"BEAT HER ASS LUCAS!" Toon Link yelled as he watched the Mortal Kombat match unfold. Lucas and his friends were in a gaming club at school. Currently, they were holding a small tournament and the winner would get $200. Lucas and Kumatora have made it to the finals. The club was divided in half. Half of the club wanted Lucas to win, and the other wanted Kumatora to win. They have both won a round at this point. Lucas finally won when he used Jade's fatal blow. Kumatora didn't even wait before putting her controller down. Lucas popped up and his entire side of the club started cheering loudly. Lucas ended up running around the clubroom but stopped when he got to Kumatora. He held out a hand for her to grab.
"GG," Lucas said. Kumatora looked up and grew a smirk. She grabbed Lucas's hand and allowed him to help her up. She then reached into her pocket to grab the $200. She handed it to Lucas, who took it without much hesitation. He then grabbed one of the $100 bills and handed it back to Kumatora. "It's only fair." She chuckled a single time then pocketed the bill.
That was when there was a knock at the door. Toon Link had to go open it since he was the club leader. Toon Link opened the door to see the vice-principal, Ganondorf. Toon Link simply sighed. "Mr. G, how may I help you?" Toon Link asked in a sarcastic tone. Ganondorf growled.
"You know damn well what you did," he said in his extremely deep and evil voice.
"No, please enlighten me." Toon Link is known to anger Ganondorf. Ganondorf was always against the gaming club, but due to the rules of Smash High, he had no choice but to allow the club. Ganondorf crossed his arms.
"If you continue to be too damn loud, I will be forced to shut this club down…" Ganondorf leaned forward, allowing his head to get closer to Toon Link's. "Better watch out...better not cry." Toon Link simply chuckled in his face.
"Sure thing, Santa." Ganondorf stood back up straight and scoffed.
"Pack it up, you've gotta go home now." Ganondorf finally walked away. Toon Link sighed before turning to the club.
"Well, you've heard the man. We've gotta pack it up for the day."
Lucas got to the front doors of the school. That was when he got a message from Toon Link. So, as he left the school, he was on the phone. He was so focused on texting that he didn't hear someone calling out "Watch out!" A baseball soon smashed into Lucas's face, making Lucas fall and drop his phone. Lucas fell on his butt and simply heard the phone crack. Lucas looked at where the phone was and just looked at it wide-eyed.
"No…" He desperately said. A boy ran over to Lucas. He stood next to him, feeling utterly guilty for the hit. He cleared his voice, prompting Lucas to look up. The boy is clearly an athlete. By the way he looked and he was seemingly always covered in sweat. He also had a baseball cap and a baseball bat right next to him on the floor. The boy held his hand toward Lucas. Lucas took it and the boy helped him up.
"I'm sooo sorry, we didn't see you." Lucas simply shrugged. He looked at his phone, which was slightly away from his feet, and picked it up. He turned it around to see that the phone was far gone. The screen is cracked beyond repair and the phone seemed to have a large dent. He sighed. "Crap...sorry, again." Lucas shook his head and placed the phone in his pocket and looked at the boy.
"Don't worry." Lucas saw the baseball on his other side and picked it up. He handed the ball to the boy before walking off. The boy just looked out after him. He truly felt sorry for what he did and was already thinking of a way to pay for what he did.
"Yo, Ness, hurry up with the damn ball!" one of the boy's-Ness's-teammates called out. Ness looked at his teammate and ran over to him.
Lucas made it to his house. He walked in and saw his parents eating at the table. They must've noticed Lucas's saddened expression because they called him over once he placed his backpack in the closet. Lucas walked over and they saw a small bruise on Lucas's left cheek. "What happened?" Hinawa asked.
"An accident...but look," Lucas said. He then brought out his broken phone, earning some sad "oh's" from his parents.
"We'll buy you a new one, don't worry." Lucas shook his head.
"We have to pay off the debt first...don't worry about my phone." Lucas turned away and started walking toward his room, which was on the opposite side of the house. Hinawa and Flint looked at each other. Hinawa grabbed the phone and opened the back. Near the battery was a small-SD-like-card. She took it out and pocketed it. She then looked back at Flint.
"You've gotta talk to Lucas about that job of his," Hinawa said. Flint nodded before looking in the direction of Lucas's room.
"I know...I know," Flint said. He stood up and started walking toward Lucas's room. He didn't hesitate to enter. Inside he saw Lucas changing out of his normal clothes and into his work ones. He had to change into a simple black tuxedo for his job. Flint cleared his throat, prompting Lucas to turn around as he put on his new pants.
"Yea?" he asked.
"About your job—"
"No…" Lucas turned back away from Flint. He started to put on his shirt. "I have to do this. We must pay off the debt. Claus has got his job, and I've got mine."
"Yea, but you're just making yourself a servant. You shouldn't be working like that at your age." Lucas sighed when he put on his vest. He started to button the vest up.
"I guess I shouldn't...but I shouldn't have to work at all." Lucas turned around. He put the tie around his neck, waiting for his dad to tie it. "I've gotta do this." Flint sighed and walked over. He tied the tie before walking toward the door. He didn't leave though. He turned back toward Lucas.
"Just...know your boundaries." Lucas nodded, knowing that he has already passed his boundaries a long time ago. Flint walked out. It didn't take much more time for Lucas to finish changing. He soon walked out as well. He grabbed his car keys and shot a goodbye toward his parents.
"No, go?" Hinawa asked Flint.
"Yup."
Lucas drove to the address he was given earlier that day. This address led him to a part of the city that he rarely visited, mainly due to it being a rather rich neighborhood. The house in particular, though, isn't as "rich looking" as the others. The house is large, but it's still a normal looking house. Lucas pulled into the driveway. He looked at himself in the mirror and adjusted his hair a bit. In order to get the proper gigs, Lucas had to cut his hair a while ago. Lucas's hair was now simply flat and swooped toward his right. He took a deep breath before leaving the car.
He walked toward the front door. When he got there he knocked and waited for a response. The door soon opened to show a middle-aged man. He was skinny and tall, but nothing about the man stuck out to him. He stepped aside and allowed Lucas into the house. Lucas looked around before turning to the man as he closed the door. "So, what is it you need?" The man reached into his pocket to hand Lucas a $50 bill. Lucas pocketed it.
"The second room down this hall needs cleaning," the man said in a rather deep voice. Lucas nodded and turned around to see the hall. He then walked down it and found the second room. It was on the right, and once inside he saw just how dirty it truly is. He just shook his head and started cleaning.
Once he finished he found the man in the living room that is very close to the front door. The man looked at him. He stood up and walked over to Lucas. "Is it done?" Lucas nodded. The man grew a smile. Lucas then turned toward the front door. Once he opened the door, the man called out for him. Lucas turned around to see the man walking toward him with his hand in his pocket. He then brought out $200 dollars. "I want that 'special service' you offered on the site."
"T-the special service?" Lucas asked, nervously. He knew exactly what the "special service" was. Not many people asked for it, but there were a few. He'd never willingly admit to doing the special actions for $200, but he felt it was necessary to get through their debt. Lucas looked at the money in the man's hand and took it. Lucas closed the door and looked up at the man. The man just had a smile. While looking up at the man, Lucas could hear his jeans fall to the ground.
Lucas entered his car. He looked into the rear-view mirror and saw the man's white, sticky substance at the edge of his lips. He reached into the glove department and wiped it away with a disgusted groan. "Ok…" he said to himself. He took a small breather before adjusting the mirror and starting the car up.
He made it home. Once he entered the house he saw his parents on the couch. They simply gave Lucas concerned faces. Lucas raised an eyebrow at them. "Is something wrong?"
"Can you come here?" Hinawa asked. Lucas scratched the back of his neck before walking toward them.
"What is it?"
"We kinda had a bug on your phone." Lucas tilted his head.
"We wanted to know what you did at your job...and so we know what you've been doing," Flint said. Lucas looked down.
"Don't tell me it's true." Lucas forced his eyes closed. He knew what they were referring to. He didn't want to answer them. He didn't want them to change their looks about him. "Don't tell me….you've been sucking dick for money."
"Th-they offered me the money…" Lucas looked up at his parents, who now were standing up. "The money is going to help us…" Lucas reached into his pocket to grab the $250 and handed it to Flint. Flint simply put the money aside and kneeled to Lucas's eye level. He grabbed onto Lucas's shoulders.
"Have you ever done more?" Flint asked.
"N-no, nothing more than that."
"...and if they offered over $1000, would you?"
"..."
"Answer me!" Flint yelled, desperate for an answer. Lucas simply sighed. He shook away from Flint's grasp and started walking toward his room. But, before he got out of sight, he looked at his parents.
"...Money is money…" Lucas walked into his room, wanting to sleep off the filth he'd gone through.
He woke up the next day as if nothing from the previous day had happened. Claus knew about what Lucas had done, but nothing he could say could break Lucas's motives. They ended up going to school without much else to say about it. Lucas was also able to smoothly go through his classes. He always felt a tad uncomfortable because of gym-since he was in the swim unit-but even that went smoothly. He entered his clubroom to see everyone else waiting for him. Toon Link jumped up from one of the desks and clapped his hands. "Alrighty, now that everyone is here, can we set up the big table?" Toon Link asked. The big table was simply putting ten desks together to simulate a table. This did mean they had to move the other desks to the side, but it didn't take long since they were already used to doing it.
After the big table was formed, everyone sat at their own desk. All ten were filled, with no one person being stuck out. Lucas and Toon Link were in the middle of their respective sides. Junior and Inkling were on Lucas's right with Kumatora and Roy on his left. Toad and Shulk were on Toon Link's right with Young Link and Mega Man on his left. "Alright, so, we all know we're in Ultimatum because we've got a game about us, correct?"
"Yes…" Shulk answered.
"Alright, so, I was wondering if we could play every game about every person who lives in Ultimatum. Starting with Mario, the first person to move into this city of course."
"That sounds fun," Mega Man points out. Everyone else agreed.
"One problem…" Junior started. Everyone looked at him. "These bastards"—pointing to Lucas and Kumatora—"don't have their games available." Kumatora gave him a death stare.
"Do you want me to come over there and pop those two pathetic teeth out of your damn mouth?" Kumatora said. Junior nervously chuckled, knowing that she'd actually follow through on that. He just lowered himself on his seat.
"We'll deal with that when the time comes, for now, does everyone agree on this plan?" Toon Link asked. Everyone nodded. "Alrighty then. We'll start with Donkey Kong, of course, so get the Switch ready." Mega Man and Young Link are tasked to go get the systems. This is when everyone else started to take apart the big table and place them right next to each other, facing the projector screen, so that all of them could see and even play. While doing this, someone knocked on the door. Toon Link sighed. "Great, keep going, I'll make him go away." The club room had two doors to it. The clubroom was originally a large English room since it used to be a library-with the room having to be divided in two-so this room was perfect for their gaming life. The knock came from the door further back from the projector, the one Ganondorf never knocked on. Toon Link got to it and opened the door. He opened his mouth to defend himself from Ganondorf but saw that it was a boy. It was a boy he knew. It was Ness. Toon Link tilted his head. "N-Ness, was it?" Ness nodded his head. "Well, why're you here?" Ness reached into his pocket and brought out a phone.
"Is uh, is Lucas here?" Ness asked.
"Uh, yea." Toon Link turned into the room. "Yo, Lucas, come." Lucas looked up from the desk and ran over. He saw Ness and raised an eyebrow.
"Ness?" Lucas questioned. Ness gave a small grin as Toon Link left the two alone. Lucas stepped a little closer. "Why're you here?" Ness looked down at the phone in his hands. Lucas soon followed and saw the same phone. The phone was brand new. It was the newest phone made by ROB Industries, the biggest technology industry in the city.
"It's for you, the new ROB T11," Ness said. What Ness said took a few seconds to drain into Lucas's brain. Once it did he shot his head up and looked at Ness's face.
"I-it's mine?" Ness nodded.
"I felt bad that I broke your old phone, so I got this for you." Lucas grew a faint smile. He shook his head.
"I can't take this." Ness gave an exaggerated groan. He grabbed Lucas's hand and forced him to take the phone.
"You don't have a choice." Lucas looked down at the phone and turned it on. Just by the home screen he could tell it was new age and the type of phone he'd never be able to afford in his lifetime. Lucas pocketed the phone and looked back at Ness.
"Thanks…" Lucas happily said. Ness rubbed the back of his neck.
"It was no biggie." Lucas swore he could see a small hint of a blush in his cheeks, but decided not to point it out. Lucas then rubbed the back of his neck. "Um, I guess see ya."
"Yea." Ness gave Lucas a look that made it seem like he wanted to say more but just couldn't bring himself to do it. Ness decided to walk away. Lucas looked out after him and he couldn't help but smile.
Lucas played the games with his club until it was time to leave. While leaving, Lucas pulled out the phone so that he could adjust the settings to his liking. But once more, he was so focused on the phone that he didn't hear the "Watch out". Another Baseball slammed into Lucas's face, making him fall and drop the phone. However, while falling he decided to close his legs, this ended up catching the phone. Once he fell on the ground he checked for the phone and took a breath of relief when he saw it safely in his legs. Ness ran up to Lucas's side.
"I am so damn sorry." Ness turned back to his teammate. "WATCH WHERE YOU'RE HITTING IT DAMMIT." Ness turned back to Lucas and held out his hand. Lucas took it once he grabbed the phone. However, when Ness lifted him up, they didn't let go. They, instead, just looked into each other's eyes.
"It almost seems like you're doing this on purpose…" Lucas said in an odd tone. It almost sounded like he was flirting, but was still clearly unsure.
"Heh, I promise I'm not." They stared into each other's eyes for a while. Lucas's heart started beating heavily and he soon felt an odd feeling in his gut.
"You're, um…"
"I'm what?"
"You look, heh, you look…" Lucas nervously said. That's when he shook his head. He let go of Ness's hand and rubbed his neck. "I've g-gotta get go-going."
"Y-yea, you do that." Lucas gave a simple nod and walked away. Ness looked out after him, almost seeming like he was trying to make sure he walked safely. Ness didn't really want to rip his eyes from Lucas but knew he had to, so he did.
Lucas got home and opened the door. He instantly rushed in and closed the door, excited to show his parents the new phone. After dropping his bag he ran over to the kitchen table and showed his parents the new phone as if he was still a kid. They just gave him a surprised look. "How'd you get it?" Flint asked.
"A friend, he bought it for me," Lucas quickly said. Hinawa chuckled at his excitement, but then what she was talking with Flint about came into her head. She sighed and looked at Lucas, who could sense the tensions so he put the phone in his pocket. "What's wrong?"
"It's about your job," She said. Lucas looked down.
"W-what about it?"
"Do they know your age?"
"..."
"Come on Lucas, answer her," Flint said as he put a hand on Lucas's shoulder. Lucas sighed to himself.
"Y-yea. It's advertised on the site."
"You have to stop this job," Hinawa insisted.
"I-I can't."
"NO!" Hinawa yelled. Lucas was caught off guard by her sudden yelling, never once hearing her do it. Despite that, he still looked at the ground. He closed his eyes and shook his head. "Flint, call the cops." Lucas shot his head up.
"NO, DONT!" His parents looked at him.
"No amount of money is worth what you're doing at your age," Flint said.
"Not that." Lucas sighed deeply. He then wiped his eyes, despite there not being any tears. "If the school finds out I've been...prostituting myself...I'd get kicked out." Lucas balled up his fists and clenched them tightly. He then gave his parents a determined look that they've never seen from Lucas before. "Don't call the cops, I'm perfectly fine...trust me." Lucas then turned away and walked toward his room. Flint put the phone down and slammed his head into the table.
"We can still call," Hinawa said.
"He's right. He'd get kicked out of the school, and we don't have enough money or time to have some other education," Flint said.
"Then, let's just get second jobs." Flint picked his head up.
"You know Lucas will get hurt if we do."
"He's already getting hurt." Hinawa reached forward and grabbed Flint's hands. Flint knew this. No matter how hard Lucas tried to act tough for them, and for Claus, he was always hurting. He rarely gets to see Claus, which is what hurts him most. Flint sighed. "Sometimes he needs to get hurt to prevent further pain." It took awhile for Flint to think about what Hinawa said. No matter how hard he tried to deny the truth in her words, he couldn't. He simply nodded.
"Yea...let's do it."
The next day came. Once Lucas left his room he saw Claus and his parents at the kitchen table eating some breakfast. Claus looked over at Lucas. "I saved you some, hurry," Claus said. Lucas nodded and ran over. Lucas quickly started to eat, but then his phone started to ring. He took it out of his pocket and saw that the contact "Ness" was calling. Lucas answered it.
"Ness?" Lucas asked.
"Yo, Lucas, I hoped you didn't mind if I put my number in your phone," Ness said.
"I...I guess not. Why're you calling though."
"Oh, well, I felt bad that you got hit again yesterday so I was going to offer a ride."
"You'd do that?"
"Mhm, it's up to you of course." Lucas thought about the chance. He saw it as a chance to get close to Ness. He had strange feelings for Ness that he didn't know the extent of, but he liked the way Ness made him feel.
"S-sure." Lucas then gave Ness his address. Ness got off, leaving Lucas with the eyes of his family. Claus, in particular, was the sassiest with his face.
"Sooooo, who was that?" Claus asked with his voice higher pitched than normal. Lucas just scoffed at him.
"Don't worry about it." Despite saying that, he couldn't stop a blush from forming in his cheeks. Claus simply chuckled.
"Is it the person who gave you the phone?" Flint asked.
"Y-yea," Lucas answered. He resumed eating the food.
"Do you like him?" Hinawa asked. Lucas put the fork down. He gulped and looked at his family. He rubbed the back of his neck and nervously chuckled. Lucas turned to Claus, who was the first to look away from Lucas.
"I don't care if you do, just as long as he's not a fuckboy," Claus nonchalantly said.
"What if he is?" Lucas asked. He was less nervous than he previously was. Claus swallowed the bite he had and turned to Lucas.
"Then you have a fucked type." This is able to make Lucas laugh, which is refreshing for Claus to hear. He didn't let Lucas know this, but he enjoyed Lucas's laugh. Recently he hasn't really done it much, so Claus really valued it when it does come up.
About half an hour later Lucas walked into the living room with the same question. "Is he here yet?" Claus rolled his eyes. He didn't take his eyes off of the tv though.
"He wasn't here a minute ago, what would make him be here now?" Lucas tilted his head.
"Did you even look?" Claus didn't answer, so Lucas decided to walk to the window. He looked out and saw a black limo pull into the driveway. "...no way…" Lucas walked to the door and opened it. He poked his head out and saw the door open, and Ness stepped out. Ness then cleared his throat and walked over to Lucas. He fixed his collar on his way and stopped right in front of Lucas.
"You ready?" he asked. Lucas looked back at the limo. Ness looked back and giggled. "Oh, I guess you wouldn't know about this." Lucas shook his head.
"I'll...I'll get my stuff." Ness nodded, letting Lucas run back into the house to grab his stuff. During the wait, Claus walked out of the house to confront Ness. Ness tilted his head at the boy.
"He has a brother?" Claus crossed his arms and looked Ness up and down.
"Listen here…" Claus walked forward and menacingly pointed his finger into Ness's face. "If you do anything, and I do mean any goddamn thing, to hurt Lucas. I'll fuck you up, backward, forward, and upside down. Capice?" Ness shrunk down and gulped.
"Yes…" Ness said in a high pitched voice he never thought he could make. Claus's menacing look changed to a cheerful smile. He patted Ness's shoulder.
"Then we should be all cool." Claus didn't say anything else as he walked back into the house. Ness was still shaken up by Claus as Lucas came out. He tilted his head.
"Claus?" Lucas asked. Ness slowly nodded his head. Lucas giggled. "Yea, he can be a bit overprotective." Despite what Lucas said, Ness simply thought about the giggle he did. It was high pitched and very childish. To Ness, it was cute. Ness giggled as well, which loosened his nerves. He then cleared his throat and led Lucas to the limo. The limo wasn't the biggest limo known to man, but it was big enough to take up the entire length of the driveway. Ness opened the passenger's seat for Lucas. Ness even slightly bowed as Lucas got in. Ness got in and closed the door.. A small window connecting the back of the car to the front opened and a man showed himself.
"You ready sir?" he asked.
"Yea, go ahead, Falcon." The man nodded and closed the window. That was when he started driving. Lucas rubbed his wrists, not knowing what to say to Ness. He constantly opened his mouth to say something, but nothing truly came out. Lucas then turned toward Ness, who seemed to be in a world of his own. Lucas gulped.
"Um, N-Ness?" Lucas questioned. Ness turned to him.
"Yea?" For whatever reason, just from Ness looking at him, Lucas blushed. He shot his head down and shook it.
"I...um...why? Um...Why are you driving me?" Ness chuckled. He put a hand on Lucas's back, being able to feel his spine, and this sent a shiver through Lucas's body.
"I felt guilty for hitting you...again." Lucas closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Did I go too far, or something?" Lucas shot his head up in a blushing and shaking mess.
"No, no, no, no, no," Lucas said like a machine gun. "Of course not." Lucas lowered his head. "I feel like you'd have more fun with helping, I dunno, your friends out...or even girls, just someone who isn't me." Ness took the hand that was on Lucas's back-at least before Lucas shot up-and grabbed his chin. Ness then moved Lucas's head up. He could see just how deep the blush was, and it even seemed to grow deeper.
"Who said you weren't a friend?" Ness asked. After he asked it he gave Lucas a wink and stuck the tip of his tongue out of his mouth.
"...so cute…"
"Huh?"
"OH, N-NOTHING. DO-DO-DON'T WORRY!" Ness laughed at how flustered Lucas was. Lucas was almost gyrating as if defending from something invisible. The driver opened the window and looked at the two boys. He saw how messed up Lucas was and just tilted his head.
"Don't worry about anything, Falcon…" Ness innocently smiled. Lucas just looked at him. He was expecting Ness to be freaked out by his own freakout. Once the man closed the window, Ness turned to Lucas. "At least I know how to make you blush."
"You did that on purpose?" Ness giggled.
"Perhaps," Ness said as he looked away. Lucas hoped that Ness's answer would stop the blush, but it only ended up making it grow. Lucas brought out the phone and just looked at the black screen. He adjusted the phone slightly so that he could see Ness's reflection. It brought a smile to his face. Lucas turned to Ness, now with his blush significantly lessened.
"Ness?" Ness turned to look at Lucas.
"Hm?"
"Could...we take a photo together?" Lucas nervously asked. Ness smirked.
"Course." Lucas's small smile grew larger. He turned the phone on, went to the camera app, and sat a little closer to Ness. Lucas held the phone away to get them both in the frame. Lucas was about to snap the photo when he heard Ness say stop. Lucas looked at Ness and saw him sit even closer to Lucas, having their leg touch, and wrapped his arm around the back of Lucas's neck. He then looked at the phone. "No need to be scared." Lucas gulped and held the phone back up. He saw Ness smile. This made a smile form on Lucas's face, even having dimples form at the edges of the smile. Lucas then snapped the photo.
The two of them sat back in their normal seats. Lucas looked down at the photo and felt accomplished. "Your dimples are cute." This comment made Lucas's entire body tense up. Lucas shakily looked at Ness.
"Huh…?" Ness giggled at the sight.
"I was just saying...You're pretty cute." Lucas's face flushes with red. He was surprised he didn't have smoke or blood coming out of him like he's ripped straight out of an anime.
"Wh-wh-wh-what? Y-y-you're joking, r-r-right?" Ness burst into laughter. It was a refreshing laugh to Lucas. Ness calmed down and looked out the window on his right, opposite Lucas.
"Maybe...maybe not…" Lucas looked down at the photo once more and his blush calmed down a bit.
"W-well…" Lucas had a thought on his mind. He wanted to say something but was scared to. If he was going to say what he wanted to say, it'd have to be forced. "Y-you're more h-h-handsome than cute...You're a true, uh, a true man…" Ness didn't allow Lucas to see what he was doing, but he was smiling...he was blushing. What he said, about Lucas being cute, came from the heart. He didn't see Lucas as just a friend; he was much more.
They finally made it to the school. Ness, much like he did earlier, held the door open for Lucas. Lucas exited but quickly realized he was missing his bag. As soon as he turned to retrieve it from the limo, Ness grabbed it for him. Ness put Lucas's backpack on Lucas for him. "There ya go." After closing the limo door he patted on Lucas's shoulder as a bye. He started walking away. Lucas kept his eye on Ness as he walked away. Lucas looked at his phone, which-once turned on-showed the photo he took with Ness. Lucas held his thumb on the picture to bring up options. One of the options was "Set as background", and he chose it. He adjusted it to just focus on Ness. Lucas's new background was a smiling Ness. Lucas looked back up and saw Ness make it to the front doors.
"NESS!" Lucas yelled. Ness turned around. "Uhh, see you later." Ness chuckled into a smile.
"You better promise it," he winked. Ness then walked into the school. Lucas took a large and deep breath. That was when he was startled by Claus.
"Finally made it, huh?" Claus asked. Lucas looked up at Claus and cleared his throat.
"How'd you get here so fast, I left before you?" Claus chuckled.
"I have my ways." That was when Lucas looked behind Claus and saw Claus's best friend, Ninten, walk up. Lucas always thought they were too close. Ninten put his elbow on Claus's shoulder, allowing him to lean on him.
"Yo, Luke," Ninten greeted with his normal, sarcastic tone.
"Ahh, so your BB, I get it now," Lucas smugly said, knowing exactly what he meant. Ninten did too, so he burst into a small fit of laughter. Claus just looked at Ninten, confused. That was when Ninten whispered to Claus the meaning of BB. Claus's face turned slightly red as he looked at Lucas.
"He's not my bottom bitch," he said, trying his absolute hardest to not yell it across the school ground. He ended up crossing his arms. "And plus, he doesn't give off nearly as much bottom energy as you do." Lucas's face then flushed in the same red from before.
"I….I'll j-just head t-t-to class." Lucas blankly left the two boys. Ninten crossed his arms as he watched Lucas enter the school.
"You saw him leave Ness's limo too, huh?" Ninten asked.
"Mhm, remember the boy I told you about?" Claus whispered. Ninten nodded. "Ness is him." Ninten chuckled.
"He totally has a crush on him."
"Right?!" Claus chuckled as he made his way to the entrance.
"Hey, Claus?" Claus turned his head. "Just for the record...I don't mind being your BB."
Lucas went through most of the day like normal. He got to his gym class. He changed into his swim trunks and left to join the rest of the class in the pool. Still, everything was normal. That was when their teacher, Samus, told all of the students to get in their lines. She stood out of the pool and in front of everyone. She cleared her throat. "Alright class, before we get into the warmups, I have something to announce. A new student will be joining us. Come on out Ness," Samus announced. Lucas shot his head toward the locker rooms, hoping that it was just another boy with the same name, but it wasn't. Ness stepped out of the locker room with his own pair of swim trunks on. Lucas just looked at his bare chest. He couldn't rip his eyes from the sight.
Ninten, who was in the same class as Lucas, saw this. Ninten's place in line was right in front of Lucas. Seeing Lucas stare at Ness's pretty much naked body confirmed what he already felt confirmed. Ninten even had to splash Lucas a bit just to kick Lucas from his stare. "You'll freak him out," Ninten said quietly. Lucas, with a blushed face, looked down. He did hear a lot of the girls squeal at Ness.
"He decided to change to this class himself, so please, welcome him with open arms." Everyone was happy that Ness was in their class. Lucas had no clue why though. "Alright, go to the first line." Ness nodded and jumped into the pool. As Samus told the students what to do as a warmup, Ness swam over to the first line. When he got there he instantly looked at Lucas, who was looking at him. Lucas instantly shot his head away, which made Ness giggle.
After a while of warmups, Samus told the students what they'll be doing. "We'll be testing your freestyle, so please partner up with one other person and get over to the left side." The instant she let the students decide was the same instant that Ness was surrounded by people. Ninten swam to Lucas's side and just watched the small scene play through.
"What's everyone doing?" Lucas asked.
"They want to be partners with the popular kid, of course," Ninten said. Lucas looked at Ninten, confused.
"Popular?" Ninten nodded.
"He constantly gets people wanting to be his friends, his girlfriend, hell; even boyfriend. He's turned them all down...for one reason or another." Lucas looked back at Ness, who seemed very uncomfortable with his situation. Ninten put his hand on Lucas's back. "Go save him."
"If he won't partner up with those people, why would he partner up with me?" Ninten smirked as he looked at Ness.
"He never allowed anyone-not even his best friends-into his limo." That was when Ninten swam off, leaving Lucas by himself. Lucas dunked his head underwater to allow himself to calm his nerves. The cold water did just that. Lucas stuck his head back out of the water and shook his head. He took a deep breath then began swimming toward the large crowd around Ness. He couldn't get any closer and yet, there were still four girls in front of him. Lucas cleared his throat, which allowed Ness to see him.
"W-would you l-like to be partners?" Ness grew a smile and pushed his way through the crowd. He put his hand on Lucas's shoulder.
"Of course, Lukey," Ness said. This earned a lot of groans from the others, but Lucas just centered on the name, Lukey.
"Lukey?"
"Yea, my nickname for you...you don't mind, do you?" Lucas shook his head.
"N-no...it's nice." Lucas looked up at Ness. Despite being slightly taller than Ness, Lucas was slightly crouching in the pool so he seemed smaller. Ness looked down into Lucas's deep blue eyes.
"If only the water looked like your eyes…" Lucas blushed some more, but couldn't have too much time to think about it because Samus told them to get to the left edge. They started to swim laps. One person in each pair would swim to the other side of the pool and back, which then allowed the next person to swim down. They just needed to keep alternating like that.
Lucas was on the left side as he watched Ness swim down. They've already done this a few times, but his one time, Lucas seemed to focus on Ness's body. Lucas couldn't help but stare. This made Lucas's mind wander and enter questionable situations. Before he even knew it, Ness made it back to him. Ness put his hand on Lucas's shoulder. Ness's warm hand only fueled Lucas's thoughts. "Lukey!" Lucas jumped and cleared his throat.
"Uh, r-right…" Lucas started to swim. But, even while swimming, his thoughts clouded him. "Why am I like this?... Why is he making me feel these things?... Why can't I control myself?..." Lucas thought. Due to being stuck in his head, Lucas had no clue how close he was to the other side, and so he crashed his head into it. This made Lucas yelp while under the water, causing some water to enter his lungs; making him choke.
Ness was the first to react. He quickly swam over to where Lucas was. Before Lucas sunk too far under the water, Ness was able to grab him and pull him up. Once up, Ness pushed on Lucas's gut. This forced Lucas to cough up water on Ness. After a rather long coughing spree, Lucas recovered and gripped onto the edge of the pool. Samus had, by that point, gotten over to him. "Are you ok Lucas?" Samus asked, showing her worry. Lucas took a deep breath. His head was still somewhat foggy.
"Y-yea…" Lucas gave another single cough. Samus let out a small sigh.
"Ness, can you take Lucas into the locker room, make sure he gets changed, and take him to the nurse?"
"Of course," Ness patted on Lucas's back and led Lucas to the front of the pool. Lucas was slow, so by the time he got to where Ness was, Samus already resumed the class in the deep pool. From the front of the pool is a smaller corner that is connected to the staircase in and out. Ness led Lucas to it. Ness made sure Lucas was at the staircase before he started to get out. This only made Lucas's mind worse. He saw Ness step out of the pool, with the water dripping off his back. Lucas's mouth fell agape from the sight. That's when a certain feeling came over him.
Ness got out of the pool and looked back at Lucas, who hadn't moved an inch. "Come on Lukey, need help?" Lucas shakily nodded his head. Ness walked back into the pool, and that was when Lucas pulled Ness closer so he could whisper in Ness's ear.
"I-I have a-a bit of...of a situation….d-d-downstairs," Lucas whispered.
"Down...stairs?" Ness looked down.
"DON'T LOOK!"
"S-SORRY!" Ness screamed as he flailed his hands. He cleared his throat and looked back at the others in the deep end of the pool. They are in a perfect spot to see Lucas's situation, especially with wet swim trunks. Ness then grabbed Lucas's left arm and put it over the back of his neck. "They won't be able to see it this way, so walk with me." Lucas gave a nod as they exited the pool. Just as Ness said, no one was able to see. They were able to make it to the locker room door.
"Oh, boys!" Samus yelled. Ness and Lucas looked at her, she was at the very opposite of the room. "Don't forget that you need to take the shower...don't go to the nurse's office smelling like chlorine, 'K?"
"Yes, ma'am…" Both boys said before either could drain what she said. They entered the locker room. That was when Lucas realized what she said.
"SHOWER!" Ness shot around because he had walked ahead of Lucas, and raised an eyebrow.
"What's the matter? Don't you always need to hop in the shower after the pool?" Ness asked. Lucas lowered himself a bit.
"Y-yea, but never have I been...alone with someone." Ness grinned and then gave him a wink.
"What makes me different from all the other boys?" Ness proceeded to enter the shower room. He had gotten out of sight, but Lucas could see Ness throw his swim trunks outside the smaller room. Lucas gasped to himself.
"Oh, no…" he said to himself. Lucas shook his head and slapped both of his cheeks. "Calm down...he's just a boy. A boy who's got a nice body….and….Crap." Ness popped his head out of the shower room.
"You comin'?"
"YES!" Ness returned to his shower. "Fuck…" Lucas said under his breath. He tried to let out a calm and easy breath to help his nerves. "Ok, you've got this." He finally walked into the shower room, also getting out of sight for anyone who may be looking into the room from outside of it. "WHY'RE YOU BENDING DOWN?!" Lucas screamed.
"WHY'RE YOU LOOKING?"
"AAAAH!"
Just as Lucas expected, the shower was awkward. He did well to hide his situation. Ness talked through it all, and that seemed to help Lucas's nerves. They soon finished and changed. They made their way to the nurse's office where Lucas simply needed a small break. He went through the rest of the day like normal and was now in his clubroom. They already made the small row of desks to continue their game, and they're on Super Mario Bros 3.
Lucas got the controller and started playing. He was playing off though. He was usually the best at the games, but he was dying to Goombas and to small pits. He wasn't jumping at all. Toon Link noticed this and told him to pass the controller onto Shulk. Toon Link then brought Lucas over to a small table formed by two desks. They sat opposite each other. "Is something bothering you, Lucas?" Toon Link asked. Lucas simply looked down and grew silent. "You can tell me?" Toon Link was talking in a tone rarely heard from his lips. His tone was calm and sincere. He was considerate.
"You...ever had a crush on someone?" Lucas asked, still refusing to look up at him. Toon Link leaned back in his seat, thinking.
"Hmm? Well, yea, a few." Toon Link looked at Lucas. He was fiddling with his hands, he was tense and nervous. Toon Link sat upright. "Why're you asking?"
"...How does it feel?" Lucas asked, finally being able to look up at him.
"Uh, well, I guess it feels nice. But, to be more specific, it feels like you always want to spend time with them, you always want them around, you want them to be happy. You can get sweaty or, I dunno, butterflies I guess."
"I-I see." Toon Link tilted his head.
"You've got a crush?" Lucas shook his head slowly.
"I-I don't know."
"Who is it?" Lucas looked down and grabbed his phone from his pocket. He then showed Toon Link his background, showing that it was Ness who was making him feel the way he was feeling. "Ness…? The popular kid? You've got some standards there." Lucas looked at Toon Link, showing the seriousness in his eyes. Toon Link cleared his throat. "A lot of people have crushes on him, and he knows this...how is he with you?" Lucas looked down at the photo of him.
"He's nice. H-he allows me to be me. He seems to enjoy my time and...he seems like h-he's teasing me." Toon Link crossed his arms.
"To be frank...I think he knows you have a crush on him."
"WHAT!" Lucas screamed, garnering glances from the rest of the club. Lucas gave a simple hand gesture that said "sorry".
"It's not bad." Lucas turned back to Toon Link.
"How?"
"As I said, he knows that a lot of people have crushes on him. Yet, he seems to be entertaining your crush. Either he's unaware of the crush, he enjoys the attention, he's toying with your, or…."
"H-he likes me back?" Toon Link gave a simple nod. Lucas gave himself a few chuckles, but they were sadder than his normal chuckles. "As if." Lucas saw the picture of Ness again and smirked. "He's my crush, huh?" Lucas turned the phone off and looked back at Toon Link. "Thanks." Toon Link giggled.
"Yea, no worries man. Now, let's go show them some real Mario moves."
"Right," Lucas said with the determination that he seemed to have lost earlier.
Later that day, their club activities were over, so he had to start heading home. As he exited the school, he made sure no baseballs were flying toward him. There weren't. Lucas also didn't see Ness so he just decided to walk home, he knew he needed this walk to think about his feelings. Before he got too far from the school, he heard Ness's voice from behind him. Lucas turned around and saw Ness running quickly toward him. Ness stopped in front of Lucas. "Hey, I've got something to ask," he said.
"Yea?" Ness reached into his pocket and grabbed a small envelope. He then handed it to Lucas. Lucas looked at it and saw that the wax seal was a red circle with an engraved cross in the lower left. Lucas tilted his head as he looked at it.
"I'm having a party in two days and was wondering if you'd like to come?" Lucas looked up and saw that Ness was nervous. He was somewhat sweaty and rubbing the back of his neck. Lucas grew a small smile.
"Yea, I'd like to go." Ness immediately beamed at the response.
"Yay. Anyway, want to hitch a ride with me?" Lucas shook his head as he pocketed the invitation.
"N-no thanks, I kinda want to work my legs out a bit." Ness seemed somewhat disappointed but didn't allow it to show much.
"Aight, stay safe." Ness patted Lucas's shoulder and ran back toward the limo.
It didn't take long for Lucas to make it home. When he did, he looked around the living room. He saw his mom sitting on the couch, but didn't see his dad. He gave Hinawa a confused look. He walked over to her after dropping off his bag. "Where's dad?" Hinawa just stayed silent and looked down. This was enough of an answer for Lucas. "No…" Hinawa looked up at Lucas.
"We had to, we need the money."
"B-but, I'm making a lot."
"BY SUCKING DICK! We don't want our son prostituting himself out because of our mistakes." Lucas looked down.
"This won't stop me from doing my job."
"We know, we're just hoping we can get enough money before some sick bastard wants more from you." Hinawa stood up and put a hand on Lucas's shoulder. She then forced Lucas to look up at her. "Just...try not to pass those boundaries." Hinawa then kissed Lucas's forehead and patted his back. "Good luck." Lucas simply shook his head and walked to his room where he got ready for his job.
This gig was in a neighborhood he was in before. It was the rich neighborhood. He went to a different neighborhood yesterday so he forgot how expensive it looked to live here. Unlike the last time he was there, this gig was in one of the large mansions. Lucas soon arrived at the very large mansion. Lucas drove into the driveway and only then did he truly notice the size of the place. He knew he'd most likely only be in one room, but the size of the entire place is intimidating to him. Lucas stepped out of the car and locked it, before walking to the front door. The front door was atop a staircase. After walking up there he knocked on the door. A person soon opened it.
"Yes?" a bulky man said. His voice was deep and very imposing on Lucas. Lucas gulped as he looked up at the strong man.
"I, uh, came for the s-services…" The man nodded. Lucas entered the mansion and saw the large foyer. The foyer had various places to go from it. There was a door directly ahead of the front door-but Lucas would have to walk across the yard length foyer to get there-doors on the left and right, and there were two staircases that led up to a small balcony that overlooked the foyer and led to other rooms. The man led Lucas up to this second floor and showed Lucas to a room that had a sign on it. The sign read, "Only for the Earthbound". Lucas tilted his head, the name sounded familiar. The man opened the door to show a messy room. There was sports equipment scattered across the floor, games, and gaming equipment much like the sports ones. There were also clothes, plushies, and it was just overall a mess.
"My son doesn't clean his room, please do it for him." Lucas nodded and entered the room.
It took him about an hour to fully clean it. Lucas needed to tell the man, so he went on a search for him. Lucas soon found the man in a massive living room which was the room directly in front of the front door. The man was sitting on the couch watching his very expensive-looking TV. Lucas walked over to him and bowed. "I finished." The man stood up and handed Lucas the $50 he owed. Lucas took it, gave another bow, and started on his walk to the front door. That was until the man spoke up again. "Excuse me?" Lucas stopped right as he was about to exit the living room. He turned to see the man being very nervous.
"Yes?" The man reached into his pocket and brought out $200. Lucas knew what this meant.
"I would like to try that 'special service' you offer." Lucas looked down with a sigh. He looked out of the room and saw the front door. He simply sighed and closed the door. He walked back to the man, took the money, and prepared to do the deed. And he did; no interruptions.
Lucas entered his car, wiped what was leftover on his face, and sighed to himself. Before he could allow himself to think about what he did, he started driving home.
The next day Lucas woke up to find that his mom wasn't at the house. He took a shower, got changed, and prepared himself breakfast. Claus was sitting on the couch when Flint walked into the house after some fieldwork. He gave Claus a look, and Claus gave Flint the same look. They were worried about Lucas. Flint walked over to Lucas, who was at the sink. "Hey, bud…"
"...hi…"
"LIsten, about—"
"No, don't. Don't even try, it's useless." The toaster soon finished and popped out the two pieces of toast. Lucas turned to see Flint right behind him.
"Lucas? You hate toast." Lucas just walked past his dad to eat in his room. Before he got out of Flint's sight he stopped and looked at him.
"Yea, I do, but I do a lot of things that I hate...what's a little toast gonna do?" Claus just looked at him, full of guilt. He knew, for the longest time, that Lucas was doing special services to older people-men and women-but just decided not to do anything about it.
Lucas was able to get through classes rather easily. Even Gym was easier. Ness still seemed to try and make Lucas fluster, but due to the accident yesterday, Lucas wasn't allowed to participate, so he was on his phone the entire time. Before he knew it, he got to the clubroom.
They started the day with a small Super Mario 64 race, just so they could add a little spice to the gaming binge. Kumatora and Jr. were the ones playing last. When it wasn't their turn, they were able to drain in skills that the others used so they were able to get further than anyone who went prior. But, this also made them both more competitive. So, after the timer ended, Kumatora came out as the winner. Half of the room cheered and the other half booed. Either way, it was loud. Toon Link knew it was too loud when he heard a knock at the door that Ganondorf always used. Toon Link shushed the club and walked over to the door. He opened it and saw an anger-filled Ganondorf. Toon Link nervously chuckled.
"H-hey, Ganon, wassup," Toon Link nervously said.
"Don't call me Ganon," Ganondorf said. Toon Link snapped his fingers into finger guns and pointed them at Ganondorf.
"Sure thing," Toon Link said as he "shot" the finger guns.
"And what did I say about the noise?" Toon Link opened his mouth to answer, but couldn't find it. He knew the answer, he just didn't want to say it. Ganondorf crossed his arms. "This ungodly club is both useless and not what we want to have in this school." Ganondorf lowered his head with an evil smirk plastered on his face. "This club is hereby canceled."
"What?"
"No," the entire club said.
"Now, now, Ganondorf, ain't that against the rules?" a voice came from outside the room, and it seemed closer to Ganondorf. Lucas knew the owner of this voice; it was Ness. Ganondorf looked toward his left and saw Ness walking toward him.
"It's not against the rules. I'm the VP, I should know," Ganondorf smugly said. Ness crossed his arms and tilted his head.
"Really? Then you're one sucky ass VP. It's clearly against the rules to cancel a club for any reason outside of one: not enough club members, two: inappropriate behavior by the members of the club, three: approves of certain activities/behaviors that the school deems wrong, or four: purposely kicking/not allowing members due to any reason outside of them doing things morally wrong. Last time I checked, this club did none of those, so you can't cancel them," Ness explained. He did it all with a bit of snark in his voice. Ganondorf growled to himself and scoffed.
"Fine…" Ganondorf walked away, accepting his defeat. Toon Link gave a sigh of relief. Lucas walked over and bowed to Ness.
"Thank you…" Lucas said. Ness chuckled.
"No problem," Ness said as Toon Link went back to the others. Lucas stood up straight. "Ganondorf is always keen to cancel things he doesn't like. He tried it with my baseball team, 'cause he simply hates me."
"He sucks."
"For real." Toon Link called Lucas over so they could continue the game. Lucas gave another bow before walking toward them. Before he made it, though, Ness spoke up. "Don't forget about the party, and don't be afraid to bring a plus one." Lucas gave a nod, which was enough to satisfy Ness.
After the club had to dissipate Lucas exited the school. He didn't end up talking to Ness before walking home, so he ended up going straight there. Once he entered his room he got a notification from his site that said someone signed up for that afternoon's session. Lucas gave an annoyed sigh since it seemed like he was going to get the day off. Lucas brought the phone up and saw that it was the same address from yesterday. This has only happened a few times, where a prior client would call for the sole purpose of the "special service". This is what Lucas assumed the purpose of the job to be.
Lucas made it back to the mansion and nothing about the mansion or the man was different. The man was more nervous though. He insisted on having Lucas go to his son's room. Lucas did since he knew he was getting paid either way. The man told Lucas to sit on the bed and then he started to search the bedroom. He soon brought out some blue and white striped pajamas. Lucas tilted his head. "This is my son's...could you wear it?" the man asked. Lucas squinted his eyes in confusion.
"H-how come?" Lucas asked.
"I-I want you to look more like him when you do it."
"..." Lucas felt disgusted. He jumped off the bed. "I-I don't know. This is too weird—"
"I'll pay you $5,000."
"F-five thousand?" The man nodded. Lucas looked at the pajamas. It looked like it could fit him. He sighed as he grabbed the outfit. "F-fine, but you know the rules." Lucas held out his hand. The man quickly put the money in Lucas's hand. Lucas didn't really expect this. He was hoping that he caught the man in a bluff, but he was really paying him to do those things while looking like his son. Lucas shook his head as he looked around the room for a closet.
"Change in front of me." Lucas opened his mouth, but the man simply dropped another $5,000. Lucas picked up the money and felt disgusted with himself. That was when he decided….he had to do what the man paid him to do.
Right as the man finished the door to the room zoomed open. The man jumped around and saw his son, Ness. Ness looked at the scene he barged into. His dad, pantless, and Lucas's face covered in his dad's substances. The situation was quickly analyzed and turned into anger. Ness shot his head toward his dad. "THE FUCK! YOU SICK MOTHERFUCKER, GET OUT THE DAMN HOUSE BEFORE I CALL THE DAMN COPS," Ness yelled, his voice full of anger. The man pulled up his pants and ran out of the room. Lucas looked down, extremely embarrassed, and ashamed for Ness to see him like that. Ness carefully walked over and kneeled in front of Lucas. "Gross...he got his shit all over your face." Ness grabbed Lucas's hand. Lucas opened his mouth to say something, but Ness shook his head. "Don't, we don't want any to enter your mouth. Come on, I'll take you to the shower." Ness did what he said he would. He brought Lucas to the bathroom and to the shower. That was when he noticed Lucas wearing his pajamas. He knew he'd have to ask about it later. He took all of the clothes off of Lucas and helped him into the shower. Lucas gave Ness a look of sorrow yet thankfulness.
Lucas was able to shower and get everything off of his face. Ness told him to put the pajamas back on and he led Lucas down to the kitchen, which was the left door from the foyer. Inside, he told Lucas to sit at the table as he grabbed something to eat. Lucas looked down at his hands, still very ashamed. "I'm sorry you h-had to see that?" Lucas said. Ness didn't give Lucas a response, leading Lucas to believe Ness was mad. "I'm sorry." Ness placed a plate of sugar cookies and cups of milk on the table. He then sat opposite Lucas.
"Why were you doing it?" Lucas just looked at the milk with a disgusted face. "Oh, crap, sorry." Ness panicked a bit but ended up just pushing the cups of milk off of the table. The cups shattered and the milk spilled. "Please, answer my question."
"Uhhh…" Lucas shook his head from the spilled milk and looked at Ness. "We-well, my family is in a load of debt so I needed a job. But when my cleaning job wasn't making enough I started offering…'special services' and you can presume what those services are." Ness looked down.
"You've been sucking dick for money?"
"No-not every time...but it has happened m-more than I'd like to say." Ness shook his head. He looked up.
"Why were you doing it in my pajamas?" Lucas looked down at them.
"He w-wanted me to l-look like you."
"...d-did he do anything else...dealing with me?" Lucas looked at Ness's determined eyes.
"You sure you want to know?"
"YES!"
"..." Lucas thought about lying and saying no, but Ness would probably be able to tell if Lucas was lying or not. Lucas sighed. "He moaned your name...he was envisioning that you were doing it and, well, and not me." Ness slammed his fist into the table. That was when he closed his eyes and started breathing. His anger seemed to calm down when he next opened his eyes. He looked Lucas up and down.
"Well...you look cute in those." Lucas's face grew red.
"I-I, well...Imma just eat a cookie." Lucas quickly grabs a cookie and stuffed his mouth, mainly giving himself an excuse to stay quiet. Ness looked down and closed his eyes.
"I hope you never had to do more?" Lucas swallowed the cookie and shook his head.
"No...just that." Ness looked up with a smirk.
"How much would it cost?"
"Uhh, two thousand, why you ask?"
"Future reference," Ness said as he stood up.
"WAIT, WHAT!" Ness giggled as he walked away from Lucas. He motioned for Lucas to follow him, and Lucas did. They came to a small room that looked like it was used as some type of office. Ness found a checkbook and a pen.
"How much do you owe?"
"Three million, so please don't waste any on me."
"Damn, the hell happened? Eh, it's just three million." Ness then wrote Lucas a check for 3 million dollars. He ripped the check out of the checkbook and handed it to Lucas. Lucas took it wide-eyed. "And don't worry about me. Three million is like pocket change." Lucas looked at Ness.
"Way to flex on me." Ness giggled and wrapped his arm around the back of Lucas's neck.
"We may share that pocket change in the future." Lucas pocketed the check and looked at Ness, their faces were nearly touching. Despite how close they were, neither felt awkward.
"Wouldn't you share it with your wife or something?"
"I never said I wasn't gonna marry you," Ness smirked. It wasn't a joking smirk, however, it was an honest one. It was one that told Lucas he was telling the truth.
"What?" Ness shook his head and patted Lucas's back.
"You should get that home before you forget." Instead of keeping on the subject of Ness marrying him, Lucas just decided to go along with Ness. Ness led him to the front door and even opened the door for him. Ness watched Lucas walk down the sidewalk that led to the driveway and to his car. "Hey, Lukey?" Lucas turned around and raised an eyebrow. "Will I be seeing you at the party?"
"Of course you are." Ness smiled.
"I promise you won't have to suck a grown man's dick this time. But maybe you'll….nevermind." Ness instantly popped into his house after saying that.
"HEY, WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!" Ness let his hand exit the house and wave Lucas away. Ness then closed the door, leaving Lucas to himself. Lucas simply looked down and giggled to himself. Lucas continued his way to his car and drove home.
He got to his house and instantly shot in. Hinawa was on the couch, as usual, and she gave Lucas a confused look when he barged in. Lucas ran to Hinawa. "LOOK!" Lucas showed Hinawa the check and she jumped off the couch to take it. She flipped the check around to seemingly check it's validity. She then turned to Lucas, who was also smiling.
"You didn't have to do, you know?"
"No, I did—" Lucas looked down. "I didn't have to do more, at least." Hinawa kneeled and moved Lucas's head so they could look in each other's eyes.
"You better stop this job now."
"I will don't worry." Hinawa chuckled and started getting ready to leave. Right as she opened the door, Lucas called out to her. Hinawa turned to see Lucas. "I do have a crush on Ness." Hinawa looked Lucas up and down, then grew a smile. She didn't say anything though. She simply left, but that was exactly what Lucas wanted. Lucas didn't want anything more than neutral feelings. This was the best possible outcome for him.
The next day rolled around. The entire day Lucas was nervous about the party. Despite the fact, the party started at 10 p.m, Lucas still felt nervous. Claus and Lucas both ended their jobs so they were home the entire day. Claus tried his best to make Lucas feel better, but nothing he could do could help him. Before either of them knew it, the time for the party was about to start. Lucas was thinking about not going at all. He sat on his bed contemplating the thought. Claus soon walked in. "Yo," he said. Lucas didn't answer. Lucas was at the foot of his bed, balancing the phone on two of his fingers. Claus sat next to Lucas. "Shouldn't you be heading out?" Lucas stopped balancing the phone and placed it in his pocket.
"I don't want to scare him."
"Scare him? How in God's holy name would you scare him?" Lucas looked at his now empty hands.
"My feelings...toward him." Claus nodded to himself.
"Oh...I see." Claus looked down and thought about his answer. He then jumped up and stretched his back. "Well, don't be a pussy." Lucas looked up at Claus. He tilted his head. Claus looked down at Lucas. "Like, seriously. He paid off the debt."
"He was probably just being a good friend."
"BULLSHIT! I don't care how good of friends people may claim to be, no friend will nonchalantly give away three million dollars. But someone who wants to be with you, might." Lucas stood up and scratched his neck.
"You think so?"
"I know so," Claus said as he put his hand on Lucas's shoulder. Lucas nodded.
"Ok...Ok, I'll go." Claus chuckled and followed Lucas out of the room and to the front door. Lucas opened the door.
"Hey?" Lucas looked back with a raised eyebrow. "Go get him, tiger." Lucas smirked.
"Yea." Lucas left and walked toward his car. He then started on his drive to Toon Link's house, his plus one, then to Ness's house.
The large mansion was already pretty crowded. Despite the many people having fun, the driveway was nearly empty. Lucas and Toon Link left the car and started walking toward the front door, which seemed to be fixed open. They walked in and saw that fewer people were inside that it seemed like from the outside. The foyer had a few tables of punch, snacks, and surely some alcohol. None of the guests were recognized by Lucas or Toon Link, so they felt a tad out of place. "Hey cutie…" a boy said to the left of both boys. When they turned they knew that the boy was talking to Toon Link. They could also tell that the boy was drunk.
"Uhh, hey? Umm, Villager, right?" Toon Link asked. The boy nodded. "I've seen him around Ness a few times." Lucas simply nodded. Villager grabbed Toon Link's hand and tugged at him.
"Come on—" Villager got cut off by a hiccup. "Come on Toonie." Toon Link nervously chuckled.
"How does he know your name?" Lucas asked, getting slightly suspicious. Toon Link's chuckles got more nervous.
"W-well, you see, we…" Toon Link struggled to say.
"We're Smash Brothers," Villager said.
"Smash….Brothers?" Lucas tilted his head. Toon Link face palmed while harboring a very blushed face. "That's um...quite sus….and isn't incest illegal?"
"Aw goddammit," Toon Link groaned. Toon Link gripped onto the arm Villager used to grab Toon Link's hand. "Come on, you're drunk," Toon Link sounded sincere when he told Villager this, like he truly cared for his well being. Toon Link then pulled Villager away. Villager looked back at Lucas.
"Bye-Bye…" Villager said with a rather high pitched voice. Lucas just awkwardly waved bye.
"Yo, you're here," an excited voice can be heard through the small crowd. Lucas looked and saw Ness struggling to get through the people. He was finally able to do it and he held out his hand. "Come on, I wanna take you somewhere more private."
"..." Ness soon realized how that sounded.
"That's not what I meant, I just wanna talk." Lucas grinned and grabbed the extended arm. Ness then gently led Lucas upstairs and to his room. Inside he looked around the clean room. He kicked the door-however the door didn't close all the way-and let go of Lucas's hand. Lucas walked over to the bed and sat on it. "Were you the one who cleaned my room?" Ness asked as he turned around.
"Mhm, took a while though."
"D-did you go in the closet?"
"Uh, yea...was I not supposed to?" Lucas asked, tilting his head. Ness simply shook his head.
"No, it's not that. Did you leave the closet?"
"Did I come out of the closet? Of course I—" Lucas realized what he just said and covered his mouth with his hands. Ness just burst into laughter. "Bastard," Lucas said, but it was muffled.
"Ok, ok, seriously though, did you find anything...interesting in there?" Lucas lowered his hands.
"Interesting? No. Grant it I wasn't really paying too much attention." Ness took a breath of relief. He walked over to the bed and sat next to Lucas. He seemed to have something on his mind. "Um, everything alright?"
"I didn't think you'd come."
"Why?" Ness looked up at Lucas.
"After all the times I've made you uncomfortable."
"Oh." Ness leaned forward with his elbows on his feet.
"So….do you got a crush on me?"
"...what?" Lucas was thrown off by the sudden question. He really did know about his feelings. Despite knowing, he still hung out with him. Lucas looked away from Ness, but that was his answer. Ness giggled to himself.
"I assumed so, ever since you got a hard-on from seeing me leave the pool." Lucas's face flushed with blush. He knew that his situation was from him. His uncomfort was somewhat eased when he felt something on his knee. He looked and he saw that it was Ness's hand. Lucas turned to Ness. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." Lucas realized Ness misunderstood his uncomfort.
"Th-that's not what I was worried about." Ness simply raised an eyebrow as a question. "My crush is with you, why would I care about what anyone else thinks?" Ness grew a sly smirk, making Lucas slightly confused.
"So you do have a crush on me? I didn't really know, but now I do at least." Lucas groaned and covered his face with his hands.
"DAMMIT!" Lucas said. It was somewhat muffled. Ness put at hand on Lucas's back.
"Hey, hey, come on, it's cool." Lucas removed his hands.
"I have a crush on you, and it's cool?" Lucas angrily asked. Despite his anger, it seemed to stem from desperation. Ness laid back on his bed and looked at the roof of his room.
"Of course it is...especially if I have a crush on you too."
"..." Lucas just looked at Ness. He didn't know if Ness was talking hypothetical, if he meant it, or if he was trying to bait him into exposing another part of him. "D-do you?" Ness, still lying on the bed, looked at Lucas.
"Huh? Oh, yea, I do." Lucas grew skeptical.
"Forgive me for not believing you." Ness sat up.
"Fair enough, I can be a dick sometimes. No wonder you like me," Ness chuckled as he playfully nudged Lucas. Lucas rolled his eyes. "Anyhow, want me to show you proof that I like you back?" Lucas crossed his arms.
"Of course I do."
"Aight." Ness reached out to Lucas's head.
"The hell are you—" Lucas got cut off by Ness pulling him into a kiss. The kiss lasted for around a minute, but both boys truly enjoyed it. Ness ended it and smiled.
"Does that count as proof, or do you need some more...hands-on proof."
"H-hands on?"
"Yea. I don't know if I have a condom though." Lucas now knew what Ness was referring to.
"N-NO, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. I-I believe you."
"Shucks," Ness snapped. Lucas looked down and shook his head.
"You really do like me?" Ness reached out to Lucas's chin and made Lucas look up so Ness could look him in the eyes.
"Of course I do," Ness said with a more intimate voice. He purposely deepened his voice to make him more "attractive" and "sensual". "You're my Lukey, and I want to keep it that way. If you allow it of course." Lucas saw a twinkle in Ness's purple eyes. It was a twinkle he wanted to see more of, it was a twinkle he loved, it was a twinkle of his love.
"I'd want nothing more." The two boys went into a hug.
"Awww, why can't we be like that?" a voice can be heard at the entrance to the room. Ness and Lucas ended the hug and looked at the door. They saw Villager and Toon Link. Villager was still obviously drunk, and Toon Link was obviously uncomfortable.
"Because we're not together," Toon Link said. Villager looked at him with genuine confusion in his face.
"That's not what you said last night, though. Hell, you were even inside me." There was a long silence. Toon Link didn't blink, he just had to drain in the fact his secret has been exposed. He simply smacked his lips and silently turned and walked away. "Hey, wait up, Toonie." Villager ran off. Ness tilted his head.
"Huh, never saw Villager as a BB," Ness said. Lucas remembered something that Claus told him.
"Uh...I can't wait to be your BB," Lucas said with a strangely lewd voice. Ness's eyes widened and he turned to look at a smug Lucas. Ness shook his head and held out his hand.
"We should probably rejoin the party...I don't want another streaker to cuck this party." Lucas smiled and grabbed Ness's hand. They stood up and walked to the door to rejoin the party. A boy and his BB, the best relationship.