The first date !
Michael was at the diner having a great time with his breakfast. He didn't know why but he was very hungry this morning. Maybe it was because of what Ben cooked for dinner the previous day; some Japanese Miso soup and sushi. It wasn't that bad but it certainly wasn't enough for the hungry Michael's stomach.
He looked at his watch, a little upset. Brian still didn't show up and he began to wonder if his best friend would come this morning. Finally someone sat at his table. It wasn't Brian, but Justin with a large smile on his face.
"Good morning," said Justin happily.
"Morning," replied Michael, his mouth full of pancakes.
Debbie came to the newcomer.
"Hello, Sunshine! What do you want?" she asked with a huge smile as she put her hand on Justin's hair, messing it up a little. Justin didn't like too much that Debbie was touching his hair but he said nothing.
"I'll take what Michael's having," said Justin.
"Oh Ma! Can you give me another plate of pancakes?"
"Wow! Michael, you seem hungry like you didn't eat for days," said Debbie.
"It's almost the case. Ben cooked Asian things yesterday."
Justin giggled suddenly. Michael and Debbie looked at him with a wondering look.
"And you, you seem particularly happy this morning, Sunshine."
Justin said nothing, still smiling.
"Okay, this is seems serious! Spit it out," ordered Debbie.
Michael was still eating, curious to know what could make Justin so happy, too.
Justin's eyes widened and he took a big breath and with his most beautiful smile finally said:
"Brian asked me for a date tomorrow! We'll go shopping, dinner and movie." Justin couldn't stop showing his happiness.
Debbie's eyes widened too and she said with a very surprised voice that she was happy for the kid. Michael almost choked on his pancakes.
"I can't believe it, he finally asked you," said Debbie.
"Yeah , I was so surprised too. He asked me yesterday." said Justin. "I don't know why you two find this so surprising. You two are acting like Brian never does these things, shopping, movie . it's not."
Michael couldn't finish his line.
He was cut off by Debbie who said firmly: "Michael, can I speak to you privately?" as she pointed a little corner.
"What?" said Michael, upset.
Debbie glared at her son who finally followed her.
"Michael, what are you trying to do with your bitterness! Don't waste his moment, Brian may be used to doing that with you but it's a first for Justin. And you know it's not the same, it's a date! So please, if you are not able to handle your jealousy."
"I'm not jealous," Michael cut in, all angry.
"Cut it out Michael, you are my son and I know you. and remember you have a wonderful boyfriend at your home. Don't you think it's time to really get over Brian?"
"It's not what you think Ma!"
"Oh yeah?"
"Oh yeah," repeated Michael and he continued. "Now I have to go. My store is waiting for me."
"What about your pancakes?"
"I'm not hungry anymore," said Michael as he left, quickly saying good-bye to Justin as he left the diner.
*******
Michael was trying to write some new storylines for Rage since there was no customers to take care of and in each story line, he ended up by Zephyr killing Rage after he found out that Rage was dating JT. All the story lines were of course different. The first one, Rage was possessed by a demon , the second Rage drank a magic potion JT made with an evil witch and at the end the result was the same, Zephyr was unable to save Rage and even sometimes had to kill both JT and Rage when they were about to commit and destroy the world.
Michael found his writing extremely stupid but he couldn't stop the random thoughts and he was exasperated at himself for being so upset with the affair.
The door opened and he was about to smile at the customer who was about to enter when he saw Brian's face and decided not to.
"Hi Mikey."
"Hi," whispered Michael.
"What are you doing?" asked Brian.
"I m at work Brian, in case you didn't notice."
Brian looked at his best friend and he took a few seconds to see that something was bothering him.
"Okay, what's wrong Michael?"
"Nothing," said Michael as he put his storyline of Rage in a drawer before his curious friend could see it.
Brian wasn't convinced at all. He sat on Michael's desk.
"Could you get your ass off of my desk?" asked Michael.
Brian obeyed.
"So I correct myself. what did I do to upset you like that?"
Michael glared at Brian.
"Nothing, and besides, why do you want to know if you did something wrong? You never apologise, so whatever."
"God, this sounds serious..."
"It isn't. I already told you I'm not upset" yelled Michael.
"So why are you yelling at me?"
"Listen Brian, I have work to do.."
"There's nobody here but you and me."
"That doesn't mean I don't have things to do."
Brian moved closer to Michael and took him in his arms but Michael didn't let him do it and pushed him away.
"I won't leave before you tell me what the fuck I did to piss you off like that, because I have no idea," said Brian, this time with an annoyed voice.
Michael was torn inside. He was dying to yell at Brian, how dare he ask Justin on a kind of date they used to share and he shut his mouth up to not feel ridiculous.
"SO?" insisted Brian.
"How dare you ask Justin on a date!" said Michael as he didn't really have conscious control of what he was doing.
"You saw Justin," said Brian as a matter of fact.
Michael felt incredibly uneasy, now that he was sure he made a fool of himself. Brian looked at him with a grin on his face.
"Someone's jealous."
Michael hated it when Brian did that. Brian couldn't let it go, no he had to insist, like a sadist's game.
"I'm not jealous."
"So why are you acting like that, if you are not?"
"It's not the point."
"So what is the point Michael?"
"The point is that you are my best friend and I find this really upsetting to learn that from Justin. You are suppose to tell me everything."
"Are you telling me I had to wake up you and the good professor at 2am after I asked that to Justin?"
"Yes," said Michael with his arms crossed. "That's what best friends do."
"Bullshit. You are jealous, and you have no reason. Besides you have a boyfriend and you go on dates with him and I don't make a scene."
"I'm not jealous and besides it's different."
Brian shook his head, confused. "How?"
"You'll have fun with Justin. Going on a date with Ben is boring. I think if he brings me in another museum or Buddhist conference, I'll explode."
Brian began to laugh.
"That's not funny!"
Brian stopped.
"You are so pathetic Michael," he said with a soft smile.
"So why are you doing things with Ben, if it's boring you to hell?" asked Brian.
"To please him."
Brian rolled his eyes.
"Stop it Brian, I'm not like you, only doing what pleases me!"
"Why do you think I asked Justin on date if it wasn't to please him?"
Michael was speechless.
"Michael, it's not ."
"Cut it out Brian, this is not my business, you can take Justin to the moon if you want. I don't care.."
"Someone's jealous," he repeated the same way he did a few minutes ago with that same grin.
"I already told you why I was upset and it not about jealousy."
Brian moved closer to Michael
"That's so sweet," he said and he tried to kiss Michael on the lips but Michael pushed him away.
"No!" he said.
"Come on," said Brian as he insisted to kiss Michael who was obviously not agreeing to cooperate.
Then a loud voice stopped Brian who was about to reach Michael's lips
"He said no Brian."
Michael and Brian looked at where the voice came from.
"Ben," said Michael.
TBC
Michael was at the diner having a great time with his breakfast. He didn't know why but he was very hungry this morning. Maybe it was because of what Ben cooked for dinner the previous day; some Japanese Miso soup and sushi. It wasn't that bad but it certainly wasn't enough for the hungry Michael's stomach.
He looked at his watch, a little upset. Brian still didn't show up and he began to wonder if his best friend would come this morning. Finally someone sat at his table. It wasn't Brian, but Justin with a large smile on his face.
"Good morning," said Justin happily.
"Morning," replied Michael, his mouth full of pancakes.
Debbie came to the newcomer.
"Hello, Sunshine! What do you want?" she asked with a huge smile as she put her hand on Justin's hair, messing it up a little. Justin didn't like too much that Debbie was touching his hair but he said nothing.
"I'll take what Michael's having," said Justin.
"Oh Ma! Can you give me another plate of pancakes?"
"Wow! Michael, you seem hungry like you didn't eat for days," said Debbie.
"It's almost the case. Ben cooked Asian things yesterday."
Justin giggled suddenly. Michael and Debbie looked at him with a wondering look.
"And you, you seem particularly happy this morning, Sunshine."
Justin said nothing, still smiling.
"Okay, this is seems serious! Spit it out," ordered Debbie.
Michael was still eating, curious to know what could make Justin so happy, too.
Justin's eyes widened and he took a big breath and with his most beautiful smile finally said:
"Brian asked me for a date tomorrow! We'll go shopping, dinner and movie." Justin couldn't stop showing his happiness.
Debbie's eyes widened too and she said with a very surprised voice that she was happy for the kid. Michael almost choked on his pancakes.
"I can't believe it, he finally asked you," said Debbie.
"Yeah , I was so surprised too. He asked me yesterday." said Justin. "I don't know why you two find this so surprising. You two are acting like Brian never does these things, shopping, movie . it's not."
Michael couldn't finish his line.
He was cut off by Debbie who said firmly: "Michael, can I speak to you privately?" as she pointed a little corner.
"What?" said Michael, upset.
Debbie glared at her son who finally followed her.
"Michael, what are you trying to do with your bitterness! Don't waste his moment, Brian may be used to doing that with you but it's a first for Justin. And you know it's not the same, it's a date! So please, if you are not able to handle your jealousy."
"I'm not jealous," Michael cut in, all angry.
"Cut it out Michael, you are my son and I know you. and remember you have a wonderful boyfriend at your home. Don't you think it's time to really get over Brian?"
"It's not what you think Ma!"
"Oh yeah?"
"Oh yeah," repeated Michael and he continued. "Now I have to go. My store is waiting for me."
"What about your pancakes?"
"I'm not hungry anymore," said Michael as he left, quickly saying good-bye to Justin as he left the diner.
*******
Michael was trying to write some new storylines for Rage since there was no customers to take care of and in each story line, he ended up by Zephyr killing Rage after he found out that Rage was dating JT. All the story lines were of course different. The first one, Rage was possessed by a demon , the second Rage drank a magic potion JT made with an evil witch and at the end the result was the same, Zephyr was unable to save Rage and even sometimes had to kill both JT and Rage when they were about to commit and destroy the world.
Michael found his writing extremely stupid but he couldn't stop the random thoughts and he was exasperated at himself for being so upset with the affair.
The door opened and he was about to smile at the customer who was about to enter when he saw Brian's face and decided not to.
"Hi Mikey."
"Hi," whispered Michael.
"What are you doing?" asked Brian.
"I m at work Brian, in case you didn't notice."
Brian looked at his best friend and he took a few seconds to see that something was bothering him.
"Okay, what's wrong Michael?"
"Nothing," said Michael as he put his storyline of Rage in a drawer before his curious friend could see it.
Brian wasn't convinced at all. He sat on Michael's desk.
"Could you get your ass off of my desk?" asked Michael.
Brian obeyed.
"So I correct myself. what did I do to upset you like that?"
Michael glared at Brian.
"Nothing, and besides, why do you want to know if you did something wrong? You never apologise, so whatever."
"God, this sounds serious..."
"It isn't. I already told you I'm not upset" yelled Michael.
"So why are you yelling at me?"
"Listen Brian, I have work to do.."
"There's nobody here but you and me."
"That doesn't mean I don't have things to do."
Brian moved closer to Michael and took him in his arms but Michael didn't let him do it and pushed him away.
"I won't leave before you tell me what the fuck I did to piss you off like that, because I have no idea," said Brian, this time with an annoyed voice.
Michael was torn inside. He was dying to yell at Brian, how dare he ask Justin on a kind of date they used to share and he shut his mouth up to not feel ridiculous.
"SO?" insisted Brian.
"How dare you ask Justin on a date!" said Michael as he didn't really have conscious control of what he was doing.
"You saw Justin," said Brian as a matter of fact.
Michael felt incredibly uneasy, now that he was sure he made a fool of himself. Brian looked at him with a grin on his face.
"Someone's jealous."
Michael hated it when Brian did that. Brian couldn't let it go, no he had to insist, like a sadist's game.
"I'm not jealous."
"So why are you acting like that, if you are not?"
"It's not the point."
"So what is the point Michael?"
"The point is that you are my best friend and I find this really upsetting to learn that from Justin. You are suppose to tell me everything."
"Are you telling me I had to wake up you and the good professor at 2am after I asked that to Justin?"
"Yes," said Michael with his arms crossed. "That's what best friends do."
"Bullshit. You are jealous, and you have no reason. Besides you have a boyfriend and you go on dates with him and I don't make a scene."
"I'm not jealous and besides it's different."
Brian shook his head, confused. "How?"
"You'll have fun with Justin. Going on a date with Ben is boring. I think if he brings me in another museum or Buddhist conference, I'll explode."
Brian began to laugh.
"That's not funny!"
Brian stopped.
"You are so pathetic Michael," he said with a soft smile.
"So why are you doing things with Ben, if it's boring you to hell?" asked Brian.
"To please him."
Brian rolled his eyes.
"Stop it Brian, I'm not like you, only doing what pleases me!"
"Why do you think I asked Justin on date if it wasn't to please him?"
Michael was speechless.
"Michael, it's not ."
"Cut it out Brian, this is not my business, you can take Justin to the moon if you want. I don't care.."
"Someone's jealous," he repeated the same way he did a few minutes ago with that same grin.
"I already told you why I was upset and it not about jealousy."
Brian moved closer to Michael
"That's so sweet," he said and he tried to kiss Michael on the lips but Michael pushed him away.
"No!" he said.
"Come on," said Brian as he insisted to kiss Michael who was obviously not agreeing to cooperate.
Then a loud voice stopped Brian who was about to reach Michael's lips
"He said no Brian."
Michael and Brian looked at where the voice came from.
"Ben," said Michael.
TBC