*CHAPTER 69:

Four players


The night came, spreading over Ninjago like a thick, dark blanket protecting a child. Shy sparks appeared in the sky, gaining brightness as more companions would join. All activity quieted, giving rise to a chill evening, the perfect setting for crickets and other bugs to come out and start their practiced serenades. Families gathered and spent time together after a long day of work, relaxing before bedtime ticked in, enjoying the calm ambiance.

"You cheated!"

"I did not!" Cole yelped at Lloyd's accusation.

Well... customs varied from one household to the other.

Lloyd examined the pupai tiles spread out on the table before them. "You did! There's a piece missing here!" The small boy yelled at his friend.

"And that means I stole it?" Cole said in a mocking tone.

"Yes! Because you always cheat!"

"Ha! You should know!"

Lloyd blushed and groaned, jumping onto Cole while he kicked and demanded the boy to return the missing tile. Next to them, Kai laughed and Zane waited patiently for their ruckus to be over so they could resume the game.

"Hey, king, shouldn't you be helping me?" Cole cried out to his husband.

"I don't think so, this is a lot of fun to watch." The Maharaja chortled in return.

"Give it back!" Lloyd shouted again.

"I told you I didn't-"

"Is this the tile you were looking for, my dear?" Zane asked.

Lloyd let go of Cole, looking over his shoulder to discover Zane holding a small black and white marble piece in his hand. The boy blinked confused.

"I found it under the table. It probably fell earlier," Zane explained.

Lloyd visibly gulped and stared back at the noiret under him. Cole's eyebrow cocked.

"So I am a… Uhm, what is it that you just called me? 'Dirty, fat cheater', uh?"

Lloyd quickly jerked up on his feet, jumping away from his friend, but Cole was fast and got up as well, cornering Lloyd against the wall of the royal bedroom. He hadn't even touched him yet, but Lloyd would squeal and shriek at any of Cole's moves —purely meant to tease the boy.

Cole wiggled his fingers in the air, grinning menacingly.

"Noo! Cole, stop it!" Lloyd cried, lips curved up into an anxious smile. When the boy sprinted to run past him and towards the others, the former warrior caught him and lifted Lloyd up in the air all the while tickling his sides and back. Lloyd yipped again, crying out for help. In a matter of seconds Kai joined their entertainment, pretending to be a hero who came to save his lover from a bulky monster, hence abandoning their previous board game.

Zane shook his head. "Will we ever manage to finish a match without any altercations?" He commented tired but amused at his silly family.

"Come on, Zane, don't be a party pooper." Kai laughed, balancing alongside Lloyd on top of Cole after they had successfully taken the 'hazard' down on the bed. Lloyd giggled and urged Zane as well to join them into torturing Cole. The tactful boy, though, decided to be the responsible one —as usual— and put the pupai tiles back into their respective box first. Only after returning the game to its place did Zane walk towards the bed.

"It's getting late. We should consider sleeping if we want to be well-rested tomorrow."

"Aww…" Lloyd pouted.

"Yeah, we could do that," Kai said. "Or… we could play some other type of games..." He ground down on Cole's crotch, making him grunt.

Kai's eyes scanned Cole's, the first royal spouse blinked for a second before shrugging with a friendly smile. The Maharaja then turned to the short blond by his side. "What do you say, babe?" He leaned over Lloyd's mouth, brushing his lips against the other's face with the obvious purpose to rile him up at the almost-kisses he was laying on the caramel skin. "Do you want to have some fun… with all of us?"

Lloyd shook so intensely that Cole could feel the tremors of his little body through the mattress. He grabbed onto Kai's wrists when the monarch finally pushed his mouth forward, giving Lloyd a gentle but full on kiss. The small boy had taken his decision, he nodded at Kai —and definitely not as shyly as he would have done months ago, Cole noticed.

A giggle escaped from Kai before he placed another kiss on his spouse's lips, then looking up, he gazed in Zane's direction.

"Zane?" He asked.

Their friend seemed surprised for a short bit, a moment that Kai used to rub his hands all over Lloyd and Cole's chests while looking intently at Zane with a playful smirk. After admitting defeat with a smile, the young man sat on the bed with the rest of his lovers.

Cole propped himself up on his elbows. "So… How should we start? We've never been so many at this," he joked.

Kai hummed in, apparently, deep thought. "How about kissing?" He leaned down, hovering over Cole's lips and whispered, "I'd say it's a great way to get things going, uh?"

The royal spouse received the Maharaja with a pleased smile that opened little by little as their smooch deepened, Kai evidently rubbing himself against Cole's crotch, trying to incite an erection. When he pulled back, Cole was almost out of breath.

"Yeah, I'd say that works just fine," the noiret huffed, feeling the pressure and heat of Kai's body against his dick.

Kai smiled triumphantly then turned to Lloyd, who seemed to be patiently waiting for his turn. Cole watched entranced as the two boys kissed on top of him. Lloyd had come a long way through the last weeks and Cole was proud of the boy finally letting go of the last shred of embarrassment in his body.

The mattress dipped next to Cole, he lay back down again and looked up, finding Zane mimicking his pleased expression as he also contemplated their friends. After a moment, his gaze lowered and met with Cole's. Zane caressed his face with a gentle hand, brushing stray hairs away from the forehead.

A groan brought their attention back to the other boys. Kai was smirking as he licked one last stripe over Lloyd's lips, humming with satisfaction.

"Time for our beautiful milky boy now," Kai murmured while stretching forward and bringing Zane closer to his mouth.

Cole snorted low, Kai's cockiness was simply adorable. Chocolate eyes came to rest on the other blond who sat close to Cole, worrying his lip. Cole reached a hand out, getting Lloyd to look at him with a shy but curious smile. The young boy squeezed the limb as their fingers intertwined and rubbed against each digit tenderly.

Aware that Lloyd still needed a bit of help, Cole dragged his friend down on the bed with him. Lloyd rested his face on top of Cole's shoulder, smoldering green eyes looking into dark pools that oozed love. In surprising synch, both boys closed their eyes and leaned into each other, letting their lips touch.

Even though Lloyd was a lot more relaxed now about kissing Cole, the more experienced lover remained calm, letting the blond be the one to lead the way. To Cole's great surprise, Lloyd was soon pushing up against him with more force, his tongue asking for entrance.

"Uuuh…" Sounded above their heads. Cole and Lloyd looked up, their peers were staring down at them. "I swear you guys look amazing when you kiss," Kai commented, still holding onto Zane's shoulders.

Although he didn't look his way, Cole could tell that remark had made Lloyd blush a whole new shade of red. He slapped Kai's side as if telling the monarch 'to shut up' before he turned his head again and traced Lloyd's lips with the tip of his tongue. The other gasped with excitement but quickly responded the same way.

The four of them exchanged kisses for several rounds, belts and shirts were coming undone little by little as the blood inside their veins boiled with desire. Kai, still sitting atop Cole's hips, grabbed Lloyd's forearm to pull the boy up to him.

"You know, babe, you've been a bit mean to Cole earlier…" His lips rubbed against Lloyd's, teasing him, never delivering the real kiss that the other boy craved. "I think he deserves a treat," the Maharaja added while his lover sighed against his mouth.

Without a lucid mind due to the amount of blood that was pooling down between his legs, Lloyd could only stare at his husband as Kai moved lower down Cole's thighs, pulling the pants and underwear down with him.

Cole's semi was already impressive, Lloyd sucking in a breath as Kai sat on the floor, crouched between thick, muscular legs and he planted kisses along the inner thighs. As the Maharaja reached Cole's member, he looked up at Lloyd.

"Help me?"

Lloyd gulped, timid eyes locking with Cole for a moment. The older boy smiled, he would never force Lloyd, or any of his lovers, to do something against their will —but fuck if he wasn't ecstatic for the chance to feel Lloyd's delicate mouth on him!

Bending down, Lloyd finally neared Cole's crotch. Kai pecked him again, reassuring the boy before his lips teased Cole's body all over again. Together, the two of them made sure to cover Cole's groin with kisses that eventually escalated to licks and small bites that prickled the fighter's skin.

Kai grabbed Cole's dick and licked a generous stripe from base to tip, following the path of the muscle, Cole sighing with delight as that royal tongue rolled around the sensitive head. The member was finally sucked into the sovereign's mouth, who let out lustful hums as his head bobbed up and down, soaking Cole's flesh in warm saliva. A few inches away, Lloyd admired the scene, mesmerized.

"You wanna try, baby? I can help you," Kai asked, releasing Cole with an indecent slurp.

Lloyd glanced at their friend once again before nodding. Kai held Cole's dick as Lloyd readied himself mentally. The Maharaja lowered to the base, kissing the skin where Cole's cock joined with his torso, meanwhile Lloyd wrapped a shy hand over Kai's and bent further down.

Soft lips grazed Cole's erection, making him take a deep breath as he prepared for a way-more-intense shudder.

"Uh…" He moaned low as Lloyd's tongue darted out and traced the edge of the glans. On a slightly lower level, Kai played with his sack, sucking the balls into his mouth and teasing the skin around with his fingers.

Something bumped Cole's head gently, the boy looked up and found Zane's beautiful smile. Zane helped his friend lean up just enough to slip behind him and put Cole's head resting on his lap. Following shortly, chill fingers traced the outline of Cole's pecs, dancing slowly over the prominent muscles until the fingertips finally decided to give some careful caresses to the nipples.

"Oh…" Cole's eyelids closed. "You guys have banded together or what?" He laughed breathily.

"Maybe." Kai chuckled down below. "But you're enjoying this."

Cole gripped the bedsheets with a grunt. "Not gonna lie there…" He murmured.

Kai snickered again. As Lloyd had released Cole's dick for a moment, the Maharaja took the chance to kiss his spouse one more time. Cole heard words whispered between them, but his trained soldier senses weren't exactly working at that time, he couldn't grasp what kind of exchange was going on between the two boys, although he presumed it had to do with what happened next.

A pair of tongues pressed against Cole's cock, teasing the boy on each side of the shaft. The royal spouse groaned, looking down for a second and staring at the erotic scene that made Kai and Lloyd lapping his goods like famished animals. Cole's head fell back onto Zane, eyelids fluttering, the pleasure making it hard for him to keep them open. Through the small gap Cole saw Zane curling into himself and reaching down, then his lips were on him, giving Cole a soft upside-down kiss.

"Oh, Brahma," Cole whined, hooking a dexterous hand behind Zane's neck to deepen the kiss while his hips jerked on their own, no longer bothering whose mouth he was fucking.

Kai and Lloyd took turns on him, sometimes sharing out the shaft, and others torturing Cole as the two boys simultaneously laved the tip, covering it with a mix of saliva as they messily kissed on top of it.

"Fuck!" Kai's groan echoed all over the room. Suddenly Lloyd was being shoved down on the mattress with the king on top of him, abusing his lips in a primal kiss. Lloyd squirmed, trying to keep himself locked with Kai as they landed on the bed.

"Hey, watch out, you two," Cole chuckled as the boys next to him engaged in a love battle. The royal spouse looked up into the clear eyes of his companion and smiled soft, Zane's demeanor still as relaxed as ever.

Let's change that, Cole prompted himself.

With a flirtatious smirk plastered on his mouth, he rose on his knees and faced Zane. Cole slowly unbuttoned Zane's collar then pulled the kurta up and out of the way, uncovering his beautiful pale chest.

"I think it's my turn to have fun with you," Cole whispered in a sultry voice that made Zane shiver.

"I'd say that's fair," the other responded delightedly.

A giggle rumbled in Cole's throat before he was leaning forward and applying kisses to Zane's soft skin, tracing the pinkish circles that surrounded the nipples with the pads of his fingers —then finally moving down to the hem of his pants.