Chapter Fifteen
Ahearn
Bari was pinned naked beneath me, writhing and panting as I thrust into his slender body. He strained up against me, his tight tunnel trying to hold me in as I pulled out to thrust. “Alpha!” he moaned, his eyes rolling back in his head as his release pulsed between our bodies. Thanking whatever God had enticed him over the edge so quickly, I thrust in deep as my cock began to pulse in time to the shuddering of Bari’s body.
When I woke, I was horrified to find that I was grinding my erection against Bari’s arse and breathing as though I’d just run a marathon. Relieved to find that he was still asleep, I quickly slid from the bed and pulled on my trousers, rushing across the hall to the thankfully empty lavatory to finish what I’d apparently started in my sleep. Once I’d cleaned up, I stood for a long moment and stared at the still sleeping Omega, completely befuddled by what I’d woken to.
Shaking it off, I set off in search of my case from the storage by the carriage entry. Maybe a change of clothing and a cup of coffee would help to clear my addled mind. When Bari murmured in his sleep, I whispered a silent apology before sneaking out and allowing him to sleep. Surely he would forgive me if he woke to clean clothes from his travel case and a warm breakfast.
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Our first full day on the train it seemed that Bari and I managed to come to a strained truce. After a mid-morning brunch of coffee, packaged muffins, and cups of fruit cocktail, we took a walk up to the lounge car with its glass-topped ceiling and gazed up at the sky until I noticed Bari beginning to yawn.
Glancing at the heirloom watch I wore, I was surprised to see that it was almost noon.
“It’s nearly time for you to take a rest break,” I announced, ignoring the surprised looks on the faces of the people around us. “Would you like to eat first?”
Bari’s cheeks took on a flush as he noticed the people watching us, but he shook his head. “No, thank you. Maybe after?”
“Excellent,” I agreed, pleased with how quickly we seemed to be back on track. Standing, I offered my hand to assist Bari back to his feet.
Back in our tiny room, I found myself scowling when I saw that the lower bunk had been restored to two upright chairs during our absence.
“It’s okay, Ahearn,” Bari said quickly, his teeth sinking into his bottom lip. “The top bed is fine.”
I studied it for a moment and then shook my head. “No.” I pressed the button to call our attendant. “There isn’t enough space for both of us and you need your physical contact.” I softened my voice when I saw him tense. “I’m not angry with you, Bari.”
Murmuring softly, Bari excused himself to the restroom as I waited for the attendant. When he returned, the bed was made up and I’d been given a lesson in how to manage the transition myself.
Bari stood nervously in front of me, eyes downcast and his lip once again caught in his teeth as I closed the privacy curtain.
“Do you mind taking off some of your clothes?” I decided to make it an option after my significant misstep the night before.
Bari nodded his head jerkily. His fingers shook slightly as he pulled the shirt over his head and reached for the elastic waistband of his slacks. I turned around to allow him some privacy as I began to unbutton my own shirt. Once I was down to my drawers, I turned back to the bed and found that Bari had already burrowed in, the covers pulled clear up to his eyebrows.
“Comfortable?” I asked dryly, holding in a laugh when the lump of blanket nodded. “Excellent.”
I crawled in behind the pregnant Omega and had to hold in a sigh when my skin came in contact with his. Remembering the notes on his file, I eased one hand around to rest gently on his rotund belly. “Is this okay?”
Bari’s response was nearly a whimper. “Yes.”
For the better part of an hour, Bari remained stiff in my embrace, not only was he clearly not sleeping, there was nothing even remotely relaxed about his posture. Determined to wait him out, I began to rub Bari’s stomach with slow strokes that had him melting back into me in only minutes. One long, deep sigh escaped him and then the Omega’s deep breaths turned into tiny snores.
I counted that a win.
At least until my cock began to respond to the warm body in my arms.
My determination to ignore my body’s inconvenient response to Bari’s closeness -not that I was attributing it to him, personally, mind you. Surely, I would have responded in the same manner to such intimate contact withanyOmega- faltered slightly when Bari moaned in his sleep, his generous bottom shifting against me until my hard length was nestled against his crease with only the thin knit fabric of our underdrawers separating us. And when that fabric became damp, I couldn’t be entirely sure which of us, if not both, were to blame.
Telling myself that shifting my position would only disturb Bari and thus interfere with his treatment, I remained still even as his lush cheeks ground back against me in tiny thrusts that drew more moans from his lips.
It wasn’t until I felt an answering wetness against my palm that I realized I’d moved from rubbing circles on his firm belly to stroking an entirely different hardness and his dick was weeping precum against the knit between my hand and his erection. When his breath began to come in light pants, I cupped his flesh and squeezed lightly, satisfaction rushing through me when he began to pulse in my hand and his cum soaked his shorts.
The delicious scent of a satisfied Omega filled the air and I shifted myself back, easing out from under the covers. Taking refuge in the lavatory across from our room for the second time that day, I took myself in hand, replaying the erotic encounter. Far from disrupting my thoughts, the shame of what I’d just engaged in seemed to only heighten my pleasure as I bit back a shout and cupped my hand to catch my release.
Washing my hands, I realized I’d been so caught up in the moment that I hadn’t even bothered to pull a pair of pants on over my underdrawers which had a very clear wet patch on the front. Sighing, I hoped for the best as I opened the door for the walk of shame back to my roomette, holding back a groan when I found myself facing the same guard who had been my nemesis the day before.
Ignoring his smirk, I walked back to the room and closed both the door and privacy curtain before crawling back into the berth behind Bari, silently berating myself as he cuddled back against me in his sleep. What the hell had I been thinking? And more importantly, how was I going to keep it from happening again?
