Chapter 29

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Something disturbed him as he slept.

Was it… What was that sound?

The sound echoed again, and images started appearing in his sleep-dazed thoughts.

What… was it… Crying?

Yawning, he slowly opened his eyes, groaning quietly as he was pulled out of the comfortable slumber he'd been in.

The crying was still present. It was low, but definitely there.

Turning on to his other side, he lifted himself up on an elbow and glanced down at his partner.

"Astral?" he said quietly, questioningly.

He heard Astral gasp beneath his breath, and noticed how the other seemed to stiffen, trying to steady his breathing, so that he would appear asleep.

Yuma sighed quietly at the vain attempt. "What's wrong?" he then asked, voice low and gentle, moving a hand and placing it on Astrals shoulder.

"No… nothing…" Astral replied, making Yuma roll his eyes at him.

"Oh really, is that so?" he said "then I guess you wouldn't mind this!".

As he said that, he grabbed Astrals shoulder tightly, forcing him to roll onto his back beneath him and pinning his hands in the bed above the aliens' head.

Astral tried to move so that he could cover his eyes with an arm, but before he managed it, Yuma claimed a passionate kiss from his cool lips, dazing the alien.

Once Yuma broke the kiss again, Astral was shivering and tears were running silently down his cheeks.

Yuma frowned, releasing him and holding himself up in the bed with his hands on either side of the other.

"Astral… My precious love, what's wrong? Why are you crying? Don't try and lie to me, okay? You know I can tell if you are" he said, kissing the salty tears away from the others skin.

"I… I'm sorry Yuma" the alien mumbled, then swallowed, before he continued "it's just… We can't do anything about it anyways, so just forget it…".

"Astral, enough!" Yuma exclaimed "tell me why you're crying!".

Astral sighed, then swallowed, eyes closed, and head turned as much away from Yuma as he could in their current position.

"Kari… she was so mad at us. At me… If this drives a wedge between the two of you, I… And isn't she right? Didn't I, in all honesty, know there was a risk, however impossible it seemed?

I'm forcing you into something that you shouldn't have been worrying about for another 10 years or something… I deserve all her hatred…" the blue being said, voice low and shaking slightly.

"Astral…" Yuma said, voice tender and filled with sympathy.

After a little, he moved a hand to place a couple of fingers on the others' cheek, forcing him to turn his head just enough for the young man to kiss him deeply.

When their lips separated again, Yumas eyes were soft and a small smile was on his lips. The perfect image of comfort, Astral thought.

"You're not forcing me in to anything, love" Yuma said, voice lowered.

"I had a choice you know. I could just have said that I didn't want to have anything to do with any of this, knowing that you'd just have been taken care of in Astral World instead, if that had been the case.

Knowing, that you would accept my refusal and leave, and then I'd never have to see you ever again…

But I chose to take responsibility.

It took the both of us to create this being and it will take both of us to raise it. I don't want to not be a part of its life. Of yours.

Though… I must admit that I too, am a little troubled by Karis' reaction. I'm really worried that she's never going to speak to me again and well… With mom and dad still travelling so much for work… Having to lose Kari as well is… well, it's scary.

But Grandma says she just needs time and I choose to believe her. Once things sink in, Kari will understand. She will accept what is, I'm sure of it!

So, worrying about it, is a waste of time and energy!

I know it's not easy Astral, but you have to try and have a little faith in sis as well, okay?".

The human male silenced, still smiling at Astral.

The alien looked into the others' eyes for a long while, in complete silence, but then he finally smiled, albeit faintly, and nodded, moving his arms up to wrap them around Yumas' neck.

"You're right, Yuma" he said softly "I will try".

Yumas' smile widened. "Good!" he said, then lay back down beside the other again, placing himself on his side so that he could look at him.

After a while though, he suddenly rolled on to his back and placed an arm beneath his head, looking at the ceiling.

"It's strange, sleeping in my bed again" he said after a bit, not looking at Astral.

"I haven't really used it much since mom and dad first disappeared. I guess using it now, once more, brings it to full circle, since they're technically not missing any longer, even though they aren't present".

Astral looked at him, somewhat sleepily, though he didn't say anything. He just let Yuma continue with his trail of thought.

"What do we do next time Eliphas and Enna summons you?" the young man asked "I mean, I don't want you to go there alone… I don't know why, but somehow, I don't really trust them to let you back here, if I didn't come with you".

Astral, understanding that he was expected to reply this time, hesitated for a few seconds, but then said "I do not believe they would imprison me there Yuma, but I must be honest with you. I do not wish to go there without you.

It sounded like they expected me to stay for a few days once I went there again and I… I don't wish to be apart from you for even a few hours".

Yumas' smile widened at that and he moved an arm around Astral, pulling him closer to himself, still with his other arm under his head and not looking at the alien.

"Well, that's good then. That means you won't object when I force my way on to your ship as you prepare to leave" Yuma replied and Astral blinked, somewhat confused.

"I would never" he started, but then he noticed Yumas expression and sighed softly, shaking his head ever so gently, before he moved so that he could rest it on Yumas chest, caressing his stomach and side with one hand, whilst the other rested near his head.

"Say Astral" Yuma said after a while of silence.

"Hmm?" Astral responded.

After a bit, Yuma flipped on to his side again, making Astral move away slightly as he did.

Then the human placed a hand on Astrals cheek, and moved closer to him again, so that they could kiss passionately.

When he withdrew, it was only a little bit, as he moved an arm around Astrals waist and let his hand wander to the others rounded rear.

With his other hand, he let the fingers run seductively down Astrals neck and to his chest, where he started playing softly with a nipple.

As he did this, he claimed his lovers' lips again and Astral moaned against him, opening his mouth and inviting the other inside.

Their tongues wrestling one another, it was all the alien could do, not to cry out with pleasure, even with this relatively little stimulation.

His hands started roaming on Yumas body, grasping at skin once in a while, or tightening their hold around an arm when they came within reach of one.

Yuma, sensing that Astral was responding to his actions, then went on to release his lovers mouth, only to move his lips down and envelop the nipple he'd just been playing with, suckling slightly as he did.

Astral moaned, closing his eyes and arching his back, unable to remain still.

Yuma smirked against his lovers' chest, letting his hand travel lower, until he could touch the slit between Astrals legs.

The alien willingly spread his thighs further apart, so that Yuma had more room to move in, and the human wasn't late in beginning his ministrations.

Rubbing the slit until it was noticeably wet, at which point Astrals' cheeks had flushed with heat and his nipples had stiffened, his whole body, shivering with anticipation, Yumas' breath fastened, and he started panting, sweat springing forth on his skin, as he moved his lips up to his lovers' neck and kissed it, sucking until he'd left a visible mark there.

"Astral" he then said, voice passionate and his breath like fire against the alien, as the young man leaned down over him, mouth next to Astrals' ear, even as Yuma continued his rubbing of the slit between his thighs.

"I… I want you to… take me… like you did, back then… in the toilets at school… Remember, I said I… really liked it" he said, in between breaths, voice hoarse with desire. "Is there a way that… you could perhaps… penetrate me? I would really love… to feel you… inside me".

Astral moaned at the pleasure, his human partners breathing against his skin, caused within him.

But the others' words surprised him and startled, he opened his eyes half-way, glancing at Yuma, though he could only see his neck and some of his hair, in their current position.

"What are you… saying, Yuma?" he asked, his own breathing rapid with arousal.

"You hear me" Yuma whispered against his ear, before he started kissing it. "I… want… to… feel… you… inside… me" he added, in between lips meeting skin.

"Is it possible? After all, you are male after all… Didn't you say once… that your body adjusted… to me, being your partner?

So then, can you change it… at will? Like when you make yourself… solid".

Astral let out a loud moan, as one of Yumas hands caressed a gem at his shoulder, and his hold around the other tightened painfully as his body jolted.

He frowned. Was Yuma really asking, what Astral thought he was?

"Ahh!" he gasped, as his partner kissed his earlobe, but once this wave of pleasure passed through him, he said, in a shivering voice "yes… I… may be able to… accommodate your… wish… But… It would require a great deal of… focus… Just like when I… become solid".

Yuma felt his heartbeat fasten at Astrals confirmation of his uttered suspicions and smirked against the blue skin.

"Do it" he said, biting into his aliens' neck, to leave yet another mark on him.

It wasn't something he usually did, but for some reason, he was feeling uncharacteristically possessive tonight.

Perhaps it had to do with his worry about Enna and Eliphas imprisoning Astral once he returned to Astral World.

He wasn't sure, but it seemed plausible.

"Yuma, I" Astral started, but then hissed with pleasure, as Yuma bit him.

It was very unlike him, but in a way, the alien liked it.

His hold around Yuma tightened briefly, before he relaxed somewhat again.

His whole body was still hot with desire, and his breathing was rapid.

He wanted, NEEDED, to be unified with Yuma again and his partners suggestion… actually appealed to him.

He'd wanted to try the same thing for a while, though he'd never mentioned it, thinking Yuma would be against it.

After all, for two males to be joined properly, there was only one opening on Yuma that he could use, and he knew it would most likely be quite painful.

Also, he'd never thought Yuma would be in to that sort of thing, though the fact that he seemed curious, pleased him.

"I… I might hurt you" the alien said, voice betraying his worry, but Yuma just shook his head.

"You could never hurt me" he replied, repeating the words which he had said so often, during Astrals' time.

And Astral swallowed heavily, moistening his lips, feeling less inclined to dispute the others statement, than ever before.

"Alright, if you are certain" he said, tightening his hold around the other once more "I will try".

And with those words, even as Yuma continued to kiss him, sometimes sucking on his skin and accompanying his actions with a touch of one or more of the gems on the aliens' body, Astral closed his eyes and focused on bringing forth the organ of his desire…