Chapter 19: The Journey

The sun ray from the outside penetrated the window pane. It fell right on Yuki and Ryohei who were still sleeping soundly. As the heat warmed their faces up, Yuki flinched a little. He blinked, clearing up his sight, before getting up when he just noticed Ryohei was cuddling him in the blanket. He removed their shared blanket and shrieked a little after touching his body.

That high pitched voice woke Ryohei up.

"What? What happened?" Ryohei was all drowsy and messy. His bed hair was a no joke.

Yuki snatched the whole blanket and wrapped his own body. He was utterly embarrassed and did not want to even face towards Ryohei's direction. The humiliation peaked as he could not see how Ryohei's reaction would be if the latter has seen his naked body.

"Yuki? Why-"

"Please! Don't look at me!"

The curiosity in Ryohei grew as Yuki said so. He untangled the blanket around Yuki and tried figuring out what Yuki was attempting on masking. Later, he smirked to himself.

"Yuki-kun, we're getting married soon. Why are you hiding your body from me?"

Hickeys and love marks were everywhere on Yuki's body. Yuki definitely could not distinguish the marks, however Ryohei was seeable and he smirked in satisfaction. Last night was intense but pretty good, especially for his mind.

'So that was how having sex was.'

Ryohei, too, was naked, but he did not tell Yuki. Yuki was completely bare, even the underwear was thrown somewhere far from the bed. That morning displayed how slender but pretty Yuki's body was compared to last night - Of course, they were doing it in the dark though. He really resembled a woman but with a man's characteristics. Yuki was more suitable to be a woman.

The best part was...

"Does this hurt?" Ryohei caressed over the teeth mark on Yuki's nape.

Yuki shook his head and grabbed Ryohei's hand on his nape. "It doesn't hurt at all. I am so relieved, Ryohei."

Ryohei buried his face in Yuki's crook of neck, sniffing in Yuki's signature flowery smell. The longer he did that, the stronger the smell appeared. At this rate, he did not mind possessing Yuki's smell. It meant Yuki was his.

The teeth mark on Yuki's nape was obviously visible. He did not know why he bit there. Probably during their activity, he sniffed all over Yuki's body, then he found out the nape emitted the strongest. His sexual lust peaked, luring him to get closer there.

"I don't feel any difference, but I feel much more secured," Yuki rubbed the bite mark. "I think I need to veil this."

"It's up to you," Ryohei smooched on Yuki's jawline. "We're going to spend our time together anyways. Only the two of us."

Yuki chuckled at Ryohei's childishness. How surprising to acknowledge Ryohei was not only an honest man on the outside, but also a very pampered man on bed. His naiveness on bed brought Yuki to teach him some basic, and he could learn it fast.

"What happened last night means we have mated, right?" Ryohei asked for the nth time.

The method was still unidentified, and Ryohei still avoided Yamato. But the chemistry between he and Yuki contributed a lot in their activity. Even from Yuki's point of view, Yuki did not hate it. He let Ryohei overpowered his body and mind last night, forgetting every trauma he had each time a lustful man touched him.

"We're getting married after all, Ryohei."

It was getting near to 9 am. Ryohei was taking his bath while Yuki cooked their breakfast. They were going to the mountain for a holiday trip. Ryohei has bought train tickets for two and booked a rest house. He refused to get disturbed by the slightest trouble by other people, so he chose to just secluded themselves.

Finally, after staying inside the house for months without going out, Yuki breathed in the polluted city air. He felt a little choked before Ryohei handed him a cap.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have locked you at home," Ryohei helped Yuki wearing a face mask in order to cover half of Yuki's face. "I saw your discomfort. I'm so sorry."

"Ryohei," Yuki disliked when Ryohei kept on apologizing for a deed he did not do. It was Yuki's choice to either obey to Ryohei's wanting, or just brush it off. It was his choice to isolate himself in the house, "You don't have to say sorry, okay? Today is our day, remember?" He groped the air. Ryohei comprehended his hand gestures, thus he dragged the hand to his face. Yuki would usually do that if he wanted to touch Ryohei. "You are working hard while I just rest my butt off inside. Compared to your workload, my work is far lighter than you, unless if my laptop broke down."

"You are already like a wife, I must say," Ryohei neatened Yuki's trench coat and muffler. "It's quite cold out here. Tell me if you feel stuffy, all right?"

With Ryohei as the navigator, the couple walked side by side. They chatted and laughed as if it was common to do so in the broad daylight among the by-passers. They made their way to the subway station first to head to the train section there.

Around 1 hour after they left the house, the awaited train has finally arrived. Ryohei led them to their couch and put their bags on the rack above their heads. Ryohei let Yuki to sit by the window so that the blind could feel the wind rushing to his face when the train started moving.

"Tell me if you're feeling nauseous, okay?" Ryohei covertly pecked Yuki's cheek

Yuki blushed a little. Ryohei was spoiling him so much. He buried himself in the seat and removed the hat, the mask, the muffler, and the trench coat, and handed them to Ryohei. Ryohei kept all those in his backpack.

"Ryohei."

The train has begun moving. They have already made themselves comfortable in their seat. Ryohei held hands with Yuki, and Yuki took this opportunity to rest his head on Ryohei's shoulder. The time felt slowed down, and they could barely view the signs of presence of other passengers. It was as if they were the ones available there.

"Thank you for everything," Yuki mumbled yet audible to Ryohei.

Ryohei shifted a little to confront the smiling Yuki. That short yet sweet smile was one of Yuki's specialty. Ryohei loved seeing that - as if the load inside his head melted away in no time.

"I don't do anything, Yuki-kun," Ryohei, too, rested his head against Yuki's.

Yuki groaned in disagreement. "You booked a train ticket and a rest house, and you are saying these are nothing to you?" he faked a sulk.

Ryohei pinched Yuki's cheeks and giggled at Yuki's blushing. "This is my very first trip with my fiance. You're my first lover after all. I must do well."

Little did they know, there was someone watching them a few seats behind. Both Yuki and Ryohei were back facing him, which eased the spying. The person was watching them keenly as if they were a couple of serial murderers. As for Ryohei and Yuki, they promised each other to enjoy the trip as much as they could.