Fake Fan Fiction ❯ Don't Know What You've Got Till It's Gone ❯ Heaven ( Chapter 9 )

"With pleasure," Dee replied as he smiled and pulled Ryo's body closer to him, bringing his hand under his chin and gently tilting Ryo's face up to envelope his soft inviting lips between his own. Dee sighed at the pleasurable contact. Even though he had not known Randy for that long, he felt so right - this felt so right, having the other man in his arms with Dee finally being able to taste the lips he had longed for for so many lonely nights.

Ryo submitted to the tender caressing and then the insistent pillaging of his mouth as Dee's tongue thrust ravenously into his heat again and again, leaving him immensely satiated while at the same time leaving him desperately yearning for more. Ryo felt himself surrendering to his raven-haired lover's spell that Dee had so intricately weaved over Ryo's entire being, giving himself to the one he desired in utter supplication to Dee's every whim.

Dee felt Ryo's knees go weak as he moved closer to the smaller man, so he anchored him up against the wall and snaked his powerful thigh between Ryo's legs to hold him steady. Dee supported him with his strong arms as well as Ryo clung desperately onto Dee, willing himself to never let him go again.

Dee explored every inch of the heated cavern, molding his tongue into all of the contours as if memorizing each intoxicating aspect of the mouth that he so desperately craved. Ryo moaned wantonly into Dee's mouth, parting his lips further in a tempting invitation for Dee to intensify the kiss. Dee wracked Ryo's delicious mouth with utter abandon, delving deeper with each powerful thrust and causing Ryo to practically collapse against Dee, he was so weak-kneed from his lover's euphoric ministrations.

"Dee…. I want you….. now," Ryo panted desperately, reluctantly breaking the kiss for air. "I want you inside me. Take me - make me yours," Ryo commanded softly, thrusting his hips to brush against Dee's rock-hard arousal that mirrored his own state.

"Are you sure?" Dee asked in concern, not wanting to take advantage of the man's need for affection. Even now, under their current circumstances, he had too much respect for Ryo to do that. In essence, it would be their first time for Dee. He wanted Ryo to love him for who he was at this moment, not the faint glimmer embedded within the honey-blond's memory of what they shared before.

"Yes Dee; it's been too long. I want to experience the feel of you inside of me again. I want you to make love to me with everything you have and everything that you are. I love you for who you are and I want you to refamiliarize yourself with the unmatched pleasure that my body can convey to you. I want to show you how much I love you and I want you to physically express your love for me without fear or doubt. Make me feel whole again - complete me," Ryo entreated passionately, his midnight eyes further darkened, fueled by the embers of passion stoked by the exhilarating presence of the ebony-haired man pressed against him.

Looking deep into Ryo's eyes, Dee saw a blissful longing coupled with a rapturous desire that was enthralling. Dee smiled seductively and moved down to claim Ryo's mouth with a searing kiss that seemed to set their steamy bodies on fire as they moved against one another, frantic to increase the contact of the thrilling sensation of flesh against flesh as clothes were shed in the heat of passion.

Once both men were fully naked and compressed against one another within moments of being separated, Dee claimed Ryo's mouth in another euphoric kiss, grinding his pulsing erection against Ryo's and causing Ryo to gasp from the heat emanating from it. This time, Ryo collapsed fully against Dee as his mind reeled from the overwhelming sensations coursing throughout his flushed body. His knees just couldn't hold out any more from Dee's tantalizing mouth and the intoxicating nearness of the raven-haired man. Dee was just such a good kisser! "Woah, careful," Dee said with a knowing smile as he caught Ryo before he could fall.

"I-I'm sorry, Dee," Ryo breathed, his eyes so darkened with passion and his mind reeling from Dee's relentless inundation of his senses that he couldn't see straight. Every aspect of Dee exuded a charismatic sensuality, and tonight was no exception. Dee supported Ryo under one arm and around his waist as Ryo gazed into Dee's emerald depths. Every inch of his skin screamed for the raven-haired man's touch.

"It's okay," Dee said soothingly, secretly pleased that he could have such an overwhelming effect on Ryo's compliant body. Bringing one hand down in back of Ryo's knees and wrapping his muscular arms around Ryo, Dee lifted him into his arms and held him snugly against his body, once again claiming Ryo's bruised lips that he never tired of kissing in a scorchingly intense kiss.

Ryo could only moan in rapture and part his lips to welcome Dee's velvety tongue, surrendering completely to Dee as he wrapped his arms around Dee's neck, the rest of his body going limp in Dee's arms. Feeling Ryo thrusting his tongue against his only heightened the desire coursing like liquid fire through Dee's veins for the one in his arms. Never breaking the kiss, Dee carried Ryo to the bedroom and slowly lowered him onto the bed, easing his body on top of Ryo's as they melted into the sheets. He earned a welcoming gasp of pleasure from Ryo as his body was enveloped in a warmth that radiated passionate desire. Dee raised himself up off of Ryo and drunk in the vision of the man before him in all his glory, marveling at the sight of Ryo's magnificent body, perfect in every way - and all his.

Dee glanced down at Ryo's delightfully naked form, flushed pink from arousal, and captivated Ryo's dark midnight eyes with his emerald green ones. This time, Ryo did not look away and blush in embarrassment as he usually did when mesmerized by the overwhelming trance of Dee's emerald eyes that seemed to swallow him up. Rather, he steadfastly met the gaze of the raven-haired man above him with a dynamic lust present in his expressive eyes. Ryo looked deep into Dee's green pools, drowning in the depths of them in utter abandonment of all rational thought. All that mattered to him was the here and now of this long-anticipated moment.

Seeing this newfound determination, Dee covered Ryo's body with his own, claiming his lips and allowing himself to revel in the overwhelming feelings that were inundating his senses. "Uhhhh, Dee," Ryo moaned, throwing back his head and arching his back as Dee's mouth came into contact with his chest. As Dee leaned down to consume Ryo's luscious mouth once again, he moved his body in an insistent rhythm against Ryo's, the light sheen of sweat coating both of their sleek bodies allowing Dee to move against Ryo with ease while creating a steamy friction between them. Ryo moved against Dee, closing his eyes and moaning in supplication, entreating Dee to further increase the contact with his burning flesh.

Dee felt the compliant movements of his honey-blond lover, who was wallowing in utter abandon and writhing in unmitigated pleasure beneath him. Suddenly the realization dawned on him as to how he could further gratify his heavenly lover as well as let Ryo take charge of their lovemaking a bit. Dee wanted to please Ryo with his entire being, his whole heart and soul. He wanted to devour the man beneath him and he fully intended to, but not just yet. First he was going to see the extent of the shy man's trust and love in the ultimate embodiment of satisfaction for them both.

Suddenly breaking away from the kiss, breathless, Dee flooded his lungs that seemed to be on fire from lack of oxygen with air. Instead of resuming his glorious assault on ravishing Ryo's only too-willing body, Dee moved slightly up off of Ryo, still straddling the other man's hips but now placing his arms next to Ryo's shoulders and locking them so that he hovered above Ryo, his ebony tresses falling into his face as he captivated Ryo's deep gaze once more. Ryo whimpered from the loss of contact from Dee's steamy body as he shivered slightly. "No, Dee, please don't stop," he pleaded desperately. "I need you more than anything right now," Ryo emphasized, lifting his hips slightly in an attempt to increase the contact that he relished.

"Randy, show me how you want to be loved by me," Dee said in a voice dripping with seductive intent as he gazed deep into Ryo's dark eyes. When a puzzled look of confusion flashed across Ryo's handsome face, Dee took one of his hands in his own, running the fingertips of his other hand teasingly in tantalizing caresses over Ryo's steamy body and whispered alluringly, "It's not fair - you know all of my body's deepest secrets, while I don't remember yours. I want to learn every facet of your being - memorize all of your erogenous zones. I want to run my hands and tongue over every tender surface of the dips and curves of your skin that can elicit maximum pleasure. I want to taste everything that is you. I want to know what turns you on and gets you off. Tonight, let's make your fantasies become realities. I want to explore all of your most intimate desires. This time, it's all for you, Randy. You can have me however you like. Let me bring you ultimate pleasure. All I ask in return is that I get to hear you scream my name when I make you mine," he said in a voice oozing with eroticism. Ryo blushed with desire as Dee's hand ran enticingly lower over his body. Dee was always so straightforward. "Where do you want my hand to go?" Dee purred enticingly, tentatively resting his roaming hand on Ryo's chest and tapping his fingers in light sensual caresses as he brought Ryo's hand over his with his other hand. Ryo's hand now enveloped Dee's, Dee the willing servant to Ryo's every whim. Dee leaned back and straddled Ryo's muscular legs as he waited for his first command.

Ryo's midnight eyes widened incredulously and he gasped in anticipation. This was more than he could ever hope for. Despite loving Dee to claim him in the bedroom with everything Dee had, there was a part of him that liked to be able to set the pace, to be in control. Not all the time, but it was nice every once in a while, where Ryo got to show Dee an intimate part of himself that was less reserved than his usually shy portrayal of his veiled emotions outside of the bedroom. It was one of Ryo's unspoken fantasies that he had never gotten a chance to tell Dee. Once again, Dee's simple actions straight from the heart had shown Ryo how perfect they were together and how much more they had yet to discover about one another. He was only too willing to comply, ready to embrace this newfound sensation of power.

With a sexy smile, Ryo looked up into Dee's shimmering eyes, all reluctance gone as his midnight eyes darkened further in passion, fueled by the fully aroused man above him that reflected his own state. Dee gave Ryo a silent look of reassurance before he moved his hips slightly against Ryo in encouragement, causing his rock-hard shaft to brush against Ryo's smooth sensitive inner thigh. "Show me," he repeated in quiet insistence, "how I can pleasure you."

Ryo looked up at Dee and slowly tightened his grip on Dee's hand that rested on his pale chest. Grasping Dee's other hand in his and moving them down his sides, Ryo begged, "Touch me - here." He moved Dee's hands in gentle caresses up and down his sides and shivered slightly as the simple touch seemed to ignite his skin on fire. The light sheen of sweat that coated his lithe body enabled Dee's hands to glide effortlessly over Ryo's writhing body as Ryo encouraged Dee's gentle exploration of his erogenous zones, dipping teasingly down over his hips and ghosting against the contours of where his hips met his inner thighs. "And here," Ryo whispered, entranced, as he brought Dee's hands back up his sides and caused them to lightly brush against his sensitive nipples, running them in tantalizing circles and causing them to harden on contact, Ryo was so aroused already. He gasped and arched his back into the touch, panting slightly. It was all Dee could do to restrain himself from cumming right there and then. The sight of Ryo touching himself in the most intimate of places and knowing just how to evoke the right amount of pressure on his sensitive spots in order to create maximum mindshattering pleasure was almost too much for his sensory-innundated body to take. And the best part of it all was that it was Dee's hands bringing him this pleasure, Dee's hands that were working Ryo into a frenzy before his very eyes.

Ryo stopped Dee's exploring hands mid-caress and rested one on the ridge of his trim hip, while bringing the other one to rest on his shoulder. He reached up and brought Dee's face down to press against his chest. Dee understood what Ryo's body craved and began to kiss and lick every inch of his exposed chest and taut stomach, eliciting sighs of pleasure from Ryo as Dee expelled a breath of hot air against the path of saliva, causing a tingling sensation as the contrast of the cooling sensation on his hot body plunged Ryo into an overwhelming rush of sensations. Dee worshipped every inch of Ryo's body with his velvet tongue, moving up to lavish attention on the delicate skin of Ryo's throat and collarbone. Ryo threw his head back and moaned, entangling his fingers in Dee's raven tresses and guiding Dee's tantalizingly hot inviting mouth over his body in erotic patterns of lust, creating dizzying sensations that made Ryo light-headed and had his body aching for more.

In a bold move, Ryo suddenly brought Dee's face up to meet his passion-crazed gaze and locked onto Dee's fiery darkened emerald eyes with his smoldering midnight ones. "Dee - Touch me where I want it the most," Ryo pleaded softly. Ryo's wanton vocalization was realized physically when he brought Dee's hand down with a gentle insistence underneath his navel to trace a vertical line with increasing pressure down to his weeping sex. "Uuuuhhhhh," Ryo moaned loudly as Dee's hand inched closer to the object of his desire. "Dee, please," Ryo panted desperately when Dee's hand reached his throbbing erection, wanting Dee to do what he did best - dominate him until he came.

With a playful smile on his handsome face, Dee feigned innocence. "Please what, Randy?" he asked, pausing as he lightly brushed against Ryo's fully aroused member. "Do you want more?" he teased seductively.

"Uuuuuhhhhh!" Ryo yelled, panting desperately as he thrust against Dee's waiting hand, rubbing himself against it in a steady rhythm in an attempt to relieve some of the ache between his thighs. "Oh Dee, please stroke me and then suck me off. Make me cum for you… only you. God, it's been so long," Ryo murmured as he closed his eyes and continued to rub himself against Dee's hand with each wanton thrust of his hips, a torrent of precum oozing out his slit and down his pulsating shaft, creating a delicious lubrication against Dee's hand. Ryo's breathing had built into an erratic frenzy as every inch of his glorious body begged for relief. He didn't know how much longer he could last now that he was finally expressing himself in the throes of rapture. Dee expelled a tempting breath of hot air against Ryo's excruciatingly rock-hard arousal, causing it to convulse seemingly of its own accord. "UHHHHHH!" Ryo moaned loudly, whimpering from his overwhelming need to explode from sensory overload soon.

Ryo reached down and placed one of Dee's hands on his shaft, while he encouraged the other one to cup and then lightly knead his seed-laden sacs. His eyes never leaving Dee's, Ryo moved Dee's hands up and down, touching every inch of his rock-hard cock as he closed his hand firmly over Dee's to grasp his rod and push the excess skin up, enveloping and caressing the sensitive head in the warm friction before letting it resurface of its own volition. He put Dee's thumb against the slit which seeped out more of his essence and shuddered as the nerves in his receptive head sparked with electricity from the thrilling touch conveyed by the only other person in the world that he would let touch him in this private way - Dee.

"Dee, take me in your mouth now. I need to cum," Ryo said huskily as he brought Dee's face closer to his convulsing member. Ryo spread his legs wider to give Dee better access to the rigid piece of flesh between his thighs. Dee admired the veins pulsing and straining within the engorged shaft before he felt Ryo entangle his fingers in his hair and impale him on his aching sex. Dee enveloped Ryo's member in a delicious warm wetness that caused Ryo to tremble in bliss. "Yes Dee - oh God!" Ryo panted as Dee lavished attention on the head, running his tongue around the rim and stabbing at the slit to gather more of Ryo's essence from the tip. He ran his tongue up and down the shaft in swirling patterns, sometimes light and other times with insistent pressure, causing Ryo's mind to reel in the dizzying sensations of euphoria, Ryo never knowing where Dee was going to touch him next as he closed his eyes and basked in the erotic sensation of utter abandon.

Ryo desperately clenched at the bedsheets as he felt Dee's hand take over the squeezing, stroking, and pumping of his swollen shaft, a bit frustrated that Dee's hot mouth had abandoned him. But nothing prepared him for Dee's next glorious assault on his supple body as he momentarily felt the velvety softness of Dee's tongue dart out to lightly brush against the puckered rim of his firm ass. "AHHhhh!" Ryo screamed in surprise and arousal and writhed frantically on the bed, certain that he would cum any second from this sweet agony that Dee was bestowing upon his body and desperately trying to keep himself in check. God, Dee knew just how to turn him on, even without Ryo telling him what he liked. This only heightened Ryo's state of arousal further as his body flushed a deeper shade of red and his ragged breathing increased. As he relaxed his entrance, Ryo felt Dee push a lubed finger inside of him, never letting up the undulating pressure with his heavenly tongue.

As Dee began to pump his digit in and out of Ryo and added a second finger to further stretch his lover, he moved up to envelop one of Ryo's ball sacs in his mouth, lavishing attention on it with his tongue and lips before moving on to administer the same affections to the other one. As Ryo's sex constricted further against his body, Dee lightly pulled down on Ryo's balls to keep him from cumming as he gently stroked Ryo's ridged insides with his fingers. "Uuuuuuhhhh!" Ryo yelled loudly, straining to hold back his impending release. Dee smiled as he inserted yet another finger into Ryo's twitching entrance and continued to stretch him, now satisfied that Ryo would be able to accommodate his sizable length. Ryo was now thrusting his hips upward in an increasing rhythm and sweating profusely, his ragged panting increasing in both volume and need. Dee smiled in satisfaction. His usually reserved lover was certainly loud in the bedroom!

"Dee - I'm going to cum NOW! I can't hold back anymore," Ryo yelled urgently, his body taut and ready for release. Dee quickly clamped his mouth around the head of Ryo's cock which was now steadily oozing precum and thrust his fingers inside of Ryo, curling them to forcefully brush against his prostate and apply steady pressure on it. With his tongue, Dee exerted intense pressure against the tip of Ryo's cock on the sensitive spot right under the head as he pumped Ryo's engorged shaft with short, furious strokes. With a shudder, Ryo stiffened and arched his back, further burying his weeping cock deeper into Dee's sizzling mouth against the back of Dee's throat. As he closed his midnight eyes and shouted "DEEEEEEE!!!", Ryo's cock twitched and expanded as rapid streams of white fire surged through his lower body and were hungrily swallowed by Dee's expert mouth. Dee drank down the nectar of the man whose body he savored until Ryo had fully emptied himself. Ryo collapsed against the bed as ripples of pleasure from his orgasm resonated throughout his exhausted body. Dee wrapped his hand around Ryo's semi-stiff cock and milked him dry, squeezing all of the remaining fluid out until Ryo's sex was once again flaccid and soft. He licked up the residual essence so that Ryo was fully cleaned off. Dee moved up to cover Ryo's trembling body with his own, moving down to claim Ryo's swollen lips and letting Ryo taste himself on Dee's lips. Ryo moaned into the kiss and parted his lips, allowing Dee's tongue to hungrily devour every inch of his glorious mouth.

Ryo continued to pant and whimper as Dee let him feel the full force of his body weight against him in a display of dominance and possessiveness. "How was that Randy?" Dee asked lustily, knowing that he had brought Ryo to the brink of heaven and back.

"I'll let you know when I can breathe again," Ryo smiled as he desperately tried to steady his erratic breathing. "My heart is beating so fast," Ryo said wearily, although his body was still simmering with orgasmic fire. Dee leaned down to put his ear against Ryo's chest, feeling the pounding heartbeat straining against the walls of Ryo's chest cavity.

Dee moved up slightly and took one of Ryo's hands, placing it over his own chest. "Focus on my heartbeat," Dee said soothingly as Ryo closed his hazy midnight eyes and concentrated on the rhythm of the rise and fall of Dee's chest, eventually synchronizing his breathing pattern to match that of Dee's.

Suddenly Ryo's dark expressive eyes flew open. "Oh God Dee, what's wrong with me? Here I am, having been pleasured, and you are probably ready to burst. I could barely contain myself near the end there," he broke off remorsefully as he noticed Dee's sex standing erect and dripping precum.

"It's okay - I'll take you soon enough," Dee grinned seductively.

"But you're so aroused," Ryo protested weakly.

"Well, you do that to me, Randy. I told you that I would take care of pleasuring you first and then allow myself to claim you. You don't know how many nights I wanted to just go to you and take you. I can wait a bit longer. The anticipation will only heighten the pleasurable sensations when I finally make you mine," Dee said alluringly.

Dee's words straight from the heart caused Ryo's spent member to twitch to life again as Dee reached down with his lubed hand to lovingly stroke and pump it, running his other hand temptingly over Ryo's toned stomach. "I want to make love to you, Randy McLean. I want you to remember this experience with your whole being, for it'll be our first time since the accident. It's as if it's my first time with you. I want us to remember it forever."

"Do it Dee - complete me. Make me feel whole again. Take me in your arms and never let me go. Don't hold back - make me yours," Ryo pleaded as he gazed deep into Dee's passion-darkened emerald eyes. Ryo was enraptured by such blatant desire, such obvious longing, that dwelt behind the windows to Dee's soul. He was now excruciatingly hard again as Dee lingered over him enticingly.

Dee rained tender affectionate kisses over Ryo's taut stomach as he grabbed a pillow and put it under Ryo's ass in order to prop him up, thus allowing Dee to tilt Ryo's hips to allow a deeper angle of penetration. He then generously coated his aching member with lube and once again coated Ryo's entrance, taking extra care not to hurt his sensitive partner.

Dee positioned himself at Ryo's entrance and hooked his arms under Ryo's knees, lifting his legs onto his shoulders. He pushed slowly into his hot body, sighing in bliss as he was engulfed and caressed by Ryo's ridged insides that stretched to accommodate him, enveloping his member in a tight embrace. At the slight whimper of discomfort that left Ryo's lips at the feeling of suddenly being filled, Dee leaned down to consume Ryo's sultry mouth with his fiery tongue. Ryo moaned at the pleasant distraction as Dee pushed deeper inside. "Shh, relax. I don't want to hurt you," Dee whispered soothingly as he broke the kiss momentarily and ran his hands up and down Ryo's sides in encouragement.

Ryo further relaxed his muscles and looked up at Dee with passion-darkened midnight eyes that showed absolute trust and fidelity. When Dee felt Ryo's compliance, he began to start up a slow rhythm of thrusts that increased in force as his need for release intensified. Their steamy bodies created a delicious friction as Dee pounded into Ryo, skin slamming against skin as their breathing became erratic and intensified to a frantic pace. Dee pressed his body further against Ryo, trapping his length between their stomachs and rubbing it in time with his thrusts, the oozing torrent of Ryo's precum helping Dee to glide effortlessly against him.

"Uuuuhhh, Dee!" Ryo yelled as he grabbed onto Dee's shoulders and pulled his body closer against his, their pounding heartbeats synchronizing in an empowering rhythm with each other.

"Oh God!" Dee yelled as Ryo gave a shudder and constricted his inner muscles, exerting pressure against Dee's pulsating member as he began to contract his muscles in time with the waves of pleasure that Dee was causing to course through his body.

"Together, okay?" Dee entreated, pushing the sweat-dampened honey tresses out of Ryo's hazy eyes so that he could fully appreciate the beauty of the man writhing beneath him. Ryo could only pant and nod, the intensity of the experience leaving him fatigued from sensory overload and on the brink of a mind-shattering orgasm.

Dee speeded up his thrusts as Ryo rocked against him in increasing counterthrusts. Dee closed his eyes and got lost in the sensations as he threw his head back. A rushing wave of emotions hit him as he felt himself moving inside Ryo's delicious tight heat and he embraced the thrilling experience with everything he had. He was determined to give the man beneath him ultimate pleasure, and now that he was sure of himself, he knew he could let go. Isn't that what Ryo had said - don't hold back? Dee felt Ryo arch his back and knew that it would be close. "UHHHHH DEEEEEEE!" Ryo shouted as his body stiffened and he clung desperately to Dee.

Love, Trust, Acceptance. An onslaught of these raw emotions came rushing through Dee's mind and heart and triggered long-buried pieces of his memory. He saw glimpses of this man before him in similar states of lovemaking, ones that conveyed intense happiness and deep feelings of complete belonging. He felt consumed by the overwhelming power of the absolute purest form of love, and he surrendered to these powerful feelings tugging at the depths of his subconscious. "OOOOHHHH RYOOOOOOO!" Dee yelled as he went rigid and felt himself expand within the confines of Ryo's satiny insides. He clamped his mouth down over Ryo's lips, fiercely claiming his mouth with his searing tongue as Ryo thrust his tongue against Dee's.

As Dee emptied his seed in rapid spurts deep within his lover, Ryo simultaneously spilled his essence in an arch against their stomachs, coating their bodies in streams of pearly white liquid as they continued to ravish one another's mouths and bask in their orgasms, the pulsing waves of pleasure enveloping every aspect of their being and resonating deep within each other as if they were one.

When Dee broke the kiss for air and pulled his flaccid sex out of Ryo, he noticed Ryo looking up at him through midnight eyes that were brimming with tears. "You - you said my name," Ryo whispered incredulously as tears began streaming down his flushed face.

"What?" Dee asked, puzzled. He was too lost in the blissful moment of pleasure to fully register what Ryo was talking about.

"You called me Ryo…. When we made love you called out my name…. Oh Dee, I'd thought you'd forgotten. I thought that I'd lost that part of you forever," Ryo trailed off sobbing as he held Dee closer to his body, still in a state of disbelief that Dee's long-forgotten memories had found the resolve to triumph against all odds and resurface.

"Ryo," Dee ventured hesitantly as he wrapped his arms comfortingly around the man under him. Yes, he had yelled out this name in the throes of passion. It had just seemed so right, so perfect. It was the ultimate culmination of all of the feelings and emotions that the overwhelming experience had evoked in him. All of his passionate unspoken desires had registered that name and his subconscious had just let it slip out. Now as he reflected upon it, more flashes of memory bombarded him with an overwhelming intensity, incomplete in their totality. However, one thing remained constant among the images - the reassuring presence of the man before him. His partner, no - his lover, Ryo.

"Ryo," Dee reiterated more vehemently as Ryo wept with fervor, soaking his shoulder with a river of tears. "I love you Ryo," he said simply, although this time he knew that he meant it from the bottom of his heart. He knew that he had given up everything as he knew it for the man in his arms in that decisive instant so long ago when he had put Ryo's life above his own. And he knew that he would give it all up again - in a heartbeat, if it meant that the one he loved with his entire being would have a second chance at life, at love, again.

"I love you too, Dee… always and forever," Ryo whispered, pulling back to look into the eyes of his soulmate who had come back to him.

Dee smiled sadly at Ryo and leaned in close to gently brush his lips against his smooth cheek. "Don't cry," he implored as he extended his velvety tongue to gently lick away Ryo's tears. "You're too beautiful to cry over me," Dee said sincerely.

"Please, don't ever leave me again. I couldn't live without you. I love you so much Dee," Ryo beseeched his raven-haired lover desperately.

"I'm yours forever. I'll never let you go," Dee vowed as he ran his thumb across Ryo's sultry lips and leaned down to kiss him with a seductive tenderness as he pushed Ryo down onto the bed. Ryo closed his eyes and reveled in the touch, wrapping his arms around Dee's neck and pulling Dee down next to him on the bed.

"Oh Dee, you're all I could ever ask for. Right now, all I want is you beside me," Ryo murmured fervently as he snuggled closer to Dee's warm body. He finally felt complete, like the other half of his soul had been restored. They'd been given a second chance at love, and he fully intended to embrace it with the very depths of his soul.

Dee smiled and pulled Ryo close so that his head rested on Dee's chest. Dee's arm encircled Ryo's shoulder protectively as he held him tightly against him. The steady rise and fall of Ryo's chest adjusted to match the beating of Dee's heart as Ryo was contentedly pulled under sleep's welcome respite from all of the pain and suffering that he had endured in the past few weeks. Dee gazed lovingly down at Ryo and brushed a few wisps of honey-blond tresses away from his face, running his fingers in loving caresses through his silky hair. In one day, he had taken back his world and uncovered some of the memories that had been stolen from him. Still, they were only bits and pieces of images, nothing concrete that his mind could decipher yet. He fought so hard to hang onto the fleeting glimpses, hoping that like pieces of a puzzle they would all fall into place eventually. However, it was a miracle in itself that he had remembered anything at all. He did not dare hope for anything more lest his world be shattered once again. With a sigh, Dee pulled Ryo closer to his body and placed his head next to Ryo's. Whatever came his way, he knew that he was not alone anymore.

Tomorrow would be a day of many new beginnings. No one could foretell what events would transpire or what new challenges would arise in trying to help Dee recover and sort out his memories. However, Dee and Ryo would face it together. They had opened up the door to which so many people never find the key and had proven that true love can triumph over all. If that wasn't enough, then what was?

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