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WARNING: as always, there are spoilers, dialogs from the game have a '*' and there is a M scene ;)
When Alvin left the Hallowmont Summit, everyone was waiting him. Milla looked at him with a smile.
"Everything okay?", she asks, and Alvin nods with confidence smiling back.
"Yeah, let's go"
They arrive at the Temporal Crossroads in no time. The place is as confusing as the last time they went there, but fortunately the path that they have to follow is clear, thanks to Gaius that had indicated them what portal would lead to him.
When they arrive, there is someone expecting them. Someone who Alvin has almost forgotten due to all what has happened the last days: Wingul. He is sitting with his legs crossed on one of the platforms, his sword already in hand.
He gets down when they arrive and adopts a stance that clearly indicates that he is not going to let them pass.
*"Why are you so adamant about meeting His Highness?"
*"We must stop him and dispel the schism", it's Rowen who answers, "It is the only way for the people of Rieze Maxia and Elympios to come together"
*"So you side with the Elympians now. You fickle self-righteousness sickens me", Wingul comments with a condescending tone, and then, he looks at the entire group just before fixing his eyes on Alvin.
*"I don't understand what His Highness sees in you! You will die here before you become any further burden to him!"
And yes, maybe Alvin was over-thinking things, because Wingul could be referring to Gaius' reluctance to finish the group off, but the fact that Wingul was looking at him at that moment together with the fact that Alvin knew about Wingul's feelings about the King was making him think that probably Wingul's words were directed specifically to him. Alvin sighs. Sorry, Wingul, but as long as the King doesn't reject me I'm not going to step back, Alvin thinks to himself before grabbing his weapons and adopting his fighting stance.
At that moment, Wingul transforms himself: his hair becomes white and there is a most powerful aura surrounding him. He doesn't lose any time and attacks the group, so everyone begins the contra-attack. It's not an easy fight: Wingul had always been a great warrior, with incredible speed and excellent sword's skills, but now that he was transformed, all his abilities were even greater. However, everyone has been training since they decided to confront Gaius together, so it doesn't take them much time to beat him.
When Wingul is defeated, he comes back to his usual form. He tries to attack again but he barely manages to stand up by using his sword as support. Rowen tries to convince him to stop fighting them, but Wingul doesn't listen to him.
*"Wingul, Gaius has not killed all of us for precisely the same reason that he keeps you by his side. If you were to die here, Gaius' ideals will…"
*"Not another word! Say no more, Ilbert"
Wingul tries to transform again, but suddenly he grabs his head his both hands while crying out in pain. Rowen tries to approach him.
*"Pull yourself together! Could this be a reaction to the booster?"
However, before Rowen could do anything to help him, Wingul uses his last strengths to break the floor under them with his sword while shouting some intelligible things in a language that no one of them understands, making the entire group fall. Fortunately, there are several platforms so they manage to land in one piece, although almost everyone ends in a different one.
Alvin stares at the place from where they have fallen. It was very unlikely that Wingul has survived with his booster being out of control…Alvin sighs with sadness. He had never liked Wingul because he had always treated him with superiority, but he knew that he has been someone important to Gaius, and by now Alvin knew that although Gaius was always trying to act as nothing affected him, he would be sad about the Chimeriad's death.
Besides, now that he knew that Wingul's aggressive behavior towards him could have probably been due to the fact that Gaius loved him instead of Wingul, he could understand it. After all, if the roles were reversed he would have hated Wingul for sure…
Goodbye, man in black, I promise that I won't be a burden to your King. You have my word.
When Alvin focuses again, everyone is discussing the plan to follow. At the end, they decide to separate to find Gaius, so after everyone claims to be the first one to meet the King, they separate.
After almost twenty minutes, Alvin decides to take the risk of using the hairpin that Muzet gave him. Maybe he could convince her to transport him again, because seriously, the place was a fucking labyrinth and he was tired of walking in circles.
Alvin has the hairpin already in his hand when he sees a powerful aura coming from one of the platforms not far away from the one where he is standing. He recognizes that aura. It's Gaius without any doubt, so he immediately runs to that direction.
He reaches the platform in barely five minutes. Of course, Milla and Jude have been the first in finding the King, and they are already fighting with…
Alvin's mouth opens wide. That man who Milla and Jude were fighting against…was really Gaius? Because he had never seen him dressed like that before, with those clothes that leave his chest (his too fucking perfect chest) completely exposed, together with those dark tattoos adorning his collarbone and hips, and with his hair combed back showing his handsome face…
Alvin leans against one of the walls, breathing fast. Fuck. Fuck, that wasn't good: he could feel his heart beating like crazy and his pants getting tighter in a very specific part. Alvin closes his eyes and takes a deep breath trying to calm down, but of course, his stupid brain had to remember at that precisely moment all his encounters with Gaius, making the sigh that he was exhaling at that moment develop in an involuntary moan.
Alvin shakes his head and hits himself with both hands. Damn it. He had to focus. He couldn't be thinking about those things now, for goodness sake! He will have time for fantasize about that when he fixes things with Gaius later, although he hoped that by then Gaius had his usual appearance because otherwise he was going to have serious difficulties to remain calm…
After some seconds, Alvin decides that he is focused enough to intervene in the battle, although his heart is still with a faster beating than usual but well, it's the best that he could manage.
*"Hey, let me handle this", he says with a firmer voice than he was expecting to use, and then he immediately attacks Gaius. He can see surprise passing through Gaius' eyes just before recovering his neutral expression and attacking him back with even more force than the last time they fought, confirming him that Gaius' new form wasn't all for show: it made him be stronger as well.
Fortunately, the rest of the group arrives almost immediately and the three of them sigh relieved, because despite being three against two, Muzet wasn't precisely weak and Gaius, well…Gaius was Gaius: they had difficulties when the six of them fought against him in Fezebel Marsh and this time was not different from that.
Well, that was not entirely correct: there was something different this time, because although Gaius' attacks were powerful, they weren't as confident as they were the previous times that they had fought, and when they managed to defeat him, maybe the entire group was honestly thinking that they had won, but Alvin couldn't agree on that: if they had 'defeated' Gaius, it had been because Gaius himself wasn't fighting with all he had, and that was surely because he wasn't sure about the path he was following right now.
At the end of the fight, Milla destroys the Lance with the power of the Four Greats Spirits. Gaius raises his head from the floor where he is keeling.
*"Your vision of the future offers nothing but suffering to the people, whether spyrites are perfected or not", says Gaius by standing again."Even if we unite the two worlds, it is pure fantasy to think that they will cooperate with one another"
There is a little pause before Jude speaks.
*"Maybe you're right. Maybe my dreams for the future are hopelessly naïve. But still, Milla never stopped believing in me. And so did you Gaius, didn't you?"
*"But, what does any of that matter now?", says Gaius with confusion.
Jude explains that during his travel, he has been afraid a lot of times, but that he has managed to become stronger. Milla adds that she trusts in humans' ability to keep advancing despite all the circumstances that they had to affront, and that she knows that Gaius thinks the same.
*"I do not", he snaps, and that definitely confirms Alvin that Gaius is having doubts, because he would have never answer a question with such a rude tone, "When all those possibilities of yours evaporate, I will then be forced to rise again…"
And then, his eyes snaps open when Jude approaches him and offers him his hand.
*"You won't have to do anything"
Alvin feels some jealousy when he sees Gaius' expression of tension and confusion changing into one of surprise and repressed relief. Damn it, I should have been the one who makes him put that face…He smiles with resignation. Well, he could fix things later, right now they had to come back.
While Jude was talking to Gaius, Milla has offered Muzet to go with them, and she immediately agrees with a tender smile. It seemed that everything was fine again…at last until they discover that Milla has decided to take Maxwell's place to look after humans and spirits, and that consequently she has to leave them. Obviously, everyone is devastated with the news, especially Jude, but at the end they accept Milla's decision. She was Milla after all: she wasn't going to change her mind once that she has a clear mission to fulfill.
So everyone leaves, Gaius has already recuperated his previous form, and when Alvin tries to go after him he has already disappeared by using one of the portals. Alvin sighs with exasperation. Seriously, how could Gaius love him when he had been running like that until now? But he wasn't going to give up. He was going to talk to Gaius. That same day.
After everyone leaves the Temporal Crossword, Alvin immediately goes to Kanbalar to see Gaius. However, when he asks for an audience the soldiers tell him that the King has given clear orders of not being disturbed during the next days, so against his will and with an even greater frustration, Alvin is forced to rent a room in the inn and wait. He is going to insist everyday if it's necessary, and that's what he does: he comes back the next day, and the day after, until finally the third day the soldiers let him enter the castle.
And there he was now, in front of the audience room without being able to stay quiet for a moment due to his nervousness. Damn it. He had spent the past two days trying to enter and now that he had managed to do it, a part of him wanted to get out of there...
Alvin shakes his head. No. He wasn't going to do that. He knew what he had to do, and although he could feel his heart about to burst even when he hadn't seen Gaius yet he wasn't going to run. He wasn't going to do that mistake ever again.
"Oh, you are already here"
Alvin turns around when he recognizes that voice.
"Rowen?!", he exclaims, "what are you doing here?"
"Oh, so you don't know", Rowen says with a smile, "you are in front of the Prime Minister of Auj Oule"
Alvin stares at Rowen.
"Wow, seriously? How have you managed to trick Gaius to give you that position?", he says making Rowen laugh.
"I promise that I haven't used any dirty tricks, simply the King has good taste and is able to recognize a talented and capable man"
Alvin can't avoid a laugh.
"Whatever you say, gramps…or should I call you 'Prime Minister' from now on?"
Rowen laughs.
"I'm accustomed to your disrespectful treatment by now, if you stopped now I would end missing it", he answers with a smile, "well, let's go, the King is waiting"
"I suppose that I have to thank you for this reunion, right?", says Alvin.
"Well...maybe I've used some of my influence to arrange it, yes"
Alvin smiles, this time sincerely.
"Thanks, Prime Minister", and Rowen only laughs again.
Alvin is about to go through the doors when he realizes that Rowen is going in a complete different direction.
"Oh, my apologies, I should have warned you", comments Rowen when he sees Alvin's confused face, "I've arranged your meeting in the King's private room"
Alvin's eyes open wide for a moment, but when he looks at Rowen he had the same expression as always.
"Oh…okay", it wasn't a very clever reply but he didn't know what more to say. He follows Rowen until they take an elevator and Rowen selects one of the top floors.
"I suppose that there wouldn't be any problem with the change of place, after all the King and you are old acquaintances, so I suppose that you would prefer a place more…intimate…for your reunion"
Okay, now Alvin's doubts about Rowen's true intention had completely disappeared, because besides his words when Alvin looks at Rowen he can clearly see that he has a teasing smile on his face. Alvin tries to answer neutrally, although by now he knows that it's impossible to fool Rowen.
"I don't know what you are suggesting, gramps", he ends saying without looking at him.
"Oh my, I'm not suggesting anything at all. But if you feel more at ease changing the place then…"
"No, it's okay like that"
And yes, he had answered too quickly and Rowen has noticed because he begins to laugh. Alvin tries to frown but at the end he finishes laughing too…at least, until the elevator stops. Alvin stares at the opened doors and gulps.
"I'll leave you here, Alvin", the soft voice of Rowen makes him come back to reality. Alvin nods, not trusting in his own voice right now, and Rowen pats softly his shoulder a couple of times while giving him a reassuring smile, "Good luck"
Alvin smiles back and nods. Thanks to Rowen now he was feeling more relaxed, at least a little.
"Thanks, Rowen. For this and…well…for the talk back then on Elympios. That helped me a lot"
Rowen only chuckles.
"My pleasure. It seems that at the end I'm becoming quite an expert in giving romantic advice…"
Alvin's mouth open wide but he doesn't have time to answer because the elevator's doors begin to close at that moment and the last thing that he sees is Rowen wide smile as inclining to saying goodbye. Alvin can't avoid a laugh. He couldn't win against him.
He turns around slowly and looks at the door that leads to Gaius' room. Well. The moment had come. Alvin approaches the door, raises his hand to knock and takes a deep breath. Be brave, idiot. Without waiting any more time, he knocks.
"Come in", Alvin closes his eyes for a couple of seconds just before opening the door. Gaius is sitting on his desk, absorbed in his papers as always, and when he finally raises his head his face shows an expression of complete astonishment.
"Alvin?!", Gaius exclaims, and Alvin's mouth opens wide when he hears Gaius say his name with a voice more high-pitched than usual. If he wasn't that nervous, he would tease him immediately, but he couldn't do that now. Not yet.
"Yeah, your Majesty, it's me. I thought that I have arrived in time but…"
"In time?", Gaius interrupts him, the surprise is still showed in his face but after clearing his throat his voice is as deep as usual, "I…I don't understand, I have an appointment with you?"
Alvin is going to speak but he stops suddenly. No. It wasn't possible…
"Wait…Rowen hasn't told you anything?"
"Rowen knew that you were going to come?"
Alvin stares at Gaius in disbelief. That old man…he was more incredible than he had thought.
"Yeah, in fact Rowen has been the one who had arranged this reunion"
Gaius blinks with confusion a couple of times. Then he gets ups and goes to the wall near the door, where there is a kind of telephone. Gaius takes it and speaks for half a minute before hanging up. Then he turns around.
"It seems that Rowen had forgotten to tell me about it", comments Gaius as approaching the table again, but this time instead of sitting down he leans against it, face to face with Alvin.
Alvin doesn't say anything. It's rather improbably that Rowen had forgotten something like that, but maybe Gaius doesn't know Rowen well yet to realize that…
Or maybe he does, because then Gaius exhales a sigh of resignation before saying.
"A Prime Minister that does what he pleases…I should have known that this was going to happen by choosing Rowen for that position"
Alvin can't avoid the laughter when hears that last comment, and when he looks at Gaius again he sees that he is looking at him with a surprised expression.
"I'm sorry", he says immediately misinterpreting Gaius' look, "I'm not laughing at you, your Majesty, it's just…"
"No, no, it's okay", says Gaius immediately, "It's just been a while since the last time I saw you laugh", Gaius gives him a hint of a smile, "It's nice to see it again"
Alvin gulps, and this time it seems that it's Gaius who seems to misinterpret Alvin's change of expression because he immediately adopts his serious face again, as he was afraid of having made Alvin uncomfortable with that last comment.
"I apologize for not having received you before, but when my soldiers told me that there was a very insistent man that wanted to see me it hadn't occurred to me that it was you"
"Don't worry, your Majesty, I haven't waited too much"
In fact, it has been his fault because he hadn't wanted to say his name when the soldiers asked them, because he had been afraid of Gaius not wanting to see him, but well, he needn't say that. Besides, after their last horrible conversation it was understandable that Gaius hadn't thought that the insistent man was him.
"Alright. So, what do you want to discuss
Alvin gulps again. He had almost studied what he was going to say and how he was going to say it, but now, the words seemed trapped in his throat.
"Well…", he begins to say to gain time and to try to calm down a little, "there are a couple of things that I have to tell you, so would you be disposed to listen to me…Gaius?"
When Gaius hears Alvin saying his name, his eyes open wide and Alvin can see him gulping this time, but immediately his unreadable expression comes back as he nods once, a little too quick.
"First of all, thanks", Gaius frowns with a confused look, "my mother", and of course, words were escaping from Alvin's mouth before ever thinking them as he had planned, but what the hell, he had never had good memory in the first place, "you took care of her until the end when you didn't have to do it, so thank you"
Gaius averts his eyes.
"You shouldn't thank me for that", and it's Alvin's turn to frown, "I couldn't save her. If I had ordered my men to look after her better, we could have detected that she was being poisoned and…"
"Gaius", Gaius shuts up and looks at him again, and for the face that he was showing it seemed that he didn't believe yet that Alvin was calling him with familiarity again, "it's not your fault at all. Besides, my mother knew it and she decided to accept it, so don't blame yourself"
Gaius opens his mouth, about to ask Alvin more explanations, but at the end he only nods.
"And second thing", and with that, Alvin takes a deep breath and makes sure to not to stop looking at Gaius, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry for my changes of behavior between hot and cold when I was with you. I'm sorry for having been running away without trusting you and without explaining you anything. I'm sorry for having been a complete idiot and having told you things when I didn't know anything about your true intentions… and I'm sorry for not having been brave enough to acknowledge these feelings that I have for you and reject you instead"
Alvin stops talking almost without breath. He hasn't stopped looking at Gaius for a moment, and although he hasn't apparently changed his face, his eyes are slightly more opened than usual and his hands are now grabbing the edge of the table with force, showing his nervousness.
"With…", Gaius speaks, and Alvin is surprised to see how Gaius stops talking, clears his throat and talks again, as he couldn't find his own voice at first, "with 'acknowledge your feelings' you mean…"
"I mean that I lied when I said that I didn't love you", snaps Alvin. God, the tension was too much right now. And yes, he knew that he hasn't said 'I love you' when it was what he was trying to say; and yes, it seemed that it wasn't enough, because Gaius was still looking at him with caution, as he was afraid of Alvin retracting his words at any time, so he continues speaking. After all, he owed him a good explanation.
"At first I was only curious about you. It was the first time that I knew a man so confident in his believes and so secure about what to do. You were so different from me that I couldn't help to want to test you, to know how much of your confidence was real...but as the time passed, I discovered that I was beginning to really enjoy your company, and I began to expect the fights and the conversations. It was the first time that I wanted to be near to someone… near to you. That had never happened to me, and although I realized that it was something that wasn't like me at all, I decided to ignore it because it was fun...and then…"
Alvin takes a deep breath, and when he looks at Gaius again he sees that he is almost holding his breathing, so that's his final push to continue.
"And then…I began to fall in love with you, because despite how different I was and despite I was everything that you always disapproved …you never looked at me from above your shoulder, you never treated like I was someone worse…and you always were there for me. But still…"
Alvin stops talking when he feels that he has a lump on his throat. Come on, really? He was the one who was declaring, for goodness sake…
"Alvin…it's enough"
Alvin ignores the soft voice of Gaius calling his name. He had to finish. He owed him.
"But still…I denied it", he exhales a nervous laugh, "I was the one who began all this by kissing you after our fight, but since then I fucking denied it every single time that we were together, because I discovered that with you it was impossible to wear a mask, to try to be someone that I'm not, and that scared me because I...I had always been capable to hide what I wanted to hide and with you I couldn't do it…so I ran away, and since then, every time that I met you I tried my best to avoid you...and then I told you all that shit when you had always been thinking of me and I'm sorry and…"
His talking is cut when Gaius suddenly approaches him and hugs him.
"Enough, Alvin", he whispers, "that's enough. I understand it."
Alvin tries to say something but at the end he only exhales a deep sigh and as he returns the hug, his hands grabbing Gaius' back as if he was afraid of losing him.
"Besides…", begins to say Gaius without letting Alvin go yet, "It's not your fault".
"What?! Of course it's my fault!", Alvin manages to say.
"No, it isn't, not entirely at least".
They remain in their embrace a little more until Gaius separates, although he is still grabbing Alvin's arms with tenderness.
"I concede that you haven't been the easiest man to treat, especially when you insisted of keeping for you your thoughts and feelings, but despite that, I hadn't any right to demand you anything".
"Gaius, I was always demanding you explanations", snaps Alvin.
"That doesn't matter".
Alvin laughs.
"Oh, so are you saying that I had all the right to ask you about everything but you hadn't?"
"No, what I am saying is that I shouldn't have intruded into your privacy without asking, and that was what I did. I am used to read people since I was twelve so I did the same with you too without noticing, and I am truly sorry about that. I hadn't any right to try to make you tell me things that you didn't want to tell…my only excuse is that my feelings for you were growing too deep that I couldn't help to want to know you more"
Alvin reddens in a second. How could Gaius say those things so bluntly?
"Okay", manages to say Alvin at the end, "I admit that it was a little shocking, but I can assure you that if you hadn't done it like that, right now I would have still been running away from you"
"I'm not sure about that", says Gaius averting his eyes, "as I said, until now I've always been able to say what a person was thinking, but right now I wasn't expect your confession at all, so maybe it should have been better to wait until you feelings cleared up instead of..."
"Gaius", Alvin interrupts, "you give me more credit than I deserve. I'm here thanks to Presa and Rowen, if it wasn't for them, I would still be denying my feelings for you"
Gaius frowns in confusion, so Alvin explains him his conversation with Rowen and Presa's letter.
"So as I said: don't worry, you made the right decision by forcing the truth out of me, your Majesty", Alvin ends the sentence with a teasing smile.
Gaius laughs. God, he had missed that expression on Gaius' face too.
"I thought that the royal treatment was going to disappear now that we are finally together" asks Gaius with an amused tone.
Alvin has to gulp before answering. They were together now. That sounds good. Really good.
"Oh, so we are together now?", Alvin comments casually after a little pause.
Gaius' eyes open wide.
"We are, aren't we?"
"I don't know", says Alvin feigning confusion, "I have always thought than when two people are together the least they can do is to kiss each other, and I think that we haven't done that yet…your Majesty"
Alvin ends the sentence looking at Gaius with a rather intentional look, praying inside that he catches the hint, and when he sees the King's smile he knows that he had understood it. Damn, he had missed this kind of play so much.
"Indeed you are right", comments Gaius with the same neutral tone approaching Alvin, "so may I assume that you are going to keep with the formal treatment until then?"
"Yep, I think so…your Majesty", Alvin says again without averting his eyes from Gaius. He was getting close and Alvin could feel his heart beating fast again.
Gaius was now just in front of him, his face inches apart from his own and his eyes without stopping looking at him for a moment. Suddenly, Gaius moves one of his hands to the back of Alvin's neck slowly, as the other hand settles in Alvin's hip. Alvin finds himself licking his lips that are dry from the tension as his breathing begins to fasten. "Well…", Gaius closes the gap even more, until their lips are almost touching, "shouldn't we done something about it then?"
And finally, the gap between them disappears completely when Gaius' mouth captures Alvin's in a searing kiss. The last one opens his mouth immediately to grant Gaius more access, and when their tongues finally connect, both men exhale a moan of pure satisfaction as they began to taste each other, teeth connecting due to the hurry. Alvin can feel himself shuddering from the pleasure as his hands grabs Gaius by his lower back and forces his bodies be even closer. Yes. Oh god, yes, he had missed this so damn much... But right now it wasn't enough. He wanted more. Much more.
Without stopping kissing Gaius for a moment, Alvin forces him to go backwards until Gaius hits his desk, some papers and documents falling to the floor. Alvin can feel Gaius sigh in surprise against his mouth, and when he attempts to say something Alvin silences him with another hard kiss, as his hands reach the front of Gaius shirt and begin to unbutton it almost desperately.
Alvin fears that Gaius tried to stop him then but he doesn't do anything, the only change is that the hand that was previously settled on the back of his head now is grabbing Alvin's hair with more force. Alvin smirks against Gaius' mouth. He was trying to maintain control. He had to do something about it.
When Gaius' shirt is completely opened, Alvin stops kissing him for a moment and stares at the new exposed flesh hungrily, biting his lower lip with anticipation. Since the moment he had seen Gaius half-naked back on Elympios he had wanted to touch that skin, but then when he saw Gaius in his final form, chest exposed and tattoos adorning it, he had dreamed about it during the past two days…and now he could finally do something about it.
So he kisses Gaius again, forcing his tongue inside, invading his mouth with violence, as his hands settle on Gaius chest. God, it was as warm at the rest of his body and softer that he had thought…Alvin changes his mind. Touching wasn't enough. He wanted to taste it too.
So Alvin stops kissing Gaius again and settles his mouth on Gaius' neck. He begins to slowly lick it but not much time after he is sucking it hungrily, making the last one grunt in a low tone, and when Alvin is sure that the King is going to have a mark there (in part it was revenge for the others times he did the same to him) he begins to go down to his collarbone until he arrives at his pectorals, leaving a trace of licks and bites adorning Gaius' dark skin.
"Alvin…", Alvin raises his eyes to look at Gaius. The last one is breathing heavily, his purple eyes shining with an aura that he hadn't seen before, and his voice even deeper than usual, "Alvin…if this continues…I don't know if I will be able to stop…"
Alvin doesn't know if Gaius had said it on purpose but that last words had gone directly to his lower half. Alvin takes a deep breath and incorporates again, locking eyes with Gaius, and approaches his face to his again until their noses barely touch. However, instead the kiss that Gaius was expecting, Alvin diverts his mouth and settles it on Gaius' ear, making the last one grunt again as grabbing with more force Alvin's hip and hair. So his ears are sensitive…I have to remember that, thinks Alvin to himself.
"That sounds good to me…", he whispers in a sensual tone making sure to grind against Gaius making him groan again, "lose control…your Majesty", he didn't now at first if using right now the royal treatment was a good idea, but when he feels Gaius trembling against him with barely suppressed desire just before forcing back his head to crash their lips together again, he knows that he had used the right words.
Alvin manages to kiss back somehow, trying to use his tongue the same way Gaius was doing now as he ravages his mouth with vigor. However, the previous control that Alvin had (or that Alvin thought that he had) disappears completely when Gaius grabs Alvin by the back of his thighs. Gaius elevates him without any effort forcing Alvin to wrap his legs around Gaius' waist to not to fall, and then he drops him on the table making Alvin lose his breath but not for the impact of his back against the surface, but for the vision that was above him: Gaius, with his exposed chest full of his marks going up and down due to his fast breathing, and looking at him with a predatory look…god, could it be something sexier?
However, Alvin hasn't time to think anymore when this time it's Gaius the one who leans above him with an incredibly speed and attacks his neck just in the right spot, making Alvin arch his body.
"Oh god…yes…", Alvin moans by exposing more his neck at the same time that he bucks his hips up searching for friction. With that last movement Gaius sighs and bites his neck with more force making Alvin exhale another moan. He was going to have a really difficult mark to hide but right now he couldn't care less.
Gaius stops abusing his neck and begins to attack his mouth again, giving him open-mouthed kisses while his hands settle on Alvin's shirt and begins to unbutton it as well, and when it's completely opened Alvin doesn't lose time and puts one of his arms around Gaius neck making him almost fall over him in order to make both of their chests connect. Both men exhale a moan with the contact, and Gaius settles both of his hands on Alvin's hips and helps him to grind up against him.
They began to thrust against each other, the desk making noises due to the rough movements as some more papers falls to the floor. Alvin's moans become louder as the time passes. The grinding is intense, so intense that he begins to feel paint due the friction of his pants, so in a quick movement he unzips them, releasing some of the pressure. Then he settles his hands on Gaius crotch, making him exhale a groan of satisfaction, and does the same.
As soon as both of his pants are unzipped, they return to their grinding, the sensations more intense due to the almost direct contact, now only suppressed by their respective underwear.
"Better?", exhales Alvin between labored pants. Gaius averts his eyes without answering, "what's the matter?"
Gaius looks at him again, his expression unreadable for a moment, and then suddenly his hand is on Alvin's member, making the last one exhale a cry mix surprise and pleasure as he feels his cock being stroked and liberated completely from his underwear.
"It's okay if…", begins to say Gaius with a unsure voice at the same time that he liberates his member as well, and Alvin can't avoid a gulp when he confirms that, as he had thought, the size was rather interesting…wait, he had just picturing himself as the one receiving? Honestly, how submissive he was…? However, his thoughts are cut when Gaius align their cocks together and begins to thrust again.
"Ooh god…aah!", Alvin moans mimicking Gaius movements. He hadn't suggested doing it directly because he wasn't sure if Gaius wanted it but god, it was as good as he had imagined.
"Is it okay?", exhales Gaius against his lips, his hands settled again on Alvin's hips.
"Y-Yeah…keep moving!", exclaims Alvin returning the kisses. He had been close to come a moment ago, but now with the direct contact he could feel the familiar warm settling on his stomach…but he didn't want to finish. Not yet. Not like that.
"Gaius…", he whispers, "let's do it"
Gaius suddenly stops and looks at him with widen eyes.
"What?"
Alvin gulps. It probably wasn't a good idea, things were already too accelerate, and he hadn't done it with a man before, but his body was crying him to keep going, so he ignores his brain and speaks again.
"You've heard me…let's do it", he repeats.
Now it's Gaius' turn to gulp.
"Are you sure?".
Alvin nods.
"Yeah, I want you. Now"
And it was true. He was a little afraid, but he wanted it…and for the way Gaius attacks him again it seemed that he wanted it as well, so they kiss again, even needier than before, and now the table is shaking so much that is suppressing the noises that both of them are making. Alvin feels his heart beating even crazier than before. He was going to do it. With Gaius. Now. He couldn't believe it yet…
Knock knock.
No…it had to be a joke…
Knock knock.
Alvin and Gaius stop and stare at each other in disbelief.
"Don't tell me…that the door is…"
"Your Highness? Is it everything all right?"
Yes, it wasn't a joke. It takes Gaius a couple of seconds to answer.
"Y-yes", and this time, even him has to clear his throat before being able to answer with an almost neutral voice, "everything is okay, is there any problem?"
"I've heard some noises from inside and I was worried that…", and at that moment, another voice can be heard. A voice that both of them know well.
"You, young man! How do you dare to disturb the King in such an impolite manner!?", Alvin and Gaius opens his mouth in astonishment almost at the same time. They had never heard Rowen be so angry.
"I-I'm s-sorry, Prime Minister, I just…"
"You just nothing! I told all of you that you shouldn't disturb the King this morning under any circumstances"
"B-but…"
"No excuses! Go away before I find out your name and I made sure that you are fired for such impertinence"
"Y-yes sir! And excuse me, your Highness"
Alvin and Gaius keep staring at the door without moving a muscle, and then they hear a deep sigh from the other side of the door before Rowen speaks again.
"My apologies, your Highness, I hope that your reunion hadn't been ruined. You can continue at ease", and then he leaves.
Gaius looks at Alvin again from above. They continue looking at each other for some seconds until Alvin can't stand it anymore and begins to laugh as covering his eyes with one hand. Gaius quickly follows him, until both are laughing as they have never done before because honestly, the situation couldn't have been more ridiculous.
"Oh man…", exclaims Alvin, "what a way to destroy the mood"
"Indeed", nods Gaius, "I suppose that it's safe to assume that Rowen knows about us?"
"Yep, I think that is very probably"
They look at each other with smiles still on their faces. After some seconds, Gaius leans again and kisses Alvin but this time without hurry, just a light kiss that Alvin gladly accepts.
"Alvin", begins to say Gaius in a guilty tone, "I think that it's better if…"
"Don't worry, I know what you are going to say", he immediately answers, with a mix of relief and disappointment.
Gaius averts his eyes. Then he incorporates and Alvin does the same. Both of them zips again his pants and leans against the table side to side. After some more seconds, Alvin leans his head to his side to rest it on Gaius' shoulder, and the last one kisses him lightly before both of them remain quiet again.
"Can I make you a question?", Alvin asks after hesitating a little.
"Yes, go ahead"
"You didn't want to do it yet, right?", Alvin tries to say it with a casual tone but he can't avoid letting some sadness slide. Gaius doesn't say anything for a moment but Alvin feels him tensing, and then suddenly Gaius is in front of him again, his hands around Alvin's waist and his mouth attacking his with passion. Alvin exhales a moan of surprise and returns the kiss as his hands grab Gaius face. Damn, he wasn't going to get tired of kissing him…
Then, suddenly Gaius' mouth is on his neck again, sucking with such force that Alvin exhales a strangled gasp.
"Fuck, Gaius…D-don't do that, I won't be able to hide it if…"
"Take back your words", says Gaius against his neck without stopping his attack, and Alvin has to make an effort to speak again because damn, he liked it much more than he was going to admit but he didn't want to have a mark for two weeks.
"W-what?"
"What you've said of me not wanting to do it with you: take…back…your…words…", and with every pause he gives a knew bite to his neck making Alvin bit his lower lip to avoid to moan even louder.
"O-okay, okay, sorry, I shouldn't have said that!", he almost cry. Forcing Gaius to stop the teasing, and when Gaius is finally in front of him again, Alvin realizes that he is looking at him with a frown, "Gaius…?"
"I want to do it with you ", says Gaius with a serious tone, "I can promise you that I only need a little push for ignoring my reasoning, pushing you against this table again and continue from where we've been interrupted"
The last words are said in such a deeper voice that Alvin sighs trying to calm down. That sounded really good…And if Gaius managed to use his final form while doing it with him…god, he was getting hard again only with just that thought…
"But…", Gaius cuts his fantasies at once, "I think that if we do it now, we'll regret it, because the next months are going to be a complete chaos: I will have to deal with negotiations with Elympios, to establish who will be the king of Rashugal after the death of Nachtical, to deal with all the problems that there will be with the disappearance of the boosters and the spyrixes...I'm not going to have time for anything, not even for you", he rest his forehead against Alvin's while closing his eyes, "it's going to be already rather difficult to work because I'm going to remember what had just happened every time that I sit down here, so if we keep going…"
Gaius doesn't end the sentence but Alvin understands what he is trying to say.
"I get it. You are suggesting not seeing each other until everything calms down, right?"
Gaius averts his eyes with guiltiness, so Alvin doesn't lose time to kiss him to make clear that he didn't blame him, because although he could sometimes forget it, Gaius was a king, and as a king his obligations towards his people were first, so with the actual chaotic politic situation, Gaius needed to be exclusively focused on fixing it. If Alvin was with Gaius right now, he could end being a burden to him, and he didn't want that.
"I get it", repeats Alvin, "It sucks, but it's the best", he says with a frustrated smile, "besides, I still have to discover how I'm going to live from now on since I'm not a mercenary anymore, so I'm going to be rather busy too"
They remain silent from a moment, their foreheads still touching, until Alvin is the first one to break the silence.
"How much time?", he tries to use a casual voice but his voice sounds a little worried against his will.
"Well, I can't tell how much time you need to..."
"Don't worry about me, the time that takes me to rearrange my life surely will be bound to the time that you take to fix everything, I'm a hell of dependent man. So...how much time?"
Gaius begins thinking with a frown. Seconds pass and Alvin begins to get impatient. After a long complete minute Gaius speaks.
"Well, you have to know that this it's something estimated, I'm not sure if..."
"How much?"
"...One year…at least"
Alvin's heart skips a beat but he forces himself to stay imperturbable.
"One year", Alvin repeats.
"I am afraid so".
Alvin stays silent. He knew that he had to be grateful for it, because with all the things that Gaius has to do he should have expected a longer time, but still a part of himself was expecting to not to reach the year.
Alvin notices then the tension on Gaius. Probably he was putting the blame on him again, so Alvin exhales an exaggerated and loud sigh.
"Well, I suppose that it can't be helped, it's my fault for getting involved with a king".
Gaius looks at Alvin with surprise, and the last one smiles him ironically, making disappear some of Gaius' tension. Was Gaius really fearing to be rejected at this point just because of the time? Alvin smiles to himself. And then he was the insecure one…
"So...it's fine with you?"
"Hah, of course it's not fine, I would like to not to have to wait at all", he snorts, "but well, if you give me one year then I can promise you that the man that you will meet after that time will be a completely different one".
Gaius laughs.
"That would be a pity, because I've fallen for the man you are now"
Alvin blushes a little. Damn it, we wasn't used to those kind of comments…although he liked them. Very much.
"Oh, don't worry: I only have intention to change the mercenary habits, I promise that after a year you will encounter an honest business man...well, or a simple honest man if things doesn't work as well as I expect", he ends the sentence scratching the back of his head.
"Okay. I'll take your word", says Gaius with a smile while offering Alvin a hand. The last one chuckles.
"Of course, your Majesty, who do you think I am?", he answers with a teasing tone by accepting it.
"Alvin, if you keep calling me that when we are alone…"
Alvin laughs.
"Okay, okay, it was a joke…although you have liked it when I called you that before", and Alvin's smirk widens when he sees Gaius gulping and reddening a little.
"That was different"
"You don't have to be ashamed of that, if you like the king-subordinate play I don't mind to…"
"Alvin…", says Gaius with a warning tone, and Alvin laughs again.
"God, you are so easy to tease", he hugs Gaius still laughing, and after some seconds Gaius exhales a resigned sigh and returns the hug, "I'm gonna miss this", he adds after some seconds.
"Yes, me too"
"Oh, you so are you gonna miss my teasing?"
"…You are right, maybe I could survive with a little less of it", comments ironically Gaius making Alvin smile, "although I love you for that as well"
Alvin exhales a gasp of surprise. Yes, he had heard Gaius say it before but at that moment he had still been too confused to really appreciate it...but now everything was okay, they were finally together, and he could feel happy about hearing him saying that without having any regrets.
"You have a strange taste, you know it, right?", comments Alvin ironically to try to hide his embarrassment.
"Maybe", comments Gaius, and the smile can be heard in his voice.
"…Me too", and yes, Alvin knows that if he was Gaius at that moment, he would make a joke by saying, 'Oh, so you have a strange taste too?' but fortunately Gaius only hugged him even more tightly and kissed him on the neck.
"Okay, before we become even sappier I think that I should be going", says Alvin as he forces himself to separate.
"Yes, it's a good idea. Although maybe you want to rearrange yourself a little before leaving", adds Gaius, and Alvin realizes then that he was still half naked.
"You are no one to talk", he replies looking at Gaius' exposed chest, and then he notices the marks that he has done him and can't avoid a sigh of exasperation. One year until he could taste that perfect skin again…He slaps himself internally. It was useless to complain, he knew that, but fuck, it was frustrating!
Both men get dressed again, and when they are presentable again, they look at each other.
"Well…", Alvin begins to say, and he is really proud to maintain his voice firm because now that he was leaving definitely, the lump on his throat was threatening to come back, "I'll see you in a year, then"
Gaius nods. They remain quiet for a moment before sharing a last goodbye kiss, and when they are going to separate Alvin grabs Gaius face with his hands and kisses him again, this time more passionately.
"Just one year. Promise me", he whispers against his mouth.
Gaius swallows, and Alvin knows that he is being selfish, maybe it was one year and half, or even more, but he wants Gaius to know that although he understands that they have to separate, he wants to wait the less time possible.
"One year. I promise", and Gaius answers with such seriousness that Alvin sighs relieved. He knew that Gaius was going to do everything he could to fulfill that promise, and that was enough…although it still hurt.
"Okay. Good luck with your royal stuff"
Gaius nods with a smile.
"Good luck with your path to become the perfect business man", and it's Alvin's turns to laugh.
"Can't promise the 'perfect' part, but I'll try"
After sharing another kiss, they finally separate and Alvin leaves the room, turning back just once more because he can't possibly leave without making a comment.
"And be sure to keep single until we reunite again, your Majesty. I wouldn't like to see you already married with a rich queen and with a couple of kids wandering around"
Gaius laughs.
"I don't think that in one year that could be even possible, but don't worry. I'll be faithful"
Alvin nods with a smile.
"I'll be waiting. Goodbye, Gaius"
Alvin finally leaves the room as saying goodbye with his hand as he always does. When the doors close behind him, he leans against them for a moment and sighs. A year…well, thinking carefully he was probably going to be so busy that he won't be able to get depressed: he had to search a new place to stay, maybe he could go to speak to Balan so he helped him to find it…and he had to find what work he was going to do now that he planned to be a really respectable man, having in mind that it had to be a good job because he didn't want to get bored or worst: to become a boring man, and…
…And he couldn't lie to himself: he was going to miss Gaius, very much, and being busy wasn't going to change that…but well, fortunately he wasn't alone anymore: he had Jude and the rest, and Balan, and even Jurgen now that he lived in his previous house…and speaking of Jurgen he could be a good option as a partner, now that he had retired from the wyverns maintenance to take care of Isla…yes, maybe he should go to Xian Du again to speak to him.
Alvin stops leaning against the doors, and with renew confidence he finally leaves the building. However, before leaving the city he turns around and looks at the castle one last time. To wait a year was going to be hard for sure, but he knew that Gaius would be there for him after that time…and if he wasn't, he would be the one to force him to be. He wasn't going to spend any second more than necessary.
"One year, your Majesty, or this future ex-mercenary will go after you although he has to assault this damn castle", he says aloud with a smile, and then he continues walking towards his new destination without turning his head back again, decided to make that year the shortest of his life.
And with this chapter, the first part of this fic is finished at last :) Sorry if all these chapters have been boring, when I re-read them I realized that maybe I could have shorten the canon story some more…but well, I feel satisfied with the way their relationship has been established, I hope that you think the same…more or less at least ^^U Don't worry, from now on it won't be almost canon story because as I promised, from now on the M rate of this fic will have sense (finally! :D) so for the ones who were waiting for this thanks for your patience! And thanks so much to the people who writes me comments as well, I really appreciate them ;)
This update has been faster than usual because Alvin's declaration was almost the first thing that I imagined when I began to write this fic :P so I suppose that the next update will take me two-three weeks as always. I hope you have liked the story so far and that you keep reading it! :)