A/N: Hey everyone! It's me! Back at it again with another update! Please enjoy and review if you like it!
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"I knew it was only a matter of time before Luke got curious about the rest of our friends," Lilli giggled at the lunch table when Emil invited them all over. "The only one of us he knows well is me, right?" She turned to the other kids at the table. "Emil's brothers are super cool, so you all need to be on your best behavior. So far, they think highly of us."
Yong-Soo scoffed. "They obviously don't know anything about us."
Natalia smacked him upside the head. "Let's keep the good impression going, idiot," she sighed. "After all, I know I speak for everyone when I say that I enjoy hanging out with Emil. And if you really enjoy being friends with him, then we all need to be on our best behaviors at his apartment this weekend, understood? If you're not, you're going to have me to deal with."
"Thanks, babe," Lilli giggled, smiling over at her girlfriend.
"How terrifying," the Korean boy scoffed, flinching directly after Natalia lurched in his direction. "I'm sorry, Nat," he instantly apologized before begging for mercy.
"The star of the football team scared of a girl in his friend group," Leon mused, smirking. "Cute, Yong-Soo. Really cute."
"How are you not scared of an angry Natalia?" Yong-Soo defended. "Like, for real! Haven't you ever seen her when she's angry? She's terrifying!" He quickly turned to Natalia. "I mean that with the utmost respect, just so you know," he clarified, to which she shrugged in response. "She can be a beast."
"I wouldn't know," Neoklis replied with a smirk. "I've never been stupid enough to piss her off like you." He glanced over at Leon as he knuckle-bumped him. "Like, you claim to be smart, but you still haven't learned when it comes to Nat? How stupid are you? Sometimes I wonder how you get good enough grades to stay on the sports teams here."
"Keep it coming," the Korean boy replied, scowling. "The roast of Yong-Soo Im is now in session."
"As much as I enjoy a good Korean barbeque, we have more things to think about," Max quickly stated, changing the subject and ignoring the annoyed look on Yong-Soo's face. "Guys, we all have officially been invited to Emil's house this weekend! Not only that, but he lives in Plaza Towers. Remember when we went to get him before going to Keokuk? Parking was a bitch. Now, here are our options. Either we use a nearby parking ramp, we could all carpool and take up less space, or even have parents or older siblings take us?"
"I like the idea of being dropped off," Lilli chimed in. "Since Emil lives downtown, we'll be by everything in case we wanted to go and do something. Also, that way we won't have to pay for parking at all. It's more efficient for all of us that way."
"Lilli makes a valid point," Mei replied, nodding. "I agree with her." She smiled at her boyfriend. "Now the only thing to decide on is who is riding with whom. If you ask me, we all live close enough to downtown to just get together and walk there as a group when we go, but since we're all still minors, we'll need to adjust rides home. It would be best to have people who live by each other carpool. Kinda like how Leon and Max only live a few blocks from each other, it would make sense for them to ride together."
"That's my girl," Max complimented with a smile. He wrapped his arm around her waist and snuggled her close to him for a second, kissing her cheek. "I know that either Tim or Char can take home three people. Nat lives by me, as does Leon." He thought for a moment, tapping his index finger to his chin. "I mean, whenever Lilli stays with Jiri and Alena she's also near me."
"Irunya is home this weekend, so I'm staying at home," Lilli replied. She scanned the table, trying to figure out the carpooling situation before her girlfriend chimed in.
"Max, if it's okay, Leon, Neo, and I will be riding with you," Natalia stated, a contemplative look on her face. "Mei, would you mom be able to give Raivis and Laura a ride home?"
"I'm sure she wouldn't mind," the Taiwanese girl cheerfully replied. "I'll check with her just to make sure. And since Lilli and Yong-Soo both live downtown and are neighbors, then Yong-Soo can walk Lilli home to ensure her safety!"
"That's exactly what I was thinking," the blonde replied, nodding. She then turned to the Korean boy. "Yong-Soo, can I trust you to walk Lilli home and make sure nothing happens to her?"
"Y-Yeah, of course," he stammered. "What kind of a guy do you take me for? I swear I'm not as incompetent as you all think I am."
"Damn, you had me fool," Max dryly stated, rolling his eyes.
"I resent that!" Yong-Soo grumbled. "Whatever, I can do it, Nat. You can trust me."
For the rest of the lunch period, the group of friends all discussed how excited they all were to hang out at Emil's that weekend. As he listened, the Icelandic boy couldn't help but feel happy, and even excited. After all, every one of his friends was excited to be seeing him. It was a wonderful feeling that he hoped would never go away.
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Saturday came faster than expected. Emil had checked over the apartment at least five times over to make sure that it was clean and spotless, causing Mathias and Lukas to make fun of him over and over. Lukas had even encouraged Emil to invite one of his friends to stay over that night, and the younger brother knew exactly who he would invite. He was going to invite Leon to stay overnight. After all, he missed him after not being able to see him much outside of school.
When his friends arrived at the door, Emil had to take a few deep breaths to calm his nerves before going to the door. He turned to look over his shoulder to see Lukas and Mathias watching him from the living room. How annoying. Though he knew they cared about him and what was best for him, he wished those two could be a little less overbearing.
Emil opened the door to find all of his friends on the other side. They all looked more than excited to be there as they all flooded through the door, giving their greetings and removing their shoes, lining them up along the hall. Leon was the last to come through, and after making sure that Lukas and Mathias were distracted by Lilli greeting them, he stole a quick kiss from his boyfriend, grinning.
The Icelandic boy's head was instantly spinning from the sudden kiss from his boyfriend. It felt as if it had been so long since they had kissed, even though they would sneak kisses at school whenever they could. Perhaps it was because it was a sneaky kiss in the presence of his brothers that made Leon seem more attractively daring. Either way, Emil could feel his face turning red as his boyfriend laughed at the reaction.
"You know, red suits you," Leon teased, looking away as he discovered he was blushing as well. He kicked off his shoes and lined them up with everyone else's as Lilli began excitedly introducing everyone to Lukas and Mathias. Taking the opportunity, he pressed his lips to Emil's once more, realizing that he might not get another chance all day. He felt as if he had to tear himself from the other boy, but he couldn't risk pissing off Emil's older brothers, especially knowing how protective they are of him. "God, I've missed you on weekends."
"I've missed you too," Emil quietly admitted. He knew he wouldn't get another chance to ask without seeming unfair to all of his other friends, so he knew it was the only time. "Do you, ah, do you want to stay here tonight?" His nerves felt as if they were wound tighter than an eight-day clock. "I'd really like you to. I just wanted to ask you while we weren't with the others."
The Asian boy was taken by surprise, but he quickly pulled his phone from his pocket once he recovered from the initial shock. "Yeah, let me text my brother. I'll let you know." His fingers fumbled around on his lockscreen, typing in the wrong password twice before finally getting it right. Blushing, he headed toward the living room to greet his boyfriend's brothers before getting caught making typos in his texts to Yao.
"Baby Wang!" Mathias excitedly greeted upon seeing Leon. "I remember you! You're Yao's little brother! I'm a triage nurse at the university, so I see your brother a lot when he does evaluations in the ER! I believe we've met briefly before! I'm Mathias, and this is my husband Lukas."
Lukas studied the Asian boy while his husband spoke. "You're Emil's boyfriend, correct?" he asked Leon. Keeping a poker face was one of Lukas's many talents, and he maintained it as he studied the boy.
Leon felt anxious under his boyfriend's older brother's studious gaze, but he refused to let himself falter. "That's me," he confirmed. "We've been together since homecoming. I know I can speak for all of us here when I say that I feel so fortunate to call him a friend of mine." Through his peripheral vision, he could see everyone else eagerly nodding in agreement. "We all didn't know we were missing anything until he came along. And now, we have no idea what we'd do without him."
Mathias grinned. "Our Emil is one of a kind, isn't he?" he cheerfully asked. "Even if he doesn't say it aloud, he thinks the world of all of you as well."
"Stop. Talking," Emil grumbled, moving to the front of the group. He turned to Lukas. "And you leave Leon alone. He hasn't even been here for five minutes and you're already grilling him. Stop looking at him like that. You two said you'd be cool today, so follow through with what you told me."
Lukas smirked and turned to Mathias. "Okay, Em, you win," he stated. "We're going to run to the store for the rest of the stuff for dinner tonight. Behave, got it?"
"You say that as if I'm normally a wild animal at home," the younger brother sighed. "Just go. Please?"
"I'll keep an eye on them," Lilli chirped to Lukas and Mathias.
Lukas stood up and patted her on the head. "Thanks, Lil. I knew I could count on you." He smiled and headed toward the door with Mathias as they slipped on their coats and jackets. "Be back in a bit."
Once the two older men had left, Leon let out the breath he had been holding. "Shit, I thought I was going to piss myself when he stared at me like that," he sighed. He turned to Emil. "Why is your brother like that? What did people do to make him be that way? Like, shit!" He took a deep breath and turned to everyone else. "Why didn't they do that to any of you?"
Lilli giggled. "We're not dating Emil," she simply stated. "To put it simply, those two are very protective of him. Like, they're not at Vash's level...yet. So I'd say you're still safe at least."
The Cantonese boy groaned. "And you didn't think to warn me?"
"Where's the fun in that?" the blonde girl laughed. She then turned to Emil. "So, Emmy, what's on the agenda for today?"
"I couldn't think of anything at first, so I consulted Nat for her help," Emil shyly admitted, blushing. "I was thinking we could all hang out here and play some party video games or something. And then later on, we could go to Aspen Leaf for some frozen yogurt. Once it gets dark, we could have a movie night in the living room."
"That sounds fun!" Mei giggled. "I know I'm totally down for that!"
Everyone else unanimously agreed as well as Emil hooked up the game system. They all gathered in the living room, deciding on which game to play first. It was decided to play a fighting game for awhile, passing around the controllers.
As the games were being played, Leon sat next to Emil, holding his hand and stealing kisses every now and then. He often found himself looking over at Emil while they watched everyone play. His heart pounded every time as he watched his boyfriend genuinely laugh and smile with their friends. It made him think back to that night when they were drinking in the hotel in Keokuk. "When I'm with you, I don't want to kill myself." How could Emil say those kinds of things and then also look this happy? The smile on his boyfriend's face was too bright to be the smile of someone who wanted to kill himself. There was no way that Emil could be that depressed, right? Moments like these were the ones that reassured Leon that maybe he had imagined all of the suicidal talk that night. After all, he was drunk, too. Maybe he had just made up that conversation between them.
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That night, after everyone else had gone home, Leon sat on the couch with Emil as they flipped through the channels on the television, neither of them really interested in watching something but also not wanting to sit in silence. Mathias and Lukas, once all of the others went home, announced that they were going to the movies in Coralville and left, leaving the two boys alone. But not without Lukas giving them a "Be On Your Best Behavior" lecture while Mathias dragged him out the door.
Leon looked over at Emil as he took the remote from his boyfriend. He smiled at his boyfriend's confused expression before he dropped the remote on the floor, settling for some sort of action movie on the screen. Leaning in toward Emil, he realized his boyfriend met him halfway with his lips. Instantly, he felt fortunate that they were on the same wavelength.
The kisses between the two boys became deeper and more passionate, leaving them gasping for air every now and then yet still longing for the other. They hadn't kissed like this since they had gone to Keokuk for the weekend. Was there any possibility that they would go further than just kissing this time? That thought alone set the hearts of both boys racing as they wondered which of them would make the first move.
It was finally Leon who initiated the next phase after their makeout session on the couch. He had moved them into a position where Emil was pinned beneath him as he kissed at his boyfriend's neck, careful not to leave any trace behind. His heart pounded as he traced the other boy's torso with his hands. But one small moan from Emil's lips gave him all of the encouragement to push through whatever nerves were restraining him. He reached down between Emil's legs and instantly felt that his boyfriend felt the same about the situation.
"Emil," he breathed, "is it okay?"
The Icelandic boy gasped at Leon's touch and nodded, panting. "Y-Yes, it's okay," he finally managed to say before yanking Leon back down to kiss him more.
With Emil's blessing, Leon slowly unbuttoned his boyfriend's pants, pulling the zipper down as well. The Icelandic's boy's gasp once his member had been freed sent chills through his boyfriend's body. Having never been overcome with such strong lust, neither boy was unsure of how to proceed from there. Since both of them still happened to be virgins, neither knew what to do, so Leon chose to do what he knew he could manage without getting too worked up.
Seeing how erect his boyfriend was, Leon pushed back the fabric of Emil's underwear, revealing the Icelandic boy's throbbing length. The Cantonese boy repositioned himself further down his boyfriend's body, licking at the tip of his member. His thinking became hazy as Emil squirmed and bit back a moan. More than anything, he wanted to hear those noises come from his boyfriend again, so he took as much of Emil into his mouth as he could without choking or gagging himself.
Having never gotten this far with someone before, Leon wasn't sure what to do from there, so he let instinct guide him. He decided to mentally put himself in Emil's shoes and do what he would want his boyfriend to do to him. His tongue swirled around his boyfriend's length as best as it could while he bobbed his head up and down on it as he internally cursed himself for not researching this better.
Emil, on the other hand, had never felt something like this before. Sure, he had pleasured himself before, but this was completely different from his hand. This was Leon. Part of him was wondering if this was really happening. How had he gotten so lucky? Could this be some sort of lucid fantasy dream? There was no way that this was happening, on his couch no less. Lukas and Mathias were out of the house until late, and Leon was really there sucking him off. How could this be real?
The Icelandic boy reached down and ran his fingers through his boyfriend's hair, as if checking to see if he was real. At the feeling of the soft dark hair of the other boy, he knew that it was real. He could feel his lust building up in his core, feeling as if it were setting his body on fire from the inside out. The feeling was building up stronger and stronger with every passing moment, driving him more and more insane. And just when he felt as if he were going to lose his damn mind, he reached his climax, crying out Leon's name and letting loose.
Not wanting to make a mess or anything, Leon swallowed every last bit of semen in his mouth. It wasn't like he minded the taste of it. Yet as he realized that Emil was satisfied, he felt his restrained manhood pressing against his own pants. Of all days he had chosen to wear skinny jeans…
Not taking too long to recover from his orgasm, Emil sat up and pushed his boyfriend down on the couch, pinning him beneath him. Leon had made him feel so good, and he was eager to return the favor. In that moment, it felt as if time had truly stopped.
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Later that night, Emil had fallen asleep on Leon's shoulder while watching TV in the living room. The Asian boy snuggled his sleeping boyfriend into himself. He hadn't felt so content and happy in so long. It were almost as if what had happened between them was just some amazing dream the two of them had shared, but he knew it was real.
"You're just drunk," Lukas told Mathias as they entered the apartment. It was half past midnight, and it was obvious that Mathias had been drinking at the movie. "Take off your shoes. If you track mud into my apartment, so help me God, I'll end you."
"Don't be that way," Mathias hummed, kicking off his shoes. "I can even walk properly. I'm not even that drunk. Wanna see what else I can do?" He grabbed Lukas and pulled him into a fevered kiss, groping his butt. "And that's not all," he said, pulling away. "Want to find out more?"
"You idiot, do you forget that Emil has Leon here tonight?" his husband snapped at him. Lukas looked to the couch to see that Emil was asleep and that Leon was watching the TV. He turned back to Mathias. "I'll meet you in our bedroom in five minutes," he quickly stated, giving Mathias a quick kiss and pushing him in the direction of the hallway.
"Fuck yeah! I'm getting laid tonight!" the Danish man cheered, proudly heading toward the bedroom.
His husband's face was flushed a bright red that wasn't easily noticeable due to the fact that the only lighting in that room was the TV. He simply looked to Leon, who was now looking at him, and gave him an embarrassed nod. "Goodnight then," he quickly said before rushing off toward the bathroom.
Leon quietly laughed to himself. They were as bad as Yao and Ivan at times. He looked down at Emil who stirred in his sleep due to the laughing. Pressing a kiss to his boyfriend's forehead, he smiled to himself. "Maybe that could be us one day," he whispered to Emil, moving his silvery bangs out of his face. "Isn't that just a thought, my love?" After kissing his boyfriend's forehead one more time, he turned his attention back to the TV.
In the end, he wanted nothing more than to grow old with the man he loved, and he knew he would never love any other man the way he loved Emil Steilsson.