HIIIIYAAAAAAAA!!!!! Finally after weeks for working on the story, I made it, it may seem like as if I have now came out of the grave, this artwork is a sequel to my The Marriage art piece(please check it out to read more context to the situation: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/51110624/

and then the WIP post of this to see why I made this: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/51149962/

This *Heavily breathes* is probably my longest piece
also, thanks very much! story now on:


The night that they fought, with words like rifts and tear in the tides, aggressive swifts and shifts in movement of speech, is the day the general returned home’s office, depleted, drained, drenched and dried, Agrius could not believe the stupidity of one of his colleagues who defended his brother’s action of ransacking a quarter of the rations with his mouth and the idiotic plot to pick a fight with a nearby territory without the wisewomen's consent and conclusions, it was indeed a tiring day, dealing with tough situations, especially uneducated bastards, there he sat on his marble seat, contemplating on tomorrow's tidings,

A knock echoed, he recognized this knocking, before he spoke he sighed “you may come in.”

Selone, his spouse drifts in as he slowly opens the door to make way for himself to enter the room, as he came out of the veil of the twilight shade with his head lowered, bronze gleam sheen on his skin with the torchlight, tonight his verdant hair tied back into a tail by bracelets of pearly beads, wrapped in but a single piece of shawl, selone kneel to greet his husband, Agrius,
.
“Selone heard Agrius’ return, Selone hoped not to offend, Selone came to see Agrius after waiting for so long, the desire and longing to see Agrius cannot be contained.”

Agris listened, looks like he’s really been later than usual, so late that Selone must’ve been made worried

“Selone, you may arise” Agrius requested

Selone slowly got up, his tail unfurl, but his head still as if he is looking at the floor

“Selone, please look at me, look at your handsome husband, please?” Agrius requested once again but playfully, Selone obeyed, in Agrius’ eyes, he couldn’t understand why Selone always have to be so formal with him, even if they’ve been married for three years and known each other quite well, he wants to see his spouse’s eyes that captivated him the first time as he lifts the veil out of his face by hand and his bronze-sheen face which reflected just as long as a source of light is there, did seeing Selone suddenly made him neglect what happened at work? No, but at least by Selone’s company, he can let go of the heavy burden and the worries for a while, Agrius’ legs are wide open as he sat, leaving a gap in the middle of his seat, he looks at his spouse with a longing to at least have a face-to-face conversation after a long stressful day at work,

Slowly Selone did, the reveal of his face is as graceful as the shifting phases of the moon, his eyes that was closed opened abloom poised in reflective shine like a taintless mirror of purity, his bloomed vision met with Agrius’ face, somehow, the one standing could not contain his small laughter and giggle

“What’s wrong?” asked the shark


Selone quickly dropped the giggle, he answered
“well…Selone heard from a servant that Agrius is not in a good mood, so Selone thought about needing to be careful, but after seeing Agrius’ face…..Selone does not understand whether to be amused or stay mannered” one hand clings onto one side of the wrist



Agrius’ throat echoed a sigh, he shook his head, he patted the thigh on his right, an informal way to indicate “please sit on my lap”

Selone intuitively picked up the message, he move his fins, to glide towards his husband and sat on his lap, Agrius cradled him, his hands make way around his waist, then to his lower back, Selone looks at his husband, oddly, even if they’ve been together for long, he will never get used to Agrius being informal at times
“Selone, make yourself comfortable by placing your arms around me”

“Oh”
His arms wrap around Agrius’ shoulders, they are chiseled, and yet some are scarred, rough yet something he never expect to desire for more, his face once again lowered, Agrius noticed this quite quickly, so he slowly reach his fingers to Selone’s chin, moving his view to Agrius’ face instead

“Selone, please, I want to see your face, ever since we matched, and had our mothers introduce us to each other, and been together for three years, couldn’t you let loose of the formality? Please, even if it’s just this moment, of us together”

hues of sangria painted on Selone’s face, he looked away for a while and couldn't help but smile, Agrius took notice of this and began to tease “look at my lovable one here, with no words to describe because of this closeness?”

Selone snapped back, he returned his attention to his Husband, “N-no no…it’s just…” in a rush he asked “is this really acceptable? Selone does not desire gossip befall on how Selone is not good enough…”

Not good enough? Those words struck Agrius, he let down his hands from his chin, now instead holding onto Selone’s hands, fingers intertwined, in clasp like a scallop, if not, firmer than that, gaze of passion locked upon those demure spheres
“Then let this general speak for Selone” Agrius spoke, he then looks at the other side of the room, pretending as if someone is there “HEY! Nobody dares gossip or spread false slanders about my precious Selone! Not even the world! Our relationship is personal to us! You hear that?” Agrius spoke in a tone that sounded like his commanding voice in the army, but comedefied to suit the worried Selone, fortunately, Selone’s laughter that was hidden in him bursts out, abundantly echoed in the room, tears of joy drop from his face, now, he needs to calm down a bit

Agrius sets his hands off of Selone’s, for a moment he once again locks his passion-filled gaze to Selone’s eyes, his hands wiping the tear from the side of his eyes… a huge and unrefined sigh let out of his breath “Fineee, right now let’s be informal around each other, alright?”

In a dash of excitement, Agrius went for Selone’s neck, rubbing his face around

“Ah..! Agrius! Please stop! That tickles! Ahehe!”

Noticing that his spouse needs him to leave the move, he quickly detach from his neck, now, facing him, hands on his smooth face, Agrius took it like as if Selone has just displayed an obvious sign of displeasure

“S-sorry, did I make you uncomfortable?”

“Oh, no…no…it’s just…that’s not what I came here for...I was taken aback by it but not uncomfortable, I’m here for something else than this”
Selone allowed his face to rest a bit on Agrius’ hand, he placed his own hands on Agrius’ lightly holding to him, compared to his hands, Agrius’ is big

“See? This is the kind of relationship I want to have with my Selone, you can be open with me on what you want to speak in mind, you can let loose of being formal all the time and just have fun with me” He smiled

“So, my Selone, what are you here for other than just to see me? Do you want something? I’m a general, I go to war, to other territories on expeditions, I can buy you countless jewels, colourful fabrics of the best qualities, the best fragrance, the best foods and all the best things you could enjoy, so tell me, what is it that you want?”

“well…Though it is thoughtful of you, I…I just thought about wanting to present a dance for you, nothing more, just me and you together”

The idea of the dance peaked Agrius’ interest, so he smiled

“I dedicate this dance to let go of the burden you have today, my husband, you need to rest and take care of your body, so that you could feel improved by mood tomorrow” Selone added

Agrius Smirked, he turned his attention to a nearby tray “allow me to assist” Selone said softly, knowing what he need, to the goblet he first reached, second the reddish-orange pitcher, raised the pitcher he poured the wine which flowed into the goblet in an angle that allows no point of breaking, as the goblet filled full, he offered the wine to Agrius who delightedly accepts the grail, laid down as he watches as Selone take a short distance away

He kept his delighted smile
“Well then, if you want me to watch your dance, go on please!”

Selone smiled, from that moment, he spun a whirl, arms, hands and fingers syncretized, together they sensuously unclothed his shawl, like a whirlpool guiding the seagrass to its lyrics, the seaweeds to dance in rhythm of its heart in this very bosom moment,
Agrius watched with intrigue even if the show has only just began,

Seconds stopped the whirl, the shawl travelled up to the back of his head, held by two of his fingers posed like blooming anemones, the shawl reacts with drapery textures, teaming like a pleat, his head swayed left to right, neck and bosom right to left, waist and lower back changing from left, front, back, to right back, front then it all repeats as if like the tall greenery that sways in their forests, all those role given to each parts of the body syncretized and coexist, left of the anemone splits, steers to the left of the shawl, carried and whisked to the belly button above, six continuous whirl took the scene, but the last pose remained the same, the right of his arms still standing til the hand decided to display a clockwise spin while the thumb and the point held the fabric, manoeuvred to the height of his shoulder, he extends the arms to the right, before returning to back of his head high before as quickly with an anti-clockwise, the left of his arms raised up to the far left, graciously his upper half lowered down each seconds that passes, at his lowest he rose above with his shawl, this time hands free from the fabric, arms extended up above, he whirlled once again, this time using the water’s physics to control the movement of his shawl, it now dances above him like a jellyfish, finger glides across each hands’ stops, arms and shoulders as if in a trance, prance against the waters’ weigh,

The goblet Agrius hold met his lips as he watches and sipped the wine, intoxicated, but more with the dance he gazed

Atlast, two hands of Selone jumped to the shawl above, pranced the fingers and grasp to the sides, heightened both to the highest point of his right, the left of his hands slides down from his right arm, as if like mulberry silk falling off, leaving traces of none but its elegancy, to his left the other hand weaved a little spin, he once again whirled from accordance to his right to his left, his other side of the hand above his belly button, concluded at the end, with a fall intended for show, throwing the shawl above, landing on the side of his bum, bosom that protrudes, one arm like a pillar to support, the other ready to catch the falling shawl, that lands on his hips, like as if tried, a little pant could be heard, he kept his head up, eyes sets on Agrius

“My General, what do you think?”
Large gulp he then took from the goblet “Ah! Well, Selone, come here”

Manoeuvred around the waters, Selone came closer to the General, slowly….Agrius quickly pulled him in close from the lower side of his hips, now, together laying on the cold marble, with of course Agrius’ warmth, in both breathe, contentedness is what describes their mood, to be with each other, Agrius need no concubine unlike his other fellow Generals, Selone is enough because Selone is the world to him, and maybe being married off to a General, especially a high-ranking one isn’t as scary at all, those “Barbarian men” his mother and relatives taught him felt like a myth, now, he is with what his people considers a “Barbarian” who treated him with nothing but respect, honour, chivalry, hospitality and attentive care for these three years…now rested on his chest, together in this private, intimate, bosom moment….

Agrius dropped his goblet which caused a sound, but they don’t mind, it’s just the two together….”so…I was about to say that…Nobody can truly dance like you, and---” that was when he noticed, Selone who is now, in quiet slumber rest, eyes closed, snored yes but he doesn’t mind, should he carry him to his room? ‘No’ he thought; to not bother rudely waking him up, Agrius decides to sleep on hard cool marble for his beloved, while his beloved, can sleep on his warm and strong body, it would take at least five seconds, for him to fully sleep after he closes his eyes, before quietly saying a goodnight….maybe tomorrow will foretell a better than that yesterday which was not.



If you have made it this far, thank you very much and I hope you enjoyed the piece, also, any experienced writers seeing this, please privately send me constructive criticisms on how I can improve the story more, to be a lot more interesting and alluring, and to use a richer vocabulary