He was flying close to clouds; his onyx feathers were whistling softly as the wind danced between them. His softly glowing crimson eyes were scanning bellow for places to explore as his master...
He felt something, something like a shift… like he went through something.
He looked down at himself, then around himself to see if he could see anything unordinary but there was nothing... only an island he could see on the horizon... which he was flying above after a few hours.
The island was bigger than he thought it was, he suspected it was actually a continent. He looked around to see if he could find a settlement of any kind... and it didn't take long for him to spot a town of sorts.
He landed on some greenery around, keeping watch on the town from shadows but he couldn't see anyone in it...
Correction: he couldn't see any human in it; there were only pokemon roaming around.
He blinked slowly and changed to his other form, somewhere between a raven and human; a humanoid body with bluish black feathers covering all but his face, hands, feet, neck and a small part of his chest. Close enough to a pokemon, to blend in with the others.
He took in a deep breath and stepped into the town casually.
He walked a few streets, garnering some looks – some curious, some appreciating but none that was concerning. He unsealed his paper and pen from his wrist seal when no one was looking but decided against taking notes for his report after rubbing his thumb over the pen a few times.
Instead, he started to craft a memory seal for later recording.
He walked around absently as he continued to put more lines to the piece of paper, eyes momentarily moving around until they found a dusk lycanroc checking him out.
Inevitably, their eyes met.
He wasn't as graceful as his master with it, as the lycanroc's light grimace shoved but he got all the essentials he needed from the pokemon's mind. He grinned back at the pokemon when their eyes met once again as they passed each other. He could feel the other's eyes still on him as the grin lingered on his face a moment more.
He found a park of sorts and continued his sealcraft there, sounds of pokemons frolicking around was making a little distraction but still a good ambiance. Five minutes of tranquil work was enough for the seal to be ready to use. He added the memories starting from a little before noticing this land and kept it on record passively. He watched the pokemon a little then decided to continue exploring aimlessly...
...All the while, wondering when the duo tailing him would decide to confront him. A smile ghosted over his features as he heard another stomp behind him. He shook his head unnoticeably and made a seemingly-casual turn to an alley and jumped above the rooftops. The duo, an aggron and an infernape, sprinted to the corner and turned to see that he was gone.
"where did he go?" aggron muttered as they scanned their surroundings to find him. He snorted in amusement.
"It is rude to stalk someone..." he said while swinging his legs down from the rooftop. Their eyes jumped at him instantly.
"wha?" infernape half yelped, half asked. Aggron narrowed his eyes.
"since when?" he grinned.
"all along..." he jumped down and landed with soft whump. "It wasn't very smart trying to sneak on me with your... bulk." Aggron grimaced at the birdlike man's point.
"so... was there something you needed from me?" the duo shared a glance.
"we... were wondering something along the lines too actually... I have never seen a pokemon like you and... thought that you might be lost..." infernape explained a bit hesitantly. The birdlike man raised his eyebrows in amusement.
"...and you decided to stalk me instead of coming straight to ask…?" now it was infernape's turn to grimace.
"I admit there were... a few holes in our plan..." the man shook his head with a grin then evaluated them for a moment.
"Even so, I believe you can help me with something…" they shared another glance.
A few hours later, they were in front of a grand building with a tower overlooking the town.
"... and this is our guild residence. Our informants take requests from public quest board and bring them here for distribution among our members." The birdlike man hummed.
"Efficient." The infernape hummed an agreement.
"It is. Our home, cinnabar town, is not very big but we pride ourselves in being able to take care of our people's needs." He said with a fondness in his tone. The birdlike man grinned as the infernape lingered a bit, deep in thought.
"You like it, don't you? Working for a purpose..." the duo turned their eyes on him.
"Yes, it does... do you have a purpose like that Mr..." the birdlike man thought a bit.
"Crow. You can call me Crow... and yes, I have something like that... someone like that." The duo looked at Crow curiously but he remained silent.
"Let's get inside..." the aggron said awkwardly after some time. The other two followed him silently.
"I am sure you will meet him someday..." Crow looked back to the town as the two paused to glance at him. "... he would like to see this place too, by himself." They took a moment to digest the birdlike man's words, then continued inside. There was a kadabra behind a desk, doing some paperwork.
"Hello Finn, Stan..." she greeted, her eyes first flickering to the infernape then the aggron respectively as she put away the paperwork with her psychic powers. Her eyes found Crow lastly and she blinked. "... I see you brought... a friend with you..."
Typhoon blinked a few times with his mouth ajar then sipped from the coffee mug he was bringing to his mouth while touching the memory seal with tip of his finger.
'Interesting...' he thought to himself as he softly smacked his lips. 'I didn't about such a possibility but... there is no reason for its impossibility...' he sipped from his coffee again and hummed. He heard some footsteps coming closer.
'Maybe later tonight…' he thought as he grinned to the professor joining him on the kitchen.
"Do you feel better now?" He asked gently as he watched the professor poured himself a cup of coffee.
"I feel better, much better than before." He joined the blond on the table.
"I'm glad." He said simply and took a sip from his coffee. The professor copied him. "... do you still feel like going to the festival?" Augustine hummed an affirmative to his mug.
"As I said, I want to end this day on a high note, something like what happened in that bank is not an excuse to cancel our... uhh..." he kicked himself as he tried to end the sentence in a neutral way but couldn't come up with anything. He took a sip from his coffee to busy himself and make time.
"'...our'?" He mentally winced as the blond, of course, asked with an amused grin that was just too nice on his face… if only he could just watch it without trying to name their d event neutrally.
"Fun time... yes, fun time." He ended a bit awkwardly. The blond's grin widened with a hum and this time he could just watch it… until he drained rest of his coffee a moment later.
"'kay." He said casually and Augustine copied him after letting out a breath he wasn't aware he was holding. The blond watched him do that silently.
"Professor…" Sycamore made a questioning sound.
"Yes?" The blond watched him with a strange smile for a moment. Augustine felt a bit awkward and reached for a napkin, thinking there was something on his face.
"… I am leaving Kalos… tomorrow."
For a moment, Sycamore just stared… then lowered the napkin slowly.
"I… see."
Why did it hurt so much?
Sycamore took a moment to identify what he felt exactly and…
It felt like a part of him had been ripped away from him.
"I see…" he repeated, trying not to reflect the pain he felt to the words. "… does this mean you need to go prepare for it?" the blond heaved a slow sigh.
"I have been ready for some time actually just… some other things came up." He didn't like sound of that, didn't like it at all… but refrained from asking for an explanation.
"I understand." He replied diplomatically instead. The blond shook his head once sharply, causing his locks to dance a bit.
'I need to say it…' Sycamore opened his mouth but the blond beat him to it.
"Don't think about it right now, we have a… what was it? 'fun time' to have, right? Are you ready?" the professor burst to chuckles to suppress his embarrassment because it sounded so cringy when the blond said it… also because it would help to mask the pain he was feeling.
The blond was making him smile…
Making him embarrassed…
Sometimes scared him… but mostly fascinated him.
Frustrated him…
Made his heart beat faster with emotions he never felt towards anyone else…
Shocked him…
Made him happy…
Saved him…
He made him feel a lot of things… and now he was leaving.
No wonder he felt like a piece of him was ripped away…
"Professor, are you alright?"
'Say it…' he took a breath.
"Yes." He said instead of what he wanted to say initially. The blond paused a bit.
"Okay… Shall we go?" He got up and walked to the backyard door.
'Say it...!' "Yeah… sure." he copied the blond and they just watched the scenery for a moment together.
"I will go get blaziken." He said while shooting a casual smile towards the professor. Sycamore bit inside of his cheek.
'SAY IT…!' "Okay. I will be waiting with garchomp." The blond nodded and left the kitchen.
Tears started to trail down from his cheeks.
"I… I love you…" he choked out but the blond wasn't here, he didn't hear… "… please don't leave me." He sobbed because the grass and leaves at his backyard wasn't as green… the setting sun wasn't as bright…
His kitchen… was colder.
He left, taking the warmth from his life as he did so.
"I… I must say it…" he wiped his eyes and steeled his resolve. "I… I might not have another chance. I will never forgive myself if I don't."
XXXXX
Typhoon appeared with his hand on blaziken's shoulder, the place he tapped before. Blaziken glanced at him for a short moment then his eyes returned to the scene in front of him…
There was Luke … standing over another lucario… a lucario he defeated after a fast but vicious and pretty much one-sided battle.
The Luke… that he couldn't recognize…
He found the aura pokemon after looking around the forest for some time… but decided not to get closer after seeing the expression on his face, an expression he couldn't remember seeing on the lucario's face before.
Cold fury.
He then saw another, scarred lucario across him, most likely the reason for his fury considering the icy glare he was sending to the latter. Their ears twitched a bit towards him, signifying that they know he was here but they both ignored him after that.
"…Had been a while, hasn't it…? Father." He stiffened and his eyes widened. "… since you kicked me out of our… sorry, your clan, wasn't it? I wonder why would you appear before me again after we concluded our… business." He spat the last word like venom. The only reaction he got was a passive glare.
"Hokoa…"
"That…!" Luke cut the other lucario harshly. "… name died as soon as you stripped it away from me. My name is Luke now, the one that I actually cherish." He pushed the tree he was leaning on to move.
"I doubt we have anything to talk… I don't even know why I decided to humor you…" he made his way to blaziken.
"…I need you to come back to Dark and Blue…" Blaziken's eyes widened because it was the strongest lucario clan… strongest clan actually, lucario or not.
Luke was part of that clan? Not only that, but son of the clan leader?
But… that makes him a royalty of sorts, doesn't it…?
A prince… actually. But if he was exiled…
Luke laughed… hard. So hard that he had to support himself on a trunk to not fall down.
"Oh, that was a good one…" he sobered as fast as he burst to laughter. "why would I do something so stupid after everything? And even better question… what happened to your other sons? Dherin? Roharu? Hell, Thelron even?" the last one made the older lucario's jaw tighten.
"Thelron… changed." Luke leered at him with an annoyed expression then shook his head.
"Yeah… I don't care. We don't have anything else to talk father… no, Rhedrin; you are not my father anymore, nor I am your son… you made that very clear that day." He turned around and continued to walk.
Until his instincts screamed at him and he activated his aura reflexively. He 'saw' the aura sphere coming towards him but he was not the target… a tree close to him was.
*Boom*
… and the tree was nothing more than splinters now. He glared at the older lucario darkly as the breeze from the blast ruffled his fur.
"I will take you back to Dark and Blue… one way or another…" blaziken frowned and got ready to support Luke… but the lucario raised a paw.
"Stay out of it, this is my fight." Again, blaziken was surprised; the tone Luke used demanded obedience, not that he was soft-spoken exactly but never this authoritative either. He frowned at them both for a moment then leaned on a tree close by.
"Very well." He nodded at the avian in gratitude then closed the distance with the older lucario in moments, his signature aura staff closing on its target. Rhedrin showed that he didn't earn his scars by getting beaten as he blocked the strike at the last second, arms buckling by the younger lucario's strength.
"You have gotten strong…" he remarked casually as they spent a few seconds in testing other's power.
"No thanks to you…" Luke replied and performed a swift kick. Rhedrin raised a leg to block it… only it didn't land because it was a feint; Luke used the momentum to make a sweeping swing with his staff on the older lucario's other leg. Rhedrin jumped back using one leg and sent an aura sphere while on air but Luke simply batted it away with his staff. Rhedrin jumped back on Luke the moment his feet touched the ground.
"Rraah!" he swung a mighty blow on Luke but the latter didn't block it as the former expected but redirected the blow with one end of his staff and riposted with the other one. Rhedrin formed another staff to block it but wasn't fast enough to block the following kick to the guts.
"Ga-hack!" the kick sent him on a tree and broke it in two. He landed and held his body up with his staves. He coughed up blood. Luke furrowed his brows in confusion but couldn't dwell much on it because the older lucario recovered quickly and dashed for another round.
'He… he isn't even giving me a challenge!' Luke thought in bewilderment, his mind was trying to wrap around the fact that the lucario he once thought he would never be able to beat wasn't a threat to him now… all the while he… his body did the fighting itself.
'When… when did I get this strong?' not "when" maybe but he figured "how" pretty quickly.
His master.
He shed sweat and blood under his guidance… but never tears; he had never been sad to accept his training, receiving injuries, broken bones, sore muscles and body in general… never regretted joining the blond… and his reward?
This… and much more.
Because the blond was there to heal his injuries, mend his broken bones, soothe his sore muscles… fix his broken and battered body, morale if it was down, resole if it wavered…
The blond was always there, almost since the start…
…well, not really… but looking back now, he could say that meeting him was the point where everything in his life took a turn for the right.
It started to have a meaning instead of just surviving… and he could bet it was same for zoroark too.
… and what was this lucario in front of him was trying to do? To separate him from his master and take him to who knows where?
For the first time; Luke had a real, genuine and conscious desire to kill…
But he wasn't going to.
"… I will not let you have that weight on your conscience. It is my weight to carry in our team. Your innocence is something I'd like to preserve as long as possible."
He wasn't going to, not when it was something so sensitive for his master… so, he clenched his teeth and fought the older lucario seriously… to incapacitate, not to kill.
It didn't take very long for the fight to end after that…
"M-master…" Luke half whispered, half whimpered. "Master, I…" then he choked on whatever he was going to say, not that he knew what he was supposed to say… just that he was supposed to say something…
His master disagreed as he walked closer and gently pulled him into a warm embrace.
"I…" he choked out between the sobs clogging up his throat… then he was crying silently… all the while not even sure why he was crying…
Because he was so relieved to see the blond again…? Because he was so relieved that he finally dealt with the devil of his life…? Because he was so terrified that his… Rhedrin… would ruin his life again? Because of these all? For something else?
"Shhh… just let it all out." And Luke did it, he stopped trying to find out why he was crying and just cried.
"Do you feel better?" the blond asked after his sobs turned to deep breathes. Luke nodded to the blond's chest but didn't let go.
Instead, he grabbed his hand with a paw and put his other paw on the blond's shoulder. They were kissing the next second.
It was so much more than a simple physical thing, he was kissing the blond with his lips, body, mind, aura and soul... with everything he was made out of.
He was Luke, not Hokoa... a normal, simple, ordinary lucario. He likes pecha berries, not really likes sitruses, has a sweet tooth, doesn't really like being alone but wanted privacy sometimes... and he loves his master.
He was not Hokoa, youngest son of the clan leader and one of the heirs of the Black and Blue, the strongest pokemon clan...
He was not Hokoa, he was Luke... is Luke. He is just a normal lucario loving and living with his master, he was not some royalty with potential to be the "king" of the pokemon world.
"I... I was so scared that he would... t-take me away from you." He said against the blond's lips. The latter rested his forehead on the former's and gently scratched his back. "Arceus, I'm such a crybaby…" he said after sniffing one last time. The blond grinned and pulled him closer, all the while being mindful of his chest spike.
"It is alright, I will not judge. It is never easy to face your demons so; it was totally normal for you to give that kind of reaction…" the blond gently pushed Luke to look him in the eyes.
"You want to live with me..." It was a statement but Luke still nodded lightly. "... as long as that's true, I will do whatever it takes to get you back." Luke grinned lightly and caressed the blond's chest.
"Thank you..."
"What shall we do with him?" blaziken reminded his presence with the question. Luke's face soured immediately and took a step away from the blond. He frowned at the lucario on ground and looked up at the blond.
"Maybe we should listen to what he has to say…"
"Well, he said what he had to… maybe we should just… get rid of him." Blaziken looked at him with wide eyes.
"Do you really hate him that much?"
"Imagine what would you do if your old master came here to take you away…" blaziken went stiff as a board.
The blond just chuckled.
"It is rich coming from me but killing is not always the answer… and it isn't this time, considering he wasn't here to take you away." Luke just stared with mouth agape.
"But it was… and he actually said it to my face…" the blond shook his head.
"He is deathly ill, Luke…" Luke's eyes widened even more. "… I doubt he thought he would stand a chance against you after reading your aura let alone taking you with him…" he picked the downed lucario up and only then Luke take a closer look at the older lucario.
He could count his ribs, he was wheezing with every breath, blood was dripping constantly from his mouth with saliva and he was shivering like he was cold and he was twitching like he was in pain and…
… and he was so, so sick. How did he miss all that?
… oh yeah, he was busy fearing he was going to ruin his life… again.
He bit his lip and closed his eyes, unsure what to feel and what was all that meant…
"I see…" he said eventually but he did not actually. The blond freed an arm and got closer to caress his head.
"I understand you are confused but not everything is as it seems. We will get answers from him and think about what to do after that." Luke bit his lip again and looked up to the blond. He opened his mouth to say something but closed it again after a moment.
"Thank you." He said finally. The blond grinned at him and conjured a clone. Luke glanced at them in confusion.
"I came here to take blaziken actually." He explained a little apologetically.
"Ah…" Luke said in understanding. The clone caressed his head when he looked a bit down. He smiled up at the clone, even if it was a bit disappointed.
XXXXX
Rockruff dragged his feet to his and his mother's den, letting them carry him to there actually.
His mind was just too busy on the blond human he just can't get out of his head…
On one paw; he yearned to be with him, like some… instinctual desire to be with him. His scent, his eyes, sun-kissed skin, warm and gentle hands…the blond's everything drew him…
Which was strange in and of itself considering he barely knew him.
On the other; he was terrified of him… even if he was not sure why exactly, he understood that the blond did it because who he killed were tormenting those he rescued. Then again, he couldn't get over the fact that he killed people…
… nor he could get over the fact that he looked genuinely hurt when he flinched away…
In short, he was feeling guilt, yearning and fear… a strange combination that left him hopelessly confused.
He bit his lip and looked back to the way he came from.
"There! You! Are!" he flinched at his mother's bellow.
"M-ma…" he could only squeak out weakly. His midday lycanroc mother stomped closer.
"Do you know how worried I was?! The sun is almost set and I thought you were in trouble!" she swallowed whatever she was going to say next because her son was looking like he was about to cry.
She immediately swallowed down her anger because this was not normal, because Arceus knows he is a rambunctious menace and this…
Something was wrong… something was definitely wrong.
She silently padded closer and curled around him. He let her – which was also so very wrong – and she felt him shiver against her belly in distress.
"Tell me what is wrong, my son." She asked calmly. Rockruff sniffed once and rested his head on her chest.
"I met someone today, a human…" She felt her hackles rise but allowed him to continue.
… and when he ended, she could understand his confliction just… she was missing a key piece.
"I suppose I can say what he has done was a good thing. If it wasn't for him, those pokemon he rescued would be still tormented and they would find new pokemon to exploit. Even so, I understand why you feel uncomfortable." She thought a bit to approach the last part. "Just… I still don't understand why you want to be with him that much and why it matters so much."
She had a guess, she just prayed that it wasn't true… because her baby boy was still so young, too young to cut the cord... he grinned at her and she knew that her fears were true, her baby boy was bonded with that human.
"He is... sweet. He only once mentioned my weight and it wasn't to make fun. When he learned about my stinginess of it, he never mentioned it again... and put me on his shoulder. It was not real but for a moment I thought it was, that he helped me grow up and I guess it was at that moment I started to feel like this..." He sighed. "... I thought I was going with him just to grow up and get stronger at first but when we go to his friend's and he took me to his lap… I found out that I didn't care; I didn't care about growing up into a lycanroc, it will happen eventually with or without him but… I just want to be with him. I want to smell his sweet scent, feel his warm fingers in my fur, see his sapphire eyes…" his eyes widened because he realized something.
"I… I don't care that he killed people anymore, I just want to be with him. I…"
"… you are bonded with him… just like me." Rockruff looked at his mother with wide eyes, her eyes were misty but she wasn't crying. She put a paw on his head. "… I knew there was a good chance that you would… f-follow my footsteps." Her voice cracked and she heaved a sigh to calm down.
"Mom…?" she leaned in and nuzzled him.
"It is… it is the best thing, to be with 'the one' for you… and if you wish to go with him, I... I will not stop you." She nuzzled him harder. "I just… I just wished to see my baby boy mature into a lycanroc before leaving his mother's den, I… I wish to nurture you a bit longer for life…" she continued to nuzzle him restlessly… and rockruff kind of hated himself for what he was going to say.
"Mom, I-I am sorry but… he is leaving tomorrow and I can't miss it, I just can't." lycanroc sucked in a sharp breath and nodded against his side.
"C-can I… can I at least escort you? I just want to make sure…" he grinned sadly and licked her face.
"Of course. I am sure he would like to meet you too." Lycanroc sniffed one last time and uncurled around rockruff.
"Then…" rockruff nodded.
"Let me find him…" he sniffed air a bit to find the blond's scent.
Color drained from his face.
"No…" he whispered because he couldn't pick it up. He tried again in a few circles. "No…!"
"Son…"
"NO!" Lycanroc could only stare with wide eyes because her son started to glow. In a few seconds, her son was no longer a rockruff but a lycanroc.
A midnight lycanroc.
He looked at his front paws, which were no longer on ground, and felt his face. She thought he would be happy but he started to shake and hyperventilate.
"O-oh Arceus have mercy… what if… w-what if he doesn't recognize me?" he looked down at himself and panicked more and more.
"Son…"
"I-I can barely r-recognize myself, how would…"
"Son!" her hard tone shook him out of his panic momentarily. His mother got closer to him.
"He will." She said softly and put a paw on his arm. "Just focus on finding him right now." He calmed down a bit and nodded.
"O-okay… okay." He checked again and managed to find his scent with his superior senses. He started to run towards his direction clumsily, not used to run in two legs and stumbled more than ran.
She followed close behind him silently.
XX (Song Sug: LP – Lost on You) XX
"Where do you want to go?" Typhoon asked while putting the last pinch of cotton candy into his mouth. He trashed the stick to a bin nearby.
"Well, I was going to ask the same question…" Augustine replied a little bashfully. They turned to their pokemon after sharing a glance.
"Okay, umm…" blaziken looked around a bit. His eyes lit up after a few glances. "How about I win you a teddy?" he grinned at the blond while pointing a stall with balloons and various gifts. The other three followed where he was pointing.
"Okay… garchomp?"
"Its fine." She said shortly. He stepped closer to the dragon after a pause and placed a hand on her upper arm.
"Is everything okay? you seem to be a bit… subdued." She paused for a moment, then sighed and looked him in the eyes after straightening her back.
"I just… had an epiphany today; there is darkness in our lives. I knew it of course but… today I learned how deep it can go, exposed to the limits of evil and I… I guess I got matured a bit more since today." Then she took a step towards him and brought him to a slow embrace. She closed her eyes and buried her snout into his shoulder. "Also, the… extend you are willing to and had gone for us… now I understand why blaziken is so jealous of you…" her eyes slowly trailed to the said avian and saw him looking at them with his beak slightly ajar. He closed it and nodded softly while looking away. She broke the embrace after taking a deep sniff from his hair. "You don't have to fear that I will steal him away from you, I know that he is your trainer but… I can't help that I like him – love him, just like you all do. I just… want borrow him every once in a while... please?" Blaziken sighed slowly and deeply and he nodded again after digesting her words for a bit.
"What are they talking about?" the professor asked to the blond while the pokemon talked.
"They are... having heart to heart and working out their differences." He replied, close and far enough. The professor hummed.
"so, why was she like that?" the blond sighed.
"It is because…" he sighed and leaned closer to whisper. "It is because I ordered one of my agents to destroy the team rocket." He leaned back to see the professor's reaction. I stared for a moment then gulped.
"By 'destroy' you mean..."
"…massacre them." I stared with his mouth ajar. A moment later he closed his mouth and looked away. He turned back to the blond and took a breath to speak but only end up sighing. The blond looked down a bit.
"I don't expect you to understand but… it had to be done; after all the lives they ruined and innocents they killed, it was their turn to die… not only because of justice, but because so they can't continue their evil deeds. Also, because if I haven't done anything, their next victims' blood would be on my hands." He looked up at the professor's face once again to gauge his reaction. I bit his lip for a bit then sighed.
"I uhh… I think I need a drink." The blond snorted in amusement.
"I know a good place for wine if you want to ditch our…" the blond looked to his side when he felt something touch his hand. He looked down a bit when he saw fur on his eye level.
He saw a midnight and one midday lycanroc. The midnight was looking up at him with… hope… and desperation?
"Oh… hello there." He said and crouched down. His words saddened midday lycanroc but absolutely crushed midnight one. He blinked in confusion but then narrowed his eyes a bit.
"I… know you, don't I?" the midnight lycanroc gasped and its… his wide eyes focused on the blond again. "I wasn't expecting to see you again after you left." The lycanroc jumped on him, almost headbutting him in the progress, and held on tight.
"I-I am sorry… I am s-so sorry. I was just… I was j-just confused and n-needed some t-time to… I swear I won't…."
"S-s-s-shh…" he hushed the pokemon when his words got nearly hysterical. "I know… and I understand, I would need some time to think after what you learned too." The lycanroc let out a shaky breath and nuzzled the blond's neck.
"T-thank you… t-thank you for u-understanding." The blond hummed.
"Don't take this wrong but… why is it such a big deal for you? We… only met today, afterall." The lycanroc took a step back hesitantly, he wanted to continue nuzzling the blond but he knew it would make things a bit awkward.
"I am uhh… I-I am bonded with you…" he rubbed his arm with his other paw, couldn't find the courage in him to look to the blond in the eye. The blond hummed again.
"Son, you know he can't under…"
"Ah… well, that explains a lot…" the blond remarked casually and closed the distance once again. He gently caressed red furred arms and down to the white furred paws. They both trailed the blond's hands with their eyes while lycanroc sneaked glances from the blond's face a few times.
"Congratulations on evolving by the way." He said finally after rubbing his claws a few times. He looked up from his paws to his eyes after the lycanroc didn't say anything for a few seconds. Their eyes met and they looked at each other for another few seconds.
"I umm… thanks." He said while bashfully looking down at his paws.
"Would you like to eat something? You must be hungry after evolving." Lycanroc gently took his paw back and rubbed his nape bashfully.
"T-that is not really necess…" his stomach growled at him angrily. He held it like trying to silence it but… it was too late now. The blond chuckled.
"I think that was your stomach begging to differ…" lycanroc flushed in embarrassment.
"I am sorry…" he let the paw in his grasp go and stood up.
"For what?" He asked rhetorically while petting the lycanroc's head. "We will make a detour to find something to eat. You?" the professor raised his eyebrows in 'what kind of question is that?' kind of way.
"I am in a good mood for berry sticks…" they followed his gaze to see a stand selling grilled berries on sticks.
"Sounds good all?" the blond asked.
"Well I…" the midnight lycanroc scratched his cheek while looking away. "I-I don't know, I have… never eat one." The blond shrugged.
"No time like now to remedy that…" he remarked casually while making his way to the stand. Ten minutes later their berries were ready.
"You will have to feed me considering I don't have fingers…" she waved her scythe-like fins to the blond. Blaziken snorted.
"That sounded awfully smug considering it's a bad thing…" garchomp raised an 'eyebrow' at him with a grin.
"So? You jealous?" blaziken snorted again and curled an arm around the blond's shoulders.
"Yes, I am… deal with it." The blond shook his head in amusement as blaziken pulled him closer to his chest and flipped her off.
"Fine." Blaziken groaned and garchomp cheered then hugged him from the other side.
"Master…"
"Blaziken…" the blond cut him off. "…I am you trainer and you are my pokemon, nothing will change that." Blaziken took a deep sniff from his locks and sighed.
"I know…" he let go and took a step away. "Okay, it is not like I will stop you if you want that anyway…" the blond gently tapped twice on garchomp's arms and closed the distance with blaziken when she let him go. He hugged the avian briefly then went to get their sticks.
Lycanroc watched as the blond took six sticks with berries from the clerk. He gave one to him, one to blaziken and one to the professor. He looked at the stick in his paw for a bit then watched blaziken pull a berry from his stick with his beak and start chewing. He did the same...
Big mistake, because blaziken is a fire type while he is not.
He dropped his stick to fan his burning tongue with his paws.
"here..." the blond was suddenly by his side with a paper cup of water. He took the cup and soothed his tongue with the cool water.
"T-thanks…" he said a bit weirdly because of his hurting tongue even if it was not hurting as much as before. The blond ruffled his 'hair' with a grin. He finished the water and his eyes landed on the stick he dropped.
"I will go get you a new one."
"No, no…" he picked up the stick of berries. "It is alright…" he wiped the soil on the stick… but hesitated to take a bite, his tongue was still hurting. The blond gently caressed his maw with a softly glowing finger. He squinted a bit from a stinging sensation but blinked a few times when the pain – stinging and the old one – left quickly. He rolled his tongue a bit in his maw to ensure himself that it was really gone. He grabbed his paw and gently guided the other end of his stick to his other paw, which he guided to hold the stick with his other hand. He started to gently blew on the still hot berries.
Lycanroc could only watch as the blond blew several times on the berries, his paws on his warm hands. His sapphire eyes focused on the berries but flickering to his own crimson pair momentarily every few seconds. His sweet scent washing on his nose with every blow of breath on the berries...
His eyes passed over the berries, the blond's hands and finally stopped on his face. He wondered what would happen if he were to make the other decision... dare he say, the wrong one. If he were to listen to his fears instead of his instincts...
But the thought could only go that far, smothered by the warm hands holding his paws and gentle breath blowing on his face...
But there was something different in the breath, he could smell something else since he evolved. Something spicy... and whatever it is, it was just something he just couldn't get enough.
He was kind of bewildered because he was craving something, something that was clawing at his mind and leaving him reeling in its intensity. His instincts told him that it included his new master with his warm hands, blond hair, sweet scent... but not what it was exactly... though, they got him make the right decision regarding his new master so... whatever his instincts asking from him was probably something right...
"Try again." He blinked as the blond pulled his hands away and knocked him out of his thoughts. He took a bite and hummed at the concentrated, rich and smoky taste mixed with sweet taste of pecha berry he knew very well.
He liked it... he would like it even if it tasted like dirt; just for that moment, lasted less than a minute but felt like an hour...
He pulled out the rest of the berry and chewed on it with a happy grin.
"It's very delicious." He commented after swallowing and licking his lips a bit. The blond grinned a little and petted lycanroc's head. He took the hand in his paw and guided it to his cheek.
"Catch me..." He asked and nuzzled the blond's hand. He looked up at the blond shyly and more than a little hope.
"...please." The blond looked at him in surprise for a moment, then moved his other hand to cradle the lycanroc's face with softer eyes. Lycanroc lowered the berry stick to give the blond more room.
"No."
Surprise was the most dominant in the mix of feelings lycanroc felt, followed closely by sorrow and desperation.
"Wh... W-why?! I-I will be good and... a-and catch up to your other pokemon in no time! I…" the blond placed a finger on lycanroc's nose.
"You misunderstood me. I won't catch you; I can't take your freedom away like that. If you want to join me, join me as a friend with your own free will; not as some kind of potential servant." For a moment lycanroc could only gape, then his lips twitched and tears welled on his eyes.
"Thank you, I... y-you can't imagine how much this means to me..." Typhoon wiped tears from his cheekbones with a soft smile and planted a kiss on his cheek.
Once again lycanroc could only gape, then a big grin slowly widened on his face and he held his cheek with a fluster.
"So…" the blond scratched back of his head bashfully and watched the professor give the last berry to midday lycanroc. He trashed his, garchomp's and lycanroc's sticks after that. "… where were we going again?" Sycamore joined them again while shaking his head with an amused grin.
"Teddies?" Sycamore looked back to the stand with accuracy challenge.
"Ah, thanks for reminding… I also remember someone offering to win me a teddy… does it still stands?" blaziken snorted a laugh.
"Of course.…"
…
"…not? What do you mean I can't?!" the clerk pointed to a board.
"'No Pokemon allowed'. Sorry big guy but I can't allow pokemon, it won't be much of a game considering a psychic can just carry a dart to a balloon to pop it." It didn't take a genius to understand what blaziken meant as she explained in boredom. Her expression changed when her eyes strayed over his master however. "The se- I mean what I guess as your trainer can try his luck though… or the professor." He snorted in annoyance and stepped away back to others outside while grumbling under his breath. Typhoon sighed.
"Would you like to try your luck?" the blond held four darts between fingers of a hand and one last pinched between his thumb and index fingers. Sycamore hesitated a bit.
"Only if you promise not to laugh when I fail miserably…" the blond chuckled.
"Come on professor, give yourself more credit…"
"That was not a promise…" he still took the darts a bit clumsily and aimed at a balloon after managing to stack the rest in one hand. He threw it after a second and…
*Cling*
*Pop*
*Pop*
The clerk and the professor looked at the board to see there was two popped balloons and two darts.
"Holy shit!" She exclaimed in shock.
"Typhoon…" Sycamore's reaction was more exasperated.
"What? If you don't fail, there won't be anything for me to laugh at and…" The professor could only shake his head at his logic.
"Please…" the blond raised his hands.
"Okay, okay…" he let the professor aim and… miss.
…another miss.
…miss again.
…he hit the last one. The blond clapped him while walking closer but Sycamore sighed in defeat.
"I shouldn't count the first two as yours but I do because it was coolest shit I have ever seen. Go on, choose a reward." The professor eyed the goods with a thumb on his chin
"A buneary badge please." She fetched one for him.
"Thanks."
*pop*
*pop*
*pop*
The blond popped just enough to get a gift and missed the last one on purpose and joined him. Sycamore leered at him with a blush.
"Typhoon…" he turned to the professor curiously. He grinned a bit when he saw the badge and watched professor's hands as he pinned the badge on his chest.
"Pancham mug…" he smiled at the professor as she fetched him the gift. "…thanks." His eyes caught something when he was taking the mug from her.
"Can I have another set of darts…?"
A few minutes later they joined the pokemon group. Three pokemon perked up when they saw the duo come back again…
Midday lycanroc was… bemused.
"Son… can we talk?" she asked with a tiny bit of reluctance. He blinked at her then trashed the empty stick in his paw to a bin like he saw the blond do.
"Okay…" he said slowly and followed her when she walked to a secluded part of the forest close by. "Yes?" he asked when she stopped. She turned around and walked closer with her eyes on ground.
"I have… seen the way you are looking at him…" he blinked at her as she took in a deep breath. "... do you love him?"
"Of course, I do. He is the one I bonded and..."
"I mean do you love him?" he tilted his head cluelessly. She sighed.
"When a… two people love each other, sometimes they…" he raised both his paws to stop her with a blush.
"I… know what sex is and…" was that it, the craving he felt before? Did he desire his trainer that way? "I-I don't know, ma." He gave an honest answer. "I have… I have some feelings towards him but I don't know what they mean. I-I think I need some time to sort my feelings…" she thought a second on what he said then nuzzled him.
"It is okay, my baby, I understand. I just… don't want you to be hurt…" He paused for a bit the curled his arms around her head.
"Thanks ma… but I don't think he will hurt me… I know he will not hurt me. Just…" he sighed and took off his arms around her to let her take a step back. "I… I know I am not the only one." He explained the situation with garchomp and blaziken. When he was done, his mother could only blink. She opened her mouth but no words came out. She closed it with a sigh in the end.
"It is okay, ma; I don't care if there will have to be others too. I just… I just want to be with him." She took a few seconds then looked up at his crimson eyes.
"If that is what you want, my baby, the only thing I can do is to give you my blessing. I only want your happiness."
"I know… thank you mama, I know I will be happy, I know he will make me happy." He curled his arms around her again when she pressed her head to his chest.
Typhoon crouched in front of midnight lycanroc with a grin and tied a dark blue scarf around his neck.
"Again, congratulations on evolving." Lycanroc pawed the soft material a bit.
"Thank you." He smiled at the blond after inspecting it. His mother smiled at their interaction for a bit then frowned sadly. She sighed and walked close to the duo.
"Son, can you give us a moment?" they shared a glance.
"I… okay." He replied when the blond shrugged casually. He watched them go a bit away from them.
"What can I do for you?" he asked after they were far away to not be heard. Lycanroc was silent for a bit then breathed a deep sigh.
Fifteen minutes later, he was back with the others… without the lycanroc.
"Mom isn't with you?" Lycanroc asked with surprise. The blond crouched in front of him and petted his head.
"She said that she is happy because you found your trainer and proud of you. She wanted to say these things to you directly but admitted she couldn't find it in her heart to leave if she did that. She wanted you to be happy and live the way you wanted… also asked me to be with you and take care of you but I would do that even if she didn't ask me to." He looked down with sad eyes.
"So, this is it, huh?" the blond paused a bit.
"If you want to go back…"
"No." he said simply and shook his head. "I made a choice and I know it was the right one. I can't live with her forever and she will want me to go eventually anyway." He sniffed. "I-I… just…" the blond pulled him into a hug.
"It is okay, I am with you even if your mother is not anymore." He petted his back, raking his fingers between the fluffy fur. Lycanroc sniffed again and pulled back after tightening grip for a second.
"So… where now?" Sycamore checked his watch.
"Ferris Wheel before we head out for the meeting?" he looked up at the giant construct for a second then smiled at the professor.
"Fine by me. Guys?" he received two nods but blaziken was looking at it with wide eyes.
"Blaziken?" his head snapped at the blond and he gave a nervous smile.
"Y-yeah… yeah, it is good." Garchomp raised an 'eyebrow' mockingly.
"What? Do you fear he-"
"No!" his quick and loud answer startled them, especially garchomp. He sighed deeply with closed eyes. "No." it wasn't convincing but the blond still nodded.
"…okay." They continued to the wheel silently after that and they were on a car in five minutes.
"Wow, we are so high up…" the blond grinned as he watched lycanroc smile with eyes full of wonder while Sycamore and garchomp watched the scene calmly.
"It is okay…" blaziken muttered to himself while gripping the rails tightly. He closed his eyes and breathed a shaky sigh. "I-It is okay." He frowned and joined the avian.
"Blaziken, if you want to…"
"It is okay!" he winced as soon as he realized who he snapped at as his shout drew the others' attention. Typhoon froze with his mouth a jar for a moment. "I-I am sorry." He apologized and closed his eyes, tightening his grip on the rails and shivering visibly.
A warm hand closed around his talons and gently pried it away from the rails. He hesitantly looked at their joint hands and squeezed his eyes shut when he also saw how high they were.
"I am here blaziken, I won't let you fall down." He slowly stopped shivering and visibly relaxed. He kept his eyes closed however. "I want you to open your eyes." He started shivering again.
"N-no." he whimpered weakly.
"blaziken…"
"I said no! P-please!" he flinched visibly when the blond's hand left his.
"F-forgive me, I-I…" he cut his mumbled apology with a soft gasp as he felt the blond hug him from behind.
"It is okay." He whispered gently as he crossed his arms around the avian's chest. "I am with you blaziken; I won't let you fall down." He calmed down once again. "Open your eyes now." He pressed his back on the blond harder.
"D-do I have to?"
"I won't let you fall down; I won't." the avian clenched his teeth and snapped open his eyes after a mental count to three.
He gasped sharply and loudly, clamped his clawed hands around the blond's arms and started to hyperventilate.
"Shh… just look; look how small everyone is, how we can see everything around up here." His breathing slowed bit by bit but he didn't let go his death grip on the blond's arms. "Feel like we are on the top of the world."
Blaziken's breathing finally slowed down to normal and let out a startled laugh when he realized it was actually working.
"…everything is below us; people, the city… everything." His sharp eyes trailed to the ship and he frowned.
But not everything is that simple… it never was…
XX (Change song: Happiness – IAMX) XX
"Is he going to be okay?" he asked as the clone finished healing his… Rhedrin… and pulled a blanket over his unconscious body.
"Yes, he just needs to rest." Luke sighed and got up to pace around a bit.
"I am still not sure it is better than the alternative…" the clone shrugged.
"Neither am I... we will just have to see for ourselves." Luke groaned loudly and fell back on another cot in the room behind the elder lucario. He felt the blond join him and glared his back.
"I still hate him… no, I hate him more than ever." The blond blinked and physically made him look at him by turning his head with his arm.
"Because he tried to take you away?" Luke frowned while looking away.
"Not just that… but because…" he snorted in frustration and thought a bit to think how to put his thoughts into words. "Because it would be so much easier to hate him if he wasn't so sick and so desperate to get me, I would think it was just a whim to get me back like it was just a whim for him to cast me out of the clan!" he sat up in his anger. "Now I don't know if it was because he genuinely feels guilt or it's a manipulation to get me to the clan or… or finish the job he started and kill me on the way while I lowered my guard!" he slammed his paws to the cot and sighed tiredly, out of energy after bursting out like that.
"I-I don't know… I just…" he took in a deep breath and let it all out explosively. He felt the blond curl an arm around him while he was staring at the older lucario thoughtfully.
"You are confused and don't know what to feel after hating him for so long." Luke sighed tiredly once again. The blond pulled him closer. "It is okay to feel like that." Luke sniffed and returned the hug.
"Can we cuddle?" he asked with a low voice. The blond caressed his head.
"Okay… just let me reassure zoroark, otherwise he is going to pace behind the door the whole night…" He looked at the blond with a snicker and nodded. He let the blond go and watched him open the door. He heard a gasp and saw zoroark was about to knock the door.
"S-sorry…" he swallowed dryly and lowered his paw. "W-we were concerned… even if it was dumb, of course we didn't need to be because master with you and uhh… heh…" he laughed awkwardly and busied his paws with his long mane. "I-I will go tell others that we were just silly and…"
"Zoroark…" Luke cut the fox' rambling. "…thank you." Zoroark gaped at him for a second then smiled.
"We are friends, aren't we?" he took a deep breath and straightened. "I-I will go tell the others everything is okay."
"…and tell them eavesdropping is a rude thing." He flinched and fled the scene with a fluster. The blond shook his head with a grin and closed the door again.
"See that?! That was what you are trying to rip me off from!" He joined Luke on the cot as he shouted at the elder lucario.
"You know he is unconscious, right?" Luke tilted his head to the blond.
"Maybe I will be lucky and he will see it in his dreams." He sat back up and glared back at the elder lucario. "I don't give a damn at why you want to get me back but you want to separate me from my friends, my home and my love… then you can bet your ass that I will resist! I WON'T LET YOU RUIN MY LIFE AGAIN!" he panted and fell back next to the blond.
"Got it out of your system?"
"Not even close…" He suddenly straddled the blond's abs. He continued to pant deeply for a different reason and rubbed the blond's clothed chest with his paws. He met their mouths a moment later in a passionate kiss. He whimpered lowly in pleasure as the blond took a more active role and started to massage his body after the initial pause.
"Can we…" The blond hummed and continued to massage Luke's body absently.
"You know I am a clone, right?" Luke raised an eyebrow.
"You said clones and the original are pretty much same so I don't care… please?" The blond rolled with a grin and a puff of smoke covered him. Luke gasped sharply when he no longer felt clothes but naked skin.
"Better?" he asked while looking down at the pokemon.
XX NSFW (M/M) XX
At that moment, Luke figured he will never get used to this; the sight, the smell, the rush…
He caressed the blond's thighs and lost himself in the spicy and musky smell raking at his brain. He bent down while sitting on Luke's lap and the pokemon's sight covered with blond locks. Now he could also taste the addictive aroma of the blond as he was the one starting the kiss this time.
"Why are you hesitating?" he whispered gently and kissed base of Luke's ear. The latter had to take a second to understand the question.
"mhuh?" he let out a sound resembling to question just before he gasped sharply as the blond licked his hot and crimson ear. His answer was an action instead of words.
He guided the paws into his cock and balls, ripping another startled gasp from Luke's muzzle.
"Why are you denying yourself?" he moved a bit down and licked at where he left a hickey what felt like forever ago. He fed on the whimper that small action earned and rutted into the pokemon's paws in response and refreshed the hickey, earning a whimpering moan this time.
"I won't run or break if you listen to your instincts…" he scooped a dollop of pre from his cock and smeared it on Luke's nose. "… and go all out." The pokemon instinctively licked the liquid on his nose… and his eyes widened.
A moment later, he was over the blond, pinning his larger body with his smaller one.
The next moment, he brought their lips together in a short but fiery kiss and continued down; licking, caressing and kissing wherever he could reach on his way until he arrived to his target. He took a long lick from base to tip and lost himself further as he savored his new drug.
The blond's hand on his head stopped him from shoving it down into his throat all the way.
"That doesn't mean being reckless, you know that I don't want to hurt you." He shifted his hold to the lucario's cheek before bending forward and once again kissing the stunned lucario slowly, passionately. They made out until the blond felt clarity returned to the lucario. Then they made out some more until Luke pulled back to breathe, even then the blond pressed their foreheads together.
"You don't have to rush it or try to impress me; I am here and not going anywhere before we both are satisfied." He looked at the blond with hearts in his eyes for a moment, then averted his eyes and nodded a bit submissively.
"Good… now, lets try again." He pulled his hand away from Luke's cheek to hold up his body on his elbows. Luke took another lick from base to tip, cleaning the precum from the blond's spire. He licked a few more times and took the head into his maw after that.
"Yes… just like that." He praised while closing his eyes and leaning his head back a bit. "Use your paws where you can't reach with your mouth." Luke did so, earning a lingering hum of pleasure and more precum.
He was burning, his cock was throbbing like it was angry at him and dripping pre constantly… but he carried on, sucking and twirling his tongue around the head while drinking the blond's sweet ambrosia.
His cock made another harsh throb when he thought about making the blond cum into his mouth… so he took in more into his maw one centimeter at a time, slowly like the blond asked… until it touched back of his throat. He pressed down the gagging reflex at the last moment and swallowed instead, earning another sharp hum as the blond held his head. He looked up nervously, thinking the blond was going to press down but he pulled his head up instead.
"Not that I am complaining but you sure you want to do this while you father is in the same room?" Luke looked at him incredulously.
"Really? your dick was pushing at the entrance of my throat a moment ago while I drank a pint of your pre and that is what you are asking now?" he sighed in annoyance while the blond chuckled in embarrassment. "I don't care if he knows I am fucking around with you…" he thought a bit before grinning. "…actually, it would be nice to see his face when he learns that." The blond snickered and shook his head.
"Come here, silly pokemon." Luke chuckled back and crawled until they were nose to nose and he was holding himself with his paws on the blond's chest. He grinned down at the blond.
"I don't care what him or anyone else thinks; I love you, I want you and I need you. That is all that matters." The blond grinned up at him and pressed his head down. The kiss was slow and sensual, one that felt too short but it had to end for Luke to breathe.
"Lube me, please." He moaned a bit as the blond groped his asscheeks.
"You sure this guy recovered enough?" Luke leered at his ass like it was not a part of him.
"Well, he has to because right now my little head has taken the reigns…" the blond hummed in understanding and amusement.
"That's a thought but… there is another way too…" he looked at the blond in confusion until he gasped loudly as a cold liquid covered his dick.
"Y-you mean…" the blond hummed and guided him down between his legs. "D-do you need uhh… p-preparation?" the blond clicked his teeth casually.
"Just go ahead." Luke swallowed thickly and gently slid in.
Warmth.
Warmth flooded him from his dick to his whole body. He let out a startled gasp at the sensation. He rocked his hips back and forth slowly and let out a lingering moan while leaning his head back with his eyes closed. The friction was maddening.
No words could describe how good it felt. It was like when the blond was thrusting into him but at the same time not like it at all.
The thing they had in common was, they both felt like he is in heaven. He heard the blond hum in pleasure between his thrusts and sensual overdrive.
"You are doing great, just a bit…" he changed the angle of his thrusts a little and the blond moaned sharply but lowly. He grinned down at the blond when he figured he hit the same spot that made him see stars and his tip touched his chin, leaving a smear of precum that cooled quickly.
He didn't think, he started licking the blond's tip and head while his crimson eyes were on the blond to see his reaction. The latter threw his head with closed eyes and hummed loudly.
It was so satisfying.
"Hah… yes, I was going to g-going to ask you to… do that." He grinned oddly with the dick in his mouth and sucked hard. The blond hit his head to the cot and moaned again. He let the head go with a pop.
"D-do you th-think I can… unf… I-I can make you… unh… c-cum with me?" he asked between his own moans and grunts. The blond laughed between pants.
"N-not if you don't start going… hah… faster." Luke grinned at the challenge and paced himself up with both his thrusts and bobbing of his head.
Some time passed; he didn't know how long but he knew the blond was close by the twitching cock in his mouth. He couldn't really get the blond's spire into his throat while also panting at the same time but hitting the blond's sweet spot with every hard thrust must have helped nicely. He popped out the blond's cock to pant.
"M-master… I-I am… nngh… I-I am close…"
"Hah… I-It seems you are going to do it afterall… j-just do your best, I am not far too…" he thrusted harder while sucking on the blond, his pre-coated knot causing wet smacks every hit. He squeezed his eyes shut and tried to hold a bit more but, in the end, lost the fight. He pressed harder and his knot slipped in with a wet pop. With his eyes still squeezed shut, he continued to suck until the blond moaned properly and started to fill his mouth.
Salty, sweet and spicy with a hint of cinnamon. Irresistible when mixed with how much he had to work for it.
He sucked on greedily while lapping the tip, massaging his balls and pulling on his shaft, trying to get everything the blond can offer.
"S-stop or I am going to dispel…" he parted finally and licked his lips. He fell on the blond with a satisfied hum after a moment, sideways because of the spike and rested his head on the blond's chest.
XX SFW XX
They lied still, recovering while being tied together by Luke's knot and enjoyed the moment of the blond petting Luke's head.
"I love you." He looked up at the blond's face when the latter paused his petting. He closed his eyes, took in a deep breath and pulled out his knot with a hiss. The blond's reaction was letting out the breath he was holding after it was out. He crawled next to the blond and rested his head on his chest while hugging him with one arm. He sighed softly when the blond curled an arm under him and continued to pet him.
"I love you too, Luke…" he paused for a moment then brought them into a kiss. Luke looked lovingly into his gentle eyes after they parted and rested his head back on the blond's chest.
"You are the best thing ever happened to me." He sniffed and nuzzled the blond's chest. "Please don't ever leave me." The clone winced.
"I… need to dispel and make him know everything went well." Luke paused a bit before getting up with a sigh.
"Right… I would like to go sleep anyway; I am tired…"
"Because of me?" Luke chuckled.
"Partially… but also I am drained with everything happened today." The blond nodded in understanding. Luke leaned down and stole one last kiss from the blond when he sat on the cot.
"Thank you for everything, master. It is also good to know that we can be together even if you are busy elsewhere." He squeezed the blond's hand and moved to leave the room. He raised an eyebrow.
"You can sleep here to…" Luke snorted.
"I may strangle him in his sleep if you are not here to distract me…" the blond sighed with exasperation.
"Right… sweet dreams." Luke grinned over his shoulder and left the room.
The clone got up and walked close to the elder lucario.
"I know you are not asleep… and you rather like what we have done." He commented with a grin after seeing a wet patch on the blanket. Rhedrin looked up at him with a faint fluster. The blond crouched down and put a hand on the elder lucario's shoulder.
"He deserves happiness, which you deprived him in his childhood. You are not here to take what he has here from him, right? Because if you do…"
"… you will kill me, I understand." The blond smirked down at him coldly and his eyes glowed bright sapphire. The lucario swallowed.
"No, on the contrary… you will be begging me to kill you. So, no need to stress, right?" his smirk widened when se saw the lucario swallow again and he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
EoC
Here we go. I hope you like and R&R if you do. Have a good, corona-less day!
Peace!