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Hungarians were gone.
After months of suffering and pain, they were finally gone. All the Bongomians were celebrating whilst throwing random vegetables and fruits at the royal family, especially the Prince, obviously. Sion was happy that Kalesh wasn't hung, Kalesh was happy that he survived, Hasharia was happy that everything resolved with peace even though she had doubts about the Hungarians, Larg and Orion were happy because the colonizers were gone before the Prince completely snapped and lost his mind. It was a very important day. The royal family was going to see their home again after months.
The Slave opened the gate for the Prince first, and the others came after him. The commanders came into the palace right before the Slave closed the gate. Most of the rooms in the Palace were burnt down to ashes, which made them question every path they took. All of them were hesitant and careful.
After a long night, they were yearning for sleep. Sion, Hasharia, Kalesh, and the Slave still had their usual rooms. Thenio decided to sleep in the blacksmith's workshop. The Prince didn't have his room anymore, which made him furious. And finally, Larg and Orion. Of course, their room was burnt down. Commanders had small but separate rooms in the palace. They were right next to each other. And now they were both burnt down, so they had to use one of the guest rooms. But there was a little problem, there was only one guest room left. The others were preoccupied by the royal family.
It was okay, though, right? They have shared beds, let alone rooms. And that was not quite a problem either. They shared rooms before. When they were basic soldiers, they used to sleep in uncomfortable and cold places that had no differences from animal barns. This wasn't gonna change anything between them. Why would it?
Orion was anxious. Not because it made him uncomfortable to sleep with Larg but because he was scared that Larg wouldn't want to do that. He didn't want to make things weird between them.
"İstersen ben yerde yatarım. Sen yatağa yatarsın hem."
"Saçmalama, hazır rahat yatak bulmuşuz yere mi yatmayı tercih ediyorsun? Ha, tabi eğer benle yatağı paylaşmaktan çekiniyosan bir şey diyemem."
"Yok canım, ben sen rahatsız olursun diye demiştim. Yoksa bana uyar. Eğer sana da uyuyorsa."
"Ben senden nasıl rahatsız olabilirim ki."
Orion couldn't even breathe for a moment. The way Larg looked at him, at his soul, made him feel more vulnerable than in a warfield. His knees were barely holding him up. And the worst was Larg's eyes. They were looking at him so endearingly. The dim light of the candles made his eyes shine even more beautiful than usual. It was something beyond concrete, also abstract, passionate, and powerful. He couldn't hold back his emotions. He never could when he's with Larg anyway. His bottom lip was quivering. His eyebrows were shaped slightly like a volcano now. A volcano that's about to explode, except this volcano was full of emotions instead of lava. His eyes were full of unshed tears now. The candlelight made them look like a slight ambery color.
Larg broke his long eye contact with him. He turned his back and started taking his armor off piece by piece. Orion felt himself embarrassed for looking at him. He immediately turned his head away, wiped his eyes, and sniffled. He turned his back to change his armor to pajamas as well. The silence was too loud after their little dialogue, and he was glad that their armors made enough sound to kill that silence. The metal chains and plates made rather loud noises. And when they were completely undressed, they could hear that through the silence and the absence of metal sounds as well.
As soon as Orion heard the sound of the bedsheets, he turned to get in the bed. He lied on his back like a piece of wood. He desperately wanted to look at Larg, but his whole body was clenching and trying to be normal about this. He was looking at the ceiling. Boring. 'What's the harm in one quick glance', and he turned his eyeballs to his left just to see Larg lying on his side, looking at him. He turned his whole body to his direction when he saw that. Larg was smiling. His lips were just a thin line from smiling now. It was making his anxiety vanish completely. He was adorable like this.
He lifted his left arm to place it on Orion's hip. "Rahat mısın artık?"
He nodded and made a small sound. His brain couldn't even for words when he was this close to him and had his hands on his body. He wanted to lean closer until they didn't have any space between each other. Larg was drawing soothing circles with his thumb on his hip bone. Orion closed his eyes and gained the courage to move closer to him. He pushed his head further until his forehead met Larg's thich beard. He was breathing into his neck. That made Larg shiver. He wrapped his arms around him now that they were closer. One arm around the waist, one hand on the jaw. He was caressing his cheek. He's soon moved that hand to the nape of his neck to bring him closer and pressed a kiss on to his scalp.
Orion lifted his head from his neck. They were still close to each other, but now they could feel each other's unsteady breathing patterns on each other's faces. Larg brought the hand on Orion's neck to his chin. He lifted it a tiny bit as if he was preparing to kiss him. He was actually preparing to kiss him. He's been waiting for this for years, maybe decades.
"Seni öpebilir miyim"
Orion was looking at his lips already. He just couldn't even answer this question properly. His breathing was enabling his speech. He managed to whisper "Evet," and that answer was enough for Larg to lean forward. They clashed their mouths together. The warmth of Larg's lips made Orion melt into the kiss. Orion brought his hand up on his long hair and pulled it lightly close to his scalp. The hand on his waist was squeezing him like he didn't want him to go. When they were out of breath to the point that they were suffocating themselves, they broke the kiss and brought their foreheads together. They could feel each other's hearts beating like drums.
Larg opened his eyes and looked at Orion's face. Larg opened his mouth, and his words spilled out of his mouth in a whisper, "Seni çok seviyorum, Larg.".
Larg pressed another kiss on his mouth.
"Ben de seni çok seviyorum"
These words were enough to soothe each other into sleep. They slept soundly until the next morning. This night was undoubtedly the best way of celebrating their country's independence.