The long ride on the bike was somewhat peaceful and companionable. Lex had
his arms looped around Ram's waist, and was pressed up behind him, resting
his face on Ram's back. Lex had closed his eyes and smiled, hardly able to
believe that Ram of all people could make him feel this alright, even with
their strange and twisted relationship. He had a feeling things might just
be alright, things could work out, he could stay in this relationship with
Ram. After all...Ram had said he was beautiful.
The motorbike hummed as it slowed down and Ram parked it. It was late afternoon by now, the hot sun was now low on the sky, and cast stretched shadows behind everything. Ram got off the bike in one fluid movement, and then shifted on his feet as he surveyed the area. It was quite odd to think earlier that day they were stuck in a picturesque calm quiet countryside setting, and now they were back in a town full of noise, tall buildings, movement and familiarity of that inner city feel.
"Ram, why are we stopping at a bar?" Lex asked, wiping the back of his hand across his forehead, and pushed back long strands of hair behind his ear. He glanced to the side having heard a far away crash and laughter.
"I thought you said we should relax more?" Ram raised an eyebrow, and slipped the keys into his back pocket. He stared at Lex watching the boy roll his eyes and shake his head slightly. "Its alright, I've been in this town before"
Lex glanced over at Ram, an almost childish sparkling curiosity glinting in his eyes momentarily "oh?" Ram didn't elaborate though, just moved in a way that told Lex 'come with me now, that's an order'. Lex sighed and got off the bike, letting the bag slung on his shoulder slide down his arm into the tight grip of his hand as he followed Ram into the bar.
The door swung behind them, instantly shutting them into the claustrophobic dark smoky bar, which was quite filled already. People were sat around tables and at the bar, talking, laughing, arguing, being all over each other, nowhere seemed to be still.
Lex followed Ram, snaking his way through the crowds of people crammed around tables, heading straight towards the bar. They knocked into a few people and apart from some drunken cries of "watch it!" they were basically ignored.
Ram sighed and sat on a bar stool, drumming his fingers on the wooden bar surface, before glancing to the side, nodding at Lex to sit down. Lex did immediately, dropping the bag near his feet as he glanced around, hardly able to imagine Ram being in a place like this before, yet he didn't find it surprising either.
A sandy haired girl, with too much makeup and not enough clothes appears in front of them. "What'll you be having boys?" she drawled, with a vacant look in her eyes.
"A beer" Ram said, smoothing a hand over the bar, turned his head, "Lex?". Lex glanced over at him and blinked, realized what was being asked and had a slight frown as he shook his head no and went back to surveying the crowd. Ram shrugged, "Suit your self. Just a beer then" he had to speak up over the noise, and smiled at the girl.
He watched her set about lazily getting the beer for him as he ran his tongue along the top row of his teeth. As the girl placed the beer down in front of him, he placed his hand on her arm and leaned in close; "Is Greg around?" he asked near her ear.
She pulled back slightly to give him a suspicious look, "Who wants to know?"
He smiled, "Tell him Ram's here. He knows who I am" he watched as she shrugged and disappeared through a door to the back behind the bar. Feeling a burning questioning gaze on him he glanced to the side at Lex again. "What?" he snapped.
Lex shook his head that it didn't matter, and watched as Ram sipped the beer from his glass in a casual manner. Lex was feeling fidgety for some reason.
Ram immediately sat up and grinned when a tall messy sandy haired male emerged through the door behind the bar, and dark brown eyes locked on the grinned man on the other side on the bar invoking a grin across the tanned handsome face. "Ram! God, I didn't know whether to believe Pearl when she said you were out here, but here you are! Man how long's it been?"
Ram laughed, "not that long"
"You think a year's not that long? God last time I saw you... and now here you are sat at my bar again, drinking beer and acting cool as a cucumber" this guy, who Lex figured was Greg, was laughing to himself as he got himself a beer.
"And you're still behind the bar, like nearly every time I see you" Ram laughed with him, "Looks like you've been up to a lot"
"Well my life can't be anywhere near as exciting as yours has been, man, the tales I've heard from passers by from the city... you're a bad bad man Ram, and you look like you haven't a care in the world!"
"That's probably because I don't" Ram sipped at his beer.
Lex sat on the stool, watching them act like he wasn't even there as they talked like good old mates who hadn't just met up again, after a year. He didn't particularly mind that he was ignored, it was obvious they wanted to 'catch up', but he was wondering how the hell these two had met and wanted to know more about this Greg. Okay, he was... jealous. And he knew it.
"So what do you want then? People from the past usually only turn up when they want something, and I know what you're like Ram" Greg smirked as he leant on the bar with folded arms.
Ram swallowed down the mouthful of beer. "This is the thing, I need somewhere to spend the next few nights or whatever, not sticking around or anything, its just you know"-
"Yeah yeah... well, I guess a friend in need is a friend indeed..." Greg glanced over at Lex for a moment as if noticing him then looked back to Ram. Lex blinked at the look he was given and continued to just sit there. "Sure, you can spend as much time as you need to. Pearl's nabbed the spare room recently, so you're going to have to make do with the sofa" he smirked.
"It'll be fine" Ram waved off with his hand.
"With some luck, the lazy cow will sod off to her boyfriend's for a bit, so you could be getting the room for a few nights" Greg smirked, "it'll be full of girls stuff, hope you don't mind"
Ram smirked and glanced over at Lex who looked away hoping he didn't notice the small blush, "Nah, we can put up with that"
Greg grinned, "how about you go come through and go upstairs, the flat's open, no point in you sitting down here with this crazy lot" Greg gestured to the crowd, "I'll be up in a bit, bar don't close till later, but I'll get Pearl to cover for a bit so we can properly chat"
"Thanks" Ram said, standing up. "Come on Lex" he said as he headed behind the bar. Lex groaned and picked up the bag by his feet, following Ram through. Greg grinned as Lex passed and as soon as they went through the back doors the bar's noise died down immensely as Ram and Lex ascended a set of stairs.
Lex kept his eye on Ram's back, as he led him down a hall way and pushed open a door, letting them access the flat. Lex walked in after Ram and closed the door behind him as he glanced around the tiny kitchen and dining room area they had immediately walked into.
Ram was smiling as he walked through the other door and entered the Lounge area, walking across the dirty beige carpeted floor to the large sofa, dropping himself down onto the seats and stretching his arms out across the back.
Lex dropped the bag down on the floor and side stepped around an armchair's side before sitting down on it, perched on the end. "When you said you'd sort something out I didn't think you'd have this in mind" he said.
Ram narrowed his eyes slightly, "You ungrateful little brat!" he ignored Lex's eyes widening, "Greg offers us a place to stay, for free, for as long as we want to stay here, and that's what you say, like this disgusts you? He's a damn good mate of mine, and he knows me better than you ever will, so if you say one more negative thing, I'll chuck you down the bleeding stairs and out of this place myself, and you're on your own then. Do I make myself clear boy?" he grit out.
Lex stared at him a moment. He knew what Ram's temper was like, and he always seemed to get thrown by Ram's constant switch between gentle and harsh. He guessed it would be wise to just accept this little rant. "Crystal" he muttered as he sat back in the sofa.
"And don't think I won't punish you just because we're in Greg's flat" Ram warned and Lex cast his eyes down as he bit his lip and dug his nails slowly into the soft material of the arm chair. So much for the lovey doveyness that morning.
"Who exactly is he Ram?" Lex asked looking up at Ram with a hot gaze.
"And what business is it of yours?" Ram snapped back.
Before he could stop himself, Lex snapped back bitterly "I'm just wondering if there's any more whores you got littered around the country that you give a casual visit and fuck to each time you meet" he flinched when Ram moved forward with a dangerous look in his eyes, like he was ready to cross the room and snap his neck right there and then.
The door burst open making them both jump slightly. It was Greg. "All right, Pearl's taking over for a bit" he grinned as he moved around the kitchen out of sight. "Drink anyone?"
"We're alright thanks" Ram called back, and heard a hiss, and a clink, as the cap was taken off a bottle and Greg walked in gulping beer.
He sighed and wiped a sleeve across his mouth as he glanced from the sofa to the armchair, "Woah, did I interrupt something?" there was a hint of a smirk in his tone.
"No, we were just talking" Ram replied flippantly.
Greg nodded slowly and walked over to the couch sitting beside Ram. "Ah right" he nodded again, smiling over at Lex a moment. "Does he speak, or even have a name?"
"That's Lex" Ram informed him.
"Ah" Greg nodded, scanning over Lex for a moment, like that would answer any questions he wasn't going to ask out a loud. "So anyway yeah, it was dead odd you turning up, I was just thinking the other day..."
Lex tuned out their voices as he sat in the arm chair, letting his nails dig into the cushions as he looked down with hair falling over his face. How dare he just be totally dismissed like that, shunned like some child while 'the adults talked'. He glanced up as Greg and Ram burst into rapturous laughter occasionally, recalling something so and so had said and done when back in that year ago.
He thought that morning, something had maybe changed, but he now he thought about it, Ram was only doing and saying what he thought Lex needed and had to hear. It was just another one of his little manipulations, it had to be. Ram's little outburst just a short while ago reminded him again just where his place was; on the sidelines, waiting for Ram's call.
"A motorbike eh? Can I see the little beauty then?" Greg was asking when Lex looked up again. He could have been there minutes or hours, he didn't know.
"Sure" Ram grinned, "it's a bloody good thing to ride... aside from the boy" he gestured to Lex with a nod of his head.
Lex froze and looked over with wide eyes, while blushing slightly.
Greg laughed, "I figured you'd ride them both all the way here. You always did have a good eye for pretty looking things of good quality" he winked.
"Yeah... one of two ain't bad" Ram said and they burst into laughter again.
Lex was slowly seeing a red mist over his vision as much as the red blush was creeping upon his face.
"So how about seeing that bike now then? Can get some beers while we're down there" Greg added.
"Definitely" Ram grinned and glanced over to Lex, like he suddenly just remembered he'd brought him along. "You staying here or coming with?"
Lex looked up at him for a long moment, with a cold glare. "Here's fine"
Ram gave a slow nod. "Well don't you worry" he leant over and patted Lex's knee, "I'll be back before bed time" he winked. Greg and he laughed as they left the flat, shutting the door closed behind them.
Lex sat there for an awfully long time in silence, frozen in the arm chair, their laughter still ringing in his ears. He was once again reminded of all he had been to Ram from the start: his sex toy. And he didn't want to believe it.
*******
Lex was curled up on the end of the sofa bored out of his mind by the time the time they burst back into the flat, loud and laughing at God knows what. Lex watched them, noting how Greg had his arm around Ram's shoulders as they stumbled past the kitchen doorway disappearing from his view for a moment. He glared.
Ram came into the lounge, grin on his face as he looked over at Lex, "You been alright here on your own boy?" he asked. Lex just looked away seemingly ignoring him.
"Ah he's probably been missing you, I mean, I interrupt you two and steal you away for a bit" Greg appeared behind Ram, "you want some alone time? I can go downstairs"
"Its your place" Ram started, "Look, I'm going to hit the shower, do what you like" he grinned at Greg then glanced over to Lex, shaking his head before disappearing through a door Lex guessed led to the bathroom.
Greg glanced from the bathroom door over to Lex. "Giving the cold shoulder to Ram, he don't like that sorta thing" he smiled and walked over to the couch.
Lex frowned from the stench of booze and cigarettes that clung to Greg and drifted around him like an aura. "He's probably pissed, he'll forget it once he's horny"
Greg laughed at this and slumped down besides Lex, "Ram can hold his drink mate" he sniffed and shifted, "so... you're his uh.."
"Fuck toy" Lex offered the description as he glared at the wall ahead.
"... well, if that's how you want to term it" Greg shrugged. "you know, you seem alright to me. Different from the others"
Lex snorted. It'd figure Ram would have had others. "Like you?" he snapped.
Greg smirked and watched Lex a moment. "He's talked about you"
"I know. I was there" Lex spat out.
"Nah I meant when we were downstairs"
"Giving you more sordid details no doubt"
"Not that much... more like, talking about you. Not the sex as such, but you"
Lex sighed and rubbed at his eyes, "right" he muttered not sounding very interested.
"I mean, I can see why he'd like you" Greg let his hand casually fall on Lex's thigh.
"Hey!" Lex snapped and sat up, hitting the hand away.
"Loyal to him huh?" Greg winked.
"I'm"-
"Ram's?" Lex looked away. "But seriously though...you're beautiful"
Lex rolled his eyes, "I've heard that one before, and no, you're not going to get laid"
"I'm not saying it for that! God, relax... I'm just saying, you are...and you're feisty, kinda like Pearl when its that time of the month" he chuckled to himself, "you're no easy pushover"
"Just an easy lay" Lex muttered.
"Nah, nah you're alright. You're better than any other nameless slut...I mean, you have a name!" Greg grinned.
Lex glanced over to him. "Is there any point to this conversation? Because I think you should pass out somewhere, preferably your room right now"
Greg's grin broadened somewhat. "It bothers you don't it, Ram I mean, how he uses you when he likes then ignores you the next... I guess you'll get used to it though" he watched the silent boy. "There are worse things that could happen...doubt they'll happen though... Ram's got his funny little ways see, like dealing with relationships and feelings...hurts the one he loves cause it's the only thing he knows". Lex looked over at him. "You're lucky, that he hasn't just dumped you in the middle of nowhere, or like, left in the morning and left you with nothing, he seems to be sticking around. Not sure how long he has or will, but that's got to be something right? Something you both want"
Lex swallowed. "I'm not...sure" he trailed off. He shouldn't be speaking to this twat!
"Does that matter? He seems to be taking charge, making all the decisions and stuff" Greg shrugged and shifted on the couch, pausing a moment. "It don't matter what you feel does it? As long as he's alright, gets his pleasure" he laughed shortly, "its all about Ram right?"
"No"
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that" Greg snorted. "how about your pleasure... need someone else to handle it for you?" he moved upon Lex.
"Hey, stop it!"
"Oh come on, Ram said I can do what I like" Greg laughed as Lex pushed him away.
"Leave me alone alright, I'm...I'm with Ram, he'll kick your ass if you"-
He suddenly froze and a scream that he desperately wanted to come out just wasn't happening, even as Greg's lips were suddenly on his and pulling him close, pushing his beer and cigarette tainted tongue into Lex's mouth, which he hated, he didn't want this, he wanted-
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" The loud angry bellow seemed to pierce everything as Lex was pushed away from Greg and Greg scrambled to stand up, while Ram glared between them both with such rage, Lex was trembling and eyes wide with fear.
"Your little slut just kissed me!" Greg made a disgusted face and spat out, wiping his hand across his face, "fuck, don't you have any control over this particular one?"
Ram turned his blazing gaze to Lex who had back-pedalled on the sofa and was looking at Ram with absolute terror. "He's l-lying! He, he k-kissed me! I didn't want it!" he cried out desperately.
"Like you can believe a word that come's out of that whores mouth" Greg grimaced, "Fuck, I been mates with you years Ram, dya think I'd kiss one of your whores who I've barely just met? Like Jesus, I knew he was pissed off at you and jealous, but I didn't think he'd do something like that for like, revenge on you" he continued acting outraged.
Lex couldn't even bother trying to hold back the tears that suddenly erupted from him as he let out a sob. Everything had been fine. Just fine. That morning, oh god, how he wished they'd just stayed at that house, there in Ram's arms, feeling safe, feeling.... He shook under Ram's gaze as he kept sobbing. That's all Ram saw him as wasn't it, just a whore, just some easy little slut that would do anything for him, and things for other people. Slut.
"I d-d-didn't do anyth-thing!" Lex sobbed, with the higher shaky tone crying did to a person's voice, and he drew his knees up, putting his hands over his face. Fuuuuuck he was thinking, Ram's so pissed off, he's just going to kill me this time.
"Ram, I'm so sorry mate; if I knew he was going to"-
"SHUT UP!" Ram bellowed, cutting off Greg. "Get out" He turned his fiery eyes onto Lex, "Get out and leave us alone. This won't take long"
Greg hesistated and glanced between Ram and Lex, without a word he quickly ran past Ram to the door and left, letting it slam shut behind him. Leaving inside a near hysterical Lex, and an outraged Ram.
The motorbike hummed as it slowed down and Ram parked it. It was late afternoon by now, the hot sun was now low on the sky, and cast stretched shadows behind everything. Ram got off the bike in one fluid movement, and then shifted on his feet as he surveyed the area. It was quite odd to think earlier that day they were stuck in a picturesque calm quiet countryside setting, and now they were back in a town full of noise, tall buildings, movement and familiarity of that inner city feel.
"Ram, why are we stopping at a bar?" Lex asked, wiping the back of his hand across his forehead, and pushed back long strands of hair behind his ear. He glanced to the side having heard a far away crash and laughter.
"I thought you said we should relax more?" Ram raised an eyebrow, and slipped the keys into his back pocket. He stared at Lex watching the boy roll his eyes and shake his head slightly. "Its alright, I've been in this town before"
Lex glanced over at Ram, an almost childish sparkling curiosity glinting in his eyes momentarily "oh?" Ram didn't elaborate though, just moved in a way that told Lex 'come with me now, that's an order'. Lex sighed and got off the bike, letting the bag slung on his shoulder slide down his arm into the tight grip of his hand as he followed Ram into the bar.
The door swung behind them, instantly shutting them into the claustrophobic dark smoky bar, which was quite filled already. People were sat around tables and at the bar, talking, laughing, arguing, being all over each other, nowhere seemed to be still.
Lex followed Ram, snaking his way through the crowds of people crammed around tables, heading straight towards the bar. They knocked into a few people and apart from some drunken cries of "watch it!" they were basically ignored.
Ram sighed and sat on a bar stool, drumming his fingers on the wooden bar surface, before glancing to the side, nodding at Lex to sit down. Lex did immediately, dropping the bag near his feet as he glanced around, hardly able to imagine Ram being in a place like this before, yet he didn't find it surprising either.
A sandy haired girl, with too much makeup and not enough clothes appears in front of them. "What'll you be having boys?" she drawled, with a vacant look in her eyes.
"A beer" Ram said, smoothing a hand over the bar, turned his head, "Lex?". Lex glanced over at him and blinked, realized what was being asked and had a slight frown as he shook his head no and went back to surveying the crowd. Ram shrugged, "Suit your self. Just a beer then" he had to speak up over the noise, and smiled at the girl.
He watched her set about lazily getting the beer for him as he ran his tongue along the top row of his teeth. As the girl placed the beer down in front of him, he placed his hand on her arm and leaned in close; "Is Greg around?" he asked near her ear.
She pulled back slightly to give him a suspicious look, "Who wants to know?"
He smiled, "Tell him Ram's here. He knows who I am" he watched as she shrugged and disappeared through a door to the back behind the bar. Feeling a burning questioning gaze on him he glanced to the side at Lex again. "What?" he snapped.
Lex shook his head that it didn't matter, and watched as Ram sipped the beer from his glass in a casual manner. Lex was feeling fidgety for some reason.
Ram immediately sat up and grinned when a tall messy sandy haired male emerged through the door behind the bar, and dark brown eyes locked on the grinned man on the other side on the bar invoking a grin across the tanned handsome face. "Ram! God, I didn't know whether to believe Pearl when she said you were out here, but here you are! Man how long's it been?"
Ram laughed, "not that long"
"You think a year's not that long? God last time I saw you... and now here you are sat at my bar again, drinking beer and acting cool as a cucumber" this guy, who Lex figured was Greg, was laughing to himself as he got himself a beer.
"And you're still behind the bar, like nearly every time I see you" Ram laughed with him, "Looks like you've been up to a lot"
"Well my life can't be anywhere near as exciting as yours has been, man, the tales I've heard from passers by from the city... you're a bad bad man Ram, and you look like you haven't a care in the world!"
"That's probably because I don't" Ram sipped at his beer.
Lex sat on the stool, watching them act like he wasn't even there as they talked like good old mates who hadn't just met up again, after a year. He didn't particularly mind that he was ignored, it was obvious they wanted to 'catch up', but he was wondering how the hell these two had met and wanted to know more about this Greg. Okay, he was... jealous. And he knew it.
"So what do you want then? People from the past usually only turn up when they want something, and I know what you're like Ram" Greg smirked as he leant on the bar with folded arms.
Ram swallowed down the mouthful of beer. "This is the thing, I need somewhere to spend the next few nights or whatever, not sticking around or anything, its just you know"-
"Yeah yeah... well, I guess a friend in need is a friend indeed..." Greg glanced over at Lex for a moment as if noticing him then looked back to Ram. Lex blinked at the look he was given and continued to just sit there. "Sure, you can spend as much time as you need to. Pearl's nabbed the spare room recently, so you're going to have to make do with the sofa" he smirked.
"It'll be fine" Ram waved off with his hand.
"With some luck, the lazy cow will sod off to her boyfriend's for a bit, so you could be getting the room for a few nights" Greg smirked, "it'll be full of girls stuff, hope you don't mind"
Ram smirked and glanced over at Lex who looked away hoping he didn't notice the small blush, "Nah, we can put up with that"
Greg grinned, "how about you go come through and go upstairs, the flat's open, no point in you sitting down here with this crazy lot" Greg gestured to the crowd, "I'll be up in a bit, bar don't close till later, but I'll get Pearl to cover for a bit so we can properly chat"
"Thanks" Ram said, standing up. "Come on Lex" he said as he headed behind the bar. Lex groaned and picked up the bag by his feet, following Ram through. Greg grinned as Lex passed and as soon as they went through the back doors the bar's noise died down immensely as Ram and Lex ascended a set of stairs.
Lex kept his eye on Ram's back, as he led him down a hall way and pushed open a door, letting them access the flat. Lex walked in after Ram and closed the door behind him as he glanced around the tiny kitchen and dining room area they had immediately walked into.
Ram was smiling as he walked through the other door and entered the Lounge area, walking across the dirty beige carpeted floor to the large sofa, dropping himself down onto the seats and stretching his arms out across the back.
Lex dropped the bag down on the floor and side stepped around an armchair's side before sitting down on it, perched on the end. "When you said you'd sort something out I didn't think you'd have this in mind" he said.
Ram narrowed his eyes slightly, "You ungrateful little brat!" he ignored Lex's eyes widening, "Greg offers us a place to stay, for free, for as long as we want to stay here, and that's what you say, like this disgusts you? He's a damn good mate of mine, and he knows me better than you ever will, so if you say one more negative thing, I'll chuck you down the bleeding stairs and out of this place myself, and you're on your own then. Do I make myself clear boy?" he grit out.
Lex stared at him a moment. He knew what Ram's temper was like, and he always seemed to get thrown by Ram's constant switch between gentle and harsh. He guessed it would be wise to just accept this little rant. "Crystal" he muttered as he sat back in the sofa.
"And don't think I won't punish you just because we're in Greg's flat" Ram warned and Lex cast his eyes down as he bit his lip and dug his nails slowly into the soft material of the arm chair. So much for the lovey doveyness that morning.
"Who exactly is he Ram?" Lex asked looking up at Ram with a hot gaze.
"And what business is it of yours?" Ram snapped back.
Before he could stop himself, Lex snapped back bitterly "I'm just wondering if there's any more whores you got littered around the country that you give a casual visit and fuck to each time you meet" he flinched when Ram moved forward with a dangerous look in his eyes, like he was ready to cross the room and snap his neck right there and then.
The door burst open making them both jump slightly. It was Greg. "All right, Pearl's taking over for a bit" he grinned as he moved around the kitchen out of sight. "Drink anyone?"
"We're alright thanks" Ram called back, and heard a hiss, and a clink, as the cap was taken off a bottle and Greg walked in gulping beer.
He sighed and wiped a sleeve across his mouth as he glanced from the sofa to the armchair, "Woah, did I interrupt something?" there was a hint of a smirk in his tone.
"No, we were just talking" Ram replied flippantly.
Greg nodded slowly and walked over to the couch sitting beside Ram. "Ah right" he nodded again, smiling over at Lex a moment. "Does he speak, or even have a name?"
"That's Lex" Ram informed him.
"Ah" Greg nodded, scanning over Lex for a moment, like that would answer any questions he wasn't going to ask out a loud. "So anyway yeah, it was dead odd you turning up, I was just thinking the other day..."
Lex tuned out their voices as he sat in the arm chair, letting his nails dig into the cushions as he looked down with hair falling over his face. How dare he just be totally dismissed like that, shunned like some child while 'the adults talked'. He glanced up as Greg and Ram burst into rapturous laughter occasionally, recalling something so and so had said and done when back in that year ago.
He thought that morning, something had maybe changed, but he now he thought about it, Ram was only doing and saying what he thought Lex needed and had to hear. It was just another one of his little manipulations, it had to be. Ram's little outburst just a short while ago reminded him again just where his place was; on the sidelines, waiting for Ram's call.
"A motorbike eh? Can I see the little beauty then?" Greg was asking when Lex looked up again. He could have been there minutes or hours, he didn't know.
"Sure" Ram grinned, "it's a bloody good thing to ride... aside from the boy" he gestured to Lex with a nod of his head.
Lex froze and looked over with wide eyes, while blushing slightly.
Greg laughed, "I figured you'd ride them both all the way here. You always did have a good eye for pretty looking things of good quality" he winked.
"Yeah... one of two ain't bad" Ram said and they burst into laughter again.
Lex was slowly seeing a red mist over his vision as much as the red blush was creeping upon his face.
"So how about seeing that bike now then? Can get some beers while we're down there" Greg added.
"Definitely" Ram grinned and glanced over to Lex, like he suddenly just remembered he'd brought him along. "You staying here or coming with?"
Lex looked up at him for a long moment, with a cold glare. "Here's fine"
Ram gave a slow nod. "Well don't you worry" he leant over and patted Lex's knee, "I'll be back before bed time" he winked. Greg and he laughed as they left the flat, shutting the door closed behind them.
Lex sat there for an awfully long time in silence, frozen in the arm chair, their laughter still ringing in his ears. He was once again reminded of all he had been to Ram from the start: his sex toy. And he didn't want to believe it.
*******
Lex was curled up on the end of the sofa bored out of his mind by the time the time they burst back into the flat, loud and laughing at God knows what. Lex watched them, noting how Greg had his arm around Ram's shoulders as they stumbled past the kitchen doorway disappearing from his view for a moment. He glared.
Ram came into the lounge, grin on his face as he looked over at Lex, "You been alright here on your own boy?" he asked. Lex just looked away seemingly ignoring him.
"Ah he's probably been missing you, I mean, I interrupt you two and steal you away for a bit" Greg appeared behind Ram, "you want some alone time? I can go downstairs"
"Its your place" Ram started, "Look, I'm going to hit the shower, do what you like" he grinned at Greg then glanced over to Lex, shaking his head before disappearing through a door Lex guessed led to the bathroom.
Greg glanced from the bathroom door over to Lex. "Giving the cold shoulder to Ram, he don't like that sorta thing" he smiled and walked over to the couch.
Lex frowned from the stench of booze and cigarettes that clung to Greg and drifted around him like an aura. "He's probably pissed, he'll forget it once he's horny"
Greg laughed at this and slumped down besides Lex, "Ram can hold his drink mate" he sniffed and shifted, "so... you're his uh.."
"Fuck toy" Lex offered the description as he glared at the wall ahead.
"... well, if that's how you want to term it" Greg shrugged. "you know, you seem alright to me. Different from the others"
Lex snorted. It'd figure Ram would have had others. "Like you?" he snapped.
Greg smirked and watched Lex a moment. "He's talked about you"
"I know. I was there" Lex spat out.
"Nah I meant when we were downstairs"
"Giving you more sordid details no doubt"
"Not that much... more like, talking about you. Not the sex as such, but you"
Lex sighed and rubbed at his eyes, "right" he muttered not sounding very interested.
"I mean, I can see why he'd like you" Greg let his hand casually fall on Lex's thigh.
"Hey!" Lex snapped and sat up, hitting the hand away.
"Loyal to him huh?" Greg winked.
"I'm"-
"Ram's?" Lex looked away. "But seriously though...you're beautiful"
Lex rolled his eyes, "I've heard that one before, and no, you're not going to get laid"
"I'm not saying it for that! God, relax... I'm just saying, you are...and you're feisty, kinda like Pearl when its that time of the month" he chuckled to himself, "you're no easy pushover"
"Just an easy lay" Lex muttered.
"Nah, nah you're alright. You're better than any other nameless slut...I mean, you have a name!" Greg grinned.
Lex glanced over to him. "Is there any point to this conversation? Because I think you should pass out somewhere, preferably your room right now"
Greg's grin broadened somewhat. "It bothers you don't it, Ram I mean, how he uses you when he likes then ignores you the next... I guess you'll get used to it though" he watched the silent boy. "There are worse things that could happen...doubt they'll happen though... Ram's got his funny little ways see, like dealing with relationships and feelings...hurts the one he loves cause it's the only thing he knows". Lex looked over at him. "You're lucky, that he hasn't just dumped you in the middle of nowhere, or like, left in the morning and left you with nothing, he seems to be sticking around. Not sure how long he has or will, but that's got to be something right? Something you both want"
Lex swallowed. "I'm not...sure" he trailed off. He shouldn't be speaking to this twat!
"Does that matter? He seems to be taking charge, making all the decisions and stuff" Greg shrugged and shifted on the couch, pausing a moment. "It don't matter what you feel does it? As long as he's alright, gets his pleasure" he laughed shortly, "its all about Ram right?"
"No"
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that" Greg snorted. "how about your pleasure... need someone else to handle it for you?" he moved upon Lex.
"Hey, stop it!"
"Oh come on, Ram said I can do what I like" Greg laughed as Lex pushed him away.
"Leave me alone alright, I'm...I'm with Ram, he'll kick your ass if you"-
He suddenly froze and a scream that he desperately wanted to come out just wasn't happening, even as Greg's lips were suddenly on his and pulling him close, pushing his beer and cigarette tainted tongue into Lex's mouth, which he hated, he didn't want this, he wanted-
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" The loud angry bellow seemed to pierce everything as Lex was pushed away from Greg and Greg scrambled to stand up, while Ram glared between them both with such rage, Lex was trembling and eyes wide with fear.
"Your little slut just kissed me!" Greg made a disgusted face and spat out, wiping his hand across his face, "fuck, don't you have any control over this particular one?"
Ram turned his blazing gaze to Lex who had back-pedalled on the sofa and was looking at Ram with absolute terror. "He's l-lying! He, he k-kissed me! I didn't want it!" he cried out desperately.
"Like you can believe a word that come's out of that whores mouth" Greg grimaced, "Fuck, I been mates with you years Ram, dya think I'd kiss one of your whores who I've barely just met? Like Jesus, I knew he was pissed off at you and jealous, but I didn't think he'd do something like that for like, revenge on you" he continued acting outraged.
Lex couldn't even bother trying to hold back the tears that suddenly erupted from him as he let out a sob. Everything had been fine. Just fine. That morning, oh god, how he wished they'd just stayed at that house, there in Ram's arms, feeling safe, feeling.... He shook under Ram's gaze as he kept sobbing. That's all Ram saw him as wasn't it, just a whore, just some easy little slut that would do anything for him, and things for other people. Slut.
"I d-d-didn't do anyth-thing!" Lex sobbed, with the higher shaky tone crying did to a person's voice, and he drew his knees up, putting his hands over his face. Fuuuuuck he was thinking, Ram's so pissed off, he's just going to kill me this time.
"Ram, I'm so sorry mate; if I knew he was going to"-
"SHUT UP!" Ram bellowed, cutting off Greg. "Get out" He turned his fiery eyes onto Lex, "Get out and leave us alone. This won't take long"
Greg hesistated and glanced between Ram and Lex, without a word he quickly ran past Ram to the door and left, letting it slam shut behind him. Leaving inside a near hysterical Lex, and an outraged Ram.