Chapter 19

Nineteen

Being the very organised person that he was, Theo kept several mental lists detailing the very best moments of his life. One such moment was called ‘the greatest awakenings' and it was basically a compilation of the best mornings of his life.

There was one in there from some years back when he'd awoken at five in the morning for a race around Bath and watched the sun explode in a beautiful cacophony of oranges and reds. Another when he'd been on holiday in Iceland and watched the northern lights dance across the sky in a flicker of greens and blues. And one when he'd had the best damn breakfast ever in a little café in London which was now covered in orange phlegm and at one point had been a nest for a litter of seventeen mini-spitting monsters.

But Theo knew even as his eyes fluttered open that this morning was going to make the list, no question, and that was simply because waking up with a monstrous tongue upon your cock was always going to be up there in the top ten.

Theo opened his eyes slowly and looked down to where Baku was running his ridged tongue up and down Theo's length. It was beyond pleasurable, and Theo groaned as the monster's tongue swirled around his cockhead, those little bumps doing something ridiculous to him. Baku looked up when he realised Theo was watching him and smiled around that cock. He continued to swirl his tongue, leaving Theo panting, and only when Theo started to beg did the monster take the entirety of Theo's cock into his mouth. He sucked it over and over, and Theo moaned with pleasure. He reached down and threaded his fingers through that silver hair, urging the monster to suck harder, and he quickly complied.

Theo exploded into the monster's mouth and Baku took it all, greedily lapping up Theo's cum before flipping Theo over onto his stomach. Theo expected then that the monster would fuck him again and he was both thrilled and slightly concerned about that given how thoroughly he had been fucked the night before. Baku was big, and Theo needed time to recover!

He was just about to say as much when a monstrous hand began to firmly caress Theo's ass cheeks, fingers and thumb kneading the flesh. Theo let out a groan of satisfaction. Baku was massaging him…and a moment later Theo realised the monster was also massaging himself. Theo could hear him self-pleasuring and he made to turn around and offer to take over, but Baku held him down, rubbing and caressing all over Theo's body from his ass up to his shoulders.

Theo went slightly weak, as the combination of an early morning orgasm with what was shaping up to be the best massage of his life was enough for Theo to relax into it even as he could hear the monster growling behind him.

When Baku came over him, Theo simply nodded in satisfaction. The splash of that creamy cum was oddly welcome and what had started as one of the best mornings became possibly the best.

"You satisfy me," the monster growled, and Theo could only nod again.

"Yes."

The monster leaned in, whispering gently in Theo's ear. "This closeness, this intimacy, it will give us strength for the day ahead."

Reality quickly intruded on what had been pure pleasure up until that point and Theo did flip himself over then to look up at Baku. He looked into the monster's moonlit eyes as he considered whether what he was feeling was because Baku wanted it to be so or whether it would be anyway.

There was no way to know for sure.

And did it even matter at this point?

"We'll need to set off soon?" Theo asked.

"Yes," the monster agreed.

"It's light out?"

"Within the hour."

"I…" Theo started to say something, though he did not know what, and the monster seemed to sense his confusion as he simply reached out to caress Theo's face. His hand was so huge it ended up covering it.

"I should clean up," Theo finally said.

They separated, and Theo headed off the bathroom to deal with the cum splatters on his back and, if he was really honest, mentally prepare himself a bit for what was to come.

He splashed some water on his face and took a deep breath. He wished there was a mirror somewhere in the bathroom so he could take a damn good look at himself and maybe question what the hell he was doing.

He was in another dimension.

There was violence and quite probably injury ahead.

And he'd fucked a monster from the dimension that was entirely responsible for all that violence. A monster that was also leading him towards that probable injury! And yet, Theo felt…happy? Was that even the right word? Sure, the happiness was bubbling alongside a not inconsiderable amount of anxiety and fear but there was definitely happiness there. It made no sense and he cursed that he'd been conscripted into the MDF in the first place! Everything would have been so much simpler if he was at home in his flat in Bristol trying his best to avoid the rainbow-eyed beetles!

What day was it? A Saturday? He'd have slept in a little, watched some television, picked up a nice coffee from the café just down the street. In the afternoon he'd have shopped for groceries. In the evening he'd be at his board game club. He'd been on a winning streak, given their numbers had been depleted from the conscription—the perks of a monster invasion! The following morning would have been running club. He'd see several of his friends there. Non-monstrous friends.

But you didn't want to fuck them.

Theo shivered, unable to deny the reality of that. It had been some years since he'd actively wanted to fuck anyone beyond a mild, vague sort of interest, squadron leader Joel included. But he'd wanted the monster from the moment he'd realised the other man wasn't going to eat him, and if Theo was honest, he was sure that wasn't something that the monster alone was making him feel. The attraction was simply something that could not be helped. Baku was too big and too muscular for it to be otherwise. Add in a sort of charming awkwardness that Theo was sure came entirely from the fact that they were from other dimensions, and the whole rush-to-the-rescue element, and Baku was exactly Theo's type.

Abruptly he found himself wondering if he was the first human to be fucked by one of Baku's people but quickly doubted it. If the rips had been there in some form all along then there had probably been a healthy sharing of DNA for thousands of years! There were probably entire species developed from the DNA of neighbouring dimensions.

What had happened had happened.

Millenia ago and now.

The main thing to be worrying about at this exact moment in time was not the inter-dimensional sex, and how it had come about, and whether Theo was entirely in his right mind, but the rages and the nightmares and whatever the hell else was to come!

"Get it together," Theo whispered as he finished cleaning himself off. "It's put up or shut up time now."

Baku was waiting for him when he eventually emerged and had prepared some food for them. He passed Theo a bowl, which he took eagerly and ate in record time. They had other preparations to complete as well, and they did them together, Baku reaching out every so often to stroke or caress Theo. But in less than an hour they were all done, and Baku gestured to the door, his backpack next to him on the table between them.

"Are you ready, Theo?" he asked.

Theo nodded though he absolutely was not. A cry sounded in his mind, echoing horribly. He tried his very best to ignore it even as he asked, "Are we stocking up before we leave?"

"No," Baku said. "From here the lighter we are the better."

"And we're going to be entering the forest?"

"Yes."

Another cry. Theo clenched his fists. It was harder to remember it all when he wasn't being held in Baku's arms. He was tempted for a moment to walk back into them and take a bit of strength from that, strength he would need to face the rages. He gave himself a shake. He could hardly spend the entirety of their journey holding the monster's hand! He needed to get a grip.

"You have some weapons for us then?" he asked quickly, gesturing to the knife now strapped once more to his thigh. He noticed that Baku had a similar one. "This isn't the only thing I'm going in with?"

"What weapon would you like?" Baku asked.

"A gun," Theo said quickly, thinking longingly of the gun he had left behind in the OG Earth. "I would like a gun. A big one."

The monster almost shrugged. "We have no such weapons here."

Theo shook his head, confused now because his squadron had gone in chock full of guns, and it was absolutely the protocol of the MDF to have as many as possible. Shoot to kill all the way!

"How are we going to get past the rages without guns, and then, assuming we manage that, kill the hundreds of munching monsters waiting for us?" he asked.

"We do not need to kill hundreds of them," Baku said. "We just need to get to the queen."

"Okay," Theo said. "Then how are we going to get to the queen without guns?"

"We're staying in my universe for as long as possible," Baku said, and he opened his backpack and pulled something out. "Which does mean going through the forest, but it is early daytime, and the rages will be slumbering. If we are very careful and very quiet, we will not awaken them."

A giddy sort of relief filled Theo at those words, and he let out the breath he hadn't realised he'd been holding. It was possible he'd been holding it since yesterday.

"We will be absolutely careful and absolutely quiet," he said. "Though it feels like you could have mentioned their nocturnal natures a bit sooner!"

"Not completely nocturnal and we must be on alert regardless," Baku said. "We will be walking through their territory, and it is very dangerous. Not quite as dangerous as walking through a crowd of nightmares though."

"They'd just go ahead and eat us," Theo said. "No need to draw us in."

"Strength in numbers," the monster replied. "That is one thing the rages do not have. Not yet at least." He paused and shot Theo a look. "We will make our way through the forest and then we will use the rip that the queen herself has made to go through to your world. It is deep in the forest but will take us straight to her."

Theo was impressed with that plan and quickly said as much. "But she's not going to be there on her own," he added. "She'll be surrounded by the munchers."

"She will be."

"Then how the hell can we possibly fight them all without guns? The moment they see us they'll kill us. You're big, Baku, but not big enough to buy me enough time to kill the queen."

Baku stopped rooting around in his backpack and looked up at Theo. "You plan to kill her yourself?"

"I…" Theo frowned because it seemed there was little choice but for him to do that, though once again he cursed to find himself in such a position! "I guess I'll have to," he continued. "You hold them off, I'll kill her. Job done."

"You are brave, Theo."

"I'm stupid."

"No, brave," the monster said again. "You knew we were going to be facing the rages again today and then the nightmares, and not once have you demanded that I return you to your world."

"You refused," Theo said.

"Yes," Baku agreed. "But that was before."

Before…they looked at each other then and something passed between them. Theo opened his mouth to speak.

Was he going to demand Baku send him home? Knowing now that the monster would. Demand to return home to the regular, ordered life that he'd left behind.

Was he going to leave Baku to deal with the nightmares alone? When the monster had clearly said that he needed Theo's help?

Theo did not know.

His heart was racing.

He felt strange all over again.

He closed his mouth.

"Your bravery will be needed before this day is through but more than you realise," Baku continued. He pulled something from the backpack. It was a vial of viscous, purple liquid. "Here."

"What is that?" Theo asked even as he took the vial and held it in his palm.

Baku visibly took a deep breath. "Just before we enter the rip through to your world you will need you to ingest this."

"Yes, but what is it?" Theo asked and he began to imagine all sorts of things. A strength potion. A pharmaceutical drug. Something to make him faster and stronger perhaps. Maybe that explained why Baku's people didn't need guns. They just got high instead!

"It is a serum, Theo," Baku said.

Theo held the serum up to the light. Little sparkles seemed to dance in it. "What does it do?" he asked.

And Baku's chest rumbled slightly, and Theo suddenly realised that the monster didn't want to answer him because that rumble seemed to come when he was saying something Theo might not like. But if there was one thing that sharing a bed with someone had always done for Theo it was to give him an insight into their character. It wasn't always an insight Theo enjoyed, and he'd had his heart broken plenty of times because of it, and it seemed that now was going to be another of those times, because whether he wanted to or not, Baku did answer, and the words were unexpected but also not. After all, hadn't everything that had happened these past days been just like that?

"It allows you to become one of them," the monster eventually said. "One of the nightmares."