There was a silent supper in the rebel camp when the merry voices of a horde of rebel soldiers disturbed the stillness of the surroundings.
Hisashi raised his fists on air as he passed through the women and children in the streets while riding his horse.
Kaede heard the noise while sipping on a hot soup but ignored it. Too much appraisal had never benn his interest especially in time like these when the rebels had not yet achieved their goals and Hanamichi is not beside him.
"Good evening, my friends!" Hisashi entered the door of the cottage where the highest authorities of the rebellion were having supper. "Congratulate your humble general!"
"May we know the reason for such praise?" An old but sturdy man asked him.
Hisashi inched towards the old man and placed an arm around his shoulders. "I have a royalty in my right hand and another in my left hand." He gestured his wide palms to emphasize his achievements.
"Another royalty as hostage?" The old man's eyes opened widely while Kaede remained unconcerned in his seat.
"What's good news?" A young boy at 21 queried from a corner. "You always take royalties but none of these princes and princesses had ever been used to tumble the great walls of the Ryonan Grand Palace."
"... and they're only used to maximize our gold and silver, am I right?" Hisashi continued the boy's sentence but remained proud of himself. "I beg to differ this time... why? Now I have the Emperor's son."
Kaede gripped his wooden spoon tightly. Emperor's son? Akira's son?
"I gave the heir to the throne his own personal cottage." Hisashi announced. "And another personal cottage for..." He thrilled everyone who was listening. "The King of Kanagawa."
Whispers of amusement, of disbelief and of wonder filled the once silent supper. Even Kaede, the most indistractable among them, glanced at Hisashi.
"I want to see how beautiful the King of Kanagawa is!" The same young boy exclaimed excitedly. "Definitely yes. But after I get my hand on him."
"No one will touch the King." Kaede stood from his seat and his chair toppled down the ground. He spoke sternly and no one dared to question. "Where is the King?" Kaede looked at Hisashi.
"Our soldiers will bring you to him." Hisashi said and when Kaede was about to leave the door, Hisashi told him: "Don't fall down again, Kaede. Use your head now."
Kaede made no comment and went straight to follow the two soldiers who knew where Hanamichi is.
The two soldiers stopped by at the third cottage from where they came from. The cottage was near the oasis and only a single torch lighted the area aside from the moon and stars.
"Did he eat already?" Kaede queried and the soldiers answered no so he asked for a jug of water, a hot soup and delicious fruits before he entered the said cottage.
Slowly, he stepped inside the cottage and locked the door.
It was dark inside and he could hear little sounds of annoyance. As he narrowed his eyes, he found a redheaded man wearing a blue and silver kimono who was trying to free his wrists from the bundles of rope around it.
Kaede knelt before the man and touched the rope binding him. When the man glanced at him... everything froze. Their eyes glued at each other like it were parts of a puzzle.
The man, King Hanamichi of Kanagawa, felt soft clouds surrounding him as sapphire blue eyes looked straight at him. The natural plum lips that he used to love the softness... the seemingly soft fair-skinned cheeks and high slim nose imitating a fox's.
Like the moon meant to show itself to the earth at night... their lips locked softly and in another move... their tongues touched and danced with each other instinctively.
As their lips deepened and they fell to one nirvana, Kaede untied the rope binding Hanamichi. And Hanamichi had the freedom to surround his arms around Kaede's shoulders.
Kaede slid the back of his fingers across Hanamichi's silky smooth cheek and neck... then his hands went south and stopped at Hanamichi's knees. Then his hands reversed to its direction then inserted at the partition of the King's kimono.
Hanamichi groaned as he felt a calloused hand sliding inside his thigh and cupped his manhood gently. His manhood, being caged by that familiar hand, sent tickling sensation to his spine.
The King arched his back and soon laid down on the small white bed... surrendering the pleasure of the evening to the man above him.
Kaede left the manhood and began removing the kimono from the king's body like it was some kind of a curtain.
The naked king closed his eyes to absorb the sensation while his bronze skin glinted under the moonlight and starlight coming from the window beside the bed. Kaede touched Hanamichi's both thighs and as if molding its beauty, he slid his fingers up towards the flat abdomen and hard chest.
The pair of erected nubs of the nipple tickled Kaede's palms and provoked him to taste it by landing his tongue on the tip of one nub.
Kaede brushed his tongue across the hard nub once... then again and again until it had adapted to the rhythm of again and again and again. Kaede cherished the taste of sweet and salty and continued licking while the King kept on moaning out of pleasure.
Kaede took all his clothes off quickly before the loving sensation fade away... then laid down his chest towards Hanamichi's ventral side and they both kissed one more time.
The rim of Hanamichi's mouth was very wet with Kaede's saliva and it warmed him against the cold temperature in the desert at night. Kaede behold the king's face then went south once more and loved the long slender neck of the King.
Hanamichi gave him enough access to his adorable neck and Kaede licked all portions of it.
The rebellion master caressed, smelled, sniffed, pecked and licked Hanamichi from his forehead, to his cheeks, to his neck, to his shoulders, to his chest and stopping at his abdomen.
They were both hungry for each others' touches. There were no words but love that conquered all.
Kaede grasped Hanamichi's manhood then when Hanamichi had apparently adjusted to a more intense ecstasy, Kaede pumped it over and over while kissing Hanamichi on the lips.
Suddenly, Hanamichi who was too overwhelmed with pleasure... hugged Kaede immediately and licked his face and neck with crave.
As the sensation in his manhood intensified, Hanamichi bit a portion of Kaede's neck and sucked on it until he climaxed and laid exhausted on the bed.
It was a night to remember for the both of them.
When making love had ended for the both of them, they both panted and fell deeply asleep in each others' arms.
to be continued