"Alright," Kaiden began, leaning back into the couch as he ran his fingers through his hair. "I guess we are done for today." His eyes shifted from the open text books over to Dacey. He had been tutoring the boy for a little over a month and even though Dacey was cute, tutoring was a drag. He would much rather be at home, sleeping or maybe cloud watching like he so often did. "You need to be able to recite the death speech from Romeo and Juliet."
"Yeah...Sure..." Dacey nodded slowly, his eyes shyly ghosting over Kaiden. As much as he hated having to have therapy and tutoring, he really liked his tutor...
"So, can you say any of it?" Kaiden asked as he flipped the large English book shut while Dacey shook his head no, Shion bounced into the room, grinning happily at Kaiden as his voice took a dramatic turn.
“O, here
Will I set up my everlasting rest,
And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars
From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last!
Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you
The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss
A dateless bargain to engrossing death!”
Kaiden blinked at the boy, quite surprised at his abilities to quote the classic play.
"Are you working on Romeo and Juliet in school?"
"Nope." Shion chirped pleasantly. "I just love William Shakespeare and his work."
Kaiden nodded in appreciation of the boys talent, though he himself found the task of memorizing all of that just for fun to be troubling.
"You should help Dacey, he needs to learn it." The boy finally pushed himself up from the couch, unaware of Dacey's eyes on him.
"Dacey," The boy began, looking down to the smaller on the couch. "Would you like to come cloud watch with me?"
As welcoming as that sounded, Dacey shrinked back at the thought of going outside. He hadnt seen a cloud since his 'incident'.
"N-No...." The boy was rather embarrassed, here he was, really liking this guy and he didnt have enough nerve to go watch a stupid cloud with him, not to mention he had not been the one to bring it up!
"Alright then." Kaiden shrugged. "Suit yourself." He was almost out the door when he turned, his gaze on Shion.
"You wanna come?"
Shion raised a brow at him, glancing over to Dacey. "I dont know...." It had been a while since he was able to really enjoy himself outside...Dacey hadnt been around to hang outside with him, and when inside the boy didnt favor being touched....Shion still just liked being near his bubba...
"Where would we go?"
"My house." Kaiden raised a submissive hand. "Its a really neat spot on our property, great for cloud watching."
"I...I guess ill go. I got to go tell dad though." Shion mused. "And its a school night..."
"You could stay over and come to school with me tomorrow, we go to the same school." Unlike Quinn, Kaiden had preferred a public school. He was in regular classes,but not because he lacked brains. Honestly Kaiden was brilliant, he knew more than he let on. He was especially talented in tactical things, he just didnt ever put forth enough effort into anything he did. He was far too lazy to do all the extra work like his brother. He would rather stay behind with the normal kids, even though he saw Shion in the hall ways he only had a few classes with him. Shion, he knew was taking advanced English and Math, he also acted in the schools drama program and took a course in medicine.
"I guess that works then." Shion nodded, darting off to go ask his father about it and gather his things. All the while Dacey sat, absorbed in shock. Shion was going?
But....
He didnt like that. He wanted to spend more time with Kaiden....But Shion was instead of him.
All because of the outside world.
He didnt have long to muse, Shion was back in a flash, kissing his brother on the forehead, which Dacey flinched away from, he bounded out the door, Kaiden silently following behind him.
If Dacey thought he was envious of his brother, he should have felt how Quinn did when Kaiden brought Shion home. Quinn had been pinning over the boy for sometime. Weather his brother knew that or not was a mystery to him, but still, it was very unpleasant.
And it was even worse after their first day of cloud gazing together. They learned that they liked mostly the same things, and where they didnt agree they complimented eachother and as the days passed, their friendship blossomed until everyone was just waiting for the to come out as a couple.
What people didnt know, was that Kaiden and Shion were friends but not like that. Kaiden wanted Dacey jealous in hopes the boy might actually come out with him one day, and Shion wanted to be around Quinn, the boy made him feel special and he enjoyed it.
It was their master plan.
