Title: Roses – An Interlude

Author: Kitana (kitsune_kitana@hotmail.com )

Song: Alicia Keys - Never Felt This Way

13.08.01

Hmm, not sure if this one's any good. ^^;; Sorry for the letdown. It was written on a whim – nothing planned out. Just listening to music and got the urge to write. Again, I wanted to make something sappy and – like what happens to all my other "something sappy" fics, it ended up being a lemon. ^^ Not sure if this is a talent or a curse. Anyways, enjoy it ~ if it really sucks, oh well. ^^;; Feedback wanted, of course. Who doesn't like getting email about their fics??

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It never mattered what kind they were. Roses always smelled so sweet.

There were the normal ones growing in gardens, blooming near sidewalks so that you could inhale their scent as you passed. Then the ones in the floral shops, with long stems, wrapped individually or in arrangements to make pretty bouquets, waiting to be brought home for a loved one. But wherever they were, whatever they were for, they always smelled beautiful.

The ones in question were lavender, stems and thorns hidden alike amidst the fern leaves and baby breath flowers, sitting as if forgotten on the living room table. Toshiya smiled as he saw them, unable to resist walking over and lifting the flowering buds to his face, breathing in their subtle scent as light-purple petals caressed his cheeks. Holding the bouquet in one hand, he fingered the familiar set of keys tossed onto the table, waiting for the inevitable…

"Dammit, Toshiya, there you are!! I went around the whole house looking for you."

The slim blue-haired man turned to his lover, smile hidden behind lavender blossoms.

"That's because I came from there," he said innocently, pointing to the second hallway with a finger. "And I saw these on the table."

"Yeah," Kaoru said, awkwardly, hand scratching his neck. "Umm, well, I saw them at the store and I thought they'd look nice, you know. I'm not much of a flower person but they caught my eye and, umm, well—"

"They are for me, right??" Toshiya interrupted.

Kaoru blushed. "Who else??" he murmured, taking the bouquet and setting it down on the table before taking his lover into his arms. They kissed softly, a gentle meeting of lips. "Do you like them??"

Toshiya rested his temple against Kaoru's head. "They're gorgeous," he whispered.

"But so are you." Kaoru hands stroked the younger man's hair, the back of his neck, fingers tracing down the line of his spine slowly, sensuously. Toshiya purred lightly into his ear, eyes closed, drinking in his lover's touch.

"Toshiya," Kaoru whispered urgently. "Do you want to—"

"Yes," he whispered back. "Please. Now."

They moved to the lounging sofa in the corner of the room, hands exploring each other's bodies under clothing insistently, lips and tongue tasting the other as they reached their destination, shedding everything quickly until they both stood nude.

"You're so beautiful," Kaoru whispered as he brought his mouth to his lover's shoulder, mouth sucking at the pale, perfect flesh. He slowly moved down Toshiya's body as he pressed him laying onto the sofa.

"Oh, god," Toshiya moaned, his fingers tangled in Kaoru's hair as the older man's tongue laved over his skin, sensation leaving him shivering in their wake. "In me – Kaoru, please stop and get in me!!"

Kaoru freed his mouth and stood.

"I have to get the lube," he panted as Toshiya's hands made themselves known on his body, groping yet gentle, smooth touch raising goosebumps on his skin. "Toshiya—" Kaoru tugged on his lover's iron grip. "I'm not taking you dry and the lube's in the other room—"

"It's under the cushion," Toshiya murmured, dragging himself to the edge of the couch and reeling the purple-haired man in a the thigh, licking at the prominent hipbone. He sank his teeth into the delicate skin, looking up and smiling to see Kaoru's face filled with pleasure, placing a gentle kiss on the standing man's erection before laying back and moving his legs apart in invitation.

Kaoru fell upon Toshiya's body like a starving man upon a feast, mouth devouring the younger man's as his hands stroked along his soft skin.

"Please," Toshiya whimpered. "Don't tease me – just do it."

The purple-haired man fumbled under the cushions until he felt a familiar tube. Pulling it out and squirting a liberal amount onto his hand. His finger teased at Toshiya's opening, making the man moan and arch his back up, body seeking the heat of Kaoru's until finally the finger entered him.

"Kaoru," Toshiya moaned, unable to explain the tears that flooded his eyes, spilling over his cheeks.

"Just a little bit more, koi," Kaoru whispered, adding a finger and pressing his lips to the blue-haired man's, their tongue entwining, battling,. Kaoru granted his lover entrance to his mouth, allowing it to be plundered by the sweetness of Toshiya's tongue. He jumped when he felt the younger man's lube slicked hands wrap around his cock, sliding up and down the hard shaft. Feeling that his lover was as prepared as he would ever be, and unable to bear the pressure any longer himself, Kaoru lifted one if his lover's legs, hitching it over his own shoulder before positioning his hardness at Toshiya's entrance.

"Are you ready??" he asked.

Toshiya nodded wordlessly, eyes clenched shut, jaw tensed, readying himself for the initial pain of penetration. He hissed as Kaoru pushed in, the tears coming once again.

"I'm sorry," the older man said as he always did, stopping to allow Toshiya's body to adjust to the intrusion, mistaking his lover's tears for those of pain. The other shook his head, spraying blue-hair, clenching his jaw. As Kaoru bent to lick away a tear, he pushed himself down, pressing the purple-haired man further in. Kaoru took the hint and began to move.

"I love you," Toshiya whispered, cooing into Kaoru's ear as the other man pumped above him. "Forever…Koi, we're forever… I'm never alone when I have you." Kaoru had learned to listen to the words Toshiya whispered when they made love as the blue-haired man took the act to a higher level with them, declaring his love for Kaoru. Often it turned into an emotional exchange that ended with both of them exhausted by more than the orgasm. Now the older man listened, heart wrenching as he felt his lover's tears against his face.

"I've been so cold lately…Kaoru, I'm sorry!! …I've felt so lonely…you're busy with things – I never want to bother you. Please…say you love me still – Kaoru!!" He groaned as Kaoru began to take him along a gentle spiral towards climax, clinging desperately to his lover as he felt the orgasm hitting him, running through his body and leaving a golden haze over everything. Toshiya barely felt it as his lover followed, mind only registering the soft words Kaoru whispered into his ear when they collapsed, exhausted, together.

"I love you, Totchi. Always."

Kaoru moved his lover's long leg from his shoulder, maneuvering the taller man to the side so they could lay in each other's arms. He pressed one last kiss to Toshiya's lips before succumbing to the exhaustion and falling asleep.

Toshiya lay still beside the slumbering body of his lover. // Kaoru, I love you so much. Aishiteru, koibito, aishiteru. // He gazed adoringly upon the purple-haired man then, moving carefully, slid off the couch onto his feet, wincing at the pain between his legs, making his way back to the roses on the table, once again lifting them to his nose to breath in their perfume, eyes focused on the one he loved who slept soundly on the couch. He sighed as the beautiful scent of the blossoms permeated his being, a gift from his lover that meant so much more than Kaoru could imagine.

It never mattered what kind they were. Roses always smelled so sweet.

It feels so good

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