Tender and Soft

InuYasha sighed, as he felt hot tears slide down his cheeks. He ws terrorfied of what his brother might do this night. He buried his face into Sesshoumaru's bare chest, trying to hold back on his tears. He felt the arms around him tighten gently, and a tender hand stroke his hair. There was a strange comfort being held by the one who he feared most.

"Shhh, don't cry. I promise I will not hurt you." Sesshoumaru's voice was warm and gentle. "InuYasha, right now, you mean so much to me."

Sesshoumaru placed a feather light kiss on top of InuYasha's head. He felt the younger one relax slightly, his tears subsiding. He looked at their packs he'd dropped when they entered the cave. Releasing InuYasha, he turned and opened one. He took out two pairs of pants. From their feel, they were light. He handed one to InuYasha, then put on the other. He watched as his younger brother turned away and put on the pants. He himself turned away to give the youngster some privacy. He unrolled the sleeping mat, straightening the blankets on it.

"I'm sorry." InuYasha's voice was barely a whisper. "I didn't mean to cry."

Sesshoumaru smiled and reached out for his younger brother. InuYasha walked towards Sesshoumaru very slowly, then took the offered hand. On the freshly smothed blankets sat the fur that was normally coiled on Sesshoumaru's right shoulder. Sesshoumaru sat, leaning into the fur, and allowed InuYasha to sit between his legs. Wraping the fur around them both, he smiled as InuYasha sighed in contentment. InuYasha laid his head on Sesshoumaru's shoulder, his fear subsiding slightly.

"InuYasha, never be afraid to cry. Sometimes, it lets you know just how much you have pent up. You are a Hanyou; not fully human, but not fully demon. Humans feel the need to show emotions, demons to hide them. You have to find your balance. When you and I are alone like this, you can let yourself relax. Drop your defenses." Sesshoumaru pasused to kiss the younger one on the tip of his nose. "I let mine down, and that's hard for me. Harder though, is I have to accept I had no control in letting mine down."

InuYasha pondered the words for a few moments, then smiled. Sesshoumaru was right, the moment he became sick, all his defenses dropped. Sitting in his brother's arms felt strange, but also comforting. Hearing the heartbeat beneath is ear, feeling the breath across his face let him know just how much a living being Sesshoumar was. No matter how much the older demon hid behind a cold and indiffrent facad, he was still a living creaure. He had the same needs and wants all beings had.

"I think I understand. I've had to live life the hard way. I learned not to let anyone inside my heart, afraid they'd shun me. Just like you did, the villagers in mother's village, everyone." InuYasha felt the sting of tears in his eyes again. "How can I trust you?"

"That's the hard thing, but first you have to trust in yourself. Father would have never wanted the life you lived for you. As his son, you do have the choice to live better. Being half demon though, all your choices were made for you. I promised him that no matter what, the one night you are most vulnerable, I would protect you. Till you became of age, I did watch over you. I saw no reason why I should stick to that promise any other time."

Sesshoumaru felt his own eyes sting with tears. InuYasha was just as innocent and frightened as he was in his childhood. The poor boy had been cast away like garbage at such a young age. His youth shown in every feature of his face during the new moon. His large, violet eyes sparkled with unshead tears. Sesshoumaru leaned and kissed his brother tenderly on the lips. He ran one hand over his brother's exposed skin, feeling as he gasped slightly. His heat did not affect his feelings for the youngster, the love he'd felt for him since birth was still there. He remembered holding the young man in his arms as a baby.

For a fleeting moment, Sesshoumaru remembered something InuYasha liked as a child. He reached down and tickled him, just along his ribcage. A laugh bubbled past InuYasha's lips before he could stop it. Then the younger one realized, Sesshoumaru knew more about him than any other living person he knew.

InuYasha leaned up and kissed Sesshoumaru full on the lips, savoring the feeling when Sesshoumaru slipped his tounge into InuYasha's mouth. His hand slid down Sesshoumaru's sculpted chest, down the muscled abdoman and onto the front of his pants. He rubbed the forming erection nestled there. He felt Sesshoumaru's hand take simarlar action on his own body. He broke the kiss to moan loudly. Never in his life had he been touched like this. Sure he'd been with both Kikyo and Kagome but neither had ever touched him like this.

"Please, Sessho.. I can't take it... I want to.." InuYasha felt as if he wanted to cum that moment.

Sesshoumaru kissed InuYasha agian, and took the distraction to move his hand inside his brother's pants. He stroked InuYasha's thickness, delighting in the shivers it produced. InuYasha broke the kiss again, throwing his head back against Sesshoumaru's shoulder. He moaned and pleaded for release.

"Uh... Sessho...please let me..." Sesshoumaru pushed the pants hiding his brother from view and smiled in satisfaction.

"Even as a human, you are pleasurable to look at." Sesshoumaru had his own needs, but InuYasha's were foremost in his mind. Already, he was taking things further than he wanted to. A little heavy petting whilst cuddling couldnt be all too bad though.

He felt InuYasha's bare hand now pumping his own aching erection and made a decision. There were pleanty of blankets on the bedding, and they wouldn't need clothing by morning. Removing his hand, he pulled InuYasha's pants back up. He pulled the hand pumping him away, and was rewarded with a definate canine growl.

"Jackass!"

"Lie back InuYasha!" Sesshoumaru growled back.

InuYasha laid back, confusion laced with lust shown in his eyes. Sesshoumaru laid down on InuYasha, feeling the youngster's erection jab against his own. He couldn't stop the loud moan that escaped his lips. He thrust his hips against the hardness beneathing. Then, both brothers could no longer control themselves. Carnal passion ripped through them as they grinded against each other, moaning each other's names. Sesshoumaru claimed his brother's lips in a kiss that finished turning sparks into an all out inferno. He could smell InuYasha teetering on the edge of release, and smiled.

"SESSHOUMARU!! Please... aaahhh...!!" Sesshoumaru quicked his pace, feeling his own release rushing nearer.

"Hold on, Inu...aaahhh!!" Sesshoumaru felt InuYasha's human teeth nip him on the shoulder, shoving him over the edge. He felt his own release dampen his clothing, and saw InuYasha smiling.

InuYasha reached up and held Sesshoumaru tightly, feeling his body tremble from the release. It was the single most erotic experience he'd had.

"Never in my life have I felt this satisfied. Thank you, Nii-Sama." InuYasha's tender kiss proved his words.

"As have I, Otouto. But now we need to bathe." He noticed InuYasha's eyes were beginning to close as sleep tried to take over. "We can sleep, but first bath!"

Sesshoumaru leaned down and softly nipped InuYasha on the shoulder. His younger brother snapped awake, but no anger sparked in his eyes.

Together they rose, and walked towards the hot spring. Sesshoumar wanted much more, but that could wait. Though they both were satisfyed, they both wanted more. Bathing quickly, they both made their way back to the pallet. They chose to remain undressed, savoring the feel of their nude bodies pressed together.

InuYasha drifted off to sleep first. Sesshoumaru noticed it was the first time in years his younger brother fell soundly asleep on a night like this. Though they couldn't see it, the moonless sky was turning a pale shade of grey. Sesshoumaru held his sleeping brother very closly. His felt every soft movement the younger one made. He shifted, bodies pressing tighter together.

Sesshoumaru sighed. He hadn't wanted to take things as far as he did, but he was glad they got out of hand. They showed just how much InuYasha and he cared about each other. He knew that this night, above the rest of the nights, InuYasha was unaffected by his scent. Moreso, he was more likely to act on the tenderness and passion he felt towards his brother. Both their guards were down now, and the week had not even begun.