Sweet rose and Mediterranean lavender filled the humid air of the bathroom. Rory watched as the steady stream of water vanished into the growing build of bubbles that would soon threaten to spill over the side of the tub. Silent contemplation had kept him quiet through most of dinner, but as he watched Rin move busily around the bathroom, humming as he did, he couldn't stop himself from asking. "Don't you feel bad at all?"
Rin paused as he gathered the towels from the closet inside the bathroom. "Bad? About what?"
Rory fumbled with his cuticles. "This... Have you not given it a thought at all? I mean really thought about it?"
Rin arched a brow as he placed two towels on the rack and stilled Rory's hands. "I've thought about how much I want this with you. Isn't that enough?"
Rory frowned as Rin tugged him up from the toilet and began undressing him. "Have you thought about how long you want me?"
It was Rin's turn to frown. "I have... I think I've already told you as much..."
Rory settled his hands over Rin's as he moved to undo his pants. His brows furrowed as Rory held Rin's gaze. "Then what happens if I decide I don't want to be involved with Dillon?"
Rin blew out a long sigh. "Then we'll cross that bridge when we get there."
"Rin... I don't think you're taking this as seriously as you should..."
Rin sent him a tender smile before pressing a kiss to his nose. "And I think you're overthinking it. Just enjoy yourself for a change. Before you try and decide what you want and don't want, why don't you try seeing what you like first? Hell, you may find you don't want either of us... or maybe you would prefer him..." Rin's smile faded as he shrugged. "Forgive me if I'd rather not think of that possibility right now and just do my best to enjoy the time I have with you... and use this time to convince you to love me back."
Rory arched his brow. "Love you back?"
Rin nodded his head. "Yeah... I think so... I think I have for a while now..." He pulled Rory in closer and wrapped his arms around his waist. "This wasn't exactly how I wanted to tell you that either... but... Yeah... I love you, Rory..."
Rory wrapped his arms around Rin as he squeezed tightly. He buried his face in the soft fabric of Rin's messy button-up. "Rin, I..."
Rin pushed him away gently and pressed a finger to his lips. "Shh... not yet... give me your answer, whatever it is, after..."
Rory understood what Rin meant. For all his confidence and charisma, Rin was still uneasy about this part of himself; that much was obvious. He nodded against Rin's finger before pressing a kiss to it.
Rin pressed his lips apart. "Tease..."
"Not if you hurry..." Rory murmured as he sucked the tip of Rin's finger into his mouth.
Rin shook his head as he moved his focus back to Rory's slacks. "I don't know why I'm even bothering to unbutton these." He gave them a slight tug, and sure enough, they fell to the floor. He slipped his hands into the sides of Rory's briefs teasingly. He slid them down his hips slowly, creating a path of kisses along Rory's bared body as he lowered to a crouch.
Rory gripped Rin's shoulders for balance as Rin slipped his briefs off, all the while teasing and torturing his body with his mouth. He couldn't help growing hard at Rin's administrations. He knew it was coming beforehand, but it didn't take away the sudden gasp of surprise when Rin drew his cock into his mouth. Rory dug his fingers into Rin's shoulders as he wobbled forward. "Rin, I can't! Not like this!"
Rin pulled away leisurely, slowly, teasing Rory's length with his tongue as he did before giving the tip an extra hard suck. Rin laughed as Rory buckled over him. "You're too cute. Sit back down so we can finish."
"Or... we could bath then finish..." Rory supplied weakly.
Rin chuckled as he pushed up from the floor. "If that's what you really want to do." He ran the back of his fingers over Rory's cock. "But I don't think that's what this guy wants."
"Rin, please..." Rory begged, still unsteady on his feet.
Rin pulled him into his arms. "Alright..." He took a step back but didn't release Rory. "Do you want to finish what you started earlier?"
Rory noted the slight hesitation in Rin's voice as his eyes moved to the half-buttoned shirt. He forced his hands to remain steady as he finished undoing the remaining buttons and pushed open the shirt. Rory's eyes traced his hands as they slid under the shirt collar and pushed it from Rin's shoulders. Next, he glided his hands over Rin's hard pecs and down to the tape. "Does this hurt to take off?"
Rin nodded. "It does, but you get used to it after a while."
Rory traced the outline of the tape. "I see... Maybe you should..." His hands moved to the center of Rin's chest and trailed lower. He'd already known Rin had a well-toned body from what he'd felt under his clothes, but to see it for himself... to touch it. The chest piece didn't do the real Rin justice. Rory blew out a shaky breath as he shook his head.
Rin tilted his head to the side, slight hesitation palpable in his question. "What?" He caught Rory's chin and rubbed his thumb over it. "Do you not like what you see?"
Rory shook his head harder against Rin's hold, his focus still trained on the muscles of Rin's stomach as they flexed below his touch. "No..."
Rin frowned, his brows furrowing as he tried to bend to meet Rory's gaze. "No?"
Rory blew out another sigh as he gave himself a mental shake. "No... it's nothing like that..." He finally met Rin's troubled gaze with a lazy smile before moving it back to Rin's body. "No... I think your fans would be highly disappointed if they knew just how cheated they were getting with that fake thing you wear... I think they'd much rather see the real you..." He moved his hands to the tape and began running his hands over the tight strip, causing Rin to suck in a sudden gasp of breath. Rory moved his attention back up to Rin's face as he continued rubbing the area that had caused Rin's reaction. "Does... does this feel good?"
Rin nodded, His fiery violet eyes growing heavy with lust. "Keep that up and you'll be on your back on the bed instead of in the tub..."
"Tub first... I already know the things you like to do with your mouth..." Rory let his hands slide slowly down Rin's sides until they found the top of his pants and the thick belt there.
Rin's grin widened wickedly. "If you know, and that's what you want first, stop wasting time." Rin caught Rory's hands and moved them to the belt buckle, daring him to undo it with his eyes.
Rory bit into his lower lip as he held Rin's hungry gaze. He blindly worked loose the belt as quickly as he could before undoing the buttons and zipper next. Unfortunately for Rory, Rin's pants didn't fall as easily.
Rin tilted his head with a mocking smirk. "Well?"
Rory swallowed hard as he clasped both sides of the slacks and tried his best to push them down past Rin's thick ass and muscled thighs without losing balance.
Rin chuckled as he held Rory upright. "You're so fucking cute, you know that?" He held Rory with one hand as he shoved his pants down and stepped out of them. He then scooped Rory into his arms and walked over to the tub, stepping in with Rory still in his arms.
Rory's eyes widened. "Wait, you still have underwear on! And the tape!"
Rin chuckled again. "What can I say, I'm still not completely ready to bare it all in front of you like a couple of teens playing show and tell for the first time..."
"So, you're just going to bathe with your boxers on?!" Rory all but screeched. "You've stripped me how many times now?!" He frowned as Rin began lowering him into the water. He brought his knees up against his chest and crossed his arms over them as he continued to mutter his complaints. "I mean, I get it... It's a little different... but not much... You still stripped me... Shouldn't I get to see you naked by now based solely on the times you've seen me naked?"
"Is that how it works?" Rin chuckled from behind Rory, watching him pout as he ripped off the tape as quietly as possible. "Hum..." He moaned against the pain of glue sticking to bare skin. "Ah... I'm not sure if that's how it works... but..." Finally getting the last piece off, he made short work of stepping out of his boxers and tossed them onto the floor in Rory's line of view. "If that's what my little prince wants, who am I to say no?" Rory's head moved to snap around, but Rin caught it and forced it to remain facing forward. "Ah, not yet..." He lowered himself into the tub behind Rory and pulled him back against him. "For now, just relax and enjoy your bath. This way we can both adjust a little at a time."
Rory nodded quietly as he nestled against Rin. He scooped some of the bubbles into his hands and blew them across the tub a few times before finally resting his head against Rin's chest. Rin had already begun leisurely gliding the soaped-up luffa over his upper body. "Will you let me wash you, too?"
"Hum... I don't know..." Rin purred lazily as he continued slowly working the luffa over Rory.
Rory twisted slightly in Rin's arms. "You know... as confident and cocky as you always act, I would never imagine you had this side of you..." His eyes moved down to where the bubbles met Rin's upper chest. "You're so loud and flashy, yet the second someone tries to see the real you, you hide." He lifted his hand to Rin's face. "I'm here, I'm not going anywhere. Whatever you expected my reaction to be... whatever you expect it may still be... It's not going to be that... I like you... What's on the inside way more than what's on the outside... Your mind, your personality... as snarky and assholish as you can be from time to time... your heart... if you'll show it..."
Rin entwined his fingers with Rory's and brought his palm to his lips. "My heart is already yours whether you want it or not." After placing a kiss to the center of his palm, he whispered against it. "As for expectations... Good or bad, I don't want mine to swing too far either direction just yet... this is me taking time for both of us to adjust so the reactions don't pivot too far in either direction..."
Rory furrowed his brows. "Have you had that happen before? Have you..." Rory cut himself off. Heavily accented English begging Rin to leave the chest piece on while they fucked echoed through Rin's mind like the most annoying and painful song. One you couldn't stand but couldn't forget, regardless of how hard you tried. "Sabastian..."
Rin nodded. "Among others..."
Rory frowned. "Did they all insist that you leave that stupid rubber thing on?"
"Ah, you remember that?" Rin sputtered out an awkward laugh.
"I do..." Rory answered flatly. "So, did they?"
Rin shrugged. "Not exactly... it was easy enough to keep my shirt on or whatever... But there's not been a lot of full frontals on my part..."
Rory's brows furrowed again. "Not even with Sabastian?"
Rin shrugged. "He'd gotten to the point he didn't mind the tape, but it took a while to work up to it. As you could tell, the day he walked in on us all dressed in women's clothing, he still gets pretty weirded out from time to time. I don't know how he would react if he saw me fully naked, honestly..." Rin shrugged again.
"And Dillon?"
"Ha! Yeah. Like I said, we've been together for what feels like forever. It would probably be weirder at this point if he hadn't seen me naked, right?" Rin's mood seemed to lighten some.
"Was... was it while you were at the all-boys school?"
Rin's smile faded as he nodded. "Yeah..." He released Rory's hand and began brushing his fingers through Rory's hair.
"Was it a shock for Dillon?"
Rin shrugged. "He was a boy on the brink of puberty in an all-boys school who just discovered his roommate was biologically a girl... He was fucking overjoyed to say the least..."
"So, he was straight?"
Rin chuckled. "He was bi-curious even then, otherwise he'd never discovered me the way he had... and as the years progressed, the curious part just fell away, I guess. He is a strict top, which is unfortunate for yours truly. Once I really started discovering myself, I found I don't mind switching every now and then, but for the most part would rather top."
"I see, so you and Dillon have become... incompatible sexually, but you're both still struggling to let go of the long-term relationship you've had?"
"Ow." Rin winced. "That... that stings a bit, but yeah, I guess, more or less."
Rory shrugged. "I just wanted to understand. Honestly, it's a little refreshing to think the two of you aren't sexually compatible... though I guess that doesn't mean you can't have sex... it's just not your first pick, I guess..."
Rin squinted one eye thoughtfully. "How about we try to work through this later? Maybe with a shrink or something, cause I'm going to level with you when it comes to Dillon... I don't fucking know ninety percent of the time. Right now, I just want to focus on Rory."
Rory turned in his arms and snagged the luffa. "Smooth talker as always..." He straddled Rin's lap and began running the luffa across Rin's shoulders before working his way lower. "Is this ok?"
Rin shifted under him as he nodded. His hands dug into Rory's hips as Rory glided the luffa lower still. "Finish fast... I want you."
Rory leaned forward, wrapping his arms around Rin's neck as he pressed his body and lips against Rin. "You already have me." He whispered before placing a teasing kiss onto Rin's lower lip, then pulling it into his mouth with his teeth.
Rin growled against his mouth as he shifted them in the tub. He hooked his arms under Rory's ass and stood straight up, sloshing water all over the bathroom floor with Rory in his arms. "When did you get so bold, little prince?"
Rory tightened his hold around Rin's slippery body as he stepped from the tub. Instead of answering, he began pressing kisses to Rin's neck and shoulder. He tried to calculate exactly where the costumes fell on Rin as he nipped and sucked, leaving behind tiny marks and bruises.
Rin arched a brow as he shifted Rory into one arm and tossed the towel over his back. "Aren't I supposed to be the hungry animal devouring you?"