25. Zhang Junjie

Chapter 25

Zhang Junjie

T he meeting ended after that declaration, and Junjie led Leo to his bedroom, where it looked like someone from his clan had attempted to straighten up the mess he’d made. Some sensible part of his brain recognized that Leo was covered in blood. He needed a shower and a change of clothes.

The rest of Junjie’s brain had tromped off to commiserate with his battered heart, leaving him to operate on autopilot.

While Leo was in the shower, Junjie returned to his bedroom to gather some clothes for him to wear. He slid open a drawer and his heart skipped. Beside a neat stack of his T-shirts was a folded pile of Leo’s clothes. Over the past month, Leo had been coming and going from their home so often that Junjie had washed a pile of the cat’s clothes with his own. He’d placed them in the drawer so Leo could find them later but had forgotten about them in all the chaos they’d gone through recently.

Junjie took the change of clothes and sat on the edge of his bed, the garments clenched in both hands. Emotions swirled inside of him, forming a great vortex. He was overwhelmed. He told himself that he should be relieved that Leo was alive and okay. But every time he attempted to tamp all his emotions down, they slipped away from him.

“Well, that was a horrible shower.”

Leo’s sudden announcement had Junjie’s head snapping up. How long had he been sitting there staring at the clothes? Leo now stood in the open bathroom doorway, his wet hair slicked back and a fluffy white towel wrapped around his waist.

“I’m sorry?” Junjie said, still trying to empty the clutter from his brain.

“You should be. I spent that entire shower hoping you’d join me.” The smirk lifting one corner of his mouth made it obvious he was trying to be funny, but laughing was not one of the things Junjie was feeling.

Leo strolled across the room and Junjie’s eyes locked on the spot where Jiang Chong’s sword had gone through his chest. The wound was gone and there was a faint red line in its place. Even that was fading as he watched the rise and fall of his chest, leaving his skin flawless.

“Are you truly okay?” Junjie asked.

The cat picked up one of Junjie’s hands and pressed it to the red line. “Completely healed, inside and out. No wound. No pain. All gone.”

“Can…can I ask…”

“You can ask me anything you want, and I promise to tell you the truth.”

“How many lives do you have left?”

Leo’s smirk became a soft smile as he leaned in to whisper into his ear. “Six.” He straightened and gave an embarrassed shrug. “I was reckless when I was young. Reckless and stupid.”

Six.

That was a good number. A very good number. Just hearing it made the knot of tension in the center of his chest ease. He could breathe easier.

“But no more stupid and reckless,” Leo declared. He put a hand under Junjie’s chin, tipping it up to meet his stern gaze. “I am cherishing each of my remaining lives because that’s time I get to spend with you. Assuming you still want me.”

“Yes.” Junjie tossed the clothes resting in his lap aside as he shoved to his feet. He captured Leo’s mouth in a blistering kiss that left the cat clinging to him, a deep, loud purr rumbling up from his chest. He pushed his tongue into Leo’s mouth, claiming him piece by piece.

The scent of his soaps rose from Leo’s hair and skin. Just another thing marking the shifter as his, making his possessive heart join Leo in purring. His hands ran up Leo’s back, pressing them together even more tightly. Leo brought his arms up, winding them behind Junjie’s neck.

“Mine,” Junjie growled as he dragged his lips across Leo’s jaw and down to his neck.

A shiver ran through Leo and his arms tightened on him. “Really? You think you can claim all of me?” Junjie could hear the enormous smile in his words.

Challenge accepted.

Junjie lifted his head from Leo’s neck. He grabbed Leo’s towel and ripped it off. “Definitely.”

Before the cat could give his cocky response, Junjie dropped the towel so he could pick Leo up and toss him onto the bed. His lover cackled as he bounced on the center of the mattress. The sound brought a smile to his own lips, and he stripped off his clothes. As he straightened from shoving his pants and underwear to the floor, he found Leo watching him, his greedy gaze gobbling every centimeter of him.

“I bet you have no idea how gorgeous you are,” Leo murmured.

“The only thing that matters to me is that my appearance pleases you.”

A devilish grin spread across Leo’s face as he wrapped a hand around his erect cock and started stroking. “You know your looks more than please me.” He bent his legs and spread them wide, giving Junjie a very clear, debauched view of everything.

Gods, he loved Leo’s sense of freedom. His complete comfort in his own skin. It was contagious. With Leo, he felt like he could do or say anything without worrying about being judged or falling short of other’s expectations.

A hand slid down his chest to fondle his cock. He moved it in time with Leo’s, which earned him a deep, throaty groan from the cat.

“Fuck. I can come from watching you do that.” He clamped his hand on the base as if to stave off his rising orgasm. “But I want that monster between your legs in my ass. Not that I have any clue how it’s going to fit.”

Junjie smirked. “It fit in your mouth. I can get it to fit in your ass.”

Leo purred. “I love your confidence.”

The vampire crawled onto the bed between the shifter’s legs and picked up one foot. He pressed a kiss to his ankle bone and worked his way slowly up his leg, loving the feel of the hair on his leg brushing across his face. Adorable sounds of pleasure slipped from Leo’s parted lips, and he squirmed when he reached the inside of his thigh. Junjie bypassed Leo’s cock, earning many howls of complaint as he pressed a few tender kisses to the soft flesh along his hip.

“Please, baby, give it a little suck,” Leo begged.

Junjie’s shoulders shook with silent laughter. His cat was too cute sometimes.

“I would like that very much,” Junjie whispered as he nuzzled the side of Leo’s dick, his lips brushing the dark red head as he spoke. “But I have my eyes on another prize.”

“Whaaaa—”

Leo didn’t get his question out. It changed into a shout as Junjie shifted where he was sitting so he could flip the cat onto his stomach. Gripping his hips so that his ass was in the air, Junjie leaned in and licked him with the flat of his tongue from sac to hole. A string of muffled curses flew from Leo’s throat and into the pillow where his face was pressed. But those curses turned to pleas as Junjie made a feast of Leo’s ass. He licked, sucked, and fucked that stubborn hole with his tongue, loosening muscles.

With patience and care, he worked in one finger and another, stretching his lover as much as he could. His body was dying to plunge deep into Leo, but he didn’t want to hurt him.

“Jun-Jun!” Leo sobbed as he got a third finger inside of him. “I can’t take anymore. I’m gonna come and I want you in me first.”

Junjie frowned. “I don’t want to hurt you.”

“I like a little pain with my pleasure. Go slow and use a lot of lube. Oh, gawd! Please say you have lube!”

For that, Junjie was willing to leave Leo’s ass so he could dig the new bottle of lube from his nightstand. Thank goodness for delivery. This had not been something he’d wanted to add to the clan’s communal shopping list.

Once opened, he spread a very healthy amount on his cock and pressed some into Leo. He positioned himself behind his lover and pressed the thick head to his opening. As he pushed inside, he clenched his teeth against the wave of exquisite pleasure rolling through his body. So much heat. So fucking tight. Leo’s muscles clamped down on his dick. It was only when he heard a muffled whimper from Leo that he froze, his brain rising above the fog.

“Are you okay?” he demanded.

“Fine. I’m fine. Just go slow.” Each word was sharp and clipped. Not believable at all.

Junjie rubbed one hand up Leo’s spine, trying to relax some of the tension humming through his body. He tried to press forward again, but a hiss from Leo stopped him cold.

“I did a poor job of preparing your body. This is too much pain,” Junjie declared.

“If you did any better of a job, I would have been coming before your dick was anywhere near my ass,” Leo grumbled.

Junjie attempted to pull free from Leo’s amazing body, but the cat’s hand shot back to grab his thigh, stopping him.

“No! Don’t stop!”

“Leo, my precious kitten, I’m hurting you. We can’t continue this way. I will suck you off. I promise you’ll enjoy it as well,” he said around the lump growing in his throat. Never in his life had he hated some part of his body. He’d never expected it to be this.

Leo stared at him over his shoulder. “I don’t want to give up yet. Change positions with me. Let me ride you.”

Junjie agreed. He’d do anything to make Leo happy, except physically harm him.

He pulled free and lay in the middle of the bed while Leo sprang to his knees and moved so that he straddled Junjie.

Of course, now that Leo was getting into position, Junjie’s cock was growing soft. Humiliation burned through him, threatening to choke off his air. He closed his eyes, no longer able to meet Leo’s warm gaze.

“I’m sorry,” Junjie whispered in a rough voice.

“You have nothing to be sorry about.” The sound of Leo fumbling with the lube reached his ears. “Look at me, Jun-Jun.” Only when he opened his eyes did Leo continue. “None of this is your fault.”

“I hurt you.”

“And I was too eager to have you. I was the one to rush things.” As he spoke, he wrapped a lube-slicked hand around Junjie’s dick, stroking him to life. “Do you know how long I’ve wanted this cock inside of me? Since that first time I saw you step out of the shower. I was just a house cat stretched out across your bed, and I swore I’d died and gone to heaven. I came up with so many evil schemes and fantasies about you bending me over and fucking me so hard.”

Leo’s fist and words wove a spell to wash away the burn of humiliation. His dick swelled and throbbed with new life.

“Now you’re all mine.” He lowered himself onto Junjie’s dick, pushing the thick head past that ring of muscles.

“Only yours,” Junjie choked out. He meant it. His heart, body, and soul belonged to Leo. He would treasure every second they had together. His precious kitten.

Leo bounced on Junjie, taking more of him a centimeter at a time. By being on top, Leo could control his descent and, more accurately than Junjie, gauge how much he could take before the pain became overwhelming.

Of course, the most dangerous thing about Leo was not his tight ass squeezing the last of Junjie’s sanity from his brain. It was his mouth, because it never stopped running.

“Fuck. I can feel you getting thicker. Knew you’d be perfect. So big. Ruin me. Make me yours.”

Junjie gripped Leo’s cock and stroked it, turning his words to babbling gibberish as he started moving faster on Junjie’s member, taking more of him.

“Help,” Leo yelped. “So close. I need it all. Help me take all of you.”

On Leo’s next drop, Junjie thrust upward, burying himself completely inside Leo’s incredible heat. Leo threw his head up, his muscles clenching around Junjie, massaging until Junjie was sure his control was going to snap.

He forced himself to list all the swords in the armory by name as he gained control of his rising need to come.

Junjie must have taken enough time to let Leo’s brain reboot, because as they moved together, Leo found his tongue again. Filthy words poured from his mouth, spurring Junjie on to pound him harder and faster. The only problem was that he was on the bottom. He couldn’t get the angle and leverage he wanted.

With a snarl, Junjie wrapped one arm across Leo’s back and flipped them so that Leo was on the mattress. But it wasn’t enough. He withdrew from Leo completely. Before the cat could yowl in protest, Junjie turned him onto his stomach. He plunged into him in one long, seemingly endless stroke that had them both moaning.

“Bastet, fuck me! My new favorite thing is bossy Jun-Jun,” Leo cried out as he pushed up on his hands and knees. “I can see why you like this position.”

Junjie grinned as he fucked slow and deep into Leo, drawing out every thrust so that Leo’s toes curled.

“Full. So full. So good. Don’t stop. Never stop.” The cat’s words were slurring as if he were becoming drunk on the brutal, bone-crushing ecstasy.

Springs squeaked, and the bed groaned with every thrust. The smell of sweat and musk overpowered the last lingering hints of soft soap.

Junjie lowered his head to Leo’s neck and licked away a bead of sweat. He peppered his skin with tender kisses. A whimper escaped Leo, and muscles tightened on Junjie’s cock as if in warning.

“Bite me!” Leo pleaded, his voice cracking.

“Leo, no,” Junjie said even as his fangs slid down against his wishes. “You lost enough blood tonight.”

“Please. Just a little one. So close now. Bite me, and we’ll both come so hard.”

It was stupid.

And dangerous.

And Leo was a terrible influence.

Junjie’s fangs sank in on the next hard thrust. Leo screamed and his body clenched around Junjie’s cock, holding him so tight that it was nearly impossible to keep thrusting through the orgasm. The hot sweet blood spilled across his tongue and Junjie let go of his tight control.

The orgasm slammed into him, knocking the air from his lungs as he pumped his load into Leo’s welcoming body. Everything trembled. He’d barely closed the wound on Leo’s neck before he pulled them both onto their sides as he collapsed.

“Fuck,” Leo panted. “I mean…just…fuck…”

Junjie closed his eyes and smiled as he tried to catch his breath. His cock was still nestled deep in Leo’s ass, and his lover was in his arms. His entire body hummed with pleasure. He was sated to his very core.

“If I spent one of my lives on that orgasm, it was totally worth it.”

Which reminded him…

“No more biting for at least a month,” Junjie declared.

“What? Why? I’m all healed, and you couldn’t have taken more than a sip. I’ve lost more blood with a skinned knee.”

“Punishment. You kept too many secrets from me.”

“True. True.” Leo snuggled closer, resting his head on Junjie’s shoulder. “But…” Here it came. “You’re punishing yourself, and that’s not fair to you.”

“It is. I should be punished for letting my fears drive me to imprison you.”

Leo hummed for a moment in thought. “Okay, but you locked me up for only two hours. That’s barely long enough to count. I say your punishment should last for two days. That seems fair to you. Besides, you’ve learned your lesson. We both have. Does anyone really need to be punished?”

Junjie pressed his face into the top of Leo’s head to hide his smile. The cat was so sneaky, he loved it.

“Maybe I should think of another, better punishment.” As he spoke, Junjie shifted his hips, withdrawing slightly, only to push in deep. The slide was toe curling as Leo’s tight channel was slick with the lube and his cum.

“How are you still hard?” Leo groaned and gasped at the same time.

“I find I have a faster recovery time where you’re involved.” He thrust inside Leo again, while one hand strayed across his chest to pluck at a nipple. “Should I stop?”

“No! Geez, no! Don’t ever stop. My body will catch up to yours soon.”

“Good. We’ll take it much slower this time,” Junjie purred into Leo’s still tender neck. “As punishment.”