He quietly closes the door behind him and begins walking down the stairs. The ambient noise from the busy tavern fills the air. Max takes a deep sniff and smells the buttery bread and hops beer. He is old enough to drink but still hasn't. There is no particular reason, it's just that he hasn't found the opportunity to do so.
"Hey, boy, why don't you come play with us." A woman's voice calls out to Max as he walks through the tavern.
He turns to look and finds a group of women a couple of years older than Max drinking around a table. They seem to be inviting Max to join them.
Max knows what's up. This happens on Stratford Island, too, just not that often and not to him.
"Sorry, ladies, already got someone." Max smiles and gives a wave.
Max knows that Beth isn't going to like him saying that, but he needs to find an excuse. They aren't unattractive and he is tempted, but he feels guilty doing that to Beth after what happened on the ship.
"Aw, that sucks." The woman turns away and continues drinking.
"How about you make do with us?" A man from another table across the room raises his calls out and raises his mug.
"No thanks." The woman calls back, and the room bursts into laughter.
The tavern is a lot less classy than what Max is used to. People here have much more crude behaviors, but Max feels that it has a charm to it.
Max walks out of the door into the refreshing summer night air. The familiar ocean breeze blows on his face. Even though the sun has already set, the road is still quite busy. Max wants to find somewhere where he can be alone, but that doesn't look possible on the ground. He looks up at the tall roof of the inn and examines it. He thinks that it's sturdy enough to climb onto.
Max then walks to an alley beside the inn. After making sure the alley is clear and no one can see him, he takes a leap and grabs onto the shingled roof, and brings himself up. He climbs to the top of the third floor and sits down in the middle.
No one on the street can see him up here. He looks around the town, and it's even more marvelous from a high place. On one side is the ocean, and the other is just a plane of buildings. Somewhere in the distance looks even more sprawling. There are huge churches and mansions, and an absolutely massive castle among them.
That must be the Royal Capital Chloe was talking about, Max thinks.
Max sits and tries to take it all in. He is now free from the island, with an endless world for him to explore, but now he also has no one to depend on but himself, with Beth and Mia to support as well. The future is uncertain, but Max can't wait for what it will bring.
"I thought I would find you up here." Beth's voice comes from beside him.
He looks over and sees Beth pulling herself up the roof. She is wearing a thin, white nightgown. Max imagines she probably also had some trouble walking through the tavern. Beth gets up and sits down beside Max.
"What? Can't sleep?" Max asks.
"Yeah."
Beth is sitting a lot closer than she usually does. Their arms are practically touching. Max can feel the soft fabric from Beth's gown blushing against him.
"It's the same sky full of the same stars here as on the island," Beth says with a sense of wonder in her voice and looks up at the sky.
"Hm," Max mumbles in agreement.
This reminds Max of the many conversations he's had with Beth on the roof of her house. How she complained about her parents, how she explained her day at school, how she gloated over her exams.
"Max." Beth looks down from the sky onto the roof and begins fidgeting with her hair.
"Yeah?"
"Did you mean what you said on the ship?" Beth asks quietly.
"About what?"
"Um… m-marriage?" Beth's voice is even quieter now.
Max realizes what this is about. He was not a hundred percent serious when he said it, but he did mean it.
"Yes," Max says with no hesitation.
"R-Really?" Beth looks into Max's eyes.
Max can feel her sapphire gaze piercing into his soul, but there is a gentle warmth in those blue eyes.
"Of course, I don't want you to ever leave my side." Max reaches his hand out and brushes Beth's cheeks.
Normally, Beth would have slapped Max's hand away and pouted, but now she is showing no sign of rejection.
"Thank you… thank you, Max." Beth holds on to Max's hands and tears start swelling up in her eyes.
Max did not expect Beth to start crying. He hasn't seen her cry for a long time.
"Why are you cr-" Before Max can finish his sentence, Beth holds Max's cheeks with her hands and leans over to kiss him on his lips.
Max can feel Beth's soft touch on his cheeks and smell the fragrance of her hair. He is surprised by the sudden kiss, but he does nothing to oppose it. After they stay like that for a while, Beth backs away from the kiss.
"I too, don't want you to leave my side, Max," Beth says and begins taking off her nightgown.
"Whoa, we are up here on a roof." Max is caught off guard by how eager Beth is.
"It's okay, no one can see us." The look on Beth's face is completely different from how she usually is.
Beth is wearing nothing underneath her gown, so now she is stark naked. Max is speechless at how mesmerizing the sight can be. Her gleaming hair flutters in the breeze and her pale, smooth skin glow under the moonlight. Beth's body is by no means perfect, she is a dame trained for combat, after all, but the small imperfections make her all the better.
Before Max can make out a single sound, Beth throws herself on him and knocks Max down on his back.
She kisses Max again, this time more passionately. Their tongues dance around in their mouths. Feeling Beth's completely exposed skin rubbing against him, Max can no longer hold back.
Max puts his hands on Beth's back like an embrace. He gently strokes her skin with his fingers. The smoothness is stimulating.
Beth's breasts press against Max's chest as they continue their seemingly endless kiss. Max begins slowly moving his hands down her back.
When Max reaches around her hips, Beth lets out a light moan, which urges him on further.
Max begins caressing her behind and visualizes her curves with his touch. His fingers seem to sink into her soft flesh. Beth's hands begin moving, too. She places them on Max's chest and moves them down slowly.
As if he's still not had enough, Max extends his finger between her thighs.
Beth's body suddenly jolts a little, and Max knows what he has just touched.
It's wet. Max starts rubbing it with his finger. Beth's moans are getting louder and louder. Her hands are descending down Max's body faster and faster.
Max can't stop himself now. He finds the entrance and sticks the tip of his finger inside, the moisture is overflowing.
"Mhmm!" Beth moans so hard that she accidentally bites Max on his tongue.
"Ouch." Max pulls his lips away and the saliva that's still connecting their mouths drips down onto his clothes.
"Sorry about that, you scared me, that's all," Beth says and puts one of her hands onto Max's hand that is between her thighs. Her face is red all the way across.
"Can I go on?" Max asks.
"Yeah."
After receiving her confirmation, Max pulls Beth in and resumes their kiss.
He pushes a little more of his finger inwards and triggers an audible response from Beth.
Beth is more aggressive now, too. Her hand on his is pushing his finger deeper. She wants it. Her other hand has arrived at his crotch and is now rubbing him.
Max knows that Beth wants to take it further. He takes the hand on her behind and begins unbuckling his belt. The sound of the leather coming undone seems to have excited Beth.
She takes Max's hand out from between her thighs and climbs up and sits upon his legs. Her front displays itself completely to Max. Beth helps him take his belt off and flips his tunic up. This time, Max is all exposed in front of Beth.
Beth looks eager after seeing the whole of him.
"There is no going back now," Beth whispers.
She props herself up so Max's is touching hers, edging to enter. Beth begins to rub back and forth while trying to suppress her moans.
Then, she grabs onto Max with her hand and strokes it.
At her touch, Max feels like he is in heaven. The beautiful girl in front of him is willing to do such vulgar things with him.
Beth has had enough with the teasing and puts the tip in.
"Ahh…" Beth is trying to keep quiet.
They are in a public place, after all.
"Are you okay?" Max asks.
"I'm fine." Beth's eyes light up from the insertion.
Slowly, she puts more and more of Max into her, all the time trying to not be too loud. Her face is showing some pain.
"Don't force yourself, Beth."
"I… want this." Beth weakly makes out.
Max honestly doesn't want her to stop. Beth's insides are soft and warm, and there is a tightness to it that triggers all the pleasures in him.
"Ah, it's in," Beth says after inserting the whole thing.
Beth's buttocks now sit on Max's thighs. She begins moving up and down, quiet moans escape her pursed lips.
Max has never felt any better. It is much different from when he does it with himself, which he doesn't do very often anymore after Mia caught him and she almost instigated dangerous acts.
"This… is starting… to feel really good," Beth says between breaths.
"You are amazing, Beth."
"Really?" Beth leans forward and kisses Max again, while not stopping the movement of her hips.
They continue on like that for some time.
"I… am reaching my limit," Beth says to Max, whose nose is touching hers.
"M-Me, too."
"I can't hold it in anymore." Beth speeds up.
Max is also beginning to lose it.
Beth continues speeding up and finishes on one hard slam into Max. She bites her tongue, trying to keep her moan to herself, and begins trembling in pleasure. Max can't hold it as well and finishes into her insides.
"I can feel it… flowing into me," Beth says while panting.
She collapses and falls onto Max's chest. Max lifts his hand and gently strokes her hair.
"I love you, Beth," Max says with no hint of joke or tease.
Beth's insides tighten around him after Max says that, and her face burns up.
"I love you, too."
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