SPARRING PARTNER
Silver Rayne
Warning: This chapter contains graphic imagery of sex between 2 males and should be read by mature eyes only. 18 and over.

Chapter 2

It was taking Ken pretty long to clean up in the bathroom so Ryu had to find something to occupy the time. He couldn’t let his brain keep thinking about what he had done not one hour ago. His vest and cut off track pants were dry and comfortable to sleep in, unlike his crumpled gi in the washing machine. To avoid questioning by one of Ken’s maids, he had also washed his own boxer shorts and hung them out the window to dry. He had almost regretted doing so but there would be time to enjoy Ken again later.

“This looks easy enough.” Ryu picked up a CD lying on the desk and poked at the stereo system until it ejected the disc tray. “Technology isn’t so hard after all.” Where he came from, CD players were too expensive and impractical to own. Besides, in the wilderness, there was no place to plug it in.

Ken padded into the room wearing a pair of slippers and a long, thick robe. He was still drying his hair off on a towel when Ryu pressed the play button. “What are you doing?”

“Figuring out how to use this contraption.”

“Well, you’d better stop it before it breaks. The disc is upside down.”

“Oops!”

Many fingerprints later, Ryu found himself cleaning up the mess he had created by scratching one disc and warping another.

“I thought you’d never get in here.” Ryu tackled Ken onto the bed and saw that his friend didn’t seem to be in the mood. “No, let me guess. You hate me now.” All expression left his face and he slunk to the floor, dismal with grief. “I knew it. I shouldn’t have.”

Ken tapped Ryu’s head and offered him a spot back on the bed. “It isn’t that. I want to talk first.”

“Geez! Why didn’t you say so?” Up he went, smiling and full of energy. As he leaned closer to Ken, he attempted to breathe in the fresh, tropical aroma of the shampoo which was still lingering in Ken’s waist long hair. “Mmm, you smell good enough to eat.” His hands greedily caressed Ken’s face and neck, breaking both of their concentration.

“Can we just have a simple conversation?”

“About what?” He circled Ken’s waist with his arms and dragged him over to sit in his lap. Ryu was just content to hold onto Ken and never let him go. There had been enough waiting and now was the time for action.

Now Ken had become nervous from the way things were heading. He had always been shy when expressing himself to Ryu as anything but a friend. This was a man that he’d been attracted to for most of his teenage years. It wasn’t that he was gay because girls caught his eye as well. But only Ryu made the physical bond deeper and more intimate. It was Ryu that he wanted to be with. Only Ryu understood him, cared for him and had that special connection which, up until now, had remained hidden.

“Ken? Are you still there?” Ryu waved his hand in front of Ken’s face.

“Yes. We can talk about anything.”

“Anything,” he repeated, drumming it over in his head. “Well, I’ve always thought that you were irresistibly cute. Not to sound like a typical guy, but you really look awesome in a pair of tight blue jeans.”

Was this the same Ryu who kept silent during parties or averted his gaze if someone were dressed indecently? It was as if an enormous dam was broken inside of the Japanese martial artist and all of his true emotions were flooding out. He had never been one to compliment anyone or ever give his opinion unless it was philosophical in origin.

“That doesn’t sound intelligent at all.” Ken’s face was flushed with embarrassment. He was flattered that Ryu appreciated his body but he was beginning to feel odd. “Why don’t you tell me about what you’ve been up to in Japan?” *Swell, I can see right through that white vest he’s wearing. Why does he have to keep turning me on?*

“Not intelligent? I’ve known you for too many years, Ken. You’re just too shy to accept my compliments. And talking about Japan will be very boring for you.”

“Try me.”

“Don’t mind if I do.” Ryu turned Ken around and straddled him onto his back before pressing their lips together. *This will shut him up.*

All of the color left Ken’s face but Ryu kept him pinned. *What are you doing? This can’t be right.* Ken wasn’t sure how the whole kissing thing was supposed to go but he suspected that Ryu was doing something wrong.

*Hmm, Chun Li said that this was how it was done. We practiced on each other until we perfected it… I think. Is it me or him?* Ryu tentatively stroked his tongue over Ken’s bottom lip and got a shiver in reply. *I knew it wasn’t me.* He grinned and settled down lower onto Ken.

Ken shut his eyes and imagined that he was in heaven with Ryu, all of his fantasies coming to life. He was so warm and secure in Ryu’s embrace that he never wanted it to end. Only, it did when Ryu’s tongue passed through Ken’s lips and caused him to moan. Stiffening, Ken arched his back and shoved at Ryu, reacting instinctively to the violation. Ryu paused to kiss Ken’s throat and move down his neck, leaving wet traces of his affection. He sensed that Ken needed reassurance so he cooled off a few degrees.

“Ryu,” Ken practically purred, his long lashes shielding the big brown eyes beneath.

Licking his way back up Ken’s neck, Ryu untied his robe and yanked it open as he kissed his friend’s mouth once more. This time it was more passionate and hotter, the temperature seeming to rise with every movement they made. *So much for taking my time.* Ryu felt that if he didn’t relieve the aching inside of him fast, he’d explode. Worst of all, there was only one thing he craved which would appease that aching. Would Ken be willing to test their friendship and break all the boundaries of his limits to please his best friend?

When Ken freed one hand to untuck Ryu’s vest from his track pants, he accidentally brushed Ryu’s cock which was straining through the material. He listened to Ryu’s breathing change pace to a frantic heaving before returning to normal. Curious, Ken stroked up the inside of Ryu’s left thigh and brushed past his erection again.

This time, Ryu was ready and snatched Ken’s wrist to pull his hand away. “You’re such a little tease,” he murmured, kissing Ken’s cheek. “Next time, watch where you put your hand.” He released Ken and helped him out of the robe before unbuttoning Ken’s pajama shirt.

“So, I should lie here and let you be the one in charge?” His fingers clenched around Ryu’s throbbing member through the pants and instantly heated up. Neither of them expected that, especially Ken who didn’t know what to do.

“Ken,” groaned Ryu, falling on top of him. He couldn’t believe that Ken was touching him there, holding him with a tenderness he had never felt before. Now Ken was trapped beneath him, utterly immobilized by Ryu’s weight but his hand held on. “Don’t blame me for my actions if you aren’t going to behave.”

Then Ryu was covering Ken’s hand with his own and placing it inside of his pants. Ken tried to pull back but Ryu closed his hand over his throbbing cock. “Maybe this was a bad idea,” Ken whispered with uncertainty. The thickness of Ryu’s flesh was strange touching his palm and the bristle of Ryu’s pubic hairs scraped his fingers insistently.

“No. Go ahead, you wanted to and now I’m letting you.”

Ken slowly moved his hand up to Ryu’s head where it was slick with precum. He trembled a bit as Ryu hardened even more inside his grip. Then he was stroking harder and faster when Ryu begged for more. Up until that moment, Ryu had been docile in his own pleasures. Now, he was stripping Ken and running his fingers all over Ken’s smooth flesh.

The sensation Ken felt as Ryu’s thumbs softly rubbed his nipples was enough to leave him writhing. He circled them with more pressure before kissing each one. Then Ryu was bending down and flicking his tongue over the sensitive areas, sucking them into his mouth.

“Don’t stop,” Ken pleaded, his own ministrations forgotten. Ryu’s cock was still slipping in and out of Ken’s grasp from his moving hips.

When Ken thought that he had reached his peak, Ryu slid his pants to his ankles and then sifted his fingers through the auburn hair between Ken’s legs. “Should we be talking now?” Ryu kissed Ken’s fine hairs before licking straight down Ken’s shaft.

A drawn out cry was the only answer he got. That and a harsh tug on his own shaft. “No more, please…I’m going to pass out.”

“Just when we’re getting to the best part? You wouldn’t do that to me.” Another lick and Ryu could taste Ken on his tongue. “We’re best friends, right?”

“Yessss,” it came out as more of a hiss when Ryu swallowed him and started to suck on his rigid cock. In return, Ken cupped Ryu’s balls and started to knead at them with his fingers.

Inside, Ryu could sense that he was losing it. Anytime now and he would not be able to hold back. He didn’t want that, not yet anyway. He carefully pried Ken’s fingers loose and clamped his mouth around Ken tighter.

It was a furnace inside of Ryu’s hot mouth, and so wet that Ken couldn’t keep his hips from raising to meet Ryu’s rhythm. The sheets ripped slightly when he shredded his nails through them in tiny holes. Then, Ken moaned deliriously and came as Ryu swallowed everything he had to offer. Ken fell back onto the bed, spent and exhausted.

“I didn’t think that we’d go this far.” Ryu’s hands ignited Ken’s skin wherever he touched him, still not finished.

“You can be very persuasive,” Ken whispered, his mouth dry from moaning.

Ryu licked his lips and slid off his own pants to toss them onto the floor. Upon seeing how stimulated Ryu had become, Ken realized that it wasn’t over yet. This excited him, wondering how he was going to satisfy Ryu. He crawled between Ryu’s legs and was about to suck on him when Ryu gently pushed him back.

“Do you have any lubricant?,” Ryu asked desperately.

“I don’t think so. Why?”

A quick scan of the room brought a bottle of body oil to Ryu’s attention. He flung off the cap and dumped a good amount into the palm of his hand. Then, he rubbed it over his cock, making sure not to miss any spots.

Watching Ryu doing this enticed Ken to want to help and he did. His fingertips slipped off a couple of times but Ryu said nothing. He was about to ask why Ryu wanted it done when he was embraced tightly.

“Ken, …you know how I feel about you, right?”

“I think so.”

“I love you,” Ryu said with fortified conviction. “I’ve always loved you, even when you play hard to get.”

“I love you too. I never thought that you would admit it to me.” There were tears in Ken’s eyes. He cherished every kind word which Ryu said to him as if it were the last. It meant so much to him that he never lose his best friend.

“There’s a reason why I’m telling you now.” He easily slid one of his slick fingers between Ken’s buttocks and deep inside of him. “I wouldn’t do this to someone I didn’t love.”

At first, Ken was scared. He could just imagine the pain associated with what Ryu wanted to do. Ryu moved his finger in and out, making Ken spread his legs to fully benefit from the intrusion. It did hurt but the erotic sensations far surpassed that of a little discomfort.

Ken hugged Ryu around his neck, breathing unevenly into Ryu’s ear. Every time Ryu probed further, Ken would be forced to lean onto him so that he could have the access he needed. Gradually, Ryu was stretching Ken with three of his fingers dipped in the oil.

“Are you ready?” Ryu kissed Ken passionately without hearing the answer. The look in his friend’s eyes told him what he needed to know. There would be no hurt feelings or shameful regrets in the morning. It was past the point of no return. Ken was about to lie onto his stomach but Ryu stopped him. “I want to be able to see your face.”

Ken lay on his back with Ryu kneeling between his legs. He didn’t protest when his legs were raised under Ryu’s armpits to clamp tightly to his chest.

“Be gentle,” Ken joked, although it came out as more of a request.

“Aren’t I always?” The tip of Ryu’s head pressed against Ken’s virgin entrance, making him bite back a small sound. Another push and Ryu was halfway in, leaving Ken to claw at his thighs in an attempt to sit up. “Are you alright?”

“Yeah…just need a second…or two.” He closed his eyes and forced himself to relax, allowing Ryu to penetrate him completely.

Ken’s anal muscles were contracting and pulling Ryu in even further until he was thrusting his hips in and out to break away from Ken’s control. He seized Ken’s buttocks and crushed him upwards to meet his hips. There was pain and pleasure written all over Ken’s face as he beckoned Ryu in as deep as he could possibly go by grabbing onto the back of his thighs. It was too much for either of them.

Ryu buried his cock inside of Ken to the hilt and thrust one more time, filling Ken with his seed. Beneath him, Ken screamed out in total ecstacy, tears streaming from his eyes. The scream caused Ryu to collapse beside Ken, bringing him onto his side so that he wouldn’t have to withdraw just yet.

“I love you,” Ken sobbed, hugging Ryu around his neck as the pain subsided into a dull throbbing.

Now that Ryu had visibly deflated, he slid out of Ken and helped untangle his lover’s legs. “I love you…and how flexible you are,” Ryu teased. The emptiness that he had attempted to dismiss as a martial artist was gone. Not a bit of it lingered. He had fulfilled his wildest dream and satiated the pounding in his heart. Ken lived in that empty space now, clutched to his heart forever.

“You won’t leave again, will you?” Ken’s eyelids were drooping, his entire body shutting down.

“Never. If I do, you’re coming with me.” He kissed Ken’s nose and secured him tightly in his arms.

That night, they slept peacefully under the sheets, knowing that they would never be whole again without the other. With Ryu by his side, Ken would never be alone.

End of Chapter 2