Centrepiece

Chapter
3

I
am somewhat proud of this fic. It came out better than I ever expected that it
would.

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Ray
had almost finished straightening his bed when he heard the door open, and in
looking up he spotted those clear eyes watching him. Sighing, Ray returned to
what he was doing, listening as the other stepped into the room and closed the
door behind him.

“We
missed you this morning.”

“Kai
said you would.”

A
brief pause. “So did you get some sleep?”

“Yeah.
A fair bit actually.” Ray looked up. “Not that you guys helped much, Tala,
with all your banging and groaning.”

Tala
smiled and shrugged, long eyelashes that Ray envied him for brushing his cheeks
as he blinked. “Weren’t feeling left out, were you?”

“No.
Just tired.” Ray turned and sat on the bed, watching the other. “So what
brings you here?”

“Just
come to see how you are.” Tala smiled faintly. “Kai’s taking a shower, and
Bryan hasn’t been very social of late, so I wanted to see if you were
awake.”

“I
am, and I’ve had lunch and everything. Bryan saved me from food poisoning.”

Tala’s
eyebrows rose slightly. “Really?”

“Yeah.
The cream in the fridge was out of date. By almost two months at that.” Ray
frowned, running his gaze over the elder. “You look like you just got out of
bed.”

Tala
smirked. “I did.”

Ray
rolled his eyes, shaking his head and smiling. “So whose bed did you wreck
today?”

“Kai’s.”
Tala’s eyes sparkled evilly. “And yours is next.”

Ray
narrowed his eyes. “I’ll have you know that I just fixed my bed.”

“Guess
you’ll just have to fix it again.” Tala stepped toward Ray, kneeling in
front of him and setting his chin on Ray’s knee, eyes wide with puppy
innocence. “I’ve gotta go out tonight, remember? I’m going to miss
you…”

Ray
tried to bite back his smile. “You’ll be back late.”

“Actually,
no. It’s going to go so late they’ve offered us rooms at the hotel.”

“You’ll
only need one room.” Ray felt his breath catch in his throat as Tala set his
hands on Ray’s knees before slowly gliding them over his thighs. “Can I ask
you something?”

“Mm.”

“Is
sex the only thing you ever think about?”

Tala
chuckled. “I think about other things, such as winning, world domination…
you know, the usual.”

Ray
couldn’t help but laugh as pus pushed himself up, lips playing over Ray’s
neck. “You really should be in a mental institution you know.”

“Probably.”
Tala chuckled, setting his knee between Ray’s legs as the other lay back on
the bed. He pressed his lips to the others, smirking. “Admit it, Ray. You
can’t get enough of us, can you?”

Ray
moaned softly as Tala pressed his lips to his, cutting off any chance of
answering. Even if he had wanted to, there was no way Ray could have escaped,
Tala holding him down gently but in a grip that would turn to steel if Ray tried
to wiggle free.

Ray
squeezed his eyes closed as he felt Tala work on freeing his sash. Two months
ago both Kai and Tala had taken to letting foreplay slide, instead, as the
Americans would say, going straight for home. Sure enough, as soon as Tala had
removed Ray’s pants he plunged his way inside, Ray biting back a cry before
forcing himself to relax, intent on simply enjoying himself.

The
bed creaked faintly, Ray gripping Tala’s shoulders as he panted hard, pleasure
beginning to replace the pain. But it was empty pleasure, a shell of what it had
once been. Ray remembered how once he had been brought to the verge of tears
from the bliss, but now he felt hollow, almost wishing it to be over so he could
go back to what he was doing. Perhaps this was the result of too much of a good
thing.

Ray
threw back his head as he came, groaning harshly and hearing Tala echo him as
the elder erupted inside. They lay for a moment before Tala kissed him again, no
trace of the insistence or demanding nature of before. Pressing his mouth to
Ray’s ear, Tala smiled slightly before whispering breathily.

“I
love you.”

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Tala
is what I would call a manipulative jerk in this fic. -_-;;