"If that's what he wants then just do it. Give him the name you had ready." Lyez was just as astonished by the prince's request as Chael but if the heir of the crown wanted a new name so be it.
"Farien Wolfcry seems too ordinary for a prince." Chael sat on his chair in front of the monitor showing readings from the person they were talking about. So far Adairia hadn't showed any signs about awakening.
Lyez had returned to his friend after an hour's walk and found him sitting in front of the tank where the prince was once again recovering from unsuccessful first step. Chael had had a strange expression on his face and after some coaxing he had told the request Adairia had made.
Now they needed to confirm that Adairia had really meant what he had said.
"You were wrong about him being poor and homeless." Chael watched the man in the tank his eyes half closed. "He has more than we can ever have."
Lyez took a chair and sat next to his friend. "That doesn't change the fact that he won't give his body to anyone."
Chael shook his head. "You don't know that. He said to carry on with our project."
"He was suffocating. Of course he would say something to get us to treat him…"
A beeping of the monitor made Lyez to shut his mouth and Chael stood up and walked to the tank.
"You're finally awake your highness. I had to put you back in the tank as your body couldn't cope with the air just yet."
Adairia opened his eyes and a familiar feeling of the warm liquid washed over them. So he really had fainted from the lack of oxygen.
"I think that we need to wait few more days to try that again so in mean while please rest and collect your strength your highness." Chael saw that Adairia had lot to say and ask but he didn't want to take the risk again.
"You are reported as missing person. Your incognito party was killed and you had gone missing. So the royal house is royally pissed off and searching with dogs and cats for a sign of you." Lyez lounged in his chair and gazed lazily towards the tank. "That makes one to think that you were targeted and the other died defending you. But the mess was too big to be done by a little rebel group."
Adairia listened to the words and felt a stab in his heart. So his love was dead after all… His eyes started to sting and he knew more than felt that tears were leaking to his cheeks.
"Lyez! Be silent…" Chael watched the new kind of liquid mingle with the life maintaining fluid. So Lyez's words had hurt the prince. Was there someone dear to him among the dead?
***
Adairia had fallen asleep again soon after his awakening. His body was tired and the emotional outburst had consumed the little strength he had gathered. It was hard to hear that there was no hope that one's love might be alive.
Chael watched the prince with sad eyes and then turned to look at Lyez. "They are going to hang us or even beat us to death for this... We made a geisha from the royal heir."
"Nobody knows that. And we can make sure that it stays that way. I could take away its vocal chords..." Lyez seemed serious and Chael stared at his partner numbly.
"Don't even say that. We are not going to mutilate him." There was a dangerous edge in Chael's normally so calm voice.
Hearing the slight change of tone Lyez raised his hand in surrender. "It's all the same to me. Do as you wish."
Chael turned to look at the tank once more and then left for the door. "Let's leave him to rest. We have others to attend to."
Lyez snorted and stood up. "Like they would need anything... Except a bullet in their heads to end their misery..."
"You’re so cruel Lyez..." Chael left the room with a sigh and left the door open for his partner to follow.
Lyez turned to look at the prince one more time and there was a flicker of something warm in his eyes. "Sleep while you can..."
***
Two more days went by while Adairia rested in his tank and then was the time for another try to be without all the supporting systems.
Chael drained the fluid from the tank and lowered the prince on the floor before he could remove the restraints and the mask.
"How are you feeling, your highness?" Chael spoke calmly and soothingly to the prince who seemed a little bit nervous.
Adairia turned to look at the other man and gave him a tentative smile. "Fine, I think. I can breathe just fine..."
"It took long enough." Lyez sauntered in from the door and kicked it closed after him. He was pushing the wheelchair in front of him.
Chael made a face at this earning another smile from the prince.
"Are you ready to start the light exercises?" Chael wanted to know if the prince was feeling good enough to trust his body.
"I feel just fine. Let me give it a try." Adairia was anxious to test his legs and Lyez could see his determination as he brought the chair closer.
With Chael's help Lyez moved the prince into the chair and wheeled him out of the room. "Don't put your hands between the wheels or you lose your fingers and become quite useless."
Chael followed his partner and hurried to walk beside Adairia. "Don't say that Lyez. He wouldn't do something so stupid." Now Chael turned to Adairia. "Let's try easy and light exercises first. We don't want to strain your limbs too much." The man opened a steel door to Lyez and carried on. "At first let us examine the mobility of your limbs so we can decide what kinds of movements are good for you."
Lyez stopped the chair before an examination table and hoisted the prince onto it without waiting for Chael's help. "You are not heavy enough for your size. I might have to add some weigh to you."
Chael couched a little and Lyez moved away from the table with an annoyed sigh.
"Please lay down prince Adairia... Let me check you." Chael helped the young man lay down and looked at Lyez over his shoulder.
The other man could see a lot from that expression. He was supposed to be quiet and not tell anything to the prince. It was too soon. With a snort the other man came closer and let his eyes travel over the body resting on the table. "Looks good. It's going to be popular..."
Chael put his hand on the prince's shoulder and smiled at him apologetically. "I'm sorry if you see this intruding but we need to run a little checkout to see if your body works alright."
***
Adairia felt nervous as two pairs of hands run along his body. He didn't mind being naked in front of them but this was different. They had first tested the mobility of his joints and muscles and then started to map his body with their fingers. Chael had told him that they wanted to confirm that everything was fine beneath the skin and worked as supposed.
The tickling feeling intensified when they touched his nipples or the patch of smooth flesh under his ears. The light touches felt like teasing and Adairia couldn't help a little moan that left his throat as the dark fingers lingered a little too long at his right nipple.
A low chuckle made the prince look at the owner of those questing fingers and he saw something flicker in the dark eyes. Was it warmth or lust?
"Lyez, stop that." Chael's voice was strained and he moved to massage Adairia's legs. "He's not ready yet."
Not ready...? Adairia felt frustrated. He was reeling here and if someone had told him this moment that he was going to fuck him senseless he would have agreed happily.
Unfortunately Lyez fingers moved to his sides and felt his ribs and hip bones. His touch was firm and Adairia closed his eyes enjoying the sensations. He was painfully aware what all this did to his manhood. The warm feeling was pooling to his groin and there was nothing he could do to stop it.
"Look at this Chael. This is quite responsive." Lyez trailed one long finger along the big vein under the prince's cock and gave a smirk as the shuddering groan left his mouth.
"Lyez! Stop teasing him." Chael slapped the dark hand away and smiled apologetically to the hard breathing man. "I'm sorry... It was not our intention to make you uncomfortable."
Adairia couldn't form an answer. What did they mean with feeling uncomfortable..? He was feeling great. Only that all this made him remember his gentle moments with his dead love.
Lyez lowered his hands from the prince's skin and clapped them together soundly. "It seems everything is fine. It is quite responsive and with a little training we can make it even better, don't you think?"
Chael gave him a small nod. "You may be right but now is not the time to think that. First we have to get these legs to move correctly and bear his weight."
Adairia followed the discussion with concealed interest and made a mental note to ask more information about the training later.
***
The exercises had been quite an ordeal and the prince was nearly asleep when Chael wheeled him back to the room where his tank was. His legs were hurting a little but it was not unbearable.
"Prince Adairia...?" Chael's voice was low and gentle as he roused the young man from his slumber. "Let's get you back to rest."
Adairia opened his eyes and turned to look at Chael. "Please, drop the titles... Have you forgotten what I said at the first time we talked..?"
Chael seemed stunned for a while and then he smiled warmly. "No, I haven't forgotten... It only seems wrong to take away your identity as you are the royal heir."
Adairia inclined his head as acknowledgement and smiled a little. "I'm glad to be alive but I can't go back to my previous life. So please, tell me. What identity you had made for me before you knew who I was?"
Chael felt a lump in his throat and swallowed to get it away. "We... Ah... I... Farien... Farien Wolfcry...But it seems too ordinary to you..."
Adairia thought the name a bit and then smiled more happily. "It is a good name. I like it. Please, carry on with your project, I won’t object...”
Chael didn't find the words to express his feelings and that moment was the one when Lyez chose to step in.
"That's good to hear Farien. Although even if you resisted we would carry on. You have cost us too much to just let you go." There was strange glimmer in the man’s eyes.
Adairia or Farien, as it now was his name, nodded a little not intimidated a bit by Lyez words. "Thank you for everything."
Lyez hoisted the prince out of the chair and to the tank. "Now rest or you won't be able to carry on with the exercises and that would only cost us more money."
"That would be bad... I want to repay you for everything." Farien was speaking slower and was nearly asleep again by the time Lyez lowered him to the floor and put the restraints back.
"Sleep well ... Farien...." Chael's voice was quiet and the prince opened his eyes again.
"It's all right Chael... I was tired to my former life anyway..." Farien let his eyes drift closed again as Lyez put the mask on his face and sealed the door to the tank.
The maintaining fluid flowed to the tank and lifted Farien with it until his restraints stopped him and left him flow into the warm liquid. It was soothing feeling. The warmth eased his tired muscles and lulled him fast to sleep. No nightmares came to him that night.
***
Chael walked along the long corridor with Lyez by his side and pondered everything that had happened. "He didn't seem to mind your touches Lyez... I'm surprised actually."
"Why? I'm a good lover, aren’t I?"
"I didn't think about your skills but his readiness. He reacted quite beautifully to stimulation."
"So do you if I play you right."
"We can't be compared. I'm in my original body. Usually it has taken more time to get a response from new geisha."
"Damn right. They are so slow that I fall asleep before they are even excited."
"No need to be cruel. Their bodies are from your hands..."
"Ah, but the education comes from you. You need more forwardness."
"It's better to go slow. They are fragile souls."
"Fragile, my ass. They are horny beast if they don't get any in a week."
"Again. It's due your bizarre combination of nerves and hormones."'
"Yeah, blame me for anything..."
"I didn't mean it like that... Lyez..."
"Let's go rest. This was a long day."
"Lyez...?"
"..."
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