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[Saturday November 26th]
[8:37 am] Hey Keigo. I just woke up. Wanna come over to my apartment or would you rather I come to yours? -GJ
Keigo stares at the text for a couple moments, his eyes still crusty from just waking up. He groans a little as his heart begins to speed up. He can't deal with this too early in the morning.
[10:03 am] Sorry… I just woke up. Is your place okay? -KA
[10:05 am] Sure. What time you thinking of heading over? I can make lunch if you'd like. -GJ
[10:11 am] Oh thanks :) I'll be done getting ready in like 20 minutes. What's your address? -KA
[10:12 am] It's 10 Espada Avenue, apartment #6. I'll leave my door unlocked so just come in. -GJ
[10:14 am] Cool! See you soon -KA
It's another thirty minutes and a short walk later that Keigo finds himself standing in front of a huge, white apartment complex. He's always seen this building from far away and thought he'd never have an excuse to come over here, but here he is. Keigo frowns a little as he finally walks into the building and up a flight of stairs before he is standing in front of apartment number six… He was told to just walk in, right?
Right before he was about to reach for the doorknob, his phone buzzes in his back pocket. Quickly taking it out, Keigo frowns even more.
[10:55 am] Hey, so my friends decided to just barge in my apartment… I hope that's not a problem. They wanted to play the new game and I'm the only one of us to have it… -GJ
[10:55 am] Yeah that's fine. I'm here now anyway. -KA
Before Keigo can open the door, there's some crashing inside and a lot of loud laughing before the door is suddenly swung open. Keigo at first only see's a broad chest covered by a black t-shirt until Keigo looks up. The college student has a great urge to run away now and to never come back, because damn is he fucking terrified!
"Hey! Come on in," Grimmjow greets, his voice undeniably belonging to his friend. Grimmjow has shocking blue hair gelled up into the typical yakuza hair style, a few stray strands falling into his face. His eyes perfectly match his hair. If it's done purposefully, Keigo doesn't know. Keigo can't but help to think the man in front of him is better off being a model instead of a bartender.
Realizing he has been just staring, Keigo quickly looks off to the side before stepping into the apartment. He tries to will away his blush, his beating heart not really helping. "Uh, nice to meet you Grimmjow," Keigo manages to get out in front of the beautiful thug. He's been friends with Ichigo and Chad for years so he really shouldn't be all that scared of some tough looking guys.
"Heh, nice to meet you as well Keigo," Grimmjow agrees, a feral smirk stretching on his lips making shivers run down Keigo's spine. Keigo stiffens a little as Grimmjow hooks a strong arm around Keigo's shoulders, his weight heavy on Keigo. "I hope you're ready to get your ass kicked-"
"More like pounded," a HUGE giant teases, his grin just as wide as Grimmjow's if not wider. Keigo blinks at the giant man trying to figure out what he meant, but really he couldn't help but stare at him. Keigo wouldn't be surprised if he was seven foot tall.
"Oh fuck off, Nnoi," Grimmjow growls, the aggressive tone startling Keigo from his stupor. He keeps forgetting that his friend has a foul tongue at times. Keigo couldn't help but laugh at Grimmjow, his notorious words bringing him back to their first couple of interactions.
"Ha ha, you really like saying that, Grimmjow," Keigo breaths out between laughs. Looking back at Nnoitra, Keigo suddenly realizes something. "Ohhh, I get why Grimmjow calls you a spoon! You're so tall, ahahaha," Keigo continues, his giggling slowly getting on Nnoitra's nerves.
"That's not exactly right, but close enough," Grimmjow bites back a laugh as he tugs Keigo closer to the rest of the group. "So this of course is Nnoitra. The one with pink hair is Szayelaporro and his older brother, Yylfordt, is the blonde next to him. The emo looking kid is Ulquiorra and last but not least Tesla. He's the only one in our group that has some common sense," Grimmjow seems to boost, his shit eating grin pulling back to let out a couple of chuckles.
"Hey, speak for yourself Grimm." Yylfordt growls. He pouts at Grimmjow's rude laugh before flipping back his long blonde hair. "Anyway, who's the kid?"
Keigo pauses for a second before frowning. Has Grimmjow never talked about him? To be fair Keigo hasn't talked to his friends about Grimmjow besides Mizuiro of course. "I'm Keigo. Nice to meet you guys," Keigo greets his throat constricting a little. What if they don't like him? What if Grimmjow doesn't like him?
"I accidently texted him instead of someone else. Now he's come for my cock," Grimmjow grins, his arm around Keigo's shoulders suddenly becoming hot.
"W-what? No, I didn't, you perv! You're the one that wants to get in my pants!" Keigo growls before half-heartedly punching Grimmjow in the chest. With a crimson face and a cute pout on his lips, Keigo punches Grimmjow once more before stomping over to a seat on a couch next to Szayelaporro.
"You wish, Keigo," Grimmjow retorts before joining the rest of the group. Grimmjow can only laugh at Keigo's pointed glare at the comment.
As Grimmjow turns on the game, Keigo relaxes into the soft couch. He smiles a little at the familiarity of their banter. It seems normal so far…
"So what are we doing? Just gonna do one-on-one battles?" Nnoitra inquires. Keigo can't help but notice his long legs sprawled in front of him taking almost the entire front of the couch holding Nnoitra, Tesla and Yylfordt. Is he really seven foot tall?
"Eh, I was thinking we could 8-man fight. I've got enough controllers for the seven of us-"
"That's just going to be chaos. Technique won't even be required," Szayelaporro huffs out as he readjusts his white framed glasses. What a weird color for glasses, Keigo thinks, his eyes lingering over the male next to him.
"Why don't we take turns with four controllers?" Tesla suggests, a sweet smile contradicting his uneasy eyes. Keigo almost falls for the sweet blonde. He's almost like a girl, Keigo swoons, hearts almost coming out of his eyes.
They all agree and Keigo takes his turn to sit out first. Grimmjow, Nnoitra, Yylfordt and Tesla start first, each choosing interesting characters to fight with. Once the battle begins, Keigo can't help let his eyes wander back to Grimmjow. His friend has such nice facial features, it's a little intimidating. Even the rest of Grimmjow's friends are quite attractive… well Nnoitra is nothing but terrifying in his opinion, but he can't help to think that might be attractive to some.
Keigo is almost reminded of the time that Mizuiro introduced himself and Keigo to Ichigo and Chad, the notorious delinquents of their high school. It had been one of the most terrifying experiences of his entire life, but oddly it was quite thrilling. Keigo is overly friendly to almost everyone, but Keigo hates to admit that he judges people based off of first impressions, especially scary looking guys.
He can't help if he has a sixth sense that tells him to run when he meets people! Even though his sense was wrong when he met his now really close friends, Keigo still freezes up when he meets… different types of people. So when Keigo looks around the room, every cell in his body tells him to run away. Keigo can see these people eating him for breakfast despite the nice hospitality that he has gotten so far.
Keigo startles when he notices Szayelaporro staring at him from beside him. Keigo can't help but blush as they stare each other down. Frowning, Keigo can't help shift a little in his seat under the pink-haired males scrutinizing stare. "C-can I help you?" Keigo braves to ask, his voice meek and quiet.
Humming, Szayelaporro smirks at the shaking brunette before cupping his face with his delicate fingers and resting his elbow on the couch armrest. "You're not quite like the rest of us. How did you two actually meet?" Szayelaporro asks, his golden eyes pinning him down.
"Uh, Grimmjow did accidently send me a wrong text. We've just been texting for the past three weeks or so. He's a really interesting character," Keigo explains frowning. Grimmjow really didn't talk about him… Why does this make Keigo feel a little disappointed?
"Oh so you do want to get in Grimmjow's pants?" the older man muses. He chuckles a little at Keigo's consuming blush. "You're too cute, Keigo."
"W-what? I'm not even gay. I just want to be friends with Grimmjow," Keigo reassures, his frown deepening.
"Hmmmm, whatever floats your boat," Szayelaporro chuckles, his words seeming to play with Keigo like a kid playing with his food. What's this guy's deal?
"I didn't even know what he looked like…" Keigo grumbles under his breath, his chocolate orbs looking back at his attractive friend.
Szayelaporro chuckles, before leaning in, his voice raspy and wispy, "So you admit he's attractive?"
Keigo's entire face goes crimson at getting caught with his insinuation. He coughs before puffing out his chest and sticking his nose up into the air. "It's the twenty first century. There's nothing wrong with admitting your guy friend is attractive," Keigo pouts before turning away from the increasingly annoying man.
Szayelaporro hums to himself letting the topic go. Keigo lets himself relax into the comfortable sofa and watches Grimmjow and Nnoitra battle, Tesla and Yylfordt already having lost. Keigo tries to hide a smile behind his hand when Grimmjow punches the air, a dazzling smile on his lips while Nnoitra swears loudly.
Grimmjow having won, he gets to keep his controller while everyone else switches out. "You've already played way more than us," Nnoitra grumbles to himself earning a feral grin from Grimmjow.
"Stop being a sore loser, Nnoi," Yylfordt complains loudly, head in hand. He glares at the raven when he receives a harsh kick from said raven. "Fuck you," the blonde bites out.
Keigo suddenly starts sweating in his seat as the tense atmosphere suffocates him. He busies himself with choosing a character, deciding to choose a crazy looking guy with his hair spiked out in all different directions and his chest exposed. He looks pretty strong, Keigo muses to himself.
He about shits a brick when he receives a glare from the emo looking kid. Shit, he must have wanted to choose that character. Not being able to unselect his character, Keigo tries to calm his racing heart as he feels less and less welcomed by the violent and angry crowd. Maybe coming here was a mistake.
Thankfully the game starts and Keigo distracts himself with the amazing gameplay as he slashes his opponents. It seems that he had picked the tank of the game. He can withstand so many hits! It doesn't seem like his character has a bankai, but that's not really a problem with his strength.
Keigo finds himself smiling and relaxing a little as he takes out Szayelaporro(definitely not because he was making fun of Keigo), and Grimmjow kills Ulquiorra at the same time. Hands sweating and heart beating out of his chest, Keigo holds his breath as he clashes against Grimmjow's character.
"Fuck!" Grimmjow growls before slamming his fist against the table causing Keigo to jump a mile high at the action. Keigo gives a sheepish smile as his character gives a victory pose.
Shit. Maybe he should have lost instead. Feeling like he had just killed the man's cat, Keigo looks to the others for help, but they are all just as pissed off. What the hell did he do?
The next round starts and Keigo can't help, but cower a little as Nnoitra kicks at the table when he's the first to get knocked out, and quite fast at that.
"Hey, fuck off bitch. Don't be kicking my furniture, asshole," Grimmjow spits out, his lips pulled back into a menacing snarl.
Trying to ignore the sudden fight, Keigo accidently kills Yylfordt, yearning a growl from the blonde. Keigo just puts on a tense smile and sits rigidly on the couch, eyes wide and looking only at the screen.
Just let Tesla win and it'll be all fine. It'll be all fine… He hears a suppressed laugh from the supposedly kind blonde when he 'accidently' runs into Keigo's sword. Fuck.
"You wanna go?" Nnoitra growls finally standing at his full height, the action spooking Keigo into actually cowering into the couch. Tears well up in the corners of his eyes as he clutches his ears trying to block out all of the threatening sounds.
All Grimmjow does is growl and stands up against the towering raven, his head tilted up and to the side in a menacing position. He snarls towards his best friend, his fists bunching up at his side.
The two stare each other down, each waiting for the other to move in the slightest. Keigo's breaths are stolen from him as Tesla stands to go in between the heated men. He watches in awe as the small man pushes them away from each other.
"Come on, you're not gonna actually beat-" Tesla starts before suddenly being pushed away by Nnoitra, the blonde wincing when he lands on Yylfordt.
Keigo's veins turn into ice as he watches Nnoitra wind up for a punch. Every nerve in his body tenses before exploding. In just an instant, Keigo springs up from his position behind Nnoitra and grabs the man's bicep.
"What the-" is all Nnoitra gets out before he's suddenly on the floor, on his back, and with his mouth open and his eye wide.
Keigo looks back just as shocked, as time seems to freeze for one second. He had just flipped Nnoitra, the giant, onto his back, on their first meeting. The next second has Keigo reeling back and Nnoitra springing forward.
"I'm so sorry!" Keigo yelps cowardly before jumping behind Grimmjow and then behind the couch for safe measures. Tears burst out of his eyes and his hands come up to protect his face as Nnoitra finally gets to his feet and pounces towards him.
Suddenly, Grimmjow and everyone else (besides Nnoitra and Ulquiorra) burst out laughing, happy tears at the corners of their eyes and laughs bellowing from their lips uncontrollably. Keigo looks in complete awe as Nnoitra frowns, but doesn't make a move to go after him anymore.
"Ha ha, I can't believe he managed to flip you!" Grimmjow bursts out laughing as he clutches at his sides. "You should have seen your face!"
"You should have seen Keigo's face when he saw you guys started to fight. He was about to have a heart attack," Szayelaporro giggles to himself, a hand coming up to cover his lips.
Keigo watches with saucer-like eyes as every other person cracks a smile or full out laughs at the situation. What the hell? Keigo doesn't get an answer until Tesla relents in his laughter to finally inform Keigo on the joke.
"Keigo, sweetie, none of us are actually that angry at losing. We're all just comfortable enough with each other to have no filter. Grimmjow and Nnoitra weren't actually going to have a fist fight," Tesla explains through his dying laughter.
Keigo gapes at the blonde man, before indignantly protesting, "B-but he pushed you away-"
"We all get a little rough sometimes," Tesla shrugs, a fond smile on his lips. Are they all crazy?
"Talk for yourselves. I don't partake in your barbaric rituals," Szayelaporro scoffs as he pushes up his glasses.
Yylfordt lets out a small laugh, "Yeah, you're so much better. I remember distinctly when you slapped Grimmjow for slapping your ass-"
"That was one time!" Szayelaporro bites out.
Keigo now kind of sees the playfulness of the banter, but can he be faulted in thinking that Nnoitra was gonna punch Grimmjow? Any sane person would think a fight was about to break out.
The small brunette feels his cheeks stain a dark crimson, as he watches them all bicker with each other. Grimmjow and Nnoitra give each other a grin before high fiving and giving each other a side hug. Even Ulquiorra is radiating a small smile.
He jumps slightly when a hand strikes the area in front of his face making him flinch back and close his eyes tightly. Opening one eye cautiously when nothing happens, he relaxes seeing Grimmjow's out stretched hand.
"Geez, no one is gonna hurt you. Relax a little," Grimmjow laughs loudly before clasping onto Keigo's trembling hand and pulling him from behind the couch and towards everyone again, and towards Nnoitra...
"Well, I wouldn't say everyone. I might bite a little," Nnoitra teases, a smirk dancing on his lips as he sits himself back onto the long middle couch. He winces slightly when he seats himself. "Next time you decide to lose your shit, can you not flip me on the ground, yeah?"
"S-sorry," Keigo apologizes again bowing his head slightly as he makes his way towards his own seat only to tense up again.
He blinks down at his legs captured by Nnoitra's steel like legs surrounding his and then glancing at Grimmjow's hand on his wrist.
"You know, I don't think a sorry is enough," Grimmjow muses.
"My back does kind of hurt. It was a hard fall," Nnoitra agrees, his single eye gleaming in the light.
Oh shit. Every fiber in Keigo's body is telling him to run far far away. He should most definitely run. Keigo freezes when he turns towards Grimmjow and sees his feral smirk. His heart didn't just skip a beat.
"Mmmm, why don't you give me a kiss, and we'll call it even," Grimmjow offers, his cyan eyes dangerously glancing at Keigo's lips making Keigo blush.
Keigo instinctively lets out a nervous laugh. "I knew you wanted to get in my pants," Keigo jokes, a shutter making its way down his back. He tries to shake off the tenseness in his shoulders as he tries to smile at Grimmjow.
"How could I resist a cutie like you," Grimmjow admits before turning Keigo around suddenly and bending down towards his lips, the cyan eyes disappearing behind his eyelids.
Keigo freezes at the action before jump starting his muscles. Keigo leans away from the kiss and then crashes his forehead against Grimmjow's, making the both of them wince.
"What the fuck?" Grimmjow growls as he recoils away from the shocked brunette, a red welt forming on both of their foreheads.
Nnoitra bursts out laughing, and Tesla and Szayelaporro tries to muffle their giggles. A consuming blush conquers Keigo's cheeks as he realizes what he had done.
"S-sorry! I just- uh, I wasn't-" Keigo stutters as he tries to climb out of the very deep grave he had dug for himself.
"I can't believe you head butted him!" Nnoitra says unhelpfully between chuckles.
Grimmjow frowns as he rubs the sore spot. "It was just a kiss," he mumbles softly like a kicked puppy.
Keigo's cheeks flare up even more at the silly complaint. "What- you know that I'm a virgin-" Keigo immediately clamps his lips shut as those embarrassing words regretfully leave his lips. Can his face get any hotter or will he actually die? He hopes so at this point.
Another round of laughs and giggles echo off of the walls, as Keigo looks down, frown settling on his lips and eyes glaring at his feet still intertwined with Nnoitra's. He just wants to leave.
"If you keep telling everyone that, then you'll be one forever," Grimmjow teases, his frown turning into a soft smile as he rustles Keigo's brown locks gently. "That little stunt deserves another punishment if I do say so myself."
Szayelaporro scoffs behind him. "Wow, you bounce back real quick."
"No one rejects me and gets away with it," Grimmjow proclaims proudly, smirk in place, before he sits down back on the couch, next to Nnoitra, and tugs him with him. Keigo stumbles a little on Nnoitra's legs and falls unceremoniously into Grimmjow's lap, his back bumping into the cyan haired man's chest a little roughly.
Keigo gapes slightly as he feels strong arms snake around his waist and hold him in case he had escape on his mind(which he did, but that's not important). "You can't be serious," Keigo says wearily, his head turning slightly to glance at the smug man behind him.
"You should have taken the kiss," Grimmjow chuckles before leaning them both forward and taking a controller from the coffee table in front of them. "You can sit here for the rest of the time we play this game," Grimmjow explains as he starts scrolling through the characters, his arms still around his waist.
Letting out an exasperated groan, Keigo relaxes into Grimmjow's embrace and frowns at the screen. "Hey, if I remember correctly, then it's still my turn," Keigo points out taking the controller from his captor's hands.
"Hey! It's my turn as well," Grimmjow growls before leaning them forward again and taking the last remote from the coffee table. "Rude," he mumbles before resting his head on Keigo's shoulder so he can look at the controls if he needs to.
"Ugh, this is gonna be so uncomfortable to play like this," Keigo whines as he tries to shrug Grimmjow's arms higher so he can rest his elbows on his thighs more comfortably.
Grimmjow lets out an annoyed hum, before startling Keigo by putting his arms under Keigo's armpits so he's not caging in the brunette's arms. It's more comfortable, but it's also not. Keigo tries not to breath weirdly as he tries to get comfortable in the new position. Is his face red? He really hopes not.
"You guys are too cute," Tesla cuts into their own world that they created, his sharp eyes teasing them. Keigo swallows any comments that wanted to escape his lips and instead uses his energy to pick a character.
"Thanks," Grimmjow breathes out onto his neck, an amused tone ghosting his lips. "Let's get this game started!" Grimmjow cheers a little more loudly as he clicks on the stage to start the game.
Keigo startles a little when Ulquiorra speaks up. "Finally," the raven scoffs out, his uninterested eyes looking at the screen. Keigo doesn't know if he had thought the pale man was mute, but the sound startles him enough to stumble at the beginning of the match quickly making him scramble to get his bearings.
He tries hard not to blush when Grimmjow laughs into his ear. That didn't make his heart skip a beat. He swears on his life that it didn't!
Keigo purses his lips as he tries to fight away the blush threatening to consume his entire face, but gives up when Grimmjow breathes onto his neck and grunts into his ear as he dodges Keigo's attack.
Fuck. Grimmjow is going to be the death of him.
Thanks for reading! I'll try to get another chapter out soon. I'd like to hear your thoughts in a review :)