Chapter Two- Just Washing my Hands





"Matt, Matt wake up."

"Nng... what..." Matt woke up out of a sound sleep upon hearing Tai's voice.

"Matt get off me! It's almost 11 my parents are gonna be home any minute!" Tai said, pushing Matt off the couch and onto the floor. Matt hit the floor with a thud and realized he was sitting on Tai's living room floor totally naked. They had both fallen asleep, completely exhausted for obvious reasons.

"Come on Matt! We have just enough time to take a shower and get some clothes on before my parents and little sister walk in and find us like this!"

Matt shook his head and bit a rubbed his eyes, still trying to gather himself. He looked up and saw Tai was already heading into the bathroom with his clothes. Matt picked his own clothes up off the floor and followed Tai. He smiled when he saw Tai's outline through the fogged up shower door. He hopped up onto the counter around the sink and watched him. He leaned over and rested his chin on his hands and gazed at the shape of Tai moving around with his slanted blue eyes.

After a few minutes, Matt grinned and walked over to the shower. He opened it up and popped his head in.

"Matt! What are you doing?"

"Things will go faster if we both wash off at the same time," Matt said, matter-of-factly. He stepped in and closed the door behind him. He moved behind the slightly shorter boy and slipped his arms around Tai's wet body.

"Matt...come on, my parents are probably on their way home right now."

"Don't worry so much Tai, come on..." Matt kissed Tai's cheek and then let his lips work their way down his neck and over his shoulder. Tai closed his eyes and began to forget about his parents coming home as Matt kissed him. Matt traced his slender fingers down Tai's chest and stomach, still gently kissing Tai's shoulder blade. Steam rose up out of the shower and fogged up the bathroom mirror as things got even steamier inside it.

Outside the apartment, Tai's parents and now 12 year old Kari were on their way up the stairs. When Mr. Kamiya opened the door he saw two pairs of shoes lying inside.

"I wonder who's here?" he said, taking off his coat.

"Tai must have a friend over," Mrs. Kamiya replied.

Kari glanced down at the floor as she took off her own shoes. "Matt must be here, I'd recognize those shoes anywhere."

"Tai! We're home!" Mrs. Kamiya called out.

"Mm...Yama...did you...hear something?"

Matt only replied by pressing closer against Tai and beginning to massage Tai's lower areas. Tai moaned softly and leaned his head back on Matt's shoulder. He could feel a slight ache start to form between his legs as Matt's delicate hands touched him.

"Tai! Tai? Where are you?" Mrs. Kamiya walked across the apartment and looked into Tai's room. Just then she heard Tai's voice, or rather Tai's groans, coming from the bathroom. She knocked on the bathroom door and called out, "Tai? Are you in there?"

Tai's eyes opened in shock and pulled away from Matt. Matt stumbled back and bumped into the shower wall.

"Matt!! You idiot, my parents are home!" Tai hissed at Matt and could see a look of panic forming on his face.

"What happened to 'Oh it'll be double the fun Matt!'?" he said, doing a pathetic impression of Tai while saying this.

"Tai? It's mom, are you alright?"

"Uh... Yeah mom! Everything is fine!" Tai yelled. He quickly shut off the water and got out of the shower. He and Matt began frantically drying off and putting their clothes back on.

"Tai, Matt isn't in there with you, is he?" Tai's mother asked from outside the door.

"Uh...yeah, we were just, Washing our hands!!" Tai called back and pulled his shirt on over his head. Kari heard Tai from the sofa and giggled to herself.

The bathroom door opened and Tai and Matt stepped out, both trying to fake innocent smiles.

"Tai why is your hair all wet?" Mrs. Kamiya asked.

"Like I said, we were washing our hands, and things got a little out of control!" Tai laughed, scratching the back of his head. He was desperately hoping she wouldn't catch on.

"Yeah, I like to have really clean hands!" Matt added. They both could feel sweat drops forming on their foreheads as Mrs. Kamiya gave them a skeptical look.

"That's Matt, Mr. Sanitary."

Matt nodded in agreement and continued smiling.

"Well ok," Mrs. Kamiya said. Luckily, she was not the extremely inquisitive type.

"Uh, can Matt sleep over?" Tai said, trying to change the subject.

"I guess that's all right as long as his father says it's ok." Mrs. Kamiya walked away and into another room.

"Whew," Matt and Tai let out a sigh of relief.

"You two were really lucky," Kari said as she was walking into her bedroom.

"Oh yeah? What about the time you and TK were practicing 'wrestling moves' on your bed?" Tai said.

"At least that's a better excuse than washing your hands together." Kari smiled at Matt and Tai and closed her bedroom door behind her.

"Hey Dad? Yeah I'm staying over at Tai's house tonight," Matt said over the phone a few minutes later. "Huh? Yeah I know it's the third time this week but his parents don't mind. Yeah...Uh huh...Ok see you tomorrow Dad." Matt placed the phone back in the receiver and hurried into Tai's bedroom. When he walked in he saw Tai sprawled out on his bed sound asleep, still in his clothes. His mouth was wide open and soft snoring could be heard from deep inside his throat.

"Real graceful Tai," Matt said. He crawled up on the bed next to him, and soon both boys were peacefully dreaming of each other.