digest those butterflies (Paradox)

Everything but their breath and the loud heartbeat faded to silence for Deith. Panting hard, he had held onto a slender metal pole in that alley, just before the surprise happened.

For a moment, his mind was blank. He felt himself being pulled down, and just a moment later, felt his lips connected with Lei. It didn't sink into him immediately. His hands were hanging awkwardly in the air, briefly not knowing where to go, before they slowly found their way to Lei's figure. Pulling him closer by the waist as Deith finally understood that they really were kissing.

And he had no plan of letting go so quickly. He didn't really care if people passing by would see, he never did. He moved his lips and pressed even closer, leading Lei's own to a dance. Slowly, the kiss would go even deeper, quickly much deeper. But Deith didn't think it would be good to take it any further than that, he didn't want to end up doing things to Lei that might come as regret later on, and so he pulled away, pretending to be running out of breath.

"I thought... I thought you'd kiss me after I... get you a teddy bear," he muttered through his grin and fast breathing. His hands didn't leave their place. His eyes were dead locked on Lei's, not realizing that they were starting to turn crimson, more and more as he became aware of the rush of blood and excitement all over his body. In the shadows, thankfully, it wasn't very noticeable. Unless one has a really good sight.

How does Lei never stop being adorable?? That wonderful look on his face made Deith want to just... Oh why in the world did he want to hug him tight? Despite the atmosphere around them, it wasn't a malicious feeling. But he wanted to hug him until he suffocates. Uh, that's not really a good thing.

So to prevent that urge from completely taking over, Deith instead pressed another deep kiss on Lei's soft lips, as his hands went to the sides of the younger man's head, raking the white strands of hair as gently as his needy hands could. Although it didn't really end up being as gentle as he wanted.

As his urge faded, he slowly broke their lips' contact, and his hands started to relax as well. His breath was still heavy, for a moment, and the smell of the pastries he'd eaten would mix in the air between him and Lei. "What about the rides? Do you still wanna go?" he asked. But if it were only up to him, he'd rather take Lei somewhere... somewhere less crowded. No way did he want to break this mood, he wanted it.

And not in a predatory sense.

It's been forever since the last time he actually wanted a person this way.

Deith bit his lower lip, as it's corners curved up. "Alright." His hand found its way to Lei's. He could feel Lei's lust, and how it was very slowly fading away, and thought that maybe that was a good thing. They should enjoy this date the way they first planned it. And cherish the fun. Attending to lust could wait until at least a little later.

He let a good few seconds pass just so they could both cool down. After that, he began to lead Lei out of that alley, not letting go of the hand in his. "I hope you don't freeze or boil the water vapors in the air while in the ride," he teased and laughed.

They were by the entrance to the roller coaster in no time. Deith paid for the fee, and led Lei in. There were already some people there, but there were a lot of seats available. So Deith chose the available one nearest to the front, which was already four seats away.

Deith was pretty indifferent the whole time, pretty much the opposite of Lei. He had only had his fun because of Lei, and not really because of the coaster itself since it wasn't anything new to him anymore. He had been holding the young man's hand actually, but Lei probably didn't notice while being scared out of his wits. Fortunately nothing bad happened in duration of the climbing and falling. And once they stopped, Deith quickly let go.

He immediately followed Lei out of their seat...

Only to be stopped frozen right where he was as he witnessed one of the ride's assistants get his shirt messed up by puke.

Deith's face was twisted in an undecided manner. He didn't know if he should laugh, or if he should pretend like he cared for the assistant and give some sort of apology (even though he won't really mean it), or if he should...

No, worry was already pretty dominant out of all his thoughts. Was the ride that scary? They probably should have tried a less extreme one then. He felt bad not thinking about that. Quickly, he went and held Lei around the waist from the back and tried to push the assistant away, for his own sake. Lei made quite a mess, but it wasn't really much of a bother. Other people were staring though, with different kinds of expressions on their faces. Deith was worried, more than anything, more than being irritated by the stares, even. He tried to rub Lei's stomach to try soothing him, even though he was certain he had no idea how to sooth people's discomfort or pain properly.

"Lei, you okay?" He knew he wasn't, but it was the generic question for this situation. He used it because he had no idea what to say. "What's painful?" was pretty okay, so he asked that afterwards, before turning to the assistant with the ruined shirt. "I'm sorry about this, uh... Where could he clean up? And... You should probably clean up too, I'll pay for the shirt if that's okay."

Some minutes later, the trouble with the assistant already handled, he took Lei to the staff bathroom, and thank goodness they've kept it sparkly clean. There's no need to make Lei throw up even more. "You okay?" he asked again. His eyes briefly scanned Lei's clothes, just to check if he had to change them as well. And then he handed him a bottled water the manager gave them. They're well prepared, but that's to be expected since many people probably throw up after riding the coaster.

Deith frowned when Lei threw up again. He followed to the sink, rubbing Lei's stomach the whole time. He set the bottled water beside them where Lei could easily grab it, and pressed a kiss on the back of his head as he calmed down. And then he turned the faucet on to wash the mess away.

"Don't think of it that way. I should've been careful. I mean... I know this is your first time in an amusement park. The coaster was pretty extreme," he said, his voice soft, hoping he could comfort Lei somehow. "You're not even close to being the worst date ever, I'm happy I could be with you, you know."