Chapter 34 – A ride in the skies

"The queue is pretty long, but it'll be worth the wait."

Masato looked skeptical. "Will we still make it in time to join the others?" He didn't want to worry and trouble the rest of them.

"It'll be fine!" Corvus waved a hand in the air. Seeing as his counterpart was not to keen on the idea, he held out his hand. "Trust me."

There it was again. It had happened many times before, and it always managed to make others trust him. His warmth, his smile, his hand. All of him just made others place their faith in him, no matter how impossible it may seem or sound.

Taking his hand, Masato felt at ease.

Corvus smiled. "Let's go."

They walked like that, hand in hand, all the way to the ferris wheel.

~.~.~.~

An employee eyed them suspiciously when the two of them got into one of the seats of the ferris wheel. Corvus gave him their tickets, and a smile with dark aura seeping out. The employee immediately turned his eyes away.

Climbing into the cart, they sat next to each other. Their hands touching, entwining themselves.

Masato gave a blushing smile and his counterpart smiled back.

No words were exchanged during the ride up to the top. No words were needed, for there wasn't anything that could be put into words.

Not their feelings, not their embarrassment, not their love for each other. All of these were much too strong and complex to be written by a pen onto paper.

The ferris wheel moved along, turning and turning, rotating the passengers so that everyone of them had a chance to get to the top, be at the top of the world, even if it's just for a little while.

With each step, they were getting closer to the top, getting closer to the place where they could see the world.

And what a view it was from up there! Blue skies with clouds sailing so close that Masato actually wanted to reach out his hand and touch them. Looking down, all they could see were ants dressed in the clothes of humans, walking around the amusement park.

"How high up do you think we are?" asked Masato whose eyes were shining brightly.

Corvus looked down to the ground. "About 217 meters." He could always predict things more or less accurately.

"Really?" It was a question that did not demand an answer. A question used to show that masato acknowledged what was being said.

With their hands still intertwined, Corvus leaned over and placed a kiss on Masato's forehead, making the younger male blush.

"You always look so cute, Masato." Taking the bluenet's face in his hand, he pulled their lips closer for a kiss before the younger one could retort. He knew that Masato wasn't particularly comfortable kissing him in public, but it was very hard for him to resist those eyes, that face, those soft lips.

His teeth grazed Masato's bottom lip, lightly biting on it. Opening his mouth, Masato allowed Corvus entrance and felt Corvus' wet and slick muscle invade his mouth once more. He did a little exploration of his own. He ran his tongue over Corvus' imperfect and sharp teeth, feeling the edges.

Pulling away from the kiss, a trail of saliva followed. Both of them were panting for air. They had lost it when they were losing themselves in the passionate kiss. Corvus wiped his lover's mouth with the sleeve of his jacket. He didn't need the others to see traces of their kiss.

Leaning forward, Corvus placed another kiss on Masato's smooth cheek. "I love you."

Masato didn't know why Corvus liked to say that all the time, but he could not deny that he liked it and wanted his boyfriend to say that to him everyday, filling his every waking moment with those three sweet words with his clear voice.

"I love you too."

A ride in the skies can make anyone go lovey-dovey on each other.

At least, that's the conclusion that Reiji drew. He put down the binoculars that he had picked up at the store where they sold objects for jungle trekking.

So, those two are an item huh?~ He tipped his hat and smiled as he walked away. I wonder what happened to him and Ren?~

Deciding that he would have a little fun with them later, Reiji made his way to get some popcorn as he looked up to the ferris wheel again.

"Admit it, you lost!"

"As if. My hand just slipped."

Turning his head to the direction of the noise, Reiji could spot Ranmaru and Ren bickering. Their silver and orange hair made them easy to spot in the crowd.

"Ran-ran!~ Ren!~" he called and waved his hand. He didn't want his friends to fight. "Over here!~ Over here!~"

The two males looked over to their brown haired friend and frowned.

"Come on!~ We gotta wait for the others!~" Reiji stuffed his mouth with popcorn, looking like a chipmunk. "Meshh oo!~ (Let's go)"

Both senior and junior sighed at the same time. Why was Reiji that much of an idiot?

So sorry for making you wait! I was having writer's block on how to continue!

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Afterthought: Next chapter, we're going to meet someone from Corvus' past!