Taste of victory

- Are you worried? - asked Rorik to Mira, noticing him playing continuosly with the hem of his shirt and with the dragon claw on his necklace.

- Mira, chill. Nothing's going to happen to your man - tried to reassure him Lynae, smiling affectionately and putting a hand on his shoulder.

Mira blushed violently after hearing her define Leif his man, and his friends laughed.

- Even beginners participate, often, and it's a quite fun competition for those who are not interested in winning at all costs - said the plants Dragontamer. - Our teammates are competitive, sure, but not to the point to risk their lives to win.

Mira looked more relaxed.

The competition took place on the beach with white sand, now emptied from the light bulbs. I wonder where they put them, asked himself the boy.

The competition started. Like Rorik said, it was in fact pretty fun and, between the competitors, there were some very young Dragontamers. Sometimes they lost balance, but they got it back immediately, laughing and going back to catching the balls.

Leif and Yorick were extremely precise and fast, they didn't let even one fall, and Jun wasn't bad too. Mira found himself breathless every time the fire Dragontamer pushed himself a bit too much. He admired his talent, but couldn't help but worry. Leif was all he had.

The competition ended with the blonde in the first place. Jun got fourth place and Yorick fifth.

- See that everything went well? - said Rorik, patting his friend's shoulder. He nodded.

Their teammates reached them a while later. Leif ran to his boyfriend and hugged him, kissing his hair.

- Safe and sound - he whispered, smiling. Mira nodded and held him tight. The fire Dragontamer smiled even more and ruffled his soft reddish hair.

That evening, when they went to bed, they didn't fall asleep immediately.

- Do you like being here? Watching the competitions? - asked Leif, while caressing Mira's face.

- Yes. Even though I couldn't help but be worried about you, today - he admitted, closing his eyes to enjoy more his cuddles.

The blonde smiled.

- Now you know how I feel when you train with Yorick - he mumbled, jokingly but not too much.

- I don't think I'll keep on training with him... nor that we'll see him often - observed Mira, nuzzling his cheek against his boyfriend's hand. - Now that he has Jun...

- He's going to fly from an island to the other - Leif giggled and wriggled in the too small bed to be even closer to his boyfriend. - At least he's stopped flirting with you.

- You said you weren't jealous of anyone - reminded him Mira to tease him. The fire Dragontamer snorted.

- But I'm not jealous of Yorick - he retorted. Mira arched a brow. - Okay, maybe a little.

The blue eyed boy took his face in his hands and kissed him, smiling on his lips.

- Yorick is cute and funny, but he isn't you - he whispered, looking for his gorgeous green eyes to chain his gaze to his own. - And I want you since the day I saw you, even though I wasn't aware of it.

- Repeat it.

- What?

A smile bloomed on Leif's lips.

- That you want me.

- I want you - whispered Mira, blushing softly. The fire Dragontamer hugged him tight, pressing his forehead against his and closing his eyes.

- Mira, it doesn't matter where I am, you make me feel at home - he muttered.

Mira shyly stretched out an arm and wrapped it around his boyfriend's waist.

Home wasn't just a place. Home was also family, home was love.

***

The day after there were the last three competitions: in the morning the air competition, a dangerous challenge of stunts, the fire competition, a mix between the electricity competition and the ice one, and in the aft ernoon the plants competition, in which the Dragontamers had to make plants and flowers bloom or bring back to life possible vegetals damaged by the previous competition.

The Dragontamers met up for breakfast.

Yorick was quiet. Rorik was relaxed as usual. Leif was calm and lovey dovey with Mira.

- It's normal, don't worry - said the fire Dragontamer to Jun. - He becomes always like that when he's focused. Not often, then.

His friend glared at him and Leif chuckled. Jun simply smiled.

After breakfast they moved to the beach with white sand. The water Dragontamer was worried.

- Don't squash yourself - he told Yorick, trying to make him laugh. He caressed softly his face and pressed a kiss to his forehead.

- Why would I? You'll be there to catch me, won't you? - he replied, and his grey eyes sparkled. Jun pressed his lips together in a thin line. - Have faith in me.

- I trust you - muttered the boy, lowering his gaze. Yorick kissed him.

- Cheer on me, love - he said, winking. And he went to Lutfi without turning around.

More than cheering on his boyfriend, Jun prayed for everything to go well. Mira too, who had trained with the Dragontamer more than once, had his fingers crossed for him. Leif, Rorik, Lynae and Elin instead, were calm, sure of their friend's abilities.

Yorick did a breathtaking performance, letting himself fall from his dragon and making Lutfi catch him, like he did the day he was introduced to Mira. His stunts made him earn the first place.

Jun held him tight.

- Thank you for not squashing yourself - he whispered, hiding his face in his neck. Yorick caressed his hair.

- No problem, sweetheart - he replied, happy.

During the fire competition Leif made flames light up on Ruby's back like he did the night he had asked Mira out, but only from his wings on. He made him create a heart of smoke while flying, which Mira suspected was for him, and other figures.

- Someday he'll ask him to marry him like that, I know it - whispered Yorick to Rorik.

- Did you enjoy my show? - asked the fire Dragontamer, once he was declared the winner. 

Mira hugged him and put his head on his chest, smiling.

- I loved it - he answered, stopping for a moment to listen to the boy's slow heartbeat.

- I'm glad - muttered Leif. Having him there, at that moment, gave victory a totally different taste.

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