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Learning to Land	By : Suteishichic Category: Prince of Tennis/Tennis no Ohjisama > General Views: 11419 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis (Tennis no Ohjisama), nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Learning to Land. Chapter Sixty Three ~Oshitari ~

Warnings: Yaoi, Love, Angst, Fluff, and Lots of Sex. Some kink. You've been warned ;)

Disclaimer: Nope not mine. Still in my dreams. ;)

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Yuushi stood there looking at Gakuto and felt stupid. And awkward.

He suspected with how comfortably Jiroh went into his own room and not Atobe's, and the fact that their rooms were on the top floor of the posh hotel that they most likely had adjoining suites. At least, he hoped they did.

Overall, Yuushi was impressed by the speed with which Atobe pulled together their sleeping arrangements at this late hour. He suspected that the Vice-Captain had previously assembled this contingency plan for emergencies such as the one they were facing now. The tensai was satisfied with the room, although it was not as elegant as the hotel he stayed at the couple of times he returned to his hometown.

His mind worked feverishly trying to ascertain if Gakuto would want to ever speak to him again. If there was any chance of him finding some way to make that happen, he wanted to begin reparations as soon as possible. He was frantically thinking of something, anything to call Gakuto regarding or perhaps knock on his door and remind him of when Yuushi noticed the door to the adjoining rooms was open. Gakuto was just on the other side looking back at him. The little redhead had a strange expression on his face the tensai could not derive the meaning of at all, and he thought perhaps it was the distance that suddenly lay between them. And not just the distance between the two suites.

Yuushi stood there looking at the little redhead and wanted nothing more than to hold him close and be held back by him. His heart ached, and he bit back tears.

He knew it was pathetic, but he considered begging Gakuto to just embrace him one last time. Yuushi meant his promise to protect Gakuto forever, but he selfishly knew he needed just one more hug to get him through their all too brief affair being over. Just one embrace and the tensai vowed to himself he would not cry or break down in any way ever in front of his roommate or plead with him for anything more. It was too much to even think about asking for even a quick chaste kiss goodbye, so Yuushi dismissed the bittersweet thought before it fully bloomed in his mind as an impossibility.

Gakuto broke the staring contest first. He dropped his bag, threw his head back, and laughed. Probably at the tensai's obvious and pathetic distress, but before Yuushi could react or come up with some pun to say, the little redhead made a whooping cheer sound. He bounded across the expanse and flew into the air at the tensai.

Yuushi blinked because that was the last thing he ever expected. What the tensai next surmised would most likely occur was Gakuto would slam shut the adjoining door, but he ran right past it. With a leap the little redhead somehow soared impossibly high across the vast expanse only to crash land into the tensai with another triumphant-sounding laugh.

For an instant, the tensai thought Gakuto would punch him when he reached him, and he tried to brace and at the same time face the blows he knew he fully deserved. Yuushi quickly thought sarcastically to himself that at least he had some last physical contact with his love.

However instead, the moment they connected, the little lithe redhead wrapped his limbs solidly around the tensai as he landed. He threw the tensai stepping backwards. Yuushi fought gravity and force and mass to regain some balance to keep the two of them upright. The tensai stumbled back three or four big steps and then despite his best efforts to remain standing and protect Gakuto, he did fall backwards--surprisingly they landed together on the bed.

At least half of the tensai's mind fought to work out the monumental angles and trajectory that Gakuto had by some instinct been able to instantly calculate and make happen, while the rest of him tried to come up with any logical reasons why this even occurred.

Gakuto meanwhile continued to laugh--apparently oblivious to the tensai's distress and the highly illogical probabilities of it all.

Yuushi finally had to admit to himself at least--he was completely perplexed. The angle Gakuto hit him at with the speed he had to accelerate to reach that height seemed as impossible as his laughter and apparent delight at them lying on the bed together holding on to each other. Even though they had landed safely, Gakuto still held tightly on to him. So Yuushi asked before he could stop himself, "Why are you laughing?"

Gakuto stopped laughing but a wide smile stayed on his beautiful face. He looked at Yuushi for a moment as if trying to gage him as well. So softly, Gakuto touched the tensai's face in a caress and smoothed back some of his long hair that had fallen forward at their impact. His lips were still in a smile and a small crease appeared between his brows. The little redhead said gently, "I'm not laughing at you Yuushi. I'm laughing cause sometimes for me, it just feels really good to move and be free." The teen smiled a bit wider and said excitedly, "I was thinking how I was gonna call you and what to say and all that and then when I looked over--hell! There you were. So I thought I'd stop by. Say hi and all to my new neighbor." Gakuto laughed at his own joke.

Yuushi's heart was still breaking and it must have shown on his face. All he could think was how he would miss this side of Gakuto few ever got to see.

Gakuto asked, "What's wrong Yuushi? You don't like me as your neighbor?" He grinned.

"No." Yuushi said and forced himself to not pathetically break down and cry. Gakuto would hate him more if he was completely weak. "I--I like you better as my roommate."

Gakuto rolled his eyes and said, "Yuushi, you're still my roommate..."

"No," Yuushi said and heard the tears he refused to shed painfully soaking into his voice and almost causing it to crack. "No. It's not just that. Its...I liked how things were. I didn't want anything to change. I was--I was happy. I'm sorry..."

To his shock, Gakuto kissed him. He held the tensai's face in his hands and kissed him long and hard and as if he was full of passion. It was as if Gakuto was trying to say something in a kiss, but Yuushi didn't understand what it could possibly be. He didn't understand any of this. All he knew was he felt as if he almost had everything he ever wanted in the palm of his hand, and thinking to protect it, he instead somehow had mistakenly lost it. And he would give anything--anything--to get it back.

Gakuto broke the kiss and must have noticed the tears blurring the tensai's vision. He took off Yuushi's glasses and reaching over, set them over on the side table. The little redhead settled himself again holding the tensai close. Yuushi could not meet his gaze because he was sure he would start crying. Gakuto said, "Hey Yuushi? It's all right now. Nothings changed. Everything with us is the same." Gakuto shrugged, "We just had a bad night. A bad thing happened, but it's over now. We handled it together and we'll deal with what we gotta do next. Right?"

Stunned, Yuushi moved his mouth to reply or respond but his thoughts were jumbled so nothing came out of his mouth except a little strangled sound of surprise. He had no idea how any of this was even possible.

Gakuto kissed him softly again and said quietly, "Yuushi, It's okay. It's over. We're cool. And anyway, some good stuff came out of it." He shrugged.

"Good?" the tensai was hopelessly lost still.

"Yeah I mean, we get to stay in this huge place. In this nice big bed--if you still wanna sleep with me?" At the tone of his voice, the tensai looked at him. Gakuto looked worried for some odd reason.

Yuushi's heart responded before his brain kicked in or figured out why Gakuto looked like that or what his best response should be. The tensai said softly, "I want that more than anything else in the world."

"Cool." Gakuto looked surprisingly, visibly relieved. As if he worried somehow that Yuushi would reject him. Before the tensai could put his arms around him though, the little redhead sprang suddenly up and off him.

Yuushi again felt distant from him and missed him with an ache. Gakuto though smiled as he looked around the room. Yuushi surmised the moment of naked vulnerability Gakuto had made his roommate need to move now that he was somewhat reassured. Gakuto was off and walked around the room. "And I'll bet if the bed is this nice that..." Gakuto rounded the corner and gasped.

Alarmed, Yuushi was up and by his side in an instant.

Gakuto cursed but it was one of his curses of sheer awe when he was very impressed. The last time the tensai heard him say that word, it was at the freshman Ohtori's fast and powerful serve. "Yuushi! This is the greatest damn bathtub I've ever seen!" Gakuto turned to him and grabbing his arm, shook it impatiently, "We gotta take a bath!"

Despite himself, Yuushi smiled. He felt as if part of the weight of the world suddenly lifted off his shoulders. Had nothing changed really? Unable to stop himself he reached his finger out and straighted Gakuto's part which was mussed from his acrobatics. For once, the little redhead did not protest or roll his eyes. Yuushi said distracted by the sheer beauty of him, "Of course. Anything my prince wants." Inwardly the tensai cringed as he said aloud one of his private nicknames for his love.

Gakuto grinned and rolled his eyes, "Your prince?" Then he smiled wider, "Hey, wait, that means you gotta do whatever I say?"

Yuushi smiled a little more, "Of course, your highness."

"Cool." Gakuto laughed. "Then I order you to take a bath with me. Now."

Yuushi tried to not smile as wide as he was sure he was doing. Gakuto dragged him into the bathroom and started to strip off his own shirt. The tensai casually said, "Certainly, but which bath would you like me to order?"

Gakuto looked confused and paused with his hands crossed on the bottom of his shirt, "Order?"

Yuushi tried to keep his face neutral. He had been fairly sure Gakuto would not know about this, "At luxury hotels like this there is usually..." Yuushi looked around and found the various mineral baths menu and handed it to Gakuto, "you choose which one and they come up and draw it for you." As he looked the list of services over, Gakuto's jaw dropped open adorably. Yuushi wasn't sure if it was over the cost or the services offered or both. Before Gakuto could get too excited Yuushi added, "And we should probably order dinner off the full menu before it gets much later. After a certain time, they usually go to a limited menu. We can tell them what time to bring it, after our bath perhaps, but you must be hungry having missed dinner. The room service menu is in the other room next to the bed."

Gakuto grinned before walking out of the bathroom with the bath menu in hand, "Sweet." He turned to look back at the tensai, "Hey Yuushi? How do you know all this stuff?"

Yuushi was surprised at the question and the wide-ranging scope 'all this stuff' could contain. He guessed Gakuto wasn't asking how he had recalled by photographic memory where he noticed the room service menu was, rather that he wanted to know about the hotel details Yuushi knew when he didn't. The tensai ventured an answer, "When I go home I stay in a hotel."

"Nice like this?" Gakuto asked. Yuushi nodded and was going to say how the one at home was different and in some ways better when Gakuto asked with a small frown, "Why don't you stay at your house?"

Yuushi said without thinking, "My parents were remodeling both times." He thought and then shrugged, "I wouldn't really want to stay in my old room."

Gakuto looked alarmed at him, "You've only been home twice? You mean since this year, when school started--not since you started at Hyoutei, right?"

The tensai didn't understand why Gakuto was looking at him like this. "No. Two times since I started at Hyoutei."

The little redhead threw the menu on the bed and walked back to him, "What did you do on breaks? Go on vacation somewhere with your family? Go stay with a friend?"

"No. My parents were traveling or busy so I just stayed at school." The tensai was really confused again. He was wondering again if this state of confusion was normal with Gakuto or if he was just some how doomed to be unenlightened when it came to figuring out where his roommate was going with most things. It seemed highly illogical that Gakuto should look so upset over this.

"All alone? What did you do all day?" Gakuto looked so astounded by this.

The tensai shrugged, "Everyone else goes home or away so I am usually there by myself. I just read, watch movies, the usual."

His roommate put his hands on his hips. "So Yuushi, what are you doing this next break coming up? Are you just staying at school again all alone?"

Gakuto said this as if it were such a horrible thing that the tensai shrugged in response. Clearly this was something bad and wrong, but he didn't know why. It was normal for him.

Gakuto sighed and rolled his eyes, "No you're not. You're gonna come with me and my family. We always take a trip to this stupid hot springs that my aunt and uncle own."

Yuushi surmised that Gakuto just felt sorry for him. He wasn't sure why this was a reason to pity him, but clearly his roommate did. That was the last thing the tensai ever wanted. "Thank you, but its not necessary. I assure you, I'm quite fine on my own."

To his shock, Gakuto looked hurt. He asked heatedly as if accusing the tensai of something, "You don't wanna go with my family? Or is it that you just don't wanna go with me?"

"It isn't that at all Gakuto, it's just, you don't need to pity me. I'm fine." Yuushi smiled although he felt his heart breaking again.

The fiery redhead suddenly loudly stamped his foot and exhaled. "You think I invited you outta pity? Yuushi! I wouldn't have asked if I didn't want you to go! My best friend should wanna go with me when I invite him somewhere. You can do all that stuff that you normally do read and watch movies and all that with me too! Right?" Gakuto looked exasperated and vulnerable both at the same time. He turned his back on the tensai, walked ten paces away, and stood there with his back to him. Gakuto balled his hands into fists and said heatedly,"Forget it! If you'd rather take a break from me and be all alone then fine!"

Yuushi didn't understand what this was about so he went up to him and wrapped his arms around him from behind. The tensai held him close and reflected for a moment how nice this was. Even nicer because a moment ago he thought all this was forever lost. He rested his chin on the top of Gakuto's head. "Gakuto, I have a confession to make."

The tensai felt the little redhead stiffen his spine as if expecting bad news for some strange reason. Yuushi said being completely honest, "The truth is Gakuto, I only want to be with you. The only time I'm happy is when I'm around you. I hate being alone because it means you're not there. Remember after last holiday when you came back a day late because of car trouble your family had?"

Gakuto nodded after a moment, but said nothing. The tensai continued, "It was one of my worst days. All break I waited for you to return. I even marked it on my calender and counted down the days and even the hours when I estimated you would return, and then you weren't there. I even panicked and thought perhaps something terrible had happened to you or that you weren't ever returning to school. You see, I've loved you from afar for a very long time Gakuto, but I only thought we could be friends. I thought at most all you would want to be with me was only friends. When you tell me you want to go somewhere with me, I am delighted and deliriously happy, but it will take some time for me to really believe its true that you want to be with me. If I wake up and all this is a dream, I will be devastated, but at the same time contented that I knew even this small taste of happiness with you. Do you know what I was thinking before you flew through the air at me?"

Gakuto shrugged.

Yuushi heard the pain in his own voice coming through again and tried to suppress it as he had been taught, "I was thinking that even if you never spoke to me again I would protect you of course, but maybe I could beg you to hug me one more time. I was going to beg you to please let me hold you one last time to get me through the rest of my life without you--I was hoping and praying you would take pity on me and agree."

Gakuto turned in his arms suddenly and he looked angry and as if he was going to cry. The tensai was upset and feeling pathetic as usual but felt worse when Gakuto asked in a quiet angry voice, "What the hell did they do to you, Yuushi?"

Yuushi was completely confused as to what that meant.The little redhead pushed the perplexed tensai backwards, step by step until the back of Yuushi's legs met the corner of the bed and he stumbled down to sit.

Gakuto faced him and they were eye to eye. "Alright look, Yuushi you're my best friend, but you really have no clue what that means do you?"

Gakuto rolled his eyes and sighed, "I'm not mad at you. It's just another thing you shoulda learned and never did, so I'm gonna teach it to you now. Yuushi, it means I like you. It means that even if we fight bad, I'm really not gonna never talk to you again. It means you aren't ever gonna be all alone like before counting days until you see me again. It means I'm gonna be your friend no matter what happens. It means I'm closer to you than anybody else. It means I trust you and that you can trust me not to hurt you or leave you or anything like that even if we fight. It means I wanna be with you and that I like being with you more than anybody else. I know it's hard for you to really get all this because you've never had anyone be this way with you before, and its gonna take time for you to really know it and not think all the time that I'm gonna hate you and leave you or something like that, but you're a tensai and you can remember I said this when you feel worried next time, or you can just talk to me. I'm gonna tell you this as many times as you need to hear it until you really get it. You've memorized what I said?"

Yuushi nodded. Tears spilled from his eyes as he struggled to believe what he was hearing. One thing resounded in his head like a gong ringing over and over again, and he had to ask, "You really like me?" He inwardly cringed knowing he shouldn't ask Gakuto to repeat himself. He hated having to almost as much as Atobe.

Gakuto smiled a little though. He rolled his eyes and said to his astonishment, "Yeah Yuushi, I really like you. Do I gotta pound that into your thick skull also?" And then by some miracle, Gakuto reached out his lips to sweetly kiss him. As he kissed him back, Yuushi held him close and whimpered as Gakuto scrambled to sit on his lap. Wrapping his arms and legs around him, the little redhead--his little redhead held the tensai close and kissed him deeply. "And you never gotta beg me to hug you, stupid. Now agree to go on the trip with me. It always sucks and will be more fun with you there. It's not a nice or fancy place like this, but it's okay. Besides how are you supposed to protect me if you're at school while I'm away? And you said I was the prince and you'd have to do whatever I say so agree." Gakuto looked annoyed until the tensai agreed.

As soon as he did, Gakuto kissed him passionately again, and when he pulled back, the perfect moment was broken, but the magical spell lingered for the tensai more incredible than the greatest romantic scene he had ever imagined they would share.

Yuushi replayed everything in his mind fast forwarding and rewinding while Gakuto reverted back to his usual self. He knocked on Yuushi's forehead, "Hey? You figuring out the meaning of life in there or you paying attention? Can we order dinner now and our bath or what? I wanna eat. I'm hungry and feel gross after all that earlier. I want you to wash me good. If you do, I'll wash you back and we can wash it all away, okay Yuushi?"

Impossibly, Yuushi found he loved him more and more. This terrible day had turned out to be one of the best he had ever had. He smiled and said feeling so much love his heart felt like it might burst, "Yes my prince." Gakuto looked at him suspiciously as if wondering what part he agreed to, "Yes to all of it, yes to everything. I'll go with you wherever you want me to. I love you."

Gakuto rolled his eyes and snorted a laugh. But then he made that small noise that was almost a grunt of agreement like he had been recently after Yuushi said he loved him--well that was what the tensai hoped it meant.

Gakuto then reached across him to grab the room service menu and the bath one again. "Good. Now what do you wanna eat? I'm starving. You call them. I never called for anything like this and don't know how." The tensai looked at the menu over his shoulder. It was quite extensive. Gakuto sighed annoyed, "I don't know what half this crap is and there are no prices. Just order me something good. And I guess the "Soothing sensual strawberry spa bath" sounds okay. Oh yeah, and get us good desserts too Yuushi. You know what stuff I like. Atobe said to get whatever we wanted, and we're saving him money sharing the one bath. Unless there is some other one on the list you wanna try? Then we can have them do both our baths and try them both out! This is so cool!"

Gakuto bounced up and away and went to check out what else the room had to offer. The tensai sat there stunned for a moment thinking over and over in his mind that Gakuto liked him. He said he really liked him. His love was fiddling with the television and the room's game console so he didn't see Yuushi wiping tears of relief and joy away from his eyes. Smiling as Gakuto exclaimed how cool the internet on the television he discovered was, his little redhead set about figuring out how it worked while the tensai cleared his throat and went to order for his prince.

The strawberry bath turned out to be a good idea because it came with candles and was supposed to be good for sore muscles. Because they were underage, Yuushi ordered a fresh strawberry and grape juice to be substituted instead of champagne. Although he figured they probably could have drank if he wanted to. An exclusive establishment like this asked no questions, but the tensai really had no idea regarding his little redhead's tolerance for alcohol. He could not remember Gakuto drinking--even at parties. He recalled by memory Gakuto would always have a drink in his hand, but never seemed to drink from it. Yuushi decided to ask him about that sometime. As for himself, the tensai found wine with dinner occasionally nice, but would not have sought it out. His mother had been frequently hung over after one of his parent's lavish parties and it simply did not make any sense to him to make yourself that ill.

They decided to eat first because basically Gakuto said he was famished and insisted that they do. The attendant who drew the bath and set up the room said he would fill the bath with the hottest water, but if it cooled too much it could be reheated via the room's heater. He showed the tensai where the controls were, or said the tensai could call down and someone would come up to assist with it. The bathroom attendant closed the door to keep the bathroom warm while he worked, and in the meantime Yuushi and Gakuto watched their meal arrive.

Gakuto was apparently in awe as the tensai handled the tipping and told the room service persons who delivered their dinner where to set everything up. The tensai requested a small table in the bedroom be set up instead of them dining in the main room in front of the television out there or the dining area. It was a large space. Too large--Yuushi wanted Gakuto to be as close to him as possible. Because of the nature of the expensive and exclusive hotel, he had figured a waiter or perhaps two would clear for them as they ate, so the tensai only ordered main courses and desserts because he wanted to be alone with Gakuto as much as possible also.

He wondered if Gakuto knew this all was straight out of one of Yuushi's most romantic fantasies. Of course, there were variations in the real version. For instance, in his fantasy they always consumed something exotic and delicate to eat--not once had he imagined the fried chicken sandwich that the little redhead smothered in ketchup and mayonnaise. And in his fantasies, they crossed elbows to sip from each other's wine, but Gakuto slurped loudly on what he said was the best damn strawberry milkshake he had ever had.

The reality where Gakuto insisted the tensai take a bite out of his messy sandwich was even better because the tensai never imagined any of that at all. His roommate laughed when Yuushi attempted to take a bite at Gakuto's insistence of his messy, overflowing sandwich concoction as neatly as possible. Despite his best efforts, Yuushi still managed to acquire a large smear of ketchup and mayonnaise below his bottom lip which the little redhead promptly licked and kissed away. Gakuto surprisingly moaned, and said it tasted better on the tensai. He jokingly asked if he could eat the rest of his food off of Yuushi. At least, Yuushi thought he was joking. Had there not been the waiter nearby, the tensai probably would have agreed.

The tensai did not usually enjoy french fries or any fried food, but he had never tried french-fried sweet potatoes before. Not even tempura style which Gakuto could not believe as he said there was a person on the earth who had not had tempura before. Gakuto insisted he would make Yuushi try tempura later that week. Gakuto's sweet potato fries were surprisingly good, and the promise of another meal shared with Gakuto was even better. Halfway through the meal they switched plates when the little redhead hinted loudly he would like to. Gakuto surprisingly seemed to enjoy Yuushi's meal of delicate filled pastas, although he joked it was good in a smart tensai way. Each one was stuffed with a different vegetable combination and had a small sauce of it's own. It was quite exquisite.

Overall, Yuushi reflected that he was quite amazed at how different his fantasy and the reality was--in all ways the reality was much better. Gakuto was here with him, smiling and laughing and enjoying his company. That alone was reason to celebrate, and it did feel like a celebration. While they ate, Gakuto told him stories from his childhood starting with when his aunt and uncle first bought the old hot springs hotel they now ran. His parents and siblings had shown up for their first vacation only to find the place was so woefully run down that the entire trip was spent with everyone working hard cleaning and repairing to get it into some semblance of order. Gakuto complained about how hard they had to work, but his eyes were bright and he laughed as he told stories remembering how he and his siblings thought the old place was haunted. It all sounded wonderful to the tensai, and he laughed along with him.

Gakuto at last pushed back his plate with a small belch and said, "I'm done. What's for dessert?"

Yuushi smiled, "I took the liberty of ordering crepes."

Gakuto looked at him strange and said, "Crepes? What are those exactly?" He looked at the tensai suspiciously.

Yuushi smiled more. This was better than he had hoped, "You've heard of them but have never tried them before? You'll really enjoy them." The tensai absently refolded his napkin and went to where the sever was waiting. He told him they were ready to be cleared and for dessert. The waiter complied and their dirty plates were immediately removed. The tensai had requested a strawberry-flavored chilled water be served with dessert and it was poured. The person making the crepes was perfect. He brought in a large cart, instructed Gakuto on what crepes were and gave him his options in a way that was friendly but not too chatty. Gakuto warmed to the older man immediately. He seemed a grandfatherly type, and was pleasantly wise enough to not treat Gakuto as a young child despite his small stature.

The moment their desserts were served, the cart and everything else was removed efficiently and they were left alone again. Gakuto took a bite and chewed thoughtfully. He had ordered a combination of all his favorites. Strawberries and chocolate smothered in fresh whipped cream while Yuushi chose a bananas foster style knowing Gakuto probably had not had it before. The little redhead would enjoy that when he inevitably wanted to switch. Yuushi was gratified when Gakuto closed his eyes and said with his mouth full, "Damn this is really good!"

A little later, with his mouth half-full of the tensai's dessert, Gakuto said smiling, "You're really good at this stuff Yuushi!" He laughed as the rich, sweet sauce drizzled down of the side of his mouth. He leaned over close to the tensai and held his face out to him, "I cleaned you..."

To make him laugh, Yuushi held his face and looked at him too seriously. He gave Gakuto his best "moony" look, and then surprised him when he licked him with a wide wet lap of his tongue. To his pleasure, Gakuto gave one of his rare delighted giggles in response. Then the little redhead must have decided that was too much like a child. He comically rolled his eyes and said, "I cleaned you seriously Yuushi! Clean me nice too."

Still holding his delicate heart-shaped face in his hand the tensai said, "Yes my prince." He ignored Gakuto rolling his eyes and licked his face and then his lips softly with his tongue. Yuushi licked gently into Gakuto's mouth and tasted nothing but sweetness. Sweetness and compliance because a moment later as they kissed, Gakuto had somehow melted like butter and sugar in his arms and was sitting in his lap facing him. The tensai was so enjoying kissing him, he hadn't even noticed Gakuto move. Yuushi trailed his hands along his strong small body and Gakuto moaned in pure pleasure when the tensai slipped his hands underneath his shirt, feeling his bare soft skin.

Gakuto kissed him deep and hot and then moaned again, but it was an annoyed sound this time. Yuushi was surprised when he pulled back and said breathing hard, "No Yuushi. We gotta take a bath and wash this all off. We gotta get clean first."

The tensai smiled slightly and determined what would be best to do. "Of course," he said and held Gakuto closely to him as he stood up. The little redhead instantly wrapped his legs and arms around him and resumed kissing him. Gakuto was always very generous when he was getting his way. The tensai opened the door to the bath and must have taken a surprised breath in when he looked around the room.

Gakuto pulled back to look at him and then around the room. He made a small sound, "Oh." There were candles burning throughout the warm, steamy room and rose petals were scattered on the floor leading to the bathtub. The large marble bath was filled with pink water and even the lights had been changed to pink bulbs giving everything a dream-like quality. Soft music played barely so quietly in the background from hidden speakers. A variety of bathing products was set outside the bath for them to wash with before soaking. The room smelled exquisitely of strawberries and summer and to Yuushi of Gakuto and tennis. He looked adoringly at his little redhead, who really liked him. Gakuto unwrapped his legs around Yuushi but the tensai would not set him down on the floor yet, because Gakuto looked unsure again for some strange reason, "Uh...is it okay Yuushi?"

The tensai smiled, "It's perfect." Truly it was and so he explained, "Everything with you is always perfect, even better than I dream." Yuushi kissed him as he set his feet on the floor. Gakuto rolled his eyes when he was certain the tensai clearly saw him, but Yuushi also noticed Gakuto smiling pleased just before he looked away at the bath again.

"Undress," Yuushi said, "I'll be along in a moment. I want to tell the server he can clear the room and leave for the evening. All right?"

Gakuto shrugged, clearly not happy about this. Yuushi said gently, "Gakuto if I don't tell the server to go, he'll stay there all evening until we dismiss him."

"Whatever..." Gakuto started to say but then said, "Seriously? All night?" He laughed at this.

"Well they get paid I'm fairly sure until you dismiss them. And Atobe will get the bill and want to know why we kept him here the entire time..." Yuushi looked at Gakuto and waited for him to react. The tensai thought to himself, he really could foot the bill if Gakuto wanted to seriously play the role of prince and have an attendant stand around for hours. He just would prefer that they were alone together. Yuushi wanted to be the only attendant Gakuto needed, but he also would have to think of a plausible excuse for their Vice-Captain. Atobe would probably laugh at them.

"Go Yuushi!" Gakuto must have decided the same thing. "Go! But hurry back! I don't wanna wait for you all night! Don't start yakking to him!"

For a moment the tensai was going to correct Gakuto. He certainly did not yak...but his better judgment kicked in and he smiled, bowed to his prince, and left with a smile on his face. He dismissed and tipped the waiter, and told him they would order their breakfast in the morning when the man asked. The tensai knew he had to return to Gakuto fast or he would again be accused of yakking or worse. He returned a moment later expecting Gakuto undressed and annoyed at the delay, but instead the little redhead stood in the middle of the large pink room looking a little lost and fully clothed. "How's the water?" Yuushi half quipped not expecting him to understand the joke.

Gakuto shrugged, "Dunno. Wanted to wait for you." The tensai was thinking that was completely unexpected as usual when to his astonishment Gakuto said, "I'm cold." Yuushi went to him and put his arms around him to warm him. He kissed Gakuto's forehead to make sure he didn't have a fever. They had not rested much lately and he knew Gakuto required on average nine hours of sleep every night to be at his best, but could get by with seven if he had to. They had gotten less than that in total and their sleep had been broken up. The little redhead had no fever though and the tensai wondered why he said he was cold when his skin felt it's normal temperature to the tensai.

Then the tensai got it. Gakuto wanted to be held. Yuushi had broken the hot mood before and Gakuto perhaps needed reassurance. "I'll hold you until you're warm. And after you're warm I'd like to undress you." Gakuto shrugged as if that was acceptable. "And after you're undressed, I'd like to wash you thoroughly."

"And then?" Gakuto asked quietly.

Yuushi said softer in his ear, "Then I would like to kiss and touch you everywhere, Gakuto." Despite being not cold, the little redhead in his arms shivered at hearing his name spoken. It was as if the idea appealed to him.

Still Gakuto tried to act nonchalant. He shrugged and asked, "And lick me?"

Yuushi thought to himself that his roommate must really enjoy when the tensai does that. The tensai felt delighted by this new knowledge. Yuushi smoothed back Gakuto's hair gently off his forehead knowing only he could. He kissed his small, mostly faded old scar and said softly, "I want to lick you all over. Everywhere Gakuto." Yuushi brought his lips down to where Gakuto was now holding his own up to be kissed.

Their lips met and Gakuto softly moaned after a moment of kissing. Yuushi wondered how many perfect moments it is possible to have in one day. As they kissed and touched while undressing, the tensai realized how much they needed this. Gakuto now that he was reassured was his usual uninhibited, confident self, but he was much more loving and affectionate than he had been. He insisted on washing the tensai first and spent more time touching Yuushi's soapy skin with his hands than actually scrubbing him. Gakuto touched him everywhere except his erection and where the tensai was seated on the small bathing chair in the room. Then Gakuto made the tensai stand up, and washed where he had been sitting. Gakuto touched him softly there, as if exploring him for the first time which in a way, the tensai surmised he was.

However, Gakuto had been wrong when he said nothing had changed.There had been a change, only the tensai was wrong as well because things were now not worse or over, instead the two of them were closer than they had been ever before. Gakuto specifically seemed closer to him than ever before. Or perhaps Yuushi surmised it was just that the thoughts from before that it was over made the tensai realize for the first time how close they had gotten.

And of course, for the first time, Gakuto told him he liked him. That he really liked him. Yuushi wasn't sure of why the change had occurred, he simply thanked the gods that brought it about, and decided to enjoy this moment.

Although, the tensai did not like being touched where he thought of on himself as back there, however, Gakuto already knew this. The little redhead proceeded slowly, gently. Almost as if he was testing how far he could go or if Yuushi would at some point pull away. The tensai tried to keep himself calm and relaxed. He was willing to let Gakuto do whatever to him he wanted. Nothing else mattered to him but this moment and pleasing this person--not the discomfort he felt at being touched by anyone even around there, or the fears, or anything else. The tensai was willing to let Gakuto continue as he saw fit.

But he didn't. Almost as if he knew or wanted to please the tensai as well. Or perhaps show Yuushi that he could be trusted. Gakuto stopped. Almost too soon he was done and had moved on to washing around Yuushi's erection. The tensai found himself oddly disappointed, and an idea, a very surprising idea, blossomed in his mind. One that felt to right and true, the tensai was amazed it had never occurred to him before.

Gakuto washed him around his now throbbing erection, but again when he finally touched the tensai, it was a light, perfunctory touch that left Yuushi wanting more. Gakuto rinsed him and indicated that Yuushi should stay seated. He kissed the tensai's lips once, twice, and then deeply kissed him for a moment. He saw Gakuto was hard as well just from touching him. That pleased the tensai inordinately and he ached to touch and pleasure the little redhead, but he had a sense that he should let Gakuto continue with whatever it was he wanted to do.

His prince smiled as if the tensai somehow passed some test. Gakuto dropped the soapy loofah sponge he had used on Yuushi and bent down to reach it. Instead of grabbing it however, he suddenly took Yuushi's tip in his hot wet mouth. Yuushi moaned in surprise and pleasure as Gakuto licked and softly sucked on him, taking him deeper and deeper until Yuushi figured he was down the back of Gakuto's throat. Hesitantly he put his hand in Gakuto's hair--not wanting him to stop, but needing to touch him back even in a small way. Yuushi resolved to be silent so Gakuto didn't stop. He counseled himself to let whatever would happen go ahead and happen, but the redhead purred a moan as he felt Yuushi's hand on his head. The sound reverberated through the tensai's entire body and Yuushi gasped a moan he had been trying to hold back, "Gakuto...!"

Gakuto slowly came up off him chuckling at the tensai's response. Each small bubble of laughter Yuushi deeply felt echo through him in waves of pleasure. When he finally faced the tensai, the little redhead looked pleased with his results of an almost panting and very turned on tensai--a very frustrated one knowing he might have no release who worried how Gakuto would take it if he still was incapable. He resolved to try because it would be worth any pain to make Gakuto happy. The tensai realized Gakuto was standing there naked and waiting for something. Yuushi blinked and looked at him.

Gakuto sighed at his confusion like he was stupid, "Hello Yuushi? My turn!"

The tensai was so lost in lust and happiness that he forgot to say the Yes my prince that he thought in his head out loud. A few moments later he was washing Gakuto who seemed suddenly impatient whenever the tensai lingered. When Yuushi washed his feet slowly, first one and then the other running his soapy hands between Gakuto's delicate toes the little redhead sighed annoyed. Yuushi was confused. He knew Gakuto liked this last time and enjoyed his toes being licked and suckled. He looked up at him and tried to figure out what he was doing wrong.

Gakuto looked at him and said, "I don't wanna wait much longer. I wanna go to bed."

The tensai was extremely disappointed, but if that was what he wanted... Unless, he really was feeling ill, "Are you tired?"

Gakuto rolled his eyes. "No! With you Yuushi. I wanna go to bed with you!" Gakuto sighed, "I don't wanna wait. The bath is nice and all but let's go to bed soon."

Yuushi moved his mouth to answer as he thought about what he would be actually able to do. A moment ago he was trying to talk himself into having an orgasm, full sex was another matter entirely. "Gakuto, I would like nothing more than to make love with you, and I know after what happened earlier it might seem like I am capable of it, but I just don't think th..."

Gakuto slid down to him on the floor with a laugh and a soapy slide which once again covered the tensai in berry-scented bubbles. "Good." He said still laughing, "Don't think Yuushi. I don't mind waiting until you're ready and all. It's kinda nice in a way, but there is other stuff we can do, right? Good stuff?" Gakuto kissed him another hot kiss that felt as if he was trying to say something, but the tensai didn't know what it could possibly be. The little redhead broke the kiss and didn't wait for an answer. He stood up and pulled Yuushi to standing as well. "Good, so rinse us, we'll soak for a while, and then we can go to bed."

The tensai did as ordered, but held his questions until they were in settled the bath together. He waited patiently until Gakuto lay back against him and relaxed for at least two minutes before asking, "You truly don't mind waiting?"

Gakuto sounded half awake, "Hmm...?" Very warm water made Gakuto sleepy, but he woke up rapidly when he got out of the bath. He got chilled easily though.

The little redhead said, "Oh. No. It's cool. I mean, I wanna. I really wanna, you know, but not if you're not ready yet. I'm not gonna make you or anything." He shrugged and turned back to look at the tensai, "I know before was not the same as its gonna be when its us. You know, when it's with us for real." Gakuto shrugged and smiled a little, "Parts were good. Like a preview Yuushi."

Yuushi again thought of how remarkable he was and decided to go ahead and ask him. He wasn't sure how the fiery redhead would respond but felt that it was the right time to take a chance while he was relaxed and anticipating pleasure soon to come. "Gakuto? I have something I want to ask you, something rather important to me."

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