Sorcerer Hunters Fan Fiction ❯ Perpetual Thoughts ❯ The Arousal That Spread Throughout Eden ( Chapter 3 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Back in Eden, they carried on unabated. The kiss had grown that bit more heated, and Gateau had gone to undo Marron's robes at that moment, but had been stopped; Marron had shook his head, saying that he'd rather be somewhere just a little more private to do things like that, that they should head back to Eden. Gateau had agreed, and the two of them had quickly hurried back to the Stella Church.
The quick journey made Marron think... that kiss had certainly been quite telling. From a simple capturing of the lips, it'd gone to Gateau getting so hot and bothered that he was prepared to take Marron right there on the riverbank? Was that the effect his lips had?
Still, Eden was somewhere a little more secluded, a little more private. Carrot was likely out somewhere, and doors could be locked... both Marron's bedroom and Gateau's bedroom were empty, Marron decided that he should like to go to his own bedroom. Gateau didn't argue.
Closing the door on the rest of the world, Marron made sure to lock the door. Gateau was already at the bed, smiling across at Marron, "So... how do you wanna do this?"
"How do you mean, Gateau?"
"Well, y'know... do you wanna go slow and gentle, or do you want me to take you quickly, or...?"
The thought that yes, they really were going to have sex happened across Marron's mind. His heart gave a jump for it; but surely, hadn't that been what he'd been leading to in the first place? If he was going to almost entirely use Gateau for the sex, why not start as he meant to go on?
He couldn't help but feel nervous, though. Even despite that.
Marron disguised his unease with a small smile and a low laugh.
"Oh, I thought we could take it as it comes to us... perhaps start slowly, change as our passions rose... is that really the kind of act that can be planned, Gateau?"
"Hey, you were the one who said he wanted to control things."
Marron joined Gateau on the bed, "Control... or be controlled..."
Such a hinting sentence, one that Gateau couldn't begin to guess the meaning of... and the way he'd said it, too...! His voice so low, so tempting... he didn't know quite how to suggest things to Gateau, but... perhaps with mere implication, he could tell Gateau what he wanted. Suggest it quietly, and hope that Gateau would comply. After all, hadn't Gateau just said that he'd do anything for Marron's sake? Be anybody Marron wanted him to be, more or less? Of course, the person Marron wanted was Carrot. Gateau couldn't be Carrot, but if he could at least be somebody who'd bring Marron's climax to him, then... surely... surely that was enough...
Gateau's face carried a hint of a frown, "What's that?"
Slipping himself onto Gateau's lap and straddling his legs, Marron just gazed at Gateau.
"Exactly that, Gateau. I could be somebody who controlled... or perhaps I could be somebody being controlled... and you could be the one to control me..."
"I don't get you..."
Marron gently nibbled his way down Gateau's neck, tugging so slightly at Gateau's shirt. He felt he might as well assert a little dominance before he gave himself over entirely...
"I want you to control me, Gateau. You decide what I feel, or don't feel... don't give me any choice... be as rough as you like, I... I don't mind... if you treat me like that... I wouldn't mind..."
He spoke in a breathless whisper, and there was silence enough afterward as Gateau took those words in for Marron to look up curiously; was Gateau seriously thinking about the things he'd suggested? Maybe it'd be easier than he'd thought it would be... maybe, really maybe, Gateau would...
Gateau's expression was wiped and replaced with a wide smile, "Stop kidding around, idiot. I wouldn't wanna be rough with someone so beautiful, I wouldn't wanna break you or anything!"
Marron glared to the side, "I'm not that delicate, Gateau. I can take your passions, however strong they may be..."
"I'm sure you can, but does there have to be any kind of 'I'm the one in control, you're not' about it? Let's just fool around a bit, I wouldn't mind if you were a bit dominant again..."
"... Again?"
A nod, "Yeah, like you were that time. Damn, if you knew the kind of fantasies I've had since then...! They're like nothing I've ever really thought about before! I mean, sure I'd thought of you before, and all... so beautiful and all, woulda been hard for me not to think of you like that... but before, it'd just been, well, you know, the usual kind of thing..."
They'd stopped their movement for a moment, Marron still with his robe half-undone from where Gateau'd made a start on it back by the river, Gateau still mostly clothed. Gateau lay on the bed and Marron lay on top of him, his legs around Gateau's waist, and Gateau's arms holding him upright and close. For the time being, it was alright just to talk.
Marron let Gateau pull his head closer to his chest, and leant against it.
"No, I don't know. Tell me."
Gateau sensed a command in those two sentences, and seemed all too happy to oblige.
"Well, see... usually it'd just be like... when we were out camping or whatever during our missions, and maybe I'd catch you in the nearby lake or something, bathing... or you'd catch me getting undressed, or something like that... and you'd look up at me and say you wanted me, and I'd be overjoyed and say I wanted you too, and then, well, y'knowww..."
"I knowww what?"
"Well, we'd fuck."
Marron closed his eyes, slight amusement in his voice as he spoke, "These dreams of yours sound so romantic, Gateau."
Gateau's laugh was a little quieter, he seemed embarrassed.
"W-well, ahahah, some of them were romantic, the dreams I mean... I mean, there was still sex and all, but... you'd just be so soft and gentle, and we'd move so slowly, and sometimes if I imagined real hard, then I could hear you moan, in my dreams... 'course, it helped when we'd be sleeping out, 'cause sometimes you'd make little noises in your sleep, nothing really major or anything, usually just a little 'uhm' or an 'ahhn', but... it'd be enough for me to dream about..."
He pushed gently at Marron, "Ahah, you're not supposed to know about all that stuff, it's embarrassing! Can't you tell me about something you dream about, or something?"
The suggestion wandered through Marron's mind, "Something I dream about?"
"Yeah... don't tell me you don't have sexy dreams or anything, you're still a teenager, and that's exactly the kind of age so don't try to deny it any..."
"Oh, I have those kinds of dreams, Gateau... they frustrate me as much as they excite me... you see, it's... it's difficult..."
Marron wondered if he should broach the subject of his climactic inability to Gateau; now seemed as good a time as any.
"Hey, you can tell me about what you dream about, I'm ready to listen! You don't need to be embarrassed with me, Marron!"
"N-no, I mean... not that, it's... it's hard..."
"You'd kinda hope so."
"Not like that! No, it's just... i-it's... difficult for me to... ah..." His voice dropped a little, "... it's hard for me to come, Gateau... it's... it's not easy for me..."
Gateau nuzzled Marron's neck, frustrating him by not seeming to realise at all, the effort it'd taken for Marron to even say that much. It wasn't just hard, it seemed impossible, except in sleep, except for when it was guided by dreams...
Ah, the dreams. They'd been talking about them before. Maybe if he went back to them... while he thought about that, Gateau sounded much too amused for Marron's liking.
"Marron's so repressed that even that's difficult? Man, we gotta do some loosening up on you, I think! And I sure wouldn't mind being the one to loosen you, heh. We'll get you screaming in orgasm in no time, don't you worry."
And he went back to nuzzling Marron's neck. Marron almost wanted to ask who 'we' happened to be, but supposed that Gateau wasn't being quite literal.
Marron gasped as he supposed he was expected to, and Gateau nibbling against his neck like that... it wasn't Carrot, but it was nice. Not all of those gasps were false ones. But Gateau seemed to assume that it was so easy... well, of course, he would. He didn't realise that Marron lusted so hopelessly after his older brother, didn't realise the lengths he'd gone to to try to prevent those thoughts... and now he quite wanted those thoughts, they just weren't accessible to him...
The dreams. The topic of the dreams was the one to go with, Marron decided.
"Aah-nn... but, you see..."
"Mmmn?"
"My... my dreams..."
Gateau's hand was working further against Marron's robe, by this point. Carefully unbuttoning it, being so slow in his movements, keeping attentive to both Marron's voice as well as his body... Marron felt all too aware of Gateau's hands against his skin, cool and blunt as they seemed against his hot skin...
"... in my dreams, I... I dream of such base things..."
Fingers slipping underneath his robe now, Gateau's hands cold but warming nicely, brushing over his skin and just enough against his nipples to make Marron cry out...
"... ah... Gateau, l-listen to me..."
"I'm listening, I'm listening. I'm just touching you while I'm listening, or do you want me to stop?"
Marron moved against Gateau's lap, "N-no, I don't want you to stop. But you have to listen to me."
"Sure, I'm listening... carry on."
"A-ahn. I... I dream of being touched... but... not just by one person, or... o-or not even by a specific person... I dream of... people holding me down, and... making me do the things they want... being touched because they want to touch me... being... being violated to the brink of my sanity... that's... that's what I dream about... so... if you wanted to be similar, I... I wouldn't mind..."
Gateau had Marron's robe pulled from his shoulders now, and was currently lifting Marron's arms away from the robe when he looked up, "What, you're saying you want me to act like that?"
Marron blushed as Gateau moved beneath him, rolling the two of them over, shifting so he lay on top of Marron; he shifted his legs so he was the one straddled over Marron, he was the one to pin Marron down. He just silently stared at his imminent lover for a moment; Marron was blushing heavily, and his breathing was deep... and he looked up with such a wide-eyed stare, and Gateau didn't know what that meant... was that part of what Marron had been speaking of, the whole 'I want you to be as rough as possible with me' thing? Did Marron want to play the part of the doe-eyed little subordinate?
The stare Marron gave up to Gateau was half for show and half from desperation; arousal was rising heavy and fast within him, and it seemed to be strange to be in such a situation, but it was true... it was true... he really was going to have sex, and... even if it wasn't with Carrot, that... that didn't matter, did it? It wasn't as if Gateau was entirely unfamiliar, and he certainly had feelings for Marron, whatever those were... he wanted to be taken like how he'd been taken in his dreams. He didn't want a chance to argue, or to say no; he wanted to be taken, and taken quickly, and if he was taken quickly enough to be surprised, then maybe his body might be surprised enough to let him climax...
Gateau just smiled, stroking Marron's cheek as he leant down to kiss him lightly on the lips.
"You're not a weak person, Marron. I don't want you to act like one, 'cause I know you're not... I know you're probably nervous, that you've probably not done much like this before, but... just be a little more light-hearted, y'know? Don't look at me like I've caught you stealing the last biscuit from the tin or anything, just... let yourself go a bit. Let your hair down a little. Relax, enjoy it...!"
"Gateau... the things I want you to do..."
Gateau leant down from Marron's lips, down to his neck, his chest, his stomach, lower... he reached the edge of Marron's trousers, felt his fingers lightly over the fabric... he smiled contentedly as he heard Marron's deep moan.
"... Nevermind those. We'll get rid of these first, right?"
"Ah-hhn..."
Taking that for the affirmative, Gateau slowly tugged Marron's trousers and undergarments down, eyeing Marron's erection carefully... it was something he'd seen before, but he relished the thought of seeing it again. And touching it. And tasting it. And making the vision of beauty he saw most every day of his waking life into something uncontrollable, but something he'd made uncontrollable...
Seeing an opportunity for that, Gateau continued to stroke his way down Marron's body, but didn't stop once he came to the obvious; he stroked Marron's hips, his thighs... he knelt up, still stroking Marron's leg, holding it up with him as he went.
Marron just frowned, "Gateau, Gateau... what are you doing?"
"I just want to see Marron smile a little, that's all. Say... how ticklish are you?"
Marron's eyes widened briefly in realization, "Gateau, you-... you wouldn't!"
"I guess that means you are, right?"
The sudden influx of feeling Marron felt...! Of course, not quite the right kind of feeling, but Gateau couldn't help but laugh; he had Marron's ankle in quite a tight hold, softly running the edges of his fingernails up and down Marron's foot. His reaction had been quite explosive; seemed that Marron was ticklish, after all.
"AHHHHNNNNNN!! NN-.... nn... GATEAU-!.... Please... pleasestopplease... NO... AHHNN..."
Gateau glanced up as he tickled. Far from laughing, Marron did at least seem to be reacting... he gasped and he moaned, and his hands clenched the bedsheets... Gateau stopped suddenly and Marron's body froze, breathing heavily. Gateau wondered if Marron was looking at him; if he was, it was underneath the silky curtain of hair that'd fallen over him... Gateau just smirked, not letting go of Marron's ankle.
"I guess you don't get tickled that much, then?"
"Nobody would have occasion nor reason to tickle me in such a way, Gateau..."
Another feather-light tickle that made Marron squirm; Gateau snickered, "Oh, really? Ya sure Carrot doesn't tickle you when we're not looking?"
It was only gentle teasing, but enough to earn Marron's wholehearted attention; he sat up slightly, shaking his head to brush hair out of his eyes, which narrowed slightly at the mention of that name.
"... What do you mean?"
Gateau smirked, "C'mon, I'm sure he does it all the time, I always used to tickle Eclair to piss her off. You're always so quiet and stuff, I bet Carrot loves to tickle you!"
"I... fail to see the connection..."
"Maybe he does it to punish you, huh? Naughty-waughty otouto... tickleickleickleickle..."
"AHHHNN... NNN... NIISAN...!! Niii... NIISAN!!"
Gateau was taken aback by Marron's overenthusiastic cries. He'd cried out just as passionately when he was being tickled before, but... there was just something in the way he said that name, just something that caught Gateau, slightly... maybe it was just him assuming things, but... was there just a touch of desperation in that cry? Just a tad of hopeless... something or other?
... He was probably just assuming things, he reassured himself. To be sure, he stopped tickling Marron's foot, and let it drop to the bed. He managed a smile, "That's the wrong name, Marron."
Marron realised he'd been caught out; what was he supposed to say?! He sucked in air as his mind, feelings thrown haphazardly around during the tickling onslaught, attempted to come up with some kind of excuse.
"... I... I was about to say something about my brother, but... you disturbed me just as I was going to say, whatever it was I was going to say... I forget what it was now..."
"Ha ha, well, if you're sure. That was a bit creepy, I don't mind you calling out my name like that, but not Carrot's name, that's just weird! He's too scrawny anyway, you should worship my beautiful body..."
"Maybe we should stop."
Gateau had been on a roll, but stopped abruptly when Marron spoke. Even though both had spoken at the same time, Gateau couldn't help but hear... he blinked at Marron.
"... Uh?"
"I, I mean... we're here like this, but... we don't know where the others are, and we can't afford to be too loud... my brother could be here at any moment, I... I wouldn't like him to find us in this situation."
"Heh, I guess I shouldn't have mentioned him... I thought you said you'd try to be more comfortable with me in the future, though? Like, telling Carrot about me and you and all?"
"Indeed, but I'd rather tell him on my own terms; I'd rather he didn't just happen to walk in one moment and find us like that. Please, Gateau... I'd rather... just for the moment... that we didn't carry on... not in any kind of angry sense, but... I'd just like to stop, for the moment."
Gateau frowned, "You... wanna stop? Uh, sure, if you really wanna, but... you were getting so excited there..."
His eyes dropped momentarily down to Marron's still-hard erection... and his own arousal felt trapped, still wearing trousers as he was... Marron caught the eye movement, but said nothing. He almost wished Gateau hadn't mentioned his brother; and that had been too close, after all. He had no desire to end up sleeping with Gateau while calling his brother's name out... doing something like that, it was as much as broadcasting it from Eden's spire... if one person knew, it was as bad as any amount of people knowing. For just one person to know, it would mean that Marron's deepest secret was no longer secret, and he'd been dangerously close just a few moments ago... he felt Gateau believed him, the whole 'I was about to say something different' thing, but... no, Gateau had to go. He didn't realise the danger or realise the reason why he should go... Marron hoped that Gateau would just trust him on that.
"... I'm sure, Gateau. I... I'd rather wait until we definitely had some time to ourselves, time while we might not be disturbed... please."
Gateau nodded, "I wouldn'ta wanna force you into anything you didn't wanna do..."
In his mind, however... Gateau couldn't help but wonder, those things that Marron had spoken about before... about being taken with no question, and those dreams he had... maybe Marron was testing him somehow? Maybe Marron was seeing how he'd react to that kind of situation... he had wanted to be dominated, after all... maybe Marron was giving him an opportunity to dominate...?
Maybe that was it. And if Marron was testing him, he wanted to pass!
"... but... you're so sexy, Marron... I don't wanna hold back... maybe I don't wanna stop..."
Gateau leant forward once more, taking Marron's lips with his; Marron's eyes opened wide, what was Gateau doing? He'd already said to stop... Gateau pressed him down, and Marron let him; the momentary rush from the loss of power was enough to flare up Marron's arousal once more... that had been what he'd wanted, hadn't it? For Gateau to take him with abandon?
That didn't excuse the fact that Carrot might walk in at any moment, though. Or take away the worry Marron had of crying his brother's name during such passionate moments... he didn't want to take the risk, but he wasn't quite sure how to stop Gateau... maybe he'd confused him a bit, but it seemed that he'd lost comprehension of the word 'no'...
Marron reached up to loop his hands around Gateau's neck. Oh, and Gateau's lips felt wonderful against his own neck, but this was not quite the time nor the place... Gateau didn't seem to notice as Marron's hand grasped over his neck and shoulder in a certain way, and was perhaps too blinded by lust to notice Marron's quiet chant.
"Vu éneéka née réeré kahna sévéréka..." div>
"Ahhn-HHHNN!!"
"I really think we should stop, Gateau."
Marron's words were calm, and Gateau's words were non-existent; frozen in place, Gateau suddenly couldn't move... if he'd had the capability of writhing in frustration, he would have done. He couldn't even do that. He could, however, look up at Marron as Marron glared down at him, where he'd fallen on the bed... there was something in those eyes... Gateau felt quite intimidated.
"Inspired by our friend, the Lady Strawberry. Gateau, I said we should leave it for another time; I honestly have little desire to be caught here like this with you. So please, restrain yourself; we will both remain until opportunity arises again, surely... do you understand?"
Gateau was able to make a muffled agreement; satisfied, Marron nodded.
"I'm glad we understand each other. éyara kaluhn eyéogéra naéré."
Touching his hand to Gateau's forehead, Marron glowed faintly; the glowing increased for a moment, then died away... as the light died, so too could Gateau feel movement in his limbs. Whatever spell Marron had had him under had passed... he looked at Marron as if he'd never seen him before, then quickly backed away from the bed.
"Oh, oh god... Marron, I'm SORRY!"
"Gateau?" Marron just blinked up at Gateau, who was hurriedly finding his shirt to pull over his head.
"You wanted me to stop, you really wanted me to stop, and I just carried on, and I mighta ended up doing things, and you wouldn't have wanted me to... and I could have done a really evil thing there, Marron!"
"Yes, and I stopped you. Don't be worried, Gateau. I don't carry any disagreement towards you for that."
"That's not the point! I... fuck, we only just said anything to each other today, and I almost got out of hand and I coulda wrecked everything... you don't need to tell me to go, Marron. I'm gone."
His words held true; it seemed that, as soon as Gateau'd said those words, he left the room.
Marron held his hand out, "Gateau-!"
He wished to explain, he thought of perhaps running after Gateau, telling him that he didn't mind, that was the sort of thing he wanted, just not in that circumstance, and not when his brother could come home at any moment. It was one thing to be taken so suddenly, it was another thing entirely to be taken so suddenly whilst your brother was in the room... he thought of chasing after Gateau to inform him of those things, but Marron realised that he was still naked and sporting quite the now-painful erection. He couldn't very well leave the room in that state, so... well, there was nothing he could say to Gateau at the moment that couldn't be said in an hour or two. Just long enough to sleep the lust away, that sounded reasonable.
That said, lust didn't go away easily. More than once Marron's hand dropped to that place between his legs, and started stroking, just slightly...
No, but that wouldn't work...!
... But maybe, if he thought of the situation that had just happened... maybe replace Gateau for his brother in his dreams... or even keep the scenario as purely as it'd been... that had also been quite intense, hadn't it? Perhaps... perhaps that would be enough...
Before Marron could realise or stop himself, he'd reverted back to his most primal mindset, concerned only with feeling his own orgasm, and nothing else. Rolling over so the bed could aid in his stimulation, hunching frantically in hope that the sudden sensation would be enough to trigger his climax... he didn't even notice when Carrot walked into the room, recently back from his sojourn to the city with the Misu sisters. Carrot went to greet his brother, but was prevented by the sounds he was making...
Carrot took silent stock of the situation; Marron was underneath the sheets of his bed, moving quite, quite frantically. He seemed to be grunting and gasping something terrible, crying out, too...
Maybe he was having a nightmare?
Even that seemed stupid to Carrot's mind. It was fairly obvious what Marron was doing, and it was much too early to be sleeping, if anything else... Carrot wasn't quite sure what to do. Usually if Marron caught him wanking, then they'd both realise, there'd be a moment of embarrassment, then Carrot would stop. And maybe take his activities to the bathroom once Marron was asleep, but... that wasn't the point.
Sighing to himself, Carrot took a few steps forward, wondering if he should say anything... as overtaken as Marron seemed, would he really want to be interrupted?
But, it was quite creepy. So Carrot walked over to Marron's bedside, and quickly shook at his brother's shoulder.
"Marron... Marron!"
"Niisan... ohh... ohhh NIISAN..."
Carrot blinked, then pushed Marron a little more roughly, "Yes it's me, quit that already!"
At that, Marron froze. He fell onto his side as Carrot retracted his hand... the two of them stared at each other for a few moments. Marron's cheeks were flushed, and his hair clung to his skin... he looked up at Carrot with eyes that took a moment to realise the situation, searching for a moment to realize the recognition, hazed and dulled through lust and desire. Carrot just blushed too, staring down at Marron. Seemed he really had been surprised. He felt strangely old as he looked down at his younger brother... Marron really could be quite passionate when he wanted to be, couldn't he? And still he didn't choose to take on a lover, male or female, even though he could possibly have most of the Continent if he so wished...
Marron's eyes opened wide in shock, then, realising the enormity of the situation, he threw his head face-down to his pillow with a cry, a futile attempt to hide from the object of his desires. When he spoke, his voice was muffled... and a little choked?
"Niisan... niisan, I'm sorry... I didn't... know you were there..."
"I kinda figured that."
"How... long were you there?"
What did you hear? What did you see? You didn't hear me calling your name, did you niisan?... All the questions Marron wanted to ask seemed to be ones that wouldn't rise to his lips. Especially not that last one. Marron wasn't sure if he wanted to know the answer to that, but Carrot's current reaction seemed to say that no, Carrot hadn't heard any of that. Otherwise... well, Marron was at least sure that he'd have reacted differently. Like, running away and never speaking to him again. Or getting angry. Or something like that.
Carrot sat carefully on the edge of the bed, the mattress creaking a little as it took his weight.
"Only a little while. Um, I guess you, uh, need some time to yourself... right?"
The frustration Marron felt at being caught was only the same kind of frustration he always felt from not being able to climax; whether Carrot was there or not, it hardly made a difference. Carrot being there would serve as a reason to stop, at any rate.
Staring at the form of Carrot's arm in front of him, Marron rolled onto his back, leaning his legs over each other to create a larger landmark under the covers than that which was further up; Carrot looked down at him on hearing the movement, he saw Marron shake his head.
"No... if niisan's back for the night, then... I can stop."
"Don't stop on my account, I'll happily go do something else for half an hour if you're really that horny..."
"No, really. It's alright... I don't need to... do that, anyway..."
Carrot stood again, "Hey, no-one really needs to do that, but it still feels good, right? Look, I'm gonna go see Gateau for a bit, how long do you need?"
"I don't need-"
"Na-ah, I'm not letting you say no, else you'll get all frustrated and end up exploding or something, and I don't want you to explode. I'll be back in a while, 'kay? Seeya."
With that, Carrot left the room.
For it being a situation between two men, Marron supposed that Carrot had handled the situation quite nicely. Taking on the mantle of the responsible older brother (... Carrot hardly ever did that...), he'd seemed to understand as much as he could, and did what he thought was best... but to Marron's mind, all the time in the world wouldn't help. It didn't matter if Carrot left him alone for half an hour or half a year, Marron was still convinced that he wouldn't be able to come...
Trying to ignore the painful throbbing between his legs, Marron pulled up and rethrew his blanket over himself, tucking himself down under it. He lay his head on the pillow, and stared wide-eyed at the wall closest to his bed. Marron closed his eyes forcefully, trying to will himself into some kind of sleep; eventually it worked, and before Carrot had the chance to return to the room, Marron had fallen into a light sleep.
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Elsewhere in Eden, other individuals were finding things like sleeping to be a little more difficult than Marron was.
Gateau had ran back to his bedroom, horny yet ashamed for his actions with Marron. True enough Marron hadn't seemed angry, but... how could he be forgiven?! He could have taken Marron against his will, he could have... he could have... well, 'rape' seemed such an ugly word... the thought of it made Gateau feel worse, and a little tearful. He himself was almost on the way to sleep when Eclair had returned, and talked to Gateau about nothing much in particular for a little while.
She'd seemed to notice Gateau's under-the-weather type attitude, and had kept asking about it, asked if something had happened... Gateau had wondered what to tell her, and in the end, decided to tell her nothing at all. Besides, wasn't the relationship itself something Marron wanted to keep a bit secret? Gateau decided to not even tell Eclair until he had Marron's permission.
So Eclair had set herself up for the night. Talking to her had left Gateau feeling wide awake, and he didn't know what to do... too much was running through his mind for sleep to be any kind of viable option.
On one hand, he felt he should be happy; he and Marron had come to some kind of agreement, and they were... they were boyfriend and boyfriend! They were lovers! Technically. The thought of 'lovers' made Gateau think of what they'd almost done...
It was best not to hurry into such things, Gateau supposed. However weird Marron seemed to act about things like that, maybe it was just because he wasn't really ready. Gateau didn't know when Marron would be ready, but he was willing to wait, however long that took.
That didn't get rid of his current feelings, though. Every thought of Marron seemed to be magnified, all the little things he remembered seemed so vibrant in his mind... all the times in the past when he'd seen Marron naked, the little glances and looks he'd stolen, often without Marron even noticing... the times he'd seen things he felt he shouldn't... the one time, so long ago as it seemed, back in the murky past, when Gateau'd seen Marron masturbating...
That really had been a long time ago, Gateau mused. Either Marron was very sneaky or now had more sense than to do that kind of thing on outside missions when people might see him... in retrospect, Gateau regretted not hanging around to see Marron's climax. He'd certainly been taken by his passions when Gateau had seen him, but Gateau'd been too embarrassed and too worried about being caught to hang around for too long. Running around and posing and flexing and ripping off his shirt for Marron's benefit was one thing, standing around and gawping at Marron while he did that was something entirely different.
That said, there was that other time Gateau'd seen Marron like that. That time when he'd wanted to leave, but couldn't... when Marron had just thrown himself at Gateau... that'd been more recent, that was more vivid. On seeing Marron like that, Gateau just hadn't been able to pull himself away... and then there'd been what'd happened just earlier that day...
But still Gateau hadn't seen Marron's climax.
He wanted to. He really wanted to.
"He's always so beautiful," Gateau thought to himself as he stared with unfocused eyes up at his ceiling. Eclair snored gently to his side, he turned to face her for a moment as she made a sound... Gateau acknowledged that, then turned back to stare at the ceiling.
"He's always so beautiful, and he never seems to realise that... I'm always telling him that, but he never even smiles, or anything! Jeez... well, maybe it'll be different now that we're... now that we're together..."
Gateau smirked to himself. 'Together' was such a nice word when it meant him and Marron.
Though his thoughts drifted every little while, Gateau couldn't help but remember other things... Marron's naked body, Marron's gasps, Marron's cries... the way Marron'd reacted when he'd been tickled... all of those things. Gateau remembered what it'd been like when Marron had taken him to climax that time... and he'd tried to do the same to Marron, but Marron had had that odd little fit, whatever it was that that had been... Gateau bit his lip as he thought further on that. Maybe Marron just hadn't liked it, but... Gateau had an insatiable craving to perhaps taste Marron once more... let him relax, and take him that far...
Gateau let out a sigh to the room. Eclair still slept and he was still horny. But what could he do while his sister was still in the room?
Getting out of bed and finding a bathrobe that could cover him while he found somewhere, Gateau left his bedroom, and set to one of the emptier rooms of Eden, somewhere he could perhaps call Marron's name in ecstasy without being disturbed.
The thought occurred, maybe Gateau could go wake Marron up? Maybe Marron would be more willing to do things while Carrot slept, if the two of them went off somewhere, alone... maybe they could even run off to an inn somewhere else, though doing something so suddenly probably wasn't the sort of thing Marron would be partial to. And surely the others would notice them missing, and then would come all the inevitable questions... standing in front of the corridor that would take Gateau eventually to the Glacé brother's room, Gateau decided to resist that temptation. After all, Marron was just too sensible to do something so foolhardy.
So Gateau came to another room, further along the corridor in the opposite direction. There was a large glass double-window - or was it a glass door? - in the centre of the back wall, the darkened shapes of trees blowing in the outside wind a little visible beyond a balcony. In front of the window were two large comfortable chairs, and between them was a rug. To Gateau's right was a fireplace that was probably quite grand when it was visible, but for the time being, just seemed dark... seeing motion when he moved, Gateau realised that there was a large mirror above the fireplace.
He walked over to it, touching just beneath it, feeling the mantelpiece. On the mantelpiece was flint and tinder, and there seemed to be more substantial wood in the fireplace. Kneeling in front of the fireplace, Gateau heard the window-doors rattle in their frames, it was quite chilly in the room. Eventually the wood caught light, and the fire blazed in front of Gateau. He watched it happily as he warmed his hands by it; a warm fire was always welcome.
Had Marron been there then, it was likely he could have lit the fire with just a wave of his hand... sitting down on the rug a little way away from the fire, Gateau let his thoughts drift lazily along a Marron sort of path.
So today they'd more or less got together. It wasn't as if Marron had said 'I love you' or anything, but that was okay, because Gateau hadn't really said it either.
That sort of thing was the kind of thing Marron wouldn't say unless he was sure of it, Gateau supposed. He hadn't said it, though... was it because he was unsure?
Gateau loved Marron as much as he loved any of the others, but there was just something different about Marron, something that was quite, quite fascinating... he really was beautiful, but he didn't choose to acknowledge that. How could anybody be so beautiful and not notice it at all? He was so mysterious... but he was also loving, and friendly, and loyal... and there were hints of things in him that were just strange to Gateau, all wrapped up in that attractive Marron package.
Gateau lay down on the rug, still in the bathrobe, staring at the fire. It reflected in his eyes, dancing and leaping around as it did... he narrowed his eyes as his thoughts drifted. The crackling of the fire was the only noise in the room... that, and the occasional blowing of the wind outside, the rattling of the windows in their frames.
"... I love him."
Gateau spoke quietly to nobody in particular. He smiled wryly with a sound of amusement, his voice had sounded a little strange in the empty room. Was that true? Did he love Marron? Gateau tried again.
"Marron is absolutely damn wonderful, and we're lovers. And I love him."
He grew a little more bold with that, realising that there really was nobody there to hear him. The fire warmed his body and his thoughts and words warmed his heart; it really was true, wasn't it? All other things aside, Marron had finally stopped pushing him away, and was finally ready to take him on as something deeper than just friends...
That had to be something, didn't it? He'd stopped pushing Gateau away. Maybe it'd be a better idea to concentrate on the romantic aspect of things, though... just doing the little things with Marron. Going down to Facade with him. Holding hands. Treating him to this and that. Things like that, things that didn't have to have a sexual connotation with them... Gateau remembered Marron's words, about how he wouldn't want a sexual relationship to affect their current standings, their friendship... and friendship was important, after all.
Though, there was also... just something about Marron. Even though they'd only just said anything that day, Gateau hadn't been able to resist getting into quite the situation with Marron... and he knew all too keenly that, had Marron not stopped him, he himself wouldn't have stopped.
And they might have ended up having sex...
Oh, but... sex with Marron...! Wouldn't that be good?
Deciding that he was safe, Gateau slipped the robe away from his shoulders, effortlessly pulling the loose knot he'd tied in the cord around his waist free... he saw the light from the fire dance against his body, he relished the sight. His own body really was quite gorgeous, wasn't it? Not beautiful in the same way that Marron was, but in it's own shiny gleaming hot and sexy manflesh sort of way, it was.
Glancing up at the windows as they rattled once more, Gateau saw the hint of his own reflection in the glass. He raised his arm, his reflection did also. He flexed his arm, letting his muscles press for a moment as he did so. He was copied once more.
Sitting on the rug there, the robe around him, wearing only the light of the fire in front of him... Gateau reckoned he cut quite a sexy figure, there like that. Of course, Marron would probably be sexier, but he also decided to himself that if he were Marron and he happened to just walk in on Gateau at that moment, he wouldn't be able to stop himself from leaping on top of him and ravishing him on the spot. A healthy dose of narcissism never did anybody any harm, Gateau supposed.
He wished Marron would walk in on him. Then he'd see Gateau, all naked and sexy like that, and get over whatever insecurities about sex he had, and go "Take me, Gateau..." and Gateau would comply... mmm, that was a nice thought.
There had to be insecurity or something there, anyway. Seemed that whenever they got together like that, something always happened to push them apart again... future trysts would not prove Gateau wrong, but he wasn't to know that.
Gateau was determined, though. Flying high on the feeling that he got from Marron realising that Gateau did like him like that and not freaking out and pushing him away or anything, Gateau was fully-charged and ready for action. He felt so lucky... what if Marron hadn't been gay in the first place? He'd said something about having a preference for men, so... that had to mean Marron was gay! Gateau wasn't sure he'd describe himself like that, a beautiful person was a beautiful person whether they were male or female or anything inbetween, but... if Marron was gay, that meant he liked men, and Gateau was a man, so it worked quite well, really.
And love? Well, whatever Marron wanted to feel. For Gateau's half, he couldn't imagine life without Marron, he didn't want to imagine life without Marron, he wanted Marron to always be there to be fascinating and mysterious and beautiful and sexy. Gateau decided, as he'd more or less always known, that he'd do nearly anything to protect that beauty, so... that pretty much had to be love, didn't it? Or a kind of love, anyway. It seemed quite simple, really. Of course he loved Marron. His initial infatuation from their first meeting had never subsided, so it could only have deepened...
Realising those things, Gateau's thoughts slowed to a halt. No, but... love was... what was love, really? Love was... what the Misu sisters felt for Carrot? Well, that was a strange kind of love, with all the whips and leather and pain and everything. Nevermind that.
Love was... what Marron felt for Carrot? Perhaps, though that was a different kind of love. Gateau decided he didn't want to work out his feelings for Marron compared to Marron's feelings for Carrot, because then surely they could also be applied to Gateau's feelings for Eclair, and those feelings were definitely nothing more than fraternal. That line of thinking was more than just a little bit creepy, to Gateau.
So what was the love he had for Marron, then? It wasn't the kind of love the Misu sisters had for Carrot, or the kind of love Marron had for Carrot... maybe Sirius and Dota? They seemed like a couple of kids in love, so innocent and pure and sweet enough to induce a cavity...
Gateau's love for Marron, he decided, was it in itself. It couldn't be compared to anything or anybody else because Gateau didn't know who or what else to compare it with. It could only be itself... something that they would share... and love was something mysterious, wasn't it? But Gateau didn't doubt that, however it was, he loved Marron. He hoped to tell him that at the next opportunity; maybe he'd discover more of Marron's own feelings on that occasion. Maybe Marron's feelings would give him an insight into his own feelings.
But... Marron didn't mind being with Gateau like that! That thought almost made Gateau feel giddy, how great was that?! He often thought that if he said anything seriously to Marron, Marron'd probably just tell him where to get off, but no! Marron didn't mind... being with Gateau... doing things...
As that line of thought continued, Marron's form worked itself into Gateau's imagination, as naked as he himself was; that wide-eyed stare, his quiet voice... Gateau could hear him so exactly, Marron begging to be taken, and roughly...
He couldn't do that, could he?
Marron was beautiful, and delicate and fragile... well, he seemed like that, anyway. The many Sorcerers Marron had killed probably wouldn't have agreed. But did he really feel the need to be like that? What was the problem of just messing around on an equal level, Marron doing what he wanted to do and Gateau doing the same?
"Take me, Gateau... take me... and don't be gentle..."
"You really want me to do that?"
"Yes... I want you to take me HARD, not to hold back... dominate me, Gateau... make me yours..."
"Marron..."
"Make me... make me all yours... claim me... break me, hold me down... I... I need for you to do that..."
"Marron...?"
"I need you... so, please..."
Just as dream-Marron had requested, dream-Gateau didn't hold back. Gateau focused furiously on the dream as his hand worked furiously against his body... Marron wanted him to take him roughly? He would, then. And if Marron cried out, "AaaAAAHhh!!"? Gateau would laugh, and leave a kiss against Marron's neck hard enough to leave a bruise. Marron wanted Gateau to hold him down? So he would. He'd hold him down and thrust into him and pound against him and Marron would wriggle and squirm and cry out so loudly, but Gateau wouldn't stop... and maybe that'd be by a fireplace too, and Gateau could see what effect the fire's light had on Marron's naked body, see it shine in his eyes... and he'd move so quickly against his young lover, holding him around his chest, taking him as he so wished...
Gateau grew a little louder as he continued, he himself crying out every once in a while.
... and maybe Marron would have tears running down his cheeks, but not quite through sadness or pain... no, those tears would be through the passionate frustration, his voice hoarse and Gateau's voice hoarse also, Marron wanting Gateau to take him, wanting to be taken, crying so desperately at Gateau, telling him how badly he needed to feel Gateau's hot come inside him, how much he wanted to feel that climax...
Would Marron talk like that? Gateau wasn't sure, but this was his fantasy, so Marron would.
... so he'd carry on from that and become something so uncontrollable, and scream for Gateau to fuck him, fuck him deeper and harder and more, he needed more, he wanted to be fucked as hard as Gateau could manage... so Gateau'd comply with that too, and Marron would scream as he felt it, but he'd asked for it, and it'd be so intense, and maybe it'd hurt a bit, but it'd feel so good, too...
Gateau doubled up on himself as he continued to masturbate. His fantasy wasn't the only intense thing he felt; that passionate ache in his lower body... he cried out again, moaning Marron's name without a care, then wondered if that'd been too loud... he bit against the back of his hand, not caring that it hurt. This was his private moment, it was between him and his thoughts and nobody else. He didn't want to be caught, not now, not by anybody.
Not even by Marron?
Marron was different. This was all because of Marron, so...
He'd be screaming Gateau's name. How nice Gateau's name would sound, caught around such a voice, caught in the midst of such high passion! And of course, Gateau would be screaming Marron's name just as loudly...
The moment of their climax was lost somewhat in Gateau's dream, that being the moment that he himself came. Crying Marron's name perhaps a fraction too loud, he stretched back out onto the rug, rolling onto his back and thrusting his hips into the air as he revelled in his orgasm.
"Ma... MARRON!! MARRON!!!"
Somewhere around that point, on walking around Eden while it was dark and hearing strange noises while doing so, Carrot had walked into the room. Gateau obviously hadn't noticed him... well, duh.
Carrot had taken a moment to gawk at the sheer size of Gateau's erection before he quickly left the room, shutting the door behind him. That really wasn't the kind of thing he'd wanted to see. Really. Was Gateau trying to give him an inferiority complex or what!?
And apart from that, Carrot couldn't help but wonder if there was maybe some weird sort of bug passing around Eden that was making everyone suddenly horny... first it'd been Marron, then Gateau... well, Gateau was certainly the sort of person to get horny, and him crying out Marron's name while he wanked, that seemed normal enough. But even being Marron's brother, it seemed strange to Carrot, having seen Marron doing that with such passion... maybe the events were connected?
That thought floated around in Carrot's mind for a few moments as he headed back to his bedroom, before it died from having nothing to connect with.
Carrot returned to his and Marron's bedroom after leaving enough time, he reckoned, for Marron to have finished. He waited outside the door for a little while just in case, listening intently for any kind of noise from his little brother... though, Marron had been so loud earlier, if he was so quiet now, then that probably meant he'd finished.
Opening the door, it was dark in the bedroom; the candle beside the bed smoked slightly, and Marron's breathing was deep and measured, obviously in sleep. Carrot breathed a little sigh of relief when he saw and heard that; it was safe now.
He shut the door and pulled off his clothes on the way to his bed, leaving an untidy trail of fallen clothes in his wake. Either he'd pick them up in the morning or Marron would, it didn't really matter. Carrot jumped onto his bed happily, pulling himself under the sheets, wriggling around a little to generate some kind of warmth under there. His bed having been empty for such a while, it was now cold.
Thinking of what Marron'd been doing... thinking of what Gateau'd been doing... well, that would definitely warm the bed up. But, oddly enough, Carrot realised he wasn't really feeling too horny... he blamed Gateau, seeing something like that was enough to put anyone off. Or Carrot, anyway. It'd been so big! And hard, and throbbing...
Carrot frowned to himself, and wondered just where the hell those thoughts were going... he stopped them before they went anywhere else, and closed his eyes.
He yawed loudly; despite the noise Carrot had made returning to the room, opening and shutting the door, jumping onto his bed and everything, that noise seemed to be the one that woke Marron up.
"Nii... san?"
"Huh? Oh, Marron... I thought you were asleep!"
"I think I was..."
"Did I wake you up? Sorry."
"It's... it's alright."
The sound of Marron yawning.
"... Did you go to see Gateau?"
Carrot paused, "Uh... y-eah..."
Marron picked up on Carrot's tone of unease, "Niisan?"
"Yeah, I saw him, alright."
"Did something happen, niisan?"
"He was wanking, Marron! And he's really fucking big! I mean, jeez, when he runs around wearing that thong, he's not padding it out! Not with anything he hasn't already got, I mean. But... gahhh, I want to get it out of my mind, how am I supposed to sleep after seeing something so scary?!"
Marron blinked into the darkness, then laughed quietly.
"It's only something natural, niisan. I'm sure Gateau needs to do things like that as much as anybody else needs to."
"I'm not saying he's wrong to be wanking or anything, but... jeez, it was like, huge!"
"Are you jealous, niisan?"
"N-no, of course not! I'm perfectly happy with how big my penis is thank you very much!"
"Then why are you talking about it so enthusiastically?"
"H-hey, don't make it out like it's anything weird! D-don't talk like that! Besides... besides, if I had something that big in my pants I'd probably sit on it or something and DAMN that'd hurt."
"Niisan, I doubt it's that long."
"Oh yeah? You didn't see it!"
A moment of silence. Marron wasn't going to tell Carrot that he had seen it, after all. His brother's sudden fascination amused him, though. Had seeing Gateau's erection really had such an effect on him? Maybe Carrot really was feeling insecure.
Carrot noticed the pause, but didn't think anything of it.
"I guess that scared you, too? Anyway... I guess I better try and sleep now, hope I don't have nightmares or anything. I mean, jeez... anyway. Sorry I woke you up, otouto."
"No, I wasn't sleeping too deeply, niisan. I don't mind."
Carrot wasn't in the mood to argue, "Mmn. Anyway, sleep well."
"Goodnight, niisan."
Marron heard the sound of Carrot's head hitting the pillow with a foomphy kind of sound. He listened out after that, but heard nothing but his brother's breathing, slower and slower... relaxed... quite a hypnotic sound, to Marron's ears.
So, Gateau had been masturbating, had he? Marron barely needed to guess what about, and he didn't feel he was being too self-assured, or presumptuous... he felt a little guilty, though. He'd worked Gateau up into that kind of state, and while Gateau was out there like that, Marron was still thinking of his brother...
But, those were the feelings he'd always felt. What was there to feel guilty about? Surely, Marron thought, he should feel guilty for giving into those feelings with Gateau, not because he'd been thinking about his brother so soon after doing things with Gateau...!
Marron wondered how far things might go with Gateau. Maybe Gateau would be able to take him to his climax, but perhaps it'd be a little difficult... obviously, it couldn't be something that was spontaneous. It'd have to be planned, Marron would have to inform Gateau of the kinds of things he wanted done to him... and he wouldn't let Gateau just pass it off as a joke.
Gateau's voice echoed through Marron's mind, "... but does there have to be any kind of 'I'm the one in control, you're not' about it? Let's just fool around a bit, I wouldn't mind if you were a bit dominant again..."
That wasn't possible. He wanted to experience the feeling of being taken, and brutally so... if it wasn't from Carrot then it'd have to be from Gateau, but if Gateau was all into them doing whatever they wanted...
The thought of 'dominating' Gateau came to Marron's mind. Perhaps something like what'd happened that first time. Maybe... Gateau was implying that he wanted to be taken? That thought seemed a strange one to Marron, but... Gateau being taken?
Marron wasn't sure he wanted to risk himself inside something quite so tight. Well, not so much 'tight', perhaps more like 'castrating'... well, whatever. His thoughts were running away with themselves.
All the thoughts about Gateau... Marron rolled over onto his back, then onto his side, looking at Carrot once more. Not much of him was visible... the night was dark and the room was dark also, but if Marron stared, then he could just about make out his brother's silhouette, just beyond the bedside cabinet.
If it was Carrot all this was happening with, Marron felt he wouldn't have had any argument at all. If Carrot wanted and commanded him to come, then it'd be all he could do to come... that was a nice thought. Carrot being all commanding like that... if it was something his brother asked for, then how could Marron refuse?
Various thoughts and fantasies flittered themselves over Marron's mind. And then earlier, when Carrot had walked in on him... he'd stopped Marron in the middle of what he'd been doing, but... it was just as likely that he might not have done that, and then he might have heard Marron calling out the name of he who he desired... calling out Carrot's name, loud and desperate...
Carrot might have just walked over, hearing that cry and not caring... and Marron would have felt Carrot's body against his own so suddenly, "Otouto... you do this while thinking of me?"
And Marron would be surprised, feeling suddenly helpless as Carrot pinned him down, wrapping his hand around Marron's erection while his own hard arousal pushed against his clothes, pushed against Marron... "Oh, niisan! Niisan... y-yes... while thinking of you... I can't help myself..."
Then maybe Carrot would say something like "Then we're more similar than it'd seem, Marron... I touch myself while thinking of you, too..."
And Marron would be so shocked, "Niisan... you lie to me..."
Carrot would smirk, and Marron would feel those smirking lips against his lower neck and shoulders, and he'd moan, "Ohh..."
Would Marron be reprimanded for that? Or maybe just a small laugh, "I wouldn't lie to you about that, dear brother! Here... can you feel me? Yes... yes, you can, can't you? Don't I feel so hard? It's because of you, Marron. You turn me on so badly... and you thought of me like that too...! Isn't fate so strange, sometimes."
And as Carrot undid his belt he'd let it trail across Marron's naked backside, and Marron would writhe at that feeling. Again, Carrot might laugh, "You shivered, my brother... I was only taking my belt off...!"
Only the sound of Marron's near-inaudible breathing, then "I... I want to feel... that..."
Carrot's warm breath so close to Marron's ear, "You do, do you? Come now, Marron... what is 'that'? Would you like to tell me what 'that' is? If it's something I can give you, then perhaps it's something you can beg for..."
A fearful nod, "Yes... yes, I'll beg you... please, niisan... I want you to hurt me... please... I want you to punish me..."
Bodies pressing together once more, "Punishment, dear brother? What might you need to be punished for? Somebody so pure, like you..."
"My feelings... I have to be punished for my feelings... they're wicked, and terrible... so... you have to punish me, for feeling what I feel... hit me, niisan... w-with your belt... if it's a punishment from you, I don't mind it... and you'll mark me... a brand that you've given me, proof that I'm... only yours..."
A monologue that repeated itself near word-for-word through many of Marron's fantasies.
Carrot would growl against Marron's neck, "Alright then, I'll punish you..."
"Nii... san..."
"I'll punish you with my passion, the entire force of it, terrible and unrelenting... you'd like that, wouldn't you? The torture of my ardour, the climax of my craving... yes, I'll punish you. And you'll love every moment of it, won't you?"
"Oh god... yes, niisan... NIISAN, YES..."
Sometimes Marron's thoughts would go off on dream-Carrot asking Marron just who his god was to be saying that word so fervently, and Marron would insist that Carrot was his god, and if he wanted to destroy anybody then he should destroy Marron, overtake him with his power and fearful lust, but Marron lost track of his thoughts before he got that far, this time.
Nevermind that Carrot was in the room, this time. He was sleeping, and therefore presumably dead to the world. And if he did wake up... oh, that thought excited Marron's mind so! If he did wake up, then wouldn't he see or at least hear Marron like that? And then maybe the fantasy would come true... the degree of realism given to the fantasy was enough to intensify Marron's feelings... he touched himself frantically, maybe, maybe this time... maybe he would be able to...
Carrot twitched in his sleep. Was something making a noise?
"Haaahhhn... AHHN... nnn.... hhh... AH-AAHHHHN!! Mmm... mmm... ohh.... ohh GOD..."
Yes, something was making a noise.
Carrot twitched once more, rolling over, subconsciously pulling his covers up over his ears to block out the noise. It didn't go away, though... it was muffled, but still there... maybe waking up would work. He could wake up, sort out whatever the hell it was disturbing his sleep, then get back to a quieter and more undisturbed sleep. Ah, that sounded like a nice plan.
The plan put into action, Carrot sat up. The noise... the noises seemed to be coming from Carrot's right. That was where Marron's bed was. So presumably it had to be Marron making the noise... Carrot listened for a little longer, feeling a little out of it. He was pretty sure that that was Marron's voice, though. Yes, that was Marron's voice...
Abruptly, Carrot realised what it was that Marron was doing... again... for the second time in so many hours...
Sleepiness and grumpiness from not being allowed to sleep had removed any subtlety Carrot might have had.
"Marron, are you wanking, AGAIN?!"
Carrot's voice was loud and somewhat cranky. Caught in mid-fantasy of Carrot waking up and catching him wanking, Marron was a little unprepared for the reality of Carrot actually doing so. He froze.
"Um..."
"Jeez, Marron, you were being so loud... you woke me up!"
"I... I... maybe I was... having a nightmare, niisan..."
"Nightmares don't stop 'cause I wake up and notice you, Marron. Uh... Marron, is there something going on you're not telling me? S'just, Gateau was so horny earlier, and so were you... and the past little while, you've been so horny, so... I- I mean, it's probably nothing, I get really horny too sometimes, a lot of the time even, and it's probably just hormones, and, um..."
Carrot trailed off. Marron couldn't really think of anything more to say... what was he supposed to say?! This was the second time in the same day that his brother had caught him masturbating. That surely wasn't a good thing. He had to reclaim the control he'd had in the past, even though the past never had Gateau in it, Gateau being a very real part of Marron's sexuality so suddenly...
The silence was slightly uncomfortable. Carrot's voice was sympathetic when he next spoke, "Look, um... Marron, if there is something wrong, you can talk to me about it, okay? That's what brothers are there for. If there's anything bothering you, or anything."
Marron wasn't quite sure if the next two words he spoke exactly summed up what he felt, but they were a reasonable approximation.
"I'm... lonely..."
"Hn, isn't everybody? I can't do much about that, Marron. What do you want me to do, join you in your bed or something?"
Carrot had been a little more callous than he meant to be when he spoke, and the pitch of Marron's suddenly absolute silence was enough to tell Carrot that he'd said the wrong thing. He faltered.
"Um... sorry, Marron. Uh... is there anything I can do?"
"... If you joined me in my bed, surely you'd be uncomfortable..."
Carrot leapt from his bed and jumped quickly under Marron's covers to prove his point, "Hey, don't speak like that! So you're horny. This'll probably turn you right off, ha ha ha. Me being your brother and all. Don't go getting any funny ideas! I just don't want you to be sad, so even though it probably doesn't help, I wanna try and make you feel not-lonely... eh, the feeling'll probably pass, right? Let's just go to sleep."
From the speed of Carrot's delivery, Marron supposed that Carrot was a little more uncomfortable than he was letting on... but he basically seemed to want to be of some kind of help to Marron, so Marron didn't want to disturb that. Even if such a position wasn't going to help get rid of his arousal, quite the opposite. But, in the small bed, it was nice, the two of them, pressed together like that... Carrot's head was hooked over Marron's shoulder (then it fell back a little as he went further into sleep) and his hands were linked around Marron's lower chest. Marron nodded, and placed his hand over Carrot's two where they joined, "Y-yes. Thank you, niisan... sleep well..."
No reply to that, but Carrot's breathing against him led Marron to believe that Carrot was asleep. His eyes narrowed, such a situation... he had to treasure every moment...! Surely falling asleep would mean that it was over more quickly... but Carrot was already asleep... and he was so warm...
"... I love you, niisan...!"
A moment's pause, then a sleepy "Love you too, 'touto. Get to sleep already."
"Ah-!... Ye-yes, niisan."
Marron was embarrassed into silence... but he also felt happy, contented... he was sleeping in the same bed as his brother. His brother was hugged so close to him. His brother was warm, so warm. He'd just told his brother he loved him. His brother had just said he loved him back.
Wherever Gateau was, it didn't matter. Happiness was such a delirious thing, after all.