Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ If only for one moment, I could be like you... ❯ Picture books and dreams ( Chapter 4 )

Ryou opened an eye lazily feeling very drowsy, before sitting up in the familiar coral bed he had been in before the storm. "H-huh?" He said looking around confusedly.

"Oi Ryou! There you are!" Ootogi said swimming up and hugging the smaller teen. "Ootogi?" Ryou said dumbly, still confused as to how he had gotten back into the ocean's waters. "Yugi and I felt really bad about scaring you off like that..." Ootogi said smiling and rubbing Ryou's back caringly. Ryou blinked still confused at being back in the ocean. "Huh?"

"Are you ok Ryou? You're acting strangely...did you get stung by a jellyfish?" Ryou blinked. "I'm ok. Can you tell me...h-how long was I gone?" Ootogi shrugged and thought for a moment. "Not more than a couple of hours. Bakura said you headed this way." Ryou blinked and looked at his fins, not a scratch or burn to be found. "Ryou, are you sure you're ok? You seem a little confused." Ryou smiled lightly, still slightly confused. "I guess I just had a strange dream..." he said looking around, slightly saddened there was no sign the whole thing had been anything BUT a dream.

"C'mon, I have a gift for you. I've been saving it for you, and I know you'll love it." Ootogi said, pulling Ryou behind him gently. Ryou nodded slightly following quietly, until they reached Ootogi's home, a massive pile of rocks, that had landed just so...that there was a cavern on the inside. Ootogi even had fashioned himself a door, well a curtain of seaweed that he had planted. Smiling brightly, Ootogi parted the curtain and motioned for Ryou to enter before following the smaller merman into his home. It was dark at first, but Ryou noticed that Ootogi had laced glowing seaweed along the walls, that slowly lighted the room. "Wait right here, ok love?" Ootogi said smiling and swimming off to the back of the room, before returning with a small book in his hands. "I found it when I was going through a ship, Yami said it was a `book' and land folk use them for entertainment." Ryou gasped and stared at it. "You have to be careful though, its very fragile…it probably wasn't made to get wet." Nodding, Ryou took the book and gently opened it. Inside were pictures of faeries and mermaidens and unicorns, but Ryou could only identify the mermaidens.

Ryou put the book down carefully and hugged Ootogi. "Oh thank you! It's so wonderful!" He chirped sighing happily, as Ootogi ran a hand through his hair. "I thought you'd love it. You love everything about the land." He whispered leaning his forehead against Ryou's and looking him in the eyes. Ryou blushed. "O-Ootogi...?" Ootogi smiled softly and placed a finger on Ryou's mouth. "Shhh...This is my moment...I love you Ryou, and I want you to know. I want you to see how much you mean to me, you are the currents and the tides to me...I love you with all of my being." He whispered hugging Ryou tightly and leaning forward, to gently kiss the delicate lips of his love. Ryou gasped into the kiss and blushed deeply.

It was indescribable, Ryou shivered as Ootogi's hands roamed down, over his fins, only to roam back up and into his hair. He was melting; Ryou was just melting into Ootogi's hands. He felt dull and warm, just content to remain there, as Ootogi pulled away to place butterfly kisses over Ryou's face. Each one seemed to whisper `I love you' louder than the last. "Ryou, I love you, you are Poseidon's sapphire, Neptune's inspiration and Aegir's desire." Ryou blinked up at Ootogi blushing lightly still. "Please Ryou...when mating season comes, be mine. Let me spend eternity with you in my arms, I'll protect you forever and make you the happiest creature in the seas."

Ryou shivered as Ootogi's hands once more roamed south, to rest just above the small of his back, pulling him close. "I could please you, we could go beyond the shallow waters of the ocean together...you and I." He whispered seductively in Ryou's ear. "I'll do whatever you want, my ocean flower." Ryou bit his lip and tried not to melt any further into Ootogi's loving arms, but with mating season less than a month away, his body wasn't listening to him very well...instead it was delighting in being touched. Ryou felt himself being pushed gently, until he felt the smooth stone walls against his back. He gasped at the coolness of the stones against him, and found Ootogi kissing him deeply, the moment his mouth opened. Ryou relaxed slightly, feeling numb with the warm feeling pooling deep inside of him.

Ootogi was a very good kisser, and his hands! Ryou moaned lightly, shivering into the touches and gently wrapping his arms around Ootogi his fins fanning out slightly from the stimulation. Every part of him was screaming and his heart felt so full. Ryou sighed contentedly but shook his head after a moment, ending the kiss shortly after. "Mmm...ooh Ootogi...I...I have to go, I...I cant stay a-any longer." Ootogi frowned and pulled Ryou close, kissing his cheek. "Afraid of what might happen, love?" Ryou pushed Ootogi away, shaking his fins back to their normal state, and biting his lip. "I...I cant, its not mating season yet...and if I don't go now..." he whispered, swimming over to the near-forgotten book and picking it up tenderly. "P-perhaps we can talk more tomorrow...thank you very much for the picture book." Ryou said, swimming to the door reluctantly. "I'll see you tomorrow..."

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Ryou swam home quickly, shaking his head trying to clear the fog from it. What had he been about to DO?! If he hadn't forced himself to leave when he had, he might have...no, Ootogi would have respected his wishes to wait until mating season. Although Ryou also questioned whether or not he would have even cared, had he stayed a single moment longer. "I...I've never felt like that before..." He murmured to himself, placing a hand on his lips, still feeling the tingle of the lustful kisses he'd received from Ootogi. "What have I gotten myself into?" Ryou said to himself, quickening his pace home.

Ryou entered the small cove and noted that Malik was over, because of the obvious sex noises coming from Bakura's room. Blushing, Ryou turned and swam into his own room, laying down on the sponge bed within and sighing. "I'm so confused...a lot has happened today, and apparently I'm going to have quite a time around Ootogi..." Ryou murmured.