‘I’ve contacted everyone while you were sleeping, Major. Lieutenant General Bismarck has decided to stay at the European branch until the investigation is over, so you don’t need to worry about the Carlos Norris issue. I’ve also sent messages to Lieutenant Cali and Second Lieutenant Denver.’
‘What? When?’
‘On the first day we holed up in the hotel. I told them not to bother us with unnecessary matters since both you and I needed rest. We were planning to have a relaxed vacation after the award ceremony anyway, right? Everyone seemed to understand.’
‘I had no idea…’
‘So forget about outside matters while we’re here. If something truly urgent comes up, they’ll surely contact us.’
‘Is that so?’
‘Yes, as they say, no news is good news. It’s actually better that we haven’t heard from anyone so far. It means things are running smoothly even without us.’
Iberis, who had been recalling the conversation from yesterday afternoon, snapped out of his reverie when a grumpy voice seeped into his ears.
“What are you thinking about so deeply?”
“…Huh?”
“You even have the leisure to daydream… I guess we can do more.”
“Ah, no, no. I’m tired, hii!”
Lucas, who seemed slightly upset, muttered ominously as he grabbed Iberis’s slender waist and pulled him closer.
“Hwhip!”
Unable to resist even once, Iberis let out a high-pitched moan as Lucas pulled him in.
“Tired, hng, I’m tired…”
“Your words and your body are saying different things, you know?”
Lucas leaned forward, embracing Iberis from behind and showering his nape with kisses.
He smiled contentedly at the feeling of Iberis’s sweat-dampened back sticking closely to his chest and the warm body temperature transmitted through their touching bodies. He was very pleased that the body that had always been cold had changed to a temperature similar to his own.
*inhale*
Lucas took a deep breath and rubbed his nose against the nape covered in bite marks and bruises. Perhaps because they had been rolling around for three days, Iberis’s scent that permeated his lungs was mixed with his own smell.
Lucas admired with satisfied eyes the skin that had turned red and purple from being bitten and sucked by him. If he felt more satisfaction than sorry seeing the traces he’d left all over, would that make him crazy? He felt an unquenchable thirst as he opened his mouth.
“Ugh, it hurts…”
Iberis squirmed and groaned as he felt a sharp pain and electrifying pleasure simultaneously. In response, a moist tongue apologetically licked the wound it had created. His lean shoulders trembled each time the sticky saliva stimulated the new wound and soft lips tickled his throbbing skin. He couldn’t understand why it felt so good despite being sore and stinging.
Strangely, this pleasure from Lucas was harder to endure than the pain from fighting monsters or the mana overload after using his abilities. Not because it was unpleasant or painful, but because it felt so good that he feared he might go mad.
“…You’re beautiful, Major. What should I do when you’re this sexy?”
Lucas whispered in a heated voice. Suddenly, he thought it was fortunate that Iberis hadn’t received guiding above level 1 before meeting him. If others had seen him like this…
Lucas furrowed his brow, displeased by the mere thought. Feeling his blood rush, he gripped Iberis’s waist tighter.
“Ungh…”
“Ah.”
Only when Iberis let out a pained groan did Lucas realize he had gripped too tightly. He quickly released his hold. Seeing the clear handprints left behind, he gently caressed the area apologetically.
“Why do you keep hurting me…”
“I’m sorry.”
This time, as it was clearly his mistake, Lucas readily admitted his fault. He then moved his hand from the waist to the chest.
“As an apology, I’ll make you feel good.”
“What? Wait, nngh!”
Iberis, who had buried his face in the pillow, jerked his head up at the touch on his chest. A sweet pain arose as Lucas stimulated the nipples, swollen from three days of biting and sucking.
“Hah!”
When Lucas moved lower, not satisfied with just the overly sensitive chest, Iberis let out a cry close to a scream. The intense sensation made it hard to breathe.
“Breathe.”
Lucas, who had been fondling Iberis’s chest, moved his hand up to grip his chin and inserted his index finger into the small mouth. He curled it to scratch the roof of Iberis’s mouth, causing him to moan deep in his throat. As if in place of a kiss, Lucas pressed down on Iberis’s tongue and probed the inner cheeks.
“Mmm, mm…”
Iberis squeezed his eyes shut as the intruder stirred inside his mouth. Lucas’s finger felt just like the thing occupying his lower body.
“Does it feel good?”
“N-no, I don’t like it, hic.”
“Liar.”
*kiss* Lucas kissed the tip of Iberis’s ear visible through his sweat-soaked hair, denying his words. He gently nibbled on the soft earlobe as he started moving again.
“S-stop, hic…”
Overwhelmed by the sensation, Iberis wrapped his hands around his own stomach in confusion. A groan of “Ungh” was heard from behind. Immediately after, Lucas’s actions became more intense.
“Ah, why, aah!”
“How can you ask ‘why’ after stimulating me like that?”
“When did I… hnngh!”
Iberis sobbed, feeling wronged by Lucas’s words that shifted the blame to him. He was scared of his body getting hotter without end.
“Haah…”
Lucas exhaled hotly and gritted his teeth. Even though he knew he shouldn’t push the exhausted Iberis any further, his reason kept slipping away.
“Hah, ah, again…”
As he neared his climax, Iberis whimpered. Clear tears flowed from his flushed eyes, wetting his cheeks that bloomed with heat. Finally, he reached his peak in Lucas’s arms.
“Luke, my stomach, my insides feel strange, hic.”
“…Hmm.”
Lucas, who had climaxed almost simultaneously, hummed languidly. He carefully withdrew his hips while holding Iberis, who was still intermittently shaking from the afterglow.
“Haa, hnn…”
Iberis caught his ragged breath while leaning his back against Lucas.
“I… I want to lie down. Huu, I’m tired…”
“Rather than lying down… um, it would be better to wash up in the bathroom before sleeping.”
Lucas carefully lifted the limp Iberis. Seeing his flushed face that hadn’t yet calmed down stirred up desire again, but he still had a conscience.
“Ugh, I don’t want to…”
“You can sleep if you’re drowsy. I’ll wash you.”
Lucas hurriedly headed to the bathroom, letting Iberis rest his head on his shoulder as he whined about not having the energy to shower. Unlike before, he felt a unique satisfaction in being able to bathe together with Iberis.
* * *
Splash.
Fragrant, warm water rippled in the bathtub. Long eyelashes fluttered at the tingling sensation that arose whenever the not-yet-fully-calmed skin touched the hot water.
“…?”
Iberis, who had fallen asleep without realizing, lifted his heavy eyelids. He blinked, staring blankly at the bathroom scene filled with misty steam.
“Are you awake?”
Splash. Lucas, who had keenly noticed that Iberis was awake, pulled him into his arms.
“…Did I fall asleep?”
Realizing he had been sleeping in Lucas’s arms, Iberis looked up at him, raising his chin. A tightly locked voice flowed from his swollen lips.
“Hmm, about 30 minutes? You fell asleep while I was filling the bathtub.”
“Ah… *cough*”
“Would you like some water?”
“Yes.”
Lucas opened the water bottle he had brought into the bathroom when Iberis coughed dryly. He then brought it to Iberis’s lips himself.
“Huu…”
Iberis exhaled languidly and leaned against Lucas after drinking the water. The lukewarm water moistened his dry mouth and throat, clearing his foggy mind.
“The water feels a bit sticky… Did you put in bath salts?”
Now awake, Iberis stirred the unusually viscous water with his hand.
“Ah, I added a potion.”
“A potion? Why?”
“If you soak in it like this, it can reduce bruises and swelling. You were in pain earlier, weren’t you?”
Lucas explained calmly. Potions were usually used to treat severe wounds like cuts or fractures. They worked by stimulating cell activity, healing wounds that would normally take weeks or months in just minutes. Using them for minor injuries like bruises was prohibited.
This was because overusing potions on ability users, who already had superior healing capabilities compared to ordinary people, could cause problems like disrupting the body’s balance. However, drinking diluted potions had no particular effect.
So, the method devised was to use potions like bath salts. Of course, this was only possible when there were many injuries, such as bruises all over the body. And Iberis’s current physical state met all those strict conditions.
“It doesn’t sting, does it?”
Lucas asked with a hint of guilt. Iberis’s body, which had been bitten and sucked by him for three days, was a mess to anyone’s eyes. His skin, covered in bite marks and bruises to the point where one couldn’t recall his original appearance, looked painful at a glance.
Although his body had weakened compared to other ability users, Iberis was still an S-class esper. His current state indicated that he had been abused beyond even an ability user’s characteristic healing power.
“I’m sorry, I should have shown more restraint…”
Lucas apologized with an embarrassed expression after clearing his throat a few times. No matter how long he had been waiting, he had been nothing short of a beast in heat these past few days.
“It’s okay. I was quite excited too.”
Iberis patted the back of Lucas’s hand as he apologized with a gloomy face. Although his entire body was stiff and certain places were sore to mention, he wasn’t angry.
He couldn’t blame only Lucas, as he had lost his senses just the same. While Lucas had mostly initiated, there were quite a few times when Iberis had pounced first.
Sleeping, eating, and bathing.
For three days, that was really all they had done. The two of them had been busy clinging to each other at the mere meeting of eyes.
Naturally, they hadn’t been picky about locations either. When Lucas felt the bedroom had become too dirty, he would carry Iberis to another room. Befitting a suite, there were plenty of places to intertwine their bodies.
And not just the bed – they had already rolled around in the bathroom, on the living room sofa, and on the dining table. They might soon do it on the balcony and in the private pool as well.
Iberis wondered if they might not leave the hotel until the end of their remaining vacation at this rate. Lost in thought, he perked up his ears at a presence he sensed outside the bathroom.
“Is… someone outside?”
“Hm? Ah, yes. I thought we should clean up once, so I called for staff. I asked them to tidy up while we’re bathing.”
“You called someone?”
Iberis’s eyes widened at Lucas’s answer. He felt his face flush, wondering what the cleaning staff would say when they saw the state of the room.
“Ugh, the room is such a mess… They’ll be shocked.”
“Well, that’s their job. Don’t worry about it.”
Lucas, who was looking at the embarrassed Iberis as if he was cute, caressed the fading bite marks and kiss marks on his nape. He felt regretful that the traces he left were disappearing.
Well, he could always make new ones anyway.
Lucas lowered his hand, thinking thoughts that would shock Iberis if he knew. Then he kneaded his luscious buttocks.
“Huh!”
Iberis, who was yawning with a tired face, let out a soft moan when Lucas’s fingers touched the area that was still swollen.
“What are you doing…?”
“Now we need to clean up.”
Lucas replied as if asking about something obvious while moving his hand.
“Ah, uh, wait… There are people outside.”
For a moment, Iberis’s vision blurred as his lower body jerked so much that water almost spilled out of the bathtub. Then, as if unable to ignore the presence of staff cleaning the room, he bit his lip.
“If we don’t clean up now, you’ll have a stomachache later.”
The basics of guiding involve mucosal contact. This meant that Espers and guides don’t use contraceptives. Because of this, various accidents occurred frequently in the early days of the Rift Era.
Of course, now birth control pills that don’t strain the body have been invented, so there’s no problem performing high-level guiding without contraceptives.
But for same-sex couples, aftercare was still essential. Although medicine to prevent stomachaches had been developed, it was better to clean thoroughly to prevent any possible issues. Above all, to heal the body that had been overworked for three days, the potion-mixed water needed to seep inside.
“I’ll be gentle.”
Lucas turned Iberis’s body and sat him on his thighs, then moved his hand again.
“Ugh. Luke, this is weird. I don’t like this.”
Iberis groaned as if uncomfortable with the unfamiliar sensation. He curled his toes tightly as a ticklish heat bloomed in his stomach. He was troubled by a different kind of pleasure rising, unlike when he was embraced by Lucas. Perhaps because of this, he felt he would never get used to the aftercare.
“Hmm, are you feeling it now?”
Lucas, noticing Iberis’s excitement, asked mischievously. A small bout of playfulness arose at the cute reaction.
“N-no, ugh.”
“Our Major, you’ve become quite the liar in just a few days. Why do you keep denying when you’ll be found out anyway?”
Lucas, who had now gripped Iberis’s hardened center with his other hand, teased him lightly.
“It’s because of you. You keep… Ah!”
“Yes, yes, I’m the bad guy. So I’ll take responsibility.”
“What, hah, no, ah, don’t, if people hear, hngh…”
“Then I’ll make sure you don’t make a sound.”
“Mmph, mm.”
Lucas raised his head and devoured Iberis’s lips. He continued kissing while tormenting Iberis with both hands.
“Haah!”
Stimulated simultaneously above and below, Iberis exhaled sharply and quickly reached his climax.
