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"Mother of- why did I agree to this, oh god Hunt" Barry groaned.
"I told you it would be like this."
"I didn't realize it would be this bad!" Barry said.
Hunter just sat smiling and adjusted Barry`s position on his lap and trying to keep them both quiet. "Shh, someone will hear us."
"I hate this game."
"I can't believe you've never heard of Five Nights of Freddie's. I've heard of it and I practically live under a rock."
"Well I know what it is now, and I hate it!" Barry screamed as one of the many characters attacked again.
"Okay, I think you've had enough nightmare material for now." Hunter said exiting the game, still grinning and laughing.
"I hate you."
"Love you too Bear." Hunter jokingly replied. Barry hit him in the chest in annoyance. "I'm putting the radio on"
"Please do, I need something to replace that game from my brain."
Hunter chuckled and put on the radio. "You know for a superhero, that was kind of pathetic." Barry looked down and blushed. "Don't worry, I bet you're still a hero."
"Thanks Hunt" Barry shifted so he was sitting on Hunter's knee.
"I have been curious on what the Flash has done so far for this city." Hunter said "You comfortable filling me in on all of your endeavors?"
Barry spent the rest of the day telling Hunter about the meta-humans he had fought, the struggles he faced, everything that the Flash had accomplished since he woke up from the coma.
"Wow" Hunter said astonished when the tale was done and he was up to speed.
"Well, looks like it's time to clock out." Barry said as he looked at his watch. "I'll see you tomorrow." Just as he was about to get off Hunter's lap Hunter grabbed him by the waist and pulled him back down.
"But I haven't told you my stories yet." Hunter said grinning.
"Do you want to hang out at Jitters again?" Barry suggested.
"Nah. The place is nice, but I think some of these stories require alcohol. Do you know any good bars around here?"
"A few, yes." Barry got off his lap, grabbed his coat, and the two headed down stairs to clock out.
"You two are done early?" Joe said in astonishment as they were about to head out the door.
"Yeah, turns out this bonehead is actually helpful." Hunter smacked Barry's shoulder and Joe watched as the pair motorcycle off.
Two hours at the bar and Hunter had gotten through most of his time in the army.
"You want to dance?" He asked Barry suddenly.
"Okay Hunt, its official. You're drunk. Let's get you home shall we?"
"Not before we dance." Hunter slurred out. Grabbing Barry's waist he tugged him to the dance floor, despite his protests. "How are you not drunk?"
"My metabolism burns too quickly for alcohol to take effect."
"Well that's no fun." Hunter chuckled as he put his hands on his thin hips and swung them lightly. He noticed Barry looking around, checking to see if anyone was starring. Hunter turned the two invisible "better?"
"Feels weird, kind of..."
"Ghostly."
"Yeah" Barry said smiling. They danced in each others arms until they knocked into someone. The collision made Hunter let go of Barry, making him visible again.
"Hey watch it!"
"I`m sorry we were-" Barry turned to meet the familiar face of his former girlfriend Linda.
"Oh...hey Barry nice to see you again."
"Hi Linda" he greeted awkwardly. Some guy that had his arm around her nodded in his direction as if to say 'who's the squirt?'
"Oh Chase this is my ex Barry. Barry this is my new boyfriend Chase." Barry smiled but all he got was a glance-over from the other man. Almost as if he wasn't worth the guy`s time, let alone eye contact. "Who's this Barry?" She asked looking over at Hunter. He had once again turned visible and stood next to the speedster protectively.
"Oh, Linda this is Hunter he's my..." He considered his options. He could say he was just a friend, or his co-worker. But then he'd have to deal with him still being single, and his ex-girlfriend having a rebound already. 'I mean, it's not like any of them are going to remember this tomorrow.' He thought "…My boyfriend."
"Oh, I didn't know you swung that way." Barry just shrugged as a response. "Stuff just happened?"
"Yeah, a lot of stuff, but I'm happy." Barry snuggled up to Hunter. "Well, we're going to go. It was nice seeing you Linda."
"Whoa, hold up. We just got here." Linda said grabbing Barry in protest. He inwardly groaned. He didn't want to be around her any more than needed. Linda pulled the two to a bar seat, and sat on her boyfriend's lap on the swivel chair. Hunter saw this and pulled Barry up on his own lap to do the same. They talked until most of their words were slurred.
"Come on guys we haven't seen one kiss for the whole night!" Barry got increasingly nervous at Linda's statement. Before he could protest or even think about it more, Hunter turned his cheek and kissed him sloppily. Barry tensed and was shocked at the drunken boy's actions. Hunter's hand slipped around his thin waist, and pushed him closer.
"Hey Hunt, let's dance some more okay?" Barry said once he broke the kiss. He dragged Hunter to the dance floor and far away from Linda and whatever-his-name-was. "What was that?" He asked in a harsh tone.
"She said she wanted it, and I wanted it, so I did it." He said swaying them both to the music. Barry stayed silent for the rest of the night out of confusion and shock of the kiss. They danced in each other's arms until Hunter couldn't dance anymore because he was stumbling so much. "Okay, now we really need to get you home." He speed them both outside. "Now where are you staying?"
"Not far from here." Hunter told him where to go and Barry ran to the little house.
"This is actually quite nice." The scarlet speedster said looking around. Barry led him into the bedroom and put a garbage can near his bed.
"Thanks for tonight" Hunter said smiling.
"You're welcome Hunt." Barry said yawning "well I better get back-"
"Wait" Hunter grabbed Barry's wrist and pulled him to his body and kissed him again, this time shoving his tongue in his mouth. Barry's eyes turned to saucers. Why was Hunter doing this? No one was telling him too. He couldn't possibly still have attraction to him. It had been years since high school. Hunter broke the kiss and smiled before moving his hands to Barry's waist. "I've missed you" he said before removing his hands completely.
"Hunt, I'm-I really need to go or-or else Joe's going to kill me." Barry said getting off and leaving the room and speeding off to his house. He dashed up the stairs to his room so Joe wouldn't see his blush. His face felt like it was on fire and he didn't even want to talk about his pants.
"Barry, are you in okay?" Joe knocked on the door.
"Uh, yeah Joe I'm just- really tired so I'm going straight to bed okay? I'll see you in the morning." Barry said in desperation. He couldn't let Joe see him in this state. He would know something was up, and he did not want Joe of all people to find out about Sebastian. I'd shred how Joe saw him. The kind boy that shrived to do the right thing would be gone. Barry couldn't handle that at all. There were few things Joe didn't know about him, and he intended to keep them hidden with his final breath. Barry let out a sigh when he heard Joe's boots clunk down the stairs. He went into the bathroom and took a cold shower, then went straight to bed. He slept right up to his 6 am alarm.
