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No more lemons now, just some limes rolling by. And some more blood... Just a tiny itty bit though...

Running from this; running from us!

Time passed slow that night. The drugs made Gorto not have less than two minutes before he once again needed to release. When Adol had been filled for the sixth time, he stopped counting and only kept on pleasing himself and the guard over and over, having many more times to come.

Close to dawn the guard's penis had done what it could and Adol offered the remedy used for the drug. They were both covered in sweat, cum, lube and after one certain time, Gorto also received a bite down his shoulder, slightly drawing blood. When the guard had drunk the remedy he stood up by the window to get fresh air. Adol was too spent to move. He lied on the bed, legs spread and slightly bent and arms wide apart, having deep bruises from his nails digging into them. He was facing the wall, heaving air in and out of his lungs slowly to calm himself, using his awesome afterglow to think. He was amazed at how well his brain worked. He made up a plan for himself how he should enter the shrine using his roo form. Roo's are also monsters and it should make him able to infiltrate the enemy base, gaining valuable information from the inside. Maybe it wasn't he most amazing thing to be thinking of after sex, but he had been neglecting his mission for over twenty-four hours. The time needed to come where he set off to defeat his enemies... The whole world's enemies...

"Adol, my sweet? What are you thinking of?"

The guard still stood by the window and the morning sun shone over his perfect body as the boy turned his head to watch him.

Adol smiled and gave the blond a white lie, telling him he thought about how beautiful the guard was in the sunlight, knowing very well that the guard would not fall for it, even though it was indeed true. Never had he enjoyed watching another naked man, but now it was the most beautiful sight he had ever laid his eyes on.

"Oh, Adol..." the guard said with a smile and held his hand to his heart.

"You're so sweet... It really does move me in my very core, and it feels like a weight has been lifted from it in the process..." he said while slowly walking towards the male body that shamelessly laid on the bed and exposed every part of itself. As he sat down the boy made an attempt to move his body, but as he did, he felt pained. His anal had been through a lot that night and now he paid the price for giving in to his sinful lust.

Gorto put a hand on the red-head's smooth chest and smiled a hurt smile.

"I'm sorry..." he said at first but then his smile changed to a surprised frown.

"What the heck am I apologising for? You have only yourself to blame!" he said and gave that angry but playful expression to Adol who could not defend himself in any way. It was indeed his own fault, drugging the guard. He put his palms over his face and sighed deeply while admitting that it was worth the pain tenfold.

"Haha! Then you enjoy drugging me?" the guard laughed and he received a wide smile and nod behind the palms covering Adol's face. He bent over and took the hands away and tangled them with his own and planted a soft kiss on the boy's lips that gladly gave in to the passion he felt from the other's.

They did not say anything for many minutes, and Adol's mind again began to draw a plan to infiltrate the shrine, while they held their naked bodies tight in the bed. He yelped when the guard quickly got off the bed and lifted him up bridal style with a big grin on his face.

"Wanna take a bath, sweetie?" Gorto asked and did not wait for a reply before exiting the back door to where the big barrel, where their hearts joined for a moment just a little more than a day ago, stood.

The water had probably been emptied and refilled during the day, Adol thought as it was clean from the blood, dirt and sperm they had added. The morning breeze made Adol shiver and he took a tighter hold of the guard's neck. He was lowered into the warm water and sighed softly, burying his face in the hollow of the guard's neck for comfort. The water felt smoothing to his sticky skin covered with lube and body fluids, but he did not want to let go when the guard sat down on the wooden seats in the barrel. Adol wanted to speak, but he feared he might say something that would ruin that perfect moment when he was held as a newly wed lover and could hold on to the warm body forever. Forever did not last long for him as the guard forced him out of his grip even though he made obvious resistance and annoyed groans.

"Sorry... I just came to think of... Things..."

Adol smiled inwardly and spoke up.

"Jemmi..."

They sat beside each other, though it was painful for the red-head, for what seemed to be an eternity. They lend against each other and held hands and Adol finally fell asleep.

When he woke the sun was higher than before and he was sitting up in the guard's lap.

"Oh! Look! The singer's awake!" a female voice spoke followed by a few giggles. One was Gorto, but the other one he did not recall having heard before. His eyes fluttered open and he moved away from the guard to stretch. It was first when he stood up, pained but slightly numb from just having woken up, on the seats to get some air to his body and arching his back he realised that there was two women in the bath together with them, both now blushing and giggling furiously. Quickly Adol covered himself and sunk back down into the water, his face as red as his hair.

"Well ain't you a tease, Singer? Zalem said and smiled wide, though it was also warmth in those deep red lips. Adol cuddled closer to Gorto and cursed his act-before-thinking behaviour. The other woman sat beside Zalem. She was middle aged woman with blue hair and probably around her late forties. He did not know who she was and neither did he care at that moment. Embarrassing himself like that in front of others was not something he enjoyed, even though they seemed to.

"Well, ain't it good to be young?" the older woman added to the embarrassment and then swam over to Adol with her hand to greet him.

"This is Maria's mother, the one who made us food yesterday." Gorto said and Adol shyly took the woman's hand and greeted himself as Adol Christin and thanked her for her kindness.

"Well, mind you Gorto, I do have a name." she stated slightly annoyed and swam back to sit next to Zalem again, starting a small conversation with her.

Adol looked at Gorto, who obviously was completely unaffected by the fact that a very, VERY sexy woman sat naked in front of him. But perhaps he did not find her sexy at all, seeing how he seemed to never ever mention a girl in his life, only Jeremia. Adol on the other hand was not unaffected by the sexy appearance and his body reacted as it should, being a bag of hormones after all. Gorto seemed to notice the problem and smiled at him, gently petting his head.

"We should get going. I need to do my shores before midday and I believe Adol needs to rest some more." Gorto said and looked at the women.

"Whaaat! NO! Won't let you! Nu-uh! I want ALL the juicy details about last night! Did you use the costume, Singer?" Zalem said excited and shover closer to him, trapping him between her big breasts and the guard.

"Huh? What costume?" Gorto asked and looked down at Adol who, however it was possible, blushed even more.

"Is there something you're not telling me, sweetie?"

Adol stammered as he admitted that he bought the items the day before as he bought the new armour and sword. It was the guard's time to blush.

"Y-y-you mean you really DID plan this!" the guard asked loud and almost frightened.

"Oh, cut him some slack, Gorto! Of course he wanted the ride of his lifetime!" Zalem said with a wide smile.

"The fact that I almost forced him to take the stuff had nothing to do with it." she ended and winked and swam away from the boys. Gorto looked at her with a death glare and took Adol in his arms, again bridal style.

"Well, in that case you were the culprit and I won't tell any details because of your crimes." Gorto said with a harsh and childish voice and walked past the women to get out of the barrel only to get another comment from the older woman.

"Oh, don't worry, Gorto, the fact that the poor boy cannot walk on his own is enough."

"KAREN!" Gorto shouted as if it was a curse and quickly stepped inside the cabin having Zalem laughing as if there was no tomorrow at him. He walked up to the bed and was about to put Adol down but stopped midair, muttering something about the bed being a mess and that he was not up for another bath.

Adol loosened his grip and nodded in sign that he could stand on his own. As his feet hit the wooden floor he did manage to stand up, but he would not even try to walk, even less sit down.

"Here!" the guard said and threw him a towel so that he could dry himself. Gorto quickly took away the, oh, so very stained sheet on the bed and replaced it with a clean one. Adol watched him and was again amazed by the man's features, realising that he definitely swung both ways, since this man made his hormones go just as crazy as when watching the sexy woman in the barrel.

"There! All done!" the guard said and sat down on the neatly made bed.

"You wanna try to walk over here?" he asked with an encouraging smile, holding out his arms towards Adol.

Adol doubted at first, but decided to at least try to walk. As he took a small step he felt almost nothing, but his next step, which was slightly larger, made him groan in pain and frown. Gorto was about to get up but Adol put his hands out when he saw him react. He wanted to do this. After all, there might come a time where this will be something he needed to get used to. Once again he took a step, and then another, and then one more. At the fourth step he stood in front of Gorto's worried face and smiled, feeling he accomplished something, and then he let himself fall down in the arms of the guard where he had found a new haven.

"It might be your own fault, but I am sorry if I hurt you during last night. It was not of my intentions... They were of the very opposite..." the guard whispered to Adol and held him tight.

Just for a minute there was another silence. Gorto sighed and stood up in front of the red-head and turned his upper body and threw the blanket over to one side and then helped Adol to lie down. The swordsman felt like a big child when he was treated as if disabled, but as long as it was Gorto, he at least knew that the person did it for his comfort and not to mock him. He whispered a low thank you to the guard after he was tucked down, reaching for his cheek to stroke it. He could see those large amber eyes filled with happiness and love, though Adol knew that those feelings were not what he felt towards the boy. It was another boy that had the same face as he.

Again Adol smiled inside. He knew that Jeremia watched now and that he knew that the guard still loved him dearly. Though, it also felt like a dagger in Adol's heart to know he could only substitute for him, but then again, Adol did not share those intense feelings, even if he indeed felt very strongly for the guard.

Adol decided it there and then. He would leave Ramia village soon and press on with his mission. Gorto would understand and finally be able to start anew and Adol would be able to pursue his longing for endless adventures. He didn't want to be stationed at one place, it just were not in his nature, and a lover would need to travel with him and face the dangers he faced too. He could never let someone he loved be in danger because of him. If love was as strong as the feelings the guard shared for the passed youth and what the youth felt in return, then he would not let a single monster, or person, break even a single hair from his lover.

"Adol... Your eyes speak for you... Just as his did..." Gorto said, but Adol hoped that he did not realise that he would leave too soon. There were still a warmth that only Gorto could emerge that he wanted more of... His selfish thoughts struck him in his core and he flinched from it and frowned.

"Adol, you stay put here, alright? I'll be back in a couple of hours and by then you'd better be able to walk." the guard said and winked at the boy in pain and withdrew, probably not realising which kind of pain the person in the bed felt. He put on his clothes and leather armour and reached for his sword as Adol made a quiet whimper. The guard was soon over him and looked down on Adol's face which were covered with one of his hands in embarrassment. The guard slowly moved it away and Adol did not resist him.

The boy made a goofy smile, but his tears kept running. Maybe it was because he was in pain. Maybe because he acted as a substitute. Maybe because he knew he would have to be alone again on his travels... Perhaps all the reasons were tied together.

Gorto watched Adol's face but did not say anything. He sighed and took Adol's hand to his lips and kissed it softly while closing his eyes, opening them just as Adol felt the tears had been spilled enough. This time Adol smiled a genuine smile to the guard and in silent agreement they nodded and then parted for the coming hours. Adol did not waste the time and soon fell back to sleep, letting go of the thoughts that confused him to tears.

Adol woke by himself, but was a little surprised as the guard was not in the cabin with him, even though it was the early afternoon. He certainly could remember he wanted to finish his shores before midday. Maybe he just ran late...

Giving it no more thought he wobbled over to his side and slowly sat up. The pain was subsiding, but not fast enough for it to be comfortable. To believe that he could take that big cock up his pucker without problem two days ago and now he could not even move. It was certainly embarrassing, though, they did it at least fifteen times, and Adol was not even hard most of them, but he just couldn't get enough of that wonderful meat constantly abusing his spot. Just the though did make Adol hard as a rock, but seeing how it would not be appropriate to masturbate in the cabin that was used by many more than just he and Gorto, the thought soon left his mind for the better.

As he stood up, Adol could see his briefs lying neatly folded on the chair next to him, along with a note. It was quickly scribbled down and he tried to read the strange letters, and it was not as easy as it might seem.

"Adol," it said "I have gone to the shrine. T'was another attack midday. Gone to look into their objective. Gorto."

His heart stopped and the panic slowly made its way into action, getting dressed and armed in less than a minute. What was Gorto thinking? To go to Solomon's Shrine alone is suicide, and it will not be a quick one if Dalles finds him. Quickly he hurried outside and towards the towering fortress of demons ignoring the throbbing pain he felt. Gorto was way more important.

As Adol had suspected, the enemies could not deter him from being a monster or human when using his Alter-magick. His roo-form easily slid past the guards after he lied about having captured Adol the Red. He made a brief question of if there was any new prisoners in the shrine and one of the guards spoke up with a raspy voice.

"Well, t'was this human trying to follow our recent scout. I just knock 'em over and threw him in a locked room just behind the gate. Why? Wanna check 'em out?" the guard said and asked with a raised brow. Adol said he would like to see the prisoner. He could hold vital information about the humans.

"Weeell, ain't we a serious lot today? But suppose u're right... Just get back here when you're done, OK?" the second guard spoke up and gave Adol a key.

There was many locked rooms, but only one contained a certain blond, beaten bloody, but still he seemed in good vigour. As the roo entered the room, Gorto went to attack, only using his bare hands, having no mercy towards the creature.

"You'll pay for what you've done you scum!" he shouted as he took a steady grip around the neck of the furry monster that had entered the room.

Adol tried to speak. He could not use his magicks in his position, and his words were not of human nature. He felt his breathing slowly be strangled while looking straight into those loving amber orbs, now glowing orange with hatred. It changed soon. Adol reached for his face and stroke the soft and furry paws against the guard's cheeks, trying to speak through his grey eyes. He tried to tell him that he was there, and he would save him, that he was safe. The guard gasped and let go of the creature, whose life he had tried to end.

"Is... I-i-is that you..." he stammered and fell backwards and landed on his backside, chocked and terrified. Adol went from his yellow furry knees that he had fell on to a standing position, holding his throat as he pulled forward the staff of Alter-magick. A simple swish later his human form appeared, blue marks around his neck and a pained face, slightly covered in tears of exhaustion.

"Adol... Oh... My... ..."

The guard trailed away in his words, confident and hatred gone, replaced by shame and misery.

"I'm... I'm..."

Adol quickly uttered an assuring comment of being unharmed, even if that was not the truth, and shoved closer to the guard that looked frozen from the panic, looking at the floor with big eyes.

"It's not OK..." Gorto said and looked up, eyeing the blue marks on his friend's neck.

"I tried to kill you..." he said lowly.

"I tried to KILL you!"

The second time he said it loud and held his head with both his hands while looking down, not blinking, sweat running down his face. Again the red-head tried to ensure his friend that he was fine, but the guard start to shiver, as if afraid.

"What am I? Have... Have I no sense? What the hell was I thinking?" he said while shaking his head. Now tears joined the sweat and even though Adol embraced him with a tight hold, he kept on cursing himself.

"Do I hate them this much? I did not think! Of course I hate them! They took him from me!"

This time the guard cried out loud, seeming confused and pained to his very core. Again Adol said that he was fine and that it was a logical reaction. Of course he hated the demons. They took his family and lover.

After around ten minutes, while cooing sweet words to ensure the guard that it was OK, he finally stopped crying. The sobbing remained, but he was calm and he ended up in the lap of the swordsman who pet the hair of his friend, slowly and softly as if he were a new-born kitten. After a few more minutes, the guard had stopped his sobbing and sat up. He looked deep into Adol's eyes and his face became serious and determined.

"Adol, we need to get out of here. What do we do?" he said coldly and Adol smiled slightly as he made up a plan.

The plan was very simple; they had to back-stab their way out. There were guards and other monsters stationed around them, and as they exited the room and walked towards the exit of the building they met the first pair. Low level monsters. Simple enough for both of them. It took mare seconds for the men to dispose of the monster's lives, each of them using long daggers to bury deep into the throats of the unknowing creatures.

"Adol," Gorto spoke up "if we get out of here... Then let us speak about... Us..."

He ended the sentence with a low voice. As inappropriate it were to bring up such matters, Adol could only agree with a nod.

"Look over there..." he added and pointed towards the guard patrolling quietly. It was a mage, but did not seem as too much of a threat.

"If we can lure him here somehow we can take him out without him using magick."

Adol nodded and used his Alter-magick to once again turn to a roo. He walked out past a dumbstruck blond and smirked inwardly. Gorto was probably not used to having a monster this close to himself without trying to kill it off.

As he walked outside he started a hasty conversation with the mage and ran back with it following in a slow pace. As he entered the opening of the building he changed back to his human form and took his dagger in a back-hand grip, ready to strike.

"NOW!" the guard said and stabbed the mage in his back just as it passed and Adol planted his dagger straight through it's forehead while also pulling it down to the ground, landing with a small thud on the stone floor. Both the men made quick work of collecting whatever they could take from the mage, including it's robes. The guard threw it around him and Adol once again changed to his roo-form. The walked out of the building as if nothing were about and they soon reached the gates where there were two more guards waiting, though, these were a lot harder to trick and a lot stronger than the other enemies.

"Quick, hand me your shield!" Gorto whispered and Adol did as he was told, then using his sword as a primary weapon and his dagger as secondary. The guard looked at Adol, then one of the monster guards. He then looked back and nodded, receiving a nod back. He charged and used the shield and his weight to push the first guard down. In the confusion the other guard looked at the pile and was assaulted from behind by Adol who struck his sword through the back of the guard and out of its chest and used the dagger to thrust multiple times against it's neck as it was immobilized. Gorto grabbed the big helmet of the monster and pulled it to him, aimed for the throat and slit its throat as if he had done it a million times before, blood rapidly gushing out from the open wound.

They waisted no time. They ran as fast as their legs could carry them until they were save in the village, met by Zalem and Karen.

Zalem and Karen stood and welcomed the guard and the swordsman back, both relieved, but shocked as they saw the big bruise on Adol's neck.

"That is grave... Are you alright, dear?" Karen asked and gave Adol a worried look, joined by Zalem's examination of it.

"It is grave... It... It is my fault..." Gorto told them but Adol was fast to interfere, saying it was a monster that caught him.

"Adol... Why do you lie?..." the guard asked and looked at Adol with a pained face.

"I did that!" he burst out with his teeth gritting together. Both women flinched and gasped as he admitted what he had done. Adol tried, though in vain, to explain what had happened.

"Well I don't bloody care! Gorto! How could you do that! I thought you loved-" she cut her own sentence and stood still, looking down, her dark skin turning slight crimson.

Gorto turned to face her, giving her a look that could freeze any living man to ice. He turned again to Adol, and then away. Adol tried to say something, but the words would not leave him and he watched the guard running towards the Moth of Burnedbless, standing still, his hand in the air, reaching for him, but he could not bear to run after him. After half a minute silence Adol turned to both the women that both were embarrassed by the sudden outburst from Zalem. He said it strict, with a slight sad tone and sadness dripping through:

"He doesn't... He loves Jemmi..."

He ran as fast as he could. He was the opening to the cave and did not hesitate to run in, passing all monsters on the way, looking around himself for a tuft of blond hair. But he saw nothing. He kept running around, searching every little corner on the dreadful cave, slaying every monster that dared to stay in his way. He finally found an opening in the wall he had never seen before. It was rather fresh, stones newly dug away, by a human for sure, as well made it were.

Adol called out, but all he heard were footsteps reacting to his voice. He called out again, announcing he would enter.

The had turned a little bit cooler. There were a Roda tree in the middle of the dark but faintly lighted cave. At the bottom of the tree he finally saw that lovely tuft of blond hair. Slowly he walked over towards Gorto who sat on a log, looking straight down into a small pool of water.

"We used to play here, but of course, I really shouldn't bring him up now..." the guard said but did not change his position, nor did he look up to meet Adol's face. Frowning the red-head walked behind the guard and sat on his knees, embracing the guard from behind, nuzzling his face into the blond softness.

"Adol, this cannot go on... I can't take it... It's all him..." the guard started but was silenced by the boy that held him. He told the guard he knew, that he was well aware and that there was nothing for him to gain by staying by the guard's side. The guard didn't react. He was probably relieved that Adol was the one to say it and not himself. Again Adol spoke. He said he could not be Jeremia and that he had to move on very soon, leaving what he had found behind.

"Adol..." the guard started but stopped when Adol let go of him. He walked over to the front of the guard and lent in to give him, what he though would be, a last kiss, though it were answered with much more delight that he thought it would.

Gorto softly, but still slight forcefully, kissed Adol. His tongue slid out and it was accepted without hesitation and soon it explored that wet cavern he had come accustomed to. Adol breath through his nose to keep his calm and carefully loosened the straps of his armour, but when he was about to pull it off, Gorto's hands stopped him, ending the kiss and smiled.

"Adol, my sweet, I'm sorry... I cannot do this..." he said and kept smiling. Adol smiled back. He accepted that this was where their relationship was going to end.

"Don't get me wrong, sweet, I really want to... I really, REALLY want to... But, I just want..."

He trailed off and looked down at the bulges that pressed together, making sweet friction.

"I want to make you feel good, Adol... One last time..."

Adol did not know if he felt happy or just aroused, but whatever it was, he smiled and nodded to the guard, giving him another kiss. The hands of the guard ghosted down and pulled off the heavy armour from Adol's body, leaving it with a loud clanking sound beside them. As he finally reached Adol's proud erection, Adol's also found his. They stroked each other over their clothes and enjoyed the kisses that endlessly went on.

This time Adol stopped the hands of the guard as they were to pull down the now unbuttoned leather pants. He whispered in Gorto's ear. A question he needed to have answers to first.

"A-a-a substitute..." the guard stammered. Adol looked with serious grey eyes into the man's and wanted an answer.

"Adol... I do this, because I have realised... No matter how much I try, I cannot let go of Jemmi, but I want to please you, because you made me... You made me feel as if I was whole again... I'm sorry I cannot love you, as I did him, but I want to do what I can to tell you that if he... If he..." he hesitated "If he never existed, if I had never met him, but met you instead... Then the one I would love for an eternity would be you..."

He finished and looked at Adol. Adol felt butterflies gather in his belly and he felt as if he had the weight of a feather. He lent over again to kiss the blond.

"I wish we could love each other..." he said with a sad frown, knowing his words were true, but the meaning of them were the same as saying that he wished for Jeremia to never have existed.

Gorto seemed to understand what was going on in the boys mind and he smiled a playful smile.

"Even if you do... Even if I did... This is reality. This is our end, my sweet..."

The act continued and after helping each other relieve themselves from their desires, they stood up, got ready and then left the little cave.

It seemed as if the village were empty as they walked by the houses, talking actively about something they probably did not know themselves. As they reached the cabin, both the boys sat down by the table and looked at a map over the shrine, planning a way for Adol to get through without causing a scene. The guards would probably be more on their guards than usual and it could be difficult to get in, even if being a roo. Nevertheless they finished their planning late in the night and were disturbed by a knock on the door.

"Help yourself!" Gorto yelled with a surprised face from the table they sat by and in came Zalem, looking depressed as if the world were to end.

"Hi, guys... Mind if I come in for awhile?" she asked, embarrassed, which did not fit her image at all. Adol, however, told her to please come and tell them what was the matter.

"Well... I am sorry... For earlier..." she paused and took a deep breath "I had no right to say anything about... Your... Whatever it is... And I am sorry if I caused you extra trouble. There, said..."

She breathed out and smiled a bit when finally looking up at the boys that were smirking at her. In her confusion she managed to move a step backwards from the table she stood in front of.

"Hey... You ain't mad?" she said and stared at the boys.

"Well, now that you have apologised and stuff, maybe I should mention that... We have talked." Gorto said and smiled a warming smile.

"Ohoo? Now I'm interested! Tell me all!"

Zalem walked back to the table and leaned over it, her big breasts dangerously close to Adol's face, and he started to blush furiously.

"Well, we talked and decided that... Well... We made up, and now it's time for us both to move on."

Again Gorto smiled but this time against Adol who smiled back, though still slightly distracted.

"Oh... Sooo, that's it?" Zalem said with slight disappointment in her voice.

Adol stammered a confirming yes while trying to ignore what was obviously there only to taunt him. Gorto acted as he noticed.

"Hey, Zalem. Those... Things of yours... Might not be anything for me, but others get distracted, you know." he said and shamelessly poked one of the big melons hanging in front of Adol. She withdrew while giggling.

"H-hey! That tickles, tehe! Well, I suppose this little fellah's got some taste then, in difference from certain other people I know in this room." she said and gave Adol a wink and what would be described as a sexy smile.

Before anything else happened that night, Gorto shoved the woman out of his... Home-something... And the boys could finally go to sleep. They did share the bed. They did sleep in only their underwear, but they were both determined that they would not engage in sexual activity that night. Though, being their last night together, Gorto seemed to have one final request.

"Hey, Adol, asleep already?" he quietly asked, gaining a grunt and a comment that he was indeed asleep.

"Oh, I'm sorry... I just... I don't want... You know what... But this is our last night together, right?"

As they lay with their backs against each other, they were also as far apart as they could be. Adol had gotten his own blanket from his inventory so that they were not forced to share. He quietly answered the guard that it was indeed so and asked why he would ask that question.

"Oh, I'm just curious about one thing." the guard said with slight enthusiasm in his voice. This made Adol turn around to find that the guard was already turned to him. He smirked as he once again found those orbs draw his attention. Pulling the red blanket he had closer, as to protect himself he asked what it was the blond wanted to ask him.

"Were you happy? I mean, when we slept together... And spent time together... Were you happy then?"

Adol was startled by the question and did not know what to answer. He was very happy that he got to know the feelings and wonderful moments that they had shared. He had never felt anything like it. He was happy during the time, even if he was a substitute.

When hearing the last comment, the guard's smile went away.

"It was not fake, you know... No matter how much you look like Jemmi, in the end, you are still you. You're Adol Christin. Swordsman, adventurer, hero and lover. I wish that the one you will find in the future will enjoy you as Adol and no-one else. May you find someone that can love you as much as I love my Jemmi."

Gorto finished with a smile and it seemed like he felt content with his statement. Adol thanked him and once again told him that whatever happens, Jeremia will always be with him, everywhere, anywhere, even when it is time to move on.

"Oh, come here!" the guard said with a smile and tugged the younger closer and hugged him. It was not sensual or inviting, just an embrace to show care and love at a different level than lovers. It was as Adol wanted. He felt complete in the arms of Gorto, knowing that even if they are not lovers, they still have each other and that's how it will always be.

Epilogue

As Adol said his goodbye's to Feena, he returned down the shrine to Ramia village. He saw everyone. Keith, Maria, Sada and many more were finally back in the village. As they enjoyed the reunion, Gorto was seen to walk away. Adol met him just by the gates. They greeted and sheepishly looked at each other. Neither of them thought that Gorto would actually play part in the events that were to come, but it turned out that in the end, he helped Adol where only he could.

Adol thanked the guard for his help and held out his hand to shake. To his pleasure, he was embraced by the man. For all their lives, this past week would be a week for them to remember. The smiles, the cries, the pleasure, the sorrow. Everything was a part of the reality they were in, and as they let go of each other, Adol uttered a last sentence before they parted for who knows how long, leaving each other with a smile and hope.

"Thank you, Gorto... For teaching me how to... Love..."

Fin~

Author's note:

Just to let you know: I wrote "Artist's notes:" to piss you guys off =3

Now you have read through it all. I will say, to my own defence, that I was ASKED to write the tentacle scene... I had nothing else going on besides my own original story and I did not feel like putting it there, so this was the only one available for corruption. Ever noticed that the encounter with Jeremia really had no point? Well, it not being there from the beginning was the reason, though I admit that I really enjoyed writing it.

I did not only write this story to show Adol as a freakish, horny teenager, but also to develop myself.

As you might have noticed, I really tried my very best to only use Adol's point of view, meaning that everything that happened happened with him seeing/feeling it happen. It is hard to write first-person point of view when you actually write third-person point of view (for me at least).

I also put a lot into really capture Adol's ways of thinking. I wanted the reader to actually try to think as he did and ponder however it would've acted in that situation... Since I fail so much I realise that I... Failed... Duuuh... But I was relieved to see that I did not have that many spelling misstakes (counted 18 different... Not bad me...) but my grammar still sucks donkey-prick.

These comments were soooo unnecessary... I should've just asked for cookies and flames... Please, COMMENT!... Please...

Oh, yeah, Jeremia is an OC... I had to add one... I was out of people that died in the original plot =w=
Don't kill, just hurt me =3 Love you, guys!