Gentle Affections
Carnal Discretion
Natsume Takashi, in all his eighteen years, would never have guessed he'd ever be in this type of situation. Well, not, at least, until he was much, much older with a wife and kid(s).
I mean, man, he paled as he thought. What the hell am I supposed to say?!
"Kiryuu…"
"Yes?"
Oh god, those widely innocent eyes…it made the question sound even dirtier. Where in the world had the younger boy received the strange influence?
"You, I mean…are you, you know…?" Natsume made vague gestures with his hands, unable to bring himself to say it outright.
"I'm afraid I don't follow," Zero frowned, confused.
Natsume sighed, slumping. "Are you gay?"
"Gay…" Zero thought on it for a moment and gave a slight shake of his head. "Not necessarily. I've never given my orientation much thought, but I don't mind whether the person I have sexual intercourse with is male or female."
Pets weren't allowed for such luxury, in most cases. But Raiga did his best to accommodate both his clients' criteria and that of his pets'. Zero, personally, had never met a pet who'd preferred one gender over the other; their main reason being vampires were all beautiful beings, and they felt honored to be chosen as their bed partners. Pets were not required to offer sexual services, and to be thought attractive enough for such activities was certainly not unwelcome.
"…" Natsume really had to wonder what kind of environment Kiryuu had grown up in to be able to utter a sentence like that so casually, without a single hint of embarrassment. Actually, he'd never really seen Kiryuu unsettled, period. The younger boy was always fairly well composed, but he wasn't wound so tight as to make him a bore.
"Meaning, you're bisexual." He stated.
Zero gave a slight nod. "I suppose." He'd need permission from Kaname if he were to sleep with another vampire, but to tie things up simply he guessed that was what he was.
"And…you want to learn how to…do it with another guy."
"Yes. I'm aware of the technical aspects – one of the males has to prep himself or get prepped for pene—"
"Stop." Natsume held up a hand. Good god, if his face could get any redder… He was sure to die with all the blood going to his head. "So basically…basically…you want to learn about…well, the in-betweens."
In-betweens… Yes, that sounded just about right. Zero gave a firm nod.
Natsume let out a wispy cough. "I understand what you're asking, Kiryuu, but I'm not exactly the best person to come to for something like this."
If Zero were a puppy, his ears would have wilted, with his tail giving a dejected flop, and his big doe eyes turning more…doe-like. Perhaps there would have also been a pitiful whine escaping his throat.
Whatever he might've done, Natsume would have felt like an absolute ass. He wasn't completely without any assistance to offer, however.
"Jun and Tohru could probably help you loads better than I ever could."
And help they did.
Well, goddamn, Natsume swore. See if I ever get myself involved in something like this again.
"Natsume-kun, look a little more enthusiastic, yeah?" Tohru pouted.
Natsume sent her a flat look. She was actually expecting him to look enthusiastic while he did inappropriate funny business-like things to his roommate?
"Natsume, I apologize, but I am grateful for your efforts." Zero softly murmured, his soft lips just shy of touching the shell of his right ear.
Natsume sighed. "Of course." He shot a glance towards the girls. "What's next?" He was currently lying straddled under his underclassman, both of them shirtless.
Both of them had initially been against the idea of doing things…this way, but soon it was only Natsume against the girls and Zero when the younger boy hesitantly touched his bare arm with an apprehensive frown, only to let out a small relieved smile a few moments later. Natsume would have loved to ask what in the world touching his arm had been for, but kept silent on the matter, not wanting to make things even more uncomfortable (well, at least he felt so; Zero didn't seem particularly affected) between the two of them.
Tohru and Jun shared a glance and turned back to the boys on the bed. "Kiryuu-kun, do you remember what we said about taking your time and making your way downward? You're at Natsume-kun's chest. If you're new to your partner, it's okay to explore and see what they like."
"How do I tell?" Kaname was always very composed, even when they were so intimate.
"Oh, you'll be able to tell." Tohru smiled.
Zero felt a bit doubtful, but went along with her advice, once again lowering his head and placing his mouth against Natsume's warm skin, going down the right side of his chest, his lips brushing the barest of kisses along the way. Remembering Kaname's actions, he parted his mouth and let his tongue take a few swipes followed by some gentle suckling. It was enough to redden the skin a little, into a rather enticing soft rosy blush, but not so much as to leave a mark.
Zero felt the expected sliver of irritation seep into him at having to touch someone else, but he'd been getting better since meeting Kaname, and was confident he could keep down the negative emotions for a short while until they were done. This was for Kaname, he reminded himself, so that there wouldn't be a repeat occurrence of Valentine's Day. He could bear with a little irritation.
Natsume let out a soft gasp, tensing at the warm, slick tongue and soft lips on his skin. Zero immediately looked up. "Are you alright?" Had he done something wrong?
"Ah, yeah, just fine." No, not really, he inwardly wailed, but could hardly bring himself to give anything more than a slightly breathless reply of assurance.
Zero looked back down again and paused as his eyes landed on a pale nipple. He knew his own were rather sensitive, with the way he reacted whenever Kaname touched them. Were Natsume's as well?
Shifting his weight on one arm, he used his now free hand to trail along Natsume's torso, feeling for his warmth and the smoothness of his skin. Natsume had a fair complexion though not as much as his own, and with his hand on the older boy's body, the contrast was more visible.
Curiously, he ghosted his fingertips along as he came closer to his current subject of study, and gently rubbed the lightly hardened nub, a bit apprehensive at Natsume's possible reaction.
The older boy tensed even further than before, when he licked him, and he turned his face away, looking off to the side, opposite of where the girls were seated. Zero thought he might've seen a slight flush to his cheeks, but didn't dwell on it, more concerned with whether or not to keep going. He curled his fingers and took hold of the pink nipple between thumb and forefinger, squeezing slightly, before giving a pull.
Natsume moved to press his loose fist to his mouth and shifted his legs, but otherwise stayed silent, and Zero decided to go further, repeating the same movement, but more firmly this time.
It was almost fascinating to watch, as the blood collected and the nub turned darker and harder, making it easier to play around with. Perhaps…
Natsume let out a soft hiss as Zero's warm mouth covered his nipple and began to prod it with the tip of his tongue. Instinctively, he shifted his legs again, trying to find a comfortable enough position to keep them in so that his…oh god, he was getting, he was getting aroused. Letting a couple more swear words fly through his mind, he tried to keep his mortified feelings down.
Goodness, he was getting aroused. By another boy, a year younger, licking and – oooh, damn that felt good…
Zero nearly paused when he heard a soft, gentle groan above him, but kept going, letting his teeth work alongside his tongue and adding a sharp suck after. The hand that'd been previously pressing against Natsume's mouth was now curled at the back of his head, and he took that as a good sign.
He lavished the same attention on the other nipple before going further down, licking and nipping as he went. He moved to completely settle on top of Natsume's pelvis and paused at feeling the evidence of his advances beneath him.
Letting a small smile lift his lips, he shifted against it, trying to get a better feel for how successful he'd been, pulling another throaty groan from the older boy under him. Natsume wasn't fully hard, no, but Zero had gotten a reaction, and he felt a bit of pride for his efforts. He must've been doing something right for him to react this way.
His smile widening, he shifted back against Natsume's arousal, forward and back, forward and back, closely watching the boy for his responses. His breathing was becoming more labored, and there was now a telltale flush to his cheeks, as well as his neck. He was also becoming harder; Zero could feel that clearly under his ass as he moved.
Natsume's muscles flexed and he instinctively bucked his hips up, meeting Zero's movements with his own, trying to add more heat and friction against his groin. It wasn't like he'd wanted to react this way, but currently, he was suffering from a hard-on, and Zero's firm, perfectly rounded ass sitting on top of it was just making his erection more of an…erection.
Ugh, he groaned, properly horrified by now, even his thought process was getting screwed over. He snorted. Ha, his thought process getting screwed over… Nice one, he told himself sarcastically.
Thinking he'd done enough at this point, it wouldn't do to encourage it and go too far, after all, Zero stopped and moved to get off when Natsume grabbed his wrist, sending him a sharp look. His pale eyes were darkening with desire, and he took a few agonized breaths before whispering out,
"Don't, don't get off yet. Let me…mm, let me…get down first?" He ended with a barely audible squeak. He shot a discreet glance towards the girls for emphasis.
Zero nodded and sat back down, though he made sure not to move this time. When he felt the older boy gradually calming down, he sent him an amused smile, which was rewarded with a dry, half-hearted glare.
"This is not in the least bit funny," he muttered out.
"Of course. Can I move?"
"…Yes."
Zero got off and turned to the frozen red-faced girls whose eyes were getting a bit glazed. "Thank you for your assistance." He felt he had a better understanding of what went on in the in-betweens. He only hoped he could keep about a firm, concrete thought process when doing it with Kaname. He had a feeling the only reason he'd been able to stay unaffected this time was because it'd been with Natsume, and not the pureblood he wished to please.
The four of them never heard the door open or close. Atsushi and Satoru stared at each other, wide-eyed.
Kain Akatsuki raised a brow at his cousin. "What…are you smiling like that about?" It was creepy.
"Didn't you hear? About Kaname-sama's precious pet?"
"Kiryuu?"
"Mm," Hanabusa hummed dismissively. "Sounds like he's been getting involved in some pretty interesting stuff."
Interesting stuff?
"Seems like Kaname-sama isn't his only Keeper," he said with a pasted on smile, a sneer in his voice. He'd never really accepted Zero as someone suitable enough and this just proved it.
Akatsuki frowned. "I thought pets couldn't have more than one Keeper at a time." They were to be loyal to one, and only one vampire, unless that vampire stated otherwise.
"They can't."
"Then what are you talking about?"
"Kiryuu," Hanabusa emphasized, "is playing around with a human behind Kaname-sama's back." He hissed.
Akatsuki's brows rose. "Hanabusa, I know you've never liked him, but do you know what you're saying? How ridiculous it sounds?"
"What?"
"You just said Kiryuu was getting up close and personal with a human. A human. What are the chances that human knows about us? Fairly low. And if Kiryuu were to tell them the truth? They'd only think he was crazy. My case in point: Even if Kiryuu were fooling around with a human, it isn't going to affect Kaname-sama in any way. There's no need for you to overreact.
"And," he sent the emotional blond a stern frown, "it's none of your business, prying into their personal lives, Hanabusa. Would you like someone else you disliked talking so freely about your sex life?"
When Hanabusa flushed in embarrassment at such a possibility, Akatsuki shrugged, satisfied for now with having driven his point home. "There, see? Imagine what Kaname-sama would have said if you'd kept on like that. You wouldn't have gotten away with a smack to your face." And neither would he, as he was always 'punished' alongside his cousin.
"Indeed."
Both blonds nearly jumped. Damn it, Akatsuki cursed. It was always like this. Closing his eyes, he silently braced himself for whatever Kaname-sama had in store for them this time.
Hanabusa cringed.
"Zero?" Yuuki looked on into his room worriedly. She'd, well, she and the rest of the school, practically, had been subject to a strange rumor.
"Yuuki?"
"Um, is everything alright?"
"Yes."
Really? She wanted to ask. Because things seemed far from okay if the rumors were anything to go by. But she couldn't exactly ask if things between he and Kaname-sempai were…not so good. She wasn't supposed to know anything.
"Are you, um, close with Natsume-kun?"
"He's a very good friend."
A very good friend?
"He helped me out immensely this morning." Zero smiled. "I needed some clearing up on a certain problem and he offered to be a testing subject."
"Oh…" Yuuki assumed she wasn't supposed to understand what that meant and refrained from asking what in the world Zero was talking about. A testing subject? For what?
"Ah, well, you want to get downstairs now? It's almost time for class changeover."
The Night classes had barely finished when Zero's mark began to burn. Surprised at the intensity, he was immediately worried. Had something happened to Kaname? Quickly donning a shirt and hastily slipping on a pair of pants, he rushed out of the room in a light swift jog.
Some of the vampires had yet to return to their rooms, and Zero noticed their odd stares in his direction, some even going as far as to seem hostile. He wondered what he could have possibly done to deserve such a reaction. The only vampires he conversed with on a regular basis were Kaname and Takuma. On the rare occasion he'd come across the blond cousins or Souen Ruka. He supposed Kain Akatsuki and Souen Ruka were alright, but the other irritated him with his none too discreet dislike of him, as though Zero cared for his opinions.
Pets had a rather ambiguous position in regards to vampire society, especially when it came to nobles and purebloods. While one might argue Pets held no sway or influence, it wasn't always true. Pets of the variety Raiga raised fit into such a category. Instead of serving like broken china dolls, Raiga's pets were taught to genuinely care, and hold absolute loyalty to their master. They learned to become a confidant, a friend, someone with the ability to earn and keep their masters' trust.
It was because of this, their masters, in turn, gave them certain privileges, an assumed position. Depending on their social rank, their pet could hold a higher status than those of their masters' subordinates or others of lower class. In some ways, it worked much like European monarchy, where Pets held the position of a king's lover.
Zero, as Kuran Kaname's Pet, unless stated to do or act otherwise, could expect to be treated with the same amount of respect and honor as his Keeper and master. Zero had assumed, however, that Kaname rather disliked social formalities, and decided to treat his Keeper's inner circle of nobles as he would anyone else. How they chose to view the way he acted was their own business.
Takuma was delighted with it, and treated him warmly. Kain Akatsuki seemed as indifferent as ever, and merely gave him slight nods of acknowledgement were they to pass by each other in the halls. Aidou Hanabusa saw him as being terribly arrogant or rude and often times felt offended for no particular reason. Souen Ruka tended to keep her distance and may have seemed cold, but Zero had seen the way she looked at his Keeper and knew she wasn't at all a cold woman. He'd come to see her as rather endearing.
"Zero?" A familiar voice called him from his musings.
Looking up, he was more than glad Kaname seemed fine, but the pureblood was already standing at the top of the stairs, which was another oddity. Zero usually let himself in to his Keeper's rooms, in which Kaname would be waiting with gentles smiles and quiet questions about his day.
Making his way up quickly, Zero kept his face blank and eyes lowered. They were still in the eyes of the other vampires. "Yes, Kaname-sama?"
"Zero." Kaname smiled slightly, "You made it here so quickly."
"It…felt rather urgent." Zero murmured. He brushed his fingers across his still warm upper thigh.
Kaname stayed silent, his smile still in place, and led them both back to his rooms, his hand at Zero's lower back.
"How was your day?" Kaname asked, once they had some semblance of privacy, and had Zero settle between his parted legs on the bed.
"It was fine, although…" Should he tell Kaname about Natsume? The boy had helped him immensely, but it was a bit embarrassing to admit to doing. Zero hesitated.
"Yes?"
"My…my roommate, Natsume, helped me learn a few things not part of the school curriculum. He seemed uncomfortable, but endured it for my sake, and I was and still am grateful."
"And what was it that he taught you?" Kaname rubbed soothing circles on the inner side of Zero's knee with his thumb. The simple touch was both for his benefit as well as Zero's. He hadn't liked what he'd heard from Kain and Aidou in the least, and it was all he could do to clutch Zero against him like a young child would his favorite bear, screaming out 'Mine, mine, mine!'
"In-betweens." Zero gifted him with a smile, relaxing against his chest. "He offered, well, was suggested, to be my test subject. He was a very good one."
"Oh?" Kaname prided himself in keeping his voice completely neutral.
Unaware of his Keeper's thoughts, Zero nodded. "Yes. His reactions and comments were very honest. Two girls, Natsume's school friends, also gave their assistance." About to add more, he stopped when he felt Kaname tense ever so slightly behind him. "Kaname?"
"Don't mind me. Keep going. I'd like to hear more."
Zero frowned and turned his head against Kaname's shoulder to press a chaste kiss to his cheek, but stopped when Kaname only tensed further. Now he was worried.
"Kaname?"
"Please. I'd like to hear more, Zero."
Though reluctant, Zero continued. "They gave some basic instructions from the sidelines and observed to make sure I was doing things correctly."
"And these in-betweens, what do they exactly entail?" Kaname asked the question he'd been near dying to know the answer to for hours.
Zero paused, turned his head further, and buried his face against the side of Kaname's neck, trying to hide his rapidly reddening cheeks. He couldn't help but remember Valentine's Day and what had led to the private tutoring session in the first place.
It was so strange, how people could affect him in certain ways. Doing things with Natsume like he'd done with Kaname hadn't made him react at all, not sexually, but just the thought of the same situation with Kaname involved made the temperature in his body rise, and he grew unbearably insecure and shy.
"Zero?"
"It's…it's, uh, promise you won't laugh?" He mumbled. His Keeper had done just that on Valentine's Day, after all.
"If you'll tell me." Kaname gently prodded. He raised his hand to run his fingers through Zero's soft hair and brushed the back of them against the younger boy's red ears, taking some comfort in the slight shiver that ran along Zero's body in response to his touch.
"I wanted to know…to know what to do for you in case we…we—"
"Make love?" Kaname whispered silkily right by Zero's ear, his question coming out in a near purr.
Zero blinked. "I was going for sex or sexual intercourse, but I'm fine with however you want to interpret it."
Kaname froze.
Zero looked up, concerned. "Kaname?"
"Zero," the pureblood said softly, all playfulness aside, "I have wanted to know, do you react to me the way you do, because it is truly what you feel, or because it is merely what you think I wish to see?" He'd never doubted Zero's attraction to him wasn't genuine, but Zero had been raised to be taught the needs of their Keeper came first in everything.
Having Zero think of him so importantly was precious, Kaname loved it, but he wanted Zero to want him just as much as Kaname wanted Zero. He hadn't ever thought of labeling what he wished to soon have with Zero as plain 'sex'. It meant more to him than a simple physical joining he could have performed with anyone. Zero was more important to him than what he could have with a total stranger he felt nothing for.
But what did Zero see it as? Just 'sex'? 'Sexual intercourse'? It hurt Kaname immensely to realize maybe Zero didn't think of their relationship as anything more than what a Pet had with his Keeper, a cold and distant, 'I'm your Pet, and so I serve you, nothing more, nothing less.'
Zero wasn't too sure of what had prompted such a question, but he knew he'd better give the right answer or something between he and Kaname would change, and not for the better. "Kaname, I can't help the way I react to your…to you, but I am still your Pet. I have to fulfill my duties as one. Learning to please you sexually is part of that."
Kaname closed his eyes. So it was just as he'd feared. Zero only saw himself as Kaname's Pet, needing to carry out his Keeper's desires with no consideration to his own. "I don't want to push you Zero, or force you. I thought I'd already made myself clear on this."
"You did, Kaname, but—"
"Zero, do you see me more as your Keeper or master than as Kaname?" Please, say no…
"What?" The sudden question took a moment to sink in. "You…you are both. While you are my Keeper, that is merely another title for the person that is Kuran Kaname to me. It's merely another name I just don't use as often."
Kaname tried to keep from growling in frustration at Zero's answer. He knew he was backing the younger boy into a corner, but he needed to know, to be completely sure of where they stood in regards to each other before going any further. "Are your duties as a Pet more important to you?"
Zero's brows lowered. "My answer must be yes," he started out softly, slowly, contemplatively, and Kaname almost felt a part of him break, "but I cannot say that they are, not in comparison to you." Zero looked up, needing to see Kaname's reaction, even if it might pain him. "Is that…does that make me unsuitable?" He asked, trying to keep his voice steady.
For while a Pet's duties was to learn to see their Keeper as a person to be able to truly care for them, they must also learn to forget them, cut them off entirely if or when another Keeper took their place.
Zero hadn't a problem with the former; Kaname was kind and easy to love, in many ways, but the latter… Could he essentially cut off a part of himself if he were to serve another?
The answer to that question came so swiftly, and so sharply, it alarmed him, but it was entirely true – he would not, and could not cut Kaname away, emotionally or physically. He would forever feel as though his heart was in his throat and the ground having fallen from beneath his feet whenever Kaname touched him, and he would never truly be able to refuse him anything.
Even if he were to serve another Keeper, they would never receive the absolute loyalty required from their Pets. Not from Zero. Kaname would always have a part of him, Keeper or not, and Zero had no wish to ever have it back. It wasn't possible at this point.
"Unsuitable, you say? To others, maybe, but not to me," Kaname smiled, his eyes warming. Zero's words worked to erase any lingering doubt he'd held or would in the future. This precious human boy was for him to have, for him to keep, for him, Kaname, and only Kaname, to love.
Zero sucked in a breath, his eyes widening as he saw the sheer amount of raw affection and adoration pouring from his Keeper. If he wished enough, he could even convince himself to believe it was lo… No, he wouldn't delude himself to so far an extent. It'd be insulting to Kaname – a pureblood loving his Pet of all people? Zero mentally shook his head, a little exasperated at his own wishful ideas. He needed to stay on track.
But you will never be able to forget this, forget him, will you? No, he could not.
"I could never forget you, no." Zero unknowingly whispered, the near inaudible words slipping from his mouth without his consent or knowledge. Closing his eyes, he relaxed against the firm chest at his back and purely enjoyed the warmth it offered. Just knowing Kaname was nearby made him feel safe. Something in him, maybe it was instinct, maybe it had to do with him being his Pet, Zero didn't know, but the pureblood's presence always worked to calm him, as though gently whispering everything would be alright now that he was here.
Kaname's heart had nearly stopped when hearing Zero's words, a tender ache beginning to settle in his chest. Zero's soft voice echoed in his mind, bringing back precious memories he'd long ago learned to keep firmly locked and protected from possible prying eyes and ears.
'Ko-san said it's okay if I call you Kana-san.' Their endearing first meeting; over the phone. Zero's sweet young voice calling Kaname's first ever nickname.
'I like winter.' Zero's beauty; even as a child. His maturity.
'Thank you for making me better again, Kana.' His smiles. His innocence. His purity.
'Who are you?' Their goodbye.
Zero…
"I will never forget you, no..."
It was so painfully ironic, that two of the most important people in his life, who would have sworn to do the same, the exact same, all those years ago, were the ones who'd no idea of who he truly was to them in the present.
Zero, Yuuki…what would you do, what would you say, were you both to ever find out? If both of you were ever to remember? There were days when that was all he'd think he could ever want, to have Zero and Yuuki back and together with him, wholly and completely.
All he had to do was get close enough to their throat, the soft skin of their neck, and he could easily sink his fangs in, taking with him their mortality in but an instant, and getting their memories back. They would remember him, and he'd be able to have them at his side for neigh on forever. An eternity with Zero and Yuuki… Would either of them ever know how hard it was for him to hold back? The utter desperation and absolute misery and loneliness that he sometimes feared might push him far enough to make him forgo the consequences?
He wanted them back so much, and their blood called to him so beautifully…
"Kaname?" Zero gently cradled the pureblood's smooth cheek, turning his face towards his own, leaning up to touch their foreheads together. Kaname looked so pained; Zero thought he could almost feel it as if it were his own.
"Zero…" He sighed as Zero's arms wrapped around him, the younger boy having already turned to face him moments ago. Placing his hands around Zero's hips, Kaname easily shifted him so that his knees were on either side of him, comfortably straddling his thighs.
"What's wrong?" Zero softly murmured. He'd thought things had been fine, and suddenly Kaname looked as though the world was ending. Had…had he said something? But Kaname had just told him it was alright for Zero to act against the most fundamental rule of being a Pet, that it was okay to put Kaname above the emotional limitations usually required from all Pets. Had he misinterpreted Kaname's acceptance?
He was jolted out his musings when a slender hand slowly slid up the length of his thigh and settled on his ownership mark. No matter how much time had passed, it was still as sensitive as ever, and all Kaname needed was a few purposeful strokes against it to reduce Zero to a hormone-induced teen, high on lust.
"M, Kaname?" Zero lightly squirmed, wondering whether or not he wanted Kaname's wandering hand on his thigh.
"I want to know – how was it that this Natsume taught you the things you wanted to learn?"
Zero felt his mouth go slack when Kaname pulled him closer against him and his mark started to heat up again, with Kaname's strokes not faltering in the least. He managed to keep a weak hold on the question even through the pleasurable haze starting to build up inside him, and whispered out, "Natsume helped by not doing anything. He," his thighs clenched tighter around Kaname's sides at a particularly long steady stroke starting from the outside of his thigh to the inner, more sensitive side of the mark, "he let me do the touching, and—" He cut himself off with a sharp intake of breath as the pureblood used his thumb to swirl around the dark rose insignia.
As the main part of the mark, the rose was, by far, more sensitive than any other, though the vines weren't any safer from Kaname's touch. But the rose, the rose…
"Nn, ah, Ka-Kana…?" He couldn't even finish whimpering out Kaname's name, cut off by a deep groan as that circling thumb pressed harder against his mark.
"Touch?" Kaname's voice at his ear was smooth and silky, as always, but now it'd also turned hard and cold, his tone frigid. "You touched him?"
"It…it didn't, mm, didn't feel that bad. It didn't make me sick like all the other times…" His breath hitched when he felt a hand brush against his awakening arousal, almost forgetting to breathe back out. "Kaname, please…" He buried his face into his Keeper's shoulder.
"What else, Zero?" Kaname's breath was warm against his neck, and he turned his head further to mouth his ear, taking in his lobe between his lips and teeth, giving teasing licks and nips.
No, please… Zero pleaded inwardly, don't let him reach that spot…he'd really lose himself if he did…
"Zero?"
"Mm…" Right, he was supposed to answer the question… "Tha-that's it. He, he let me touch him, and that was it."
"I see…and what did you touch?"
"Nn-not a lot. Just," his hips jerked when Kaname simultaneously rubbed his hands against his half hard shaft and ownership mark, "just his chest – ah!" Kaname's mouth had inevitably reached that spot, below his ear, and was wrecking havoc.
"Anything else?"
"No…" Zero moaned out, the word barely making past his lips. He felt so hot, and the things Kaname was doing to him…he couldn't, he couldn't…
"Mm, ha, Kana-Kaname, please," he gasped, knowing Kaname just had to stop or he wouldn't make it, and completely let himself go.
"Oh Zero, you aren't telling me to stop, are you? You seem to have practiced so hard without me, let me reward you for studying so well."
Zero whimpered as he heard and felt his pants being undone. He wished he'd also asked Natsume how he'd exactly calmed himself down, since he could really use the help.
But, as he unwittingly relaxed under the soft kneading motion of Kaname's gentle hands on his hips, he didn't think trying anything at this point would help in any way. The mark was still burning, he still felt unbearably hot, and he was still getting hard.
Kaname smiled deviously as he murmured sweet nothings into his precious kitten's ear and stroked his warm back, the boy's smooth skin moist with light perspiration. Zero was so cute when trying to hold himself back. Didn't he know it only made things more interesting for Kaname and practically pushed the pureblood to go further?
Despite popular belief (mainly amongst the rest of the Night class), he and Zero hadn't shared many sexually intimate moments. Kaname knew Zero wasn't ready, and was willing to be patient, to give the boy some time to get used his presence and casual touches, but after hearing what he'd heard today… There was no way Kaname was letting Zero go without doing something.
His possessive instincts had completely reared its ugly head as soon as Zero had told him he'd touched another boy, consentingly. Of course, Zero had done it for him, out of genuine curiosity and the need to please him, but it didn't change the fact that someone else had been the first one to enjoy Zero's attentions. Not even with Kaname, had Zero ever instigated any sexual contact.
The one thing Kaname had been wanting for himself from Zero, another human boy he didn't even know how to place a face to, had taken, and so easily. So no, Kaname wasn't in the happiest of moods, but he simply let his self-righteous anger and frustration give fuel to more productive activities. Like taking off his adorable boy's undergarments off to fully enjoy what lay underneath.
And what a joy it was. He would allow for no one else to be witness to Zero's lust filled eyes, flushed cheeks, full rosy red lips (that Kaname guessed Zero himself had bitten some time throughout his ministrations), and especially not his pleasure filled cries that rang so beautifully from his graceful throat and mouth.
Just the erotic sounds could work to undo Kaname, and getting a full view of Zero at his most vulnerable was slowly unthreading his already weakened self-control.
"So beautiful…"
Zero let out a breathless gasp as Kaname suddenly reversed their positions, now settling above him between his parted legs. He hardly minded, turning his head against the dark covers as his Keeper's firm hand stroked him slowly and steadily, working him up, and higher up still. Zero didn't know how he was still breathing.
He could barely let out a coherent sentence, and all he had on his mind and body was Kaname's hands and lips, tongue and teeth, long, slender deft fingers, well-placed kisses, and meaningful strokes, all leaving him a wanton pile of pleasure begging to be touched.
When he'd first become Kaname's Pet, it hadn't even occurred to him for Kaname to be ever interested in him this way. Zero was famous for his looks, his physical appeal that would attract any Keeper (it was how he'd earned the title of being Raiga's Diamond), but was also infamous for his temper, his horrible tantrums that couldn't be helped whenever he was touched. He never thought Kaname would want to keep him, especially if he couldn't even touch him, but that hadn't been the case at all, and even if Kaname couldn't, Zero wouldn't have minded having Kaname as his Keeper and Owner.
Kaname smiled as Zero arched into him, and used his other hand to go back to the rose, the centerpiece of his mark, rubbing it softly, and delighting in the slight clenching of muscles under his thumb at the action. Sliding his hand up, he ghosted the back of his fingers against the soft sensitive sac of skin below Zero's erection and watched as the younger boy shuddered and moaned, instinctively pushing his hips up for more contact.
A sultry smile still playing on his lips, Kaname lowered his head and placed a wet kiss at the right side of Zero's hips before bringing two fingers to his mouth, wetting them substantially, and slowly dragging them down until his fingertips brushed against the boy's perineum, giving a few experimental strokes.
Zero jerked, not having a clue as to what Kaname was exactly doing, but wanting more of it, whatever it was. He didn't think there was any other place he could be more responsive to than his mark and…well, he just didn't. But he obviously wasn't limited to just those particular parts, and—
"Oh god," he breathed, "Kaname…? Kaname, I can't, can't…" He let out a soft keen, looking up at his Keeper with pleading eyes, completely unaware of the affect his expression had on the pureblood above him.
"It's alright Zero, just let go, hm?" He slid his hand up Zero's hard length for what he assumed would be the last time for now, and rubbed the boy's leaking tip with his ever useful thumb while the fingers of his other were still pressed against the same stimulating spot.
Zero almost choked on air, and his fingers hurt from grabbing onto Kaname's shirt so tightly, his other hand curled and pressed to his temple, his head turned to the side, eyes squeezing shut and a sob escaping his lips as he came, the milky white liquid wetting his shirt and chest.
His breathing ragged and chest heaving with the effort, Zero looked up bleakly and let his hand slip from Kaname's shirt, though the pureblood took a gentle hold of it before it plopped gracelessly onto the bed. Soft lips pressed to his knuckles and fingers before his hand was placed back down, soothing strokes against the inside of his wrist.
"Ka-Kana…why?"
Kaname smiled tenderly and pressed a chaste kiss to Zero's jaw, moving along to the corner of his lips, and placing another brief kiss at his cheek before lifting his head. "I'm sorry if this surprised you, but I will not apologize for doing it, Zero. Seeing you like this…it's more than enough." You needn't have tried to learn anything, Zero, I am more than willing to help you, in anything, including this.
Zero had looked amazing as he came, Kaname knew he wouldn't ever forget such a gorgeous, wanton vision. Closing his eyes, remembering every expression, every sound that'd slipped through enticing, sensual lips, he had to keep in an agonized moan. Zero was Temptation personified, and Kaname doubted anyone else could think differently.
His wine red eyes, darkened even further from lust, snapped open when he felt something brush against his obvious arousal. "Nn, Zero?" He breathed out, half surprised.
"Let, let me help this time. Please?"
"Zero—"
"I'm helping." And it was off with his pants. "You never let me, and I want to." As well as his undergarment.
Kaname sighed. "Zero," he started, but had to cut himself off with a sharp intake of breath at soft hands taking a hesitant hold of his erection. Leaning back on his hands, Kaname let out a groan, tilting his head back.
Zero didn't bother to keep his flush down, brows lowered in concentration as he moved his right hand, the other placed at the base of his Keeper's hard length, stroking the skin there gently. He didn't go over this with Natsume (wouldn't have wanted to anyhow, at least not in practice), and kept his movements steady.
"M, Zero, you can go harder," Kaname murmured. "And faster." Yes. Faster would definitely be nice.
Giving an answering nod, Zero did as he was told, giving a firmer grip and increasing the pace. Feeling Kaname tremble at his ministrations, Zero leaned forward, using his left hand to better balance himself, and latched his mouth onto the pureblood's warm chest, parting his lips to let his tongue through.
Kaname sighed softly, his hands clenching the dark covers beneath, trying to stop himself from pushing Zero back against the bed and having his way all over again, and actually finishing what he started, to go all the way.
He knew better than to do so however, and merely placed a trembling hand at the back of Zero's head to encourage his actions. The younger boy's hot mouth against his skin felt wonderful.
Zero smiled slightly and moved to suck gently at Kaname's nipple, bringing his teeth down on it, and pulled lightly, synchronizing it with the strokes he was giving against the pureblood's arousal. When Kaname tensed and his chest vibrated with a long groan, Zero gave himself a mental nod. That was good.
Breathing deeply, Kaname wrapped his hand around Zero's, hardly any patience left to take things slowly. He'd had a hard enough time watching Zero and now with the boy sucking and touching him, he'd need to get it over with before he did something drastic.
Zero's heart was in his throat as he watched Kaname help him help himself get off. He doubted he'd done anything wrong, but it seemed Kaname wanted to finish things as fast as possible. For Zero, everything that'd happened this evening had been a first, including seeing Kaname this way. Embarrassingly, he could feel himself stirring once again as he took in Kaname's flushed face, head tilted back, his long throat exposed. His Keeper was beautiful.
And the smile he gifted him with, as he came down from his raging high, was one Zero would treasure for a long time to come.
"Beautiful am I?" Kaname whispered hotly against his ear, "You've no idea what you look like, then, do you? Everyone, vampires and humans, men and women alike, would fall at your feet if they were to ever see you this way."
Zero merely laughed lightly, convinced it was all flattery on his Keeper's part, and leaned back, lifting his right hand up to his eyes. There were drops of creamy white spotting his pale skin. Sparing a glance at Kaname's hands, he frowned slightly.
"How is it you were able to keep your hands clean?"
Kaname chuckled softly and kissed his precious boy's pout away. "You'll learn to do the same, Zero, with time and experience."
"…Right." Zero nodded and promptly stuck one of his spotted fingers into his mouth, swirling his tongue around the length of it before slowly slipping it back out, moist and clean. About to move onto the next finger, a hand grabbed his wrist and swiftly pulled him forward until Kaname's lips crashed against his own.
"Kaname…?" Zero panted, as they parted, his full wet lips a dark rosy red and thoroughly kiss swollen. Why had the pureblood suddenly done that? Kaname didn't need a reason to touch him, but that kiss had been quite abrupt.
Good lord, this boy was going to be the end of him, Kaname just knew it. How dare he look so devastatingly innocent after licking his finger clean of Kaname's—
"Kaname? Are you okay?"
The pureblood consoled himself with stealing another kiss and gave Zero a tired smile. "I'm fine, Zero, but…" Why did the boy just have to do that?
Zero looked up at his Keeper, dubious, and frowned. "So you say…" He murmured. Absently, he moved his hand up to place another finger between his lips, and stopped at hearing a low growl.
"Don't even," Kaname narrowed his eyes. "You'll wash your hands in the bathroom."
Zero blinked. "Why?"
Why? Why? Ugh, Kaname sighed. "Just please do as I say, Zero."
"Sorry, Kaname."
"It's nothing to apologize for." It was Kaname with the problem after all. "But for now, if your hands get dirty with…bodily fluids, you'll be washing it off with water." Not with your mouth.
"Why did you feel inclined to do such a thing?" He asked, half curious.
Zero smiled slightly, able to muster up a bit of shyness even at this point. "It, well, it looked like chocolate." He rather liked the soft mellowness in white chocolate. "I know it's not exactly…sanitary," Raiga had told him exactly that on numerous occasions, "but it's been a bad habit to lick them off if it got on my fingers." It just seemed to taste better that way, more childishly fun.
"But I'm sure it didn't taste like any," Kaname smiled wryly.
"Erm, no, it didn't, but I don't dislike it." Zero had heard, from other Pets, that vampires tasted different, and though Zero couldn't make any comparisons (he'd never tasted anyone else's, including his own) he doubted a human's tasted quite the same as Kaname's. Seiji had experimented some with a human and told Zero to never try it, as it wasn't worth it.
'Stick with your Keeper, if you ever get one Silver,' he'd grinned as he said it. 'Us humans? It's kinda hard to keep it down, not all that pleasant.'
"And Zero, if I may ask something else from you?"
"What is it?"
"I'd like it if you refrained from practicing anything. I've already said we can learn as we go."
"But—"
"You'd rather practice with someone else?"
"No." Zero shook his head. Natsume was nice, but Zero still felt the irritation and need to pull away when touching him. And he couldn't exactly compare to Kaname. No one could, not against his Keeper.
"Would you then honor my request?"
"Yes." Well, it wasn't as though Natsume wanted a repeat performance of this morning. Raiga had told him young human males were very often easily stimulated, and it was obvious Natsume's reactions weren't due to his being attracted to Zero personally. He doubted Natsume would agree to being a test subject yet again.
"I won't practice with anyone but Kaname." Zero looked up. "You've been upset a lot this evening, but didn't tell me why."
Kaname let out a soft laugh. "It's okay, Zero. I'm okay." And he was, truly. "Come," he took a hold of Zero's wrist and got them both off the bed. "Let's get your hands clean and rest a while, no? I will lend you one of my shirts."
…Maybe that hadn't been such a good idea, Kaname thought wryly, as Zero, in his black dress shirt, with nothing else under, stood by his bed, waiting for him to get in before doing the same himself.
Zero's gorgeous, long, milky white legs were in plain view, and with Kaname knowing there was nothing under… It was a sure test of his control if he could get through the night without attacking Zero. And the younger boy would be surrounded by his scent, wearing his clothes…
How he managed to do this to himself sometimes, he'd never know.
Natsume woke up to find Zero's bed untouched from the night before. As he was getting ready for class, the missing boy walked in, dressed in a black shirt that didn't seem to fit him, the sleeves looking a bit long on his pale roommate.
He'd been aware Zero stayed out late, nearly every night, though he'd never asked, but it was the first time Zero had been gone until morning and this time, in someone else's clothes.
It didn't take long to figure just what his roommate had been doing.
So that was what the question was about yesterday, he shook his head. Well, it seemed things had worked out between his roommate and whoever it was he wanted to be prepared for. He briefly wondered who it could be, as Zero didn't seem to be all that close with other male students in his year or any other, but quickly dismissed the thought, knowing it wasn't any of his business.
Natsume hadn't thought much into the events from the day before, reasoning out there was little he could do to have stopped himself from reacting to Zero's supposedly inexperienced ministrations. The boy had seemed like a natural, he needn't have anything to worry about.
"Good morning Natsume. Thank you for yesterday."
"Morning to you too, Kiryuu. And you don't need to say it so many times."
"It did help, though I've been told never to do it again."
Natsume laughed lightly, "No I don't think you should, with me, or with anyone else that isn't your boyfriend."
Zero merely sent him a bemused smile.
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Ah, how was that? :D Hope everyone was able to enjoy it. Kind of like the Valentine's Day aftermath... XD I wasn't initially going to have too much of Kaname and Zero interaction, but after that scene with Natsume, I just had to add some in... This is a KxZ after all :)
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