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Chap 4: Electric City
"It's a gay club!"
Matt's body stiffen from discomfort; his eyes widen with shock, the blood pressure of his body dropped and all he could feel was a cold shiver running down his spine. His heart rapidly changed rhythm as he looked palely at Sora, but to his distress she didn't seem to notice.
"I come here once in a while with people I work with to relax from work, but we end up talking about work and fashion shows. I thought it would be a great stress relief for the both of us. Here let me introduced you to them." She grabbed his hand again as he pulled him closer to the booth.
"This is, Toji, he's a fashion designer," Sora gratefully announced as the guy stood up and reached out for a hand, Matt expected a firm handshake however all he received was a feeble touch and what he didn't expect was a pull from his arm as the guy reached and gave him a hug while he slightly patted him on the back, "Hi, nice to meet you."
"That's Yuki, also a fashion designer," she presented.
"It's a pleasure to meet you darling! Wow you are gorgeous," Yuki got up and reached out his hand to shake it, Yuki leaned closer to Matt's face and kissed both of his cheeks, "Mwah, mwah."
"And then we have our models here," Sora continued towards the other side, "Kyou and Kou, you might think they are twins but they aren't, it's a rare coincidence that both look alike but they are not related."
"Hi, nice to meet you," they greeted without getting up nodding their heads in unison.
This was new to Matt, in all his life he had never stepped inside a gay club; when he was with his band they would go around clubs to pick up chicks, they would encounter the usual girl couple kissing but he never experienced this.
"Come, sit," Yuki offered scooting closer to Toji to make room for the couple, Sora and Matt sat between the circular booth, it was located to a darker corner so the group had more privacy.
The techno music continuously played around them, dancers were on the platform moving their bodies close to their partners, some already influenced by alcohol.
The blond gradually stare at the blinking lights on the ceiling as he reflected the fact that he was in a very uncomfortable situation and he had to find a way out of it before things got a little bit out of hand to the point where he wouldn't know what to do.
He continued to scan the club; (probably to search for the nearest exit in case of an emergency) it was fairly spacious to the extent of having approximately more than 600 people present, he could see the bar from the other side of the building and saw a few male and female getting their drinks.
He felt a warm touch on his shoulder which made him flinch. Sora's lips slowly moved to his ear as she tried to communicate with him over the excessively loud music, "Are you okay? You seem a little off."
Matt nodded at her and responded with, "I'm fine," despite how not fine he was. He should have said something more responsive, maybe a 'no I am not fine and I want to leave already.' But for an odd reason he couldn't come forward to saying it.
"So, Sora, tell me how you two met?" asked Toji while watching the two talk, "This is the first time I've seen him around."
"We met yesterday when he came to see the room I had available," Sora loudly answered to her friend across the table.
"Are you two going out?" Yuki curiously questioned, leaning closer, eager to hear the conversation.
"No, Matt and I just became roommates."
"Oh, that's a shame; you guys look so cute together, I would have bet that you had finally settled down to such a good looking man like him."
Sora's face got hotter, she was relieved it was dark enough to not be noticed, "We just met; besides he's gay."
All the guys raised their eyebrows in great awe. All of the sudden, Matt became an interesting topic to the rest of the men which caused the blond to feel even more uneasy.
"Does he speak?" One of the models asked leaning a little forward to the table.
"He's just being shy, right, Matt?" Sora nudged at his ribs releasing an 'oof' from his part.
"Uh, yes, I'm sorry, my name is Matt Ishida and I just moved in with Sora, it's a pleasure meeting all of you, it's been a while since I entered a club in such a long time that it was sort of weird coming back."
"Ishida, you said?" Toji asked rubbing the tip of his goatee, "the last name sounds so familiar."
"Uh, well there are a lot of Ishida's so it could be anyone," Matt quickly answered.
"You're right; I guess it could be anyone famous that I am familiar with. Hmm, how strange, does anyone want some drinks?"
Everyone agreed, even Matt who at this point really felt like he needed a beer to calm his nerves.
"I'll get them," the blond volunteered getting up from his seat and managing to leave the booth.
"What would you all like to drink?"
"Oh? Is the new guy inviting, well in that case-"
"No, Toji," Sora promptly interrupted, "tonight it's on me." She reached in to her purse and handed her card to Matt, who in awe accepted.
After everyone chose their drinks and Matt had memorized the order, Sora got up and asked, "Do you need help carrying the drinks?"
"No, its okay, I think I can get them all in one trip," he rushed out to the other side of the club to where the bar was located zigzagging around people and excusing himself once in a while. He cursed at his luck as he saw a crowded line of people waiting for their next turn to be served. For a while he stood patiently in line to catch his breath, he needed to get away somehow. He reached the phone in his pocket, one of the few he was borrowing temporary from Tai and dialed it.
"Matt?"
"Tai! I am glad you answered!"
"Where are you? I can barely hear you!"
Maybe calling him from a very low connection was a bad idea, "I'm in a club! Dude, I am in a really weird situation!"
"You need a rub? And you want a rear sensation?"
"What! NO! Look I'll call you back!"
"You crave my what?! Um, Matt I think you are taking this whole 'gay' thing a little too serious."
"Shut up Tai! Bye!" It was definitely a bad idea calling him. He had hoped that Tai somehow would miraculous think of an idea to get him out of here but it had failed miserably.
He placed his phone back in his pocket, during the process he accidently bumped shoulders with a guy standing in front of him; he quickly apologized to the guy, "I'm sorry."
The guy turned around and smiled at him, "it's okay, Hun. Are you new here?"
"Am I that noticeable?"
"We can spot a newcomer in a snap," he answered while snapping his fingers, "you are not sure about your surroundings and you are standing in line for the restroom, if you want to get some drinks you need to go to the other line in front of this line."
"Oh, thanks for the help."
"My pleasure," the man answered as he watched Matt leave the line, "and it's Aito."
"I'm sorry?" the blond confusedly turned to the man.
"My name is Aito by the way," he reached out to shake his hand.
Matt hesitated for a moment but accepted the friendly gestured, "Matt, thank you again for the help."
Aito didn't let go of Matt's hand immediately, for a while the moment felt awkward and then finally Aito let go; he reached out something in his pocket. "Here," he said as he scribbled something on a piece of paper, "If you get lost around these parts let me know." He gave the piece of paper to Matt and winked at him; Matt stepped away and slowly made his way to the next line. He unraveled the piece of paper to find out that the guy gave him his number and a small note scribbled Call me. –Aito.
Yikes, he thought to himself. Already getting digits from a complete stranger, he put the note back in his pocket and proceed without looking back, later he would dispose of it when he wasn't looking.
Matt had finally reached the line where the bar was located, this line was shorter and the people were moving in and out. At last it was Matt's turned and he proceed to order his drinks. It was a simple order; six beers for the group.
On his way to his booth, he took notice that half of the room there were men dressed sharp in nice dress shirts and pants. Their behavior was more professional than anything. They weren't too loud, even in the dance floor everyone seemed to have a good clean time. This was an exclusive gay club, rules set so anyone could have a good time without causing any huge disturbance. Probably a few famous people would time to time gather around just to get away from their outside lives and no one would know the wiser.
"Oh, he's back! I thought you lost your way," Toji joked while reaching out to help Matt with the drinks, he passed one to each of the members and slowly they began to drink. Toji turned his attention back to Sora who he was in deep conversation. Matt heard a glimpse of their talk as he sat next to them and took a sip from his beer.
"Everything is going as planned for the Spring Show next year and I need you to establish ideas before the end of this year, we still have plenty of time but remember how time just flies out the window. I know we are starting a little sooner than usual after we just finished our fall show last week. But it's already September –"
Matt lightly chuckled as he took another sip of his beer, Sora was right; they had come here to relax and yet she was talking to her co-worker about their next upcoming show, which wouldn't be until next year.
"Sora, take it easy on that beer, you know how you get when you have had a few, hmm, then again you don't remember anything the next day," Toji amused.
Matt swiftly turned around to face the redhead, a smirked spread across his face as he heard the remark. "How does Sora get when she's had a little too much?"
Sora embarrassingly turned to face the blond, "Ha-ha, quite frankly I don't even know, but maybe if you stick around you might find out. What do you say? A round of tequila shots, Ishida?"
"Sounds entertaining; it would also be a great story to tell Tai."
"Tai knows, he was there when it first happened," she mused.
"I might have to ask him to tell me that story, sounds like a hoot." He had to make a note to remember and ask Tai about it.
"Just to let you know I don't do this often, this is a rare occasion."
"When do we start?"
"Right after this song, dance with me," the redhead got up from the booth grabbing her purse and getting a hold of Matt's hand.
"Uh, no, I don't dance." He rejected while shaking his head and waving his free hand to the girl.
"Aw, come on, just this one," she pleaded still holding his hand, "Come on Matty, don't be such a drag!"
"No, thanks," he continued to try to cast her off.
"Matt, don't be such a party pooper and dance with Sora, girl and girl," Yuki pursued to the blond, nudging him on the side. "Come on, you should know that girls like to dance in groups, so don't leave her hanging."
"Yeah, go."
Everyone was dogging him, pushing him to go. Sora kept holding his hand tugging him to move from his sitting position, and without any more hesitation he got up and followed her to the floor, he thought why the hell not. He was just going to dance with her.
He followed her to the dance floor; she then started to move her body, her arms raised up at the beat of the song. Matt let himself loose a little; he slowly moved his body feeling a little awkward. He jumped a little higher; this isn't so bad he thought to himself. Sora slightly moved her body closer to the blond, she began to feel comfortable around him and so did he around her.
Everything seemed to be going alright until he felt someone else grinding behind him, he quickly turned around and saw Aito trying to cling himself to Matt.
"Surprise seeing you here, Matt," he whispered in his ear.
The blond was taken aback by the sudden contact of the guy he had just met behind him, moving his body as if Matt was a stripping pole. The crowd got thicker and it was now hard to see where Sora had gone, she was probably swallowed by the sudden rush of people coming in to dance.
"Sora!" he yelled but to his avail, the music was too loud and he couldn't see through the tall people around.
"You looking for your friend?" this guy was really persistent. He continued to dance as if he wasn't interrupting anything, "I think I saw her over there."
Matt quickly followed his point of direction and then he felt a sudden squeezed on his butt cheek; He flinched and quickly turned around to see Aito again winking at him.
"Matt!" Sora had finally appeared and quickly grabbed his hand, "let's get out of here!"
"Why?" What am I saying?! Yes! Please! Let's leave!
"Sorry I dragged you out like this but I just saw someone that I really didn't want to see," she explained as she pulled the blond to the nearest exit, "I guess that round of tequila would have to wait."
"What about your co-workers, won't they be upset you suddenly left?" he questioned, wondering if they knew they weren't coming back.
"I'll explain to them later but right now I want to leave." She reached for her keys in her purse; the good thing was she decided to take her purse with her when she danced, so she didn't have to go back and retrieve it. She got lucky.
They reached the car and headed out the club. For a while Sora was quiet; half of the ride home she kept silent and transfixed on the road and her mind elsewhere. Until she looked at Matt and innocently smiled at him, "I'm sorry I brought you out to the club without your consent; that was rude of me. I'm sorry. Sometimes I don't know what I am doing until I actually think about it."
"It's okay, I should have said something. I-uh- I just came out recently and this whole gay thing is kind of new to me so I was a bit out of the loop when I was there, but I did have fun dancing with you."
"I did too."
A few minutes later they finally reached their home; the first thing Sora did was getting rid of the heels she was wearing. She seemed relief to be home. It didn't come up why they had to leave until Matt remembered; he wanted to ask her why the sudden getaway and who she was running away from but decided to leave the questions aside for another day, he was exhausted. He made his way towards the small corridor directing their bedrooms, his was on the left and she was on the far right.
"Matt, wait, before you go, can you do me a favor?" she asked while he turned around and faced her.
"What is it?" he queried, Sora turned around her back facing him.
"Can you unzip my dress, please?"
The blond lightly froze, his face turning red; he hesitated for a moment but either way he approached her back and softly grabbed the zipper as if it was a very delicate piece of device, he pulled down the zipper while the tip of his thumb felt the bare soft skin of her back. He reached to the bottom where he could see a glimpse of her lace underwear. He released his hands from the work and stepped back, Sora turned around while holding the top of her dress so it wouldn't fall; she wasn't wearing a bra.
"Thanks, it's hard trying to zip it down by yourself. Well then, goodnight, Matt," she turned around and headed towards her own room. Matt stood in awe for a while trying to process what had just happened; she had no idea whatsoever, what she had done. She had awoken something he had kept slumber for a long time.
After all, he was still a man pretending to be gay. He headed to his own room trying to make his heart to stop making these funny thumbing noises.
There was nothing wrong in having a crush on your own roommate.
Again, I am so sorry for updating this late! Next chapter won't take long I promise! I do wish people would review, that's what keeps me motivated, without feedback I don't know if you guys think is great or not. So don't be rude and leave a review! Thanks.