Chapter 6 Adoption

Shan Yu could sense Shang's excitement, but also his nervousness about this meeting, so he reached out and slipped his muscular right arm around his husband's slender shoulders encouragingly where the two of them stood outside the house of his brothers and sister.

"It will be fine, Shang," he reassured in his deep voice. He tenderly kissed Shang's temple, followed by his alluring long black hair. He was unable to resist its silky softness even when it was piled atop his head in its usual style. "I promise. They will love you."

"But what if they do not? I mean, your brother was nice, if overly touchy with the hug, but what about the others?"

"They will. No one can resist you when you put your mind to something."

"You think?"

"I know. Now, let us go in. The sooner we visit and eat, the sooner I can get you into our bed and do more wonderful naughty things with you."

"Shan Yu!" Shang gasped, his cheeks turning rose pink and his eyes going wide at his words. At first he thought Shang was going to yell at him, but his beautiful man looked down, as though he was embarrassed, then back up at him through his dark lashes. "W-Would you.. do what you did before? .. With your t-tongue? Please?.."

"I will do anything with my tongue to you that you desire, my beautiful one. Anything to please you, sweet Shang. I will always seek to please you."

Shang blushed deeper, whispering in return, "And I will always seek to please you, Shan Yu."

After having dinner and visiting with Shan Yu's family, including his parents, which had gone quite well, Shang was tired, so the two of them headed home together.

Shan Yu led Shang gently by the hand inside and into their bedroom, stripping Shang out of his clothes and tucking him into their bed with a kiss on his lips. "Rest, sweet heart. I will return as soon as I put the horses back in the barn for the night and feed them."

"Or course," Shang murmured sleepily, pressing a return kiss to Shan Yu's hand before burrowing deeper under the warm blankets happily. "I will be waiting for you, Shan Yu. I love you."

"And my tongue," Shan Yu teased him before replying seriously, "I love you, too, Shang."

Shang blushed again, visibly squirming beneath the covers with a soft whimper of need. "Not fair. You made me hungry for you again."

"I would wish that you were always hungry for me, my sweet Shang."

"I am, in a way. But being.. sexually aroused all the time would be very draining. Physically, emotionally. I am quite sure I could not withstand the strain of it."

"Nor I. I will be as quick as can be safe, Shang. Then you shall have all that you desire."

"All that we desire."

"Yes. All that we desire."

When Shan Yu reentered their bedroom twenty minutes later his dark eyes went wide when he saw Shang was moaning softly, his dark haired head tilted back on the pillows as he clearly played with himself beneath the covers.

"I- I am sorry.." Shang whispered, trembling as he looked up at his husband. "It was the only way I could stay awake to wait for you. I am just so tired. I am not used to so much travel."

"It is alright, Shang. I understand. I am tired myself. Though also needing you. But we can get some rest first if you wish it?"

"No, Shan Yu," Shang protested, his hips clearly wriggling beneath the blankets as he touched himself with gentle strokes of his left hand. "I need you now. Please! I need us to be one again. Always."

"Of course, Shang," Shan Yu agreed while removing his own clothing and then climbing into the bed with his kind-hearted husband. "I will never leave you needing, my only love."

Shan Yu kissed him then, and Shang moaned into it while clinging to him helplessly, his arms moving up around the bigger man's neck so that he could hold onto his shoulders.

Shang gasped when the kiss came to an end after several minutes so they could both breathe. "Haa! S-Shan Yu, please! I need you inside me so badly.."

Shan Yu inclined his head with a slightly smug smile, disentangling their limbs reluctantly to position Shang on his stomach with his big and gentle hands. He then used a combination of his tongue, thick fingers and slick oil to prepare his husband. He had Shang gasping his name, writhing and begging in their bed, helpless before the emotional and physical effects of their mutual need for each other.

"S-Shan Yu, ohhh!" Shang somehow choked out, sobbing with his need for the man he loved. That he'd gladly given up everything he'd ever known for. "Please! In me- Ohhhhhh!"

Shan Yu growled possessively at his lover's pleading tone and words, rising above him now and yanking Shang up to hands and knees position. He quickly but thoroughly slicked himself with the oil, then united their bodies once again, causing Shang to moan loudly in response to the intimate stretch of their joining.

Shan Yu was flattered when Shang gasped raggedly and came hard and fast as soon as he was inside him fully. He did not go soft even a little, which was even more flattering, as when Shan Yu found his release deep inside his husband's beautiful body Shang was right there with him in experiencing the emotional and physical bliss of their mutual release.

Afterwards Shan Yu withdrew from his lover's body, much as he did not wish to, drawing Shang into his arms and laying down with him in their bed after cleaning them both up.

"Shan Yu?" Shang spoke softly while snuggling back into his arms contentedly.

"Yes, my Shang?"

"Thank you. For everything. I love you."

"I love you, too, Shang. And it is never a hardship to make love with you. Shang?"

"Yes, Shan Yu?"

"Do you think you will feel up to going out tomorrow to speak with a widowed mother about choosing a child to adopt?"

"So soon?" Shang asked him in surprise. "We have not been home long."

"Well of course if you are not ready, my love, then it is alright," Shan Yu said, smoothing a big hand through Shang's long and unbound black hair to soothe him. "I am only thinking of the children who may not have enough food to eat, but of course it is about whether we are ready for it as well. I apologize for pushing, sweet Shang."

"Oh! Well yes, that is important, Shan Yu. Taking in a child is not to be taken lightly, and we haven't been home together to settle in long at all. But if the children are really that hungry, and we can help them, well.. I suppose there is no harm in talking about it at least. We do not necessarily need to make a decision tomorrow. And perhaps we can support the family until we are ready to take the child?"

Shan Yu visibly brightened, his dark eyes lighting up at Shang's suggestion. "That is a great idea, my Shang! I never thought of it."

"Alright. That is what we'll do, then, Shan Yu. Goodnight, my love."

"Sleep well, my Shang."

Shan Yu and Shang woke the next morning and quickly showered together before dressing and having breakfast. They left the house for the nearby home of the wife of Shan Yu's hunting friend that had died in the avalanche. Shan Yu had told him all about his friend and his wife and children that morning as they ate.

She had six children all under ten and a baby on the way. They visited for quite a while before bringing up the subject of adoption to help her, and because they wanted children.

They told her they were not quite ready, since they were such a young couple. But also that they would like to help her by providing food through Shan Yu's hunting in the meantime, and to spend time with the children when they could to get to know them. And that, of course, she could have contact with them after the adoption took place, as long as she understood they would be the parents and she their friend.

She understood, she said, and also that she was very grateful for the help.

"Of course I love my children, Shan Yu, as I loved my husband. But I know I can not give them all the life, attention and love they deserve. I do not know what you were thinking, but perhaps taking the younger two would be best? And, of course, later on, when the baby is born and has been weaned off my milk, if you wanted a young one, that is your decision. But you have plenty of time before you would need to make that choice. I leave it up to you both whether you feel you can handle it at that point."

"Thank you," Shang said, reaching out to touch her hands with his gently. "We are very grateful. I have always wanted children. Ever since I was a child myself. I am very sorry for your loss, but I promise that I will love them just as if they had come from my union with Shan Yu."

"I thank you as well, Shang," she replied with a smile. "I believe you to be a good, loving man. I am happy that my children, your children, will be loved and cared for and safe."

About an hour or so later Shan Yu and Shang headed home, Shan Yu slipping his big arm tenderly around his husband's waist when Shang leaned a bit into his left side and snuggled close with a soft and contented sigh.

"I love you, Shan Yu. More then I have ever loved anyone. I am sorry for what happened before we met, very sorry, but I am so happy to be with you. I can not imagine my life without you now. I do not wish to."

"Neither can I, my Shang. My life would be unbearable without you in it."

They smiled at each other just as they arrived home, both of them noticing the silhouette of a dark horse standing by their front door in the fading light just as a slender and familiar person stepped out from behind the animal.

"Mulan?!" Shang gasped out in shock, his eyes widening with his emotion in response to unexpectedly seeing her there.