~Please Don’t Leave~
Ven relaxed with time, her body exhausted, and she smiled when he was done and pulled her close to him.
"Go to sleep, my queen. You deserve it." He pressed two short kisses to her lips and covered them up with the sheets before she slowly fell asleep.
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All she could dream about was being close to the king that night. Even her mind while she slept couldn't process what had actually happened a few hours prior. It felt too good to be true. The way his cock pounded into her tight wet walls, the way his skin felt on hers, the way he sounded and dirty talked while he fucked her.... it all felt so perfect that it felt fake as well.
She actually was too afraid to wake up too, finding out it was all a dream, but to her surprise it wasn't.
Her eyes opened slowly to the touch of a warm hand pushing away the hair from her face. It made her smile and she looked at the man next to her who had already awoken a few minutes before. "Morning, my queen." Erik placed a kiss to her temple. "Slept well?"
"Yeah. How late is it?" Ven stretched her back a little and snuggled into her king more, not realising it was already late in the morning. Too late.
"Nah, I ain't gonna tell you or you're gonna stress." He chuckled a little, admiring her pure white and golden skin that shone in the light that entered the room through the curtains.
"Shit...." Ven tried to get up, but Erik pulled her back into his chest.
"That's what I meant, just stay in bed. It's okay, ma. You have the day off with me." He reassured her and massaged her hips. "Plus, I don't think you can stand for a pretty long time so you have to rest."
"I'm used to getting fucked like that." She rolled her golden eyes at him playfully and tried to pull his arms away from her waist so she could get up.
"Yeah? You're sure? You want your king to remind you how much you begged for him to stop because you couldn't handle him? That you wanted him to slow down because he was making you sore?" He smirked, pulling her even closer. "Yeah, you really sounded like you get fucked like that a lot."
Ven blushed a little and buried her face into his pillow, inhaling his delicious cologne. "Shut up~."
"Just stay with me in bed, please." He whispered into her ear and she slowly nodded. "Good girl." He spooned her and nuzzled her neck, holding her close as he fell asleep shortly afterwards again.
He was exhausted and had to admit this was the first time he slept a full night in months.
Ven, however, couldn't sleep anymore and after 30 minutes of deciding whether she was getting up or not, she very carefully crawled out of bed to take a quick steamy shower and get some food to start her day. Her hair was put into an elegant bun and a white high waisted skirt hugged her body with a wide white blouse tucked into it on top of that. To finish the look she put on some golden lipstick and outlined her eyes with a soft black cat eyeliner before she very slowly closed his bedroom door to not wake him up. Just to be sure he didn't think she had left though, she also left him a note to tell him she was doing some chores downstairs.
When she got downstairs, she as usual made herself some simple breakfast and sat down in the gardens, watching Wakanda come to life while she ate her food. She hadn't noticed M'Baku sitting down next to her though until he spoke up softly.
"So.... I see he finally managed to brainwash you completely by using his dick." He sighed and ran his hand down his face disappointingly.
"That's not what happened." She took another bite and watched her lap.
"Oh, it didn't? Then why did you leave his bedroom this morning?" He narrowed his eyes and stared into her sun-like eyes to try and intimidate her a little.
"I gave him some clothes to wear for today as usual." She scoffed a little and rolled her eyes, not believing he was trying that technique on her. She knew how it worked and it wasn't going to work on her.
"I would've believed it if I saw you enter his bedroom this morning, but you didn't."
"So you were stalking me?" She narrowed her eyes now too, starting to get annoyed. "That's disgusting, Baku. I'm not yours."
"No, I've stayed in your bedroom last night since I had to discuss some things with the king, but he was too busy distracting you from me that I didn't get a chance to talk to him." He softened his eyes and took her hand in his. "He thought I came here for you so he dragged you along and into the elevator before I had the chance to speak up. I didn't mean to make you feel like I stalked you and make you disgusted and uncomfortable, I just noticed it when you weren't in your own bedroom last night."
"I know." She sighed softly and held his hand too. "If I had known it I had stopped him so you two could talk."
"He's good to you?" He rubbed her palm.
"He hasn't hurt me so far and I feel safe with him, as well as loved."
"Then I'll keep myself out of it...." He whispered softly and with a friendly tone, but deep down he was hurt. It wasn't like they ever were something, they never were together, but he loved her and the thought of such a man being her lover worried him to the max. That man had killed thousands to get what he wanted, he even slaughtered his own people, and yet Ven loved him and felt safe with him.
M'Baku couldn't help but think Erik was using her just to control his people through her....
"You would do that for me?" She smiled a little and took his other hand in hers too.
"Yes, I'll talk to the king and vanish.... I won't be in the way anymore. I promise." The words cut his own heart up and hers too. She didn't know he meant that he was breaking off contact for good, but if he didn't want a war with the king, he had to keep his distance from her.
"But then I'll never see you again...."
"It's for the better, love. He won't accept me to be your friend." He kissed her hands and her forehead before he kept his hands to himself again. "We were always more than just friends. You know that. Everyone knew that. But now you have another man so I have to let you go, it's okay." He comforted her by rubbing her lower back when he noticed her eyes turning bloodshot.
"It's not okay.... I'll miss you." She cried softly, not fighting the tears as they soaked her cheeks.
M'Baku had no idea what was going on though. He had never seen her cry, never once in his life. She was always the light to everyone's darkness.... the flower that grew even in the darkest of times to guide people, never had he seen her smile fade or her eyes lose their happiness and here he was, watching her while she cried about losing him.
Very gently he wrapped her in his arms, resting his chin on the top of her head while she cried into his chest. "I don't want you to leave."
"But we can't be friends anymore.... The king will hunt me down if he sees me with you."
"Can't you guys just be allies? Work together?" She sniffled and caressed his face with her slender fingers, her glassy eyes staring into his own eyes that were now turning bloodshot. He really didn't want to leave her behind either and it hurt him to see her cry. "Please....?"
"I'll...." He sighed softly, thinking about all the risks, before he nodded. "I'll try my best, okay love?"
She nodded back and his thumbs carefully wiped her tears away, also trying to fix her make-up a little while she held him close. "Thank you, Baku...."
"But I do have to go talk to him now then." He stroked a piece of her hair back that had escaped from her bun and she nodded, letting her arms fall to each side of her body weakly again. "I'll be back, beautiful."
"Okay, Baku. I'll stay around the palace."