I Never Expected...(Xayden)

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When the barmaid approached the two young men he couldn't help but grin at her surprised expression when Aito looked up at her to give her his order. It was always amusing [at least it was to him] to see how people reacted when met with surprises. His gaze shifted to his lover, smiling when he see just how he perked up when he gave his order before turning his attention to the barmaid when she asked for his order. " I'll have the fish and chips with a butterbeer as well please." He was a Brit after all, and it had been a long time since he had enjoyed the classic English pub fare, so why not. His gaze was focused on the barmaid for what seemed like the smallest moment, the Burman , smiling at her when she took down his order before walking off.

When his gaze finally moved away from the back of the retreating barmaid to gaze at his Aito again he couldn't help but smile in slight surprise when he saw the small arrangement of flowers that Aito had made for him. They were his absolute favorite kind of flowers and they were such a beautiful shade of blue that he couldn't help but smile softly at Aito as he took them from him." They're as beautiful as ever love. I swear you never cease to amaze me with how good you are with these sorts of things." Then again, pretty much everything the younger male did seemed to amaze him these days.

When his lover spoke again, his attention was immediately focused on him, smiling with every word that was said to him, agreeing completely. It was amazing just how much time apart from one another seemed to hurt them. When Aito asked if he could spend the night with him, he couldn't help the large smile that crossed his features. " Love this time apart has been killing me just as much as it is you. It is hard to sleep at night, as I'm used to holding onto you. My bed is cold at night and my heart is empty. I would love it if you stayed with me for tonight, just so I may have one night of relief from this loneliness."

[Aito Satoshi]

Oh, thank Merlin. He was so glad to hear him say that. Of all the things he missed most of his fiancee, falling asleep within the tangle of his limbs was highest on his list (trumped only by waking to the sight of that perfect face sleeping beside him). But, then there was the smell of his skin after a shower, the sound of his laughter, the taste of his kiss, the way he looked at him from across a crowded room as if he were the only one he ever saw, the way they managed to find every excuse to hold each other, the weight of his frame and the blaze in his eyes when in the grips of intimacy...alright, so he missed him. A lot.

"I'm so glad to hear you say that, my Xayden. I was truly hoping that you would allow it. It pains me just as badly to be away from you." His fingertips softly skimmed along the backs of Xayden's fingers and he smiled dreamily. No greater place in the world as there than the place in Xayden's eyes, especially when he was happy.

The bar maid brought them their butterbeer and excused herself as Aito's hand slowly drew back from Xayden's to clasp the cup between both palms, a mannerism he picked up at home. Try as he might, he could not hold a cup with one hand. It felt...odd. After taking a slow drink of the liquid and feeling the warmth spreading through his veins, he looked up again at his lover and asked, "Have you been in contact with your family since starting your training? Are they excited for you?"

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He could feel a smile crossing his lips at the words that his younger lover spoke, an small glimmer of amusement shining through in that small moment. Did his love really have any concerns about Xayden rejecting his company after going so long without seeing him? Did Aito really not know just how easily he could have him bend to his will? He doubted that he could ever deny the boy anything that he asked for. He loved him and that beautiful smile of his far too much for him to ever want to see that smile fade away. If Xayden had his way, Aito would always be smiling never knowing even the smallest bit of pain.

" I will always allow you to be with me Aito. I like spending time with you and seeing that beautiful smile of yours. I love seeing the way that your eyes light up when I'm with you and I love holding and kissing you. How can I do that if you're not with me?" That and though he would never admit it to Aito, (or to anyone else for that matter!) the pangs of loneliness began to eat at his heart whenever he wasn't with his Aito, reminding him of a much darker time in his not so distant past, a time that he was haunted by thoughts of a certain evil little blond. A slight touch from his beloved was enough to draw him out of these depressing thoughts, however, and as he gazed upon the beautiful younger male, he couldn't help but smile softly.

Oh, how he loved Aito.

It was a moment later that the barmaid returned with their butterbeers, setting them down in front of them before quickly hurrying away. His hand was released by Aito's and again he watched in amusement as his love took the mug into both hands, a cute little habit that Aito had never seemed to have grown out of. As he lifted his own mug to his lips, taking a sip of the sweet liquid that left a pleasant feeling of warmth, he couldn't help but smile to himself. Merlin he had missed this place as well. He would need to make more time to come and have a drink whenever his mentor pushed him too much, that was certain.

When Aito asked him about his family and how they felt about his training, he smiled softly before answering. " Of course I've been in contact with them, they'd kill me if I wasn't! As for your other question, they kind of had mixed results. Maung, you remember him, the one who said that we'd get married when you first met him in the hospital? He was kind of mixed in his emotions. He supports me, but he thought I would either be playing Quidditch or that I'd be a curse breaker like him so he was a bit disappointed. Dad was so happy when he found out that you would have thought he had been promoted to the head of the auror department or something and Eddie was happy until he found out that I was being mentored by a Dombrovski. I guess the Transfiguration professor had some creepy crush on him while he was here and it traumatized him. You should've been there love. He sent my mentor a nasty howler and actually came down here to threaten him. He told him that I was engaged and that if he touched me in any way then he would feed him to the meanest dragon he could get his hands on. Can you believe that little Eddie did that? It was so bloody funny. My mentor honestly looked terrified!"

[Aito Satoshi]

Edward...had sent a howler?

Why in Circe's tits did he find that SO damned amusing?

After Xayden finished speaking, Aito was trying very hard to reign in the laughter as a result of the mental image the story had conjured in his mind. His lower lip found its way between his teeth and he found himself chuckling softly before finally choking out, "E-edward...sent...a howler? To your...mentor?"

The sobering question of, 'what in the hell did Nikolai do to him?' flickered through his mind once before remaining unasked. No, that was Edward's business.

"I'm glad your family has remained close with you. I will certainly try to too, even if it is only in letters during the school week." He could at least do that, even if it was just a few words to remind Xayden of how much he loved him.

"Is it sad to say that I'm looking forward to the winter break already? It means time with you, and I plan on enjoying it." That wasn't to say that he was only focused on that! He knew he had to be focused on exams, his training, keeping Tanaka safe, and doing a damn sight of work in his classes. However, it made it all feel less strenuous when he could think of Xayden too.

He set down the mug and reached across the table, taking up the hands of his fiancée with a smile and lifting his hands to his lips, pressing soft, lingering kisses over his skin. "I'm just...so happy to see you now." He smiled, looking up through his lashes at him before kissing the back of each finger. It was as if he was recommitting him to memory.

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He couldn't help but laugh along with Aito at his brother's actions, glad that he had honestly found his older brother's overprotectiveness to be just as funny as he did. Edward despite being only three years older than Xayden himself had never quite grown out of seeing him as the little boy that used to cling onto him back when they were children, something that made for moments that were both somewhat embarrassing and hilarious. " Yes love, he sent my mentor a howler and I have a feeling that if he were a bit less in control of his temper he probably would have come down here just to hex him for being related to the professor. Eddie really doesn't like the Dombrovskis for some reason. Maung gets a kick out of messing with him from time to time."

Then again Maung could just be plain mean at times, his teasing knew no bounds.

He smiled again when Aito said that he was glad that his family was keeping in touch with him before saying that he would try to do the same himself. Warm blue eyes seemed to light up in happiness as a large tanned hand reached out to gently cup his face. " I would love to hear anything from you Aito, even if it's a simple hello or a brief summary of your week. I love to hear from you when you are not by my side because it feels like you are still there with me in some way. It makes this year far more bearable for me and it makes me feel less lonely."

When Aito asked if it was sad that he was already looking forward to winter break, a smirk crossed his lips. It was cute just how much he was loved and missed by the other male." Not at all my Aito, I look forward to your winter break as well. It gives me time to have you with me and to myself. That's always a reason to look forward to it in my book." He knew that his beloved had a lot to deal with this year, as did most seventh years and yet there was a selfish part of him that still wanted Aito and his attention only to himself.

Merlin, he was like a spoiled child and yet as Aito gently kissed the flesh on his hand and fingers he found that he couldn't care less. Slowly, Xayden's free hand moved to grasp Aito's chin, tilting it upward so that when Xayden carefully leaned across the table, [ somehow managing to avoid knocking over the butterbeers as he did so] pressing his lips to Aito's in a smooth, sweet and chaste kiss that ended almost as quickly as it had started.

Merlin how he missed kissing him!

[Aito Satoshi]

How was it that every kiss from Xayden was enough to render him nearly useless for moments afterward? After the press of his lips, he found himself smiling brightly, slightly swaying on the spot. "I will write you each weekend, and think about you every single day." It took him a little longer than normal to open his eyes, but he looked across the table at Xayden with a soft gaze. He was always so captivated by his gaze that he just couldn't help the goofy expressions on his face.

He could spend hours, just looking into those eyes and melting slowly into his heart. The only man he'd ever need in his life was sitting right there and he just...(sigh) the days apart made this so much better. It made him smile to see that ring on his hand and suddenly, he remembered what he was going to show him. "Look, I made the twin of your ring." He smiled warmly and slid his left hand across so Xayden could see it. "It's done a good job of keeping you close to me so far."

The barmaid brought them their food at that moment and Aito almost didn't want to eat, just wanted to return home with Xayden, however the demanding growl of his stomach was enough to make him change that thought. He thanked her before starting in on dinner. He'd almost forgotten about how good the food here could be. Heck, the last time he was here, he'd wound up getting drunk and being a little inappropriate. However, Xayden caught him and he learned from that.

He didn't even drink after that. Not unless he knew he was coming back to Xayden. He was a little over affectionate when he was drunk and it seemed to provide Xayden with some entertainment, watching him stumble over himself just to cuddle up to him.

He always laughed anyway.

"Tanaka will be sad that she couldn't come see you, the wait to come to Hogsmeade to see her favorite 'Ao' has got to be brutal since she won't see you until break." Tanaka had called Xayden 'Ao' affectionately because she had a hard time saying his name without a very heavy accent, plus 'Ao' was the word for blue and she did so love Xayden's eyes. "Takumi will be happy to hear you are adjusting alright. He was asking me about you before I left the school today."

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When he pulled back from his beloved he couldn't help but laugh quietly when he saw both the smile and the expression that were present on Aito's face as he seemed to sway just from that one kiss between the two of them. It was so cute to see just how much Aito truly loved him and it was moments like that that made the pain that he got from their seperation worth it. When Aito said that he would start to write to Xayden every day and promised that he would think about him every day, he smiled again. " I'll hold you to that Aito.I promise that I'll do the same no matter what hell my mentor puts me through. As a matter of fact, that will probably be the only thing that will help me get through his torture." Aito was the only thing that gave him the motivation that he needed to get up every day and face that sadistic freaking vampire.

With him by his side he would be able to face anything that came his way for sure!

When Aito said that he had made the twin to Xayden's own engagement ring, his eyes fell to the hand that Aito placed on top of the table in order to show him the ring, a smile crossing his face again the second that he saw it. " I'm glad to see that you have one now too, now we at least have the rings to tie us together when we cannot physically be there with one another." He looked down at his own ring with a fond smile on his face. He had always kept it on since Aito had put the ring on his finger, never taking it off unless it was absolutely nessacary because it was something that meant the world to him, something that was easily his most prized possession.

It was a moment later that the barmaid brought the two men their meals before hurrying off again, something that made both Xayden and his stomach very happy. The man began to eat his meal, smiling at the taste for he had forgotten about the food that the pub served and just how pleasant the food could be when Xayden had usually only come to the pub to drink in the past with his friends. The pub was full of all sorts of memories while and while most of them had been good, there had been a few bad ones, one of which had forced him to punish his lover in a way that he knew he had not forgotten for he had not touched alcohol unless he was with Xayden since he had been punished, the very thought of that punishment being enough to cause a smirk to cross his lips for a moment before a more genuine smile replaced it because as much as he had enjoyed giving Aito that particular lesson, he did enjoy seeing Aito drunk every once and a while.

The boy was even more affectionate than he was when he was sober and it was an adorable sight to see the drunken boy trip and stumble over himself just so he could cuddle up to Xayden. Plus he had tendency to say some very amusing things when he was drunk, something that added to the entertainment of the whole thing more often than not.

Aito spoke again, saying that Tanaka would be sad that she would be unable to see him and that the wait for her to see him again was brutal since she would not be able to see him again until they were off of school for their break, something that had him giving Aito a wistful smile. " I am sorry that I can't see her myself but again, I am looking forward to when school lets out for the winter so we could all be together again." He chuckled quietly as he heard his nickname from the girl again, an amused smile crossing his face as he heard it again along with the news that he was adjusting to his training well. " It actually isn't as hard as you might think to go through Auror training. The worst of it all is the fact that my mentor is always thinking about his lover and makes me take over his patrols."