Hello again! Yet again I am making up for lost time! I haven't written this quickly in a while ;D I do hope you like this chapter! Might be slightly confusing ut if you notice it is, please tell me and I will change it :D
Still, there should be some spelling errors in this chapter, since I have not had the time to show it to my beta... but I hope you will like it just the same :)
Warning!: oh just wait ;D you will be pleased soon enough
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Enjoy!
Unfortunately for Arthur, their conversation had been forcefully interrupted by one of Al's ginger haired friends who had spotted where they sat with their pizzas (and as far as Arthur knew, this was the only ginger haired friend his cousin had). He had almost jumped Al with laughter and back punches and it wasn't long before the two of them where joined in a serious conversation about an upcoming game. Arthur smiled and tried to stay focused, not let his mind wonder as much as it wanted to. If Al's sudden out was of any importance, if it was even true, they could always talk about it some other time when they where alone with no one that could misinterpret... So, not thinking at all too much, he kept the smile up and started eating.
The other guy was apparently called John, or Johnathan and even though he hardly even looked at Arthur, he seemed like an ok guy. At least if you where popular and where his friend. He didn't seem to be interested in Arthur at all to be honest, it was as if he was air. Which kind of made him feel like John wasn't the best kind of guy anyway... not even for Al. He seemed rich too... what was he even doing in this place? Looked like the kind of guy who would send someone else to get pizza for him...
"I'll see you later then" the standing teenager said and even gave Arthur an eye this time, grinning slightly with deep green-brown eyes as he did so before he left in a hurry.
"I'm sorry about that..." Al sighed and scratched his neck as a red sports car left the parking lot outside the window. "He is always interrupting me when I'm talking to people and all, a total dick to be honest... but when we're alone he is pretty funny, always knows exactly what to say to cheer me up"
Arthur smiled and took another bite of the pizza. He didn't know if he should ask, maybe that would be too obvious, so he waited to Al himself to pick the subject up again. The pizza was good at least.
"He doesn't really talk to others than those he know though..." Al added, wrinkles now spreading over his forehead. "I think he might be shy? Or maybe he just doesn't like people that much..."
"Maybe he thinks he is better than them?" Arthur joked and was relieved when he saw a smile tug at the side of his cousin's lips. Get a grip Al, talk to me... you need me here for you and I can see it... trust me to be here for you will you?
"I hoped you liked the pizza by the way?"
"Best pizza ever" Arthur assured, even though it would probably have been better if there had been more cheese on it, but that he didn't say. He didn't want to sound like a fat ass after all. Al seemed to be satisfied with the answer though, and even though he didn't mention the previous statement again, they where both having a pretty good time there at the table, drinking soda and watching people passing by outside, making up little stories for them as they went passed.
Maybe it doesn't really matter anyway... Arthur thought as they got up to leave, putting trays with plates and left overs on the counter as they passed, to be polite. He would never be interested in me anyway, so what does it matter if he has ever been interested in a guy or not?
...
The walk home had, to Al, been almost like heaven... the sun had been setting, birds and flowers, all that shit which he always failed to notice otherwise... unless Lauren told him they where there. He and Arthur had been talking about their thoughts about life and what they where going to do once they got out of the hell hole called school. Al had realized how much he really respected this guy, not only for standing up to the norm around him, but also because of the fact that he knew what he wanted to do with his life... or at least that he had a plan, which Al did not.
When they had reached the front door and eventually gotten the door open, they had been met by the smell of baking bread and his mother chattering on the phone with one of her lady friends. Grinning, both of them had advanced up the stairs to get some private time in the comfort of Al's bedroom. But it wasn't until long that the woman followed them upstairs and peaked her nose into the room with a beaming smile at them where they where sitting on the bed with Al's laptop in front of them.
"Arthur, honey" she said and handed the phone towards the green eyes one, winking a bit at him (which to Al only looked totally weird and he thought he might die if he had to think the thoughts that had popped up into his head from it...). "It's your mother on the phone, she'd like to talk to you if that is ok?"
Arthur smiled and waited to answer before Diane had left the room again, making a face of disgust before grinning falsely as he answered her question if he was there. Al decided that maybe he should try to shut his ears off for a while. After all, Arthur was talking to his mother and stuff like that could become slightly uncomfortable if you knew one of your friends where listening... Al knew from personal experience.
Instead, he turned to the yellow mark on his messenger where Lauren had been trying to contact him for about fifteen minutes without him really caring to see what she had written. Maybe this was what Arthur meant, about the two of them... because he didn't really care what Lauren had to say anymore... but if that was because of the fact that they knew each other so well by now that he almost always knew what the she would say or because she was just so dull right now he didn't know.
Lauren 9:12 PM
You there? Tried ti reach you on your cell earlier but I couldn't get to you... everything alright? You'd already left when I got up this morning so... I didn't quite know what to do except spend some time with Arthur :) He really seems like a good guy! Even though he is obviously gaaaaaaay ;D
Lauren 9:30 PM
Al? Come one :( you're making me wait here again... not fair...
Mr. Nice guy 9:45 PM
Hi Laur, sorry! I was talking to mom... And I'm sorry about this morning, had to take a walk and ran into John on the way back so we got some food, didn't mean to leave you alone with my gay cousin, haha
While waiting for her response, he bit his lip and looked over at his cousin who was in some kind of minor argument with his mother. There was a pained expression on his face now, the kind of expression that Al didn't want to see on anyone he cared about... He looked so tiny, where he was sitting down at his madras, so vulnerable and sad, almost desperate. Not knowing what to do, he looked down at the screen again, thinking that he should really talk to his older cousin about it later... that AND ask him about this homosexual business... because somehow, he felt like asking.
A new message had popped up on the screen, not belonging to Lauren and he chuckled inwardly as he read the words.
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 9:46 PM
And there he is, the prodigal son, returned home form his wondrous journey to the pizzeria?
Mr. Nice guy 9:46 PM
You know, dick head John, I have been home for an hour, where the hell have you been?
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 9:48 PM
Oh don't sound like I did anything wrong my friend, I just fucked some blonde and felt rather good about myself... but I guess you won't be fucking anyone random in a while, right? ;) since you're about to be wedded and all...
Mr. Nice guy 9:48 PM
Do I detect a hint of jealousy?
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 9:49 PM
No, more like pity! Dude, you can't settle down with her? You can't be serious right? Haha... you have been fucking so many different people that you could never settle for just one, let alone someone like Lauren who'd want to marry you at the age of 20 or something
Mr. Nice guy 9:49 PM
Oh screw you ;D
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 9:50 PM
Oh you would like that, wouldn't you? ;) But you know I'm right! And what about the gay boy, Arthur, now residing in your room my dear friend? Does he hold no interest to you what so ever? ;D don't you think I know about your preferences, your true preferences Al ;) You're hard for him, aren't you?
Mr. Nice guy 9:51 PM
Oh shut up... even if he had held any sexual interest to me, I wouldn't tell you because you would only want to steal him away form me if that was the case ;) you've always been jealous that I get all the good looking ones
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 9:52 PM
And fuck he's good looking...
Al laughed slightly and switched conversation to see if Lauren had answered yet, she hadn't. He looked back at John's words with a grin, knowing that half of what that guy said was just bullish and the rest was a load of crap. He didn't really care if he met someone who was gay or a lesbo, which was one of the good things about him but it was a bit scary when he joked around about men being attracting to him...
"Anything fun happening in cyberspace?"
Al twitched involuntarily and looked up with slight panic rushing through his mind at the sudden thought that Al might see what they where writing. It wasn't cool to joke about it, after all... He softly shut the lid of the laptop instead of jeopardizing his better judgement and smiled back at his cousin who still looked slightly sad (though trying to hide it).
"Not really" he answered and shrugged before smiling wider. "Lauren tried to reach me but then she didn't reply, and then I spoke to John a bit, you know... the guy at the pizza place?"
Arthur nodded at this and Al could feel a pull at the pit of his stomach, knowing that look all to well. The poor guy looked so lonely down there... it was so fucking sad to see him like this. Hadn't he just been smiling, happily talking about his dreams and hopes? Now he just looked like the shell of a happy boy, who's happiness had flown away with the wind, leaving him empty with nothing but fake smiles...
"What did she say..?" he asked, sliding down from the bed to be somewhat closer to his hunching cousin and friend, wanting to show him that he wasn't fucking alone and that he shouldn't give up just because the bitch told him something nasty. Arthur looked, for a moment, as if though he was not going to tell anything about the call but there was something in his eyes, telling Al that all he wanted was to let it all out or something. "Come on Arthur, you've helped me so much, let me be there for you when you need me too?"
"Well, if you put it like that..." Arthur smiled and nodded a little, scotching over so that they both could sit comfortably with their backs against the edge of the bed for support. "At first she just asked me how I was doing, you know, basic mother questions..." At this Al nodded and his cousin took a deep breath as if to calm some nerves, or maybe tears... "But then, like always, she started telling me that she had found me someone to date, someone that she liked and thought would be perfect for me and yada yada... Some girl named Natalia?"
So you're not gay? Was what he wanted to ask but stopped himself before opening his own mouth. He couldn't really ask that, straight out, could he? Besides, for all he knew, Arthur might just be bisexual, like himself? No. He would keep those silly questions to the grave or at least until a better opportunity to ask them. "Is this someone you haven't met then? Like, she is setting you up with someone you have never seen or spoken too and..."
"Yes..." Arthur nodded and sighed. "She wants me to be this perfect person, without my piercings and my stupid clothes, without my temperamental outbursts or my weird friends... so she constantly wants me to see the girls she choose for me, see if they will make me normal, make me into the son she wants because the one she has... is only an embarrassment to her..."
"That's not true Arthur..." Al tried but was silenced by a green look flooded with tender tears and a shaking bottom lip.
"It IS true Al..." his cousin said, voice shaking too and he seemed to do nothing to hide it anymore. "She just told me so herself, like always when she gets mad... if I refuse to see all the girls she want for me, which I do because seeing them would only be evil to them and feel bad for me, then she will stand there, screaming at me that I should grow up and out of all this stupidity..."
"What stupidity? That you dress like you want to or the fact that you just want to be your own person and what she is doing is not helping? Or... is there something else she doesn't like about you?" he had to ask and he could see the older one tensing slightly at the question. Of course he would be tensing... it was a stupid fucking question! And he was just about to undo it by changing the subject slightly when Arthur answered it.
"Well, yes..." he said and looked down at his hand which where pulling at each other. "She doesn't like what I've become, who my friends are... not that I have any friends at home anymore... she... well she... oh fuck... what ever..."
Al looked at his cousin in slight confusion, not quite following where he was going with all the words and the desperate tears on his cheeks. What could he do? Was there anything he could do to make it easier for the other to open himself up to him? What did he usually do at times like this..? Or well, the only person he ever had to comfort from emotional break down was Lauren... so, what did he usually do if Lauren broke down? (Which wasn't that often...)
"It's ok Arthur..." he smiled, gently and bit his lip before reaching his arm out, clumsily and in a slightly awkward angle until he could pull the older one in towards him, letting Arthur rest his head against his shoulder. "...you don't have to.."
"Yes..." the other one half whimpered and as Al looked down at him, those magnificent green eyes where closing softly as more tears fell. He looked frightened... "Yes, I have to tell you because... it's who I am and if you don't even know that, you don't know me and I really want you to know me... you if anyone..."
"Alright..." Al nodded back and gently let his thump rub over Arthur's shoulder, trying to somehow make the other one feel at least a little better. What more than that and listen was there that he could do anyway?
"My mother... she always loved talking about what I would be when I grew up..." Arthur started again, after a couple of deep breaths. "She used to say that I would be something big, something wonderful and that she would always be proud of me... but then everything changed, from one day to another... because I had been trying to hide things from her, for her own good, because I knew she would freak out..."
Al didn't say anything now. He knew somehow that maybe it was after this that everything would fall into place for him... maybe now, he would really get what it was behind the beautiful exterior that made Arthur into the soft and wondrous person that he was. And he wanted to know, more than ever, now. So he wouldn't say a word until he heard it, from Arthur's own lips, rather than someone else's.
"I... I came home one day..." he continued after opening his green oceans again, a slight melancholic smile on his face now. "And she had been through my room, cleaning it... she had come across my diary and yes, I know, boys don't write diaries but I did... anyway... she had seen it and opened it for fun, because she hadn't heard me say I was in love with anyone in my class yet... it was a pretty old diary too, but she thought it wouldn't hurt if she just flipped through it..." he sighed and looked up to meet Al's wondering eyes, smiling a bit wider as a lonely tear fell down his cheek. "She found out that my first love had not been a Lisa, a Lauren or a Marie... it was a Tino, a tiny boy from the class one year younger than me... She didn't believe her eyes and I'm sure that after she screamed at me that first time, the same night... she thought it would just go away. But it didn't... It never did. She was totally shocked when I came out to her later on... since she thought it had only been a childish phase of some sort... And I think, that if she got the chance to change anything about me, it would be the fact that I am gay..."
There was a deep, calm, sensation of relief when Al heard it, which was not what he had initially thought he'd be feeling. But really... now he actually knew and it was such a warm feeling, knowing that Arthur trusted him enough to want to tell him something like this. There was a smile tugging at the sides of his lips but before he could even say how happy he was that he knew now and that Arthur had told him, he could hear his mother calling for him downstairs. He looked down at the other and realized suddenly how the terror was still in those green eyes, the fright, obviously that what he had said would not be accepted... Al just beamed a smile at him, gently letting a finger push a lock of blond hair out of Arthur's eye.
"Arthur..." he then said and nudged gently at the other's chin to get his mood up. "...don't worry so much? I don't fucking believe your mother for disliking that part of you? After all, it is who you are right? And who you chose to sleep with should be none of her fucking business? As if my mom would tell me to stop fucking Lauren just because of her sex, right? Look, you're a wonderful person and I don't know what else I can say but the fact that I am so glad you wanted to tell me this..."
"You... you are?" came the weak response and Al couldn't do anything else but smile and nod, before pulling the other one into a tight hug, warmth spreading through his chest as Arthur hugged him back, just as hard.
"Yes you silly kid..." he then said and sight. "I promise we'll talk about this later, ok? I just need to go downstairs and see what the woman wants, ok?" He received a soft nod and a relieved smile as he pulled out of the hug. "You can use my computer or something while I'm gone, so you won't fall asleep on me"
"Thanks..." Arthur half chuckled, obviously so relieved that he wanted to cry again. "And Al..." he said as soon as Al had stood up to leave the room. "Thank you so much, for not... you know... being homophobic or anything..."
"Haha I told you before" Al just grinned and stepped outside. "I'm bisexual anyway so how could I be homophobic?"
...
Arthur could feel the warmth spreading through his entire body as he heard the steps of his cousin disappear down the stairs. He would have never thought that Al would take it as well as he had. Or, he wouldn't have thought all would be homophobic really, that was just silly talk... especially not since he was obviously bisexual. Oh Gosh...
He smiled a little and had to bury his face in a pillow not to squeal with relief and happiness. Fuck this felt good! To have someone he could trust with all this, who wouldn't tell anyone and who didn't just see him as an ass to fuck. Not that he would mind anyone fucking his ass at the moment but still.
With butterflies still in his stomach, he took a seat on the comfortable, big bed belonging to the strikingly handsome man downstairs and pulled the computer up into his lap. He needed to see if someone had emailed him, from the school. Or maybe if Jody had said something on Facebook.
But there was something else that caught his attention as soon as the screen had bursted into life again. A blinking yellow light at the bottom of the page and oh how he could not keep his fingers away from it. He clicked it quickly, knowing that he probably shouldn't but what harm could there be in him looking at what some random person had told Al on MSN?
"Well Al..." he said out loud as he read through the conversation, even though he had told himself he shouldn't... but seeing his own name mentioned by someone else just caught his attention. "What kind of conversation is this anyway?" He chuckled and looked to see if 'I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me' was still Online or not. He was. His last words looked very promising though and it didn't take Arthur long before his fingers where typing letters quickly.
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 9:52 PM
And fuck he's good looking...
Mr. Nice guy 10:36 PM
Well thank you, that is very kind of you /Arthur
As he waited for the reply, he chuckled and hid his face in the pillow again. He hadn't felt this mischievous in years and the feeling was almost intoxicating. His stomach at started to grumble though, even though they had only had pizza a couple of hours ago. He was kind of hoping right now that Al would bring them some snacks on his way up again. There was a note now, on the bottom of the window, telling him that John was writing back. Gosh. Scary.
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 10:38 PM
Wtf? Are you just shitting with me Al? Tell me you are because if not, this is fucking embarrassing...
Arthur felt like laughing out loudly but he didn't. Instead he bit down on one of the four edges of the pillow case and started typing again, grinning.
Mr. Nice guy 10:38 PM
I guess we haven't been formally introduced? My name is Arthur Kirkland, transfer student from England, cousin of Al. You must be John who came and interrupted out little get together at the pizza place earlier today? ;) How very nice to meet you. And don't feel embarrassed John, this would have happened to you eventually anyway. Better it was me than someone you have fucked and want to get rid of, right?
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 10:39 PM
Oh... Then I guess you aren't Al then... well, ehm... haha... Ok. Hello, I'm Johnathan Dawson, the same team as Al... and, actually, I find you attractive and I will not make that into something embarrassing ;)
Mr. Nice guy 10:40 PM
You shouldn't be ashamed, I know I'm hot after all. ;) Say, John, (can I call you John?) I was wondering... why didn't you even look at me back at the pizzeria? ;) You seemed as if though I wasn't even there? How come?
The answer this time took a while and Arthur leaned back in the bed, yawing slightly. His in built school clock was starting to tell him that he really should get to bed soon so that he could get at least some hours sleep before he had to get up again. Al sure was taking a long time downstairs and this guy, no matter how gay he sounded, would probably start behaving all homophobic any moment now anyway. It was intriguing though, to talk to someone he didn't really know... that might be interested in him, or so it seemed. That one of Al's friends would be even bisexual seemed too good to be true however...
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 10:43 PM
(Yes, you may call me John, in fact, please do) And I'm sorry... I just... Haha OK I'm gonna be honest with you and if Al is sitting next to you, which I hope he is not, then I will just have to take the consequences, right?
Mr. Nice guy 10:43 PM
Yes, I suppose so...
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 10:45 PM
Well, I am quite shy around people I don't know, especially of the male type because I frankly don't fucking know how to talk to them... And now you're probably laughing your asses of back there or something but it's true xD I can talk to Al and my buddies but you, well, firstly, you're fucking gorgeous and I haven't shagged a guy for decades... kind off (And don't worry, I am not Edward Cullen!) Secondly, no offense or anything but almost everyone says you are gay and do you know how hard it is to find a willing male to have sex with around here? Especially when you have money and everyone expects you to go out with all the hot ladies...
Arthur was so shocked at this statement that he didn't even know what to say anymore. So... this guy was really gay? Or... bisexual with gay preferences at least? And he was coming onto him because he wanted someone random that was hot enough to fuck? Could there be a better opportunity? Ok, now he was just sounding desperate but is was true. Even what John said was true; it must be hard as hell finding someone that was interested in you and wanted you for the person you where... if you couldn't find said person, or just get him to fall for you, then why not have some casual sex at the side of things?
Oh his mind was wondering so much it was scary, why did he even think about this? Yes, he was gay and totally over horny... but would he really flirt back with a crazy rich jock from Al social surroundings?
When thinking more closely about it, it was even weird that this John even told him all this, wasn't it? Because at the moment, it seemed like even Al didn't know about this... so why would he tell a complete stranger that he had only seen once up close and some times in a corridor? He looked at the words typed on the screen again, stomach turning when he realized it had always been like this. Guys that where seemingly straight gained an interest in him and half expected him to buckle underneath them without question, never telling anyone about their adventures of course...
The MSN window blipped again and Arthur looked down at the screen with both curiosity and slight miss belief. This had to be a damn joke, all of it.
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 10:50 PM
But judging from the fact that you're not saying anything... I'd say either Al walked in on you and you're fucking your brains out atm, or you're not gay at all and totally offended by the fact that I thought you where..? If that's the case... sorry
Mr. Nice guy 10:50 PM
Firstly, Al isn't gay so he and I wouldn't fuck even though he is totally attractive (which I think you know?) and secondly... yes I'm gay, but I'm just wondering why someone like you would ever be interested in someone like me, and why you would just tell me all this, that I'm attractive and that you'd like to fuck me, even though we've never spoken? I've been through a lot of shit because of my sexual preferences and I came here to get away from it... I'm not planning to make a fool out of myself because of some pretty boy who says he is gay but really isn't :/ sorry
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 10:51 PM
I'm sorry I jumped you with it, it was't supposed to be like that... truth be told, I was planning on asking him about you... if he knew for real you know? (It was a joke about you and Al by the way...) But he logged off all of a sudden so I couldn't and gbcsxcbsudc jbcj dzxc... this is just turning into a mess because of course I can't convince you of who I am, right? You just see the sports car and hear the rumors, like everyone else
Arthur felt his stomach turn slightly, because he knew exactly what it felt like when the only thing people did was see you for what they had heard and not for what you really where. It sure sounded as if John was the real deal, but of course, he could be having a girl there who helped him sound all sweet and confused. Why did it have to be so complicated though? Maybe it was exactly as he was saying? Then what would he do?
He sighed and put the computer on the bed. He didn't know what to say again and it just felt mean to sit there and read the text over and over. What he really wanted was to say that of course he didn't just listen to rumors or see the money instead of John himself, but how could he say that when it wasn't true? And that made him feel guilty as hell... If John really was telling the truth, not believing him would be just like everyone else had been towards Arthur himself...
He stood up and tried to listen, hearing if Al was on his way upstairs again. But the only thing he could hear was them talking in muffled voices downstairs. He sighed again and bit his lip hard while closing his eyes. A sudden rush of adrenaline, combined with his semi hardness (which had been troubling him for days) made him take a deep breath and rush back to the computer with smile on his face. At least Al knew about him now, and if anyone where to spread nasty rumors about him, he would have his cousin and Jody by his side.
Mr. Nice guy 10:55 PM
Actually, I don't just see those things, or at least I wouldn't if I really knew you weren't lying to me right? Let's say I do believe you, what would you do?
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 10:57 PM
I'd ask you out and make us both comfortable... I guess?
Mr. Nice guy 10:57 PM
Thought you said you wanted sex and not a boyfriend John? Different things, those two ;)
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 10:58 PM
Well, I guess if you'd rather just come to my place and fuck we could do that? Haha... just didn't want you to feel like a slut or something, because you're not :/ And it sounded fucking evil when I even thought about asking you over to my place for some dick time?
Mr. Nice guy 10:59 PM
No, I'm not a slut, thanks for noticing ;) Besides, it would feel more like a job for a whore if we where to pretend you liked me and bought me dinner or what ever
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 11:00 PM
I'd say you read too much into things dear Arthur ;D At least let me get you some sandwiches after we're done? Or offer you my shower? ;)
Mr. Nice guy 11:01 PM
Who even said I was going to come over? ;) maybe I'm the one screwing with you here? Maybe I'm not gay and you just think I am because of the rumors? Maybe, Al really is fucking me right at this moment and there is nothing you can do about it? ;) You have no idea who I am or what I am capable of after all
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 11:03 PM
It would really be a nice touch though if I found out he had been fucking you while we where having this conversation ;) would have made it all so much more naughty, wouldn't it?
Mr. Nice guy 11:04 PM
Haha! How could this get more naughty? We're already talking about having sex here, aren't we? Or did I just misinterpret it and you just asked me out so that we could paint together or something? ;)
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 11:06 PM
You didn't misinterpret, and you're probably right ;) by the way, make sure you close the window down before Al sees this will you? Would be fucking embarrasing if he found out from someone else than me I think... he trusts me to tell him stuff after all and, you're kind of the only person that knows...
Mr. Nice guy 11:07 PM
And by now you must be feeling so good about it all, right? :)
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 11:07 PM
Actually I am... so thank you :)
Mr. Nice guy 11:08 PM
You're welcome :) look, Al is coming back xD I'll talk to you at school some day, ok?
I'll Fuck You And You'll Thank Me 11:08 PM
Sure! :D nice talking to you and sorry for not saying hi at the pizza place ;D
Arthur just laughed and shook his head in wonder. Had that really happened? He shut the window down without answering and then decided that it would be best to just shut messenger of completely. He could always say it had been that way when he opened the computer. By the time Al reentered the room, Arthur was checking his Facebook with a grin.
"Welcome back, dear cousin" he said and put the laptop aside, as if he hadn't done anything suspicious just half a minute ago. "What did she make you do that took you so long?"
Al chuckled and literary threw himself on the bed, making Arthur squeal and laugh as he flew slightly into the air. When they had both managed to stop laughing, Al gave Arthur a quite tender look, almost as if he had never had a friend like him before, and answered.
"She made me clean the kitchen, since you and Lauren hadn't done a very good job before she left, obviously" he grinned and Arthur could feel his cheeks blushing at this fact. He must have forgotten that completely... he had left some dishes after all, not that much but still. "She had removed it all before baking, but now she figured I could tidy up all of HER mess, which I don't understand..."
"I'm sorry..." he tried but Al just shook his head and yawned.
"She always does that, and I don't mind, as long as you don't have to do it" he then explained, eyes still smiling. "Are you hungry by the way? There is newly baked bread buns and we can have some tea if you'd like?"
"I'd love that" he laughed back as his stomach grumbled. They both went downstairs, happily pushing at each other as they went, behaving totally childishly for a change, and how good didn't that make Arthur feel? He had just come out as gay for the one person he really wanted to accept him, and he had done just that, with a smile and the warmest hug ever.
AND he might also get laid soon! That might not be as good as the acceptance from Al, but it would definitely get these weird feelings away. For instance, he would stop getting so damn hard from just watching Al sleep, since he would finally get some sexual relief...
To Arthur, sex really wasn't everything. But there where times, like these, when sex was something safe and known. Something he needed to even calm down. Or maybe not really the sex itself, more the cuddling or the joint showers, the shared food and the laughed out jokes in bed. It was weird, he knew that, but when he had gotten serious with Francis, the best part of it had been just that... the way they had been together, in bed and at home, alone, just the two of them.
He was nervous though, about what it would be like to meet John on his own, if they ever would. Al had said he was an ok guy, but what if he was a total jerk? Or what if Arthur started feeling things for him in the middle of it all? When it was pretty obvious the guy wasn't gay enough to come out to everyone and endanger his reputation with a boyfriend.
"Something bothering you?" Al asked suddenly and Arthur had to look up form his thoughts, realizing his cousin was holding out newly baked buns for him. "You seem pretty distracted..? "
"It's nothing really" Arthur assured and took the bun with a grin on his face. He might have been ready to tell Al about his whole sexuality business, but he could not go so far as to start telling him about his potential shags.
"Oh, so it's about a guy then?" the other teased and Arthur's cheeks flushed in deep red within seconds. "Oh don't you think I know the look on someone's face when they're all horny for someone? Don't forget that I used to get around a lot until just recently"
"No it's not...ng... shut up"
It was so damn strange that he knew, that he joked about it as if he had always known. None of them really felt a need to talk about it that much either, just sat in front of Al's computer with bread and tea, laughing at weird clips on YouTube. It wasn't until way past midnight that they crawled into their beds, whispering jokes and trying not to laugh to loudly at the other's bad sense of humor.
"You know what?" Al asked eventually through the darkness, not waiting for Arthur to answer before continuing. "Even though we're very different, I don't think I've ever met anyone who I feel so close to as you..."
"That sounded gay..." Arthur smiled in his half sleep, not really having the energy to think the words through before saying them.
"I know I know..." the one up on the bed chuckled and turned to the side (or something else that made about the same sound). "But you really are like the perfect person you know? At least for me... or something..."
"Mh... I'm awesome..."
"No you're not, I am... but good night Artie..."
"Night..."
ohhhhh so wait? Al was Ok with Arthur beeing gay? :D awwww (L) but what about this John person? Do you really think he was being serious? And will Arthur really have sex with him if that is the case? ;D read next chapter and find out! :D
till then!
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