Lai’s words went straight to his groin, and A’bbni gave his ear another loving nip. “Make me slick for you.”
Lai sat up, fumbling for the jar of oil, his lips meeting A’bbni’s in a firm mesh of lips and tongue as he dumped the oil over his hand and reached between them to stroke A’bbni’s cock with his hand. A’bbni moaned against his mouth, his hips thrusting against Lai’s touch, giving Lai’s lower lip a suckle as the hand worked over him eagerly. He gave his fingers a sudden thrust, and Lai gave a soft whine, his hand working faster over A’bbni’s cock.
A’bbni groaned and pushed Lai’s shoulders down, adjusting himself between Lai’s spread legs. Lai lifted his hips eagerly, and A’bbni slid forward, Lai’s heat taking him in and stealing his breath from him. Lai gasped and murmured something in a language A’bbni did not know, which sent another thrill through him, and he gave his hips a thrust to fully seat himself, make Lai cry out softly.
Lai wrapped his legs around A’bbni’s waist, opening his eyes to look into A’bbni’s face. “All right, i’jaa?”
Lai’s unexpected use of the Hanen-vir word for ‘beloved’ sent a spark of heat down A’bbni’s back, and he growled softly in pleasure, his hands capturing Lai’s in his to hold them. “Yes. You?”
Lai nodded, squeezing his hands. “Yes. Gods, you feel so fucking good.”
A’bbni grinned and pressed his lips to Lai’s eagerly. “So do you,” he said softly, giving his hips a roll that made the half-elf moan and sent waves of pleasure through him.
This was what he wanted, to have Lai in his bed, their bodies pressed together, making him forget the rest of the world, to forget Hi’jan and En’shea, forget Hanenea’a, forget the risk to their lives. Just him and Lai together like this.
He began to move his hips, watching Lai’s handsome face as the half-elf gasped and moaned, his hands holding tightly to A’bbni’s. A’bbni leaned down to give him a hard kiss, and Lai shifted beneath him to wrap his legs around A’bbni’s waist.
As he thrust against his lover, A’bbni leaned down to stroke Lai’s hair, and Lai leaned up to bury his face in A’bbni’s shoulder, his arms going around A’bbni’s neck to hold him. His fingertips brushed over the rounded points of A’bbni’s ears, making the goblin growl eagerly and jerk against him, which in turn made Lai gasp and wrap his legs tighter. A’bbni leaned down to nip and suck at the hollow of Lai’s throat, leaving a red mark on Lai’s paler skin. Lai caught A’bbni’s lips with his own, and A’bbni paused in his thrusts to kiss him deeply, resting on top of him. “You’re amazing,” he purred against Lai’s lips.
Lai flushed and brushed a tendril of hair out of A’bbni’s eyes. “So are you,” he moaned softly, then gasped when A’bbni rolled his hips against his, his hand sliding down to stroke over Lai’s cock between them. Lai arched up, his body tensing around A’bbni, making the goblin gasp and move his hips and hand faster. Lai wrapped his arms around A’bbni’s neck, burying his face in A’bbni’s shoulder before he let out a loud gasp, spilling himself over A’bbni’s hand with a sharp thrust of his hips that sent A’bbni’s mind reeling. Lai tensing around him made him almost dizzy with pleasure, and a few thrusts later, he lost himself inside of him, collapsing on top of him as he rode out the pleasure of Lai’s tight heat. Lai’s fingers dug into his shoulders to hold him as he came down from the little jolts that thrummed through his body from every movement of Lai’s hips under him.
He gazed down into Lai’s eyes, his own half-lidded as he came back to himself. Lai leaned up and pressed their lips together in a tender kiss, and A’bbni curled against him, kissing him sweetly in return. He shifted to pull back from Lai and rolled onto his side next to him. Lai turned to him, his long, blond hair scattering everywhere as he leaned in for another kiss.
A’bbni shifted to tuck his head under Lai’s chin like an oversized cat, and Lai’s arms went around him to hold him close. “Are you all right?” Lai murmured in his ear.
“Mm-hmm. You?” A’bbni asked softly.
“Yeah,” Lai said, giving his ear tip a gentle kiss. “We should probably clean up.”
“We should,” A’bbni agreed, stifling a yawn.
“Stay here,” Lai said, giving his cheek a kiss before he got up and headed to the washroom, returning after a minute with a damp cloth. A’bbni was already half-asleep and barely moved when Lai wrapped an arm around him to hold him as he worked the cloth over him. “Lai?” he whispered sleepily.
“Hmm?”
“Love you.”
Lai’s hands suddenly stopped moving, and A’bbni blinked, forcing himself back to wakefulness. He rolled over and sat up to face the half-elf. Lai gazed back at him for a long moment, silent, his green eyes unreadable in the dim light. A’bbni flushed, realizing what he had said, even if he had still meant it in his sleepy state. “I’m sorry. That was very presumptuous of me.”
“No, it wasn’t,” Lai said softly, his eyes dropping to the bedding beneath them.
A’bbni hesitated a moment before reaching up to lightly run his fingertips down Lai’s arm. “If this plan succeeds… would you stay?”
Lai blinked, gazing down at him. “Would I stay where?”
“With me. At the palace.”
“Do you want me to stay?”
A’bbni nodded slowly. “Yes.”
Lai swallowed, shifting to sit on the bed, facing him. “I… I don’t know,” he said softly.
A’bbni felt his heart twinge in his chest, but he nodded slowly. “I… I understand if you cannot. It is not a little thing I ask.”
Lai lifted his head, a smile on his face that still didn’t quite reach his eyes. He stroked a hand down A’bbni’s cheek before leaning in and touching his forehead to A’bbni’s, reminiscent of the way Shi’chen and A’bbni would. “I only want the best for you. Please don’t ever let me come between you and Shi’chen. You are his everything. I am the intruder here.”
“You’re not an intruder,” A’bbni replied firmly, a bit surprised at the sudden shift of focus, but Lai pulled back so he could meet his eyes.
