A/N - Just putting this here. This chapter is more of a filler/bonus chapter. I had already written this (and two others like it that will also be used as 'bonus chapters') before deciding to tone down on the length of the smut scenes. But I didn't want to scrap them. So, I added a little more editing until I had enough for whole chapters. A fair warning; This chapter is mainly smut. If you do not care for that, know that nothing extremely crucial happens in this chapters pertaining to the actual story. It is safe to skip this chapter and continue onto the next one without missing anything. Most you'll miss is Herobrine's failed attempts to learn more about Steve's past, lol! For those who DON'T mind reading smut and in fact like to; Enjoy!
[Chapter XXII ½]
[Alcohol Causes Delays]
Herobrine grinned as Steve was proving himself far more intelligent than he let on. His memory was spot on, almost photographic with the amount of detail he explained whenever Herobrine "quizzed him" about something pertaining to the Nether.
"That's certainly one a hell of a memory you've got there, Steve." he teased the miner as they walked down a long corridor, only stopping when said human paused and looked down the hall to their right upon coming to a four-way.
"Is something wrong?" he questioned the miner in a soft tone while white eyes glanced over to what had stolen the human's attention away from him.
"I've never been up there." Steve pointed out as he turned from the staircase leading up and outside of the fortress to look at Herobrine, not even startled to find the Nether ruler so close to him. "Is it something important?"
Taking only a second to recognize the area, Herobrine scoffed before leaning back a little. "It leads to a dead end balcony that overlooks the entire roof of the fortress." he begins; grinning before continuing at seeing the almost disappointed look on the other's face; "However," he whispered while pulling Steve flush against himself while moving forwards and pinning the surprised man against the Netherbrick, "opposite the staircase is a heavily locked iron door that only I can open. Inside there, after you go down the long passageway that goes deeply into the Netherrack, is a small and heavily sealed room that has the body of The Wither locked away."
Steve shuddered at the demon's moves against him, unable to suppress a low moan as Herobrine's heated hands snuck under his teal shirt and began messaging his lower back and sides.
His words and sudden groping of his rear had him gasping, his tone shaky as he spoke; "Wait… i-its body is up there? Does anybody else know that?"
Pulling away from the miner and earning an annoyed glare, Herobrine rolled his shoulder once. "No. Only Gasbard knows."
Steve cocked a brow up; "Gasbard?"
"My one and only true loyal follower. I know for a fact he will stand by my side no matter what the outcome will bear. You haven't met him yet, but he'll be the only white skeleton within the Nether once you do." he explained with a grin.
Steve felt a slight headache approaching, "I think I've taken in way too much information. My head's starting to hurt. I could really go for a drink." he laughed.
Wrapping his arm around the human's waist, Herobrine leaned in close; "Well, then in that case, enough walking around out here! Let's continue this in my room."
Before he could protest (like he was about to), Steve found them both inside the familiar bedroom standing beside the massive bed, once again made neatly and appeared untouched.
"Here. This always helps me relax whenever I've got too much on my mind. I've had plenty of time to master the brewing technique for it." he explained with a smile while holding out a cup filled with a golden liquid. "If you think Joehl's beer is good, try this. It's brewed to perfection!" He boasted proudly as Steve took the offered cup with a thanks after taking a seat on the side of the bed.
He watched as Steve sniffed the ale before bringing the cup to his lips and taking a tasting swallow. He was pleased by his reaction; "Whoa… you weren't kidding! This is amazing!"
"I am pretty amazing, I know. Drink up! I know technically I said yesterday we were going to leave the Nether today and search for the entrance… but I wanted to show you around some more. This time I mean it though; tomorrow we leave for the Overworld and begin searching for the entrance into The End. We'll only take the extra eyes. Once we find the actual portal, I'll pop back here and retrieve the actual twelve needed."
The two clanked their cups together in a toast before consuming their first of many cupfuls of the delicious ale.
Barely an hour passed by and Herobrine was chuckling as he poured more beer into Steve's empty cup; "Come on… Drink up, Stevie! You were saying you needed a drink!"
Steve glared though accepted the freshly poured beverage. "Yeah. One! Brine, y-you've poured me like… f-freaking who knows how many by now…" he groaned as his speech began slurring slightly; indicating the demon was steadily getting him drunk. He wasn't too keen on the idea of becoming intoxicated whilst within the Nether.
The beer was clearly much stronger than the stuff he had back at Joehl's tavern. The taste and smell of it however put up a perfect disguise as he had already lost count of just how much he's already had to drink and didn't want to get to the point of becoming sick.
Herobrine grinned even more at witnessing his work; he was getting the human just how he wanted. The first time Steve had gotten drunk, he was more than happy to openly talk to him. So he thought if he could get him drunk again, the miner would become more inclined to tell him more about his past.
He wanted to know everything about this human.
Deciding to try his luck, Herobrine began. "So… how many of you were actually on that ship?"
He saw Steve tense up. Heard the splash of ale hitting the wall of the cup as his jerking caused the liquid to jump within the mug. Taking a deep breath however, Steve surprised him by actually answering him; "There were… only eight of us. I was the youngest male. The girl I told you about was the youngest female of the only two who managed to escape with us."
"The eight of you were all full blooded Valerrencians?" the demon asked with a raised brow.
"Yeah."
Herobrine's next remark came out of his mouth faster than his brain was able to register the words; "Well, those two would've been quite busy in order to keep the bloodlines flowing."
It wasn't until he looked over and received the almost disgusted glare from the man did he chuckle nervously while putting his hands up in a show of surrender and not meaning his actual words.
Steve sighed with a shake of his head, "It's fine."
'Well… this isn't starting out well.' Herobrine groaned mentally to himself while downing the rest of his beer.
Glancing over and watching Steve finishing off his newest beer, he couldn't help but grin while watching the miner trying to relax after setting the once again empty cup down on the stand beside the bed. The demon moved himself further up the bed and sat directly behind the miner after tossing his cup off to the side to be picked up later; "Here, allow me to assist you. You're far too tense. You should be relaxing, Steve. I thought the alcohol would help…"
"I just… w-what'll happen when we find it?" Steve managed to speak sober enough and without much slurring to his speech. He then moaned lowly while violet eyes slid shut the instant he felt the other's hands upon his shoulders and rubbing them firmly.
Herobrine's smile fell as his eyes became lidded for a moment in seriousness. He knew that was what was bothering him. "We're going to activate it, enter it and slay the dragon. Together, Steve."
"And then a-after that?"
"We've got to get there first, Steve."
"We could die there, ya' know…"
Herobrine blinked and paused his massaging. "What?"
"Jus' think abou' it." Steve began, his words becoming more and more slurred the heavier the alcohol settled in. "We kill the… like r-ruler of that world. Won't it cease to exist or something?" He looked over his left shoulder the best of his abilities to try and look the demon in the eye, causing Herobrine to swallow thickly at seeing his flushed cheeks.
"That's thinking a little bit morbidly, don't you think?"
"But if that's what happens… we could be trapped there. I'm jus' saying I don't want us to—ahh—!" Steve gasped and was interrupted as Herobrine picked up his shoulder rubbing once again.
"We'll cross that bridge once it's presented to us. In the meantime, let's just focus on what we've got going on right now." Herobrine chuckled while pulling the human backwards and more onto the bed.
"Wha—!?" Steve gasped out while trying to retain his balance. Next thing he knew he was laying on his back before the demon, his legs spread enough to allow the Nether ruler to be comfortably nestled between.
"You are looking too much into this, Steve." Herobrine cooed while maneuvering himself and flipping the human onto his stomach with ease, ignoring the indignant sound that ended up being muffled by the pillows as Steve's face fell against the satin cases.
"B-Brine…?"
"Calm down, Stevie. You'll be fine." Herobrine grinned against the human's ear while preparing them both.
Steve shuddered while taking a deep breath, allowing the other to gently lift his hips so his hands could go for the front of his jeans. Turning his head more to the right so that his cheek was fully resting against the mattress after pushing the pillows out of the way, he focused his gaze at the wall while taking steady breaths to calm himself and his arousal.
If this continues… this'll be the third time he's had sex with him. His body shuddered with what he already knew was excitement and anticipation for it. Was he already becoming addicted to it?
Herobrine grinned while undoing the younger man's pants, licking his lips while pulling the offending material over tan hips until soon they were lying on the floor. Undoing his own pants just enough to allow himself the freedom needed, he stood up on his knees while bringing Steve's hips up with him.
Herobrine still took the time to properly prepare Steve with a healthy amount of lubrication to help ease the pain he brought onto the human.
Making sure his legs were spread wide enough apart to allow him the room needed to reach him, Herobrine leaned over; rubbing the wet tip of his erection against the twitching muscle of Steve's entrance while pressing his lips against the back of his neck before moving over and breathing hotly into his ear, "So tell me Stevie, back then were you aware of your feelings for me?" he teased, running his tongue along the outer shell of the miner's ear.
A groan came from Steve as he tensed up, a flood of arousal hitting him at feeling the Nether ruler pressing himself against him. The words whispered to him only helped his already throbbing hard-on to pulsate even more, eyes sliding closed while exhaling the breath he was unaware of holding until he began feeling faint.
Grinning evilly, Herobrine leaned back with another lick of his lips. Warm palms rubbing soothing circles over Steve's hips while the dripping head of his cock teased his entrance, Herobrine asked a question that he was actually genuinely curious about; "Back then… at that town. When we were alone in that Inn after leaving the tavern… what thoughts were going through your drunken mind? I knew how I started feeling about you… but what about you? They say alcohol can bring out the truth in people. Even if the truth is only brought out to they, themselves. Your mind must have thought up something you subconsciously wanted…" he egged on further.
Steve held his breath, tensing up while opening his eyes in shock. Swallowing the sudden lump that had formed in his throat, he let out a long sigh; nerves about shot with the mixture of painful arousal and now the fear and embarrassment of the truth coming into the light. With another deep inhale, Steve let out a defeated sigh.
Herobrine already knew. He wasn't stupid. So why hide it? "It was hard. To stay focused and ignore what my body was craving and demanding of me that night. The beer… was making me lose my grip over my lust. Granted, I wanted to talk to you… and I wasn't feeling well but I… I only closed my eyes and forced myself to sleep because the only thing my fucked up mind kept making me see was you bending me over the table and—!" he stopped abruptly, too embarrassed to finish his thought.
Fisting the material of the blanket beneath him, Steve tried to stop from trembling. But having the other behind him, grinding against his bare backside was making it a very difficult task to succeed in.
"Would you rather we move this to the table?" Herobrine asked with a grin. "Though I think the bed would be a little more comfortable. You are still new to this, you know…" he continued teasing though in a playful manner. Pressing just the head of his erection inside the almost painfully tight and hot confines of Steve's body, Herobrine groaned while his eyes fluttered closed, "We can be a little more… adventurous once we get you more relaxed and accustomed to accepting me."
"Ahh—! B-Brine-!" Steve moaned while his back arched, lifting his head up from the mattress and pushing himself up onto his forearms.
The position Steve put himself in had the miner pushing back against the demon, forcing his erection deeper into the human's tensed body while earning a surprisingly strained grunt from Herobrine as the Nether ruler was not expecting to fully enter him just yet, "F-fuck… Steve…"
Managing to catch on that he had for once caught the other off guard, Steve allowed a smug grin of his own to spread across his face. Pushing himself up even more, he took a deep breath before continuing.
Now up on his hands and knees, Steve leaned forward, moaning long and low at feeling Herobrine's length nearly slipping out of him. Before he leaned too far and the other was about to be free, Steve held his breath before using all his strength to thrust himself backwards again, bracing himself just as he deeply impaled himself on the demon's erection as he slammed against him.
The sharp pain that burned him was worth the startled and breathless gasp of pure surprise that came from behind him as Herobrine cried out; finger's instinctively tightening their grip to the point of blood being drawn as nails bit into flesh. "A-ah, sh-shit…"
Quick to catch on to Steve's intentions, minutely beings surprised the man would want it rough, Herobrine chuckled darkly while managing to still the human's motions. "So… you want an encore of the first time, I'm taking it?" He pulled back until just the tip was all that remained, "As you wish!" and rammed back into that tight hot heat with a moan, soaking in Steve's cries of mixed pleasure and pain.
"Gaahh!" Steve threw his head back while bracing himself even more as Herobrine set a steady pace against him. The alcohol that was still affecting his mind and the pleasure of sex now coursing through his veins was enough to numb the pain his body was going through as it absorbed the shock of each nearly brutal thrust against it.
"You don't come across as the type of person to enjoy rough sex, Stevie. Or am I just that good?" he laughed while maintaining his rough rhythm, drinking in the miner's sounds as he continued to take him hard and fast. Enjoying the show as he watched Steve's arms give out from underneath him, he chuckled as the man struggled to keep from going nearly face first into the mattress, his cries becoming muffled by the sheet.
'Just like you wanted…' the demon grinned.
Letting his eyes slide closed and head tilt back for about a half dozen thrusts, Herobrine chuckled lowly while slowly opening his eyes to stare up into the dim lighting of the glowstone directly above them, "Or… maybe it's because… you know nothing… but pain? Ever since… coming to this… island." he suggested, his sentences broken apart as he was losing focus on speech as his forceful fucking was stealing all his attention. His tight grip on Steve's hips allowed him to roughly pull the man perfectly against his invading thrusts, the harsh sound of skin on skin filling the room alongside Steve's quick gasps and sharp cries of pleasure and pain.
Lifting his head to look down at the sweat coated back of his partner, Herobrine moaned; the demon having a hard time forming a single sentence without having to pause. "That's it… isn't it? You have grown… so familiar to the pain… that the Mobs and villagers have inflicted on you… since your awakening on that beach, that you know nothing gentle. Nothing neither loving nor caring. The scars that coat your body… are proofs of such. It's why whenever someone does show you kindness… you instinctively pull back, flinching away from them. You are unsure… of how to react."
"Ahh—sh-shit!" Steve grunted between tightly clenched teeth as he continued to endure the other's strength. He knew he was going to have a hard time walking after this encounter even with the aid of the demon's strong healing potions as he could feel something hot and thick slowly trailing down his inner thighs. He was grateful for the alcohol and pleasure overriding his nerves for he knew he should be hurting considering he was bleeding.
He tried to glare over his shoulder, anger slowly filling him at the demon's accusing words. "Y-you're wrong. I-I only shied away… b-because of my own p-paranoia. A-after we fled our home… the few people w-we came across… were always t-trying to trick and f-fool us. Using kindness and c-caring words to lure us in."
Herobrine allowed his hips to slow and fall into a gentler pace that had Steve moaning softly rather than loudly crying out, soon stilling his hips altogether and allowing the miner a moment to catch his breath and settle down as his body took the time to recover. "You have never spoken much of the land of which you hail from…" he whispered, white glowing eyes narrowing upon hearing people trying to harm him.
He honestly didn't care for the others.
Steve swallowed thickly, trying to will the strength to return to his arms enough to push himself back up. He would not appear weak in front of Herobrine. Surprising both himself and the demon, he managed to regain enough energy to his limbs to push himself back up onto his hands and knees, releasing a shaky sigh upon doing so. "It… doesn't matter now. It's no more. This island… it's—it's my home now, Herobrine."
"The past still burns deeply within you though, Steve. Why won't you just share it with me?"
"Because it's in the past. It's… it's meant to be forgotten."
"Are you saying that everything that happens is meant to be forgotten once the event has passed?" He narrowed his eyes. Does that mean what they were doing now and even before… did Steve plan on just forgetting it all eventually?
However, the miner shook his head with a huff. "No, Brine. N-Not everything… My past was black and white and painful. It's worthless compared to what I have now. I have… so much going for me here. You don't need to know what consists of my past."
"If I want to understand you more, I do."
"Brine…!" Steve sighed with growing agitation.
Herobrine let out a long sigh through his nose; clearly expressing he wasn't pleased with the other's response. Catching on, Steve nibbled his lower lip for a second, giving a nervous wiggle of his hips before trying to reword what he had just said. "Brine… My past isn't important, and isn't necessary to understand me. What is important is my present and future. But all I want to focus on is right now! With you… t-this very moment…" he trailed off, flushed face heating up from embarrassment.
A brow rose slightly in piqued interested as he continued to stare down at the back of Steve's head, trying to keep his own hips from twitching too much.
The silence beginning to get to him, Steve let out a small annoyed noise while giving his hips another wiggle, this time earning a grunt from behind him. "Brine… enough talking already."
Grunting again as Steve gave yet another cruel wiggle, Herobrine slowly pulled himself back, hesitating on thrusting back in; "If it's the present you wish to focus on… then allow me to help you." he growled just before roughly pushing back in, grin returning at the surprised cry that he pulled from Steve.
"B-Brine!" Caught completely off guard by the other's actions, Steve's arms gave out from beneath him once again, causing him to fall against the mattress with a gasp as the demon was quick to settle right back into his steady pace that had the human gasping and crying out with each strong hit.
'I will eventually get it out of you what happened to you in the past, Steve. But if I'm all you want to focus on right now… who am I to deny you such pleasure?' Herobrine grinned deviously while tightening his grip on the miner's hips, pulling him back against his cock with each forwards thrust into him.
Steve was soon brought into a state of euphoria as Herobrine continued his assault against the small bundle of nerves deep within the human's body, leaving him breathless and moaning as his blunt nails clawed at the wrinkling sheets beneath them. Panting deeply in an attempt to inhale enough oxygen, incoherent noises soon started pouring from the man as he shut his eyes tightly, a sound close to a whimper leaking into the mix as his limits were getting reached.
Herobrine, though housing much more stamina compared to the human, was breathing deeply through his nose, his mouth closed and eyes narrowed in concentration as he stared down at the man he was once again taking. Vaguely in the back of his mind he was regretting not removing all of his own clothing as the heat was becoming suffocating and almost too much for even him to bear.
Steve's shirt had long ago bunched up by his shoulders, leaving his entire back exposed for the Nether ruler to enjoy.
Licking his lips with an evil grin, Herobrine released his grip on Steve's hips and leaned over him, causing his thrusts to be very short but still extremely penetrating. Moving his hands to grab at the human's shoulders, he pressed him down against the mattress while his hips quickly snapped against him.
"A-ahh, shit—! B-Brine… nngh!" Steve moaned while tilting his head to the side, fingers curling into the sheets to try and stabilize himself as the force from the other began to slowly push him against the sheets with the aid of his body becoming coated with sweat.
"That's right, Stevie… moan for me and only me." he chuckled. To further elicit the sounds that went straight to his cock, Herobrine harshly dragged his nails down the entire length of Steve's back, the human throwing his head back with a shout of pleasured pain as the newly added scratches burned the instant his sweat seeped into the raw flesh, the demon groaning deeply in the back of his throat in approval while moving his right hand around Steve and taking a sudden firm grip on his erection.
Steve jerked his hips forwards with a yelp as Herobrine began to steadily slide his hand up and down his entire length, matching the rhythm with that of his hips.
With a wide grin, Herobrine gave a tight squeeze of his hand before moving his grip up towards the tip, rolling his warm palm over the head a couple of times before dragging his hand back down to the base.
Steve groaned deeply while trying to make up his mind on which friction he wanted to thrust against; the steady pounding of Herobrine's erection, or the slow and sensual strokes of his hand.
Vaguely hearing Herobrine chuckling from behind him, Steve let out a loud hiss while bucking forwards upon the Nether ruler rubbing his thumb over the slit at the head of the human's erection a few times, smearing the beads of precum all over the tip.
Having his hand begin a rhythm that matched his hips for a couple of strokes, he released Steve's member and dragged his nails along his hip and gripped his cheek, leaning away and tilting his own head back, eyes closing as he drank in the moans he was receiving from his human, "Ah, yes… mmm, that's it."
Steve bit his lower lip, the aching to his knees starting to overpower the pleasure and in turn slowly killing his arousal. Herobrine picked up on this and chuckled quietly, stilling his thrusts for only a second before fully removing himself with a groan.
Moving away from Steve, the demon cleared his throat before speaking up, "Steve, lie down on your back."
Without even so much as a glance back at him, Steve did as the other told him, lying down on his back before the Nether ruler. His knees and elbows were red and looked nearly rubbed raw from where they had been sliding against the sheets of the bed.
Another chuckle left Herobrine as he made his move, crawling towards Steve while placing his hands on his hips. Gently, he put the miner into a different position; one Steve was confused about but also equally curious. He said nothing as he allowed the older male to turn him somewhat onto his left side, watching as he took hold of his right leg while straddling his left. Moving into position, Herobrine hoisted Steve's leg up and over his shoulder, grinning at the surprised look he received before giving the human a wink and closing the distance, easily slipping himself right back into the tight hot wetness he was becoming quickly addicted to.
"Oh, shit…! Brine…!" Steve moaned while he forced his body to relax, eyes sliding shut and mouth open wide as Herobrine set a steady rocking pace with his hips, the demon practically on his knees and still straddling Steve's left leg.
His blunt nails began biting into Steve's thigh as he tightened his grip on the leg he still had over his shoulder, white eyes half lidded and focused solely on the human's expression as he continued thrusting in and out of his heat. He could feel himself beginning to reach his climax, knowing Steve was quickly approaching his end with the aid of the new position as his thighs began to tremble and body began to shake.
Steve's right hand reached above his head and gripped at the pillow he was lying on, while his left sought purchase on the sheets beneath him, moaning like a whore as his body was near its limits. He needed that one final push over the edge that he so desperately was seeking…
As if mentally connected, Herobrine reached down with his right hand, once again firmly taking hold of Steve's throbbing erection and began pumping in a sloppy rhythm.
Chanting Herobrine's name, the miner suddenly gave a shout as he tensed up, body seizing almost violently as he came, his walls clamping around Herobrine tightly and keeping the man deeply buried inside him.
"Mmm, S-Steve—!" Herobrine groaned out while fighting against the tight hold the other had on his cock, forcing his hips to pull and push harshly against the other's shuddering body as he rode out his climax, Steve crying out with each snap against that spot inside him that had reached an almost painful level of sensitivity. Herobrine licked his lips while watching Steve's release spurt in large amounts on his chest and the sheets, even some leaking down onto his hand that continued to pump him dry of his essence, hissing at the pleasurable pain that the extreme tightness around his cock brought him as his end came upon him.
With one final hard thrust inside Steve, Herobrine held the man's body close with a growl, nails biting into the tan flesh of his thigh and leaving crescent shaped indentions in his skin as his hips jerked; head tossed back with a possessive moan of the man's name as he climaxed within the confines of his mate, his hips twitching as he came long and hard. "Oooooh, f-fuck…"
Steve gasped, yet again startled by the feeling of the other filling him to the brim with his hot seed. When would he get used to it? Swallowing thickly, Steve's chest heaved as he began calming down and settling from his high, panting deeply while trying to catch his breath.
Once again those tiny whispers of doubt and regret for what he had just done tried grounding themselves deeply in the back of his mind… causing a small disgruntled noise to leave him as he shook his head to clear it of the voices.
Herobrine, already quick to recover more of his stamina than Steve, slowly removed himself with a content sigh, once again enjoying the view as he watched his release mixed with blood leak from Steve's entrance.
It was the site of the milky-white fluid that brought the smug and proud smirk across his face. But seeing it having a slightly pink hue to it as red liquid also trailed down those trembling thighs surprisingly brought about a sharp stinging to his chest that he was unable to identify the cause of.
Despite this encounter being nearly as intense as their first, Steve actually still had enough energy within him to where he was able to remain awake, sighing while laying completely lax. He winced slightly as the other lowered his leg from his shoulder, his fingers releasing their death grip on the pillow and sheets but arms and hands remained where they lay, body too weak to move more than what was necessary functions.
Half lidded violet eyes glanced down at Herobrine, the demon's blank white eyes staring back, the man's lips curled into a half smile as he remained where he sat for a few seconds before speaking, "I see you're not going to pass out on me this time. Impressive."
He wanted to tell him off, but talking required too much effort and energy. So he merely lowered his eyes into a half-assed glare instead, weakly lifting his right hand up and raised his middle digit, which only had the Nether ruler chuckling.
To Be Continued…
A/n/ again - Hope this was okay. Like I said, I didn't want to scrap this or the other two.
*Again a huge special thanks to slingading for the fantastic cover art for this story! Thank you so much and much love to you!*