his men, he suddenly saw something fly above the ship, casting a quick shadow across ship which made the men look up to see what exactly it was. And how surprised were they all when they discovered that this shadow was the one of none other than Harry flying in the air with a blissful expression on his face. Marco watched with eyes shining in awe as his little love flew and twirled in the air gracefully. It was like watching a professional dancer do a ballet performance. His moves were fluid and done with so much ease that you would think he didn't use any strength at all.
A sudden thought went through his head and the first division commander quickly changed into his phoenix human hybrid form and soared into the skies toward the petite male with an excited smile on his face. Seeing him approach, Harry looked at him with a surprised, curious, but most of all awed expression on his face, as it was his first time seeing the man's Devil Fruit powers.
"I didn't know you could do a half transformation." He commented as the older man arrived at his height.
"It's rather useful when you want to also use your human form in battle." The latter said with a smile, adding with a wink, his tone slightly joking as he complimented him, "But I have to say that you fly in the air with such ease and your moves are so graceful that I'm beginning to feel jealous of you."
The face of the young hybrid took on a pink tint as he smiled back at the taller male, feeling embarrassed under the praise.
"It's nothing great really. I am a wind phoenix so I have an even stronger affinity with the sky." He replied mumbling slightly, still blushing, "Plus, even before I became a half wind phoenix I loved to fly and I would constantly find an opportunity to be in the air."
"Still, your flying skills are very impressive." Marco insisted while looking at the other with a tender gaze, smiling gently as he found the embarrassed and shy attitude of the feminine young man rather endearing.
An idea then suddenly crossed his mind and he looked at him with a mischievous gleam in his eyes.
"But I'm pretty sure I am the fastest between the two of us." He told him with a challenging smirk plastered on his face.
That remark got Harry to look up at him with a playful light shining into his eyes as he grinned excitedly.
"Nah I don't think so. You are older and heavier than me there is no way you can best me on speed." He replied in a slight cheeky way.
"Should we do a race to see who is the fastest?" the older man proposed in a challenging way as his smirk changed into a full-blown grin full of excitement.
"You're on!" the petite male said with a grin.
As Ace was busy with repairing something at the back of the ship, he suddenly heard acclamations and excited shouts coming from the front. Curious about what was the reason for this ruckus, he went to the front of the ship to discover the most uncanny but also funny scene. There, in the middle of a shouting crowd who was cheering and congratulating him, stood a radiating with pride Harry, his chest puffed up, with a huffing and puffing Marco next to him, the latter looking quite sheepish but also disbelieving.
"What happened here?" the freckled pirate asked one of the men from the crowd, as he got closer.
"Marco and Harry raced against one another to know who could fly the fastest and Marco got crushed by the little guy." The man explained, looking at him with an excited smile.
"He was going so fast! I almost didn't see him going from one end to the other!" another one exclaimed in admiration.
"That kid really got skills!" someone else commented.
At hearing all those praises about Harry skills, Ace looked back at the young hybrid with a proud smile. It seemed that not only was he stealing both his and Marco's heart, but he was also stealing the heart of everyone on the ship, managing to integrate himself rather quickly and easily.
"You are a really impressive flyer." Marco said as he stood up and looked at the other with an awed expression on his face.
"Thanks. You are not bad yourself." The petite male replied with a cheeky grin.
"If I had known that one day I would meet someone that could rival me in the air I would have worked harder on my flying skills." The other commented with a chuckle, scratching the back of his head embarrassedly, "Now everyone is going to tease me to no end about it."
"We can train together if you want." The feminine looking young man proposed as he stretched himself leisurely, making his joints pop, "It would be nice to have someone to fly and train with. I would like to hone my flying skills. Plus we could share tips since we both are partly phoenixes."
"That would be nice." The devil fruit user said with a smile as he looked at the younger one with a fond gaze, marveling at how graceful and beautiful he found him whether it was on land or in the air, especially with his kimono on.
Before he could say anything else, Marco was slightly pushed on the side as the men began to get closer to Harry and surround him as they all wanted to congratulate and talk to him.
"You are really amazing!" one of them exclaimed as he got first the closest to the young hybrid, patting him roughly on the shoulder in a congralutory manner, "I never thought I would see the day when Marco get beaten in the air."
"Yeah! Especially not by someone as frail and skinny looking as you! Hahahaha!" another one added, his comment followed by a boisterous laugh from the whole crew.
"Huh thanks." The petite male replied awkwardly, a shy smile on his face as he looked around at all those faces who were looking at him with awe and respect.
"Seriously you are one hell of a guy!" someone said with a big smile, "It's like the saying says: clothes don't make the man!"
The more he was praised the more Harry began to feel embarrassed and slightly uncomfortable. He wasn't used to be receiving compliments like this. Sure people had praised him before when he had still been in his world. But it had always sounded as an evidence, like it was expected of him to be good and that anything below outstanding was not normal.
This time it felt real and genuine. They were praises without any expectations behind them. This was what made him feel awkward. He had never experienced this kind of compliment now that he thought about it. Moreover, despite all the times where he had been under the attention of everyone, he still couldn't get used to be the center of attention.
As time went along, the Whitebeard pirates began to treat more and more the young hybrid like a little brother, or sister when they wanted to tease him, whom they had to take care of and protect.
They would often invite him to come eat and drink with them, always fussing over him and ruffling his hair fondly, which made the Harry slightly annoyed and complain that he was not some kind of pet they could do anything with. He would always make the members of the crew laugh with his unintentional cute reactions.
Of course it would make him get flustered every time they would swoon and exclaim how cute he was at the way he behaved, and him grumbling about the fact that he was not cute. In some way he was considered like the mascot of the ship.
A few weeks went by, it was becoming more and more clear that Harry and Marco had grown considerably close and that the trio in general had now fully accepted the situation that they were in. Ace had no problem giving some alone time to his mate and best friend, and the blond man didn't feel a twinge of jealousy when Harry would go to the freckled pirate and be cuddly and affectionate with him.
Of course it bothered him slightly to see them so close and kissing each other but it was merely because he hadn't had the courage himself to kiss the young hybrid yet. It wasn't that he didn't want to. It was just that he wanted to wait for the perfect opportunity and not just dive for one out of the blue. First kisses were important and meaningful, it was going to be the way they were going to bond further and it needed to be special.
For now the idea of doing something physical with his little mate was not even crossing his mind and he was fine for the moment with just spending time with him. However an event, which he would have never anticipated, changed radically this state of contentment concerning the lack of need for physical contact with the feminine looking young man.
They were arriving at a summer island called the Natsu island, where they would stop for a few hours so that they could stock up again on food, drinks and others things, when Harry suddenly said something that made the two commanders to look at him with wide surprised eyes. The latter walked up to Ace and Marco, who were discussing who they should put in charge of what and how they should distribute the roles to the rest of the crew.
As they saw him approach, the two men stopped their discussion to look at their little mate with a curious expression on their face, wondering what he wanted. Then, without any sort of warning whatsoever, he said something that startled both of them.
"Let's go shopping." He told them with an excited gleam on his face, a face splitting childlike grin on his face as he almost jumped up and down where he was standing.
"Huh?" the other two asked at the same time in a dumbfounded way, not sure they had heard right.
"I want to go shopping! It's the first time I am going to a summer island. I'm sure they must have some really nice clothes!" the young hybrid said excitedly.
"Don't you already have clothes?" Ace asked dumbly as he had a hard time understanding why the younger man wanted to buy more clothes, and most of all why oh why he wanted them to come with him.
"I do but they are all kimonos and they are not very practical sometimes. Moreover, all of them are made for Autumn and Spring but I have nothing for hot weathers." The petite male replied with a pout.
"But why do we have to come?" Marco asked in an almost whining voice as the prospect of doing shopping had him shiver.
Though he was not as repelled by the idea of buying clothes as Ace was, spending his time in stuffy clothes shops to try and find clothes was still not something he enjoyed doing.
"Because I need your opinion, of course!" the young hybrid said, looking as if it was the most logical thing in the world and he couldn't understand why his mates looked so lost and reluctant.
Everyone on the ship was looking at the trio, wondering silently who would have the last word and win. A good part of the crew was actually trying to repress their laughter as it kept building up inside them. The sight of the two division commanders being ordered around by someone as small and frail looking as Harry was a rather funny scene for them and even Whitebeard had a hard time not laughing at what was going on in front of them.
After a moment of silence where the feminine looking young man began to realize that the two men were reluctant to agree, a pout appeared back on his face full force. He then gave them big shiny eyes while dancing about in a cute manner to try and make them give up.
"Come oonn!" he said in a whiny voice as he dragged his voice on the last word, "It will be fun!"
The other two men looked at each other hesitantly before making the mistake to look back at their mate. Harry was giving them right now the most irresistible sad puppy dog face they had ever seen. Marco was the first one to crack up.
"Alright we'll come with you." He said quickly as he didn't want to see that face anymore on the petite male if he didn't want his face to turn irreversibly as red as a tomato.
While Harry's whole face brightened at this answer and he became as excited as a kid who had been promised a huge ice cream, it was whole other story for Ace. The freckled pirate was right now looking at his best friend with a both astonished and horrified expression.
As he knew the young hybrid for a bit longer than his blond friend, he knew how excited and crazy he could get around clothes. It could sometimes take a whole day of going from one shop to another for him to be satisfied and this was not something that he enjoyed at all. This was how under the semi-stifled laughs of their comrades that Ace and Marco began to get dragged by an overly excited Harry out of the ship as soon as they were moored to the port.
"Take your time kids, maybe we'll stay here for the night and just leave tomorrow morning." Whitebeard told them loudly with a big grin as they were leaving, the two taller men of the three looking back at him with a betrayed expression on their face and accusation shining in their eyes while the rest of the crew burst out in laughter.
The feminine looking young man dragged the other two into the nearest town where his eyes began to scan both sides of the street to see if there was any shop that attracted his attention while the others followed behind him a bit reluctantly.
Suddenly, a shop with a brightly colored front with all sorts of different clothes in the window that went from funky to pretty basic attracted his eyes.
"Let's go there!" he suddenly said with a big smile, skipping toward the shop before either of the two men could even reply or say anything.
Sighing in unison, the two older men slowly walked after him into the shop, already dreading the time they were going to spend there. They were absolutely not looking forward to it.
However the experience into this shop ended up not being that much of a drag as they realized that there was something in this little shopping session that they found rather pleasant. As they entered the shop a friendly looking young woman greeted them.
She was dressed in a dark colored purple pair of jeans, and a loose fit long-sleeved, round collar, khaki colored T-shirt. Her hair was of the most original platinum blond with a bright blue strands in it, held up in a messy bun with a light straw gangster hat and a black ribbon around on top of her head. She also had a piercing on her bottom lip as well as on her nose.
Mesmerized by the look of the saleswoman, Harry kept staring at her in awe as he found her style really cool.
"Welcome to Takenoko shop. How may I help you today?" she greeted with a smile, walking up to them.
"I am looking for clothes in which I can move in easily and that are nice during hot sunny weathers like on this island." The young hybrid told her, beginning to talk with her about his tastes in terms of cuts and colors for his clothes.
As they were talking about what style of clothes the petite male would like and what would fit him best, Ace and Marco looked completely lost and slightly uncomfortable at all this talk about clothes and fabrics. They couldn't fathom why their little mate seemed so passionate about these kinds of things.
For them clothes was a way to not walk around naked and to keep warm nothing else. Though they liked to have their own unique style in terms of clothes, they only needed a very few pieces, buying more than what was necessary was something they couldn't understand.
As such, they just followed the petite male and the young woman around in the shop as the latters discussed and picked up clothes until it was a pile as high as them. When they were finished picking up clothes, the saleswoman led them to a big fitting room that was a bit on the side of the shop with a comfortable used leather couch in front of the fitting room.
Silently they sat on the couch while Harry went into the fitting room with all of his clothes. As they were waiting patiently, they were suddenly startled when their petite mate came out of the room a few minutes later with a pair of skinny khaki capri pants that showed his knees and smooth hairless calves along with a belt around his hips with a skull buckle and a white sleeveless shirt with a loose collar. That whole ensemble showed off his creamy shoulders and collarbone and fitted his body closely.
At this vision, both men's throat went dry as the outfit that the young hybrid had on him was form fitting and sexy. It was very hard for them not to gawk at him at how well the capri pants molded his lower body and how the loose shirt showed a bit of his skin.
"Do you like it?" he asked them, looking at them with expectant gaze on his face.
Taken aback by the fact that they were being asked their opinion, the two men didn't know what to say at first and continued to stare dumbly at the petite male for a moment. Then, after a few minutes after which the younger male seemed to become impatient, they finally snapped out of their trance.
"This is hum…this is nice." Marco said with a hesitant smile, not knowing what he should say exactly about the outfit.
"Maybe you should try another one." Ace proposed encouragingly as he wasn't sure he would be able to keep his self control very long, swallowing with difficulty.
"Okay." Harry said going back into the fitting room, looking a little bit unsettled as he had hoped for a bigger reaction from his mates, not noticing their internal agitation.
'How can someone have no hair not even on their legs?!' Ace discreetly whispered to Marco in a bewildered tone, as their little mate had closed the door of the fitting behind him.
The second outfit had them both have a coughing fit as they choked on the tea that had been brought to them by the saleswoman. There in front of them, stood the feminine looking young man clad in a pair of dark purple shorts with metal stud spikes and a partly ripped navy blue T-shirt, which didn't conceal much of his chest as there were holes in it. That whole ensemble in general was revealing a rather large amount of skin and showed off his smooth pale creamy thighs.
After having recovered from their coughing fit, they watched with dilated pupils as the young hybrid twirled around on himself to show the outfit from every angle.
"How is this one?" he asked with an eyebrow raised in question and hands on his hips.
"Well it is…it is certainly unique." Marco said, once again the first one to recover the use of speech, wriggling uncomfortably on his seat as if he was trying to find a comfortable sitting position.
As for Ace, who was also shifting on his seat with an uncomfortable expression on his face kept looking at the petite male, crossing and uncrossing his legs in a nervous way.
"You don't think that the shorts are maybe a bit too short and too tight?" the young hybrid asked with a slight frown, turning around and giving them a nice view of his backside before bending slightly over to try and pull on the hem of his shorts.
This was apparently the last straw for Ace as he quickly covered his nose to hide the sudden nosebleed and quickly stood up, leaving for the bathroom while excusing himself in a quick mumble. Marco managed to control himself but still had a hard time hiding the reaction of his body at the arousing sight.
"I think it might be wiser to try something else on." He proposed in a slightly tense voice, breathing deeply to calm himself down while his instincts were yelling at him to go to his mate and ravish him now and there.
The fashion show went on for another half hour, the young hybrid coming out of the fitting room with various outfits, some more daring than others and some more dangerous than others for his older mates. Fortunately for Ace the second outfit was the only time he had to abruptly leave. All of the other outfits were more daring in terms of style than in terms of sexiness and it took a while for Harry to finally make his choice and settle on an outfit that he liked.
In the end, after what seemed like an eternity for the two older men, a choice was finally made. The young hybrid settled for a pair of denim jeans with a loose green tank top with a small pocket on the left breast that went well with his hair and eyes. He bought along with that a pair of brown leather sandals. They went to a few other shops where Harry would sometimes buy one or two other pieces of clothing.
Once all of their shopping was done, the trio decided to stop at a nearby bar to take a much-needed drink, according to Ace and Marco after such an enduring day, before going back to the ship. As such, they entered a bar called the Hairy Lemon and went to sit in a side booth, Marco sitting with the groceries and Ace next to Harry.
They talked all together in a relaxed manner while enjoying their drink, joking, laughing and just having a good time. Then after a while they all felt the signs of hunger pull at their stomach as they realized that they were very hungry, and they decided to have something to eat there. As they began to eat a band of four men, one with a banjo, one at the piano, another with a violin and the last one with a guitar, walked up to the small stage that was on one side of the bar.
They then began to play a lively music, which brought the mood of the place up, some people singing along when they recognized a song that they knew. The trio enjoyed themselves as they cleaned their plate of any food and made all the food go down their throat with their drink. The atmosphere was nice, jovial, and time went by rather quickly.
They soon realized that it was getting rather late when Harry, who was very tired from his day, started to nod off and soon fell asleep on Ace's shoulder. The two older men threw a look at each other before both looking at their sleeping little mate.
"I think it's time to get back to the ship." The freckled pirate commented with a small smile as he watched the cute sleeping face of the young hybrid.
"You carry him and I'll take the bags." His blond friend told him, gathering the bags and taking them in hand before putting the money for the food and drinks on the table.
Standing up, Ace picked up Harry carefully in his arms, who was snuggling in his unconscious state to the other's chest. At seeing this action, the dark haired man smiled and tightened slightly his grip on the smaller body. He then followed the blond man out of the bar and they began walking back to the ship in a comfortable silence, both thinking that this day had been rather enjoyable after all.
A few days later, as their last few days stay on an island had been a rather long time ago, Whitebeard decided to grant his crew a little improvised 'holiday' by stopping at the Firework Island for a few days.
As they began to see from afar the island everyone began to get restless, as they were all excited at the prospect of spending a few days on this island. But there was one person who was not as hyper as the others and it was Ace. For the past week, the freckled pirate had noticed how Marco and Harry had grown extremely close and how they had arrived at a stage where, like he had felt himself with the young hybrid before, a slight tension to get closer physically had grown.
It was coming to a point that it would almost permeate the air around them. But apparently for a reason that completely evaded the second commander of Whitebeard's fleet, there seemed to be some kind of hesitation, shyness between the two and none of them had tried to initiate a kiss.
This situation exasperated Ace who had decided to intervene and push fate at making them finally finish the first stage of the physical bonding process. It took him a while to find a way that he could 'trick' his two mates into this and this is only when the old man told them about this improvised vacation that he finally had an idea.
As they were all getting out of the ship, and the men were going by groups in different directions to enjoy their free time as they wanted, the freckled pirate took his mates a bit away from the crowd and looked at the both of them.
"I have a few things that I really need to do so you can go ahead I'll join you later." He told them, making them both frown slightly at this.
"What is it that you have to do? We could go with you and then go have fun together." Harry asked, cocking his head on the side with curiosity shining in his green eyes.
"Don't spoil your day for me. I promise I'll be as quick as possible." He replied, ruffling his little mate's hair fondly and giving him a wink before turning to Marco, the latter looking at him with a slightly intrigued and suspicious expression on his face, "Take him to the Fun fai, I know he will love it. Plus I heard that there will be fireworks launched later this evening. I think they are happening on the big hill that's just behind the village. I will join you there."
At the mention of a Fun fair, the petite male's face brightened slightly in interest as he wondered if the Fun fairs in this world were similar to the ones in his world. He casted a last glance to his dark haired mate, silently telling him with his eyes to hurry back to them, before taking the hand of the blond man and pulling him toward the city center from where you could hear screams and laughs as well as the smell of cotton candy.
Watching them walk away, Ace waited for them quite a few feet away before he quickly took off his cowboy hat and took out of his side pouch a T-shirt that he had rolled up in it and put it on. He then took out from his other pouch a pair of thick-rimmed glasses that he put on and put makeup on to mask his freckles. He then began to follow them from afar, always making sure to keep a safe distance so that they did not notice him.
He followed them into the Fun fair, watching them as they would sometimes stop at a stand or buy a snack of a drink. Under his disguise, he watched as Marco won a big teddy bear and gave it to the blushing young hybrid who accepted the gift shyly, giving him a big bright smile. Their afternoon went on like this and soon it was time to go up the hill to have a seat and watch the fireworks.
As they walked up the hill, Ace saw both Harry and Marco look around as if searching for him. Hiding himself behind a group of people who were also walking up the hill, the freckled pirate waited for the two men to stop looking for him.
When they were up the hill, he followed the pair to a spot where there was the forest just behind them. He smirked at this choice of sitting spot. It was very like Marco to go settle somewhere where if they had to escape quickly for a reason such as the arrival of marines and he could do nothing else but applaud this choice, as it was also convenient for him in this situation.
As such, he walked a bit in the forest to climb up one that wasn't too far from them. He then settled comfortably in it to observe them properly. But as he was climbing the tree, a branch that he had misjudged as strong cracked under his weight and he froze for a moment, praying that he hadn't been noticed because of this.
As they were settling down on the thick grass, Harry's head suddenly snapped toward the woods behind them, all of his senses alert for a few seconds.
"Did you hear that noise?" he asked Marco, who looked in the same direction that he was looking at.
"I did. It must be just some animal walking around." The blond man said, squinting his eyes at the darkness to try and see what had made this sound before giving up and turning to the petite male, noticing the slight shiver that went through the smaller body, "Are you cold?"
"A bit." The young hybrid replied, rubbing his arms quickly to try and quick warm against the cool night air.
"Here, it will keep you warm." The older man told him as he put on his shoulders the jacket he had carried with him during the day.
"Thank you." The petite male said, feeling slightly startled at first at the gesture before smiling gratefully at his mate.
"You're welcome." The other replied extending his arms and caressing the cheek of the feminine looking young man before he could stop himself or even realize what he was exactly doing.
When he realized what he was doing, Marco felt his cheeks warm up and was about to pull his hand back when he locked eyes with Harry. In his eyes he saw desire and something that looked like desperation. His eyes then trailed down to those rosy lips, watching with rapt attention as the young hybrid wetted them with his tongue in a nervous gesture.
Slowly, his mind feeling muddled in his entranced state, he felt his upper body lean toward the other, his lips getting nearer and nearer to the petite male ones.
It was as if time had stopped and they were the only two persons on earth. Nothing else existed apart from the two of them. Nothing mattered but the other. When their lips finally met one another, they both let out a sigh of complete bliss, as if they had been craving to do it and it had been finally fulfilled.
The petite male quickly wound up his arms around the taller man's neck and slid closer to him until their chest almost touched. As for Marco, he put his arms around his hips and kept a tight grip on him as if to never let go.
Their lips moved in synch, massaging one another in a sensual way. The blond man then suddenly licked his little mate's lips in a silent request for entrance, which was granted immediately. They then began teasing each other, their tongue in a playful fight and discovering every corner of the other's mouth.
They could have kissed like for hours but they were soon brought back to reality as the sound of the first firework being launched startled them and made them break their kiss. First startled it took them a few seconds to remember where they were and what was happening. Then they began to chuckle in remembrance and looked at each other with an amused expression, linking hands and entwining their fingers together before they turned to enjoy the show.
Not too far, sitting in his tree, Ace had assisted to the whole scene and had now a satisfied smile on his face, as he was happy that his two mates had finally kissed. He then decided that it was time for him to appear back to them and jumped down from his tree.
Making a little detour so that they would suspect anything, he walked up to them after a few minutes.
"Sorry for coming so late. It took me longer to do what I had to do." He told them, putting on an apologetic expression on his face, "Did you have good day?"
"We did." Harry said with a big smile as the freckled pirate went to sit next to him, putting him in between the two older men, relishing into their presence and body heat.
"What did you guys do?" the oh-so-ever-witty dark haired man asked, feigning genuine curiosity.
At this question both of the other two's face became slightly red and they began to mumble answers incomprehensibly.
"We went to the amusement park and played games." Marco mumbled quickly, which was actually the only thing decipherable thing from all the jumble of words he and Harry mumbled.
Greatly amused by this reaction, Ace couldn't help but smirk at this. He kept on looking at them as they were becoming more and more embarrassed, thinking that he wouldn't exchange those two for anyone else in the whole world.
TBC
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I am very sorry for the updating pace of this story but I have to say that this school year is very hectic and I have tons of things to do.
Plus, right now I am working on preparing and filling in application forms for potential universities in South Korea I could go to for my Master's degree. So yeah…busy busy like a little bee. :D
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