Chapter 11
I was excited and nervous. I wanted to try all the things that I saw in the videos but I didn’t know where to start.
Where would Ryker want to start? After dinner, despite our mutual excitement, we sat on the couch.
We watched a newer show that neither of us had seen before and found ourselves relishing it.
The show centered on a vampire detective, who I found attractive, alongside his partner, who was also his lover.
Their banter was both clever and snarky.
His partner, a jaguar therian, shifted to catch the villain that episode and it thrilled me.
In our habitat, we never got the chance to watch shows like this. Seeing a representation of my species filled me with joy and sometimes overwhelmed me with emotion, bringing tears to my eyes. Ryker never questioned my tears. He simply held me tighter as we continued to watch the show.
We both needed the time after the meal to digest and not be so full.
I was reading a book that Siku had lent me and the couple had sex right away after eating because they were so hot for each other, but I couldn’t understand how.
I was so full that the thought of being sexy or overly active made me sick to my stomach.
Normally, after eating, I’d lay in the pond and doze.
Eating and then vigorous physical activity didn’t mix in my head.
Ryker shared that opinion or at least he didn’t push for us to have sex right away despite his obvious interest.
After two episodes of the show, we were both getting sleepy, but I wanted sex before sleep.
I took Ryker’s hand and led him to our room.
We got ready for bed, brushing our teeth and emptying our bladders.
I slipped into bed naked. Ryker was going to put sleep shorts on but he stopped, deciding to come to bed naked. I was in favor of that plan.
He climbed into bed and at first laid on his back as I did. Then we turned on our sides to face each other. A nervous-sounding laugh escaped him as he rolled over.
“We’ve been sleeping together for months now and suddenly, I don’t know how to touch you.” He gently put a hand on my bicep.
I threw a leg over him and pulled his body flush to mine. My cock was fully awake and it brushed against his, which hardened as the skin contact continued. I leaned in to kiss him. We’d yet to have one of those kisses I’d seen, the ones with our tongues. I wanted to try that.
Ryker’s arm came around me, his hand stroking my back.
He tilted his head to the side and then his tongue slid against my lower lip.
I parted my lips and his tongue pushed past them and into my mouth.
I was glad we brushed first. His tongue was minty and I liked it.
I tried to copy his movements and follow his lead but our teeth clashed, making me pull back.
“I’m sorry.” Embarrassment flashed through me, making my skin even more heated.
“Shhhh. It’s okay.” Ryker leaned in, kissing my neck and then back to my lips again.
“Try not to think. Just feel.” His breath brushed against my skin, causing a shiver along my back.
His hand didn’t stay still, lightly massaging my back, squeezing my butt.
His other hand was trapped like mine in between us.
I rolled onto my back to free them. Ryker followed me as he started kissing my neck, alternating between licking, sucking, and kissing.
I rubbed my body against his, not really paying close attention to what my limbs were doing.
I needed him all over me, the heat of his flesh against mine.
My entire body tingled with his touch and I didn’t know which way was up.
I touched him everywhere I could with everything I possessed.
He continued down my body, stopping to give attention to my nipples first one, then the other.
It was slightly weird at first, then pleasure spiked through to my balls and I decided I liked his mouth on them.
I almost lost it and came right then. Ryker had mercy on me and moved again.
I spread my legs, so he’d fit better between them. As he licked and kissed over my stomach, he stopped at my omega line and placed a gentle kiss on it. He lifted his head and looked at me with an almost shy smile. So much emotion flowed through me. I thought I might burst.
Instead, my mouth opened. “I love you.”
Ryker’s jaw dropped for a second, and then he smiled as he climbed back to my face. He straddled my hips and cupped my face with his hands. He kissed me slowly, showing me first before he followed with the words. “I love you too.”
I reached under the pillow where I hid the lube container and handed it to Ryker as he straightened.
Ryker let out a light, amused giggle as he rose from his knees. “It’s been a while since I’ve done this, so go easy on me.”
“Taking?” I didn’t like thinking about who else had my Ryker before me.
“Yes, but sex in general.” He squeezed lube onto his fingers and then reached behind him.
“Turn around. I want to see.” I pushed him gently around to demonstrate what I wanted.
Ryker stood on the bed and bent over. His lovely balls hung heavy between his spread legs.
They were smooth like mine. Ryker didn’t have much body hair.
I didn’t either but I’d seen some videos with very furry people.
I thought they were partially shifted therians but Ryker assured me that they were not hairy because of that.
A lot of humans had substantial amounts of body hair.
I wondered what it felt like. Ryker’s body hair was soft and I often petted his legs when he wore shorts.
I loved looking at the contrast in our skin tones.
His coloring was so beautiful and how the hues of grey mixed with purple in different gradients on various parts was wondrous.
Some days I wanted to lay in bed all day to study every inch of my mate.
The low moan that escaped him brought me back to him.
Ryker pushed two fingers into his body and his wrinkled tight dark grey hole stretched around them.
I had doubts that I would fit in there. My cock wasn’t wide.
Ryker’s cock was long and about as thick around as mine but definitely longer.
Ryker moaned deeper as he added another finger.
“Do you like that? Having your hole stretched?” I hadn’t been brave enough to try that on myself. I’d played with my cock briefly when I was watching the videos but then I stopped. I wanted to save the first time of all the things for Ryker.
“Yeessss.” Ryker hissed out in pleasure.
He pivoted and dropped to his knees again on the bed, his gaze meeting mine.
He reached for a kiss, and the moment our lips met, there was a spark, a silent understanding.
His tongue, hot and slick, moved against mine, igniting a fire within me.
I wanted to do that all the time from now on.
The quick, little kisses on my cheek were a thing of the past.
He poured a dribble of lube on my aching cock and stroked it.
I held still, not wanting to do something wrong.
Then Ryker slowly lowered himself onto me, his skin meeting mine.
His hole yielded to the pressure of my cock.
As I entered his hole I was struck by the contrast of the softness and tight heat that enveloped me.
His grip squeezed around me as he slid, allowing me to enter further into him.
A gasp escaped my lips as my hands clamped onto his thighs. The desperate need to hold onto him like I did life was almost as strong as the sudden rush of my approaching orgasm. “Don’t move,” I pleaded.
Ryker settled on me. My cock fully within him. Ryker braced himself on my chest as he rocked forward. My body grew taut as the ecstasy sang through my body. I was afraid to move, afraid it’d all be over too soon.
Ryker moved his hands to mine. “It’s okay, Kaba. Relax.” He stroked my hands and I realized that I must have been hurting him with how tight I was holding him.
I let go immediately. “I’m so sorry, my mate.”
He took my hands in his and raised them to his lips, kissing each one. “You didn’t hurt me.”
Still holding onto me, he rocked forward again, sliding along my length while his muscles tightened and loosened around me. The sensations were almost too much. Ryker moved one of my hands to his cock.
“Stroke me. I’m not going to last much longer.” I did as told and his hand covered mine, guiding me from tip to base. “That’s it, like that,” he encouraged.
He released my hand and then his thighs flexed strongly, bringing his body up and down faster.
The pleasure of him made me lose concentration on his cock.
A tingling sensation built within me, deep in my core.
It grew and for a moment, I feared I was going to change forms because the magic that allowed me to do so flowed from that core.
Then I felt Ryker, his magic reaching for mine. “Yesssss,” I keened breathlessly. I needed all of him. I needed him inside me, not just my body but my very soul, for our magic to merge making him a part of me and I him.
Ryker’s body shuddered and I was vaguely aware of something wet splattering on me before my world exploded in a flash of light and magic.
Euphoria surged through every facet of my very existence, making every nerve afire.
There were no words for the feelings that engulfed me but I knew it was meant to be.
With every single particle of magic and soul within me, this was right.
“Oh, fuck.” Ryker’s voice was suddenly in my head but my brain didn’t fully register it.
Ryker fell onto me, panting hard. I was still inside of him as my body spasmed again. I wrapped my arms around him and thrust into him, slowly chasing the last threads of pleasure that were quickly slipping away.
Sweat covered our bodies and I never wanted to lose this connection. Ryker’s normally fluffy, curly white hair was damp and clinging to me. He kissed my chest and I lightly ran the tips of my fingers along his spine.
“Wow. Just wow.” I heard again in my head. I wasn’t imagining it earlier.
“Can you hear me, my mate?” I projected to Ryker.
He sat up quickly, making my now soft cock squish out of him. “Was that you in my head?”
“Yes, my mate.” I pulled him back to my chest.
“Does that mean you can hear all my thoughts?” He put his head back on my chest, nuzzling into it.
“No. Only thoughts you project, which could be thoughts you don’t intend to project because you are thinking them so loudly, so to speak. It will take practice for you to gain control of your thoughts and only send ones you really want to.”
Ryker shot back up again. “Hold the door. You speak Elvish? Well, I know you have been trying but you really speak it?”
I laughed with a shake of my head. “No,” I said out loud and then continued telepathically.
“I speak Elvish very poorly because my mouth cannot keep up with my brain. I understand you fine, but my mouth doesn’t like to work right.
The words get jumbled between my brain and mouth, but here, my mouth can’t get in the way. ”
“This is amazing. You sound different too. It’s kind of weird, actually.” I frowned. “Not in a bad way, my love. And don’t change it. I’ll get used to it.”
“I never spoke aloud until I met you.” A flash of anger spilled through our bond from Ryker.
“That’s awful. Never?” I shook my head. “I know speaking out loud is hard and I’m so glad that we can talk more easily now but don’t give up on speaking.”
“I need to speak. I need to make mouth work.” Determination in my voice strengthened my words and smoothed my delivery, making me sound and feel more fluent.
“We’re really mated now, aren’t we?” Ryker asked and hope mixed with joy flooded through me from him. I returned to him all the love I’ve wanted to express since the day I woke in the pool and he was laying beside me, all wet and sexy.
“Is that you I’m feeling?” He gazed into my soul, seemingly overcome by all that I was sending to him. I withdrew them as I nodded, letting the emotions go. “Wow. Can you feel me?”
A giggle burst out of me as pure joy and love rushed into me. “Yes.”
“This is incredible. It will take a bit of time to get used to, but I’m perfectly fine with that.”
I pulled him to me once again. “Good because you’re stuck with me for life. We’re both young and have several hundred years ahead of us. I want every minute.”
Ryker hugged my sides and even though we were sticky and quickly becoming glued to one another, I couldn’t bring myself to move.