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There stood the peaceful scenery of Amphoreus, each day the code becoming something more real and organic. Much like nature reclaiming an abandoned city scape, each day feels more real, the starry sky having one new planet appear in the sky each night. Now life must be resumed… after reuniting in the everlasting paradise (a gift from Cyrene) people tried to live their lives to the best of their abilities. Amphoreus and its people no longer could age in Cyrene’s frozen moment, an eternal paradise that someday in the future will able to accommodate travel, and the cosmos can be explored. Thanks to the trailblazer’s help with “publishing” the flame chase, this process has sped up… everything will be “real” someday… a someday that could even be witnessed by the astral express. Now, all the citizens are together, with Cyrene offering glimpses of the future to guarantee to all that the future is worth waiting for. After all, what’s a “few” more years compared to the billions spent within the cycles? Most people were able to quickly adapt back into this changed world, the prosperity once observed in Okhema, except for one person…
“Phainon.”
He jumps back at the stern voice interrupting his gaze upon the scenery. Not quite the person he once was. Phainon now face to face with his grief, has been struggling. Hyacine has been making him meet with her monthly. His friends are deeply worried about him, having lost a lot of his cheerful demeanor and taking more missions than usual to avoid everyone.
“Aha… you scared me Mydei… to what do I owe the pleasure?” He scratches the back of his neck and can’t meet his golden eyes.
“… HKS, we are recognized as husbands by kremnoan law, don’t act all formal with me.”
“Aha… sorry…” Phainon continues to look away, a slight blush forming on his face, but behind his eyes there still lay this dissociative gaze. Mydei’s heart aches at the sight.
Phainon returns his gaze to the city, still blushing. doesn’t he know that he’s going to give Phainon a heart attack if he keeps that up? The sky has changed to an orange… a sunset. A new occurrence due to the deactivation of the dawn device, allowing the citizens to fall into a circadian rhythm. Mydei is still staring at Phainon with his brows furrowed. Phainon has been acting strange for a while (stranger than usual), and mydei has had enough of waiting for him to come clean about what’s on his mind.
“Deli- Phainon, you have been avoiding me.”
“Nothing gets past you mydeimos haha… I suppose I just find it hard to get near you after if witnessing what these hands have done to you… and everyone in all the cycles.”
“Tch… ridiculous you know I don’t blame yo- *ahem* what I mean is that I suppose I can understand you being weary, but is this not the life you have fought for all those millions of cycles?”
Phainon keeps staring out at okhema, the sun hitting him at the most majestic and glowing angle. Mydei cannot seem to take his eyes off of Phainons melancholic beauty…
“Come Phainon, let’s go to the diner… after all I still owe you that date.”
Mydei grabs Phainons arm and starts dragging him down towards the market, not even looking back at him.
“M-mydei you’re gonna rip my arm off slow down!”
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They reach the diner after getting many concerned looks in the market (the vendors are still traumatized from all those past cycles of Phainon and Mydei’s competitions which usually ended with a broken stall or two and one very mad and beautiful chrosos heir). They enjoy their dinner in each others company, but Mydei can’t help but feel as though there is something he could do to let that idiot know all his burdens are behind him now…
Once the meal concludes they both leave the diner laughing underneath the starlight, walking towards their shared quarters. As of late phainon keeps insisting on sleeping on the couch alone, making something up about some sort of “endurance challenge” with falling asleep on uncomfortable cushions. As they continue on the path mydei remembers how irritated he was earlier and who better to make the victim of his irritability than the cause of it?
Mydei loving interlocks their hands making Phainon freeze and begin to stutter, then while he is distracted mydei slaps him in the back of the head with his other hand.
“You have been hating yourself every cycle and you continue once we are free from hell? I know you are blaming yourself for the past but now you’re leaving me here in the present on my own. I know you didn’t freeze just now from embarrassment you love sick fool, you’re afraid to even touch me.”
Underneath this outburst is hurt. Phainon’s heart feels as though it shatters into a million pieces knowing this time he’s hurt Mydei’s feelings.
“I’m sorry mydei… I’ll do better I promise, I’ll-“
“Lay with me, de- Phainon.”
The whole world freezes and Phainon loses all feelings to an overcoming shiver, contrasting the burning hot of his face. What.
“What.”
“As my husband this is part of your duties. I demand that you lay with me tonight and forever. Please.”
Mydei’s face also begins to burn the more he speaks and realizes too late that his attempt to embarrass the deliverer would affect him just as equally.
“Mydeimos… I-“ a phone call from hyacine suddenly interrupts them.
“Hey Phai! I’m just checking in and reminding you about your therapy appointment tonight. I assume you forgot, but if you run you can make my slot” hyacine sounds tired, business has been extreme after everything was restored.
“Go, we can discuss… this… another time. Your appointment is very important, Phainon.”
Mydei calmly says as he begins to walk to their quarters. Phainon opens his mouth to speak but after checking the time again he just offers an apologetic look while sprinting to Hyacine. At least he can lie and say he’s flushed from rushing.
———
As Mydei arrives back to the quarters he sits on their bed with his head in his hands.
What was I even thinking? Asking the deliverer something as raunchy as that? Even though he himself desired Phainon, was he really so needy to practically beg? Phainon is going through a very scary thing right now, but yeah asking to pounce on him tonight was just what Phainon needs. Ughhhh. They would lay with one another in the previous cycles, but Phainon clearly doesn’t want to touch Mydei at the moment, as infuriating as it is to be seen has some porcelain doll, he must respect phainon’s needs at the time. Mydei eventually lulls to sleep before phainon can return home, and feels the embarrassment melt away each passing moment.
———
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck. He was doomed, he was so doomed. Mydeimos, HIS Mydeimos asking something intimate of his boyfriend (husband, but Phainon’s brain cannot comprehend he is actuallly married to Mydei). Mydei blushing and looking off the the side? Titans he’s so adorable, is it possible to die of a heart attack at this age?
“Phainon please focus.”
Hyacine’s voice interrupts his train of thought bring him back to the present moment.
“So, it has been around a month since I last saw you. Has anything new happened since we last met? Positive or negative.” She stares at him awaiting his reply.
“Well I’ve been writing to mom and dad every week since the cycles have ended. I’ve been worried since aedes elysiae is so far away and their replies don’t come for a few weeks… I’ve mostly just been updating them on what’s happening.”
Hyacine still has a neutral expression on her face.
“Have you visited them at all yet?”
“No… I don’t think I’m ready to go back home yet. I thought I would be ecstatic to see my home town again just I don’t know…”
Hyacine gives him a small smile, a sign she’s changing the subject to something less heavy, they have been talking for around an hour at this point and phainon is getting fidgety.
“How are things going with Mydei?”
“They’re going well. He is mad at me right now I think, well “mad”. I feel awful because I’ve been avoiding him lately. Seeing him is too much for me sometimes.”
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As Phainon begins making his way back home he sees a celebration happening in the tavern. It looks lively enough, and a guest stumbles out beckoning him over. He might as well join the festivities as a distraction.
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*knock knock knock*
Mydei sleepily wakes up to a rapping at his door. Who could it be at this hour…
Cipher is supporting and holding up a very drunk phainon. Is he dead?
“Yo little lion, lover boy here got a little too drunk at the tavern tonight! He’s lucky I was there too drag his yearning ass home! I expect payment in the form of a nice fish dinner.”
She tosses Phainon into Mydei’s arms and runs off. Welp now he has to take care of this moron. Mydei groans and drags Phainon off to their bed and goes to get him some water.
“Mmmydeiiiiiii where are you? I love you.”
Mydei sighs, “I’m here phainon, drink this.”
He passes him the drink but Phainon refuses it.
“Noooooooo you’re not my boyfriend I don’t like you”
“Husband.”
“You’re not him! MY mydeimos is mad at me and I should die.”
“… I’m Mydeimos.” He ignores that last part.
“MYDIEJEHSHEI!!! My love WOAH your boobs are so big in that chiton I’ll carry them for you.” Phainon makes a kissy face at mydei and he pushes him away. This time Phainon drinks the water. Well at least Phainon seems mostly the same. Mydei sighs and begins to undress Phainon while pushing him towards the bath. Once Phainon is settled in there Mydei leaves to grab him a change of clothes. When he comes back Phainon is staring at him.
“I like you a lot.”
“Bold thing to say to your husband.”
“I wanna have a bunch of babies with you.”
Mydei chokes on air and goes to punch Phainon, but remembers that he must wait until phainon is sober to kill him.
“We can buy a bigger place and we can be in love forever and and have a huggeeee fsmily and I’ll kiss you forever and we can read stories to them in your library and we’ll be able to travel the cosmos and visit the astral express!”
“Sure.” Mydei doesn’t have the heart to tell him that their lifespans won’t be resumed until all their code is replaced with organic material, who knows how long that is going to take? Nor does Mydei ask exactly how many “huggeeee” is or think about as heirs how he and phainon have very long lifespans outside of the current frozen time. That freak. (we all know enablerdei will do whatever Phainon wants)
Phainon interrupts his thoughts with: “omgsfhhs and when we’re real we can have 12 kids! Oh wait we live for a long time as heirs, so we could have like a thousand babies, but at LEAST 12 !”
Mydei is going to smother him with his pillow tomorrow morning and remind Phainon of every word he says. Phainon finished washing up without much said besides some I love you’s. Now they lay in bed, Phainon holding mydei like a life line.
“… I wanna get married.” Phainon says groping Mydei’s chest.
“We’re already married” Mydei mumbles grumpily.
“But I want to have a proper wedding ceremony.” Phainon yawns and rests his nose in Mydei’s nape.
“Okay.” Mydei smiles to himself and drifts off to sleep with his husband.
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“Ugh my head…” Phainon wakes up feeling awful with a throbbing headache.
“Finally you’re up.” Mydei says leaning in the doorway
“Oh, good morning my lo-“ Phainon suddenly stops and a gold slowly creeps up his face. Ha. Serves him right for last night. “Please kill me.” He says with his head in his hands.
“Oh but if you’re dead we can’t have that huuuugeee family~” Mydei smirks and turns away to bring Phainon his breakfast. As he grabs the plates he hears Phainon groan in embarrassment and regret.
Breakfast is uneventful, but Mydei can’t help but feel like he should try doing more to help Phainon feel like himself again, after all, they are spending eternity together and could technically become real at any moment.
———-
This week was awful. Phainon didn’t see his dear husband for a week. A week of no Mydei. Almost as bad as the 33 million cycles. Almost. There was some sort of situation in Kremnos with the kremnoans and the kremnoans that made their home in okhema. Once Mydei returns home late one night Phainon bolts right up to greet him and practically topples him over.
“Please don’t leave again. I don’t think my heart can handle being separated from you.”
Mydei lets out a tiny laugh and smiles returning the hug in the entrance to their house. “Well considering we are soulmates and need each other to survive…”
“Aweeeee”
“…and you are the crybaby of the two of us.”
———-
During their reunion dinner, Phainon notices something… off with Mydei. He seems almost like he’s in a bad mood?
“Stare any harder and my face will burn to ash.” Mydei says taking another bite.
“Honey, you seem a bit… off. Is everything alright? Did I do something?”
Mydei sighs and puts his fork on his plate.
“It’s nothing that you should have to worry about at the moment.”
“Huh?”
“You are struggling with your memories all colliding with one another, I do not think I would be best for you to hear it.”
Phainon looks down at his lap finally realizing something he should have realized sooner. “No. Mydei if there is any way for me to get over those emotions, who better to than with my other half? You’re right I would never hurt you for no reason and I haven’t been fair to you considering how much you too had to go through these past billions of years.”
Mydei stares slightly wide eyed with cheeks sparkled with gold. “*ahem* I am glad you finally see my point phainon, however what was bothering me was not worth that display”
Mydei lets out a deep sigh and looks down at his food. “I find myself feeling a bit… pent up. I desire to be with you in a much more intimate way again, but I acknowledge your apprehension to touching me..”
Phainon stares at Mydei for 20 seconds without saying anything. Suddenly he jolts up, picks up Mydei with ease and walks them over to their sleeping quarters.
“Oh Mydeimos… you really are going to be the death of me someday.” He chuckles and gently lays Mydei down on the bed.
“Ha. I didn’t take you to be so insatiable, deliverer~” Mydei says, challenging Phainon.
“I’ll do my best, sweetheart~”
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Their clothes are a mess on the floor.
“Haahh” Phainon runs a hand through his hair and continues pumping his fingers into Mydei’s warmth, clenching and squeezing around him.
“Do you yield yet, dear husband?” Phainon continues his attacks on Mydei’s pussy, the bed creaking from Mydei meeting his thrusts.
“Ha- nnghh n-never” Mydei was starting to get pissed off, Phainon was taking forever a focused on trying to break him with his fingers, well what if he wanted to be broken on Phainon’s cock instead hmm? “Jus- right there~ ahhh haaa hurry up or I’ll do this myself” Mydei keens and knows he’s riling up Phainon.
However, Phainon merely stops his movements, licks his slicked up fingers, and dives his face into Mydei’s wet and aching pussy. His tongue slurping him up like water like a dog on a hot day. Mydei’s back arches further on the sheets and Phainon sucks hickeys onto his beloved’s thighs.
“F-fuckkk, Phai keep going haaa you’re doing so well don’t you dare stop” mydei gasps covering his mouth with his hand to muffle his moans.
“The womb of strife is so needy~~” phainon says, vibrating his voice against Mydeimos’s entrance while continuing his licking. He adds his fingers in again and mydei cums on Phainon’s mouth, and he licks every drop. “I know you’re still coming down from your high my sweetcake, but I’m going to give you what you want now”
Phainon slowly positions his cock at Mydei’s entrance and pushes in a single thrust. Mydei throws his head back and makes a sound that somehow makes Phainon more aroused. He begins thrusting at a steady pace, and not waiting for Mydei to accommodate him
“Ah- ah- ahhaaaa nnngh~~ Phainon right the-there… faster~” who is he to disobey his Mydeimos? He picks up the pace and continues his merciless thrusts into Mydei’s pussy. A loud squelching and creaking heard in their room while phainon keeps groaning
“M-mydei, you feel so ahhhh~ good nnngh I’m gonna come inside, okay?” Phainon picks up the pace and gropes Mydei’s chest making him moan more.
“Yes! Khas~~ I’m close don’t stop haaah” mydei meets Phainons thrusts as he continues pounding into him. They both reach their climax at the same time, breathing heavy and skin sticking to each other. They stay like that for the night, not worrying about clean up until the morning.
Phainon presses a kiss to Mydei’s cheek, “I missed you.” He then starts lazily mouthing at Mydei’s neck, snuggling his true love.
“Me too… we should go to the library tomorrow”
“Hm?”
“I think we should read up on the marriage ceremonies for our homes”
“Wait, really?!” Phainon excitedly says holding Mydei even closer.
Mydei chuckles at his silly husband, “you’re right I think we should have a ceremony so no one steals me away once we become real” he places a kiss on Phainons lips.
Each day the world is getting closer and closer to true existence, part of Mydei could not wait to continue his journey with Phainon, but for now, spending time with him to make up for their lost years is something he has no complaints about.