Thoughts of the Night

Both boys walked to Dustin's house after their bite. Along the way, their hands clashed several times. Dustin shyly hid with every one, on the inside of course. Hunter's heat emitting closely to Dustin made him stiff the whole way back.

They made it to the front of the doorstep. Dustin dragged his keys from his pocket, attached on a chain, and opened the door. Hunter went to sit on the couch. He became pretty relaxed very quickly. He flipped on the TV and channel surfed. Dustin went to the kitchen to get bottles of water for them. They sat down and watched whatever was on. They had a couple of conversations in between.

"S-so Dustin," Hunter stammered a little, "what do you think of me?" Dustin fought back a blush at the thought of the question.

"umm...well I don't know much about you so far," Dustin picked a logical answer but his heart took over, "but...I'd like to know more"

"Alright then so, what do you wanna know?"

"How about...what's your favorite color?"

"Its Crimson. Pretty weird huh?"

"No, everyone has their own opinion. Its what makes them unique." Dustin grinned a little in which Hunter examined closely. He shot back a grin at Dustin.

"So what do you learn at the thunder academy?" Dustin changed subjects quickly.

"Well," Hunter stopped to think, "its pretty much the same as the Wind Academy, but we learn the power of thunder."

"Did you have anyone else to surpass to graduate?"

"Well, the last two people were me and my brother, Blake."

"Must've been tough huh?"

"Nah, he was okay with it. Plus I did surpass him so he knew this could mean a lot for me."

"That's pretty nice of him. My friends let me graduate, being the air head that I am," Dustin chuckled a bit.

"Ha ha, don't worry. You're not an air head." Hunter said reassuringly. Dustin found himself leaning closer to Hunter until their shoulders touched side by side.

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Nightfall covered and winds harshly picked up. The window was slightly opened and the wind chilled on Dustin's skin until he showed goosebumps. Hunter recognized this and wrapped his arms around him.

"You cold?" Hunter place his arm around him and brought him closer. Dustin's head fell on Hunter's chest. Dustin couldn't comprehend the situation, but was just preoccupied with Hunter's warmth. The movie on the TV soon came to an end, and Hunter stood up, causing Dustin to fall on the couch.

"It's getting late Dustin, but I'll see you tomorrow alright?"

"Yeah sure Hunter. See ya." Hunter closed his window and went out the door. Dustin looked at his clock to see it was 11. He was really tired and lazily climbed upstairs to his room.

He lied in his bed, almost closing his eyes completely. But today's events came rolling through his mind as he reviewed what had happened. He struggled a little until he realised he hasn't changed yet. He slipped off his shoes, pants and shirt until he was in his boxers. He ran across to the bathroom and quickly brushed his teeth. He took a large white shirt and slipped it on before getting under the covers.

"Dustin, you're so cute." Those thought were the highlights of the review. He ran through every blush and encounter he had and thought to himself, 'why did he act so weird around Hunter.' Dustin knew nothing much about Hunter but was already wanting to be in his caring arms. 'what was I thinking? Why do I feel this way around Hunter?' He came to a conclusion but was pretty confused about it all. He needed a second opinion.

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The next morning, he called Tori to get her opinion on this.

"Hello?" Tori answered pretty groggily. She just woke up.

"Oh, sorry Tori. Did I wake you?"

"No, it's okay Dustin. What's up?"

"I need to talk to you about something. You got the time?"

"Yeah just wait. Let me get the portable" Tori hung up, grabbed the portable and lied down on her couch. "So, what's wrong?"

"What do you think of Hunter?"

"Hunter? Well he seems like a pretty good guy. How was your date yesterday?"

"Date? What are you talking about?" Dustin flinched.

"Ha ha. It was a joke. You didn't take it seriously, did you?"

"Well..." Tori became fully awake at that response.

"Thats kinda what I wanted to talk to you about."

"Really?! What's the matter?"

"Tori, calm down. Nothings up. I'm just a bit..confused is all."

"What happened?"

"I dunno. I just get weird around him."

"How weird?"

"Like you trying to flirt with that surfer dude at the beach."

"Yeah, I did seem weird that day didn't I?"

"Try embarrassing," Dustin laughed at the fact.

"Okay I get what you're saying. Look let's just get to class. It'll probably get normal once you're around Hunter more casually. Anyways I gotta get changed. Pick you up in a few"

"Okay, See ya then." Dustin hung up and laid his head back on his pillow. After a few comprehensive thoughts, he got up and changed. He wore a yellow shirt with white stripes across, and a pair of red boardies. He slipped on his lucky, slightly deteriorated pair of sneakers and ran downstairs to eat breakfast. He watched TV and ate whilst waiting for Tori and Shane to show up.