Paint Me a Picture

Whoo I am back! Well, most of me that is. I was able to get my computer up and running, but I’m still missing quite a few files /sigh, but I’m hoping to see if I can get them back soon. I want to thank everyone that read, rated, and reviewed! My God you should have seen my face when I checked up on my little story, I wasn’t expecting that at all. Thank you so much I feel the love T-T Now, before we continue on with the story I have reviews to answer!

Ym: Hehe well, I hope you stick around to find out. I have more surprises in store for you. XD

Fan: Yay thank you! I hope I can have the story meet up with your expectations and I’m going to try and make the creature a wonderful, though out character. Thankies!

Anna Belle: Thank you and I hope you enjoy this next installment ^-^

Kiki: *snickers* I think a dream would be very underrated for what I have planned >:D

Inugrl2004: Yay thank you! I tried to make the painting as vivid as I could ^-^’

Shadow: Hehe thank you muches and I hope this was fast enough for you XP

Rumor: O_o well if your plot bunnies beat my computer to death then I wouldn’t be able to write at all…unless they’re buying me a new one or something. And I think you have an interesting suspicion of my creature’s intensions ^-^’

Delmaqua: Yes, fear for the unsuspecting boy, but at least someone has sympathy for my little bellyacher. Yes, I know, I was a complete idiot for not saving my files onto disks. I kept meaning to, but then I kept pushing it off and look what happened. Don’t be like me! Save your work!!!

Shiden: Yay thank you, I thought it was a bit rocky, but I’m glad you liked it ^-^

JV2: Lol well, then I guess it is lucky for me that was just a note so you could review chapter 1 and now 2 ^-^ Hehe believe me some of my cliffhangers aren’t going to be so kind and thank you so much I’m glad you’re enjoying it so far. And thank you for your compliment it makes me so happy XD Well, hopefully you can settle in your seat to read this next chapter.

All right those are all the lovely reviews I got from awesome people! Now, I shall let you go and read on to the next chapter!

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“Lan! Lan! Do you want to come up to my room and play my new video game after dinner?” asked the over eager, twelve year old boy sitting next to Lan.

The young man lifted a brow as he stared at the other out of the corner of his eye. He didn’t even bother turning his head.

“Okay, guess that’ll be cool, Jo,” Lan muttered, not really excited by the idea, but at least it’d give him something to do.

Jo, or Jonathan Jolark, did only what Lan could describe as an odd sitting victory dance. In his opinion the boy had way too much energy. He often left subtle hints to Mrs. Jolark that Jo desperately needed Ritalin. Very desperately.

“You are such a little dork,” a snide voice said once Jo was done with his dance.

Lan’s green eyes flickered across the dining table at the very prim, proper, and beautiful form of Jo’s sister, Cynthia. She was around Lan’s age, a little older if he remembered correctly. The only thing that he bothered to remember about her was that he hated her with a fiery passion that even surpassed his hatred for The Monkey. She was a nasty, horrible, disgusting thing under her pretty façade topped off with a high-and-mighty attitude. Lan hated her the moment he met her when they were kids and she made it very obvious she felt the same way. Nothing had changed over the years and they both made sure it never would.

“I am not a dork!” Jo huffed, crossing his arms and slouching in his chair, his telltale sign of being offended.

“You are a dork,” Cynthia insisted, resting her small, delicate chin on the back of her hand. Lan got a good look of her slim fingers and her recently manicured fingernails. She went to a different salon, the young man distantly observed.

“You’re a dork because you hang around the king of dorks far too much,” Cynthia said haughtily as big brown eyes looked over at Lan. She gave him her most wicked of grins to go along with the comment.

In response, Lan slumped in his chair a bit to rest his elbow on the chair arm and squish his cheek with his knuckles. He made the perfect picture of not caring.

“Yeah, yeah, I’m a dork, you’re the ultimate witch with a B. I point out that I’m mightier than thou because your dad works for my dad. You sputter and get all pissy and make your eye do that really weird twitchy thing yadda yadda yaddaaaa…” Lan trailed off boredly, getting the entire argument out of the way in one swoop.

Both Cynthia and Jo blinked at him in astonishment. Neither of them really knew what to say. The reason for this being that normally Lan would have loved nothing better to do than vocally spar with the evil witch that was Cynthia Jolark. Sometimes he stayed up at night going over insults he could throw at her the next time they met, but at the moment he really didn’t feel like it.

“What is wrong with you?” Cynthia was first to ask and Jo nodded enthusiastically, also wanting to know.

Lan simply shrugged and looked off to a random spot on the far wall, successfully putting up a barrier around him to ignore the siblings. He wasn’t sure what was wrong. He had been prepping for Round One of their insult battles ever since his dad told him he’d be staying at the Jolark’s and now…nothing.

The only thing Lan could come up with was that he was just not able to concentrate at the moment. Why? All because of that stupid painting. He just couldn’t get his mind off it. Ever since Lan left the Art Museum the painting of the creature simply wouldn’t go away. And when he tried to think of other things it somehow wormed its way back in. Sure the creature had been beautiful and he found the story sad, but were those any reasons to be constantly thinking about it? He thought not.

Three heads perked up as the click of heels approached the dining table. A tall, slender woman came into the room with a big smile, showing off almost blinding white teeth.

“Hello children! I’m sorry to keep you all waiting,” the woman said as she went around the table kissing the tops of their head’s, even Lan’s.

“Hello mother!” both Cynthia and Jo chirped. Lan gave his own hello, minus the ‘mother’ part.

Joanna Jolark took her place at the head of the table after the welcoming. She sat herself with a bit of grace that all the females of the Jolark family seemed to have.

“I hear from Milly that tonight’s dinner is going to be extra delicious,” Joanna mentioned offhandedly as she arranged her napkin across her lap. Lan spied Cynthia quickly doing the same. A bit flustered to have forgotten. Once the napkin was in place Mrs. Jolark gave a bright smile to the young man.

“And it’s so good to have you here, Lan,” she said sweetly. “It feels a bit odd when you’re not here. It’s like you’re part of the family,” Joanna told him.

Lan formed a smile to give back to her. The news brought an odd mixture of feelings in him. On one end it felt good to hear that and on the other it was a bit bitter.

“Thank you, Mrs. Jolark, this place has always felt like a second home,” Lan told her politely.

Joanna clapped her hands at the response, obviously pleased. Lan grunted when Jo suddenly leaned over and latched onto his arm.

“Yeah, Lan would make the coolest big brother ever!” Jo exclaimed, his grip like a vice. Lan was sure if the boy didn’t let go soon his arm was going to fall off.

“Oh please, if you were ever my brother I’d kill myself,” Cynthia murmured, giving the young man the evil eye.

“What was that, Cynthia?” Mrs. Jolark asked curiously.

Cynthia instantly straightened her posture and gave her mother the fakest smile Lan had ever seen.

“Nothing mother. Just agreeing with my adorable little brother,” she said in a false sweet voice.

Lan and Jo both glanced at each other and had the same thought. What a phony.

But Mrs. Jolark bought it and nodded with a wide smile.

“Yes, while I hate it when Nicholas goes gallivanting off with your father on their blasted business meetings,” she said to Lan. “I’m glad you can come and share our home.”

This was true in most cases. Even though Lan had been to so many different homes in his lifetime, he’d been taken to the Jolark’s the most. Nicholas was one of Rufus’s best business partners’ so he trusted the man the most with the care of his son. Lan was actually happy to be taken there. Even though he had to live under the same roof as Cynthia it was the closest thing to a home that he knew. The Jolark’s were a close-knit, happy family and Lan was happy to be welcomed into their fold from time to time, when the chance arose. But sometimes it made him wish desperately that he and his father could be like them and when he was faced with the less than likely probabilities of that happening it caused that bitterness to swell up.

Lan’s attention was snapped back to reality when a swinging door opened and Milly came out with a few other maids following her lead and they each were carrying plates.

“Ah, wonderful, dinner is ready,” Joanna said happily.

The plates were set and the smell of delectable foods wafted into the air. But for some reason a fabulous meal was less than appealing to Lan at the moment. Gah, what the hell is wrong with me? he thought as he stared down at his plate. Had the painting knocked all interest in other things out of him?

Lan shook off that disconcerting thought and tried to envelope himself into conversation with the family as they all began to eat. He was even able to spark up a round of insults with Cynthia while Mrs. Jolark was distracted by talking to Milly. Yep, Lan was just fine. He wasn’t obsessed with the painting, not at all.

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“No! Not again!” little Jonathan yelled as his car was rammed off the cliff and burst into a fiery mass of twisted, burning metal. With him out of the way Lan easily won the race.

“Better luck next time, Jo,” the young man said smugly as he set down his playstation 3 controller and began stretching out his upper body.

Jo let out a pitiful groan as he fell back in defeat. He hadn’t been able to win one race against the older male.

“Are you sure you’ve never played this game before?” the boy asked, lifting his head up from the floor.

“Nope, not to my knowledge,” Lan replied, leaning back on his hands. The game had been entertaining for a couple hours, but after beating Jo for the twelve thousandth time…it was getting boring.

“Garr it’s not fair. How can you be so good without ever playing it before?” Jo questioned as he sat back up with a huff.

“Just lucky I guess,” the other answered with a shrug. He was about to ask if they could play something else when a knock sounded from the door.

“Come in!” Jo chirped.

The door opened and a smiling Milly came in.

“Hey, boys, having fun?” she asked. Jo gave an enthusiastic ‘yeah!’ while Lan just nodded. “Well, sorry to break this up, but Mrs. Jolark said it’s time for you to go to bed, Jo,” Milly informed him.

The boy visibly deflated. Having a curfew was always such a bother.

“Awe, Milly, do I have to?” Jo whined.

“Of course you do,” Milly told him with a light chuckle.

Jo gave an over exaggerated sigh as he stood up and turned off his game. The maid shooed him off into his bed as Lan also stood up and stretched out the rest of his body.

“Your mother will be up here shortly to wish you goodnight,” Milly told the boy as she tucked him in and kissed his forehead.

“Okay, night Milly, night Lan!” Jo said as he settled into his bed.

Once Jonathan was in for the night both Milly and Lan left his room.

“Man, I’m glad I don’t have a bed time anymore,” the young man laughed as they began walking side by side through the hallway.

“Yes, but if you think I’m going to let you sleep in all day you have another thing coming,” the woman told him with a playful jab in his stomach.

“I’ll make sure to bar my door,” he said jokingly. As Lan headed toward his destined room his arm was suddenly grabbed and he was pulled back.

“Ah! What are you doing?” he asked, the sudden jerk throwing him off balance.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Milly asked the young man, authority lacing her tone.

Lan blinked at her in confusion, wondering what had caused the sudden change.

“Uh, I was going to my room,” he told her. His eyes followed the finger that was being wagged in his face.

“No, you’re not,” Milly said as she stepped to a nearby door and pushed it open. It revealed a finely designed bathroom. Pure white tile, marble sinks, the works. “You’re going to go and brush your teeth before you go to bed. There will be no rotten teeth in this household.”

Before Lan could say anything he was shoved into the bathroom and the door slammed behind him, plunging him into darkness. It took several moments and many blinks of bewildered eyes to finally put together everything that had happened. When it finally clicked the young man huffed and crossed his arms.

“You know, you could have just asked me to go brush my teeth,” Lan called out.

“I know, but I’ve got to have some fun around here,” came Milly’s giggling reply. “Good night, Lan.”

“Night, Milly,” Lan said back and listened to the receding footsteps. With a sigh he then began feeling along the wall for the light switch. “That woman is starting to lose it. I’m sure of it,” he muttered. The young man quickly closed his eyes as he found the switch and used it to banish the dark from the room.

“All right, might as well get this over with so she doesn’t come after me.” Lan tilted his head as he saw that all of his hygiene utensils were already laid out and waiting for him. “Well, somebody has been through my bags,” he said as he picked up his toothbrush.

After quickly taking care of all the necessary brushing and relieving a whining bladder, Lan left the bathroom. He yawned and stretched as he headed toward his room.

“Oh, puh-lease, it’s still early I shouldn’t be tired,” he told himself as he rubbed at his eyes.

“Lllaaaannn…”

Lan froze in mid-step and spun around. His eyes looked over every inch of the hallway, but he saw nothing. He could have sworn he just heard something, a very soft voice saying his name.

“H-Hello? Is anyone there?” Lan stuttered, glancing all around. He then growled and shook out his body. He was being ridiculous. “Cynthia, is that you?” he asked angrily, not liking being freaked out like that. “Ha ha very funny. You didn’t scare me one bit,” he scoffed, crossing his arms. But no matter how long he waited, his blonde haired, brown eyed nemesis didn’t come out.

“C-Cynthia? Come on, this isn’t funny. Your stupid pranks aren’t going to work on me,” Lan called out again, but, once more, no one showed themselves.

An odd feeling crept up Lan’s back. If it had been Cynthia she would have come out and laughed at him by now. It wasn’t like her to remain hidden and not rub it in his face.

“Okay, Lan, just breathe,” he muttered to himself, patting his cheek. “You just thought you heard something. This is a big house. Big houses make strange noises. That’s all it is.” Lan calmed down at his own reasoning’s.

After composing himself he turned and continued on his way. But after only taking a few steps a sudden gust went by him, playing with his clothes and making his hair dance in his face. It teased his skin gently, almost playfully. Lan nearly jumped out of his skin and whirled around. The second he moved the wind stopped.

“Okay, noises I can understand, but wind?” Lan said, trying to come up with a reasonable explanation. A clawed hand of fright dug into his stomach when he could think of nothing. “Riiiiight, so, I’ll just be running now.”

And with that, Lan dashed off to the safety of his guest bedroom. There were no voices or wind as he went, but that didn’t stop him from going full speed. When he entered his safety zone he slammed the door closed. Lan was sure the slam echoed through the house, but he could care less as he leaned heavily against it. The only sound in the room for a few moments was Lan’s heavy breathing.

“That was just freakin’ freaky,” the young man finally muttered, running his hands through his hair several times to calm himself down. He then shook his head vigorously and sighed before pulling himself together.

“I was just imagining things, that’s all,” he said to himself as he stood up. “That’s it, nothing more. End of story,” Lan said firmly, much like the tone his father would use. Once he was completely calmed he walked over to his luggage to get in his night clothes.

“That is the last time I have a ‘The Ring’ and ‘The Grudge’ marathon the night before going anywhere,” he muttered.

After disrobing he dressed himself in an old white t-shirt and dark blue boxers. Light and airy, that’s how he liked to sleep. Before hopping into bed Lan tiptoed towards the door and slowly opened it. He poked his head out and looked around just to make sure there were no dead Japanese girls’ skulking around to devour him. When the coast was clear he closed the door then ran and jumped onto the bed.

“Just my imagination,” he said once again to make it concrete in his mind. After bouncing on the mattress a little, getting a feel of its cushiness, Lan crawled under the covers and hunkered down. He realized it was still a bit early for him, but he didn’t mind. The young man was sure that if he stayed awake his mind would continue to play tricks on him and freak him out even more.

Once the light was turned off and the room plunged in shadows, Lan snuggled under his soft covers. He took in a deep breath and noted that they smelled freshly washed. Always a pleasant smell to fall asleep to and after closing his eyes he did just that. Lan retreated to his dreams as he was carried off to the land of sleep.

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Consciousness softly prodded Lan’s brain, urging him to wake up. He wasn’t certain what caused the want of awareness all the sudden. Sleep had been so nice and inviting. Why was he waking up?

A moan. That was it. His ears definitely picked up a soft, throaty moan. What caused the young man to be confused was he recognized the moan to be his own. It came from his own throat. Why was he moaning?

It was then Lan felt it. Something soft and warm was running up his neck. It was so gentle it almost tickled. Lan’s breath hitched when the skin of his throat was pinched lightly with rows of something hard and sharp.

Lips and teeth. That’s what was lavishing attention on him. They worked so diligently Lan moaned again and he shifted. His head unconsciously tilted to allow those lips and teeth more access to feast on him and they took the invitation.

A sharp gasp came from him as his shirt was nudged up and a hand was splayed out on his stomach. The shock of warmth made his head swim that was already drowning in the sensations in his neck.

His back almost arched off the bed when the hand slowly crawled its way up to his chest and two fingers began teasing the area around his nipple.

Lan whimpered and began to squirm when those fingers finally zeroed in on their target and began a painfully slow massaging ministration over the hardening nub.

It was amazing that Lan was feeling and experiencing all of this, but his mind was still in a haze of groggy sleep. It made everything sharp with clarity while giving a surreal feel to these pleasurable actions.

Lan was suddenly aware that the lips left his neck, leaving the skin cold and wanting. Hot breath then caressed his ear as lips ghosted over the edge of it.

“Lan,” the lips whispered.

The young man shuddered involuntarily. The voice coming from those lips was like satin turned into sound. It caressed his entire being inside and out. A mewl escaped him as the fingers gave a gentle tug to his hardened nub of flesh.

“Lan, wake up,” the voice told him. “I want you to look at me,” it whispered before the lips left his ear.

The young man groaned, not wanting to wake up fully. Why couldn’t the sensations just continue? But he obeyed and his eyes slowly fluttered open. He blinked a few times as his vision adjusted to the dark. Lan soon realized that he wasn’t staring up at the ceiling, but into a pair of breath taking silver blue eyes. It took him even longer to notice the face that the eyes belonged to. A very familiar face.

“Um…” Once everything set in that he was looking at a person that was leaning over him his mind snapped to full awake and over into panic. “Ahhh!!!” he screeched and jolted up, affectively smacking his head into the other person’s, causing them both to yelp. But, not to be distracted by the throbbing pain in his head, Lan scooted back into the headboard and flattened himself against it as he stared at the man that was nursing his own face.

“That didn’t go as well as I had hoped,” the man murmured as he shook his head and lowered his hands.

Lan gulped as those searing eyes looked at him.

“Forgive me for frightening you, Lan,” the man apologized as he bowed his head just a bit to the young man.

“H-How do you know my name? Who are you? What’s going on?” Lan barraged the man with questions then one stuck out from the mold. “And why were you touching me!?” he demanded, his face turning a light shade of red when he remembered the intimate touches. Lan quickly pulled his shirt down around himself when he noticed it was still bunched up slightly.

The man smiled reassuringly at him and the young man fought not to be comforted by the simple gesture.

“I know you’re name because you told it to me earlier today. Do you not remember me?” the man asked, sounding a bit worried.

That was when Lan took in the full figure of the form. The silver blue eyes. The pale, milky skin. The lean yet strong looking structure of his body. Silky soft green hair cascading down to the bed and Lan really couldn’t miss the pointy ears that stuck out from the tresses.

Lan’s mouth dropped open and his eyes widened as realization sunk in. The man on his bed, sitting in front of him, was none other than…

“Y-You’re-You’re the creature from the painting…” Lan would have screamed it, but shock had a nasty grip on his lungs, making it hard to breathe and making his words soft.

The creature smiled and nodded.

“Yes, I am. I’m glad; you had me concerned for a moment that you didn’t remember,” he said and reached out a hand towards Lan.

The young man gave a start and instantly scrambled away from the approaching hand. The only problem was he didn’t gauge the size of the bed well and ended up tumbling over the side and to the ground with a thud.

“Ow…”

A low, soft chuckle reached him that seemed to enter his ears and caress his brain.

“Are you all right, Lan?”

The young man sat up and shook his head to clear it. He blinked when he saw a strand of green hair touching his shoulder. With it so close he noted that it had a slight blue hue to it. He looked up to see the creature leaning over the side of the bed, directly above him. He had that calming smile again and it made the young man shiver.

“Okay, you just stop smiling,” Lan ordered, scowling at the other. “You aren’t real, you can’t be real,” he said, shaking his finger at the creature. He then perked when he had an idea and snapped his fingers. “That’s it. This isn’t real. I must be dreaming.” With that conclusion in mind, Lan pinched the skin of his arm. Hard.

“Ow!” he yelped as the sting spread in waves throughout his arm. “Um…that wasn’t supposed to hurt,” he muttered in bewilderment. Lan jumped when a hand cupped his cheek and tilted his head up to look up at the creature.

“I assure you this isn’t a dream and that I am, in fact, real,” the man told him. A jolt danced down Lan’s spine as a thumb gently ran across his lower lip before the hand left, leaving his cheek tingling and begging for that warmth again.

“But it-it has to be,” Lan muttered, not sure if his brain could handle this. He distantly wondered if it would overload and explode.

“But it’s not,” the creature insisted. He then patted a spot on the bed beside him. “I will explain everything to you,” he told the young human.

Lan looked from the creature to the spot he was patting. He then scowled and pointed at the other end of the bed.

“You. End of the bed. Now,” he growled, not wanting to get to close to this piece of art made flesh.

“As you wish,” the creature said with a bow of his head before retreating to his ordered spot.

Lan stared at him suspiciously before crawling back up onto the bed and planting himself as far against the headboard as he could. Once they were seated on opposite sides of the bed Lan and the creature stared at each other. The young man was getting aggravated at the shocks racing in his bloodstream from those eyes boring into him.

“So, uh, exactly how is this possible?” Lan finally asked, not bearing being stared at in silence anymore.

“Well, I…hmm, it’s always such a bother trying to figure out where to begin,” the creature murmured, drumming his fingers lightly on his lips.

“Fine, I’ll make it easy for you,” Lan said. “How the hell were you in a painting a few hours ago and now are in my bedroom?” he asked more clearly. “I mean, did you actually come from the painting?”

The creature nodded deciding to answer the questions and hoped to get everything covered.

“Yes, I did. I’ve been locked in it for quite some time now. This is about the…third time I’ve been able to take a reprieve from it,” he told the human.

“Wait, wait, wait,” Lan said, making him stop. “You’ve been trapped inside the painting? Al said you were sealed into a lagoon.”

“No,” the creature said with a shake of his head. “The man that told you my story was a bit inaccurate.” Well, he did say he would be, Lan thought. “I was not sealed into the lagoon I was found in. The spell locked me into the painting of my lagoon,” he corrected.

Lan blinked at him and the realization of the creatures words sunk in.

“So, wait, you’re telling me that the story Al told me was…true? About your lover finding out about your trysts and banishing you? That was all true!?” he asked in disbelief.

“I would not be sitting here if it wasn’t,” the man said with a chuckle of amusement.

“Okay…” Lan muttered uncertainly, not knowing what to make of all this. “So, why are you sitting here? What do you want from me?” he asked, getting a bit uneasy that it would be something bad.

The creature sighed as he tossed some of his long hair over his shoulder.

“You see, my old lover made a certain trick to the spell he cast on me,” he said. “I’m pretty sure it was to torment me, but the trick is that there is a way for me to leave the painting, but it would only be at night,” he explained.

“So…what’s the trick?” Lan prodded.

“If I am able to find someone who I feel a connection with I would be able to leave the painting to be with that person,” the creature added.

Lan blinked at him in confusion.

“You’re saying you feel a connection with me?” he asked, pointing at himself. The news stirred an odd feeling in the pit of his stomach and made him flush.

The creature softly smiled, making Lan’s stomach do a flip and a flop.

“Yes, I do, more so than the others I’ve encountered before,” he said and his voice carried a bit of a purr, but then the creatures smile fell and he looked away from the boy. “But there is a rule that has to be followed in order for me to continue leaving the painting.”

“W-what’s that?” Lan inquired.

The silver rimmed eyes flickered over to him and before the young man could gasp the creature was kneeling in front of him. Lan tried to shy away when the hand returned and fingers skillfully weaved into his chocolate locks. But the touch was so gentle and soothing that Lan found himself turning into it instead of away. He felt the breath on his ear again and the warmth radiating off the creatures body that was so close to his.

“We must lie with each other and I must claim you as my lover,” was the creature’s breathy whisper.

Lan’s half lidded eyes snapped open and he found himself instantly shrinking away from the other. The only thing this accomplished was positioning him almost under the creature who now loomed over him.

“Uh, by lie you mean…have sex?” he asked and his throat tightened as the man nodded. “W-Why, exactly?”

The creature sighed and moved back, seeing his close presence wasn’t helping the boy ease into the idea.

“When I first feel a connection to someone I am able to escape the painting on my own to go to them,” he explained. “But if I do not bind myself to that person by marking them and claiming them then the connection will be lost and I will be forced to remain in the painting until I find another person I feel the connection with,” the creature told Lan. “Which isn’t easy being stuck in a painting.”

Lan gulped as he sat back up. He weighed out what he had been told, trying to get a hold on it.

“So, you’re saying that if we have sex and you ‘claim’ me you can come out of the painting every…night, right?” he asked, trying to remember what the creature had said previously. He received an affirming nod. “But if I don’t let you you’ll be stuck in the painting until the next time around?” Another affirming nod.

“That is how it works and I’ll tell you I hardly ever feel a strong enough connection to be released,” the creature said.

“You know, that doesn’t seem very fair,” Lan muttered, thinking the wizard a real asshat now.

“That is basically the point,” the creature replied.

There was an awkward silence after that. Lan felt the pressure of the decision resting on his shoulders and he wasn’t sure he liked that.

“Um I just have one question,” he said quietly.

“Ask anything you want,” the creature encouraged.

“Why me? Why do you feel a connection with me?” Lan asked, wondering how such a majestic being would give him the time of day let alone want to claim him as a…lover.

The creature gave another beautiful smile and moved closer again. Not as close as before, but enough for Lan to be in reach. He brushed the boy’s messy hair aside to look into those lovely deep green eyes.

“Because we are kindred spirits,” the creature answered softly. “From what you told me today we have both been touched by the vice of loneliness. Felt its icy grip on our weary hearts,” he said, leaving Lan’s hair to press the palm of his hand on the side of the boy’s face. He smiled when he felt Lan tremble under his touch.

“If two lonely souls came together they would no longer be lonely, would they?” the creature asked.

“N-No, I suppose not,” Lan agreed, closing his eyes as he savored the delicious heat pressed against him. He found the creatures words to be rather truthful. If Lan had him around every night then he would no longer be lonely and craving company.

“Er, but we’re not going to have to have sex every night, are we?” he asked, opening his eyes and pulling away from the hand.

“No,” the creature answered with a chuckle and a shake of his head. “Only tonight. If you accept and we fulfill the requirement then afterwards I will never touch you again, if you so wish,” he told the boy. He then leaned forward and Lan sucked in his breath as the creature brought their lips close together.

They were so close to touching Lan’s lips ached at almost having contact, but not. He remained completely still as those lips began ghosting over his face. Over flesh, eyes, nose, everywhere. Light breath rolled over his skin gently as the creature moved. Lan was almost panting as his skin prickled. He never thought that not being touched in such a way could be so…erotic.

“I will not do something you do not agree with,” the creature purred, drawing Lan back into the conversation.

“R-Right,” Lan muttered, letting out a shaky breath as the creature pulled away. “So what will we-”

Lan was cut off as a knock sounded in the room. Both the young man and the creature turned sharply. A prickle of fear and dread spread through Lan and he acted before he could think.

“Hurry! Hide!” he hissed as quietly as he could and with a swift push he shoved the creature over the side of the bed that was away from the door. The creature landed on the floor with a thud as Lan scurried back to his spot and yanked the covers over him. Just as he got settled another knock sounded.

“Who is it?” he called, trying to sound as if he just woke up.

“It’s Milly,” came the maid’s voice. She has the absolute worse timing, Lan growled mentally.

“Come in.”

The door opened and Milly poked her head in.

“I’m sorry, were you sleeping?” she asked as she came in.

“I think I drifted off,” Lan answered as he leaned over and turned on the light. He hoped to all things holy that the creature was hiding.

“That’s a surprise, I thought you would be staying up to the late morning,” Milly semi joked as she walked over to the bed.

“Normally, but I guess I was just really tired today,” he said with a smile. Though on the inside he was screaming Leave! Leave!

“Well, I just wanted to check in on you before I headed off to bed myself,” Milly told him as she ruffled his hair. “Make sure you’re comfortable and everything.”

Lan instantly laid down and gave her his most innocent, pleasant smile.

“Yep, I’m just great, everything is wonderful. Fantastic even. Now you just run off to bed. I don’t want to keep you. You must be all tuckered out from working all day,” he said then mentally slapped himself. That didn’t sound like he was trying to get rid of her at all. The look she gave him confirmed that fact.

“Lan, are you feeling all right?” Milly asked him suspiciously.

The young man gave a sheepish smile and pulled the covers up a bit higher.

“Just fine. When I’m tired I talk really loopy like,” he told her and hoped she’d buy it.

Milly raised an eyebrow and stared at him for what seemed like eternity. Finally she shook her head and chuckled.

“You are an odd one, boy,” she told him. “Well, I’ll leave you to your much desired sle-” Milly suddenly stopped as she glanced up and spied something on the other side of the bed. “Lan, what’s this?” she asked as she began walking around the bed.

Lan’s heart jumped in his throat and all he could hear was the blood rushing in his ears as Milly moved. If she discovered the creature he didn’t know what he would do.

“Er, Milly, wait!” he exclaimed, trying to stop her. He watched in horror as she bent down towards something.

“Lan, how many times have I told you not to leave your clothes lying around?” the maid asked him as she picked up the jeans he had discarded previously.

“Uh…” Lan stared at the clothing before leaning over to take a quick sweep of the floor. The creature wasn’t anywhere in sight. Quickly pulling himself together he looked up and smiled as Milly folded his pants. “Sorry, Milly, you know, bad habits are hard to break,” he said, trying to sound natural.

“Well, don’t let it happen again,” she told him as she set the clothing down on the dresser. “Now, you get back to sleep because you’re going to have a big breakfast to eat in the morning,” Milly said with a little wink.

“I’ll make sure my stomach is good and ready,” he chuckled as she walked to the door. “Night, Milly.”

“Good night.”

The second the door clicked shut Lan threw off the blankets and leaned over the edge of the bed, looking for his guest.

“Hey, pssst, where’d you go?” the young man whispered, leaning all the way over to look under the bed. Empty. Lan sat up with a perplexed look on his face. “Man, he’d rock at hide and seek,” he muttered, crossing his arms as he looked all over the room.

A faint wisp of green mist suddenly floated in front of him. Lan blinked curiously as he watched it. When it got behind him he gasped as it swirled, turning a darker green before materializing into the creature.

Lan’s mouth dropped open as he stared at the other.

“Wha…h-how?” was all he was able to stutter out.

The creature let out another sultry chuckle as green hair was flipped behind him.

“Just one of the natural abilities I’m capable of,” he answered the unasked question.

“Natural…abilities?” Lan echoed, an odd feeling trickling over the back of his neck. This was the first time he had been faced with the knowledge that the creature was not exactly human.

Of course the whole ‘coming out of the painting’ and ‘having pointy ears’ was a big clue. But the mist trick was practically a smack in the face and it caused Lan to seriously rethink this whole situation.

“Lan, are you all right?” the creature asked, noticing the freaked out look the boy was sporting.

“Uh, before we go any further into this ‘claiming’ business, I have another question,” he said, trying to ignore the fearful flutter his gut was doing.

“Of course, ask anything you want,” the creature urged, wanting Lan to be comfortable and calm with all of this.

“What exactly the hell are you?” the young man asked. With the pointy ears he had figured an elf or something, but he never saw elves disappear into mist in ‘Lord of the Rings.’

The creature smiled and even gave an amused chuckle as he curled his fingers around his chin in thought.

“That’s a rather hard question to answer,” he said.

“Why?” Lan questioned. What could be so hard about answering what someone is?

“Well, my kind has been called many things over the years of our existence,” the creature began. “Demons, imps, deity’s, spirits, most any name you can think of. But none of those are correct. You cannot place a name on us for we do not have one. We simply are what we are.”

Lan blinked at him slowly, finding the answer both confusing and odd. A species with no name? How exactly did that work?

“Well…that wasn’t exactly helpful,” he muttered, feeling a little disappointed.

“I know, but it’s just how our kind is,” the creature told him with a soft smile. “Do you have anything else to ask me?” he then inquired.

Lan thought over any important questions, since a lot of them were floating around in his head. But one question did seem very important for him.

“All right, how do I know you’re telling the truth?” he asked and the creature tilted his head rather cutely in confusion.

“Telling the truth about what?” he asked.

“About this whole bonding and claiming thing. How do I know we really are going to be…lovers and your not just going to steal my soul or devour me or something?” Lan questioned, crossing his arms as he stared hard at the creature. A rule of thumb when dealing with the supernatural: do not take any of it lightly. Or at least that’s what he gathered from watching horror movies.

The creature looked surprised by the accusation, but, truth be told, he had dealt with untrusting humans before. He sighed as he tried to think of a way to convince the boy, but no solid reasoning came to him.

“I suppose I cannot give you any sort of proof that I’m not,” the creature finally said. “All I can give is my word that all that I say is true. All I want is to claim you as my lover so I can escape the painting during the night and be able to be with you. To chase away all the loneliness you described to me this afternoon,” he said softly, reaching out to brush away Lan’s bangs. “And all I ask in return is for you to chase away mine. Your company is all I will ‘devour’ from you.”

Lan stared at him as he absorbed the creatures words. He chewed on his lip as he thought it over. He wanted desperately to believe the creature. Having a person to confide in and share time with would be extremely wonderful. It also helped the man was gorgeous and that Lan would have that gorgeousness all to himself.

So, on the one hand he could go through with this claiming and gain a, hopefully, devoted partner. Or he could go along with it, find out he was tricked, and have who knows what happen to him. The pros and the cons weighed heavily in his mind and he wasn’t sure what to go with. He looked over the creature and noticed that he was sitting very patiently, waiting for a decision. Not forcing Lan’s hand or trying to persuade him. Just sitting there, waiting. Would a malevolent demon do that?

“Gah I don’t know!” Lan finally exclaimed in frustration. “I don’t know whether to believe you or not and if I do believe you and you turn on me really bad things could happen,” Lan muttered, running his fingers through his hair and tugging at it.

“Lan, you have my word that I will do nothing that would hurt you,” the creature told him. “I know it might not seem much, but it’s all I can offer.”

Lan let out a gurgled noise as he hunkered down to think some more. Why was this so hard? Either have sex with the beautiful creature now or refuse and let him go back to the painting until he found a different person to try with. But as he thought about the latter a form of guilt began gnawing at his stomach. Could he do that? Deny the creature and send him back to his prison? If Lan could believe anything, it was that the creatures loneliness was genuine, just like his own. After thinking along those lines one side of the argument was becoming stronger and stronger.

The creature perked up when Lan finally showed signs of life. The boy sighed as he got off the bed. Curious eyes followed the lean human as he walked over to the door. Was he leaving? The creature’s ears twitched when he heard the sound of the lock being turned. This was an interesting new development.

When Lan returned to the bed he stood next to it and crossed his arms. He stared at the creature for awhile before nodding, confirming something with himself.

“All right, I’ll agree to this and let you claim me,” Lan said and the spark of excitement that ran through the other’s eyes didn’t go unnoticed. “It’s not like I’ve got much to lose if you do steal my soul anyways,” the young man added as he climbed back on the bed. Before he could blink the creature was in front of him, bringing them close.

“Lan, I’ll make sure you’ll never regret this, I promise,” the creature said in a hushed voice, the eagerness and happiness clear in his tone.

“I’m going to hold you to that,” Lan said seriously before leaning over and turning the light back off. The room was engulfed by shadows, but the moonlight pouring in through the windows was enough for both of them.

Once the young man sat back up the creature placed his hand on the youth’s shoulders. Lan gulped, thinking this was now or never as the creature leaned in. Suddenly the man was stopped as hands were put on his chest. He looked down at them then at their owner.

“Is something wrong?” he asked in confusion.

“One more question,” Lan said, giving his heart time to calm down.

“Yes?”

“What is your name? Does your kind have names for individuals?” he asked. “Because I really don’t want to sleep with someone when I don’t even know what to call them.”

The creature chuckled and took Lan’s wrists in his grasp. He lifted them up and kissed each palm, letting his lips run up to the finger tips. He smiled when he saw the flush that colored the boys cheeks.

“My name is Keis,” the creature told him.

“Keis,” Lan murmured, letting his tongue familiarize the way it felt to say. He then smiled at the creature. “It’s nice to meet you, Keis,” he greeted like they just met.

“And it’s very nice to meet you too,” Keis said softly and leaned in once more.

Wanting to show he committed to his decision, Lan met Keis halfway. When their lips touched it was like an explosion went off in the youth’s head. The creature’s lips were as soft as feathers and the way they worked against his mouth had the beginnings of a moan bubbling in Lan’s throat.

Lan realized his wrists were released before those hands found their way to his face, tilting his head back to make the kiss deeper. When the young man felt Keis’s tongue touch his lips he let loose that moan that had been building and eagerly let the creature in.

Lan would have gasped if his mouth wasn’t occupied with its new occupant. The foreign tongue touched and caressed parts of his mouth the young man thought couldn’t be reached. Soon his own slippery tongue joined in and they began to do a dance around each other, stroking and moving.

It was too soon when Lan’s oxygen ran out and he had to pull away. He panted to get air back into his lungs, but he already missed being attached to that mouth. He let out a little grunt as the hands left his face and began working on his clothed sides. Fingers rubbed in circles to tease the skin underneath.

Keis then brought their faces together, but he did not kiss the boy. Instead he just rubbed his nose against the skin of his cheek, nuzzling him. Lan had seen animals do the very same with each other and soon he found himself nuzzling back, liking the simple contact. Lan’s body then arched into the creatures as the wandering hands slipped under his thin shirt. The young man then wished there were no clothes at all so he could feel the creature’s skin against his own. Well, fuck, Lan thought. Even if he is going to steal my soul who cares? At least I’ll be going out with a bang.

Lan then took the initiative and threw his arms around Keis’s neck and pressed their mouths together again. He felt a surprised jump come from the creature, but then arms wrapped around his waist and pulled him against that strong, firm body.

It was then Lan’s tongue that began teasing the sides of the creatures mouth. When those lovely lips opened for him the young man didn’t plunge right in. Instead he continued to tease and lap at the sides of Keis’s mouth. He even took the lower lip between his teeth and began sucking on it.

A soft growl rose from Keis’s throat and he captured Lan’s lips in a fiery kiss, more needy and demanding than before. The young man moaned, but before the creature could assault his mouth with that delicious tongue again he did it first. Lan pushed passed the fast working mouth with his own wet appendage and began exploring.

A whimper rose from Lan as his tongue tasted Keis. The creature was sweeter than anything the young man could think of. He made a surprised noise when Keis began sucking on it, drawing Lan’s tongue deeper into that mouth and was soon assaulted by the tongue that dwelled there.

As the muscles began working against one another the creature pulled Lan practically onto his lap. A sharp gasp escaped the boy as he felt Keis’s arousal pressing against his thigh. It made his own member twitch and respond to it.

Lan pulled away from the sweet mouth and smirked at his new lover.

“Is this for me?” he asked huskily and rocked his hips into Keis’s. His smirk widened when the creature groaned and he took Lan’s waist into his hands and pulled the boy against him as his own hips moved forward. The smirk disappeared and Lan closed his eyes as his clothed erection was rubbed against the other’s over and over.

“All for you,” Keis whispered into his ear as he moved against the boy. Soon it wasn’t enough and he stopped his actions, getting a protest from his human lover. The creature hushed him as he laid the boy down on the bed.

The next few moments were a blur to Lan. There were kisses and touches and when time finally slowed in his lust clouded mind he realized his clothes had been relieved from both his body and the creatures. The young man lay on the bed as naked as the day as he was born and vulnerable to the equally naked man above him. Lan moaned and squirmed as Keis’s hands were everywhere. Touching, caressing, and teasing. He could feel lips every so often and he noted that Keis was making his way down the young man’s body.

A laugh came from Lan as the creature stopped to let his tongue play in the young man’s navel. Lan practically giggled and struggled against his captor as that pink tongue delved into his bellybutton over and over.

“K-Keis, stop it. Pfft haha that tickles,” Lan struggled to say before breaking into a fit of laughter. His bellybutton had always been overly sensitive.

The creature smirked as he watched Lan writhe and squeal from this playful torment. Finally Keis had enough and continued on the path he had been making. He placed a firm hand on Lan’s hip to keep it from moving as he went by his most wanting area, but didn’t touch it.

“K-Keis,” Lan moaned, wanting his cock to be touched, but his plea went ignored.

The creature continued leaving a trail of kisses down Lan’s leg until he got to the knee. He nestled himself between the teen’s legs before bending the knee and letting his tongue run behind it.

Lan jumped at the odd sensation this sparked. He didn’t know that behind the knee could be sensitive also. His leg muscles tensed as Keis continued his attention to it before starting to make a path back up the leg. Instead of going along the front the creature left a blazing trail along Lan’s inner thigh

The young man was mewling by the time Keis was back at his groan. His erection was at full mast now and precum was leaking out of it.

The creature let himself admire it a bit before lifting his hand and running his hand over the shaft, but not touching. The loudest groan yet escaped Lan and the creature smiled as he watched his hips strain to reach his hand.

“Do you want my touch, Lan?” Keis asked him, continuing his teasing.

“Y-Yes. Oh fuck yes!” Lan cursed, his eyes screwed shut as his head thrashed.

“Then look at me.”

It was easier said then done, but somehow Lan got his eyes to open and look down at Keis. To get a better view Lan propped himself up on his elbows. When he did the creature smiled and he finally wrapped his fingers around the base of the young humans cock. Lan cried out and his hips bucked, but Keis quickly restrained them with his other hand.

Lan forced himself to keep watching the creature and he shuddered in anticipation when Keis slowly ran his lips up his shaft. The softness of them made him whimper and the deep breaths the man was taking through his nose ran over his sensitive skin maddeningly.

When Keis reached the trail of precum that was starting to form from the head and travel down the shaft he smirked at his awaiting lover. Ever so slowly he touched his tongue to the glistening substance and the gasp that tore from Lan made the creature growl. He was really starting to love the noises the boy produced.

Lan’s hands fisted into the sheets and his arms were starting to shake from trying to keep him up. With difficulty he kept his eyes on the pink tongue that was running up his member, collecting the beads of his dripping precum. When Keis reached the head he lapped at the slit that was making the delicious substance and a whimper sounded from panting lips.

“Lan, you taste so sweet,” Keis purred and before the boy could give any sort of reply he enveloped the tip into his mouth.

Lan cried out in surprise and he finally gave into the urge of collapsing back. It felt like he couldn’t breath as his cock disappeared into that moist, wet cavern, and what air he could get was thick and heavy and had trouble reaching his lungs. It’s so hot Lan whimpered. Keis’s mouth was hotter than any mouth Lan had allowed to touch him there.

Keis slowly went down till he almost took Lan all in the went back up. When he reached the tip once more he swirled his tongue around it before suckling, drawing out the most delicious moan from his lover. The creature then began to bob his head, letting his fingers massage the skin at the base.

At this point Lan was writhing and thrashing his head from side to side. He wanted to yell and cry from the bliss he was experiencing, but was afraid that someone would hear him, no matter how big the house was. He finally had to bite down on one of his knuckles to quiet himself as Keis devoured him fully and gulped. Lan’s free hand found its way to the creatures scalp and he buried his fingers into soft, silky hair, urging the creature on.

Lan’s breath became short and ragged as he felt his climax approaching. His loins were tightening and he could feel the build up of pleasure about to burst. Lan began tugging at Keis’s hair, trying to warn him.

“Keis…come-coming,” was all his lungs would allow him to say. But instead of heeding his warning and pulling away, the creature gripped his hips firmly and started sucking harder.

Before Lan could decipher this as a go ahead, he was thrown over the edge. His body tensed and his back arched into a perfect bow off the bed. His cry was a mixture of ecstasy and a sob as his body crashed with wave after wave of his orgasm.

When it subsided Lan came down from his peak and collapsed back down on the bed. His breathing was hard and he counted the little stars that crossed and popped over his eyes. His frazzled senses hardly registered the body climbing up his own until he felt searing hot lips touching his neck, making their way to his jaw. The body then nestled beside him. Lan finally recovered from the experience and his vision focused on Keis’s smiling face above him.

“Was that to your liking?” the creature asked as he rubbed the back of his fingers against Lan’s cheek.

“To my liking?” Lan repeated, his breathing slowing to a gentle pant. “I think I just about died,” he said, closing his eyes again and leaning into the touch.

Keis’s mouth puckered and he tilted his head as he looked confused.

“Just about died?” it was his turn to repeat. “Is that a good thing?” the creature asked.

Lan chuckled as he opened his eyes to see the bemused expression. He wrapped his arms around Keis’s neck and nuzzled his face.

“Yes, it’s a very good thing,” he murmured before pressing his lips against the others. A purr reached his ears before the man started kissing him back. As they kissed Lan tasted something in Keis’s mouth that hadn’t been there before. An odd, salty flavor. He guessed it was his own seed.

With Keis pressed up against him Lan felt the creatures neglected arousal. It was touching his side and he could feel it smearing its sticky precum onto his skin. Lan broke their kiss and disentangled a hand from Keis’s hair. He watched the creatures eyes close in bliss as he wrapped his fingers around Keis’s cock.

“Keis, I think it’s painfully obvious you haven’t been satisfied yet,” the young man said as he moved his hand up and down, smearing the member in its own juices.

Keis moaned and his hips thrust forward into the hand. He quickly took hold of Lan’s wrist and pulled it away from himself. The creature took a moment to collect his resolve before opening his eyes to look down at the young human.

“We are going to save my satisfaction for when you are ready to take it,” he said, not wanting to waste precious time or essence, even if what the boy was doing felt really good. “And we will wait when you have your second wind,” Keis then told him.

Lan nodded, knowing what he meant.

“Hmmm, but I guess I should ask first,” Keis muttered thoughtfully, making the boy furrow his eyebrows.

“Ask what?” he inquired.

The creature smiled and bent down to kiss Lan’s lips then the tip of his nose.

“Do you want to take or be taken?” Keis murmured, knowing how humans had their preferences. He had expected Lan to blush at such a blunt question, given how the boy had reacted when first confronted with what had to be done. But instead Lan simply looked away and nibbled his bottom lip as he thought it over. He then smiled up at the creature and ran his fingers through the green locks that were falling over his body.

“I want to feel you inside me,” he said huskily, leaning up and nipping at the corner of Keis’s mouth. He then began kissing a path up the jaw line then to the creature’s neck. Lan licked and bit there, tasting the beautiful, pale skin. It was amazing, his very skin tasted like exotic spices and the smell of earth and lilies invaded Lan’s nose as he buried his face into the crook of the man’s neck.

Keis moaned, not only from Lan’s words, but also his actions. Using the hand that wasn’t helping support him he began touching and feeling the boy’s body. The creature wished Lan would recover and be ready quicker, he wanted to find release in that beautiful, lithe form. The young human’s kisses and nips became more urgent as Keis’s hand found its way down to his soft member. Taking it in his hand he began to coax it back to life as Lan stiffened against him and moaned into his skin.

“Lan, have you ever laid with a man before?” Keis asked the already panting boy. He wanted to know just how careful he had to be with the human. He was surprised when the teen pulled away and grinned up at him.

“Don’t worry, I’m no virgin to a man’s cock,” he said impishly, thrusting into Keis’s still working hand. “Nngh, heh Dad would be furious if he found out that I’m not the perfect boy he’s described to his friends and colleagues.”

It was true; Lan had taken a few lovers in the past. It wasn’t many. He could count them all on one hand. He was also certain that his dad would pop a blood vessel if he found out all of them had one connection or another with Rufus’s business. Employees, partner’s of the firm, one was the son of said partner’s, another a daughter. Lan had to do something to keep himself busy when he was at a different house.

Hardly any of them were serious though. They either lasted a few weeks or months. One was even a one nightstand that he had met at a party his father held. Though afterwards he had felt horrible when he found out the man he slept with was married and had children.

There was only one Lan had felt was serious and that was the first man he had slept with. Kirk Nolten. Kirk was a young, up and coming businessman that had become a dependant and loyal partner with Rufus’s business and Lan’s first love. They secretly saw each other for over a year, even though they both new the consequences if they had been caught. The danger both being Rufus and the fact the Lan had been a minor. He was only at the tender age of fifteen at the time, but Lan didn’t care. He was madly in love with Kirk and thought they could make it work.

But one day Kirk was transferred to a different branch of the firm in a far away part of the world. Ever since then Lan hadn’t heard anything from him. Not a phone call or a letter. It was like he dropped off the face of the earth. Lan always had the sickening suspicion that his father had indeed found out about them and, to avoid a scandal, sent the love of his life away. That was a crippling blow to the young man and there was always resentment towards his father after that, even more than before.

“Ah! D-Damn, Keis,” Lan moaned, his hips now frantically thrusting into the creature’s hand. Keis had also begun nipping and suckling his ear, sending shocks down to the young man’s groin. He let out an angry cry when the creature took his hand away from Lan’s now hardened shaft.

“Hush, Lan,” Keis whispered, brushing his lips against the boy’s. The human whimpered, but made no other protests as he clung to his inhuman lover.

“Uh, Keis?” Lan said questioningly, a thought coming to him, which he was surprised his brain could have any coherent thought at all.

“Yes?” Keis as, running his fingers along Lan’s sides and placing kisses on his face

“What are we going to use for lube?” the young man asked. “Because I don’t make it a habit to carry any around and I’m not about to go ask Mrs. Jolark if she happens to have some lying around.”

The boy only got a confused look in reply.

“Lube?” Keis asked, not familiar with the word.

Lan raised an eyebrow and stared at the creature oddly.

“Lube, you know, lubrication. Something to use so you don’t tear my insides to shreds?” he said, trying to get the man to understand.

And understand he did. Keis nodded as he realized what Lan was asking. He then smiled and kissed the tip of Lan’s nose.

“Don’t worry. I have exactly what we need.”

Lan watched curiously as Keis took two of his fingers and stuck them in his mouth. The young man then frowned as the creature began sucking on them, coating the digits with his spit Lan guessed.

“Um, if you think saliva is going to be enough you have another thing coming,” Lan told him. Last time he tried that with someone the young man ended up walking with a limp for a good few days. The creature muttered something around his fingers, sounding along the lines of ‘wait.’ So, Lan waited. A moment later Keis withdrew his fingers from his mouth.

“There, this will be all the ‘lube’, as you call it, that we’ll need,” the creature said with a smile.

Lan blinked at him before looking at the digits. He noticed what looked like a thin blue film covered them. The young man’s brows furrowed as he studied it.

“What the hell is tha-mph!” Lan was cut off as Keis shoved one of the blue covered fingers into his mouth. The young man gave a muffled objection to this, but then the taste of the substance hit his taste buds. He was quite stunned that it had a sweet burst to it and its texture was deceptively thick. Lan couldn’t help himself as he began greedily licking at the digit.

“This, Lan,” Keis said, getting his attention as the boy sucked the finger clean. “Is a substance some of my kind can secrete. We can use it to attract partners with its smell and taste and to help prepare a partner if need be,” he explained as he withdrew his finger that the human tried to follow. When it was clear Keis wasn’t going to let him have anymore he fell back and chuckled.

“Well I’ll be damned,” Lan said, looking very pleased. “A lover that comes with built in lube. I think I’ve hit the jackpot.”

Keis smiled before sticking his fingers back in his mouth again. Once he got them covered he trailed his hand down Lan’s body. He was pleased when the boy spread his legs for him, inviting him. The creature kissed his lover’s jaw as Lan gave a start when a slick finger found its way to his puckered entrance.

Lan forced his body to relax, but couldn’t help but tremble as the finger circled the little hole, smearing the blue substance.

“Are you ready for me to start?” Keis asked softly.

“Yes, do it,” Lan answered, not wanting to wait anymore. He bit his lip and moaned as Keis slowly pushed his finger into Lan’s entrance. The creature worked his way past the tight ring of muscle and his lover gasped when he breached it.

Once Keis was into the knuckle he began moving it in and out, coating Lan’s passage and lubricating it. After a few minutes of this the boy growled and grabbed onto the creatures shoulders.

“Keis, for God’s sake I’m a big boy. Add another one already,” he demanded. The slow preparation was driving him crazy. He liked gentle lovers, but come on!

The creature simply chuckled and kissed him as he obeyed and when he pulled his finger out he pushed it in with a friend joining it. Keis swallowed Lan’s gasp and loved the way the human trembled against him as the two digits began to scissor and stretch him.

“Mmm, Lan, you’re so responsive,” Keis murmured against the boy’s lips. His only reply was a moan and then a sharp gasp as the creature’s fingers found that one spot that made Lan melt against his lover.

“Ah, Keis,” the young man whimpered, starting to push down on the fingers. His head was swimming again and the pleasure the creature gave him was almost too much to bear. When the third was added he wanted to yell at the top of his lungs, but Keis had the good sense to kiss him again.

“Keis-now-please,” Lan begged between kisses as the digits worked him. He wanted to feel Keis in him, badly.

The creature growled in response and nipped the boy’s lip. He then pulled out his fingers and got up, leaving Lan feeling cold without his body heat. Keis kneeled between the human’s spread legs and looked him over. Just the sight wanted to make him come on this masterpiece.

Lan laying back, panting through kiss swollen lips. His skin slick with a sheen of sweat, plastering his brown locks to his face. His cock was jutting out and leaking once more.

Keis groaned and quickly worked on lubing his cock. He had to spit his secreted liquid into the palm of his hand and smear it over his erection. The creature growled as the feel of his own hand almost pushed him over the edge. He had to get himself under control or else he was going to come the second he entered his new lover. But it had been so long since he had been able to bed someone…and be on top!

Once Keis was as covered as he could stand he gripped Lan’s hips. He lifted them up off the bed and the human got the clue to wrap his legs around the creature’s waist. With one hand helping hold Lan up, Keis used his other one to guide his member to the boy’s awaiting entrance.

“Are you ready?” Keis asked softly.

“God yes,” Lan moaned, he was quivering when he felt the head of the creatures cock resting against its target.

“All right, here we go,” Keis murmured and began pushing in. There was resistance at first, trying to keep him out. But as the creature continued to push the muscles relented and Keis watched as the tip of his member was enveloped. When it popped into Lan’s tight passage Keis stopped and let his head fall back as he moaned. He could distantly hear the human do the same. When the creature had control of himself again he opened his eyes and looked down at the boy.

“Continue?” he asked, his voice sounding strained.

Lan didn’t trust his voice so to answer the other’s question he tightened his grip with his legs, trying to draw the creature in deeper.

Getting the hint, Keis leaned over Lan, placing his free hand on the bed besides the boy’s side. Darkened blue eyes locked with green as the creature pushed in. The friction and the heat wrapped around Keis like a welcoming glove, but he focused on staring into Lan’s eyes. He felt the boy shudder and heard his breath hitch when, after what seemed like eternity, Keis was finally seated all the way to the hilt.

“Are you…all right?” Keis asked in concern, shaking breaths passing through quivering lips. It had been far too long.

“Uh-huh,” Lan said with a nod of his head, though he looked a bit uncomfortable. “Just, g-give me a sec.” It felt like the young man’s body was split in two as he was impaled and burning hot waves were traveling from his anus and licked their way up his spine. But at the same time it felt so freakin’ good!

After several minutes Lan untangled his fingers from the sheets and gripped Keis’s upper arms. He looked up at his patient lover and smiled. The young man noticed how the silver had left the creatures eyes and now they were a dark, bottomless blue. And Lan felt like he was shielded from the world as sea green hair fell around him like a curtain. Finally the human nodded and tightened his grip with his legs.

“All right, let ‘er loose cowboy,” he said with a playful grin.

Keis vaguely wondered what a cowboy was, but at that particular moment didn’t care. He began to slowly rock his hips in and out of the boy with short thrusts, letting him get used to the movement. Keis’s ears picked up the little grunts coming from Lan and he was determined to make them into full blown moans.

Once the creature was sure the human’s passage was used to his girth his movements came faster, pulling out more and pushing in harder.

There was that swimming feeling in his head again Lan noted as his senses began to go into overdrive. Everything he smelt, saw, heard, felt, was all of Keis. His whole world narrowed down to the smell of sweat, lilies, and sex. Seeing the creature’s mesmerizing eyes watch him, catching every detail as his muscles moved and rippled like water underneath his skin. Heard the hard pant’s and light moans escaping pink lips and the sound of skin meeting skin as the creature moved. Then the feel of Keis’s skin against his own, their sweat mingling into one, the feathery locks sticking to the young man’s skin and the hard cocking pushing into him desperately and pulling out quickly just to sink back in.

Lan tried to focus on moving with Keis, meeting each thrust to get him in deeper, brush against every inch of his insides. His whole body jerked and convulsed and he threw his head back with an expletive moan as the creature hit that bundle of nerves inside him and continued to rub it with each move of his hips.

A low, lusty growl was rumbling from Keis’s chest as he watched his lover writhe and move under him. He loved the way Lan’s velvety walls gripped him as he pulled out, begging him not to go. The creature was also shuddering at all the noises coming from the human. He made every range of sexual sound that Keis thought was possible. His long ears strained to pick up every moan, groan, whimper, mewl, and he was sure he even heard a few yips. But as much as Keis enjoyed this he had to let it end. He had to claim his new lover before it was too late and the light of the sun reached the sky and he was forced back into his awaiting hell.

Lan nearly arched off the bed again as hot, slick fingers wrapped around his member that was weeping his juices onto his stomach. He forced open his eyes to stare into Keis’s dark blue orbs that were gazing intensely back. But his vision of the beautiful creature was blurred as tears covered his eyes before running down his cheeks, cooling his sizzling hot skin for just a few seconds. It was too much, it was all too much.

“K-Keis!!!” Lan cried out as his orgasm swept throughout his entire being, shaking him to his very core. He didn’t care who heard him practically scream as he came all over his chest and stomach and some of his seed clung to Keis’s skin as well.

As Lan came down from his high soft, tired grunts came from him as the creature continued to drive into him frantically, searching for his own completion. The young man tried desperately to hang on with his shaking legs around Keis’s hips. He was now aware just how much the mattress was squeaking in protest along with the deep, hard thrusts and that the headboard was smacking into the wall.

Lan gasped when Keis suddenly grabbed the back of his legs and bent it almost all the way down to his chest. In this new position it only took a few more snaps of the creatures hips before he body locked up against Lan’s. The human groaned as he watched Keis throw his head back and release a guttural cry before feeling himself being filled as Keis released inside him.

The mingling of their panting breaths were all that were heard as they stayed like that for several moments. Keis was the first to move as he slowly pulled out of Lan’s tired body and released the hold of his legs.

Lan grunted as the creature practically fell on top of him, but he didn’t mind. Feeling his lover’s bodyweight on him was delicious in its own way. Once the tingling of the aftershocks left his body Lan began kissing Keis’s shoulder, enjoying the salty taste that coated his lips.

This stirred the creature, who began nuzzling Lan’s ear and tracing it with his tongue. When strength returned to him Keis lifted himself up enough to press his lips to Lan’s. They leisurely explored each other’s mouths, tongues lazily stroking against one another. A deep chuckle came from Keis as he produced more of his blue concoction and the boy clamped down around his tongue and began sucking.

Lan whined when the creature broke away from him and kissed the edge of his mouth.

“All right, Lan, it’s time,” Keis murmured against his mouth.

The young man wearily opened his eyes to look up at him.

“Time for what?”

“For me to claim you,” the creature answered as he nipped the human’s lower lip.

Lan’s brows knitted together in confusion as Keis pulled away to look down at him.

“Um, I thought that’s what this was all about,” he said, gesturing to their current state.

The creature chuckled and shook his head, affectively getting some of his hair to cling to Lan’s skin.

“No, this was a necessary step in order for me to claim you,” he corrected. “In order for my mark to take hold I have to be filled with your essence or you with mine,” he explained then smirked. “And I believe we have officially accomplished that,” Keis purred as one of his hands trailed down to Lan’s used hole and fingered the dripping come that was leaking from his body.

Lan moaned softly and his body unconsciously moved against those fingers.

“S-So, what do we do now?” he asked, thinking he wouldn’t be up for much more.

“Just leave everything to me,” Keis assured him and began kissing his way down Lan’s body. But before he could get very far the boy’s hands were in his hair, pulling him back up.

“Wait,” Lan said, his voice sounding nervous.

“What?” the creature asked as they became face to face. Keis’s gut clenched thinking that the boy was going to back out of their deal.

“Just one question.”

“You seem to have a lot of those,” Keis chuckled with a soft smile.

“I know,” Lan said sheepishly. “But I just want to be perfectly clear on all of this,” he explained. “So this whole ‘claiming me as your lover’ thing isn’t going to turn me into your sex slave or force me to do your will or anything like that, will it?” the young man asked worriedly.

Keis gently ran his fingers through the boy’s hair as he shook his head.

“No, quite the opposite actually,” the creature replied. “I’ll be bound to you and that binding will be the only thing allowing me back into the world. So, really, I’d be the one under your will since I really wouldn’t want you changing your mind and breaking the claim,” Keis told him. “And like I said before. If after tonight you never want me to touch you again, I won’t,” he added. Yeah, like that is going to happen, Lan thought. He’d be crazy if he didn’t want to repeat the greatest sex he’d ever had.

“Do you want to go through with this?” Keis asked, running his thumb over Lan’s bottom lip.

Lan took a deep breath and stared at the creature, thinking it over. Well, if I don’t like it he did say there was a way to break the claim. He then smiled and licked the pad of the creature’s thumb before nodding.

“I’m all yours, buddy,” he said in confirmation.

An ecstatic grin appeared on Keis’s face and he kissed his Lan deeply before returning to his trail of going down the boy’s body. He heard a soft asp escape from the human as he lapped a bit of the spilt seed off Lan’s skin as he went.

“Where exactly are you going?” Lan asked as the creature was now down at his waist. He almost smacked the creature when there was a teasing lick to his navel.

“I’m finding a discrete spot. I’m sure you don’t want anyone seeing the mark and asking about it,” Keis answered as he looked over his choices on the expanse of skin.

“It’s going to be an actual mark?” the young man asked curiously.

“Of course, what part of ‘marking’ confused you?” the creature asked before locating a good area. “This will do just fine,” Keis murmured, beginning to lick a spot just above the hipbone. “Be warned, this might hurt a little.”

Lan raised an eyebrow as he lifted his head to look down at the other.

“How much could it really hur-ack!!!” Lan practically screeched as pain blossomed from his hip and spread through out the rest of his body. His hands quickly latched onto Keis’s head and he tried to pull the creature off.

What had been flat, human like teeth before now felt razor sharp as they sunk into the boys flesh and kept a tight hold, unfazed by the frantic pulling.

With another pain laced cry Lan let go of Keis and fell back. His breathing came in short gasps as it felt like molten hot magma was pumping through his veins, threatening to incinerate him from the inside out.

As quickly as it all happened it stopped, leaving Lan’s head spinning and aftershocks of aches rippling through his body. When his senses came back to him the young man could feel Keis lapping at his hip, undoubtedly where there was now a deep bite mark.

Wearily, Lan forced himself up enough to look down at the other.

Keis sat up, the look on his face clearly showing regret for the pain he had caused.

“Are you all right?” he asked softly.

Lan simply continued to pant as he stared at the creature. Suddenly a scowl formed on his face and he roughly pushed at the creature’s shoulder.

“Of course I’m not all right! That fucking hurt!” he yelled. “What the hell happened to ‘might hurt a little’?” Lan snarled.

Before the boy could shove or try to hit him again Keis leaned in and kissed him. The human was caught by surprise allowing the creature to lean down and lick at the bite mark once more.

“I’m sorry, I really am, but it was necessary,” Keis apologized before sitting back up. “Do you forgive me?” he asked and his expression turned to the most sympathetic one Lan had ever seen.

Not being able to stand the look the young man sighed and rolled his eyes.

“Yes, I forgive you. Just next time warn me a little better so I can actually brace myself,” Lan muttered as he looked down at the teeth marks that were still weeping a bit of blood. His eyes widened when the blood and puncture wounds began to swirl on his skin. Like a snake they slithered to right above his pelvic line and became solid once more. But instead of blood and wounds they formed into two separate blue, green markings. They looked almost like music notes at the tops, but after going down they made a hook shape going the opposite direction of a note.

“Wha…?”

“That is my mark,” Keis explained to the stunned boy, tracing a finger over one, then the other. “Each of my kind has one unique to them, so this shows that I have claimed you and none other of my species can have you.”

Lan blinked down at the markings as he absorbed the man’s words. The dull pain was thankfully gone along with the wound.

“Huh…it’s almost like I got a tattoo,” he muttered as his finger joined Keis’s in tracing it. After inspection the boy groaned and fell back on the bed, feeling exhausted. “Man, what a freaking crazy night.” He heard a chuckle come from his claimer.

“What would you like to do now?” Keis asked, teasing Lan’s thighs with his fingertips.

“If we do anything else of the sexual nature I think I am going to die,” Lan groaned. “With me claimed you’re going to come back tomorrow night, right?” he asked, lifting his head.

“If you so wish it of me,” Keis replied. “When the sun disappears below the horizon all you have to do is call my name and I will be by your side,” he said.

Lan nodded as he let his head fall back. He then lifted his arms into the air and motioned his hands for the creature to come to him.

“Then come here,” Lan beckoned tiredly.

Keis quickly obeyed and once wrapped up into the boy’s arms he was positioned on his side with the human facing him and curling into his chest.

“Since you’re coming back tomorrow then all we’re doing the rest of the night is cuddling and sleeping. You’ve run me freakin’ ragged,” Lan murmured into the creatures shoulder.

Keis smiled and reached down to pull the covers over them before he wrapped an arm around the slim boy and held him tight. He buried his face into luscious chocolate locks as he made himself comfortable.

“I believe that will be perfectly all right,” Keis agreed and purred softly when his lover’s arm draped around his waist.

As Lan closed his eyes and began drifting off against his new lover he couldn’t help but smile. His life had certainly gotten more interesting in just a few hours and he looked forward to learning more about the divine creature that held him securely. Not to mention repeating their activities. Honestly, Lan felt agreeing to this deal was the best choice he ever made.

===========================Ch. 2 End

Gah! It turned out so long! It just wouldn’t freaking stop! *faints* But I hope you all enjoyed it! It’s been so long since I’ve written hardcore smut. All my other characters in my other stories wanna wait forever till they finally do anything! *smack Joshua for no reason* So I was like ‘screw that!’ and tried to think of a way to get sex in here sooner and I succeeded XD I hope it was all right since I’m a bit rusty in the lemon department and I tried really hard not to make everything ‘he thrust in and out in and out’ because we all know that can only stay hot and sexy for so long -_-

So, now that Lan has been claimed by Keis, what’s in store for them? Who knows, you’ll have to come back next time to find out XD