Title: Halloween Aftermath
Author: Tazzzkitty and Vero
Fandom: QAF
Pairing: B/M
Rating: R
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Status: New, Complete
Category: Comedy, Romance
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Spoilers: Through season three
Summary: The aftermath of a crazy Halloween Party.
Notes: Written as a live chat round robin. Each authors part is
labeled with their name.
Warnings: None
Vero:
Michael and Emmett were in Michael and Ben's apartment.
"I can't believe you did that Michael!" yelled Emmett.
"I know.... Lindsay is very pissed with me, and Brian laughed at me,
but now he seems upset... and Ben... I can't tell that to Ben."
"I just can't believe it!!! I'm so disappointed I wasn't there for
that Halloween party."
"Well you missed nothing... I just can't barely remember what
happened really... until..."
"Oh my god... I can't believe it..."
"Can't you stop saying that Emmett?"
"Well, it's because I just can't believe it."
Michael rolled his eyes.
"I don't know how it happened..."
"God, I so wanted to be there and be with them when they caught you
fucking Melanie in Lindsay and Mel's bed! I just can't believe
it!!!"
"I told you I can't remember exactly... the party was fine..." said
Michael as he started to tell about the particular evening.
Tazzzkitty:
"Well, the party was boring for a while. Brian and I went together
because Ben had a party to go to at his college. Oh, and I didn't
tell you about the costume I had to wear yet. God, I want to kill
Brian for that..." Michael began, sitting down on the couch to tell
his tale.
Emmett sat down next to him and curled up his legs beside him as he
leaned his head down on his arm, eager to hear what had happened the
night before.
"At first, Brian was trying to convince me to dress up as a woman
again. I don't know why! He tried everything, but I wouldn't do
it! So he finally got me to dress up as an ancient Greek, in that
white toga? Well, I might as well have worn a dress because it
probably would have covered more than that stupid thing!" Michael
shook his head, still angry that Brian had convinced him to wear the
toga. "But it's okay, because I sort of got him back..." he said,
grinning.
"What did you do?" Emmett asked.
"I made him dress up as Robin Hood. You know, with the tights?"
Michael said, his grin widening at the thought of Brian in those
green tights. He shook his head, clearing his dirty thoughts.
"Anyway," he continued. "Brian was bored as hell at the party and
was trying to get me to leave and go to Babylon with him, but I
didn't want to go because it would be rude to leave the party so
early. He was irritated, but agreed to stay for a little while
longer. Then finally, someone brought up the idea of telling scary
stories. At first it sounded lame, and Brian was begging me to
leave again, but Lindsay said she had a good story about something
that had happened in their own house, but long before they moved
in. Well, that was just interesting enough to get Brian's attention
so we all gathered in the living room to hear the story. Someone
turned off the lights so the only lighting left was from a few
candles that were scattered around. Once everyone had settled down
and found a place to sit, Lindsay sat forward in her seat and
proceeded to tell us just about the scariest and also the most
ludicrous ghost story I had ever heard."
Michael stopped his story, looking off into space as a look of
confusion came over his face.
"Well?" Emmett asked, almost bouncing. "What's the story?"
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"70 years ago an old woman used to live here," Lindsay said. "She
was nice with every kid and all the neighbors. Her husband had died
a long time ago. People found her sweet. She was alone. She had no
children with her husband. And she was well known because she had a
pink bunny doll with her all the time. She talked to her bunny doll
like he was alive. She was old so people didn't care too much.
"One day, someone asked her about her bunny, where did she get it.
And she said the bunny was in fact her husband. That she was a fairy
and he was a witch and one day they fought and she changed him into
a bunny but forgot how transform him back again to his human form.
But she said worse to the guy who asked her. She said her bunny
husband was so mad to become a bunny, that he forbid her to have sex
with anybody, and he put a curse on her. The guy asked what kind of
curse and the old lady transformed herself in a beautiful and young
woman that the guy couldn't resist and he wanted to fuck her and he
did, but the result was that the sex of the woman ate his dick when
he came. That was the curse.
"Then the guy, who was still alive, ran away from the place. The
cops went there and didn't find the old woman. She disappeared. They
just found two bunnies on the couch, one pink and one blue. The guy
who had his dick eaten ordered them to burn the two bunnies and the
cop did it and when the cops did that to the two bunnies he said he
heard awful screaming that came from the puppets."
Emmett told to Michael: "You were right, it was scary and ludicrous."
"Yep, after that Brian really wanted to leave to go to Babylon and
that's when Justin finally joined us. He was late because he had to
work at the diner. He was dressed in a dress... a Marianne costume
from... Robin Hood..." said Michael, still angry at the memory.
"So what happened next? " asked Emmett.
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"Well, since Justin had just gotten there, he didn't want to leave
right away, so Brian agreed to stay at the party for longer. But
then he was paying attention to Justin and not to me," Michael said,
a little angry, but then he stopped himself. "Anyway... then..."
Michael stopped. "Then..." he started again.
"Well?" Emmett asked.
"Then... things started to get hazy. I don't remember... wait! I
think I remember someone gave me a cup of punch... oh god... maybe
it had some drugs in it?" Michael asked, looking up at Emmett as if
he knew. Emmett only shrugged.
Michael concentrated hard, trying to remember what had happened. "I
think I saw Brian and Justin in the kitchen and Brian was reaching
under Justin's dress..." Michael said, as his voice became angry
again. "And then I left because I didn't want to watch that..."
Emmett nodded his head with a disgusted look on his face, agreeing
that he wouldn't want to watch that either.
"And then... I think I went upstairs..." Michael said. "But I don't
remember why... Maybe to go to the bathroom..." Michael frowned as
he tried to remember more, but his memories seemed to be patchy and
not clear.
"Oh! I think I ran into Melanie in the hallway! I remember she was
dressed in this pink tutu, like a ballerina outfit, and she didn't
look happy at all in it. I think she had come upstairs to change
out of it."
Michael's eyes widened as in his mind he saw the next scene that
happened play in his mind almost like he was watching a movie and
not remembering something he had done.
"What???" Emmett asked, seeing the look that was on Michael's face
and knowing he had remembered something important.
"Oh my god," Michael said, shaking his head.
"What? What?" Emmett asked, louder.
"OH MY GOD," Michael said, again.
"WHAT?" Emmett practically yelled.
"I can't tell you," Michael said.
"You sure as hell CAN!" Emmett did yell this time.
"But it's stupid. I'm sure it didn't happen. It couldn't have."
"Michael Charles Novotny, for the love of god, you are going to tell
me what happened!" Emmett said, reaching over to grab Michael by the
shoulders.
Michael's face was turning paler and paler by the second as he
finally turned to look Emmett in the eyes. He began again in a soft
voice.
"I remember Melanie was gesturing for me to follow her into the
bedroom... and I followed... and then... well... god... I don't
want to tell the details... but you know what happened... but it's
like it wasn't really me... and it wasn't really her..." Michael's
eyes widened as he looked at Emmett and whispered: "I think we were
possessed by the ghosts of that old woman and her husband!"
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"Possessed by the ghosts?" yelled Emmett.
"Well what else could it be?"
"But you didn't transform into a bunny at the end..."
"Well we were interrupted, I didn't have time to come into Mel."
"Oh my god!! If you did, maybe she will eat your dick!"
Michael widened his eyes and looked at his dick. "Oh my god... my
baby."
"Oh my god!!!!!!! Speaking about your baby... you fucked her... did
you feel your baby in it?"
"What?"
"She was still pregnant, or she was slim again?"
"No, she was still pregnant, and it was certain she wasn't happy
with her pink tutu. She was so sexy..." said Michael as he choked on
the word in surprise and Emmett yelled "What?" all surprised too...
Suddenly Michael's face made a weird expression.
"Michael are you okay? You are so pale..."
"I think I'm still possessed, just now...."
"What? What?"
"Emmett, something's wrong!!"
"What? What's wrong sweetie?" asked Emmett, all in a panic.
"I'm hard... I thought about Melanie and I'm hard now!" Michael was
yelling.
"Oh my god!!!" yelled Emmett.
Emmett ran away from the room suddenly, then he came back a minute
later with the whole Buffy the Vampire Slayer's package. And pointed
it to Michael.
"Stop that!!!!!!!!!! I'm not a vampire, Emmett..." yelled Michael in
a panic.
Michael tried to come closer to Emmett but Emmett pulled away.
"No, you will eat my dick!!!!!"
"Calm down Emmett, it's just me... "
"Stay away."
"Emmett, it's okay... I'm just hard because of Melanie. You don't
have to worry about it... and even if it's weird as hell... I swear
it's me! Michael."
Emmett calmed down a little bit finally and sat down carefully with
a little distance from Michael.
"So you are not possessed?"
"I don't think so. I don't feel like I am..."
"But how can it happen? I mean, you fucking Melanie and Melanie
fucking you and now that!!!!"
"I don't know... but, Oh my god!!!"
"What? What?"
"I remembered something else... before entering the bedroom with Mel
all horny..."
"What??"
"No! It can't be that... That's stupider than... everything."
"Tell me!!!!!!!"
"I told you, I was pissed because Brian was with Justin and Melanie
was pissed too... and after... I think, but I'm not sure..."
"What? What?"
"I think a witch appeared and asked us to make a wish... and we
did... I remembered I wanted to piss off Brian and Mel wanted to
piss off Linds because of her tutu."
"And?"
"God, we made the same wish..."
"What wish?"
"OH MY GOD Emmett, I'm in big shit trouble."
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"What did you wish?" Emmett asked again when it looked like Michael
was just going to sit there with a horrified look on his face.
"No..." Michael said, as if to himself. "It's too awful... I
couldn't have... What was I thinking?"
"Michael, honey, you're going to give me a heart attack!" Emmett
yelled. "Just tell me!"
"We wished we were straight," Michael mumbled.
"You WHAT?" Emmett yelled.
But Michael couldn't repeat the words. He could hardly bear to
think about it.
"What the hell did you do that for?" Emmett asked.
"Well, I don't know!" Michael yelled, seeming to be finally over his
shock. Now he was just getting angry.
"I think maybe it's because I was possessed..." he said, trying to
rationalize.
"Sweetie, I don't think you were possessed at all," Emmett
said. "But I do think you lost your fucking MIND!"
"Emmett! You aren't helping!" Michael whined.
"Fine," Emmett said, sighing and he stood up. "Let's do a test."
Emmett went and got some porno magazines and brought them for
Michael to look at. He opened one up to the middle where there was
a very muscular naked man with a huge dick. "Anything?" Emmett
asked Michael, who was looking down at the picture in disgust.
"Ewww..." Michael said and he clamped his hand over his mouth.
"Oh my god..." Emmett said. "You're straight."
"Oh my god..." Michael said, dropping his hand. "It can't be... I
can't do that... I can't... not with a woman... I don't wanna touch
her... Oh my god..." Michael said, looking down at his lap guiltily.
"Don't tell me..." Emmett said.
"Yep," Michael said, nodding. "I'm straight! This is horrible!"
Just then there was a knock on the door. Emmett got up to answer
it, giving Michael a few moments to let his erection go down again.
"Hi Brian!" Emmett said, plastering a fake smile on his face. He
was worried about how Brian was going to take the news, if Michael
was going to tell him what happened.
Brian pushed past Emmett and made a beeline for Michael, who had
turned around and was looking at Brian with a look of horror on his
face.
"Hey Mikey!" Brian said, looking at Michael a little
suspiciously. "I hope you're feeling better after last night," he
said. "I'm sure it was because of the drugs, right?" Brian asked,
hopefully.
"Right," Michael nodded, standing up in front of Brian. "The
drugs... sure... that had to be it... because I definitely don't
like women..."
"Good," Brian said, looking satisfied and he reached out and pulled
Michael to him in a hug.
And before Michael could do anything to stop him, Brian leaned down
and kissed him, full on the lips.
Suddenly Michael was filled with revulsion and he pushed Brian away
as hard as he could, nearly knocking him to the floor and he backed
away, raising his hand to his mouth, and wiping at it
furiously. "Ewww, gross!" Michael yelled before he could stop
himself and then he looked up at Brian with wide, guilty eyes.
"What the fuck?" was all Brian could say.
Vero:
Michael didn't want to answer. And Brian looked at him with a
wondering look.
And that's the moment Emmett chose to say, "Michael is straight!!!
Michael became straight!"
Michael was yelling in his mind: Why couldn't Emmett just shut the
fuck up?
Brian was in shock. "What?"
"He is straight!!!!!" repeated Emmett.
"It can't be... Mikey is a big queer! Always have, always will," he
said as he looked at Michael, waiting for confirmation.
"Well, I thought so... but..."
"He made a wish that he was straight and now he is!!!!" continued
Emmett.
Then suddenly Emmett yelled: "Oh my god, that means Melanie is
straight too now!! Oh my god, tell me Michael you loved to fuck her?
Are you in love with her? You will marry her?"
Emmett asked question after question. That's when Brian started to
laugh. "Okay guys, that's funny! I almost fell for it!"
Suddenly Melanie entered the flat with Lindsay as she
yelled, "Michael !!!!! I'm straight!!!!!!"
Lindsay seemed to be desperate as she moved closer to Brian and
glared at Michael.
"Hey girls," said Michael all hard again...
"Oh no!!!!!!!" yelled Melanie. "All the men... here... I'm getting
moist..."
"Don't touch me," yelled Brian to Mel as he took a step back away
from her.
"Oh my god, I so want to have a huge dick inside me," said Melanie,
all excited.
"I'm ready, if you want," said Michael.
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Melanie began to move towards Michael who was opening his arms,
ready for her, but Brian grabbed her before she could get to him.
"Hey!" yelled Michael, frowning.
But Melanie just looked up at Brian. "Okay, I guess I could fuck
you instead," she said and Brian instantly shoved her away from
him.
Michael moved to go towards Melanie, but Brian grabbed him before he
could get to her.
"Let me go!" Michael yelled.
"No way, Mikey. You are not going to fuck Melanie or any other
woman for that matter," Brian said, holding Michael tightly to his
chest as he struggled to get free. "Christ, Mikey! Did you ask to
become the worlds horniest straight guy or what?" Brian asked,
amazed at how badly Michael wanted to get to Melanie.
"God dammit!" Michael yelled in frustration, trying to pry Brian's
arms off of him, but Brian was holding on tight.
"Lindsay, I think you'd better take Melanie out of here," Brian
said. "They're like two fucking dogs in heat!"
Lindsay tried to lead Melanie back out of the apartment, but she
wouldn't go and it took Emmett helping her to get the woman out the
door and back down to the car.
"What did you do that for?" Michael asked. "I just wanted to fuck
her!" he yelled.
"Just?" Brian asked, still in shock over the whole situation. "Do
you even realize what you just said?"
Brian turned Michael around in his arms, but didn't let him go. He
stared down into Michael's eyes intensely. "Mikey, we're going to
cure you of this. I'm going to make you gay again," Brian said,
firmly.
Michael frowned and tried to get away from Brian, who finally let
him go, but kept a close watch on him so he didn't run out the
door. But Michael seemed much more calm now that Melanie was out of
the room.
Michael sat down on the couch, pouting, and Brian stood looking down
at him, thinking what he could do. He saw the porno magazines and
moved to grab one, but Michael stopped him.
"Emmett already tried that. I thought I was going to throw up,"
Michael said.
Brian went to where the porno tapes were and selected one and put it
in the VCR. He turned it on and heard Michael say, "Oh my god."
Brian thought maybe he liked what he saw, but he turned around and
saw Michael cover his mouth with one hand and his eyes with the
other and figured it wasn't working after all.
Brian sighed and turned off the tape. "Dammit Mikey. What the fuck
were you thinking anyway?" Brian asked, though he wasn't really
expecting an answer.
He couldn't think of what to do. He had to do something! He
couldn't just let Michael stay straight. Brian couldn't deal with
the fact that he might never get to fuck Michael and not for the
reasons he had always thought of before, but because Michael
couldn't stand the thought of having sex with another man, even if
it was Brian!
So Brian did the only other thing he could think of and he climbed
on top of Michael, who still had his eyes closed and never saw Brian
coming. Brian pushed Michael down onto his back on the couch and
laid down on top of him. Michael was struggling, but Brian was
stronger and Michael couldn't push him off.
"Mikey, you're going to like this whether you like it or not," Brian
said, frowning because he realized his sentence didn't make sense,
but he ignored that and leaned down to kiss Michael as he reached
down and grabbed his crotch with one hand.
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Michael felt disgusted again and Brian tried all that he could to
make Michael hard, but it didn't work. So he insisted on kissing him
much deeper. And Michael was fighting. Then he finally let go and
gave in. Brian was glad and finally broke the kiss with a huge grin
on his face.
"So?"
Michael was pouting and as Brian left his guard he said, "I had to
think about Melanie!! To give in, Brian."
Brian was in shock when he thought he had won his Mikey back seconds
ago.
"Shit! Michael!!!! It's a nightmare."
"Well it's maybe not a nightmare... so much... I'm turning
straight... well, it could be worse... I mean, I finally will have a
normal life... without having to hide or be ashamed..."
"I can't believe you are saying that Michael!!!! And what about us?"
Brian yelled, frantic.
"What? It's not because I'm straight now you that won't be my best
friend anymore, Brian."
Brian rolled his eyes. "I was not talking about that!!!!"
"So about what?"
"You know what I mean. Michael, don't play dumb."
"Well, I don't know. What do you mean?"
"You wanna know?" asked Brian.
"Yeah."
Suddenly Brian became more calm and he looked at Michael seriously.
He moved closer to Michael and Michael stared at him.
"Mikey!" said Brian with a low soft voice.
Michael felt his heart doing a race.
Then suddenly Brian grabbed his crotch again before Michael could
react.
"You are a fucking liar!!!!!! You're hard!!" Then he took his hand
off from Michael. "I can't believe you did that to me!!!! Who got
the idea, you, Lindsay or Melanie?"
Michael became pale.
"You disgust me, Michael!!!!" he said as he left the room.
"Wait! Brian, it was just a joke..."
But Brian left in fury and bumped into Emmett, who wondered what
happened.
"Michael what happened?"
"I'm not straight Emmett, neither is Mel... and I fucked up
everything."
At the same time Ben came back from his work. "Hey Michael, what
happened with Brian? I bumped into him, he was in tears," he asked,
stunned.
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"Tears?" Michael asked. He was stunned, too. He knew Brian would
be upset at the joke, but he didn't mean to make him cry!
"It was all a joke?" Emmett asked, but Michael didn't answer him.
"What was a joke?" Ben asked. "What's going on?" He was even more
confused than Emmett.
"Oh my god!" Emmett yelled suddenly. "This means you didn't fuck
Melanie! Thank god!"
"WHAT?" Ben asked, but Michael ignored him and went out the door
after Brian.
Michael ran down the hall and towards the stairs, hoping that he
could catch Brian before he drove away. He practically flew down
the stairs and, as he did, his mind was flying too, trying to figure
out what the hell had happened that would make Brian cry. He had
looked dead serious on the couch, right before he grabbed Michael's
crotch. Had he been about to say something? Something Michael had
waited years to hear? Michael had a hard time believing that was
true, but he couldn't think of any other explanation.
Michael went out the door of the building and across the street he
saw Brian getting into his car.
"BRIAN!" Michael yelled and Brian stopped but didn't turn around.
He reached a hand up to his face and Michael could swear he was
wiping away tears.
"What do you want?" Brian said and his voice sounded sad. Michael
ran up behind him and stopped, taking a minute to catch his breath
before speaking.
"Look, I'm sorry I did the joke, Brian. It was all my idea. I
didn't know you would get so upset! Hell, I don't even know WHY
you're so upset!" Michael said.
Brian finally turned around. "That's exactly WHY I'm so upset,"
Brian said as he looked at Michael with tearstained and bloodshot
eyes. Brian turned to get into his car, but Michael made a split
second decision and grabbed the keys out of his hand.
"Mikey..." Brian said, sighing. "Give me back my keys."
"No," Michael said, crossing his arms over his chest. "Not until
you tell me what the hell is going on."
"We'll be standing here for a long time, then," Brian said, leaning
against the car.
They stood there, staring at each other for a long time.
"Fine. Then get in the car," Michael said. Brian moved to get in
the driver's seat, but Michael stopped him. "No. I'm driving."
"What?" Brian asked.
"I'm driving. Get in the passenger seat," Michael said.
Brian lunged for the keys, but Michael was too fast for him and got
away. Finally, Brian sighed and walked around the car to get into
the passenger seat. He was too depressed to fight.
Michael got into the driver's seat and put the key in the ignition.
"So where are we going?" Brian asked as Michael pulled away from the
curb.
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"I have no idea where we are going but we sure are going somewhere,"
said Michael.
"Fine, wake me when we arrive."
"Oh no, I think we have to talk."
But Brian closed his eyes.
"First, I'm sorry, but I just wonder why you are so upset. It was a
joke Brian, we did some jokes to each other many times... and
sometimes worse than that one. So what the hell is going on?"
But Brian didn't answer.
"I know you are listening to me Brian."
But still no answer.
"And why were you crying?"
But again no answer from Brian.
"I can't believe you really thought I could turn straight... I mean,
the whole thing was so obvious." continued Michael.
"Will you answer me Brian? Because this shit is stupid."
But Brian 's eyes were still closed.
"Okay so you are pouting... then pout."
Michael was driving and the silence was heavy. He tried to think why
his best friend took the joke so bad until the point to make him so
upset.
Then finally Brian opened his eyes and said: "Where are we?"
"I don't know. I didn't pay attention to the direction I took."
"I'm hungry."
"Well I'll stop at the next fast food or restaurant on our way. So
are you speaking to me again now?" asked Michael.
"It was a bad joke...." said Brian.
"I know and I'm sorry for that, it just..."
"I know, when I thought about it, I have to admit it was stupid and
obvious. I shouldn't have fell for it..."
"Yeah, so why?"
"I just panicked... I already lost you once. I just panicked..."
whispered Brian.
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Michael was stunned, to say the least, and he looked over at Brian
as he was driving. He looked back at the road just in time to
notice that the light was turning red and he slammed on the brakes.
When the light turned back to green, Michael pulled forward and then
parked in the next empty space he saw on the side of the road. He
sat there for a moment, holding the wheel with shaking hands.
Finally, he turned to look at Brian again, who was looking out the
window like at any moment he might bolt out the door and run down
the street.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Michael asked, as gently as
he could manage. "You never lost me."
"I did, too!" Brian said, suddenly unable to stop once he had let
things start to flow. "More than once actually. And I just can't
stand for it to happen again!"
Michael looked into Brian's panicked eyes and only wanted for him to
calm down again. He reached over and grabbed Brian's hand and it
was immediately latched onto in a vise-like grip by Brian, who
desperately needed Michael to stay near him.
"Brian, you could never lose me. Ever," Michael punctuated. "So
tell me what's going on."
Brian suddenly didn't know what to say. He couldn't decide the
right words to say, the right words that would win Michael over and
not make him laugh in his face or run away screaming. Brian began
to panic again and instead of speaking, he acted, pulling on
Michael's hand, pulling their bodies together and locking their lips
in a heated kiss. It only took Michael a fraction of a second to
give in to the kiss as they explored each other's mouths with their
tongues, and soon their hands joined the exploration and they were
about to undress each other right there in the car on the side of
the street.
Finally, Brian got a hold of himself and gently pushed Michael away,
enough to break the kiss, but leaving their foreheads resting
against each other. The two men just sat there, panting, neither one
ready to speak just yet.
A minute later, Michael reached a hand up to stroke a finger down
the side of Brian's face. He looked across the short distance and
into his eyes. "Why didn't you just tell me?" Michael asked in a
whisper.
"I wanted to. so many times." Brian said. "But."
"But what?" Michael prompted, tenderly, as he leaned forward and
gave Brian another soft kiss, already missing the feel of their lips
as they pressed together.
"I was scared. I wasn't sure." Brian said, shaking his head slightly
as he looked down towards his lap, still not pulling their foreheads
apart. "I." He broke off, struggling to express his feelings.
"It's okay." Michael said, and he kissed Brian again, just barely
letting their tongues meet before pulling away and sitting back into
the driver's seat again, leaning his head on the back of the seat as
he looked over at Brian. "You idiot," Michael said, as he began to
grin.
"What?" Brian asked, stunned.
"You're an idiot!" Michael said, louder.
Once again Brian didn't know what to say.
"I've always loved you, Brian. Always." Michael said, his voice
kinder now. "And now nothing else matters." he said as he reached
out to grab Brian's hand again.
They sat there for a minute, just looking at each other in silence.
"So where to now?" Michael finally asked, with a slight grin on his
face.
"Back to your apartment," Brian said, a serious look on his face.
"But Ben and Emmett are there," Michael said, frowning.
"Exactly," Brian said, raising his eyebrows.
"Did I miss something?"
"Apparently. Mikey, don't you think you need to have a talk with
Ben?"
"But." Michael started.
"No buts. Mikey I know it's hard, but you have to do it."
"You're going to talk to Justin, too?" Michael asked.
"Yeah. I know things aren't the same between me and him as it is
with you and Ben, but I still at least owe him an explanation."
Michael sighed as he looked at Brian with a small smile. "Damn you
Brian Kinney and your morals."
"I know." Brian said, playing along. "But it's worth it, right?" he
asked with a smile of his own. "I mean just think of tonight."
"God!" Michael said, sitting up straight and turning to face the
steering wheel again. "I can't think of tonight now or I'll have a
permanent erection the rest of the day."
"I will, too," Brian said as he leaned over and kissed Michael on
the neck. "Just being near you." he whispered in his ear.
Michael laughed and started the car again and peeled away from the
curb.
Twenty minutes later, Brian and Michael were walking back into the
apartment. Neither of them were eager to complete this particular
task, but they knew they had to do it.
"Michael, Baby!" Ben yelled as he saw Michael come in the door. He
went to greet Michael, planting a kiss on his cheek. Emmett joined
him, a big grin on his face. "Emmett told me about the joke! I
can't believe Brian fell for it! That's pretty funny. How'd you
think of doing that?" he asked, but his smile faded as he noticed
that Brian and Michael were holding hands. "What's going on?" Ben
asked.
"Ben, there's something I have to tell you." Michael said and he
looked up at Brian for encouragement. Brian squeezed his hand in
response. "Brian and I are in love. I'm breaking up with you."
Michael said, thinking that the direct route was the best thing to
do.
Silence fell over the apartment as Brian and Michael watched varying
emotions play over Ben's face. "What.?" Ben finally asked, in a
whisper.
"I'm sorry." Michael started, but he stopped as he saw a smile
spread across Ben's lips and Michael frowned.
Ben suddenly looked up at Emmett, who smiled back at him and began
to laugh.
"Very funny, you guys!" Ben said, beginning to laugh, too. "You
almost got us! Right Em?"
Brian and Michael could only stand in shocked silence.
"Are you kidding, sweetie? I didn't believe it for an instant!"
Emmett said, as he threw an arm around Ben's shoulders. "Now come
on, let's go finish watching that show on TV," Emmett said, leading
Ben to the couch. "Can you imagine? Brian and Michael in love? A
couple? Yeah right!"
THE END
Author: Tazzzkitty and Vero
Fandom: QAF
Pairing: B/M
Rating: R
Archive Permission: ATP and Always, all others ask first
Feedback Sent To: tazackitty @ hotmail.com
Status: New, Complete
Category: Comedy, Romance
Disclaimers: Queer As Folk the series, characters and concepts are
the property, copyright and trademark of Cowlip and Showtime. No
ownership is claimed by the author, this work is nonprofit,
noncommercial and not for sale for commercial purposes. Characters
and situations not specifically owned by the creators of QAF or
under copyright, are the sole copyright of the author.
Spoilers: Through season three
Summary: The aftermath of a crazy Halloween Party.
Notes: Written as a live chat round robin. Each authors part is
labeled with their name.
Warnings: None
Vero:
Michael and Emmett were in Michael and Ben's apartment.
"I can't believe you did that Michael!" yelled Emmett.
"I know.... Lindsay is very pissed with me, and Brian laughed at me,
but now he seems upset... and Ben... I can't tell that to Ben."
"I just can't believe it!!! I'm so disappointed I wasn't there for
that Halloween party."
"Well you missed nothing... I just can't barely remember what
happened really... until..."
"Oh my god... I can't believe it..."
"Can't you stop saying that Emmett?"
"Well, it's because I just can't believe it."
Michael rolled his eyes.
"I don't know how it happened..."
"God, I so wanted to be there and be with them when they caught you
fucking Melanie in Lindsay and Mel's bed! I just can't believe
it!!!"
"I told you I can't remember exactly... the party was fine..." said
Michael as he started to tell about the particular evening.
Tazzzkitty:
"Well, the party was boring for a while. Brian and I went together
because Ben had a party to go to at his college. Oh, and I didn't
tell you about the costume I had to wear yet. God, I want to kill
Brian for that..." Michael began, sitting down on the couch to tell
his tale.
Emmett sat down next to him and curled up his legs beside him as he
leaned his head down on his arm, eager to hear what had happened the
night before.
"At first, Brian was trying to convince me to dress up as a woman
again. I don't know why! He tried everything, but I wouldn't do
it! So he finally got me to dress up as an ancient Greek, in that
white toga? Well, I might as well have worn a dress because it
probably would have covered more than that stupid thing!" Michael
shook his head, still angry that Brian had convinced him to wear the
toga. "But it's okay, because I sort of got him back..." he said,
grinning.
"What did you do?" Emmett asked.
"I made him dress up as Robin Hood. You know, with the tights?"
Michael said, his grin widening at the thought of Brian in those
green tights. He shook his head, clearing his dirty thoughts.
"Anyway," he continued. "Brian was bored as hell at the party and
was trying to get me to leave and go to Babylon with him, but I
didn't want to go because it would be rude to leave the party so
early. He was irritated, but agreed to stay for a little while
longer. Then finally, someone brought up the idea of telling scary
stories. At first it sounded lame, and Brian was begging me to
leave again, but Lindsay said she had a good story about something
that had happened in their own house, but long before they moved
in. Well, that was just interesting enough to get Brian's attention
so we all gathered in the living room to hear the story. Someone
turned off the lights so the only lighting left was from a few
candles that were scattered around. Once everyone had settled down
and found a place to sit, Lindsay sat forward in her seat and
proceeded to tell us just about the scariest and also the most
ludicrous ghost story I had ever heard."
Michael stopped his story, looking off into space as a look of
confusion came over his face.
"Well?" Emmett asked, almost bouncing. "What's the story?"
Vero:
"70 years ago an old woman used to live here," Lindsay said. "She
was nice with every kid and all the neighbors. Her husband had died
a long time ago. People found her sweet. She was alone. She had no
children with her husband. And she was well known because she had a
pink bunny doll with her all the time. She talked to her bunny doll
like he was alive. She was old so people didn't care too much.
"One day, someone asked her about her bunny, where did she get it.
And she said the bunny was in fact her husband. That she was a fairy
and he was a witch and one day they fought and she changed him into
a bunny but forgot how transform him back again to his human form.
But she said worse to the guy who asked her. She said her bunny
husband was so mad to become a bunny, that he forbid her to have sex
with anybody, and he put a curse on her. The guy asked what kind of
curse and the old lady transformed herself in a beautiful and young
woman that the guy couldn't resist and he wanted to fuck her and he
did, but the result was that the sex of the woman ate his dick when
he came. That was the curse.
"Then the guy, who was still alive, ran away from the place. The
cops went there and didn't find the old woman. She disappeared. They
just found two bunnies on the couch, one pink and one blue. The guy
who had his dick eaten ordered them to burn the two bunnies and the
cop did it and when the cops did that to the two bunnies he said he
heard awful screaming that came from the puppets."
Emmett told to Michael: "You were right, it was scary and ludicrous."
"Yep, after that Brian really wanted to leave to go to Babylon and
that's when Justin finally joined us. He was late because he had to
work at the diner. He was dressed in a dress... a Marianne costume
from... Robin Hood..." said Michael, still angry at the memory.
"So what happened next? " asked Emmett.
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"Well, since Justin had just gotten there, he didn't want to leave
right away, so Brian agreed to stay at the party for longer. But
then he was paying attention to Justin and not to me," Michael said,
a little angry, but then he stopped himself. "Anyway... then..."
Michael stopped. "Then..." he started again.
"Well?" Emmett asked.
"Then... things started to get hazy. I don't remember... wait! I
think I remember someone gave me a cup of punch... oh god... maybe
it had some drugs in it?" Michael asked, looking up at Emmett as if
he knew. Emmett only shrugged.
Michael concentrated hard, trying to remember what had happened. "I
think I saw Brian and Justin in the kitchen and Brian was reaching
under Justin's dress..." Michael said, as his voice became angry
again. "And then I left because I didn't want to watch that..."
Emmett nodded his head with a disgusted look on his face, agreeing
that he wouldn't want to watch that either.
"And then... I think I went upstairs..." Michael said. "But I don't
remember why... Maybe to go to the bathroom..." Michael frowned as
he tried to remember more, but his memories seemed to be patchy and
not clear.
"Oh! I think I ran into Melanie in the hallway! I remember she was
dressed in this pink tutu, like a ballerina outfit, and she didn't
look happy at all in it. I think she had come upstairs to change
out of it."
Michael's eyes widened as in his mind he saw the next scene that
happened play in his mind almost like he was watching a movie and
not remembering something he had done.
"What???" Emmett asked, seeing the look that was on Michael's face
and knowing he had remembered something important.
"Oh my god," Michael said, shaking his head.
"What? What?" Emmett asked, louder.
"OH MY GOD," Michael said, again.
"WHAT?" Emmett practically yelled.
"I can't tell you," Michael said.
"You sure as hell CAN!" Emmett did yell this time.
"But it's stupid. I'm sure it didn't happen. It couldn't have."
"Michael Charles Novotny, for the love of god, you are going to tell
me what happened!" Emmett said, reaching over to grab Michael by the
shoulders.
Michael's face was turning paler and paler by the second as he
finally turned to look Emmett in the eyes. He began again in a soft
voice.
"I remember Melanie was gesturing for me to follow her into the
bedroom... and I followed... and then... well... god... I don't
want to tell the details... but you know what happened... but it's
like it wasn't really me... and it wasn't really her..." Michael's
eyes widened as he looked at Emmett and whispered: "I think we were
possessed by the ghosts of that old woman and her husband!"
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"Possessed by the ghosts?" yelled Emmett.
"Well what else could it be?"
"But you didn't transform into a bunny at the end..."
"Well we were interrupted, I didn't have time to come into Mel."
"Oh my god!! If you did, maybe she will eat your dick!"
Michael widened his eyes and looked at his dick. "Oh my god... my
baby."
"Oh my god!!!!!!! Speaking about your baby... you fucked her... did
you feel your baby in it?"
"What?"
"She was still pregnant, or she was slim again?"
"No, she was still pregnant, and it was certain she wasn't happy
with her pink tutu. She was so sexy..." said Michael as he choked on
the word in surprise and Emmett yelled "What?" all surprised too...
Suddenly Michael's face made a weird expression.
"Michael are you okay? You are so pale..."
"I think I'm still possessed, just now...."
"What? What?"
"Emmett, something's wrong!!"
"What? What's wrong sweetie?" asked Emmett, all in a panic.
"I'm hard... I thought about Melanie and I'm hard now!" Michael was
yelling.
"Oh my god!!!" yelled Emmett.
Emmett ran away from the room suddenly, then he came back a minute
later with the whole Buffy the Vampire Slayer's package. And pointed
it to Michael.
"Stop that!!!!!!!!!! I'm not a vampire, Emmett..." yelled Michael in
a panic.
Michael tried to come closer to Emmett but Emmett pulled away.
"No, you will eat my dick!!!!!"
"Calm down Emmett, it's just me... "
"Stay away."
"Emmett, it's okay... I'm just hard because of Melanie. You don't
have to worry about it... and even if it's weird as hell... I swear
it's me! Michael."
Emmett calmed down a little bit finally and sat down carefully with
a little distance from Michael.
"So you are not possessed?"
"I don't think so. I don't feel like I am..."
"But how can it happen? I mean, you fucking Melanie and Melanie
fucking you and now that!!!!"
"I don't know... but, Oh my god!!!"
"What? What?"
"I remembered something else... before entering the bedroom with Mel
all horny..."
"What??"
"No! It can't be that... That's stupider than... everything."
"Tell me!!!!!!!"
"I told you, I was pissed because Brian was with Justin and Melanie
was pissed too... and after... I think, but I'm not sure..."
"What? What?"
"I think a witch appeared and asked us to make a wish... and we
did... I remembered I wanted to piss off Brian and Mel wanted to
piss off Linds because of her tutu."
"And?"
"God, we made the same wish..."
"What wish?"
"OH MY GOD Emmett, I'm in big shit trouble."
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"What did you wish?" Emmett asked again when it looked like Michael
was just going to sit there with a horrified look on his face.
"No..." Michael said, as if to himself. "It's too awful... I
couldn't have... What was I thinking?"
"Michael, honey, you're going to give me a heart attack!" Emmett
yelled. "Just tell me!"
"We wished we were straight," Michael mumbled.
"You WHAT?" Emmett yelled.
But Michael couldn't repeat the words. He could hardly bear to
think about it.
"What the hell did you do that for?" Emmett asked.
"Well, I don't know!" Michael yelled, seeming to be finally over his
shock. Now he was just getting angry.
"I think maybe it's because I was possessed..." he said, trying to
rationalize.
"Sweetie, I don't think you were possessed at all," Emmett
said. "But I do think you lost your fucking MIND!"
"Emmett! You aren't helping!" Michael whined.
"Fine," Emmett said, sighing and he stood up. "Let's do a test."
Emmett went and got some porno magazines and brought them for
Michael to look at. He opened one up to the middle where there was
a very muscular naked man with a huge dick. "Anything?" Emmett
asked Michael, who was looking down at the picture in disgust.
"Ewww..." Michael said and he clamped his hand over his mouth.
"Oh my god..." Emmett said. "You're straight."
"Oh my god..." Michael said, dropping his hand. "It can't be... I
can't do that... I can't... not with a woman... I don't wanna touch
her... Oh my god..." Michael said, looking down at his lap guiltily.
"Don't tell me..." Emmett said.
"Yep," Michael said, nodding. "I'm straight! This is horrible!"
Just then there was a knock on the door. Emmett got up to answer
it, giving Michael a few moments to let his erection go down again.
"Hi Brian!" Emmett said, plastering a fake smile on his face. He
was worried about how Brian was going to take the news, if Michael
was going to tell him what happened.
Brian pushed past Emmett and made a beeline for Michael, who had
turned around and was looking at Brian with a look of horror on his
face.
"Hey Mikey!" Brian said, looking at Michael a little
suspiciously. "I hope you're feeling better after last night," he
said. "I'm sure it was because of the drugs, right?" Brian asked,
hopefully.
"Right," Michael nodded, standing up in front of Brian. "The
drugs... sure... that had to be it... because I definitely don't
like women..."
"Good," Brian said, looking satisfied and he reached out and pulled
Michael to him in a hug.
And before Michael could do anything to stop him, Brian leaned down
and kissed him, full on the lips.
Suddenly Michael was filled with revulsion and he pushed Brian away
as hard as he could, nearly knocking him to the floor and he backed
away, raising his hand to his mouth, and wiping at it
furiously. "Ewww, gross!" Michael yelled before he could stop
himself and then he looked up at Brian with wide, guilty eyes.
"What the fuck?" was all Brian could say.
Vero:
Michael didn't want to answer. And Brian looked at him with a
wondering look.
And that's the moment Emmett chose to say, "Michael is straight!!!
Michael became straight!"
Michael was yelling in his mind: Why couldn't Emmett just shut the
fuck up?
Brian was in shock. "What?"
"He is straight!!!!!" repeated Emmett.
"It can't be... Mikey is a big queer! Always have, always will," he
said as he looked at Michael, waiting for confirmation.
"Well, I thought so... but..."
"He made a wish that he was straight and now he is!!!!" continued
Emmett.
Then suddenly Emmett yelled: "Oh my god, that means Melanie is
straight too now!! Oh my god, tell me Michael you loved to fuck her?
Are you in love with her? You will marry her?"
Emmett asked question after question. That's when Brian started to
laugh. "Okay guys, that's funny! I almost fell for it!"
Suddenly Melanie entered the flat with Lindsay as she
yelled, "Michael !!!!! I'm straight!!!!!!"
Lindsay seemed to be desperate as she moved closer to Brian and
glared at Michael.
"Hey girls," said Michael all hard again...
"Oh no!!!!!!!" yelled Melanie. "All the men... here... I'm getting
moist..."
"Don't touch me," yelled Brian to Mel as he took a step back away
from her.
"Oh my god, I so want to have a huge dick inside me," said Melanie,
all excited.
"I'm ready, if you want," said Michael.
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Melanie began to move towards Michael who was opening his arms,
ready for her, but Brian grabbed her before she could get to him.
"Hey!" yelled Michael, frowning.
But Melanie just looked up at Brian. "Okay, I guess I could fuck
you instead," she said and Brian instantly shoved her away from
him.
Michael moved to go towards Melanie, but Brian grabbed him before he
could get to her.
"Let me go!" Michael yelled.
"No way, Mikey. You are not going to fuck Melanie or any other
woman for that matter," Brian said, holding Michael tightly to his
chest as he struggled to get free. "Christ, Mikey! Did you ask to
become the worlds horniest straight guy or what?" Brian asked,
amazed at how badly Michael wanted to get to Melanie.
"God dammit!" Michael yelled in frustration, trying to pry Brian's
arms off of him, but Brian was holding on tight.
"Lindsay, I think you'd better take Melanie out of here," Brian
said. "They're like two fucking dogs in heat!"
Lindsay tried to lead Melanie back out of the apartment, but she
wouldn't go and it took Emmett helping her to get the woman out the
door and back down to the car.
"What did you do that for?" Michael asked. "I just wanted to fuck
her!" he yelled.
"Just?" Brian asked, still in shock over the whole situation. "Do
you even realize what you just said?"
Brian turned Michael around in his arms, but didn't let him go. He
stared down into Michael's eyes intensely. "Mikey, we're going to
cure you of this. I'm going to make you gay again," Brian said,
firmly.
Michael frowned and tried to get away from Brian, who finally let
him go, but kept a close watch on him so he didn't run out the
door. But Michael seemed much more calm now that Melanie was out of
the room.
Michael sat down on the couch, pouting, and Brian stood looking down
at him, thinking what he could do. He saw the porno magazines and
moved to grab one, but Michael stopped him.
"Emmett already tried that. I thought I was going to throw up,"
Michael said.
Brian went to where the porno tapes were and selected one and put it
in the VCR. He turned it on and heard Michael say, "Oh my god."
Brian thought maybe he liked what he saw, but he turned around and
saw Michael cover his mouth with one hand and his eyes with the
other and figured it wasn't working after all.
Brian sighed and turned off the tape. "Dammit Mikey. What the fuck
were you thinking anyway?" Brian asked, though he wasn't really
expecting an answer.
He couldn't think of what to do. He had to do something! He
couldn't just let Michael stay straight. Brian couldn't deal with
the fact that he might never get to fuck Michael and not for the
reasons he had always thought of before, but because Michael
couldn't stand the thought of having sex with another man, even if
it was Brian!
So Brian did the only other thing he could think of and he climbed
on top of Michael, who still had his eyes closed and never saw Brian
coming. Brian pushed Michael down onto his back on the couch and
laid down on top of him. Michael was struggling, but Brian was
stronger and Michael couldn't push him off.
"Mikey, you're going to like this whether you like it or not," Brian
said, frowning because he realized his sentence didn't make sense,
but he ignored that and leaned down to kiss Michael as he reached
down and grabbed his crotch with one hand.
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Michael felt disgusted again and Brian tried all that he could to
make Michael hard, but it didn't work. So he insisted on kissing him
much deeper. And Michael was fighting. Then he finally let go and
gave in. Brian was glad and finally broke the kiss with a huge grin
on his face.
"So?"
Michael was pouting and as Brian left his guard he said, "I had to
think about Melanie!! To give in, Brian."
Brian was in shock when he thought he had won his Mikey back seconds
ago.
"Shit! Michael!!!! It's a nightmare."
"Well it's maybe not a nightmare... so much... I'm turning
straight... well, it could be worse... I mean, I finally will have a
normal life... without having to hide or be ashamed..."
"I can't believe you are saying that Michael!!!! And what about us?"
Brian yelled, frantic.
"What? It's not because I'm straight now you that won't be my best
friend anymore, Brian."
Brian rolled his eyes. "I was not talking about that!!!!"
"So about what?"
"You know what I mean. Michael, don't play dumb."
"Well, I don't know. What do you mean?"
"You wanna know?" asked Brian.
"Yeah."
Suddenly Brian became more calm and he looked at Michael seriously.
He moved closer to Michael and Michael stared at him.
"Mikey!" said Brian with a low soft voice.
Michael felt his heart doing a race.
Then suddenly Brian grabbed his crotch again before Michael could
react.
"You are a fucking liar!!!!!! You're hard!!" Then he took his hand
off from Michael. "I can't believe you did that to me!!!! Who got
the idea, you, Lindsay or Melanie?"
Michael became pale.
"You disgust me, Michael!!!!" he said as he left the room.
"Wait! Brian, it was just a joke..."
But Brian left in fury and bumped into Emmett, who wondered what
happened.
"Michael what happened?"
"I'm not straight Emmett, neither is Mel... and I fucked up
everything."
At the same time Ben came back from his work. "Hey Michael, what
happened with Brian? I bumped into him, he was in tears," he asked,
stunned.
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"Tears?" Michael asked. He was stunned, too. He knew Brian would
be upset at the joke, but he didn't mean to make him cry!
"It was all a joke?" Emmett asked, but Michael didn't answer him.
"What was a joke?" Ben asked. "What's going on?" He was even more
confused than Emmett.
"Oh my god!" Emmett yelled suddenly. "This means you didn't fuck
Melanie! Thank god!"
"WHAT?" Ben asked, but Michael ignored him and went out the door
after Brian.
Michael ran down the hall and towards the stairs, hoping that he
could catch Brian before he drove away. He practically flew down
the stairs and, as he did, his mind was flying too, trying to figure
out what the hell had happened that would make Brian cry. He had
looked dead serious on the couch, right before he grabbed Michael's
crotch. Had he been about to say something? Something Michael had
waited years to hear? Michael had a hard time believing that was
true, but he couldn't think of any other explanation.
Michael went out the door of the building and across the street he
saw Brian getting into his car.
"BRIAN!" Michael yelled and Brian stopped but didn't turn around.
He reached a hand up to his face and Michael could swear he was
wiping away tears.
"What do you want?" Brian said and his voice sounded sad. Michael
ran up behind him and stopped, taking a minute to catch his breath
before speaking.
"Look, I'm sorry I did the joke, Brian. It was all my idea. I
didn't know you would get so upset! Hell, I don't even know WHY
you're so upset!" Michael said.
Brian finally turned around. "That's exactly WHY I'm so upset,"
Brian said as he looked at Michael with tearstained and bloodshot
eyes. Brian turned to get into his car, but Michael made a split
second decision and grabbed the keys out of his hand.
"Mikey..." Brian said, sighing. "Give me back my keys."
"No," Michael said, crossing his arms over his chest. "Not until
you tell me what the hell is going on."
"We'll be standing here for a long time, then," Brian said, leaning
against the car.
They stood there, staring at each other for a long time.
"Fine. Then get in the car," Michael said. Brian moved to get in
the driver's seat, but Michael stopped him. "No. I'm driving."
"What?" Brian asked.
"I'm driving. Get in the passenger seat," Michael said.
Brian lunged for the keys, but Michael was too fast for him and got
away. Finally, Brian sighed and walked around the car to get into
the passenger seat. He was too depressed to fight.
Michael got into the driver's seat and put the key in the ignition.
"So where are we going?" Brian asked as Michael pulled away from the
curb.
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"I have no idea where we are going but we sure are going somewhere,"
said Michael.
"Fine, wake me when we arrive."
"Oh no, I think we have to talk."
But Brian closed his eyes.
"First, I'm sorry, but I just wonder why you are so upset. It was a
joke Brian, we did some jokes to each other many times... and
sometimes worse than that one. So what the hell is going on?"
But Brian didn't answer.
"I know you are listening to me Brian."
But still no answer.
"And why were you crying?"
But again no answer from Brian.
"I can't believe you really thought I could turn straight... I mean,
the whole thing was so obvious." continued Michael.
"Will you answer me Brian? Because this shit is stupid."
But Brian 's eyes were still closed.
"Okay so you are pouting... then pout."
Michael was driving and the silence was heavy. He tried to think why
his best friend took the joke so bad until the point to make him so
upset.
Then finally Brian opened his eyes and said: "Where are we?"
"I don't know. I didn't pay attention to the direction I took."
"I'm hungry."
"Well I'll stop at the next fast food or restaurant on our way. So
are you speaking to me again now?" asked Michael.
"It was a bad joke...." said Brian.
"I know and I'm sorry for that, it just..."
"I know, when I thought about it, I have to admit it was stupid and
obvious. I shouldn't have fell for it..."
"Yeah, so why?"
"I just panicked... I already lost you once. I just panicked..."
whispered Brian.
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Michael was stunned, to say the least, and he looked over at Brian
as he was driving. He looked back at the road just in time to
notice that the light was turning red and he slammed on the brakes.
When the light turned back to green, Michael pulled forward and then
parked in the next empty space he saw on the side of the road. He
sat there for a moment, holding the wheel with shaking hands.
Finally, he turned to look at Brian again, who was looking out the
window like at any moment he might bolt out the door and run down
the street.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Michael asked, as gently as
he could manage. "You never lost me."
"I did, too!" Brian said, suddenly unable to stop once he had let
things start to flow. "More than once actually. And I just can't
stand for it to happen again!"
Michael looked into Brian's panicked eyes and only wanted for him to
calm down again. He reached over and grabbed Brian's hand and it
was immediately latched onto in a vise-like grip by Brian, who
desperately needed Michael to stay near him.
"Brian, you could never lose me. Ever," Michael punctuated. "So
tell me what's going on."
Brian suddenly didn't know what to say. He couldn't decide the
right words to say, the right words that would win Michael over and
not make him laugh in his face or run away screaming. Brian began
to panic again and instead of speaking, he acted, pulling on
Michael's hand, pulling their bodies together and locking their lips
in a heated kiss. It only took Michael a fraction of a second to
give in to the kiss as they explored each other's mouths with their
tongues, and soon their hands joined the exploration and they were
about to undress each other right there in the car on the side of
the street.
Finally, Brian got a hold of himself and gently pushed Michael away,
enough to break the kiss, but leaving their foreheads resting
against each other. The two men just sat there, panting, neither one
ready to speak just yet.
A minute later, Michael reached a hand up to stroke a finger down
the side of Brian's face. He looked across the short distance and
into his eyes. "Why didn't you just tell me?" Michael asked in a
whisper.
"I wanted to. so many times." Brian said. "But."
"But what?" Michael prompted, tenderly, as he leaned forward and
gave Brian another soft kiss, already missing the feel of their lips
as they pressed together.
"I was scared. I wasn't sure." Brian said, shaking his head slightly
as he looked down towards his lap, still not pulling their foreheads
apart. "I." He broke off, struggling to express his feelings.
"It's okay." Michael said, and he kissed Brian again, just barely
letting their tongues meet before pulling away and sitting back into
the driver's seat again, leaning his head on the back of the seat as
he looked over at Brian. "You idiot," Michael said, as he began to
grin.
"What?" Brian asked, stunned.
"You're an idiot!" Michael said, louder.
Once again Brian didn't know what to say.
"I've always loved you, Brian. Always." Michael said, his voice
kinder now. "And now nothing else matters." he said as he reached
out to grab Brian's hand again.
They sat there for a minute, just looking at each other in silence.
"So where to now?" Michael finally asked, with a slight grin on his
face.
"Back to your apartment," Brian said, a serious look on his face.
"But Ben and Emmett are there," Michael said, frowning.
"Exactly," Brian said, raising his eyebrows.
"Did I miss something?"
"Apparently. Mikey, don't you think you need to have a talk with
Ben?"
"But." Michael started.
"No buts. Mikey I know it's hard, but you have to do it."
"You're going to talk to Justin, too?" Michael asked.
"Yeah. I know things aren't the same between me and him as it is
with you and Ben, but I still at least owe him an explanation."
Michael sighed as he looked at Brian with a small smile. "Damn you
Brian Kinney and your morals."
"I know." Brian said, playing along. "But it's worth it, right?" he
asked with a smile of his own. "I mean just think of tonight."
"God!" Michael said, sitting up straight and turning to face the
steering wheel again. "I can't think of tonight now or I'll have a
permanent erection the rest of the day."
"I will, too," Brian said as he leaned over and kissed Michael on
the neck. "Just being near you." he whispered in his ear.
Michael laughed and started the car again and peeled away from the
curb.
Twenty minutes later, Brian and Michael were walking back into the
apartment. Neither of them were eager to complete this particular
task, but they knew they had to do it.
"Michael, Baby!" Ben yelled as he saw Michael come in the door. He
went to greet Michael, planting a kiss on his cheek. Emmett joined
him, a big grin on his face. "Emmett told me about the joke! I
can't believe Brian fell for it! That's pretty funny. How'd you
think of doing that?" he asked, but his smile faded as he noticed
that Brian and Michael were holding hands. "What's going on?" Ben
asked.
"Ben, there's something I have to tell you." Michael said and he
looked up at Brian for encouragement. Brian squeezed his hand in
response. "Brian and I are in love. I'm breaking up with you."
Michael said, thinking that the direct route was the best thing to
do.
Silence fell over the apartment as Brian and Michael watched varying
emotions play over Ben's face. "What.?" Ben finally asked, in a
whisper.
"I'm sorry." Michael started, but he stopped as he saw a smile
spread across Ben's lips and Michael frowned.
Ben suddenly looked up at Emmett, who smiled back at him and began
to laugh.
"Very funny, you guys!" Ben said, beginning to laugh, too. "You
almost got us! Right Em?"
Brian and Michael could only stand in shocked silence.
"Are you kidding, sweetie? I didn't believe it for an instant!"
Emmett said, as he threw an arm around Ben's shoulders. "Now come
on, let's go finish watching that show on TV," Emmett said, leading
Ben to the couch. "Can you imagine? Brian and Michael in love? A
couple? Yeah right!"
THE END