It was a full moon, one of those rare nights when there actually was one. The moon shined into a room where two lovers lied still. Well, one was still, the other was moving slowly across the other's body.
It was heaven, pure heaven. The way this man touched the other, what else could you call this but heaven? The taller of the two looked down at the one he loved, watching the redhead breathe heavily. He was enjoying this, and his lover was too. His lover looked up with dark eyes full of desire, and a smile played about the taller man's lips.
A whispered plea was heard, which caused the taller male to continue with his actions, as he touched his lover's scarred skin. The redhead's rough skin felt like silk under the other man's touches.
The dark-haired male shook the bangs out of his eyes, examining his lover's body slowly. How he loved this body, had desired to hold it in his arms for so long. He leaned down and kissed at his lover's lips, deeply. His lover returned the kiss with a small moan.
"Please...". Another plea, and if only he could hear how it sounded. The dark-haired male continued to kiss down his redhead's body, loving the small noises being emitted from the man below him.
He continued to touch the other's skin with his fingers, looking up when his lover shivered. He had found a sensitive spot, and he smiled. He moved his hand into the other's, holding it gently. "I..need you...", the redhead pleaded.
"Don't worry...I'll take care of you...I promise I will", the taller male whispered, looking down at the other's face. He caressed the other's face, and the redhead leaned into the touch. The dark-haired man smiled some more, wrapping his arms around his lover's waist, pulling him close.
The same man held the other gently for some moments, placing gentle kisses on his lover's neck. He felt the one beneath him wrap his arms around him, giving complete trust to the one above him.
Skin met skin, flesh met flesh. And soon...bodies met other bodies. The redhead moaned when his lover's body met his own. They were no longer in this bedroom, for the uke of this moment felt like he was floating in space. He was swimming in the dark abyss, not wanting to return to the gravity of the real world.
Yet his lover's movements brought this man back to reality, back to his senses. He started making noises, noises he never thought, or knew, he could make. The taller male caressed the other's hair as he moved, claimed the body beneath him.
Seconds turned to minutes, minutes turned to hours. Hours and hours of pure bliss, the kind the redhead could never imagine was possible. He loved what the other was doing to his body.
Every moment brought even more pleasure, pleasure that would bring them closer to the edge. Soon, they were nearing that very edge, and the shorter male's moans grew louder.
The taller male could feel it too, but he didn't want to stop, he was too fueled by the other's moaning.
The intensity of the situation grew, as every second brought them closer to falling over the edge. Soon, that moment had arrived.
They could feel themselves slipping over that edge fast, until they finally released all the ecstasy that had built up inside of them. They fell back onto the bed, panting and sweating heavily.
"I..love you...Fred...", the redhead whispered after a few moments. The one above him took a few minutes to regain himself, and smiled.
"I love you too..Gene...", the one above said redhead replied. Then they sealed their love in an everlasting kiss, and the whole world went black.
Gene woke up from the dream he was having with a gasp. His forehead was sweating, and he was panting slightly. Another one of THOSE dreams..., he thought, leaning up in his bed.
He wiped the sweat away from his forehead as he made his way out of his room, heading towards the bathroom right down the hall. He turned on the faucet, and splashed cool water over his face.
"Why am I having these dreams? These dreams...that I don't want to have...?", he asked himself quietly, trailing off at the last train of thought. He sighed heavily, and went back to his room.
It was still the middle of the night, and Gene wasn't going to wake up any of the others just because he had more of these kind of dreams. The worst part of it, was that Gene's body had reacted to that dream.
Dammit..., he cursed to himself mentally, crawling into his bed and curling up. "I'll have to think about this...tomorrow...", he whispered to the night, and fell asleep again.
The next morning, around 11 AM, everyone except Gene was wide awake. Melfina was in the kitchen making breakfast, while Jim was checking information on his laptop and adding more into it at the counter. The others had left earlier, so it was only the three of them in the ship.
Jim looked up after a few minutes, noticing that Gene had still not come out of his room. He just stared off down the hallway, expecting Gene to just walk on by.
"What is that lazy ass doing? Must be slacking off, AGAIN. Honestly...every time I need to talk to him, he's in bed", Jim said to no one in particular.
Melfina finished breakfast, and served it onto some plates. She brought two of them over to the counter, and set one in front of Jim, and one beside him.
"I'm sure he'll be up in a few minutes", she replied, smiling brightly. Jim just looked at her with a hint of sympathy, and sighed. That's when Gilliam wandered into the room.
Jim turned to Gilliam, and addressed him. "Gilliam...do me a favor and go wake Gene up. We have things to do today"
"Affirmative, be right back", Gilliam responded, heading out of the kitchen.
Gilliam headed into Gene's room, and stared at him as he slept. "Gene...wake up. It's late morning, please don't make a habit out of sleeping in", he said to Gene's sleeping form.
Gene turned on his side, having been woken up completely by Gilliam's voice. "Leave me alone..", he simply responded.
"Now, now...you have things to do today, and it was Jim's request anyways", Gilliam replied matter-of-factly.
Gene groaned a bit, then finally sat up. "Fine, I'm up. Please leave", he ordered. Gilliam turned and headed out of Gene's room then, leaving Gene to sigh heavily.
Gene got out of bed and started getting dressed. He headed into the bathroom to freshen up, then came out fully dressed and prepared for the day. He went into the kitchen, and sat down. He began to eat his breakfast in silence.
Jim was already finished, and just looked at Gene. "About time you woke up...you'd sleep through a Kei Pirate attack", he stated.
"Shut up...I had a rough night", Gene replied in an annoyed tone. He quickly finished his breakfast to get rid of just WHAT was so rough about it. He got up after he was done, and put his plate in the sink. He gave a gentle smile to Melfina then.
"Thanks for breakfast...it was good, as usual", he commented, chuckling a bit. Melfina giggled softly, and just gave Gene a warm hug. Gene blinked a bit, then his smile grew as he returned the hug.
"Gene..can I see you in the back room? It's important", Jim finally said, not wanting to interrupt the other two. He headed into said back room, and waited for Gene. Gene watched him for a moment, then headed after him, giving a slight bow to Melfina.
Once he was in the back room with Jim, he shut the door. "So what is it? It'd better be important, like you said it was", Gene questioned. Jim just gave a nod to Gene
"Of course it is...we need to make the daily checklist. Let's see...how are we on supplies?", Jim asked, looking down the list on his portable PC.
"Supplies are fine, we have enough to last for another two weeks. That's a check for the list", Gene replied. Jim pressed a button on the PC, placing a check by "Supplies".
"Okay...now parts for the ship, are they in good condition?", Jim continued, looking up at Gene. Gene thought about it a moment, then nodded. Jim pressed a button and placed a check by "Ship Parts".
"Now...the most important thing of all. This is what I really needed to talk to you about", Jim stated, looking at Gene with a serious look in his eyes. Gene saw the look, and got serious himself.
"I'm listening...give it to me straight Jim", Gene replied, rubbing his head a bit, and stretching out his arms. Jim looked at his PC, then at Gene, as if he was hesitating on telling Gene what he needed to say. He then finally spoke up, his focus on Gene again.
"To put it in simple terms...we're running low on funds. If this happens, we'll be broke within the next two days", Jim responded, closing his eyes. Gene's eyes widened in surprise.
"Two days?! How can that be?! We had more than enough in our funds last week, so I was sure we'd last for a little while!", Gene exclaimed. Jim opened his eyes again, giving Gene an annoyed look. That's when he reprimanded Gene on his statements.
"Well a certain SOMEONE I could mention has been going out drinking this past week, and buying needless things! That's why we're low on funds, because of how RECKLESS you are with our money!", Jim shouted, looking seriously peeved. Gene sighed, and looked down.
"Guess you're right...I'm sorry. I'll be more careful next time, I promise!", Gene stated, putting his hands together, as if begging for forgiveness. Jim just crossed his arms, looking away.
"Not my problem...", he replied. Gene blinked in confusion, and started wondering what Jim meant. He decided to ask him about it.
"What do you mean by that? We're in this together, so we'll have to think of something together", Gene stated, looking at Jim. Jim looked at Gene again, and held up his index finger.
"We're in need of money, right?", he asked. Gene blinked, and then nodded. Jim then tilted his finger towards the right. "So we're gonna need to get some, right?", he continued. Gene nodded again, whatever Jim was trying to say wasn't clicking just yet.
"So...what do we do when we're in desperate need of money Gene?", Jim asked, his eyelids lowering at Gene. Gene and Jim then had a staring match for about 3 minutes, before it finally hit Gene.
"Oh no...", Gene replied solemnly, slinking to the ground. Why me? Why now? I don't want to...I can't see him right now, he thought to himself. Jim just snickered, and nodded.
After a few minutes, Gene and Jim finally came out of the back room. Jim looked like he had just won a prize, and Gene looked like he had just lost his most precious possession. Melfina looked at the two, becoming very curious at their expressions.
"What's going on? Did something happen?", she asked them both. Gene didn't respond, nor did Jim. They ignored her for a few minutes as they headed towards the door, and once they were there, Gene yelled back.
"We're going out for a bit, so wait up for us!", he called out to Melfina, before opening the door and heading out. Jim waved back to her, smiling as he followed Gene out into the West Virginia Spaceport.
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Gene was dreading this visit, every cell in his body was twitching just thinking about it. Something about Fred just unnerved him, made him feel weird. He couldn't put his finger on what it was exactly, but it had to be a big something.
"Gene! Watch the road!", Jim shouted. Gene looked up, and quickly swerved to avoid an oncoming car. The car beeped at him, and Gene just growled and ignored the curses that followed.
What is wrong with me? I'm getting worked up over nothing. I mean, it was only a dream, nothing more...right?, Gene thought, driving past some buildings as he reached Hugo.
Gene pulled up to Fred's building after a few minutes of driving through the city of Hugo, and shut off the car. He and Jim both got out of the car, and Gene looked up at the building. It stood out more than the rest, but it WAS Fred Luo after all, so it probably would anyways.
"Just let me get through this...", Gene mumbled to himself, looking down. Jim was already at the door, and turned around and called to Gene.
"Gene! Come on, don't stand around like a dumbass, someone will hit you!", he shouted out. Gene snapped out of his reverie, and headed up to the door with Jim. They both walked into Fred's building, preparing for another meeting.
They got on the elevator, and pushed the button to go up. They didn't feel like walking up the stairs, so they took the easy way. After a minute, the elevator dinged and the doors opened. Gene and Jim walked onwards, until they reached the door to Fred's office. Two bodyguards stood beside the door, and one of them smirked as he saw Gene.
Gene didn't look at the smirking bodyguard, as he opened the door to the office and stepped inside with Jim. One of the bodyguards closed the door behind them both, and Gene just stared ahead. There, sitting behind his desk, was the one called Fred Luo, the one who Gene was always reluctant to see.
Fred was busy talking on his phone, and it sounded like an important call. He was leaning back in his chair, one leg crossed over the other. He was playing with his earlobe, something Gene was always curious about. However, he felt a dark cloud looming over his head.
He felt like he should run, that he should escape this place as quickly as possible. That's when Fred noticed them both, and gave a cheerful smile. He ended his phone call, then turned to face them both, standing up from his chair.
"Well, look who's back. I hear you're having money troubles again, but I'm used to your phone calls by now so it doesn't surprise me", Fred commented, chuckling a bit as he made his way over to the two, Gene in particular.
Gene made a slightly annoyed face. Damn...missed my chance again..., he thought before speaking up. "Cut the wise cracks, we're here to borrow money. We just have so much use for it, that it just disappears in an instant", Gene stated, smirking a bit to cover up his lie. Jim made a face at the lie.
Whatever Gene...I think he knows you're lying by now, Jim thought. Indeed, Fred did know. He made a soft "Hmm" sound in his throat, a finger on his chin. He then smiled more, and reached out to hug Gene.
Gene saw this, and his reaction was quicker this time. Seeing Fred reaching for him, he quickly took a step back, and out of Fred's reach. He looked away, and at the floor. Fred blinked at this, and then his expression changed. It went from a cheerful expression, to one that you might have if you were told that your true love had just died. He dropped his hands, and turned away, walking back to his desk.
Gene looked up in time to see that look, and his eyes widened a bit. Then he let out a soft gasp, and his eyes relaxed. That look...I've never seen it before...but why?, he thought to himself. Jim saw it too, and looked up at Gene. Why did seeing that look make Gene feel like he had just killed his best friend? Gene shook off the thoughts, and went over and sat on a chair.
"We're here for the money...that's it. We'll be on our way afterwards", Gene said, assuming his regular tone once again. Fred turned to face them both, as Jim sat beside Gene. He had a cheerful smile plastered on his face.
"Of course you are, I knew that already. I know you have things to do, so I won't keep you, I promise", Fred responded, running a finger along the side of Gene's neck. This caused Gene to shiver, and he smacked the hand away on reflex. Fred just giggled, while Gene was thinking about how he hated when Fred teased him.
"So..how much are we asking for here?", Fred finally asked. Jim decided to speak up this time.
"A couple thousand should be enough right now. We have to keep up with supplies and fees and all that, but this time we'll be able to pay it back in full", he replied. He and Fred then started talking about the arrangements, while Gene was left with his thoughts.
Why did that happen? I saw that look on his face...it was so sad. Why do I feel so guilty about it? Why can't I figure myself out?! Shit...what the hell is wrong with me?, Gene mused, and was startled when Jim tapped him on the shoulder.
"It's done..we're leaving now", Jim said, and Gene nodded. He stood up, and looked at Fred, who was staring at him. He flushed a bit, and gave a polite nod to Fred before turning to walk out the door. Jim waved to Fred, and Fred waved back. He watched them both leave, and sighed a bit, leaning back on his desk
Gene and Jim made their way to the elevator, with Jim being excited about having money again. He started rambling on about all the things they could do with it, but Gene wasn't listening. Before they reached the elevator, Gene stopped mid-walk. Jim was already on the elevator, and looked at Gene.
"Aren't you coming?", he asked. Gene was looking at the floor, as if he was thinking about something. He then turned around and began walking back to Fred's office.
"Go wait in the car..I'll be right there", Gene responded, waving Jim off. Jim nodded, and headed down and out of Fred's building, getting into the car. He looked up at the building once more, wondering what Gene had to do.
Meanwhile, Gene went back to the door to Fred's office, and walked inside. The bodyguards looked at him confused, yet just watched him. Fred looked up at hearing the door open, and was surprised to see that Gene had come back.
"Gene? What's wrong? Is everything all right?", Fred asked, tilting his head a bit. Gene finally looked up, and gave Fred a warm smile. Fred blushed a bit as he saw that Gene was actually smiling at him.
"Yeah...I'm fine. Nothing's wrong...don't worry about it", Gene replied. Before Fred could say anything else, Gene went up to him and pulled the taller male into a hug. Fred was left speechless, and could only stand there for a moment, before he returned the hug, resting his head against Gene's shoulder.
Gene pulled away from Fred after a bit, then turned away from him. "I'll see you again...sometime", Gene stated, before heading out of Fred's office and out of the building. He didn't want to think about why he had hugged Fred until later on.
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A/N: Yeah..I hope I did this right now. I want to be sure to put my best effort into this fic, since I want it to be just right. Bet you can't guess what my OTP is? I knew you couldn't! XP J/K...but if you must flame it, those flames will be used to burn the fires of passion in my mind.