I Own Nothing
AN: Okay So when I set out to write a sequel to Best Friends Count this is what came of it. I hope you all enjoy it and that it is what you were wanting to see.
Summary: Brian and Justin let Michael know that things have changed. There won't be anymore free kisses from or two Brian. It doesn't go like they expected though.
Title: No More Free Kisses
Two weeks had passed since Justin had been honest about how he felt about those kisses that Brian would let Michael get away with. So far Michael hadn't tried giving him another so it hadn't been brought up. However that changed and Justin couldn't help but smile when Brian had turned away. He had already said how he felt so he let Brian do the explaining. After all it was clear this time that Brian wasn't going to be returning it.
"Something wrong?" Michael asked surprised that Brian had stepped back.
Brian hadn't turned him down before on a kiss so he figured it was odd he did this time. Brian had been acting different since he had come back from the white party. No, it was before that if he thought about it. He didn't know what had happened since Lindsay and Melanie's wedding, but something had. Brian hadn't been around him much since he got back either. He'd been spending almost all of his time with Justin, who had taken a later flight going to the white party after all. He hadn't even known Justin had even left until he'd come back with Brian. Justin had been talking about how much fun it had been which had shocked him.
"You got to stop doing that." Brian said looking at Michael.
Michael was giving him the hurt puppy look as if it was the worst thing in the world that he'd been denied. He hadn't even thought about it until Justin brought it up. He had thought about it plenty afterwards though. He hadn't even realized that he had been giving them out until he'd thought back. He had been trying to think on how to approach it. He'd put it off for a week once he'd gotten back with Justin.
The week that they had spent together at the white party had been a lot of fun. The funny part was every night he'd gone back to the hotel with Justin and only Justin. They had danced with other guys sure, but he hadn't even seen a single one that was to his standards to do it with. Justin had been the only guy keeping him company before and after their vacation together too.
He had time to think about things while they'd been away. Justin had made him think really asking was he actually happy. He'd been surprised when he'd done that thinking coming to the conclusion that there was two times when he was happy. When he was with Justin and Gus, it was the only time he really felt happy. That morning when Justin had woken him up with their usual wake up he'd let Justin in on what he'd decided.
He'd thrown the rules out on their deal. The only guy he wanted in the bed anymore was Justin. The only guy he wanted to be having sex with was Justin. He'd even said the word partner out loud. He'd also gotten them a new mattress to make things solid in a way. It was him saying that the new mattress would only be theirs. No one else would get on the bed besides them or with them. So when Michael had all of a sudden come up to him trying to kiss him he'd stepped back. Thankfully Justin had done the same or he would have crashed into him.
~BJ JB BJ JB~
"Stop what, I didn't know I was doing anything besides saying hello to you?" Michael asked confused.
"That's what I'm not going to be doing anymore, you're not either." Brian said. "The kissing each other stops. You are with Ben and I have Justin, who as of this morning is my partner. So the kisses we had in the past and stuff, its not happening again." He wasn't going to argue about it either. "The other thing you're not going to do is get in the bed with me. We're friends, I'm not Ben, who loves you. You're not the guy I am with either so it stops."
"You're not with Justin, you are screwing him, letting him live there, but you two aren't together. You don't do relationships, you've said it a thousand times. So it's a joke to say that Justin's your partner. Ben is my boyfriend, Lindsay and Melanie they're married now, but Justin and you, um no." Michael said with a laugh. "You going to let him tell you how to live your life now?" It was almost word for word what Brian had said multiple times.
"Stuff changed Michael, so if you can't deal with that then don't bother. I think you should change your power of attorney too. I changed mine today, Justin gets to make the decisions. If you're with Ben then he should be making yours too. I already make Justin's, have since he moved in after the bashing. If you'll follow those rules then we'll stay friends." Brian said hoping that Michael would get it.
~BJ JB BJ JB~
He was starting to think that if Michael couldn't change then he'd do the one thing he didn't want to do. He had always ignored Michael in the past, the stuff he said about Justin. He'd asked Justin what other things had gotten to him though. They were partners now so he'd wanted to know. He had been shocked at what Justin had told him about how he had felt it wasn't even all about how they did things to Justin. It was the stuff they said about him too that got to Justin.
The way Debbie blamed him for everything if Michael screwed up. Brian hadn't been the one that ended Michael and David. Brian hadn't told Michael to move across country. He hadn't told him to quiet his job either. Then there was every thing falling on him because stuff went wrong with the girls wedding. He'd willingly given up his rights to Gus too, just to make sure Lindsay didn't marry the other guy. They could have found another way to do it instead of that. Justin hadn't stopped with those either, he'd named how they'd treated him when it came to them.
Yeah he had gotten an awakening for sure this morning before he'd been awake. He knew that things couldn't change over night. He was going to get things to change though because in those two weeks he'd been spending his nights only with Justin, he had fallen for him even more. They did little things together if they didn't go out clubbing. Justin had taught him how to make the Jambalaya and a few other things. He'd actually gone out with Justin to a movie. He hadn't complained when he spent two hours at the art museum with Justin.
After all Justin hadn't worried him to hurry up when they'd gone shopping together. Justin had even picked something out for him that he'd liked before he'd seen it wasn't even a top name he usually got. He'd actually spent a night at home with Justin acting out a part in a book with him. He hadn't minded it one bit since it was a sex scene. He hadn't even known the books were out there, but boy had he seen a different thing in reading.
He guessed that was what it felt like to grow up, but he felt freer now. As if he was doing what he'd wanted to do but couldn't bring his self to do. He hadn't even gotten high in two weeks. They'd drank some, but he hadn't woken up with a hangover from the other side of earth either. He had already been enjoying those things before he'd told Justin he wanted to be more than roommates. He had also said something he hadn't said to anyone else before. He'd told Justin he loved him that morning before he'd made love to him.
~BJ JB BJ JB~
"What are you saying then? That if I don't play by the rules you gave me that we're not best friends anymore?" Michael asked before he looked at Justin who had walked back up. "Where do you get off telling him how to live his life anyway? We already know he took you in because he felt guilty for getting you bashed in the head. You need another hit to the head to realize you're bad news? No one that I know wants you around, we only put up with you." Michael asked which probably wasn't the best thing to say.
"You fucking touch Justin and so help me no one will be able to find you when I get done with you." Brian shouted at Michael after he'd hauled off and punched him in the face. He had gotten so pissed at the idea of someone hurting Justin again he'd been blinded for a moment with pure rage slugging Michael. "So we're clear though on this, no those aren't the rules you'll be following to stay my best friend. You just lost that right when you threatened to beat my partner in the head." He growled out wanting to go at Michael again.
Justin was standing there shocked from what happened. He hadn't been expecting this to happen when Brian told Michael how it was going to be. He'd been happy that Brian had said he loved him this morning. He'd been happy that he had thrown out the rules admitting they were together too. He wouldn't have thought this was how things would go tonight. When Brian had let go of him and slugged Michael he'd frozen for a moment. He hadn't even heard what Michael had said until Brian repeated it.
"He's not worth going to jail, Brian. He's not worth much if he'd rather have someone dead." Justin finally said grabbing Brian before he could do anything else. "Is that what you actually think of me Michael? That I need to be hit in the head again. We already know you thought I was the trick that wouldn't leave. You almost wrecked us once with your crap about me being bashed in the head so I want to know, you really think I need another hit to the head? Maybe I'll end up a vegetable and you wouldn't have to worry about me again."
He shouted the last part after he grabbed hold of Michael pulling him to his feet. He wanted to actually hear the words from him. He had stopped Brian from doing anything because he wanted Michael to answer his question. He couldn't if he had to have his jaw wired shut. He could feel the anger coming from Brian so he knew it could happen.
"I wasn't thinking, I didn't mean it like that, I swear." Michael said in a rush seeing the look in Justin's eyes. The way Brian had gone off on him left no amount of wonder on things being okay. "It wasn't what I meant to say."
"Then please tell me what you meant to say because it sounded like you practically had something in your hand wanting to beat me in the head with it, Michael. Is that what you want to do so I'll leave Brian alone so you can go back to your little thing of kissing your best friend all you want? He doesn't love you, he loves me, and you're supposed to be in love with Ben. So take your whiney self and get lost if you can't listen. Because Brian's mouth is closed to anyone that isn't me. Though I think you just screwed up the friendship you had with him." Justin said letting go of Michael before he shoved him backwards.
"Bri, come on I'm sorry. I didn't mean it, I'll do whatever you want. Please don't ruin what we got because of him. We both know I don't have a filter like Ma." Michael countered pleading to Brian that he wasn't meaning what he'd said either. "I am in love with Ben."
"THEN KEEP YOUR DIRTY LIPS AWAY FROM BRIAN." Justin screamed at him. "One day Brian might forgive you, that's up to him, but I sure as fuck want nothing to do with you anymore. Kiss Brian ever again and that hit you just got will seem like a love tap to what I do to you." He growled out. "You better not even dare blame this on Brian either, you're the fucker that said I should be hit in the head." He added before walking away.
Brian looked at Michael shaking his head. He'd found his head again, but it wasn't any difference in his thinking. "Fuck off, Michael. I'm not going to forget this or give you forgiveness either. You should do what I did and actually grow up." He said before he walked away catching up to Justin.
~TBC~