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POSTED ON Jan 5, 2020 7:08:14 GMT

his hand is taken, and with it, a tangle of control. noah's quiet. he allows the grateful shape of his smile to speak for him as he hears kyle breathe. feels him breathe. even the slightest tickle of kyle's exhalations against noah's petting thumb is enough to let the scene surrender into a serene silence.

this isn't real, noah hears a thought remark. in part, he mourns the loss of darkness. as though the enlightement of their passionate coalescence-the illumination of what has transpired and who is before him, breathing and pressing against him-is what threatens their separation. in fantasies and taped posters, noah can ensure a fragile permanence of his star. but here, as noah peels away the enigma, he realizes how easily everything can be taken away.

he can't let that happen. it is his job after all. his job as bodyguard- and so, he does so, using the mask of kyle's chuckle to roll on top of his partner, his hands folding on the other's chest as he looks on fondly. his shape fits firmly atop of kyle's, although the jacket does slide askew.

"what now? well, it's clear we're immortal. not even nature can stop us." noah's hand travels up, running through kyle's morning hair. "not even nature... can stop us from having a second date." he leans in, his head swinging close to kyle's ear to whisper: "besides, i think i entertained well enough."

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POSTED ON Jan 5, 2020 8:44:38 GMT

the shift of position gets his blood rushing. kyle is unsure on how to react. he starts to look red once more, still unused to this arrangement. being single for majority of his life has made him inexperienced in situations such as this.

"j-just how romantic can you be?!"

he flinches once more when noah's breath warms his ears. his heart continues to race, with each action noah takes adding more to his pile. someone who prefers solitude may find his position uncomfortable, but noah somehow finds a way for kyle to appreciate this awkward feeling.

his smile crumples in a way that kyle seemingly forces himself to keep the grin from happening. it feels embarrassing, though he supposed he doesn't have anything to feel embarrassed about after what has transpired the night before. instead, he removes his hand from his face and touches noah's chest with a finger.

"i guess i suppose you need a reward for that." he drags his finger down until he reaches his stomach. he waits for a bit, before following it up. "does that sound seductive enough?" he jests.

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POSTED ON Jan 5, 2020 9:30:24 GMT

is it romance? in the darling space of kyle's flinch, noah's smile takes somber tones. it's concealed. hidden away by perspective, for his lips remain perched by kyle's lobe. the subtle scent of his lover leaves him anchored.

it has only been a few days- perhaps, longer if one were to count the crush noah has harboured for much of his hoennian habitation. he worries that this is a honeymoon phase, one eclipsed by sudden passion from the other. a brief fervor burning across the silvered rim of their moon- and while noah burns too, he knows his fire is constant.

perhaps, naively so.

but he doesn't dally on such thoughts. he refuses to surrender to the depths of doubt, and seeks something tangible. his teeth catch kyle's ear before pulling away.

as kyle traces his finger down his taut gut, noah showboats with a cheeky flex. the elite four's attempt is admirable; the stunning contrast of his meekness and his position melting noah's strength. he collapses onto kyle again, taking special care to plant his firm stomach against the other.

"yeah, yeah! that was... a good try." noah lavishes him with notes of praise despite the clumsy display. leaning forth, his wet lips plant an appreciate kiss on kyle's chin, "i'm guessing you like positive reinforcement then, huh?"

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POSTED ON Jan 5, 2020 10:15:08 GMT

the flex amuses kyle, much more so than noah intended. a pointed finger opens to a palm, feeling the sculpt of his body as it heads further south. it ends when noah clings onto him, where he places it on top of his head instead, playing with his hair fondly.

"that's how i do things," he answers.

the topic of his training preference reminds him of his dogs, who must've been worried about no one coming to visit them during the night. he doesn't want this sensation to end, but responsibilities still exists. the wooden boards were a pain and the cold made things unbearable, but noah's presence somehow made it ignorable.

he shifts his position as he readies to stand up, responding to noah's affection with his own, although his marks the spot. it's much more passionate than a playful peck, lasting long enough until kyle is on his own two feet while his arms carry noah.

it ends, and kyle calms himself enough to show noah the smile he woke up with.

"we should head home."

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POSTED ON Jan 5, 2020 10:56:33 GMT

noah kisses him too. although this is not their first time, he finds kyle's lips startlingly tender still. there is no building of tolerance, for every reaction his mentor brings disarms him like a fool.

kyle's prolonged kiss makes a fool out of time too. what lasts seconds becomes the single measurement of a moment. a moment in which noah loses himself in their joined ascent, the memories of ice-bitten skin and bleak winds tossed alongside butterflies.

he sinks into kyle's corded arms. ever since their first meeting, he had desired such a seat while he spoke from cobra's curled limbs. now, they sought home.

"i guess so. this place wasn't so bad after all." noah's gaze separates painfully from kyle's smile to remember the room's treasures: the iron pot, the dusty cupboards, the newly-scratched flooring. "we could come back. fix the place up. like a spring-summertime project! bring the dogs. frey would like this place, he..."

and he rambles on and on.

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POSTED ON Jan 5, 2020 15:26:52 GMT

he shuts him up by cheekily pressing his lips against his. it ends in a moment, after which he rests his forehead on his.

"do you really like this place?" he asks. "it's old, and, dirty, and-" a breeze of cold wind seeps through the cracks of the wooden walls, causing him to shiver. "-not to mention us almost dying here."

he stops for a while and assessed the outpost. nothing of importance comes to view, except the vulgar vandalism they have left in a structure that could almost pass as a heritage site. his clothes were dirtied as well from more than just dust and dirt.

then again, he is as sentimental about a lot of things despite his pragmatic point of view.

"show me a gym badge, and i'll think about it," he adds, smirking with a devilish flash on his eyes when he comes back to staring at noah's face. "you made this decision, right?"

he finally lets go of noah.

"are you cold? i'm cold."

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POSTED ON Jan 5, 2020 16:21:47 GMT

keeping his forehead propped against kyle's, noah listens to kyle's scathing review. a smug shape adorns his dewy mouth. he pulls an echo from an outpost cobweb, repeating kyle through the filter of his sarcasm.

"just how romantic can you be?" stuck in kyle's arms, noah beats a fist against the e4's chest with a dense thud. "but yeah... i like it. i don't wanna get stupid sappy or whatever, but how could i forget this place now." he nips at kyle's adam's apple in case he has more to add to the list.

noah makes himself comfortable, shimmeying his shoulders in the hoop of kyle's hold. he wonders if there are splinters in his back.

"augh, that's so unfair!" noah rubs his face before gluing his hand on to kyle's. he bullies him, rubbing his palm down the e4's nose. "but, it'll be a walk in the park."

noah's feet hit the ground. he takes a step back, the taunting tip of his tongue sticking in between his lips as he surveys his lover. after a moment's deliberation, he nods.

"i can tell." his eyes flicker southward and back up again before he strides across the room. he picks up his clothes- and kyle's jacket.

noah dons it without anything else, and with a triumphant pose, announces that this is all he will wear.

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POSTED ON Jan 5, 2020 17:16:49 GMT

kyle rubs his nose while he goes for his clothing when noah goes for his, wearing them as he goes. when he goes for his jacket, he finds it in possession of another person.

"noah, i'm cold," he whines. the playful spark on his eyes betrays the tone of his voice, however.

he moves in, closing in on his target in an accelerating pace. he inserts his hands on his jacket's pockets, arms around noah as a result. he presses his body closer, leaning his body forward to match his height while his head rests on noah's shoulders.

his hands meets halfway from within his jacket in an attempt to hug. he wasn't kidding when he said he was cold, and although it was much more tolerable than last night's, kyle was still too much of a hoenn resident to not mind the cold.

in his ears, he whispers. "are you going to ride my salamence in only that?" it wasn't an innuendo.

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POSTED ON Jan 5, 2020 18:56:59 GMT

the shoulder kyle rests on jolts upward, bumping into him with a muted thump. noah laughs, his mess of dark hair leaning on kyle. "and i'm ticklish, g-gah."

the bubbly mirth subsides, quelled by the comforting sweeping of kyle's arms. only now, in the tranquil cold does noah notice his plume of breath. drawn from winged lungs. they bouquet white before fading. there's beauty hanging in that transcience- and tragedy should you look for it. as another condensed breath loses its airy veil, he remembers kanto. johto. how lonely he is here; despite the liberties of his independence, noah realizes just how much he has lost.

such grief galvanizes his arms, delivering them around kyle's torso. cold hands landing on his kyle's warm back. he murmurs something. a subconscious thought. a cryptic code. but even he can't tell what he has said.

it is kyle's voice that loosens their snug shape. whispered and warm, his ear rings with stimulation- then with disciplined resolve. "hey! stop right there, kyle lopez! i know i'm all that and everything, but we have poochys to feed!" noah's own connotations flood into kyle's good intentions.

he pulls on his wrinkled clothes. after finding his socks, he slips one on his right foot before hopping around on it as he slips on the other.

"and i need to take a shower! and i'm hungry!" he pats his stomach, and marches to the door. "we're going. now!" lifting his leg, he slams his shoe into the door.

it blows off the hinges and dies on the snow.

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POSTED ON Jan 6, 2020 1:07:47 GMT

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"what?"

almost a reflex, the question came when he hears noah say something incoherent. another "what?" is fired after the sudden change of tone.

confused about noah's snapping, he follows him around as he collects his belongings, like a puppy and his object of his sole attention. while his hands have slipped out of the pockets, kyle remains glued to noah as much as possible.

"so, are you walking all the way to verdenturf instead of flying there with me?"

noah gets out of the door, kyle second. he shuffles around, frisking his belongings to check off things on his checklist before they finally leave. his hands go for his pokeballs last, where he takes off the one containing his salamence and releases it.

"i meant this. what did you thi--" he stops himself as he realizes. "oh..."

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POSTED ON Jan 6, 2020 2:01:42 GMT

noah stops at the threat of returning alone. of course, it is a jest- and yet, even the briefest fiction possesses the power to pause his step. continually, he denies such the barbs of his thinking, and instead, seeks the distraction of kyle's ubiquitous presence hovering behind, beside and around him.

as the salamence is cast from its ball, noah remembers now. remembers who they had brought to the slopes. noah wide-eyes match kyle's own as he covers the red of his face. he echoes kyle's own disguise of embarrassment; however, noah's is obvious. he can practically hear the snow melt beneath his shoes.

"i... might still be on a high i guess," noah stammers before hoisting himself over the salamence's back. in that moment, he converts his sheepish posture to one of enterprise.

rising a brow, a silly pucker to his lips, noah pats the dragon's spine before spreading his arms. "i'm big spoon now, ya?"

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POSTED ON Jan 6, 2020 3:06:13 GMT

"i can still let you do whatever it is on your mind if you want," he mentions quite casually, the sultry tone absent in his voice.

he gets on his salamence's back, setting himself nicely in between the arms of the dragon-type's first passenger. he freezes for a while when he hears his salamence grunt, unused to having more than one person on his back, but moves again as it passes.

"you got my jacket. now you gotta warm me up!"

he scoots backwards, inching slowly closer and closer to noah until his lower back touches him. he leans backwards and rests his torso on his, grinning as he turns his face to his.

"are you ready?"

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POSTED ON Jan 6, 2020 4:42:51 GMT

the license kyle gives is dangerous. perhaps, given too early. noah does not lend his voice to a response; however, his answer is clear in subtler ways. his thighs tighten against the salamence, as if preparing for the turbulence of flight.

as kyle scoots down, noah moves up to match selfishly. carefully, his hands traverse across his companion's torso. they take their time. they trace what he has kissed before, memory of the journey in the warmth of his fingertips. finally, they weave together and hoist noah's chest towards him.

he gives one last glance to their vandalized outpost. the door would be another thing to repair. perhaps, an emblem of return. a promise- should he attain a badge.

"i'm ready." noah nestles his chin on kyle's shoulder: a lesson learned, if not mimicked for flattery. "are you?"

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POSTED ON Jan 6, 2020 18:29:01 GMT

"it's gonna be cold up there, and with this-" he gives two quick taps at the arms surrounding him. "-i think i'm ready."

he turns his face back to what's in front of them, moving to a more appropriate riding position. kyle leans forward and allows noah to do the same before whispering a command and the destination to his pokemon's ears.

"i'll escort you home too after breakfast," he casually adds. the rather confident tone melts to a sudden meekness when he realizes he's been "i-if you want to."

his salamence starts to take off. a powerful flap of his wings brings them airborne, momentarily hovering slightly above ground. it gives noah just a moment to respond to kyle before they start reaching the skies.

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