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Pairings in this (so far...):
Sage/Rowen, Cye/Kento, Yuli/...nah. I'll
leave that alone and let ya
see it fer yerself. It's *scary*.
Anyhoo, if ya feel so inclined,
disect this puppy piece by vapid little
piece and feel free to let me
know how much I suck. *grin* Please
excuse my use of artistic lisence.
-Ebon (who is currently ODing
on Gundam Wing)
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note: Let's see... So
far: Rowen and Ryo don't know about Cye
and Kento. Mia *might*
know about Cye and Kento. Ryo doesn't
know about Mia and vice versa.
Rowen knows about Ryo and
Mia. Rowen doesn't know
about Kento knowing about him and
Sage (he *does* know about Cye
knowing because Sage told him).
Ryo knows about Sage and Rowen
(he's seen them). Mia doesn't
know about Sage and Rowen.
Sage, Kento, Cye, and White Blaze
all know *everything* (with
the exception that Sage *also* doesn't
know that Ryo knows about him
and Rowen). Yuli knows
nothing...or does he?
Wow.
How's that for a recap? On with the story!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rowen sauntered down
the street, dressed to kill in tight black
denim and flowing cobalt silk. Pulling
his jacket closer against the
wind, he realized that he was definitely in the
mood for a little
fooling around with Sage. When the gorgeous
blond had grabbed
his ass that morning (or at least Rowen's version
of morning) and
whispered something very naughty in his ear,
Rowen had nearly
jumped on him right then and there. But,
that was not to be. Both
of them actually had had busy schedules that
day that neither could
get out of without causing a major hassle.
Now, though, he was meeting
Sage for dinner. Sage seemed to
enjoy wining and dining him before taking him
home to screw like
mad rabbits until the sun came up. Not
that he minded... Rowen
actually liked having Sage parade him around,
showing him off to
everyone like a prized possession that he wouldn't
ever let anyone
else even *think* of touching. Sage was
just as much HIS prized
possession as he was Sage's. Of course,
they didn't do that in front
of the guys...not yet. Rowen wasn't sure
he was ready to let Ryo
and Kento know what was up. Maybe Mia but
*not* the guys. Or
Yuli, he thought with a wince. *That* wasn't
*ever* going to happen.
Rowen glanced at his
watch and cursed when he saw how late it
was. He had ten minutes to get to the restaurant
that was at best
twenty minutes away. He waved down a taxi
and hopped inside,
quickly imparting the directions and sinking
back into the seat.
When the cab reached
the restaurant, Rowen shoved the money
into the cabby's waiting hand and shut the car
door behind him.
The taxi was soon lost from view in the traffic
and around a corner
as Rowen stood on the sidewalk.
The restaurant was one
of those fancy places that Sage favored
(just like his mother). He looked down
at his jeans and, although
they were brand new and thus were nice enough
(he guessed), he
felt out of place. He sighed and pulled
the door open, then walked
inside. The place was doing fairly brisk
business at the moment but
the atmosphere was relaxed and, catching sight
of more than one
other person also wearing denim, he felt a bit
better about his own.
He couldn't find the one blond head he was looking
for, though.
Well, he'd just have to ask then.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Cye watched Mia and Ryo.
The movie had been a great idea.
Getting there right before it had started had
been even better.
They'd found that only a few seats were left
open, and no more than
two side by side. He and Kento had taken
a pair a few rows behind
where he'd stuffed Mia and Ryo.
He sighed happily and
nodded in satisfaction when Mia leaned
closer to Ryo as the dark music conjured up fearfully
pounding
hearts in those watching. Cye was paying
no attention to the flick,
bent more on keeping a close eye on his friends,
which was all right.
He wasn't the world's biggest fan of gory, slasher
shows.
At least Kento was enjoying
it. If he noticed what was
happening outside the movie, he sure wasn't showing
it. Cye, with
a cheerful pat high on Kento's thigh, doubted
that he even realized
he'd almost finished mowing down his large bucket
of popcorn.
The scene broke on the
screen and several starled cries sounded
throughout the theater. Cye grinned when
he saw Mia's arms clasp
tightly at Ryo. Things were going well,
so far.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
He didn't need to look
at the time. Rowen was always late. It
was a fact of life and he'd gotten used to it
well before they'd gotten
together. Sage smiled a little. No
one knew other than Cye and
Kento yet and, for now, he preferred to keep
it that way. What he
and Rowen had was special...not something that
needed to be
shared just yet. Besides, what would it
do to the "Sage Date, Girl
Magnet" image Ryo, Mia, and Yuli had of him?
Gazing down on his menu,
he felt a presence walk up to the
table. He didn't look up. He didn't
need to.
"Hey, Blondie." Rowen.
"Sit," he bade his lover,
holding out his hand and feeling his
body fill with heat when Rowen's slender fingers,
chilled slightly
from the autumn weather, slipped into his own.
Rowen always
had this effect on him - his heart beating strongly
with absolute
joy, his silvery eyes glistening, his mind free
of any darkness, his
flesh tingling. Finally, he looked up and
found himself trapped in
the wide, indigo gaze of his beloved. He
took in the shimmering,
dark, silk shirt and, smiling softly, he said,
"You wore it. I knew it
would suit you. You look wonderful."
Rowen blushed prettily,
and lowered his eyes, as he always did
when he received a compliment from Sage.
He was unused to such
treatment and became easily embarrassed.
"Thank you," he
whispered, barely audible.
Sage heard him, though.
"I mean it."
"I know," Rowen said,
flushing even deeper. He felt Sage
squeeze his fingers a little and looked up at
him shyly through his
thick lashes, his blue hair hanging over his
face.
Watching this, Sage smirked.
He wasn't sure if Rowen knew it
or not, but it was the most adorable, most emotionally
devastating
expression he'd ever seen. Rowen could
easily get ANYTHING he
wanted from anyone...*if* he knew. Sage
wasn't about to tell him,
though. Rowen got his way more often than
Sage really wanted to
admit. "Shall I order for us?"
Rowen nodded; Sage knew
what he liked. The evening passed
by quickly as they shared their tales of the
day.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"But I wanna go on the
rollercoaster!" Kento complained
loudly. He'd been going on about it since
they'd gotten to the
amusement park.
Once again, Cye frowned
at him and said, "No. It's not
romantic and we're here on business."
"*What* business?"
Resisting the urge to
roll his eyes in disbelief, the Brit turned
on his lover and quietly reminded him, "How many
times do I have
to tell you? This is for Ryo and Mia.
Besides, it's too cold to go on
that thing now. Your face would fall off...and
I like your face right
where it is." To emphasis this, Cye snuggled
close and scattered
tiny kisses over his jaw. "Let's go find
those two before I miss
anything."
"But I *wanna* go on
the ROLLERCOASTER!" Kento
whined.
Sighing and shaking his
head against the one-track mind, Cye
muttered, "I should have known better than to
bring you here."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Closing the front door
behind them, Rowen jumped and let out a
little squeak when Sage stuck his cold hands
under his shirt against
the bare skin of his lower back. "Get your
hands off me, you
fiend!"
Sage chuckled and leaned
in close, slipping his arms tight
around Rowen's middle. "You won't be saying
that when I get you
in bed..." he trailed off suggestively, crushing
his hips close against
Rowen's denim-clad behind, letting him know exactly
what he had
in mind.
"Is that so?" Rowen asked
playfully. The exchange of quips and
groaner jokes had begun. They would only
get worse as the night
progressed.
"Mm-hmm. Actually,
you won't be able to say much more than
my name and maybe a few other choice words,"
Sage intoned,
wriggling his fingers under the waist of Rowen's
jeans and swaying
him slowly away from the front door.
"Such as?"
"Oh, I don't know...maybe...
'more,' 'don't stop,' 'harder,'
'faster-'" He accentuated each time-honored
example with the
undoing of a button on Rowen's jeans.
"I haven't locked the door yet, you horn-dog."
Sage laughed into his
shoulder, laying a cheek on Rowen's
nape. "Horn-dog???"
"Exactly. And I'll
call you worse if you don't let me lock the
door," Rowen retaliated, luxuriating in the feel
of Sage's soft hair
against his skin. "Mia would kill us if
we left it open, you *know*
that."
"Mia and the guys aren't
home yet, let them do it. I wanna do
something else..." Sage illustrated this
by swiftly shoving his hand
down, under Rowen's boxers, and grasping his
lover firmly.
Struggling to think around
the sensations created by Sage's
molding hand, Rowen glanced at the clock.
It was ten thirty... Mia
liked the doors locked by nine - and it was one
of the few rules she
strictly enforced. "Sa-Sage!" he gasped
out as the blond performed
an interesting little trick with his fingers
that usually left him a
moaning puddle of mush. "Just let me-"
The other hand clamped
down over his mouth. "Shhhh. Lock
the door and let's go."
Watching from the living
room as they ascended the stairs
(groping each other freely and letting pieces
of clothing flutter to
the carpet as soon as they were removed) White
Blaze eyed the two
with a large yawn. Damn, his humans were
weird.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Ryo shoved his key in
the lock and twisted it. It clicked and he
opened the door, pausing to gesture his companions
inside before
him.
With a tired laugh at
a stupid joke of Kento's, he thought on
Sage and Rowen. He'd found himself doing
that a lot lately. They
were trying to hide what had grown strong between
them from
everyone but it was pretty obvious, actually.
There were the
constant, small, knowing smiles and lingering
touches were quite
commonplace. Ryo'd even spotted them kissing
once when they'd
thought no one else was around. And it
hadn't been any little peck,
either. No, he'd caught them locked together,
deliciously
passionate, in a fierce grope-your-clothes-off
game of tonsil hockey
in the woods out back.
He couldn't remember
the last time *he'd* kissed someone like
that...if ever. Ryo shed his jacket, feeling
strangely warm. Just
thinking about the incident was doing things
to him!
He flipped on a lamp
and grinned when he saw articles of
clothing strewn wildly about the entry hall and
an errant trail
leading up the stairs.
"Well now," he commented simply.
"What happened here?"
Mia asked. She raised an eyebrow
when she realized that the clothes belonged to
Sage AND Rowen.
"Do I want to know?"
"Sage and Rowen are having
a good night," he guessed, keeping
his meaning a bit cryptic.
"I would say so," Cye agreed, hanging his coat in the closet.
Ryo stared at him. "You know about them?"
"Who do you think got
them together?" Kento explained
proudly.
"Huh." Ryo nodded a little. "Good work, Cye."
"Are you guys saying
what I think you're saying?" Mia asked
suddenly.
"Yes, we are," Ryo leered.
"Oh." Mia let it
sink in for a moment. "Eeeeeee! That's *two*
happy couples in the house! Yay!"
She disappeared upstairs,
happy as a little girl, and they soon heard the
door to her room
close.
"*Two* couples?" Ryo was confused at the comment.
Kento was suddenly gone
up the stairs, as well, and Cye paused
long enough to say, "Good night, Ryo."
Then, *he* was gone.
Wildfire blinked.
He gazed at the trail of clothes, wondering if
he should gather them up. "Nah. Better
leave the evidence so I can
make them explain themselves tomorrow."
Then, Ryo slowly climbed
the stairs himself, pondering Mia's
happy exuberance, trying to figure out what she'd
been talking
about. *Two* couples? It *wasn't*
himself and Mia (like that
would ever really happen)...and Yuli's girlfriend
didn't live with
them. Eesh! Her parents would probably
have a psychotic fit if the
idea was brought up! So who...? Cye
and Kento?! No way!
He walked over to Cye's
door and knocked. No answer. Ryo
cracked the door open and saw a darkened, empty
room. Where...?
Closing the door quietly so as to avoid detection,
he crept over to
Kento's door and laid his ear against the wood.
"I had a feeling she
knew. That doesn't bother me. Do you
think *he'll* figure it out?" Kento's voice
was muffled by the door.
"We are talking about
Ryo, Ken. He's not stupid. I *know*
he'll figure it out," Cye's voice replied.
Grinning, Ryo shoved
the door open and startled them both.
Kento sat crosslegged on his bed with Cye cradled
comfortably in
his lap. "Damn right, I'll figure it out,"
he told them. "G'night,
guys. Oh, and try to keep the noise down."
He politely closed the
door on their shocked faces and started toward
his own room with
a satisfied smirk.
As he passed Mia's room,
Ryo paused to consider. Sage and
Rowen had each other... Kento and Cye were
together... Hell,
even *Yuli* had someone! No, he thought,
I can't do that. We're
too much like brother and sister for me to even
*try* approaching
her. Besides...she's older than me.
Heh. Sage'd knock me for that
one. Oh well. Guess it's another
night alone for the heroic leader.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"You are incredible,"
Sage drawled, breathless as he held
Rowen's naked body close to his, spooning behind
him. "Have I
ever mentioned that I love you?"
"Yes, but you can say
it as many times as you feel like. I won't
mind." Rowen wiggled his hips provocatively
against Sage's groin
and sighed happily. Oh, how he liked being
right where he was.
There was nothing better. "You realize
we left a rather obvious
trail of clothing up to my room, don't you?"
"Mm-hmm. I think
we may have let the cat out of the proverbial
bag. Too late now, I suppose. I wouldn't
change this night for
anything, though." Sage rubbed a cheek
against his lover's nape,
tossing in a wide scattering of tiny kisses across
the warm and
sweat-dampened skin while he was at it.
He inhaled deeply of
Rowen's scent and smiled contentedly.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Guys?! I'm home!"
Yuli called out. Then, catching a glimpse
at a clock, winced. It was three in the
morning. He was dead if
he'd woken anyone up.
"Is it safe to come in?" asked a low voice behind him.
Reaching back to grab
one of the slender hands, Yuli pulled the
man inside after him. "They should all
be in bed. It's safe."
"Good," Dais grinned
as the eighteen-year-old Yuli wrapped
strong arms around his slender waist. "They
are so going to hate us
for this."
"Especially since they
think I'm out with Shiho. Still, you're
used to them hating you."
"True," Dais said thoughtfully,
"So, your bedroom or the
couch?"
Yuli paused and considered
which would cause the most havoc.
"Um, my room."
"I would think the couch would be more visible..."
"Yeah, but Mia always
comes in to check on me in the mornings
like I'm still a little kid. Can you imagine
what it'll do to her to
find
you there with me?" Yuli revealed with a sly
grin.
Dais gazed down into
Yuli's face and told him, "You're a
devious little devil and I like it."
"C'mon, this way."
Yuli dragged the former Dynasty Warlord
up the stairs.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
END PART ONE
