Nagoya [a month later]

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Ben was still smiling as they walked away from the Portalocity terminal, his hand in Ender's. "That was a nice visit," he said. "Dad's really, really excited about becoming a grandfather, huh? I think the Ewok-themed nursery might be a bit much, though."

[OOC: For the boy!]

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Ender let out a snort. "More like you kept latching on," he teased back.

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"That too," Ben said, knocking his head into Ender's. "I needed a friend."

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"We both did," Ender said, kissing Ben's jaw.

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"I got so lucky," Ben whispered, "when I found you."

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"Again," Ender said, cupping his cheek, "We both did, small fry."

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Ben leaned in and kissed him. "You haven't called me that in a long time."

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"Well, you're not small anymore," Ender murmured, "and I don't need nicknames the way I used to."

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"Why did you need them before?" Ben asked.

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Ender smiled a little. "Because that's what I was used to," he said. "That's how we communicated with each other. I was trying to make you part of my world."

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Ben smiled back, then kissed him softly. "I never knew that."

[endsthegame]

"But now you're just 'Ben', and I'm okay with that," Ender said, smiling.

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"And you're Ender, unless you aren't," Ben said, smiling back.

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Ender smiled, and leaned in to kiss him again. Firmly, this time.

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Ben's hand slid into Ender's hair, cradling the back of his neck as he kissed him back, slow and thorough.

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Ender sighed and relaxed into it, moaning softly.

It was a lot harder to put up a fight when Ben kissed him like this.

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Ben loved when Ender sounded like that. Loved it.

He kept up with the slow kisses, not trying to escalate anything, and just trying to make Ender feel taken care of.

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Ender sprawled himself more fully up against Ben to make it easier, forgetting about the noise of the movie in the background completely.

He slid his fingers up into Ben's hair.

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Ben moved his other hand to run along Ender's spine as he nibbled gently on Ender's lower lip.

They hadn't had an old-fashioned makeout session in a while and he was wondering how long he could keep this up before someone got impatient.

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Well, that was going to be an interesting test, wasn't it?

Ender sighed, pressing back, taking the time to explore the texture of Ben's tongue. His hand slipped down to Ben's cheek, touching it gently.

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Ben let out a small noise and tilted his head to rest against Ender's hand, then slid his hand down to rest on Ender's neck and slip over the scar there.

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Ender whimpered, shifting against Ben as that sent a spark down his spine.

"Cheater," he whispered.

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"Sometimes," Ben agreed, kissing the hollow of Ender's throat.

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Ender's fingers slid further down, smoothing over the lines of the scars on Ben's shoulders. Ben might've had his shirt on, but Ender knew them by memory.

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Ben shivered. "You know me too well," he said. "I need another scar or tattoo or something to surprise you."

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Ender chuckled. "Please don't," he murmured. "I think you've got enough scars already."

He slid his hand down to another set a little lower on Ben's body.