Like Minds - To my beloved Maraclea

Chapter nineteen - Illness

Alex:

I felt in charge this time. Not only over my own body and mind, but also over Nigels' - or at least his body. I had no idea what he was thinking after all, and somehow it didn't even mattered me a thing right now.

His hands moved up to my chest - what made me though that he was actually going to push me away - even though he began to kiss me more urgently. It felt pretty good, I had to admit after all. The other thing that I also had to admit was that I totally forgot Susan, right at this moment.

When I felt his fingers moving to my collar - where he seemed to pull me closer or anything - I frowned lightly. Not knowing if he actually wanted me to stop after all. I lightly pulled my head back - but not making a distance between our lips again.

'What's wrong?' I mumbled.

Nigel:

He moved his forehead against that of Alex and frowned deeply as he looked down at their feet. What was wrong? That was quite a good question.

"I don't know, I..- Something's missing," he mumbled, breathing like he just ran two rounds around the building.

He looked back up at Alex and suddenly he knew exactly what was the problem. He connected to Alex mind, not only taking view into Alex' thoughts but also giving Alex full access to his. And it was clear what he meant. He didn't just want Alex to control his body, he wanted to take over his mind as well, so there would be no urge to try and take back that dominance. It was a strange wish, but it seemed to be the only one he had at the moment.

"Please.." he begged, moving himself even closer against Alex.

Alex:

I could feel his deep frown against my forehead and parted my lips as he seemed to breath like a marathon runner. As he suddenly answered that there was something missing, I swallowed and blinked once while looking him in the eyes again. I could almost feel what he wanted from me. He wanted me to take control over his mind as well. I closed my eyes for a moment and pressed my lips against his again - just lightly, not even kissing.

'I'm trying,' I mumbled. I was lying, to be correctly. But still. I just couldn't find the right way.

I moved one of my hands towards to his hair and began to brush it backwards - softly pulling the roots of his hair like he often did at me. I glanced up once and stared at the wall, lightly narrowing my eyes and pushing him towards to it. After that, I pressed my lips lightly on his again. I could try it at least.

'Open yourself to me...'

Nigel:

Nigel didn't believe he was trying so far, not hard enough at least, he would have noticed. There was a small inaudible hitch in his breath when Alex pushed him with his back against the wall but Nigel's arms moved up to Alex shoulders and he kissed Alex softly back again.

He had to suppress a smirk when Alex told him to open himself up. Nigel had put his mind wide open from the very beginning. But he didn't want to discourage Alex, so he nodded his head and tried to concentrate harder.

Alex:

When Nigel wrapped his arms around my shoulders, I placed one hand in his neck - pressing the other against the wall like I tried to push it away from us. I took a deep breath to place my lips on his again - just softly playing with his lips while I pictured every little touch and noise of him. It was surprisingly how I actually took the effort, after all. I bit on his lower lip and frowned lightly when I had the feeling like I actually entered his mind right now - but I had no idea if it was just an illusion.