Sparkling Champagne Love
Authoress's Note
This story is dedicated to .Cuddle Lemon. and Digital-Dream of Gaia Online, the cutest couple I've seen! As a matter of fact, .Cuddle Lemon. requested it forh is hunnie! Isn't that adorable! I wanna huggle them both! These characters half belong to me and half belong to the mentioned couple since it is for them.
Chapter 1: Minty First Meeting
A crispy, early chill was in the September wind as it blew over the huge, castle-like university. The leaves were turning rainbows of fiery color, sending a glow as warm as the sun onto the ancient-looking campus. Groups of friends and clusters of cliques met all around as others not-yet settled in made their way to the college dorms, carrying with them clothes and belongings in rolling suitcases or gymbags or even in mounds of luggage that seemed to move on their own.
Aiden sighed to himself, fixing his half-rimmed glasses and looking up at the castle college and the tower-like additions that made up the dorms. He shrugged off the memory of the latest Harry Potter movie with a scowel and closed the door of his car. It had belonged to his father, a little blue Thunderbird that did its job effiecently and still managed to look cute through peeling paint and jamming doors.
A few locks of his short black hair fell over his face as he dug in the trunk of his little car, glad it wasn't too cold or his yellow shirt and black jacket wouldn't last too long. Two rolling suitcases, a backpack, and a large military canvas bag later, the raven-haired student slammed thetrunk shut and made his way to the dorms with bags weighing him down on his backand two suitcases trailing behind.
The walk was shorter than Aiden expected, perhaps because he was walking quickly to reach the tower dorm entrance from the ground. He muttered to himself, walking around the large tower base. "Door...door...where is the effing door!"
"Are you lost?"
He stopped his ranting, instantly calmed by the soft male voice. Slowly, as if in a sudden dream, Aiden turned. Standing behind him was the source of the unanswered question, a large trunk beside him. At first he thought he was looking at a woman, but Aiden knew better. The young man before him was beautiful; feminine features on a pearl face darkened only by sunglasses shielding his eyes, white hoodie drawn up to hide hair and glowing in the light of the day, and pale jeans clinging for dear life on long, slender legs.
The pale stranger repeated his question. "Are you lost?"
"What makes you think I'm lost?" Aiden asked hautily at the other male, doing his best not to look inferior. Failing. "I'm walking around the building so I know what the outside looks like!"
This earned a giggle, yes giggle, from the unknown student and a blush of embarrassmnet to creep up Aiden's neck, cheeks, and ears. "You were cussing up a storm..." The white-garbed male sighed and shook his head, smiling. "I could show you around if you want..."
Aiden grumbled and sighed. As hard as he tried, he couldn't keep the tough-boy act up for long periods of time around this strange, smiling student, who was able to carry a large trunk with one hand. Aiden watched in shock as the porcelain doll led the way around to the front of the building and into the lobby of the college. It wasn't too crowded, much to Aiden's surprise.
"If I were you, I'd invest in a bike or some roller blades to get from class to class," the strange student broke the silence and Aiden's thoughts. He smiled. "During winter and summer, it would be just a little difficult to walk in, neh?"
The raven-haired man looked away from his counterpart, blushing a bit. The more the other male smiled, the more Aiden found himself blushing. "Whatever." Rolling his eyes behind sunglasses, the student continued leading the way. Aiden's curiosity waas beginning to grow. "So...what's your name?"
"Timony," answered the hoodie-teen. He twirled on a toe, turning and bowing to Aiden in one graceful motion. "Antimony Aldobrandi."
Aiden rubbed the back of his head a bit, then decided to bow in return. "Aiden Telyn." They stood at the same time.
Timony offered his delicate hand to shake. "A pleasure to meet you."
"No..." Aiden smiled and kissed the back of Timony's hand. "The pleasure is all mine."
A pink blush painted Timony's cheeks as he slid his hand from Aiden's. "You're...too kind..." Quickly, he turned away from Aiden, picked up the forgotten trunk, and continued on before any more could be said or done. Aiden grinned and rolled his eyes, following. Timony spoke without turning, "The dorms are upstairs...The elevator is this way."
"Alright..." Aiden followed his counterpart into the elevator. "So...why are you wearing those sunglasses indoors?"
"I..." Timony adjusted his glasses a bit. "I have ugly eyes..." The elevator stopped on a floor and opened. "This is my floor." He got out quickly and smiled at Aiden. "See you again, Aiden..." The doors began to close.
"Hey, wait!" Aiden started after Timony, but ran face-first into the metal elevator door and stumbled as it lurched up. He rubbed his nose a bit. "Timony..." He sighed, resting his head on a wall of the elevator. His eyes were closed in thought, his mind on the strange young man he met moments ago. Why can't I get my mind off Timony? It's like I can still feel him standing next to me... He touched his lips. I can still taste his hand on my lips...Mint...He's sweet...like mint...
The elevator stopped, and Aiden quickly gathered his things. The doors opened to reveal an empty hall of dormatory room doors, a small gang of guys at the end of a hall. Aiden grinned to himself, pushing his thoughts of Timony aside temporarily to return to the real world. He went to a door unmarked of ownership and entered. As predicted, the room was plain and empty, save for bed, dresser, table, desk, and chairs.
"Thank you God for a single!" Aiden praised, dumping his things around the bed. Grabbing a folder of paperwork from his backpack, the young man ran back to the elevator to turn in his papers at Student Services. He sighed as he entered the elevator and waited for it to go down.
He rose an eyebrow to himself as the elevator stopped on a familiar floor and doors opened to reveal a femme male in a white tank top, pale jeans, and short, feathery black hair holding a few papers to his chest. Aiden blinked. "Timony?"
"Aiden?" The pale teen sounded as surprised as Aiden felt. He lowered his sunglasses a bit to reveal sparkling lavender eyes. Aiden felt trapped in those eternal lavender eyes.
The raven-haired man started forward toward Timony, but again his face met the hard elevator door. There was a "ding" and the doors opened before the elevator had a chance to move. Timony chuckled at the sight of Aiden sitting on the elevator floor. The pink-haired young man went to Aiden and helped him stand.
"I've been doing that a lot..." Aiden muttered, dusting himself off. He blinked and leaned close to Timony; his face close to Timony's neck. A sweet perfume filled him. Laughing a bit, Aiden pulled away with a bright blush on his face. "Mint perfume..."
Timony rubbed his arm, blushing. "It's the lotion I wear. It reminds me of home." He laughed a bit. "There was a lot of mint near where I grew up."
"Ah..." Aiden nodded as the elevator went down. He grinned a bit at Timony. "So...you got a girl?"
A smile crossed Timony's face. "Yeah...I'm dating...but..." He shrugged. "Something about it doesn't feel right."
"I'm sorry to hear that..."
"Don't be." Timony blushed a bit, toying with a lock of hair. "She's really not my type...I just..." He shrugged. "Nevermind."
"I don't mind," Aiden said with a smile. "I like hearing you talk. I don't know what it is...but I just feel connected to you."
"Yeah...same here..."
The elevator opened, and Aiden headed out. Timony hesitated, then grinned to himself. Suddenly, the pale boy pounced on his darker counterpart. Aiden gasped in surprised when he was forced to give Timony a piggy-back ride, then smiled to himself as he carried the light young man.
"Hey, Aiden?"
"Yeah?"
"Can we...meet for lunch tomorrow?"
Aiden laughed. "Sure." He lifted a hand with an extended pinky. "Best friends forever? You can't have too many in college."
Timony smiled, wrapping his pinky around Aiden's. "Best friends forever."