Yuto slung his backpack over his shoulder and opened the front door.
The dog was stretched out lazily on the front porch.
“See ya,” Yuto said, giving the dog a pat on the head before looking over to Dick, who was watering the garden.
“Dick, I’ll get going now.”
Dick turned around, still holding the hose. He squinted as he looked up at Yuto.
“Alright,” he said briefly. “I’ll drive you to the airport. Hold on a minute and I’ll get my keys.” Dick wiped his hands on the hem of his shirt as he clambered up the porch.
“You don’t have to. I’ll take the bus.”
Dick told him not to feel bad about it, but Yuto was firm. He felt like his resolve would crumble if Dick came to see him off at the airport. He’d done such a good job of holding himself in this far – he didn’t want to say something stupid to Dick at the last minute and cause him worry.
“Yeah. Let’s part ways here. Thanks for everything. —I’m glad I was able to see you doing well.”
Yuto hesitated a moment before offering his right hand.
He and Dick were going to part ways as friends. That way, perhaps he would be able to come visit Dick again when some time had passed and the pain in his heart had dulled.
Dick reached out a little brusquely and shook Yuto’s hand.
“I’m glad I was able to see you, too. Take care.”
Yuto’s heart ached at the warmth of Dick’s hand in his, a sensation he hadn’t felt in so long.
Once upon a time, they had sought each other so passionately. His heart had yearned so strongly for Dick, almost driven insane by longing. But now—
“—You take care, too, Dick.”
Yuto let go and hopped down the stairs. After creating a little distance between them, he turned back to Dick and smiled.
No matter where I am, I’ll always be praying for you to find peace. I’ll always pray for your happiness.
Those were Yuto’s words when they parted ways at Schelger Prison, and the night when they reunited in DC. But Dick didn’t need those words anymore. He no longer needed Yuto’s prayers to find happiness.
That was why Yuto murmured those words, but only in his heart.
Just as he turned to walk away, Dick’s small voice reached his ears.
Yuto thought he had heard wrong, and couldn’t immediately bring himself to turn around.
“Don’t go, Yuto. Please don’t leave.”
This time, it sounded clearer. But Yuto still couldn’t bring himself to turn around.
“The only time my heart is at peace I when I’m thinking about you.”
It almost sounded like Yuto’s inward prayer had reached him.
“I can’t be happy without you.”
How could he ever forget those words? He had said the exact same thing to Dick once. When they had sneaked out of the party venue at the Marquiladin, Dick had told him to forget about him and find happiness. And Yuto had answered thus:
“I can’t. I can’t be happy without you…!”
He felt like time had turned back to that moment.
“Yuto. I’m begging you. Turn around and look at me.”
Yuto exhaled shakily as he slowly turned himself around. Dick was staring at him from the porch with a desperate look in his eyes.
“Is it too late? Am I part of your past now?”
Yuto shook his head vehemently.
“It’s not too late. You’re not my past.”
“Then come here. I want you to come back. To be with me…”
Dick slowly opened his arms. His figure blurred in Yuto’s vision as tears spilled from his eyes. Yuto dropped his backpack on the ground, bounded up the porch, and threw himself into Dick’s arms. The startled dog hastily got to its feet.
Yuto’s calls were drowned in a passionate kiss.
—They were kissing. He and Dick were kissing as lovers. It wasn’t a dream.
As they pressed their lips to each other’s fervently, Dick opened the door with one hand. Still kissing, they stumbled into the house.
“I love you, Yuto. I love you.”
“Me too, Dick. I love you more than anyone else in the world.”
Dick pushed Yuto up against the wall, hungrily intertwining his tongue with his. Yuto could only stand there and let him have his way; it almost felt like a dream to feel Dick’s hot tongue writhing in his mouth.
“I want you…. I want you so bad, I feel like I’m going crazy,” Dick murmured, out of breath. Just that was almost enough to make Yuto climax. Yuto cradled Dick’s face in his hands.
“Take me,” he said, his voice raspy. “Take me to bed. Take me, hurry…”
“No,” Dick said. “I don’t want to waste a minute going upstairs.”
Dick firmly gripped Yuto’s hand and took him into the living room. Without skipping a beat, he pushed Yuto down on the sofa and began running his hands all over his body like a starving beast. At the same time, he rained down kisses on Yuto’s forehead and eyelids.
Yuto’s breathing became faster and more ragged at Dick’s rough advances. With his mounting arousal, he felt like anywhere that Dick touched him would elicit an embarrassing moan. It was like his whole body had become an erogenous zone.
Yuto was stripped of his clothes in the bright daytime light of the living room. He blushed in embarrassment and begged Dick to close the curtains.
“Don’t worry. No one’s looking,” Dick said dismissively. He not only ignored Yuto’s request, but went as far as to kneel down before him and bury his face between Yuto’s legs. Yuto shook his head as he felt the man’s hot lips run roughly down his tense, swollen member.
“No… Dick… close the curtains…!”
“Don’t be unreasonable. I don’t even want to leave you for a second.”
As he fondled Yuto’s member with his mouth, Dick wet his fingers with saliva and caressed Yuto’s puckered spot.
“I wish I could lick you all over inside with my mouth instead of my fingers.”
“You idiot, sh… ah… n… Dick…!”
His long fingers inched their way inside, dipping in and out in small movements and at times sensuously twisting around inside. Soon, Yuto began to feel a tingling heat well up from deep inside. Dick continued to fondle him roughly from the front and back. Unable to hold itself anymore, Yuto helplessly released himself inside Dick.
While Yuto was lying limp, Dick briskly took off his clothes and spit out the cum into his hand. He then rubbed it onto his own erect member and lowered himself between Yuto’s legs.
“I haven’t got proper lube, but this’ll have to do.”
Yuto found himself chuckling at Dick’s nonchalant face.
“You should order in a pizza with extra olive oil.”
“Nope,” Dick said, shaking his head. “It’ll take at least half an hour to get to these outskirts. I’m fine with cold pizza, but my junior isn’t gonna wait that long.”
It sounded like something Rob would say. Yuto lay there shaking with laughter.
“Stop laughing,” said Dick as he lifted Yuto’s leg that was closer to the back of the sofa. “It’s a serious issue for me, you know. —Anyway, let me know if it hurts.”
He could feel Dick’s aroused member coming in. Yuto took several deep breaths to make the penetration easier.
He felt his spine shiver as he felt a pressure like his whole body was being filled up from the inside.
“How does it feel? Does it hurt?” asked Dick, even though he looked like he was the one enduring pain. But Yuto knew that he was feeling good. He took the leg that Dick was holding and brought in toward his chest, like he was folding his body in half. This way, Dick could penetrate him deeper.
“It doesn’t hurt. It feels good. So come closer…”
He held Dick’s muscular hips with both hands and rocked them back and forth. It looked like Dick couldn’t resist Yuto’s pleas to fuck him harder. He began to use his whole body to push himself deep inside Yuto.
The sofa creaked loudly, but because it was in time with Dick’s movements, Yuto felt like even his eardrums were being ravished.
“Nh… it feels good… Dick… it’s so good… ah… ahhh…!”
“Yuto… it’s so hot… and so tender inside…. I feel like I’m going to melt.”
Dick was telling him directly what kind of pleasure he was feeling. It was a little embarrassing, but the thought that he was the one totally capturing Dick’s attention made a joy well up inside that made him want to cry.
He wanted Dick to devour him more and taste every inch of him to his heart’s content. He would give his whole body to Dick if it made him happy. He wanted the man to take all of him – from the tips of his hair to the tips of his nails.
He continued to call the man’s name out of love, and Dick thrust into him as if in answer.
The two lost themselves in making love, forgetting all sense of time. Wrapped in Dick’s warmth, Yuto finally felt like they were free.
This wasn’t fleeting, momentary sex that he would later look back on wistfully. They didn’t have to embrace as if they were running from something. Just that fact filled him with happiness.
Once they disentangled from each other, there would be no more sad farewell waiting for them.