Warning: brief M scene
Remaining debt: 8.500.000 galds
The sound of his mobile's alarm makes Alvin exhale a frustrated grunt the next morning, and after spending some seconds waiting for the irritant sound to magically disappear he ends extending his arm lazily towards the nightstand to finally shut it down.
"It seems that you haven't rested well enough after all"
Alvin smiles and turns to his other side to look at his already awaken boyfriend through half-closed eyes.
"Nah, I've rested well", he replies kissing the king softly, "it's just that the night turned to be more extenuating that it should", he adds with a sleepy-joking tone that makes Gaius chuckle.
"I see", Gaius says kissing Alvin back on the forehead, "my apologies, I'm partly the one to blame for that, so rest a little more while I…"
Gaius' sentence is cut with a rather clumsy but still intense kiss.
"You're not going anywhere", Alvin says with a smirk, "you still owe me a third round, remember?"
Gaius exhales an amused laugh.
"Don't you think that we should wait until you are at least awake?", the king says with a smile, "otherwise I'll feel that I'm taking advantage of you"
"Don't worry, your Majesty", Alvin says nudging with his nose Gaius' one playfully, "you have my permission to completely wake me up with all the naughty things that you can think of"
Alvin laughs when seeing Gaius roll his eyes with patient, but there was a hint of a smile on his face.
"Alright", Gaius ends saying while settling between Alvin's legs, causing the last one to bite his bottom lip with anticipation when seeing the shine of Gaius' purple eyes, "then…", Gaius bends down until being almost touching Alvin's lips with his own, "…I won't hold back"
And certainly, with the way Gaius kisses him next Alvin knows that the king wasn't lying with his last statement, since the only thing he can do is to open his mouth to let Gaius' eager tongue explore his own to his heart content, soft moans escaping his mouth with every movement of that wet muscle inside his cavity.
After some moments Gaius decides that he has ravaged Alvin's mouth enough and he finally stops, a thin string of saliva keeping their mouths connected, and although after that mind-blowing kiss Alvin was expecting Gaius to keep with a desperate rhythm he is surprised to see the king slowly traveling down through his naked chest depositing soft kisses and licks along the way.
"I thought that you weren't going to hold back…", Alvin comments, exhaling at that moment an appreciative gasp when Gaius' tongue begins to caress his nipple, still sensitive from the previous night.
"And I'm not", Gaius answers, his eyes locking up briefly with Alvin's ones before moving to the other nipple to repeat his actions, making Alvin gasp again, "but since last night was rather intense I've thought that a calmer pace would be a better choice"
Alvin chuckles while Gaius keeps traveling down.
"You know that we never manage to keep a calm pace until the…ah…!", Alvin's head falls backwards while exhaling an aroused moan, one of his hands flying to grab the pillow with force for the intense heat that invades him when Gaius takes him slowly in his mouth in one go.
"Yes, you're certainly true…", Gaius says with a satisfied voice before taking Alvin's member again with another smooth movement and letting him go again, Alvin's stomach tensing up with every single action, "…but sometimes a calm pace…", Gaius licks the underside of Alvin's member making this one's legs tremble a little, "…can be extremely satisfying"
Gaius begins to bob his head up and down then, following a steady rhythm that was slower than the one he usually used, and although Alvin had initially thought that he was going to miss a faster pace he was mistaken. He didn't know if it was because the two rounds of the previous night had been intense enough and now his body was desiring something calmer, but the truth was that he was feeling extremely good right then and he could feel himself getting close to the orgasm although not even one minute had passed since Gaius begun.
"Ngh...Erston...ah...Erston, please..."
Alvin uses one of his hands to force Gaius' head to stop moving.
"It's too much?", Gaius asks honestly surprised, making Alvin exhale a soft chuckle.
"It seems so", he admits, breathing fast, "and I don't think that I can last much more so...", Alvin opens more his leg, invitingly, and when seeing the way Gaius gulps he knows that he doesn't need to say anything more.
"Okay", the king only whispers with a hoarse voice before bending down over Alvin a little to be able to situate both of Alvin legs over his shoulders, "are you alright?"
Alvin nods rapidly.
"Don't worry, I'm rather flexible", he says with a smile, and to prove it he raises with no effort to kiss Gaius slow and deep, their tongues slipping in the other one's mouth without any shame or content, "...so go ahead, your Majesty", he adds without hiding the need on his voice, making Gaius' eyes shine wantonly.
"As you wish", Gaius says, settling his hands on the mattress at the both sides of Alvin's hips before beginning to enter him slowly, Alvin's body arching from the bed while exhaling a satisfied moan.
"Oh god...", he exhales while Gaius keeps moving inside him, and although he hadn't accelerated since the beginning the long and hard thrusts that he was using were making Alvin shudder every single time, "oh yes Erston...ah...!"
Alvin moans loudly when Gaius hits his prostrate, the deep groans that the king exhales every time that his member enters him completely mixing with his own aroused ones.
"Alvin...", Gaius uses one of his hands to grab Alvin's member, beginning to stroke it with a slightly faster rhythm that he was using to push into Alvin again and again, "I love you"
Alvin forces himself to open his eyes, a tender smile showing on his face, a little strained for the effort to not to come yet to keep feeling all that pleasure a little longer.
"You better do", he replies jokingly, settling one of his hands on the back of Gaius' head to force their lips meet again, "I'm going to freeze my ass off just for you, after all"
Gaius laughs against Alvin's mouth.
"I know", the king says while allowing Alvin to wrap his legs against his waist so he could lean over Alvin completely, the king's forearms on either side of Alvin's head, pinning him on the bed with all his warm body, their toned chest now touching every time that he thrusts inside and out of him, "and I love you so much for that"
Alvin's only response to Gaius' passionate words is to embrace the king tightly, his hands grabbing Gaius' back with possessiveness while moving down his hips to take him the deepest he can, making Gaius groan with satisfaction before kissing him with vigour.
"Me too, Erston…", Alvin manages to reply between heated kisses, "I love you too…"
They keep kissing and moving against the other one for some more moments, without speeding up, without stopping for even one second, and when they both reach their climax their mouths are still connected, both of their breathless moans when orgasming mixing together.
"So…", Gaius says with a satisfied smirk, "what did you say about not being able to keep things calm?"
Alvin laughs.
"Okay, I was mistaken", he admits smiling, "but don't get too used to it: I still prefer when you lose control"
"I believe it", Gaius says with a conversational tone, "last night I barely could fulfil your needs with the way you were crying for more again and again"
Alvin's mouth falls completely opened.
"Hey, since when are you able to speak like that without blushing?"
Gaius chuckles, kissing Alvin briefly before finally incorporating.
"It's getting late", he says, and when Alvin half-close his eyes for avoiding the question Gaius adds, "and just so you know I still feel awkward saying things like that but your face right now has been worth to see"
Alvin nods, satisfied with the answer.
"If you feel inclined to dirty-talk me the next time we have sex I'm not going to stop you…"
"No, thank you"
Alvin bursts out laughing when hearing Gaius' fast response before finally getting up from the bed as well.
After showering they decided to have breakfast at the inn. They had booked on purpose a double room in order to avoid any possible suspicious about them being together just in case someone recognized Gaius, and consequently they made sure to have a purely professional conversation while eating, although the amusement on their eyes would be quite evident to anyone who knew them well enough.
"Well", Alvin says when they leave the inn, offering his right hand to Gaius, "it's been a pleasure to make business with your, Mr. Outway"
Gaius smiles at him, accepting the hand.
"The pleasure has been mine, Mr. Svent"
They remain like that during a little more time than necessary before releasing hands, and Alvin suppresses a sigh. Just before leaving the room they have kissed long and intensely knowing that they weren't going to be able to do it later, but still he couldn't avoid to regret not being able to act like a normal pair would do.
"Contact me if you need help with the search", Gaius says then, making Alvin nod while smiling.
"Don't worry. I have already someone in mind to ask for advice"
"Oh, really?", Gaius' tone couldn't hide his curiosity, so Alvin continues.
"Yep. And this person knows a lot about you so I'm sure that her opinion would be really useful in order to choose a place of your liking"
The confusion on Gaius' eyes is replaced by understanding, an amused smile appearing on his face.
"I see that you couldn't have chosen anyone more indicated for asking help"
Alvin adopts a pretended offended expression.
"What were you expecting, Mr. Outway? Of course my decisions are always correct. After all...", Alvin dares to show an almost seductive smile, "you chose me to be directly under your command for that reason, right?"
Gaius doesn't change his face but his breath hitches just for a tenth of second, making Alvin's smile grow wider.
"Yes, you're certainly right. Although I'm sure that if you keep improving in that area I feel like you'll even end being the one over me"
Alvin seriously tries not to laugh but at the end his efforts are in vain and he ends laughing openly, Gaius joining him immediately.
"Damn", Alvin says when they have calmed down, his tone slightly frustrated now for the urge that he was feeling to kiss Gaius senselessly, knowing that he couldn't do so, and for the deep sigh that the king exhales Alvin knows that he is feeling the same.
"I assure you that I'll try to finish the sooner I can"
Alvin smiles reassuringly when hearing a hint of apology in Gaius' voice.
"I know. You always do"
After that they finally leave in opposite directions, Gaius towards the station and Alvin towards Balan's apartment, although they can't avoid to turn around once to share one last look. Alvin exhales a sigh. Well, with a little of luck when he finally got an apartment on his own the time of them having to be separated would be much shorter.
With that thought in mind he practically runs towards his cousin apartment, decided to say the news to Balan and Leia since he was planning to go Kanbalar that same afternoon to begin to search.
He arrives in less than five minutes, and when he opens the door he is momentarily surprised to see that Balan is still having breakfast until he remembers that he and Gaius had got up rather early. Mortally early in fact.
"Morning", Alvin says, and he is again surprised when Balan doesn't react to his greeting, and that in fact his cousin's eyes were fixed at some point in the distance, showing that he was completely lost in his thoughts, "Balan?"
Alvin speaks with a slightly worried voice, and this time Balan reacts.
"Oh, good morning Alfred", he says with a smile that seemed a little forced, "how has the night been? Have you let the rest of the customers sleep or…?"
"Ha ha ha", Alvin says while Balan exhales a soft chuckle, "nobody has protested this morning so I suppose that yes, we weren't too noisy"
"Or maybe everyone at the inn was deaf and..."
"Shut up, idiot", Alvin snaps throwing at Balan his scarf, but his cousin dodges the cloth without major problem.
"Do you know when are you going to see him again?", Balan asks then, and this time his tone was serious.
Alvin shrugs.
"One week and half if everything goes according to his schedule. But Gaius has already warned me that it would be probably two weeks. Three in the worst case"
Balan nods to himself.
"What a shit", he says then, making Alvin smile for his sincere words.
"Yeah"
They remain in a comfortable silence, and after hesitating a little Alvin speaks again.
"By the way, is Leia here? There is something that I would like to..."
Alvin shuts up when seeing Balan tensing suddenly. However, before Alvin could ask anything again the door of Leia's room opens with force, and Alvin is surprised when he sees Leia approach the kitchen with her face completely serious and lightly strained, and for the pace she was using it was clear that she would have left the apartment without saying anything if Alvin hadn't been there.
"Oh, you've come back", she says before smiling teasingly, "have you spent a good night?"
Alvin nods.
"Yep. And the beds of that inn don't creak at all, I've been about to ask the innkeeper where he bought them"
Leia laughs when hearing Alvin's words.
"Well, I should be going, I'm already late", Leia winks at Alvin before approaching the door, "see you later"
And then, without even one look towards Balan, Leia leaves the apartment.
There is a brief silence.
"Umh...you have fought, right?"
Balan exhales a sigh while standing up.
"Very perceptive, Alfred"
Alvin follows Balan to the kitchen to see his cousin beginning to wash the dishes.
"And are you going to tell me why?", Alvin asks, leaning against the counter, "I mean, yesterday you were just fine so…"
"Yes, we were", Balan says without looking at Alvin, extremely focused on his task in hand, "but just an hour after you both left towards the inn she received a call from her parents"
Alvin waits a little, and just when he thinks that he is going to have to ask again Balan closes the water tap and turns around, leaning against the sink with his arms crossed.
"It seems that one of Leia's cousins has just had a baby and the entire family wants to celebrate it. The celebration is tomorrow so her parents have asked her if she could go to Leronde today"
Alvin nods to himself.
"Okay, and…what's the problem?", he asks with confusion.
Balan exhales another sigh.
"The problem is that she wants me to go as well", he says looking at Alvin with a tense frown, "and she wants to announce them that we are together"
Alvin blinks a couple of times, waiting for Balan to continue.
"That's it?", he asks with surprise, and he immediately knows that he shouldn't have said that for the way Balan stares at him, an angry expression on his face.
"'That's it'?", he repeats, his tone almost a whisper.
"I-I mean…", Alvin says immediately, trying to erase the murdering intent of his cousin's eyes, "I know that maybe you haven't been together for too long…"
"Of course we haven't", Balan snaps, "we haven't even reached the six months yet"
"But it's evident that you two love each other", Alvin continues, "and that you are happy together so…"
"Okay, try to think as a parent", Balan interrupts him, "suppose that you have a seventeen years old daughter: how the hell would you react if you discovered that she is living with a man who is several years older than her, with the consequent possibility that they are already sleeping together?"
Alvin shrugs.
"Well, I suppose that it would depend of…"
Balan shakes his head.
"No, Alfred, it wouldn't depend of anything", he says, and when seeing that Alvin isn't convinced he speaks again, "would you see normal that Elize began to date Ludger right now?"
Alvin's eyes open wide.
"Well, of course not, but she is just thirteen and he…"
"And what?", Balan says, "you know Ludger, and you know what a good person he is, and I'm sure that if he began to date Elize right now he would give priority to her desires and would do everything to make her happy"
Alvin gulps. Balan was right: Ludger was the second best person (the first one was Jude, of course) that he had ever known, someone who you could blindly trust, and still when thinking in him dating Elize he had automatically thought that it was wrong…
"But as you've said", Balan continues, "he is seven years older than her, so to be with Elize right now would be weird, almost perverted, despite the fact the we both know that Ludger wouldn't ever do anything bad to her", Balan smiles sadly, "I'm thirteen years older than Leia, Alfred. Thirteen. Do you really think that her parents are going to see with good eyes my relationship with her?"
Alvin averts his eyes, exhaling a sigh.
"Of course when I've said Leia this she has got angry saying that according to the law with seventeen you aren't a kid anymore, and that besides his parents were really good persons and that they wouldn't put any problem"
Alvin can't avoid a little smile.
"Well, she is right: her mother is a little scary but his father is a saint"
Balan exhales a soft laugh, although his eyebrows were still frowned in concern.
"I know. She has talked me about them. But precisely because they are so good there is a high possibility of them disapproving our relationship, although of course she doesn't want to admit it"
Alvin crosses his arms, lost in thought for a brief moment before speaking.
"Then what do you suggest? To wait more to let them know?"
Balan nods.
"Yes, at least until one year has passed, because looking it from outside four months is a extremely short time to begin to live together with someone"
There is a brief pause.
"You know?", Alvin says suddenly, making Balan look at him with curiosity, "it's true that all what you are saying has perfect sense...but still, I think that Leia is right this time"
Balan frowns again, and when Alvin sees that his cousin is opening his mouth to speak again he immediately continues, not letting him doing so.
"Look, the thirteen gap difference is never going to disappear no matter how much time passes", Alvin says, "and yes, it's probably that at first Leia's parents will be a little shocked with the news..."
"Probably?", Balan repeats with sarcasm, making Alvin correct himself.
"Okay, they'll be shocked for sure. But that isn't going to change no matter how much time you wait"
Balan shakes his head.
"It's not the same, Alvin. If we wait until Leia is a little older..."
"It's the same, Balan", Alvin interrupts, "from Leia's parents view, Leia is always going to be their little child. You can wait all the time you want, that fact is not going to change"
Balan exhales a frustrated sigh, indicating Alvin that he has been convinced by his argument.
"Damn...", Balan says while removing his glasses and rubbing his eyes.
Alvin waits a little before speaking again.
"Look, Balan", he says with a soft tone, "it's true that I don't know Leia's parents too much, but what I can assure you is that their first priority is Leia's happiness"
"I know that already", Balan snaps, and Alvin is surprised when hearing his cousin's voice tremble, "and precisely for that I'm scared as hell of going there. What if...", Balan clears his throat, "what if I'm going there and her parents consider that I'm not good enough for her?"
Alvin's eyebrows raises surprised.
"Well, I don't think that their parents think that at all but even if that's the case I don't think that you care much about anyone's opinion"
"Of course not, idiot, if I cared about that I would have never ended being the mad scientist that I am today", Alvin can't avoid a smile when hearing the appellative, "but I do care about Leia, and I'm sure that if her parents said something like that (thing that it's very very probable) she would immediately react, and in the worst case scenario maybe she would end discussing with them, and I don't want her to suffer because of me especially just before her cousin's celebration so..."
"Balan", Alvin's almost shout makes his cousin shut up at once, "that won't happen"
Balan exhales a snort.
"How the hell are you so sure of that?"
"Because as I've said, Leia's parents main priority is Leia's happiness", Alvin smiles, "and they would have to be blind to not to see how damn happy Leia is by your side"
Balan's eyes snap opened before a little blush settles on his cheeks.
"B-but that's an extremely subjective opinion", Balan protests.
"No, it's not", Alvin replies, "if we were talking about you as a person then yeah, it would be a subjective opinion, but we are talking about Leia being happy or not with you. And that it's not subjective at all", Alvin approaches Balan and puts his hands over his cousin's shoulder, the smile still in his face, "because as I've said, even a blind man would see how sickeningly in love both of you are"
Balan exhales a laugh.
"You and your king are not better", he replies, and Alvin is relieved to see that the smile on his cousin's face is finally a real one.
"Okay, let's say that we are tied", Alvin admits, and then in a more serious tone he adds, "but seriously, don't worry about it: I'm sure that everything will go just fine"
Balan exhales a deep sigh and then he nods.
"Damn, I can't believe it: it's the first time that you've given me a good advice"
Alvin's mouth falls opened when hearing his cousin teasing words.
"Hey, that's not true! I suggested you to tell Leia your feelings"
"Well, but at the end it wasn't necessary", Balan comments adjusting his glasses again, using his usual enervating superior tone, "since she was the first one in doing it"
"Thanks to me, jerk", Alvin snaps.
"Umh...I'm not so sure about it...", Balan says with a thoughtful tone that makes Alvin raise his arm to hit him, but before he could do that Balan exhales another laugh and to Alvin's surprise he hugs him, "I was joking, idiot. Thank you, Alfred"
Alvin exhales an exaggerated sigh on purpose while returning the hug.
"Don't worry, later I'll give you my honoraries for acting as a counselor"
Balan laughs again while pushing Alvin away rudely.
"It seems that you haven't lost some of your mercenary habits", he teases.
"Of course not", Alvin says with a proud smile, "they are just sleeping the most part of the time"
Alvin is about to come back to his room when Balan speaks again.
"By the way, why did you want to tell us before?"
"Oh, yeah", he says, and although for a moment he is about to tell Balan about the searching of the apartment at the end he decides to wait until they come back from Leronde, "the next days I'm going to be in Kanbalar. There is something that I have to take care of"
Balan nods, automatically thinking that the cause of the travel was due to Alvin's job.
"With how cold-natured you are I hope the job doesn't take you too much time", Balan comments with a smile, and Alvin laughs internally. Balan was right. It was going to be hard to get used to Kanbalar's temperature, but he was sure he would manage. Eventually.
"Yeah, I hope so", Alvin says simply, and after that he finally goes to his room.
Trying not to make too much noise to not to alert Balan he begins to prepare his suitcase, since he planned to move out the moment he found a place, and when he hears his cousin saying him goodbye to go to his laboratory Alvin finally takes his mobile and makes a call. After a couple of tones a soft voice answers.
"Hey, Karla. It's me, Alvin", he says, "umh...could I ask you for a little favour?"
Well, it was rather evident who was going to help Alvin with the search of the apartment :D Hope you've liked the update. Thank you so much to the ones who keep reading this story and commenting, and as always feel free to leave any feedback that you consider ;)
Next update: fortunately in three weeks maximum :)
