Chapter 10: Case #1 The Ghost Is A Third Wheel (2)
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“That’s why... if it’s possible... I’d like to spend more time with you...” Aster’s sincere tone of voice made it difficult for Ezikiel to look away. The tension in the air felt odd, not as if Aster was waiting for a response from him but rather as if he was confessing his feelings. “The truth is... I’ve always found it easier to speak to you than anyone else at the company...”
“I... I see...” Ezikiel said while nodding his head. ‘He’s awfully close again... I don’t believe he drank that much already...’ He thought to himself as he glanced at the man’s hand which held a glass half empty. ‘When did he even drink that?! I haven’t even touched my glass!’
“Ezikiel...” Aster pulled in the man close to him once more.
“Yes, sir?” Ezikiel asked, trying to ignore the hand that was upon his waist at that moment. ‘Weiss is over there... so there’s no way... Aster’s possessed... so... does that mean he’s simply a lightweight and drunk already?’ He thought while looking up at the man.
“The truth as to why I come so often to you is...” Aster took another large gulp of his drink then proceeded to poor himself more. “It’s... because I feel comfortable around you. You don’t... look down on me... and you don’t despise me or think I’m arrogant... the feeling around you is so strange... in the best way...”
“I don’t really know about that... Who would look down on you?” Ezikiel asked with a genuine expression of confusion. Although he knew his employer was someone that most people feared, he was the type that others around him respected greatly.
“Haha...” Aster looked down at his now empty glass. “There are so many people that look down on me, and they always will, no matter how hard I try to prove them wrong...” His eyes drifted to the side, he leaned onto Ezikiel to rest his head.
‘A bit too close but...’ Ezikiel recalled the man’s words in his mind. ‘He said he’s comfortable around me... that he isn’t disgusted by me... I don’t know why that makes me so happy somehow... the fact he allows me to touch him like this is...’ Unknowingly his hands wrapped around the man’s waist and pulled him in for a hug.
“Hm? I didn’t know you were so forward?” Aster asked as he glanced back at the man that embraced him so tenderly all of a sudden.
“I... no- sir... it’s that...” Ezikiel felt tongue tied as he tried to explain himself. “My body just moved on it’s own--” As he looked at the man that didn’t seem to mind his presence, he couldn’t help but think to himself. ‘Has he always been this... beautiful?’
“Ezikiel...” Aster called out to the man once more. “I’ll tell you a secret...” He said while gently rubbing the side of the man’s face and pulling him inches closer to his own. “I’m not actually as confident as everyone thinks I am... the truth is... I was very nervous to come here... so I drank a lot to get over it... and even now... I can’t bring myself to... look at you without liquor courage...”
“Sir... I don’t want you to do something you’re going to regret...” Ezikiel said as he gently pushed the man back, pulling himself away from the other’s lips. “You’ve drank too much and-”
“I never... regret the decisions I make...” Aster said as he pulled the man in and kissed him. The taste of alcohol filled the insides of Ezikiel’s mouth, making him feel a bit dizzy although he hadn’t taken a sip even.
“Mmm.... mhpm... mgm...!” Ezikiel felt short of breath, but the kiss was tender, it wasn’t forceful and he could pull away at any moment if he wanted to, yet... he didn’t want to... As he pushed the man down on his back, he felt his entire body heat up with expectation. He looked at Aster’s barely exposed skin beneath the expensive fabric and he felt like he wanted to see more.
‘He said he wouldn’t regret it...’ Ezikiel thought to himself as he kissed Aster even more passionately than before. In that he managed to land on top of his employer while still kissing him. Yet neither of them backed away...
“Mgm... you’re... a good kisser...” Aster remarked with a low breath as he looked up at the man with a pair of drunken eyes. “Do you... want to continue?” He asked through slow and steady voice.
On the other hand Ezikiel was panting rather loudly. “I... I... d-don’t know...” He admitted as he looked at Aster’s neck, it seemed so soft and delicate, contrary to his own rough skin all over his body. ‘Is it really alright? It can’t be... this is a bit too surreal... even though I’ve wanted to do this for a while... it’s too sudden... isn’t it?’
“Do you want to continue, or do you want to stop?” Aster asked once more as if he was a bit impatient. “Because... I’m a little bothered...” He said while looking up at the man in a clearly seductive manner.
“Is it the floor too dirty? I’m sorry if it bothers you, you can take a shower and-” Ezikiel was stopped mid sentence by Aster’s hand grabbing his and leading it downwards.
Finally reaching it’s destination Aster let Ezikiel’s hand rest on his crotch as he said. “Here is the place that’s bothered...” In a low whisper next to the man’s ear.
Ezikiel blinked a few times before realizing what the man meant, he felt Aster’s clearly hardened p***s beneath the palm of his hand and the more he thought about it, the more he felt as if he was having a fever. “Sir... this... is it really alright?” Ezikiel asked with a meek voice, yet he sounded just as hot and bothered as the other man was.
Aster chuckled a bit... “Of course... I said it already, do you want it in written form?” He asked with a bit of a teasing tone of voice.
“Actually... that doesn’t sound so bad...” Ezikiel said as he pulled a sheet of printer paper from beneath the table and the nearest pen he could grab, then handed them to the man.
“Haha~ this is a first time, really...” Aster burst out laughing as he grabbed the sheet of paper and wrote upon it. “You’re really adorable... I didn’t think you’d be so innocent...” He remarked as he rested his head upon the man’s chest. “...you’re really... something else...” He said while closing his eyes, he felt tired and nodded off.
Ezikiel looked down at the sheet of paper. ‘He really is strange... but... why do I feel like I want to protect him?’ He wondered to himself, the man that he thought was so strong and untouchable was right now laying peacefully in his arms, resting as if he didn’t have a care in the world. Ezikiel leaned in and kissed the man’s forehead as if to soothe him...
‘Are these two flirting? Ugh... disgusting...’ Weiss thought to himself as he went into the other room “Damn, ignoring me, you bastards...” Weiss muttered under his breath as he turned around not to look at the two. “I can’t believe they’re acting like some teenagers on a date... the two of them...”
Weiss felt a bit strange, he wasn’t particularly annoyed with the act itself as much as he was annoyed it was Aster that was doing it... ‘Am I jealous or something? Fuck... I guess I just miss having such human intimacy... right...’ He considered, those feelings he didn’t know what to call yet, left him unsettled...
“Even though I went through all the trouble of cleaning up the place for him... he’s acting like such a—” Before Weiss could finish his sentence something burst through the window and broke it, then entered the house looking ferocious like a beast from the wild...