It was the start of another day in California, the grey dawn just breaking through the night. Austin awoke rather groggily to someone knocking at his door; he sat up slowly and started reaching around blindly for his glasses. Grumbling quietly to himself he rubbed a hand over his face he stood up and walked over to the door "I'm coming! I'm coming!" his voice was far deeper than usual, husky from recent sleep as he stumbled awkwardly to his door opening it.
Blake stood in front of Austin's door knocking again, a large smile already present on his face despite the early hour. It was Saturday and even earlier than most of the boys awoke on school days but Blake couldn't stay in bed. He'd had an idea last night and was far too excited about it to just lay in bed awake and wait for the other boy to wake himself up for the day. When he heard Austin's voice that he was coming he grinned and knocked once more just to be obnoxious before the boy finally got his door open. The first thing Blake noticed was that Austin didn't have his signature glasses on, making the green and orange of his eyes appear far more vibrant than they usually were. The taller boy's hair was also stuck up at all odd angles from bed head. The next thing Blake noticed was the boy only wore a pair of thin sleeping pants his bulky muscled chest and arms bare to the world which Blake couldn't help but snicker about wondering if the shy teen had even noticed his state of undressed.
Austin ran his hand through his hair as he saw a multi-colored blur that appeared to be Blake standing in his doorway, all sleepiness immediately banished with pure terror building up in its place. "Oh… good morning Blake" he said sheepishly, before noticing the smaller boy snickering he looked down at himself and realized his state of undress "Excuse me a moment" he turned around his face flushed a brilliant red as he went to put a shirt on, feeling uncomfortable in the nakedness of his torso even in front of the other boy.
Blake followed Austin into his room "Good morning" he replied cheerily looking around the room. The first thing he noticed was the several aquariums with snakes in them, the most notable one being a grey/white rattlesnake. "Oh, you have snakes? I didn't even know we were allowed pets" Austin jerked around at this not realizing Blake had followed him into his room. "Uh, yes, I had to fill out a special form because they are venomous, well a few of them" Austin replied not sure what to make of the sudden intruder in his space. He hadn't allowed even Abel in his bedroom, liking the idea of the place being just his, so he could escape if he needed to.
Finishing with finding a shirt and putting it on he turned to Blake who was at the moment very carefully reaching his hand into the aquarium that held his pet rattlesnake Quetz and immediately panicked. "Oh! Blake please stop! I can't have you getting bitten!" he hurried over before noticing that his snake, while active from curiosity, was not behaving aggressively. He paused a moment as he watched Blake expertly handle the two and a half foot long pit viper before taking a deep calming breath. "Please put it back Blake, please don't touch it! I'm rather uncomfortable with you touching it!"
Blake turned to look at Austin and tilted his head "What do you mean? He seems to like it, he's the longest one of these I've ever held before, rather thick too!" Austin made a groaning noise at the back of his throat "Please put it back Blake we're going to get in trouble!" Blake huffed at him in an irritated tone "Fine, I'll put him back, but I will be playing with him later on" Blake carefully and gently set the snake back into his home. "What's his name anyways?" Blake turned inquisitive eyes towards the other boy. Austin scuffed his foot against the floor rather embarrassedly and looked down at his feet "Quetz". Blake tilted his head "Like Quetzalcoatl?" he asked receiving a nod from Austin in return.
Austin sighed and rubbed his temples "Alright Blake, what did you need me for? I was really hoping to get some more sleep since we didn't have classes today." Austin loved sleeping in on Saturday, although sleeping in wasn't exactly what most people would call it since he was usually still up by 8:45. Blake stepped away from the aquarium and a manic grin returned to his face "I want you to teach me how to wrestle!" Austin just stared in confusion at the other boy tilting his head slowly in confusion "You want to… what? Why?" Blake shrugged "My quirk only really works if I take damage and sometimes I'd like to avoid that. If I don't have someone around to heal me and I take too much damage to take an opponent down I could be out of the fight for months while I recover."
Austin was shocked beyond words at this response, it was well thought out and straight to the point, he casually pinched his thigh to make sure he wasn't currently in the middle of some crazy dream before he nodded blankly. "Oh, well, that makes sense and I uh, I can't turn down a request like that especially if it's an earnest request. When would you like to start?" Blake grin widened "I'd like to start now if possible!" Austin sighed and nodded "That's what I thought… the gyms are still closed but I guess we could start now." Blake nodded eagerly and Austin began his lesson.
Abel was having a very confusing start to his day; he had awoken to someone beating on a bedroom door and had climbed out of his bed to tell them to stop when he was met with the sight of Blake walking into a shirtless Austin's bedroom. At first the boy couldn't believe his eyes and was even rather jealous, Austin had never invited him into his room after all and they were best friends! He came forward and put his ear to the door after a moment of hesitation listening into the conversation.
At first he couldn't hear anything through the thick door and he had to plug his other ear and listen harder before he heard snippets of conversation. "Stop, don't touch it!" and "Blake please don't touch it you're making me uncomfortable!" and then the sound of a groan that sounded like it was coming from Austin. Followed by Blake's voice "He's the longest I've ever seen, and rather thick too!" Abel's mouth dropped open in pure shock and his face flushed bright red he had moved to retreat from the door but heard one last thing "I'll be playing with him later" Abel almost screamed when he felt a hand on his shoulder suddenly. He whirled around to find Lloyd standing behind him with an angry look on his face "What are you doing out here Abel!? Listening at the door of another student is highly inappropriate! I believe I should let Austin know about this at on…" Lloyd heard a grunt from inside and turned a disapproving slightly disgusted look towards Abel "Were you listening to your friend…?"
Abel began waving his hands around in horror "Absolutely not! I wouldn't! No!" Abel began moving Lloyd away from the door as he heard more grunts through the door coming from both Blake and Austin. Lloyd looked confused at the door then at Abel "Is that another voice I heard in there? I thought Austin was just masturbating." Abel couldn't help but be stunned at how naturally Lloyd was handling this "You're taking the idea of our classmate doing…. That… rather well Lloyd." Lloyd shrugged his shoulders "It's natural isn't it? Young men and women exploring their bodies" Abel quickly slammed his hands over Lloyd's mouth "Please stop I get the picture but no, that isn't what was going on." Abel then quickly explained the situation to Lloyd.
Austin wiped some sweat from his brow; they'd been doing basic exercises for a little under an hour at this point. He was surprised how lithe and strong the other boy was, his frame was rather small and he didn't seem all that muscular but he was rather powerful all the same. "Alright Blake, I think we should call it a stop for now, I'd like to eat some breakfast before we continue anymore" Blake agreed and the boys made their way to the door Austin escorted Blake out deciding he would dress himself in regular clothes and out of his pajamas before going downstairs.
Blake grinned at Austin as he stood in the doorframe; he noticed Lloyd and Abel standing down the hall gazing curiously in their direction. He quickly put two and two together and had a sinister idea, as the taller boy went to turn around and go back into his bedroom Blake grabbed him and pulled him down slightly and pressed a big wet kiss on the boy's cheek. "Thanks for the… lessons…" at this Blake's smile turned coy "I'm looking forward to some more another time" at that he turned around and walked down for breakfast.
Austin came out of his room a little while later fully dressed and ready for the day, the hallway was empty at this point and he was glad for it. His entire being was frazzled at this point, especially after Blake kissed his cheek, it was the first time he'd ever been kissed on the cheek since his mother had passed away and he wasn't sure how to respond to it. Slapping himself hard on both cheeks he went downstairs to make some breakfast. As he got downstairs he found Blake sitting next to Robyn speaking quietly to her, the girl gaped at Blake before turning and giving Austin a sly look before giggling quietly and hurrying away.
Austin sighed wondering why his day was going in this direction already and he began to cook breakfast, deciding to splurge a little bit and make himself some bacon, eggs, and pancakes. Blake popped up next to him and grinned "Are you going to ask me if I'm hungry?" Austin just blinked at Blake and mumbled "Um… yeah… sure… are you hungry Blake?" Blake nodded enthusiastically and Austin set about cooking for them both.
When food was finished Austin and Blake were sitting down eating and Robyn had returned to her place next to Blake for the moment, the look she was giving Austin wasn't the look she usually gave him and he was feeling himself blush under her gaze. Suddenly Blake reached out and grabbed Austin's glasses off of his face "Robyn, aren't his eyes just the most beautiful green color when his glasses aren't blocking them from the world?" Robyn tilted her head as she gazed in Austin's direction before nodding "Yes, I do believe he looks much better like this. The orange in his eyes stands out so much more now too! Very… fetching" she grinned at him one more time and Austin quickly snatched his glasses back from Blake grabbing his meal and hurrying away his face redder than the red of their uniforms.
Abel came down to breakfast a little while later after Austin had retreated and saw Blake and Robyn sitting at the breakfast table. He went over to confront them but felt Lloyd's hand on his shoulder once more "Abel! Let it go! They are allowed to… discover their feelings for one another… at their own rate and in peace!" Abel swatted the hand off of his shoulder "I don't care about… that…. But they're having… intercourse in the rooms of the dorms?!" at this Lloyd became stone faced and nodded robotically "Yes… I…" he made a horrible looking face "I don't know what to do! Ingenium what should I do!? I don't want to make them think we are looking down on them for their homosexual desires but I don't want them doing… THAT either!"
Abel just shrugged at the boy and made his way to the table where he heard Robyn and Blake having a discussion about the boy who had fled. Robyn was listening intently as Blake described Austin's musculature "Oh my, he wears all of his clothing so loose I haven't ever noticed. His muscles are really that big?" Blake gestured to Lloyd "Bigger than his, less defined in the abdominals but bigger everywhere else."
Abel sighed and quickly removed himself from this conversation, not wanting anything to do with this conversation anymore he went to talk to Austin himself. As he reached the boys room he knocked on the door "Austin! I want to talk to you about what happened with you and Blake today!" surprisingly Austin opened the door and gave Abel a look that screamed of internal confusion. "I don't know what happened Abel, we were just… practicing wrestling and one thing led to the next and… next thing I know he… he…" Abel quickly put his hands up signaling him to stop. "I don't need to hear anymore about it, I just… I wanted to know if it was true."
Two weeks later the story of Austin and Blake's 'relationship' had made the rounds through the class. No one was put out by this, more surprised than anything since Austin always appeared to be on the verge of having a panic attack when Blake was near and talking to him but maybe they just clicked in other ways. Austin was noticing the strange looks he was getting from everyone in the class, he'd been getting them since the day him and Blake had started wrestling training. He thought it must have been because he was making such a big deal of Blake kissing his cheek, it must be a normal friend thing and he was making a big deal about it. This must be it; everyone thought he was weird for making such a big deal about it.
Austin then came to a decision, most everyone was in the living area and kitchen eating lunch for the day and having a relaxing Sunday afternoon. Austin walked up to Blake and turned the boy towards him kissing his cheek "Thank you for training with me Blake!" Austin's face was bright red and he was flustered as could be but he was determined to make everyone know he wasn't as unknowing about friendship as he appeared to be.
This caused an immediate result in the common area with everyone surprised that the boys were being so open about their relationship. Blake was grinning insanely and was a hair away from laughing hysterically. Abel and many of the others were so surprised that they had no idea what to even say or do, Lloyd however had had enough. Coming forward he grabbed Austin and Blake and pulled them into the other room, Abel quickly scurrying after the trio.
Lloyd was pacing back and forth before Austin and Blake the former was as confused as he had been in his life, the latter thinking the entire situation was highly amusing. Lloyd finally stopped and sighed pinching the bridge of his nose "Austin, Blake, I've been trying to stay out of your business, but you moving on to PDA is just pushing this too far." Austin wrinkled his nose in confusion "What's PDA?" the three other boys present turned to face him before sighing the same thought coming into their minds 'of course he doesn't know'. Abel grinned at him "It's Public Displays of Affection bro." Austin just looked even more confused "I thought… Do friends not kiss each other on the cheek?"
At this point Blake was losing his mind, laughing uproariously and Austin stared at him in confusion "Are you alright?" Lloyd and Abel were confused "Friends…? No, typically guy friends don't kiss each other at all" Lloyd explained to the confused teenager. Abel sighed "Man, I've never kissed you on the cheek, why would you even be confused about this?" Austin shrugged and looked away "Blake is French isn't he?" At this question Blake fell out of his chair laughing ever harder.
Lloyd sighed "Austin French people don't actually kiss each other; they just make the noise and press their cheeks to each other. We thought that you guys were in a relationship." Austin's eyes went wide and he just stared at the other boy "What!? No! I'm not in a relationship with Blake! I was just teaching him how to wrestle!" Abel shook his head "Austin come on bro, you don't have to be embarrassed we're here for you, we don't care that you're gay." Austin continued to protest "I'm not! I'm not gay though! We were just wrestling, Blake kissed me first and I thought friends just did that! Honestly, Blake tell them!"
Blake just continued laughing, gasping out that he had indeed kissed Austin first but not clarifying further. The other two boys just sighed "Austin, we don't need you to come out to us if you're not ready, just… keep the PDA to a minimum please." Austin stared in defiance "I'm not gay! I don't have a problem with anyone who is but I'm not!" Austin shook himself and said "Fine! Just wait! I'll prove it!" at this point Austin stood up and walked towards Synaes's door knocking on it roughly.
Synaes sighed and moved to her door before slowly opening it. Noticing Austin at the door she felt some of her irritation flow away; the tall boy was one of the very quiet ones in the class and had thus not gotten her full ire to this point. "Yes? What do you want?" She would never be prepared for what happened next.
Austin gathered all of his courage, which was quite a bit less than even he thought there was, and swallowed hard "Synaes, would you like to go on a date with me next Saturday!?" she stared in the direction of the boy with her blind eyes before sighing again she shook her head "Come on in Austin" she opened her door wider and gestured him into the room.
Several hours later Austin had left her room, both individuals held small smiles on their faces. Austin thanked Synaes profusely and headed towards his bedroom, Abel was sitting outside of Austin's room waiting listening to music. Seeing the boy's large feet coming into view Abel sat up and removed his ear buds "What happened bud?" Austin grinned shyly "She turned me down" Abel nodded slowly and sighed "Sorry for not believing you when you said you weren't gay man." Austin shrugged slightly "It's okay, I can understand the confusion."
Austin rubbed his face and gave Abel a tired grin "I'm going to bed though man, have a good night" he patted Abel on the shoulder, unintentionally roughly and almost knocking the other boy off of his feet before going to his bed. He changed into his sleeping clothes before kneeling next to his bed and placing his hands together in prayer "Thank you Lord in Heaven for all that you have given me on this day…" he continued on like this for a moment before the prayer changed "Mom, you're not going to believe the day I had today. My classmates thought I was gay, not that there is anything wrong with that of course. I wish you were here, I wish you could meet some of my new friends they're… wonderful, interesting people. I had to ask a girl out from the class to get my point across that I wasn't, she said no but thankfully she was very kind and we actually became much better friends at the end of it." He continued conversing with his Mother for a long while before saying amen and climbing into bed.