Page 7 of Freed by the First Mate (Pursued by Pirates #1)

Kai’s heart was racing so fast as Hyuk led him back to the cabin that he felt as if it was about to beat right out of his chest. He was desperate to know what it felt like to be fucked the way Hyuk described but he was scared, too. Overwhelmed and nervous in the face of Hyuk’s easy confidence.

“What’s going on in that pretty head of yours?

” Hyuk asked. He sat down on the bed and drew Kai into his lap once more, settling back against the pillows with Kai curled into his chest. Kai opened his mouth and then closed it again, not sure how to express his concerns.

And, somehow, the longer he gazed into Hyuk’s warm, patient eyes, the less nervous he felt.

They had been apart for years but this was Hyuk .

Kai’s best friend, the person he trusted above all else, and his every dream come true.

Kai gathered his courage and tipped his head up, leaning in to kiss Hyuk softly.

His stomach flipped at his own daring and he was about to draw away when Hyuk suddenly pulled him closer with a quiet groan.

Hyuk didn’t deepen the kiss but just let Kai explore and take his time.

One of Hyuk’s hands rubbed smooth, encouraging circles on Kai’s back and the other pulled Kai closer as if Hyuk couldn’t bear for them to be separated by even an inch.

The desperation in his grip made Kai’s heart ache and he tried to pour all the years of suppressed longing and yearning he had felt into their kiss.

“Hyuk,” Kai whispered, pulling back slightly to meet Hyuk’s gaze. “Things were really bad after you were captured, weren’t they?”

A shadow flickered across Hyuk’s face and he nodded, the pain evident in his expression.

“And things were really bad for you, too, weren’t they?” Hyuk asked softly. “After your parents died and I was taken?”

Kai swallowed, and nodded. He didn’t want to think about that, though.

He had spent years struggling to break even, and he didn’t want to even consider the memories for long enough to explain.

He never had to go back, and he never wanted to— not even in his own mind.

He knew that wouldn’t last forever, but for now he would take any freedom from his past he could have.

“It’s in the past now,” he said. “But if you want to talk-”

“No,” Hyuk said instantly. “It hurts too much to remember. One day I’ll tell you everything, but for now…for now I just want to enjoy what we should have had all along.”

Quiet understanding passed between the two of them and Kai melted against his chest. They were still so in sync even after years, as if the distance had only brought them closer together.

Kai kissed Hyuk again. He was sloppier this time, clumsy with affection and emotion, and he could feel Hyuk’s lips curving beneath his in a fond smile.

“I missed being kissed like this,” Hyuk murmured. “Now I see why Omar was so reluctant to teach me how to kiss properly all those years back. He said he liked it better when I kissed him naturally and I didn’t believe him.”

Maybe Kai should have been upset at the idea of Hyuk bringing up Omar in such an intimate moment, but honestly…

the thought of Hyuk in Omar’s lap just the way Kai was in Hyuk’s now, all clumsy kisses and inexperience, turned him on even more.

Kai could almost imagine it, could almost imagine himself in the cocky, confident Captain’s bed, and he wanted .

“Did he give in?” Kai asked. Hyuk laughed.

“I escaped the ship one day when we were docked in a port down south and found a very special brothel,” he said with a wink.

“The servers are all men, and the Madame…well, he’s a sight to behold.

I’ll take you there one day. He was more than happy to teach me everything I needed to know.

Omar was furious when he found out — not least because he and the Madame are best friends. ”

Kai choked on air, a little scared himself at the thought of such a conflict.

“He was mad?”

“Madly jealous,” Hyuk corrected. “Omar doesn’t get mad at us, not really.

Infuriated or annoyed, sure, but his anger is reserved for those outside the group he considers family.

He ranted and raved and punished me for weeks, but he was never seriously mad.

Anyways, maybe you can ask him for the full story some other time.

For now I don’t want to think of anything but you and me.

Just don’t go running off to any brothels without me, okay? ”

Kai flushed with warmth at the possessiveness in Hyuk’s voice and easily pushed aside his remaining curiosity.

After all, he had the rest of his life to learn more about the crew and how they had come together.

He kissed Hyuk again, this time feeling far more confident and settled in his skin.

He didn’t know what he was doing, but he knew Hyuk and that was more than enough for him.

Hyuk started slowly undoing the laces of Kai’s corset, peeling him out of layer after layer of clothing until he was left with nothing but his pants.

Hyuk pulled off his own shirt as well and pulled Kai closer, this time into a far more demanding kiss.

Kai shivered as he felt the brush of Hyuk’s warm skin against his.

His slim frame fit perfectly against the strong, firm curves of Hyuk’s muscle as if they had always been meant to be one.

Hyuk still didn’t seem hurried, though his kisses were hotter and deeper, like he wanted to memorize every inch of Kai’s body with his hands and tongue.

He pressed one last, firm kiss to Kai’s mouth before starting to work his way down.

He gently pushed Kai back and Kai let himself fall until he was bent back over Hyuk’s lap with his back resting on Hyuk’s thighs.

His knees were still bent, straddling Hyuk’s lap, and Hyuk bent over him to suck a possessive mark into the sensitive skin of Kai’s neck.

Hyuk pulled back, a breathless groan falling from his lips as he looked down at Kai’s flushed torso spread out beneath him.

He rubbed a thumb over Kai’s nipple, smirking when Kai gasped and arched into his touch, and leaned back down to fasten his lips around the tight bud.

Kai’s head fell back at the sensation of Hyuk’s warm lips on his sensitive nipple, his hands gripping Hyuk’s hair and his cock aching in his pants as he writhed in pleasure.

Hyuk scraped his teeth delicately over Kai’s nipple and sucked firmly at it, worrying the peak until it was swollen and spit-slick before switching to the other one.

“P-please,” Kai begged, tossing his head in bliss as he drowned in the overwhelming pleasure.

He didn’t know whether to press up into Hyuk’s punishing mouth or twist away, his nipple oversensitive and aching.

Every suck of Hyuk’s lips sent a pulse of desire straight to his cock and he could feel how wet he was getting, his already-damp pants clinging to his hard length as he squirmed in Hyuk’s tight grip.

“Patience, sweets,” Hyuk said, barely lifting his mouth from Kai’s flushed skin as he dragged his lips across Kai’s sternum to kiss his other nipple again.

“There’s no rush, you can come all you like.

I bet you could, couldn’t you? Come just like this, just from a little attention to your cute buds? Go on, baby, take what you need.”

Hyuk flattened himself against Kai’s torso, his own bulge pressing deliciously against Kai’s as Hyuk settled in to mouth at Kai’s nipples once more.

He was ravenous, as if feasting on Kai’s skin, and the hunger in his touch drove Kai crazy just as much as the physical sensations.

Kai moaned on a particularly hard suck from Hyuk, his hips jerking up against his will.

Kai gasped at the feeling of his sensitive bulge thrusting against Hyuk’s firm abs and fell apart, desperately chasing the sensation as he ground his cock up against Hyuk’s body with a broken sob.

He already felt as if he was crumbling apart, his mind clouded with lust and pleasure as he shamelessly chased his pleasure the way Hyuk encouraged him to.

Without once lifting his mouth from Kai’s skin Hyuk reached between them and pulled out Kai’s cock.

The second his warm, calloused palm wrapped around Kai’s length he was gone, shouting out his pleasure as his release crashed down onto him.

He fucked up into Hyuk’s tight fist two more times before collapsing back against the bed in a daze, his chest heaving and his muscles aching from the stretch of his position.

“Let’s get these nasty things off of ya’,” Hyuk said quietly, lifting Kai further down the bed and peeling off his pants. He leaned down to gently lick Kai’s cock clean, hushing his overstimulated whimpers by sliding two fingers between Kai’s lips. “Get these wet for me, sweets.”

Kai didn’t even think of doing anything but obeying.

He lay pliant and relaxed as Hyuk cleaned his cock thoroughly with firm swipes of his tongue, sucking sloppily at Hyuk’s fingers in dreamy bliss.

Time felt as if it was blurring slightly around him as he floated on a wave of contentment.

He blinked and Hyuk was undressed too, golden skin gleaming in the lamplight, and then he blinked again and Hyuk was slipping his fingers gently from Kai’s mouth.

Kai gasped as Hyuk tugged at the base of his plug, wiggling it a little and letting it nudge against Kai’s prostate far too many times for it to have been an accident.

Suddenly he was wide awake again, Hyuk’s face in sharp focus.

Kai reached up a hand to cup Hyuk’s cheek and Hyuk looked up at him, his eyes impossibly fond as he turned his head to the side to press a rough kiss to Kai’s palm.

“You’ll be the death of me, baby,” Hyuk muttered. “Come up here.”