~I'm glad you liked the pictures! I had to jump into the canal to get the angle I wanted you to see and it was worth it! I bought this old camera in a pawn shop and I like it a lot! I hope you are ready to get tons and tons of mediocre photography every week!
Also…
Thanks for the care package!
I wasn't expecting you to take what I wrote in the last letter seriously… but I'm glad you did.
Those pictures took me by surprise, good thing I didn't decide to open the box at the cafe, huh?
You looked great.
Too bad your red jacket doesn't fit you anymore, but it looks nice over your shoulders. And was that my shirt in the last one? You told me you couldn't find it the last time I visited!
….But keep it.
It looks better on you. That picture alone is worth more than one missing shirt anyways. (Thou, I feel soooooo jealous of that pillow. I'll make sure to drop by soon to remind you what a REAL ride looks like.)
Before I forget, can you tell me how you took those pictures all by yourself? I'm dying to take some for you!
I hope this one is good enough, be patient with me.
I still have so much to learn…. But I'll try my best to send pictures that make you moan my name on those lonely nights.
Yours did that for me, it's only fair I return the favor…
Hope to hear from you soon, Shou!
I'll see you as soon as I'm able, and if I manage to get some signal, I'll call you too!~
-Love,
Juudai!
P.S. The next time I visit Venice, I would love for you to come along. I know you would love it here, my love. I would do anything to hold your hand right now.
P.P.S. The gelato from the convenience store has NOTHING on the real thing, Shou. Like, not even a little! We've been living a lie!
Shou exhaled the air his nose had sharply inhaled at some point. His hands settled the letter aside with the uppermost care, and took the picture out of the envelope ever so slowly.
He could feel his cheeks warming up once again with anticipation.
There he was…
Juudai Yuki.
His best friend, his lover, standing naked in front of a full-length mirror.
Shou had to admit that Juudai was not giving himself enough credit. This picture was far more than good enough.
It was perfect.
The colors of the sunset gently bathing his body, the reflection of the sun rays in the mirror acting as censorship lines across his toned chest, his messy hair dripping little droplets over his bare shoulders (possibly the result of him taking a shower beforehand,) and the shy smile he wore on his face, complete with a soft blush that extended from his cheeks to his ears.
Juudai's legs looked amazing, they looked perfectly toned. It was obvious that they were so strong, since Juudai walks so much every single day.
Shou's hips squirm a little under the desk.
If this was Juudai's amateur attempt, what will he be capable of doing once he gets more practice?
Shou's mind starts to wander.
He wants to see Juudai's clumsy efforts to get this picture right.
He wants to see everything that went on behind the scenes.
He wants to see Juudai's previous attempts.
He wants to see Juudai getting ready for the picture.
He wants to see…
He wants to see Juudai…
Shou feels himself squirming again. This time, he provoked friction between his crotch and his wooden chair.
"J-juudai.."
Shou bites his tongue, then places a hand over his mouth.
"No, wait. What am I doing?" He whispers. "I need to get this done as soon as possible."
The faster he is done with the letter, the faster Juudai will receive it.
And the sooner he will be able to take more pictures for Juudai…
"I want to wear his shirt again…" Shou whispers, biting his bottom lip. "Is it possible to get an angle of me fingering myself in bed?"
He thinks about it for a long second.
"Maybe he would prefer a picture of me in the bathtub?" Shou kept voicing his thoughts as he started writing a new letter.
Normally he would start his messages by saying how much he misses Juudai, then attempt to make some dirty joke that somehow always ended up being effective. However, this letter started with Shou begging Juudai to be safe out there, and explaining the events that happened to him last week.
Shou sighed.
Yeah, not the sexiest way to follow Juudai's letter, but he can get to that part later.
"I really hope you didn't get in trouble." Shou whispers as he writes. "That psychopath got a lot of people hurt just to get Cyber End Dragon… What if he goes after you? I know you are strong, but…"
Shou stops writing and puts the pen down. He looks out of the window for a while, it's still pouring down as hard as it was back when it started raining like an hour ago. It is possible to see flashes of light outside, but he can't hear anything, which means the lightning must not be close.
It's better to be safe than sorry. He thinks to himself.
Still, he stands up and goes to turn off the heater in case the lightning comes closer to the building later down the line. Shou then goes to the kitchen and turns off the stove before grabbing the kettle and pouring hot water in a cup.
After Shou is done preparing his tea, he goes back to his room and sits down in front of his desk. He sighs. In all fairness, he was so sure that walking around the apartment for a bit would get his mind flowing, but he still had nothing.
His eyes drift to his camera, which is sitting right next to his lamp.
"... Fuck." He sighs again. "This is your fault, Juudai. You and your… Horny letters."
Shou leans forward, he was just about to take his camera, but a sudden THUMP! made him stop dead in his tracks.
He looks up, slowly. His mind screams that it's all good, that it was probably just a pigeon crashing against his window.
A good five seconds pass before he gathers the bravery to look up, and when he does, he is greeted by the silhouette of a person.
"Oh shit!" He jumps out of his seat, and looks around for anything in his room that could make a good makeshift weapon.
In his quick thinking, he opts for the lamp. However, as the light touched the window, Shou noticed that this wasn't a stranger.
"Juudai?!"
Juudai smiles and waves his hand. The sound is muffled due to the closed window, but Shou is so sure that Juudai said, "Hey!"
He quickly drops the lamp and opens the window. His boyfriend ended up falling on the desk in the process, but he was clumsily trying to get on his feet.
"W-what are you doing-" Shou kneels and tries to help Juudai up by supporting his arm. "I-I'm happy to see you but- Wait, did you climb the fire escape in the middle of a storm?! Juudai, I'm on the fifth floor!"
Juudai's only response is to hug him.
Despite how confused he felt right now, how soaked and cold Juudai felt, or how he stunk like a wet dog; Shou wrapped his arms around his boyfriend and squeezed him close.
"... I missed you." Shou whispers, his face hiding in Juudai's shoulder.
"I missed you too." Juudai giggles, kissing the top of Shou's head. "I couldn't wait to see you. I was so impatient."
Shou didn't even notice he was crying until he sniffed.
"I was so impatient too." He brings his face even closer to the other's shoulder to dry off his tears. "I just read your letter and… I wanted to have you here with me… I wanted to hold you…. God, Juudai, when was the last time you showered? You stink!"
Shou broke away from the embrace just a little bit, Juudai was still holding him by the waist.
"Sorry, I decided to take a night train instead of crashing at a hotel." Juudai laughed. "I just couldn't wait."
Shou smiled again, he scratched his eye to wipe away another tear.
"I also couldn't wait to give you this!"
"Give me wha-"
"Ta-da!"
Shou's gray eyes snapped wide open.
His words died in his throat right after Juudai pulled Cyber End Dragon out.
"H-how-"
"I rode a motorcycle through time, and dueled an evil guy for it!"
"...You what?"
Juudai moans in delight as he lets his body submerge in the hot water.
"This feels nice…" He whispers, eyes closed as he reclines his head on the edge of the tub.
The door opens, Shou walks in with a bunch of clothes in hand and places them on the toilet seat.
"Your stuff is in the washer and Pharaoh is all dried out." He says, smiling at how Juudai opens one eye to look at him. "I left him with my electric blanket. He made a nest, so I don't think we are allowed on the couch for the whole night."
"Thanks, Shou." Juudai smiles. "Hey, um… could you tell Ryou that I'm so sorry for the noise if he gets out of his room?"
"I can tell him… When he gets back."
"Huh? Where is-"
"He is gonna be dueling in Europe for a while. After the "Paradox incident" he talked to some of our sponsors and struck a deal with them, so they wouldn't stop supporting us. Turns out my brother has quite the following in Europe, especially France. They like him a lot." He simply shrugs. "So, yeah…. It's… Just me to take care of the apartment in the meantime."
Juudai opens his other eye, shifts his position so he is laying sideways, and then smirks at the other male.
"Oh." He says, forcing a casual tone. "So… You are gonna be home alone for a while, huh?"
Shou smirks back.
"Yup… It has been like that for a while." Shou uses a tone that sounded far from innocent. "The last two days, actually, just me in this lonely apartment."
Kneeling down, Shou leans to the edge of the bathtub. He is close, so close that the tip of his nose barely brushes Juudai's.
"If I knew you were gonna be lonely, I would have dropped Venice in a second." Juudai raises a hand and caresses Shou's hair, getting it wet with soapy water, but he didn't seem to mind as he leaned into the touch.
"But you wouldn't have been able to go on a time travel adventure if you did that." Shou teases him, cupping his cheek and caressing it with his thumb.
"Mmm… True."
Juudai then covers Shou's hand on his own and moves it just a bit so he could kiss Shou's palm.
Shou noticed something change in Juudai's eyes. He was suddenly looking down, his gaze became a bit somber.
"Juudai?" Shou whispered. "Are you alright?"
"He made me think you were dead…" His voice sounded raspy, it was apparent he did his best to avoid choking on his words.
Shou's eyes went wide for a split second, but then softened.
"You mean… that Paradox guy?"
Juudai nods, very lightly and slowly.
"To get your card, he…" Juudai grits his teeth. "A-and I thought… I'm sorry, Shou… I should have been there with you. I should have protected you."
"Oh, Juudai." Shou sighs. "I'm okay. People got hurt but… I wasn't gonna be trading lives for a card so… I gave it to him. In the condition that he would leave and not hurt anyone else… I was a coward, but-"
"No." Juudai whispers into Shou's hand. "You were a hero."
"Juudai, come on, I'm not a-"
Before he was able to finish that sentence, Juudai had shut him up with a kiss.
Shou welcomed this action. He kissed Juudai back with just as many feelings of longing, the way he moved his lips was a bit more bold than normal, but the other seemed to like it.
Juudai was the first one to part his lips and beckon Shou's tongue inside his mouth. He was starved for contact, he wanted Shou to take over.
Shou obliged. His hands started caressing Juudai's brown hair, deepening their kiss.
Juudai whimpers, his arms wrap around Shou's neck and pulls him forward.
Their lips broke away from each other, but their faces remained close as they both panted their warm breath against the other.
"J-juudai, what-"
"Come closer." He kept pulling Shou close.
"Juudai, I'm-" Shou's arm gets inside the tub, his long sleeve gets soaked immediately. "Juudai, m-my clothes."
"Please."
"Let me at least- mph!"
Their lips met again for another intense kiss. Shou suddenly felt weak, he couldn't stop his body from following Juudai's pulling. Before he had realized it, he was laying on top of his boyfriend, their combined weight pushed water out of the tub, and onto the bathroom floor like ocean waves.
"Shou…" Juudai murmured. His eyes were admiring how Shou was now completely soaked from head to toe.
After contemplating his body for a moment, Juudai's gaze went to Shou's face, he quickly realized something was missing.
"M-my glasses, I can't find my- Ah!"
Shou's hand slipped as he tried to find his spectacles, after his face collided with Juudai's chest, he separated and stood on his knees.
"S-sorry!" He stuttered.
Juudai laughed at the scene and sat up. His hands wandered around the water for a few seconds before he felt Shou's glasses brush up against his fingers.
"Found them."
"O-oh, thanks, could you put them somewhere safe?" Shou asked, now looking completely bashful.
"No problem!" He nodded despite knowing the other could barely even distinguish shapes without his glasses.
After setting them aside, he scooted back to Shou. Making sure to separate the bluenette's legs and getting comfortable in the middle of them.
Shou got even more flustered, he squeaked when he felt Juudai grab him by the hips and encourage him to sit on top of his lap.
Despite his embarrassment, Shou wrapped his arms around Juudai's neck again.
"Juudai…" He whispered, bringing his face so close, as if fearing to lose him.
"Shou…" Juudai's hand goes underwater and starts caressing Shou's tight. "God, I missed this."
"Ah…" Shou moans, delighting in Juudai's touch. "I missed you too…"
"I missed you…" Juudai repeats. His hand continues to massage him, the other soon joins as they both travel upwards and rest on Shou's lower back. "I missed you…"
He kisses him once more. His tongue devoured those soft lips with care while his hands gripped his derriere.
Juudai heard him whimper at his prompting, so he repeated the action a few times. All while planting butterfly kisses all over Shou's wet turtleneck.
"J-juudai…" Shou moaned his name. "Oh… Juudai…"
He knew the other couldn't see him clearly right now, but if he could, he would have been able to see the absolute gaze of adoration that Juudai was giving him.
"Shou…" Juudai whispered in his best attempt to sound sultry. "What was in your mind?"
"Mmm?"
"When you took those pictures…" He clarified. "What were you imagining?"
"A-ah? F-for which one?"
Juudai snickered, he loved the implication of Shou having so many fantasies of them.
"How about…" His hands grip harshly, eliciting a whimper for the other. "How about the one where you were doing this to that pillow?"
When he remarked that word, he tightened his grip on Shou's ass even more and dragged his hips altogether, causing his clothed bulge to rub against Juudai's free erection.
"Oooh! Juudai!" Shou moaned, loudly.
"Shou." Juudai breathed out. "Please tell me… I wanna hear it."
This time, he moved his own pelvis, grinding against Shou's crotch and eliciting another sweet moan.
"J-juudai… I-Oh!" Shou whimpers again, he hides his face on Juudai's neck and starts whispering. "I was remembering… Ah! T-the night… Oooh Juudai… The night at the library!"
Juudai stopped moving.
His eyes went wide for a second, but his shock had to be cut short as Shou's hips continued to spasm; craving more friction.
Juudai started moving again, he smiled and slid his tongue on Shou's earlobe.
"So that's it, huh?" He whispers against the ear, as quietly as possible. "Oh, Shou… It seems that great minds think alike."
"H-huh?"
"I touched myself to that memory after taking the picture I sent you."
"A-ah!"
Juudai snickered. Instead of letting just his member do all the rubbing, he decided to use his hand to palm him. He licked his lips when he felt Shou's dick throb against his hand once again… He was so on the edge.
Juudai wanted to keep him there a bit more.
"Oooh… A-ah!"
"I can't believe how we never got caught back then." He tried to sound casual to tease Shou a bit more.
"Mmm…"
"Do you remember it as vividly as I do?" He asked, his movements became faster, he tried to match Shou's increased panting.
"Mmph!"
"The night was so humid… The library was so dark…" Juudai moans, feeling his own arousal begging for attention. "And that table… It creaked so much… Remember how I tried to keep quiet when you fucked me?... I had your blazer in my mouth..."
"J-juudai…"
"Shou… For someone so shy… You certainly pounded me so good that night…" Juudai giggles, he loves how his boyfriend tries to not succumb to his dirty talking. "I felt it in my ass… You came so much… You treated me so well, Shou… When I didn't finish, you took care of me… Your mouth was so warm and slick… God, Shou… I love you so much."
With every word, Shou felt Juudai was taking him to the past. To relive the memory of the first time they truly went all the way.
It was their last year at the academy… On the week of their final exams. Despite everything they had gone through, Shou had decided to do everything in his power to make sure Juudai would ace those exams. They would spend every day and night studying like their lives depended on it.
One of those nights, they fell asleep in the library during the middle of the day. Then, they both woke up past midnight, on the floor, and surrounded by books.
The library was locked from the outside on every door, and past the second floor. So, the only thing they could do was to wait until they opened in the morning. Luckily their next exam was in the afternoon, so everything was fine.
However…
The night was hot. Since the AC had been turned off and the windows were locked, they both started to sweat under the humidity of that night.
Their blazers came out first, but Shou was still hot. His turtleneck shirt had made him a sweaty mess.
He had to take it off, but he was feeling shy at the idea of being topless, so Juudai had come up with an idea.
Since his red blazer was slightly big on him, it wouldn't warm him up as much. Besides, it had to remain unzipped. It turns out that Juudai had broken the zipper at one point, he never realized it, so nobody is sure when it happened.
It was awkward.
They were both trying to not stare at one another, but at one point, it became too much to bear.
It had started with sloppy kisses, which was something they were already used to. As the time passed, something about that night made them feel more adventurous.
Their hands were exploring those areas they had been so afraid to touch before.
Their lips craved more and more of each other.
And their arousals were starting to ache.
So, that night, Juudai and Shou took that step.
First, it was Juudai. He made a confession on Shou's ear, one that inspired them both to act on their forbidden desires.
"I lied about losing that pen you let me borrow… I… I used it… I used it to imagine you were fucking me."
"J-juudai…"
"Please, fuck me… Shou, I want you to fuck me."
They didn't have anything to clean up their mess, so they accommodated their shirts on the table. Then, in an attempt to make sure Juudai was comfortable, Shou rolled his blazer so it could act as a pillow.
On that table, they had desperately held on to each other as they made love for the first time.
"I-I… I love you… Juudai, I love you."
"Ah! Ah… I love you too… Ah! Oh, Shou! I love you!"
It was clumsy, it was awkward, but it was good enough for them.
The next day, they rushed out of the library and ran to Shou's Obelisk dorm to take a quick shower before their exam.
"I don't even remember what I got on that exam." Juudai laughed, rubbing his boyfriend ever so slowly. "All I could think about was you…"
"J-juudai…" Shou started moving his hips at the same rhythm of Juudai's hand. "You were… You were so warm… So sweaty… S-so tight…"
"And you… You are just as hard as back then." He snickers, his free hand pulls Shou's turtleneck down so he can start nibbling on that smooth skin. "I want to feel your dick inside of me, Shou… I also want to blow you until you start shaking… but… You look so cute when you let me jerk you off, Shou…. I want to keep you like this in my lap."
"Juudai… Juudai…" The poor guy was on the edge, he became a moaning mess. "Ah! Ah! Juudai!"
God, he was beautiful like this.
"I want to make you lose it…"
Juudai's hand rubbed faster, he moved his hand so fast that Shou could no longer speak coherent words.
"Mmm… O-oh!"
"Come…" He murmured against Shou's neck. "Please come for me... I wanna see you come."
Juudai separated from his boyfriend's neck. He just loved to see Shou nearly consumed by ecstasy, he was experienced enough with Shou's expressions to know that the only thing in his mind was the need to release.
"Oh, Juudai…"
"I'm here, Shou…"
"Oooh Juudai!…"
"You can be as loud as you want… We are alone here, aren't we? It's just you and me Shou… Just you and me."
Shou's back arched.
"J-juudai! Juudai, I love you!"
The brunette male smiled triumphantly, Shou's cock throbbed hard one more time and it released. He couldn't feel it because of the water, but he knew he had come so much.
Shou's grasp on Juudai started to relax little by little, his breathing became slower too. He wanted to start gaining control over himself in his afterglow, but he just kept panting and hiding his face in the crook of Juudai's neck.
"We m-made…" Shou's breathing is still loud and quick. "Such a mess."
Juudai laughs, he caresses Shou's light blue hair.
"I'll help you clean." He promises. "After we are done."
Now Shou is the one who laughs.
"Yeah, no." He separates from his boyfriend's embrace. "I'm cleaning this disaster, right now."
Juudai blinks.
"B-but! But I'm so hard!" His face flusters from both anger and embarrassment. "Shou, please!"
"Mmm…" Shou hums loudly, softly touching the tip of Juudai's cock. "I think you can wait until I'm done cleaning."
"But I-"
Shou extends his hand, Juudai understands quickly that he is asking for his glasses back. So, he grabs the spectacles that were resting right next to the bottle of shampoo before continuing his pouting.
"Thank you." Shou puts his frames on and gets up to get out of the tub. "While I clean, how about you wash your hair? It still smells bad."
Juudai whines. However, despite his annoyance, he obeys the other's command and grabs the bottle behind him.
"So unfair!" He grumbles as he squeezes it on top of his brown hair.
Shou giggles as he starts taking off his soaked clothes.
"Don't worry, Juudai." He kneels down, as if he was addressing an angry child. "I would never leave you hanging like that. After I'm done with this mess, and you are all clean, we have all night and the whole apartment all for ourselves."
Juudai's face goes a deeper hue of red, his throat goes dry and his eyes go wide.
"R-really?"
"Of course…" He nods. "After all… You gave me such a good rub… I'm dying to give you one too…. With my mouth."
That's all Juudai needed to hear.
In a heartbeat, he went back to scrubbing his hair.
Shou gave him one last smile before going back to what he was doing.
Who knows…
Maybe he will also ask Juudai to bring his camera to bed…