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Post by Vespyr on Apr 18, 2013 0:50:38 GMT -8
It was curious, how the slightest touch elicited such a reaction from the older man; Ari was beginning to notice. Rather than concern or uncertainty the teen pressed on with augmenting enthusiasm, seeing just what his hands could do. A massaging swirl of his thumb here, a light grazing of his nails there, all gentle but nonetheless adventurous. Eventually his hand found its way to the front of Lucien's jeans, and there it paused with the tips of his nimble fingers clinging to the hem.
His eyelids blinked open and for a moment Ari's gaze was lost in the soft shade cast by his own body, looking down at the heavily breathing man underneath him. And it... occurred to him. And he could not help but ask.
"have you ever...?" he mumbled, hardly audible. |
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Post by Lucien DeChain on Apr 18, 2013 0:57:50 GMT -8
Through all the contact, Lucien knew that the young boy was opening his eyes. He could feel every movement between them. So, he opened his eyes to follow, looking up into Ari's silhouetted form.
Have I ever...? Have I ever what? Where's his hand? What's he- OH.
oh.
"N.. No.. This is my first time.. doing this."
Doing anything, really.
Lucien's eyes squinted after he shifted a bit, realizing the light was still on in the small room. He would have moved to go turn it off... If he wasn't pinned to the bed.
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Post by Vespyr on Apr 18, 2013 1:36:33 GMT -8
Ari bit down on his moist lower lip, momentarily stunned by what a complete and utter role-reversal this was. But the corner of his mouth pulled into a carefully reassuring smile that said it was all okay anyway, just before he leaned down to pick up where he had left off. After a long moment, once the interruption seemed to be mutually forgotten, Ari would pull away again and weightlessly slip down off the bed to turn the light off.
Quiet footsteps returned to the bed and he gingerly climbed back on, the mattress hardly giving a sigh as he patiently made his was back, on his hands and knees in the dark. He settled again with his seated knees on either side of Lucien's hips. Now without the baggy shirt, the younger man's long hair fell softly around his bare shoulders and chest. Again he calmly brushed it back with both hands to let it tumble lightly down the length of his back as he leaned down again...
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Post by Lucien DeChain on Apr 18, 2013 14:59:50 GMT -8
THE NEXT MORNING
Lucien awoke, yawning. Even with all of the events of the last day and a half, he was quite refreshed when he woke up. In his bed, which was really warm for some reason, and it also felt a little smaller than usual. Also, why am I naked?
As Lucien opened his eyes, he looked over at the warm thing that caused his bed to shrink. And realized it was a boy, softly breathing.
The he remembered.
His eyes widened as the memories of the previous night came back to him.
....
INEEDASHOWER.
And he began to climb out of the bed, careful not to disturb the sleeping man WHO WAS ALSO IN HIS BED. Once free, he tiptoed to the shower, grabbing some clothes along the way to put on afterwards.
And he scrubbed himself. For a long time.
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Post by Vespyr on Apr 18, 2013 16:04:30 GMT -8
Hardly conscious, Ari's eyes remained closed as a light weight removed itself from the bed beside him. His arm retracted slowly across the warm sheets and nestled comfortably against his bare chest. A small smile pulled at his tired lips.
After a minute or so just dozing, Ari could feel the tinest of pawsteps picking their way along the end of the bed by his feet. The covers rustled a bit and suddenly a streak of fur tickled past his heel, causing the young man to stir with a somewhat startled flinch. He sat up, running a hand through the unruly black hair that immediately tumbled over his face, brushing it aside with a yawn. Then he stretched, a little sorely, reached under the covers to remove Eddie from them, and got up to get dressed.
Ari sat back down on the bed and listened in a daze to the muffled shower running on the other side of the wall. The teen was due for a shower as well, as it had been approximately twenty-four hours since he'd had one. He recalled yesterday and it felt like a long time ago that he'd woken up hungover and spent a half hour sitting in the tub while the hot water rained down on him, hazy memories of that and the rest of the day that had eventually led up to... being here.
He felt nervous again at the thought of home. When would he see it? As much as he cringed at the thought of having to deal with Serj again, the kitten in his lap had to be fed, and things had to go back to normal. And what about Lucien?
Ari breathed a little deeply as he let his eyes wander around the room, while his mind furtively traced back to the night before. He dwelled on it timidly at first, almost embarrassed, but... then again not really, not at all. He just didn't know what to make of it or if anything needed to be made of it at all. That would all depend on whatever happened when Lucien got out of the shower.
As for the young man lounging back on the bed with the tiny scrap of a cat perched on his chest, he found that he didn't really have any expectations at all. [/blockquote] |
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Post by Lucien DeChain on Apr 18, 2013 23:40:33 GMT -8
Lucien felt the steaming water soak into his skin, covering him, rinsing away all of... That. He still wasn't sure what to think about it. There was so many things to think about.. So many new emotions that he had to deal with.
Finally, clean. Dried, combed, dressed. Ah.
Now, just to open the door, and face whatever it was that had to be faced...
Slowly, hesitantly, he placed his hand on the doorknob and turned it.
...
Ari was still there, now clothed and playing with the cat, but still on his bed. At that moment, he looked so... Calm. Collected. Like he knew exactly how this went. Lucien was surprised at how totally unnervous Ari seemed. And Lucien himself was the polar opposite. He didn't have the slightest idea of how to deal with the current situation.
So, he crossed over to the bed, sat down beside Ari, giving a few inches of space, and reached over to scratch the cat behind its ears.
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Post by Vespyr on Apr 19, 2013 0:05:57 GMT -8
Lucien would be greeted with a tranquilly warm smile when he re-entered the room, although Ari could only keep his gaze rooted to the other man's eyes for a moment before glancing down again. Nerves. The tip of his index finger rested on Eddie's nose and trailed down under the kitten's jaw while its attention was turned to the man scratching behind his ears. Large green eyes peered up at the new friend and Eddie opened his tiny maw with a squeak.
"soo..." Ari nonchalantly mumbled, without much to say. He nibbled on the scar on his lip out of habit and let his hand rest back on his chest a few inches from the purring cat.
"..what's happening today?" |
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Post by Lucien DeChain on Apr 19, 2013 0:16:17 GMT -8
At Ari's obvious attempt at starting a conversation, Lucien kept his eyes on the cat, responding as naturally as he could muster.
"Not sure. Most likely, we'll move to Anaheim, get acquainted there, and then we'll get to work. I'm supposed to train you a bit, and I also have the duty of communication between the Nest and the Pack."
And Lucien momentarily glanced over to Ari's slate eyes.
Bam.
The feeling was back. That nervous, energetic, face-flushing feeling.
"B...Before we report in to Marcus, I think we should talk about what... happened. Last night, I mean."
Maybe because he wanted to know what Ari's thoughts on it were. Maybe because he was too afraid to say whether it would be more than one random crazy night. Maybe because he was afraid of his own answer. Maybe a little bit of all of the above. But, he asked, and it was in the air now.
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Post by Vespyr on Apr 19, 2013 0:21:32 GMT -8
"oh, uhm. yeah," Ari sort of stuttered, lifting his brow in an interested manner although he had absolutely no idea what about that to talk about. He sucked pensively at his lip and hummed to himself a moment or two, thoughtfully. His eyes were calmly closed.
"well... are you okay with it?" he asked, opening his eyes to glance up curiously at the other man. |
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Post by Lucien DeChain on Apr 19, 2013 0:29:47 GMT -8
Lucien was silent for a moment. Contemplative. Everything in him wanted to completely shut down. His eyes sank back to the bed.
"I don't know. Like I said, I've never done anything like that before. I didn't even know I was capable of those thoughts, those feelings..."
He looked back up Ari, with a slight glimmer of moisture in his eyes.
"This is all really new to me. I... Think I need to take some time to figure all of this out. But.. I guess I want to know.. If you're okay with what happened.."
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Post by Vespyr on Apr 19, 2013 0:49:50 GMT -8
Ari watched and listened to what almost sounded like hurt confusion tumbling out of Lucien's mouth. It was a little foreign, though he was reminded of his first few interactions with Cain and tried to recall whether or not he had ever been so affected. But then again, that was an entirely different sort of situation... and he hadn't had the chance to say what he was about to say, then.
"yeah man, i'm definitely okay with it," he spoke, trying to be casual, though as the words left his mouth it hit him like a silent slap to the face how jaded he was. Nerves again. The young man softly cleared his throat and pushed himself up into more of an upright position, slowly.
"i mean, it was my first time doing that... uhm normally i'm where you were but that's totally fine, i liked it..." he trailed off, not really sure where he was going with it except that he was trying to make Lucien feel better, somehow. |
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Post by Lucien DeChain on Apr 19, 2013 1:02:13 GMT -8
That was a bit personal... But, Lucien figured that with what they had just did, nothing was too personal. Now, he had to muster up the courage to reply to something like that.
"Uhh..." He said at first. Which, being the only time he's ever said Uhh, meant immensely more than it let on.
"I, um. I enjoyed it, too? It was.. interesting." he managed to blurt out. He hated Um's too.
But, he was glad that Ari was okay with it. A part of him wanted this to keep going, but he knew he needed some time alone to figure all of this out. A nice run around Anaheim would do him good.
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Post by Vespyr on Apr 19, 2013 1:11:28 GMT -8
Ari did his best to smile reassuringly through all the awkward tension, because it felt necessary. It was clear that Lucien was still rather unsettled by some part of the event, but that in itself was kind of... an expected thing. Maybe Ari was the weird one here, for being so nonchalant about it. At that thought he inwardly frowned, but pushed it out of his head.
"well i mean that's it, then... but if you need time to think about it that's cool, that's okay. im... not in any rush or anything."
...For what? To do it again? To turn it into something else, god forbid something with a label? He had absolutely no idea. Ari's slate blue eyes studied the other man's face with inner curiosity and he wondered what the extent of his own feelings were, ever elusive and difficult to read. |
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Post by Lucien DeChain on Apr 19, 2013 1:21:18 GMT -8
Lucien nodded, smiling softly.
"Thanks. I'll take some time, but I'll get back to you on what I discover."
And then Lucien did something peculiar. He leaned in, and gave Ari a slight peck on the lips before standing up, saying,
"Shall we report in to Marcus?"
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Post by Vespyr on Apr 19, 2013 2:09:09 GMT -8
Ari blinked.
But he stood up, calmly masking his confusion as he scooped Eddie back onto his shoulder and disappeared the kitten beneath his hair.
"yeah, let's go see what's up.." he agreed, hoping maybe he could go home. As pleasant as the later events of last night had been, it had been a long few days... and he had things he needed to think over as well.
Ari stepped over to the door and would follow Lucien out with his hands in his pockets. |
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