It has been a while... Still in the middle of my thesis, got a job and trying to write and update *sigh* But here is chapter 7, finally! Many many thanks to the wonderful aubrieta for betaing!
Chapter 7
"Who am I to decline such a tempting offer?" the red-head purred, his eyes sparkling with suppressed need and craving. Having Sephiroth's cock shoved down his throat had had its effect, as the bulge in his pants made most painfully obvious.
"Lay down," Sephiroth said, getting onto the bed as well. With Genesis' injury it would be easier if he lay on his back so his arm wouldn't get in the way. Sephiroth reached out to carefully spread the redhead's legs a bit and open his pants, revealing the youth's excited erection. It was a bit dewy with precum and Sephiroth smeared it over the head with his thumb as he reached around the tip and pulled it a bit.
Genesis' breath caught at the attention to his cock, his muscles cramping a little. A low moan escaped his red, parted lips and he laid his head back onto the soft cushion of the bed, his hand grasping into the moon spun strands that fell around Sephiroth's head in a fan. He noticed absent-mindedly that they were surprisingly soft, softer even than they looked.
Normally Sephiroth didn't like people touching his hair and it seemed as if they were magically drawn to it, but it didn't bother him much right now. Genesis seemed strangely vulnerable as Sephiroth turned his eyes back to the object at hand, giving it a few firm strokes, before he lowered his head. He could count the people he had given a blow job to on one hand, but he figured that it was only fair to return the favor now, so he let his tongue dart out to flick it over the swollen tip.
The red-head gasped at the sudden touch, shivers running up and down his spine as a whimper left the depth of his throat. This should have been embarrassing, being completely exposed, reduced to a moaning, helpless, mess, but right now he had no time or will to care. His thighs flexed abruptly, drawing together at the prickle in his stomach and loins.
Pleased at the reaction he got, Sephiroth lowered his head a bit further, taking the head into his mouth. It fit neatly and tasted nice, he assessed. Since he wasn't turned on anymore due to his earlier release his mind was clear and precise in what he was doing and able to observe this very interesting situation. His tongue licked over the underside of Genesis' pulsing shaft, taking it in bit by bit. When he was half way Sephiroth withdrew a bit and went down again in a slow, deliberate motion.
"Shit," Genesis cursed brokenly, his fingers entangling into the smooth hair, yet not too much to make it uncomfortable. His dizzy brain was slowly processing what was going on. Sephiroth was sucking his dick… without him asking him to do so. Though he should be astonished by this, he couldn't be because… hey, Sephiroth was going down on him and it felt amazing.
The low rumble of ecstasy made his stomach curl, his muscles flex and he knew that orgasm wasn't far.
Sephiroth let the insides of his hollowed cheeks glide along Genesis' cock as he relaxed his throat and took the young man in to the hilt. What with the bucking up of the redhead's hips he had to hold them still, placing both his hands on either side. Genesis wouldn't be able to hold out much longer, Sephiroth could see and taste it, as salty precum filled his mouth.
A cracked moan echoed through the room, low and ecstatic, as Genesis' lean body arched from the body, his face contorted in pleasure and fervor, his hips lifting up against Sephiroth's firm hold.
Riding out the aftershocks, the red-head lay still for a while, trying to catch his breath, eyes closed and just enjoying the pleasantly plush feeling that had settled deep inside his mind and body.
Sephiroth sat up, wiping at his mouth, looking down at the redhead. He seemed to be at peace, calm and relaxed and quite beautiful, but that side of him would be gone soon enough, Sephiroth was relatively certain. Turning to sit at the edge of the bed he rested his chin on his palm and pensively looked through the room. Now this had solved absolutely nothing, save for some sexual tension. But the main point hadn't been made and right now the silver haired man didn't feel like discussing it again. There seemed to be something between them that was more than just rivalry, anger and annoyance, but he had yet to figure out what it was. In any case, this had gotten way more personal than Sephiroth had expected it to get. Still, Genesis was by no means an ally and if he got too full of himself he would get into the line of friendly fire.
The man he was thinking about blew a strand of his hair out of his slightly sweaty face, before using his hand to brush it away. He didn't say anything about it. There was nothing to say. What they had been discussing was exactly what had happened now – and he was still annoyed that Sephiroth didn't seem to value him. Yet he couldn't bring himself to be angry.
Throwing a glance at Sephiroth, Genesis knew what he was thinking about. Sighing, he pulled his trousers up again, closing them with a short struggle before sitting up. "You know… you think too much," he said calmly.
"Someone has to," Sephiroth replied lazily. He threw a look at his cell phone to see what time it was and if his brothers may have tried to call him, but there were no messages. "Are you hungry now? I will get food."
"But you are not the one who always has to," Genesis frowned, while trying to bring his hair back into shape. He caught Sephiroth's not so concealed glance fleetingly. "A bit, yeah…"
Sephiroth let the first comment slide and stood up, quickly straightening his uniform. "Just wait here, I will get something."
And with that he went out of the room, closing the door behind him. His cellphone lay forgotten on the bed, hidden between the sheets when suddenly it started ringing and blinking quite vehemently.
Genesis, who had just lain back, fuming over the topic and the man at hand – or rather outside, getting something to eat – twitched, startled, turning to find the source of the dubious noise. Finally locating it somewhere on his bed, he searched around between the blanket, his fingers brushing against something that was vibrating accusingly against them. He hesitated. It was Sephiroth's cellphone after all, he should not answer it because it was none of his business.
But Sephiroth was expecting that call and perhaps Genesis could just say that the other was busy right now, that they should call back in a few minutes. Settling on the latter, he grabbed the phone, flipped it open and started to venture a tentative 'Hello' but he wasn't even given the chance.
"Sephiroooooth," came a loud, long whine from the speaker that belonged to a kid, more precisely Kadaj. Apparently he was upset, so he didn't even wait for the other to confirm or deny that identity and stated his business between large sobs. "It's te-te-terrible! Yazoo brought home some g-g-guy again and I told h-him I hated it and he s-s-said I should stop being a b-brat and grow up and th-then I was ma-mad and I to-told Loz and Loz got really really a-angry and started to f-fight with Yazoo and then he beat that gu-guy into a bloody pulp and no-now we're in bi-big trouble and I dunno what to doooo!"
The first thing that came to Genesis' mind was 'Oh fuck'. This definitely wasn't good. Sephiroth wasn't here and now there he was, expected to cope with a family situation he had never been in before. Most definitely not good.
"Kadaj, please calm down," he said softly instead. "I'm sorry, your brother isn't around right now, but he'll be back soon." At least he hoped so. Oh, how he couldn't stand to hear the child cry, for god's sake.
"What? Where is he?" Kadaj hitched, partly incredulous, partly crestfallen. "What am I supposed to do now? The guy is bleeding all over the carpet and Yazoo and Loz are still fight-" the rest of the word was swallowed by a loud crashing noise in the background and low, incomprehensible voices hissing at each other.
"Please, everything's okay… just… wait, stay out of trouble. I'm going to find your brother okay? Should I stay on the phone?" Genesis got up from the bed, practically storming out of the room, at a loss of where to go to search for Sephiroth first. Perhaps he should go to the cafeteria, he would most likely be there. 'Good idea, smarty pants', the little voice in his head hissed angrily, at the same time urging him to calm Kadaj down somehow.
"Look, Kadaj, you gotta calm down first okay? You don't have to be afraid." He babbled on, if only just to make the poor kid stop sobbing so heartbrokenly.
"Yeah, ok, I'm not really afraid or anything," Kadaj stated, sounding strangely resigned now. "It's not the first time that this has happened... it's just that Seph is less angry when I pretend to be all traumatized, you know..." Despite his cocky words it was still clear that Kadaj was uncomfortable and unhappy with the situation. Someone behind him, most likely Loz, had started to shout. The guy on the carpet was still breathing, but his face looked horribly swollen and Kadaj just wanted this to be over.
"That's the spirit," Genesis said encouragingly, trying to decide on what to say. "Could you put me on speaker? The two of them should calm down, otherwise I can see your brother turning into the Hulk." His march along the endless halls continued, trying to catch a glimpse of silver hair somewhere, but Sephiroth seemed to have vanished.
Arriving at the canteen, he still couldn't spot him. Count on Sephiroth to be gone when you needed him.
Kadaj frowned, but pushed the button nonetheless. Instantly the angry voices of the older two became clearer and louder.
"...you became such a slut!" This must be the voice of Loz.
"It's none of your business, Loz," was the much cooler, but cutting voice of Yazoo.
"It's damn well my business, I'm the one in charge when Seph's not here!"
That was answered by unamused laughter. "Really now, you are the one in charge? If it wasn't for me you wouldn't even be able to tie your shoelaces!"
"Gen, you still there?" Kadaj suddenly asked, cupping the speaker with his hand.
"Yes, don't worry, I'm not planning on going anywhere," he said quietly, scratching the back of his head with one lost motion. "Can you get them to listen somehow?"
Perhaps he should go back upstairs… Sephiroth could be there already.
"I'll try," Kadaj said, sighing and then turning around to his brothers, who kept glaring and kicking at each other.
"Are you insinuating that I'm dumb?" Loz just growled, his fist barely missing Yazoo's face but knocking over a picture frame.
"I am not insinuating, I am saying that you are dumb." Yazoo spat back, going for a roundhouse kick.
Kadaj stood by the doorway, a bit helplessly, but then he took a deep breath "STOP IT! NOW!" Panting, the smallest clung to the phone but at least his brothers had ceased to fight, staring at him blankly. "Telephone." Kadaj thrust the phone up and into their direction, Loz finally taking it reluctantly.
"...Hello?"
Genesis couldn't hold back the chuckle that escaped him at Kadaj's way of getting his brothers to listen. The red-head had originally wanted him to just put him on speaker, so he'd be able to talk to them, but well… Kadaj was obviously skilled at what he was doing. The other soldiers eyed him suspiciously at the not so manly noise that had escaped him but Genesis didn't care. He had to focus on the task at hand.
"Hello, Loz, this is Genesis. Remember me?" First things first.
"I do remember you... I think," Loz said slowly, frowning a bit and throwing Yazoo an uncertain look but he only got a sneer, so he straightened. He was just glad that it wasn't Seph. "You're the guy we visited in the hospital. What's up?"
"Right," Genesis said at length. "Okay, listen. Stop arguing with your brother and pick the semi-dead guy up from the carpet before the blood sticks there forever." He sounded like a mother, okay. "And then tell me what the problem is…"
"Uhm..." Loz thought for a moment if he should object, because this was really none of Genesis' business, but Kadaj glared at him and there were dried tears on his cheeks and they really needed to figure this out before Seph found out.
"...okay. Hold this." He thrust the phone back into Kadaj's hand and waltzed over to the guy on the carpet. Heaving him up he slapped him a few times to wake him up. The guy started to shiver and thrash as he saw himself in Loz' grip again but since he seemed fine otherwise - save for two black eyes and a split lip - Loz just pushed him out of the apartment and banged the door shut behind him. Yazoo watched the scene with indifference.
"Okay, the guy's gone," Kadaj informed Genesis, scratching with his foot at a little puddle of blood that had dried up already.
"Okay, good so far." At the other end of the phone, Genesis sighed, finally having arrived at their door and went in. Sephiroth was nowhere to be seen. So much for searching for the other. "I need one of your brothers to tell me exactly what's going on, Kadaj," he said softly, while dropping onto his bed. A click sounded and Kadaj had handed him to Yazoo, who looked rather reluctant to take it.
"Yes?"
"Yazoo… tell me what has happened."
"I owe you no explanation at all," Yazoo replied not unfriendly but decidedly. He didn't get why people kept taking the phone if it was on speaker anyways.
"Then I'll tell ya," Loz said gruffly, snatching the phone and pacing the room in agitation. "He's always bringing in those freaks even though he's not allowed to and they scare Kadaj and he doesn't care at all! So it's all his fault for getting us into trouble!"
"You bring your friends here and no one complains, and besides it wasn't me who beat him up and got blood all over the carpet," Yazoo pointed out sharply.
"Yeah? But I don't bring another 'friend' every damn night!"
Kadaj watched the discussion that was close to turning into a fist fight again and winced.
"Guys, calm down, please." Genesis said decisively. "I know you don't know me… but believe me if I say I want to help. But I need your help for that okay? You both agree on that you don't want to hurt or scare Kadaj, right? And you don't want to cause problems for Sephiroth?"
There was a moment of silence, before Yazoo muttered reluctantly "Yes." Still his eyes were narrowed as he stared at the phone in cold defiance. Loz had folded his strong arms over his bulky chest, looking strict and patronizing, which stirred Yazoo's ire again. "There is a conflict of interest here, which cannot be solved that easily."
A relieved breath escaped Genesis when he heard Yazoo giving in. It was a step into the right direction at least. "Try me," he said encouragingly and waited. He could hear the two brothers breathe on the other side of the line, he could practically feel the tension between them. This wasn't a problem that had arisen just now, this was something deeply rooted in the past. Perhaps not the really long-ago-past because he assumed Yazoo hadn't started dating that long ago, but this seemed to be a situation that had happened more than once before.
Just then Sephiroth came back, opening the door with his elbow, two trays in hand. Seeing Genesis with his phone he stopped, tilting his head in question. On the other end of the line, Yazoo replied, "I have a life as well and I'm sick of being responsible all the time."
Genesis waved at his incoming roommate dismissively, motioning him to not talk to him now because he was busy listening to the issues of a boy in puberty. "But nobody expects you to be, you should just be considerate of the people around you, you know? Nobody wants you to act like a parent around your brothers and who does so, does not know what they are talking about. But you definitely should think before acting. Living your own life is one thing, but hurting others is another." He couldn't believe how wise he was behaving right now, it was creepy, definitely.
At that Sephiroth looked alarmed, setting the trays down and coming closer to hear who Genesis was talking to. He had a suspicion and it made his stomach clench.
"Oh really," was the dead-pan answer from the youth. "And you know that from your own experience living with a brat and an imbecile." There was a shout of angry protest from Loz, but Yazoo ignored it. "I have no own life and that is the point." He sounded somewhat tired and deep down Yazoo might have been aware that he was simply overwhelmed. Sephiroth did his best to support them, so Yazoo did what he could as well. Still, he was only a teenager and the feelings of powerlessness he had were somehow compensated by a very strange form of rebellion that manifested itself in his recent promiscuity.
"No, I don't." Genesis answered honestly. There was no point in lying to Sephiroth's brother and he wouldn't do so just to make his position clear. He had other plans for doing so. "It might be that way… did you ever think about talking to Loz about it? If you feel too wound up in family issues to live your own young life why not start sharing some responsibility with your brother? I doubt he's as silly as you make him out to be. I think he's perfectly capable of playing his role at home too, if you let him."
"Yeah!" Loz echoed from the background, puffing out his chest and nodding his head frantically.
"Maybe, but that doesn't make me see why I shouldn't have the right to bring my boyfriends over. It's not like we can go to a hotel or anything," Yazoo pointed out sardonically. Sephiroth heard it very well and dark shadows began to cloud his expression. Apparently he was familiar with this discussion.
"What's this all about?" he growled, trying to reach for the phone. "We discussed this already, Yazoo!"
"Shush." Genesis waved at him and jumped out of the other's reach. "Go do something else, I'll fix this, okay?" Then he turned his attention back to Yazoo again. He knew this problem, even though he had had parents at home, who hadn't wanted to know about his affairs, while Yazoo had a child around. Not exactly the same scenario.
"Like boyfriends in boyfriends as something serious, or just somebody to fuck?" he asked nonchalantly. "Because if it's something serious you should at some point introduce them to your family, but if you just wanna fuck… yeah you know, you have to take Kadaj into consideration, right? I don't like restricting my life for others but if there is somebody worth it, you should just do it. I wouldn't tell you not to meet with guys and have a little fun on occasion, but I'm sure you don't necessarily have to bring them home." And Genesis did quite suspect that Yazoo brought them home on purpose, and his tone made it clear.
"No one is fucking anyone!" Sephiroth hissed, apparently outraged at the thought that his little brother had something resembling a sex life. Again he attempted to take the phone from Genesis and solve the problem his way, namely by giving the boys a lecture and threatening them with sanctions. Maybe because of the mixed signals he received Yazoo remained quiet. Besides, he wasn't used to having reasonable discussions about this; Sephiroth just threw a fit and forbid him to have any contacts and that was the end of their 'discussion'. Beside him, Kadaj piped up, trying to contribute something useful "I don't mind if you bring your boyfriend...s once a week or so..."
Again Genesis batted the silver haired's hand away, sending him an evil glare that told him to stay away. He seemed to be getting to the bottom of the problem, which was not Yazoo being overworked and overloaded with responsibility and work but – surprisingly somehow – his big brother.
"I said you should let me fix this and then everybody can live happily ever after," he snapped at the taller man in front of him, holding the phone away from Sephiroth.
Sephiroth was too stunned by the verbal attack to react for a moment. Then he narrowed his eyes though and stepped closer again. "This has nothing to do with you, give me the phone or I will take it from you." There was a clear threat in his words. In the boys' living room Yazoo let his hand glide over Kadaj's head in a semi-affectionate gesture. He didn't really like hurting his brother like this, but that wasn't the point anyway. "Hn," he gave in, shrugging listlessly.
"Then take it from my dying, cold hands," Genesis hissed back, glaring at Sephiroth for being so ignorant. He knew those boys could get along with some push into the right direction and even though he would never admit it, he cared for them somehow. But the tall warrior did not seem to get, or want to get, what his brother's obviously needed.
Kadaj looked at his brother with round eyes, but smiled then. He knew his older brother, and perhaps they would finally come to a solution.
"That can be arranged," Sephiroth growled, but then Loz blurted through the phone, very much audible, "Let him handle this Seph, we ain't getting nowhere otherwise!"
The oldest stiffened, surprised and not happy, but at least he didn't try to reach for the phone again. Instead he crossed his arms over his chest. "And what is your brilliant solution then," he challenged, feeling left out.
The red-head was as startled by the sudden outburst as his counterpart was, but he managed to suppress the grin that would certainly have pushed Sephiroth over the edge.
"How about this…" Genesis started then, pointing at the man across from him. "You stop behaving like a mother hen around your brothers when it's not necessary. Teenagers have to explore their sexuality at some point and there is no use in you trying to shut that down. And you three…" and now he addressed the other brothers, "keep an eye on each other and try to sense when there is something wrong. Not every little fight has to escalate like this, if you know how to prevent it."
"Sounds good to me," Loz murmured and Kadaj piped up, "Me too!" Yazoo remained quiet for a moment but after a pressing look from the youngest he finally nodded. "Fine."
Sephiroth gritted his teeth, seeing himself confronted with a phalanx.
"See," Genesis said with only the smallest hint of pride, handing the phone to the other, who reluctantly took it now. Perhaps he had taken this too far, perhaps he shouldn't have interfered with the brothers' business, but he had done so and it seemed like it had worked.
"We will talk about this on the weekend, in person," Sephiroth announced curtly and then snapped the phone shut. This conversation was far from over! He would have them explain what exactly had happened, but for now the problem seemed to be solved and he had to pick a bone with Genesis first. Shoving the phone into his pocket he glared at the redhead, barely able to hide his agitation.
"What was that all about?" he asked frostily, trying to not give in to his instincts and smash Genesis' head against the wall till it was but a bloody smear.
"Your phone rang…" The red-head shrugged. "And since I thought it was something important because before you kept watching it with a hawk's eyes, I answered it and yeah… Loz and Yazoo were just a moment away from ripping each other's heads off when Kadaj called, so I assumed it would be best to solve that tiny problem. But I see you aren't too happy about it." His eyebrows arched higher in an almost arrogant way, standing there with his healthy hand on his hip and looking at Sephiroth directly.
"I am not happy about it, indeed, because it is none of your business," Sephiroth snapped, just one ounce short of strangling the smug bastard. Tiny? This problem wasn't 'tiny'! It threatened the cohesion of his family, their moral upbringing and his sanity! "And how did you 'solve' anything? If anything you made it worse! 'Go explore your sexuality'- are you mental?"
"No, I don't know about any problem with my mental stability, thank you very much," Genesis barked back, his eyes becoming ablaze with anger. "I'm just being realistic, Sephiroth. You cannot keep them from the truths of the world, no matter how much you'd like to do that. And what a pathetic hypocrite are you, forbidding them something that you yourself indulge in so greatly."
"You are not being realistic, you are being sick. Advising my 13 year old brother to go fuck around? What is wrong with you?" Sephiroth pushed a hand through his hair, pulling back his bangs, staring at Genesis with much more incredulity than anger.
"You do know that you are the one encouraging him to do so, by forbidding it so vehemently, don't you?" A sharp breath left his nostrils as an expression of anger. "If you had just talked to him instead of obviously just letting the topic drop with a prohibition, this wouldn't have happened."
"There is nothing to talk about, he is thirteen, he is a child and I've had it with this discussion!" Sephiroth flared, his brain already occupied with creating a plan for damage control. "Encouraging him to be a slut will certainly solve the problem, I am so grateful for your brilliant contribution oh wise one," he snorted, shaking his head and then lashing at his tray, kicking it from the bed in frustration because if he didn't it would be Genesis' face that would be meeting his boot.
"That's exactly the problem, Sephiroth." Genesis raged vehemently. "If you want to care for them, which I do not doubt at all, you cannot say that a topic is through when it's not. With children you have to talk about things over and over and over again before they will start to slightly see what you are hinting at. It is not as simple with a family as it is with ShinRa. You cannot command them to obey as you can with the SOLDIERs." Tossing his hair back, he fired daggers at Sephiroth's back. "At least I achieved some progress without anyone getting hurt."
"No one getting hurt? That remains to be seen," Sephiroth growled, turning around and walking over to his bed. He wasn't hungry anymore and he didn't want to talk about this with Genesis of all people. He suddenly regretted not getting rid of the redhead when he had had the chance.
"Great, just punish me with silence. It's what you are obviously best at anyways…" Genesis said angrily, lying down on his bed again and crossing his arms in front of his chest. If Sephiroth wanted to have it his way, he could have it. Not that the red-head needed his company at all.
tbc?
Many thanks to Shadow Haloed Angel and Soyna for the reviews! Is it just me or is interest waning? Well, I hope those of you who still read enjoy it^^
