It had been a couple of hours' drive so far, and being near the coast made for rather pleasant scenery. Rai wasn't there for the scenery though, and he idly wondered why he had agreed to go out in the first place. Then again, it wasn't like he got to see his older brother too often, and it didn't help that his partner had been all for it the moment he had learned about the invitation.

"We have to go! With the Chief, Aya, and Mai all gone out to do whatever they were going to do in town, there's nothing to do here! And it says it's okay to bring friends," was what the young man had said, over Rai's protestations that he had intended his few days off to be spent quietly reading and maintaining the R-2. As usual, anything he said didn't make one bit of difference at the end, and they had ended up renting a car and heading out just a little later.

Rai did have to admit that after the trouble Elzam had gone through to get the invitation to him, he deserved at least some kind of a reply. Said letter had found its way to his hands through Gilliam Jager, who had just happened to have Intelligence Department business at the German base where the Hagane was stationed for the month - or so he claimed. How Elzam had learned where the ship was in the first place wasn't something the younger Branstein bothered to wonder about. There was an invitation letter, and with Ryusei's enthusiasm, Rai found had himself contacting Elzam using a public line outside the base. Now here they were, heading out to a location he wasn't absolutely certain about.

It didn't help that since he was driving, Ryusei was playing navigator. He had a large map of the surrounding environs they had picked up when they drove into Kiel from the base, then back out to the coast. This little maneuver, though gaining them a valuable map, had also gotten them very lost until Ryusei learned how to read north and east in German, in addition to reading a map in general. Of course, that didn't help with Elzam's vague instructions as to where exactly he was hiding. They had already wasted an hour just trying to find a way to the coast in the first place, and finding a place "back in the trees, along a dirt road off of the main one, it has a white fence" was proving difficult with all the unmarked dirt roads around. Ryusei swore up and down this one should be it, and he had gotten the map figured out for sure this time, but Rai just glared at him as he turned onto yet another tiny, ill-kept road.

"Yeah, it's definitely this one," the younger man went again on that moment. "See on the map here there's these woods, it has to be this one we're driving through, and..." Rai wasn't about to turn to look at whatever his partner was pointing at this time. The road was even worse than he had thought, and he frowned as he tried to steer way from a couple of rocks. It was too bad he had no definite coordinates and they couldn't just use a satellite navigator to get there, since there was always the risk someone unwanted might find his brother's hideout.

A white fence. What the hell kind of a landmark was that? All the houses along the coast seemed to have white fences. "Would you shut up for a moment?" Rai said to his partner's attempts at navigation. "I highly doubt this is it. No one in their right mind would live here; the road's nearly impassable."

"...Doesn't that make it a perfect hideout for your brother and Major Sanger, then? It's not like they usually want visitors." Amazingly, Ryusei brought up a good point, not that Rai wanted to acknowledge it after all that had happened, and especially not after the car hit an unseen rock and lurched sickeningly. Rai wondered how Major Gilliam managed to get here, and then realized that he should've asked for directions back at the base. He cursed his own stupidity in addition to everything else he was cursing right now. Rocks and trees and forests, not to mention water that fell from the sky at random intervals. It wasn't that he didn't like some parts of Earth, but the colonies were certainly better organized.

Right when Rai was about to give up everything and try to figure out a way back to the main road, the trees cleared out a bit into a small drive, a house with a white fence, and his brother, still wearing those ridiculous goggles, waving them over. There was just enough room to park in front of the fence, and as they got out the man smiled and greeted them. "Hello Raidiese, Ryusei. I'm surprised you didn't just walk, it must be hell getting a car out to here. The road's in a terrible state"

"See, I told you it was this road," Ryusei declared victoriously as he closed the car door. "You could give me more credit sometimes! And we didn't exactly know the road was this bad, but we had to try a couple of roads already which were even worse!"

Rai sighed mentally and shook his head. "All because you can't read maps, if I may remind you," he replied to Ryusei's little speech. "Therefore I'm not so sure about how victorious you should feel about finally finding the right one. You're looking well, brother," he added to turn the conversation topic away from Ryusei's not-so-good navigation skills - and also before the conversation ended up as the two of them arguing about it.

"Thank you, I am doing well," Elzam replied. "Where are the others in your team? I would think at least Mai would be able to come."

Before Rai could answer, Ryusei butted in. "The Chief, Aya, and Mai all went off into town to do 'girl stuff' and wouldn't let either of us come along at all. We didn't have anything to do until Gilliam gave us your invitation. Hahah, that was pretty lucky!" The young man was already heading up the path to the house, calling back at them over his shoulder. Rai sighed again at his partner's almost certainly unintentional rudeness and followed, his brother bringing up the rear.

"So, where's Major Sanger?" Rai asked once they were inside and standing in the entryway. "It doesn't look like he's around." Indeed, the house was rather small with no Sanger to be seen, and it would be very hard to hide Major Sanger.

"He went off to the mountains to do some training, like he does sometimes. I'm sure he's fine. Do you two want anything to drink while I get dinner ready?" Elzam asked as he led them into the kitchen and sat them down at a small table, Ryusei with a loud thump and Rai slightly quieter. The kitchen was small but well kept, with quite a few more modern conveniences than Rai had expected for someone on the run from the law. Then again, that probably wouldn't stop his brother from having his perfect kitchen.

For drinks Ryusei went for a soda and Rai asked for tea. Of course for that he had to pick from the multiple kinds Elzam had available, but it was a welcome chance to sit down and relax after driving all the way there. Coming up with conversation subjects wasn't something Rai had to worry about either, with his partner happily babbling about the base where the Hagane was stationed and how boring it had been for the last few weeks.

After some pleasant conversation while Elzam worked in the kitchen, the man sent them off to get cleaned up a little before serving dinner. While Ryusei was washing, Rai took the moment to look around the small house. There was a living room with a couch but only one bedroom with a large bed, and he wasn't about to start wondering where Sanger slept. For a hideout the place was quite comfortable otherwise, and the younger Branstein decided it wouldn't be such a bad idea if they stayed for the night. It had, after all, been a while since he had gotten to spend any free time with Ryusei alone, although there was the problem of his brother being around.

Though thinking about it, in this tiny house getting time alone with Ryusei at all would be a challenge, let alone keeping Elzam from getting suspicious and checking them out, or even just walking in randomly. It wasn't that he particularly thought Elzam would mind knowing about him and Ryusei, but combining sex and siblings, or rather, family members in general, was a particular kind of horrific awkwardness. He could wait for Elzam to fall asleep...though by that point Ryusei would probably be out like a light as well. Then again, the other man had been able to stay awake remarkably late before...when his favorite shows were on.

The thoughts were cut short by his brother calling from the kitchen that dinner was ready and on the table. Resolving to figure it out later, Rai walked to the kitchen where the other two had already sat down, ready to eat, noticing that his brother had at least rid himself of his ridiculous goggles.

If there was one good thing about letting Ryusei talk him into coming here, it was of course the dinner. Elzam's food was as delicious as ever, consisting of several Japanese dishes - complete with sake, which Rai didn't mind since after the general frustration of the day he needed a drink. Ryusei was a bit more curious about the stuff, considering the younger man was underage in Japan and had never touched sake before, but he drank some anyway. Rai figured it didn't matter; Ryusei was legal in Germany, and besides, the younger man was expected to be chatty no matter what.

Elzam kept the conversation up by asking them minor non-important details about work. The younger SRX member was all to eager - and the few drinks probably, as Rai had expected, helped a little too - to rant on about anything from mech maintenance to reconnaissance missions, half of which was probably confidential but then again, Ryusei had never been good at keeping his mouth shut about military business. Rai shrugged it off as most of it didn't matter since it wasn't like Elzam had any use for the information.

Of course, he still had to kick Ryusei under the table a few times when he started to talk about the plans for the ART units... or the Altered, a few times. A few drinks or not, the man had to learn to keep his mouth shut about those, at least. Ryusei repaid him in a few glares, but Rai was used to that. Elzam just watched the antics with a smile, then changed the conversation to less problematic topics. Always about them, Rai noticed. He decided to fix that as soon as an opportunity presented itself.

"...And that's why we're stationed here for the time being. What about you, brother? What have you been doing?" That opportunity wasn't long in coming, just after a question of if the DC was still hanging on and if they were still fighting them. Even after the DC had lost nearly all of their commanders, they were still around. If Rai didn't have to fight them and the aliens, it would almost be admirable.

As expected, Elzam kept his mysterious act and simply smiled. "You should know better, Raidiese. Remember that I can't exactly tell you? We've been around, but you understand that hiding a battleship isn't exactly an easy task, with EFA's reconnaissance squads around..." He gave the two SRX members a meaningful look. "Not to mention the rather unique mechs we have."

That was a clever one from his brother, Rai had to admit. A mention of certain unique robots Elzam had around got Ryusei's face to light up immediately. "Oh yeah, so, where do you keep those anyway? Stored on the Kurogane I'd guess, but you do have to do test them sometimes don't you, and..." The subject was changed to mechs again as Ryusei tried to ask about details, failing to hide his fanboyish interest in the two DGG units.

For whatever reason Elzam was dealing fine with Ryusei's inane questions, and it was about then when Rai decided that even with the sake, he hadn't obviously had enough to drink. After asking where his brother kept his usual variety of alcohol, he came back with a few bottles of wine. "You know, brother, for someone who's only buying for himself you have a large collection of drinks."

Elzam just laughed and held out his glass, which Rai obligingly filled. "Did you really expect differently? Or are you saying I should be living more economically?"

"I'm saying that's a lot for one person to drink. That's all." Rai settled back with his glass, noticing Ryusei staring out of the corner of his eye. "Oh right, Ryusei, do you want some too?"

"Hey, already had some sake earlier and not like anyone here is pointing out I'm underage like usual," the younger pilot replied cheerfully and held out his glass. "Maybe just a little bit? I won't drink too much, since this is my first time, but a little shouldn't hurt." He then went on with his mech questions again, which his partner ignored as he shrugged and poured Ryusei some wine, then settled back to his seat and got himself a drink. It was high-quality stuff, as expected from something Elzam kept around, and he sipped his drink, smirking just a little at Elzam's comment about how Ryusei couldn't be as bad as Sanger handling his liquor.

The robot conversation didn't interest the younger Branstein, so he concentrated on emptying the glass then got himself another while Ryusei went on, not about to run out of questions anytime soon. Since Elzam seemed to be fine with him not participating in the conversation, Rai kept quiet for a while and studied his partner, idly thinking what he would have been doing now had they stayed in the base. The quiet reading wouldn't probably have happened with Ryusei complaining about boredom, which might have had led to the younger man inviting Rai to his room to watch some silly robot show. Well, there were always some good parts about that, as he usually ended up staying the night in Ryusei's room in such cases.

It would be nice if something like that could happen now, but Elzam was there, which made things awkward. He took another sip of his drink. Ryusei was still talking about robots, and for whatever reason Elzam was encouraging him. He tried to take another sip, realized his glass was empty, and refilled it. Well, it wasn't that Ryusei was bad, but this could get pretty annoying. Another few sips. Elzam really did seem more interested in talking to Ryusei. His glass was empty again, so he poured himself another. It had been a long time since his brother had talked to him like that... He shook his head, he was too mature for petty jealousy like that. Now the bottle was empty too, so he had to open a new one to pour himself another glass.

It wasn't that he hadn't wanted to come, he told himself, taking another few sips. It had just been a long, long day that could've been avoided if Elzam hadn't decided to contact him. And had given better directions. He refilled his glass again. Ryusei probably wouldn't be interested in anything after this anyway. The thought depressed him slightly, even when he knew that having his brother around would be problematic, and he took another drink to wash both the thoughts away. Maybe Elzam wouldn't mind. He noticed that the new bottle was almost empty too; they were awfully small if three people could go through almost two in this amount of time, and Ryusei had barely touched his. Come to think of it, Elzam hadn't been drinking much either. Well, someone needed to finish the bottle off, and so he did.

"Are you all right, Raidiese?" Elzam asked all of a sudden, and Rai snapped out of it. He waved his hand then mumbled something about feeling fine, just fine. Rai got up and headed off to the bathroom to douse his face in cold water to in an attempt to clear his brain, and he couldn't help but overhear Ryusei comment something about it being unusual for him to drink so much. What was that about, anyway? It wasn't like Ryusei ever saw him drink.

He wandered back into the kitchen and slumped down to his chair before picking up a new bottle. Ryusei was trying to get Elzam to tell him technical details about the Aussenseiter's Pferd mode transformation, and Rai decided that listening to the younger man's voice wasn't all that bad, at least not after he'd had enough to drink that he didn't care anymore if it was the same subject Ryusei was always going on about. The wine tasted good, and he picked up the bottle to refill his glass. He stopped and blinked as his hand felt somewhat shaky, but poured a new glass anyway.

The wine was very good. Ryusei had stopped talking though, and so had Elzam. He looked at the younger man, who was looking concerned. "Is..." His voice sounded thick; Rai stopped and tried again. "Is something wrong, Ryusei? I thought...thought you were going to go on all night." Ryusei looked a little offended at that, though Rai couldn't figure out why. That's what he usually did, after all.

Rai reached out to pour himself another glass of the very good wine, but someone grabbed his hand and gently removed the bottle. "I think you've had enough, Rai. More than enough." He blinked at Elzam, but Elzam looked back steadily. "Come on, it's time for bed. Ryusei, would you help me get him there?" Before Rai could start protesting that he was perfectly in control, the combination of Ryusei and his brother had him out of the chair and on his feet. Relatively on his feet. Upright, at least.

There was a short trip of him getting half-dragged half-carried somewhere, during which Rai didn't remember actually walking at all, and it suddenly felt like a good idea that he didn't try. Things got comfortable soon afterward, though, as he was laid down on a bed. It was soft and lying down felt oddly good, so he closed his eyes and relaxed. He felt someone remove his shoes, and his brother and Ryusei exchanged a few words, but his mind couldn't register exactly what.

"Honestly, Rai, you, drinking like that...?" Ryusei's voice said, and Rai's socks and jacket were removed as well. Drunk he might have been, but at that moment the younger Branstein realized Ryusei was there and stripping him. Perhaps that idea of spending some quality time was possible after all. Rai smirked as someone undid his pants, then there was a pause and familiar hands moved to his upper body and pulled his shirt away.

Rai seized the opportunity and caught the person stripping him by the shoulder then pulled him closer. He wrapped his arm around the other man's neck, dragging him onto the bed. "Honestly, Ryusei," he muttered, ignoring the fact that his voice sounded odd. "You think you can just drag me halfway across the countryside when we could've..." He then pulled the other man into a deep kiss, burying his fingers into the other pilot's long hair. Wait did Ryusei have long hair? He couldn't remember, but it was irrelevant.

Rai pulled back a bit for breath, but before he could drag his partner down for the continuation they had jerked away, despite his reaching out to grab onto them again. Rai felt a little hurt. Maybe he had gone a little far with those remarks earlier, but it wasn't as if they hadn't said worse things to each other before. He called out, a little too plaintively, "Ryusei? Sorry about earlier, if that's what you're mad about. But..."

Before he could say much more, Ryusei started talking to him from the other side of the bed. But wasn't Ryusei in front of him? "Uh, that's fine Rai. It's fine. Um, what do we do now..." Rai had the odd feeling Ryusei wasn't talking to him, but to the other Ryusei he had kissed. But there wasn't any other Ryusei, right? Just him, this Ryusei, and his brother...his brother. Shit.

"Well," Elzam said, sounding awfully cheerful considering the circumstances. "Not too bad for someone who's about as out of it as you are, Raidiese." Rai stared at his brother, his mind slowly trying to make sense what had just happened. Elzam smiled and glanced down at Rai's half-undone pants. "One would think you'd be too drunk for that kind of ideas. I certainly wouldn't mind, Rai, but your boyfriend is right there. Shouldn't he be included in this?"

"Yeah, damnit," Ryusei cut in with a grin on his face. "If you're going to start making out with someone, I want in on it!" He climbed onto the bed and leaned in to press a quick kiss on Rai's lips, and the younger Branstein blinked then took a deep breath. Well, hadn't he been wondering about the chances of having sex... Wait a minute.

"Ryusei, are you serious about this?" Rai asked, giving his partner as firm stare as he could manage. He did want sex himself, but the situation considered, things needed a bit of clearing up.

The brown-haired pilot nodded. "Sure, why not! That there, I mean you and your brother kissing, looked pretty good. While you think I never get ideas related to this, I do, and I happen to think it might actually be interesting to have another guy in!"

At that point Elzam cleared his throat and looked at the two, smiling. "Well, I don't know about that… I think you can handle my brother just fine by yourself. I suppose I should leave you two alone," he said. "Before you wonder about it, Raidiese, you don't have to try explaining anything. I knew you two are together, so I should..."

"Wait a minute," Rai interrupted. "Weren't you the one who said Ryusei should be included?" It might've been that he was drunk, but the idea of him and his quite beautiful older brother both with Ryusei at the same time was suddenly something he wanted to try. It wasn't that he thought about Elzam in that way... Or maybe he did, just a little. "That counts as you suggesting it."

"Hey, too late to back out now," the younger SRX member agreed, reaching over to grab Elzam by the shoulder and pull him closer. "Come on, it'd look pretty!" Ryusei had obviously had a few cups too much of the sake earlier, but he sounded convincing nonetheless. "Besides, it's not like I'd be okay with any guy in bed with me and Rai, I mean, he is still my boyfriend, but you're safe aren't you?"

Elzam eyed the two of them, looking thoughtful. "Well, if you put it that way, yes, although..."

He didn't get to finish as Ryusei cut him off. "Come on. There's no one else I'd trust to take into bed with myself and Rai! And don't give me that look, I'm not that drunk. Probably!" Ryusei composed himself and looked as serious as he could. "It's a matter of trust. You're nice, handsome, and not a threat. Rai won't mind either, he agreed already and," he gave the older Branstein a smirk then leaned down to happily give Rai the kiss he had meant to give a few minutes ago. Rai, who had not been taking part of the conversation as he was having a moment of trying to get what exactly they were getting into again, started but pressed back just as enthusiastically. "Pretty, isn't he?" Ryusei added as he pulled away, leaving the other leaning on his chest and panting a little.

"Raidiese? Well I can't argue against that," Elzam replied, still studying the duo. Ryusei was quite cute although a bit young - or not, only a year younger that Rai if he remembered correctly, but he acted a lot more immature. Rai meanwhile had grown up to be quite a handsome man, and what Ryusei was talking about did make sense. "Well, if you're absolutely sure..."

Ryusei nodded enthusiastically. "Very sure. Right, Rai!?"

The younger Branstein wasn't really listening as Ryusei happily pressed him down to the bed again. He felt a weight on the side of the bed and gentle fingers in his hair. The feeling was rather nice, and once Ryusei had let go for a moment he looked up to see Elzam smiling fondly at them. "You'll need to move over a little," he said. "We're going to need a bit more room." Rai obliged as best he could, though something in the back of his head said there was something a little off about this positioning. That something was silenced in favor of enjoying the way Ryusei was sucking at his collarbone on one side and the comforting warmth of his brother on the other.

Now they were in agreement of what was going on, Ryusei went back to removing his teammate's pants. Rai idly noted that the younger man had lost his jacket somewhere along the way, but that's as much as he got to see before Elzam moved in for a kiss. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the warmth for a moment, his brother's kisses being quite a bit better when he wasn't surprised. Rai found himself naked, and his partner was there again, lying down next to him. The younger man had gotten rid of his shirt too, and his familiar caresses distracted Rai for a moment as Elzam pulled away to get rid of some clothes.

"Guess it's good you aren't too drunk," Ryusei murmured next to the older pilot's ear as he slipped a hand down Rai's body and onto his crotch. Rai looked at him, still thinking there was something off with the position while his brother leaned over him to undo Ryusei's pants. He decided not to think about it too hard, especially since at that moment Ryusei wrapped his fingers around his erection and started stroking carefully.

Ryusei stopped for a moment while he wiggled his pants the rest of the way off, and Rai took the opportunity to attempt to kiss the younger man. Rolling over and flinging an arm around him was easy enough, and bringing their mouths together was only slightly more troublesome. It was messy and Rai felt his teeth smack against the other's a few times, but it was nice enough, and they both panted for breath when they separated. Ryusei sat up a little, only to have Elzam grab him into another deep kiss. The younger man started for a moment then relaxed against Elzam, wrapping an arm around his shoulders and pressing back. Rai could only watch his partner and brother hold each other, enjoying the way Ryusei made soft noises against Elzam's mouth. It was almost exactly how he had started to imagine it when this had started, and any misgivings about the way this was going were swept away.

After the two parted, Rai tried to move in to kiss Ryusei again but the younger man grinned and pushed him down, placing his hand on Rai's crotch again. Elzam took the opportunity to steal that kiss then moved away for a second to get rid of his pants, which meant all three of them were naked. The older Branstein sat on the bed and reached over to fondle Ryusei while the younger man kissed Rai.

A moment later Ryusei pulled away and gave both the brothers a good look before leaning closer to Elzam and whispering something to him, too low for Rai to hear clearly. Elzam listened, nodded, then jerked back a few seconds later and looked surprised while Ryusei grinned at him. The older Branstein glanced down at Rai then back at Ryusei. "My, you certainly have given this a lot thought," he said.

"Maybe," the younger man replied cheerfully. "Well? Come on, I want to make Rai to get the most fun out of this! It's not like I could let anyone do this, either, I mean, it's Rai." He petted his partner's thigh a little while he stared at Elzam with a pleading look. "Please?"

By that point, Rai was starting to get impatient. "Are you two done yet with? Brother, you already agreed to this, did you not?" He reached up to Ryusei and pulled the younger man into a quick kiss, then reached to pull Elzam closer as well. "If Ryusei somehow has me convinced that this is all right, then now's not the time for second thoughts." He moved up a bit, studying his brother - it must've been that he was drunk but Elzam looked so beautiful right now, and Rai pulled the older blond into a quick kiss as well. "You in or not?"

Elzam looked at the two for a moment then smiled. "All right, all right," he said. "Shall we, then?" He studied the two for a second then pushed Ryusei forward and on top of Rai, who reacted with as much grace as was possible under the circumstances and managed to at least get an arm around the younger man. They ground against each other for a bit while Rai tried to figure out how to help get Ryusei to where he seemed to be trying to go. Eventually he just decided to let Ryusei figure it out, since the other did seem to have a better idea of how to do it than he did. The brunette settled to sitting against the head of the bed, with Rai's head in his lap and Rai slowly figuring out what it was he wanted. Well, he was perfectly willing to oblige and shifted over enough so he could get his right hand around Ryusei's length and start to stroke.

The action was rewarded with a pleased sigh, and Rai glanced at his partner then shifted over a little more. He turned to his side and took the erection into his mouth, sucking carefully. Ryusei gasped and closed his eyes for a moment then reached to stroke Rai's hair. "Mm, Rai, nice..."

"I assume you can take care of that, yes, Raidiese?" Elzam commented cheerfully while leaning down, and Rai wondered for a second what the older Branstein was up to. He discarded the thought and took more of the organ into his mouth - then pulled back all of a sudden and blinked a few times as he felt someone in turn slipping a hand onto his crotch, taking a hold of his erection and stroking a little. He was about to turn to comment on what Elzam was doing but Ryusei pulled his head back down. He complied and returned to what he had been doing, then rolled over to his side as Elzam prompted him to do so. A few seconds later the older Branstein leaned down and took the tip of the length into his mouth, sucking on it. Rai froze at first then calmed himself, doing his best to keep at what he was doing. Not the first blow job he had gotten, and it felt quite good, although somewhat different from when it was Ryusei doing it. This felt... more skillful, he had to admit.

He did his best to concentrate on Ryusei and ignore what his brother was up to down there, though Elzam was making it very difficult. Every time he tried to do anything past sucking as well as he could Elzam would start licking slowly up his erection, or placing slow sucking kisses instead, or just taking more of the length into his mouth than Rai thought possible, destroying any concentration he had. All he could do was whimper and gasp around Ryusei, sometimes remembering to use his hand and tongue. Even then Ryusei seemed like it, digging his fingers into Rai's hair and panting heavily while pressing his hips up to meet his partners mouth. Rai took it in as much as he could, then slowly drawing back before Elzam did something intense down there and he had to take all of Ryusei back in just to keep from crying out.

"Guh, Rai..." Ryusei tugged his partner's hair rather hard, and Rai figured he was doing at least something right. Thankfully Elzam also allowed him a breather and pulled away, and Rai concentrated on what he was doing for a moment - except that moment later he found his brother tapping him on the shoulder, and when he turned to look, Elzam sat there, holding the bottle of lube. Of course. Rai had been all too busy with what they were doing to actually remember they needed something, and he was quite thankful his brother did remember and had something around. He would have had something in his room, and Ryusei in his, but this wasn't their rooms. "Uh, right..."

"You should prepare him, Raidiese," Elzam said with a smile on his face. Rai shrugged and took the bottle, then glanced at Ryusei who helpfully shifted his position a little. The younger Branstein pulled his teammate's leg over his shoulder and spread some of the lube on his fingers then slipped his hand between Ryusei's legs while he leaned down to continue what he had been doing before as well.

It was surprisingly difficult to find the spot he wanted, even with his mind slightly clearer than it had been a few moments ago. His movements were still slowed and awkward, and Ryusei kept shifting around like he was trying to do something, which just made Rai's fingers miss their mark even more. Elzam starting his ministrations again didn't help matters, until finally Ryusei just grabbed his hand and guided it in himself. "There, like...un! that, Rai. Right there. You're pretty clumsy tonight, aren't you?" Rai couldn't spare his partner much more than an attempt at an exasperated glare while he, with quite a bit of help from Ryusei, worked his fingers deeper into the younger man and started to suck again at the same time. Elzam had moved one of his hands beneath Rai as well; it felt nice enough to make the man lift up his legs to allow his brother better access. Rai's mind was slipping again, but it didn't seem to matter as long as Ryusei kept making those noises and Elzam kept making him feel so good.

Something poked into him, and Rai jerked his head upward in surprise. It was like what Ryusei did, but Ryusei was up here and looking at him with a confused, 'why'd you stop' expression. He looked down at his brother, who smiled back. "What's wrong? Is it uncomfortable?"

"N...no..." It really wasn't too uncomfortable. Elzam was gentle, and somehow knew exactly how distract him from the slight pain that was still there. It was just that... His thoughts derailed again when Elzam pressed his fingers deeper inside in a way that really felt rather nice while simultaneously starting to take Rai's length back into his mouth. Ryusei was tugging rather insistently on his hair and making pleading noises as well, and it didn't seem worth complaining about quite yet. Not until they had finished or something.

It was hard to concentrate on thinking what was off with the whole deal anyway. Ryusei was practically begging for him to get on with it and Rai couldn't take it too much longer, not especially since Elzam was just so good at touching him. He had to stop what he was doing for a moment as he felt lightheaded, then looked at Ryusei who was staring at him with a very impatient look on his face. That was it; he reached around for the bottle of lubricant which miraculously appeared in his hand the moment he reached for it. Trying to add some more where it was needed ended up in somewhat frustrated fumbling around, but it would do. Elzam was helpfully adding some lubricant on Rai's erection as well. He took a deep breath, then looked at Ryusei.

"You ready?" He asked, and the younger man muttered something unclear as a reply but nodded and shifted his position to allow his partner to get on with it. Rai ignored the fact that Elzam was still there and fondling him - adding more lube, whichever, he didn't pay attention. It was too bad that Ryusei's comment about him being clumsy had been correct. Ryusei spread his legs more and was obviously quite prepared for the next part, but it took Rai a moment to get himself positioned where he needed to be, at which point Ryusei got tired of waiting and slipped his hand down there, impatient.

"Here, damn it..." He grabbed Rai's hips with one hand and squirmed closer to him, pulled the length inside him. Rai pushed his hips forward a little and then relaxed for a moment. All things considered, especially the fact that he was slightly drunk, it had gone well so far. Ryusei felt warm and tight, and Rai closed his eyes for a moment then moved carefully while leaning to kiss the younger man's neck. He felt something against his back, and remembered Elzam was there, but he didn't mind. Elzam's hands around him felt quite good.

In fact Elzam slipped his arms entirely around Rai the next moment and pulled him back into a warm embrace. The younger man relaxed into it, enjoying how Ryusei had reached up to his chest and how his brother was kissing his neck like he had been doing to Ryusei a moment before. He remembered, a trifle belatedly, that he should be moving and started to shift backwards, only to find something pressing against him there too. He started a little and moved backward again and this time found the thing, his brother's erection, right between his legs. There was definitely something off here, no matter how nice Elzam fingers brushing his lips felt or how Ryusei's hands on his hips were impatiently trying to get him to move. His voice sounded higher than usual, and there was a tremble that wouldn't quite go away, but he had to speak up anyway. "Hey... Wait a minute, brother. What are you...?"

"Hm? Too fast, Raidiese?" Elzam's mouth was close to his ear again, and his breath tickled, making Rai shiver. He had stopped trying to push into Rai, at least, and all three of them were still, panting.

"It's not that, it's...is this okay?" Rai's mind still felt blurred, as if that wasn't the question he should be asking, or more that it shouldn't be a question at all, but Elzam's chest was against his back and Ryusei was staring at him desperately. It was too far to stop now, they couldn't stop now, but he still had to say something about what was going on. He didn't think he had planned or imagined it going quite like this, though it was hard to remember what he had planned back then against the powerful lure of what was happening now.

"Isn't this what you two wanted? It's fine," Elzam said with a quiet voice against his ear then moved a little, and Rai decided that if his brother said so it really was fine, even if he wasn't too sure if it was what he had wanted. He tried to calm his breathing and concentrate on what he was doing, and Elzam pressed into him and forward a bit, forcing the younger Branstein to press against Ryusei. It hurt somewhat, not too bad as Rai was used to it and Ryusei tended to be a lot less considerate about the action. Rai calmed himself, and thought how it felt odd to be in both roles at the same time. Elzam felt different from Ryusei, too - well, his brother was taller than Ryusei at least, and his actions were a lot calmer and controlled.

He turned his attention back on Ryusei and nibbled on the younger man's neck, trying to keep his thoughts together enough to remember what his partner liked. Thankfully Elzam's movements took care of him moving as well, and Ryusei squirmed against the thrusts, mumbling something about the other two being too damn slow. Elzam forced his hand between the two of them and slipped his hand onto Ryusei's erection, earning a adorable gasp from Ryusei - although Rai was also quite sure his brother mumbled a response to Ryusei's complaint, something about them being young and impatient, but he didn't hear it well enough and he couldn't really bring himself to care.

Ryusei suddenly pressed himself down onto Rai, quite hard, shoving his partner back against Elzam. Rai was unprepared and almost cried out as he went deeper into Ryusei at the same time as taking Elzam further into himself. Elzam braced himself and pushed back, still at the same slow and careful pace, only to have Ryusei grasp Rai's hips and begin to move at his own, much faster pace. Rai did cry out at that, gasping and moving forward to cling at Ryusei. He couldn't think to remember about what Ryusei liked or consider what his brother might in this state. He started moving to match Ryusei, desperately speeding up against Elzam, even while the older man cursed under his breath and pressed against him, perhaps trying to curtail their acceleration. It didn't matter, with Ryusei making very happy noises beside his ear, the feeling of being pressed between his partner and brother, and the hot, burning feeling in his body.

"You're pretty impatient. Wouldn't it be better to take your time and have more fun?" Elzam asked loud enough for both of them to hear, and Rai would have commented something on that had he been able to actually say something coherent. It appeared Ryusei either didn't hear or ignored it, as the younger man continued to press against him, holding onto him so hard that Rai was sure it was going to leave bruises. The slight pain from that did clear his mind a little at least, and he put more effort into keeping up a steady pace equal to Ryusei's. There was a limit to how long he could continue, and he knew he couldn't take much more, not while Ryusei felt so tight and hot and Elzam was at the same time pressing into him. There went Elzam again, too; his brother just knew how to push himself against him in a way that made him nearly lose concentration on what he was doing just because it felt so damn good.

"But I suppose it's a good thing to enjoy yourselves while you have a vacation," Elzam continued a moment later, as if he had somehow been thinking it over in this kind of situation. Rai couldn't quite understand how, but his brother was like that, and thinking about it any more deeply than that wasn't going to happen in the foreseeable future. He was thrusting into Rai in that particular way every time now, and Rai's concentration was breaking apart even faster now. Especially since the other two had finally matched their rhythm, back and forth together and Rai didn't have to move on his own very much anymore.

"Hey, shuddup about that...sort of thing...while..." Ryusei's words weren't too clear, but that's what it sounded like to Rai and he vaguely hoped that Elzam didn't hear it too clearly either. That was - Elzam pressing into him, Ryusei's fingers leaving marks on his skin - insubordination? Did it count now that Elzam - was kissing at his neck, under the hair - wasn't in the army anymore? Then again, Elzam didn't seem to mind with the way he leaned forward and kissed Ryusei deeply, shutting him up for the moment. Rai probably didn't need to worry about it either, with Ryusei pressing down more and more irregularly and him responding in kind, losing more and more control with every second.

In the end there was no need for Rai to hold back too much, as Ryusei was just as close to the edge as he was. With Rai's thrusts and Ryusei's own movements, along with Elzam touching the younger SRX pilot, Ryusei had just about had it. "Gah, uh, Rai..." The younger man mumbled, holding onto his partner so hard that it hurt, though Rai was too out of it to pay attention. His control was slipping badly and his movements felt clumsy, but he needed to get it over with. Elzam was still perfectly in control, nibbling on his neck while pressing into him and it was all too much.

He did at least pay attention a moment later when Ryusei yelled something he couldn't make sense out of - even if he somewhere in the back of his mind knew it was something he didn't want to know anyway. Elzam pulled his hand away and Ryusei relaxed just a little, and had Rai been more in control of his thoughts he would have considered it a victory. He was in no condition to reflect on the matter though, and he pressed into the younger man hard a few times before his body couldn't take another second of it. He mumbled Ryusei's name as he came, the orgasm blurring his mind completely and he didn't even know what happened afterwards, just that Ryusei was there and he felt warm.

Rai had the vague sensation of someone moving around behind him, but he didn't pay it too much mind. It was much easier to listen to Ryusei's breathing slow and steady as his partner fell asleep. Sleep felt like a remarkably good idea right now, actually. Anything else could be taken care of when he woke up, but for right now he was drained, comfortable, and quite ready to fall asleep. Someone reached between his legs and he kicked lazily at them, missing completely. Whoever it was, no, it had to be Elzam seemed to back away at that, and Rai pressed closer to Ryusei before completely falling asleep.

Elzam smiled at the pair for a bit before reaching back down to finish cleaning them off. Rai he could understand passing out, he was surprised his brother hadn't done so earlier. Ryusei...well, the boy was young and didn't exactly have the best self-control. He couldn't exactly be angry at them, it had been very fun while it lasted. Even Ryusei's yelling at the end. "TK Burst...?" he murmured to himself as he lay down and pulled the blanket over all three of them. "It's a good thing you weren't paying attention to that, my brother. Things could've gone bad at a very inopportune time." Rai stirred a bit in his sleep, then fell silent again. Elzam placed a light kiss on his cheek, then pressed up against the pair himself and closed his eyes. Tomorrow would be an...interesting day when they woke up.

Author's notes:

It's a delicious Branstein sandwich. Co-write, because me and MarsDragon found ourselves useless at finishing fics. Co-writing at least keeps you doing something! Yay. It's SRW OG porn, which I always blame on Mars, in any case.

- Lady Harken (April/May 2009)

Next you'll be blaming me for the extinction of the dinosaurs.

-MarsDragon