Chapter 4
Sun's P.O.V
As we arrive at Neptune's house I stand there with my mouth open wide. Holy shit this house is massive! It is basically a mansion compared to my house. The front of the house is a nice wood colour which gives it a cabin sort of a vibe which could be considered homely. The front yard is all done up with plants and garden ornaments and there are so many flowers that it is crazy. Do they have a gardener? I wouldn't be surprised.
The house has two garages on either side and I don't even want to know how many cars Neptune has. So this is how the rich live. Neptune told me he only lives with his mother and older brother but I cannot even imagine how many rooms are in this house. I can't even imagine what the inside of this place looks like.
"So this is the place I call home" Neptune says looking up at it with an awkward smile.
"How many people live here again?" I ask with a dumbfounded look on my face.
"Only me, mum and my older brother" he says with curiosity. "Why is that?"
"This place is massive" I say while looking over the place.
"It's not that big" he says looking over to me and I give him a 'are you for real' look. "Okay it's pretty big" he says with a nervous laugh.
Is he nervous? If he is, I have no idea why. This place is pretty fucking great. If I was him I would be boasting about it to anyone I spoke too. This place is truly amazing. On our walk here, Neptune was talking the place down and saying things like "it isn't much but its home" and "at least I have a roof over my head" so I kind of had low expectations. I was expecting it to be a little cabin or something not this gigantic mansion thing in front of me.
"This place is amazing" I say with a smile and he goes a little red in the face. "Is anyone home?"
"Nah, my mum is at work until 6:00 and my brother is overseas" he says with a disappointed look on his face. "Want to come in?" he asks unsurely.
"Are you serious?" I ask, surprised.
"Yeah of course I am" Neptune replies looking anxious for my response.
"Sure thing bro" I say with a smile and Neptune's face lights up with relief.
"Sweet! Come this way" he says and grabs my arm and I feel my face heat up at his touch and I can't help but smile at the excitement on his face. We walk through the front garden and I notice there are even more plants. Jesus how many plants does one place need?
We walk through the front door and I am stunned at how big the inside looks like. I pretty sure we are in the lounge room. There are three couches facing a fireplace with a widescreen TV mounted on the wall above it. Near the fireplace there is a massive fish tank with loads of colourful fish.
I look down at the floorboards and I can basically see my reflection in them. I am guessing the whole house has polished floorboards. There are several paintings across the walls. Some are just flowers and others appear to be old buildings and milk bars. I am so busy looking around that I didn't even notice Neptune walk off until he pops out from around the corner near the stairs.
"You coming?" he asks, laughing at the amazed expression on my face. I walk over to him while still studying my surroundings. I can see through the hallway in front of me that it leads to a kitchen and from the looks of it, it is all clean and shiny. I am guessing this whole place is clean and shiny.
"This place is amazing" I practically whisper.
Neptune just smiles at me and leads me down a hallway. We get to the second last room of the hallway and enter it. "Well this is my room" Neptune says looking a bit awkward and playing with his hands like he doesn't know what to do with them.
I look around his room and it was what I expected it to be, clean and tidy. His queen sized bed is next to the left side wall and is all made up and beside that is a massive set of drawers with a variety of objects placed on top of it like photos, cologne, a speaker for his phone to play music, old books that look like he has read them a million times, candles and a packet of chewy gum. To the opposite side where his bed is there is a TV mounted on his wall that is connected to several gaming systems.
To the right of the room there is a desk with a shitload of school books and paper work on top of it and next to the desk is a walk in wardrobe. Apart from those things he has a long mirror on his wall and a couple of other small drawers. How much storage space does one guy need?
I turn to look at Neptune and he looks like he is nervously waiting for me to say something since I must have an amazed look on my face and I smile at him.
"Please don't tell me that if I look in your drawers that I am going to find them all full with goggles?" I say with a smirk which causes him to take a heavy sigh. He shakes his head and walks over to one of his drawers and opens the top one which is filled with clothes.
"I only own one pair of goggles and those are the ones on my head, smartass" he says with a sly smile whilst pointing to the top of his head.
"Yeah, you probably have a safe hidden somewhere in this maze of a house that is filled with goggles" I say. "I will find them someday."
"What is your obsession with my goggles?" Neptune says whilst laughing.
"That is for me to know and you to find out" I say with a wink as I go and sit down on his bed. "Oooo comfy."
I notice Neptune staring at me with a thoughtful look on his face. "Is there something wrong?" I ask nervously.
Neptune shakes his head. "Come with me" he says with a smile and I get up and follow him out of the room. We go back down the hallway to the lounge room and then we head upstairs and go down another hallway to the right. Eventually I find myself in his bathroom.
"Uh what are we doing in here?" I ask curiously.
Neptune grabs something from the cupboard above the sink and walks over to me. I jump a little when he reaches out and puts his hand against my cheek. My face immediately heats up from his touch.
"Uhh what are you doing?" I say with a nervous laugh.
"Hold still for a second would ya?" he says while using the thing he got from the cupboard and rubbing it gently under my sore eye. I wince a little from the sudden touch.
I stand there looking at him and I notice his eyes are full of concentration. Has his eyes always been that blue? I stand there for a minute or so while he rubs that stuff under my eye and I can feel my face getting redder with each passing second. His hand is soft and gentle on my face, it's like he is holding something fragile that could break at any second.
"There we go" Neptune says while taking a step back and letting go of my face. I stand there staring at him with a smile on his face, lost in thought. "Uhh, hello?" He says while waving his hand in front of my face which brings me back from my thoughts.
I shake my head to get my thoughts back on track. "What was that?" I ask both to him and myself.
"Come, I'll show you" he says with a smile and turns to the door and walks out. I stand there for a bit and put my hand to where Neptune was touching my face. What is this feeling?
"You coming or what?" Neptune shouts from the hallway and I shake myself all over too get my thoughts under control and then leave the bathroom and follow Neptune back to his room.
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"Wow" I say as I stand in front of the mirror looking at my reflection. "It looks like it was never there." I turn around and see Neptune standing there with a smile on his face looking proud.
"Well now you don't have to wear those ridiculous sunglasses" he says with a slight laugh.
"What did you put over it?" I ask turning back to the mirror to look at my covered up black eye.
"Just some make up crap" Neptune says with a shrug. "It's easy to use, I use it all the time.
I turn around to face him with an astonished look on my face. "You use make up?" I ask surprised.
"Hey, don't judge" he says putting his hands up defensively. "It's hard looking this good all the time" he says with a smug look on his face.
"I would never have noticed" I say causally.
"No one does" he says with a smirk. "Let's just say I am skilled at what I do" he says and we both laugh.
I look at the mirror again and observe my eye. It really does look like there was nothing there to begin with. "Thank you, Neptune" I say with a smile while looking at him through the mirror.
"No need to thank me" Neptune says with warm smile. I smile back and then turn around to take in his room once more.
"So what do you do for fun around here?" I say while looking around.
"Well I normally just come home from school, study whilst listening to music, read and then go to bed" he says causally.
"Nerd" I say as I fake cough into my head which earns a hit over the head.
"Well I am sorry I am not as fun as you" he says sarcastically. "I hardly have anytime to do anything else."
"Well you have time now so what do you want to do?" I say humorously.
"I honestly have no idea" he says with a shrug. "Wanna play a game on one of those consoles?"
"Now you're speaking my language" I say with enthusiasm.
Neptune just shakes his head at me with a smile. "Games are on the shelf over there, pick any you want" he says as he sits down on his bed.
I didn't even notice the shelf beforehand. I head over to it and there are so many games, CDs, DVDs and books. It is basically full and it is a massive shelf that almost goes all the way to the roof. Impressive. "You have quite the collection here" I say from over my shoulder.
"Eh, most of that shit is my brother's" he says from his bed.
"Where is your brother?" I ask still looking through all the games and movies on the shelf.
"I told you, he is overseas" he says sounding occupied. I turn around and of course he is laying there reading a book.
"Yeah I know that, but where overseas" I say as I go back to looking through the shelf.
"I think he is in New Mexico at the moment" he says while trying to think. "Last month he was in Venezuela."
"I am guessing he moves around a lot" I say as a pull out a movie and then put it back on the shelf.
"Yeah, I guess he hasn't found a place to call home yet" Neptune says thoughtfully.
"Why did he leave in the first place?" I ask while picking out one game and putting it to the side as an option.
"Well he couldn't stand living at home anymore and when his boyfriend broke up with him, I guess there was nothing holding him back" he says with a certain sorrow.
"Is your brother gay?" I ask as I turn to my head towards him.
"Nah he is bisexual, he would do anyone" Neptune says while putting his book down to look at me. "Be careful if you ever meet him, he is into blonds" Neptune says with a wink and then goes back to his book. I laugh as I turn back to the shelf.
"When was the last time you saw him? I ask out of curiosity.
"The last time I say him was when I was 12, so about five years ago" Neptune says and I hear him close his book. "Have you picked out a game yet or what?" he says while getting up and walking over to me and then kneels down next to me.
"Well there is this one" I say, picking up the game that I put to the side.
"Mortal Kombat?" he asks while grabbing the game out of my hands and looking it over it. "I don't know what this game is."
"Are you serious?" I ask a little offended. "It's a classic dude and how do not know this game? It's on your shelf" I say whilst looking at him like I can't believe what I am hearing.
"Don't judge me for I am not worthy!" he says dramatically whilst putting his head on my shoulder for dramatic effect and my whole body becomes stiff. My face heats up and I just know my face is completely red. As soon as Neptune takes his head off my shoulder, I get up and grab the game.
"C'mon, I'll teach you how to play, you idiot" I say with a laugh as I pull Neptune to his feet.
What is this feeling?
…
After about 20 frustrating minutes of trying to teach him how to play the game, he finally gets the hang of it and continues to thrash me in the game. How can someone who has no idea about this game be so good?!
"Beginners luck" I mumble after the 11th consecutive win.
"What was that?" Neptune says sarcastically. "I'm fucking great was it? You are too kind" he says while he laughs at me.
"Yeah, yeah laugh it up" I say with a smirk "Mark my words Mr Vasilias, I'll get ya."
"Oooo was that a threat tough guy?" He asks mockingly.
"It wasn't a threat, it was a promise" I say back with a massive grin.
"Bring it the fuck on Sunny boi" Neptune says while getting off his bed and standing over me with his fists raised in a fighting position.
"Oh you are messing with the wrong dude" I say getting up off the floor and also putting my fists up in a fighting position.
"I can kick your ass in the game and I can kick your ass in real life" Neptune says whist having cheeky grin on his face.
"Oh it's on bitch" I say while running at him and tackling him to the bed. Neptune goes into a fit of laughter while we wrestle on his bed and I have him pinned down.
"St-stop, I-I'm ticklish there!" he says while laughing.
"Are we now?" I say as I tickle him some more which makes him laugh harder.
"As-asshole" he manages to get out between fits of laughter.
"I told you I would get ya" I say as I continue tickling him. He then manages to squirm out of my grasp and somehow I find myself being pinned down and Neptune on top of me. He then tries to tickle me but with no success.
"Suck shit, I am not ticklish" I say with a shit eating grin on my face.
"Oh I am sure I can find some other way to make you suffer" he says while staring down at me with those blue eyes of his. I find myself frozen like in a trance like state. His eyes are so hypnotising and I am just stuck there staring up at him. I realise now that we are both out of breath. Neptune's gaze continues to bore right into me and I feel like he is looking into my sole and for once in my life I feel like I can relax and that I am free. Neptune starts to lean a little closer. I feel lightheaded and I have a strange feeling in my stomach. I feel my body move on its own and I start leaning up towards those hypnotising eyes.
"Neptune I am home!" a lady says as she bursts through Neptune's bedroom door. Both Neptune and I jump and try to get up quickly. "Oh Jesus!" the lady says while quickly jumping out of the room and closing the door. Neptune and I quickly scramble to our feet. "I didn't know you had uhh… company, I'm so sorry!" the lady yells from behind the door. I look at Neptune and his face is the brightest shade of red I have ever seen and I am guessing by the heat I feel in my face that mine is as red as his.
"Jesus Mum! It's not like that, you can come in" he yells at the door. So she's Neptune's mum. Well that makes it even more awkward.
The door slowly opens and Neptune's mum pokes head out like she doesn't believe what Neptune said. When she notices that we are both decent she walks in from behind the door with a sigh of relief. She is quite pretty to be honest. She has shoulder length blond hair with a hint of blue to it, was Neptune serious when he said it was natural? She also has extremely blue eyes, average height and build, appears to be in her mid-thirties and is wearing really classy clothes. Yep Neptune is definitely his Mother's sun.
"Sorry, I thought you guys were um… getting it on" she says with a laugh. "I mean, I'm cool with it, no judgment here" she says raising her hands in the air.
"Mum, it's not like that!" Neptune says and I can't even imagine how embarrassed he is.
"Hey, it's cool, god loves all his children" she says as she puts a hand on Neptune's shoulder and gives him a beaming smile. I can't help but laugh at the dumbfounded expression on Neptune's face.
"It's actually not like that at all, Ms Vasilias" I say with a smile.
"Call me June, and are you sure?" she says with a warm smile.
"Yes I am sure" I say with a laugh.
"Damn, I thought Neptune finally got over that ice bitch" she says with deep sigh. "Anyway, what is your name dear?" she asks with a smile.
"Oh umm I am Sun Wukong" I say with a bow.
"Well it's lovely to meet you Sun" she says with a warm smile. "It's nice to see one of Neptune's friends here since he never brings anyone over." I feel my face warm up at what was just said. "The only other person he has brought home was that Weiss girl, god I hated her."
"Mum!" Neptune says with a humiliated expression on his face.
"We just met and we already have something in common" I say with a smile.
"Oh I like you already" she says with a laugh. "Well I need to go feed the dog and then I will whip up some snacks for you boys" she says as walks out of the room.
I look at Neptune and he looks at me with the most confused expression. "What kind of dog do you have?" I ask curiously.
"Umm we don't have a dog" he says as he rushes towards the door. "Mum, we don't have a dog" he yells down the hallway.
"Oh yeah I forgot to tell you, I found a stray dog on the side of the road and he was so cute that I decided to bring him home" she yells back down the hallway. Neptune looks at me with a half worried, half shocked look on his face and then runs down the hallway. I stand in his room for bit with biggest smile on my face.
These people are fucking amazing.
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Neptune's P.O.V
My mother absolutely blows my mind sometimes. She can be so spontaneous that it is crazy. One time she didn't come home from work and wouldn't return my calls and several hours later she comes waltzing through the door like nothing happened. When I asked her where the hell she had been she told me that was at a Kanye West concert, she doesn't even like Kayne, and when I asked how she got in, all she said was "it's amazing how far these boobs can get me" and then she went off to bed. I am pretty sure she was drunk as hell but it is hard to tell since my mum seems like she is drunk even when she is sober. She is one crazy woman.
So now we have a long haired German Sheppard puppy that she named Hagrid. I am not much of a dog person but I am guessing Sun is because he has been playing with that dog ever since we walked into the lounge room. The dog looks like he loves Sun by the way it won't leave Sun's side and constantly goes to Sun for attention and of course Sun is happy to give it to him. My mum walks in and asks for Sun to come help get the clothes off the washing line out back. Sun happily agrees and now I am stuck here with this dog.
The dog just stares at me and won't move which is kind of creeping me out. It is like he wants my soul. Yep, I am definitely not a dog person. Why did Mother have to grab this mutt off the streets? "What?" I say to the dog. It just continues to stare at me. "Do you mind?" I say irritated. It still continues to stare at me. I sit there for another 10 minutes waiting for Sun to come back and the dog has not stopped staring at me with its puppy dog eyes. "You may have fooled them but you are not fooling me" I say as I lean forward off the couch. The dog whimpers a little bit. "Oh no, I am not falling for that, you are just gonna wait until I have my back turned and then you are gonn…"
"Are you talking to the dog?" Sun asks as he enters the lounge room with a washing basket full of clothes, causing me to jump out of my seat. The dog automatically runs over to sun and brushes against his legs. Sun puts down the washing basket and starts petting the dog with a huge smile on his face and a little bit of laughter. I must say that it is a welcomed sight.
"Uhh maybe" I say sheepishly.
"Well I've got to get going now" Sun says looking up from the dog to me. "I didn't even realise the time." I can't help but feel a little disappointed at his words.
"Yeah sure, I'll walk you out" I say with a warm smile.
"Bye Ms Vasilias" Sun shouts to the kitchen.
"I told you to call me June! She shouts back. "It was lovely meeting you and come over whenever you want, you are always welcome here!"
We walk out the door and down to the foot path and then Sun turns to look at me and then opens his mouth and then closes it like he doesn't know what to say. Sun then wraps his arms around me tightly and at first I am surprised. "Thank you so much for today, it has been so amazing bro" he says into my ear. I then wrap my own arms around him.
"Well you heard my mum, you are welcome here anytime." I say with the biggest smile and I have this warm sensation in my stomach but I have no idea what it is, it feels like the one I had when I was wrestling with Sun earlier. The hug ends and Sun pulls back looking nervous?
"I guess I will see you later" he says with a warm smile.
"Yeah you sure will" I say back. Sun smiles and then turns around and walks off in the direction to his house. I stand there feeling a bit sad at seeing his retreating form. I watch until he walks around the corner and then I can't see him anymore.
"He sure is something" Mum says from behind causing me to jump.
"Fuck, you scared the shit out of me" I say while holding my chest, trying to get my racing heart back to normal.
"I called your name twice" she says while laughing. "Sun is a good kid, troubled but a good kid nonetheless."
"Troubled?" I ask, confused.
"He has been through a lot of shit, I can tell you that" she says while taking a drag of her smoke.
"How do you know that?" I ask curiously.
"Sun and I are quite similar, he is good at hiding his emotions but I can see right through that mask of his" she says while giving me a warm smile. "I really like him, you should bring him over more often."
"Yeah he is something alright" I say with a smile as I look back to where he walked home.
"You sure you guys are just friends?" she asks with an eyebrow raised.
"Mum! I am not into guys!" I say defensively and I feel my face go red.
"Yeah, yeah that's what your brother also said" she says as she walks back to the house.
I stand there shaking my head but I can't help but smile. Today has truly been amazing and I think back to when I had him pinned down on my bed and the weird sensation in my stomach comes back and give out a little laugh.
God, what are you doing to me Sun?