No.6

The Third Option

Chapter 2

The two boys were walking next to each other. Even though it was evening, they could still breathe in the scent of bread the closer they got the Sion's home. When they got to the front door, Sion took a key out of his pocket and opened the door. He turned his head to look at his friend, and whispered

"I don't know if Mom is asleep already, so we should be quiet.."

When they both got inside, Sion turned around to lock the door.

Nezumi nodded. He walked through the bakery to the staircase and descended to the cellar where Sion slept. He couldn't help grabbing a small muffin from a tray with a smirk on his face. He looked back at Sion and winked. "She wouldn't mind, would she?"

"Shouldn't you have asked that before you took it?" Sion asked. He tried to sound upset, but Nezumi could tell from the look on his face that he didn't really mind. Just when Sion was about to walk downstairs, the lights suddenly turned on. Sion turned around and saw his mother standing by the light switch.

"Sion! I didn't knew you got home, I heard some noise, so.. Where have you been all day?" she asked. Sion took a glance at the staircase, but Nezumi was already downstairs. 'Did she see him?' he thought.

"Well, I thought you were asleep so I didn't want to wake you up. I've just been outside all day-"

"Oi Sion!" Nezumi called from below. "What happened down here? Did you decide to throw everything elsewhere?" He laughed. "Looks good!"

The mother's eyes widened. "Sion... Who's that? Who did you take home?" She grabbed the boy's shoulders. "What does he mean, 'throw everything elsewhere'; has he been here before?"

Sion now had a panicked expression on his face. Karan and Sion both looked at the staircase to see Nezumi walking upstairs. Sion looked at him as to say 'I told you to be quiet!', but Nezumi didn't really seem to mind. "Well, er.. this is Nezumi. He took care of me while I was in the West Block. Nezumi, this is my mother, Karan."

Nezumi chuckled. He nodded at Karan. "Pleased to meet you. Even though I believe it's not the first time we meet, is it?"

Karan flashed her eyes from Sion to Nezumi and back. "N-... Nezumi...?" She put her hands in front of her mouth and her eyes became teary. "Oh Nezumi, thank you so much! Thank you so much for everything you've done for us!"

Nezumi smiled and shook his head. "It was not much of a problem, honestly," he answered like he had just tied her shoelaces or something, instead of taking care of Sion, risking his life and sending secret notes.

Looking at his mother with teary eyes, Sion felt a bit like crying himself. He quickly blinked his eyes a few times, and turned to his mother. "Mom, we're pretty tired, so would you mind if Nezumi slept here for the night?" His mother looked at Sion, and said "No, of course not! Stay as long as you want! Do you want something to drink, or to eat maybe? We don't really have much rooms, but maybe you could sleep on the couch.. Or we could just-"

Nezumi interrupted her. "No, thank you, miss. I can manage. I'll sleep downstairs, I'll just throw some pillows." He smiled at her and nodded a last time before beckoning Sion to come along.

"Good night Mom." Sion said before walking downstairs with his friend. He heard his mother say "Sleep well" once before they got downstairs. When they got to Sion's room he looked at Nezumi and whispered "I told you to be quiet, didn't I? What would Mom think of this now? What if she knows.." He looked at the dark haired boy, and Sion's panicked expression only got worse..

Nezumi laughed. "She won't find out. And if she does..." He pretended to slit his throat, smirking evilly. He jumped to the ground and sat down on one of the pillows.

"That's not funny." Sion panicked expression changed to a serious one. He turned his back to Nezumi and walked to his bed. When he got rid of his shoes and socks he laid down and said; "When I just said that I was tired, I meant it. I'm going to sleep, good night."

Nezumi sighed. "You're way too serious. Did you really think I meant that?" He stood up and sat down on Sion's bed.

"Or course I didn't. I just said that it wasn't funny." Sion still didn't look at Nezumi. He yawned. "I'm really tired, so, would you mind letting me sleep?"

Nezumi grabbed Sion's hand and pinned him down on his back. His face floated a few inches above the white haired boy's. "You're still as bad at lying as one year ago," he muttered.

Sion's face became red. "Sh-shut up!" he exclaimed. "I wasn't lying!"

Nezumi chuckled and began nibbling on the other boy's ear. "It's no use, I know when you do and when you don't."

Now Sion's face became even redder, and he got a weird feeling in his stomach. "What are you doing?" he tried to push Nezumi away, but it was no use. "S-stop that.." He closed his eyes and his breath suddenly hitched. He quickly opened his eyes to look at Nezumi, hoping he hadn't heard it..

Nezumi smirked. "You like that, don't you?" he muttered seductively. One of his hands slowly began to unbutton Sion's pale blue vest.

Sion's face looked as if it couldn't get any redder. "B-boots.." he muttered.

Nezumi frowned. "What the hell are you talking about?" he asked confused.

"You still.. got your boots on.. Mom'll get mad if she.. notices my bed is full of dirt.." He looked away in embarrassment.

Nezumi finally got it and laughed. "Then I'll just take them off." He sat up and quickly undid his boots.

Sion also sat up as he looked at Nezumi. His movements were still gracefull, that was one of the things Sion liked about him.

Nezumi kicked off his boots and looked back at Sion. "All done." He smiled. "Anything else I need to take off?" he added with a smirk.

Sion looked away from Nezumi's face. "No.. we're even now.." he said shyly, and waited for Nezumi to make the next move.

Nezumi smirked and pinned the other boy down again. "Wanna continue where we left off?"

The white haired boy looked at his friend, no.. his lover, and nodded.

Nezumi chuckled. He eagerly continued unbuttoning the vest and soon pushed it off of Sion's shoulders.

Sion awkwardly tried to take Nezumi's shirt off too. It didn't work however, and he was getting a bit frustrated.

Nezumi laughed. "Can't manage?" He pulled his shirt over his head and threw it on the ground. He grabbed Sion's hand and placed it on his chest.

This felt.. nostalgic. Just like those years ago, Sion could feel Nezumi's heartbeat. He looked at Nezumi again and he felt like the dark haired boy could look right through him. "Nezumi…?"

Nezumi grinned and quickly unbuttoned the clean, white blouse. He pushed the cloth open and saw the red snake which curled around Sion's body. He then took the blouse off and gently traced the red line with his fingers, over the boy's chest down to the beginning of Sion's trousers.

Sion shivered when he felt Nezumi's fingers on his skin. He felt a little embarrassed when Nezumi was about to take of his trousers, but it wasn't like he had never seen him naked before.

Nezumi chuckled at Sion's shiver. "Nervous?" he asked teasingly. He slowly, slowly undid the button and zipped the zipper down.

"Just a little bit.." he admitted.

Nezumi nodded. He pulled the trousers down and took them off. After that he also took off the boy's underwear. Sion shivered at the sudden cold air and closed his eyes.

After a while he opened his eyes again, just to find Nezumi staring at him. Sion almost lost himself in those beautiful silver eyes, but then he noticed that he was naked, and Nezumi still had his pants on..
He quickly covered his private parts with his hands, and looked at Nezumi. "It's not fair, you.." 'I can't just tell him to take his pants of too.. that's too embarrassing!'"You.." He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and finally said "You should take them off too!"

Nezumi looked down. "Oh really? Then why don't you help if you want me to that badly?" He smirked evilly and watched Sion, wondering what the white haired boy would do. He took Sion's hands away from his manhood and placed them on the hem of his trousers.

Sion, still shocked that he actually asked Nezumi to do that, looked at Nezumi when he guided his hands. But suddenly he heard something. "Nezumi, did you hear that too?" He looked at the staircase to see if somebody was there, but he didn't see anyone. The lights were still on though, so ifsomebody was to walk down, they'd clearly see what was happening here.. His eyes widened as his heart started to beat faster. "I'm sure I heard something!"

Nezumi frowned and listened closely. He looked around as if he were searching for something and cursed. "Shit. Why did I leave those damn robots in the District?" He paused and looked at Sion. "Want me to go and take a look?"

Sion quickly nodded and looked back at the staircase again.

Nezumi nodded back and stood up from the bed. He quietly headed over to the staircase and looked up, only to stare right into Karan's face. She yelped and staggered a few steps upwards. "Ah! I'm so sorry!" Nezumi frowned and looked at her.

Sion, hearing his mother's voice, started to panic again. He tried to jump under the covers, but failed. With a loud thud he fell on the ground, but luckily the bed sheet fell down with him and mostly covered his body.

Nezumi looked behind him at the noise and burst out in laughter. Karan looked confused at the boy in front of her. "What? What's happening?" The dark haired boy shook his head, unable to reply properly because of his laughing fit.

"H-Hey! That's not funny!" Sion tried to stand up, but with only the sheets to cover him, he decided to stay where he was, and looked at Nezumi with an annoyed look on his face.

Nezumi chuckled and waved at Karan. "Don't worry, miss. We're fine." Karan totally didn't grasp the situation anymore. "Err...?"

"It's okay Mom, we were just.. talking.." was Sion's reply. "Why'd you come down here? Is something wrong?"

Karan sighed and shook her head. "Dear, dear. I just wanted to ask if Nezumi would like to borrow a night gown or something. I just realised it's pretty cold at nights already, so perhaps he'd like to have one," she answered, looking from Sion to Nezumi and back.

Nezumi smiled. "No, thank you. That won't be necessary." 'Because I'll be having my own heater,' he added in thoughts with a smirk.

"Ah, okay then." She looked back to Sion, who was still lying on the ground. "Sion! What are you doing there? You'll catch a cold lying on the ground.. Wait, I'll help you.." She started walking to Sion, who looked at her like she was a ghost. "N-no! You don't have to, I.." He looked at Nezumi, hoping he'd help him with this.. embarrassing situation..

Nezumi gently put his hand on Karan's shoulder. "We'll be fine, thank you," he repeated, more urgently this time.

Karan, still confused, looked at her son again, who tried his best to look as normal as possible. She looked back at Nezumi, and said. "Well, if you say so.." She started walking upstairs, but halfway she stopped and turned around one more time to look at Sion. "But if you docatch a cold, that won't be my fault." And with that she disappeared.