I think this fic has now become my major one. It has surpassed Happiness of those who believe in every aspect except chapters. I'm fairly certain that this one can make it well past 40 chapters, though, what so you think? Enjoy!
CeTe: Hmm, am I not that evil? I dunno, I did it before (several times, actually). I've decided that Mike will get put in his place. It might shock you who does it, though. Actually, since I just told you that, it probably won't be a suprise...oh well, thanks for reviewing!
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Mike was about to push into Eyes when the door swung open. Annoyed, Mike looked behind him to see a panting Chase, "Stop!" He gasped out, halting Mike's actions.
Mike turned to better face Chase, "What do you mean 'stop'?" Mike asked.
"Let him go." Chase ordered, now more composed.
Fearful blue eyes widened in suprise, Chase was saving him? Mike, however, wasn't about to give up, "But..." He started to protest.
Angry that he was being disobeyed, Chase yanked Mike back by his hair, "Don't argue with me." Chase growled, "Just because I let you have some freedom doesn't mean that I'll stand for this."
Mike erleased himself, and stood up, pulling his pants up, "What's gotten into you?"
Eyes winced as Chase backhanded Mike, "What did I just tell you?"He was close to yelling, and Eyes knew first hand what happened when Chase got that angry; it wasn't good.
Mike gingerly touched the sore spot, and winced, then glared at Chase, "I'm not arguing with you!" He yelled. Eyes just shook his head, Chase did not like to be yelled at, "You just told me 10 minutes ago that I could do whatever I pleased with him, and now you're telling me I can't? Make up your damned mind!"
When Chase didn't start immediately hitting Mike, Eyes knew that the latter was in for a hell of a lot worse punishment. Chase nodded, "Alright, then, I've made up my mind." The two started at him, waiting for him to continue, "I've decided that you slepp with the other slaves tonight, outside." Chase informed Mike, "And don't expcet breakfast in the morning." Mike's eyes widened, and his mouth hung open in disbelief. Chase turned his attention to Eyes, "Let's go." He said. Eyes knew better than to hesitate, and quickly followed the older one out of the shack, leaving Mike behind. (A/N: Eyes had gotten dressed sometime during Mike and Chase's agruement.)
Once they were on their way back to the house, Eyes finally spoke, "Is Kanone here?" He asked, hopefully. Logic seemed to point to that conclusion as well, why else would Chase of all people save him from being raped?
Chase swore he heard a sigh of relief when he nodded. He chuckled, "Yeah, I guess I underestimated that boy. It seems he really loves you."
Eyes smiled a little, and seemed to relax at hearing that. Still, something was bothering him, "Why have you changed your mind about keeping me?" He wondered out loud.
"I didn't have much of a choice." Chase confessed, "It's a real shame, too, I would have liked to keep you for a while longer." Seeing the boy's utterly confused expression, Chase continued, "Kanone had Jack with him."
"Jack?" Eyes asked, now even more confused. What in the world did Jack have to do with any of this?
Chase nodded, "If I explain to you why Jack can so easily influence me, I want you to do something for me."
Eyes nodded, "Alright." There couldn't be anything that bad that Chase would ask for, could there?
Chase slowed his pace, and Eyes followed suit, "Jack and I have known each other for a long time, ever since we were young." Chase started, "I always looked up to Jack and admired him, but as time went on, we grew apart. It seems that we didn't see eye to eye on some things, and soon we stopped seeing each other all together." Chase seemed to falter here, and paused for a second to compose himself, "During our time together, I started to grow quite attracted to Jack, but he never knew how I felt. One day it got to be too much, and I told him everything. That was, of course, quite a while after we stopped talking, and he said that he couldn't return my feelings. I couldn't just let this go, though, and I became obssessed with him getting to feel the same way." He admitted, swallowing hard at the memories, "Jack is usually a very calm guy, but I guess I pushed him over the edge. I stopped by his house on his birthday, and things got carried away. We got into a big arguement, and..." Chase trailed off, and Eyes looked to him questioningly.
"And what?" The younger one asked, wondering what Jack could have done.
Chase lifted up his shirt to reveal a scar right in the middle of his gut, "He stabbed me." He explained, "I stopped trying to convince him to see things my way after that, but I never stopped loving him." Chase said, quietly, "So, you see, I couldn't exactly keep you for those reasons. Even if I didn't still love him, Jack wouldn't leave here without you."
Eyes tried to absorb all of this information, but it was hard. Who could have thought that Chase would ever love anyone? Eyes supposed that was why Chase did all the things he did to his slaves, "I would have never guessed." He said, looking to Chase, "So, what did you want me to do for you?" He asked.
Chase glanced to Eyes, and turned to him. Without any warning, Chase shoved Eyes against the wall of the house (they had stopped walking right before they reached the door), and pinned him there, "Kiss me." Chase ordered the smaller boy.
Eyes whimpered, paritally out of habit, and shook his head, "No." He whispered, too afraid to open his mouth too much.
Chase knew the boy would react like this, and leaned in closer, "Then let me kiss you." He then forced his lips over Eyes' and waited for the boy to react. Eyes was about to push the older one off of him, before he noticed how soft the other's lips were. It wasn't an agressive kiss, just someone looking for affection; not passionate in itself, but it was kind. In other words, everything that Eyes never thought that Chase was. So, instead of going with his first instinct and pushing Chase off of him, Eyes leaned into the kiss. He wasn't sure why he was responding this way, but he supposed he felt the sightest bit sorry for Chase. Perhaps he was only looking for someone to love him the entire time, and perhaps he thought he had found that someone in Eyes. While Eyes knew that he was far from loving Chase, he could give the older one this one kiss.
Seeing that he wasn't being rejected, Chase pulled Eyes a little closer to get better leverage. Eyes couldn't help but sigh at the passion the older one was starting to show, and Chase decided to try and deepen the kiss. He licked Eyes' lip, asking for entrance to the younger boy's mouth. Eyes hesitated, and pulled back a little. If he granted Chase's request, he might give the older one ideas that he shouldn't be getting. Chase sensed this, and pulled away from the kiss. Eyes looked up to him, panting, and finally caught his breath, "What was that for?" He asked, wondering why Chase had even bothered asking him for a kiss when he could have very well just stolen it.
Chase smiled at him, "Just to convince you to do something else for me." He confessed. Eyes hesitated, getting wary of the other man's intentions. Chase just laughed a little, "Don't worry, it's nothing like that. I would like it if you didn't let Kanone or Jack know about that whole thing with Mike, though. If either one of them found out, I'd most likely be a dead man."
Eyes hesitated, he knew that Kanone would ask him about it, and he really didn't want to lie to his lover, "I can't promise you anything." Eyes informed him, "I can't lie to Kanone for your sake, I'm sorry." Chase's face fell at hearing this, "I can, however, convince him not to do anything." he added.
Chase looked at him, gratefully, "Thanks." He said. Eyes nodded, and waited for Chase to move so they could continue inside, which he did.
Inside, Kanone was waiting impatiently to see Eyes. Once the silver haired boy saw the older one, he walked quickly over to him, and Kanone wrapped him in a hug, "Eyes." He breathed out a sigh of relief seeing that the younger one was virtually unharmed, "Are you alright?" He asked, just making sure.
Eyes nodded, and laid his head on Kanone's shoulder, "I'm fine, now."
Kanone smiled, and looked to the others, "We should get back." Then, to Eyes, "You have an appointment in the morning."
Chase looked at the pair questioningly, "Appointment?"
Kanone glared at him, "Not that's it any of your business, but staying here for so long caused Eyes to become extremely sick."
Chase was taken bakc by this, Eyes never showed any serious signs of being ill other than the occasional cold, "What?" He asked.
Kanone wasn't willing to give him any more information, but Eyes turned to him, "I have a rare form of cancer." He informed Chase, "Or had...I'm not sure." Kanone had said that they thought they got it all, but weren't sure. He supposed that was why he was going back in tomorrow.
Chase was speachless, but Jack was right there with a comment, "Unfortunately, cancer doesn't go away that easily." He said, also glaring at Chase.
Eyes almost defended Chase, but knew there would be a slew of questions if he was to do so. So, he just turned to Kanone instead, "We should go." He said.
Kanone nodded, and, without another word, exited the house. The others followed shortly behind, with Jack bringing up the rear. As he passed Chase he glared at him, "You'd best not pull another stunt like this again. I might not be so forgiving next time."
This time Chase glared back, "Since when have you been forgiving?" He asked, stopping Jack in his tracks.
The latter turned to face the other man, "Everything that happened was a result of your own actions. Don't try to blame me for any of that because I won't sympathize with you."
"I don't want your sympathy." Chase informed him, "Just you."
Jack turned again, heading towards the door once more, "You lost me and my sympathy a long time ago. The choice was yours, and now you have to live with the consequences." With that said, he left Chase, who was now alone, to join back up with his friends.
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Haha, so now Chase and Jack have a past...Good thing for Eyes, I guess. Not so much for Chase, but since you all seem to hate him, I guess he's getting what he deserves. Too bad Eyes feels a little sorry for him, whatever will we do with that boy? He's just too nice! Oh, and don't worry, Mike will suffer much more than this in later chapters, which also means we'll have more with Jack and Chase's past because that's all still a little fuzzy (or at least it should be). I guess that's it...reivew!
