The Xolt

"What did happen to my family?" I asked, eyeing the Xolt.

"I simply gave them what humans would say is a 'running away' letter," Xe'Hul shrugged his shoulders.

"Dear Mother and Father,

As much as I love you all, I cannot bare this place any longer. I am off with my lover. I want you all to know that I have no regrets.

Your son,

Steven

It was a fairly generic letter."

"I wrote it!" Jing smiled, "Xe'Trygg was on Earth and I lived with humans for most of my life. So I wrote it then got the computer to translate it into English. We printed it and gave it to Xe'Trygg to place in your room. You're not mad are you?" Jing looked worried and he hugged me. He patted my head and kiss my cheek. "I'm sorry, Steven. We didn't mean to make you sad."

My mate touched my face and wiped my tears, "I'm sorry I hurt you Steven."

I turned around and buried my face into his inviting chest and started to cry. I really missed my family, even my bigot brother. I barely heard Jing and Xe'Hul leave as I cried. My mate rubbed my back and told me how sorry he was for ruining my life and that he never wanted me to cry. He promised that he would make me smile for the rest of my life.

Sometime during my fit I fell asleep and when I woke up I was in bed resting on Xe'Trygg's bicep. I couldn't believe how right and safe I felt in his arms. Everything I knew or thought about aliens was wrong. Or at least they were wrong about him. My mate.

"I have always loved you, Xe'Trygg. Even when I didn't think I could, I did." I kissed his hand.

"That's the first time, you know, that you've called me by my name. My real name," I looked up and saw him looking into my eyes. His blue eyes looked sad and yet proud at the same time. His mouth was turned into a goofy grin. "I love you, Steven."

I started to cry, "I love you, too..."

He placed his hands on either side of my face and looked concerned, "Are you okay? Are you hurt some where?" He asked, looking around my body.

"No, I'm just happy now," I smiled, "I'm crying happy tears because I know I can love you. I'm happy because I know my mother and father will know I'm happy. And yes they'll be worried and yes they'll miss me, but I am so happy right now I don't know what to do." My mate pulled me up and onto his body and kissed me.

"Just...Keep being you, Steven. I will always make you happy, I promise."

*~**~*

"Steven, are you almost ready to go?"

"Yeah, just let me brush my hair!" I was in the bathroom trying to finish getting dressed. We were going to Jing and Xe'Hul's place for dinner. Xe'Zhi was going to be there and it was going to be like a family dinner. It would be the first time in the three weeks I was there. I was getting used to living there and the culture. I was also used to the fact that my mate would always be the dominate one. It never bothered me to begin with only because I liked being the passive partner, but in the Xolt culture it was important for the dominate mates to prove their dominance. Which was why there were all so big and strong. It was also why Xe'Trygg liked it when I used his shower gel; he said that it made me smell like him.

The only thing we had trouble with was sex. I could tell that he wanted to have sex, and truthfully so did I, but it seemed like when ever we got onto that topic he would change the direction of the conversation or he would drop it completely. We kissed often enough and our kissed grew passionate quickly, leaving us both hard and aching, but when I went to touch him he would jump up and make an excuse to leave.

Tonight at the dinner party I was going to get answers. They may not be from the person who matters, but at least I'll get a better understanding of what he's trying to do.

When I left the bathroom, I saw my mate sitting impatiently on the bed. He looked sexier then ever. His green hair was tied up in a bun with a single braid running down his back. He was wearing a pair of silk-like pants and a white shirt. It was a interesting shirt too, because it was like a mix of a tank top and a long sleeved. He was also wearing his uniform issued boots.

I, on the other hand, was wearing my last clean pair of dark blue jeans and a black t-shirt. I had nothing nice to wear and I felt silly leaving the room like that but it was all I had. Xe'Trygg said that I looked fine anyway.

Over the three weeks I explored the ship a little. There was a common area for all the ship members; there was a 'sporting' room, which in my mind was like a gym. Xe'Trygg said that were was a pool there as well. There was a library, a medical center, a schooling center and then the bridge. The only places I've been were Jing's place and the common area, where Xe'Trygg introduced me to his friends.

Xe'Trygg worked in the medical center in a different department then his brother, but at the same time he also worked in the school center and the bridge, where his other brother worked. I found it interesting that the information he got on Earth was going to so many places. I was also proud to find out that the symbol on his uniform meant that he was an important superior.

As we came up to Jing's place I smelt food cooking and my stomach growled. Xe'Trygg laughed and me because I hadn't eaten any lunch. I told him it was because the duplicator kept giving him milk when he wanted something. I think it was a prank that my mated decided to do, or the machine could just be broken.

"You're here!!" Jing sang as he opened the door. He pulled me into a tight embrace then hugged my mate, "I'm super glad, you have to see thing!"

We walked into the apartment and sat on the couch while Jing pulled his silky shirt up, "Now put your hand on my belly." I did while Xe'Trygg looked scared.

"What's wrong?" I asked, taking my mates hand.

"What if I hurt them?" He whispered to me.

"You wont, silly. Just don't press down and they'll be fine, now hurry," Jing ushered. Xe'Trygg carefully placed his hand next to mine. "Oh, here it comes!" Jing exclaimed.

Next thing we know a foot juts out of Jing's belly and taps our hands. We both jumped out of our skin, but for two different reasons. I was amazed at how far along Jing was-- which was different from my previous reaction of being told I could get pregnant-- and Xe'Trygg was worried he hurt them.

"Did I do something wrong?" He looked at Jing as he held his own hand to his chest. I chuckled; I was used to things like that because of my baby brother. I was six when he was born so I got to experience some of that stuff.

"No, but with more then one in there they like to keep moving. It's kind of hard on my body, though." When I looked at Jing I could see that he was tired and when ever I came over he would always tell me how his feet were sore and how he always had to pee.

"Does it hurt when they do that?" I asked, I never really did ask my mom.

"No, it just feels weird. It's hard to explain, but once you have kids you'll know," Jing winked at me. Jing was the only person I talked to, really. So I told him about how I wanted to have sex but Xe'Trygg didn't. Jing told me to ask him why, but every time I did he wouldn't answer me.

"Oh, we're not ready for that just yet," Xe'Trygg answered for us. I was kind of pissed off that he did that. He just assumed that I didn't want children, well he was wrong. Subconcensly I knew that back on Earth my being gay was never going to give me a child. Yes, I could have adopted, but it wouldn't have been the same. So instead I chose to become a teacher. But now I have that chance, I have a chance to have my own children with the man of my life. I understood Jing more.

I was pissed off at my mate so I got up and went to visit Xe'Hul. He was talking with Xe'Zhi and I grinned, now was my chance.

"Ah, Steven," Xe'Hul smiled as he pulled me into a hug. "It is very nice to see you as usual."

"Hello, Steven," Xe'Zhi said, "how are you, today?"

"Hey, I'm fine, thanks. I have a question for you guys..."

"Sure, go right ahead," Xe'Zhi said, his brother nodded.

"Does Xe'Trygg ever talk about us?" Both brothers looked at me strangely, "I mean...God; I can't believe I'm going to say this, but he wont has sex with me..." I ended up getting quieter and quieter with each word. The brother looked as if they were trying to hold back laughter and I was suddenly really embarrassed. I started to walk away when they pulled me closer to them and apologized.

"Sorry," Xe'Hul said, "We don't mean to laugh but we never expected you to ever say that."

"Mmhm, judging from the way you reacted when we first met we never thought you'd be interested in sex. And even if you hadn't reacted the way you did, we never thought you'd ever say that. Forgive us." The both bent their heads in apology.

"That's fine...It's just I thought that you guys would know, that's all." I said, I couldn't believe how red my face felt. I was never this embarrassed in my whole life.

"Well, yes we do actually," Xe'Hul said, "he's taking tradition rather seriously, isn't he?"

"Yes, I never expected that from him. He must be in great pain." Xe'Zhi looked at me and smiled, "Xolt tradition is that we do not have sex with our mates until they claim union."

"Which is like getting married on Earth," the other brother added.

"We do this so that we know our mates are true. But it's also a torture because until we mate, our hormones go into a 'over drive' if you will. Our need to mate gets stronger each day. Has our brother been...Smelling different?"

I had noticed that lately he smelt more spicy. He smelt less like flowers and more like the desert and spices. I nodded.

"That is what we call a mating scent. It lets others know that he is preparing to mate. It's a warning to that we don't do something stupid to anger him. The Xolt get angered fast while in mating need. It only gets worse during mating season."

"That's coming up soon isn't it?" Xe'Hul said, "I wonder what Jing and I are going to do."

The other brother laughed, "Have sex carefully."

The of the evening was great, I wasn't embarrassed any more and was satisfied to know why Xe'Trygg was doing what he did. But I was still pissed at him and he noticed but didn't say anything. He probably didn't even understand why I was pissed, but he tried to make it better by trying to do things for me. Even Jing noticed I was pissed and when he pulled me aside and asked if it was because of what Xe'Trygg said. When I answered yes he smiled and said that he was happy I was enjoying my life on the ship.

Once we got home I took my sneakers off and dropped them by the door and went into the washroom. I wasn't doing anything in it, but I was waiting to see if Xe'Trygg would notice. He did.

"Steven, what's wrong? I can't understand if you don't tell me."

"Same goes to you," I said. I was happy I learnt how to use the controls for the doors.

"What is that supposed to mean?" I opened the door and rushed to the bed. I sat down and crossed my legs. I was wearing my under wear and I left my shirt in the bathroom.

"Do I not appeal to you?" I asked, "Am I not sexy enough for you?"

His face flushed as he looked me up and down. "Of course you turn me on, what kind of question is that?" He asked. I smelt that spicy desert scent and I had to fight back a moan. And while I may have succeeded with that my hard on was another story.

"Then why won't you touch me?" I asked. I wanted him so badly that I hurt for him. But it probably wasn't as bad as the hurt he was going through.

"S-Steven?! What are you--"

"Is it the union thing? Because Xe'Trygg, I love you so much that seeing you hurt is the last thing I want. I want to pleasure you and make you feel like a god. I would gladly join union with you."

His face softened and he smiled at me. I glanced down to his crotch and saw how turned on he really was. I swear he was going to jump out of those pants of he got any harder. "Really?" he asked, kneeling on the edge of the bed.

"Really. I love you, Xe'Trygg. I always will, even when you piss me off."

He pushed me down onto my back and kissed my neck, "I'll have to get us a symbol of our love, then. I will gladly join union with you, Steven."

He kissed me, tracing my lips with his tongue. I opened to him and sucked his tongue. I pulled him down to me as I traced his back with my hands. I moved my hands down his back to his tail. I grasped the base and gently stroked it. I felt him moan into my mouth.

"Make love to me," I whispered, touching his cock. It was bigger then the last time I'd seen it hard, and it made my mouth water.

"Gladly," he growled into my ear.