Enemies Beyond Repair
Chapter 9
We Don't Need Directions, Still
(2 of 2)
They have SO MUCH EGGS! Lucas bellowed, drool starting to go down the corner of his mouth. He was currently looking into the contents of the cabin's refrigerator. He was pleased.
And there's so much fruit and soda and fruit juice and cheese and BACOOOOOOOOOON- Lucas felt faint. Even his house before everything happened didn't have this much food in it. All they had were sandwich supplies most of the time and Lucas easily got tired of those. At this point, he was half-tempted to ask Ness to throw out some of the apples he stocked in his backpack to make room for all this instead.
Wh- But stealing's bad, Lucas! Lucas scolded himself, yanking out the carton of eggs and bacon. He had to admit that Ness was kind of rubbing off on him, but the farmers had more than enough to share, so…
He explored the kitchen for pan. When he found one, he settled it on the stove and began cooking from there.
Kshhhh…!
A distant rush of water was heard. Lucas turned his head in the general direction; Ness had decided to take his shower, apparently.
Cheese and bacon-filled omelettes.
Lucas liked his fattening creation, and even confidently stared at the two plates he had prepared for both him and Ness. However, it took him until now to realize something.
I just cooked breakfast. The blond gawked at the omelettes. He looked outside to see that it was indeed, dark now. He resumed staring at the magnificent omelettes, then shrugged to himself. Eh. He smiled afterwards.
He got out two cups of juice, then forks and put them on the plates he had settled on the sleek wooden table. It was now time to call the raven-haired boy down for dinner. Lucas felt like a mother at the moment, but was struck by the fact that Ness wasn't at all looking too well when he had ran up the stairs half an hour ago. The blond scratched at his chin in thought, then decided to head up the stairs—however, he ate his fill of his own omelette before doing so—with the plate and cup he'd prepped for Ness to eat.
Lucas looked down the hallway of the second floor once he got there, and there were 4 doors. He traveled, peeking through each room until there was only one left; closed.
He softly nudged the door due to his hands already being occupied.
"Ness? You in there?" Lucas called.
"Go away…" Ness lamented on the other side.
"Can I come in?" Lucas bothered to ask anyways.
"No."
"I made food for you," Lucas added.
…
No words.
With that, Lucas struggled to open the door when his hands were already full. After seeing the blond barge in, Ness withdrew and covered his whole self in the blanket, even his head. Lucas carefully walked in, holding the plate and cup like a waiter, and set it on something, which ended up being on the drawer next to the bed itself. Then Lucas proceeded to stare at the lump that was Ness hiding underneath the sheets.
Ness really did act like a little kid at times; how he looked was downright ridiculous and funny to Lucas. The raven-haired boy remained still, waiting underneath the sheets for Lucas to leave. Though, the blond wasn't aware of that, and only poked at the sheets Ness was under.
"What're you doing?" Lucas had a crooked smile on his face, trying not to giggle in the slightest.
"Nothing, can you go now?" Ness asked rudely.
"Not until I see you eating," Lucas finalized. The raven-haired boy groaned. He seemed to be acting normal again, but just unwilling to do things at the moment.
Ness hesitantly slipped from under the blanket, revealing his top half. Right now, his hat was off, his black hair was disheveled, and Lucas saw what he hadn't seen Ness in quite yet. His blue hoodie wasn't on and he saw him wearing a yellow and blue striped tee. The look was weird, but similar to himself, Lucas thought. The raven-haired boy looked self-conscious as Lucas inspected him blatantly.
Ness glowered at Lucas momentarily for looking too long. A huff of smoke flew from his mouth. "Well?"
"O-Oh." Lucas blushed a little, and handed the boy the omelette. Ness was careful to take it.
At that moment, Ness activated his emotion reading PSI, making his eyes glow like they did before. He kept his stare on the platter, but his mind focused on Lucas'. He did everything casually. Lucas remained unknowing of when Ness read him. All the blond did was wait for Ness to take the first bite.
Ness took the fork and chopped a piece off. He then stuck the cheese and bacon-filled part in his mouth, and started chewing. By his face, he was pleased.
"...It's good," Ness whispered, beginning to eat more of it. Lucas grinned sheepishly in return. He still waited in the room. An awkward silence followed as Ness devoured the being that was the dinner omelette.
Ness put the plate on the drawer where Lucas originally had it when he was done. He picked up the cup afterwards and chugged the drink down, wiping a bit at his lips when he had finished; he also put that back on the drawer.
Ness shuffled on the bed for a more comfortable sitting position. He shivered, telling Lucas that his presence was making him cold, again. Though, the blond didn't seem to notice as he stared at Ness for a long period of time. The raven-haired boy sat there on the bed, not minding the cold as he analyzed Lucas' feelings even further to clarify if his past readings were actually true.
Happy… proud… embarrassed… Ness felt from Lucas. So far, the usual.
Passionate… content… Ness continued, satisfied… in lo-
The raven-haired boy held onto his mouth, gagging a little as he lurched forward.
"You okay?!" Lucas asked worriedly. That seemed to snap the blond out of it.
"Lucas…" Ness trailed off, hiding his hints of disgust. The emotion reading from Lucas came so suddenly; Ness rarely bothered to look into anyone's emotion at all, especially the blond's. Now that he did once again, he wished he never had in the first place.
"Y-Yeah?" The blond was at full attention.
Ness pursed his lips together. "I need to ask you a few things… they're very important, so answer them honestly."
"What is it?" Lucas tilted his head. He was growing tired of standing the whole time, and took a seat on the edge of the foot of the bed. Ness didn't mind; he didn't care, to be exact.
"Ever had a girlfriend before?"
"...? Why do you ask?"
"Just answer it."
"No…"
Ness gulped, feeling his thighs flex for no good reason other than tension. "Why?"
"Well, I don't meet any often, I've been homeschooled my whole life," Lucas explained, "when I do I've never gotten close to them."
"Ah," Ness understood. He quickly went to the next question. "Well, ever watched er- porn?"
"Corn?"
"No, porn," Ness emphasized.
"What's that?" Lucas questioned.
Ness was genuinely surprised. He leaned up more towards the blond. "How do you not know?"
Lucas flustered, thinking it was some sort of requirement to know of, and feeling stupid that he didn't understand. "I just don't..?!"
"Oh my god." Ness made the facepalm of the year. "Just how old are you…?"
"15…"
"You're only one year younger than me," Ness' eyes widened expecting something completely different. Lucas' cerulean eyes brightened at the newly obtained knowledge.
"Woah." Lucas grinned for a moment, then disappeared. "But what's porn?"
"Nevermind that." Ness waved a hand in the air, shaking the topic off. He then changed his mind immediately afterwards, "Wait, no, actually—hand me my backpack over there." The boy pointed to the corner of the room. Lucas nodded, plodded off in that direction, and lugged the heavy backpack onto the bed with Ness. The raven-haired boy unzipped the pack and dug deep into it until he reached the desired item he was aiming for. The item that would figure out Ness' assumption on Lucas.
He pulled out a magazine type object from his backpack, flipped through the pages quickly, then tossed it over to Lucas.
"Look through it, and try not to freeze it," Ness warned. "If you even will…" he whispered the last part to himself.
"A-Alright." Lucas made a look of determination. The cover looked innocent, and Lucas at first thought it was some sort of women's fashion magazine. He thought the girl on the cover looked awfully pretty, cherished it, then moved onto the inside. His eyes widened slowly as he took in what was being done to that girl. He shrieked, still holding the magazine, then looked to Ness.
"W-WHAT IS THIS?!" Lucas was blushing like crazy. Ness couldn't help but laugh.
"It's porn, welcome to life's joys and pleasures." The raven-haired boy snickered. "How is it?"
"I-It's, u-um…" Lucas shied away as his voice got lower, "it's okay…"
"Now, tell me." Ness put his hands together and pointed it in the general direction of Lucas. "Do you find yourself staring at the male, or female, more?"
"I'm not getting why you're asking me these weird questions…" Lucas panicked, still looking at the magazine fumbly.
"Just answer them," Ness pushed, smirking.
"T-The, m—" Lucas stopped right there, and closed the magazine immediately. "I-I really don't want to answer anymore, Ness." He handed the book back to the raven-haired boy, and scooted off the bed in the end, to run away.
Ness groaned aloud, "Come on, dude." He clicked his tongue, getting off the bed.
Ashamed… aroused… Ness read the feelings of Lucas as the blond made his way for the door. The raven-haired one swiftly closed the door shut on Lucas before he was able to get out. Ness didn't know why he was forcing the blond to tell him, why he even cared enough to. He just died to know. The extreme cold he experienced didn't matter.
"You're not going anywhere until you tell me, blondie," Ness said detestably. He cornered Lucas with both arms extra carefully, considering his bare skin was more prominent to touch because of the hoodie, gloves, and cargo pants he stripped off. He was left standing in his plaid boxers, tee, and socks.
What the heck?! Lucas thought, finding himself extremely frightened by the other boy's actions, What does he even want?
"Stop forcing me to!" Lucas upsettingly frowned. His heart beated fast.
"Don't make me do this the hard way," Ness cautioned, about to take drastic measures. The raven-haired boy couldn't help it. He really, really wanted to know Lucas' tastes.
"I-I won't say anything!" Lucas said stubbornly. "Please stop it! I don't see the big deal in this anyways!"
"You forced me to…" Ness whispered to himself.
Afterwards, the raven-haired boy leaned his face almost close for the both of theirs to touch. He stared purposefully seductive with his half-lidded eyes at Lucas'. The blond trembled, backing further into the wall behind him, though it didn't make a cent of space between him and Ness. Lucas was shyly, but passionately engulfed in the other's rare, violet eyes. Their mouths were close, but never making contact. Instinctively, Lucas anxiously turned his head down and to the side.
"Lucas…" Ness cooed into the blond's ear. He exhaled a puff of warm air down Lucas' neck. The blond shivered, whimpering vulnerably in return.
"S-Stop…" Lucas mewled. He closed his eyes shut, feeling his body heat up. He felt as if his heart would've beaten out of his chest.
"Do you like me?" Ness muttered. Lucas didn't nod or shake his head.
The blond forced himself to look Ness in the eye; revealing to Ness a shocked, confused, and embarrassed facial expression. Lucas' face was pure pink, and his cerulean eyes glimmered innocently. Lucas felt faint from the oncoming pressure Ness was putting on him.
Lucas took a moment to absorb the question, only to end up saying what his guts told him to, "N-NO! Of course not! You're a guy!"
Ness continued reading, Fear… Hysteria… Excitement…-
The raven-haired boy's telepathy PSI wore off when the blond's icy PSI chose to show up again. Ness' violet eyes stopped its glow as the wall Lucas backed up against started to be eaten up by a sheet of ice. Lucas trembled, standing completely still in front of Ness. The raven-haired boy backed away, and when he did, that was when the blond cut his focus from Ness, and went to stare at what the other boy gaped at.
Lucas backed away from the ice-covered wall as well. It froze a big portion of the wall and half of the door, too. Ness flew for retreat at the bed, where Lucas watched him dig into his backpack nervously; he pulled out his cargo pants, hoodie, and gloves. He slipped them on quickly, then backed away from that stone cold wall Lucas touched. The sudden ice presence made the raven-haired boy colder than usual without his outfit on.
Ness growled at Lucas. "Ugh, you fucked up one of those retards' room!" he told Lucas rudely. He hugged at himself as he activated his fire PSI for warmth, and to melt the following ice on the wall.
"W-Well you shouldn't have done- w-whatever you were doing!" Lucas stammered, pink cheeks starting to wear away. Ness shook his head, upset. "What were you even doing?!"
"Asking questions," Ness replied in a smartass tone, "and quite frankly, all you needed to do was answer them. Not make a fucking glacier in this damn room!"
Lucas grimaced momentarily. "'Questions'?! They were horrible questions! Why would you even ask them?! Geez!" The blond fidgeted at the heat Ness was radiating off of himself to melt the iced wall.
"Forget it," Ness concluded, "just get the hell out of the room once I melt this shit off." He looked angry with guilt mixed into the recipe. He made the environment around him even hotter, reducing Lucas to sweats. He wanted to melt the ice off the door as soon as possible to get the boy out of the room.
Lucas clicked his tongue, backing away from the stubborn raven-haired boy. It was as if he had to always remind himself of Ness' 'autism' in order to deal with the boy's meanness. It frustrated Lucas to no end that Ness was probably the hardest person he's ever handled in his life. The blond didn't understand him, and Ness would have sudden surges of kindness, then slip right back to his irritable state; Lucas was never sure when to trust the boy or not. He never felt accepted, and when he did, it'd all seem like a short-lived moment.
The ice melted off, and Ness made the pathway out of the room possible.
Lucas fretted, taking small, conservative steps out of the room. He shakily grabbed the handle of the door, twisted it, then tugged on it. The damp wooden door opened with a loud creak, as the blond slipped out of the room. However, Ness yanked at the back of Lucas' collar with a gloved hand.
"Ngh!" Lucas gagged a bit by the grab. He turned around to face Ness again, who looked at him with angry, disgusted eyes.
"And by the way, keep your feelings in check," Ness berated, "faggot."
He shut the door right in Lucas' face.
