Distraction
by Kika
"Shit," Ludwig cursed softly before he could stay the impulse, then mentally castigated himself for the slip, especially for something so small. At least only Naoji was in the room to witness his momentary lapse in control. It was hardly the first and not likely the last time Naoji would witness the rarity.
"What is it?" Naoji asked softly, only his dark eyes betraying the true worry that his carefully controlled voice hid so well.
"Nothing," Lui answered, waving his hand in dismissal. "Just a paper cut," he sighed when Naoji's heavy gaze did not lift. How was it that Naoji could gain with merely a look what most could not accomplish with hours of debate?
Naoji moved to Lui's side from where he had been looking out the window, and moved to pick up the injured hand from the desk.
"Really, Naoji, its nothing to--" Lui's voice trailed off as his eyes widened, due in part to apprehension and in part to anticipation, as Naoji guided his hand towards his face.
"It is bleeding," the teen said simply just before pressing the cut thumb into his mouth, leaving the rest of Lui's hand to curl under his jaw.
Lui was using most of his mental capacity at the moment to force himself to keep his eyes open instead of drifting shut as they were desperately trying to do, but he somehow managed to also apply himself to the task of holding back the groan (he refused to acknowledge that it may in fact have been a whimper) that tried to force its way out when he felt Naoji's tongue swipe over the pad of his thumb.
The slight pain forgotten, Lui stood abruptly and removed his thumb from Naoji's mouth, wasting no time in covering the freed lips with his own.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"So... what brought that on?" Lui asked as he ran his fingers through Naoji's hair later that night. Naoji all but purred as he leaned into the caress. "Not that I minded, of course," Lui could not help but add with a small smirk.
"You were in one of your moods," Naoji explained as he tilted his head a bit, then hummed contentedly as it allowed his lover to massage a portion of his scalp he had not been able to reach before. "You would have worked yourself through the night no matter what I said if I had not found a way to distract you."
"Hmm," Lui murmured as he nuzzled a bit at Naoji's temple, the closest he would come to admitting that he was most likely correct in his prediction. "Well as much as I enjoyed your methods of diplomacy tonight, I hope you have something else planned for the debate against Orphe in class tomorrow."
"Of course," Naoji said easily as he hid a smile in Lui's neck. "This method of diplomacy is reserved only for you," he assured the man, dropping a kiss on the neck before him. "Always for you."
~ end ~