Solo For Two

Karel said so, but Sasha didn’t want to waste the rare opportunity. As he waited for Karel to return, Sasha took his time bathing and untangling his hair. He wanted to do his best if Karel still found value in his body.Sasha turned off the main lights, leaving only a dim one on, and waited anxiously for Karel. Sleep was the furthest thing from his mind.About two hours later, Karel entered the bedroom, looking tired.Sasha only moved his eyes to follow Karel’s movements. As Karel headed straight to the bathroom and closed the door, the sound of clothes rustling and water running soon followed. Sasha found himself writhing under the covers, imagining Karel in the shower, making his body heat up inexplicably.After a while, Karel came out of the bathroom, drying his wet hair.Sasha got up and approached Karel.“May I do it?”Karel handed the towel to Sasha without protest. Standing behind Karel, who sat on a chair, Sasha carefully dried his wet hair. After thoroughly drying it, he applied fragrant oil to Karel’s hair. With the slick feeling still on his hands, Sasha massaged Karel’s firm shoulders and neck. Instead of rejecting Sasha’s touch, Karel sighed softly and tilted his head back.Sasha kissed the back of his neck and said, “Let me serve you tonight.”“…Serve?”Karel’s voice carried a hint of cold laughter. Sasha continued touching Karel’s body, waiting for his permission. He felt the warmth beneath his fingers.“May I touch you?”Just from the heat of his body, Sasha sensed Karel wouldn’t refuse. He didn’t know why he felt so sure.Sasha slipped his hand inside Karel’s robe. His body, covered in resilient muscles and smooth skin, was marred with long scars. Sasha tried hard not to show his excitement as he touched Karel.“Karel.”“Hm?”Karel’s voice, responding to Sasha, sounded kind enough to evoke memories of the past. Without realizing it, Sasha clung to Karel’s neck and asked.“Am I the only one who sleeps with you now?”“Why ask that?”Karel, head still tilted back, looked up at Sasha. Narrowing his eyes, he scrutinized Sasha’s face as if suspecting some ulterior motive.“I just thought it would be nice if that were the case…”Sasha’s hesitant reply was met with a calm response from Karel.“Yes.”At that moment, Sasha felt an irresistible urge and kissed Karel’s lips. As Mihail had said, it seemed true that Sasha was the only one left in Karel’s patronage.Even if it wasn’t love, that was enough for now.As Karel opened his lips to say something, Sasha boldly slipped his tongue in first.“Haah, haah… Karel.”Even as they moved towards the bed, Sasha didn’t want to part from Karel and clung tightly to him. Karel responded appropriately to Sasha’s kisses without showing annoyance. Sasha was thrilled when Karel, who had not touched him the whole time, lightly placed a hand on the back of his neck.Reclining on the bed, Karel pulled Sasha onto his waist and said, “Go ahead and serve. I’ll let you do as you please today. But…”“But?”“Don’t say a word.”“…Not a word?”“Yes.”Karel touched Sasha’s lips as he spoke.“If I give you time to talk, you might deceive me again. I don’t want to be fooled anymore.”Though Karel’s tone was gentle, it clearly carried a reprimand. Sasha hung his head.“I…”“Don’t speak.”Karel silenced Sasha with his hand. Under Karel’s large hand, which covered both his nose and mouth, Sasha could barely breathe as he nodded. Compared to being treated as a mere tool not long ago, this was progress. Sasha didn’t want to miss the ‘opportunity’ Karel had given him.‘No one endures like I do…’Sasha remembered how Karel had praised his endurance.Moreover, the sight of Karel’s body in front of him ignited Sasha’s desire. He kissed and caressed Karel’s scars from his lips to his neck, and from his neck to his chest, making him groan softly. He rode Karel, serving him with his mouth and savoring his warmth.When Karel finally couldn’t hold back and pinned Sasha down, embracing him tightly and unleashing his desires, Sasha felt joy and relief. It confirmed that he was still useful to Karel.At the peak moment, Sasha wanted to tell Karel he loved him.But since Karel only allowed sighs and screams, Sasha swallowed his words. He whispered his love inwardly, holding back his unspoken words.All night, Sasha didn’t sleep. He wanted to remember every moment vividly with Karel. As a result, he saw Karel’s unmoving form as he slept and felt his hands pulling him close even in sleep. Sasha stole countless kisses on Karel’s lips and chin, looking up at him.Shortly after dawn broke, Karel slowly opened his eyes.Sasha, who had been watching, smiled as he met Karel’s waking gaze. He felt it was worth staying awake to see Karel awaken.“…What time is it?”With a voice heavy with sleep, Karel opened his mouth to speak but closed it again. Sasha didn’t know how long his “prohibition order” would last. When Sasha didn’t respond, Karel closed his eyes again.Karel turned to Sasha, reached out, and pulled him into a tight embrace.“Sleep a little more.”Then Karel closed his eyes again.In Karel’s arms, Sasha held his breath and stared at Karel’s face for a long time. It felt like Karel loved him. A serene smile lingered on Karel’s sleeping face, reminiscent of the old Karel. Unconsciously, Sasha stroked his hair.Karel was dreaming of the Côte d’Azur villa, of when he showered Sasha with his love. Sasha, unaware of this, was overwhelmingly happy in the embrace filled with that love.But after a fleeting moment of happiness, Karel soon woke up completely.As if last night’s warmth had been a lie, Karel maintained his previous demeanor, and Georg arrived at the mansion unusually early without any hint. Without even having breakfast together, Sasha was forcibly put into the car and had to go home.As he got out of the car, Sasha asked Georg with difficulty.“Georg, next time, when…?”“Go inside.”Watching the car drive away, Sasha felt an indescribable emptiness. The warmth he had held just a few hours ago felt like a dream.In Sasha’s hand was a watch he had impulsively bought the day before. Looking down at the packaging, Sasha climbed the mansion stairs, consoling himself with the thought of putting on the same watch as Karel.＊ ＊ ＊“You can use the sterilized bottles. I put plenty in here, so you won’t run out. Only give snacks occasionally. And don’t even think about drinking when you’re alone with the baby.”“I won’t, don’t worry.”“Are you sure you’ll be okay?”Levin asked with a stern expression. Sasha struggled to answer as he dodged Charles’ hands, which kept climbing over his shoulder and slapping his face.Levin was leaving for two days to attend a relative’s wedding. Sasha had taken care of the baby alone for up to a day before, but Levin couldn’t shake his unease about leaving the baby completely.“If it seems too hard, I’ll send my younger sister over.”Sasha shook his head. Levin’s younger sister was only sixteen and worked ten hours a day at a button shop. He couldn’t impose the heavy labor of babysitting on a young girl who had just finished a tough day at work. Sasha, being over thirty, felt guilty about making the young girl suffer.“It’s fine. I took a leave of absence… and it’s not the season anyway.”Now Charles started pulling Sasha’s hair. Though his scalp hurt, Sasha smiled along with the baby, who was giggling. Levin sighed lightly as he watched them.“Make sure you don’t skip your meals, either.”“Got it.”Finally, Levin thoroughly checked the house one last time and then left.With just one person’s absence, the house became very quiet. Sasha carefully placed Charles, who was kicking his belly wanting to stand on his own, on the floor. Recently, Charles had started standing on his own. When placed on the floor, the baby stood unsteadily on his chubby legs, wobbling.Lowering his body, Sasha looked into Charles’ eyes, which were the same color as Karel’s. When their eyes met, the baby mumbled and smiled at Sasha. Sasha laughed out loud along with the baby.Two days later, Sasha received an unexpected visitor.When the doorbell rang, he was feeding Charles. Hearing a knock, Sasha hastily put the bottle down, causing the baby to cry loudly. Panicked, he quickly put the bottle back in the baby’s mouth and reluctantly got up, leaving the baby alone. Milk dripped from the bottle wedged against the pillow as Charles focused on it and quieted down. Unaware, Sasha ran to the door.“Georg?”Standing at the door was Karel’s secretary, Georg. Seeing Sasha, who had been home for two days and dressed plainly, Georg responded in a businesslike tone.“Scar is looking for you.”“Right now?”Sasha, visibly flustered, asked again, and Georg nodded silently.“So suddenly?”It hadn’t even been a week since their last meeting. Though he had hoped to meet soon, he thought there would be no appointment for a while due to Karel’s usual long intervals between meetings. Moreover, Karel usually informed him a day or two in advance through Mikhail, so this sudden call was surprising. He had thought the vacation would pass peacefully with Levin returning today.Just then, Charles started crying again.“Sorry, just a moment.”“Take your time.”Sasha hurriedly ran back inside. Through the open door, Georg’s expression was stern.Rushing into the room, Sasha soothed Charles in his arms. Once the baby’s cries subsided, he laid him back on the bed. But as soon as Charles realized he was being laid down, he started crying again. Helpless, Sasha picked him up, and Charles smiled brightly as if he had never cried. When he tried to lay him down again, Charles started whimpering. It seemed like Charles was deliberately troubling Sasha.After repeatedly laying down and picking up the baby, Sasha, with no other choice, carried Charles and trudged to the front door. Charles laughed as if enjoying being carried around.“Do I have to go right now?”Georg stared at the baby in Sasha’s arms.“Is there no one to watch the baby?”“What? No!”Sasha’s face brightened immediately, thinking Georg understood his situation.Watching Sasha, Georg felt too exasperated to argue. What could he say to someone who seemed to have a completely different set of values? Sasha’s lack of concern about his relationship with Karel and the presence of his family in front of Georg spoke volumes.Sasha seemed to thoroughly separate his benefactor from his family. Whether it was a wife turning a blind eye to her husband’s benefactor or a husband selling himself to an old lover, they made quite a fitting pair.“What should I do?”“Are you asking me?”Georg retorted sharply, observing the baby. The round head and long eyelashes resembled Sasha, while the hair color looked similar to that woman he saw last time. Feeling a bit uncomfortable under Georg’s scrutinizing gaze, Sasha instinctively shielded the baby’s face with his arms.“What will you do?”With his arms crossed, Georg asked again. Sasha agonized intensely over the question for a moment. He wanted to see Karel immediately but couldn’t leave Charles behind. Levin would be back in a few hours. If he could just put Charles to sleep, he could leave.“Can you wait for a bit? Just ten minutes… no, twenty minutes…”Georg checked his watch and nodded.Sasha hurried back to the room, trying to force Charles to sleep. However, Charles seemed to think Sasha was playing with him and bit Sasha’s hand as he patted his chest. Instead of putting the baby to sleep, Sasha ended up playing with wide-eyed Charles. Finally, unable to keep Georg waiting outside any longer, Sasha reluctantly put Charles down and locked the door.As he hurriedly left the house with just his coat, worried he might soften if he heard the baby cry, he heard Charles’s protest cries from inside.“Let’s go.”Georg walked ahead without a word at Sasha’s words. Even after getting into the car and leaving the mansion, Sasha couldn’t take his eyes off the mansion window.Levin had repeatedly stressed not to take his eyes off the baby for even a moment because of the unpredictable accidents that could happen. Sasha felt he couldn’t forgive himself if anything happened due to his negligence.Eventually, they hadn’t even gone a block before Sasha asked Georg to stop the car.“Georg, I’m sorry. Please take me back home.”Surprisingly, Georg turned the car around without a word. When the car stopped in front of the mansion, Sasha hesitated.“Tell him I’ll visit tonight… no, in an hour or two.”“…”“I’ll go as soon as Levin returns.”Sasha’s gaze was still fixed on the window as he spoke. It seemed like he could hear the baby’s cries, even though it was impossible. Georg asked, unable to hide his sarcasm.“What should I tell Scar?”“Um… just say I’m a bit busy… no, that I’m waiting for someone.”After getting out of the car, Sasha even waved at Georg as he left. Not suspecting Georg’s misunderstandings, Sasha was straightforward about Charles. But to Georg, Sasha’s actions seemed pure to the point of insanity.Meanwhile, Sasha rationalized as he ran up the mansion stairs. He believed Karel would wait a few hours since he had called unexpectedly.When Sasha burst into the room, Charles was already asleep, as if mocking him.“If I had known, I would’ve gone with Georg.”But his regret was short-lived. Feeling guilty for leaving the baby even for a moment, Sasha apologized to Charles in his heart.Levin arrived home three hours later. Sasha, who had been waiting impatiently without even taking off his coat, ran to the front door joyfully.“How have you been? Was everything okay?”“Yes! Levin, I have an appointment with Scar, so I need to leave. I’m already late.”“Really?”“Yes, Charles is sleeping. He’s been sleeping for three hours straight.”“So, when will you be back…”Before Levin could finish, Sasha rushed out the door. Levin shook his head helplessly.＊ ＊ ＊Georg couldn’t understand Karel’s attitude towards Sasha.Initially, Karel barely mentioned Sasha and acted like he didn’t care. He could have investigated Sasha’s past few years but chose not to use his power for such things.‘Isn’t that something one does when they still have feelings?’Because of this, Georg thought Karel had completely forgotten about Sasha, as he once claimed.But observing Karel’s treatment of Sasha later, Georg changed his mind.‘Isn’t he trying to take revenge?’The way Karel ignored, tormented, and hurt Sasha seemed excessive to Georg. Moreover, Sasha enduring it all seemed crazy to him. To Georg, this dynamic was harmful to both.‘From what I see, Sasha Sedrin seems simpler than we thought.’With those words, Georg unusually commented on his superior’s private matters. Back then, he believed that a bit of sincerity from both sides could easily resolve things.Karel responded with a smirk.‘You know him well.’‘It doesn’t seem like he has any ulterior motives in using you, sir. You should offer him a carrot occasionally. If you keep using the stick, he might run away for good. You don’t want that, do you?’Karel, not replying, lit a cigarette. After growing tired of chewing tobacco in the war zone, he insisted on only high-quality tobacco.‘After the war is over…’Karel responded to Georg’s words much later.‘If I come back alive?’‘…’‘What if I had appeared before him, clinging to him as if nothing had changed?’The cigarette burned down to Karel’s fingertips. He rubbed his brow with his cigarette-holding hand, looking weary, before continuing.‘I know Sasha well. As you said, he’s simple. He doesn’t think much of things he gets easily. But the things he becomes obsessed with…’Georg remained silent.‘For example, the position of principal dancer. He seems to regard things he obtains with difficulty differently.’‘You mean…’‘The longer he desires it, and the harder the process of acquisition, the more he will cling to me.’For a moment, Georg felt a shiver run down his spine.Karel was setting a trap. To do so, it seemed his superior was controlling even his desires, suppressing his urge to be affectionate and honest.Another thing Georg realized was that Karel did not trust Sasha at all. How could such strong love coexist with such deep distrust?For a while, Georg felt a bit of sympathy for Sasha. He pitied Sasha, who joyfully walked into Karel’s web, unaware of the scheme.‘But I didn’t expect him to be duped like this.’Even Georg almost fell for it. Had he not known about Sasha’s family, he might have continued to sympathize with him. Seeing another side of Sasha, Georg finally understood the depth of Karel’s distrust.‘You mustn’t trust Sasha’s words, his eyes, or his actions. It’s frightening because he doesn’t calculate; he just believes in his emotions moment by moment.’And seeing Karel looking at the photo of the woman, Levin, and Charles with a seemingly indifferent expression, Georg felt a slight fear. Karel was walking a tightrope, barely suppressing his emotions in front of Sasha.The reason for this was simple: for the day Sasha would fall into his hands.But if he realized all that effort was meaningless?Now Georg couldn’t predict what Karel might do.＊ ＊ ＊By the time Sasha arrived at the mansion, the sun had set. A strong wind blew, making the sunset blaze red.Sasha stepped down from the carriage, hoping he could spend the night at Karel’s house again. Familiar with the doorbell after several visits, he rang it, and the door soon opened. It was Karel, not Georg, who answered.“Karel!”Easily excited by Karel’s seemingly magical appearance, Sasha followed him inside.“Are you alone? Where’s Georg?”“I sent him off early.”Karel replied quietly, then led Sasha upstairs. Sasha removed his coat as Karel guided him up the stairs.When Karel asked if Sasha had eaten dinner, and Sasha replied that he wasn’t very hungry, Karel asked him to wait a bit until he finished his work. Sasha spent his time in Karel’s room, sitting in his chair and browsing the scattered books on the table.When the sun had completely set, enveloping the mansion in a quiet darkness, Karel returned.He ignored Sasha for a while, organizing letters and discarding old newspapers around the room. Watching Karel finish his daily tasks, Sasha waited for him to start a conversation.Karel noticed Sasha’s gaze and looked up.“Shall we bathe together?”Sasha nodded, as if in a trance.Karel approached quickly and stripped off Sasha’s shirt in no time. Sasha, unaware of the baby’s scent on his clothes, followed Karel’s lead, undoing his buttons.Karel embraced Sasha’s bare upper body and inhaled deeply. Along with the sweet scent of dried sunlight, there was a faint hint of baby formula on Sasha’s skin.“Karel?”Overwhelmed by Karel’s rare affectionate touch, Sasha carefully hugged Karel’s back, feeling the warmth of his skin. Regularly waxing his body for performances, Sasha’s skin was smooth even in hidden areas. As Karel’s gentle hands roamed over his body, Sasha closed his eyes, feeling warm and secure.It felt like the times they had lived together.“It feels so good, Karel.”Karel led Sasha to the bathroom and, like before, poured water over him and washed his hair. Sasha couldn’t take his eyes off Karel’s tender demeanor and spoke.“It feels like we’re back in the old days.”“Were you happy then?”“Yes…”Karel didn’t refute Sasha’s answer. Memories are often revised. If Sasha had asked the same question, Karel would have said, ‘I was miserable.’Karel sat in the bathtub with Sasha on his lap. When he said he would kiss him, Sasha immediately leaned down and pressed his lips to Karel’s. Warm water splashed between their chests.As they kissed, Karel slid his fingers between Sasha’s buttocks.“…!”Surprised by the sudden intrusion, Sasha tried to turn around, but Karel held his chin, not allowing him to scream, and kissed him repeatedly. Sasha laughed with their lips pressed together, feeling the light kisses like a bird’s peck.Sasha, increasingly relaxed by Karel’s affectionate touch, couldn’t sit up straight. It made sense, given how many fingers were moving in and out of him. Karel buried three fingers of his right hand inside Sasha and even pushed in his left thumb. Though Sasha moaned into Karel’s mouth, it wasn’t in pain. The sweet atmosphere naturally opened his body.As Karel explored and spread his fingers inside Sasha, water filled the open entrance, making Sasha shudder. Karel paid no mind, thrusting and rotating his fingers, enjoying the changing sounds of Sasha’s moans. Sasha, leaning on Karel, could only gasp for breath.“Is it okay to put it in all at once?”“Yes… do it however you like, Karel.”Sasha, pale from the feeling of his widely spread rear, replied. His eyes, shining faintly with expectation, glimmered under his wet eyelashes.What made you this way?It is human nature to become more attached to things acquired with difficulty. And that was more reliable than love.“Tell me if it hurts.”Karel, feeling Sasha’s rear once more, knew that he was completely relaxed. And that he wouldn’t be injured like this. So, kissing Sasha’s thin eyelids, he inserted his fully erect, heavy member.There was a sound like a heavy blow to the insides. As Karel thrust deep enough for his pubic hair to touch the entrance, Sasha flailed momentarily, clinging to Karel’s neck.“Ah… uuuh… hng…”Sasha’s back trembled as he struggled with the pain. No matter how accustomed one was, the sensation of being forcibly opened by another was distressing. Even gently, Karel’s size was hard to take, but he intended for Sasha to feel the first insertion like violence. Tears fell from Sasha’s eyelashes, shocked by the aggressive thrust that felt like a blow to his gut.Karel kissed Sasha’s shoulder gently and asked,“Is it too much? Should I pull out?”“No… no, it’s okay.”Sasha, trembling even in his lips, tried not to lose Karel inside him. It seemed he didn’t fully grasp what was happening to him, misled by Karel’s kind tone and soft kisses. Stroking Sasha’s hair, Karel smiled, satisfied.“Even so, I should take it slow, right?”Karel grabbed Sasha’s waist and lifted him slowly. The painfully slow withdrawal felt as if it was engraving Karel’s shape into his inner walls, making Sasha groan and shake his head. Leaning his upper body on Karel’s neck and chest, Sasha, forced to lift his hips, let out a sobbing moan.“Just put it in. Quickly, quickly… ah!”A high-pitched scream echoed in the bathroom. As Karel released Sasha’s waist, his body fell onto the fully erect member. For the second time, Sasha’s insides were hit hard. Barely catching the tip before, Sasha finally broke into tears as the entire length plunged in. Karel meticulously wiped the tears from his wet eyes with his fingers.“Karel…”Even with his insides throbbing, Sasha nuzzled Karel’s touch. That small gesture only fueled Karel’s sadistic desire.Karel continued to forcefully lift Sasha’s waist and let it drop, enjoying the brutal thrusts. As he gripped Sasha’s slender waist, lifting it, his rear started to twitch in fear. When he let go, the body reflexively tightened, clinging stickily inside. With each intense impact on his most sensitive spot, Sasha moaned deliriously.After enduring multiple such thrusts, Sasha had already wet himself in the bathtub from excessive stimulation. Karel then lifted the dazed and humiliated Sasha, pressing him against the wall, and continued his penetration while standing. With one leg hooked around his waist, Sasha let out moaning sobs in this skewed position.Karel politely told Sasha repeatedly that he would stop if it was too much. Of course, he knew Sasha wouldn’t refuse.As expected, Sasha, even while crying, shook his head, repeating parrot-like that it felt too good. If the perpetrator was Karel, it was clear Sasha wouldn’t even recognize it as rape.“Karel… can you kiss me?”But Karel turned Sasha around in silence.“I’ll kiss your neck… how about your ear?”Karel sucked Sasha’s small, well-shaped ear into his mouth. Soon, Sasha’s body grew lax, his legs losing strength. Karel, thrusting deeply while Sasha was relaxed, asked,“Tell me if it’s too much. I’ll stop.”“Ah… I’m okay. It feels so good… aaah!”As the muscles covering his bones tightened and released, Karel knew Sasha was feeling it. After a long, harsh friction that wore out the soft, delicate inner walls, Karel finally climaxed. Despite the violent, one-sided thrusts, Sasha also climaxed easily, matching Karel.Karel washed Sasha’s wet body with clean water before leaving the bathroom. Though it wasn’t a far distance, Sasha’s legs kept giving out.“Karel, it hurts inside.”It was when Karel laid Sasha on the bed and climbed on top of him again. Sasha, afraid, finally spoke.“Where?”“Here… deep inside…”Pointing somewhere above his navel, Sasha blushed. It was exactly where Karel’s glans touched when he thrust deeply. Unaware of Karel’s intent to forcefully thrust like a punch, Sasha thought his condition was just bad today. Perhaps it was because he had been getting little sleep due to Charles.“Really? You might be injured. Let’s have a look.”Karel spread Sasha’s legs wide, deliberately putting him in a shameful position to examine him inside.“Spread them wider. I can’t see well.”Ignoring Sasha, who was groaning and sweating to relax, Karel thrust four fingers inside at once. The entrance, still stretched from holding Karel, opened easily, and white semen dripped out from deep inside. Disliking the sensation, Sasha’s bottom kept opening and closing. Pretending to examine inside, Karel spread his fingers, making Sasha’s legs instinctively close.“…don’t squeeze so hard. I can’t see inside.”“Did I do that?”“There’s no injury.”“Really?”Sasha seemed relieved by Karel’s answer.“Yes, should I stop if it hurts a lot?”When Karel climbed back on, Sasha unwittingly showed fear. But a few kisses washed that away completely.“No, don’t stop. Do as you like, Karel.”