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A/N: So this is the last chapter and, of course, I had to write some smut before it ended. I hope you like it.
Shaky Ground
Chapter 8
Dead friends and all that stuff... You've got families and feelings, of course! Old allies and so on. It's alright to think about all that. It gives your life purpose and propels you forward!
That was the discourse Gan Ning gave his men before the decisive battle for Wu. Seeing the effect his words had on the men, he knew they were prepared to fight. He looked once more to his soldiers and turned to face the battle. Gan Ning felt that he had never been so prepared to fight than after saying those words. He was ready.
They invaded Wei territory, taking it completely in a spectacular victory. It was the only thing that was in their way to accomplish their dream. It had been the last step needed for Wu to change History.
The chaos was over.
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However, it was just the beginning for those who had survived the long war. After all the tragedy and casualties, life would finally begin again.
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There was a huge party, one like no one had ever seen before. Wu celebrated the return of their heroes and the return of the peace.
Peace... What a boring thing...
Gan Ning walked around the corridors, empting glass after glass that was served to him. All around he saw happy faces and music. He couldn't deny that he liked all that cheerful mood, but when the time of celebrating was done, all that would be left was the routine of a peaceful land. And that wasn't for him.
"Tired of all the party?" He heard a familiar voice.
"Just felt like starting a particular one." He walked towards the other man and grabbed him by the waist.
"You're drunk." Ling Tong tried to shove the ex-pirate away.
"Like you ever cared before." Gan Ning kissed his lover's cheek and then his lips.
Ling Tong looked around. They were at a quiet place in the palace, far from the party, but still not that far away. "Someone can see us."
"And what if they see us?" Gan Ning kissed Ling Tong and pressed him to a pillar. But then he stopped when he saw a piece of red fabric behind another pillar, waving with the wind... and a pair of curious eyes. "What you're doing here?"
"Oh... nothing..." Lu Xun said innocently. "I was just passing by... You can go on, pretend I'm not here."
"You know, it's hard to imagine you're not here," Gan Ning stared at the younger officer intently.
"We have a very naughty boy here..." Ling Tong said. "Guess we have to teach him a lesson."
Lu Xun blushed furiously.
"Yeah, you're right," Gan Ning agreed.
"I'm always right."
"Do you think we have to punish him? Like spank him?"
"You're so mean, I was thinking about something lighter, like tying him to our bed..." Ling Tong smirked slightly when he saw the boy's cheeks getting even more red.
"And then spank him and..." Gan Ning trailed off, but stopped when he heard footsteps.
"Why are you all here?" Sun Quan eyed the three men. And they all looked back at him as if they had been caught.
"We're not doing anything wrong..." Gan Ning started.
"Yeah, he's right, for once," Ling Tong added.
"Okay..." Sun Quan looked at their faces and was a little confused. "I was just wondering why you weren't at the party, after all, you deserve it,"
"My lord, it is you that should be at the party right now." Lu Xun said after thinking about a strategy to get out of that embarassing situation.
"But I... was feeling like there was someone missing."
"Don't worry." Lu Xun smiled sweetly. "We'll be right back at the..." Then he looked at the direction the other officers had been and saw an empty space.
"..." Sun Quan looked at the place and saw the same thing, well, he saw an empty space. "Where did they go?"
Lu Xun blushed. "I don't know! I have no idea... Yeah, right, I have no idea..." He started to walk back to the party and then smiled broadly suddenly.
"Seems like you're really happy." Sun Quan said. It relieved his heart to see that cheerful expression on the boy's face.
"Well, yes." Lu Xun walked more and then turned to face his superior. "My lord, have you ever caught yourself thinking about things, but you don't know why you're thinking about that?"
Sun Quan looked surprised at the boy. "In fact... yes." The young ruler of Wu felt his face getting warm and he didn't know exactly why. The only thing he knew was that he felt different when he was so close to the young strategist.
Lu Xun smiled.
Then it's okay to think like that about fellow officers, I guess... It's so good to know they're doing well together... I think... I wish I felt that happiness they feel when they're looking at each other...
Sun Quan saw the smile on the boy's face while they walked side by side and felt it was really good to be back home, it was good to know he would be close to those who were important to him. The war, the danger to those he loved was finally over.
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They walked through the empty halls of the palace, seeing the color of the party through the balconies and the windows. All the way outside there were people celebrating.
"You know, I've been thinking a lot about returning to the seas and resuming my adventures there. It's been a while."
"Are you sure you want to go right now? You know that a great post will be waiting for you here."
"But I don't care that much about tittles and position. I wanted to prove myself worthy, and that I know I proved. I couldn't say I didn't enjoy being a Wu officer and having so many men at my command, but... it was only when the war was still going on. Now, now it's different."
"I see..." Ling Tong trailed off.
"You..." Gan Ning looked at the other man's face. "Don't you wanna come with me?"
"Me?" Ling Tong arched one eyebrow.
"Yeah... Now that you're not gonna chop my head off anymore... You decided not to, didn't you?"
"I don't know... I guess I'll decide after all this partying time is finished."
"And what will make you choose?"
"Well..." Ling Tong entered his room. "Maybe your abilities."
"I have great abilities in all kinds of fields." He entered the room after him.
"You do?" Ling Tong felt himself pinned to the wall.
Gan Ning licked his neck. "You know I do," he murmured on the skin, making the other man shiver with the vibration.
"I have a bad memory." Ling Tong felt his clothes leaving his body in haste by the work of familiar hands, until all of them were scattered around the floor. He felt the hard red armor pressing against his flesh and felt a shiver down his spine. "Why wear armor to a party?"
Gan Ning chuckled. "Guess I never know when a fight will start. But, well, the truth is I think I look cool in it. Women love it... and some men too."
"And where are you seeing all these people?"
"Jealous are we?"
"Me?"
"You know, you never give me enough love, if you gave me more attention, then I wouldn't have time to look for others." Gan Ning teased.
"More attention than I give you? I'd go insane if I spent that much time around you!"
"Then you want me to go?" Gan Ning moved away and grinned.
"Hmm..." Ling Tong tried to avert his gaze from the deep stare he was receiving. He couldn't understand how the man's eyes seemed to sparkle sometimes. "I never said that."
Gan Ning pressed his body to the other officer again. "Don't tell me you don't like to see me in armor."
"It only gets in the way." He looked down and touched the red chest plate, sliding his hands over the hard material. "Do you feel anything when I touch you like that?" Ling Tong kissed his shoulder plate.
"Okay... you convinced me." Gan Ning started to remove his armor. "Help me here, will ya?" he said when he saw Ling Tong getting distracted with the black plumes on his back.
When the metallic pieces were taken off, the dark-haired man could take a better look of Gan Ning's upper body illuminated by the moonlight. He bit on the chocker on his neck and slid his hands over the chest, feeling his nipples hardening under the touch.
Gan Ning slid his hands over Ling Tong's slender neck and massaged his shoulders, before putting his arms around the other man's and touching his back.
Ling Tong moved his mouth lower and spread kisses over Gan Ning's torso, before getting down on his knees.
"Now, that's a good position to stay in." The blond man looked down and grinned.
The long-haired man looked up and locked his gaze to the ex-pirate's, he just stayed there looking until he saw a frown in the blond's face and smirked. Gan Ning sighed in frustration and grabbed Ling Tong by the back of his head, bringing him forward. The dark-haired man frowned when he felt his nose brush the covered member. "You're so impatient..." he murmured over the fabric.
"C'mon, when you start something you have to finish it."
"Yeah, right..." Ling Tong sighed and pressed his lips to the confined member, feeling it twitch under his touch. Then he licked the fabric of the pants and moved his mouth over it.
Gan Ning felt his head spin and his blood rush downwards. He moved his crotch forward in antecipation and hoped his cruel lover could take it to the next step before he lost control and shoved him on the bed, taking him without mercy, which wouldn't be a bad idea. Gan Ning grabbed the ponytail with a hand and pulled Ling Tong's head backwards, so he could have some space to reach his cock himself and take it from his pants. He jerked himself off a bit before guiding the organ to Ling Tong's mouth. Gan Ning pressed the tip to the dark-haired man's lips and moved it over them until they parted slightly.
"Hey, do it, baby." Gan Ning pressed more of his member to Ling Tong's mouth and saw it slide in just slightly. He was glad when he felt the wet cavity envelope him and suck him. With half lidded eyes he watched in amazement as Ling Tong licked the underside lovingly a few times and continued to suck him. He entwined his fingers in the smooth brown locks with his left hand and brushed some bangs aside with his right hand, carressing his face with his thumb and the neck with his fingers while he acompained the movement of Ling Tong over his cock. Gan Ning felt the man's hands squeeze his tighs and moving up his sides to carress the defined muscles. The blond moaned deeply when he felt Ling Tong suck him harder. Gan Ning loved that so much, and that damn officer knew how to do it and do it in a way he liked, so it didn't take long for him to feel the beginning of something he knew very well. He took his cock off the mouth and saw his semen spilling over his lover's cheek and lips.
Ling Tong reached for the substance with his fingers and licked them off one by one.
Why do I let him do this to me...? I wonder...
The dark-haired man sighed and got up, feeling his knees hurt for being in contact with the hard floor for too long. As soon as he stood on his feet, he felt himself dragged into a kiss. The mouth clashed over his and he felt his lips bitten several times. Gan Ning never seemed disgusted by tasting his own cum through his mouth, in fact, he seemed very eager to thrust his tongue in and taste it.
Damn, he's a very good kisser.
Ling Tong sighed in frustration when he felt the other mouth leave his and opened his eyes. He was waiting to see a very known smirk on the blond's face, but instead he saw a contemplative expression and a deep stare.
"Come here." Gan Ning guided Ling Tong to the bed. "I still have to convince you to go with me."
"Gan Ning..." The dark-haired man stopped mid-way.
The ex-pirate stopped and then looked at him. "What?"
Ling Tong pondered on the consequences of the actions he could take. He could just receive the pleasure the other man had promised him and tell his decision later or he could be fair and tell him right away and make him less angry. The brunet looked at the other man, then looked around and decided to do a little of both. "Hey, don't stop right here." He grabbed his wrist and led him to the bed, making him lie on the mattress. He lay beside him and saw the man was still waiting for an answer, so he avoided the inquisitive gaze and licked his ear.
Gan Ning felt a shiver down his spine and then moaned deeply in contentment when he felt Ling Tong's amazing hands moving over his body, tracing the lines of his muscles. He felt a kiss on his cheek and melted into the carress. Then Gan Ning felt the long finger pull the chocker on his neck, bringing his face closer to his lover's. "What were you going to say?" he asked in a so uncharacteristically soft voice.
Ling Tong kissed him and muffed his next words, pressing his mouth to his almost desperately. Gan Ning let himself being kissed and then kissed again when their mouths parted slightly to regain their breathing. When they finally parted, Gan Ning stared directly at the dark orbs before him. "You coming with me or not?"
"Can we talk about it later?" Ling Tong reached out and took Gan Ning's length in hand.
"No." The blond warned as he gripped the wrist of the other officer to stop his action.
Ling Tong felt the pressure of the fist over his and thought the other man was being really serious. "I know you can't stay, but I will."
Gan Ning looked around and smiled nervously. "Why?" he asked after a long silence.
"It's not over, you know. The war is over but there are still a lot of things to be settled. The damaged territorries, the rebellions... Peace is not achieved automaticaly after a war is over."
"Well, there are a lot of people to help here."
"It is my duty and my wish to help my lord personally."
Gan Ning laughed.
"What?" Ling Tong arched one eyebrow.
"Sometimes I forget that you can be serious."
"Bastard..." Ling Tong hissed.
Gan Ning laughed more until he stopped and stared at the other man. He was one hell of a sight, naked, with that luscious body sprawled under his. Then he heard bells jingling and arched one eyebrow, knowing he had taken his off. He heard the bells again and looked towards the direction of the sound. There was a pair of bells hanging by the window. "You know, I guess you'll need to put them over the bed instead, when you will need them to remember me, when you're alone and have no one."
"Oh, Gan Ning, I'm not ugly. It's not like I can't find someone to sleep with me."
The man frowned. "Yeah... I guess not." He gripped the man's wrists and pinned him under his weight. "But you know that you'll never find someone as good as I am."
"Oh, you're so full of yourself."
"Can you prove me I'm wrong?"
"Hmm..." Ling Tong felt the other naked body press his, creating a distracting friction. "Can you prove you're right?"
Gan Ning smirked. He got up from the bed and rumaged through the room until he found something he could tie Ling Tong with.
The dark-haired man arched an eyebrow when he saw a leather strap and then looked up to his lover. "Do you expect me to let you tie me up?"
"Yep." Gan Ning got up on the bed and grabbed Ling Tong's wrists, putting them together before lacing them in the strap. He guided the wrists up, making the arms stretch as far as they would go and then fixed it to the headboard with the help of another leather strap.
Ling Tong lifted his head with a certain effort and eyed Gan Ning defiently. "Now what?"
The man grinned and then chuckled slightly. He kissed the side of the other officer's neck and then bit the skin slowly, applying pressure gradually. When Gan Ning felt Ling Tong wince in pain, he moved to another spot and did the same.
Even though the man's teeth bruised his skin, Ling Tong enjoyed the pain—although he would never admit it out loud. When he thought the man would only stick to that, he felt him move his lips over his shoulder and arms gently, making him shiver all over.
Gan Ning saw Ling Tong lips parting slightly and he pressed his index and middle finger there, touching the wet surface, inviting him to suck them. He felt him lick the digits languidly and then sucking gently. Gan Ning decided to mimic the action, but on the man's nipples. He heard a soft moan and continued like that before taking one of them in between his teeth, biting slowly. He scrapped the hardened surface several times and took his wet fingers from the other officer's mouth, to give attention to the other nipple with them.
Ling Tong arched his body into the touch, getting desperate for more contact.
The ex-pirate grinned lasciviously and traced his muscles with his tongue, going all the way down to the abdomen. He looked briefly at the neglected member and ignored it to move down. That made Ling Tong hiss in frustration, but he knew too well that the cruel man would torture him and tease him to no end.
Gan Ning was then near the lower part of Ling Tong's body. He carressed the length of the man's legs and them sucked the back of one knee, making the man under his control shiver with the ticklish sensation. Gan Ning licked the place and then continued up to the inside of a thigh, before moving to the other. He lifted the leg up and drove his tongue over the back side, while he brushed his fingertips to the exposed opening. He felt the muscles contracting under the touch and brushed it a few more times. Then he moved his hand to the neglected member and stroked it until it was fully erect.
Ling Tong bit his lower lip and prayed for Gan Ning not to stop because it felt so good. But when he thought that the ex-pirate would leave him in a pitful condition, a mouth came over his organ and sucked eagerly. That guideded Ling Tong to paradise. Gan Ning took the most he could into his mouth and sucked hard, before starting to move over the length and stroke with his hand what he couldn't fit.
The ex-pirate led the fingers of the other hand back to Ling Tong's entrace, teasing him, until he forced his way in slightly, letting only the fingertips penetrate him and then reatreated them to brush again at the opening. When he felt Ling Tong thrusting up and squirming too much under him, he stopped and stared at the man. He grinned, because Ling Tong was at the state he had planned in his head, the brown orbs looked at him with such intensity in their lust filled gaze.
Gan Ning slicked his fingers with saliva and inserted them in Ling Tong, until he felt him open up enough for him to stretch him.
Not being able to hold himself back anymore, Gan Ning lifted one of the man's legs up, making his thigh rest on his shoulder and positioned himself to enter Ling Tong in a long thrust. He felt the body under him squirm almost violently at the intrusion, but being contained by the leather straps at his hands. Gan Ning started to move slowly at the begginning, waiting for Ling Tong to adjust to his massive length. Then he started to thrust into him with more force, stroking him at the same rhythm. When Gan Ning felt he couldn't stop anymore, he held both of Ling Tong's thighs, before driving himself into him faster and harder. When he felt he was almost at his peak, he slowed down his moves, taking his time, watching his cock sliding in and out in amazement. But suddenly it was too hard for him to keep that slow pace and he started to thrust faster until he came hard. He slid his member over the slicked skin and smeared his seed all over.
Gan Ning felt a little dizzy for a moment and closed his eyes. He took some time to recover his senses and would have smirked if he hadn't took pity on Ling Tong's state. The brunet pleaded him with his eyes because he still couldn't voice it, though he would if Gan Ning took too long to do something.
The ex-pirate kissed his knee and thrust his fingers back again inside Ling Tong. He felt them slide in and out in his cum. Then he fisted the dark-haired man's cock until he was almost reaching his peak. When he lowered his mouth and gave a long lick at the head, he felt the man's cum splatter on his face. He eyed Ling Tong with a disaproving glance before licking his lips and driving his tongue to his cock to take the rest of the fluid. The blond then cleaned his face with his palm and licked it clean.
Ling Tong watched him in amazement while recovering from his high. Then he saw Gan Ning move over him and grab the back of his head in one hand, kissing him deeply, thrusting his tongue all over his mouth, finishing with a long lick on his cheek.
Gan Ning lay on the mattress beside him and closed his eyes.
"Hey..." Ling Tong finally said. "Untie me."
"No."
The long-haired man turned his head to the side and glared at the other man.
"I will only untie you if you change your decision."
"So the tying thing was all planned."
"Of course."
"Gan Ning... seriously, my arms are starting to feel sore."
"I want you to suffer." The man crossed his arms over his chest.
"Then fight me, don't give me cramps."
Gan Ning chuckled, but then returned to his moody behavior. After a brief silence he finally asked. "Did I prove I'm right?"
"Hmm... maybe." Ling Tong answered and suddenly felt his wrists being untied.
"Just maybe, then." Gan Ning moved closer and rested his chin on the other officer's chest, along with one arm. He looked at Ling Tong's face one last time and rested his head on the chest before closing his eyes.
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The sea had its turbulent times, when the waves were high and crashed violently against the side of the ships. In other times, it was very calm and serene, waving slowly, lulling a seaman's sleep. Gan Ning was used to the instability of the blue waters.
While he walked through the land, he felt the firm surface of the earth under his feet. He saw the mountains getting far away and the hills passing by as he crossed them.
"It was all kinda interesting?"
Gan Ning looked back to see a long-haired Wu officer standing some feet away. "Are you following me?"
"Interesting is how you define the time we've been together?"
The blond warrior grinned slightly. "It rocked, baby."
Ling Tong chuckled. "You will never change." He moved closer to the man. "You know, I don't think our farewell back there was good enough."
Gan Ning felt the officer's arms wrapping around his neck and felt himself being kissed deeply. He let the warm lips move over his and Ling Tong explore his mouth as he wished. He couldn't think of any other thing to do than respond as eagerly to the kiss.
When the kiss ended he wrapped one warm around the dark-haired man's waist and started to walk slowly over the camp.
"Do you know where you're going?" Ling Tong asked.
"I don't know, the only thing I know is that I have to find a ship, a boat, whatever... then... then I'll let the waters guide me. Maybe I'll visit an island I found a long time ago. The place... was incredible. Like something lost in the world. The sand is so clear that it almost looks like it's white. And there are different trees there, huge trees. It has space for a man to live inside the hollow trunks."
"It seems like a cool place."
"And there are lots of cool places I still have to find."
Ling Tong stopped suddenly. "I hope you find them."
"Yeah..." Gan Ning scratched the back of his neck. "I know I'll find... While you'll be running errands for Sun Quan."
"Well, I'll be busy for a while."
"For a while is not forever."
"It isn't." Ling Tong put his hands on his hips and leaned his head to one side. "Well, I think I have to go back now."
"I think you're right." Gan Ning stared at him seriously. "Or I'll take you as a spoil from war."
"But I was on your side."
"Doesn't matter."
"...Whatever." Ling Tong looked down and then back up at Gan Ning's eyes. "You know, it was kinda interesting."
"Bastard." Gan Ning roamed his eyes over the dark-haired man's body before turning his back to the man and following on his way.
It's okay to leave like this, after all, it's not a goodbye.
He walked through the camps and the hills and saw the landscape being left behind. Somewhere on the way, he found men that had been under his command. All eager to go along with him, just for the adventures, just for the feeling of being alive everyday. They had arranged a ship and started sailing with no destination. He watched the land far away, until it was just a shadow over the horizon. Once he thought that the land was a steady place, with no surprises. However, he found out that the land could shake sometimes.
One day I'll be back and 'til this day I won't allow myself to die. Then I will talk to Ling Tong about my adventures day and night, until he has no patience left in him and we end up in a fierce battle... and then... then I'll make him come along with me and we'll have fun together, and I'll make fun of him when he says the winds have stopped and he will be doomed forever with me in the middle of the sea. I'll see him frown and I'll grin... Until then...
"He will miss me..." he said softly as he sailed away.
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So, this is the end. It's really hard for me to think that I'll have to let this story go. The fact that made me feel a little nervous about this chapter is...hmm the end. I mean, it had all been decided in my head that they would be apart and this is not a happy ending to a romance... It kinda made me feel sad... But hey... I kinda like drama and angst, I tried not to make it so sad though. It was a lot of fun to write it, I think it's one the fics I had more fun writing. I really like Gan Ning and Ling Tong, and in all the years I've been writing, it's the pairing I felt more comfortable with. It's just that I love humor and I love angst, and when I saw them, I thought it was a very rare thing to find a couple with lots of potential for comic scenes and tragic scenes. That's why I'm really thinking about starting a new fic about them, some kind of sequence, but I'm thinking about focusing more on the humor side, I just want to make them happy. Right now, I'm working on another DW fic. I want it to be a series of... smut. I just wanted to see some hot guys together... Some guys from Shu and one from Wei.
And, of course, I have to thank my beta-reader Xian Ke, who was very good to me, helping me, supporting me and talking to me.
I would appreciate a review if someone liked the story...
Well, it's time to say goodbye. I hope I have time to write everything I want.
It was a lot of fun, see ya!
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