Heaven knew that they would have gotten to this point without his sister’s interference. While she was busy trying to put them together, he had preferred Kaiser being the center of her attention, as bad as it was for his soon to be brother-in-law. Regardless she mentioned the elephant in the room and left it at that. The two were left to pick up the pieces of what just happened, but nothing else was needed to be said as she took the reigns and he followed. It wasn’t like last time where lust took over; he grew to genuinely care for her the more time they spent together.

His lips moved along with her as they spent what felt like an eternity on that bench with one another savoring the moment. Perhaps he was getting a little too comfort because before he knew it, he was laying on top of her. When she stopped him, he realized his mistake but she was quick to correct him. Lucian nodded and got up to help Episcia up her feet before they were off to head back into the dangerzone that was the house. He held her hand firmly as they walked all the way back home. There were eyes on them for certain, especially of those that wished they could have been the lucky woman that Episcia was. But Lucian felt that he was the lucky one really. He wanted to move past them and be done with it, but his partner had other plans and planted a big kiss onto him. The fact that he didn’t fight it made it all the more clear to all present that she was claiming him. He was admitting shocked by her actions that it was visible on his face as they went upstairs. But once they were in his room, it melted away when their lips met once more.

Lucian couldn’t exactly recall what happened after that- all he knew was that they were on the bed and this time they tried to not get into a frenzy like they had the first time. He was more attentive to her body and it showed in the way he operated. Inexperience was still among them but they actually took time to enjoy one another from start to finish.

Lucian felt exhausted, but physically and mentally as he laid against her. His mind felt like it was elsewhere until she spoke and he looked up and grinned stupidly. He couldn’t help but to laugh at the realization of everything they went through, tiptoeing on glass the whole way. And it took his sister to help push them to the right direction of all things. “Guess it was going to happen sooner or later. Probably sooner would have spared us a lot of wasted time.” They grew more comfortable and he wrapped his arm around her just before looking upon the book they were planning on reading today. “Later is good. My head feels like it’s swimming.” After some time of being quiet, he looked back to her. “I meant what I said before. I will be around as long as you need me. But…I don’t want another to have you. I…want you all to myself, Episcia.” It sounded selfish but he truly wanted to be with her and damn anyone that would try to get between them.  

The grin on his face was enough to make Episcia laugh. “That is the dumbest smile I have ever seen.” She teased him softly as she leaned up and kissed the edge of his lips. “I wish it had happened sooner but we were a little preoccupied with everything going on.” She chuckled more as she snuggled into him and put the book back.

“I’m glad you feel good. I was hoping that would melt a good bit of your stress off,” she admitted it rather easily. She kept quiet for just as long as he did and smiled at him when he finally did speak. She chuckled lightly as she kissed his chin a bit. “I am so glad that you are because I couldn’t imagine living without you anymore. I have to say that to you as well Love.” Her cheeks flushed red as she called him her love. It was that way now. “You are going to be here for a while if you keep saying things like that.”

That was a promise she was willing to keep as she leaned up and kissed his lips softly. She nipped at his ear softly and pinned him under her. This would be a rather good learning experience for the both of them. It was her turn to show him just how relaxed they could be. They were young and they had the stamina. Afterward, she laid down on him and snuggled up to him again. Now she was tired. She put her arms around him and gently laid several kisses to his neck and shoulder. “Well if your head was swimming before it is probably drowning now.” She whispered in his ear before laughing.

She pet his white hair with one of her hands as she stared lovingly at him. “Do you feel less stressed about today?” She was honestly worried about him. She had never seen him under this kind of stress.

Perhaps they were too young to be thinking like this, but he didn’t care what anyone else had thought. He didn’t want to even think about Episcia in the arms of someone else. She was as much as his as he was of hers now. Damn Nerezza, she might have been right the whole time, but he would have tried to make the move on his own accord though he was grateful that she had opened up the opportunity for the two of them. Now they didn’t have to step around egg shells with each other. “I can’t help it. It’s just been a long time coming.” She was right, this should have happened much sooner but with his mother unable to rule since she was missing or something and him taking up the reigns, there hadn’t been time for him to deal with this.

“It helps, believe me.” His fingers traced along her back tenderly as he grew comfort with her warmth against him. Their first experience had been quick and lust driven with them parting as soon as the deed was done but this time it was different. Deeper feelings than lust were felt and those very feelings hadn’t gone away this time. Each time she kissed him, he felt the spark renewing and his hand slipped over to the back of her head and pulled her closer to his lips onto a deep kiss. “I don’t want you to have to either. I surely don’t want to.” Words of the young people in love, they were powerful things to speak and mean. Lucian didn’t want to go through life without her, and it took an awkward meeting, being locked away with her for a bit and then the months afterwards of being inseparable to make him realize that his mother had been right all along.

“Oh? Trust me, I have plenty of things to say in that case”, he laughed. He hadn’t taken it seriously until she took the initiative and he followed suit. Soon he was trapped beneath her and before long they were engulfed in one another again. All that could be heard from outside the room was muffled moans and it didn’t have to take much from people to know what was going in there and not to disturb them.

It was a new experience for him, but he couldn’t say that he hated it, not the way he had felt during it. His hands fell onto her as she cuddled onto him, his breathing was heavy but he was pleased. “Are you feeling better? You claimed me from all those women, if not from before with that kiss, then surely by now.” She had been bothered by them flaunting over him, but he hadn’t known when it had actually started.

Caressing her face, Lucian thought for a moment, back to what she had called him before. “Episcia…I love you. I think I danced around those words like Rezza had said. I should have said them a long time ago, but with what happened with us and those we love, it never felt like the right time and I had been confused. But I do want to be with you and never let you go.”