Auovin breathed onto Ari's neck causing little bumps to coat Ari's skin. Ari gazed at the small drops of blood running down his skin once Auovin created some distance between them. Ari knew what was to be expected with him. Auovin would be no gentle lover and Ari was content with that. However, Auovin's reluctance was plain as the gray skies that haunted every passing day.

"I do not care. Whatever it is that you are hiding away from me. I do not care anymore. I just--" Ari closed his eyes and exhaled. "You seduce me and have me where you have wanted me to be for the longest and now you act as if it is some burden you must bear. Just a moment ago you wanted this and now... I do not know what to make of you or this. I am growing frustrated."

Ari rose and rolled on his stomach to get from under Auovin before he could say anything in response. Auovin pressed his weight onto Ari's back causing Ari to sink back onto the ground. The smell of Auovin filled his nose. Ari could almost taste him.

"You were the one who seduced me first with your tales of the stars and open sky. You pursued me in the oddest ways. I did not want to entertain your fantasies and wants any more than I had to. I simply wanted a name. However, you entered my heart that way," Auovin mumbled near his ear. "Even when you were blinded by lust. You see what you want and ignore the rest. Is that not right?"

"Is there more you want me to see?" Ari turned over to face him. "If there is then show me," Ari said while pulling Auovin closer. "Let me see."

Auovin's eyes narrowed but said nothing.

There were many things Ari had yet to see-- to touch even. Perhaps, those were the things he was alluding to. If so... Ari slid his hand under Auovin's shirt, loving the feel of his bare skin against his fingertips. Every place his fingers touched was smooth and seemingly untouched by the ravages of time. It almost felt as if his skin was burning it was so hot. Ari continued to trace along the dip of his back, drawing his shirt further up.

Unlike Cyrus', Ari could feel the bulge of muscles at his shoulder blades. They would relax and contort at the smallest touch from him. It caused an unbidden smile to spread across his face.

"Let me see what is hidden under all of your pretty words and false smiles," Ari said as he gazed into Auovin's eyes. Ari did not bother to wait for a reply that may or may not come. He continued to lift Auovin's shirt above his head until it was off and strewn on the floor. "I do not care what is that I will see. My heart is not so fickle. It will not change. Never."

"Never?" Auovin scoffed. "I heard those words come from these lips once before." Auovin brushed his thumb across Ari's lips before he could say a word.

Ari took the thumb in his mouth causing Auovin to smile and remove it.

"As many things may have, I am sure. But you know. You must realize what you meant to me then as what you mean to me now. Nothing but time and circumstance has changed."

"Your eyes... they have."

"Do you not like them?"

Auovin pressed his forehead against Ari's and stared into his eyes. His long black hair fell in cascades down each side of his face, leaving Ari with no option but to look at him. When Auovin moved his arm near the top of Ari's head, he gave Ari the smallest of smiles. One that made Ari's heart warm and ache. His stomach swirled as it filled with anxiousness.

"I like everything about you," Auovin answered. Heat rushed to Ari's cheeks in a matter of seconds. His eyes grew wide and his voice caught in his throat. Ari was not expecting such words to come from his lips. "That is the problem. There is not a single thing to dislike about you..." Auovin eyed Ari's lips before flicking his eyes back to him. "I have grown to love your flaws."

Ari let out a shaky breath. No matter how much he tried to gain the upper hand Auovin would leave him feeling defeated in a matter of a few seconds-- words. He did not know how to respond to such words especially when Auovin was so close. His mind became like mush. Auovin's gaze upon him only made it worse.

Auovin was gorgeous. Ari already had a slip of tongue once and said it aloud. With him being as close as he was to him it only made him realize it more. His lashes were long and thick accentuating his amber eyes. There were flecks of gold and green in his irises Ari never noticed before. They captivated him. Ari placed a hand to his cheek, loving the feel of his burning skin. The color of his skin was like a sard gemstone, deep and rich with brown. It became more pronounced from the light of the flames flickering nearby.

Ari wanted to touch him more, know him more, explore him more. He was becoming impatient as Auovin's words sank in further. There were many things to dislike about Auovin. Too many to name, yet Ari felt the same.

"I have grown to love yours as well," Ari mumbled, too shy to meet Auovin's eyes. "It is love when I look at you and when I kiss you... If you decide to further this... it will be love too. Because I love you. All of you. More than there are stars."

Silence sat between them. Ari closed his eyes feeling Auovin's eyes upon him. They were burning holes in him. When Auovin added pressure to his wrist, Ari opened his eyes full of reluctance to what expression Auovin would greet him with.

"When we met... the stars fell," Auovin said barely audible. Ari furrowed his brows. He did not know how to respond. "Do you not remember?"

Ari tucked in his lip not wanting to say no. It seemed to be something special to him. Something he held dear to his heart and for him to say he did not remember...

Auovin shook his head and gave him a small smile. "It does not matter." He tried to move away but Ari stopped him by wrapping an arm around his neck, pulling him close.

"No, tell me," Ari said as he stared into his eyes.

Auovin answered him with a kiss to his lips. It was soft and light, sweet almost. Ari deepened it wanting more than just that kind of kiss from him. He wanted the kisses from Auovin that made his toes curl, his body melt-- shudder. He wanted the pain and pleasure that came from every touch-- great or small. He wanted it all.

One kiss turned to two to three to four. Ari had to separate from him for air. Auovin was impatient, though. The moment Ari took in a breath, Auovin's lips pressed against his. His warm hands made their way under Ari's shirt, moving it forward. Ari's groin stiffened from the simple brush of his hands against his chest. When his shirt was removed, Auovin kissed down his neck to his pecks. Little red marks blossomed on Ari's skin where Auovin's lips once were. Each sting and each bite became more pronounced the further down he went. Auovin was devouring him piece by piece, little by little and Ari did not want it to stop.

Ari moaned inside Auovin's mouth when Auovin covered his lips with his again. It was a rougher wetter kiss. The ones that made his lip bleed and his mouth filled with a metallic taste. His toes curled as his nails sank into the skin of Auovin's back. The muscles on Auovin's back responded well to Ari's touch. Auovin's skin was hot against his. He loved the feel of it. When he loosened his grip and relaxed back into Auovin, each muscle Ari's fingers brushed over became evident. Auovin always wore loose-fitting shirts, so Ari never realized just how much mass was hidden underneath.

Ari had this insatiable desire to explore every part of him. He wanted to feel up to Auovin's arms and around his stomach all the way down to his bottom. However, he was hesitant. As emboldened as he felt before it had left him the moment Auovin pressed his lips to his. Ari was filled with anticipation, yes. He wanted this, but it was not without the nervous, anxious feelings that were bubbling inside of him. Ari hissed when Auovin sucked and then bit the nape of his neck, bringing him out of his thoughts. His lips stayed pressed against his skin as he licked up the side of his neck drowning out the pain of his bite with the pleasure of his soft touch.

His groin stiffened to the point of throbbing pain. He wanted Auovin to focus more on the lower part of him that was beginning to become painful as time wore on. He could never say that aloud, though. He would never.

Auovin brushed the hair that had fallen in his face away causing Ari to pry his eyes open. Auovin never looked more tempting than he did now. His eyes were solely on him. All of his attention was towards him. In the beginning, this is what Ari desperately wanted.

"Finally, you are only looking at me," Ari said.

"I have always only looked at you. It has only ever been you this entire time."

"I do not believe that, but I do not care."

"You always care even if you say you do not," Auovin said while smiling. "You have always been a jealous thing."

Ari let his eyes wander across Auovin's body. When he tried to crane his neck Ari stopped at the sudden pain coming from his neck. Ari touched where the pain was coming from and his hand came back with blood.

"I do not mean to be rough with you," Auovin mumbled.

"I do not care."

"I would be too much."

"I do not think so."

"Cyrus is a gentle lover... I am not. I would break you into pieces," Auovin said as he twirled a piece of Ari's hair around his finger. He yanked down on it and whispered in Ari's ear, "and I would enjoy it. Devouring you piece by piece."

Ari licked his lips, hiding just how aroused he became at the notion. Whatever reluctance Auovin had, in the beginning, dissipated with each kiss it seemed like. Ari could not think of a time when they were as intimate as right now and he did not want to ruin it with the fear of not being able to keep to Auovin's pace.

"And which piece would you start with?" Ari said. Auovin's smile could be felt on the skin near his ear. When Ari met his eyes again Ari was overcome with a burning sensation. Ari fought being swallowed up by the feeling and continued. "My neck?"

Ari touched Auovin's neck before sliding his hand down his chest. "My chest? Or is it... somewhere further down?" Ari could feel his abdomen constrict before relaxing. Before he could go any further, Auovin stopped his hand with his own and brought both Ari's arms up over his head.

Ari stared at him with parting lips full of anticipation. Auovin's chest pressed against his body as he leaned into him. His heart expanded more and more as the seconds wore on. Soon it was bubbling up from inside of him in the form of shaky breaths and trembling fingers. He could barely hold Auovin's eyes anymore, as beautiful as they were. Auovin lifted his chin with his finger causing Ari's gaze to redirect back to him.

"I like the taste of pain. I told you this once before." His grip tightened on Ari's chin. "How it is suffocating, addicting."

Ari inwardly groaned at the sound of his voice so near his ear. "So much so that I would make sure that there is nothing left but the feeling of it. In that way, you will become mine. Just as you were before."

"Like before..." Ari shook his head. "Perhaps I want something more than what we had before."

Auovin answered him with a kiss to his lips. When Auovin's grip fell away from his wrists, Ari did not hesitate to pull him closer. It distracted him from Auovin's hand roaming further down his body.

Ari gasped and nearly released what was building up from Auovin's sudden touch. "Do not ever regret those words," Auovin said with lips pressed to his skin. A sigh escaped from Ari as Auovin's grip tightened. "I will not let you. Not this time."

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