Hey guys! I'm back with chapter 2! This was written because I had nothing better to be doing (I kind of did, but it's something every student hates: Assignments) and I was bored.
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Their faces displayed some type of emotion on the line between disgust and horror. They put down their forks and stood up, motioning for us two to follow them. We obeyed, and put our forks down. Uncle Neah and Grandpa Bookman were shocked. They were probably wondering what the heck is going to happen to us.
"I hope you'll be OK." Uncle Neah mouthed to us. I nodded.
"Good luck." Grandpa Bookman said and went back to his food.
"Thanks." I mouthed back to the both of them. I stole a look at Lavi and he looked just as scared as I felt. I was completely terrified. We followed our fathers into the lounge room, and motioned for us two to sit on the couch.
"Allen, Lavi. Why do you two want to rent an apartment together? You're both males for crying out loud!" Father yelled his eyes furious. I swallowed hard and started wringing my hands. I couldn't find the strength to reply.
"Well? Lavi, do you have anything to say about this?" Mr Bookman asked, just a little more kindly than Father was to me. Lavi swallowed and scratched the back of his neck.
"Well, we're both in the same college with the same classes, and so we thought it might be nice to move out of home and be closer to our college. And to save funds, we also thought it might be a good idea to share an apartment. Of course we'd split the bills and the rent, so it would also be saving funds. It's not like we're gay, I mean, look at me I'm a ladies' man." Lavi replied and then showed off on his 'ladies' man' thing. I chuckled, his charm speech always worked when our fathers thought that we were together. They sighed and walked out of hearing distance, and just talked about what Lavi had just said.
To be honest, I was afraid that our fathers wouldn't approve of Uncle Neah's idea. We loved the idea, and we hoped that it went through our fathers' thick skulls. They walked back over and looked at us.
"We have decided to let you two rent and apartment," Father said.
"However, only on one condition," Mr Bookman continued. We gulped. A condition?!
"We will visit once a week, on whichever day we choose. If we see anything we don't like about you two we will separate the both of you and cancel the contract." They finished together. We were shocked. They wanted to visit once a week, on whichever day, and if they see something they don't like, we're separated?! What the hell!
"We understand." We said together, smiling. They nodded and walked back to the table, leaving us to our thoughts.
"A condition… can we live with that? Knowing if they catch us in something, we're separated?" Lavi whispered, grabbing my hand and squeezing it. I squeezed back.
"We can, we just have to be careful on what we do before they arrive." I replied and stood up, letting go of Lavi's hand. Lavi sighed and nodded, walking back to the kitchen. I followed behind.
We sat back down at the table, continuing our lunch in a tense silence. Uncle Neah broke the silence with small chatter about the football game that our fathers, Uncle Neah and Grandpa Bookman were going to tomorrow.
"Ah, I really can't wait for that." Father sighed, sipping his wine.
"Yeah, but I still really can't believe that you won those four tickets to the Grand Final, Mana. It was a one in like, ten million! What luck." Mr Bookman exclaimed. Wait… Father won something?!
"Wait, you won those?! That's amazing, considering how many other people would have applied or whatever to win those! And you're not well known for your luck, Father." I said. Father nodded.
"Yeah, I know. It is still hard for me to believe it as well. I think I nearly fainted when those tickets came in the mail." Father laughed and started eating again. Everyone laughed. We all finished our food, so Lavi and I cleared the table while the adults talked about the football game.
"We're going up to my room, okay?" I said and walked up the hallway to my room with Lavi following.
"Okay, but keep the door open." Father said and continued his conversation. When we reached my room, Lavi pushed me into a corner out of the kitchen's view, and kissed me hard. His tongue poked my lips, asking for entry. I obliged and opened my mouth, letting his tongue in. He tasted like apples and cinnamon.
When we separated for breath, there was a string of saliva still connecting us.
"You have no idea how long I've wanted to do that." Lavi whispered and grinned. I blushed, probably knowing that it had been ages.
"You have no idea how long I've wanted to do this," I whispered and pulled him back into the kiss. Lavi grinned and kissed me harder.
*Tap, tap, tap.*
The sound of footsteps coming up the hallway made us spring apart so fast, you couldn't see it. I quickly pulled out my playing cards and gave Lavi five and then myself five, and then pulled off my over shirt and Lavi pulling his bandanna and scarf off. When the person arrived in the doorway, we looked up from our 'game' and grinned.
"What are you two devils doing?" Uncle Neah asked, sitting down next to us.
"Playing strip poker. Wanna join?" I asked and Uncle Neah laughed.
"Okay, I will. And no cheating, I know you're good at it." Uncle Neah replied. I picked up our cards, shuffled them again and handed five to everyone. I placed my over shirt back on while Lavi put his bandanna and scarf back on.
By the time Mr Bookman and Father came into the room, Lavi was stripped down to his underwear, Uncle Neah still had his pants on and I only had my over shirt off.
"What on earth are you guys playing?" Mr Bookman asked, giving us all dirty looks.
"Strip poker, it's quite fun." Uncle Neah said and grinned. Father sighed.
"Neah, stop teaching these kids dirty things. They don't need poker skills, but then again… Why's Allen the only one pretty much still dressed?" Father asked, looking at me. I blushed.
"Well, it's like this. I cheated." I said and grinned. Father sighed.
"Well, it would seem that you inherited Neah's smarts. He always cheated at everything." Father sighed. Mr Bookman cleared his throat.
"Lavi, get your clothes on and meet me outside, we're leaving." Mr Bookman said and walked out of the room with Father following behind. Lavi sighed and put all his clothes back on. He stood up and fixed his scarf. I also stood up.
"Well, it was fun and to say the least, I don't want to leave." Lavi said, taking a small step closer.
"Yeah, it was fun. We should do it again sometime, and I don't want you to leave either." I whispered and looked at the ground. Uncle Neah had put his clothes back on and stood in the doorway.
"But, I'll leave you a parting gift." Lavi whispered and kissed me softly on the lips. I gave a small kiss back. He smiled and hugged me.
"See you tomorrow." Lavi said and walked out the door.
"Bye, Lavi. See you tomorrow." I said sadly and walked to the door to see my friend off. Uncle Neah chuckled.
"You two are adorable together, and don't be sad. At least you'll see him tomorrow." Uncle Neah said and followed me out the door and to the front door. I had changed my expression so my father wouldn't get suspicious. I waved the Bookman's off and walked back inside.
The rest of the day went fine; I did my assignments, essays and random bits of homework, had dinner, then dessert, had a shower and went to bed, hoping that sleep would come fast and tomorrow would be a few seconds away.
Aw, Allen is sad. But, the good thing is that their fathers allowed the apartment sharing! :D Let's hope they never get caught doing something naughty! XD I hope not, cause that'll be mean to the both of them! D:
[A special shout out to Kurahanax3 on her review on Chapter 7 who spotted a mistake in this chapter that relates to Chapter 7. Thank you!]
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