Dragon Knights Fan Fiction / Dragon Knight (adult) Fan Fiction ❯ The Impression That I Get ❯ My Dear Idiot ( Chapter 5 )

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Chapter Five: My Dear Idiot

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Heh. What have I got to loose, right?

 

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The northern territories - Glaciosa, to be exact - were discovered to be cold. The poor drana appeared to be slowly crystallizing under the onslaught. Alfeegi knew he was crystallizing, and none too slowly if he had anything to say about it.

 

"You should have packed warmer clothes," Ruwalk said jovially, from within layers of fur. "It's so unlike you; wait till I tell the Lord!"

 

Alfeegi scowled, and pretended he hadn't heard that. "Yes, well, I guess I was so busy getting someone out of bed th-that it slipped my mind."

 

It was a tiny mistake, but Ruwalk's expression softened. "You really are cold, aren't you? Here." He pulled his dragon up close to Alfeegi's, and draped one of his outer coats over him.

 

Alfeegi shivered for a whole new reason. Ruwalk appeared not to notice; he smiled. "Thanks..."

 

"No problem." And they rode on.

 

At this point it seems that some sort of 'nature paragraph' is in order. So here it is. It has already been mentioned that the travelers, Alfeegi in particular, were cold, but even this did not stop them from at least somewhat appreciating the sweeping landscape surrounding them. (Why sweeping, anyway? It's not like there were any brooms involved...). The country was very hilly, and the path ran generally along the high areas (presumably so that you could get lost while still knowing where you were in relation to everything else), offering an impressive view of the pine forests that stretched away miles and miles on all sides. Despite the cold, hardy insects led secret lives within the shrubs on the edges of the road, and bird tweeted suspiciously in the trees. It was a perfect place, a land of describable beauty, a paradise unsullied by man.

 

Which meant, of course, no towns. No inns. No road signs, for that matter.

 

Around noon on the first day after they'd left the port town, while they were stopping for lunch, Alfeegi gave a nervous little laugh. "Uh... Ruwalk?"

 

"Hmm?"

 

"You... do know where we are, right?"

 

"Of course!" he said, beaming.

 

Alfeegi looked hard at him for a moment. "It's just that, you know, that last road look a lot better cared for."

 

"Yes, but that doesn't necessarily mean it was the right one, now does it?" In spite of the cold, Ruwalk seemed to be sweating slightly. Alfeegi was glaring at him now.

 

"In fact, this road seems to be getting worse and worse the further we go."

 

"Yes, well..."

 

Though Ruwalk would not have previously believed it to be possible, the temperature actually seemed to have dropped several degrees. "Ruwalk, where are we?"

 

"Er... well... You see all these lovely trees? They're really quiet lovely, when you-"

 

"Ruwalk! Don't you dare change the subject!"

 

He swallowed. "I'm not! Er... The trees... Well, we're sort of in the middle of them."

 

"ARGH!"

 

They rode on.

 

And eventually it began to get dark. Alfeegi groaned. "We're going to die!"

 

Ruwalk gaped at him. "Of course we're not."

 

"Yes we are!" he said miserably. "We're lost! We're going to freeze to death, or else run out of food before we find a town and starve, or maybe even get eaten! I hear they have lots of bears up here!"

 

"Yes, and if you don't calm down every one of them within a ten mile radius will hear you," Ruwalk said calmly. "Everything's going to be okay, I promise."

 

Alfeegi glared sullenly. "How can you be so sure?"

 

Ruwalk smiled, and pointed matter-of-factly. "Because someone's got a fire going off that way, and we should be there in about ten minutes."

 

Alfeegi stared at him. No single word could quite sum up what he was feeling right now, but perhaps two would do it - homicidal tendencies.

 

However, they both managed to make it to the source of the smoke alive. It wasn't quite what they were expecting, though.

 

Ruwalk gaped some more. Alfeegi was the first to speak. "A... hot spring?"

 

"How...?"

 

"Oh, come on; haven't you ever seen a hot spring before?"

 

"Of course I have!" said an indignant Ruwalk, who didn't get out much.

 

Alfeegi smiled. "Well, at least we won't be cold tonight. You can feel the heat from here."

 

Ruwalk managed to break out of his daze, and grinned. "Hey, let's go for a swim!"

 

Alfeegi sputtered mildly. "W-what?"

 

"You heard me!" he said cheerfully. He got off his drana without waiting for a response, and started tying it to a tree. "It'll thaw you out!"

 

He's doing this on purpose, Alfeegi realized suddenly. It was the only logical explanation. One way or another, Ruwalk was going to be the death of him. He opened his mouth to protest that he'd rather be eaten by a bear than go swimming right now, thank you very much, at which point Ruwalk started to strip off his outer layers of clothing.

 

Well. He didn't really know how he could argue, when he put it like that. He didn't know how to say much of anything at the moment, actually.

 

He was so busy being embarrassed as he got undressed and trying not to look at anything much that he didn't even notice that Ruwalk had come up to him, until he placed a warm hand on his chest. Shock. Panic. Melt. "Wow, I hadn't realized your scars were so bad," he commented; it took Alfeegi a moment to realize that he was referring to what the demon they'd met on the mainland had left him. Then Ruwalk laughed. "We match." Then, oblivious of the fact that Alfeegi was obviously on the verge of a nervous breakdown, he turned away and stared testing the water, muttering something like, 'ow, hot.'

 

Alfeegi made a vague choking noise.

 

Eventually they both got in. Ruwalk sighed contentedly, resting his arms on rocks at the edge of the pool. "Well, all I can say is I hope they have one of these up at the castle."

 

"Glub," Alfeegi said. He had submerged himself up to his nose and was trying very hard not to look in Ruwalk's direction. He was trying to behave himself, really...

 

Ruwalk glanced sideways at him. "Hey, don't be so bashful. We're both men here, right?"

 

Alfeegi gave a weak grin as he hauled himself upright, but inside he suddenly felt... extremely tired...

 

Heh. What have I got to loose, right? Only everything, right?

 

After a little while, Ruwalk spoke again. "Hey, can I tell you something?" he said sheepishly.

 

"Sure." Alfeegi watched the ripples on the surface of the water in a sort of disinterested way.

 

"I haven't told anyone else yet," he confessed. "I thought you ought to be the first to know." Alfeegi couldn't help but feel a bit flattered by that, though what Ruwalk said next made him blanch.

 

"I'm in love, you see."

 

WHAT?! That was what he wanted to say. He wanted to scream. But instead he just stared. Of course he was in love. A nice guy like Ruwalk, it was amazing he didn't have a girlfriend already. Of course. It wasn't like it had really made him any more obtainable, anyway, just because he'd been free. Of course. This was the hardest thing in the world. "Who is she?" Alfeegi said, in the fakest cheerful tone the world had ever heard.

 

Ruwalk, ever appearing oblivious, smiled as if seeing the mystery girl in his mind's eye. "I can't tell you that. Not yet. But I really think I've found the 'one', you know? Is that just too horribly cheesy, or what? But she's just... just so..." He chuckled. "Well, she does have quite a temper sometimes. But she's really sweet underneath. She's cute, and intelligent, and - perfect."

 

Alfeegi nodded glumly. He could never live up to that; that was for sure. About the only similarity he could see to himself in there was the temper part.

 

Ruwalk eyed him thoughtfully. "Aren't you happy for me?"

 

"Oh... Of course! Good luck! I hope she likes you too!" His nails dug into his palms rather painfully. I hope she burns in hell... And the most pathetic part, he reflected, was that he felt ashamed for thinking that. But he supposed, really, anyone who could think like that deserved what he was getting... Maybe this would actually do him some good. Maybe, once he knew there was really zero chance for him, he could get over all this craziness any move on...

 

Ruwalk reached out and brushed away the tears he hadn't even realized he was crying. "Oh, I think she does like me," he said conversationally. "It's mostly just been little things... Like how she blushes every time she looks at me... She did kiss me when I was sleeping once, of course... But right now, I think I can finally say that I'm completely certain." And he kissed him.

 

It can be said to Alfeegi's credit that he only let it go on for a few moments before he pulled away, sputtering, and promptly slapped Ruwalk. He blinked several times in rapid succession. "You, you jerk!" he fumed. "You led me on!"

 

Ruwalk laughed nervously, fingering his cheek. "And here I thought you'd have gotten it from the part about the temper."

 

Alfeegi glared. "That's not funny! Do you mean to tell me you've just been playing stupid all this time, when you could have told me when I kissed you?"

 

Ruwalk smiled uncertainly. This was not exactly the reaction he was expecting. But come to think of it, this was Alfeegi; what had he been expecting? "I thought I might have dreamed it again," he confessed.

 

And while Alfeegi was still in a state of mild shock from the implications of the word 'again', Ruwalk stole another kiss. This one went on rather longer, but again Alfeegi pushed him away.

 

"I... Uh..." he floundered hopelessly, not even knowing exactly what it was he was trying to say. "What will the Lord say?" he finished lamely.

 

Ruwalk scoffed. "Do you seriously think he'd object? Lykouleon-sama understands about love."

 

"Yeah, but..." he managed. What was wrong with him? He should be overjoyed. Maybe he'd just told him one too many times how this was never going to happen, that he didn't deserve it...

 

He studied Ruwalk's expression for a moment, and realized to his acute surprise that Ruwalk might just feel the same way. And then he discovered that this was happening, and that he'd waited so long and angsted so much that surely he deserved it, and he kissed him. And this one lasted a very long time.

 

And then there was air again. Alfeegi gasped, and Ruwalk laughed at him, but kindly. "Breathe through your nose," he said simply, and kissed him again. It worked, he discovered. He felt Ruwalk's tongue brush over his own, and blushed, but for once he didn't really care. This was bliss.

 

Ruwalk had pulled him close to him, flush against his body, and Alfeegi traced his fingers aimlessly across his chest. He cursed the fact that he'd never done this before, that he didn't know what to do. He wanted... what? Then Ruwalk shifted his hips subtly, and he gasped. This unfortunately led to him having to pull away, coughing, but Ruwalk just laughed again and pulled him back once he'd stopped. "I'm flattered," he said, grinning.

 

"Oh, shush," Alfeegi said, though he was grinning too. Then he gave himself back to the kiss, moaning slightly at the resumed contact.

 

He felt something growing inside him, and it was a little frightening, but he knew it was also absolutely right...

 

Then, with absolutely zero warning, Ruwalk stood up with Alfeegi in his arms. He squeaked in a highly undignified manner; Ruwalk looked like he was trying his very best not to laugh.

 

"It wouldn't be a good idea to go any further in the water," he said, by way of explanation. "Especially your first time. That is, if you want to go any further..." he added, suddenly serious.

 

Alfeegi felt like he would die if he blushed much more. He was being blunt on purpose; it was obvious. Seeing as he had apparently lost his ability to speak, he settled for dragging Ruwalk's head down for a highly explanatory kiss. He thought Ruwalk laughed into it.

 

Then he carried him over to their pile of clothes. Alfeegi would have protested that he could walk by himself, except that he wasn't exactly sure how truthful that would have been. Ruwalk lay him down gently on the furs and then stood still for a moment, looking down at him. Alfeegi, against all probability, blushed even worse. "Hey..."

 

Ruwalk had the decency to look at least a little embarrassed. "Sorry. It's just, you're so..." Then he blushed, and knelt down over Alfeegi to kiss him again.

 

His kisses gradually worked their way lower, spending a liberal amount of time on his neck and ears before taking a detour to his chest. Alfeegi withered beneath him in a combination of pleasure and inpatients, until he pulled away, grinning.

 

"In a hurry?" Alfeegi glared; Ruwalk found it rather impressive that he could manage to be irritable even in the throes of ecstasy. "Okay... This might hurt a little; I'm sorry."

 

Ruwalk licked his fingers in such a way that Alfeegi failed to notice much at first. He winced slightly a moment later, however, and Ruwalk kissed him apologetically. When Alfeegi gave a shuddery little gasp and shifted underneath him after a few more moments, he smiled.

 

When he pulled away again, Alfeegi made a face. He still hesitated, however. "I don't want to hurt you," he said awkwardly.

 

Alfeegi stared at him for a moment. Then he sat up, and wrapped his mouth around Ruwalk's length. Ruwalk had just enough time to inhale sharply before he pulled away again. "That should help," Alfeegi commented; he was blushing again, but he was also smirking slightly.

 

Ruwalk glowered. "Ah, I get it. That was payback. I see." Then he pushed him onto his back again, laughing, and covered his face with kisses while he very, very gently pushed inside him.

 

Alfeegi moaned, clinging to Ruwalk's shoulders. At the other Officer's expectant look, he added, "It doesn't hurt. Really." Ruwalk stared. "Well, maybe a little. But, I..." he said, and shuddered, and pulled Ruwalk closer for a deep kiss.

 

He had waited years for this, he realized hazily. How had it taken that long? They were both really stupid, honestly.

 

It was worth the wait.

 

The rest was destined to become rather vague in his memory in years to come; in fact, it was rather vague as it was happening. He did remember, however, that it was the best thing he had ever felt. Perhaps waiting had only made it that much better. He remembered the beautiful way Ruwalk arched his back, and the way he moaned against his neck while he kissed him. It really only took a few minutes for them to reach their limits, and while it would have been nice to say that it had seemed to last an eternity, Alfeegi did actually manage to keep a vague grasp on time. They were, however, the best spent few minutes of his life.

 

And afterwards they were both so blessedly exhausted that they didn't worry about certain more mundane matters, specifically, the fact that they were going to have to wash their clothes, for hours.