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[Sandcastles and Fireworks]

Sand reached out to cup Satoshi's face between his slim hands, his own eyes filled with an echoing sorrow. "Oh, my sweet saiai, what has been done to you? Was it so hard for those who have hurt you over the years to accept such rare beauty, such a generous heart? No, do not even answer that. I know what has been done, and by whom."

Sand looked deeply into Satoshi's eyes. "Do I lie to you, saiai? Do I tell you things that are not true simply to have my way with you? I think you know me just a little better than to think that of me. I am many things, and not all of them are pleasant, but I do not lie to those I love."

Satoshi closed his eyes, the tears sliding down his pale cheeks, and Sand leaned in to kiss them away. "I'm sorry, Masato. I do not think you lie to me. I don't ever think that. It's me. I've failed you."

"No," Sand said, and there was a note of gentle love in his voice that made Satoshi open his eyes. "Words are what fail both of us, because words are what were used to hurt you, just as much as the blows. I can offer something better than words, something that will not fail."

Sand moved Satoshi's wheelchair so that it faced Sand as he sat on a bench. Once Satoshi was settled, Sand reached out and took one of Satoshi's hands, his touch gentle. Satoshi tried to flinch away, his cheeks burning in shame and dismay, but Sand shook his head slightly.

"No, saiai, not this time. Let me show you something that perhaps I should have shown you long ago, if I were not a fool who forgets that words can fail." Sand touched Satoshi's cheek softly with his free hand. "Just look into my eyes, and see."

Sand pulled Satoshi effortlessly into his memories, and it took Satoshi a moment to realize that they were in Evereska, in the temple where Eryn had served. It was a bright day, and Hawk was there, wrapped in linen bandages and looking thin but not nearly as pale as when Sand had wrested his soul free from the phaerimm. Hawk was walking in the temple gardens, his arm through Sand's arm, and the two brothers were talking. Satoshi listened as he heard his name come up.

"So, this is really serious, you and your Satoshi?" Hawk asked. He looked at his younger brother with great affection. "And don't tell me that you're married to him and expect me to settle for that. I know you far too well, toror'ai'."

Sand laughed, his head falling back a little, and it was easy to see the resemblance between the two elves. He looked at Hawk with amusement. "And when could I ever carry off a lie to you, toror'alta?"

"Never, so don't try now." Hawk winced a little, and Sand steered him to an elegant marble bench. "Seldarine, I wish atara would heal this all at once."

"She cannot, and you know it." Sand seated himself next to Hawk, tucking his arm through Hawk's arm again with that easy physical affection that the elves displayed even in public. "The phaerimm leaves wounds that magic cannot touch. If atara tried, it would wound you more."

"I know, I know," Hawk grumbled good-naturedly. "This just wears on me. But, let's not get off the topic, my elusive toror'ai'. How serious are you, really?"

Sand looked at Hawk, and his face lit up. "Satoshi is the piece of me that has been missing, Hawk. You know I have always felt like I was looking for someone specific, someone who filled the empty places. That person is Satoshi. He is utterly magical, Hawk."

"You thought Vale was the one," Hawk said, and Sand's cheeks darkened.

"I wanted Vale to be the one. He saved me, and gave me a reason to go on after Luskan. I thought it meant, well..." Sand chuckled and spread his hands.

Hawk grinned at Sand. "You don't have to tell me. He's beautiful, deadly and still manages to be somehow innocent. Vale's all the things you want to be."

"I am wounded to the quick, toror'alta, truly I am." Sand looked at Hawk, his blue eyes bright with laughter. "I am at the very least both beautiful and deadly."

"But your Satoshi, well," Hawk said, his voice dropping into a purr. "My preference is females, as you well know, but for him, I'd make an exception."

"I think not," Sand retorted quickly, something like anger or jealousy flashing in his eyes. "Satoshi is not like that. He is not fickle and prone to sampling among the pretty and available bodies. I know we have shared lovers before, but not Satoshi, never Satoshi. He is steadfast, and loyal, and utterly loving, and so very beautiful. When I was in the Weave... His soul shone so brightly, Hawk. It was beyond a beacon. It was a column of pure white light, utterly good, and noble. Nothing could outshine that, and I cannot even contemplate a day without him. He is everything I am not, Hawk. He is generous, and he loves without reservation or condition. He is kind and pure and as innocent as an elfling, and tender. He is – " Sand looked at Hawk and smacked his arm lightly. "You are such a bastard, do you know that?" he laughed.

"I like seeing you gush. You've never gushed before," Hawk replied, his eyes bright. "He really is the one, isn't he? I'm glad you found each other."

"I am as well, Hawk." Sand voice was filled with a pure love, and his eyes were bright with certainty. "It was the easiest decision I have ever made, you know. Choosing to return to him. Seldarine, it was not even a choice. It was the only possibility for me. We belong together, and not even the gods can put us apart."

"He's human. I know Hanali granted him more years, but if she didn't? What then?" Hawk watched Sand, smiling a little when Sand did not hesitate in the slightest.

"It would not have changed a thing. The only thing I could not bear is a day without him. If we were only given fifty years, I would have spent every day loving him more than the day before, and faded on the day he died so as not to spend a day without him." Sand smiled that radiant smile that made him look as young as Erion. "Fifty years with my Satoshi would be worth more than five thousand years with anyone else."

"Then do me a favor, toror'ai'. Love him with all your heart. Don't hold anything back, and tell him how you feel about him. Tell him every day. Don't let him slip away because you take it for granted that he knows how you feel." Hawk looked at Sand for a long moment. "I learned that lesson the hard way, and I've spent far too long regretting not following my heart."

"Sora," Sand said quietly. "You still love her that much?"

"As much as you love your Satoshi," Hawk replied. "I should have told her father the truth, or told atara and let the pieces fall where they would."

"It is not too late. Satoshi gave me a second chance. Perhaps Sora will do the same for you." Sand wrapped an arm around Hawk's waist. "I need to get you back inside, before atara hunts us down. We will get a lecture, no doubt, and be called foolish little birds for the millionth time."

The two elves stood, graceful and tender with each other in the manner of loving brothers, Sand's arm firmly around Hawk's waist, and Hawk's arm over Sand's shoulders.

"I don't know if it matters, Sand, but you do have my blessings," Hawk said. "I like your Satoshi, a lot. I'm hoping he'll come to see me as a brother one day."

"I hope so as well, toror'alta," Sand replied, his eyes filled with joy.

Sand let Satoshi ease out of the memory, looking at him intently. "I love you, saiai. I would choose to spend my life with you a thousand thousand times, and never regret that choice. You are everything that is beautiful and honorable and loving in my life, and you humble me with the depth of your love. I am eternally proud to be your husband, Mori Satoshi, and I will love you more every day for all the days of my life because you are worth loving, my gorgeous husband. Yours is the only song my soul will ever sing."

Satoshi stared at Sand, unaware of the massive tears that rolled down his cheeks and landed on his broken hand, forming a small warm puddled in his palm. He drew a deep shuddering breath, then lurched forward, all but throwing himself out of the chair and into Sand's arms, the wheelchair bucking under him and sliding backwards over the floor, rolling away from them.

"I am everything you are not? How can you say that? You are everything that I am not. You are strong, and confident, and determined, and you are never afraid. I wish I were more like you, Masato. You've loved me through ages..." Satoshi sobbed loudly, and buried his face in Sand's shoulder, his voice muffled and filled with tears. "You saw my soul there? In the Weave? You saw my soul shining that brightly?"

"I am impatient, and self-centered, and thoughtless, but the one thing that I do right is to love you will all that I am, saiai." Sand stroked Satoshi's hair and back lovingly. "And you have loved me through the ages as well, my sweet devoted Satoshi. It was the call of your soul that drew me to you every time. Your soul is the brightest thing in the universe to me, watashi no kokoro. I realized, there in the heart of the Weave, when you still shone so clearly, that there will never be a place so far or so dark that I cannot see you, and feel you, and come home to you."

Satoshi struggled to climb on to Sand's lap, his weakened right leg aching under him as he bent his knee, and a wave of pain washed through their bond, Satoshi sobbing into Sand's shoulder and his tears leaving a large wet stain on Sand's shirt. "And you keep me calm when I get overwhelmed when we are in crowded places. You make me stop when my OCD takes over, and patiently let me work it out when I get anxious. You are like a rock beside me when all I can see is darkness, and you make me laugh like no one else ever has."

Sand reached out and absorbed the pain without even thinking about it, helping Satoshi to settle onto his lap.

Satoshi lifted his head and tried to look into Sand's eyes, but he could barely see anything for his tears. "I was scared of you when I first met you, that afternoon at the vacation. But then you made love to me with such passion, and you didn't even see my scars. And afterward you held me so tenderly..."

Satoshi lowered his head and sobbed for a moment, then sniffled loud and long, and raised his head again. "I fell in love with you then. When you curled up on the couch with me, and held me so tenderly through the night. I left my heart with you when I left, but it didn't hurt, because I knew it was where it belonged. I just told myself you didn't feel the same."

"I was resisting, saiai. I told myself that I was in love with Vale, and that this had just been a vacation, a small fantasy. But then Vale went to Yuji, and I was alone, and all I could think about was you." Sand cradled Satoshi and tenderly wiped away his tears, kissing his cheeks. "I thought I had hurt you by not coming back to you, and I was ashamed. When you came to Neverwinter, I hoped it meant I would be given a second chance."

"And you were. It was never a question of giving you a second chance, because I never gave you a chance to begin with. I never told you how I felt, or that I was interested in more. I just let you have me that first day, and then avoided you." Satoshi pressed his forehead against Sand's cheek, his whole body shivering with the effort of holding back his sobs. "You were the one who gave me a second chance. Even when I told you I hated you, you still came to me, and helped me. You are utterly selfless when it comes to helping me. You are always willing to brave my darkness to pull me through. You were the one who gave me a second chance."

Sand kissed Satoshi again, pouring all his love through their bond. "Then we shall have to agree that we gave each other a second chance. Do not try and take all the responsibility, though, saiai. I did not seek you out again at the vacation, either, and I could have. But that is our past, and I want to live in the now with you. The now is a little unpleasant at the moment, and I can only ask you to hold on a little longer, until the hospital releases you. Then, cormamin, I shall take you to Evereska and heal your wounds, all of them. I shall show you what we can do, and you shall play for me again, the sort of music that makes elves weep with joy in the streets. That is my vow to you."

Satoshi sank into the kiss, but when Sand promised to heal his hands he withdrew and crumbled in on himself a little again, his tears overflowing again. "Don't promise me that. I can't believe it. I can't let myself hope for that, only to be disappointed when it doesn't happen. This kind of damage has always meant death to anyone who plays guitar. It's impossible to fix," Satoshi sobbed, shaking his head as he spoke, lowering his head to hide his tears from Sand. "Just look at Kohaku. He used to be brilliant on the guitar, but now he can barely play for an hour, and there are certain grips that he just can't make anymore. And he can only reach a certain speed. Anything more and his hand just hurts too much. It's impossible, Masato."

"It is impossible here," Sand agreed. "It is not impossible in Evereska. You saw what wiping the water from the Shining Spring onto Yori's arm and shoulder did. Damage that was fifteen years old began to heal. Had we brought him to Evereska, and let him bathe in the Spring and soak in its waters, his arm would be perfectly whole. Elves have regrown lost limbs in that water. Were I to soak in it, my scars would vanish as though they never were. The waters are a gift of the Seldarine, our gods. They heal all ills."

Sand put a gentle hand under Satoshi's chin, lifting his head so that Sand could look into those dark brown eyes. "I will never lie to you, Satoshi. I promised you that, and I will keep that promise. I have given you my vow that we will heal you. I will not go back on a vow, so please? I know it is hard, the hardest thing I have ever asked of you, but trust me? Just a little? And as for Kohaku, I want to bring back water, and wash his hands with it as well. Like Yori, we cannot heal him all the way, but enough so that he can play again."

Satoshi broke down crying again, and crumbled into Sand's arms, his voice tiny in his despair.

"I don't dare to hope. I do trust you, I really do, but I'm so scared. I've been disappointed so many times before, that I just can't dare to hope. I do trust you with my life. But this... I'm just too scared to let myself hope."

"Then I will settle for trust, my love. That is enough for now. Trust me and trust that I will keep my vow to you." Sand held Satoshi as firmly as he could, letting his love wash over Satoshi without pause. "I know you are scared. I know you have been disappointed, but not this time, saiai. Not this time. I will not fail you, because I love you far too much to give you false hope."

Satoshi wrapped his arms around Sand's neck and nuzzled in, his sobs slowing down, but his chest still hitched as he tried to calm down. "Take me to bed, please? Don't let go of me, just take me to bed. Please, saiai, take me to bed and hold me. I know you will never disappoint me, Masato, or give me false hope. But I'm too far gone to be able to see that hope right now. Just hold me for a little longer and then you can take me to Evereska, and maybe I'll find my hope there," Satoshi sobbed, tightening his arms around Sand's neck and nuzzling his nose into Sand's soft skin.

Sand stood easily, lifting Satoshi in his arms and holding him close. "Then let me take you to our room, and I will hold you, saiai. I will never let you go. Hold on to me, and we will make that enough for now."

Sand carried Satoshi out of the smoking area, pausing only to ask an orderly to leave Satoshi's wheelchair outside his room when he got a chance. Sand walked back to the room, Satoshi in his arms, his love wrapped around Satoshi like a warm blanket as he held Satoshi against himself.

In the room, Sand carefully laid Satoshi down, and kept one hand on Satoshi as he kicked off the slippers he wore in the hospital and slid into the bed alongside Satoshi. Sand gathered Satoshi close to him, Satoshi's face nestled in the warm hollow where Sand's neck and shoulder met, and Sand pressed gentle kisses to Satoshi's soft hair.

"Rest, saiai. I am here, and I will not let go." Sand gently stroked Satoshi's back, and he murmured softly in elven, an ancient poem about lovers who were parted and found each other again. The words were almost musical, and Sand's voice was lilting, as close as he could get to singing without damaging Satoshi's ears.

Satoshi lay utterly quiet in Sand's arms, his breathing slowly returning to normal, then slowed even further, untill he was breathing with that slow deep rhythm he used during his meditation, and his body relaxed utterly in Sand's embrace, his heart beating slowly and steadily next to Sand's.

As Sand murmured the elven poem, Satoshi managing to understand most of it, or at least enough to fill in the blanks, Satoshi began to hum softly under his breath, Sand only sensing the vibrations in Satoshi's chest at first, but then slowly the sound got louder and began to weave perfectly with Sand's murmured words.

"Masato. Do the elves have music with that poem?" Satoshi asked suddenly, an urgency in his voice that had Sand had not heard in weeks.

Sand blinked, and smiled a little. "I have not heard it sung, but the words do seem to want to be sung, do they not?" He nestled closer to Satoshi. "Shall I continue reciting, saiai?"

Satoshi nodded sharply and nuzzled a little closer to Sand, wrapping his arm tightly around Sand's chest, as if he was trying to feel the vibrations of the words in Sand's body. "Go on. Let me hear it all," Satoshi urged, and nuzzled Sand's jaw lightly.

Sand smiled into Satoshi's hair, and began to recite again, the elven words flowing out again in a soft lilt. Sand could feel the vibrations beginning in Satoshi's chest again, and his heart soared as he realized that Satoshi was finding the music in the words, hearing a song that only he could bring to life.

Sand said a mental prayer of thanks to all the Seldarine that he had inherited Eryn's love of poetry, and had devoted himself to memorizing tomes of ancient elven compositions. In his youth, Sand had recited the poems to various lovers, but never until now had the words meant so much, and he found himself as caught up in the poems as Satoshi, Sand's fingers gently stroking Satoshi's soft hair as he recited.

Satoshi stared straight ahead of himself as he listened to Sand's lilting words, the elven flowing out of his husband in a silvery wave, and slowly the cold hospital room faded from his vision, and the story that the poem told started to unfold before Satoshi's eyes, the music of the two lovers of the poem filling his very soul and pouring out as he began to hum, louder and stronger, and slowly he found the right sounds, the right beat and tempo, and finally the music bloomed within him, filling him up with the bright light that it always did, and a radiant smile spread over his lips.

He opened up his bond to Sand and flooded his elf with the music that the elven poem had created within Satoshi, his eyes bright when he looked up at Sand, the elf's lips still moving as he continued to recite the poem.

Sand never paused in his recitation, but his eyes shone with appreciation for the beauty of the music, the elven words fitting in seamlessly as Satoshi's music filled Sand's soul, as glorious and breathtaking as anything Satoshi had ever composed. Sand's fingers stroked through Satoshi's hair, and Sand let the meaning of the words, the eternal love they celebrated, fill his voice as he recited the final stanzas.

Bright tears welled in Satoshi's eyes as he continued to hum the music, but the smile on his face was radiant, as Sand finished his recitation, and fell silent. Satoshi licked his lip quickly and then whispered even more urgently than before, "How long would it take you to get home, and find the shiny black laptop in the studio, and bring it back here?"

Sand smiled just as radiantly. "Keep the door closed, and I will teleport there and back. If I go straight to the studio, our queen will not catch me misusing magic." Sand's smile grew impish, and he kissed Satoshi sweetly before he teleported off.

Satoshi's studio was quiet, and Sand looked at the three identical shiny black laptops sitting on the table in the studio. He looked at them in dismay, and reached into his pocket for his cellphone, dialing Satoshi's phone and waiting for Satoshi to answer.

"Saiai? There are three shiny black laptops here. They look identical to me, I fear. Help?" There was a bit of laughter in Sand's voice as he looked at the table, bemused.

Satoshi laughed brightly through the phone, his voice teasing when he answered, "I'm beginning to see what you mean about impatient. You poofted on me before I could even finish telling you what I needed. There should be two shiny black ones and a sort of matte black one on the table. If there are three shiny ones, it means Matsu's been around the house to pick up the studio one." Satoshi sort of trailed off, sounding more like he was talking to himself than Sand for a moment. ["Anyway. They're all macs, right?"

"Yes, they are all macs," Sand replied. He chuckled a little as he added, "I really must learn to be a little more patient, must I not?"

"Sometimes it's cute," Satoshi giggled, then cleared his throat, and pretended to be serious for a moment. "Alright. One should be a pretty beat up old MacBook. There should be a large scratch on the top, like someone scraped it with a key or something, and then a pretty old and worn out Kohaku sticker on the bottom of it. The power cord for that one should be close by, it's got gaffer tape all over it, and there is a little Penicillin keychain thingy attached to it. Alright? You found it?"

Sand saw one laptop with a scratch and lifted it, seeing the sticker that Satoshi had described, and then the proper cable. "Yes, I have them both. Really, saiai, you are marvelously organized. You know exactly what is here."

"Meh, it's called OCD, Masato. Now, there should be a computer bag around there somewhere, unless Matsu stole it again. You can put the computer in there with the cable, and then I'll need you to find a microphone. Just one of the small ones, with the cord and the little jack. It has to be a small jack, otherwise it won't plug into the computer. There should be a couple in the large drawer on the left of the door, the top drawer, I think." Satoshi hummed softly through his nose as he wracked his brain for what else he needed while he listened to Sand search the studio.

Sand found the computer bag, and tucked the MacBook into it along with the power cord, and then began to rummage around until he found the microphones. He checked a few of the smaller ones, and found one with a little jack, much like his headphones that he used with his music player.

"So far, so good, saiai. I have the microphone, with the tiny jack like my headphones have." Sand waited to hear what else Satoshi needed, delighted that Satoshi was humming as he thought. Sand had not realized how much he missed that sound, the humming Satoshi did when he was pondering, a sound that had been sadly absent until now.

"Perfect. Then I need you to do the hard bit. Go to the desk on the left of the console, and open the top drawer on the left side. There should be a rack of cds there, and a stack of blank ones. I need you to bring a couple of the blank ones. There should be empty sleeves for the empty cds right next to them, so they don't get scratched in the bag. But from the rack, I need you to find a cd that's marked, Drum brain, and BassuBass. The titles are in my handwriting, so sorry if you can't read them." Satoshi's voice rose with excitement, and a tone of delight slipped into it, his bond to Sand throbbing with joy and the soft sound of the music that Satoshi had been creating before he sent Sand off on his mission.

Sand grinned into the phone as he went over to the desk and opened the top drawer on the left side. He found the blank cds and sleeves quickly enough, and he slipped several blank cds into sleeves and added them to the bag.

The rack of cds presented more of a challenge. Sand looked through them, his brow furrowing slightly as he read Satoshi's handwritten labels. It took two passes and a bit of squinting, but Sand finally let out a yelp of triumph. "There they are!" Sand took the two cds, already in cases, and placed them in the bag.

"Now, is there anything else you need while I am here?" Sand asked, nearly as excited as Satoshi.

Satoshi giggled shyly suddenly, and nodded, without realizing that Sand could not see him or hear him nod. "Don't laugh. But you can teleport to our room without anyone noticing you, right?"

Satoshi tittered a little bit, and drew a gasping breath, his voice coming out in a bit of rush, and terribly low when he continued. "Go to our room. You know my little shrine in the corner. In the top drawer on the right side, there should be a small brown basket, with a couple of small baggies of sort of light brown or white salt. Bring one of those, please."

Satoshi giggled shyly and then added with a shout, "Oh, and a couple of sticks of incense if there is any. I'm sure Kansas has pinched them all, but if there are any in the small domed holder, then you can bring those, and the holder."

"Of course, saiai," Sand said, laughter in his voice despite his bemusement. "Salt and incense and a holder." He teleported to their room at home, hoping Vale was not home to pick up the movement in the Weave, and went straight to the shrine to collect the requested items. He found a small baggie of light brown salt, and there were two sticks of incense in additional to the ones already in the holder. Sand wrapped those carefully in some tissues and packed them.

"I have those, saiai. Anything else?" Sand asked, his voice filled with love.

Kansas jerked awake to the sound of footsteps in the room, and very slowly he peeked from underneath the covers, his raven black and blue hair standing out in all directions, making him look decidedly impish as he peered over the edge of the covers to see Sand poking around in the drawer of Satoshi's shrine, and talking on the phone at the same time. Kansas smiled wide, but breathed slowly to try and do so silently, lying absolutely still in the bed, not really in the mood to have Sand catch him, buttnaked in Satoshi's and Sand's bed.

Satoshi hummed through the phone and shook his head, laughing at himself a little. "Nope, that's everything. Unless we're running out of lube."

"Lube!" Sand exclaimed. "A good thought. It would not do to run short. I cannot imagine the staff would appreciate me asking for that."

Sand turned around to reach into the nightstand, and nearly dropped his phone in surprise as he saw the sweet image of Kansas peeking out from under the covers. He opened his mouth to speak, and then stopped when Kansas looked at him, wide-eyed.

"Masato? What happened? Are you alright?" Satoshi asked through the phone loudly.

Kansas stared up at Sand with wide eyes, and then lowered the covers enough to reveal his slightly apologetic grin. "Sorry. I just like to nap here sometimes. I miss him. I miss you both," Kansas whispered, barely above a breath, and his cheeks turned faintly pink.

Sand smiled radiantly at Kansas, sitting down on the side of the bed as he spoke into the phone. "It is alright, saiai. I was simply startled by a rather enchanting vision. I turned around to get the lube, and there was a very beautiful young imp in our bed. I am almost tempted to steal him back with me, so very sweet he is."

Sand leaned in and kissed Kansas tenderly, letting his love for Kansas radiate outward.

Satoshi giggle snorted through the phone and then said, "Masato, move the phone from your ear, I'm going to shout." He paused for a moment, hoping that Sand had done as he asked, then he shouted with a giggle, "Get your naked ass out of my bed, imps!"

Kansas smiled lopsided up at Sand when Sand told Satoshi that he was there, but then he covered his mouth with the covers when Satoshi shouted through the phone. For a moment there was absolute silence, and Kansas stared up at Sand with wide eyes. His gray eyes paled suddenly and welled with tears as he mumbled quietly, "He called me imps."

Sand held the phone out, his face bright with laughter as he reached out to cup Kansas's cheek with his free hand. When Kansas paled and mumbled, Sand looked at him, worried. "Kansas, my love, are you alright?"

Satoshi listened to the phone, expecting an indignant shout back, but all he heard was Sand's worried voice, and his heart sank.

Kansas nodded his head quickly, but his voice was shaking and tears formed in his lashes. "He hasn't called me imps since Yuji was sick. I can barely remember the last time he called me that. It's just a little overwhelming. He sounds good."

Kansas wiped his tears into the covers and tried to smile up at Sand, but his smile was terribly shaky. "I'm sorry. I just miss him so much," Kansas whispered, his voice not strong enough to speak louder.

"And he's right. I'm buttnaked."

"We're fine, saiai," Sand said into the phone. "I think I startled Kansas a bit, and he says you are right and he is indeed butt naked. Now I really think I should steal him away with me."

Sand leaned in to kiss Kansas again, very tenderly. "We miss you as well, Kansas. Satoshi misses you."

"Let me talk to him, Masato?" Satoshi said quietly, his voice still bright but more serious than before.

Sand handed the phone to Kansas with an encouraging nod, sitting up and going to stand to give Kansas a bit of privacy. "Talk to him, Kansas." Sand smiled radiantly and nodded.

"I'm sorry, Satoshi. I just missed you so much, I wanted to nap in your bed," Kansas said, sniffling a little when Sand handed him the phone, his hand reaching out to make Sand sit still, Kansas's thin fingers lingering on Sand's hand while he talked on the phone.

"Are you alright, imps?" Satoshi asked, his voice filled with love and concern.

"Yes. I just miss you. I wanted to feel close to you."

"But why do you always have to do it naked?"

"Because..."

"Because what?"

"Because, it makes me feel like I can feel you. You know, like I can feel your skin against mine," Kansas all but whined, his eyes lowering, so Sand could not see them, and Satoshi giggled softly through the phone.

"I know. I miss you, too, you know. I miss having you hogging my bed, and pouncing me like a sex starved rabbit in the mornings. Is Erion holding up alright?" Satoshi said quietly, his voice filled with love.

Kansas sniffled and nodded, his voice still small. "Yes, Erion's really good. He misses you, too, and sometimes he gets a little depressed, but we just try to do stuff to get him through it. Vale made a little spell for us, that we can use when the kids aren't home, where the pool house looks like the night sky over Evereska, and then we float in the pool just watching the stars, like we used to do back home. He drags me out to see the guys when I get depressed. I think he's still worried I'll lapse back to Puppy, when I get like that. Just hurry home, alright? I miss you so much. Can I sleep in your bed tonight?"

Satoshi listened in silence, then he hummed softly through the phone. "Kansas. I love you. I always will. And I miss you, too. Like you wouldn't believe. I'll be home in three weeks. I promise, alright? Just three more weeks and I'll be home. And yes, you can sleep in my bed tonight. Just change the sheets if you and Erion have sex. Three more weeks, imps, and I'll be home," Satoshi said with a quiet confidence and a determination that Kansas recognized immediately.

He sobbed quietly, but his eyes brightened and his voice was much stronger when he answered, "Alright. Three weeks. I love you, Satoshi, forever, my heart is yours."

"Yes, my love. I remember. Now, don't cry any more. I don't want to see you cry," Satoshi whispered back and made a kissing sound through the phone.

Kansas giggled softly, and made the same sound back, then bid Satoshi good night, and handed the phone back to Sand with a radiant smile. "He'll be alright. He's coming home soon."

Sand took the phone, his hand still tangled with Kansas's hand. "Hello, saiai. Now, I think I have everything you asked for." He started to laugh as Kansas dug in the nightstand and slipped the lube into the computer bag. "I shall be back in just a moment or two, but I want to say good night to our sweet husband."

Satoshi sighed softly, and whispered through the phone, "Kiss him good night from me as well, but please hurry back, because I need that computer before I lose it again."

Kansas lay back down on the pillow and burrowed under the covers, only the top of his head and his eyes and nose peeking over the edge.

"Just a few moments, saiai, and I will be there," Sand reassured Satoshi, and hung up, turning to Kansas with that radiant smile. "Yes, my sweet husband, our Satoshi is coming home soon. Now, sleep well, and I will see you tomorrow? I need to bring these things back to him quickly."

Sand leaned in to kiss Kansas one more time, his blue eyes sparkling with love for the slender little imp. "I do love you so, Kansas. I am glad you come here to sleep. I feel better knowing that you can still feel close to Satoshi in this bed."

Sand stood, untangling his fingers from Kansas's fingers, and smiled before teleporting back to the hospital room, the computer bag in his hands. He placed it on the bed and waited as Satoshi opened it eagerly, knowing that Satoshi would tell him what he wanted Sand to do.

Satoshi gave a small startled yelp when Sand reappeared in the room, the remote control to his bed in his hand, and the top half of the bed rising slowly to a comfortable position.

"Don't startle me like that," Satoshi griped playfully, all but tossing the remote at Sand as he grabbed the bag and started pulling everything out of it. He set the laptop on the small table that he could use while sitting in his bed, handing the power cord to Sand without a word, then piled everything else all around himself, in his organized chaos, and finally he dug out the small baggie of salt, and the incense.

He placed the holder on the table, as far away from the computer as possible and asked Sand to light the incense, then he opened the bag of salt and took a small pinch out, throwing it over the table, and around the computer, all the things that Sand had brought and finally all around the bed as far as he could reach. When Satoshi was done, he clapped his hands twice and pressed them together quickly in a silent prayer.

Only then did he open the laptop and turn it on, plugging in the microphone and fiddled around with it for a few moments, before handing it to Sand, and telling the elf, "I want you to recite that poem again, and do it like you did to me, earlier. Don't change your voice or anything, just put the same feeling into it if you can." Satoshi smiled encouragingly at Sand, and a little expectantly, his finger hovering over the trackpad on his laptop.

Sand nodded, and took the microphone, and began to recite the poem again, the beginning sweet and lilting and the emotion deepening in his voice as he realized once again that the poem evoked his love for Satoshi. The elven words flowed out like a silver stream, and tears of love and joy were beading Sand's lashes by the time he was done.

Satoshi listened to the first few lines of the poem with sparkling eyes, all his love for Sand shining in the dark brown eyes, then he got a look on his face that Sand had not seen in many, many months. It was the same look that he always wore when working with Kohaku in the little studio at the house, full of joy and excitement, but utterly professional as well.

Satoshi fiddled around with the computer constantly while Sand recited the poem, his fingers dancing over the keyboard and the trackpad, the only indication that his hands had ever been hurt when Satoshi stopped for a moment and spread his fingers, then made a fist a couple of times, his joints creaking slightly.

When Sand finished reciting the poem, Satoshi held out his hand for the microphone and turned it off, then sank himself into his work for a while more, utterly ignoring the orderly who brought in their dinner with a smile.

When Sand was about to open his mouth to tell Satoshi to at least eat a little bit, Satoshi stopped moving for a moment, and held his breath, his eyes as wide as they could be. "I think I'm done," he whispered, almost as if he was afraid of breaking something if he spoke too loudly.

Satoshi lurched to the side and grabbed his phone off the table, and dialed a number, all but shouting when the call was answered, "Go to your computer. Right now. Yeah, whatever, moshimoshi. Just go to your computer."

Satoshi stared at Sand for a moment, and then he hit a button on his phone, setting the phone down next to the computer and asked, "Can you hear me alright?"

Kohaku's voice floated back, the singer obviously talking with his mouth full, "Yush, what the hell awe you up to?"

Satoshi stared at Sand for a few moments then poked the trackpad of his computer and said quietly, "Just listen."

And the room was filled with Sand's voice reciting the elven love poem, underscored by the haunting yet sweet melody of a guitar, the soft slow tempo of a bass and drum keeping time with Sand's words, sounding almost like a heartbeat.

Sand's hands flew up to his mouth, and then he reached out to Satoshi, his eyes wide in awe as he listened to the gorgeous music and the ancient poem, woven together so perfectly that Sand wondered how no one had thought to do this before. He looked up at Satoshi, his voice barely a whisper.

"Saiai, that is utterly wonderful." Sand's voice strengthened as he spoke. "Kohaku-san, are you still there? Is that not incredible? Oh, Satoshi, I cannot believe how perfect that is."

Satoshi smiled at Sand, and waved his hand a little in a sign of keeping quiet, but he leaned over and offered Sand a sweet kiss, his hand tight around Sand's hand.

Sand subsided, holding Satoshi's hand, his eyes filled with love as he waited with Satoshi. His soul was still filled by the music, and Sand looked at the laptop, utterly amazed that Satoshi had been able to coax something so wondrous from it.

On the other end of the phone call something could be heard falling on the floor and breaking, and Kohaku gasped a curse that would have made even Vale quirk an eyebrow, Emiko's voice rising in the background, and Kohaku shouted back, most distractedly, "Gomennasai," (I'm sorry) but turned his next words to Satoshi, evidently without even bothering to clean up after himself.

"Satoshi-san, what did you use? You used BassuBass, and what else? What did you use for the guitar?" Through the phone came the sound of Kohaku punching away at his own keyboard, and Satoshi started talking shop as if he was sitting in his studio at the record label.

And on Kohaku's end, Emiko's voice floated through, behind his own chatter, "Kohaku! Seriously? You spilled noodles all over the floor. You're worse than the kids. Hell, you're worse than the puppy."

Sand just grinned and set up dinner in front of Satoshi, alternately feeding Satoshi bites of things he could not yet manage, and then grabbing his own chopsticks to eat a few bites. The distraction of talking shop with Kohaku gave Sand a chance to get Satoshi to eat more than he had been eating of late, and although it was still a light meal, it was still enough of an improvement to make Sand smile happily.

Satoshi and Kohaku talked fast and constantly, sometimes completing each other's sentences, and soon the song that Satoshi had just created was playing on both ends of the phone, Satoshi having emailed a copy to Kohaku. Satoshi was only mildly hampered by the food that Sand fed him, and at times he even opened his mouth expectantly like Takara and Michi, waiting for the next bite, while his hands were occupied by the keyboard of the laptop.

On Kohaku's end, Sand could hear Emiko cleaning up the bowl and noodles that Kohaku had dropped and then bring him another bowl, which Kohaku would slurp at from time to time.

A couple of hours passed, and the two artists worked on the song in unison through the phone, then finally Kohaku proclaimed the song to be ready, and Satoshi clapped his hands in anticipation as he waited for the email to return to him.

When it arrived, Satoshi opened it, and then looked at Sand with an almost reverent look. "How about, if we find the right lyrics for this, that we put this on the next album?" Satoshi asked, and Kohaku squealed a little bit on the other end of the phone, then Satoshi hit play.

The song was even more perfectly tuned to the poem now, and Kohaku had pitched Sand's voice a little lower than the original recording, but all of the passion and love was only more evident in the words now.

Halfway through the song, Kohaku suddenly chimed through the phone, "Hey? What language is that? I just realized it's not English."

Sand looked at Satoshi and arched an eyebrow, waiting to see if Satoshi was going to field this question. When Satoshi shot Sand an impish look, Sand just shrugged and grinned.

"It is an invented language, Kohaku-san, for role playing. It does actually have a proper grammar and dictionary, though. The inventors were quite diligent and strove for accuracy." Sand looked over at Satoshi and stuck his tongue out playfully, his stud flashing briefly in the light.

Satoshi smothered his giggle in his palm as Kohaku's voice floated through the phone, utterly disbelieving, "No shit? Wow. That was so beautiful that I was convinced it was an actual language. It reminds me of that elven language in that story. Lord of the Rings. It's beautiful. And Masato-san, you have a beautiful voice for this kind of recitation. It's so melodious. But how did you like the additions?"

"They were perfect. The windchimes worked much better than the violins. You were right there. But do you have any lyrics in mind for this?" Satoshi answered, his eyes glittering in the dim room, never straying from Sand's face.

"Actually I was wondering if there was a chance of getting that poem translated, and then maybe we can work something out from that?" Kohaku asked, yelping indignantly when Emiko came barging into his office, barking at him that it was time to take the puppy out.

Satoshi did not manage to stop the giggle snort that escaped him, the sound perfectly happy and filled with joy.

Sand wrapped his arm around Satoshi, his face radiant with happiness. "I will send you a translation in the morning, Kohaku-san. It sounds as though you are needed for other more pressing matters." Sand's voice was filled with laughter, his eyes bright. "It has been a treat, as always, listening to you two work together. Now all we need is our young intern and his marvelous coffee."

Kohaku griped to his wife at the other end, but apparently the argument that this was her dog was utterly lost on Emiko, and Kohaku could be heard dragging his feet towards the front door, as he took his phone off loudspeaker and spoke to Satoshi and Sand, "Thank you for that, Masato-san. I would love to try that."

He sighed painfully and continued griping as the door closed behind him, "I don't get why I have to be the one to take this mop dog out, when it's her dog! I gave it to her and the girls, because they begged, and then I have to take it out for a shit? Do you two know how gross it is to pick up dog poop?"

Satoshi laughed happily, and his words were barely heard over the loud yapping of the dog in the confined space of the elevator that Kohaku was riding down from his apartment. "No. We only have cats. And if you are so unhappy about taking it out, then you should have gotten them a big dog, you know, like a doberman or a bulldog."

Kohaku snickered, "Yeah, like I would have been allowed to bring a monster like that into the building, much less the apartment. But now, let me demean myself by taking the mop out for a walk. You two lovebirds have a cozy evening and be careful not to break the bed. I think you'll be expected to pay for it if you do. I'll see you tomorrow, Satoshi-san. Masato-san."

"Alright, see you tomorrow, Kohaku-san," Satoshi shouted back, and hung up, smiling brightly at Sand, small tears of joy dancing in his lashes, and his voice trembled with emotion. "Thank you."

"Thank you, saiai. It is a gift to see that smile again, and to hear you full of such enthusiasm." Sand leaned forward and kissed Satoshi tenderly. "We will be alright, my love. We will make it."

The next two weeks seemed to move quickly, and Satoshi redoubled his efforts in his physio sessions, working harder than ever to build up his strength. His therapists were amazed at how quickly Satoshi's legs regained their strength, and while he could not walk unassisted, he was able to walk holding on to Sand's forearms, each day pushing for a few more steps.

Sand was quick to caution Satoshi against pushing too hard, but he was pleased by the enthusiasm that Satoshi was showing, and he was thrilled by the back and forth between Satoshi and Kohaku as they worked on the new song. Sand had sent Kohaku a translation of the poem, and had even been dragged into a few discussions about the lyrics, to his delight. It was actually a surprise when Tanaka informed Sand and Satoshi that he was planning on releasing Satoshi in another week.

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Vale slipped into the bathroom, ducking under the shower and washing thoroughly. He lathered his hair thickly, letting the lather slide down his pale golden back as Yuji watched through half closed eyes. When Vale was satisfied that he was completely clean, he pinned his still wet hair up and walked over to the tub, his hips swaying just a little.

"Let me slip in behind you, and I'll rub your shoulders, baby." Vale breathed in deeply, his eyes twinkling a little. "Nice combination. It smells relaxing and delicious."

Yuji flashed Vale a small grin, shrugging as he lazily moved to let the elf in behind him. "I don't know. It all smells a bit fruity and flowery to me. I used a little of that pink one, and the purple one, and that one that can't decide if it's orange or yellow," Yuji said, pointing at the array of beautiful glass bottles that were arranged on the shelf above the bathtub.

Vale laughed a little. "It doesn't matter. It just smells nice, and that's all that counts." He ran long, strong fingers along Yuji's shoulders, feeling the tension that was only partially relieved by the heat of the bath. "You are so tight, baby, and I don't mean that in the good sense of the word. Let me work a few of these knots out for you."

Vale began to knead Yuji's shoulders, his fingers digging in and pressing on the tight muscles. It was just the right side of painful as Vale worked the knots slowly, taking his time to soothe where he was pressing. He reached up and found a small blue bottle, and poured a tiny amount of peppermint oil onto his fingers.

Yuji giggled a bit when Vale said he was tight, but did not say what crossed his mind. Instead he sat up a little to give Vale better access to his shoulders, and moaned loudly when Vale's strong fingers started working on his tensed muscles. When the smell of the peppermint oil filled the air for a moment, he let out another soft moan, and sighed contently, hanging his head to give Vale even better access.

"You are too good at this. Hell, if the music school doesn't work out for you, you could open up shop as a massage therapist or something. Although, without the happy ending, except for certain clients," Yuji said with a grin, his hand sliding over the outside of Vale's thigh gently.

Vale purred a little, his fingers moving to work the base of Yuji's neck. The peppermint oil was warm and tingled just a little as Vale worked it into the corded muscles. "You'd always get the happy ending, though. I couldn't resist," Vale murmured, his breath hot against Yuji's ear. "Hells, I'll wind up with a happy ending of my own just from working on you. Maybe we should expand the headmaster's office a bit, to include a spa room. It's a tough job, running a music academy, and any self-respecting personal assistant to the headmaster is going to want to make sure his headmaster is in peak condition."

Yuji laughed brightly, and purred himself, the tingle from the oil just that little extra that he needed. "You'd never get me out of there again, Vale, you know that. We'd go in there for a perfectly innocent back rub and end up with you tied to something, and me passed out on the floor from all the fucking."

Yuji chuckled and moaned in the same instance, something popping a little in his back and a tight knot eased out of his lower back. "But it's not a bad idea, you know. Adding a room to the academy. We could maybe make some sort of a rest room for the faculty. You know, a place where they can sit down and meditate, or take a nap. We could even see if we can't make a deal with a massage therapist in the neighborhood and have him, or her, come in to the school, like once or twice a week. I mean, the school can carry that, can't it, financially I mean?"

Vale answered quite seriously. "The school can afford it. We've got a pretty good number of full tuition students, and most of our scholarships are being subsidized by company sponsors or other donors. Honestly, the academy is on very solid financial footing. We've been able to offer very competitive salaries, too, to keep our superb teaching staff happy. If we add a benefit like this, we're letting them know how much we value our faculty. I think as soon as we're back to normal, I'll start working on that."

Vale chuckled a little and nuzzled Yuji's ear. "Although I still don't see the downside to the headmaster having a private little room for after hours. Not that I don't like being spread across that desk of yours." His cock pressed against Yuji, hard and eager even in the heat of the tub. "Just thinking about it makes me weak kneed, baby."

Yuji made a little playful growl, and pressed back against Vale, twitching his hips slightly to rub against Vale's cock, but he answered in a serious tone, settling down again between Vale's thighs. "I also think we should give the entire faculty, hell, the entire staff a good bonus for all their hard work these last few months. If it wasn't for their willingness to go above and beyond what is expected of them, to help us out while Satoshi's been sick, the school would have tanked a while back, I think."

"I agree completely, and we have enough of a surplus cash flow right now, after all the salaries and overhead is accounted for, to let us give them all a bonus without leaving us strapped for cash." Vale narrowed his eyes slightly as he ran through the accounts in his head, nodding a little. "We can do fifteen percent of their salaries for the entire staff, excluding ourselves. We'll still have sufficient money to do the employee rest room as well, including hiring a massage therapist. I can tap one of our corporate grants for the renovation of the space."

Vale's fingers continued to knead, working back out along Yuji's shoulders and then down along his spine. He could feel the large knots relaxing, and the muscles uncramping as he worked, a small satisfied smile on his face as he tended to his husband. "That's it, baby. You're almost unknotted."

Yuji giggled a little bit and teased over his shoulder, "Oh, baby, you make me so hot for you when you talk business like that."

Yuji laughed happily, when he caught the arched eyebrow from Vale, and then leaned back a little into his elf. "I only understood about half of what you said, my love. But I understood the important bits. Yes, we can do this, and pay our staff a bonus," he said with a grin, and wriggled back a little to brush his ass against Vale's cock.

Vale bumped his hips a bit, pressing his cock against the round globes of Yuji's ass as he laughed and nuzzled Yuji's ear. "See? You do get the business stuff. You just need to know the important bits. Making it happen is my job anyway." Vale bumped again. "One of my jobs, that is. Another very important job is keeping the headmaster happy, and I have a few ideas about that, too."

Vale ran his tongue along the edge of Yuji's ear, his hands sliding around to Yuji's chest and moving upward to tease Yuji's nipples. "I love you, baby. Every time I look at you, I think about how fucking lucky I am, and I fall in love with you all over again. I'm going to spend centuries showing you just how much I love you."

Yuji let out a strangled gasp when Vale licked at his ear, his hands flying up to brace himself against the sides of the tub, his voice hoarse when he whispered back, "Fuck, Vale. You're the only person in the Multiverse that can make me practically come, just by touching me. How in the nine hells did I get so lucky to find you? I do think it was fate, that we were always meant to be. I want to spend centuries showing you how much I love you, and just how much you mean to me. You make me deliriously happy, Vale."

"We were definitely meant to be," Vale murmured, rubbing his cock along the cleft between Yuji's ass cheeks. "I knew it the minute you spoke to me. I felt this incredible sense of rightness, and it all fell into place." Vale slid out from behind Yuji and moved around in front of him, straddling Yuji and cupping Yuji's face between his hands. Vale leaned in and kissed Yuji, a slow plundering that did not let up until they were both breathless, the elf angling himself so that his hard cock slid alongside Yuji's cock as they kissed.

Yuji moaned into the kiss, reaching down to stroke Vale's cock lightly, his eyes bright with love. "You intrigued me, that first night. How you just seemed to fall so seamlessly into submission, but Sand was quite surprised by your behavior," Yuji whispered back, his free hand reaching up to stroke Vale's jaw, up to his ear to play with the triple spiral in his ear.

"Then that night at the bar, I knew that I wanted to have you, and once I had you in my arms, I knew I never wanted to let you go. Even being parted from you for two weeks was too much. I began to fade, because I thought you would never return to me. I became unsure whether you were real or not. My emerald sun. My Vale."

Vale's green eyes glittered a little. "Sand never knew what to do with that part of me that needed to submit, to give over control to another. I think it scared him, to have that kind of power over another, but he never understood that it gives me as much power as I'm offering. But you saw that in me, and you knew what to do to make me respond."

Vale's fingers tangled in Yuji's hair as he nibbled another soft kiss. "I couldn't wait to get back to you. I was so impatient. I'm still surprised that Nathe didn't throttle me on the spot. I just shoved everything at him and told him to deal with it, and I ran off to prepare. When I stepped through the portal, and I walked up to the door of your house, I was terrified that I'd be turned away, but I had to come. I needed to see you, and touch you. There was a hole in my soul that only you could fill."

"It was the same for me. This empty space in my very being where you had fit so perfectly for a few days. It was so perfect, the way we met. Make me scream, Vale, please? I need you, right now," Yuji moaned and lifted himself off the bottom of the tub, and lined his own ass up with Vale's cock, pressing down with a loud moan of pleasure.

Yuji threw his head back and moaned even louder as he felt the thick head breach him, his hand reaching out for Vale, the other bracing him on the oil slick bottom of the tub.

Vale wrapped his arms around Yuji's waist as Yuji sank down onto Vale's cock, the heat of Yuji's ass even greater than the heat of the water, and Vale moaned as Yuji's ass seemed to mold itself around his cock. "Oh, fuck, Yuji," Vale managed. "So tight, so perfect. Tell me when you're ready, baby. I need you so badly right now." Vale's ear tips were flushed and rosy, and his pierced nipples were perfect little pebbles against the pale golden skin of his chest. His pearly teeth worried his plump lower lip as he sucked in a breath.

Yuji reached up and wrapped his arms around Vale, sitting up on Vale's generous cock with a keening moan of pleasure. "Oh, fuck, baby. Please, make love to me. Please, Vale, make love to me," Yuji whispered breathlessly, grinding his ass down on Vale's cock, his eyes fluttering closed as he felt the head of Vale's cock slide over his prostate.

Yuji pressed his lips against Vale's lips in a heated kiss, rubbing his chest against Vale's to tease the golden rings that adorned his nipples. Breaking the kiss slowly, Yuji teased sharp nibbling kisses up Vale's jaw to his ear, swiping his tongue over the triple spiral, up to the rosy tip, where he grabbed the delicate tip between his teeth and teased it for a moment, before he suckled on the tip.

Vale growled a little, his hips thrusting upward sharply to drive his cock into Yuji as far as it could possibly go, long fingers wrapping around Yuji's hips as Vale guided Yuji up slightly before slamming him back down. The motion dragged Vale's cock firmly over Yuji's prostate, and Vale watched as Yuji's eyes fluttered again.

Vale set an easy pace, making sure to work Yuji's prostate with every thrust. He was in no hurry, wanting to give Yuji as much pleasure as he could. Vale arched into the assault on his ear, his eyes closing in bliss as Yuji nipped and sucked the tip, and Vale could have sworn his cock was even harder, impossible as that was.

Yuji moaned non-stop as Vale found the perfect angle, and set the pace slow and intense, taking care to work Yuji's prostate constantly.

Yuji switched between ear tips quickly, working Vale's other ear until he could feel the heat of the delicate tip on his tongue. He could have sworn he could feel the pulse of Vale's cock in his ass, and utterly unintentionally, Yuji moaned loudly into Vale's ear, "Take me. Own me, my love. Make me yours. Utterly yours."

Vale's breath hitched, and his cock jumped a little in Yuji's ass. "Oh, fuck," he moaned, his long fingers wrapping around Yuji's cock. He tightened his fingers, stroking Yuji's generous cock in time with his own deep thrusts, the elf's balls growing tight and heavy. "Mine," Vale managed, his lips seeking Yuji's lips as he kissed Yuji with utter passion, his other hand buried in Yuji's hair as he crashed his lips into Yuji's lips.

Vale could feel the thick vein along the underside of Yuji's cock throbbing, and he picked up the pace of his thrusts, stroking Yuji's cock faster as well. "Come for me, my love. Come for me now," Vale murmured, shifting his hips to ride Yuji's prostate.

Yuji's whole body shivered with pleasure when Vale moaned the word, "Mine," and Yuji let out a howl of pleasure, his hands fisting in Vale's blond hair. Yuji threw his head back and pulled Vale's head into his neck, keening as he started to shiver with the overload of pleasure.

"Mark me. Make me yours," Yuji moaned, pressing the pale skin just below his ear against Vale's lips, his eyes fluttering shut with pleasure.

When he felt Vale's teeth dig into his skin, he screamed hoarsely, and his balls drew up tightly, the thick vein on the underside of his cock pulsing heavily, and he moaned in ecstasy. "Yours. Eternally yours, Vale, here and in Arvandor. For eternity."

Vale fastened his mouth on the tender flesh of Yuji's neck, nipping and sucking, working a livid mark into that pale golden skin until he tasted the metallic tang of Yuji's blood. Vale gasped as he felt Yuji's cock jump in his fist, and thick ropes of white cum arced out to paint Vale's chest as Yuji howled. Vale moved his hand, opening his mouth to catch a thick stream and licking his lips to savor every drop of Yuji's cum that he could catch.

Vale's own balls drew up sharply, and his head fell back to reveal the dark mark on his own throat as Vale screamed, his cock painfully hard. Vale's balls emptied almost convulsively, his cum surging out to fill Yuji's ass with liquid heat as Vale ground his cock as far into Yuji as it could go, his back arching. "Mine, oh Seldarine, Yuji, you're mine, and I am yours, always and forever."

Yuji let out a scream of pleasure when he fell over the edge, the pain from Vale's mark just the right side of delicious, and then the heat of Vale's cum filled his ass, and Yuji sobbed with the intensity of his orgasm, his body going limp in Vale's arms.

"I love you, Vale," he moaned softly, sinking down on Vale, and his head falling to Vale's shoulder, his body refusing to comply. "You are my perfect lover. Utterly perfect," Yuji whispered, his eyes closing, and he all but dozed off for a few seconds.

Vale held tightly to Yuji, shivering with the intensity of both his orgasm and of the emotions that coursed through him, endless love and fierce possessive desire mingling with the sensation of being entirely completed. "My Yuji, my perfect man, my true love," Vale murmured into Yuji's hair, his green eyes filled with tears of pure pleasure as he cradled Yuji against him. Vale could feel Yuji's heart beating against him, the tempo gradually slowing to normal as Vale clung to his husband, once again registering the heat of the water and the intoxicating scent of the oils Yuji had used.

It was enough to lie there with Yuji in his arms, and Vale let his eyes close for a moment as he savored the sweet aftermath of their lovemaking. It was the most perfect of gifts that Yuji had given Vale, trusting Vale enough to offer himself fully to Vale, and Vale knew he would cherish this moment for eternity.

Yuji allowed himself to relax utterly into Vale's arms, opening his bond wide, to let Vale feel the myriad of emotions that coursed through Yuji, greatest among them his utter and endless love for Vale and his trust in the elf. Only with Vale did he dare to let go of all his reservations and lay bare all of his weaknesses, trusting only Vale to keep him up when he needed it, and to hold him when he could no longer stand on his own.

Yuji reached up slowly, almost lazily, where he lay on Vale's shoulder, and stroked Vale's golden hair softly, his voice utterly spent. "You are so beautiful. You sometimes make me feel like an ogre next to you. You are more beautiful than the sun, my love. My emerald sun."

Vale chuckled a little, nuzzling his face into Yuji's hair and breathing in the scent of his beloved husband. "You're far from an ogre, my gorgeous man. You have the most perfect eyes I've ever seen, and I get lost in them endlessly. And you feel so right when we hold each other. You fit perfectly against me and in me, like no one else ever could. And you fill my eyes until I can't see anything but you, my beloved. My golden man."

Yuji snickered softly as Vale praised him, drawing deep and calming breaths, breathing in the glorious scent of his emerald sun. After a little while he lifted his head from Vale's shoulder and said in a rather serious tone, but there was still laughter on his voice. "I really don't get why everyone keeps telling me I have perfect eyes." Yuji looked at Vale with a goofy grin, his perfect eyes as painfully cross eyed as he could make them.

Vale burst out laughing, his voice ringing out in pure joy. "I love you, my wonderful dork."

Yuji blinked his eyes and rubbed at them a little to get the sting out, and he laughed with Vale. "We were just getting so serious. I've had enough of serious to last me the rest of the year."

The bath water was beginning to cool a bit, and Vale nuzzled another tender kiss from Yuji, his eyes filled with laughter and love. "Let's dry off, baby, and hop into bed, and maybe you can fuck me through the mattress. What do you say?"

Yuji climbed out of the bathtub, then twisted around with a playful pout and asked plaintively, "Only through the bed?"

Yuji grabbed a towel and made a show of throwing it around himself, rubbing it over his ass repeatedly, as he wriggled said ass at Vale and pouted over his shoulder in the silliest ways he could manage. When Vale shot him an amused look, Yuji yelped and ran off out of the bathroom, and threw himself onto the bed with a yell of joy, which ended in a most undignified squeak when Yuji bounced off the soft mattress and to the floor on the other side, where he lay still.

"Yuji!" Vale dropped his towel and tore into the bedroom, flinging himself onto the floor next to Yuji, his face etched with worry.

Yuji gasped and let out a roar of laughter when Vale came flying over to him. Yuji's face was beet red with the effort of keeping his laughter in, and for a moment he looked just like Hikaru had done that day when he had fallen out of the treehouse.

"Itai!!" Yuji squealed on the inhale, and then roared with laughter again, the sound full of joy and happiness, and his eyes sparkled with the most genuine light.

Vale began to laugh from sheer relief, his face immediately brightening. "It should hurt, you overgrown imp," Vale laughed. "You know, now I know where Hikaru gets it from. Just for that, you get to fuck me through the bed and the floor."

Vale pounced on Yuji, pinning him to the floor as he captured Yuji's lips in a kiss, his green eyes dancing with mischief. The kiss deepened, Vale's bond wide open to allow Yuji to taste the joy and love that radiated off his elf, and the sweet contentment Vale felt.

Yuji continued to laugh into the kiss, wriggling around on the floor to try and get himself into a more comfortable position, his shoulder and back aching slightly where he had landed on them, but the sweet elf in his arms made the pain utterly worth it.

"That was a very impressive dive, I'm telling you. At least a nine point five, for the technique, you see." Yuji giggled as he broke the kiss, pinning Vale to the floor, his golden hair spread out beneath him, like a halo of light, and Yuji stopped short. His eyes widened and for a moment he couldn't catch his breath for the sheer beauty that Vale was.

Sinking down on the elf, Yuji captured his lips in a searing kiss, his hands sliding down Vale's strong body, and through his bond, Yuji let Vale feel exactly how the elf made him feel.

Vale gasped a little at the look in Yuji's eyes, their bond allowing him to see, just for a fleeting moment, how Yuji saw him, and Vale's eyes widened a little as he melted into the kiss. When Yuji finally let Vale up for air, Vale reached up to stroke Yuji's cheek tenderly, his eyes sparkling.

"Very impressive. Nine point five for the dive, and at least a ten for the kiss, unless I'm allowed to award bonus points? No? How sad," Vale said with an impish grin. He arched his back a little, deliciously wanton as he pressed against Yuji.

Yuji giggled, the moment allowing even his goofy giggle to be sexy, and he pressed down to meet Vale's thrust, sliding his cock against Vale's. Yuji was already hard and needy again, and he jumped to his knees suddenly, grabbing Vale's leg and flipping him over bodily, then pressed down again, sliding his cock between Vale's cheeks.

"Oh, I demand bonus points for the performance that I'm about to give you. Do you want me to loosen you up, or do you want me like this?" Yuji purred into Vale's ear, flicking the spiral with his tongue, nibbling on the rosy tip of Vale's ear.

"I want you just like this," Vale replied, pressing his firm ass back against Yuji. "I love the way it feels when you just take me, hard and fast."

Vale's tight little pucker was twitching, loosening already at the very thought of Yuji's generous cock. Yuji slid one finger in just to drag out a little of the lube that Vale prepared himself with each morning, and Vale moaned in anticipation as Yuji trailed his finger around the quivering ring of muscle.

"Oh, please, Yuji, don't tease me," Vale begged, his breath hitching a little. "Make me scream, baby. Make me yours, the way only you can."

Yuji chuckled quietly, the sound predatory and filled with lust. He pressed his fingers into the tight ass again to pull out just a little bit more of the lube, then pressed the head of his cock into the round muscle. He moaned at the tightness, his moans growing louder when the head of his cock slid into the tight muscle, and he slammed in hard and deep.

"Oh, fuck, Vale," he screamed, his balls snug against Vale's ass. He pushed Vale down on the floor, pinning Vale's arms under his shoulders, then tugged a little on Vale's hips to make him raise them from the floor, pushing at his thighs to make the elf part his legs.

"Just like that. Perfect," Yuji growled once he was satisfied, Vale's beautiful back arched in a tight bow, Yuji resting on his outstretched arms, so tight against Vale's sides that Vale could barely move. Vale's hips were raised high enough off the floor that his cock found no real friction against the floor, only the slightest of tickles, when Yuji withdrew almost all the way, then slammed in hard and deep. He withdrew again, until he could see the edges of his glans, Vale's ass tightening around him to keep him inside, and he stopped, admiring the beautiful view.

"Oh, fuck, Yuji," Vale moaned, breathy and needy. He was pinned tightly enough that he could not even press back against Yuji's cock, just the head buried in his eager ass, and he moaned again, utterly wanton as he turned his head to look at Yuji with heat-darkened eyes. His ass tightened again, trying to pull Yuji back in, to fill Vale completely and make him howl down the walls.

Yuji grinned predatory at his lover, the magnificent being that had captured his heart so magically. He looked down again to watch the tight muscle tighten even more around him, and he slammed in again, moaning with pleasure. He angled his thrusts just the right way, and found Vale's prostate after only a couple of thrusts. He slowed down a little and prodded Vale's sweet spot for a few moments, with shallow hard thrusts, before slamming in to the roots again a few times, then repeated himself.

Vale screamed as Yuji slammed in, and when Yuji found his sweet spot, Vale let out a howl of pure bliss, his ass clamping around Yuji's cock like a velvet fist. The switch to shallow thrusts had Vale moaning again, precum beading and dripping from his own rock-hard cock as Yuji worked Vale's prostate mercilessly. The deep, hard thrusts dragged a scream of ecstasy from Vale, his voice splintering a little at the end as Vale tried to buck backwards into the thrusts. Yuji's laugh was wicked as he slowed down again, and Vale moaned in helpless pleasure, utterly at Yuji's mercy and loving it.

Vale's howls and screams were music to Yuji's ears, and he could feel his heart not only quicken, but lighten as well, from the pleasure that his elf was giving him. The tightness of Vale's ass was intoxicating, and the unconscious clenching when Yuji thrust deep was driving him wild.

"I want you to come when I tell you to. But I don't want you to touch yourself. Tell me how this feels," Yuji growled, his voice a throaty purr, as he continued to pound into Vale, switching between the shallow hard prods at Vale's prostate and the deep thrusts randomly.

"Oh, fuck," Vale managed to gasp out. "It feels... yes, there, right there." Vale was panting, his breaths shallow as he tried to writhe under Yuji, his ass clenching spasmodically as his cock dripped precum almost without pause. Each time Yuji thrust in deeply, Vale's back arched a little more, and the shallow thrusts made Vale moan helplessly, his eyes fluttering closed as lights exploded behind his eyes. Vale's balls were tight, his cock aching with the need to spill, but Vale managed to hang back from the edge, just barely. "So good, so good," Vale moaned, not even able to find words as he felt another wave of pleasure wash over him.

Yuji smiled with pleasure, having Vale utterly incoherent under him only heightening the pleasure for him. He was nearing the edge, his balls heavy and full, ready to spill. Yuji rose up a little on his knees, to get a better angle, and grabbed a fistful of Vale's hair, pulling his head back a bit, so he could look into those brilliant green eyes, nearly black with lust and pleasure now.

"Does it feel good? Do you like it when I take you like this? When I fuck you so senseless that you can barely remember your own name?" he growled, and pounded into the tight ass a little harder, making sure he would hit Vale's prostate with every thrust.

Vale gasped, nodding a little despite the hand fisted in his hair, his eyes bright with love and lust and utter burning pleasure. "Yuji..." It was all Vale's mind could retrieve in the haze of bliss that enveloped him, one name, the name of the person who was Vale's world. "Yuji, mine," Vale howled, and he managed to push back just a little, giving himself over to the pleasure utterly.

Yuji smiled, a gloriously bright and loving smile. He slammed into Vale a few more times, then sank down on Vale's back, and nibbled on the back of the elf's shoulders, whispering lovingly, "Come for me, my love. Come for me now. Let me see you come apart for me."

Vale nodded again, his whole body resonating with the pleasure of each thrust as Yuji slammed into him. The feeling of Yuji nibbling on Vale's shoulder was the final push for the elf, and he felt his balls draw up tightly. "Oh, Yuji," Vale moaned, and he writhed a little, trying to arch his back just a little more.

Yuji slammed in again, hard and deep, and Vale screamed until his voice broke, his ass molding itself around Yuji's generous cock as Vale's balls emptied, his cum splattering on his chest and on the floor below him. Vale shuddered, every nerve in his body aflame, and he managed a heartfelt moan of bliss as he pushed back one more time, grinding his ass against Yuji, his orgasm still rocking him.

Yuji slammed into Vale as deep as he could when Vale finally let go, and his balls jumped up almost painfully hard, his cock twitching within the tight confines.

"Vale," Yuji moaned as he spilled himself, load after load of searing hot cum filling Vale's willing ass, Yuji's cock twitching hard and he ground himself down against Vale's ass, milking every drop from himself.

Yuji's head fell forward and rested on Vale's shoulder, his arms finally giving out and he slumped down on top of Vale, still grinding his hips against Vale's ass, his cock semi hard and still buried within his gorgeous lover.

Vale turned his head, nuzzling his face into Yuji's hair, his breath coming in small gasping pants as he bucked his ass backward, doing his best to keep Yuji's cock within him. "Love you," Vale whispered, his lips curved in a radiant smile, his whole body tingling with the aftermath of his orgasm. He let himself sink to the floor, Yuji still atop him, and he gave a breathy little laugh. "Twelve," he managed, his eyes bright and merry.

Yuji lay still, panting heavily, on top of Vale, his whole body tingling with the aftermath of his orgasm, and he nodded when Vale said he loved him. He nuzzled Vale's shoulder as he slowly turned his head, so he could nibble on Vale's ear, and was just about to whisper the same words back to Vale when Vale spoke.

"Twelve," he said, and Yuji raised his head a little, his face scrunched up in a look of surprise.

"Twelve? What do you mean, twelve?" Yuji asked, utterly confused.

"Your score," Vale laughed. "Twelve out of ten. You get bonus points." Vale's laugh was filled with joy and love, and his green eyes sparkled as he watched Yuji with an impish twinkle. He purred as Yuji nibbled his ear, his cock twitching a little.

Yuji burst out in a loud giggle, and tried to smother his giggles in Vale's shoulder, shaking his head. His cock slipped out of Vale's ass, and Yuji sighed a little at the loss, but moved off Vale and lay down beside him on the cool floor.

"I had completely forgotten that I was fishing for bonus points. Well, at least I got a few. I'll just have to do better next time," Yuji said with a giggle, craning his neck to nibble a kiss from Vale's lips, his hand lightly stroking Vale's perky round ass.

Vale returned the kiss, his hand sliding into Yuji's hair to hold his gorgeous husband there. "Next time we'll get the bed in there, too. That should be good for a point or two." His voice was still a little husky from his howls of pleasure, but his face was radiant with joy as he looked into Yuji's eyes. "You see? I get lost, and forget all the things I was going to say. But hey, at least there isn't a tense muscle in sight."

Yuji laughed, the sound bright and clear, and he let out a loud sigh of pleasure, letting himself go utterly limp on the floor. "Nope. All the tension is gone. You've given me hope again. And now I have no doubt we're going to get that little idiot better again. You are so magnificent, Vale. I can't find the words to tell you. You are simply perfect," Yuji said, and patted Vale on the ass lovingly, then reached down a little and poked one long finger into Vale's loosened ass, and swirled a bit of his cum, with a slightly apologetic grin on his face.

Vale wiggled happily as Yuji slid a finger into his ass, watching Yuji with pure love. "You make me perfect, baby. I couldn't be who I am without you, so thank you, my love." Vale leaned in and kissed Yuji sweetly. "And I'm going to start humming around the little idiot, very old elven songs that ought to get his little ass clenching."

Yuji giggled and nodded, playing with the cum in Vale's ass for a few moments longer, his eyes shining with his love for Vale. "I'm sorry I can't play that game. He knows me too well and would realize what I'm doing instantly. But I'm all for you trying it. Maybe I'll ask Willow to start singing around him. He will either beg her to stop and start singing himself, or he'll try to throttle her. Especially if she is singing to the kids."

Vale wriggled a little more, enjoying the feel of Yuji toying with his ass. "We were talking about that downstairs. Poor Willow, Kansas was rolling on the floor in tears and she was describing the way Ryuu tells her he doesn't need a lullaby, and how Takara and now Michi howl." Vale started to laugh, pushing his ass against Yuji's hand a little. "Apparently, Hikaru will sit there, but she said he looks like he's listening to a baelnorn."

Vale laughed again. "I love our wife, I do, but she really can't sing. At least she isn't pissed about me telling her agent that I was her concubine." Vale grinned cheekily. "But I was trying to remember a few of the very old songs, the ones we sing for high festivals and such. I can't sing like Erion, but if I hum a bit of the tune, it should catch his ear."

Yuji laughed loudly and rolled on the floor a little as he grabbed his mouth to try and stop himself. "Oh, Kansas has every reason to laugh . And the kids must think we're punishing them by letting Willow sing to them."

Yuji giggled some more, and wiped a small tear from the corner of his eye as he sighed, then looked at Vale, with a slightly serious look. "I mean, seriously, have you heard her sing? Me and Satoshi used to like going to karaoke bars, when we were younger. You know, the ones where you get a room of your own. Well, we convinced Willow to come with us once, and Kansas got to tag along because I was his guardian by that time, so he got into the bar, only couldn't drink. Well, anyway. Me and Satoshi sang a few songs, and Kansas howled along with us for a couple, and then he told Willow to sing. When she said no, we started harassing her, until finally she gave in. She didn't even finish the first verse, before Satoshi was up, and asking her to stop, telling her he would never again ask her to sing. Ever. Kansas and me never did, either. Honestly, we just flee when she starts. Although it is hilarious to come home sometimes when she's been alone at home and is singing along to her music. I think that's the only time I can forgive how badly she sings."

Vale was giggling helplessly by the time Yuji was done. "I did hear her sing like that, when I first moved here. I'd take Aika with me and walk over to pick Ryuu up from school, and we'd come home, and I'd hear Willow. The first time I thought she was hurt, and then I thought maybe she was just playing around, until I realized that she was actually just singing. She asked me once if I minded, and what could I say?" Vale nibbled a kiss from Yuji. "It's not like I'm a nightingale, either."

Yuji giggled while Vale talked, nodding his head in agreement, and arched an eyebrow when Vale said he wasn't much of a singer himself. "But you must be at least marginally better than she is. I mean, she is just phenomenally bad."

Vale purred a little as he moved a bit closer to Yuji. "I'm telling you, I'm limp here. I really want to get comfortable in the bed, but I'm not ready to move yet." He grinned at Yuji, his green eyes filled with mischief. "We need a bearskin rug."

Yuji looked around where they lay on the floor, and grinned impishly. "You think they have enough bears in Neverwinter to cover this whole room? Given the way we pounce each other we might as well get ourselves wall to wall bearskins, because otherwise we'll fuck everywhere except on the damned bear."

Yuji's eyebrows lifted in a comical way and his face lit up with the most fantastic light bulb look when he looked at Vale and practically shouted, "We should get wall to wall bearskin in your bedroom at the Cloaktower. Those fucking bricks are really cold when you fuck me on the floor there."

"Oh, excellent idea," Vale agreed, his eyes lighting up. "I'll get Nathe on that right away, and he can send the surplus bearskins here." He kissed Yuji soundly. "Fucking genius, you are. And maybe that way, we'll fuck on the desk again, too. Since we seem to avoid the softer places." Vale reached up and patted the bed with a merry laugh, making it obvious that he did not really care.

Yuji rolled over with a roar of laughter, and soundly bumped his head on the side of his bedside table, making himself laugh even harder. "Maybe it would be safer to do it in the bed, though. It might lessen my sex related injuries," Yuji gasped, and giggled helplessly as he rubbed his forehead. "That empty sounding boink sound was the nightstand, not my head, just so we're clear," he said urgently, and looked at Vale with what would have been a very serious face, had it not been for the sparkle in his eyes.

"Are you sure?" Vale asked, with the same serious expression, his green eyes lit with mischief. "Let me check." He kissed Yuji's forehead very sweetly, and then knocked gently on it with his knuckles. "I don't know, that might have been a bit hollow there. Are you sure you didn't fuck your brains out?"

Vale yelped and giggled as Yuji smacked his ass playfully, and he wiggled happily under Yuji's hand. "Do you know what I forgot? I forgot the whiskey. I should have brought us whiskey, or at least a couple of cold beers."

Yuji growled a little at Vale's joke, but playfully, then he sighed, letting his head fall back on the floor.

"I think there's a six pack in the fridge. And this is our room, I'm sure we've got a bottle of whiskey stashed here somewhere. We should really get one of those whistling locator thingies for our whiskey. You know the little key rings that make a sound when you whistle, to help you find them," Yuji said, and pursed his lips like he meant to whistle, but all that came out was a slightly wet jet of air.

Vale let out a long, low whistle, his green eyes full of laughter as he looked over at Yuji. "Don't tell," he grinned, and murmured a quick cantrip to summon a bottle of whiskey and two tumblers of ice. "I really don't feel like moving. It's too nice, laying here while you play with my ass." Vale wriggled his ass under Yuji's hand in helpful illustration, chuckling as he poured whiskey for them both.

Yuji put on a face that was meant to imitate Willow's stern look, but only managed to look like he had knocked himself cross eyed with that bump to the bedside table. He laughed when the bottle and tumblers appeared out of seemingly nowhere, and patted Vale's ass, sliding his fingers back into Vale's ass, teasing the round muscle that had started to tighten again.

"I love how tight you always are. Even if I've prepared you more than enough, you're still tight. Sort of like Satoshi," Yuji murmured, nibbling on Vale's shoulder, his eyes darkening with heat again.

Vale pushed back into Yuji's hand, purring as Yuji's fingers breached him. "You know, I'm not nearly such a cockwhore with anyone else. It's just you. You drive me wild, you do. I look at you, and all I can think of is getting naked and getting underneath you." Vale's ear tips were already getting rosy again, and his eyes fluttered a little as his fingers tightened around his tumbler. "But this time, can we try the bed?"

Yuji purred, and nodded, tossing back his drink, hardly tasting it. He leaned in and plundered Vale's mouth with burning passion, then broke the kiss rather suddenly, and giggled, "It's the stuff I put in your morning tea, actually. Got it from this gypsy lady down in Harajuku. Said to entrap elves for at least half a millennia, but you have to get the dosage just right, you see. Otherwise you'd be offering your ass to anything with a cock." Yuji gave one of his goofy giggle snorts and jumped up and onto the bed.

Vale moved with alacrity, slipping onto the bed and snuggling next to Yuji, his own whiskey having been downed as fast as Yuji's had been. "So that's it, huh? Doctoring my tea? Well, I guess I'm yours for the next half a millennia, baby." Vale's green eyes were dark with a mixture of love and pure heat, his eager cock already pressing against Yuji's thigh. "I want you, Yuji. I want to be whatever you need me to be right now, and forever."

Vale leaned in to offer Yuji a kiss, his mouth still tasting a little of the whiskey he had drunk, and his pierced nipples rubbed against Yuji as his back arched a little. One long leg slipped between Yuji's legs, Vale's cock nudging Yuji's hip.

Yuji sighed with pleasure, hooking his leg behind Vale's leg, to tug the elf closer, rubbing his chest against Vale's pierced nipples. He nibbled a soft kiss from Vale's lips, stroking the golden hair gently and whispered back, his voice filled with love. "All you have to be is yourself, Vale. When we both need it, you are my Akira. He is another side of you, that we share between the two of us. But all you have to be for me, is yourself. My perfect Vale, my perfect Akira. My perfect bonded soulmate."

Yuji pressed a little harder into the kiss, and ran his hand lightly down to Vale's hip, pulling the elf closer, then rolling over on top of Vale. He parted Vale's thighs gently, rubbing his cock down on Vale's cock, one hand toying with one pierced nipple, while the other teased the delicate tip of Vale's ear.

Vale moaned in bliss as Yuji teased his ear and his nipple, arching into the caress as he kissed Yuji back, his thighs parting for Yuji. Vale's cock slid against Yuji's cock, and Vale shivered a little in delight at the feeling of Yuji's generous cock as it moved alongside his own. "Just remember that Akira is always there when you need him. There's never a time when he won't be waiting." Vale slid his hands into Yuji's hair to stroke the curve of Yuji's ears. "Even when you don't realize how much you need him. My Yuji. My perfect husband, my perfect tura. I could never have been complete without you."

Yuji nodded, nibbling his way down Vale's long neck to his perky nipple, toying with the golden hoop slowly. "I know, my love, I know. Just like I would never have been completed without you."

Yuji assaulted Vale's other nipple for a few moments, discreetly palming a vial of oil off the nightstand, and coated his cock with a generous amount of the oil. He lifted Vale's knees to his shoulders, and slowly pressed the head of his cock into the tight ass, moaning softly when he breached Vale smoothly. "So perfect," Yuji sighed, sinking into the velvet heat slowly, until his balls were snug against the pale golden globes of Vale's ass. He stopped for the barest moment, to let Vale adjust, then he slowly withdrew, angling his hips just the right way to drag over Vale's prostate.

When the head of his cock popped out, Yuji smiled lovingly down at Vale, breaching Vale again to sink in slowly. He repeated the slow complete withdrawal and sinking in a few more times, his moans soft and delicious, then he set a slow and intense pace for them, withdrawing completely every now and again, and breaching Vale again very slowly.

Vale's moans were sweet and soft as Yuji made love to him, the sensation of Yuji withdrawing his cock completely and then pressing back in past the tight pucker sending shivers of utter bliss up Vale's spine. Vale's prostate was already well sensitized, and the drag of Yuji's thick cock over that swollen gland was enough to make Vale writhe in abandon, his nipples hard as pebbles.

Vale's own cock was hard and jutted out proudly from its nest of golden curls, the ring piercing the elf's cock just below the cleft on the underside catching the light as Vale writhed. Precum beaded on the head of Vale's cock and rolled off slowly, the drops pooling on Vale's flat stomach and sliding up toward his chest as his back arched. Vale's hands were fisted in the sheets, and his green eyes fluttered closed as Vale cried out softly, Yuji's thick cock sliding into the heat of Vale's tight ass.

"Oh, gods, Yuji," Vale moaned. "I am yours, my perfect man. I am yours."

Yuji buried himself balls deep in Vale's ass, and leaned down to kiss Vale deeply, opening their bond wide, letting Vale feel exactly how much pleasure he gave Yuji, how wonderfully tight and hot Vale's ass was around his cock, how silken his hair was under Yuji's hands, and how smooth his pale golden skin was against Yuji's pale skin. Yuji withdrew again, keeping up his slow pace and his random withdrawal, his eyes shining with love.

"Tell me when you are getting close. I want to come with you, my emerald sun," Yuji whispered, leaning over again to kiss Vale deeply, whispering between nibbling kisses, "Will you come without touching yourself?"

"I will," Vale managed, his eyes fixing on Yuji's perfect eyes. "I can come without touching myself, for you."

Vale's back arched as Yuji pulled back and then slid forward again, the slow and tender pace unbelievably erotic. He could feel how tight his balls were, the sac drawing up already, and Vale opened his own bond wide to let Yuji feel exactly how his cock felt as it dragged across Vale's prostate, how the waves of pleasure coursed through Vale and washed away everything except his love for Yuji and the sheer bliss of Yuji's touch.

"I'm close, Yuji," Vale whispered. "I'm so close."

Yuji gasped at the intensity of Vale's pleasure as it washed over him, combining seamlessly with his own, making his mind go blank. He picked up the pace only a fraction, angling his hips a little more to drag over Vale's prostate a little harder, and he could feel his own need for release rising in sync with Vale's.

"Let go for me, my emerald sun. My everything. Let go," Yuji moaned hoarsely, his eyes intent on Vale's eyes, his soul reaching out to touch Vale's.

Vale's soul met Yuji's soul, winding itself around Yuji's soul, and Vale nodded and let himself fall into that sweet perfect moment when ecstasy overruled thought. Vale's back arched, and he cried out sweetly as he came, his cum painting his chest and Yuji's chest with hot spatters as his tight ass gripped Yuji's cock.

"Yuji," Vale moaned sweetly, his utter joy washing over Yuji as he came, his back arching in a perfect bow as he all but lifted off the bed.

Yuji gasped, forgetting how to breathe when Vale came, the sight before him utterly perfect. His balls drew up almost in the same instance, and Yuji let out an almost silent moan, his perfect pleasure washing over Vale in return. He filled Vale's ass with load after load of searing hot cum, his hips grinding erratically down on Vale's ass, to milk every drop from himself, his arms slowly buckling under him and he sank on top of Vale, panting and shivering with the shared pleasure. His heart hammered in his chest in perfect sync with Vale's heart, and for a moment he felt as if they shared only one heart between them, their souls eternally entwined.

Vale wrapped his arms around Yuji as Yuji sank down, his long legs sliding off Yuji's shoulders to wrap around Yuji's hips loosely. Vale could feel the twinned beating of their hearts, one beat the way they were one soul, their love a timeless bond. Yuji's skin was slightly sweaty, as was Vale's and Vale shivered the tiniest bit as he felt himself cool off, feeling the exact same shiver run through Yuji.

Yuji lifted his head lazily, and smiled slightly lopsided at Vale. "Cold?" he whispered, rolling off Vale reluctantly, and wriggled around on the bed to pull down the covers, while still lying on top of them. "Maybe we should think about going to sleep. Unless you want to take me," Yuji said with a grin, and lifted the blankets for Vale to crawl under.

"Not cold, baby," Vale murmured, his green eyes glowing like a cat's eyes in the light of the room. "Just tingly, like every nerve is wide awake." He grinned back, blushing a little. "That sounds a little stupid, but I can't think of any other way to say it."

Vale pulled Yuji back next to him, pressing himself against Yuji contentedly. "Can I plead being totally fucked out? I think all I can manage right now is sleep, and I do mean sleep. Real sleep. Eyes closed sleep." Vale gave a small laugh. "Unless that'll scare you too much, baby."

Yuji smiled, an impish dazed sort of smile and nodded slowly. "Real sleep sounds wonderful, my love, and no it does not scare me. Somehow I can always feel you when we sleep, no matter whether you are in reverie or sleep. It's been that way ever since you broke through your memories. Maybe because I was so afraid of losing you then, that I never dared to let go of our bond, even when we slept."

Yuji reached up to stroke Vale's cheek lovingly, his eyes bright. "But do you rest enough when you sleep?"

Vale nodded, speechless for the moment in the face of Yuji's endless love, a love that would always be there, touching him, for all time. His smile was sweet and radiant as he reached up to touch Yuji's cheek in love and wonder. "I rest the same way you do when I sleep. If I sleep for six hours or even eight, I feel just as rested as you would in the morning. I don't rest as fast as I do in reverie, but I can get plenty of rest." Vale snuggled in closer to Yuji, his bond open and his contentment radiating off of him. "I love you so much, Yuji. A'maelamin, my beloved."

Yuji smiled again, and cuddled in tightly, relishing the slightly above average body heat of his beloved elf. "That's good to know. Then let's go to sleep so you can get at least six hours of sleep. And I think tomorrow, I will talk to the rest of our family about creating an apartment for Sand and Satoshi, so we can get started as soon as possible."

Yuji nuzzled Vale's neck, and whispered into the soft skin, "I love you just as much, and maybe more, Vale. Amalamalamin." Yuji giggle snorted sheepishly as he garbled the elven word, then drew a slow breath and tried again, speaking meticulously slow. "A'maelamin. I love you. I'm too tired. I sound like Michi now."

It was Vale's turn to giggle, a giggle that turned into a sigh as Vale felt asleep in Yuji's arms, his breathing evening out into the peaceful slumber of contentment.

Yuji stroked Vale's hair for a few more minutes, kissing his forehead softly, and whispered quietly, as his own eyes fell shut, and he drifted off to sleep, his soul still holding on to Vale's soul. "Amin mela lle, a'maelamin."

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