[CHAPTER XXII]
[The "Morning" After]
Steve groaned as he rolled over onto his back, feeling the soft material of the silk sheet hugging his body comfortably while he squeezed his eyes tight for a moment before slowly opening them.
The first thing that swam into his line of view was the glowstone that was built into the maroon coloured ceiling above the bed he was lying in. He was grateful for its dull lighting, as the weakness to it brought no harm to his unfocused and tired eyes.
Soon, his brain managed to focus on the sounds of the Nether; the grunting of the Zombie Pigmen, fire burning off in the distance and the bubbling of the molten lava. He was even able to faintly make out the soft crying of the nearby Ghasts. The distinguishable sounds of the Blazes as they made their rounds just outside the fortress walls soon reached his ears as well.
The temperature in the room had long ago simmered back down to a comfortable degree now that his body had cooled off, but the smell of sweat and sex still lingered weakly in the air around him; the intoxicating scents mixing together causing his brain to become flooded with memories of what had just transpired only hours ago as his aching body tried to relax.
Almost afraid to, he slowly rolled his head to the left, chest aching slightly at finding the spot in the bed next to him to be empty. 'Of course I'm alone…. He got what he wanted out of me.' he thought rather bitterly to himself.
He lay still for a few moments, allowing his mind to slowly catch up before it subconsciously began guilt tripping him heavily as regret started weighing painfully on his heart at his actions; 'What the hell did I do? What the hell was I thinking last night?! How could I have allowed myself to give into my hormones and desires so blindly that I'd go as far as to fucking sleep with Herobrine? I mean… sure he's been nice and helpful to me. And he acts like he actually cares about me. But… I still can't shake this feeling that he's planning something behind all this.'
A heavy sigh released the pressure building up in his chest as he hadn't realized he had been holding his breath.
'I'm such an idiot. I'm no better than all those who tried so hard to sleep with me… I was blinded by the fear of being alone forever and hurt by the fact that I have been alone for far too long… that I was weak enough to fall for his charm and smooth talk! I can't believe I gave into my own lust and desires so easily like that…' The corners of his eyes began to burn at the reality of the situation just as he squeezed them tightly shut, growling lowly at himself as his self-loathing continued to flourish and bring out his weakness.
'I—I lost my virginity last night. To a man! And to Herobrine of all men!' A soft yelp of pain left him as he tried pushing himself up into a sitting position to look for his clothes, the sudden overpowering sensation of wanting to find a way out of the Nether himself making him overlook the fact that he would be hurting.
The sheet had fallen into his lap, keeping him covered as he found himself to still be completely naked save for the once again bloody gauze wrapped around his thigh. It seemed as if Herobrine had only covered him with the light silk sheet and not the heavy blanket. That was at least one thing the bastard did kindly before leaving him to awake alone.
Biting his lower lip, he tried again; this time fighting through the pain and managing to prop himself up before releasing a loud, startled cry as a pair of soft warm hands were tenderly upon his bare flesh against his exposed chest, gently pushing against him and preventing him from moving forward any further.
Eyes snapping open and looking up, he gasped quietly as he found himself suddenly face to face with a rather worried looking Herobrine. "Don't try to get up on your own just yet… you're going to be in a lot of pain for a while I'm afraid." he whispered softly, all the while his hands gently trying to coax Steve to lay back down.
"Brine…" the human breathed softly, almost as if he was unsure whether to believe he was seeing Herobrine before him or not while subconsciously allowing himself to lie back down by the other's touch.
An uncharacteristically sad smile was upon the demon's face as he leaned away from him, turning slightly away before picking up a silver tray with a cover over it that had been sitting on the bed to Herobrine's left and carefully bringing it over to Steve. "Steve… I have a pretty good idea of what you were thinking just now when you woke up to find yourself alone. But rest assured, I had meant to return before you woke up. I just got a little caught up in the Overworld is all."
Steve watched as Herobrine set the tray on the bed next to him before slowly and carefully helping him sit up a little, using the pillows to support him. "Did something happen?" he found himself asking in a soft tone.
"Nothing really too exciting. But I did manage to get a hold of one of these for you…" he grinned while reaching behind himself.
Steve gasped and held his hand out as Herobrine offered him an Ender Pearl. Bringing the sparkling pearl closer to his face, he blinked while asking without taking his eyes off the orb, "B-but how?"
"It was by complete accident actually." he began. "I was getting you something to eat and some clean clothes when I heard the Enderman being attacked. So I followed the sounds and came across two men trying to kill it."
Steve lowered the pearl before sitting it on the bed to his left, lifting his gaze up and looking at Herobrine, "What? Do you think others are hunting them like we are?" For some reason, that thought pulled at Steve's heart. He never wanted the placid creatures to be turned into sporting game…
However the shake of Herobrine's head brought some ease to his mind. "No. I don't think that was the case. I think they were attacking it out of self-defense. I think what happened is that they were hunting pigs in the woods and one of them accidentally hit the Enderman. Those creatures hold a frightening grudge if you bring harm to them. Intentional or not." he sighed before reaching over and picking the tray back up, setting it on Steve's lap and taking the lid off.
Stacked neatly on the polished silver was a steaming steak set next to a freshly baked potato, an apple that was perfectly sliced and a cup of cold water. "I can bring you more if this isn't enough. I know it's been a few days since you've had a decent meal… and I can imagine you're really hungry after last night…"
Steve's mouth began watering as the smell from the meal wafted up to his nose, taking in a deep inhale before letting it out as a long moan. "Mmmm, that smells amazing, Brine." He reached for the silverware and began eating; his body feeling like it was melting the instant the tender meat touched his taste buds.
Watching him eat silently for a moment, Herobrine suddenly reached into his back pocket, pulling out a strange colored potion and holding it out for Steve to take. "Also, here. I brewed this up for you last night after you passed out. It's a healing potion to help you recover your strength faster."
Steve swallowed the food he had in his mouth before taking the offered bottle, turning it over a few times in his hand while giving it a questioning look. "Why is it blue…? It literally looks like the same color as my shirt."
"I made mine a little stronger than your normal everyday healing potions. I figured you'd want to get out of here and back to the Overworld to finish turning the pearls as fast as possible, right?" he smiled.
Something about the potion and Herobrine's smile didn't seem to fit. But Steve shrugged it off and took the cap off, no longer feeling as if he should second guess his trust towards the other. "Do I take the whole thing?"
"Yeah."
Bringing the bottle closer to his face, he first sniffed it to see if there was any sort of untrusting scent. Smelling none, he gave a roll of his shoulder before placing the opening to his lips, tilting his head back and downing the small bottle's contents in just four swallows.
The liquid itself had just a hint of a fruity taste, and it was warm. His lips began tingling before the warmth of the liquid began spreading throughout his entire being, already being able to feel his body recovering. "Man… that feels good." he smiled while handing the now empty bottle back to Herobrine.
"I'm glad." The demon grinned. "You should be able to at least walk around easier. I don't want you returning to the Overworld for another day or two. After our little activity earlier, I need to check your wound to make sure the stitches didn't come lose."
Steve paused just as he was about to bring another piece of the juicy steak to his mouth, feeling his face heating up in a blush while a surge of arousal warmed him as once again, the memories came flooding back. "I… didn't even think about my wound…" Steve whispered while lowering his fork back to the plate and moving the sheet enough to expose his bandaged thigh.
However, Herobrine wasn't having any part of Steve becoming shy and covering himself, a wide grin spreading across his face as he took the food tray up in one hand and tightly gripped the sheet in the other; "Oh come on. It's not like I didn't just see you naked as I fucked you into this bed mere hours ago!" With his words, he gave a quick yank, completely removing the sheet from Steve's lap and exposing his entire body before the demon.
"Brine!?" Steve shrieked while pulling his legs up to cover himself. His actions however caused him to hiss in pain while slowly lowering his legs back down. "Ow…"
Herobrine chuckled at the other's first reaction before an annoyed click of his tongue sounded upon spotting the man's injured thigh and seeing a stain of red gradually growing bigger as the bandages absorbed the blood. "Shit. I was afraid of that. Seems we were too rough and reopened your wound." he sighed while gently setting the tray of food down on the bed.
"We?" Steve hissed while narrowing his eyes as he tried ignoring the burning radiating from his thigh.
Chuckling once again at the human's reaction, Herobrine carefully went about removing the stained bandages before cleaning, re-closing the wound and wrapping it up in fresh clean gauze.
Steve watched the whole process in silence, feeling his body temperature slowly rising just by the demon's expression as he took care not to bring any more harm to the already irritated wound. The pain however was just enough to keep himself in check and not become too aroused on for the other to notice.
Or so he thought...
A wicked grin spread across Herobrine's face as he finished wrapping the new bandage around the wound, white eyes glancing up to make direct contact with lidded violet; "Looks like somebody's getting a little excited. The pain from your wound doing that? I never would've thought you for one being a masochist." He teased while leaning over the human to pin him flat on his back against the mattress.
Steve felt his face and body heat up greatly while lying back, swallowing the lump that formed in his throat while trying to find words to say. "I-I don't know what you're talking about." He then narrowed his eyes, trying to put up a front and cover himself but Herobrine's right hand was already to his growing member.
"Oh really? So then maybe my eyes are just… deceiving me and I don't really see this beginning to harden?" He took a sudden firm grip of Steve's half erect cock, giving it a squeeze to emphasize the word 'this'.
"Gah!" Steve gasped as his head dug into the pillow while fingers curled tightly into the sheets beneath him.
Herobrine chuckled darkly while observing Steve's reactions to his touch, blank white eyes lidded and staring at the miner's tightly closed eyes before glancing down to his parted lips.
He loved the sounds he was pulling from him as he slowly began fisting Steve's growing length, his tongue slipping between his own lips and licking them at the sight of the beneath him. He shifted slightly as he felt his own cock slowly awakening in response to the soft sounds falling from Steve's mouth and the sight of his perfect naked body beginning to writhe beneath him, his skin having an almost pale heavenly glow that did not belong deep in the heart of the Nether brought on by the dull lighting from the stone above them.
The stark white bandages suddenly caught his eyes; causing him to frown with a soft sigh through his nose as he paused his motions and removed his hand.
Steve nearly whimpered at the loss of friction, one violet eye cracking open to try and see what had caused the man to halt. "B-Brine? I-is something wrong?"
Glowing eyes lifted to make contact with violet glazed over with desire, the man's flushed face sent a powerful wave of lustful arousal that caused his semi-erect cock to painfully fill up his jeans.
He wanted to fuck him again. Hard and fast just like last night. But through the lust filled haze beginning to cloud his mind, he was able to think clearly enough to know it wouldn't be wise to take the human again so roughly and so soon after losing his virginity. Plus he had just re-sutured and re-bandaged his wound!
But he couldn't very well leave them both in the conditions they were in. So that's when an idea came to mind. Pushing himself to his feet, Herobrine grinned down at the other when he sat up with a confused look on his face, taking note of the potion working as the miner was able to prop himself up with very little pain.
"Brine? Where are you going? I thought… we were going to…" Steve tried to speak but kept stumbling over his words.
"Have sex again?" Herobrine finished for him with a wicked smirk while reaching for the hem of his shirt and pulling it up over his head. Tossing the article of clothing to the foot of the bed, his hands moved next to the front of his pants and undoing them while he continued; "I'm not having sex with you again until you're wound is healed and body doesn't hurt as much."
His words confused Steve as the miner watched Herobrine strip himself naked. If they weren't going to have sex right now… then what is he doing? His lips parted to verbalize the question until his eyes fell upon the other's fully erect length standing upright proudly, his thoughts derailing as he could suddenly see the cause for his body aching.
Herobrine chuckled while moving to crawl on the bed and settle down beside the human with his back pressed up against the headboard. "However, we're both clearly very aroused right now and I'm not going to just leave us this way." he continued with a sly smirk, patting his lap to hint he wanted the other to sit on it.
Steve swallowed thickly before carefully moving to slide into Herobrine's lap, wincing slightly when the motion of swinging his left leg over the other's lap shot a sharp sting of pain up his backside, the demon's warm hands upon his smooth hips soothing his nerves and guiding him where to sit.
At first, he thought he was going to be impaling himself on the other's hard length, but he was surprised when Herobrine instead had him sitting just below his erection. "You're far too sore to take me again," he continued on upon seeing the confused look the other was giving him. "So we're going to be doing it this way." he finished while reaching over and taking up the container of the same lotion he had used the previous time.
Taking a handful of the cool lubrication, Herobrine smirked up at Steve while having his right hand clasp over both of their erections suddenly, tightly confining the two heated organs together and pulling moans from both partner's throats.
A violent shudder passed through Steve's being as he hunched over slightly, eyes half lidded and staring deeply into the empty whiteness that were Herobrine's. "B-Brine…!"
A dark chuckle weakly came from the demon as he simply just laid back and took in Steve's expression, feeling himself growing almost painfully hard within his hand. Even though he had copied Steve's body nearly down to the tee, a few things had remained his such as his eyes and the scar earned from the Zombie Pigman.
Another thing that had remained true to himself was his size. Glancing down at the two trapped organs, Herobrine licked his lips as a deep groan vibrated his throat. "Nng, fuck Steve."
Herobrine kept the steady pace going until Steve placed his own hand over his, encouraging a faster pace that was granted and soon had the human crying out while releasing himself; coating both their hands unevenly.
No longer able to take the burning pulse of his orgasm building to a boiling point, Herobrine laid his head back against the pillows and stared up into Steve's tired eyes, white half lidded as he moaned long and low the human's name just as his body seized up briefly before his muscles contracted as he released himself. "Fuck… Steve…"
While the human fought to get his pulse back to normal, Herobrine kept his eyes locked onto the miner's face. 'This… this really does change everything.' the demon mentally growled to himself as he slowly lifted his clean hand to push back a few strands of Steve's matted hair.
Carefully helping Steve to sit on the bed, Herobrine was quick to recover his strength and began cleaning everything up before getting himself dressed.
Tossing Steve a clean pair of black jeans along with new teal coloured shit and new boxers, Herobrine waited until the miner dressed himself before clearing his throat and holding his hand out for the human to take.
Steve looked down at the offered hand, hesitating for only a second before taking it and pulling himself to his feet after the other's words; "We need to get you walking around. Between the injury you sustained to your thigh and our little activity earlier, I want to make sure you're alright. So? Would you like a tour of the fortress?" he grinned.
At first, all Steve felt and could focus on was the pain not only burning from his sutured thigh but also what was radiating from his backside up the entire length of his spine when he was slowly dressing himself. He knew he wasn't in nearly the amount of pain he technically should've been in considering his injury and abuse he had put his body through, but he figured the potion that Herobrine had given to him earlier had started working its magic.
"Maybe a walk will do me good…" he chuckled before looking himself over. The shirt was more or less the same style and color wise just better quality, but the jeans were certainly different. "Why black?"
Herobrine shrugged at first before replying, "I thought I'd see what you looked like dressed in a little black. Looks good on you I must be honest." He grinned over his shoulder at the human.
Steve felt his face flush, annoyed at this all new side of himself suddenly. Why was it that everything the demon said made him feel so hot it was almost dizzying? Seeing Herobrine waiting for him at the bottom of the first set of steps, Steve pushed those thoughts to the back of his mind for the time being as he focused more on the fact that the other was about to show him around the friggin' Nether!
Carefully watching his step, Steve sighed as he reached out and gripped Herobrine's shoulder to support himself at the bottom until he caught his balance.
"Steve. The fortress is massive. It'll be much easier for me to just teleport us around. If that's alright with you, of course?" Herobrine asked in a soft tone.
Nibbling on his bottom lip for a second, the miner sighed more to himself as he gave a shallow nod. There was really no point in fighting it any longer. Especially since the demon has already used his teleportation powers with him twice now.
Pleased that the human didn't put up a fight, Herobrine wrapped his arm around his waist while grinning; "Perfect. But first, we need to make a quick stop downstairs."
Before Steve could ask what for, he shivered as the coldness washed over him for nearly a second before being overcome with the warmth of the world they were in once again. Violet eyes were quick to skim around and take in the site of the new room they were in.
Books lined the walls of the rather small square room from floor to ceiling. They were standing on the same plush black carpet that was upstairs and throughout the bedroom. Casting a quick glance over his shoulder revealed the large room with the massive and impressive chandelier and cage that supposedly contained the main skull of The Wither.
This was the room he assumed was a library to the left of the cage when he was standing before it.
Blinking and looking back ahead of himself when he noticed Herobrine had left his side and walked up the steps before them, Steve watched the demon quickly going over the spines of the books stacked neatly in the shelves that were stacked around a specialized looking crafting table.
He had only heard of those types of tables before… He stared with wide eyes and watched characters of their language seeming to leap from the many books and get sucked into the heavy looking book that floated effortlessly just above the table.
Taking notice of Steve's apparent interest in his enchantment table, Herobrine chuckled while pulling out a small red book. "I take it you've never seen one of these before?" he asked just as he opened the book and flipped through a few pages.
"No. I mean… I've heard of them… but I've never actually seen one before." The human breathed softly.
"Haha! You can come closer to it, Steve. It won't hurt you or anything." He teased.
Almost as if it were a command, Steve found himself walking up the steps and standing before the square table.
"I'm not surprised really to hear you've never seen one. Not many are left who know how to enchant anything really. Or even how to build a table for that matter. The materials are hard to come by nowadays." Herobrine explained until he found what he had been looking for in the book he still had. "Ah! Here we go. Okay, I thought I remembered everything correctly but wanted to make sure."
"What're you going on about, Brine?" Steve asked while finally tearing his eyes away from the floating book.
Putting the little red book back in its place on the shelf, Herobrine grinned while wrapping his arm around the miner once again and teleporting them both into the room on the opposite side.
Looking around and out the doorway, Steve found them in the room to the right of the cage when he stood before it.
The best way to describe the room was a laboratory. Tables topped with tall beakers and brewing stands that each held different coloured liquids. The lighting was bright due to the six glowstones embedded into the ceiling and floor giving off ample lighting to allow any user to see their work.
Steve blinked upon feeling Herobrine slipping his arm from around him and watched him walk further into the room to stand before one of the many bubbling brewing stands.
With not much of limp despite his condition, Steve walked up to stand beside the demon and watched him, "What're you doing?"
"I'm making you a fire potion, Steve. Some of the areas I wish to take you to are actually outside of the fortress and therefor are way too hot for you to be able to survive the heat. Especially with your weakness." he explained while quickly going to work on brewing said potion.
"Areas like where?" he inquired further while watching him.
"Remember me telling you about how I survived here after being practically thrown in dying and left to die by Notch? How I was saved by a Ghast after saving her?"
Steve nodded before blinking, "Wait… her?"
"Yeah. What? I never told you I knew what her gender was?"
"No. Before you referred… her… to an it." Steve reminded.
"Ah… my bad. Well, I only found out she was female after I woke up. I was beside an egg. The egg seemed to me like it should've hatched already but hadn't. I think I was only saved because her egg never hatched so she never was able to fulfill her parental instincts. She found me wounded and dying and weaker than her… so took me in in replacement of her unborn young." Herobrine explained in a quiet tone.
Steve remained silent, unable to think of anything to say after being revealed that. It still surprised him each time Herobrine would reveal another part of his past. It also made him realize he needed to come up with something from his own past to keep up with their equal exchange.
The miner was pulled from his thoughts as Herobrine held a small bottle out to him, "Here. Drink this, and the heat outside shouldn't bother you too much. I've made it as strong as possible, but sadly it'll only give you a few hours at the most."
Steve took and bottle and thanked him before downing its contents without question, feeling there really shouldn't be any more reason to have doubts in the man trust and intentions.
After all… they did just have sex!
Taking the now empty potion bottle back and setting it down on the counter, Herobrine grinned while wrapping his arm around Steve's waist; "Shall we?"
They spent what easily felt like hours going to different sections on the Nether, hitting up all the outdoor areas first so they could save what was within the fortress should the potion wear off.
When Steve had inquired about where the portal was they had come through, Herobrine explained to him that it wasn't within the premises of the fortress and was in fact nearly on the opposite side. He had also told him that that particular portal was where the quickly made safe haven had been constructed many years ago by others who used to travel here before his was banished and the Nether sealed off.
"You mean the small village that was destroyed?"
"Yeah."
Steve hummed as they continued down another one of the ridiculously long corridors that connected the large fortress. "How did it get destroyed? The Mobs attack it since the humans were no longer able to protect it or something?" he asked.
Herobrine tensed up slightly at the innocent question, verbally stumbling over his words and causing Steve's brow to rise up in suspicion until at last, the demon sighed; "Okay! Truth is… yes, the Mobs did have a part in it in the beginning. But after I fully recovered and started discovering my new powers that I think I had gained from a mixture of Notch's gift to me and the Ghast's tear… I… became extremely enraged." he trailed off, his tone growing softer with each word.
Steve stopped walking and just stared at Herobrine for a moment; "You destroyed it?"
Throwing a sneer over his shoulder that had the miner shaking his head and following again, Herobrine mumbled under his breath something that was missed by the human who was too busy laughing.
Steve's mind was buzzing with everything he had both seen and learned about once they returned back to the room. He would be lying if he said he wasn't bummed out about not being able to see the Ghasts and meet the one that had supposedly saved Herobrine. He mentally cursed the fire potion for wearing off too soon.
Especially when Herobrine had told him about turning the whole entire area into a safe haven for the Ghasts to lay their eggs. He had explained about tearing out all the Neatherrack within the area until he made sort of a massive island that was only connected to the "ceiling" of the Nether made up of bedrock. He did this to prevent any other mobs(mainly Zombie Pigmen) to have any sort of access to the "breeding grounds" as he refereed to them. It gave the Ghasts a safe place to mate and lay their eggs.
He had also described about building an extremely tall tower that Steve was actually able to see from a distance that housed a staircase that led up to the grounds. Herobrine kept that tower heavily locked down to prevent anyone not allowed up to enter.
And even though Herobrine didn't want to believe it were truly Wither Skeletons Steve sworn he had seen attacking his ship, he decided it best to keep the black Mobs out of the human's site while they explored the massive fortress, and sighed with relief upon their return to the room as the creatures actually obeyed him.
After asking how Steve's thigh felt and receiving a positive response, Herobrine grinned while walking out of the room for a moment before returning with a black sack. Sitting on the bed next to Steve, Herobrine sat the sack down and allowed the human to open it before explaining himself; "I figured you would like to get started on these? I went back, played with your little kitten before taking all the pearls we've collected and brought them here. I've collected enough rods so whenever you're feeling up to it, I'll take us downstairs into the lab and we can start turning all of these."
Steve couldn't help the wide smile that spread across his face as he took up the one already forged Eye of Ender.
"Once we're done making them and you're feeling better, as soon as we return to the surface… we can start searching for the entrance into The End." Herobrine added.
Steve felt his stomach suddenly plummet and heart begin to start pounding against his ribcage as he lowered the Eye into his lap, minding his wound of course. "Brine… we're… we're almost there. Aren't we?"
"Yeup! Isn't it just exciting!?" he asked with a tooth bearing grin.
Having it confirmed that they were in fact nearing the end of their journey, Steve couldn't help the wave of emotions all jumbled up together that washed over him so quickly it nearly made him sick.
From fear to excitement, to happiness and sadness; it was all too much at once! For the time being, he wanted to just take the last final steps one at a time. "I'm ready to start turning these if you are." He smiled while setting the Eye of Ender on the bed.
Grin growing even wider at hearing the human say that so soon, Herobrine simply scooped both the human and sack of pearls up and teleported them back within the lab downstairs.
Steve had more confidence in himself this time around with removing the powder from the rods, though he was still saddened when Herobrine didn't "help" him like the first time. Instead, the demon actually helped him by splitting the pile and betting the human he could finish first.
It was needless to say Herobrine won.
Nearly two hours later, they stood side by side at the foot of the Nether ruler's large bed, gazing upon the sixteen beautifully shimmering Eyes of Ender.
"I still can't believe… we've come this far, Brine." Steve gasped as he carefully crawled on the bed and ran his fingertips over the smooth surfaces.
Herobrine chuckled as he nodded his head in agreement with a lick of his lips as he took his time observing the human's ass. "I think this calls for a celebration."
That was all the warning Steve had before he found himself pinned against the mattress and beneath Herobrine, the demon's lips upon his own. The precious Eyes rolled around and clank together until finally settling at the foot of the large bed and away from their growing activity.
After carefully removing the human's clothing and inspecting the wound, Herobrine grinned happily to find his potion did wonders with speeding up the healing process. Even though he had just sutured the wound the other day, the stitches were ready to be removed.
After ensuring each stitch was safely gone and the wound cleaned, Herobrine was quick to test the rest of the results of his potion on Steve's body. He still took the time to prepare the human, but before long, he had the miner pinned perfectly beneath him once again; bodies intertwined and moving against one another with such precision it was almost like they were made for each other.
Steve was first to cry out, throwing his head back and body seizing up before spasming as he came, the demon's name falling from his tongue as he coating the man's abdomen.
The sinful tightness around his length pulled a throaty growl of the human's name from Herobrine as the Nether ruler came within the hot confines his cock was trapped in, groaning while white eyes fluttered shut as his hips managed to get in a few more deep thrusts as he emptied himself.
As Steve recovered, Herobrine carefully removed himself with a low grunt before asking if he were alright and if it hurt as bad this time. Upon Steve's answer, the demon chuckled; "The more it's done, the easier and better it becomes. I'll be right back. I've made more potions. Sleep tonight, come morning we leave the Nether and start our search for The End."
Steve felt his face flush at first, though he knew the man was right. The next thing he said had the sickness hitting him again as the same wave of jumbled emotions crashed over him.
He couldn't help but also seem to pick up… a sort of bad feeling. He couldn't explain it, but he couldn't fight the almost instinct-like feeling in his gut that once they find the entrance… something terrible was going to happen.
Once again ignoring it and pushing it to the side, he smiled with a nod of his head. "Sounds like a plan."
As Herobrine stole a kiss before leaving to retrieve the potion, Steve was left alone for a few moments to himself. He also couldn't shake the feeling of something being off with these potions. Granted, his body felt amazing! So clearly he wasn't being poisoned. He sighed to himself in frustration while digging the heels of his palms into his tightly shut eyes; "Damn my paranoia. I'll be happy when this shit is done."
Letting his hands fall into his lap, Steve glanced down to stare into the many Eyes that were still nestled together on the bed. "Everything will be alright. I'm not going there alone. I've got… I've got Brine with me. He'll protect me no matter what." he whispered quietly to himself as he finally came to terms that it was most likely fear of the unknown getting the better of him.
Steve had been through so much since waking up alone on the beach over a year ago. Though he has become wiser and stronger during his time on this land, he was still scared about entering The End.
Despite his fears, he was also excited. Because this meant his time as the Great Hero should also almost be over, right? Once they slay the dragon, there won't be any more need for him. He could finally settle down and start a normal life over only this time, he won't be alone.
He smiled to himself at that thought, soon grinning widely upon seeing Herobrine, dressed only in his jeans, walking up to him with the same blue coloured potion and smiling warmly down at him.
Steve was oblivious to his feelings instinctively trying to warn him of his greatest test yet to come was nearly upon him…
… and that he was FAR from ready.
To Be Continued…
A/N - Short chapter is short... But I hope this one helps distract from the last one. I think I went a little overboard with the last chapter, lol. I still want to thank all the favs and reviews I've gotten for this story. It makes me super happy! Tried my hand at shortening the smut. Need to work on that!
Sadly, all great things come to an end, right? And that's true for this story-SOON!
We're nearing the end guys(lol... no pun intended... Seriously.) And I promise you who have stuck through this story this long, the finale I think will be worth it! ;)
*Again a huge special thanks to slingading for the fantastic cover art for this story! Thank you so much and much love to you!*