Something to Hold on to [Clockwise Dream]

Lionel closed his eyes as his lips finally met Volkan's, the other man's mouth as warm as his hands had been and giving him such wonderful ideas; Ideas which he, however, kept firmly at bay, throwing them as far away as he could the moment they made themselves known. He was already taking things much further than he had intended, he thought to himself as he waited for Volkan to process what was happening, knowing that the other man probably really needed those few seconds to realise what, exactly, was suddenly going on. And he really shouldn't take it even further than that, he reminded himself firmly, as Volkan finally, responded to his kiss. And thankfully, it was not to push him away.

Lionel felt Volkan moving, his weight shifting as he leaned into the kiss, the bed under them giving a soft sound as a response, it to adjusting to the sudden change of weight. Volkan's mouth felt absolutely amazing against Lionel's and as the other man opened his mouth, accepting his kiss even more, Lionel could not help but pull a few tricks with his tongue, all the while reminding himself to keep it tame, to not cross a certain line. He had already left one in the dust, far, far behind hem. He would not cross another, though things were getting dangerously close tot hat.

Thus, despite the warmth spreading through him, from his lips, to his chest, stomach and lower parts of the body, despite the excitement and the very beginnings of lust, he could admit as much, he allowed Volkan to break the kiss in the end without much protest. Instead, he simply opened his eyes, and looked at the other man, a giant smile slowly making its way onto his face, as he licked his lips, getting one last taste of the other man before responding.

''Yes'', he said, his eyes a shade darker than they had been when the kiss had started. ''Of course'', he added, giving Volkan a small teasing grin. ''As I said, this was just me joining you overboard for a bit.''

Lionel let his eyes wonder shamelessly, taking in Volkan's form as he stood up, hand-combing his already somewhat messy hair. ''You look hot'', he said openly as his gaze slowly moved from the other man's hair to his leather jacket, which suited him perfectly, while also doing some nasty things to Lionel's self control, now that he knew that he was allowed to kiss, and touch, and look, mostly by making him want to do the first two even more, when he really knew that he should stick to looking, at least for as long as it took them to actually go out, and on their first date.

''Maybe even hotter than you feel'', he said thus with a lazy grin instead of trying to steal yet another kiss from Volkan's warm mouth, choosing instead to grab his own jacket, checking it for money, phone and keys, satisfied only once he had found all three.

''You can leave that here while we are out'', he said, once he was ready, having noticed the way Volkan chose to carry his gift once he was not too busy checking him out to take note of anything else. ''I should have bought a bag to give it to you in'', he said, frowning at a fact that he had forgot about something like that until now, despite the fact that he had originally offered Volkan to leave the gift here so that he could invite him up to his room again, once they had finished their date.

''Yeah'', Lionel said, once again shameless and refusing to hold anything back, not even flustered that Volkan has seen through his weak excuse of leaving the present behind so he could invite him back up to his room again. Instead, he felt his own excitement rise in turn as Volkan smirked at him, returning the compliment instead of getting flustered by it himself, like he had before, on a few occasion Lionel had complimented his looks.

''So you could come back'', he continued, his smile growing wider as Volkan approached him, his fingers quick in gentle as they moved the few stray locks of hair which had fallen on his forehead. ''For some more hotter than you kisses'', he said, giving Volkan a charming, shameless smile and a look which spoke volumes all by itself.

''After the date, though'', he said then, turning towards the door and opening them, exiting into the hallway. ''So it can be proper'', he joked, though he still didn't move closer to Volkan again, even though he really, really wanted to. He will wait until after the date, if for nothing else, then for the fact that things occasionally tended to be even sweeter when you had to wait for them.

Lionel never cared much for the cold, having spent much of his childhood in places which rarely, if ever saw snow. Still, the shiver that went through his body was stronger and the air felt colder than it should have, probably because of the warmth which had seeped into his skin during the massage, the fact that he was so warm a moment ago making a contrast much sharper, and stronger.

Thus, when a few moments into their walk Volkan suddenly started emitting warmth, Lionel all but cuddled into his side, walking as close to the other man as he could without disrupting his steps. ''I might have to rethink the whole looking hotter than you feel thing'', he laughed, taking a side look at Volkan as he did so.

''No, you still look hotter'', he was however quick to decide in the end, as he once again took the whole of Volkan's appearance, especially now, on the outside, with better light. ''So, do you have anywhere you want to go, or shall I just take you wherever?'', he asked a moment later as they slowly crossed the Academy grounds.

''I know just the place, then'', Lionel said, his voice much more subdued than it had been a moment before, an image of a small, quiet cafe downtown, away from the business of the main streets, but with great food still forming in his mind as a destination, as the tried to see whether Volkan's comment about his frankness was something the other man truly minded without actually using his powers.

In the end, he settled that no, not really, and that, once again, he should simply tell the truth. ''Yeah'', he said simply in the end, shrugging his shoulders. ''I am used to telling people what I think directly. Never been one for lying or dancing around certain subjects.''

Part of that was, he supposed, that somehow he felt that he owned people the truth, what with his powers being what they are, and telling him things even when he was not really using them. The other part of course was his parents' parenting, but also the fact that he did not want to spend ages building a relationship, or approaching one, only for it to turn out in the end to not be what he, or the other person, had wanted.

''I'll hold back the compliments, though, if it bothers you, but'', he said, shrugging his shoulders again. ''You look good, you know, and I like you and I want you to know that. That's all. Even if I tease you, or it seems like I am'', he said, giving the other man a small smile.