As Niall fell asleep his last statement worried Kei. What did it mean that he had to keep moving? What dangers could there be that it required that Keisuke be the one to run rather than Niall? He kept his body still for the sleeping boy as he pondered the words, it took him awhile to come to a conclusion, his mind seemingly a bit hazy. Niall had told him while in the Void that the gods were after him. He looked down at the sleeping boy, he had to keep him safe from the gods.
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It was finally Spring, it had taken nearly three and a half months, and a lot of travelling south, but somehow the strange group of three had finally escaped the clutches of winter to make it to a more survivable climate. Kei had been pushing Niall to travel quickly, he had taken the lead since leaving the boy’s home village. They hardly ever stayed in a village or town for more than three days, and when they travelled Kei moved them in sporadic directions, never travelling one way for too long. He was lucky Niall had allowed him to, he knew that as time went on he was getting more and more paranoid.
He paused his steps and turned around to gauge Niall’s condition. If he had been by himself, moving would be a lot easier, but if he were by himself he wouldn’t have been running in the first place. The silver haired boy was everything to Keisuke, his condition always came first. He moved closer to his lover, offering a hand as he looked towards the sky. They hadn’t covered as much ground as he had wanted to, but he wasn’t going to push the boy any harder than he was already was. Eos was perched on the Niall’s shoulder, she seemed anxious. Her eyes didn’t focus on one area to long, and she kept swiveling her head as if looking for something.
“I was thinking of setting up camp here tonight.” He said kindly, a smile on his lips. He reached for the hem of a new turtle neck he had bought about a month ago. The fabric was sheer and thin and almost felt none existent when he kissed Niall. Kei pressed a soft kiss to the boy’s lips before examining the area more thoroughly. The ground was dry here, but he could hear water in the distance, the grass was thick, and it didn’t seem like a spot frequented by any wildlife. He leaned against a tree and looked up at the sky, the sun was just lowering to the horizon and had not yet started staining the sky the signature crimson colors of a sunset.
He looked towards Niall, taking in the boy’s soft features from the little ways he was away. Since that night in the dead of winter the relationship between him and Niall had become very physical. The poor boy’s body was constantly littered with bruises from where Keisuke had marked him, and he did feel a little bad, but the boy never complained about them. His attraction to the seer had not faltered in the slightest during their journey. There had been times when they had gotten short with each other, times when Niall wasn’t in the mood because Kei had a sex drive that wouldn’t slow down, but true to what he had said that night Kei always did what Niall requested of him no matter what it was. No matter if it was as small as, ‘help me open this’, or commanding him to do or act a certain way Keisuke always obliged without ever a question.
He walked towards the boy again, the hem of his shirt still well above his nose and he encompassed the boy in a hug from behind inhaling Niall’s scent. He hummed contently and then released him moving away a few steps, sometimes when he found himself craving Niall all he had to do was initiate contact for a moment to satiate his desires.