Senecio adn Tide II

[Mirach]

The slave remained motionless for a moment and then looked away, as if afraid his answer won't be satisfactory. "I don't care for the kingdom as much, my King..." he whispered. "But you do, and pleasing you is what I care for most." The words sounded uncertain, as the king still didn't say it directly.

[VisAnastasis]

In his peripheral vision, he could see Beast King nodding lightly, accepting his answer.
" Regardless of your motives, and regardless of the fact you went too far... your contribution to my kingdom's safety pleased me well. Your results speak for themselves, " he finally acknowledged it, and added, directly and proudly, with the dignity and solemn presence fit for a king indeed. " Yet, because you went rather far, I can not feel pleased fully just by the results. To live a life that is full and true to me, I can only feel at ease if I return everything in full measure, bad for bad, good for good. I shall punish severely and reward handsomely beyond measure when I see it fit. And I see it fit now, " he proclaimed, his foamy eyes still gazing intently at the slave, collected and calm, waiting for his reply, as if putting him through a test. " If you want to please me fully, you must come up with an award grand enough to be fitting of your contribution. Take heed, as my consort, you must not bring shame to me by asking for something symbolic and small, or I shall get angry instead of pleased. "

[Mirach]

The slave met the king's eyes bravely despite avoiding his look until now. "Then allow me to ask for a grand reward, the greatest I can think of," he said. "I'd ask for your full attention. I'd ask for... the pleasure of your touch."

[VisAnastasis]

Beast King maintained the gaze, watching him intently, his foamy eyes narrowing as if he were evaluating the weight of his request carefully. He extended one of his hands toward the slave and caressed his cheek unexpectedly lightly for a creature of such strength, leaning forward just a little.

" I do not have enough detail to evaluate... if the reward you ask for is grand enough just yet, " he spoke up quietly, his words being half a tease, and half an order, and his feelings reflecting a certain unusual exploration and longing. " Be more greedy, Sein Miru, with greed more beastly and proper, if you dare hope to keep my interest for long. I am only interested in eternity in people that know exactly what they want demand it confidently, and sink their teeth deep to keep it, " he teased some more, from slave's cheek, rough hand lightly falling upon his lips. " So, tell me more details about what you desire the very most from me right now. Prove me you really want it, with all the greed your heart can master, so I can judge if it's grand enough to be fulfilled. "

[Mirach]

"I desire..." Sein Miru whispered hoarsely, "I desire your embrace as you clean my wounds and tell me I can rest now while you take care of me. I desire a cool drink followed by a taste of your lips. I desire... the same posessive touch that you held me with moments ago, but gentle and focused on my pleasure. And... um... the thing you did with your tongue. I want more of it. Is that greedy enough?"

[VisAnastasis]

Ever so slowly, a very light approving smile spread on creature's face.
" Well, that level of greed is definitely much more appropriate. You should ask for at least that much, " Beast King agreed to his request at last, and in a light tease, he caressed his lips, and then, the caress glided across the face, and went to more badly bidden neck, grazing the bite he made before with his fingertips." Let us take care of your wounds first."

[Mirach]

Sein Miru didn't finish yet, though. "I'm even more greedy than that," he said when the king accepted his request, his breath fast with how daring he felt with it. "I want it all... but I want only want it if you desire to do it for me from your own will."

[VisAnastasis]

The hand that was caressing his wound froze for a lingering moment. It seemed almost as if before he went along with Sein's suggestion because he did not expect slave could figure out something more than that on the spot. But now, his full attention was on him, and there was indecisiveness and reconsideration in his gaze, as his mind raced to deal with unexpected temptation.
" Indeed... My Sein Miru truly has the bravery fit for a dragon. When a request is hard to grant, you can bet it's good enough to be considered grand," he whispered at last, with a little hoarser voice, in which hunger that was restrained before flickered anew, dangerously so. He did not respond right away, but he did not look away, taking a deep breath as he kept his gaze firm. " When you ask for so much, we should make it fair at least... May you tell me, why do you desire it so much, as to put it on the highest tier of your greed? " he whispered ever so quietly, a question vital to him before he made any choice. " What makes such dangerous thing for yourself, much more than pretence torture... so grand and appealing in your eyes? "

[Mirach]

"Isn’t it obvious, my King?" Sein Miru asked boldly, gamblimg with everything he's been granted to get what he truly desired. "I don't just want a favour from you. What I truly desire... what I really want... is you."

[VisAnastasis]

Tide's heart skipped a beat with the words, and while his cheeks in this monstrous form could not end up flushed red, Senecio felt the same kind of emotional response as when he would be flustered about something. But amongst that timid feeling, there was a great struggle against temptation before him, a struggle between responsibility and desire.
" Sein Miru... " he finally spoke up hoarsely. " Your words are grand... but they can only be proven by example. If you spend the night with me and can still claim them this firmly at the end of it all, only then, will I be able to believe you do want me like this. I believe you are drawn by the thrill of the risks so much that it clouds your judgement... but I do wish dearly for you to prove me wrong, because my judgement is clouded, too," he replied at last, ever so slowly and carefully, like someone walking through a dark treacherous swamp and having to check each of his steps so the ground would not swallow him. " If I had you with my full strength, though, you'd have me only for one night, as it would kill you... There is... a potion that can take away my strength, and also, make my mental state more cloudy, " he said, at last, meaning on the tea recipe they received from Cernunnos that makes demons weak and filled with a drowsy happy feeling. " Knowing that you would be the one that would have to take a lead and take responsibility for me... can you still claim with a clear conscience that you want me? "

[Mirach]

"My King," Sein Miru sat up straight, looking at him directly. "I do. I really do. But I don't feel up to such a task today. You asked me to voice what I desire, and my request is even greedier than the way you understand it. I want your love, in any way you want to give it. It may be like this, if you want. It may be any other way. I am not picky. But I am greedy because it's more than I have a right to ask, mayve more than you can give. That's alright. You know what I want now. It is your choice what you want to give."

[VisAnastasis]

Being watched him quietly. It seemed harder for him to decide what to say and how much in character to be, as well as how to feel because he did not know how much of the words said were Senecio's, and how much was the role. There was uncertainty, turmoil, and indecisiveness in it. But deep down he knew there are things Senecio was most comfortable expressing within a different role, just like there are more primal things he was more comfortable expressing as a beastly character, not himself. And so, he choose to believe in the sincerity of that expression despite they were doing a scenario, and slowly, after a moment, he spoke up.

" Your greed... is unreasonably attractive. It suits you, " Tide said quietly, speaking only the words that both he and Bast King would both be able to honestly say, " In fact, it makes me more fond of you the more confidently you speak of it... so, if you wish to succeed in gaining what you are greedy for, keep being greedy and unapologetic about it, just like this, and we will see where that leads us, " he whispered, and he leaned forth toward the now sitting person, until he grazed slave's lips with his own, in a tease that was just slightly bathed. " Tonight, I want to give you a lot from what you asked before, and take care of your wounds and your lust, but I do not feel up to risking your life today... Tonight, I can give you this much to show my sincerity, because anything more would be dangerous. But... next time, " he promised unexpectedly, what he never dared promise before. " If you keep being properly greedy in the meantime to show me your own sincerity... next time, I shall give you more. "

[Mirach]

Senecio was also moving in the overlap of the character with his own desires. "I would love both, my King,. Both today, and next time, when you decide for it," he smiled, and as if that exhausted the pent up energy from asking for something so big, he slowly sank back on the bed.

[VisAnastasis]

It was also emotionally exhausting to reach a point where he felt comfortable making that big and meaningful promise for him. As man sank down on the bed, Being let him do so, watching him for a lingering moment.
Then, he stood up, and took a pitcher of water and filled a bowl with it, as well as taking soft cloth and balm from the fairies. He sat down back on the bed, and he slowly and carefully began clearing Senecio's body with soft cloth and water. It was a refreshing feeling, to be slowly bathed like that, and while bathing him, Beast King began applying and rubbing the balm on his injuries, doing so as carefully as he could manage with his rough hands. He also used the excuse of taking care of him to pass along more sensitive areas of his body with a light tease, as he slowly prepared him for what was going to come later.

[Mirach]

The man closed his eyes and savoured the feeling of having his wounds taken care of so gently. It hurt a bit still, but in a way it felt even better for that, and it was still a new and unusual feeling. When king got to his back though, he remembered something and opened his eyes. "Um... could you please take extra care with cleaning the first lashes made theough clothes?" he asked, despite knowing it breaks the mood a bit. "I stopped you there because through clothes, bits of fabric get stuck in the wound, and those get inflamed and are very bothersome later." It seemed that Sein Miru was speaking from experience, but obviously that experience was Senecio's, and it was one he didn't want to repeat.

[VisAnastasis]

Beast King nodded lightly on the surface, but a pang of warmth and compassion could be felt in the creature's heart, as he understood the nature of Senecio's knowledge. And so, even more, his desire to spoil him grew. So, since they did not exactly specify what powers other than strength Beast King has, Tide decided to give him his own power of controlling water, too. He bent the water to gather fine threads of clothes in the wounds on the back and clean them thoroughly, and he also used the liquidity of the balm to bend it lightly too and fill the cleared wounds properly with it to make sure they heal well, lightly caressing the surface of wounds as he worked, as if to show his fondness that way.

[Mirach]

Such thorough cleaning hurt more, so Senecio was rense during it and relaxed when it was done and he could sink back into the drowsy and pleasant feeling evoked by thr balm and caresses.

[VisAnastasis]

Tide was encouraged, though, and his feelings were easy to read, predictably warm, clingy and wholesome. With a new reminder of how badly Senecio was treated and how poorly his wounds were taken care of in the past, he was determined to demonstrate to him things will be different from now on. His mind raced for a moment to figure out what he can do more to show his affection in the situation, to find something he didn't do before yet before his heart lit up with a hopeful feeling...

He continued taking care of the wounds, and he paid attention not to miss rubbing old scars lightly too, as fairy's balm would help them fade over time. As he did so, his voice raised from the silence, as unexpectedly, he began to recite a poem to him. His beastly voice was indeed more fit for solemn reciting of poems than singing, and Tide loved love poetry dearly, having exchanged poems with Senecio the day they met before asking him to date him. They did not have much time for poetry since then, as every day was full of other pleasures, but it seemed demon felt like this was a proper moment to express his feelings in one. This time, Tide picked a different kind of poem, more honest to his hunger, unique in its longing - and one fit for expressing both himself and Beast King he played. He recited slowly, without rush, his longing and wonder seeping into the soothing quietness of the night, and he kept reciting as he passed along his body, taking care of him and caressing him.

" I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.
Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets.
Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day
I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.
 
 
I hunger for your sleek laugh,
your hands the colour of a savage harvest,
hunger for the pale stones of your fingernails,
I want to eat your skin like a whole almond.
 
 
I want to eat the sunbeam flaring in your lovely body,
the sovereign nose of your arrogant face,
I want to eat the fleeting shade of your lashes,
 
 
and I pace around hungry, sniffing the twilight,
hunting for you, for your hot heart,
like a wild beast in the barrens of Lowlands... "

[Mirach]

Senecio opened his eyes and lay in quiet wonder. He wished Tide could perceive his feelings too, but since he couldn’t, Senecio reached for the gentle hand putting balm on his wounds and caressed it lovingly.

[VisAnastasis]

Tide's hand trembled lightly, just like his feelings, that shimmered like gold, timid with the revealing poem, but bubbly and hopeful with Senecio's warmth and the act of affirmation. He recited the poem until the end while savouring the feeling of acceptance, and as the poem ended, he slowly took man's hand in his own, and leaned forth to it and kissed it, with a kiss affectionate and warm, returning gentleness he was shown with his own.

[Mirach]

Senecio's breath caught in his throat with the gesture as was emotionally vulnerable now, and not used to such acts of affection yet. "M-My King..." he whispered when he caught his breath, "you really have a skilled tongue... in many ways."

[VisAnastasis]

Tide could not help but laugh with the double meaning of the statement, his feelings likewise, bubbly and full of wonder with Senecio's unapologetic acceptance, something he was still getting used to, but was growing more and more confident and bright about. Luckily, the laugh was not out of place for the character of Beast King, and encouraged and more filled with confidence at the moment, Tide fit well with the character. As he laughed, Being acted on his impulses, and kissed his hand anew, and then interlocked his finger's with the man's and pressed against them lightly and gently, with but a bit of strength, not in act of dominance, but one of promise.

" I should at least be this skilled to consider my attention an acceptable reward, " he teased with a wide innocent grin, expressing his own restless feelings through Beast King's lips. " But you're indeed not rewarded nearly enough yet. You should be drowned in rewards to the point you can barely bear it. There is a lot more where this came from, and we have all your waking time just yet... So, should I reward you with more poems or more pleasure first? I compel you to be greedy, for your greed is exquisite. "

[Mirach]

"Before that, could I get a drink?" Sein Miru asked. "Then... I would like both, of course. One blending into the other..."

[VisAnastasis]

" That's properly greedy indeed, as expected of my Sein Miru. Keep up with the good work, " Beast King grinned, with approval that was both the character's and Tide's. " And in meanwhile tell me, what do you wish to drink? Water, wine, or something else? I shall serve it to you tonight as a part of your recompense. "

[Mirach]

"Then I'd like the juice of fruits from distant countries, with the most expensive spices," Sein Miru smiled. "But first some water," he added practically.