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One night at around 9:30, Bastion was laying on his bed looking at the ceiling when there was a knock at the door. He got up to answer it, and to his surprise, Jaden was standing there.
"What's wrong, Jaden?" Bastion asked when he saw his friend's sad face.
"I'll tell you, but first... can I come in?" Jaden asked, innocently.
"Sure. Come in." Bastion said as he stood aside, allowing Jaden to come into the room. Once Jaden was inside Bastion closed the door then went over and sat on his bed. "You can sit down." He said, and Jaden took a seat next to him. "Now... tell me what's wrong." He said. Jaden looked at his friend with sparkling, tear filled eyes. "Jaden?"
"I'm sorry. I'm just... really sad." He said as he wiped the tears away.
"Don't be. You shouldn't be ashamed to cry." Bastion said. "All I want to know is why you're crying."
"I got a message from my mother a little while ago. She told me that my father... just past away." He said before he started sobbing.
"Jaden." Bastion said softly, trying to comfort his friend, but Jaden didn't look at him. So Bastion took his chin between his thumb and pointer finger and nearly had to force Jaden to look at him. "If it's any consolation, I know how you feel because I lost my mother... when I was only about 7 years old." He said, and Jaden sniffed before replying.
"You did?"
"Yes. I know it's hard to loose someone you care so deeply for, but time heals all wounds." Bastion explained. Then the next thing he knew, Jaden was clinging to him, as if it were the only thing keeping him together.
"You think?"
"I know. You never completely get over it though it's still hard for me to mention my mother, but it's atleast gotten better." He said. A minute later Jaden looked up at Bastion when he felt something drop on his head, and what he saw surprised him. Bastion was crying.
"Bastion? Why are you crying?"
"I told you that it was hard for me to mention my mother."
"But... aren't you ashamed to let other people see you cry?"
"No. I've always been taught that it's okay to cry every once and a while. Sadness is a natural emotion that everyone feels and it's okay to express it. Why try to hold it in? Why don't you just cry when you feel like crying?" Bastion asked, and Jaden just started crying again into Bastion's chest.
"You're both strong and sensitive." Jaden said, and Bastion began too feel his face heat up.
"Do you really think that?"
"Yes, I do." Jaden said softly, his crying calming down a little bit.
'I've never been so happy, surprised, and sad all at once before.' Bastion thought. Then Jaden pulled away from Bastion just enough so they could see each other's faces.
"Hey Bastion?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think I could sleep here for the night?"
"Um... sure." Bastion replied. 'He needs reassurance after what he just found out after all.' He thought. Then Jaden laid down and put his head on Bastion's lap. "Uh... Jaden? Any particular reason why your head is on my lap?"
"Because it's comfortable here." Jaden answered as he closed his eyes.
"Uh... but, Jaden... I can't sleep sitting up."
"Then lets make it more comfortable." Jaden said as he sat up to let Bastion lay down. Then once Bastion was laying down Jaden put his head back on his lap and closed his eyes again after Bastion turned of the light. "Good night, Bastion."
"Good night, Jaden." Bastion said back then they both fell asleep.
-- Later that night --
At around midnight Jaden wolk up and looked at Bastion, who was sleeping (obviously). Jaden gently and quietly took his head off of Bastion's lap and moved up so he could look at Bastion closely. Closer then he ever could when Bastion was awake. He couldn't help but notice how handsome Bastion was.
'I've always known that Bastion was handsome. The first time I saw him at the entrance exams I told myself that he was the most handsomest guy I had ever seen. I knew I was into guys... even then. How could anyone not think he's handsome?' Jaden thought. 'I mean... he's got a nice face that anyone could fall for, almost perfect hair, and don't even get me started on his body. He's got nice, thin legs, muscular chest and arms, and flat stomach.' He thought, then straddled Bastion's hips. 'If only I could see his eyes. His eyes are probably the things that attract me to him the most.'
Then the next thing Jaden knew was Bastion opening his eyes and looking at him.
"Jaden? What are you doing up?" Bastion asked, then realized what position they were in. "And why are you sitting on me?"
"I just wolk up, and I'm like this because I wanted to get a closer look at you."
"W-why?" Bastion asked as he felt his face heat up yet again.
"Because..."
"Because why?"
"Well... has anyone ever told you that you're very handsome?"
"A-a-a couple people." He said as his blush deepened.
"What a shame. I wanted to be the first to tell you." Jaden said, then placed his head near Bastion's heart. "Bastion, your heart is racing." He said, and Bastion bit his bottom lip. It was true and his breathing had increased in pace as well. "What are you so nervous about?"
"I-it's just that... I've never had anyone t-this close to m-me b-before."
"Well that's a good thing." Jaden said, then out of nowhere he moved up and pressed his lips against Bastion's. Bastion was so shocked that his eyes shot all the way open and he barely kissed him back. Pretty soon, Jaden pulled away from Bastion and quickly got off him. "Bastion, I'm so sorry. I guess I just got too caught up in the moment and did something that I shouldn't of done." Jaden apologized. "I'll go now." He said, then was about to get off the bed and leave, but Bastion grabbed his wrist which caused Jaden to look back at him.
"Don't leave." Bastion said, and Jaden's eyes widened in surprise.
"Why not? I just... kissed you and you want me to stay after you know the horrible truth about me."
"And what horrible truth would that be?"
"That I like guys." He said, then he heard Bastion chuckle. "I knew you would laugh."
"I'm not laughing at you, Jaden. I'm laughing at the fact that you thought that what gender your attracted to is some horrible truth." He said.
"Not just anybody in that gender. You." Jaden said as he looked away.
"Jaden, to be honest... I'm flattered that you like me of all people."
"But?"
"But what?"
"Aren't you going to say 'but'? There's always a 'but' after a sentence like that." Jaden said. Then Bastion took ahold of Jaden's chin and made him look back at him again.
"Are you sure about that?" Bastion asked with a smirk.
"You mean-" Jaden started, but couldn't finish because Bastion had pressed their lips together. Jaden tried to get himself to wake up but thought that there was no way this could be a dream. Jaden gasped when he felt Bastion's tongue slid across his lips, begging for an entrance. Bastion took advantage of this by letting his tongue dive in so he could taste the inside of Jaden's mouth. Jaden moaned and his eyes slip closed, completely surrendering himself to Bastion. A minute later they broke away and looked into each other's eyes. "B-Bastion, does this mean that you-"
"Yes." Bastion said, cutting Jaden off. "Yes, I do. I'm... attracted to you too."
"You love me, you mean? Right?"
"Yes. If you want to put it that way. I love you."
"Yeah!" Jaden cheered happily, then tackled Bastion to the bed. "So... does this mean that our relationship is official now?"
"Well... I haven't asked you yet."
"Then ask me! Ask me!" Jaden said, excitedly.
"Okay, okay. Do you want to go out with me, Jaden Yuki?"
"Yes! Yes, I do." Jaden said, excitedly, then they kissed again. After they broke away Jaden yawned.
"Tired?"
"Yes."
"Then you should get some sleep." Bastion said. So Jaden laid down next to him, and they both fell asleep in each other's arms.
-- A couple months later (I'm skipping through time to get to the actual point in the story) --
"Oh, you have a boyfriend?" Jaden's mom asked while they were sitting at the kitchen table. It was now summer time so everyone was back home.
"Yeah."
"What's he look like?"
"Well... he's tall, has nice hair, beautiful eyes, and... a very nice body."
"Anything in his personality that you like?"
"Oh yeah!"
"Like what?"
"He's nice, caring, sweet, sometimes sensitive... and smart. No one can ever forget that Bastion is extremely smart."
"Bastion? So that's his name." She said, and Jaden blushed before nodding. "I like that name. If I had ever had another son. I would of named him Bastion."
"That would be kinda weird for me to be dating a guy named Bastion and having a brother named Bastion." Jaden said. (This is foreshadowing people!)
"Yeah, I guess it would." She said, then there was a knock at the door.
"Oh, that must be Bastion!" Jaden said happily as he stood up and went to the door.
"You invited him over?"
"Sorry mom. I thought I told you."
"You didn't, but it's okay. This would be a good chance for me to meet him. Go on." She said. So Jaden turned to the door and opened it.
"Hi Bastion. Come on in." Jaden said.
"Thank you. Don't mind if I do." He said, then came into the house and Jaden shut the door.
'Well... he's got manners.' She said, and Bastion saw her sitting there.
"Oh... hello."
"Hi."
"You must be Jaden's mother."
"Yes, I am." She said as she stood up. "And you must be Jaden's boyfriend." She said and he turned to Jaden.
"You told her?"
"Yes, he did." She said, quickly, before Jaden could answer. Bastion turned back to her and smiled. "What's your name?" She asked he turned back to Jaden.
"You told her about the relationship, but you didn't tell her my name?"
"I told her your first name." Jaden said, and Bastion once again looked back at Jaden's mom.
"Well to clarify... my name is Bastion Misawa."
"Misawa. I like that name too."
"Too?"
"Oh, I told Jaden earlier that I liked your first name. I like your last name too."
"Thank you." He said. Then she took a step back and started looking at him from head to toe. "If you don't mind me asking, Mrs. Yuki... what are you doing?" Bastion asked after a minute of her looking at him.
"Seeing if you look good enough." She said, then started to circle him, still looking from head to toe.
'Oh no, mom's seeing if Bastion is 'good enough'. This can't be good.' Jaden thought. Then she stopped circling him and looked him in the eyes.
"Jaden sure knows how to pick 'em." She said with a smile which caused Jaden to let out a silent sigh of relief. Bastion smiled back at her.
"Thank you, Mrs. Yuki."
"You can call me Crystal."
"Crystal. I like that name." Bastion said, and Crystal giggled.
"Thanks." She said. Then she looked at ther watch. "Oh boy, I gotta go." She said, then picked up her bag and headed for the door, but she said somethings before she went out. "I don't know when I'll be back so don't wait up. You two play nice now." She said, then opened the door. "And no fooling around." She said, then winked and closed the door behind her.
"Fooling around?" Bastion asked, and Jaden laughed nervously while scratching the back of his head.
"My mom is a joker."
"I see." Bastion said. "Now I know who you mostly take after." He said, and Jaden laughed. "So... do you mind showing me around the house?"
"Sure, no problem. Well... this is the kitchen." Jaden said, then brought him into the livingroom. "This is the livingroom."
-- After the tour was... almost over --
"Only one room left to show you." Jaden said.
"Your room?"
"Yep. Follow me." Jaden said. So Bastion did and went up the stairs in front of Jaden's room. Then they went in and to Bastion's surprise, it was clean. (I'm sure that's to everyone's surprise.) "You can put your stuff down. Because this is where you're going to sleep." Jaden said, happily. Bastion put his stuff down then looked over and saw a snake inside a glass cage.
"J-Jaden?"
"Yeah?"
"Why do you have a snake in here?"
"Oh, that's my pet snake, Freddy." Jaden said. (In memory of Fred Weasley from Harry Potter.)
"P-pet?"
"Yeah." He said, then looked at Freddy's feeding schedule. "And it looks like it's time to feed him." Jaden said, then got out a box and took a mouse out of it.
"What do you plan on doing with that?" Bastion asked, referring to the mouse.
"It's Freddy's food."
"Your going to give a harmless, innocent mouse to a man-eating snake?"
"Freddy's not man-eating." Jaden said, then opened the cover to the cage, dropped the mouse in, then closed the cover. "And am I sensing some snake issues?"
"L-look... I-I've never told anyone this, but... I'm deadly afraid of snakes." Bastion said as he looked away. Then he felt a gentle hand on his shoulder and he looked up to see Jaden giving him a comforting smile.
"Freddy is not going to hurt you, Bastion. In all the three years I've had him, he's never once tried to get out of his cage. And he even lets me pet him. Watch this." Jaden said, then went over to the cage, opened it up, and took Freddy out. He was about 15 feet long.
"Jaden, what on earth are you doing?"
"Chill. I've done this a hundred times." Jaden said, then Bastion noticed that Freddy was wrapping his tail around Jaden's neck.
"Jaden, he's about to suffocate you." Bastion said, but Jaden just smiled.
"Nah, he's just trying to hang on." Jaden said, then took a part of Freddy's tail, put it closer to his neck, and pretended to be suffocated.
"Jaden!" Bastion yelled, and Jaden started laughing while bringing Freddy's tail back down. "That's wasn't funny, Yuki! You scared me to death!" Bastion yelled.
"I'm sorry." Jaden said.
"Don't do that again!"
"I know. I'm sorry." Jaden said, put Freddy back in his cage, closed the lid, then went up to Bastion and hugged him. "I didn't mean to scare you so badly. It was just a joke." He apologized, then felt Bastion's arms wrap around his waist.
"I just care about you too much to see you even pretend to get hurt."
"How many times can I say I'm sorry?" Jaden asked, then Bastion pulled away from him with a smile.
"Oh, I already forgave you, you idiot." He said, then kissed Jaden.
-- With Jaden's mom --
She was at a bar drinking a beer when this guy came up to her and sat down.
"Hi." He greeted.
"Hi." She greeted back.
"What are you here for?"
"Drinkin' away the pain."
"Of what?"
"My husband recently died."
"Oh... I'm so sorry."
"It's okay. It's been a couple months, but it still hurts... you know?"
"Yeah. I felt the sameway when my wife died. My son was only 7 years old when it happened."
"Oh, you have a son?"
"Yeah. You?"
"I have a son too. It crushed him to find out that his father died. You see... he was at school on Duel Academy. Do you know what that is?"
"Yes. My son goes to the same school."
"Really? That's strange."
"Yeah. Look at us. Here we are talking about our sons and we don't even know each other's names yet. I'm Matthew." He said as he extended his hand out.
"Crystal." She said, then they shook hands. Then they continued talking for hours on end like old friends. (Another rhyme!)
-- Back with Jaden and Bastion --
They were laying on Jaden's bed, it was nearing midnight, and Jaden was starting to get worried.
"You don't think my mom is in trouble, do you?" Jaden asked, after he turned over to face Bastion then looked away. "I thought she would be back by now." He said, then he looked back up at Bastion.
"Your mom will be back." He said, but Jaden just looked away again. "I know she will."
"How do you know?"
"Because a Yuki always returns." He said with a smile.
"Except my father."
"Hey. I thought you've gotten over that some. It's been like... what... two months?"
"Yeah, but... after all he was my dad." Jaden said, and Bastion kissed his neck. "What was that for?"
"Just something to make you feel better. So... do you feel better yet?"
"Maybe. But then again I might need another kiss to feel better."
"Where would you like this one?" Bastion asked, playing along.
"Oh... anywhere."
"Anywhere, huh?" Bastion asked, then kissed his neck and shoulder. Bastion heard Jaden moan a little so he continued to kiss along Jaden's neck. "You're beautiful, Jaden. You know that, right?"
"No, I'm not really beautiful, but... thanks anyway."
"Don't say that about yourself, Jaden. You're very beautiful."
"Bastion?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you wanna... do something?"
"Um... like what?"
"You know..." Jaden trailed off, but his face said it all.
"I don't know. You mom did say no fooling around."
"She was joking."
"I still don't know. Why?"
"Because I was just thinking. Empty house, cozy bed, dangerous me and maybe you."
"You think?"
"Well... we are all alone, aren't we?" Jaden asked, then the door opened downstairs. "Maybe not." Jaden said, and Bastion couldn't help but laugh a little.
"Well atleast your worries can stop because it sounds like your mom is home."
"Yeah... and just when I was getting over my worries and starting to get comfortable with you."
"What? You weren't comfortable before?"
"No. I was, but in a diffrent way."
"We should probably get some sleep."
"Yeah." Jaden agreed then they both fell asleep, holding each other tightly.
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