All Chapters of Possessed By Death: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

That question was the last thing Nocturne had ever expected to hear from Leo. In all his imagined scenarios for how their dating life would eventually go, he had never expected his biggest secret to be exposed. There was no other way out than to be honest.“Grim Reaper is more of a human term,” he replied simply. “I will not lie to you anymore. I am the ruler of the underworld and my job is to collect the souls of the dead. Does that answer your question?”Leo’s eyes widened in surprise and then he nodded.“It does. I was upset about finding out you had been lying to me yesterday,” he said. “I was ready to make a police report and then I remembered something weird from the summer. I saw you in my bedroom. I thought it was a dream at the time. I realized everything made sense if it wasn’t a dream. You visited me in August.”Nocturne had regarded his visit to Leo to remind him of his promise to be a disaster on all fronts as it had gone badly. Now he knew it was a mistake that had paid

Nocturne stared at his boyfriend in silence. The silence became more awkward the longer it went on for. His brain was unable to respond to the question.Leo soon moved back to lying against him. “I can tell that you have not considered having sex with me.”The ruler of the underworld was very far outside of his comfort zone. His thoughts revolved around his job, trying to fit in dates with Leo and thinking about how happy he was with Leo. His mind flashed back to a very early conversation with Celeste. She had asked about his plans for Leo and he had said that he hadn’t saved his life so he could have sex with him later. That was true. Things like that didn’t cross his mind.“It is not something I think about,” he said eventually. “I know things are different for humans. Their minds are different.”“It was just something I was curious about. Don’t worry about it,” Leo assured him.His boyfriend took to wrapping one of his long gray curls around his finger and Nocturne wondered if he

Nocturne had been unsure how Leo would react to his statement. His boyfriend stiffened and then looked up at him with a pink face.“Okay,” he said with visible awkwardness. “How did you learn about it? Not every source is good.”The ruler of the underworld wasn’t sure what his boyfriend could be referring to.“I asked Celeste when I got back last night for advice. She took me to a bookshop this morning and got me to read lots of books,” he explained. “I have learnt a lot about things from her and the books.”“Ah, you didn’t watch anything,” Leo said with audible relief.Nocturne didn’t understand the question. “What would I watch?” “You’re very pure so I’m not going to explain that one,” Leo said. “What was the most important thing you learnt about sex?”“Consent is the most important thing,” Nocturne related proudly. “That’s right,” his boyfriend agreed.“Celeste told me that humans think about sex a lot,” the ruler of the underworld added. “I do not because I am not human. You wil

Leo blushed at his own words. He sounded so desperate. Nocturne didn’t react at first and then he patted the top of his head with a tender touch.“Your parents are in the house,” he reminded him. “I do not think you want to have sex with them freely moving around. I am your invisible secret boyfriend after all.”Nocturne was right. Leo knew that. He just wanted it so badly. He took a deep breath and released his boyfriend from his embrace.“Are the walls really that thin here?”His boyfriend had demonstrated to him many times that he had sensitive hearing and had assured him that his housemates couldn’t hear anything they were doing in his bedroom.“Yes, I can hear your parents talking right now about laundry detergent. I am certain that they would hear you if we had sex whilst they were in the house.”Leo was mortified to think that his parents would have heard him making sexual noises if Nocturne didn’t have a logical mind.He took a step back from Nocturne and rearranged his though

As he lay prone on his bed with a sore backside, Leo reflected that the second time for everything was always easier than the first.Nocturne had been kind and considerate the entire time and he was even doing the laundry for him right now. Leo sighed and sat up in bed so he didn't feel so lazy. His mind was active in thinking of all the things they could do together. He was going home for spring break and it would be fine for Nocturne to appear in human form there. Brad was still on the lookout for human Nocturne so dates at university had never been possible.They could go to the park for a walk in the warmer weather. Returning to the arcade wasn’t appealing. Leo smiled as he thought back to how odd he had thought Nocturne was for not knowing what anything was in the arcade. It all made sense now.The coffee shop was also an option. Most of their dates in his hometown had started off there in the morning.“What are you smiling about?”Leo started as Nocturne’s face came into view. H