Isa felt someone shaking him. "Isa," Xehanort said into his ear, "it's time to wake up." He grumbled, turning away from the man.
"Just a few more minutes," he said in a sleepy voice. "I'm so tired." His body was exhausted. After the marathon session last night with Xehanort, he passed out after his fourth orgasm. His body still felt like it was on fire, but it was a pleasant feeling. He rolled back over and opened his eyes a bit. "Morning."
Xehanort chuckled and pushed some of the bluenette's hair behind his ear. "Morning to you. It's just a little past dawn. We need to get you back to the castle." Isa groaned at the mention of the castle. "What? Don't you want to go back?"
Isa shook his head. "I want to stay here with you." He looked up at him and pouted. "Can't we just stay here? It's nice here."
"My beautiful apprentice, we need to go back. There are things that I must attend to at the castle. Surely you understand? But don't worry - there are more places I want to show you." Xehanort got up from the bed, beginning to get dressed. Isa couldn't keep his eyes off of him. He sighed, resigning himself to getting dressed.
He watched as the older man opened a black portal. "Shall we?" Isa nodded his head, stepping through the portal once more and finding himself back in his bedroom. "Xehanort?"
Amber eyes looked at him, bringing his hand up to his face. "I'll see you later today, alright?" Isa turned his head, letting his lips graze Xehanort's palm. "Isa..." He raised his head and saw that Xehanort was close to his face. He closed the distance and put his lips on his, kissing him. The kiss did not last long. Isa pulled away from him and smiled.
"See you later today." He watched as Xehanort opened another portal and disappeared from his room.
Isa walked over to the window and saw that the sun was rising above the horizon. He looked at the clock - just past 6 in the morning. He walked into the bathroom and saw that his ears and eyes had gone back to normal, but his hair was continuing to stay a bit longer each time he transformed. He touched his blue locks, enjoying how his longer hair felt. He figured that his hair would slowly start to recede, but so far - it had yet to happen. He approached his shower and turned it on, letting the water warm up to the temperature he enjoyed and stepped inside. It had been a very long night, and it felt good to be back in his own shower. He let the water run over him as he replayed what had happened in the past twenty-four hours. He wondered what Xehanort would show him later.
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Lea awoke just after 8 in the morning. He saw that Myde was no longer in his room, not quite certain when the blonde had left. He recalled coming back to his room in the early hours of the morning and had woken up Myde to cuddle, and then some, with him.
He returned to his room at 2:30 in the morning. He saw Myde sleeping peacefully, but he felt too awkward and off kilter to fall asleep next to him. He reached out and began to touch the blonde, coaxing him to wake up underneath his hand. He wanted to forget what he had just seen. He couldn't believe that he willingly allowed Xehanort to tell him to meet with them the next day.
Watching Myde begin to wake up as he continued to touch him, he began to feel somewhat normal. "Lea?" Myde asked, in a sleepy voice. "What are you doing?" He groaned and raised his hips to meet Lea's touch.
Lea just continued to touch him, wanting to just escape. He groaned when he felt Myde take his growing erection into his hands and began to match him, stroke for stroke. Both of them continued to touch each other in silence, only the sounds of their breaths echoing in the early hours of the morning. Lea felt himself let go once he felt Myde release in his hand, causing the ache to finally go away that was in his chest. He let go of Myde and fell back on the pillows, sighing deeply. He felt Myde snuggle up against him and placed his arms around the blonde, feeling content enough to fall back asleep.
He got out of bed and made his way to his shower. He made sure to scrub his face vigorously, making sure to remove all of the charcoal he had put on it the night before. When he stepped out of the shower, he looked in the mirror and saw his unmarred face. He sighed, missing the designs he had placed on his face. He resolved to put them back on his face after his day's activities. He got dressed, putting his lab coat on, and made his way out of his room.
As he closed the door to his bedroom, he looked down the hall out of force of habit and saw that Isa was leaving his room. When did he get in? He quickly looked away and headed to the lift.
He pressed the button and the lift appeared. "Can you hold the lift, please?" He stepped inside and heard Isa call out to him. Being the kind person that he was, he held the door for his friend. "Thank you," Isa had said quietly when he finally entered the small enclosure. Lea pressed the button and made the lift start to descend. "How are you?" The bluenette asked him in a quiet voice.
"Fine, thank you. You?" Lea felt his heart break. He hated feeling this awkward around his best friend. It wasn't fair. A wedge had been driven between the two of them and he had no idea how he was supposed to fix it, if he even was supposed to fix it. He did his best to act calm and collected, but inside? His insides were on fire, screaming to let his hatred of Xehanort and attack the bluenette.
Isa shrugged. "Okay, I suppose. A little bit tired. Had a rough night last night." What Lea wasn't aware of was that Isa was having the same kinds of issues. Isa wasn't quite sure how he was supposed to act around the redhead, after the night he had had with Xehanort. How he wasn't sure about his feelings for his mentor, and how all he could do was look Lea up and down, comparing him to what Xehanort had shown him the night before.
Lea saw him staring at him. "What? Do I have something on my clothes?" He looked at his body, checking to make sure that there were no stains on him. He couldn't understand why Isa was looking at him the way he was.
Shaking his head, Isa replied "No, I'm sorry." And that was that. The lift opened on the main floor and Lea left Isa in the lift, not wanting to be around him any longer.
Entering the dining hall, he saw the five apprentices he had seen last night sitting at one table, all together. He also saw Myde sitting alone. He wasn't sure where he should sit, so made the quick decision to sit with the blonde. He grabbed his food and made his way to Myde's table. He set his stuff down. "Morning, Myde. How're you?"
The blonde looked up and smiled at him. "Lea! I'm great! How're you?"
"I'm okay. I just had the most awkward lift ride with Isa. How come you're sitting by yourself?"
Myde shrugged. "Ienzo said he had business to talk about with the others, so I decided to distance myself. You rode in the lift with Isa? What happened?" He finished his food, while Lea began to eat his.
"He kept staring at me. I can't understand why." He sighed, watching the bluenette sit alone at a table. A part of him wanted to call out and invite him to sit with them, but then he remembered how Isa had blown him off. Isa wasn't alone for too long. Soon, Xehanort appeared in the dining hall and wandered over to where he was sitting. Lea saw how his face lit up at his appearance and suddenly felt less hungry. He pushed his food away from him. "Myde? Do you want to go out to the garden with me? I...I'm not hungry any more."
"Sure, Lea. Give me a sec, okay?" Lea nodded as he watched Myde finish his juice and stood up. He reached for his hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. "Come on, let's go." He dropped his hand as Lea nodded, following him out to the garden. The two of them sat on a bench, taking each other's hands and beginning to touch one another in a familiar gesture. "What did you see? Why did you want to leave the dining area? Was it because of Xehanort?"
Lea felt the tears begin to prickle in his eyes. He nodded his head. "I just can't stand it. I saw how his face lit up when he appeared. It hurts too much to be in the same room with them. I can't take it." He sighed, letting Myde run his fingers over his palms. "Am I a hypocrite? What is wrong with me?"
Myde shook his head. "You are not a hypocrite, Lea. Isa...Isa is just going through some changes right now. You just have to accept that and move on. That's what I'm here for!" He grinned, causing Lea to smile. Myde's smile was infectious. He was so glad that the blonde was here, helping him right now.
"Thanks, Myde. I mean that. If you weren't around right now, I'd probably be doing bad things to myself." Lea's shoulders sagged in remorse.
The two sat in comfortable silence until became time for them to head to class. Lea looked at Myde and placed a gentle kiss on his cheek. "Thank you."
The blonde smiled amidst a blush that had made an appearance on his face. "No problem, Lea. You'd do the same for me if I was in the same situation as you." Lea nodded his head. The two of them walked together to the classroom.
"About time you nancies showed up." Braig said from his normal perch behind the "teacher's" desk. Lea looked at him, catching his one eye. He saw what passed across that single eye - a look of understanding and threatening him, all in one gaze. He nodded his head and sat down at his desk. Luckily Isa had yet to show up to the class.
After a few minutes, Braigh looked at Myde and himself. "Okay. So, we're gonna practice magic again today. Only you're stuck with me. You okay with that?" Both Lea and Myde nodded their heads yes. "Good. Let's push these desks away so we can have more room to work."
Doing his best to keep his cool, Lea felt the words slip from his mouth before he could stop them. "Sir, is Isa not coming to class today?"
Braig barked out a laugh. "No, Isa will not be joining our class today. In fact, I don't think he'll be coming back to our class any time soon." Under his breath he said, "Unless old Norty wants him to mingle with the other 'apprentices'. Fat chance." Lea couldn't help but hear what he had said under his breath and he felt his heart threaten to jump out of his chest and onto the desk. I'm so sick of this feeling! I wish I didn't care.
For the next few hours, Braig taught Lea and Myde different ways to use magic in battle. They worked on the three spells that they had learned before, and began to learn two new spells - Stop and Magnet, one which held an enemy in place for 10 seconds, while the other pulled an enemy into an attack.
Panting, Lea looked at Braig. "When can we practice magic with our weapons? Surely it would make more sense to have those here in order to facilitate the use of magic?" He couldn't figure out why they weren't using their weapons already - if they were in a battle and had to call on magic, why would they not be using their weapons?
"Tomorrow. We're having another training session with your weapons and this time we'll be throwing magic into the play." Lea smiled, wanting it to be tomorrow already so they could move forward once more in their training. "Alright, that's it for today. Head up to lunch. Oh, Lea? Can I speak to you for a minute?"
Nodding his head, Lea looked at Myde. "You go on up. I'll be right behind you, okay?" He smiled and saw Myde nod his head and walked out of the classroom. He approached the desk. "Yes? What did you want?"
"You're going to still be there tonight, yes?" Braig asked in a soft tone. "We're all expecting you there."
Lea nodded his head. "I know. I haven't forgotten. I plan on being there. Do I need to bring anything?"
"Do you think you might be able to get your chakrams? We all already have full possession of our weapons." Braig said. Lea hated still being a "new" apprentice.
"I can ask."
"Don't ask. Just say that you want to take them with you to practice. The old man will agree. Tell him you want to be become more proficient in your skill and that's why you want to take them back to your room for the evening." The one-eyed man grinned at him.
Lea looked at him. "You think that will work?"
"Why not? Why would he not let you? He isn't aware of what we're doing, so he'll never suspect it." Braig guffawed and pushed back his chair. "Don't let us down, kid. See you later tonight." He left the classroom, leaving Lea just standing there. He gathered his materials and left the room, not quite sure what was just asked of him.
Why wasn't Isa in class? Is he no longer going to be with us? Does it even really matter? This is stupid! He headed to the dining hall and saw Myde was waiting for him. He looked around and did not see any blue anywhere. He sighed.
"Hey! Everything okay?" Myde asked him as he approached the table. He set his stuff down.
"Yeah, Braig just needed to tell me about something regarding Isa." Great. Now I'm lying to the one person I don't want to lie to and it's all Xehanort's fault. What am I getting myself into?
Myde nodded. "That's okay. You feel like getting some food?" Lea nodded. The two of them left their things at the table and walked over and grabbed some food. Lea looked up and saw that Isa was walking into the hall with Xehanort. Lea sighed and made his way back to their table. He watched as Isa went to sit down at a table far away and saw Xehanort walking towards him. Isa hadn't even turned his body, it was as if he hadn't even seen him sitting there.
"Lea," Xehanort said. "Will I be seeing you later?"
Not really knowing what to say, Lea could only nod his head. "Good. Did Braig speak to you?" One more nod. "Excellent. Please let me know if there is anything you need, alright?" A final nod. "Enjoy your lunch." He watched as the white-haired man sauntered off towards Isa and Myde sat down at the table.
"What was that all about?" Myde asked, taking a sip of his water. "Why did Xehanort come over and talk to you?"
He really did not like having to keep secrets from the one person that trusted him. "He asked me some random stuff. Not a big deal." He began to force feed himself. "Myde," he asked in a quiet voice, so that no one else could hear him, "you'll be coming back to my room after our lab today, right?"
Myde nodded his head. "Of course, Lea. Why wouldn't I? Do you not want me to?" He heard a tone of hurt seep into his voice.
Lea shook his head. "No no, of course not! I want you to be with me. I know that you said Ienzo was going to be working more nights, so I wasn't sure if you were going to come see me or not. That's all." He smiled and reached over, grabbing the blonde's hand. "I promise. Nothing bad, okay?"
The blonde smiled. "Friends first, right?"
"Friends first."
The two of them finished their lunches and made their way down to the lab. When they entered the lab, they saw another black creature standing on his desk. Lea felt his skin begin to crawl.
"Sir? What's going on?" Lea asked, setting his books down on the floor. "Do you want us to grab our weapons?"
The elder blonde shook his head and smiled. "No no, that won't be necessary. Boys, so glad you made it down here. Today I want to look at the creature as a specimen, and not something to be feared. We want to learn more about them, not just make them disappear, correct?"
Both Lea and Myde nodded their heads. "Good. Now that we're all in agreement, shall we begin today's work?"
Grabbing a pen and paper, Lea kept his eyes on the petite black creature. "Sir? Where did this one come from? Did Xehanort help you attain this one?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact, he did." Ansem smiled at him. "Now, let's begin."