Of Breakfast Foods: Chapter 3
Zero woke up late the next day. He looked at his alarm clock with half closed eyes; it said that it was twelve o'clock.
Grumbling he got out of bed, wondering how he hadn't woken up before; X was apparently having a total field day. Loud music was coming through his door accompanied by loud, out of tune singing.
Zero got up, opened his wardrobe, and realized all of his favorite outfits were in the wash. Muttering swears under his breath he pulled out his final, and least favorite, outfit.
After getting dressed and exiting his room, Zero, walked into the living room. X was dancing around in Alia's undergarments again and singing along to "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun".
Zero walked over, turned the CD player to another disc and left the room. As he walked out of the room, into the kitchen, he heard the loud and offensive lyrics of Disturbed emitting from the stereo. He opened the refrigerator and sighed, all of the eggs and milk were gone. He opened the cupboards; there was absolutely no cereal. Where was all of the food? It then struck him. X had probably drank too much the night before and gotten the major munchies.
As Zero got a pen and paper, to make a grocery list, Alia walked into the kitchen rubbing her eyes sleepily. She looked at Zero and said, "When ever I wake up and hear X I wonder how I ever slept through it."
Zero nodded, "I know. Hey do you need anything from Douglas's Supermarket while I'm out?"
"Yeah, actually. I need some more shampoo, X used all mine," Alia said, sighing when she too realized there was no food.
"Alright. Hey, X! Do you need anything?" Zero yelled as loud as he could.
"Yes! I need to get some more deodorant, I had to use yours this morning, Zero," X said walking into the kitchen.
"Mine?" Zero asked, anger boiling inside him. Whenever X used his things, they had a tendency to be ruined when Zero found them.
"X, the last time you used my stuff I ended up finding my boxers in the roof!" Zero yelled in a large crescendo, finally filling the room with his voice.
"Touchy, touchy!" said X, as though offended that Zero would ever suggest he would misplace his things.
"Well, X, where am I going to find my deodorant? Hmmm? Perhaps in the TOILET!" screeched Zero, fuming.
"Well, I'll just leave senior grouchy poo!" said X, "Oh, by the way, Gate will be coming over tonight to take me on a date. So, Zero, you had better be nice to him!"
X then turned up his nose and strode out of the room. Zero had to try not to laugh, X looked very ridiculous in Alia's underwear with his nose upturned, as though superior.
Zero strolled down the aisle, looking for the detergent he liked. Tide, All, Sun, Arm and Hammer, none of the ones he liked. While Zero was busy looking at the Clorox bleach, he noticed something out of the corner of his eye, Alia was standing and talking to a man he knew, High Max!
Alia was laughing and so was High Max. The two seemed to be having a very good time, too good of a time in Zero's opinion. In fact, if Zero didn't know any better he would think that they were, no they couldn't be, flirting!
Zero turned and glared a Glare of Death at High Max who just continued laughing and joking happily with Alia. High Max then gave Alia a short embrace and walked off humming.
Zero sat, appalled, hurt, and angry. Alia was supposed to be his woman, not High Max's! It took Zero a moment to realize he had crushed the bottle of bleach, which had now bleached his shoes, and was spilling laundry detergent all over the floor.
Swearing under his breath, Zero, grabbed a new bottle of bleach and detergent and walked heavily to the next aisle.
X, meanwhile, was having a very good time. He had decided to go and get some lunch and ice cream with Gate. After he had met Gate at a bench in the park, the two set off down the path.
Gate decided to take X to an expensive brunch, which had a live orchestra performing. The brunch was held at the Rose Hall, a building famous for holding many brunches, plays, weddings, and fundraisers.
After they had a lovely brunch, they went to Signas's Ice Cream Parlor and got a chocolate malt to share. The owner, Signas, eyed the two suspiciously. He didn't like gays, he thought that homosexuality was wrong and should be made illegal. However bad Signas thought homosexuality to be, he couldn't deny service to a good paying customer.
"Gate you have done too much for me!" X said, while looking at the rest of the park.
"X you know I would do anything for you," said Gate, staring straight at X.
X giggled and took a quick drink of the malt. Gate kept staring and then he, too, took a drink from the malt.
"X, about our relationship," Gate said.
X immediately cut him off, "You…you don't want to break up! Do you?"
"Of course not, X! I just wanted to ask if you wanted to further it from just our usual dates to sleep overs, parties, and eventually moving in together," Gate said, looking hopefully at X.
"Oh, Gate! I never thought you would ask! Of course I would love that!" X said excitedly.
"Good! I'll come to pick you up tonight at seven! Oh, X, pack a backpack. You're staying the night!" Gate said firmly. X was both confused and happy, now he had something Zero didn't! Someone to love.