A/N- Hey everyone Last time I got reviews saying that OGN in space is a strange idea… and it is, I know. Thing is, I always try to challenge myself, and try new directions, why else would I bother writing? So I'd like to thank anyone who is willing to trust me and take this journey into deep space with me.
My warning to you- this story may get dark, there will be violence, drug abuse, pure evilness and (of course) lemons. So know where we are heading to- not suitable for minors!
Chapter two online- enjoy.
Silver and cold
"….Seeking candy, who sleeps around
Afraid of telling, tiny sounds
Left for dead, left for good
Left for dead, not understood
But you...always came back for MORE…"
Whale - Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe
Morning glory
Waking up from a nightmare became a habit of his a long time ago. He swung up panting and drenched in sweat, automatically reaching for his pack of cigarettes. He helped himself with one and after taking in few draws of calming, warm smoke, he felt his heart slowing down and its pounding stopped overbearing the usual background noise.
As always, he was the first to wake up, way before the official alarm. In the shelter of his bed, behind the curtains, he could hear the rest of his teammates' snores and mumbling.
Smirking, he finished his cigarette, once he stopped counting the days he spent in this godforsaken hellhole, he actually began to like this shit hole and call it home.
'Am I adjusting or just losing my mind?' Kanou wondered for a while before realizing that whatever the answer is, it was not going to promote him anywhere.
Stretching and yawning, he got out of his bed and changed into fresh sweatshirt and trainers, all black, off course. After wearing his running shoes, he opened the curtains and gazed at the hall. The huge cell was crowded with beds, some single beds and some bunkered ones, some had improvised curtains for a bit of privacy and some did not, and all beds were occupied with sleeping inmates, of variety of skin colors, sizes and hygiene states. Not such a lovely sight.
He passed between the beds, careful not to wake anyone, and eventually reached for the gate.
"Open up." he said, aiming his gaze upwards, where a small robot strolled its way on the ceiling's rails. The robot responded by getting near the cage as much as its track allowed it, then it sent blue rays, scanning Kanou's chiseled features.
"Biometric identification: Somuku Kanou." a rather feminine voice emerged from the robot's voice system. "Request accepted, opening gate."
The automatic gate opened and locked again behind him, saying thanks to a robot would be stupid and it strolled on anyway, so Kanou opened his new day with the routine morning run. He usually ran six to ten kilometers per day, covering most of the sections in this level. He ran pass the dormitories of the teams in his section, there were three teams in the northwest section: his team, the black one, and there were the green team and the brown team. After he passed the dormitories where most of the prisoners still slept, he ran through the mechanic section and the water treatment facility, he could carry on running on the perimeter where the other three dormitories' section laid but he chose to make a u-turn and head back into the gym.
Staying fit in this low gravity field was more than a luxury; it was a matter of survival. Most of the prisoners did not get it, and they allowed their body to decay, many paid for their laziness with their lives, but for Kanou it was also a matter of pride, he refused to let go, even if he saw no particular reason for staying alive.
He entered the gym and searched for the weights and much to his surprise, the gym was already occupied. Kanou frowned as he recognized the man inside, all clad in green with a yellow bleached hair on top, Gion looked like some exotic parrot, and as such, the man would rarely shut up.
"Hey, big brother!" Gion welcomed him with a shining smile "Up so early? Lucky for you, though, you'll be the first to know! Why so serious, my friend? I do have some big news for you!"
"I thought it was the Greens' turn downstairs." Kanou mumbled and picked up the heaviest weight and began his lift-ups.
"Yeah, we were supposed to be downstairs, Nissan, but oddly enough, the venting system got jammed so they had to let us back up."
"The venting system got jammed again?" Kanou snarled, "This place is fucking falling apart."
"I know, dude, but this is old… I have some good news to share, grand scale epic! wanna hear it?"
"Do I have a choice?" Kanou frowned again, and lay down on the matters to work on his abs.
Gion on the other hand, was not into training at all, he set down next to Kanou, smiling like a child holding up a wonderful secret and relishing on every second he manages to keep it to himself.
"There is a rumor moving around, I heard it from Roger from the Purple team and he heard it from Ray of the Yellow team… we're gonna have a fresh supply of candies this weekend!"
Kanou ogled him between push-ups and his face showed no sign of excitement. "So…?"
"So?" Gion, unable to understand Kanou's lack of enthusiasm was starting to get annoyed. "Don't you want a sweet little candy, Kanou-san?"
Kanou coldly chuckled.
"Get real, man! Don't you ever get horny? God, are you even human?"
Gion only got a ridiculing snarl and Kanou turned to work on his arms.
"Why am I bothering to deliver you such wonderful news if this is the reaction I get?" Gion gave up with anger. "This good vibe is totally wasting on you!"
"I… am not… gay!" Kanou grunted between pushups.
"So what if you're not? A hole is a hole, you picky bastard and since there's no chance in hell they'll ever bring females here, a candy boy is as good as it gets."
"Spot me." Kanou got up and moved to the bench.
"What's your load?" Gion asked.
"120 kg."
"Sure, dude." Gion rolled the weights on the floor and struggled to hand them to Kanou. "For fuck sake, how can you lift those motherfuckers?"
Kanou did not answer and started his set up instead.
"I can return the question back at you, you know." He said after a while, between lifts.
"Huh?" Gion glared down on him.
"Why don't you get yourself a candy boy, Gion?"
"Are you kidding me?" Gion nearly blushed to his hair roots. "Why should I?" he giggled, "You know what they say- Today's candy is tomorrow's toothache."
"Bullshit."
"Seriously man, sure I'm in for a good fuck but the maintenance is a killer."
"Cut the crap. You are a coward, that's why you don't apply for a candy. You have no balls." Kanou said with quiet determination.
"Hehe…" Gion laughed and scratched the back of his head. "Busted…" he added with a lower voice.
If someone wanted to get himself a candy, he needed to apply and write his name on a list. Since there were more interested inmates than actual candies, the way to win them was though a fight. Everyone interested at the same candy would have a go against each other and the stronger one wins. Sometimes people ended up dead, lusting after candies.
"Elrick Raus signed up of one of the candies."
"Did he?" Kanou got of the bench and grabbed a towel to wipe up the sweat off his face.
"Yup. Make sense, though, since his last candy died."
"You mean got killed, by him."
"Yeah… No one's gonna challenge him, I think, he is a mean ugly motherfucker…"
"Yeah." Kanou had to agree, if anyone posed a threat to him, it was Raus. 2.01 meter's giant, with a muscle power of a wild boar and a face to match. He was the ringleader of the Reds, the strongest team in 950A, no one messed with them and lived to tell the tale.
"Poor little candy, Elrick's gonna rip him to shreds."
"Yeah." Kanou had to agree again, as sad as it may be, in 950A you learn to mind your own business, sympathy for others was nothing but a waste of energy. "I'm hitting the showers before wakeup call."
"Can I join you?" Gion hurried to ask and Kanou glared at him coldly.
Gion always tailed Kanou to the showers, this was his way to insure his safety, when he was in the shower room with Kanou he never feared getting raped or teased or beaten. Kanou was the second strongest guy in 950A, and Gion was lucky to have him as a friend.
They entered the showers and there was one dark skinned inmate already there, facing the wall and jerking off. He greeted the incomers with a nod and kept going like they were never there. Kanou and Gion striped in silence, trying not to stare at the other man, and give him some privacy. They left their clothes on the bench, next to his brown ones.
"Super hot." Gion opened the tap and stepped under it, enjoying the cascade of steamy water on his body.
Kanou opened another tap and started washing his body with strict efficient movements, the alarm was about to set off and he wanted to be out of there before more inmates poured in.
Gion's hums of joy, the other inmates' moaning and the running water resonance in the room.
"Haaa!" The prisoner finally came and his com splashed on the wall and slowly washed away with the running water.
Basking in his afterglow the inmate smiled at Gion, a dreamy smile that made the blonde laugh.
"You seem to be all fired up, what's your inspiration, dude?"
The Brown chucked slightly "I got my hand on the candies' pictures. In my slacks' pocket, take a look."
"Gion…" Kanou scolded the younger man for his stupidity but the Green wouldn't listen' he picked up the brown slacks and a small brochure fell down. Gion hurried to save it from the wet floor and opened it to have a look at the candies. Most of them were cute, but there was no wonder who was the inmate's muse.
"Kanou, you must check this cutie out!"
"I already told you I'm not gay." Kanou murmured and closed the water taps of both showers. "Lets get ready, the morning lineup should start any minute now."
"No, really, you must see the guy; he is a guy, right? A little blonde hottie with big blue eyes…"
"Dream on." The Brown chuckled. "Elrick already sighed up of him."
Gion's smile turned into a bitter one, he already felt sorry for the beautiful boy who was going to fall into the arms of a sadistic psycho. After Elrick is done with him, there will be left nothing of the delicate boy but a pathetic human wreck. "If Elrick gets him, he is as good as dead." Gion held his eyes on Kanou with a sad and hopeful gaze.
"Cut it out!" Kanou roared at him. "How many times do I have to tell you? I AM NOT GAY!"
"But… but…"
"I swear it, Gion, keep it up and I'll kill you!"
"Poor Ayase-kun…" Gion whispered in silence.
The name made Kanou freeze in his place. "What did you say?"
"What did I say?" Gion returned the question.
"What's the kid name?"
"Huh? Ayase… Yukiya Ayase. Why?"
Kanou released a deep sigh. "Yukiya Ayase… of all people…"
"You know the boy?" Gion asked in astonishment, Kanou never shared his past with anyone; in fact, the bleached hair man never considered that Kanou may even have a past.
"I knew his father." Kanou admitted with reluctance.
"His father?"
"I'm signing up for him."
"You are going to face off Elrick? But you are not gay, so why take this risk?" million questions bubbled in Gion's mind.
Kanou knew how to stop those questions at bay. "Shut up or I kill you."
Gion shrank under the wrath of those dark intensive eyes and then the wake-up alarm turned suddenly on and washed all over them.
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TBC
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A/N- Reviews of any kind (civilized) are welcomed. See you on the next update ^_^