Starting Over

After several Asch-disappointingly quick random battles, the two lovers finally made it to Baticul Port, where waited the Princess Natalia luxury liner, a red carpet running down the boarding ramp.

Asch looked around as one of Natalia's servants led him and Luke to their room. The cruise ship was filled with beautiful people. Some were playing Shuffleboard on the deck, while in the ballroom, some were dancing, others conversing. In the bar, some were drinking and playing cards. Even though Natalia was the princess, Asch was surprised that she could muster up enough money to have such a ship built. After all, she was too selfless to have saved up her Gald like that.

"Thank you," he said while bowing once the servant had shown them to their cabin. He opened the door and walked in with Luke.

Luke followed as he gazed at the beautiful ship. He couldn't believe Natalia even owned a ship like that.

Asch turned to Luke and took his hands. "So, what do you want to do while we wait for the ship to depart?" he asked.

Luke thought for a bit. "Eh, I'm not really sure," he finally answered, "To be honest, I’d just like to stay here and have you holding my hands," he said, blushing.

Asch smiled. Luke really knew how to be cute, even without trying. "Alright, then," Asch decided, "Let's check this place out. I'll hold your hand while we walk."

"Okay," Luke childishly agreed, following Asch.

The two walked along the deck, admiring the view of the ocean. Asch never realized how beautiful the vast body of water until then. It's strange how much being in love can change a person's opinion of everything.

Luke also stared at the ocean, similar thoughts running through his mind.

"Two months…" Asch brought up again, chuckling lightly to himself.

Luke smiled at Asch. "Two whole months by ourselves!" Luke wooted happily, holding back the urge to glomp Asch.

Asch unfolded the brochure that he got from the inn in St. Binah. "Our first stop, apparently, is the beach near Daath Bay," said Asch, looking at the map, "We've gotta buy some swimsuits from the clothing gift shop on the ship."

Luke nodded. "That sounds good." ~I can't wait to see Asch in a swimsuit!~ he thought naughtily.

Asch looked around in search of the gift shop. Surely, though, he and Luke would get discounts, since they were close with Natalia.

Luke followed Asch to the gift shop and selected a swimsuit from the rack. "How about this, Asch?" he asked.

Asch looked over the red swim trunks. The slits on the sides were patched by crisscrossing strips of yellow. "I can see you well in that," he said. He looked around some more, passing by a rack of Speedos.

Luke blushed. "What?" was all that he could muster, eying the Speedos.

Asch turned around, confused. "What?" he asked, not even noticing the Speedos.

Luke continued blushing. "N-nothing," he stuttered.

"Oh… Okay." Asch then returned his attention to the trunks that he was looking at previously.

Luke couldn't stop blushing. ~Asch in a Speedo…~ He started circling the Speedos rack, dropping his attention and walking right into someone.

"HEY! Watch were you are going, punk!" shouted the cheese-and-cracker-eating Malkuth noble who he’d bumped into.

Asch's attention immediately snapped to the commotion. Did… that pompous-looking man just insult his boyfriend? He dashed forth and grabbed the man by the tuxedo collar. "You take that back," he commanded at only two inches from the man's face.

Luke started to panic. "Asch, please don't make this any worse," Luke pleaded desperately. He didn't want more people to get involved.

Asch ignored Luke for the moment. "You take that 'punk' comment back, NOW!" he barked in the man's face.

"Asch!" Luke cried desperately, clinging to him. "Stop!"

The man just scoffed. "Your stupid friend was the one who bumped into me. HE should be apologizing!"

"'STUPID!?!'" Well, that infuriated Asch. "I'd apologize on his behalf…" he hissed, "…but you're crossing the line." He drew his sword and set the blade on the man's shoulder. "Now, you take that 'punk' comment back, as well as the 'stupid' one. Then, I won't have to hurt you." There was a nice crowd watching the scene in the shop.

Luke embraced Asch from behind. "No, Asch, stop! Don't do it! Let's just forget about it, okay?" Luke begged as tears began to form from his eyes and roll down his cheeks.

Asch recognized the sound of light crying. He turned his head to find his boyfriend all teary eyed, and it was his fault. He sheathed his sword. "Get out of my sight, old man!" he growled, returning Luke's embrace.

The man fled, grateful that his life had been spared. Luke clung to Asch even tighter his eyes still filled with tears.

"Luke…" Asch kissed Luke's cheek. "I'm sorry… I guess I overdid it…" he said in his defense.

Luke smiled a bit. "It's okay. You were trying to protect me," he said, returning the sweet kiss with one of his own.

"Uh… To make it up to you… you can pick my swimsuit," Asch offered, as if that had any meaning, which, unbeknownst to him, did to Luke.

Luke giggled, "Really?"

"Yeah."

Luke giggled again. "I’ve got just the thing!' he said, steering Asch toward the Speedos. He picked out a red one. "You can wear this!"

Asch blushed fully and instantly. "That… small… thing?" He then smirked with an idea. "Alright, but only if you get a matching one. It doesn't have to be the same color, but the same kind."

Luke thought for a bit. "Um sure." He picked out a blue one. "How's this?"

"Good." Asch took the two Speedos from Luke and approached the shopkeeper, receiving several frightened looks from the other customers. "I'd like to buy these two," he said.

"That'll be 500 Gald."

"500!?!"

Luke started to panic again.

"Yes," said the shopkeeper, "After all, those increase you Physical Defense by 50, and your Fonic Defense by 35."

Luke calmed down and thought for a bit. "What do you think, Asch?"

"They increase stats?" Asch cornered his lips in thought. "Alright." He reached into his pocket and pulled out his rather hefty wallet. He counted out five platinum Gald pieces and set them down on the counter.

The shop owner snatched the Gald from the counter. "Thank you, and enjoy the cruise." He put the swimsuits in a bag and handed it to Asch.

Luke took Asch's free hand. "Yay! We got our swimsuits!" he cheered, walking out of the shop and back onto the deck.

Asch kissed Luke's hand, the one that took his. "Yep. Now, we'll be ready for Daath Beach," he mentioned. A few other gift shop stops as well as four near-fights later, Asch and Luke had everything that they needed for the beach. Towels, sunglasses, tanning lotion and sunblock (depending on who wanted to tan and who didn't), coolers, and some toys for Luke, since it was his first time at a beach… leisurely.

Luke huggled his shovel and pail. He couldn’t wait to hit the beach. "When we get to Daath Beach, I’m gonna build a huge sand castle!" he said happily.

Asch laughed and messed with Luke's hair. The loud whistle sounded, and the captain went on the intercom, ordering the passengers to return to their cabins until he came on again. "Sounds like we're departing," Asch noted, "Let's head back."

"Oh!" Luke ran to the edge of the ship that was closest to the dock, "Let's wave ‘goodbye’ to the people!" he said, rather excitedly

Luke frowned. "But I wanna wave… " he said pouting.

"There's nobody on the deck though…"

Luke thought for a moment. "Can I wave to you then?" he asked cutely.

Asch laughed and shook his head. "Alright." He walked to the other end of the ship and turned to face Luke.

"Yay!" Luke cried, waving, "Hi, Asch!" He was happy to have gotten the waving issue out of his system.

Asch laughed again as he waved back. Oh how Luke knew how to be cute.

Luke stopped waving and ran to Asch, embracing him and nuzzling into his lover's neck with his entire head. "Hey, Asch… I'm hungry. Can we eat?" he asked.

"What'cha hungry for?" Asch asked, leading them back to their cabin.

Luke gave Asch a wicked grin. "You…" he said, closing the door behind them as they entered the cabin. He then kissed Asch passionately.

Asch was surprised by the sudden kiss, but naturally didn't mind it. He hugged Luke and stepped backward until he toppled back onto one of the beds, pulling Luke down with him.

Luke grinned into the kiss. He was enjoying every bit of this. He wrapped his arms around Asch's neck and fell easily onto the bed.

"So, who's gonna be the seme this time?" Asch asked.

Luke thought for a bit. "I want to be seme, but I'm so used to being uke. It'll feel weird…" Luke titled his head. "…unless, you want me to be seme again. We can do this all we want, now that we're on this ship."

"If you want to be a seme, then give it a try," Asch said, "I'd like to see how well you can do it."

Luke blushed a bit. "Really?" He thought about it again before reconsidering. "I want you to be seme again," he stated, "I'm aching for you to fuck me hard, Asch."

Asch grinned. So Luke wanted him that badly… How hot. "Alright then. Do you want me to go slow… or be rough?" he asked, sneaking his hands into the back of Luke's pants, grabbing his ass.

Luke let out a moan. "Be slow this time… " he panted.

"Right." Asch slid Luke's pants down and laid the boy on the bed. He spread his replica's legs out and commenced with sucking Luke off.

Luke let Asch do as he pleased with him. He was enjoying every aspect of this, and he hoped that Asch would hold nothing back.

Oh, Asch wasn't holding anything back. While sucking Luke off, he slipped his finger into Luke's anus and initiated a nice, long fingering.

Luke moaned. He knew he was going to reach his climax. "Asch, I'm going to come soon!"

Asch shook his head. "Man, Luke, we need to cut your sex short; you're coming sooner and sooner," he suggested, "You're getting oversexed."

Luke blushed. "Sorry, Asch… It’s just that… you turn me on so much… "

Asch simply chuckled. "How about if we give sex a break after I make you come this time? I don't want to drain you of seed."

Luke grinned. "Sure."

Asch nodded and continued to blow Luke's mind with his best oral and fingerjob. He still couldn't wait to hit the beach of Daath.

Luke gripped the sheets of the bed, trying to hold his orgasm, for Asch's sake.

"Let it go!" Asch growled with Luke's dick still in his mouth, "You're going to hurt yourself by holding it in!"

Luke finally listened. He let it all out, seeing flashes of white before his eyes as he ejaculated in his original’s mouth.

Luke's semen was the perfect thing for Asch to snack on, considering that… he actually was a little hungry before pleasing Luke. "Yum," he said as part of a naughty comment, "You always taste so good." He licked up his lover's semen and swallowed, then hopped onto the bed, beside Luke. "Let's get you out of these clothes now," he suggested, unbuttoning his partner's jacket-vest.

Luke giggled a bit, his face red. "Asch… I didn't know that you were so hungry."

Asch smirked up at Luke, loving his cute laugh. "For you, I'm always hungry." He kissed Luke's cheek. "Still, I can wait a while for you to recover from your oversex."

Luke nodded. "Yeah, I feel the same way," he purred, kissing Asch tenderly on the lips

After sharing the sweet kiss with his little one, he pulled the jacket-vest and shirt off of Luke, making him naked. He, too, stripped down to nothing. He then tucked himself into the bed, holding the covers up for Luke.

Luke shnoogled up against Asch. "I love you, Asch," he said, yawning slightly.

"I love you too, Luke," the Bloody returned, warmly embracing his little one. He wasn't the least bit tired, but Luke almost always came to exhaustion. For that, he was willing to stay in bed with him. "Take a little nap now," he said, "I'll be here when you wake up."

Luke smiled at such sweet words. "I like that… I like that a lot…" he sighed before closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep.