Title: Aftershocks

Rating: Mature

Disclaimer: I wish the boys were mine, but they're not! I borrowed the characters from Takanaga-sensei

Warning: Language, sex, yaoi

Chapter 2

Morinaga Tetsuhiro noticed how the early morning sun shone into the apartment's kitchen and realized he was happy. He smiled as he started to fix breakfast for himself and his lover. 'Lover' has such a beautiful ring to it he thought. He never believed that the day would come when he could honestly call his sempai 'lover.'

'Of course if I actually said it out loud, he'd probably punch me,' he thought ruefully. 'No, he would punch me, no probably about it!' It didn't matter to the dark-haired man; Tatsumi Souichi was his and had said as much less than two months ago.

'He still hasn't said he loves me, but he as good as said he needs me and that's enough for now,' he started whistling while frying bacon and getting the eggs ready. He remembered that night fondly, how sweet his sempai behaved, how hesitant and nervous he was, how determined to make Tetsuhiro understand just how serious he was about their staying together.

'The amazing part is that he hasn't taken it back or decided to run away…and he took the lock off his door last night!' That was the icing on the cake to the younger man's happiness this morning. After the lock removal Sempai had handed the lock to him, put his arms around Morinaga's waist and, blushing furiously, kissed him. Tetsuhiro forgot all about the lock as it hit the floor and he guided his sempai into the bedroom and onto the bed.

As he daydreamed about how willing and hot his lover was last night he almost burnt the bacon, "Whoa! Crap, I hope I didn't wake him up," he said under his breath.

"Too late," came the response from behind him; and, as he turned there was Souichi; his sempai, his lover. " 'Morning Morinaga," said Tatsumi as he walked into the room and started the coffee maker.

Morinaga smiled, "Good Morning, Sempai."

Tatsumi's shoulders stiffened, he sighed and muttered, "Enough."

"Hm? Did you say something?"

"No, nothing."

Souichi was in a bad mood as he set off for school. He knew he was over-reacting and he was trying to calm down but Morinaga had once again got on his last nerve. 'Shit! Why is it bothering me so much? He's called me Sempai for about five years; I should be used to it. Lately I've come to hate that honorific! He's always around calling Sempai, Sempai! Why can't he call me Tatsumi, or Souichi, or…anything other than Sempai!' He came to a stop.

'Of course I've never given him permission to call me anything else. I wonder what he'd do if I asked him to call me Souichi.' He drifted off thinking of the possibilities and as a result was almost late to class.

After class Tetsuhiro hurried to the lab. Even though he was employed and worked part time, he still had about a year left before graduation and could still help out in the lab occasionally. He had no personal experiments going on, but could still help Sempai. 'I hope everything's ok with him. He seemed a little off this morning; almost pissed. Was it me, did I irritate him? Well, if I did I hope he lets me know so I can fix it.' He rounded the corner, opened the door, and went in to see…an empty room.

'Huh. Sempai's not here yet. That's unusual; guess I'll get started, he should be here soon.' Fifteen minutes later his sempai stormed in.

'He's so energetic!' Tetsuhiro smiled to himself.

"What's with that smirk? It's creeping me out!" Souichi fumed. "How's the data look?"

Morinaga grinned and handed the current findings over to his senpai to check out. "Good, good; we need to increase the samples for group A. Can you start three new cultures?"

"Of course, sem-…" Morinaga started to say then he saw Tatsumi flinch and stiffen. Morinaga frowned and walked up behind him.

"What's wrong? You've been acting strange since this morning."

"What do you mean 'what's wrong?' Nothing's wrong and I'm not strange. You're imagining things," Tatsumi blustered.

"Am I?" Morinaga asked, putting his arms around his lover's waist, breathing in his scent.

"Baka! Watch where you're grabbing, we're at school," Tatsumi replied but without much heat. "Anyway we need to start the new samples."

Morinaga kissed the nape of his lovers' neck and turned. "I'll get right on it Sempai."

Tatsumi froze, "That's enough! I've had enough!" he yelled as he wheeled around.

"Huh?" Morinaga asked, shocked.

"Sempai! Sempai! Sempai, all you say night and day is sempai! I hate it! Can't you call me something else!?

Morinaga stood there with his mouth hanging open, completely dumbfounded while Souichi tried to get control of himself.

"You don't like being called sempai? "

"I don't like you calling me that! It's not so bad at school, but you never call me anything else. Even when we're in bed, when we make love, it's always sempai! It sucks!"

By the time the shock wore off for Morinaga to say anything, Souichi had stormed out of the lab and he didn't return. 'He said when we make love!?' Morinaga looked like the cat that got the cream.

'Shit, shit, shit! I'm such an idiot! Why did I say all that? Idiot!' Souichi was pissed off at himself. He'd let his temper get the better of him. 'What's he going to do? More importantly, what is he thinking? I need to finish up at the lab, will he still be there? I'll go back and face him and figure out what to say then.' He headed back to finish his work.

When he got back Morinaga was gone. There was a note on the desk:

I started the samples, organized your notes and went home to fix dinner.

I hope you're feeling better? We'll talk tonight, ok? – Morinaga

"Damn!

When Souichi got home, he came in quietly to try and figure out where Morinaga might be. There were sounds coming from the kitchen. 'I won't be able to sneak past him, damn!'

"Sempai, are you home? I thought I heard the door open."

'Well he sounds normal.'

"Yeah it's me," as he walked into the living room. The table was set for the two of them. He walked into the kitchen. "Can I help with anything?"

Morinaga turned and smiled, "It's just about ready, could you help me bring the food in?"

"Sure."

After they sat down to dinner, Morinaga decided to attack.

"Sempai, what was that this afternoon? Why were you so upset?"

His beloved sighed. "I can't stand it when you call me sempai all the time. It gets so old."

"Then what do you want me to call you?"

"Wha- whatever you want to, just not sempai," he started blushing.

Morinaga started smiling again as he leaned toward his temperamental lover. "Well, I don't think Baka sounds very nice. Neither does moron; so what would you like me to say? Tatsumi-san? Souichi-san?" He took the blonde's hand, "Or how about …Souichi?" The last was said in a husky voice right into his ear. Morinaga didn't get any closer but Souichi could feel his body heat and shivered in anticipation. He couldn't admit it but he loved listening to Morinaga's voice when it was low and full of passion.

"S-Souichi is fine, just no more sempai when we have sex; in fact no more honorifics at all, alright?"

"Alright."

When Tetsuhiro finished getting ready for bed he went into the living room and there was Souichi working away on his laptop. His back was to the door and Morinaga could see he was ready for bed. His hair was still damp and he was so damn sexy, he started to get turned on. When Souichi realized he was being watched, Morinaga sat down behind him and started massaging his shoulders.

"Se-Souichi, you look really tense. Let me try to help you relax."

"Bullshit," he replied. "You're just trying to feel me up," but he relaxed into the massage. Morinaga could feel the tension draining from him.

"Do you have much to finish?"

"No, I'm almost done." Good, thought Morinaga smiling. He kept working on his lover's shoulders for a bit and then let one hand trail down his spine to his lower back, where he started massaging. Souichi was enjoying it so much that he didn't seem to mind. In fact he leaned back into it. Morinaga noticed his scent and breathed in deeply.

He decided to try his luck and see if he could seduce his lover into going further, so he started nuzzling Souichi's neck, nibbling and kissing up to his ear and nipping the lobe. "Mmph… ah… I told you," Souichi sighed as he turned his head for Morinaga to get a better vantage point.

"But it feels good, right?" Morinaga asked. He slipped his hand into his lover's pajama bottoms and started to massage his groin; gently stroking his shaft and the sensitive skin surrounding it. Souichi couldn't think straight much less put two words together so he just groaned as he got harder from his lovers ministrations. Morinaga whispered into Souichi's ear, "Let's take this to my room." Then he stood up, bringing Souichi with him and guided them both to the bedroom.

Once there, Morinaga started kissing Souichi in earnest, exploring his mouth with his tongue. Souichi was meeting him head on as their tongues started to tangle together. When they broke apart for air, Morinaga pushed him onto the bed and removed his sleep shirt, exposing that delicious torso. Souichi just looked at him, panting his eyes full of lust and need. Morinaga couldn't get enough of the view. He quickly pulled off his own shirt and leaned down to play with his lover's nipples, first licking, nipping and then sucking one then the other while Souichi squirmed and groaned beneath him. Morinaga started to explore, slowly working his way down to his lover's waist, then he removed Souichi's pants, revealing his erection. He positioned himself between Souichi's legs and admired him from that angle.

"Have you any idea how beautiful you are, Souichi?" Morinaga started playing with his erection, lightly squeezing his balls and sending him into convulsions of pleasure. "You're so wet, you want me that badly?"

Souichi could barely hear him over his own breathing. 'How can he say all that shit without any embarrassment?' "Mmph!" was all he could manage.

"Do you want me, Souichi?" Morinaga asked again as he started to play with his lover's entrance, circling it lightly with his finger. The older man nodded, amber eyes ordering him to continue. Souichi felt it when the first finger entered him and he twitched. It still felt weird but he was quickly getting used to it. Then in went the second one and he could feel them circling inside him. Morinaga started moving them in and out slowly at first and them more and more rapidly, hitting his sweet spot so frequently he thought he would lose his mind.

"Morinaga, stop!" he panted. "I-I wan-want youuu… ahh!" He couldn't finish his thought. Morinaga paused and met his lover's eyes.

"You want me inside you? You want to feel me in you?" All Souichi could do was nod and hold his lover's gaze as Morinaga entered him.

"Ahhh!" His body arched once Morinaga started to move. All Souichi wanted at that moment was to feel Morinaga completely inside him. "Mo…more…faster…yesssssss!"

Morinaga could tell Souichi was close so he started stroking him in time with his thrusts. Suddenly Souichi arched back again as he came and his seed spilled out between them. As Souichi's body spasmed around Morinaga, he also reached his climax and came into his lover.

After Morinaga pulled out, he collapsed beside Souichi and pulled the older man close to snuggle. As they both started to drift off to sleep Morinaga whispered so low Souichi almost missed it, "I love you."

"...I know."