This was written in honor of Alerix Slynn and her wonderful personality
Everything about him is a little bit stranger
A little bit harder
A little bit deadly
-Rufus Wainright, 'Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk'
Arthur tried to look as relaxed as possible when he was making his way down to the breakfast area of the hotel.
He scanned the room and spotted Eames' (muscular) shoulders and Arthur made a beeline to the man.
The Forger turned around at the sound of Arthur's approach.
Honestly, the man made it hard for Arthur to be sensible.
Eames had half of a bagel in his hand and there was some cream cheese on the corners of his mouth.
Now, regardless of one's sexual orientation (And Arthur was heterosexual, dammit!) that was just plain cute. And seeing that completely threw off Arthur's train of thought.
"Ah, startled me" Eames said, unaware of the cream cheese situation on his mouth.
"Um, Eames-" Arthur started.
"I love how you took the time and effort to get dressed before coming to breakfast" Eames chuckled, gesturing with his bagel.
Familiar annoyance replaced anxiety. "I'm glad that you're happy." He responded dryly. "You know you have cream cheese on your face?"
"Oh?" Eames muttered, wiping his face. "That better?" he asked.
"You've still got some," Arthur said pointing to the side of his face.
When Eames was clear of cream cheese, he looked at Arthur.
Wow, he had pretty eyes.
No, no he didn't.
"Want to get some food?" Eames asked Arthur.
Once Arthur had gotten himself a balanced breakfast, the two sat down across from each other.
Eames leaned forward with a sly smile on his face.
Arthur raised his eyebrow. "What?"
"You're just too endearing with that look on your face."
"What look?"
"That look." Eames said.
Out of the corner of his eye, Arthur saw Cobb and Ariadne deep in conversation.
"Eames?"
"Hmm?"
Arthur looked back at Ariadne and Cobb. "What are we going to tell the others?"
"About what?" Eames asked.
"About what happened last night." Arthur murmured.
Eames smiled at Arthur.
"What happened last night, Arthur?" He asked softly.
What did happen last night?
"Oh, you know…." Arthur started, distracted by Eames's raised eyebrow. "Um…. The, ah…"
"The snuggling?" Eames asked with a devious smile on his face.
Oh yeah.
"Yep." Arthur said. "Ah, what are we going to tell Cobb and Yusuf?"
"I dunno." Eames said, shrugging.
"Well, we oughtta come up with something." Arthur said, surprised how cross he sounded.
"Since you seem to care so much, you can think it up. I'll be shaving." Eames said cheerily, tapping Arthur on the shoulder.
When Eames was gone, Arthur was not surprised to find Cobb sitting where Eames just was. "Hello" He said noncommittally.
"Hey." Cobb said quickly. He adjusted himself in his chair and leaned forward. "What the hell was that with Eames this morning?"
Arthur leaned back. "I don't know. I was asleep. I don't even know what you're talking about."
"That look on your face tells me you do know what I'm talking about." Cobb said quietly. "I just want to know what's going on."
"Cobb, nothing's 'going on'." Arthur snorted. "I promise."
Being in the Hotel room was very awkward.
It didn't help that Yusuf honestly could not look Arthur in the eye at this point, which was a combination of annoying and humiliating. Whenever he had to say something to the Point Man, he had his eyes fixated on the ground.
Arthur, being a man of class and composure, kept it all together, even though he could tell that the man had a lot of questions.
Yusuf cleared his throat. "So you and Eames…."
"Piss off." Arthur snapped.
Just then, Eames came out of the bathroom, sporting a newly shaved face.
Mmmmm.
He smiled at Arthur, crinkling his nose. "Hello, Sweetie." He said happily, turning to pack up his things.
Dear God. He sounded like a campy, male River Song.
That damn chemist gave Arthur one of those 'looks'. He looked like a younger, middle-eastern Keith Richards. Arthur responded with a very rude hand gesture.
"Well, I've got to get going." Arthur announced.
"See you on the plane," Eames said, giving Arthur a very surprising high-five to the ass.
Both Arthur and Yusuf were temporarily frozen with shock. And then Arthur's face turned an impressive shade of red. The Point Man walked out of the Hotel Room as quickly as he could whilst retaining what was left of his dignity.
When he was leaving, he was almost positive that he heard Yusuf say, "So you and Arthur?"
When he closed the door, Arthur was almost positive he heard Eames say, "Not bloody yet"