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Haru sat staring out into the azure depths of the pool, knees drawn up close enough for him to wrap both arms around so that he could keep them from slipping across the tile. Water danced in his eyes even as his lids grew heavy. He fought it but only for a moment, reveling in the peacefulness of the watery depths playing out their role in life just before him. His eyes slid closed. Opened. Eyelashes fluttered. His head sunk. Then jerked up.
This one time, he didn't want to go under. He wanted to stay here. To watch the water. To feel the sun. Even if it meant he couldn't have that warmth. For today. Because it hadn't come yesterday. He knew because he'd waited. For hours. And today, well, he didn't feel like waiting for it. If it could come to him whenever it felt like it, then he could choose when to go to it too. Or not go. His head bobbed again.
He didn't want to go. He had something to prove. To…something. Maybe himself. Maybe not. Who knew? Certainly not him. But he was going to prove…it. Whatever it was. His eyes slid shut again, and his head slid down to gently rest on top of his knees.
Rin found him like that. For a moment, it had almost looked like the raven haired teen was still awake, but the way his head was tilted and the deep easy movement of his chest was enough to convince him to risk getting closer. He released the breath he hadn't been aware he'd been holding until he saw that Haru's beautiful eyes were carefully hidden from the world in his sleep.
He shouldn't do this. He'd decided that already. Twice before he'd told himself with no amount of uncertainty that this was wrong. That he should stay away. That Haru was Makoto's or…was it Nagisa's. His talk with Gou hadn't helped as much as he'd hoped.
Third time's a charm, though, right? Or, if one were being brutally honest, the fact that you were on the third try meant you had already failed horribly two times before that and the third try wasn't likely to show any increased ability, especially not when you were talking about Haru. Or resisting Haru. Or..not touching Haru. Yeah, something told him that maybe the third time wouldn't be the charm after all.
Oh well. It was partially Haru's fault. After all, he was the one that had made Rin stay with him the other day, and then to top it all off, he'd made him crawl in bed with him too. Stupid kid.
Haru sat on the beach gazing out into the ocean. It was peaceful here too. But not warm. He was glad. But also, sad. He didn't want to be at the warmth's whim, but he wanted it too. His water but not water was annoying. It should be like the water. Always there for him. But no… It just had to be complicated. Well, he was not going to stand for this. And that was that.
Rin gingerly eased himself down so that he was kneeling behind the sleeping teen, one bent knee positioned on either side of his prey. His hands slipped into the open space between Haru's knees and chest where his favorite playground could be found.
Leaning forward so that there was only an inch or so of air between his skin and the oblivious boy's, Rin let his breath ghost across the shell of Haru's ear. He was pleased when the teen in his arms shuddered lightly at the intimate caress.
It was here.
It tickled his ear, and he shuddered at the sensation.
It ran in languid caresses across his chest, and he couldn't help himself as another shudder ripped through him when it began trailing liquid paths down the muscles of his neck, stopping a moment to pull at the point where his pulse hammered loudly, before continuing on to trace a line down the sharp ridges of his spine.
This. Was. Not. Fair.
His breathe left him. He wanted to fight this… Sensation. Because, well, because he could. And that was reason enough. Because this stupid water but not water had jacked around with his actual water. And even though he liked it, he didn't like how it was controlling him. Only his real water was allowed to do that.
He sucked in another breathe, gasping harshly as the smooth caresses from his chest vanished before reappearing to brush against him further below. And now he was naked in his dreams again. Damn it! He did not give permission for it to do that either!
But, he didn't want it to stop. Growling, partially at himself and partially at the warmth that was not water but was still sort of water, Haru settled back into the warm caresses, and finally relaxed into whatever would come.
He'd get annoyed again later. Tomorrow. Maybe. If he felt like it.
Rin sighed in relief. Haru had been shifting so much that he'd feared the other boy would wake up, but now, it seemed as though he fallen deeper into his nap.
The muscles he'd been tracing on Haru's back had eased. They'd been clenching and rippling under each trail he'd burned across them, glinting in the sun after he'd left them, but now, they were melting beneath his touch. He liked melting. Deciding he'd had enough, Rin pulled his hands out from beneath Haru's swimsuit, and grinning like an idiot at the sound of protest that drew from the azure eyed teen, he pulled the other boy gently back into his embrace.
Now Haru was much easier to reach, his head resting against Rin's chest and leaning over slightly into the crook of the red haired teen's shoulder so that each breathe he drew and released sent goose bumps skidding and careening down Rin's arms.
This kid.
Clenching his teeth against Haru's own, unknowing, caress, he reached for the other boy again, his hands gently gliding across the hardened planes of Haru's chest then down further to trace the outline of his navel before dipping inside. As the teen shifted against him, face pressing closer into the skin his head was resting on, Rin gave up and sent his tongue and mouth after Haru's conveniently available neck. If you wanted the fish to resist the hook, then you probably shouldn't have baited it.
He'd be careful not to leave any marks. Probably.
His hands, finished with Haru's stomach, slid further down to the edges of the black and purple material of his swimsuit before edging just underneath to trace neat, perfect lines along the waistband.
It was hot.
Really hot. And not the hot like he'd been in the pool too long on a really hot summer's day hot. Or even the kind of hot where he wasn't in the pool on a hot summer's day although he really wanted to be kind of hot. It was just…hot.
He wasn't sure anymore whether the water he felt trailing against his skin was the not water or his own sweat. And he was panting. Like he'd just run…a really long way.
Haru groaned when the not water stopped moving. Or at least moving down. It was now just casually skimming the skin beneath his swimsuit. Well. Damn it again! He was dressed. Again. First it undresses him, now it dresses him. What was he? A doll? He was not a doll. And now, he was annoyed.
And the stupid not water warmth needed to move. Somewhere. Somewhere else if one was being specific. But, it wasn't, and he was annoyed, and he wanted some revenge.
He squirmed. He was surrounded by the warmth, and it didn't seem like he would be able to move too much. Besides, the warmth tensed every time he moved, and he didn't want it to go away. He wanted…
Retribution.
The warmth needed to be taught a lesson. And Haru had always been a good…teacher…
Rin, poor oblivious soul that he was, had been completely consumed by his ability to freely touch the raven haired teen in his arms. He was in heaven. The only way this could have been more perfect was if Haru had been awake. And willing.
He was so caught up in the feel of the other teen's skin beneath his fingers that it took him a moment to recognize that something had changed. And then he froze. His mind shut off, and it took a moment for him to get it to reboot, and sometime while all of this was happening, the sleeping Haru had gone from nuzzling his neck to licking.
Mind rebooted. Shut down imminent. Yep. He was dying. Haru was licking him. This had to stop. Now. Because. Because. Because this stupid kid could tempt a saint, and he was never applying for sainthood.
He had to get out of here. Now!
Haru grinned a little even as he licked the saltiness of the warmth that had encased him. For a water like entity, it was rather tense all of a sudden. But it…tasted…good. Yummy.
One lick. Then another. He couldn't really help it when a moment later his mouth found itself rather firmly attached.
Rin's mind blanked. Again. One minute he had a warm, sleeping boy in his arms, and now, he had a nightmare, still sleeping, but a nightmare nonetheless.
Haru woke abruptly when he felt himself sliding. He was…At the pool. Oh, he'd fallen asleep. He must've fallen over. Deciding it was late enough, he got up, grabbed his clothes, and headed home. When he got into the tub that night, he was still smiling. It felt good. A little payback even against a dream was nice.
Maybe next time, his warmth would think twice before playing around with him that way. And maybe it would learn that it shouldn't ever mess with him.
Or his water.
Rin was still beating himself up when he dragged himself home that night. He'd barely rounded the corner of the building when Haru had opened his azure eyes and shown them to the world. He was a first class kind of idiot. His mind had shut down, and in a rather vain and far too late effort at self defense, he'd pushed the other boy away. To the floor. Which had, unsurprisingly, woken him up. Fortunately, by the time Haru had been awake enough to move, Rin was already far, far away.
It wasn't until after he'd finished brushing his teeth that he finally realized exactly how much damage Haru had done. To him. To his emotions. And to his resolve not to go back.
He had…
He Had..
He had.
A hickey?
Author's Note: Poor Rin. Insert evil laughter here. I did promise all fluff, and no plot. Unless one counts a hickey as plot, but it's not, at the moment at least… Now, my lovely peoples, was it worth the wait of, erm, 3-ish non-fluffy chapters?
Also, emerald, I wrote this for you because you review made me feel all warm and fluffy inside, so here is a different kind of warm fluffy feeling just for you! And everybody else. XD
Love to all my reviews, followers, etc!