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Exhausted, Eiden drops onto the next seat he can find. The preparations for the party they were hosting, to celebrate a local tradition, took absolutely every bit of energy out of him.
Asking him all kinds of questions, the helpers didn't dare to do anything without his approval, and just wouldn't even do to their own, even when Eiden asked them.
“Ehhrr…” followed by a held back cough, a familiar silhouette appears in the door frame. His tall stature, the muscular legs and arms, and his very peculiar blue outfit have been burned into his mind.
“Oh, Edmond-” Eiden presses forward, dropping his head back on the seating.
“Sorry, this was just a bit much today, excuse me for a moment.”
“That's why I'm here, I told the others to cut back and decide for themselves a bit more tomorrow. I apologize for not noticing earlier their incapability.”
Eiden shrugs. “They just tried to not mess up anything.” He can hear the rustling of clothes, and Edmond appearing next to him.
For a moment, there is silence.
“Yeah, I will go back to my room in a moment…” Eiden closes his eyes back again and waves at Edmond to make him leave, but he answers something else, to his surprise.
“W-we got something to relief sore muscle. If you allow me, I can help you with that.”
The young man shoots up from his seat, smiling big.
“Nothing sexual.” Edmond shoots back, and Eiden gestures his played disappointment. “Alright, I know. I don't think I have the power for anything like it right now.”
Edmond prepares a blanket on the bigger couch in the middle of the room, and points towards it.
“Sit down over there.”
“Can't- you carry me?” Eiden jokes, and receives a cold stare from Edmond.
His cheeks are slightly flushed, he must have been embarrassed asking him that favor.
Slowly rising and then instantly plopping back down in his new spot, the warm blanket feels like a welcome, soft hug. Edmond sits down next to him, first scanning him from head to toe.
“Anything you need me to do?” Eiden puts his head on his hand, and sheepishly smiles. Teasing him is so easy.
“Put your legs on my thighs.” That, he loves to follow. His firm legs are a tiny bit uncomfortable, but as Edmond's warm palms touch his legs, the warmth shoots through his body. The blue haired man has avoided eye contact ever he sat down, his cheeks still a little red.
He is concentrating on loosening his muscle, and with each move, precisely hitting each sore spot, he makes Eiden feel like dough being prepared to bake.
“Hmm, you are fantastic at this.” Eiden mumbles into the pillow he snatched from the couch.
“I had a lot of training, and it always helps me relief my sore muscle.” Edmond comments sharply, not stopping at gently moving upwards his legs. When he reaches the hips, he skillfully avoids any stimulating parts in the crotch area, and starts to move along Eiden´s belly muscle. It feels a bit ticklish, but the warm hands are moving at a comfortable pace, and make him forget his exhaustion for a moment.
“Who would have thought, the great Knight Edmond massaging me…although we did other stuff already that tops this by a lot.” he chuckles, and receives no reply, but Edmonds facial expression is an open book. He may try to hide it, but the way he furrows his eyebrows, and his cheeks and lips turn slightly red in embarrassment, that is the Edmond he knows and loves.
When he reaches the upper body, Eiden wraps his arms around Edmond and pulls him closer. The faint smell of him, the soft hair brushing his cheek, it's so beautifully familiar.
“I'm not done, what are you doing?” Edmond tries to pull back, but Eiden draws him into a tight hug.
“It's payback for you doing this for me, maybe? And you are just so huggable?”
Edmond sighs, his breath tickling Eiden´s ear.
A few seconds pass, until he lets him go.
“This couch is big enough to sleep on and pretty cozy. Do you want to take off the pads and join in me in napping for a while?”
Edmond's face is buried in Eiden´s chest, so he can't read his expression.
“Even you need a break.” he adds on.
“Let me go, please.” Eiden does as asked, and is pleasantly surprised, when Edmond takes off his shoulder pads, and taking off his jacket.
“Come on, next to me.” Eiden pats the spot to his right, turning around and facing the Captain head on. They are so close, they can feel each other's breath brushing by.
A quick peck on the forehead, and Eiden rests his hand on the muscular lower body of Edmond, letting the exhaustion quickly take him to the dream realm.
The last thing he hears, is a sentence being muttered into the pillows below.
“You are troublesome…”
With a smile inside, both of them were able to recharge, at least until Aster found them in the evening, as he gathered everyone for supper. And even he almost didn't want to wake them, stating that Edmond looked so cute, he would want to bite his pretty neck some day.