Cronus sat in the lounge thinking about what had just happened in Kankri's room. He felt terrible for laughing at him, but at the same time a bad blow job was not a comfortable experience. He'd loved the feeling of those soft lips wrapped around him, but his teeth scraping that way was pretty terrible.

He rubbed at where he'd been scraped, though it was still sore. He threw his arms over the back of the couch and threw his head back. All he really wanted was to get off or to have a cigarette. And at this stage it didn't really look like either were going to happen.

He sat like that for a while before deciding to just get it over with, pain or not. It was going to feel better than sitting there. He grabbed one of the tissues and tried to go through the paint, but it was still too sore to touch. Deciding to just suck it up, he went back into Kankri's room. His partner was sitting at his desk, fervently typing. Cronus went to the bed and pulled on his boxers and then over to the side of the room to pull on his pants. He tripped over something with a shout as he grabbed them.

"Cronus? I didn't hear you come back."

He hobbled over to the bed and sat down. "Uh, yeah. I tried not to make any noise in case you were sleepin' or somethin' like that." He hissed tucking himself into his pants, realizing that his tight pants did not mix well with unrelieved lust.

"I did not intend to sleep just yet, Cronus." His voice sounded a little pained.

"Kan, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Cronus. Have you taken care of yourself?"

"Ah, no. I couldn't really so I'm gonna go back to my room and grab some cigs, then maybe take a nice long walk. You wanna come with me, maybe?"

"I suppose that I could join you. Would you allow me to finish this essay first?"

Cronus smirked. "Is that an essay or a blog post, babe?"

Kankri scrunched his nose. "It's an essay. It's the one that I was working on earlier today."

Cronus looked over at the clock. "In all technicality, Kan, it's the one you were workin' on yesterday. It's like quarter after twelve, already."

"Is it? I hadn't noticed." He moved from the desk and sat next to Cronus. "Although I do not usually partake in late night walks, I would like to join you."

"All right, sweet! You finish that up and I'm just gonna get dressed and maybe grab my cigs. I'll be back in a little bit." He leaned over the head of the bed toward Kankri. "Can I get a kiss before I start my long and tumultuous journey, darlin'?" He smiled.

"Cronus, do you truly wish for me to kiss you after what has just transpired?"

"What?" He thought about it, but he couldn't see see why he wouldn't want a kiss. It wasn't like he came in his mouth and, fuck, he wouldn't have cared if he had. "Babe I don't give a fuck about that."

"Really?"

"Uh, yeah. It's just another part a me, babe. Ain't like you were eatin' trash or nothin' yeah?"

"I suppose." Kankri leaned over and kissed him. He tasted extra minty, like he'd just brushed his teeth.

"Did you just go through all that even after you just brushed your teeth again?"

"Perhaps."

He laughed a little. "Babe that is so fuckin' cute." He got off the bed. "I'm gonna go get my cigs. I'll be right back."

"As you wish."

"Back in a few." Cronus grabbed his shirt and pulled it on as he left the room. He walked to his own room, his jeans still rubbing painfully against him. He opened his door and walked inside. He could hear noises coming from the lounge and realized that his suite mate must have his girlfriend over. That was a gross thought. It really was hard to imagine someone wanting to fuck that guy, even if he was cute in a really damaged kind of way.

He put that thought to the back of his head and grabbed the jacket he'd been wearing earlier. He pulled it on and then slipped into his boots. He heard screaming coming from the lounge. He really didn't want to know anymore about what was happening in there. For as tough as his talk was, sex honestly still made him a little uncomfortable to think about when other people were the ones having it. He left the room, not even bothering to check his hair before he did.

He walked quickly to Kankri's room and opened the door without knocking. He was sitting at his computer, though he was wearing the clothes he'd had on at dinner. He looked up at the door closing. "Do you mind, Cronus? I could have been in the middle of changing my clothing! How dare you enter my room without knocking!"

"Whoa, sorry babe! I figured it'd be cool since I told you I'd be right back." He scratched the back of his neck. He really never could be sure what was going to upset Kankri.

"I suppose that that is understandable."

"So, uh, you finished with that essay?"

"Nearly. I just have to add in my closing statement and save it."

"Okay, cool. I'll just wait for you then." He sat on the bed and pulled his phone out of his pocket. He may as well check his blog while he was waiting.

Nothing new was there, though some of the porn blogs had posted some new videos and gifs. He didn't think that looking through them was really a wise idea with his raging boner, though. He closed out of his blog and opened up Facebook. No one ever really contacted him on there anymore, but it was fun to see what those shit heads were up to. Most of his friends had gone to local tech schools or community colleges. He'd gone hundreds of miles away. Or what felt like hundreds. If he was being honest it was really only about eighty or ninety, and that was well within driving distance.

He chuckled to himself over some of the ridiculous things his friends from high school were posting. None of them had really seemed to have changed, though it made sense. It had only been a few months since they'd graduated. But he soon grew bored of looking at what stupidity they were up to and put his phone back in his pocket. After all, if none of them were going to contact him, then why should he even bother thinking about them? He looked back over at Kankri who was reading what was on his screen. "You ready to go yet, babe?"

"I'm nearly finished. I just need to make sure that I don't have any typographical errors before sending this off."

"You can always send it when we get back. It ain't like it's due right now."

"No, it's not, but I would prefer to have it turned in before it's actually due."

"When is it due?"

"Sunday by five in the evening."

"Okay then proofread it when you get up tomorrow. You'll be more brainy then anyway, I'm sure."

"I suppose." He saved the paper and shut down his laptop. "Are you ready then?"

"I sure am babe. Let's get goin' on our little adventure."

They left the room and walked to the door of the building. It didn't look like there was anyone outside, so Cronus grabbed Kankri's hand as they exited the building. "Cronus!" Kankri pulled his hand away indignantly.

"What is it, babe? It's not like there's anyone around."

"I just do not feel comfortable with the possibility of someone seeing us."

"Seriously?"

"Yes Cronus. Seriously."

"All right, babe, whatever makes you comfortable." He pulled out a cigarette and put it in his mouth.

"Are you going to smoke that?"

He pulled his matchbook out of his pocket and lit the cigarette before answering. "Uh, yeah babe. That's why I'm takin' a walk."

Kankri frowned. "I suppose that I did agree to come with you on your smoker's walker."

"You sure as fuck did, babe!" He laughed, letting the smoke leave his lungs as he did.

"So where did you plan on walking this evening, Cronus?"

"Well there are these woods back behind the suites that I thought we could check out. Pretty sure I saw a path goin' through 'em if you wanna go."

"That could be nice. Though isn't it rather late to go down an unfamiliar path?"

"That's half the fuckin' fun, babe!"

"I'm not sure how I feel about this, Cronus."

"Would you rather go for a drive after I finish this cigarette? We could just drive until we get tired if you really want."

Kankri thought briefly. "I suppose that we could do that."

"All right babe. You wanna check out those woods tomorrow, though? I did wanna see how they looked. Maybe see if they could inspire my songs at all."

"That would be quite enjoyable."

"All right cool!" He took a long drag from his cigarette and threw it to the ground, digging it in with his heel. Kankri made a face at his actions. "What is it, babe?"

"Are you just going to leave that on the ground, Cronus?"

"That was the plan."

"You should pick that up and throw it away."

"Really babe? You're gonna make me pick it up?"

"Yes."

"Okay fine." He crouched down and picked up the crushed butt, looking for a garbage can as he did. He saw one near his car. "Oh hey, what luck. There's a can by my car!"

"See, it was meant to be."

"Ah, yeah, yeah." He tossed it in can and unlocked his car. "Now," they got in and he started it up as he spoke, "let's get this adventure goin', babe." He pulled out and began driving. He knew that there was an overlook somewhere. He'd looked for it between classes one day to see if it was in a decent location. He more or less remembered where it was, but he didn't want Kankri to realize it if he got lost.

Fortunately, he recognized the streets and managed to make his way there without any problems. He parked, noticing that there were no other cars as he did so.

Kankri spoke first. "I thought you said that we were going on an adventure?"

"I decided to make a pit stop. That okay?"

He fidgeted with his sleeves. "I suppose."

Cronus noticed the dark spot on Kankri's neck and smiled. "Babe I didn't think you'd show off that hickey on your neck like that."

"What?"

"I left a bit of a hickey on you."

"What?"

Cronus leaned in and kissed the spot. "There."

"Oh dear." Kankri rubbed the spot. "I suppose that I forgot about that."

He laughed. "Babe, you are just the cutest fuckin' thing, I swear." He turned off the car and stared at Kankri, clicking his tongue.

"What are you doing that for, Cronus?"

"Doing what?"

"With your tongue."

"Oh, uh, I was just wonderin' if maybe you wanted to make out a little in the back seat."

His face flushed darkly and he looked out the side window. "I suppose that we could, though if anyone else were to come along, then we should probably stop."

"Aw, why you gotta be that way? It ain't like they wouldn't be doin' the same thing in another car."

"Cronus."

"Okay fine we'll stop if they do."

"Thank you, love."

"It's nothin', babe." He leaned over and kissed him. "Now, you wanna stay up here, or you wanna go in the back seat?"

"I am fine here."

"All right, babe." Cronus climbed over the gear-shift and straddled Kankri's legs. Once positioned, he began kissing him deeply again. He felt a thrill go through him when Kankri deepened the kiss, moaning into his mouth as he did. Cronus put his arms on either side of the head rest and pulled away from his partner's mouth. "I didn't expect you to be okay with this."

Kankri laughed a little and looked away. "I honestly didn't expect myself to be okay with anything like ."

"I'm glad you are, though." He smiled.

It really was unexpected for Kankri to be all right with this, especially being below him, but he wanted to try something with him, and he really hoped that he enjoyed it.