AN: I must vent. Granted I don't play much, but I'm upset that the traveler doesn't get region-specific clothing. So I'm giving the traveler magical clothing that alters based on his imagination. It would make sense, they used to hop between worlds. So, they can adapt with a thought. But the clothes will always keep their color palette, stars and circles, and the number of items (pants, shoes, hand coverings, overgarment, undergarment, jewelry).

In Komore Teahhouse

Aether was alone when he made it to Komore Teahouse. Paimon flew to the Kamisato estate while he decided to try the other place the person he was looking for might be at. He was surprised to find that the entire place was empty when he arrived. Taroumaru, the staff, and, most importantly, Thoma were all missing when he entered the main room. He checked a few of the rooms and sighed as he still didn't find anyone. This was a bit strange, the teahouse was never empty.

Retrieving the teapot in his pack, he reached in. It was a gift, so adeptal arts allowed him to reach further inside than you might believe was possible. Pulling out what he needed, he found the box with the knitting needles. Albedo had used a few heavy horns to fashion a set of knitting and sewing needles for the fixer of Inazuma City. They were apparently going to be long-lasting, capable of piercing any material, but would never pierce or knick a person's skin.

BUMP

When Aether heard the noise, he wondered what it could be. Then he heard, "ouch!" Since Geo was the element he'd resonated with recently, Aether flicked his hand. A sword made of glowing amber light appeared in the air and he grabbed the hilt, flipping it so it was ready for battle. It was still glowing as Aether barged into the door of one of the private rooms. He looked around, wondering who was hurt and what the cause was...then...by all the archons, this was embarrassing.

Thoma actually was here. Completely naked, sitting on the floor and covering himself with his hands. He actually did have his pants on, but they were barely wrapped around one leg and we was on the ground as if he'd fallen. His hands couldn't hide the toned muscles of his arms, legs, torso, or his lean physique. "T-Tr-Chr-Traveler!" Thoma sputtered. It only took a second for him to regain his composure. Casually, he said, "it's been a while, how have you been?"

"I..." Aether began uncertainly. He clenched a fist and the geo construct crumbled into bits of invisible, amber dust. "Sorry to interrupt."

"It's fine," Thoma said, still covering himself. He was blushing down to his shoulders. "What brings you here today?"

Aether raised the white box of needles wrapped in a red bow. He set it down on a table, eyes still glued to Thoma's body. "This is for you," he said. "I...my friend made them, they're sewing needles enhanced with alchemy."

"That's very thoughtful, Traveler," Thoma said, his smile forced. He crossed his legs to hide his crotch, leaning back on his arms to adopt a more casual pose. But...now his strawberry blonde treasure trail was all Aether could focus on. And the way his erection was somewhat visible between his thighs. "It warms my heart to know you'd do something like this for me."

"Of course, you're..." Aether's eyes drifted back up to those green eyes. "You're very important to me, Thoma." The fixer sent a more natural smile his way. "I...can I ask you something?"

"Go ahead, shoot," Thoma leaned back against the wall, legs still crossed over one another to give him a sense of modesty.

"Ummm..." Aether wondered. "How are you...doing that?"

"Pardon me?"

"How are you feeling good," Aether continued, "without someone to be sexy and help?"

Thoma chuckled lightly. "Sexy?" He raised an eyebrow. "I have to admit, I'm a little confused."

"I don't know everything," the traveler said, "but I thought you needed someone sexy in order to do that. To...cum, I think. But you're alone here. How are you doing it?"

"I...I have to start by asking..." Thoma began. "What does being 'sexy' mean in this context?"

"I-I'm not sure," Aether said, placing his hands at his hips while he considered it. "Someone that looks nice and plays with your...dick, I believe."

Thoma chuckled for a moment. "Sorry," he said when he saw Aether's face fall. "I think you might be viewing this a little differently than I do. Come sit with me."

The shorter blonde sat down across from the taller blonde, trying his best to keep his eyes on Thoma's. "Yes?"

"So..." Thoma began, explaining it as casually as he'd recently explained his housekeeping tips. "I was...pleasuring myself. Which just means that I wanted to make myself feel really nice until I...came-to use the term you did."

"You can do it on your own?" Aether asked, wondering why Kaeya said he needed the traveler's help.

"Yeah, but some people prefer to do it with another person sometimes," Thoma said. "That's what I think you mean when you said you need someone to be sexy. But a partner isn't required."

"Really?" Aether asked. Since that day with the captain, he really wanted to try what they did again. But Kaeya had been sent away on an assignment and Aether had been busy with commissions.

"Yes." Thoma nodded. "Sexy might not mean what you think it means, though. It just means you think someone is pretty or handsome or attractive. It's not something you do to someone else, it's just that..." He waved his hands around in a thoughtful gesture. "It's something you are. Appealing to another person."

"So..." Aether mumbled. "I wasn't being sexy."

Quirking an eyebrow, the taller blonde asked, "pardon me?"

Aether looked up, shocked he'd said that out loud. He usually never had the problem of speaking too much. "I...just...realized that I'm not sexy."

Thoma giggled, covering his mouth, "sorry, sorry, I'm not laughing at you." He sighed. "I just beg to differ. I think a lot of people would."

The traveler looked at him confusedly. He was worried he would say something stupid if he spoke.

"Your..." Thoma looked down Aether's body. He wore a brown jinbei embroidered with golden diamonds within circles. But the cut of the collar was a bit unconventional. It was very deep, revealing Aether's pecs and the top of his abs to the world. "Most people would think you're very cute. Especially with your body."

Aether felt his dick twitch a bit at that. Especially the way that Thoma was looking at him. "Sorry, I wasn't fishing for compliments. You don't have to say that."

Thoma's eyes glimmered as his lips broke out in a grin. "I wasn't lying," he grabbed Aether's hand, uncrossing his legs and bringing it to his erection. "See?"

"Oh," the traveler said, his eyes widening. Thoma's cock twitched when he grasped it, the appendage impossibly warm.

The fixer giggled. "I hope this is alright with you." Aether leaned in, his lips wrapping around Thoma's dick quickly. "Wow." The shorter blonde took it deep. And that was saying a lot considering that, despite how thin it was, Thoma's dick was exceptionally long. Aether's tongue rolled so it was somewhat horizontal, circling around the head of Thoma's cock. "Oh? That...that's nice." The traveler bobbed his head back and forth, still swirling around Thoma's head with his tongue while he worked on the shaft with his lips. "Wait, wait..."

When Thoma pulled him off of his dick, Aether looked at him questioningly. "Did I do something wrong?"

"No," the taller blonde said. "That was great, but...I don't feel right if you're blowing me and I'm not doing anything to you."

"Blowing?" Aether asked. "Should I blow on it, too?"

Thoma chuckled, "not exactly what I mean..." He raised Aether's hand, wrapping his lips around a finger. His green eyes met Aether's gold ones as he bobbed his head back and forth on the finger, his tongue lapping at it. There was a pop from his lips as he removed the finger from his mouth. "When you do that to someone's dick, it's called a blowjob...or blowing them."

"Oh." Aether was a little shaken. He didn't know how he was so affected by Thoma sucking his finger for a few seconds, but it was a bit intense.

"Now, let's get rid of these shall we? I feel overdressed," Thoma removed the star-shaped pin that held both sides of the traveler's top in place. Without it, he was able to pull the left and right side off of the shorter blonde's shoulders. Folding it neatly, he set it aside. "Lay back, if you don't mind." Aether did it and Thoma lifted the traveler's legs up high. He removed his friend's deep brown geta sandals, leaving them near the abandoned top. Then he pulled off the traveler's bottoms and folded them neatly to join the pile. When his eyes saw the traveler's undergarments, a strip of cloth tied in a knot, the housekeeper grinned. Undoing the knot swiftly, he pulled it away and rolled it neatly to join the pile.

Now that he was exposed, Aether gasped. Thoma began to kiss behind his knee, trailing up further. He kissed up his thigh, finally reaching his crotch. Folding Aether's legs so they were wrapped around his neck, he leaned in closer. He kissed his way to Aether's dick, licking from the bottom of his balls upward. Aether moaned as Thoma's tongue travelled up his shaft, then his head so he could place a kiss at the tip of Aether's cock. "Thoma," Aether moaned. Thoma gently kissed down the underside of the shorter blonde's dick, his nose trailing down after each kiss. "Wh-wha-what happened to not feeling right if there's only one person blowing the other?"

The taller blonde chuckled, sneaking a quick lick before he brought Aether's legs back down off of his shoulders. He kissed Aether's cheek affectionately before crawling around so that he was on his hands and knees above the traveler. Just facing the opposite way. His face was right over Aether's gorgeous, hairless crotch. On the opposite end, Aether had an enticing view of Thoma's dick. With the way the fixer had moved to assume this position, his length was still bobbing left and right a bit. Like a metronome.

Raising his head, Aether licked at Thoma's dick before taking it down his throat again. He liked to go deep. Especially when he was trying to make one of his closest friends feel amazing. Aether kept bobbing his head up and down, using his tongue to lick and stroke the dick as he took it further. He gagged a bit when he went down a little too quickly. So he withdrew a bit, wrapping his lips around the head and swirling his tongue around it, flicking across the piss slit. He moaned intensely when he felt Thoma using some sort of trick with his tongue. Then he opened his throat, deepthroating the taller blonde's cock.

Meanwhile, Thoma was using a different technique. He licked along Aether's dick, flicking his tongue along it before wrapping his tongue around it and bobbing his head to move the ring he'd created with his tongue along the shaft before him. Aether moaned intensely around his cock, earning a groan from Thoma. The fixer wrapped his tongue around the head of Aether's cock, tightening the ring a bit to pull out a drop of precum that his tongue darted out to catch. Then he smirked a bit as he spat in his hand. Raising it to take hold of the traveler's dick, he began to pump it firmly. Then he leaned down to suck on the traveler's balls.

"Oh!" Aether moaned, popping off of Thoma's dick. The tongue dancing around his balls was amazing. He never knew they could be this sensitive. When Thoma licked the smooth skin behind his balls, Aether cried out. It was...it was so much. Especially with the strong hand wrapped around his dick during all of it. Thoma's hands had rough callouses that brushed Aether's dick in a way that contrasted the rest of the smooth skin on Thoma's hands. "That feels good."

Thoma grunted happily, still licking Aether's taint. But Aether, apparently, wasn't going to be outdone. He took Thoma's dick deep down his throat. Almost instantly, he had Thoma's entire cock buried in his throat (which was no small feat considering it was no small dick). The traveler began to hum, sending vibrations up and down the fixer's cock. He twisted his head from side to side, his tongue flicking in time with the motion as he kept the dick embedded inside his throat with those delicious vibrations.

"Tr-tr-traveler?" The taller blonde moaned his words into Aether's balls. "I..." He tried to gather his thoughts, everything in his brain focused on that sensation around his length. "Know...that...should know...that" He still couldn't even figure out the words he should be saying. "Cum." He finally managed. "Cum."

That was enough for the shorter blonde to understand the gist. He pulled off the housekeeper's dick until only half of it was inside his mouth. While it didn't allow him to deepthroat it, there was definitely room inside his mouth for the other man's seed. His own dick was beginning to cry out for release. It was twitching, every part of it sensitive to any sort of stimulation. "Meh moo," Aether ground out, possibly not the best idea to say it with his mouth full.

The blondes came simultaneously. Thoma's cum was deposited straight into Aether's waiting mouth, the adventurer sucking it out greedily. Thoma's cum was so hot it almost scalded Aether's mouth, his dick burning even hotter. Every single drop Thoma had to offer, Aether's mouth collected. Thoma, on the other hand, was a bit distracted. He held his mouth open, his tongue sticking out to tease the underside of the other boy's cock. When Aether came, the building shook violently as the earth beneath them reacted. Most of his cum landed in Thoma's mouth. But bits of it landed all over his face and neck. Not that he cared at the moment. The fixer collapsed shortly after he noticed cum was no longer coming out of the traveler's dick.

When he noticed Thoma didn't realize that he'd just collapsed on top of the shorter blonde upside-down, his dick falling to lay over Aether's face with the wet tip poking his eye...Aether placed his hands on Thoma's torso and pushed. When Thoma rolled over, he fell onto his back. Aether was able to flip around so that he and Thoma were looking in each other's eyes. Or, at least, they would be if Thoma's eyes weren't closed. The man had apparently fallen asleep after everything. Aether would like to join him, but Paimon was likely to come looking soon.

Rising to his feet, Aether put on his clothes again and found Thoma's folded neatly. He licked the cum of of him, then dressed the fixer to the best of his ability and set him down on a stack of napkins like it was a pillow. Ensuring the gift box was somewhere his friend would notice it when he woke up, Aether turned off all the lights and exited the teahouse-ensuring all the doors were locked tightly.