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[Lumine]
I was grateful for the mild Inazuman winters. The clement weather meant I could lie outside without a jacket. In fact, lying outside in the bright sunlight on clear days was one of my favorite pastimes.
“Mora for your thoughts?” Ajax asked, nibbling on a plump strawberry.
“Just thinking about how nice the weather is.” Today was awfully nice; the sky was a beautiful azure and completely clear, and the warmth radiating from the sun was just right. We had taken advantage of this gorgeous day to have a picnic outside, in one of the more distant corners of the grounds of the Kamisato estate. Next to me was a platter of small assorted sandwiches and fruits.
"It really is nice," he agreed, taking my hand and twining his fingers with mine.
It had been two and a half months since we returned to Inazuma from Snezhnaya. We had been working on repairing our relationship, finding all the lost pieces and slotting them back where they belonged. Indeed, apart from a few hiccups, it had been going fantastically.
And Thoma had finally started to come around. While he and Ajax weren't quite friendly enough to hang out casually yet, he had actually consented to put together the platter of food when Ajax asked.
"I hope Thoma didn't poison these strawberries," Ajax mused aloud, already polishing off another one.
I swatted his shoulder lightly. "He's been getting nicer and you know it!"
"I know, love, just making a joke. I really am glad that he's starting to put his grudge aside. Want a strawberry?"
“Sure.” I sat up and wrapped my arms around my legs.
“Boop.” Ajax poked my lips with the tip of a strawberry and grinned. I giggled and bit off the end. Grown in the estate’s gardens, the strawberry was very sweet and succulent.
“These are amazing,” I praised. “I gotta ask Thoma to bake me a cake with these strawberries.”
He took a sandwich from the platter. “That sounds like a fantastic idea.”
We sat in companionable silence for a few more minutes, then I asked, “How are the nightmares?”
Ever since the flooding of Liyue Harbor, remorse-ridden Ajax had been having nightmares about his abhorrent actions. Those nightmares had doubled in intensity after I had discovered the original, misguided intention for the relationship and left him, nearly dying in the process. As we continued to patch up the wounds of the past, they had been occurring less and less frequently, but...
A shadowed look entered his eyes. “I had one last night.”
“Oh.” He’d told me once the contents of his nightmares, and listening to the way he told it, while gazing at his haunted expression... I squeezed his hand comfortingly. “I’m sorry.”
“That’s alright.” He patted my hand. “But let’s not mar this beautiful day with ugly thoughts, shall we?”
“That’s something I can agree with.” I scooted closer to him and leaned against his side.
He gently grasped my chin and turned my head so that I was looking at him. As he gazed at me intently, I found myself lost in the depths of his warm blue eyes.
“I really am lucky to have you,” he said finally, tucking a stray hair behind my ear. “Look at you; you’re magnificent. You have such fair skin, pretty hair, gorgeous eyes... and your personality is breathtaking. You’re sweet, kind, loyal, strong, confident... well, I could just go on and on about you.”
I blushed deeply. “You’re too kind,” I murmured, knowing it was a weak response, but I didn’t know how else to accept such meaningful compliments.
He stroked my cheek with unsurpassed softness. “I love you, Lumine.”
Well, that was easy to reply to. “I love you too, Ajax.”
Slowly, he leaned in for a gentle kiss. A warm flush crept up my cheeks as my lips melded against his. Underneath the strawberries, he tasted faintly of a sun-warmed ocean breeze; the familiarity drew me in, made me yearn for more.
Far too soon, Ajax pulled away, yet he still hovered close. When I glanced into his sapphire eyes, I could see a spark of something that sent my whole face ablaze.
"What are you thinking about?" I whispered.
"I'm thinking about..." He chuckled and smiled crookedly. "How alone we are right now."
His lips brushed against mine again, and I gasped when I felt the new passion behind his kiss. He cupped my cheeks in his hands, holding me steady as he kissed me fervently. I flung my arms around his neck and pressed myself against him, returning every last bit of his passion.
"Goodness, girlie!" Ajax laughed when we broke away for air. "That was quite something!"
I giggled. "Sorry."
"Oh, believe me, that is nothing to apologize for." He leaned in close, chuckling softly when he heard the hitch in my breathing, and gently kissed my earlobe. My breathing wavered even further when he traced slow, torching kisses down my neck.
"You smell lovely," he murmured against my collarbone. "So sweet, so gentle, yet... so intoxicating." He ended his statement with a bite that forced another gasp from me.
When Ajax went in for another kiss, I was ready. The warmth between my legs had turned into a billowing of desire, and I was all but powerless against its will. I pushed him down on his back and kissed him fiercely.
He flipped us over in a heartbeat, straddled me, and pinned my hands above my head.
"Don't you remember? The top is my spot, girlie," he growled playfully.
I grinned. "What if I fought you for it?"
His face brightened at the promise of a challenge. "Oh, but I'd win every time."
"And what makes you so sure?" I flashed back, bucking to try and dislodge him.
Ajax's eyes smoldered. "I know your weaknesses."
"Oh yeah? And what are-" He effectively shut me up with a deep kiss, slipping his tongue in between my lips. I felt myself being subsumed by a greater level of pleasure, falling limp under his stern grip.
After a minute- or longer, I was too dazed to tell or care- he trailed down to my neck and teased what felt like every bit of the sensitive skin with his lips and teeth.
"Surrender is a valid option, you know," he whispered suddenly in my ear, nibbling my earlobe.
"No!" It took me a minute to return fully to myself, but once I did, I started struggling to flip us over again.
He laughed softly. "If you won't, then I really can't promise I'll be gentle."
"Good." I grabbed his scarf and tugged him closer. Ajax winked and dipped lower to my breasts.
"Did you have to wear a bra?" he sighed.
"It's lacy," I offered.
In an instant, my shirt was flying to the side, Ajax having all but torn it off in his hurry to see the lacy bra. He ran a hand over the thin fabric covering my sensitive skin.
"Seeing you dressed like this makes it hard to hold back," he murmured, planting kisses on the tops of my breasts.
"What if I don't want you to hold back?" I challenged.
"Is that so...?" His hands slid to my back and unhooked the bra clasp.
I answered him with a fiery kiss, pressing myself against him and once again trying to roll us over. As he returned my passion, pouring a million blazing sparks into my body, I felt him curl his hands around the bra straps and yank them off my shoulders.
I traced feather-soft kisses to his ear, nibbled his earlobe, and whispered, "Let me show you more."
His breathing grew more ragged as I made my way down his neck, each passionate kiss and hungry bite forcing a small gasp from him. When I reached his scarf, I was about to yank it off when-
"Keep it. I have an idea for what to do with it," Ajax said with a mischievous smile.
"... Alright." I unwound the crimson scarf, laid it beside us, and returned my attention to him. His sable cotton shirt was next to go, landing in a crumpled heap near us. I had actually managed to push him into a sitting position while I was taking his shirt off, and now I was running gentle fingers over his torso. My fingers were swiftly followed by my lips, over his toned pectorals, over his firm abs...
I hovered teasingly over the bulge in his pants and glanced up at him. Ajax's sapphire gaze had sharpened with desire.
Laying a hand on the hard lump was what made him snap.
In an instant, I was on my back again, Ajax looming over me.
"Now..." he whispered. "It's my turn."
He ripped my bra off my arms- quite literally, as I could've sworn I heard the tearing sound of a strap giving way- and tied my hands over my head with the scarf.
"You look irresistible like this," Ajax chuckled, his hands still on my wrists. Then he kissed me oh so sweetly as his hands traveled down my arms to my chest.
His fingers brushed over my nipple and I gasped. He took advantage of my parted lips to slip his tongue in, sending me shooting to higher realms of ecstasy. My fingers splayed out in pleasure and I moaned against his lips as his actions grew rougher, more insistent. Stroking, pinching, tugging... Each movement was a firework exploding within my being.
Too soon, his lips left mine. I let out a needy whimper and tried to lean up, but Ajax held me still, his hands curled around my waist.
"Don't worry, girlie," he whispered, "There'll be more where that came from. But first..."
His lips brushed against the curve of my throat, the sudden electricity making me jump a little. I gripped the picnic blanket as he slowly kissed and bit his way down my neck, over my collarbone, and to my breasts. He cupped a breast in one hand and lazily licked the nipple.
"More..." I whispered, tense with anticipation.
"More, huh?" Another lick to drive me crazy. "... Why don't you ask nicely?"
A challenge; a chance to push him. If I tested him, these sessions would invariably become more... exciting.
Instead of complying, my lips curled into a playful smile. Ajax looked up at me, expecting obedience, but none was forthcoming.
"No?..." He pulled away and gazed down at me. "What should I do to such a disobedient girl, hmm...?" As he spoke, his hand traveled over the curve of my hip and down my thigh. Then, it slipped up inside my skirt and felt for the hem of my panties.
"Lace panties, huh, girlie?" he chuckled. "You sure know how to drive a man insane." With those words, he scooted down so that his head was between my bent legs. I felt his finger stroke the soaked fabric of the garment and sucked in a breath.
"Someone's having fun," Ajax observed cheerfully, kissing my wet thighs. A needy whimper rose from my lips as he pushed the fabric of my panties aside and ran his finger across my folds. Hunger darkened his gaze, and he suddenly shoved his finger inside me.
I tensed, waiting for the relentless onslaught. And it came, wave after roaring wave of pleasure, hurtling into me after I had barely recovered from the last one. His finger slammed into me again and again, his tempo increasing with each thrust.
"These stupid panties need to go," he growled, pulling his finger out much too soon. His teeth grazed my skin as he bit the hem of my panties. In a blink of an eye, they were gone, and Ajax was tracing a fiery line of kisses and nibbles back up my leg.
His gaze lit up and he said, "I want to try something... come here, you." He grabbed my waist and rolled onto his back. With a squeak of surprise, I fell on top of him.
“So I do get to be on top, after all, “ I teased with a kiss.
“For the moment.” His hands slid to the hem of my skirt and yanked it up, so my bare bottom was exposed.
“What are you- Oh!” My question morphed into a gasp as he smacked my ass.
Ajax’s lips sought mine, and we kissed fervently as he continued, alternating between smacking and grabbing. Each slap sent a fresh, electric thrill through me, making me moan against his lips.
When he paused for breath, with a giggle, I rubbed myself against the bulge in his pants.
His eyes narrowed, glittering with lust. “What do you think you’re doing?”
“Pleasuring myself,” I answered with a knowing smile. I slowly moved my hips, shivering at the delicious friction of the bulge against my most sensitive part.
A low moan shuddered from his lips. “Lumine, I’m warning you...”
“What? What are you gonna do?” Fueled by the heady rush of power, I sped up my movements, rubbing against him faster and faster and-
The shattering of his restraint was such that it was nearly audible.
“That’s it, girlie,” he growled. With a mighty surge, he pushed me back onto my back and pressed me roughly into the ground. His free hand fumbled with the button on his pants, undid them, and wrenched them down along with his underwear. “Hold still.”
Before I could even react, I felt him slide into me. My bound hands tightly gripped the picnic blanket.
With one hand, he pinned my tied wrists above my head; with the other, he held me firmly by the waist.
And he started moving.
“Ah!”
There was no mercy in his actions. He was truly pounding me, shoving his entire length into me with each thrust.
“Ajax...!” I longed to grab something, hold on to something solid , to keep myself from being subsumed by the ocean of swirling pleasure that surrounded me. But my hands were still tied up and held still by him, so all I could do was grasp the picnic blanket with all my strength as powerful ecstasy battered me.
The beginnings of a loud moan had just escaped from me when Ajax clapped his hand over my mouth.
“We can’t have the whole estate knowing what we’re up to,” he said cheerfully as each thrust of his sent me soaring higher into the sky. After a moment, he untied my hands and gently but firmly stuffed the scarf into my mouth as a makeshift gag.
My freed hands flew to his shoulders and gripped them tightly as he continued his ruthless onslaught.
The scarf was suddenly ripped from my mouth, replaced by his lips as he kissed me with the force of a thousand exploding suns. My nails biting into his skin, I clutched him tighter and arced my body against his. Ajax gripped my waist with both hands and drove himself harder and harder into me until- oh!- I was seeing stars, entire constellations and galaxies bursting into being before my eyes.
And then I was among the stars themselves, stars of ecstasy and pleasure. The stars blazed brighter and brighter as I soared higher and higher until-
Supernovae exploded around me, shockwaves of pleasure catching me, battering me, tossing me towards the greatest star, burning brightest of them all-
And
I
was
right
there.
With a gout of brilliant light and unsurpassed euphoria, the greatest star blossomed into the most colorful supernova of them all.
"Ajax!" I screamed as the powerful orgasm rocked through my body, lighting up every nerve ending from head to toe. I keened as I rode the earth-shattering wave, clutching his shoulders to stay afloat, until it eventually settled.
And he was still going.
My legs jittered once as the sensitivity kicked in. It was almost too much to bear.
"I'm sensitive! " I moaned.
"I know, girlie." He grinned widely. "It's fun seeing you this way."
"You're such a-" I was rendered silent by another rough kiss. His fingers dug into my skin as another two, three, four thrusts brought him to his own climax, the force of it making him shake under my hands.
"Oh, fuck," he panted, pulling out and flopping onto his back beside me. "That was... Fuck..."
I fumbled for his hand and found it, intertwining my fingers with his. "Maybe we should do it outside more often."
Ajax laughed heartily. "I don't think Thoma would appreciate that."
"Oh, it's not like we're gonna tell him anyway." I rolled over to him and rested my head on his bare chest.
"Mmm..." He wrapped his arms around me and stroked my hair. "I love you, Lumine."
"And I you." I was starting to drift away in his warm embrace.
For I was with the man I loved.
For I was content.