"That's a rather strange thought, isn't it?" Ansel replied, holding the cigarette in his lips for a moment before nodding and pulling it out between his fingers. "I was smoking cigarettes before you were even alive." The thought itself was a bit sobering for Ansel, who had never really put much thought into his and Lucio's age difference aside from wondering if Lucio found his graying hairs attractive. Ansel had been casually dating younger men for at least a decade, and as he got older his dates seemed to stay the same age. Hell, even Petra was only twenty-five, not much older than Lucio. Twenty years separated the lovers. Ansel was already in college by the time his love was just taking his first breaths of air, and although Lucio had already had his small crisis thinking about what it would be like as they aged, Ansel was only now coming to consider it himself. The chances of Ansel passing before Lucio were extremely high, astronomically high if one didn't consider accidents or illness. Although Ansel wanted to spend the rest of his life with Lucio in his arms, he had the tiniest, morbid hope that Lucio would die before him. The thought of living without the beautiful man was torturous, but Ansel knew that if he broke his silent promise to love Lucio for the rest of his days and left him alone with no one to hold his hand, walk by his side, hold him at night, Ansel would never forgive himself, even in the afterlife, if there even was such a thing. Ansel hoped to spare Lucio the pain of loneliness, even if Lucio thought he would be fine by himself. He would shoulder all the agony for both of them until the end of his days if it meant that Lucio didn't have to spend one second in this world thinking he had no one.<br/><br/>Lucio dug through the bag and Ansel forced himself away from this thoughts, watching as his darling chose a pretty little blue pill. The professor smiled at Lucio comment and nodded, following his lead and pulling out one of the red pills, this one with a heart stamped on it. "Yes, it really is quite odd. They look like little candies. All the more reason I'm glad I never had kids. Trying to hide this stuff and the rest of my drugs would be quite the challenge." He paused for a moment and scrunched up his nose in thought. "Although, I guess if I had kids I'd give up drugs for the sake of being able to care for them properly. Probably the more reasonable solution. However, as you don't have a uterus, I don't think that needs to be worried about."<br/><br/>Ansel laughed at Lucio as the boy popped the pill into his mouth, only to ask what he should be doing after the fact. "Yes, honey, swallow it down with some water, just like a regular pill. Some people recommend chewing it, but as this is your first time I think swallowing will suffice. If you chew it, you'll be rolling within twenty minutes and I would rather you feel the high pulling you up more gradually instead of all at once.<br/><br/>The bottles of water sat buried in the sand along with everything else. He reached over and pulled them out, handing one to Lucio and opening his own so he could take a swig of water, drop the pill into his mouth, and swallow. "These ones should start kicking in at about the thirty-minute mark. Once the hour hits we will be rolling, and the high lasts for about two-three hours total. Your body is small than mine so it may hit you quicker, but don't worry. I promise nothing bad is going to happen to you."<br/><br/>He set the water down on the blanket, finished up the last drag of his cigarette and smooshed the butt into the sand momentarily before tossing it into the bag he had brought the water in. The edges of the lake were such a beautiful and serene place that he didn't wish to mar its beauty with garbage. He waited until Lucio had swallowed his pill before placing a hand on the boy's chest and gently pushing him down. Ansel climbed on top of him, not unlike Cassio had been on his lover when Ansel and Lucio had passed by, and pressed a kiss to Lucio's lips. "So, tell me baby, while we wait for the high, what shall we do? Talk, make out, discuss plans for our future lake house?" His gaze was briefly drawn upward, and in the fair distance, the professor could see a couple of the teenagers on the shore, eyes directed their way. Ansel found it curious, as he didn't see what could possibly be interesting about him and Lucio when they had one another to keep their entertainment. He shrugged it off, however and returned to his stare to the lovely man beneath him.<br/><br/>"And don't forget to tell me once you start to feel it," Ansel instructed, leaning down to kiss Lucio's lips. "I want you to tell me everything you experience."