Dishonored: The Ties That Bind

Chapter 21

While Corvo was happily flicking through television channels, turning up the volume a little more with a smile as he did so, Billy had found himself more or less cornered in the kitchen with Daud on the right side of him and Elaine on the left...
And he wasn't entirely sure if he was up for whatever the two friends had got planned for him. He'd been hoping to catch Elaine on her own for a while before he left to go to the impending war, and yes, she was there...but Daud was also there too.
He knew that there wasn't really enough time for whatever Daud was probably thinking of, so he had to admit to a curiosity over what there was enough time for.
He then felt a hand start to turn his face towards Elaine, pulling his eyes away from Daud, and the fellow assassin calmly watched as Elaine then kissed Billy, getting the event underway with something that she knew he'd find very familiar.
While that carried on at slow, steady pace, Daud began to inch closer to Billy's right side, ending up as close as Elaine was as he continued to stare at the two of them with a faint smile.
It was ironic, really; not that long ago, he'd been quite considerably cured of an awful lot of bad memories thanks to Corvo. Granted, they weren't completely non-existent, and he himself knew they wouldn't be. However, he was now thinking of far more pleasant ones instead, and here, now, he was about to teach Billy the exact same thing. He'd have laughed, if he'd been sure that it wouldn't have upset the mood.

He didn't, though, and as he then saw Elaine start to take her mouth down the left side of Billy's neck, he saw the man's eyes flutter closed and decided that it was about time he joined in.
He looked at the corresponding stretch of neck on the side that he was facing, and tested the proverbial water by running a gentle finger all the way down to where a fast pulse lay beating.
Billy's eyes plinked open, as he'd expected the man to do, and Elaine held his face towards hers with one of her hands, knowing that for the time being, he didn't need to see who'd done that.
   "...you try and tell me what the difference is." Daud said.
He then started kissing as well, almost mirroring Elaine as he went for Billy's neck with nothing resembling speed. He heard a sharp gasp- and damn, if that reaction wasn't going to crank him up then nothing would- and he also laid a hand on Billy's right shoulder, noticing that his feet were slightly unsteady.
With careful pressure, he pushed on that shoulder so that Billy took a step back, then gaining the counter edge to help him remain steadier, and both friends followed as they continued to work on his neck at the same time.

The difference is, you're doin' it, Billy thought briefly. He knew exactly who was doing what but he did have to admit, it was very nice so far. Logic told him that there had to be more to it or Daud wouldn't have asked that kind of question, so he decided to persevere and remain where he was to see what would happen.
There had to be an answer somewhere.
After a few more moments, he felt that Elaine was pulling his shirt out of his trousers, but then...who did that hand belong to?
He couldn't tell, it was right in the middle of his back so technically it could have been either of them. Another hand then started touching the left side of his chest, and he'd been given the answer. The one on his back then crept round to his right side, and at that point he looked at Daud, a thought forming that actually, there wasn't much difference at all. They both felt the same to him right now, and due to that he wasn't able to like one and not like the other. They were the same.
He then felt Elaine at his neck again and instinctively wanted to turn his head, but Daud took it over and held onto it, and he couldn't prevent his eyes from wanting to close for an instant as Daud then slowly leaned in to kiss him, just the once.

Elaine then stopped what she was doing, looking at them both with a smile of her own as she went to find Corvo, and Billy watched her leave the kitchen before focusing back on Daud.
He smiled too. "There's none, right?" He then told Billy with a quiet, whispery voice. "None at all."
   "...maybe not with somethin' like this, but..."
   "It's still the same." Daud explained as his hand continued its wandering under the shirt alone. "Okay, yeah. There's some very obvious differences with some parts of it, that's bound to happen. But the point is, that whether it's her doin' it or if it's me, the stuff you feel is exactly the same wherever it goes. That's how it's sposed to be, that's how I can take her when I've only ever been interested in men. Plus the fact that she's also rather special."
Billy smiled. "Yeah, heh. She is."
   "So now that you know that...d'you want me to carry on?"
Everything else be damned, he actually did. He nodded, and saw Daud's face turn a lot more seductive before he kissed him again.
Billy took him by the waist and pulled, dragging the body in front of him forwards and into direct contact, and that soon turned things rather heated between them, Billy now eagerly reciprocating with his own hands as he had an urge to find out just how good this could really get. There was time, right?
Be a shame to waste such a good opportunity...