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“I feel like I spend more time here than at headquarters nowadays,” Angel commented.
He was sitting with Aki in his empty apartment. Denji and Power were off patrolling or who knows what else, leaving the pair alone for the time being. It wasn’t a rare occurrence, and Angel was right. He’d practically moved in with the three of them here.
“Well, we were partnered so I could keep an eye on you,” Aki replied. It was the same reason Power and Denji lived with him. Makima trusted him to watch over the three varying kinds of devil.
Angel leaned back on his hands and stared up at the ceiling. “Yeah, I know. It’s just tiring not having alone time anymore.”
“If you’re trying to trick me into-”
“No tricks,” Angel butted in. “I just got used to being alone at headquarters, so it’s an adjustment.”
Aki considered this as he observed the devil across the table from him. He also got used to being alone before having roommates assigned to him. Honestly, he couldn’t remember what he even did with his free time before. Other than chain-smoking on the balcony for privacy when he still smoked and losing money on groceries to this day, Aki really didn’t change his lifestyle a lot to accommodate the devils in his home. He just continued going to work as usual, and that was the biggest part of his life.
“What did you even do by yourself all the time before you were sent out on missions with us?” Aki asked. If Angel missed being alone, maybe he had more freedom at HQ than Aki thought.
“I got off a lot,” the devil replied bluntly.
It caught Aki off guard.
“You- okay...”
“Yeah. It’s been strange not being able to do that anymore. I was used to jerking off at least once a day.”
The conversation carried on candidly in a way that shook Aki. He had to remind himself that devils didn’t care about the same societal taboos and everything that humans did. Angel had proven to be an overly honest devil already, so Aki shouldn’t truly be shocked that he didn’t care to be open about masturbation habits. It did still strike him, being new information and all.
“I didn’t realize that devils did that. I guess it makes sense,” Aki said as nonchalantly as he could manage.
“We have desires just like humans do.” Angel paused. “Do you get to masturbate often living with those two and occasionally me?”
The invasive question knocked Aki off balance again. “I- um, I guess not. I hadn’t really thought about that since Denji moved in.”
Angel looked at Aki curiously. As if this were just an average conversation between work partners. “Don’t you miss it? I sure do.”
Aki hesitated as he considered this. “I do sometimes. It’s not a priority though,” he admitted after a moment.
“Hm.” Angel seemed lost in thought for a couple of seconds. “Maybe we could help each other out with this problem.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, we’re going to be alone for at least another couple of hours. We could attend to our needs in that time.”
Aki sputtered for a response. “Angel, are you…propositioning me right now?”
“I suppose I am. Though, we obviously can’t touch each other, so technically it isn’t sex. Right?”
Aki stared at his partner incredulously. This conversation had shifted from new to dangerous territory in a matter of seconds.
“I can’t believe we’re having this conversation,” Aki said finally with a shake of his head.
“Is that a no then?”
“It’s not a no. It’s just a statement.”
“So.” Angel sat back up straight to make direct eye contact with Aki. “Are you interested?”
Although he took a moment to really think about it, Aki ultimately knew his decision. He’d been pent up lately without really realizing it. Angel didn’t seem weirded out by this, so Aki wouldn’t be the one to make it awkward. This could be a one time deal if it went horribly, or maybe it could be a new norm for the two. Aki wouldn’t complain either way.
Plus, Aki had to admit to himself the attraction he felt for Angel. To do this with him…well Aki definitely wasn’t grossed out by the idea.
“Yes. I’m interested.”
“Great.” Angel took off his jacket and tossed it over the dining table. “Want to move to your bedroom then?”
Aki nodded and got up to lead the way to his room. He watched Angel beeline for the bed as he closed the door behind them. Locking it just to be extra safe. Angel was perched on the edge of the mattress, so Aki went over to join him. They sat side by side in silence. Aki wasn’t sure how to start this. He hadn’t done anything sexual in ages, let alone with someone else in this way. Angel’s idea hinged on one of them making a move now that they’d agreed to do this, but Aki clammed up at the idea of coming onto the devil.
Even if this wasn’t sex.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” Angel asked after a moment.
“I’m sure,” Aki stated. “I’ve never done this with someone else in the room before. Not sure how to start.”
Angel shrugged as he leaned back onto one hand, the other coming to rest on his own stomach. “How do you normally start when you’re alone?”
Aki prayed that his cheeks weren’t as red as they felt. Watching Angel recline in his bed with the intent of getting off together wasn’t doing wonders for keeping the heat off his face. Yet, the devil still seemed unbothered by the prospect of seeing each other in such a way. He also spoke without a filter, and if they were going to do this then maybe Aki should too.
“I normally lay down on my back. I, um, ease into it while I imagine having someone else there with me.” Aki was trying to open up, but he could feel the tension in his body.
“Lay back then,” Angel instructed. As soon as Aki complied, he went on, “Now watch me. No need for imagination this way, right?”
Aki muttered out, “Right.” He kept his hands to his sides as he laid there - back propped up by the pillows so he could see Angel - and curiosity began to replace his tension.
Angel’s hand that wasn’t supporting his weight traveled south without hesitation. He groped himself through his pants, letting out a breath as soon as he made contact over the layers of clothing. Aki watched Angel’s face as his eyelids fluttered but never closed and his mouth fell open slightly. Aki’s dick twitched. This was far better than any empty fantasy he’d had in the past year to get himself worked up.
“Touch yourself too. I don’t want to just be watched,” Angel said.
Finding it very easy to follow orders in this sense, Aki placed his hand over the growing bulge in his own pants. Not that Aki was particularly dominant in his previous encounters, but he wasn’t used to having someone else call the shots completely. Especially since this wasn’t meant to be sex, just a means to an end. Not eager to complain, Aki pressed his palm down to grope himself and mirror Angel.
“What next?” Angel asked. “When you’re alone, what do you do after easing into it?”
“I- I don’t like to draw it out after I’m hard. I normally just get it over with after that,” Aki admitted. He was feeling more confident in his explanations, but it still wasn’t the most steady answer. The air was wired between the two, and Aki hadn’t gotten turned on so quickly in a long time. No one could blame him for a shaky voice.
Angel sat up to undo his belt with both hands. “Do you want to draw it out this time?”
“Whatever you want.”
As he unbuttoned and unzipped his pants, Angel seemed to consider this. “I think I’d like to savor this. Who knows when I’ll get to do this again.”
“Makes sense,” Aki replied.
Unceremoniously, Angel lifted his hips to pull his pants and underwear down his thighs far enough to reveal his dick. Aki noted it was attractive, for a cock, before tearing his eyes away.
“Your turn,” Angel said. “If you want.”
“Yeah. I do.”
Aki reached for his belt. He felt Angel’s eyes on him, and he willed his hands not to shake under his heavy gaze. He succeeded in undoing his garments, and he copied Angel by pulling down his boxers and pants just far enough that he freed his cock. Angel hummed to himself, so Aki finally mustered up the courage to look at him again. The devil had his fingers wrapped around himself, and his thumb circled around his tip. His eyes - though - were locked on Aki’s movements. Angel’s metaphorical microscope burned Aki, filling his gut with fire and getting him completely hard in seconds. However, it seemed that Angel was already ahead of him in that regard.
Not moving from the head of his dick, Aki realized Angel was waiting for him to properly touch himself. Aki took the hint. He gave his length a few light strokes as he tried to focus on anything but the way that Angel was just watching him. Aki realized too soon how little it was actually going to take to get him off today. It’d really been far too long. The added tension of doing this with Angel had him slowing to a halt at the base of his cock. It was too much already, and he’d barely touched himself.
A light pressure on the clothed part of his thigh snapped Aki’s eyes back to Angel’s. The devil was touching him with the same hand he’d just had wrapped around himself, which Aki couldn’t even find gross in this context. Not when he wished to be much closer in contact with the body part in question. Angel’s eyes were serious despite the lust clouding them when Aki met them with his.
“Are you sure this is okay?” Angel asked.
“Yes. More than. I’m just- it’s been awhile. I- I don’t think I can draw this out like you wanted.”
Angel’s eyes softened. “That’s okay.”
He rubbed Aki’s thigh with his thumb, and fuck it made Aki wish he could just barrel over the line they were toeing. To be close to and touch Angel like he wanted. But that was off the table. It was too dangerous, even if Aki really didn’t care at that moment.
“I want you to-” Aki shut his mouth before he could express his desires.
“What do you want, Aki? You can tell me,” Angel insisted as if he couldn’t tell where this was going.
Aki chewed his bottom lip, hand still around his base to keep him from coming early and ruining the moment. “Don’t stop touching me,” he requested quietly.
Angel’s thumb hesitated before he gripped onto Aki’s thigh with more force. “You like this?”
“I don’t think I’d end up here with anyone else,” was the answer Aki decided on instead.
Angel took his hand away immediately, and Aki’s heart sank to his stomach. That is, until Angel was climbing on top of him with his hands on Aki’s shoulders. It was somewhat awkward with Angel’s pants still on, but they both knew they couldn’t risk taking them off. He looked down at Aki like he almost wanted to kiss him. Almost. With Angel’s wings shadowing Aki’s form and those hungry eyes on him, Aki wished that he would. He wished to throw safety aside in favor of fulfilling the real fantasy Aki had been keeping to himself. Then, Angel sat back on Aki’s thighs, just above his knees.
“Keep touching yourself then,” Angel said suddenly. “This could be our last chance for this.”
Aki wanted to protest, to beg Angel to admit the thing they had both been feeling for weeks or at least acknowledge Aki’s confession. Instead Aki was faced with two options: stop Angel and actually sort out feelings they could never realistically act upon further, or just shut up and listen to the devil in his lap.
Aki preferred the latter.
Aki’s forgotten hand on his base moved up his length a bit quicker than before. Angel resumed touching himself, matching speed with Aki. The intensity of Angel’s proximity and eyes on him paired with not having touched himself in ages had Aki’s release building quickly. The pressure in his gut made his entire body try to tense up, but he tried to relax into the moment to allow himself to actually enjoy this. Because holy fuck was he enjoying this.
In another lifetime far away from theirs, maybe Angel did kiss him. Maybe they were touching each other by now instead of this dance of distance they were locked in. Aki twisted his hand how he knew he liked and wondered if Angel would like it if he did that to him. He ached for another chance at whatever this was with Angel, one in which they could get to know each other’s bodies from more than just observations. The craving to touch, if only for a night, came to hit Aki full force.
Almost in tandem with his orgasm, but there was something inside of him that held back from actually reaching that point. They were both panting and occasionally letting a soft moan slip. Angel sounded exactly like his namesake, and it drove Aki up the wall. They hadn’t spoken since Angel made the point that they may never get to do this again. It was far from silent in that room, but Aki surprised both of them when he finally spoke again.
Just to whine out a “Please…”
Angel’s hand on himself stuttered, but then he quickly resumed the quick pace Aki had set for them. “Please what? Say it,” he commanded.
“Please…” What was Aki begging for exactly? The momentary embarrassment made him forget the pressure inside of him until his fingers brushed over his tip on the upstroke, and he moaned wantonly. “Please, may I come?”
He met Angel’s eyes and noticed how blown out his pupils were. Fuck, was that because of Aki?
“Yes, but keep your eyes on me,” Angel replied.
Aki nodded as he continued to stroke himself. His eyes didn’t stay locked on Angel’s, they explored every inch of him that his hands yearned to touch. The slightly unbuttoned shirt and loose tie, the pants tightly pressing into his legs, his leaking cock in his hand, his hair falling over Aki as the devil leaned over him once more. It didn’t take much longer until Aki reached his peak and came over his own fist with a pathetic whimper.
Angel watched the display beneath him intently. Once Aki had started to come down, Angel’s fingers dug into Aki’s shoulders as he came directly onto Aki’s shirt with a groan.
“Fuck, Aki… So good, you were so good,” he praised him through his own high.
It made Aki glow with pride he’d never felt like this before.
Angel leaned his forehead against his own hand on Aki’s shoulder as they both steadily came down. Their breaths evened out as Aki felt his heartbeat stop pounding so aggressively. His mind also caught up to him; he realized this was definitely not not-sex anymore. They may not have touched each other, but they’d just had sex.
Aki was two for two in terms of sleeping with work partners now. Great.
As Angel got off of him, Aki found that he didn’t even slightly regret this. Despite how idiotic of an idea it’d been, they’d both had fun and gotten off so whatever. Aki looked down at himself and cringed at the amount of come covering his clothes. That’d be a bitch to get out later. He noticed Angel looking around, lost for a moment. Aki realized quickly what he intended on doing.
“There should be a towel at the top of that hamper over there,” Aki directed.
Angel gave him a smile and went to fetch it. He wiped himself off before tossing the towel onto the bed for Aki. After they’d both cleaned up, Aki decided they should wash their work clothes immediately. He grabbed two t-shirts for them, sweatpants for himself, and a pair of shorts for Angel. While his clothes swallowed Angel, the devil ended up borrowing his clothes quite often when he stayed over. It wasn’t even a question of if he would that night.
Angel changed in the bathroom like normal, leaving Aki a few moments alone to think about how to approach what had just happened between them. They met back in the dining room after Aki had loaded up their clothes in the washing machine. He wasn’t one to beat around the bush when it came to stuff like this, so Aki jumped right in.
“I don’t think that went how you were expecting, is that okay?”
“It wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t,” Angel said.
Aki internalized that, allowing himself to quell any of his fears that popped up about pushing too far too fast.
“Okay, good.” Aki paused. “Do you not want it to happen again like you said?”
Angel looked confused. “I didn’t say that. I said we might not get to, that’s all.”
“So what if it did happen again?”
“Are you propositioning me now, Aki?” Angel teased.
“I am,” he stated. No use in lying now.
A smile spread across Angel’s face. “I’m interested.”
They didn’t get to continue that conversation before a certain chaotic duo was crashing through the front door. Aki didn’t feel they needed to though. He had a feeling they were both very much on the same page here, and he looked forward to the possibility of another chance at this. Even if Aki couldn’t have Angel how he wanted to, this was something. It was something.
Aki would take whatever he could get when it came to Angel.