With the sun down below the horizon, Lionel managed to find his peace, just like Carter did, and fell asleep.
While Lionel was sleeping, with him leaning against Carter, he carefully and gently propped Lionel against his own seat, so as to allow him to stand up.
But no matter how careful Carter was, he woke up Lionel.
Opening his eyes, he looked to his left, only to see Carter on his feet. "Shit... I woke you up. Sorry, Lionel.".
"Where are you off to, Carter?" Lionel asked, rubbing his left eye as he stretched.
"The restroom. I'll be back in a minute.". And with that, Carter walked away.
Looking around him, Lionel realised that the cabin was dimmed and the darkness consumed the sky once again. The two women in front of him were sound asleep when another light source caught his attention. It was a movie on Carter's laptop.
'How long was I asleep for?...'. With such a thought, Lionel checked his phone to see the time. 10:08 PM.
Letting out a mere sigh, Lionel rested his head back against his seat once more. He tried closing his eyes but an overbearing feeling churned in his stomach. It didn't allow him to get any more sleep.
So in the end, a few seconds later, he resorted to listening to music. It wasn't until a few more minutes had passed that Carter returned.
In his right hand, he held two glasses while in his other hand, he held a glass of champagne by its neck.
When Lionel noticed the drink in his hands and how Carter placed one glass in front of Lionel and the second by his laptop, Lionel unplugged the earphones from his ears. "Carter...".
"Yes?" Carter inquired, reaching up and grabbing the box of chocolates he received from Lionel.
"Champagne?... W-where did you get this?...".
"I'm afraid I can't say. It's my little secret," Carter responded, opening the box of chocolates first before carefully opening the bottle of champagne.
"Carter, no... I- I can't accept this..." Lionel spoke out as Carter poured the drink into his glass.
"Too bad, Lionel. I've already opened the bottle and begun pouring the drink," Carter responded, a smirk growing on his lips as he saw Lionel dumbfounded.
After he poured the drink into his glass too, he took a seat. Pulling the cardboard lid from the chocolates, both Lionel and Carter had a chance to see the various different chocolates patterning the box.
"Do you have a favourite?" Carter asked.
Lionel smiled ever so slightly, not even having to look back at the chocolates. "The Hazelnut Bite... You?".
"Good choice. The Sweet Praline," Carter responded, his smile matching Lionel's.
"Thank you..." Lionel began. "Yours is good too...".
"Yeah?".
Lionel replied with a nod.
When he felt as though Carter's gaze became a little overbearing for the reaction his body tried to maintain, he looked elsewhere, biting his lip as he took the glass of champagne into his hands.
Seeing such a reaction, Carter chuckled before doing the same.
Holding the glass out in front of Lionel, Carter asked, "Cheers?".
It caused Lionel to look at Carter once more, another mere blush settling on his cheeks before he responded, "Cheers...". With that, Lionel drove his glass toward Carter's until a mere clink was heard.
With that, they both placed their glass on their bottom lips before taking a drink of the champagne. All the while Lionel closed his eyes ever so slightly to enjoy the taste of the drink, Carter couldn't help himself but keep his soft gaze on Lionel.
Seconds later, they both placed their glasses back on the table.
"How was that?" Carter asked.
"One of the best champagnes I've ever tasted," Lionel responded.
His response made Carter feel a sense of joy. Perhaps even pride that Lionel was appreciative of his taste. Though he didn't say as such directly. "I'm glad to hear so. It's my personal favourite.".
"I like it a lot," Lionel repeated similar words of affirmation to his last ones.
"Open your mouth," Carter spoke gently, catching Lionel off guard as he went to have another sip of his drink.
"Excuse me?...".
Carter further giggled at Lionel's reaction. "Open your mouth, I said.".
Lionel was about to question Carter's intention, but with his eyes traced their way to Carter's hand, he noticed it in the box of chocolates. More specifically, right about Lionel's favourite chocolate.
"Carter?... No... There's no need, I bought them for you...".
"And I want you to share my chocolates with you..." Carter responded. "Okay, how about you close your eyes and you have to guess which chocolate I placed into your mouth?".
Lionel snickered at such a suggestion. "I mean... sure, why not? If you're okay with it...".
"If I wasn't okay with it, I wouldn't be asking," Carter responded and something about his words made Lionel giggle for a second more. "You're very giddy these last few minutes...".
"Is it a bad thing?" Lionel asked.
"No, not at all... I like it actually...".
"Alright," Lionel responded and without his notice, his teeth took a mere pinch of his lower lip.
Carter took notice of this but decided to disregard it as such. Otherwise, he knew he wouldn't be able to take control of himself. "Alright, close your eyes...".
Lionel did as he was told.
As Carter chose one of the chocolates, he gently placed it past Lionel's lower lip and onto his tongue.
Lionel opened his eyes back up as he began chewing the piece of chocolate. Seconds passed before a smile returned to his lips.
"Which one is it?" Carter asked, matching the smile that Lionel had.
"It's my favourite one, isn't it?".
Furrowing his brows witty, he picked up the card that came with the selection of chocolates. "I don't think there's one named as such... 'My Favourite One' you said it was?...".
Realising what Carter had done, Lionel rolled his eyes letting out a snicker through his chews. "It's Hazelnut Bite...".
With a smile forming on his lips as he looked at the names of the chocolates, Carter looked back at Lionel. "Oh my, how did you guess?... Well done...". His sarcasm returned but it was for the better.
"Alright, alright, enough of the cheek... my turn now. Close your eyes and open your mouth, Carter," Lionel said. And once he was sure Carter had his eyes closed, he chose the chocolate.
Placing it into Carter's mouth, he began chewing it before stopping. Opening his eyes and smirking at Lionel, he spoke up, "You know, this game is awful easy if we only choose our favourite chocolates.".
"I'm not too sure I've heard of that flavour before... must be a new one. How did you say it goes? 'Th- This'?" Lionel responded, sliding the small card to his side of the table.
"The Sweet Praline..." Carter spoke up a second later. "My turn again..." he added, flushing the chocolate down with a bit of champagne. Lionel did the same.
"Alright.". With that, Lionel closed his eyes and opened his mouth. Feeling a chocolate land in his mouth, he opened his eyes as he began to chew. Furrowing his brow for a mere second, he gasped. "The Milky Heaven!".
Carter nodded his head.
"Alright, my turn again..." Lionel spoke up after taking another gulp of his drink. Carter let out a chuckle before closing his eyes. He held his mouth open, waiting for Lionel to choose a chocolate.
Unsure of which to choose, Lionel's eyes came across a particular name. Velvet Kiss.
With the champagne within him numbing his thoughts, he had a wicked idea in his mind.
Placing the chocolate between his teeth, he approached Carter's face as he waited his his lips parted. Careful, so as to not arouse suspicion, Lionel reduced the distance between them, centimetre by centimetre.
"Lionel?..." Carter called out, aware of how long had passed and he still had no chocolate in his mouth.
A second later, with Lionel closing his eyes too - in one, swift move - he managed to get the chocolate into Carter's mouth. But their lips had a meeting point. Lionel's lips met Carter's.
They both opened their eyes at the same time, in turn looking at one another.
Lionel was the first to react as he widened his eyes before pushing himself off of Carter.
Still in shock, Carter began to chew on the chocolate in his mouth.
"I- I... oh my... Carter, I am so sorry... I- I don't know what got over me," Lionel blurted out as he looked at the little bit of champagne that was left in the glass. "The drink made me do it...".
Carter nodded his head as if he understood what Lionel was saying. However, the astonishment also made his comprehension weaker. He blinked, concentrating more on the taste before his mind switched to what just happened. The fact that Lionel just kissed him.
Silence descended upon them both as Lionel sunk his head in his hands. All the while, Carter still allowed for the chocolate to further melt in his mouth. The further the seconds went, the more the situation settled within him.
"Velvet Kiss?" Carter broke the silence.
Turning his head, Lionel smiled at Carter. "Yes...".
Letting out a chuckle, Carter spoke up again. "Explains the kiss...".
"I'm sorry, Carter... I don't know what I was thinking..." Lionel apologised again. "I... It won't happen again, I pro-".
But, Lionel was interrupted when, in one, swift move, Carter moved closer to Lionel and closed the space between them once again.
Holding his head with one hand and a fistful of Lionel's hair with the other, Carter's lips rested on Lionel's.
Seconds passed before Carter's tongue requested for Lionel's lips to part. As if their kiss had already been rehearsed before, Lionel accurately followed the lead Carter's lead.
Their tongues danced with one another as Lionel could taste the mere remnants of the strawberry and white chocolate from Velvet Kiss.
Having his eyes closed shut, Lionel let Carter do as he pleased. It's what felt the most natural to him right there and right then. To let Carter kiss him the best way he knew he could.
Opening his eyes when he felt the intensity of Carter's kiss go away, he saw the way Carter was nearly on top of him.
Carter had a knee on his seat as the hand that was on Lionel's face was now on the table beside them both. He still had a fistful of Lionel's hair in between his fingers and he used it to his advantage.
Pulling his head back, Lionel had no other option but to submit to Carter's requests. To allow Carter to work his body to his liking. And in this case, Carter wanted to gain access to Lionel's neck, which Lionel gladly allowed him as such.
Almost immediately, Carter lowered his lips back onto Lionel's body. Onto Lionel's neck.
Feeling him take a small bit of his neck, Lionel couldn't help but whisper his name in nothing but pure bliss and pleasure, "Carter...".
"Shhh... You're gonna wake people up..." Carter responded, it needed all the strength he had to part his lips from Lionel. The joy, the pleasure that filled him was too great when he got to further ravish Lionel with kisses and love bites.
"Don't... don't stop, Carter... Please, don't stop..." Lionel tried to keep his tone low. But with the pleasure Carter inflicted on him, it was a task that grew harder with each passing second. Just like Carter, as Lionel felt.
With each kiss, with each gentle tug of Carter's, Lionel felt the man on top of him slowly find his way toward his sweet spot. A loud, muffled gasp marked the spot.
It wasn't long before they both were breathless. With Carter resting his head against Lionel's, he allowed his breaths to collide against his artwork across Lionel's neck. His lovebites.
Lifting his head up, he examined what he had done. A chuckle marked his contentment. "I hope you like hickeys..." Carter spoke in a whisper.
"Did you give me one?". Lionel tried to match his volume with Carter's.
Making a slight grimace, Carter guestimated his response, "I think it's more than one, Lionel...".
"Carter..." Lionel began. "How am I gonna hide them all??".
"Simple. Don't..." Carter responded. "You're mine... I want others to see that too.".
"Carter..." Lionel called out his name once more as his words caused a swirl of excitement to churn in his chest. His words caught Lionel off guard also.
But before he had a chance to question them, Carter's movement caught his attention. He sat back down in his seat before helping Lionel up too.
The next thing Lionel did was he got his phone and tried to use it as a mirror to look at what Carter did to him. Managing to illuminate his screen, he got a proper look at his neck. He let out a laugh at the purple and the pink that patterned a small area of his neck which was conquered by Carter's lips.
"You like my masterpiece?".
At his question, Lionel slowly turned his head before facing Carter. "Seriously?... Look what you've done to me!!".
"I'm looking...".
"Oh my... oh my, Carter..." Lionel muttered under his breath.
"How about I do the other side too so they match..." Carter suggested, smiling at his teasing of Lionel.
Almost instantly, Lionel shook his head. "One side is more than enough..." he responded, looking back at his phone as he touched the new set of hickeys. "You're crazy, Carter... You know that?".
"I've heard that once or twice before..." he responded, allowing his hand to reach other to Lionel as he took hold of his shoulder. "My masterpiece looks perfect to me, Lionel. Especially because of the fact that it's on you.".
Lionel gazed into Carter's eyes once his words settled within him. "Oh yeah?...".
"Yeah..." Carter whispered breathily.
And from there, their heads gravitated back toward one another, and with Carter turning his head, their lips met once again.