A Night to Think On

A/N: Like, hey again! Yeah, there going to be another update to the uncensored version, though not right away. They’re about to stop being the same story – a lot is going to change between the two versions, I think they may even end differently, so yeah. And... I guess that’s all I have to say, so yeah!
Zelos: Then get on with it!
Me: Okay! Okay!

-~-4: Four Affections-~-

“Sis, why did you let them go?” Genis asked, shifting uneasily, looking up at Raine with a hurt look, as he confronted her. The two were the only who had woken up so far at the inn, and they were talking around the table within their shared room.
“I’m sorry, Genis, I am... but...” Raine sighed. “Do you know how guilty you must be making him feel? He’s being hurt a lot by the fact that you’re mad at him.”
“I’m not mad at Lloyd!” Genis pouted sharply at Raine. “I’m mad at Zelos for taking Lloyd away from me!”
“That’s not the impression Lloyd’s getting” Raine looked to him. “Genis, I know you love him... but he thinks that you hate him now.”
“I could never hate Lloyd!” Genis answered, sighing, and sighing as he sat down beside Raine, before falling over and resting his head on Raine’s shoulder. “I just... I dunno... I just wish I had another chance... that I could turn back time and tell Lloyd how I felt, before this all happened!”
“Well...” Raine sighed. “There’s no way to do that, unfortunately, Genis.”
“I know, Raine... what am I going to do?”
“You should go talk to Lloyd” Raine offered. “Do it now. Otherwise it’s going to eat you up inside...”
“Raine, it’s not that easy! I can’t just go talk to him! He... He’s with Zelos, he’ll just push me away!” Genis protested, trying to find an excuse. Just the thought of confronting Lloyd about his affections made Genis’ legs shake, and he gulped nervously.
“Genis... just do it” Raine told him, sighing, issuing a command.
“But, Raine...”
Raine sighed, putting her hand on her forehead. Only one way to do this.
“Student Genis, answer me. According to traditional texts upon the subject of romance, what should a person do when he or she loses the chance to be with the person he/she loves?”
Genis’ instincts snapped in and he stood up. “Professor, the only correct answer, should the hurt female or male in question wish to have a relationship with that person, is to go and confront the one that he/she loves.”
“Then what are you waiting for, Genis?” Raine asked him.
“Right” Genis nodded, and before he realised what he was doing he had shut the door behind him.
He sighed, slapping himself. “Stupid! Stupid, stupid, stupid!! Raine won’t let me back in after that! She’ll make me go do it if she has to drag me there... so... I guess... I should...”
*****
“Sheena...” Colette stood behind her roommate. “Sheena, don’t tell me that you’re thinking of hurting Zelos.”
“Oh? Why shouldn’t I?” Sheena cursed, grumbling up a storm as she sat cross-legged, fuming, chin in the palms of her hands. “Tell me why I shouldn’t hurt him, Colette. Why I should even think of sparing that rude little man-stealing a...” she started, but kept herself from swearing.
“It’s okay, you can swear if you need to. If you need to call him an asshole, go ahead. You need to let out your anger.”
Sheena just stared at Colette, amazed the girl knew how to curse.
Colette sighed. “I know you’re jealous of Zelos, but... please, don’t take it out on him physically. Or Lloyd, either.”
Sheena let out a despairing sigh. “...Colette, you’re right. I... I dunno. It’s just so hard to believe that I lost Lloyd to such an idiot... I’m probably a bigger idiot than Zelos for letting it happen to me!”
“You... should speak to those two” Colette said calmly. “I know it won’t be easy for you, but...”
“Hey, Colette?” Sheena asked, cutting Colette off in mid-sentence, as Sheena stood up and walked towards the door of the room.
“Yeah, Sheena?” Colette asked.
“Please don’t take any offence, but... you’re not always as ditzy as you seem.”
Colette blinked, pondering this over and trying to decide how to take it for a moment, before she smiled. “Thanks”
Sheena laughed lightly to herself, before stepping out of the room.
Despite what Colette just said, and despite the fact that she knew it would hurt Lloyd... She had to deal with Zelos. Personally.
*****
As Lloyd awoke, he shuffled gently, cuddling up against Zelos’ body for a moment before slipping away, standing up. He stretched and let a loud yawn escape his mouth, as he looked back at Zelos, who was slowly awakening.
“Huh?” Zelos blinked, slowly sitting up as he realised that there was no longer a warm body in his arms. “...Lloydie, when did you get up?”
Lloyd was half-sitting on a desk, holding onto it with his hands, his feet dangling over the edge. He had, at some point, replaced his pants, but other than that he was still nude.
“Just now” Lloyd smiled. “How are you, hunny?”
“Hunny, now, is it?” Zelos laughed, standing up as he walked over to Lloyd, wrapping his arms around the younger male, and the two shared a passionate kiss, a smile across both their faces as they parted. “Treating me like the woman? Look at you!”
“Hey, that’s not fair” Lloyd faked pouting angrily, gently bopping Zelos over the head. “Don’t you call me a woman”
“Wouldn’t dream of it, Lloydie” Zelos grinned, leaning in to kiss the other man again.
Lloyd giggled, putting a finger to Zelos’ lips. “Ah, now, didn’t we just wake up? You won’t even give me a moment to wake up fully before I...”
Zelos shut him right up by laying a deep, strong kiss on Lloyd – one that the brunette more than accepted. With strong arms, Zelos lifted Lloyd right up off of the desk and swung him right around, the two of them landing on the bed.
Lloyd let out a small sigh, as the lovers broke apart for oxygen. Zelos’ movements didn’t stop, though. Already, one hand was examining Lloyd’s chest, the other working to get his pants off as fast as possible. As Zelos did that, a bit of uncontrollable lust took over, and he ground his already-grown erection against Lloyd’s thigh.
Lloyd let out a content sigh at the heated contact, as Zelos quickly removed the one article of clothing he had managed to get back on. Once again, it flew about in the room, landing among their other clothes.
Hands trailed across bodies, tongues danced in foreign mouths, heated bodies ground against each other, and deep moans echoed throughout.
“Mm... Zelos...” Lloyd gasped, as the older male clamped his mouth down on Lloyd’s neck, slowly drawing a pattern of kisses down it, slowly slipping down towards his shoulder, and then his chest. Lloyd laid out beneath the redhead, content to let the older take control. One hand gripped the sheets beside him, the other began to lightly grip Zelos’ scalp, and Lloyd felt the soft hair between his fingers.
Zelos, of course, was on the prowl. As he continued to ‘ride’ Lloyd’s leg, loving the friction, his hands were sliding along the other’s sides – one on the upper body, occasionally flipping across his chest – the other teasing Lloyd’s inner thighs, just barely avoiding the place where Lloyd needed the most attention.
“Uhn... Zelos... stop playing around...” Lloyd urged. Zelos lifted his head for just a minute, away from the sensitive nipple, and he smirked.
“Oh? What was that?”
“I said stop playing a...” Lloyd’s voice turned dry as fingers slid along his shaft, over the top, and then down the other side, before returning to their teasing.
“Hmm? Can’t hear you” Zelos smirked.
“I said stop pl...” Lloyd was again cut off, as the chosen repeated the movement.
“You know, you really need to finish your sentences” Zelos smirked, seeing that Lloyd’s head was pretty much thrown backwards, so he couldn’t even see the other’s location anymore.
“I said stop pl-aaaaahhhh!” Lloyd’s statement was cut off this time by something bordering on a needy scream, as Zelos’ tongue lashed out to lick and tease the head of Lloyd’s manhood. His head shot up, looking at the other, as he gently played with Lloyd.
“Th-the hell are you d-doing?” Lloyd stuttered, surprised by Zelos’ actions. Zelos didn’t answer verbally. He merely opened his mouth, pinned down Lloyd’s hips with his hands, and took his lover in.
Lloyd let out a heated gasp. His hands quickly found their way onto the other’s scalp, clinging onto it and trying to force him down, while his hips tried to push upwards, into the great heat that surrounded his organ. He moaned out Zelos’ name as he tried to thrust into Zelos’ mouth, but it was totally impossible. Yet he was still quite content – the chosen was bobbing up and down slowly, moving lower bit by bit by tantalising bit.
Lloyd felt every lick and suck that Zelos gave, moaning his appreciation. Zelos grinned around Lloyd’s cock, as he suddenly dived down and deep-throated the other boy. He mentally willed his gag reflex off, and for a moment he stopped, simply to listen to Lloyd’s screams of pleasure and to mull over the taste of the precum that was coming out. Lloyd’s shouts were becoming breathless, his thrusts becoming more rapid, and Zelos knew that it wouldn’t take much more.
“Zelos, please... stop... I don’t want you to...” Lloyd began, but it seemed as if his lover had other ideas. Zelos began to suck strongly on the contents of his mouth, and Lloyd let an uncanny scream rip out of his body. His seed sprayed out and painted Zelos’ throat, something the redhead didn’t mind at all. As he swallowed it, Lloyd fell back, panting, until finally, Zelos released him.
“Zelos, that was... ah...” Lloyd was completely at a loss for words. He didn’t really know that anything could feel that good. Sure, he had been sucked by Zelos when they had first screwed around, yes... but something about it seemed different this time.
“Hey, now, Lloydie, you know I don’t do anything for free...” Zelos smirked. Lloyd’s mind, still blank, took a few moments to clue in. Finally, he sat up, slightly lazily, and then crawled over to Zelos, who was sitting up. There was a bit of nervousness in his eyes, but that sexy grin that the other had made Lloyd know he had to do it.
Without any further reservation, Lloyd’s lower body dropped, and his mouth went down on Zelos’ heated desire.
The redhead grabbed onto Lloyd’s head, and in one swift movement forced Lloyd to take him in much deeper, spreading his legs shamelessly, and Lloyd ended up with a bigger mouthful than he expected. He paused for a moment to catch his breath, before he began to slowly move up and down Zelos’ shaft, with a bit of guidance from said person’s hands.
“This is your first time doing this, isn’t it, Lloyd?” Zelos asked, between light moans, as he looked down at the boy below him. He could see Lloyd’s mouth wrapped around his erection, halfway down, and it made him incredibly horny. It had to be one of the most erotic things he had got Lloyd to do for him so far.
Then Zelos spread his legs a bit farther, held Lloyd’s head in place, and began to thrust in and out of the other’s mouth. Lloyd choked a bit as the back of his throat was hit, and then slowly began to get used to the pressure and the taste. With Zelos pretty much doing most of the work (and taking care not to be too rough with Lloyd), the brunette began to work his tongue around Zelos’ shaft, tasting a bead of precum at the head.
Lloyd quickly discovered that he liked the taste, and decided to start sucking on the shaft, trying to draw out more, as if it were a straw. Zelos moaned, his control shaken, and he began to thrust a bit deeper and a bit faster into Lloyd, who didn’t seem to mind at all.
‘He’s got natural talent for this’ Zelos thought to himself, as he could feel his climax building. A few moments later, he drove Lloyd all the way down with his hands, thrust as deep in as he could, and exploded into the other’s mouth.
Lloyd choked for a moment, tasting a hot fluid coming out, staining the back of his mouth, and he pulled back a bit, catching some of it on his tongue. It dimly registered, a taste unlike Lloyd really knew, and then he began to swallow it down, drinking up Zelos’ release.
Finally, Lloyd pulled off of Zelos, who was looking at the other boy with a proud look. “If that’s your first time, you’re not half bad” Zelos grinned, and Lloyd blushed a bit. Zelos leaned forward, and Lloyd shut his eyes for a kiss. There wasn’t one, but there was the sensation of a tongue on his chin, cleaning off a trail of semen that had dripped down.
Finally, the two decided to get up and get dressed, though somewhat weakly. Sharing kisses as they did, they were interrupted by the sound of Lloyd’s stomach growling.
“Well, I dunno about you, but I could use something to eat. Not that you aren’t tasty, but...” Zelos smirked, and Lloyd turned a hot red.
“Umm... umm... ah, yeah, maybe, umm...” Lloyd stammered, as they finished dressing, then the two headed downstairs together. Sebastian was waiting.
“Ah, Zelos, sir bud, you have both awakened” he smiled, and Lloyd was tempted to correct him again, but another growl from his stomach shut him up. “Breakfast is served in the kitchen,” Sebastian smiled, bowing low, sweeping his hands towards one of the doors.
“Good” Zelos smiled.
“Shall I be going to clean your room now, sir?” Sebastian asked, quizzically, and Lloyd turned a furious red.
“Yeah, it needs it” Zelos smiled, as Sebastian stalked off towards that end of the mansion.
“Zelos, how can you be so calm about that!?” Lloyd gasped out, like the giant beet he had become. Zelos just turned to him, and laughed.
“Oh, don’t worry about it. Come along, now, Lloydie! Let’s get some breakfast and get out of here!”
And before Lloyd could protest any further, Zelos grabbed him by the wrist and dragged him along.
*****
Some time later, as they finished their meal, Sebastian interrupted them.
“Umm... sir bud?” Sebastian poked his head around the corner.
“Yeah?” Lloyd asked.
“There’s somebody who wishes to speak to you...”
“Okay” Lloyd stood up, looking at the butler. “Thanks... and my name is Lloyd, not sir bud.”
“Very well, sir b...”
“Oh, forget it!” Lloyd growled, as he rose to walk off. Zelos stood up as well, going to follow the other.
“Sorry, master Zelos, but...” Sebastian sighed. “The visitor wished to speak to Lloyd personally.”
“And who is it?” Zelos asked, annoyed.
“The visitor asked me not to tell you.”
“Bet you it’s Sheena...” Zelos growled.
“No it’s not” Sheena’s voice startled both Zelos and the butler, as she hoped in through the window.
“Ehehehe... Sheena... How nice to... see you!” Zelos stuttered out, surprised. The butler quickly ran away, almost scared.
Sheena looked heavily annoyed. “Stop it with the pleasantries, Zelos.”
“Pleasantries? But my darling Sheena...” Zelos began, and Sheena cut him off, angrily, holding up a card threateningly towards him.
“How can you flirt with somebody else when you already have someone, Zelos? That’s something only the lowest of the low do! What makes you think you’re deserving of Lloyd?” Sheena shouted at him.
“Ehehe...”
“I bet anything you seduced him and the only reason he’s staying with you is ‘cause you’re just having fun with him. But in the end you’re only going to be a complete pervert and end up breaking the guy’s heart when you go after your next big catch!” Sheena snapped at Zelos, stalking over to him and waving her cards threateningly in front of his face.
“Sheena, please, calm down, hunny...” Zelos started, and he bit his tongue. Damn the way I have to flirt with everyone, he thought. Sheena growled, puffing up.
“In fact,” Sheena growled, “Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t break you now before you get the chance to break Lloyd?”
“Umm... because... that’d break Lloyd’s heart and you don’t want that to happen?” Zelos blinked, offering innocently, shaking slightly. As they said, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
Sheena muttered a curse under her breath. “Hmm... damn, I hate it when you’re right...” she let out an annoyed sigh, dropping her arms to her side.
“Of course I’m right!” Zelos smiled, laughing nervously, and he froze as Sheena’s arms rose again, and she pulled into a fighting position. “Now, wait, Sheena... Let’s be rational about this...”
“Demon Seal!”
*****
Lloyd entered the main lobby, looking towards the door. He knew who was standing there.
“...Genis...” he sighed to himself. He knew he’d have to encounter Genis head-on eventually, but... now of all times? He wasn’t ready at all... And from the way little Genis was shaking slightly and unable to look Lloyd in the eyes, Genis was apparently not totally ready himself.
“Lloyd... umm...” Genis shifted, looking off to the side, unable to look directly at Lloyd. A small blush was hinted at on his cheeks. “Can I... umm... talk to you?”
“Ah, sure” Lloyd smiled softly, walking over to the little kid, and kneeling down. “What’s up?” he tried to act casual, as if he didn’t know... He wasn’t sure why. Maybe it was Zelos’ influence on him.
“Lloyd Irving, you...!” Genis didn’t quite finish as he jumped to wrap his arms around the older boy, starting to sob onto his shoulder almost instantly.
Lloyd was surprised by the reaction, and was knocked backwards, Genis now pretty much sitting in his lap as he cried.
“Genis...” Lloyd whispered.
“It’s not fair, Lloyd, it’s not fair! Why him? Why him...” Genis sobbed out, his right hand coming loose from around Lloyd’s back and beginning to weakly pound the other boy on the chest. It wasn’t doing any damage though, and quickly Genis’ hand seemed too weak to keep doing it, as it feel to his side.
“Genis... I...”
“Is there something wrong with me? Is it because I’m so young... please, Lloyd, tell me... Why?” Genis whimpered.
“I don’t know” Lloyd responded, shaking his head. “I don’t know why I’m with him. But...”
“Lloyd, is it because... he... umm... you know...” Genis’ face flushed a bit, and he couldn’t quite match his eyes to those of the other boy. “Umm... you know... ‘cause he... does stuff with you?”
“Stuff?” Lloyd blinked, not comprehending for a moment, and then Genis spelled it out for him.
The younger boy slid one hand onto Lloyd’s chest, and the other slipped around the back of Lloyd’s neck. Genis squirmed a bit until their lower regions were matched up, and he kissed the older boy for just a moment.
“What... Genis!?” Lloyd asked, startled out of his momentary stupor.
“You know... that kind of stuff...” Genis’ blush only deepened. “I bet that’s the only reason that Zelos...”
“G-Genis! Th-That’s not true! Zelos loves me!” Lloyd cut him off, but even as he said it, doubt registered in the back of his mind.
How many people, exactly, had Zelos tricked into thinking he had loved just to bed them? Then shot them down the moment the next cute girl or guy caught his eye? How many one-night-stands had Zelos had?
An odd thought hit the back of Lloyd’s head. They’d been together for not even 48 hours now, and the two had fucked four times now. That must have been a bit much for even Zelos, Lloyd thought, but he wasn’t sure. Was it possible Zelos was just using him to take care of some sexual needs?
Did Zelos not really care about Lloyd?
Genis shifted around a bit, pulling off of Lloyd slowly, and the two stood up. Genis looked down at the ground, seemingly quite embarrassed.
“Umm... oh, Lloyd, I just... umm...” Genis shook just a bit. “I really love you and I don’t want to see you get hurt, okay? So, please... don’t let Zelos hurt you...”
Lloyd blinked twice. Did Genis know that Lloyd now doubted Zelos’ affections? No, it was merely that Genis really did love Lloyd...
As Genis turned to walk away, Lloyd grabbed onto his shoulder, suddenly being hit by a surge of unusual... fear, was that it?
“Genis, wait...” Lloyd said, softly, and the younger boy froze under the older’s grip. A moment later, the half-elf started shaking, just a bit. A soft whimper came from him.
“Genis, I’m sorry, I am... and... I’m always your best friend, right?”
Genis couldn’t take it anymore. In one swift move, he grabbed his Kendama and spun around, sending the orb crashing into the side of Lloyd’s skull. The older boy let go of the younger out of surprise and pain, and before he could even stand straight and focus his eyes again, Genis was out of sight.
“...Why... did he do that?” Lloyd wondered, aloud, rubbing his bruise. He was genuinely confused. One moment Genis had told him that he loved him, and then the next, Genis had attacked him!
“Demon Seal!”
Lloyd was startled out of his momentary thoughts by a shout of Sheena’s, coming from the direction of the dining room. Then the sounds of Zelos shouting, the sounds of dishes breaking, and then a thud against the wall.
“What the hell!?” Lloyd muttered, as he ran towards the dining room, turning in towards it quickly, to find Zelos knocked out against the wall, a bit of blood running through his hair and over his face. All the dishes had been knocked off, and Zelos had been apparently knocked across the table and right into the back wall. Sheena was nowhere to be seen. “Zelos! Zelos!”