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Chapter 33 Just Breathe

"Sesshomaru!" Kohaku moaned, his young, slim, naked body arching up against the demon's large, half-clothed body where he lay beneath him on the soft bed. "Ohhh! My lord, please!"

"Shhh, little one," the demon lord soothed, his large-hand stroking down over the boy's bare, fragile right-hip before returning to caressing his half-hard cock gently.

"Patience. It will happen. I need to make sure that you are absolutely ready, Kohaku. I do not think that you realize just how much of me there is. You cannot take it all, and it is going to hurt, no matter how much I prepare you. There is naught that I can do about the pain, but I will make you feel better afterwards, that's a promise. Now, give me your fingers."

Kohaku blinked, confused, but he lifted his right-hand in offering, gasping softly in shock as the other man leaned forward, still stroking the boy's cock as he drew his fingers into his hot mouth, being careful not to nick them with his fangs, licking and sucking on them until they were thoroughly-covered with his saliva before releasing them reluctantly.

"Push two of them inside yourself," he commanded him gently. "I cannot do it myself. My nails would cut your insides to ribbons. And the poison created by my body underneath them would kill you in less then a minute."

Kohaku blushed at his words, but he obeyed, spreading his legs wider and revealing his small pink hole before he pushed the two fingers in the middle of his hand inside himself, gasping in shock as pain burned through his anal-muscles at the intrusion, about to yank them back out in reaction before Sesshomaru's hand stopped him quickly.

"No. Just let it settle," he instructed him, his alabaster hand moving back up to resume its stroking of his cock. "It will get better soon. Relax. Just breathe."

Kohaku mewed softly in distress, but he obeyed, his bare, slender-chest rising and falling as he waited out the burning-tide.

Soon though, sooner then he would have thought possible, he relaxed, a tremor of longing traveling the full-length of his small body, an unconscious-whimper escaping him as his hips rocked up into Sesshomaru's hand on his cock and onto his own fingers.

"Add another."

Kohaku panted quietly, looking up at him, biting his lower-lip on a cry of brief-pain as he obeyed, feeling his hole contract and then relax around his fingers, stretching out easier now as he trembled in reaction.

"Add the last one," Sesshomaru said, watching him obey him, the boy's eyes dilating with the pain, then relaxing as he continued to stroke his mostly-firm length gently, coaxing him to loosen even more.

Then he removed his hand.

"Hold that position. Wriggle your fingers inside yourself. I'll be right back."

Kohaku watched in surprise as Sesshomaru stood up, his long silver hair swaying across his bare-back as he walked into another room that Kohaku hadn't explored yet.

When he reemerged he was carrying a small, blue-ceramic jar in his hand. And completely-naked.

Kohaku blushed deep-red as his eyes traveled the length of his large body, widening, speechless as he looked at the cock that was resting within a sleek-patch of silver-hair.

It was absolutely huge. And it wasn't even half-hard.

Sesshomaru smiled lazily at the boy's obvious-perusal of his body, his golden eyes heated as he laid himself back down beside him on the bed.

"Do you want to touch it, little one?" he purred seductively, pleased when the boy blushed even deeper but nodded his head in answer.

"You are not wriggling your fingers like I told you to."

Kohaku shuddered, doing as he asked this time, watching as the demon lord unscrewed the lid on the jar slowly, drawing out the suspense, puzzled when he poured a little of what was inside it between Kohaku's legs gradually.

"Oil," he explained at the boy's questioning-look once he had finished. "It makes the penetration easier."

Kohaku blushed again when he said the word 'penetration', looking surprised when the pressure of his fingers inside himself eased considerably thanks to the slippery-oil.

"See? I will bet that feels much better."

"Yes."

Sesshomaru lifted Kohaku's free hand up by the wrist with his gently, confusing the other male when he slowly poured a few large drops of oil into his small palm before letting go to screw the lid back on the jar and place it on the bedside-table carefully.

Then he took his hand again, guiding it down to his own large-cock before releasing him again.

"Wrap your hand around me," he commanded him softly.

Kohaku shuddered, licking his parted-lips as he reached out slowly to clasp the soft-length in his hand loosely.

"It's so big.." he whispered almost reverently. "You must be at least ten inches.."

"Closer to fourteen, actually."

Kohaku gasped at that, his head flying up to stare at him in shocked-wonder.

"F-Fourteen?" he asked through trembling lips.

"Thirteen-seven if you want the exact-length. Fourteen, when I'm fully-aroused."

Kohaku moaned at the thought, his eyes nearly rolling back in his head as he started to stroke Sesshomaru, spreading the slick-oil over the velvety-softness gently.

Sesshomaru watched in fascination as Kohaku's hair shortened and turned pure-white, standing up and out from his head in small-spikes, his eye color turning to a clear, ice-blue, almost like a glacier, his body lengthening subtly, growing longer by several-inches.

"Kohaku," he said, inclining his head toward a large, silver-framed mirror hanging on the wall across from the bed in encouragement. "I believe Beast has come out to play, and he is breathtaking."

Kohaku gasped softly, releasing Sesshomaru's length and springing up from the mattress quickly, practically flying to the mirror to stare at his reflection in awe.

"Wow," he breathed softly. "I'm..."

"Beautiful.." Sesshomaru whispered silkily in his ear as he came up behind him gracefully.

Kohaku shivered, watching at the demon lord reached out, placing his large hand over his bare, right-hip briefly, then moved his long arm up so that it crossed over the boy's small bare-chest in a diagonal, almost-protective stance, Sesshomaru's elbow resting against the hip that he had previously caressed, his hand curling over his left-shoulder lightly, the demon's fingers hanging well down to the center of his small-back because of their difference in size.

Kohaku trembled at the touch, tilting his head back and closing his eyes, baring his venerable throat to the mirror as a soft-moan of longing escaped him when Sesshomaru lowered his head, his long, silken-silver hair falling over one broad-shoulder gracefully to tickle Kohaku's bare-back as it brushed his skin while the demon lord's mouth fastened over the skin between his neck and collar-bone, sucking gently for a moment before whispering softly in his right ear.

"Come back to bed, my courageous little beauty.."

Kohaku gasped softly, quickly spinning away from the mirror to face the demon lord, tilting his head back to look up at him with stunned-pleasure in his wide eyes of white-blue.

Sesshomaru looked down at him, blinking, clearly confused by what the half-demon boy's gaze held.

"What is it, Kohaku? Why do you look at me in this manner?"

"You called me yours.." Kohaku breathed, his smaller, slightly-feminine face brightly-glowing with his intense-joy that was near-blinding in it's moon-like radiance.

Sesshomaru froze, tensing, and the naked-fear in the taller one's golden eyes pierced the boy's heart, causing it to ache with hurt for the man that he loved with everything that he was and would ever be.

"Kohaku, I... I can not..." the dog-demon pure-bred whispered, actually trembling with venerability.

"You are my Mate, little one. I know this now that I have seen your true-form, but to claim you as such would be utterly selfish and irresponsible. You... You deserve so much better... Can you understand that? I do not know how to love you the way that you should be loved.. I do not know how to love at all.."

Kohaku stepped closer to him, shaking his head in fierce-denial of his explanation as he slipped his arms around his soon-to-be lover's waist, pressing his soft-lips to his bare-chest before turning his head to press the side of his face against his stomach lightly, tilting his head up to stare into his eyes deeply so that he would know that he was serious.

"I need you, Sesshomaru. I love you. The rest will come later, I know it."

"How can you be so sure?"

(Because it's true-love. You think this happens every day?..)(lol. Just kidding. :) I just had to toss that in there, but that's not what he says to him)

"You love Rin, don't you? And you care for Jakin?"

"Yes, of course."

"Did you always feel that way about them?"

"No," Sesshomaru answered him with a dawning look of comprehension. "They both drove me near insane when I first met them. Actually, Jakin still drives me near insane."

Kohaku giggled, snuggling closer to him.

"See? It'll all work out. Love is just a step up from emotional-caring. A big step, but still just a step."

Sesshomaru nodded, scooping Kohaku up off his feet and into his strong arm bridal-style, carrying him back to the bed and laying him down upon it, seating himself beside him on the mattress with his long legs crossed beneath him in a pretzel-like, crossed position.

Kohaku smiled at him, sitting up and climbing into his lap, twining his arms around the demon lord's neck, tilting his head back a little in expectation of a kiss.

Sesshomaru lowered his own head obligingly, unable to disappoint his little Mate, claimed or no.

Kohaku whimpered into the kiss, rolling his small-hips against the older man's, moaning loudly at the friction on his stiffening-length as it slid against his love's huge arousal.

Sesshomaru shuddered, his single hand gripping the boy by one arm and flipping him over onto his belly quickly after he broke the kiss, lifting him up onto all fours and guiding his chin down to rest against one of numerous-pillows so that his perfect little ass was in the air on an angle, which met that the tight, slightly-wrinkled entrance to his body was in clear-view.

The demon lord retrieved the oil, pouring some more onto Kohaku's hole, then closed it and set the jar aside again, lowering his head down to thrust his tongue deep inside, re-loosening him as well as tasting the essence of Kohaku's being as his saliva mixed with the slippery-oil.

Kohaku cried out, and he would have arched his back with pleasure except that Sesshomaru's hand on his upper-back between his shoulder-blades held him down firmly but gently as his mouth continued to plunder the boy's taunt little backside.

"Sesshomaru!" Kohaku screamed, his slim body jerking and twisting as he spasmed, spilling himself over the sheets in a violent-release.

The demon lord pulled back then, smiling at the sight of Kohaku with his white hair disheveled and panting heavily, his now-quivering ass and thighs high up in the air in sweet-offering.

Kohaku was floating down from the high of his climax on a cloud, stirring a little when he felt something hard and hot prodding against his backside gently.

Then he realized what it was, his voice high-pitched and edged with protest as he spoke up.

"S-Sesshomaru, wait!"

The demon lord paused, looking at the back of his currently white-haired head as he asked softly, his voice holding obvious-caring.

"What is it, little one? Are you backing out?"

Kohaku shuddered, trembling as he shook his head emphatically.

"No. Gods, no. You know I want you. Want this. So much.. Just.. Just not like this. Not.. Not for my first time. I want to see you while we join together.."

"Very well," Sesshomaru agreed with a slight-frown, smoothing his face as he guided the boy over to lay on his back on the soft-mattress. "I merely thought that the all-fours position would be more comfortable for you because of my size. And you could take more of me that way. Not all, not by a long-shot, but more."

Kohaku blushed slightly, cheeks pinkening as he reached out a delicate-hand to touch his fingertips to the demon lord's only remaining arm lightly.

"And I appreciate it. But I'll be okay, Sesshy. I trust you."

Sesshomaru arched one silver-brow at the shortened-version of his name in surprise.

"Sesshy?"

"Yeah.." Kohaku said softly with a smile. "Do you like it? I can think up another if you don't."

"Shh," he said, shaking his head as he maneuvered his large-body over Kohaku's smaller-frame carefully, leaning close to whisper in his ear. "You think to much, boyo. I like it."

"Oh good," Kohaku breathed, obviously pleased, whimpering unconsciously when Sesshomaru grabbed both of his slim legs with his single-arm, pushing them up and back so that his knees were pressed against his belly, leaving the entrance to his body exposed and easily-accessible, quivering when the head of Sesshomaru's hard-cock nudged against his hole gently, starting to press forward into him slowly and carefully.

Sesshomaru expected the boy to close his eyes against the painful-sting that he'd heard one felt when being penetrated for the first time, so he was surprised when Kohaku merely continued to stare up at him, biting his lower-lip on a soft-cry of pain, trembling and twitching beneath him at the ache that he felt as he was taken, but he forced himself to relax in acceptance of him.

"Tell me when to stop, little one," Sesshomaru instructed him sternly. "If I hurt you because you were too stubborn to say anything I will be most displeased. Is that understood?"

"Yes!" Kohaku gasped breathlessly, panting and moaning with delight at every hard, hot-inch of Sesshomaru that easily slid into his well-oiled body, whimpering as the sixth-inch slipped into him with a little more resistance as his nerves finally began to register the pain of it.

"Ahhh!" Kohaku cried out softly, arching his back slightly, his hands scrabbling among the bed sheets as though he was trying to ground himself.

"Stop, please!" he asked quickly, shuddering beneath the demon lord's large, gorgeous body, relieved when his lover stopped moving immediately at his pleading. "I can take...take more, I just need a few moments.."

Sesshomaru nodded, reaching between Kohaku's spread-thighs to stroke the beautiful milky-whiteness of his mostly-soft cock, coaxing it back to attention tenderly.

Kohaku moaned softly, his cock quickly standing upright within the silken-patch of silver-white hair between his young-thighs, soon softening enough to take more of the demon lord's enormous length within himself.

Sesshomaru slid deeper into him, managing two more inches before he bottomed out, unable to go any further into his little Mate's small, delightful body.

Frankly, Sesshomaru was surprised that Kohaku could handle that much of him.

Even the wolf-demon had only been able to manage seven, and even that had hurt him.

But then, Koga had not originally been a Submissive. Another one of the demon lord's numerous sins.

He would have to think of a way to make amends to him. To his own brother as well.

Perhaps a social-visit was in order once he got Kohaku settled in here.

And once he got comfortable with having the boy in their home and in their bed.

Sesshomaru stilled completely, shocked at his own thoughts, his golden eyes darting to look into the icy-blue shade of Kohaku's when the boy reached out a hand to press his fingertips lightly against his bare-chest in concern.

"What is it, Sesshy? Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, my little one. Just thinking. Tell me when you are ready for me to move. Do not rush yourself, though. Take all the time you need. I can wait as long as you need so that I don't harm you. You are so tight, Kohaku. Just be patient until you adjust, alright?"

"Okay.."

Kohaku lay trembling on his back beneath him so sweetly for several minutes, staring up at him with sharp, ice-blue eyes softened by affection, reaching up to place his shaking hands on his lover's broad-shoulders, squeezing gently in signal.

"I'm ready, Sesshomaru. Please.."

The demon lord nodded, pulling out of him slowly, watching his face the whole time for signs of discomfort, pleased when the boy merely purred with pleasure at the friction that it created inside him, pushing back into him sharply in such a way that he knew would cause instant-lust to flare within him, careful not to go any deeper into him then the surprising amount that his little Mate could handle.

Kohaku gasped, arching his back with a loud-cry of stunned-pleasure, soft whimper-growls escaping his throat with every thrust of Sesshomaru's hips as he got into a fierce, unrelenting rhythm of possessive-taking, his delicate-hands growing sharp, potentially-lethal claws as they scrabbled among the bedding for an emotional-anchor to hold onto, surprised when Sesshomaru moved his hands up to hold onto his thrusting-hips, not seeming bothered when his sharp-nails sank in and drew blood automatically.

"Oh gods!" Kohaku groaned, tilting his head back into the pillows and closing his eyes in agonized-pleasure.

"Uhhh, yes, my sweet Sesshy! Wanted this for so long!"

"Mmm.." the dog demon hummed in pleasure, placing a hot-kiss to the boy's left ear, enjoying how Kohaku trembled in response when he sucked the lobe into his wet mouth, sucking on it with rough-tenderness and causing him to moan loudly.

"You like that, my little Mate? Does it make you burn for me, my sweet?"

"Yesss!" Kohaku hissed breathlessly, moaning loudly, panting heavily as he clung to Sesshomaru, his claws now buried deep in the demon lord's rounded-backside.

"Long has my ass ached for you, my lord and love. Many a night did I pretend that my fingers were yours! Only yours would I accept.."

Sesshomaru groaned, snarling against Kohaku's slender-neck when he started to move faster within him, that pale, gorgeous expanse of flesh calling to him strongly, sniffing in his scent with quiet little snuffling sounds as he took him hard and fast.

"Guahh, Kohaku.. I can not hold back the Mating-Mark. It is to strong, the urge.."

"Then don't, my Sesshy.." Kohaku said simply. "I am yours. Always."

Sesshomaru shuddered, growling softly as he sank his fangs deep into the boy's neck, feeling Kohaku's small-fangs sink into the muscles of his shoulder, both of them snarling instinctively against the others flesh as they climaxed together violently, retracting their fangs and licking the love-wounds closed with their saliva tenderly.

Kohaku sighed softly, his eyes drifting closed with exhaustion as Sesshomaru withdrew from him reluctantly, smearing Kohaku's spread-thighs with his seed as he did so, smiling and pressing his lips to the boy's forehead lovingly as he drifted into sleep slowly.

"Sleep, my little Mate. Sleep with me and rest.." he whispered as he covered them both with a pure-white sheet.