Chpt. 2 - Just Once
~Flowers sleep,
a silent lullaby,
I pray for reply,
I'm ready...~
The hours lingered onward toward the arivial of the Outlaw Star at it's destined planet to deliver the huge pacakege which had earlier caused Jim a rather embarassing defeat before the man he had always secretly looked up to. As the minutes ticked by in what seemed like the endless pass of time the eyelids of first the young, and then the older began to droop until the need for sleep was an obvious commoditty. There was only one who seemed unaffected by the passing of time and required no rest whatsoever. That was Suzuka, who sat silent and stone still at the helm as the others mutter their goodnights to one another and then split away heading to their own rooms.
A small, blonde haired boy yawned widely and slipped groggily down a side hall followed by a tiny pink robot hangging form the ceiling. Feeling the precence of another slip beside him, the youth's head turned slightly to one side finding a familiar lopsided grin lazily placed upon an even more familiar face. He smiled inwardly to himself as Gene pulled himself closer to the youth and nearly lept with joy for some unknown reason as yet again a strong arm found it's way around his small shoulders. The walk from point A to point B seemed endless to Jim but it mattered not to him as he was held gently in the embrace of his elder. For some reason nothing was wrong here, nothing was odd, there was nothing that made him all red in the face as he had been earlier. Now was different, now he just enjoyed the other's precence and reveled in his touch.
The rest of the walk to his room was made in silence as the two proceeded down the forever-long corridors of the ship so well entitled the Outlaw Star. Their footsteps echoed dully on the metal inner shell of the ship resounding from wall to wall, only being inturupped by the humming that was Gillium, trailing only slightly. Finally reaching the younger boys room the trio came to a halt before the closed cabin door. Looking down at his young companion Gene came to the sudden realization that somewhere along the trip down the hall Jim had manuvered himself from merely being held by the elders single armed grasp to wraping a pair of lithe arms around his waist and burying his face in the side of his stomach providing a walking pillow. Smiling slightly, the thought crossed his mind as to how he would pry such a precious moment from his side when suddenly his thoughts were inturrupted by a loud yawn causing the other to groan and look up, groggy eyed into the face of the other.
"wakey, wakey..." wisperd Gene
"I don't want to get up yet...5 more mins...mrphh"
Jims voice faded back into nothingness as he once again burried his head into Gene's side, leaving the elder with a rather odd sense of caring deep in the pit of his stomach. Despite his inner urge to just remain like this for the night, Gene reached out his free arm and pushed the door to the young boys cabin open. Pulling the youth into the room with him Gene fumbled around, reaching for the light untill finally he gave up an allowed his eyes to adjust to the light in the room before proceednig forward. He stopped at the edge to the bed and stood there, silent and still as he contemplated the next manuver he would have to make. In his sleep deprived state Gene's mind quickly moved from one topic to the next until he suddenly found himself thinking 'his room smells like him' quickly regaining what little contorl over his thoughts he had he proceeded in disentangling the youth from around his waist and attempting to place him on the bed.
His attempt failed miserably making it so that not only was the boy at his waist attached tighter than he had been before but the resoning behind that was because he had knocked them off balance causeing both to tumble down upon the bed below. Now lieing on his back on the small boys bed he found the other to be rather comfortably curld beside him, arms still wraped tight about his midsection and his head now placed cozily on his chest, lifting and falling slightly as he would breath in and then out. His blonde hair was more askew than normal as he appeared to sleep and Gene figgured that this would be the best time to attpemt to sneak away back to his room. Making as if to move of the bed he immediately caught the attention of the younger boy who held on for all he was worth, his head twisted slightly to give Gene a full veiw of those peircing blue eyes. Gene couldn't help but relax at the sight of the innocence that stared him in the face through those blue eyes.
"Don't go...you're warm..."
Jim's tiny plea would have been missed had it not been for the total silence in the ship, and what could Gene do to refuse such a pittiful plea. His goofy grin seemed to be a sign to the younger boy that he wouldn't leave as upon seeing it he curled back into his place beside the elder, replacing his head upon Gene's chest. Gene ran an idle hand through the boy's long locks causeing him to let out a sudden moan and move closer to the other. Useing his other arm Gene pulled the covers over both himself and the other. As they lay there, the boy and his idol, they slowly driffted off to sleep, lulled there by the berathing of the other. Before he slept, though, the youth's mind still planned out what he had been working on all evening. He could no longer deny himself that something about this was right, though others would disagree. He ahd heard those on the planets talk of how it was wrong to be held by another this way if you were both guys, but he needed to find out on his own. He had it all planend out and as he finnally drifted into sleep his mind wandered back to what he'd had planned all along.
'Just once...I'll just test it out once...then I'll know...I only need ...o..n...c...'
~Flowers sleep,
a silent lullaby,
I pray for reply,
I'm ready...~
The hours lingered onward toward the arivial of the Outlaw Star at it's destined planet to deliver the huge pacakege which had earlier caused Jim a rather embarassing defeat before the man he had always secretly looked up to. As the minutes ticked by in what seemed like the endless pass of time the eyelids of first the young, and then the older began to droop until the need for sleep was an obvious commoditty. There was only one who seemed unaffected by the passing of time and required no rest whatsoever. That was Suzuka, who sat silent and stone still at the helm as the others mutter their goodnights to one another and then split away heading to their own rooms.
A small, blonde haired boy yawned widely and slipped groggily down a side hall followed by a tiny pink robot hangging form the ceiling. Feeling the precence of another slip beside him, the youth's head turned slightly to one side finding a familiar lopsided grin lazily placed upon an even more familiar face. He smiled inwardly to himself as Gene pulled himself closer to the youth and nearly lept with joy for some unknown reason as yet again a strong arm found it's way around his small shoulders. The walk from point A to point B seemed endless to Jim but it mattered not to him as he was held gently in the embrace of his elder. For some reason nothing was wrong here, nothing was odd, there was nothing that made him all red in the face as he had been earlier. Now was different, now he just enjoyed the other's precence and reveled in his touch.
The rest of the walk to his room was made in silence as the two proceeded down the forever-long corridors of the ship so well entitled the Outlaw Star. Their footsteps echoed dully on the metal inner shell of the ship resounding from wall to wall, only being inturupped by the humming that was Gillium, trailing only slightly. Finally reaching the younger boys room the trio came to a halt before the closed cabin door. Looking down at his young companion Gene came to the sudden realization that somewhere along the trip down the hall Jim had manuvered himself from merely being held by the elders single armed grasp to wraping a pair of lithe arms around his waist and burying his face in the side of his stomach providing a walking pillow. Smiling slightly, the thought crossed his mind as to how he would pry such a precious moment from his side when suddenly his thoughts were inturrupted by a loud yawn causing the other to groan and look up, groggy eyed into the face of the other.
"wakey, wakey..." wisperd Gene
"I don't want to get up yet...5 more mins...mrphh"
Jims voice faded back into nothingness as he once again burried his head into Gene's side, leaving the elder with a rather odd sense of caring deep in the pit of his stomach. Despite his inner urge to just remain like this for the night, Gene reached out his free arm and pushed the door to the young boys cabin open. Pulling the youth into the room with him Gene fumbled around, reaching for the light untill finally he gave up an allowed his eyes to adjust to the light in the room before proceednig forward. He stopped at the edge to the bed and stood there, silent and still as he contemplated the next manuver he would have to make. In his sleep deprived state Gene's mind quickly moved from one topic to the next until he suddenly found himself thinking 'his room smells like him' quickly regaining what little contorl over his thoughts he had he proceeded in disentangling the youth from around his waist and attempting to place him on the bed.
His attempt failed miserably making it so that not only was the boy at his waist attached tighter than he had been before but the resoning behind that was because he had knocked them off balance causeing both to tumble down upon the bed below. Now lieing on his back on the small boys bed he found the other to be rather comfortably curld beside him, arms still wraped tight about his midsection and his head now placed cozily on his chest, lifting and falling slightly as he would breath in and then out. His blonde hair was more askew than normal as he appeared to sleep and Gene figgured that this would be the best time to attpemt to sneak away back to his room. Making as if to move of the bed he immediately caught the attention of the younger boy who held on for all he was worth, his head twisted slightly to give Gene a full veiw of those peircing blue eyes. Gene couldn't help but relax at the sight of the innocence that stared him in the face through those blue eyes.
"Don't go...you're warm..."
Jim's tiny plea would have been missed had it not been for the total silence in the ship, and what could Gene do to refuse such a pittiful plea. His goofy grin seemed to be a sign to the younger boy that he wouldn't leave as upon seeing it he curled back into his place beside the elder, replacing his head upon Gene's chest. Gene ran an idle hand through the boy's long locks causeing him to let out a sudden moan and move closer to the other. Useing his other arm Gene pulled the covers over both himself and the other. As they lay there, the boy and his idol, they slowly driffted off to sleep, lulled there by the berathing of the other. Before he slept, though, the youth's mind still planned out what he had been working on all evening. He could no longer deny himself that something about this was right, though others would disagree. He ahd heard those on the planets talk of how it was wrong to be held by another this way if you were both guys, but he needed to find out on his own. He had it all planend out and as he finnally drifted into sleep his mind wandered back to what he'd had planned all along.
'Just once...I'll just test it out once...then I'll know...I only need ...o..n...c...'