New York
2565
She knocked upon the door again, more forcefully this time. "Duaal Maldamee you will open his door at once!" A Sangheili women yelled from the other side of the door.
Duaal Maldamee sat curled up in the corner of the room, trying as hard as he could to repress the tears that wouldn't stop from flowing down his cheeks.
His cowardice behavior was unacceptable, how could he go this low?
He had been crying in the corner for about thirty minutes now after he got home from detention and locked himself in his room and refused to come out.
"Duaal just please talk to me!" His mother, Fual pleaded with him.
Duaal sniffed. "Later mother, just please leave me alone..."
He could see his mothers feet from the crack under the door and she had not left.
"Fine...but you WILL explain to me what happened later." And with that she left.
Duaal continued to sob and suffer in his own fault.
It wasn't fair...
Duaal was a sophomore at Bronx high and had moved to earth from Sangheilios a few months ago. Being one of the few aliens in the school, he was constantly bullied. It shouldn't be that much of an issue considering the Sangheilis size and prowess in combat. But it wasn't a physical problem. It was simply the mental obstacles he was now facing. If he wanted to he could beat all of them into a pulp but he knew he couldn't.
It pissed him off knowing he could easily do something but not being able to.
Duaal wasn't crying due to the fact he was being bullied. He was crying due to the fact that it even affected with at all mentally. He was a damn Sangheili he beat humanities best in combat but the fact that simple derogatory slurs affect him didn't make any sense. That's why he cried.
Today he had done something instead of pretending to not be affected. He had been in the bathroom during 6th period class when three fellow class mates tried to push him and began throwing punches. He couldn't just let them do that and fought back, trying so hard not the hurt them. He threw three punches. Each one striking the boys knees and hips lightly, not breaking anything but knocking the wind out of the boys.
Obviously, Duaal was blamed and given one week of detention effective immediately. His mother, understood but was disappointed he had to resort to fighting.
The Sangheili was brought out of his thoughts as a ringing was heard in his pant pocket.
Duaal sniffed and wiped his eyes, pulling out his phone and answering the call. He gave a slight smile as he saw who it was.
"Hey there big guy..." the caller said in raspy English.
"I heard what happened, how you holding up?"
Duaal chuckled. "Just great Zilk...just great."
There was a distinct sigh on the other end. "Can I come over?"
The Sangheili shook his head, even though he was on the phone. "Nope, my moms pissed right now. Plus this place is a mess..." he said, looking around his trash dump of a room.
"Is your mother mad at you, or the school?"
Duaal smiled. "The school, she's REALLY is pissed at the school. First the school suspends me for talking back to them, now I get detention for a week for defending myself..."
An audible sigh could be heard. "Yeah...there's a reason I barley go to school."
Duaal smiled. "You only go to school for me..."
"Well why else would I go?"
Duaals smile brightened. "Can I come over?"
Zilk chuckled. "Of course you can, just don't scare Pucho like you did last time."
Duaal chuckled. "Don't worry I won't, can I come now."
"Whenever you'd like- shit the laundries done I gotta fold it, but when you're here it'll be done." Zilk exclaimed and hung up.
The Sangheili smiled, wiping away his tears and standing up. He went to the window overlooking the street a pulled it open before carefully climbing through.
He didn't care what his mother would think, he didn't want to talk to her right now.
It was a warm summer evening and the streets were lively with activity. His friends house was just around block, in between a small shopping district which was popular with Duaals classmates.
He reached his friends house after only three minutes of walking. It was a small, albeit nice looking house for the area the grass in the front yard looked to be freshly cut, and new solar panels had recently been installed.
Duaal eagerly approached the front door of the house, knocking twice before taking a step back.
The door opened and a small, T'vaoon dressed in a pink bathrobe answered. The T'vaoon smiled, grabbing the Sangheilis arm and pulling him in the house for a hug.
Duaal chuckled and returned Zilks embrace. "I missed you so fucking much..." the T'vaoon winced.
Duaal snorted. "It's been a week since I've seen you."
Zilk gripped Duaal harder and laughed. "Yeah but you get a bit lonely during suspension when the only company you have is you're step-father that works almost all day and a dog..."
Speaking of a dog, a large German Shepard trotted into the room, freezing at the sight of Duaal.
Last time the Sangheili was over Zilk told him to just walk in and it had scared poor Pucho and sent him into a spree of barks and growls. It took ten minutes to calm him down with dog treats and chew toys.
Zilk released Duaal and knelt down to stroke the dogs head. Puchos tail wagged in appreciation and licked his owners hand.
"So what have you been up to for the past week?" Duual asked, stepping further into the house.
Zilk groaned. "School refuses to give me any of the work ya'll have been doing so I've been playing video games and partying the whole week."
Duaal took a seat on the couch and chuckled. "Well we literally have all our classes together you could have just asked for the work."
Zilk shook his head, sitting down on the couch, Pucho following suit.
"I don't really care anyways about school which is why I only go when you go."
Zilks expression changed to a concern one. "I'm sorry for what happened today, I'm here ya know, if you want to talk."
Duaal smiled and nodded. "I know...this is why I wanted to come over, better than just crying in the corner of my room all day."
Zilks eyes went wide and he leaned closer the Sangheili. "Y-you were crying?"
Duaal snorted and crossed his arms, the thought causing his cheeks to burn purple in embarrassment. More tears threatening to pour from his eyes.
Zilk seeing this, scooted closer to the Sangheili, wrapping him up in another hug.
"Listen, we don't live in the time of the human covenant war anymore, you shouldn't feel ashamed for letting out your emotions. Especially when you have such a valid reason for crying." Zilk explained.
The Sangheili let out embarrassed sobs, returning the hug. "You know that I cry myself to sleep every night. You've never said I should be ashamed."
Duaal shook his head. "No offense but the T'vaoons were never an honorable species..."
Zilk chuckled. "That's besides the point, we don't live in a society where you should be worried about honor. I understand it's an instinctual thing but please try to forget it and your life will be a lot easier."
Duaal sighed. "It's a lot harder then you think..."
Zilk rested his beak on the Sangheilis shoulders. A few tears escaping his own eyes. "I-I know..."
The two sat there is complete silence for about five minutes enjoying the other's company.
"Stay with me tonight okay?" The T'vaoon offered.
Duaal thought about it before nodding. "Okay, my mom will probably think I just fell asleep."
Zilk gave the Sangheili a smirk. "Well, let's get on with it then."
...
Jose gave the Sangheili a bewildered expression. "I did what?"
The Sangheili, dressed in a minors armor clearly from the covenant era spoke. "I have challenged you for a duel for killing one our members!" The Sangheili exclaimed.
Jose took a step back and sighed. "So the motherfucker I killed that tried to steal my money was part of your set?"
The Sangheili growled. "Yes, and I will have my revenge!"
And loud groan of relief could be heard behind Jose. Jose turned to see a grunt walking out of a port-a potty
"Bal bals hungry, need to find deli!" The little grunt exclaimed
Jose scoffed and turned back to the Sangheili. "Listen Qul, we can scrap about this later I gotta get this little guy hom-"
The Sangheili, known as Qul activated his energy sword and let out a warcry before charging.
Jose sighed and quickly pulled a VK78 commando rifle out of his back pack and began to unload into Qul's shields.
Bal began to scream and run in circles. as the shots rang out.
Jose smirked as the Sangheili drew closer to striking distance.
Jose immediately dropped his commando rifle and reached for his belt where he, to the Sangheilis shock pulled an energy sword of his own and stabbed Qul through the chest.
The Sangheilis eyes went wide as he realized what had just happened. He looked down to his chest and then to Jose where he spat out own last sentence.
"I shall be avenged..." and with that Qul's eyes closed and the energy sword deactivated, causing the body to the fall with a heap onto the grass.
Jose with a smile grabbed the energy sword off he body and shoved it into his bag along with the VK78 and scooped up Bal with one arm and ran.
...
"No...we split it, I'm not having you pay for it all you goofball." Zilk said, playfully shoving the Sangheili with a chuckle.
Zilk was now dressed in basic gym shorts and a white t-shirt.
The two were in an alleyway along with another man who looked to be about two years older then them maybe a bit older, he had a grunt sitting on his shoulders and an energy sword on his hip.
This mans name was Jose, one of the most famous drug dealers in the city. He was most known outside of his illegal deals for his collection of energy swords which he had gained from killing other Sangheili. He worked part time as a mercenary and had hunted down many High ranking Sangheili leaders from small separatist factions and clans, taking their energy swords as a trophy. Those who messed with him would get the same treatment.
The two each handed the man ten dollars and he handed Zilk a plastic bag. Zilk opened the plastic bag and looked at its contents, looking up at Duaal with a wicked smile.
"Yep this is the good shit..." Zilk whispered, licking his chops before shoving it in his bag.
"Bal like when bal get high off green!" The grunt exclaimed causing the two to snort and Jose to chuckle.
"Oh we know you do." Jose said, patting the grunt on the head. "Well we are gonna head out, you two stay safe out there alright?"
The two nodded. "Don't worry about us, worry about you I heard about Qul you better watch your back. The seas of Sangheilios crips aren't exactly gonna let that slide.
Jose smirked. "I used to be a hell jumper, this is playtime compared to the shit I've seen." He said and walked off further into the alley.
The two friends began to walk back to Zilks house.
"You tryna to stay the weekend, ya know since today's a Friday and all?"
Duaal smiled. "Of course, I'll have to go and let my mom know tomorrow though, but she'll be fine with it."
"Yeah she practically loves me!" Zilk exclaimed.
"She does speak highly of you." Duaal said.
The two made it back to Zilks house and slammed the door, huddling around the couch where they began to open the weed.
Zilk went to find some rolling paper a lighter, and a couple other necessities while Zilk instructed the Sangheili to go to the kitchen and get snacks.
The Sangheili opened the fridge and found all sorts of shit. Popcorn, candy, Hennessy, soda, and a lot of chocolate.
Duaal had a known affinity for chocolate and grabbed the bag of chocolate chip cookies which Zilk had actually made. Zilk was an amazing cook and would often bake for Duaal when his mom was away.
Zilk has no idea how thankful Duaal was for the guy.
Duaal got his collection of snacks which included, popcorn, cookies and soda and placed them on the coffee table.
Zilk was already finished rolling three blunts, proud of his handy work looked up to smile at the collection of snacks.
"This is gonna be a fucking party, you decided what movie you wanna watch?"
Duaal shrugged. "I honestly couldn't care less."
Zilk grinned. "Really? Alright then how about we watch saving private Ryan."
Duaal cocked his head in confusion. "It's an old 20th century war movie, I think you'd really like it come on sit down."
The move was intriguing, it followed a squad of soldiers attempting to rescue a young private stuck behind enemy lines. The reason to why they had to save him made to sense to Duaal, however the movie was action packed. The opening scene was brutal and intense and made his stomach churn a little bit.
By the time they were half way through they had smoked so much weed that they were out of rolling papers which sent Zilk into tears. He only stopped When Duaal wrapped his arms around him and fed him popcorn.
"Mmm, I loved p-popcorn...makes movies so much more..." Zilk stopped talking and shrugged letting out a few weird bird like noises.
"T-this movies cool..." Duaal sent, grabbing a handful of popcorn and shoving it into his mouth.
Zilk grabbed a handful and forcefully shoved it into Duaals mouth. Duaal laughed and grabbed some popcorn and carefully placed it in the T'vaoons mouth. But Zilk, again forcefully shoved it into the Sangheilis mouth sending them into a fit of child like giggles.
They didn't even finish the movie and shut it off and began a...popcorn fight.
The two eventually ended of sweaty and panting on the couch laughing hysterically. Zilk who was on top began to stand, looking at the bowl of popcorn and letting out a whine seeing it was empty.
"Do...do you think we should take showers?"
Zilk laughed then stopped. "No, sleep!" He blurted out with a squeak and began to walk to his room.
Duaal quickly followed running after the Skirmisher who began to run from him.The two reached Zilks room and Zilk jumped onto his bed, anticipating the Sangheilis attack.
Duaal jumped forward onto the bed beginning a wrestling match. Obviously Duaal would win but Zilk wouldn't stop laughing hysterically as the two wrestled.
After ten minutes of this nonsense they ceased and collapsed as a panting sweaty mess.
Zilk grabbed the Sangheili by the collar and leaned forward, opened his beak and letting his tongue travel into Duaals mandibles.
Duaal was caught off guard by this and after a shocked couple of seconds returned the kiss with more force, earning a groan of pleasure from the T'vaoon. Duaal didn't know why this was happening but loved every second of it as their arms felt all around each other's bodies.
They parted and breathed heavily. They seemed to have sobered up slightly and Duaal looked at Zilk with concern.
"W-what is going on?" He suddenly asked.
The smirk of Zilks face vanished. "I..." he choked out, biting his tongue to stop himself.
"Zilk I didn't know you..."
Zilk smiled again and leaned forward, burying his beak into the males neck.
"What, didn't know I was also into guys?"
Duaal nodded.
Zilk looked at him and winked. "Well I fucking love guys and I fucking love you, you need this night. C'mon just let me fuck you and wish all your worries away."
Zilks smile widened as he saw the rising spot between the Sangheilis pants. Duaal gave a devilish smirk and grabbed the T'vaoons face and pulled it forward, beginning another fierce makeout session.
Zilk began to undo the other males belt as they kissed. Throwing the belt to the side Zilk released the kiss a trial of saliva following suite.
Zilk lowered himself so his beak was above the bulge between Duaal pants. He lightly grabbed it earning a soft moan from the male.
Zilk knew Duaal wasn't a virgin, he had fucked quite a few sluts before. But Duaal was very innocent. And the broads had only wanted him for his body. Duaal being a teenager, was easily taken advantage of. Zilk however wouldn't do that.
Zilk slightly tugged at Duaals pants, making him wince in anticipation, before sighing and giving him a kinky wink before pulling them down.
...
Duaal awoke with a loud yawn, immediately noticing a change of setting. First off he was not in his bed but in Zilks. And he was naked with Zilk laying on his chest.
Then it hit him.
He had just fucked his best friend...
