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Summary: Matt is an escort. An ESCORT! Not a hooker, as most people choose to believe. That is until he meets Taichi Yagami and his remaining morals seem to desert him. Taito! Rating for sexual scenes and language.
Chapter 4 - Three's a Crowd, Four's a Fiasco
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Are you sure?"
"Pretty sure, yes."
"You said it was only a few minutes away."
"It is, walking at normal pace. However, carrying a fully grown man - who will not stop squirming I might add - tends to slow a person down," Tai said mildly, shifting his grip as he felt the blond slip slightly from his grasp.
"Well, sorry. I just wont move at all then," Matt replied, somewhat insulted that Tai thought carrying him was such tiring work. He wasn't that heavy.
Unclasping himself from around the brunette's neck, Matt relaxed all his muscles until he was nothing more than a dead weight in Tai's arms, completely limp and floppy.
"Jeez Matt! You've got to hold on!" Tai yelped, staggering in surprise.
"So you prefer me squirming then?" the blond asked, big blue eyes blinking innocently up at the brunette's scowling face.
"Yes," Tai replied reluctantly, attempting to contain a smile as he felt Matt curl up against him once more. Pale hands had slid back around his neck, gripping his bushy hair tightly, apparently oblivious to his strangled cry of pain. The blond merely smiled angelically in response, evidently choosing to ignore the pointed glare he was receiving as he buried his golden head into the brunette's tanned neck.
"Are we there yet?"
"No!"
Sighing in annoyance, Matt closed his eyes tiredly, trying with mounting desperation to ignore the objections of his stomach, which was still tender and uncomfortable. Although snuggling up to Tai was quite pleasant, he wanted nothing more than to collapse on a comfy bed and sleep to heart's content. The mere thought alone, was making him increasingly impatient.
"Are we there yet?"
Tai shook his head in disbelief, but to Matt's immense surprise, answered positively. "Yes, we are."
The blond squeaked in surprise, head shooting up to survey the apartment before him with bleary eyes.
Although they were already walking down the corridor on the ground floor, Matt could tell the building was quite similar to the one Daisuke had led him to for the party, only a few hours before. However it was noticeably cleaner, with absolutely no drunken teenagers in sight, excluding the blond himself.
Drawing to a stop, Tai gently pushed open his apartment door, attempting to make as little noise as possible as he clambered over the threshold. He couldn't risk waking his roommates, as he had a feeling Matt was not in the best condition to deal with them. They were hard enough to handle in a normal situation.
Carrying the blond steadily into the lounge, Tai raised a finger to his lips, smiling slightly as Matt nodded in understanding.
"I'm going to get you some change of clothes," the brunette whispered, lowering the blond onto his couch and tilting his head slightly, indicating towards a bedroom.
Matt smiled in thanks, eyes revolving around the room, quietly taking in his new surroundings. Grinning as he watched Tai tip-toe into what the blond assumed was his bedroom, he led back on the cushions, head spinning as he contemplated the events of the night. A lot had certainly happened since he had been kidnapped by Daisuke on the edge of a road.
Feeling his eyes flutter closed, Matt sighed contently, allowing sleep to gradually wash over him. After hours of longing, he was warm and comfy at last, finally able to slip into blissful unconsciousness.
"BOO!"
Screaming in shock, Matt shot upwards, head colliding painfully with the person who was hovering curiously over him.
"What the hell!" he yelped, squinting desperately through the darkness, hand rubbing his aching forehead tiredly.
A man of around 18 years old was stood inquisitively in front of him, hands on hips and dark head cocked in surprise. His deep blue hair was almost shoulder length, long fringe obscuring one eye.
"Wait, your not Tai!" the man exclaimed, looking Matt up and down, as though checking it was not just the brunette in an elaborate disguise.
"No! You don't say," the blond replied sarcastically, glaring pointedly at the stranger, attempting to calm his racing heart.
However Matt's glower remained unnoticed, as the man's face screwed up in confusion, eyebrows creased in deep thought.
"What's going on? I heard screaming!"
Swivelling around, both Matt and the blue-haired boy looked towards Tai, who had just re-entered the room with a bundle of clothes tucked securely under his arm.
"Well?" the brunette prodded. "I heard screaming."
Matt flushed, not wanting to admit that he was the one who had screeched.
However, the blue-haired boy - apparently oblivious to Matt's embarrassment - decided to announce it anyway. He stuck a finger in the Matt's direction, innocence evident on his features. "It was him."
The blond glared.
"Why? Hiro, what did you do to him?" Tai asked suspiciously, flicking on the light switch, despite the two grumbles of complaint.
"Blind us, why don't you!" Hiro yelped, clapping his hand over his eyes.
"Hiro! Stop avoiding the question!" Tai persisted, surveying his roommate with increasingly narrowed eyes.
"I may have surprised him slightly," the blue-haired boy admitted, ignoring Matt's snort of indignation. "I thought he was you."
"Yea because me and Matt look so much alike…. Well anyway, Hiro this is Yamato, Yamato this is Hiro, one of my roommates," Tai announced, dropping the clothes down onto the couch.
Matt nodded, shifting uncomfortably as Hiro stared at him critically, lips curling into an inviting smile.
"Nice to meet you Blondie…. Will you do me the honour of going out with me?"
Matt blinked.
"Err -"
"For god's sake Hiro! Give it a rest, will you?!" a new voice announced from a bedroom doorway, causing Tai, Matt and Hiro to all spin around in surprise.
A petite girl with bright pink hair was lent tiredly against the doorframe, eyebrows raised in obvious irritation.
"Sorry Mimi, did we wake you?" Tai asked in concern, recoiling slightly as she scowled in response.
"Of course you woke me. I could hear you all squealing from under my pillow. But I guess that's what I get for living with two gay guys," Mimi complained, moving into the room and collapsing onto the couch, arms and legs crossed in aggravation. She was glaring at the men with narrowed eyes, apparently not having realised that Matt was only a visitor.
"Let me guess, your missing out on your beauty sleep?" Hiro asked innocently, chuckling with satisfaction as Mimi blushed the same colour as her hair.
"Mimi, this is Matt. Matt, this is Mimi," Tai introduced, cutting off Mimi's chance of a retort, hoping to quickly end the argument.
Matt smiled, silently admiring the girl's feistiness as she grinned back at him, all annoyance vanishing from her expression.
However before they had chance to exchange pleasant greetings, Hiro interrupted loudly.
"Wow, you look even better when you smile!" the blue-haired boy beamed, eyes glued to Matt's blushing features. Winking cheekily at the blond, he turned his attention back towards his brunette roommate, clapping him playfully on the back . "Blondie really is gorgeous Chi! What the hell is he doing with you?"
"That's it! Matt and I are going to bed! And I told you not to call me 'Chi'!" Tai sniped, collecting the discarded clothes off the couch once more, fighting the urge to flick Hiro with them.
"Going to bed?! And what do you plan on doing in bed, you two?" the blue-haired boy laughed, ignoring the dangerous look of warning Mimi sent him.
"I'm going to sleep on the floor, jackass!" Tai replied acidly, grabbing Matt by the hand and tugging him gently towards his bedroom. To his immense surprise the blond followed obediently, apparently eager to leave the company of his blue-haired roommate, who had begun to waggle his eyebrows suggestively.
"I'm sorry about them," the brunette whispered, with what he hoped was an encouraging smile.
"It's fine. They seem nice. Although Hiro seems a little too nice."
Tai laughed. "Yea, just ignore him. He's hormone driven."
The blond smiled, chewing his sleeve nervously as Tai led him into his bedroom and shut the door quietly behind him.
"You know, you don't have to sleep on the floor. It's your apartment. I can just go home," Matt muttered, shifting anxiously from foot to foot. He was silently praying that the brunette would not take him up on his offer, as he really didn't want to walk home in the dark. Knowing his luck, he'd probably get attacked.
"No, it's fine. There are no buses this late, which is why I offered you a place to crash," Tai replied, opening his wardrobe to search for blankets.
Rolling his eyes slightly as the brunette shuffled noisily through his belongings, Matt took the opportunity to glance around the room, taking in the dark blue walls and bright red bedding. Various objects were strewn carelessly across the floor, including a football and a toy dinosaur, but otherwise it was not too messy.
Finally noticing Matt's gaze, Tai blushed, pulling numerous blankets out of the wardrobe forcefully. "Ignore the mess."
"It's a nice room," the blond replied, unsure of what else to say. After all, he had only met the brunette about six hours before and didn't really know anything about him. The less than orthodox introduction they had received from Daisuke had skipped the small talk entirely, as they had to immediately act as a couple. asking your supposed boyfriend when his birthday was or what his hobbies were, would have seemed suspicious.
Fortunately the awkward silence was suddenly broken, as Hiro charged noisily into the room, almost banging the door off it's hinges.
"Hey!" he cried, surveying the blond and brunette with a cocky grin.
Tai rolled his eyes. "What do you want?"
"Just come to say goodnight. Or good morning depending on how you look at it," the blue-haired boy announced happily, gaze lingering on the pile of blankets that Tai had placed on the carpet in confusion. "Your not actually going to sleep on the floor, are you? God, I thought you were joking."
"Not that it's any of your business, but yes I am," the brunette replied, crossing his arms in annoyance.
"No your not," Hiro said firmly, as Tai raised his eyebrows.
"Yes I am."
"No your not!"
"Yes I am!"
"No, your not!" Hiro cried, leaping forward and ceasing the blankets from the floor. He span around quickly and fled the room, covers bundled messily under his arm.
Tai cursed, casting the blond a apologetic smile before sprinting out of the bedroom in pursuit, almost crashing into a startled Mimi as he hurtled into the lounge.
"What's going on?" she yelped, watching in confusion as Hiro wrestled open the window, Tai diving forward to stop him.
"Hiro kidnapped the blankets," Matt explained, appearing in the doorway with an eyebrow raised.
Mimi gave a small "oh" of understanding before turning back to the window, where Tai had begun to wrench the blankets from Hiro's arms, accidentally initiating a small battle of tug-of-war. Both men struggled for several moments, until with a cheer of victory, the blue-haired boy finally ripped the blankets out of the brunette's grasp. He grinned broadly before proceeding to fling the covers out of the open window, despite Tai's best efforts to stop him.
"Bye, bye, blankets!" Hiro squealed , waving happily as the blankets vanished into the darkness, whipped away by the wind.
Mimi and Tai growled in exasperation, eyes raised to the heavens. "HIRO!" they screeched simultaneously.
"Well will you look at that! All the blankets are gone. It looks like your going to have to sleep in your own bed Tai, which means Blondie can sleep with me!" the blue-haired boy beamed, despite Matt's small choke of disbelief.
"I think I'll just sleep in with Tai," the blond said hastily, throwing Hiro a frightened look.
"Fine with me!" Tai agreed.
He grabbed Matt violently by the wrist and tugged him forwards, ignoring the soft squeak of surprise. Flinging Hiro a dirty look, the brunette turned on a heel and frogmarched the blond into his bedroom once more, the door swinging shut behind them.
Cringing slightly at the resounding bang, Mimi instantly rounded on her remaining roommate, eyebrows raised in disbelief.
"I cannot believe you just did that! You threw all our blankets away!" she cried, jabbing him accusingly on the chest with a pointy finger.
Hiro shrugged and grinned. "Tai gets to sleep with Matt; he'll be thanking me in the morning!"
"Do you always move around like this?" Matt said into the darkness, feeling the brunette shift once more.
"No. Actually I usually just crash," Tai replied, turning onto his side to survey the blond, noticing with a faint smile that his golden hair was still visible in the dark. It was so blond is practically radiated light. "Sorry if I'm keeping you awake."
"Don't worry. It's practically morning now anyway."
"Yea, we did get back really late," the brunette agreed, listening to the soft sounds of Matt breathing only a few inches away.
"By the way, I'm sorry about everything tonight. I'm not usually like that," the blond said quietly, flushing with shame. After the commotion with Daisuke and Mr Smoky, he hated to think what Tai thought of him. He hadn't exactly made the best first impression.
Matt rolled his eyes at the thought, pleased that he had obviously managed to maintain such an air of dignity in front of his newly found crush…. Not.
"Are you feeling OK now?" Tai asked, rousing the blond from his thoughts, moving a hand forward to press against Matt's forehead.
"Better now I'm led down."
The brunette nodded in response, reluctant to remove his hand from Matt's glowing face. Despite his forehead being slightly sweaty, the blond was still smooth and warm under his touch, which immediately made Tai wonder if all of Matt's body felt the same way. He sincerely hoped that one day, he would find out.
"So, what do you want to do for our date?" Tai asked brightly, now too roused by the thought of the naked blond to go to sleep.
Matt however, didn't seem to feel the same way. He tilted his golden head and yawned, blinking tiredly at his companion. "Our date?"
"Yep. I said I'd pay, remember? Like a customer."
"Oh. Well I don't mind what we do. That's for the client to decide," Matt replied, attempting to survey the brunette through the darkness.
"Okie dokie. And I'll actually be able to touch you again, right? Without my head being bitten off?" Tai asked playfully, earning a small chuckle from the blond.
"Yea sorry about that. I wasn't feeling very well and you weren't helping," Matt said slowly, giving the brunette a light-hearted nudge.
Tai grinned, shifting closer to the suspicious blond, who was watching nervously out the corner of his eye. The brunette placed his hand softly on Matt's shoulder, ignoring the slight flinch he received in response. He caressed a dainty collar bone, tracing a gentle finger down Matt's slender chest, past his bellybutton.
"What are you - ahh!"
The blond recoiled in surprise, squawking as he did so, rolling straight off the bed to escape Tai's wondering hands. He landed on the floor with an almighty thump, causing the brunette to peer over in concern. But despite his better judgement, Tai couldn't help but laugh.
Matt was sprawled on the floor, looking up at him with a vicious scowl. He was rubbing his ass in pain, flicking his hair haughtily at the grinning brunette.
"Hey! I'm still ill! Your supposed to be helping me recover!"
Tai laughed. "Wow, you are so easy to wind up!" he grinned, ignoring the furious glare that had adorned Matt's pale face. "And you know, for an escort, you aren't half frigid!"
The blond immediately sprang to his feet in indignation, cheeks flaming in embarrassment. "No, I'm not!"
Tai paused, before grinning wickedly.
"Well we'll see on our date tomorrow," he replied, winking sexily.
"Tomorrow?" Matt squeaked.
"Yes, tomorrow."
To be continued…
A/N Sorry this took a little longer than expected. I've been a bit preoccupied by things like Harry Potter and job hunting (which was a complete fiasco). Also for homework I've chosen to do an essay about the Open Range, instead of the Mormons, because I don't know anything about them. But turns out I don't know anything about the Open Range either, so it's taking me ages to write, and I haven't had time to update.
But anyway, enough about my coursework problems. I'll definitely try to update quicker next time.
Thanks for all the great reviews! Please continue! I like suggestions and constructive criticism!