A/N notes: Thank you so much for your support! I love you all sooo much! It is always as wonderful to get the chance to know what you think when reading a chapter, it helps me while writing onthe story and this is one challenging story for me to write. So I welcome with open arms any and every kinds of reviews!
This chapter gave me a hard time, but not as much as the ending will give me, I fear. But I do love writing on a pairing like this one for a change! Oh, and more thing, I'm sorry but I don't know how to write Atobe as an uke with Ootori…especially when Atobe is such a player/bastard in this story! Sorry for that! Anyway, enough rambling and onto the next chapter:
Chapter 8: Valentine kiss
Ootori looked at the other doubles pair. Weren't they ever gonna finish their warm up? Ootori couldn't count how many laps they had ran again around the court.
They were supposed to play a doubles match against Shishido and him…
Ootori decided to give up waiting for them and go and practice on his serve instead. He hadn't put as much time into practicing his serve lately.
Hitting the serve a couple of times, Ootori remembered when Atobe had stayed later and helped him perfect it. Ootori had just thought that Atobe was a generous captain, but maybe Atobe had already then had feelings for him.
Ootori gave a small blush, his mind drifting off to a couple of days ago when he had woken up under Atobe's grey-blue eyes.
"Did…Did I snore?" Ootori had asked and Atobe had given him the most amused smile.
"No." the captain had answered.
"Oh…" he had been a little relieved. It was amazing how naked he could feel under Atobe's eyes and the captain had leaned down and kissed him.
His parents had looked a little strangely at them when the two of them had walked out of Ootori's bedroom and for a second the two team mates had wondered if they had been able to be as quiet as they had promised each other to be.
Ootori's eyes flew wide open as the ball he had just served came flying back, past him and hit the fence behind him.
Slowly Ootori took in Atobe's form on the other side of the court.
"I see you've mastered your serve." the captain said quite playfully and Ootori knew he had been caught spacing out. Atobe was sharp as well, so the captain could probably guess his daydreaming had had something to do with their relationship.
"Oshitari and Mukahi are getting ready with their laps." Atobe then informed. "Find Shishido and come to the B court."
Ootori nodded and Atobe left the court, showing the younger boy a small smile.
Outside the B court one Oshitari Yuushi and one Mukahi Gakuto were panting from running 50 laps.
Gakuto looked up as Atobe walked up to them.
"Dammit, Atobe, are you trying to kill us?" the boy gasped, but Atobe was more than pleased seeing them like that.
"50 laps every day since that little joke…it is a little too much, don't you think?" Oshitari then added in his best charming voice, but Atobe dismissed it.
"I'm going to drive you tired every day that I'm not getting any because of you scaring Ootori off, so that you two will be too tired to have any yourselves." Atobe shot back.
"Well, that's not true." Oshitari spoke again. "You could be with other guys in the meantime if you wanted to."
Atobe stepped closer to the tensai. "So could you if you wanted to, but it would take a lot of effort from all of us to get what we want right now, wouldn't it? You and your boyfriend are too tired to do anything and I would have to convince Ootori he holds my heart before he'd be perfectly comfortable sleeping with me. Besides I'm not risking this bet by fulfilling my urges with some other guy behind the locker room."
Oshitari stepped closer to Atobe, speaking so low only he could hear. "But it's Valentine's Day today." the tensai reminded. "If he turns you down today for some reason, you'll lose."
Atobe only gave a smirk. "I know."
"You wanted it this way, didn't you?" Oshitari smiled. "He trusts you even more than before because of the fact that you could've taken him, but you didn't. You waited for him instead."
Atobe's smirk widened, Oshitari knew him too well. In the corner of his eye he saw Ootori coming towards them with Shishido. He stepped away from the tensai. "I suggest you still use the little energy you have left tonight with Gakuto, because you won't be getting any for a week."
Oshitari looked after the captain, who brushed against Ootori's side when passing by the other doubles pair. Ootori's face lit up just a little, but enough for Oshitari to see it.
"Maybe you should come over to my place tonight." Atobe suggested, making Ootori stop in his tracks and look back over his shoulder at Atobe. "There we won't have to worry about being quiet." he added in a murmur, before turning to proceed walking.
"Huh? …Um, okay!" the stunned boy called after him. Shishido frowned, but let the subject drop. He didn't want to pressure Ootori into telling him what that had been all about. Especially since Ootori wasn't very aware of what was happening either.
The tensai shook his head, observing his team mates. "Oh my, Gakuto, don't overdo it today…" Oshitari said and Gakuto immediately picked up on his meaning behind those words.
"Same goes for you." the redhead pointed out and they followed Shishido and Ootori onto the court.
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Ootori thanked the butler who had let him into the Atobe household. No matter how many times he would come over, he could never understand the size of the captain's residence.
He was escorted over to Atobe's room that was momentarily empty. Atobe wasn't home? Ootori looked around in the room.
The butler informed him that master Keigo would join him soon and to make himself comfortable in the meantime.
Ootori thanked the butler again who left the room, leaving the door slightly open.
Ootori let his brown eyes travel around in the by now quite familiar room. He didn't know why, but he felt nervous waiting for Atobe to show up. There was this feeling of anxiousness and excitement inside of him that he just couldn't shake.
Tired of standing in the middle of the room like an idiot, Ootori looked for somewhere to sit. Atobe's table had some open school books on it and his chair was neatly tucked under the table so Ootori doubtfully moved over to the bed, not wanting to mess up Atobe's order by the table.
Carefully the boy sat down on the far edge of the bed, making sure he didn't wrinkle the sheets too much.
Ootori decided he was definitely feeling uncomfortable. He tried to think out what could've caused it, but the only thing that kept popping up in his mind was the whole Oshitari-Gakuto incident. Ootori relaxed his body a bit and he stopped sending anxious looks at the door.
He was so grateful to have a boyfriend - Ootori had to smile, he still couldn't believe he actually had a boyfriend - who was so understanding and patient. Ootori would've given himself to Atobe that night, but Atobe hadn't taken him.
Ootori's smile widened a little. He must've known Ootori wasn't ready. Atobe was really experienced to see that.
A thought suddenly hit him. That's right, that's probably why he was having butterflies in his stomach about seeing Atobe today. The way the captain had spoke to him at practice.
"There we won't have to worry about being quiet…"
Ootori switched position awkwardly. Did Atobe mean what he thought he did? Back then Ootori had only assumed he had meant that they can snore the roof off if they wanted to, but right now…
The junior practically flew up from the bed as Atobe suddenly entered the room through the open door.
"I'm sorry for making you wait." Atobe's voice came and the captain made his way over to his table to drop off his keys.
"Th-that's alright." Ootori tried to sound normal.
"I had a quick chat with Oshitari." Atobe explained.
Actually Atobe had called Oshitari to kill some time before Ootori came over and to distract the tensai from getting to sleep with his boyfriend too much these last few hours. Atobe had then noted that Ootori was early and told the butler to escort the junior to his room. It had been amusing watching Ootori through the open door, nervously looking around and finally settling down where Atobe wanted him.
"That's fine." Ootori then babbled.
"Are you alright?" Atobe asked as he made his way over to the younger boy. "Did I startle you just now?"
"N-no, not at all!" Ootori replied and Atobe stopped in front of him, giving him a somewhat amused smile. Atobe always knew when he told him anything else but the truth. Sometimes Ootori felt like Atobe read him like an open book.
"Are you staying the night then?" Atobe asked, his voice sounding husky but Ootori was sure that had only been in his head. The captain didn't behave anything from normal, so it was probably Ootori who had psyched himself into thinking Atobe was going to try something tonight.
'Get yourself together, Ootori Choutarou!' he told himself and gave then his boyfriend a nod. "Hai, if that is still okay with you."
"It is." Atobe assured still as amused, if not more, and closed the distance between them with an innocent peck on the younger boy's lips.
Ootori slowly opened his mouth and let Atobe turn the previously innocent kiss into a more passionate one. His captain's arms were slowly circling around his waist and pulling him closer and Ootori let his arms rest on the other boy's back.
Atobe refused the urge to smile inside the kiss. Ootori was being very obedient tonight. It was all to his favor.
It didn't take long before Ootori found himself trapped under Atobe's arms and lying on his back on the king-sized bed.
Atobe noted that the boy tensed up in surprise but gradually calmed down as Atobe just kept kissing him.
After cuddling the younger boy for a while and making him relax, Atobe slowly started his attack and moved his body up against Ootori's. Their bodies were pressing tightly together and causing more heat to go up to Ootori's already heated up face.
As soon as it looked like it looked like it was getting too much or going too fast for Ootori, Atobe slowed down.
Ootori smiled as he returned yet another kiss. Atobe was no doubt in the mood to make out with him and be close and Ootori found it strange that he could feel this comfortable in another guy's arms. Maybe this was really how it was supposed to be when you were together with someone you cared for, and that it didn't matter if you were of the same sex or not.
It was like Atobe was telling him in every caress, every time the captain's hands massaged over his body, just how much Atobe really cared for him. Ootori's smile widened. Maybe this was what they meant with the expression 'body language', that you tell your partner stuff that words couldn't describe.
As their lips locked again, Atobe's hand brushed past one of Ootori's nipples and the younger boy let out a breathless moan. It sounded much like the one Gakuto had let out when Ootori had overheard the other doubles pair's activities, just that Ootori's hadn't been as loud.
Ootori felt a blush creep up on his face as Atobe's eyes caught his for a moment. The captain then leaned down again to seal his lips and, to Ootori's horror, ran his hand over the same nipple again making Ootori bite back a moan.
Atobe knew he had the moan trapped inside of him and the captain seemed amused by Ootori's efforts to not let it pass his lips. The captain gave the same movement yet another try, this time succeeding in pressing the moan out of Ootori.
Ootori was embarrassed to hear himself like this. It felt awfully personal, but Atobe was obviously only pleased and the older boy leaned down to start nibbling on his neck and continued to massage his hands over Ootori's chest.
Ootori shut his eyes and bit on his lower lip, but sounds of pleasure escaped from him anyway.
To let the embarrassed boy know it was all alright to react that way, Atobe leaned in to give him a kiss on the lips again. Ootori seemed to prefer Atobe's lips on his, since they felt more familiar there. Maybe Ootori was afraid of how he would react if Atobe kissed him elsewhere. That reason alone made Atobe even keener to place his attention on Ootori's neck.
Ootori gave a small groan in protest when Atobe's lips left his to please his neck instead. After going through both sides of the neck Atobe had already found three extra sensitive spots.
The captain carefully moved lower down on the other boy's chest as much as the shirt Ootori wore would allow him to go. He didn't want to scare Ootori or risk him to tell Atobe to stop, so Atobe would have to take it easy and watch his steps.
Ootori's breathing had speeded up a little, as Atobe's fingers almost unnoticeably opened a few buttons on the shirt and his mouth continued to explore the delicate skin.
The younger boy felt how Atobe's advances had started to affect him and his body was reacting to them. Ootori's face flushed, he didn't want Atobe to know that he was getting turned on just because Atobe was kissing him on other places than on his lips. But judging from the way they were pressed together, Ootori doubted it took long before Atobe noticed it himself.
Ootori tried to think of the most turn offing things he could imagine, but every time he tried Atobe would press lips against some part of his chest that would blow his mind off from all other thoughts and Ootori would have to start from scratch again.
The younger boy sighed in pleasure, yet annoyed with himself. Didn't Atobe know how much he affected him? Maybe Atobe expected Ootori to last longer than this before starting to feel so turned on.
Ootori would've felt bad if he wasn't too busy feeling amazed over the overwhelming touches Atobe kept performing on his body. How could the captain know just how much pressure to add to make him feel good when this was the first time they had ever been this intimate together?
Ootori didn't really bother to think about it for so long. His body had already started to turn against him and now he was starting to want more. So when Atobe finally removed the shirt he was wearing and ran caressing hands all over his naked chest, Ootori didn't object.
Atobe smiled down at his little prey. The further Ootori allowed him to go, the more Atobe was twirling the junior around his finger.
Atobe also knew that deep down inside Ootori wanted to sleep with him. To Ootori sex was an act of love and they had never experienced it before, when other guys had experienced it together with Atobe. In other words there were others who knew Atobe better than Ootori did, and the younger boy wanted to know everything there was to know about Atobe.
Also Ootori would want Atobe to know everything there was to know about him, to which Atobe had no objections at the moment.
Atobe moved his hands further down, one landing on Ootori's thigh and the other one started to work to get Ootori's belt undone. The younger boy's breath hitched as he succeeded in leading the belt out of the school uniform and drop it somewhere behind him on the floor.
Atobe glanced at the other boy for a while. "Would you like me to stop?"
Ootori blushed, but found himself shaking his head in a reply. He was immediately rewarded by Atobe's relieved face and the captain proceeded in undoing Ootori's pants just as slowly as he had gotten rid of the belt.
Ootori felt his stomach hurt in excitement. He reminded himself that Atobe indeed was used to moving faster, and he heard his pants hit the floor somewhere behind them.
Atobe covered his mouth over Ootori's to calm the younger boy down a little. To his surprise he felt Ootori's hands carefully lift up on his shirt and he couldn't stop himself from smiling. Ootori must feel awkward being the less clothed one, but Atobe hadn't wanted to undress before he knew Ootori wouldn't resist him anymore.
Atobe helped Ootori remove his shirt and kissed the other boy briefly, before starting to move his mouth from Ootori's lips to the chin, next to the neck, down the muscular chest until he finally reached one pair of underwear.
Ootori held his breath as Atobe's hand playfully jerked the last piece of clothing he wore off his body and threw it to the floor somewhere. Ootori was unsure what Atobe was going to do next, when the captain closed his mouth around Ootori's member.
The captain watched amused how Ootori pushed his whole upper body up from the bed as he continued to take him fully into his mouth. Ootori's breathing had become unsteady, but the boy was still trying to be as quiet as possible. Atobe wouldn't let him, and he started to please the younger boy with his tongue as well.
Ootori could no longer hold back all the sounds that were gathering up inside of him and his face flushed like Atobe had never seen it do before. The captain smirked for himself. He loved virgins. It was always so much fun to teach them the pleasures their bodies could offer them.
The same went for straight guys. Atobe was certain he could turn almost any straight guy he slept with into gay. They never knew either the pleasures they could find from sleeping with another guy. In a way they too were just like virgins and Atobe was always determined to live up to the saying that only a man knows how to please another man.
Ootori had grabbed a hold on the sheets and with the power the younger boy had inside of himself he was threatening to rip them apart. That didn't make Atobe slow down in the least though, and the captain didn't withdraw before he was close to pushing Ootori over the edge.
Ootori was still seeing stars in front of his eyes when Atobe got up from the bed and to the small table next to it. Sitting down again he felt Ootori look inquiringly at what he had brought along with him to bed.
"Are you alright?" Atobe asked, but it sounded more like he would've said: Are you alright with this?
Ootori tried not to gaze the condom and the lube Atobe had in his hands and focused instead on the captain's eyes.
"Yes…" Ootori hated how doubtful he sounded, but he couldn't shake the question of how long had Atobe been prepared to sleep with him and had all those stuff in the drawer next to the bed? Well, Atobe was experienced so maybe he had had stuff like that there ever since the first time he had gone to bed with someone.
Ootori didn't know how right he was in that last case. Atobe was always ready for visitors.
After Atobe had prepared himself, the older boy sat down between Ootori's still slightly parted legs.
"Don't look so shocked." Atobe said playfully and kissed Ootori's lips once, while positioning himself in front of the boy. "I just wanted to wish you a happy Valentine's Day properly." he smiled and slowly pushed inside the younger boy. He could feel Ootori's body tense up under his.
The junior fought hard to relax and succeeded in opening his eyes to stare into Atobe's. Those innocent brown eyes gazing into his just gave the whole event something extra…
That's why Atobe loved sleeping with various people. There was always a new sensation that every new person could bring forth during sex with him.
Ootori's breathing was still quite heavy but Atobe noted how the boy was otherwise starting to adjust to this feeling of Atobe being inside of him.
However before Atobe could decide to pick up the speed a little Ootori spoke out, his voice was breathless but there was a sign of happiness behind it.
"I-it's my birthday as well."
Atobe was slightly taken aback and he paused in his actions for a second. For some reason he felt a sting of guilt go through him, since he was playing such a dirty game on the other boy's birthday no less, but the captain quickly got a hold on himself.
"Well, happy birthday then too." he smiled and leaned in to kiss the younger boy as tenderly as he could. And boy was Atobe skilled enough in that area as well. His kiss left the junior practically panting for air and falling in love with him even more than before. Ootori's face was a total scarlet by now, but the boy still managed to smile. That amazed Atobe a little.
It was amazing how much faith Ootori could have in people. Atobe hadn't been his "boyfriend" for longer than a month, but the younger boy already trusted him with his life.
Atobe continued to move and was glad see Ootori's expression lacking the look of pain it had previously worn.
Ootori was also glad. He was glad to find that Atobe had been right about the pain and that Oshitari and Gakuto indeed must've been doing something wrong instead. The situation now allowed Ootori to be able to enjoy this first time his lover made love to him.
Atobe's breath tickled against his skin and the captain leaned down every once in a while to catch his lips in a heated kiss. Ootori silently wondered why people thought so negatively about gay relationships when so far all Atobe had provided him with was happiness.
He never knew two people could feel so connected. It was as if they truly were off one body and Ootori didn't want to be separated from Atobe, but he didn't get to think about that for much longer as Atobe pushed them both to relief.
Ootori didn't remember feeling this worn out in a long time and Atobe slowly lied down next to him, a smile on his lips. Atobe jerked as he felt Ootori place an arm around him and move in closer to snuggle with him, but he let the younger boy do as he wanted anyway and just returned the hug.
"I love you, Atobe." Ootori mumbled and placed his head to rest on the captain's chest.
Atobe remained silent. This was the first time a guy had confessed his love for him after sleeping with him, they usually only confessed that they had loved what he had done to them. Then again it was so like Ootori to want to confess a love since they had just made love.
The captain ran his fingers through Ootori's hair once and placed a kiss on the forehead. That was all the reply Ootori seemed to need and the boy gave a pleased sound, ready to let sleep take over him.
Atobe stayed awake for a while longer and when the morning light hit them through the open curtains, Atobe was also the first one to wake up to it. The bright light made him open his eyes and gaze upon the figure sleeping in his arms.
Ootori looked as innocent sleeping as he did awake.
The captain propped himself up on the pillows, his eyes still continuing to watch the younger boy. He would have to get rid off the boy now. He would have to say goodbye once Ootori woke up. It wasn't in his style to let boys linger around him for very long after he had used them.
Besides he didn't believe in love. It was more than obvious that Ootori did. Atobe knew he couldn't give Ootori the love the boy deserved even if he would've wanted to. He mastered loving only between the sheets.
Atobe looked at the eyelids. The look upon the junior's face was so peaceful. He wondered how Ootori would react when he told the boy the truth. His instinct told him Ootori would be the type to first deny the new information, then when finally accepting it get heartbroken and maybe fall apart and cry.
Ootori's eyelids blinked and Atobe realized the younger boy was waking up. A moment later Ootori opened two lazy brown eyes that were directed towards him.
"Good morning." Ootori mumbled with a smile and brought a hand up to rub one of his eyes.
"Morning." Atobe replied. He watched as Ootori gave a small yawn and carefully rolled off of his captain.
"Choutarou…" Atobe started and Ootori's smile grew wider at the sound of his name on Atobe's lips. Atobe hesitated and Ootori tried to sit up, a visible pain going through his body immediately. The younger boy quickly smiled to hide his discomfort and to not make Atobe worried.
"Yeah?" he looked up.
"Would…you like some breakfast?" Atobe then asked instead and Ootori's smile widened.
"Sure." the junior sounded thankful and tried to get up, when Atobe stopped him by placing a hand on his shoulder.
"I'll order some up here." the captain said and Ootori gave out a small blush. Atobe slowly removed his hand from the younger boy and got up to find his butler. He could let Ootori stay for breakfast at least. The boy must be hungry after last night. That was all.
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A/N notes: I want to go and hide somewhere where I can blush my cheeks off…Hopefully I haven't traumatized someone with my interesting ways of describing AtobeOotori-pair, especially since they'd make a lovely couple.