Sorry for the late update! I've been extremely busy with work and life in general and I haven't been able to update sooner -.-
WARNING: ** SMUT ** This is going to probably be the last Smut warning of this fic so enjoy :)
That night the silence reigned in a particular table of the inn. After the stunning news of Eizen having lost his memories about them, and after realizing that Eizen's confusion and nervousness increased after receiving the visit of a family that he wasn't able to remember, most part of the Windriders decided to leave the hospital in order not to stress Eizen even more, with the exception of Edna and Lailah who remained with the young man a little more.
Dezel forced himself to take into his mouth another piece of his meal. The food tasted exquisite but with the depressing mood that inevitably surrounded them it was impossible to appreciate it. Not even Sorey and Zaveid, who usually were the ones who lifted everyone's spirits, knew what to say to enliven the ambience.
At some point of the night, Rose re-appeared accompanied by Alice, and Dezel couldn't help to feel sorry for both girls when hearing their cheery voices from the entrance, knowing that their enthusiasm was going to disappear soon.
"Hey, guys!", Rose greeted them when she was still far from the table where they were sitting, "I'm so sorry! Alice and I have been visiting all the stands of the festival and we lost track of time so we have arrived a little too late for dinn …"
Rose shut up after noticing everyone's expressions, and when she spoke again the smile was gone from her voice.
"Hey…what's wrong?", she barely whispered, her voice full of concern, "and where are Lailah and Edna?"
There was a brief silence adorned with the background murmur of the other guests that were also having dinner, and at the end it was Zaveid the one who spoke.
"They are at the hospital with Eizen"
Zaveid stopped talking, trying to give the news in a way that wasn't too brusque but without beating around the bush either, but that extremely brief moment of hesitation was enough to make Rose more impatient.
"Okay, and?", Rose turned pale, "don't tell me that something has happened to Eizen…"
"No", Zaveid replied immediately, but he sighed and corrected himself, "well, yes and no, the thing is…"
Dezel felt a lump forming in his throat. It was really unusual to see Zaveid not knowing what to say, and that proved how affected the man was, so Dezel decided to give him a hand even if that meant to be direct as hell.
"Eizen has woken up. But he doesn't remember any of us"
Another silence fell in the group, and when Rose's talked her voice was so tiny that Dezel felt the lump in his own throat getting tighter.
"What…what do you mean with that?"
"Well…", Zaveid took the floor again, "according to the doctor he is physically sane but his memories had come back to the time before joining the Windriders, so he only remembers Edna"
"And is there any possibility that he can recover the rest of his memories?", Alice inquired with a soft tone when seeing that Rose was still assimilating the news.
"The doctor says that it's still too soon to know", Mikleo intervened, gulping in an attempt to control the trembling of his voice, "he says that the first days after waking up from a coma are always confusing so maybe he just needs to rest to get better. But…"
Mikleo gulped again but when opening his mouth to finish the sentence no sound came out, so it was Sorey who completed the boy's sentence.
"…but there also exists the possibility that he doesn't recover"
Rose exhaled a long sigh before speaking again, with a forcibly animated tone that didn't fool anyone.
"W-Well, let's think about it positively: at least Eizen has woken up! A-And if the doctor says that he maybe recovers we shouldn't lose hope yet. A-And even if at the end he doesn't remember us we can always… you know… to become friends with him again. I'm sure that it won't cost us much. A-And…"
"Rose…"
The red-haired girl ended abruptly her complicated speech when Alice said her name, and that simple word spelled with such a tender tone was enough to make Rose stop pretending while beginning to cry silently.
"Damn it…", Rose bit her bottom lip while dropping into the seat next to Zaveid. She leant both of her elbows on the table and hid her face between her hands, "…damn it…"
Alice sat down next to Rose and began to caress the redhead girl's back with soothing movements, a sad expression adorning her sweet features. Sorey did the same with Mikleo, who by then was having serious difficulties to suppress his sobs. And when Dezel felt Zaveid's hand grabbing his under the table, he appreciated but also regretted the gesture because he only felt himself like crying even more.
"Hey…", Sorey said suddenly some moments later, "Edna and Lailah have just entered the inn"
"Shit!", Rose looked at everyone through reddened eyes, "will they notice that I've just cried?"
"Yeah, they definitely will", Zaveid answered, "but they haven't seen us yet so you can try to escape to the bathroom"
"Wait, I am going with you", Alice said when seeing Rose leave her seat and crouch in the floor so that Edna and Lailah didn't see her, "I am quite an expert in hiding when I have just cried"
Rose stared at Alice with surprise before half-closing her eyes.
"Okay, I'll ask about your expertise in that matter later. Mikleo, you come with us as well!"
"B-but I haven't cried!"
"Yes, but you're about to and it's super evident!"
"I-I'm not…"
"Edna-chan and Lailah-chan are about to look towards here…"
"AHH! Let's go, let's go, let's go!"
Rose, Alice and Mikleo abandoned the table hurriedly and rather noisily just a couple of seconds before Edna noticed them.
"I think that it's going to be even more suspicious when the three come from the bathroom at the same time", Sorey commented.
"Yeah, you're probably right", Zaveid pressed Dezel's hand softly, "you sure you don't want to go with them?"
Dezel shook his head.
"Having bangs has his advantages"
"Yeah, but you knew that your nose turns a little red when you are about to cry?"
Dezel got pale but almost immediately Sorey spoke with a reassuring tone.
"Zaveid is lying: your nose is perfectly normal"
"Sorey-chaaaan, you're a party pooper…ouch!"
"Idiot", Dezel snapped after hitting Zaveid, but he had to suppress a tiny smile despite the situation.
At that moment Lailah and Edna arrived at the table, and even if Dezel wasn't able to see the expressions that the women were wearing he could perfectly feel the tension on their bodies.
"Hey", Edna greeted simply while Lailah offered them a smile that didn't match with the sadness in her eyes.
"Hey", Zaveid greeted back, "how is he?"
Edna clicked her tongue, taking a seat next to Sorey.
"Confused as hell", she answered with rudeness, grabbing the menu and pretending to read it with interest to avoid looking at Zaveid in the eyes, "she knows who I am because we are really similar but he doesn't remember much about me either, since the last image that he has of me is when I was two years old"
"According to the doctor we have to give him time and not to forcibly rush things. After all he has just woken up from a really long dream and he needs time to assimilate the whole situation"
Once again, Dezel admired Lailah deeply for being able to speak with such calm. If he was in her situation, if Zaveid had been in a coma for five years and had woken up having forgotten him completely, Dezel really doubted that he was able to keep such a serene attitude.
Just then Mikleo appeared again.
"Hi", Mikleo remained standing instead of sitting down, "umh…would you like to eat something? Rose and Alice have gone to grab something for dinner"
Well, Dezel thought while Sorey and Zaveid interchanged a brief glance, it seemed that those three had managed to think off a good excuse for their absence.
"Oh, so Rose-san has come back already. I was beginning to get worried", Lailah shook her head softly, "I'm fine like this. I have already eaten something at the hospital"
"Me too, but thanks for the offer, Mikleo"
Mikleo's eyes opened wide when Edna called him for his name, but for the expression that appeared in his face it seemed that he would have preferred to be called by that nickname that he used to hate.
Just when a tense silence was about to fall in the table Rose and Alice reappeared, each one carrying a plate.
"H-hey", Rose sat down next to Edna while Alice did the same next to her, "the buffet was almost empty so there wasn't much to choose"
"But if you want something we can share it with you", Alice added immediately.
"We are fine, thank you", Lailah said with a grateful smile, "have you had fun in the festival?"
Lailah's question couldn't have been more innocent but Rose gulped loudly with guiltiness when hearing it. She tried to answer the question but the only thing that ended coming out from her mouth was a sob, and that simple sound seemed to be the catalyst to cause everyone to let out his true feelings because all the Windriders with the exception of Zaveid and Lailah began to cry at the same time, Dezel included, who was extremely grateful that his hat and bangs covered most part of his face.
"Tsk, great idea saying that, Lailah", Edna snapped, using her napkin to blow her nose.
"I- I'm so sorry!", Lailah covered her mouth with her hands in shock, "I-I asked it with the best of the intentions! I didn't want to make you feel bad!"
"Don't worry, Lailah-chan. They've been holding back since we've left the hospital. But Rose-chan, you should feel ashamed: you've made Alice-chan work for nothing", Zaveid commented with a soft joking tone before turning towards Dezel, "and Dezel-chan, you should stop trying to hide your face with your hat because it's evident that you are also cryi…"
"Shut up!", Dezel exclaimed bright red. He sustained his hat with even more force causing Zaveid to chuckle with tenderness while enclosing his arm around Dezel's shoulders, and of course Dezel didn't make any attempt to push the older man away.
"Sorry, Alice", Rose hiccupped, turning her (again) reddened eyes towards Alice, "you had managed to make me look presentable but now…"
"It's okay, Rose", Alice said with a trembling smile, extracting a handkerchief from her pocket to dry her own tears, "and my apologies to everyone. I know that my reaction right now may look disproportionate because I have just met you, but you seem to be really nice people and seeing you suffer makes me feel bad as well"
"Don't worry, Alice", Sorey smiled amicably while rubbing his eyes with the back of his hands, "Mikleo and I met the rest just two months ago but we are acting the same way even when we don't know Eizen directly"
Mikleo tried to add something but he ended nodding, afraid of letting out a sob instead of a reply.
"Damn, everyone is giving us a weird look", Edna hissed, glaring at the closest table and causing the guests there to rapidly avert their eyes.
"Well, Edna-chan, considering the lively mood of this table it would be weird that people wasn't looking at us weird"
Everyone let out embarrassed chuckles when hearing Zaveid's ironic comment.
"God, we are the worst", Rose exclaimed, taking the handkerchief that Rose was offering her, "come on, we are the Windriders Circus! We live to make people happy and look at us now! How the hell are we going to make anyone happy like this?!"
This time everyone began to laugh when hearing the girl's words, and like that the depressing mood that had been surrounding them gradually disappeared.
"Rose-chan is right", Zaveid said, still leaning against Dezel, "we can't allow ourselves to get so depressed. I know that discovering that Eizen has forgotten us has been a huge blow, especially for Edna-chan and Lailah-chan"
Edna bit her bottom lip not to cry again and even if Lailah managed to keep her cool as always her eyes looked brighter than before.
"But there is something that Rose-chan had said before that's completely true. Something that should be more than enough for us, and it's that after five damn years Eizen has woken up. And there is more: there still exists the possibility that he recovers his memories. Yeah, maybe it's just a tiny possibility, and maybe at the end he doesn't manage to remember us, but what if that happens? If at the end Eizen doesn't remember us, we will form new bonds together. And if Eizen doesn't remember his former fiancé", Zaveid looked at Lailah and smiled at her, "I'm sure that he will fall in love with her nevertheless. I'm sure they will be able to create a new love story that will be even better than the first one they shared because let's be honest: tragic love stories are the best"
Lailah exhaled a breathless laugh, and this time not even she was able to prevent some tears from escaping.
"So Windriders, and I include Alice-chan in this as well just in case she decides to join us eventually, let's not let the bad news win over the good ones. And for now let's just focus on what we can do, that is to kick Hedalf's ass during the competition"
Dezel clicked his tongue.
"Damn, you and your speeches…", everyone chuckled when hearing Dezel's resigned tone, "but you're right. For now, let's give Eizen the best possible show to prove him how good his circus is"
"Well said, Dezel-san", Lailah approved, removing with delicacy a rebellious tear from the corner of her eye, "besides, maybe seeing us performing helps Eizen to slowly recover his memories"
"Hey, you're right!", Rose exclaimed with her usual cheery tone, "then tomorrow let's go to the hospital to say the doctor that Eizen is going to see the show"
"Yes, and if the doctor refuses to let my brother go he better be prepared to be hospitalized because of several injuries produced by an umbrella", Edna said with such a serious tone that no one dared to doubt her words.
"So, in conclusion, our show has to be good enough to beat Hedalf's one completely and to impress Eizen", Sorey smiled putting his hands behind his head, "bah, after how much we've worked that will be piece of cake"
"Sorey, you have forgotten again the main reason of this competition", Mikleo said with a patient smile while the rest kept laughing when hearing Sorey's extremely confident words, "we also have to impress the future Queen of Hyland so that she chooses the Windriders Circus as the main entertainment after her coronation"
"If I were you I would be at ease in that aspect", Alice intervened with a smile, "I'm rather sure that no matter the result of the competition the princess will love your show"
"And why are you so sure about that, Alice-chan?", Zaveid asked with an inquisitive smile that caused Alice to gulp, and the tone that Zaveid used told Dezel that the older Wind Seraph had the same suspicions than him about the girl's identity.
"W-Well, as I said my mother works at the castle and she has seen the princess a couple of times. And according to her she seems to be quite kind", Alice hurriedly explains while reddening a little when Zaveid's smile widened.
"Yeah, well, I don't know why I feel that the princess is a really impressive lady", Zaveid said winking at Alice, causing the girl to gulp again while averting her eyes.
During the following hour everyone talked about the schedule that they were going to follow the next day while finishing eating, and when they finally decided to call it a day the realized that they were the only ones left in the living room.
"Well, I think that I should be going", Alice announced when everyone stood up to go to their respective rooms, "my parents are going to be worried if they find out that I'm not at home yet"
"Are you sure that you don't want to stay the night?", Rose insisted, but despite the puppy eyes that she offered to Alice the girl shook her head with an apologetic smile.
"I wish I could but I really have to go", she turned to look at the rest, "it has been a pleasure to meet you all. I really wish you luck for the tournament. I desire with all my heart that you are the winner"
"Thanks, Alice-chan. And don't worry: we'll be", Zaveid said with nonchalance, causing the girl to chuckle.
"Come on, I'll accompany you", Rose said, holding Alice's hand while walking with the girl out of the inn.
"I bet that they are kissing right now", Edna commented the moment the door closed behind the girls.
"Me too", Dezel sighed, "and it's just me or the girl knows way too much about the princess?"
"Yep, way too much", Zaveid leant his elbow on Lailah's shoulder, "What do you think, Lailah-chan? Because I have quite an interesting theory about Alice-chan"
Lailah chuckled.
"I think that by now everyone knows who Alice-san really is"
"Yes, the girl is nice but definitely is a horrible actress", Edna said rolling her eyes.
"Although I bet that Rose doesn't know yet that she…", Mikleo stopped talking, realizing the way Sorey was looking at everyone totally lost, "…oh please, Sorey, don't tell me that you don't know who Alice really is…"
Sorey exhaled a nervous chuckle while scratching the back of his head.
"Umh…well, I deduce that she is not the daughter of a servant but…"
Everyone but Mikleo, who snapped a hand against his forehead in exasperation, burst out laughing when hearing Sorey's comment.
"Don't worry, Sorey-chan. You'll discover it soon", Zaveid said still between laughs while patting the confused kid's back.
"Poor Meebo: he has quite a dummy boyfriend", Edna said with a teasing tone, but to her surprise Mikleo just looked at her with a relieved expression, "what?"
"Nothing", Mikleo said hurriedly, and Edna was even more confused when Mikleo hid a smile.
Less than five minutes later everyone was in their respective rooms.
"Daaamn", Zaveid dropped into the bed with a long sigh, "what a long day"
Dezel snorted while leaving his hat on the little round table of the room.
"Yeah, too long", he began to remove his jacket but almost immediately stopped when feeling Zaveid's gaze on him, "please, can you stop undressing me with your eyes?"
"O-Oi, how did you know that?! I thought you were blind!"
Dezel couldn't help to smile when hearing Zaveid's shocked tone.
"I can feel the tension emanating from your body from here", he said. He threw his jacket towards the chair and proceeded to remove his t-shirt, "the same way that I can hear you trying to suppress a sigh with every piece of clothing that I remove"
Zaveid laughed while keeping staring at Dezel remove his pants to end just dressed with his boxers and a white tank-top.
"And you blame me for that?", Zaveid proceeded to remove his own pants while Dezel entered the bed next to him, and when the younger Wind Seraph was with his back against it Zaveid immediately crawled over him, "it's your fault for being so damn sexy"
Dezel clicked his tongue blushing slightly, but just before being able to reply Zaveid leant down and kissed him intensely, causing Dezel to immediately forget what he was going to say.
"Zaveid…", Dezel whined when Zaveid began to lick his ear slowly, the action giving Dezel goosebumps, and even if a part of him wanted to give up and let Zaveid's tongue keep exploring at its heart content he summoned up all his self-control to push Zaveid away, "…Zaveid, wait…"
"I know", Zaveid stopped and kissed Dezel briefly, "you are not in the mood now. Although I could easily make you be with this skilled mouth of mine…"
Dezel laughed before enclosing his arms around Zaveid's lower back.
"Yeah, I hate your talent in convincing me", Dezel's resigned tone made Zaveid chuckle, "but I am pretty tired, and I know that you are as well, and since tomorrow is going to be an even longer day than today we should really rest"
Zaveid sighed but at the end he nodded.
"You are right. Although…", Zaveid whispered the next words just into Dezel's ear while using his sexiest bedroom voice, causing the younger Wind Seraph to shiver, "…after we won the tournament this room is going to be our next stop, and I won't let you out until having reduced those 358 times at least by three or four units"
Dezel managed to suppress the groan that had been about to escape from his mouth when hearing Zaveid's words.
"Okay, but that will happen in two days so now sleep and stop tempting me, you jerk"
Zaveid laughed when hearing Dezel's frustrated tone.
"Well, another option is to do some other things…", Dezel's mouth half-opened in a silent moan when Zaveid began to move his hips down, rubbing their covered members together, "…and not going all the way"
With Zaveid's next thrust Dezel grabbed the pillow on either side of his head with force. He moaned when Zaveid sucked at the side of his neck, probably leaving a mark, and against his will Dezel found himself beginning to fall into the rhythm that Zaveid's hips were imposing him.
"Damn it, okay, but we'll do just this", Dezel snarled, forcing Zaveid's mouth on him furiously while opening more his legs.
Zaveid answered with a grunt, but instead of keeping moving as Dezel was expecting this one was startled when stopping feeling Zaveid over him.
"What the hell?", Dezel blurted out. Damn, if Zaveid left him like that now that he had agreed he was going to kill him.
"Relax", Zaveid's voice came from the bathroom, "I'm just grabbing some toilet tissues"
Dezel let out a relieved sigh that made Zaveid chuckle while recovering his previous position between Dezel's parted legs.
"Did you think that I was going to leave you here wanting and unsatisfied?", Zaveid teased, resuming the movement of his hips immediately and causing Dezel to whine because of the satisfying friction, "although truth to be told…", Zaveid leant to speak just against Dezel's mouth, their lips brushing lightly with every word the older Wind Seraph spelled, "…your needy expression really turns me on"
Dezel managed to bite back a groan when Zaveid speeded up the pace of his movements, rutting against him with more vigor. Dezel's nails began to pierce Zaveid's lower back but that only made Zaveid even more aroused, causing the older man to stop briefly his actions to begin to lower Dezel's underwear.
"Wait…", Dezel felt his heart skip a beat with concern and unwanted anticipation when feeling his member exposed, "I thought that we weren't going to…"
"And we aren't", Zaveid captured Dezel's mouth again and this one groaned inside Zaveid's mouth when feeling Zaveid's hard member just against his own, "but doing directly feels so much better"
Dezel felt himself blushing when hearing Zaveid's words but since just at that moment Zaveid began to grind against him again the only thing he could do was to bite Zaveid's shoulder not to moan too loudly.
Shit, Dezel thought while feeling his orgasm slowly approaching. A part of him really wanted to be reckless and go all the way with Zaveid, to feel Zaveid moving exactly that way but inside him, but they couldn't do that, not if they wanted to be in perfect shape the next day, so that night they had to be content with just that even if it wasn't enough for either of them.
"Zaveid…", Dezel kissed Zaveid again messily, since it was not easy to kiss while the man moved with such a rhythm, "I'm close"
Zaveid's only answer was to extend one of his arms toward the toilet tissues without slowing down and without stopping kissing Dezel for even one second, and when after several more thrusts Dezel exhaled hurriedly Zaveid's name this one covered both of their members just in time to stop the mess that both of their releases were going to cause.
Dezel hissed when Zaveid cleaned his oversensitive member. Dezel pulled up his boxers again and remained lying, breathing a little laboredly while Zaveid stood up briefly to throw the stained tissues to the paper can of the room. After that Zaveid climbed into bed again and lied facing up. Dezel immediately curled against Zaveid and placed a hand over the man's naked chest while Zaveid placed his own over Dezel's one, grabbing it.
"Hey…", Dezel asked with certain hesitation, "about Eizen…are you really alright?"
Zaveid smiled and kissed Dezel's forehead softly.
"Yeah, I am. Obviously I would prefer that he remembered us but I have the feeling that Eizen will eventually recover his memory", Zaveid's smile turned amused while looking at Dezel, "what, were you afraid that I was pretending with my previous motivational speeches?"
Dezel clicked his tongue with certain frustration.
"Tsk, you can't blame me for that. You are always acting cheery and sometimes it's impossible to know if the way you act is in reality the way you feel or not"
Zaveid laughed when hearing Dezel's sulking tone.
"Well, it's true that I always use my sense of humor when bad things happen but I never pretend. It's just my way of facing them"
Dezel grunted a little reluctantly but at the end he decided to trust Zaveid's words.
"And now we should sleep, Dezel-chan", Zaveid turned the lights off and covered him and Dezel with the sheets, "because if you have energy to talk that means that you aren't as tired as you've claimed aaand then maybe we have a second wilder round"
Dezel let out a sigh full of patient even if he couldn't deny Zaveid's words. However, before going to sleep there was something that had been rounding his head for a while and that he was very curious to know.
"Alright but before that can I make you a question?"
Zaveid smiled with amusement.
"Dezel-chan, I think that there is enough trust between us so that you can ask me anything directly instead of asking me if you can ask me something…damn, what a tongue-twister"
Dezel let out a short chuckle before talking again.
"Okay, I was just wondering…have you ever cried?", for the pause that followed Dezel knew that he had to explain himself better, "I mean, I guess that when you were a baby you had to do it for sure but I think that I've never seen you shed a single tear. Not even when Lafarga died, or when Eizen fell in that coma"
Zaveid looked at Dezel surprised before scratching the back of his head, thinking deeply.
"Well, if I'm completely honest I don't exactly remember the last time that I cried. My memories of my time in the orphanage are a little blurred because when Lafarga adopted me I decided to bury them, so I suppose that during that time I had to cry in a couple of occasions, but after that no, I think that I haven't cried again."
Dezel nodded to himself, but just when he thought that Zaveid had finished the older Wind Seraph spoke again.
"However, you must now that the time when I was closer to cry was when I left you behind", Dezel's heart stopped for a moment when hearing Zaveid's words, "because when Lafarga died, I was more furious than sad when discovering that Hedalf had been the one behind it. And when Eizen ended in a coma, even if I obviously regretted it I had the hope that he would eventually wake up. But leaving you behind in the way I did it's something that, as I've said several times, I will always regret", Zaveid exhaled a nervous laugh, "in fact, sometimes I still don't believe that you have forgiven me. It seems too good to be true"
Dezel let out a sigh before hugging Zaveid tightly.
"Well, if I'm completely honest when I think about the matter a part of me can't help to want to kick your ass. But I know that because of that decision you have suffered as much as me, maybe even more. So believe it or not, I have forgiven you. Although if you ever do something like that again, you must know that I won't let you go. Not without a proper reason"
Zaveid gulped, and Dezel detected certain guiltiness in that gesture.
"About my reasons for leaving…"
Dezel waited for Zaveid to end the sentence but when he didn't he decided to press him a little.
"Yeah?"
After a brief pause Zaveid sighed and shook his head.
"Nothing, I was just going to say that I should have told you something but it's a little too late to fix that. So I will simply accept that you are dummy enough to want a disaster like me as your boyfriend again"
Dezel had the feeling that Zaveid was going to say something different than he had ended saying, but since he didn't particularly want to keep talking about it he decided to let it and wished Zaveid goodnight before giving his back to the older Wind Seraph so that he could cuddle him from behind.
As always, Zaveid's familiar warmth made Dezel begin to instantly drown in a relaxing daze, and although Dezel believed to hear Zaveid say something like: 'It's better this way', he fell completely asleep before being able to make a mental note about asking Zaveid about it the next day.
The next morning everyone stood up extremely early. Dezel had slept through the night but there were fragments of images in his mind that indicated him that he had been dreaming things related to Eizen and the next day of the competition, although that didn't surprise him because every time that an important event was close his nervousness caused him to have dreams about it, and not precisely good ones, so he just hoped that that day he was able to sleep well.
After having a quick breakfast they separated in two groups. One of them, composed of Rose, Edna and Lailah, came back to the hospital to visit Eizen again and to ask the doctor if the man could go to watch the competition. Meanwhile, the rest of the Windriders went to the plaza that was just in front of the castle where three giant big tops had been mounted. The biggest one was the place in which the Calamity Circus and the Windriders Circus would do their respective performances the next day, while the other two, smaller than the first ones and situated more far away from the castle, were private big tops for both of the Circus so that they could spend the day training.
Dezel tensed when feeling movement in the big top that belonged to Hedalf, but Zaveid, Mikleo and Sorey verified that even if there were several people transporting material inside the big top, there was no sign of Hedalf and Symonne.
"We'll eventually see them", Zaveid said with conviction when they came back with Dezel.
"Yeah, knowing that pretentious bastard he will surely show up to let us now that he is going to be the winner", Dezel added with a tone full of repulsion.
"Well, there's no charge for dreaming", Mikleo replied, causing Sorey to chuckle.
"Wow, Mikleo, you are learning to be more optimistic, that's great!", Sorey exclaimed happily, causing Mikleo to blush with certain embarrassment.
"Don't worry, Mikleo, I'm in the same situation than you", Dezel said with a resigned tone, "it's the result of being around a bunch of idiotic optimistic people"
"You know, Dezel-chan, you only have to learn to improve just lightly your compliments and it will be perfect", Zaveid teased, causing Dezel to smile playfully at him.
"Don't ask for miracles", he replied, causing Zaveid to laugh before kissing him.
They spent the rest of the afternoon transporting the caravan with the animals towards their private big top. It was a tough process because even if the streets were really spacious there were a lot of people around because of the festival, and even if several Ladylake Knights accompanied them to make the transporting process easier, it took them almost two hours to go from the entrance of the city to the castle when normally it just took less than twenty minutes.
After the animals were put in cages and they were sure that the baby Lakehorse wasn't able to escape to investigate (it wasn't the first time that it happened because the little animal was extremely curious) Sorey and Zaveid supervised the assembly of the structure for the tightrope show that was taking place in the main big top while Dezel and Mikleo revised that they had all the materials that they needed. They had to go to buy a couple of things that had been damaged during the travel but almost everything was in perfect shape.
Another two hours passed and just when they decided to go to grab something to eat the girls arrived.
"Sorry!", Rose said a little breathless, "It has taken us a while to convince the doctor and…"
"Wait, have you been all this time trying to convince him?!", Mikleo exclaimed with his eyes wide opened.
"Of course not, silly, you've not let Rose finish", Edna replied, "after convincing the man we've gone to visit Eizen and he was way better and calmed, so he had been asking us a lot of things"
"Wow, that's great!", Zaveid exclaimed with such enthusiasm that Edna couldn't help to smile as well.
"Yes, but we haven't helped you at all this morning because of that…", Lailah apologized with guiltiness.
"Oh, don't worry, we haven't had any problems", Sorey reassured before exhaling a laugh, "it's just been a little difficult to bring the caravans but that's all"
"Yeah, just be in charge of cooking lunch and we'll forgive you", Dezel said, causing Lailah to chuckle.
"Of course. Leave that to us"
"By the way, have you had news of that bastard?", Edna inquired.
Everyone understood immediately who she was talking about, and Dezel was about to answer with a negative when suddenly, as if it had been invoked by Edna's words, a figure appeared just in the entrance of their big top. A figure that caused an indescribable unanimous animadversion and hate fell in the until then peaceful room.
"Good afternoon, Windriders. It has been a while"
Dezel gritted his teeth when hearing that familiar condescending voice. He hadn't liked it the first time that he heard it but now he absolutely detested it. Damn. Hedalf, the man who had destroyed their lives five years ago because of his ambition, was there, in front of them, and for the way everyone's body was in tension Dezel deduced that he wasn't the only one who was having difficulties not to jump into that man's throat
"Lord Hedalf", it was Lailah the first one in talking, "you are braver that I thought, showing yourself here without any kind of protection"
"Yeah, I didn't know that you were so willing to make your performance with a couple of broken arms or legs", Zaveid said with a menacing tone.
"Come on, Windriders", Hedalf's said with an enervating conciliatory tone, "stop with the useless threats. You and I know that in case of hurting me the least of your problems would be to be disqualified"
"Well, that is the only thing that matter to us now, so I just recommend you that tomorrow after the competition you leave out of here the fastest you can", Zaveid replied with a sharp smile that made Hedalf's one freeze for a moment.
"So? What brings you here, Hedalf?", Rose asked with a cold tone, crossing her arms.
"I just wanted to come to pay my respects", Hedalf made an obvious mocking inclination, "and, of course, to wish you luck for tomorrow show"
"Well, you can keep your luck", Mikleo intervened suddenly, his purple eyes showing an unusual anger, "because you are going to need it"
Hedalf exhaled a short amused chuckle.
"I see that you have more members by your side", Hedalf fixed his eyes on Sorey and Mikleo, who looked back at him with defiant eyes, "you look rather promising. It's a pity that you haven't decided to join my circus. You would have assured a brighter future"
"No, thank you. We prefer being in a circus that doesn't torture and experimenting with animals"
Sorey's cutting and direct response made Hedalf's expression darken.
"Careful with your words, kid", Hedalf warned with a dangerous tone, "It's not safe to talk about certain matters without having evidence"
Sorey didn't seem affected in the least, and in fact his next words spelled with confidence surprised not just Hedalf but everyone.
"We will see about that"
Dezel frowned. Sorey was always confident but his answer right then seemed to indicate that he knew something that the rest didn't.
"By the way, where is your precious daughter?", Edna intervened suddenly, grabbing the umbrella with force, "I would really want to see her again"
"Do you mean Symonne?", Hedalf let out a disappointed sigh, "she hadn't wanted to come. I think that that useless woman still feels guilty about that accident of five years ago"
"I think that the exact word would be murderer, Lord Hedalf, not accident"
Hedalf tensed again and turned to look at Dezel when hearing his answer.
"Oh, it seems that the youngest Wind Seraph has grown up quite a lot during this time", Hedalf smiled cruelly, "I'm impressed. To be able to participate in the show despite being a disabled is really commendable"
Dezel settled a hand over Zaveid's shoulder when feeling the man's murderous aura, and that allowed him to calm down to answer Hedalf with firmness.
"Thanks, but I wouldn't be here now if it wasn't for the rest so they are the ones who have to be praised"
Hedalf hummed to himself.
"And I suppose that with 'the rest' you concretely mean Zaveid 'of the Promise'", Hedalf pointed out casually, "after all, if he hadn't left the circus five years ago you would have been the one in abandoning it"
Dezel felt his heart stop after hearing those words, and his confusion must have shown in his expression because Hedalf chuckled.
"Oh…", Hedalf's smile widened, "so they haven't told you anything about how Zaveid 'of the Promise' had to leave his precious circus and forfeit his title as a Wind Seraph because otherwise the information of your blindness would have accidentally spread?"
Dezel felt a cold sweat forming in all his body.
What was Hedalf talking about? Zaveid had told him that he had left to find a way to destroy Hedalf, so what was that bastard saying then?
"And about that, I have to show Zaveid my gratitude", Hedalf added, "he fulfilled his promise of not coming back during five years. It must have been tough, leaving all behind for your loved one's sake and returning to discover that he hated you instead of being grateful to…"
Hedalf sentence was cut when with a couple of rapid steps Lailah approached him and slapped him in the face with force.
"Out", she simply hissed, and even if it was evident that Hedalf wanted to respond to Lailah, he simply inclined his head softly. After all, hitting a woman wasn't going to be good to his reputation.
"Very well. See you tomorrow, Windriders. Spend a nice afternoon of training"
Dezel didn't ever hear Hedalf leave the big top since the words that Hedalf had said were replaying in his head, making him begin to feel difficulties to breath normally.
"Dezel…"
Zaveid made an attempt to place a hand over his shoulder but Dezel avoided it.
"Is it true?", Dezel demanded, his voice barely a whisper, "what Hedalf has just said…was he saying the truth?"
A heavy silence fell in the room, and Dezel's last hopes about having understood everything wrong broke when Zaveid answered with a single word.
"Yes"
Dezel felt his throat tighten painfully. He faced the rest.
"And you? Did you know it as well?"
The hesitant silence that followed next was enough answer for Dezel.
"So all of you knew it", Dezel said more for himself than for the rest.
"Dezel, listen", Zaveid began to say hurriedly, "I know that I lied about my reasons for leaving you but I didn't want you to feel guilty about anything so…"
"So what, Zaveid?", Dezel was surprised by his own anger, "so did you think that it was better to hide everything from me?", he exhaled an empty laugh full of regret, "so at the end you never stopped treating me like a child. You just decide on your own without fucking asking me for my opinion"
"Dezel-san, it's not like that at all!", Lailah intervened, "Zaveid did it for your future in the circus. If he hadn't left you would have been expelled. It was the only option so that you could keep being a performer…"
"And then why the hell didn't you ask me if that was what I wanted?", Dezel snarled, turning to look at Zaveid, "why the hell…", Dezel gulped, feeling a lump beginning to appear in his throat, "…why the hell did you assume that I was going to prefer you to leave for five years instead of remaining with us? Why the hell did you assume that it was better for me to think that you have abandoned me instead of that you have done it with a purpose?"
"Dezel, if I had told you the truth you wouldn't have let me go", Zaveid reasoned with a calm tone, "you would have tried to stop me and…"
"And what?", Dezel stopped Zaveid's new attempt of settling a hand over his shoulder by slapping his hand away, "yeah, I would have tried to stop you, and yeah, we would have probably got into a fight, but that would have been way better than what you did", Dezel approached his face to Zaveid, "so you didn't want me to feel guilty about this? Well, genius, how do you think I'm feeling now after discovering that I've spent five years of my life trying to hate you when you were sacrificing for me? And that during these months I've been blaming you without motive? If you didn't want me to feel guilty, if you didn't want me, or better said us, to suffer so much…", Dezel exhaled a trembling sigh, "…shit, you only had to remain by my side, or at least explaining to me why you couldn't"
Dezel heard Zaveid gulp with guiltiness but before leaving him time to speak Dezel clicked his tongue and turned around with the intention of going towards the exit of the tent. However, he didn't manage to leave because at that moment Zaveid enclosed his arms around him from behind, stopping his advances.
"Release me", Dezel hissed, "release me, you idiot…"
"I'm sorry"
Dezel stopped his struggling of escaping from Zaveid's embrace. Wait…Zaveid's tone right then…had it sounded as if the man was…?
At that moment Zaveid made him turn around to hug him again and buried his face on the crook of Dezel's neck, and Dezel discovered that no, he hadn't been wrong.
Zaveid was crying. He was doing it quietly and noiselessly, but the light trembles of his body were a clear prove of it.
"Zaveid?", Dezel whispered in disbelief.
"I'm sorry", Zaveid repeated, "you are right in everything you've said, Dezel. You've always trusted me, since the moment we met. And even after leaving you alone for five years without explanations or reasons, you trusted me again. But I…I couldn't do that with you"
Dezel gulped. Hearing Zaveid speak with such guiltiness, with such regret, was really hard, and damn it, he was beginning to regret everything he had said, but before being able to speak Zaveid was faster and continued with an incredible raspy tone.
"You are right when saying that I treated you like a child, and that I didn't take into consideration your opinion. I did exactly the same thing when I fell in love with you and decided to hide my feelings instead of confessing: I just guessed what your most probable reaction was going to be and acted in consequence, without letting you any opportunity to decide. If five years ago I had talked to you, if I had explained everything to you, even if we had still been forced to be separated neither of us would have suffered so much. Because you would have known that I was going to come back, and I would have known that you would be waiting for me. But I just decided that you wouldn't understand it. I didn't trust you at all. And…", Zaveid hugged Dezel even more tightly, "…I'm really sorry about it"
Dezel gritted his teeth, desperately trying not to cry, but the fact that he could perfectly hear some of the Windriders (concretely everyone but Sorey) trying to suppress their own sobs together with the fact that he had never seen Zaveid so desperate, made that impossible, so he simply returned Zaveid embrace with equal force, beginning to caress the man long hair soothingly.
"I'm sorry too. Instead of thanking you I've just done the contrary but I can't help to feel frustrated for not having been able to do anything. And despite what I've said, probably you didn't have any other option but leaving without telling me anything because at that moment I wouldn't have been able to act reasonably, not after all what happened, and probably if at that moment I had known that you planned to leave the circus because of me I would have tried to stop you. Hell, I would have probably tried to leave the circus myself"
Zaveid gulped. He tried to speak again but Dezel hadn't finished.
"So, what I try to say is that even if I can't help to feel frustrated for everything you had to go through unfairly because of me, at that moment you did the correct thing by not trusting me. However, I want you to promise me that from now on you won't lie to me anymore, and in exchange I promise you to get used to the idea that you're always going to try to put me above everything. I've already assumed that your older brother complex is never going to disappear, and that in case of one of us having to make a sacrifice you're always going to try to do it first as long as I don't have to do it. But Zaveid…"
Dezel grabbed the back of Zaveid's neck and made their foreheads bump together softly.
"Please, remember that I'm not a child anymore. I'm not that ten years old kid that was about to be eaten by wolves and that desperately needed to be protected. Believe it or not I'm a grown-up man now, and even if you are older than me remember that you are not the only one who cares about the other one. That wants to put the other one above everything else. So if at any point in the future a sacrifice is needed, you better be prepared because I'm going to fight tooth and nail to be the one in becoming the idiotic hero"
Zaveid let out a trembling laugh when hearing Dezel's words. Then, he grabbed Dezel's face between his hands and kissed him deeply, causing Dezel to let out a trembling sigh during the kiss while more tears fell down his eyes.
"I love you", Zaveid whispered when the kiss finished, with such intensity that Dezel felt his chest tighten.
"Me too, you idiot martyr", he snapped kissing Zaveid back with more fervor, enclosing his arms around the older man's neck and tilting his head to the side to deepen the kiss more easily.
"Tsk, I think that they have just forgotten that we are still here"
"You are right, Edna-san, but they are so adorable…"
"Jeez, Lailah, d-don't cry again or I'll do it too!"
"Sorey, if you keep laughing at me you'll sleep in the floor tonight!"
"Sorry, Mikleo, but you're so emotional that I can't help to find it funny! And well, very cute as well"
Dezel separated immediately from Zaveid completely red while the man burst out laughing.
"Sorry, guys, we got a little carried out", the man said while Dezel dried his eyes a little forcibly.
"And Dezel…", the named one was surprised when hearing Lailah's apologetic tone, "I'm sorry. I also knew everything but I couldn't..."
Dezel settled a hand on Lailah's arm.
"It's okay. I already guess that Zaveid asked you to remain silent so don't apologize"
Lailah smiled before hugging Dezel.
"I'm so happy that you finally know everything", she whispered, causing Dezel to smile before returned the woman's tender hug.
"Damn, I think that I've cried in these two days what I haven't cried in years!", Rose exclaimed, blowing her nose with the handkerchief that Alice had given her the previous day.
"Tsk, same here", Edna snapped with a sulking tone, causing everyone to laugh.
"Well, a good cry never hurts", Sorey said with a happy tone.
"Yes, and if Hedalf wanted to ruin our day by saying it he had failed spectacularly", Mikleo added, now that he had finally calmed down.
"That's completely right", Lailah agreed once she separated from Dezel, "so let's make sure to make the most of this day! Rose-san, Edna-san: you go with me to buy the ingredients for the lunch!"
"Hai, ma'am!", Rose said with enthusiasm adopting a military pose.
"Haaai", Edna said with less enthusiasm but with a smile on her face.
"I'm going to check the animals once more", Mikleo commented, "I want to check that that little devil hasn't managed to escape"
"I go with you then", Sorey said immediately.
After the girls disappeared towards the city and the boys towards the caravan, the only ones who remained in the big top were Dezel and Zaveid.
"Well, Dezel-chan, what about training a little?", Zaveid suggested, "I estimate that we still have half-an-hour until…"
Zaveid's speech was interrupted when Dezel yanked his head down to share a sudden wild kiss that took Zaveid's breathing away.
"Dezel?", Zaveid asked with a breathless confused tone.
"To hell with training", Dezel snarled, "we are going to the inn right now"
Zaveid's mouth fell gradually opened when understanding the hidden meaning of Dezel's words.
"But…", Zaveid cleared his throat. For once, it was him the one hesitating, "I thought that we were going to wait until the competition was finish…"
Another hard kiss shut the older man up. Deep inside, Dezel was feeling incredibly embarrassed for being so bold and shameless but damn it, he couldn't help it. After so many emotions and after finally understanding completely Zaveid's motives, he wanted – needed – to be with Zaveid. Right then.
"I don't want to wait", Dezel diverted his mouth towards Zaveid ear and nipped it, making the older Wind Seraph inhale sharply, "do you?"
Zaveid only answer was an excited grunt before kissing him passionately, indicating Dezel that no, he didn't want to wait either.
The two Wind Seraphs barely managed to make it inside their room before their hands began to roam over the other one's body, their mouths connecting uninterruptedly in hurried searing kisses. Both of their clothes flied across the room, ending scattered around the floor, and when Dezel landed in the bed with a thump Zaveid didn't lose any time in crawling over him to keep depositing hungry kisses down his neck, circling his tongue on his sensitive skin.
However, this time Dezel didn't have patience for Zaveid's usual teasing, so with a fast movement he rolled over Zaveid to end in the top of him.
"Oh?", Zaveid quirked an eyebrow, smirking, "it seems that someone is impatient"
Dezel clicked his tongue but he was smiling when he leant down to kiss Zaveid hardly.
"I could say the same", he replied, grinding down his hips to make his lower half rub against Zaveid's member, who was already beginning to get hard.
Zaveid exhaled a chuckle, but for once his teasing response was replaced by a satisfied sigh when Dezel began to leave a trail of hot damp kisses down his body, using his hands to touch all the skin within his reach. Zaveid slowly bit his bottom lip with anticipation when Dezel kept going down until his face was just over Zaveid's crotch. It seemed that Dezel wasn't too interested in talking at that moment and definitely Zaveid wasn't going to complain.
Dezel grabbed Zaveid's thick member in one of his hands and gave a couple of tentative pumps, but almost immediately he settled his tongue on the underside of Zaveid's member to give a long dirty lick from base to tip. Zaveid groaned appreciatively, letting his head fall slightly backwards when Dezel began to lap at the tip of his member hungrily, swirling his tongue around the slit in the most sensitive zone, but doing that wasn't enough to satisfy Zaveid and Dezel knew it, so without wasting any more time he did what he knew Zaveid was craving.
Dezel deepthroated Zaveid's member in one go. He began to bob his head up and down, purposely gulping when his nose touched Zaveid's pelvis, squeezing that way his member with the perfect pressure to make Zaveid grab the sheets under him with force in order to prevent the imminent urge of coming right then just inside Dezel's mouth. And when hearing Zaveid's low excited curses, when imaging Zaveid's sinful pectorals going up and down with a heavy breathing thanks to his actions, Dezel felt his own member twitching as a response, a warm desire curling in the pit of his stomach.
Zaveid stared at Dezel through half-lidded eyes that looked brown instead of orange because of the want that was darkening them. Between faltering groans he licked his lips with lust when realizing that Dezel had reached back with one of his hands to begin to prepare himself. Dezel was letting out soft groans around Zaveid's member as a result, adding a pleasant vibration to the overwhelming warmth that Zaveid was already feeling thanks to Dezel's diligent mouth wrapped around his member, and since Zaveid feared to end too close to the edge he decided to accelerate things a little more.
With a rapid movement Zaveid made Dezel stop working on his member and yanked him towards his lap roughly. Dezel's attempt of protest turned into a surprised gasp when Zaveid's fingers replaced his. Zaveid began to thrust his digits in and out Dezel's entrance with precision, causing the younger Wind Seraph to enclose his arms around Zaveid's shoulders as a support while welcoming the intrusion with his teeth gritted in order not to let out too loud moans, since he knew that he'd surely be way louder later when Zaveid was finally fucking him.
However, when Zaveid managed to touch that spot that always caused Dezel to see stars, the younger Wind Seraph couldn't help to arch his body while groaning in delight. Zaveid took opportunity of Dezel's arched body to duck forward and capture one of his nipples in his mouth. Zaveid rolled his tongue around the little bud, grabbing the perked nipple between his teeth and pulling with just the necessary roughness to make Dezel become a panting mess, the caressing of his sensitive chest and the continuous rubbing of Zaveid's fingers against his prostrate causing Dezel's ass to tighten unconsciously around Zaveid's digits.
Zaveid grunted against Dezel's chest when Dezel's inner wall constricted his fingers. He repeated his actions on Dezel's other nipple while speeding up the movement of his fingers. Dezel's pants became more labored, his nails digging on Zaveid's shoulders, and when feeling that Zaveid was going to make him finish if thinks kept going at that rhythm Dezel made Zaveid pull his fingers out of him while yanking his head back, the sudden violent action causing Zaveid shiver with arousal. Damn it, Dezel being rough because of the impatience was a huge turn on for him.
"Zaveid…", Dezel kissed Zaveid harshly, introducing his tongue inside the older man's mouth without asking for permission, although it seemed that he had it already for the way Zaveid allowed him to ravage his mouth without offering any resistance, "…I want you"
Zaveid felt his member throb when hearing the obvious need on Dezel's voice. His first impulse was to push Dezel against the bed and began to fuck him against the mattress without waiting a single second longer, after all he was more than prepared already, but having Dezel over his lap gave him a better idea.
"I'm all yours, Dezel", Zaveid whispered against the younger Wind Seraph's lips before leaning back against the headboard of the bed, his hands resting on Dezel's hips as a mere support.
Zaveid smirked when seeing Dezel's expression of confusion turning into one of surprised excitation when Zaveid began to move his hips up, making his member slide between Dezel's buttocks, clearly hinting what he wanted Dezel to do.
Dezel gulped, trying to suppress in vain the whines that threatened to come out when feeling Zaveid's slick member teasing his most intimate zone. Dezel didn't like that position as much as the others they usually adopted because he honestly thought that his rhythm sucked in comparison with Zaveid's one, but at that moment Dezel didn't care.
The only thing that he cared about was to feel Zaveid inside him, so Dezel pushed his usual insecurity away and without hesitation he reached back with his hand to keep Zaveid's member still. Dezel raised his hips and after aligning his entrance over Zaveid's member he began to slowly lower his body down.
A relieved sigh escaped Zaveid's mouth when his waiting cock slid all the way to the hilt without finding any resistance. Dezel settled both of his hands on his hard chest as a support and began to immediately ride Zaveid as if there was no tomorrow, flexing his legs up and down with a frantic rhythm that made the bed under them creak furiously.
Zaveid grunted loudly, enjoying that absolutely crazy pace. He dug his fingers on Dezel's thighs and began to pound his hips up to meet Dezel's frenzied movements, searching that spot that would make Dezel cry in ecstasy again. He immediately knew when he had found it because when his member rammed against Dezel's prostrate Dezel arched his body again while crying his name with such primal need that Zaveid was about to come just because of that sexy sight.
Dezel grabbed with one of his hands the headboard to have a better leverage to welcome Zaveid's slams more easily. He increased the speed of his already wild movements, bouncing up and on down over Zaveid with abandon trying to feel him even deeper.
Damn, Dezel thought between thrust and thrust. He took back his previous words about not liking riding Zaveid. He didn't know if it was his rhythm that had improved during those five years, or the almost desperate want that was surrounding Zaveid and him at that moment and that made them be more aroused than usual, but the only thing that Dezel knew was that that sex was going to count as one of the best he had had with Zaveid. Although probably the fact that now Dezel completely understood Zaveid's reasons when he left, and the fact that Zaveid knew that Dezel had forgiven him completely after knowing the truth, were the main reasons to make both Wind Seraph enjoy everything even more than usual.
"Dezel…", the younger Wind Seraph groaned appreciatively when Zaveid forced his head down to share an open-mouthed messy kiss, "dammit, Dezel, I love you so much"
Dezel smiled and diverted his hand from Zaveid's chest to the back of his neck.
"Me too, Zaveid", Dezel whispered against Zaveid's lips.
They kissed again furiously, Dezel enclosing both of his arms around Zaveid's neck and Zaveid doing the same around Dezel's waist, causing both of their bodies to be impossibly close, to the point that Dezel could perfectly feel Zaveid's heartbeat against his chest.
Both Wind Seraph continued moving against each other without slowing down, both of their movements becoming more frantic and erratic, and since Dezel's member was experimenting an continuos friction between both of their bodies he reached his climax without touching himself, throwing his head back while crying Zaveid's name.
After Dezel came Zaveid kept pounding up into him mercilessly, making the younger Wind Seraph whine with every thrust because of the overstimulation, and when Zaveid finally reached his peak half-a-minute later Dezel moaned his name again when Zaveid sunk his teeth on his neck, grunting against Dezel's sensitive skin while the last drops of his release filled the extenuated younger Wind Seraph.
They remained embraced in the same position during a full minute, without even talking, just letting themselves drown slowly into the other one's warmth while focusing on recovering the breath that they had lost after making love so passionately, and this time it was Dezel the one who managed to speak first with a still breathless but content voice.
"I think that the beds of Pendrago were better"
Zaveid burst out laughing when hearing Dezel's unexpected comment.
"Well, we can't be sure about that. After all…", Zaveid's tone turned teasing, "…you've been quite passionate so probably the only way to be sure will be to repeat this experience in Pendrago"
Dezel clicked his tongue blushing lightly, but he was smiling when talking next.
"I'll take note of that"
After cleaning themselves both Wind Seraph lied down again facing each other, without bothering to put any clothes on yet.
"I think we should go back", Dezel commented, still a little breathless, "the lunch must be almost ready"
"Well, we could skip it", Zaveid suggested with a seductive smile, enclosing an arm around Dezel's hips to force his body closer so that their skins were directly touching, "and go for another round"
Dezel's stomach tightened pleasantly when hearing the sincere need in Zaveid's tone, but he forced himself to push his instincts back.
"Sorry, Zaveid, but we are going to spend the afternoon training and skipping the main meal isn't the wisest move", he reasoned, causing Zaveid to grunt with reluctance.
"Yeah, it would be unforgivable that we lost the competition tomorrow because we've spent the afternoon having sex over and over again instead of training"
Dezel shivered against his will when hearing Zaveid's words because deep inside he really liked how they sounded.
"Exactly", Dezel managed to say after clearing his throat, "so as I've said we should come back"
Zaveid smirked because he knew the effect that his words had had on the younger man, but he decided not to tease him for that.
They got dressed again almost in time record, but before leaving the room Dezel stopped Zaveid.
"Hey…"
Zaveid was surprised when hearing Dezel's hesitant tone.
"Yeah, Dezel?"
The younger Wind Seraph gulped.
"We are going to win tomorrow, right?"
Zaveid smiled, hugged Dezel and kissed him on the forehead.
"Of course we will"
Dezel smiled with relief and hugged Zaveid back, feeling at ease.
As always that man's confidence was all he needed to push away his insecurities and strengthen his beliefs, so when he abandoned the inn while holding Zaveid's hand in his own Dezel knew without any doubt that they would make it.
That the next day the Windriders would beat the Calimity Circus, putting an end to the battle that Hedalf had begun five years ago, and nothing and no one was going to prevent that from happening.
Until now I had just written in Dezel's POV but during the sex scene I've been alternating, hope you haven't minded the change ^^U
Aand since the final competition takes place in the next chapter we are already approaching the end of this fic. Will the Windriders be able to win against Hedalf? Will they finally take revenge for Lafarga's death and Eizen state? We'll discover it soon :)
As always, thanks a lot for the comments and kudos and feel free to keep leaving your feedback ^^