KAMUI'S UNUSUAL MORNING
An X Sekkushiaru Roman
by Sailor Mac
Kamui woke up to the sounds of a flock of birds singing outside
his window. He turned onto his back, slowly, throwing an arm
across his eyes to screen out the sunlight that was hitting his
face directly.
Normally, the birdsong would make him think of Kotori. But there
was somebody else very much on his mind this particular
morning. Subaru.
He'd dreamed of his fellow Seal last night, as he had for quite a
few nights since their attempt to visit a love hotel. And the
dreams had not exactly been family-friendly.
Kamui hugged his pillow, imagining it was his lover's body. Oh,
he was frustrated these days, all right. They had to be
extra-careful that the other Seals didn't find out about their
relationship . . . they had to remain focused on their goal of
saving the world, and they didn't know how the others would
react.
If any of them feel uncomfortable about two men together,
Kamui thought, and they find out about us . . . they may never feel
the same way about me again. And if I knew they were
homophobic . . . I probably wouldn't feel the same way about
them, either. And that would be disastrous to us as a team.
And because of this, Subaru and Kamui didn't have nearly as
much time alone together as they'd like. Especially at night.
Every time they wanted to go to bed together . . . Sorata would
stay up until the single-digit hours, watching marathons of Jackie
Chan movies and laughing his head off.
When the knock came at his door, he sat up with a sigh. He
didn't feel like seeing anyone else. Especially on a Sunday. He
just wanted to mull over his dream for awhile . . .
The knock came again, and he knew he had no choice. He
opened the door just wide enough to stick his head out. . . and
his mood instantly changed.
"Subaru?" he said.
The onmiyouji gave him one of his little smiles. "I just wanted to
see if you were up yet. Am I bothering you?"
"No, no! Come on in . . ." Kamui hoped Subaru wouldn't notice
how flushed his face was. His mind was still crowded with
images of those hands, those lips on every part of his body.
He sat on the edge of his bed, and was *very* aware of Subaru'
s warmth as he sat next to him. He felt his heart speed up a bit,
not looking directly at him, knowing if he did he'd just end up
staring and gawking.
Why do I still feel like this, he thought, after we've been together?
It's not like he's any big mystery, I know what sleeping with him
is like . . . but still . . . all he needs to do is come near me and my
heart feels like the eye of a tornado.
"Did you sleep well?" Subaru said. He knew that in the past
Kamui had been plagued by nightmares of Fuuma's betrayal
and Kotori's death . . . just like he himself relived his sister's
death in his dreams over and over.
"Well . . . yeah," Kamui said, looking at the floor, his hands
clenching and unclenching the covers.
Subaru frowned. The answer was much too hesitant, and the
boy's aura felt full of tension. He's keeping something from me,
he thought. But what? Maybe he ran across Fuuma again when
none of us were with him? Or maybe . . . Seishirou-san?
That last thought bothered him a lot. If his ex-lover knew he and
Kamui were involved, and Seishirou could very well sense such
a thing . . . Subaru didn't want to think of what could happen to
Kamui.
He put a hand on the boy's shoulder, rubbing it a bit through the
T-shirt. The muscles were tense, all right. "Kamui . . . is there
something you'd like to talk about?"
The younger boy took a deep breath. "No . . . not really . . ."
"Did something happen?" Kamui shook his head, and Subaru
didn't notice any extra tension, so he concluded that he wasn't
lying. "Did you have a nightmare?"
"It . . . wasn't a nightmare," Kamui said quickly, and Subaru
noticed tension again. It suddenly dawned on him what the
dream could have been, and why Kamui was uncomfortable
around him this morning.
"Kamui," he said, "did you dream about me?"
A pause, and then he slowly bobbed his head in the affirmative.
A slow warmth spread through Subaru's heart. You think so
much of me, Kamui, he thought. I don't deserve it. But . . . when
you say things like that to me, I feel things I thought I'd never feel
again.
Subaru pulled him into his arms, resting his cheek against the
unruly mop of brown hair that felt like piles of silk. "It's all right.
It's nothing to be ashamed of."
"It's just . . . I want to be with you so much, but I can't. The others
are always around, and we both end up going to bed alone, and .
. ."
Subaru gave him a gentle kiss on the cheek, then on his ear.
"They're not around now. And nobody saw me come into your
room this morning."
Kamui raised his head and looked into his eyes. "Nobody?"
"Nobody at all," Subaru replied, kissing his forehead. "They're all
either still asleep, or down in the kitchen already. And I think we
still have awhile before breakfast."
Kamui's face lit up. He brought his lips to Subaru's, wrapping
his arms around him tighter, his tongue beginning to probe
almost immediately.
A hot shudder passed through him as he felt his lover respond
eagerly, tangling his fingers in Kamui's hair as their tongues
brushed against each other with light feathery touches, broke
apart, came together again . . .
Maybe Subaru has been having dreams too, Kamui thought.
* * *
Downstairs, Sorata sang happily to himself as he tossed eggs
into a huge bowl in front of him.
He was going to go all-out this morning. A full American-style
breakfast. Pancakes, scrambled eggs and bacon. There was no
way Arashi could fail to be impressed. Sure, she'd acted
impassive toward his previous culinary efforts . . . he thought
he'd had her with the sukiyaki, but she'd just pronounced it "very
good" and eaten it calmly . . . but *this* was an out-and-out food
extravaganza. Heck, he'd even gone though the trouble of
hunting down *real* American pancake syrup!
Outside the window, he could hear the clashing of metal on
metal as Arashi and Yuzuriha sparred with swords, as they often
did to keep their skills up. She'll have an appetite after her
workout, all right, he thought.
He began to heat the big pan on the stove and poured his batter
out into perfect little circles. Kamui's gonna like this, too, he
thought. Poor guy, he's really acting like something's bugging
him lately. Especially at night. He gets *real* jumpy. I keep
asking him to watch movies with me, but . . . he just goes off and
sulks somewhere.
"Well, he's not gonna sulk anymore when he tastes THIS!" he
said, getting out another bowl and breaking more eggs into it. "I
can't imagine anything that would make him feel better than a
good breakfast!"
* * *
Kamui kissed Subaru deeply, hungrily, tongue pushing into his
mouth, then sliding out to tease his lover's lips. One hand began
to trail down, slowly, over his neck, then his chest. He began to
massage through the fabric, feeling Subaru arch toward him,
into his touch.
Their lips broke apart, and Subaru kissed slowly across
Kamui's cheek, to his ear. He took the lobe in his lips and
nibbled a bit, whispering, "That must have been some dream."
Kamui's fingers slid along the bottom of the older man's shirt,
teasingly. "Want to see more of it?"
What a question, Subaru thought. "Oh, yes," he said, laying a
trail of soft kisses along Kamui's neck, nipping at the skin a little.
Kamui yanked the shirt upward, and Subaru raised his arms,
eager to be rid of the garment. I can't believe how I can just let
myself go with him, he thought. With Seishirou-san, I was so shy
. . . I just let him do as he pleased . . .
Kamui leaned over, running the palms of his hands slowly up
and down Subaru's bared chest, caressing the skin in small
circles. He leaned over and began to kiss the flesh, savoring its
warmth, his spicy scent. His tongue snaked out to flick lightly,
and when he felt Subaru shudder with excitement, an answering
shudder passed through him.
"Gods, Subaru," Kamui gasped, rubbing his cheek against his
lover's chest, feeling overwhelmed with desire for him. His own
shirt was starting to feel like a prison, and the boy pulled away
just long enough to yank it off and throw it away. When he came
back, he wrapped his arms around Subaru tightly, bringing his
mouth to a nipple, kissing it softly, flicking his tongue over it,
kissing it again, then drawing it in and sucking.
Subaru began to moan, deeply, tangling his fingers in Kamui's
hair. He leaned backwards, arching against him as one hand
slipped down his back, stroking and massaging.
As Kamui's fingers came into play, caressing one nipple as he
hungrily sucked the other, Subaru reached down further,
caressing the younger boy's bottom through his underwear.
Oh, he had such a perfect little bottom. Subaru blushed as he
remembered Kamui wearing a pair of snug-fitting jeans once
that had outlined it perfectly . . . and he hadn't been able to keep
his eyes off it. He blushed deeper as he wondered if any of the
other Seals had watched him staring at Kamui transfixed as the
boy bent over to pull up weeds from the grass . . .
Kamui groaned as he felt the contact. The fabric felt like a brick
wall between them. He wanted more, oh, gods, how he wanted
more! He eased away from Subaru, hopped off the bed, pulled
off his underwear and flung it aside, then lay back on the bed on
his stomach, pulling his knees up a bit, offering his bottom
completely.
It was an offer Subaru was not going to resist. He stripped his
own remaining clothing off, then leaned over Kamui, kissing the
small of his back, nipping at the skin here and there. His fingers
slid down, slowly, along the boy's hips, caressing and
massaging, making Kamui whimper a little in anticipation.
Then, he cupped both cheeks in his hands, squeezing,
releasing, squeezing, releasing . . . His fingers began to trace
soft patterns over them, little swirls, back-and-fortth strokes,
before rubbing the palms over both gently rounded curves.
Kamui arched against him, moaning, feeling heat pulse through
every inch of him. It felt so good . . . so, so good . . . Every touch of
Subaru's fingers seemed to be burning him. And when he felt
his lover's lips there . . . kissing gently on both mounds, hot
breath followed by a maddening scrape of teeth that made
Kamui almost cry out loud . . . he thought he'd explode.
Subaru kissed some more, pressing his lips hard against the
firm flesh, the texture making his heart pound. Another nibble
here, and there . . . He threw his head back, moaning with desire
for this boy, as he shifted his body so his chest was against
Kamui's bottom. He began to rub, back and forth, feeling his
nipples brush against the mounds, which made both of them
moan even louder.
He began to move up, slowly, still rubbing back and forth, his
chest sliding across Kamui's back, until their bodies were
molded together, Subaru's thighs straddling Kamui's, his mouth
at the boy's neck, his erection, oh gods, cupped by the twin
cheeks of his bottom.
They began to move, sliding against each other, up and down,
back and forth, creating full-body friction that made both let out
long, low sounds of need. Kamui tossed his head back so it was
pressing against Subaru's, one arm reaching back to cling to his
lover, to press them both together.
"Subaru," Kamui panted. "So . . . so good . . ."
But his lover eased away. "Why?" Kamui cried. "Why did you
stop?"
"Sssh," Subaru whispered, sitting up on the bed. "I don't want to
end it so soon . . . and I would, if we kept doing that."
Kamui turned over and sat up, leaning over and kissing Subaru
hungrily again. Their tongues sought each other, rubbing and
caressing.
Subaru's fingers began to massage the side of Kamui's neck.
Kamui imitated his action, and as Subaru's fingers began to
slide down his lover's chest . . . so did Kamui's. They leaned
back, each watching the other mirror his actions, as their hands
slid lower, to a nipple . . . Subaru squeezed Kamui's gently
between thumb and forefinger, and then gasped as the same
was done to him.
"Beautiful," Subaru moaned. "So, so beautiful . . ."
"So are you," Kamui murmured, as the hands moved down over
flat stomachs, stopping to squeeze, caress here and there, just
prolonging the anticipation.
Kamui reached his lover's erection a split second before
Subaru, and his fingers lightly caressed the head before starting
to move down the shaft.
Subaru moaned loudly, and his moan was answered by
Kamui's as the boy's fingers repeated his own movements. In
unison, they began a slow, up-and down stroke, just quick
enough to send warm, tingling waves of pleasure through their
entire beings.
Up, and down . . . a brush on the head, a caress along the shaft
. . . each feeling the shape of the other, the texture, marveling at
how they could both be so alike, yet so different.
Subaru caught a glimpse of them in the mirror on Kamui's
closet door. Two naked young men, two sets of fingers stroking
along two erections, two faces flushed with desire, eyes glazed
with passion . . .
It was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen in his life.
This time, it was Kamui who eased away. "Subaru . . . I want to
end this with you inside me."
Subaru let go of Kamui . . . slowly, reluctantly . . . then leaned
over and kissed him. "I'm definitely not going to argue with that,"
he whispered.
Kamui lay back on the bed, purring and stretching like a cat, as
he watched Subaru open the nighttable drawer and get out the
condoms and lubricant he'd left there.
Oh, yes, Kamui thought. This is even *better* than my dream.
* * *
Sorata chuckled to himself as he heard the front door open. The
girls were done . . . and it was time to unveil his masterpiece . . .
"Come right in, nee-chan!" he called. "I've got breakfast waiting
for you!"
*Now* what has he done? Arashi thought, heading for the dining
room with trepidation. Sorata was always going to ludicrous
lengths in an attempt to impress her.
Like the time she'd expressed nostalgia for a certain kind of
Chinese pear that she'd had at Ise from time to time, and he'd
come back with a bushel of them, loudly bragging he'd gone to
seven different produce dealers to find them . . . and blowing a
good chunk of their food budget for the week in the process.
She'd chided him for that, told him they imposed on
Imoyama-san enough as it was, and if they had to beg him for
more money, then *Sorata* would be doing it.
She stopped short when she saw the table piled with a huge
mountain of food. On one platter, a tottering pile of pancakes.
Another held a mountain of eggs that seemed to be the size of a
street garbage can. And Sorata was taking something *else* off
the stove.
Behind her, Yuzuriha was just about hopping up and down with
joy. "Wow!" the younger girl cried, racing past Arashi over to the
table, her spirit-dog Inuki at her heels. "This is great, Sorata-san!
I haven't had bacon and eggs in years!"
Sorata brought in the platter of bacon grinning ear to ear, setting
it on the table as if he were presenting the Queen of England
with her crown jewels. "Surprise, Nee-chan!" he said. "We're
going American this morning!"
Arashi folded her arms and gave him her usual icy look. "What
makes you think that five people are going to eat all *this*?"
"Once you taste it, you'll be begging for seconds and thirds!" he
said.
"We're only going to end up with a pile of leftovers. And they'll get
wasted." Wasting food was a pet peeve with her. She knew all
too well what it was like to live on the street, starving and
foraging for scraps.
"You won't be saying that after you taste these pancakes with . .
." He threw open the refrigerator door with a flourish. "Authentic
Vermont maple syrup!"
Arashi looked into the fridge. There was nothing even
resembling a bottle of maple syrup.
"I don't see it," she said.
Sorata looked into the fridge . . . moved bottles around . . .
looked in again . . . moved more bottles around . . .
And then, it dawned on him. Oh, no, he thought, the syrup is in
the bag with the deodorant and shaving cream. Which is still in
my room . . .
He shut the door, turned around with a big grin, and said, "Back
in a flash!" He turned and rushed for the stairs.
Yuzuriha was circling the table, taking inventory of the food
again. She hoped he'd come back with the syrup soon . . . she
was getting hungry. Inuki followed, letting out a little whimpering
noise, as if he shared his mistress's hunger.
And where are Kamui-san and Subaru-san? she thought. They
don't want to miss this! Maybe they're taking a walk around the
campus.
"Sorata-san's a great cook, isn't he?" she said to Arashi.
Arashi folded her arms again, her eyes roaming over the piles
and piles of food. "He's got to learn he *isn't* feeding a small
army," she said, with her usual chilly tone.
But part of her was thinking about the effort he must have gone
through to do all this . . . and she felt a strange warmth deep
inside.
* * *
Subaru couldn't get the condom out of the wrapper and onto him
fast enough. Fingers trembling with desire, he opened the tube
of lubricant and quickly prepared himself, then squeezed more of
the gel out, letting it remain on his fingers long enough to warm
it up.
Kamui lifted his hips in anticipation, mutely begging Subaru to
do it, to fill him with his fingers and get him ready.
And when he felt the finger start to gently probe his entrance, he
let out a whimper of anticipation, lifting his hips even more, not
caring when he started to feel a little pain . . . because he could
think only of when that pain would give way to pleasure.
When it did, it washed over him warm and sweet as hot
chocolate. Subaru began to move his finger in and out, slowly,
as he leaned over and kissed Kamui's right nipple, licking at it
before taking it in his lips and sucking.
Kamui gave a small cry, writhing, his fingers clutching the
blankets as a second finger entered him . . . a flash of pain was
followed by more honeyed sensations, which only got stronger
as Subaru continued to lick his nipple . . . then suck . . . then kiss
. . . then lick again . . .
Finally, Subaru eased away, wiping his fingers off on a towel on
the nighttable, and positioned himself atop the boy, manhood
pressing at his entrance. They kissed tenderly.
"Ready?" Subaru asked.
Kamui nodded, and steeled himself. It would hurt at first, he
knew that from their previous experience. Subaru's hardness
pressed inside him, filling him, stretching him, and the pain was
there. Kamui bit his lip, determined to get through it.
Subaru paused. "Are you all right?" he said.
"Yes," Kamui panted. "Please, Subaru . . . keep going . . ."
Subaru began to move, slowly, pushing in and out . . . He
moaned at the sensation of the boy's tight sheath gripping him,
sucking him in, the heat enveloping him and seeming to spread
through his whole body. He wanted to thrust deep and hard and
fast, but he knew he had to build up gradually.
Kamui began to groan as Subaru picked up the pace, every
thrust bringing a small wave of hot tingles coursing through him.
Gods, it was so good to be filled, to be *one* with him . . . his
hips began to move with Subaru's thrusts, his fingers clutching
at his lover's back, reaching up to tangle in his hair.
The younger boy writhed, his body twisting this way and that like
a serpent's, his head rolling side to side as he panted, gasped,
moaned, eyes closed, mouth open and forming an O . . . until
Subaru's lips claimed his, and they kissed passionately,
tongues stroking rapidly as they moved together, over and over.
Kamui tightened the muscles inside him, just a bit, and heard
Subaru let out a deep groan of pleasure. He did it again, faster
and tighter, and his lover cried out louder, thrusting deeper . . .
and hitting a sweet spot inside Kamui. He moaned very loudly,
bucking his hips, wanting Subaru to do that over and over . . .
Subaru thrust fast and hard, knowing he was hitting Kamui's
pleasure spot, and oh, gods, it was getting to be too much, too
much, he was overwhelmed, burning, he was going to burst into
flames any second, but it was so good, so good . . .
Kamui tightened his arms around Subaru as the hot thrusts
came over and over and over . . . and then, his breath caught,
and his whole body stiffened as the world seemed to stand still.
Then, there was a frantic release, and a flood of fiery, delicious
sensation poured over him in waves, his whole body burning,
and burning . . . and then relaxing, a sensation so exquisite it
defied description filling him right to the tips of his toes.
Subaru felt Kamui's passage grip him hard in the throes of
orgasm, and it suddenly touched off an answering explosion
inside him. He buried his face in the crook of Kamui's shoulder,
muffling his cries as he was seized by one spasm after another
of electric bliss, fading, then roaring back stronger than ever,
consuming him until he finally sagged atop Kamui, limp as a rag
doll, kissing him softly.
* * *
Sorata rushed up the stairs. Great, he thought. Everything was
going terrific until then . . . stupid, stupid, stupid syrup, why did I
have to leave it in my room . . .
He found the bag on his bedroom floor, snatched the bottle and
headed for the stairs.
And then, a noise from Kamui's room made him stop, suddenly.
He's groaning, he thought. He sounds like he's in pain . . .
Sorata stood rooted to the spot. The noises inside . . .
something was *definitely* wrong . . .He heard Kamui scream
out Subaru's name. And where is *he* when Kamui's in trouble?
he thought.
He tried the door. It was locked. "Kamui!" he shouted.
Downstairs, Yuzuriha, who was sitting at the table, gave a start.
"Something's wrong with Kamui!" she cried, rushing for the
stairs with Inuki bounding after her.
Arashi followed, rapidly. Whenever something like this
happened, they all automatically feared the worst . . . that Fuuma
and the Dragons of Earth had come up with a way to breach the
defenses of Clamp Campus, and they were attacking Kamui.
The girls arrived at Kamui's door to find a frantic Sorata twisting
the knob this way and that, fruitlessly. "What happened?" Arashi
said.
"He's hurt, or sick, and I can't get in!" Sorata cried, trying the door
again.
"Hold on!" Yuzuriha said, bringing her hands together. The
others watched her start to concentrate, wondering if she was
going to raise a keikkai.
Instead, Inuki leapt into the air, his wolflike body instantly
surrounded by white light. The light grew brighter, and the dog's
body dissolved into pure, pulsing white energy, which rapidly
reformed into the shape of a key.
Arashi and Sorata watched in amazement. They knew Inuki
could transform into a sword, or a shield, but this was a totally
new skill.
Yuzuriha snatched the key out of the air and fitted it into the lock.
It worked perfectly.
Inside, Kamui and Subaru sagged against each other, panting,
holding each other, softly kissing . . .
Their reverie was broken by the sound of the door rattling.
"What was that?" Kamui said, sitting bolt upright.
There was a clicking sound, like a key turning in a lock, and then
the door swung open.
And then, there were three faces staring at Kamui and Subaru,
eyes and mouths wide open. The key in Yuzuriha's hand
clattered to the floor and turned back into Inuki. The dog instantly
averted his eyes, as if he could sense what was going on.
Sorata put his hands over Yuzuriha's eyes and pulled her out of
the room, rapidly. Arashi just turned crimson, then put her hands
over her face and fled.
Kamui just sat rooted to the spot, unable to comprehend what
was happening.
They *saw*, he thought. They saw Subaru and I . . . on the bed,
naked . . . and it was obvious we just . . .
Subaru was equally shaken. This is bad, he thought. This is
very, very bad. They saw me, and it's embarrassing enough, but .
. . poor Kamui . . .
He put his hand on the younger boy's shoulder. "Kamui," he
said, "What just happened was . . ."
Kamui wanted to shrug the hand away . . . but he couldn't move.
He was still in shock.
"What just happened," he said, quietly, "was the most
embarrassing moment of my life."
"We didn't ask for that to happen," Subaru said. "It was totally an
accident. If we went down and talked to them . . ."
"I can't," Kamui said. "I can't face them." What good is that going
to do? he thought. They all know about us now . . . and the looks
on their faces . . . Arashi just ran away, and Sorata couldn't get
Yuzuriha out of there fast enough. What do they think of me now?
* * *
Downstairs, the other three Seals sat around the table, the piles
of food now forgotten. A dead silence settled over the room, as
nobody could think of the appropriate words to say.
Then, Sorata said, "Well . . . that *wasn't* what I was expecting to
find."
"I feel bad about it," Yuzuriha said quietly, looking down at the
plate in front of her. "If I had known, I would never have opened
that door . . ."
"There was no way any of us could know," Sorata said. "Hell, you
hear something like that around here . . . the last thing you think
of its, well . . ."
Arashi just sat quietly. It didn't surprise her that Subaru and
Kamui were involved. She'd seen them together, she knew they
looked like more than casual friends. But it was bothering her to
have walked in on them at such an intimate moment . . . and to
have experienced that moment with Sorata at her side . . .
It was if an intimate moment had passed *between them*. And
she didn't know if she was ready for that.
"I think we should go apologize," Yuzuriha said, reaching down
to ruffle Inuki's gray fur. The spirit-dog gave a small whimper, as
if he were agreeing with her.
Sorata shook his head. "Nah. He may not want to see us right
now. We'll talk to him later, when he's ready."
He took a fork and poked at the now-cold bowl of eggs. He
hoped Kamui wouldn't be angry at them. He'd wondered just
how much his friend cared about Subaru, and he'd been
meaning to ask him about it. He'd just been waiting for the right
moment. The last thing he'd expected was for the boy to have
been suddenly, forcibly outed.
He'll come down later, he thought. At lunchtime. And then we'll
have a talk.
* * *
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