The sky was cloudless. Countless stars gleamed in the sky and reflected off the water, vibrant and unhindered by the distant light of town. The moon was full and cast the area in a surprisingly bright but ethereal illumination. It streamed into the upper story of Zechs' estate and almost directly into the bedroom.
The room itself was large and beautiful. The floor was made of polished marble. The doors leading out to the balcony overlooking the ocean stood open, letting in the warm night breeze, rustling the translucent silk curtains gently. The whole thing had an open, airy feeling
The room was dominated by a massive bed, decorated in the white and gold color scheme of the room. A desk stood against wall, and a couple of plush chairs were arranged artfully near the double doors next to a fanciful hand-crafted table. Several pieces of art were tastefully placed to accent the room.
Zechs lay stretched out roughly in the middle of the bed, looking for all the world like a statue that should have been gracing the room next to one of the vases instead of lying in bed. His platinum hair was fanned out over the pillowcase. The sheet he wore was draped teasingly low, revealing much of his pale golden skin and his perfectly sculpted muscles.
Zechs didn't respond save to shift ever so slightly when the sheet slipped away to the floor. All was quiet for a long moment. After a while, a soft sigh slipped from between his lips as a tendril of desire snaked through him, coloring his dreams.
Duo smiled as he eyed his sleeping lover. // Delicious... // A smirk touched his lips as he delicately eased himself onto the mattress, taking infinite care to avoid disturbing Zechs. He lightly ran his fingertips up Zechs' inner thigh before trailing one along the underside of Zechs' cock. Duo's eyes gleamed as his gentle, teasing touches fully aroused his lover.
Zechs groaned and mumbled something incoherent in his sleep. Duo couldn't help but grin a tad wickedly - usually he got off on letting Zechs take control of him but there was something intensely erotic about directing his lover's reactions for the moment. Duo slid his hand slowly over Zechs' thighs before leaning forward and trailing his tongue slowly along the underside of his shaft, then slowly pulling him into his mouth.
A loud moan escaped the blonde as Duo's lips wrapped around his erection. He fought the quiet mental voice that urged him to wake up, not wanting to wake from what he thought to be merely a wonderful dream. Against his will, though, consciousness returned to him and the delicious sensation of the wet heat of Duo's throat around his aching erection didn't diminish.
Zechs slowly forced his eyes open part way, his breath catching in his throat. He thought, at that moment, that he had never seen a more intensely erotic or beautiful sight as the one that greeted him. Duo was looking up at him through long eyelashes, his gleaming amethyst eyes sparkling with lust and amusement. His long hair was unbound and slithered over the sheets in wavy tendrils. His pale skin seemed to glow in the moonlight. The sight of his cock vanishing between those sensuous lips almost undid him on the spot. Duo had gotten almost frightfully good at this in the few months since they'd come to the island house - and of course, Zechs had been happy to allow him as much practice as he desired.
Duo slowly withdrew with a mischievous smile quirking his lips. "Ah, you're finally awake...I was wondering how long it'd take..."
Zechs eyed his lover for a long moment, breathing hard. Despite that, his voice was full of the weight of command. "Come up here."
With a little shiver, Duo complied. He loved it when Zechs commanded him, even if he'd never actually admit it. However, he had very little time to think. As soon as he was in range Zechs caught him and promptly flipped him to his back, covering Duo's body with his own and grinding against him. He leaned in and captured Duo's lips in a bruising kiss, his tongue delving between the younger teen's lips hungrily.
Duo eagerly opened himself to his lover, his arms wrapping around Zechs as he returned the kiss. He heard Zechs grope for something on the endtable, and a moment later Zechs' gel-slicked fingers were pushing into his tight body. Duo groaned eagerly and tried not to squirm too much, his body aching to be possessed by his lover.
Zechs didn't waste much time in granting Duo's request, positioning himself and then snapping his hips fully, burying his aching erection fully into his lover's body. Duo cried out sharply, his back arching at the sudden sensation of being filled. His long legs wrapped around the big man's waist, endeavoring to pull his lover deeper inside of him.
Zechs moaned as he thrust into his lover with abandon. Nothing else existed in that moment for him except the writhing body beneath him. This heart-wrenchingly beautiful twilit creature was his, HIS and no one else's! The mere thought stoked his passion further and he let out a possessive growl as he kissed Duo's throat. "Mmnn....mine..."
Duo's nerves were already singing, but the sound of Zechs' voice, the thrill of being so completely and utterly taken, and the way his lover shifted his movements just enough to grind against his sweet spot proved to be entirely too much. With a strangled cry that could almost be termed a scream, an orgasm tore itself violently free of Duo's body. He arched helplessly, desperately against Zechs as his muscles spasmed.
With a loud moan Zechs was abruptly driven over the edge himself as his lover's body clenched tightly around him. He snapped his hips forward, driving in as deeply as possible before he exploded, white lights dancing behind his eyelashes as he collapsed to his elbows. His muscles quivered and he knew he didn't have the strength to move.
Duo couldn't help but smile breathlessly as Zechs' ice-blue eyes half opened. "Mm...I love waking you up like that..."
Zechs chuckled a bit as he finally rolled over to his side, his arms hooking around Duo and pulling him tightly against his body. Duo obligingly cuddled up against him. "Well, you were a bit late...but every time you come home after running to town the first thing you do is attempt to pounce on me. What is it you do that makes you so eager?" Zechs' tone was light and teasing.
// I can't very well tell you the bone-deep ecstasy and the adrenaline that comes with a successful hunt, Zechs... it's about as arousing as a good hard fight in full flight...shit... //
Zechs arched an eyebrow at Duo's silence. "Something wrong?"
Duo sighed and snuggled up tighter against Zechs. "Well..." Duo couldn't help but squirm. It'd be a lie to tell Zechs he was fine and there was no problem. However, his reluctance to answer the question was as clear an answer as if he had put it in neon lights and hung it on the wall. Zechs pulled him away enough to look Duo in the eye.
"Tell me."
Duo frowned. "Zechs...I love you, and I would never do anything to hurt you. I'm not interested in anyone else, not doing anything bad in regards to our relationship in any way."
"There's still something you aren't telling me," Zechs said with a slight frown, searching Duo's eyes. "What is it? No matter what it is, you know I'll still love you. You won't drive me away."
Duo frowned. "I dunno, Zechs...this is kinda big and...I don't want to scare you away. You're the best thing that ever happened to me and god, I don't want to fuck that up."
"You won't scare me away. You tried to do that once before, telling me I'd die if you loved me. I'm still here, relatively unscathed."
Duo managed half a grin at that before looking down and sighing heavily. "You know, I would find a way to NOT tell you if there was any chance of me hiding it from you forever. As it stands, though, you'd notice. If not now, in a year or three. I...you remember when Heero shot me when we got back a few months ago?"
Zechs scowled darkly. "Yes..."
"And...um. You know how Rook ... fixed me?"
Zechs was looking at Duo warily, trying not to bristle at the vampire's name. "Yes."
"And I was really sick and Quatre almost had a heart attack from his empathy..."
The blonde nodded impatiently, waiting for Duo to get to the point.
Duo finally looked up. "Quatre almost had a heart attack because he felt me die."
Zechs stared hard at Duo. "You aren't making sense." Something, however, was nibbling at the back of his mind now, and he had a growing sense of dread and apprehension, as if he half-remembered what Duo was getting at and should know the answer. He remembered how sick his lover had been, choking out an impossible volume of blood and...some viscous black fluid.
"I died, Zechs. Darian...Rook...he didn't have any magic to save me. He told me I was dying and offered me a second chance."
"What are you saying, Duo...?" Zechs asked hoarsely, although he already knew the answer.
"I'm a vampire, Zechs." Had there been any doubt in Zechs' mind, it would have been erased when Duo's gaze met his. Flecks of gold danced in his glowing violet eyes and a pair of needle-sharp fangs glinted in the moonlight.
Zechs didn't respond for a long moment, simply staring at his lover. Duo frowned and pulled away, standing up and striding over to lean against the open door frame, looking out at the ocean, his arms folded across his chest. "I'll understand if...you can't accept it, Zechs. But it was either this or I would have died that day...and I wasn't ready to leave you. And the world needed me. He didn't force it on me, Zechs...in fact, he was reluctant to do it at all. I knew fully well what I was getting into, I made my choice, and I've not regretted it. But I'll..." Duo stopped, trying hard not to get choked up. "But I'll understand. I can go if you don't want me here anymore."
Zechs remained silent for so long Duo began to fear that the blonde really wasn't going to stop him from leaving. He heaved a shuddering sigh, wiping roughly at his eyes. // Doesn't help that I'm going to make a damn mess of myself if I start cry...tears of blood. Ugh. No tear ducts. Damn it...//
"You should have told me sooner, Duo," Zechs finally responded. "It would have made it easier to not worry about you or wonder where it is you go when you leave. But things make sense now."
Duo froze before whipping around. His face was shadowed with the moonlight at his back, but his eyes glowed and almost burned into Zechs, full of trepidation and a faint glimmer of hope.
"Are you going to come back to bed?" Zechs finally asked, arching an eyebrow. A moment later he let out a faint 'oof' as Duo landed squarely on him, knocking the breath from him. Duo's lips met his in a series of passionate and grateful kisses until Zechs finally flipped the boy to his back with a chuckle. "Easy...some of us still need to breathe, you know."
Duo couldn't help but grin. "So you...you're okay with it?"
"It's a lot to digest, but it's not something I can change. I'll learn to accept it. Besides...somehow, it suits you. You look...exquisite."
Duo smirked. "Exquisite, huh? Well, I have a few tricks I can show you..."
Zechs grinned and trailed his fingers up the line of Duo's throat. "Is that so..."
Before Duo got his chance to show his lover what he had in mind, the private line on their communicator rang out the emergency tone from the bedside table.