Chapter Two: Relying on Idiotic Tendencies.
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Genis jumped to his feet, "Why the heck would you even suggest that, Sheena! Lloyd is just gonna get hurt!" Sheena raised a brow from where she sat, "Lloyd's gay?"
"No, Lloyd's stupid." Genis reasoned. Sheena crossed her arms, "He can't be that dumb to fall for anything this guy has to offer. Besides, I don't think Zelos can stomach being with another man. Just look at him."
It was true, Zelos had gone a deathly pale color, his normal smirk replaced by a look that could only be described as horror. He quickly shook it off though, and leaned back, putting his arms over the back of the couch. He opened his mouth to speak but then shook his head and shut it again.
"See?" Sheena said, "He's not even gonna try." She turned away from Zelos and gave a shrug, "Looks like I win already."
A slam made both Genis and Sheena jump as Zelos pounded his fist on the coffee table, "Damn you Sheena and damn my own pride! I'll do it!" He was glaring heavily at her. The normally cocky Zelos was angry. Sheena gave a smirk, "Testy, aren't we."
"This is…going to be complex." Zelos said with a sigh, "You really play a dirty game, Sheena."
She grinned, "You haven't even been with a guy have you?" Genis had sat back down, uncomfortable with the topic of conversation.
"Yes I have." It was the way that Zelos had said it that brought a serious tension over them. Sensing this, he dispersed it with a laugh, "So how do I know if he's fallen for me? A confession?"
Sheena laughed at the ridiculousness, "Of course not! You've only one way to say you've conquered a woman: to sleep with them. Of course you'll have to do the same with him."
Zelos paled slightly and said, "So I have a year?" Sheena gave a nod, "Loser has to be the others slave for three weeks."
"Okay fine then. Now if you'll excuse me." He stood just as the door swung open. Collette and Lloyd walked in looking as cheerful as could be.
Just looking at them made Zelos want to loose his breakfast. He gave them a slight wave and then went upstairs.
Lloyd tilted his head to the side, "What's wrong with him?" He asked. Sheena blinked, "Wrong? Nothings wrong with him."
Collette gave a giggle, "You're imagining things Lloyd. Zelos is acting normal." Lloyd gave a slight frown and shrugged, "Yeah I guess so."
Sheena and Genis exchanged looks. Had Lloyd always been that perceptive of Zelos' emotions? Or was it just his ability to know everything and still be an idiot?
"What were you guys talking about anyways?" Lloyd asked, sitting where Zelos had been sitting. Collette sat besides him, a wide smile on her face.
"Oh nothing. Zelos just has to get something for me." Sheena said with a smile, "Kind of like a bet."
Lloyd laughed, "You gave him something impossible didn't you? Knowing Zelos and his pride…" Lloyd shook his head, laughing silently, "I'm gonna use the bathroom." and he ran upstairs.
Sheena and Genis looked at each other, "There's a bathroom on this floor right?" she asked the half-elf. He gave a nod, "Just going to check up on Zelos I bet."
At those words, Collette looked saddened, "Zelos seems fine. Why does Lloyd have to bother with him?" almost as soon as the words left her lips, she brought her hands to her mouth and gave a small gasp, "I'm sorry, I'm just…When Lloyd went to collect all the Exspheres..."
"You're still bummed that he decided to go with Zelos?" Genis said.
"You mean how Zelos tricked himself into the position." Sheena corrected. Collette looked down at her feet as a faint blush crept up to her cheeks, "I still don't…understand why he picked Zelos…over me."
They all felt silent, contemplating the question. In reality no one knew why. They could never figure out how Zelos had gotten the brunette to agree to go on a journey with him.
*~HD~*
Lloyd knocker on the door quietly. At first, there was no reply. Just as he lifted his hand to knock again, the door unlocked and opened a couple of inches.
"What if I was Sheena?" Lloyd joked as Zelos crawled back into bed.
"After nearly half a year of traveling with you, do you think I can't recognize your knock? Besides, if Sheena wanted in, she would bust down the door and scream like the banshee she is."
Lloyd hid a laugh behind his hand and walked into the room, "Point taken." The door shut softly behind him. He walked over to Zelos' enormous bed and sat on the edge.
"Tired?" The brunette asked. Zelos shook his head, "Thinking."
At this response, Lloyd raised a brow, "You think in bed? You do know it's supposed to be used for sleeping." and with a blush he added, "And maybe the not so sleeping part."
"One, you're such a virgin. Call it sex. Two, it doesn't always have to be in a bed."
"I know! Excuse me for trying to have a sense of decency." He huffed and crossed his arms. Zelos let out a smirk as the blush spread from Lloyd's cheeks to his ears.
"Three," Zelos continued, "Some of my greatest ideas have been thought up in this bed." Lloyd had a sour look on his face and the blush turned a darker shade of red.
Zelos rolled his eyes, "From a blushing virgin to a blushing pervert; not those kinds of ideas. Those are usually spur of the moment. "
"Zelos!" Lloyd finally brought a hand to his face to hide the blush, "You have no decency."
"I wouldn't be the great Zelos if I did." He laughed. It was a small laugh, but it was genuine, a rare occurrence coming from Zelos.
"And besides," Zelos continued, "No one besides me has ever been in my bed. Well now you that you're sitting on it. Just don't go bragging about it to the world."
Lloyd rolled his eyes, "Oh that'll go over great: hey guys, I'm the only one to have been in Zelos' bed. I might give some people heart attacks, not to mention I'll be lynched by your fanbase."
Zelos laughed again, a little louder when Lloyd's voice took on a mocking tone of macho-ness, "I doubt my fanbase has that much power."
Lloyd raised a brow, "I guess ignorance is bliss." Zelos smiled and folded his hands behind his head.
"So what's this about a bet? With Sheena of all people? Sometimes your pride could be taken down a couple of notches." Lloyd sighed, shaking his head. He brushed some hair out of his face as Zelos snorted, "Sometimes? Just sometimes?"
Lloyd sighed and stood, "I'd better get back before they think I got lost or something."
"What did you tell them?"
"Bathroom."
"You do know there is a bathroom downstairs?"
"Yeah?" Lloydf crossed his arms.
"You shouldn't rely on your running track record of idiotic tendencies." Zelos said, but he smiled as he said it.
"They're not idiotic if they're not accidental. I believe the word 'genius' should be incorporated in this conversation. Referring to myself, of course."
"Careful, your ego is showing, you clever little actor." Zelos got up and reached for Lloyd's cheek and pinched it. The brunette swatted at Zelos' hand, "Cut it out, I'm not a kid."
"Yes, because you're totally an adult." Zelos quipped as he lay back down again.
"W-well, I am legally!" Lloyd huffed. Zelos smiled, "So how have you been enjoying legal freedom for the past month?"
"huh?" Lloyd gave a shrug, "I didn't really celebrate."
Zelos stared at Lloyd as though he had grown another head and an uncomfortable silence took over them. Lloyd took this as an excuse to leave the room and wander back downstairs.
"Oh Lloyd!" Colette beamed at him, "I was telling Sheena about the coliseum matches that are going to go on later tonight."
Sheena smiled, "Really, it's not a scene you guys would like. It's pretty late as it is."
"When do you think the professor will be back?" Colette asked, "Do you think she would want to go?"
"In one ear and out the other." Genis sighed. Lloyd let out a smile, "It's already dark out Colette, and Sheena's right. There might be some strange peo-"
"You mean to tell me that you have all the legality to drink, smoke, and go to a strip club and you haven't used it!" With that said, Zelos jumped from the balcony that overlooked the living room below.
"Zelos! Do you really have to be so crude!" Sheena yelled as he fell. He landed gracefully and tossed a lock of hair over his shoulder, "My house."
"Lloyd, out of all the stupid things you have done, not including the time you decided to-"
"Another word and you will be impaled." Lloyd warned.
"Okay, not including that time." Zelos rolled his eyes and continues, "This one really takes the cake. Hell, it takes the whole damn party. Lloyd, you are going to have an 18th birthday party that every man deserves."
When his speech was done he grabbed the brunette swordsman by the arm and proceeded to drag him to the door.
"Hi professor." Zelos greeted as he walked out with a protesting Lloyd in tow and she walked into the house. Raine raised a brow and turned to the other occupants in the room, "Anyone care to explain?"
Sheena spoke first, "I didn't know it was Lloyd's birthday."
Colette and Genis looked at each other before Genis spoke, "Neither did we."
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