Black Cat

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Truth, Dare, and Ice Cream?

The lunch bell rang ending the lunch period--the day followed shortly after. Not long after that it was nearing the end of the next day already and Artemis was waiting with Jayden for Evan--Jayden insisted that he'd wait to make sure the guy showed up before leaving. Artemis gave in after a while figuring it was useless. It was only a few minutes before Evan was supposed to show up. Artemis leaned against the wall pretty sexily, though not on purpose, tapping his foot idly. It was a nervous habit of his.
"So, when's this guy going to show up?" Jayden asked testily after only a few minutes. His frown deepened when he saw Evan's car pulling into Artemis's driveway. "About time," he huffed.

"See, you're so over-zealous Jaydyyy" He pouted and pushed him towards his house. "He's here now so you don't have to worry about my company, thank you very much." He grinned at Jayden and gave him a quick appeasing hug to get him away--they couldn't study if Jayden stuck around forever, he could be a bother when paid little attention to.

Jayden pouted. "You may have company, but now I don't..." He sighed. "Fine, fine, I'll leave you two alone. But...just remember that I live just a few houses down..." He turned to leave and glanced once over his shoulder. He felt an irrational pang of jealousy, as if Evan would steal his best friend away.

Evan watched from his car with narrow eyes as Artemis pulled Jayden into a quick hug. He knew they were best friends, but... "Whatever," he mumbled before climbing out of his car. He greeted Artemis with a smile on his face. "Hey, Artemis thanks again so much for tutoring me. I really appreciate it."

"No problem, come on--let's get started then." He pulled Evan by the hand into the house after Jayden was already gone, pouty as usual when he wasn’t the basis of attention. The attention whore. He sighed internally.

Evan felt a jolt of warmth run from his wrist and settle in his belly. He followed after Artemis more than willingly, a large grin on his face. "Wow, this is a really nice place you've got here," he said conversationally, admiring the spacious foyer.

"Yeahh, my parents left me with a good inheritance. So I'm pretty well suited for a good while anyways." He grinned and turned toward Evan.

Evan looked confused for a moment. "So...you live here by yourself, then?"

"Well not really, Shadow is here with me." He said smiling a little bit. He was somewhat content with this fact, it happened a while back, so he'd generally gotten over it.

"Shadow...?" Evan jumped slightly when he felt something small and warm rub against his leg. He looked down and saw a small black cat. Smiling, he reached down and stroked the cat from its head down to its tail. "I presume this is Shadow?"

"Yep! I found him orphaned on the streets one day hurt a little bit and I couldn’t resist helping him. He's pretty young still but he's smarter than most people I know, I swear." It was always a good sign for a visitor of his when his cat liked them; it meant they were generally a good person. At least, his cat was normally not wrong about visitors. If his cat was put off and didn’t seem to like the guest, he most likely ended up not liking the guest as well.

Evan picked up Shadow and cradled him in his arms. He found it odd that the cat stopped purring the moment Evan started petting him. He stroked him for a few more minutes before setting the cat back down on the ground. "I tend to find that most cats are smarter than people," said Evan. He tried to pass it off as a joke, but for some reason, the comment left a stale taste in his mouth.

"Well come on, if we want you to learn anything we'll need to get comfortable and start studying." He said cooly, watching Evan as Evan picked up the cat; the cat didn't really like being held, so Evan would probably be perplexed at the cat's action. "He doesn't like being held very much...but he loves being pet and played with. Just don't put the two together."

Evan nodded. "My cat didn't like to be held, either. I suppose most cats don't..." He followed Artemis into his room and sat down on the bed. He held up his notes from one of the lectures of the past week and allowed a look to come across his face that plainly said, "Help me, please!"

"Ok get comfortable and let's get started." He had his study face on and brushed his hair out of his eyes, sitting generally close to Evan noting that his hand writing was very neat and legible. He took very decent notes too. It would make their study session that much easier. He began to teach Evan like he would teach Jayden, it was a natural reflex of sorts, he guessed. He pointed out why certain grammar rules ascertained to certain situations and why.

They had been studying for about an hour and for some reason Artemis felt a little cold for once...he did turn down the air conditioning a little low this time just to piss Jayden off and make his cat happy...

Evan smiled and his eyes brightened. "You explain this so well! It makes so much more sense when you teach it!" The parallel between his expressiveness and Jayden's was uncanny; if they didn't look so different, one would have guess that they were brothers. But Artemis, being the crazily oblivious boy that he was wouldn’t make the connection that easily.

Artemis blinked a few times more than normal at this response. He cocked his head to the side now sort of understanding why this guy was so familiar. He reminded him of someone...hmm...who was it..? Artemis shrugged and closed the notes for a moment. "So you wanna take a break or something Evan?" He questioned while stretching much like a cat.

"A break sounds...nice." He allowed his eyes to race across Artemis's outstretched form. He knew Artemis was a swimmer, and he longed to see those muscles rippling under perfect skin. "What do you suppose we do?" He tried to keep the suggestiveness out of his voice; he didn't want to scare Artemis into kicking him out of his house. He really liked Artemis, and if they only remained friends, then so be it...so long as he was able to remain close by the object of his affection.

"I dunno, whatever you want to do, I'm not picky." He let a small grin escape his lips, looking toward Evan to make the next move on their little study session.
Evan squirmed uncomfortably under Artemis's ice blue stare. "Well, I have a number of fun things that we can do...but I don't know if you want to do them or not..." He let his hand brush across Artemis's leg in the guise of adjusting some papers.

Artemis didn’t even notice the subtle touch, he was wondering what Evan had in mind and voiced his thoughts, “What kinds of things did you have in mind then?" he asked.

Evan sighed. He really didn't want to take advantage of poor little Artemis, but...he looked so cute just sitting there with his brow slightly wrinkled in his confusion and curiosity! "Well... We could"--he internally groaned, wondering how he had managed to think up such a ridiculous request--"play truth or dare..." He mentally slapped himself at how ridiculous the request sounded out loud.

"Ohh that sounds cool! I don't remember the last time I played truth or dare with anyone." He grinned and faced Evan waiting for him to continue--he looked absolutely flabbergasted for some odd reason and Artemis was confused as to why--he suggested the game himself. He shrugged it off.

Shaking off his bewilderment at the blonde's eagerness to play, he quickly said, "All right, since I suggested it, you get to go first."

"Awwww fine, Truth or Dare then?" He asked trying to think of some good ones before he actually chose one. Hmm…it was hard to think of a good dare…Truths would probably be easier ‘cause he could just ask silly questions that may be embarrassing...

Evan decided to take the "safer" route the first time around. He had no idea how cruel of a Truth or Dare player Artemis would turn out to be. "Truth," he answered.

"Has your proverbial cherry been popped yet?" Artemis asked simply, first turn out of the way, wondering vaguely what the answer is.

Evan was taken slightly aback at Artemis's bluntness before smirking. "Why, yes, it has." He winked. "Why so curious?" He stretched, allowing his shirt to draw up his stomach a little, showing off his toned abs. "Interested?"

Artemis would've blushed if he'd actually gotten the concept of what Evan was insinuating, but then again, Artemis was oblivious to the tribulations of flirting. So he responded, "Yeah that's awesome! I'm still a virgin, but I don't think Jayden is..."He scowled lightly before continuing," Was it special, what was it like?" He wondered aloud to the boy who's amazing stomach muscles were showcased near-pompously.

So, Artemis was a virgin, eh? Evan smirked. This was getting to be interesting. "Now, now, Arty... You already asked your question. It's my turn. Truth or dare?"

Well Evan picked truth so he wondered if it was polite to pick dare..."Hmmm…dare me." He grinned at his own brave prowess.

Evan licked his lips, trying to push any and all dirty thoughts from his mind. He cast around quickly for anything to say, anything at all. "I dare you to..." He eyed the hoodie donning Artemis, covering up his amazing form. "I dare you to take off that hoodie...and don't put it back on until next week. That includes other hoodies, too. Just one week where you wear shirts that show off those tight muscles of yours."

Artemis blinked, "But what if I'm cold--and what tight muscles?" He asked blinking again at the various comments he was wrapping his mind about, a little peeved he'd have to wear normal shirts...which happened to only be ones that Jayden had gotten him...ugh…

"I guess you can wear a sweater...but you can only wear it outside! And I'm taking about these"--he grabbed Artemis's hoodie and jerked it upward--"tight muscles." He ran his hand along Artemis's stomach and arms, marveling at the swimmer's body.

Artemis shivered a little violently at the touch and let a small gasp escape his lips--it was unexpected to say the least. "Oh.." he remarked quite dumbly, and considering the dare already started, he took off his hoodie, leaving him slightly exposed and walked over to his closet to grab a tight band t-shirt Jayden had bought for him slipping it on before returning to the bed and questioning, “Happy?"

Evan was a little miffed that Artemis had chosen to put on a shirt, but he supposed it couldn't be helped...not with the air down at 50 degrees below zero, anyway! He winked. "A little. Your turn."

"Truth or dare then?" He asked simply laying down backwards, the shirt riding up to show his stomach ever so slightly now, they were lying in a sort of side-by side motion. Artemis's hair looked a little wind-swept from moving shirts over his head.

Curious to see how Artemis would retaliate, he immediately said, "Dare."

"Hmmm" Artemis thought up a crafty idea which was only possible thanks to Jayden ironically…"I dare you to let me pierce your ear." He grinned mischievously at his own cunning and if he had one, his tail would be wagging dutifully.

Evan felt his eyes widen. "What? Right now?" He was not adverse getting his ear pierced, but he hoped against hope that Artemis didn't mean to do it himself personally. He had a big fear of needles enough as it was...

"Oh don't be a baby, I have a piercing gun here and I've done it a million times. Don't you trust me?--not that it matters, you've been dared."

Evan's mouth was suddenly dry. Forcing all thoughts of evil and scary needles from his mind, he finally nodded once. "All right then. I'll do it."

"Sweet, where on your ear do you want it then soldier?" He grinned at the snide nickname he came up with for the situation.

He thought for a moment. "Why the ear? Can I get it in my lip instead?"
Artemis blinked. "You want it in your lip?" He asked incredulously. It was weird when a person who didn't seem to like needles or piercings to want something other than their ear done.

"Yeah, well..." He looked a little sheepish. "I've always secretly wanted a lip ring, but needles are, well, scary as hell, so I've never gotten one done." He subconsciously bit his lip, wondering how it would feel to have a piece of metal poking through his skin.

"No problem then, it'd look pretty hot on you anyways I would think." He grinned trying to calm his friend down; he'd probably need to keep Evan down so that he didn’t flinch away during the process. "Let me grab the piercer." He walked over to a dressed and took the innocent looking piercer and a pretty simple lip ring out of the drawer. He had no piercings himself yet but he was probably going to make Jayden give him one at some point. "Ready?"

Evan watched the piercer with wary eyes. He grabbed one of Artemis's pillows and hugged it close against his body before shutting his eyes tightly. "I'm ready."

"Oh come on, how can I get to your lip with that thing in front of it?" He took the pillow away from him and straddled his waist, prepping the piercer and making sure the lip ring was ready.

Evan took a deep breath to calm himself down. He knew that it would probably only sting for a few seconds, nothing big...but needles scared the bejeezus out of him! He fisted one hand in the sheets and the other in Artemis's shirt. "Just hurry up already," he growled. Had he not been so nervous, he probably would have been paying more attention to Artemis straddling his waist than telling himself over and over that no, he wasn't going to die.

Artemis quickly finished the job up, sliding in the lip ring and glancing at his work. It had been over before it had started practically but he remained seated in the warm lap of Evan. He grinned, "We're done."

Evan slowly opened his eyes, not remembering having closed them. He had barely felt the ring go through at all. Tentatively, he let his tongue slide over the foreign object in his lip. He glanced curiously at Artemis and asked, "So...how does it look?"

"Hot as always, I mean it'd have to be since I did it." He said arrogantly, hey anyone would be proud of their skills after piercing their best friend over a million times in various places.

Evan missed the cocky retort by a mile, choosing instead to focus on the beginning of the sentence. "Y--You think I'm hot?" he asked, taken aback.

"Huh? I said the piercing looks hot." Artemis said with a confused look on his face, what did Evan think he said? He blinked a few times.

Evan felt his face fall. "Oh." He chose to ignore the awkwardness of the moment and instead said, "Okay, well, it's my turn. Truth or dare?"

"Dare me then." He said grinning, still on Evan. Hey, it -was- comfortable. "Better be a better one then the last." he huffed.

"All right... You know, I heard that lip rings make a kiss ten times better. I dare you to let me test that theory...on you." He said it in such a way that if Artemis protested, he could pass if off as a joke. He felt a little silly for trying to get a kiss this way, but he had never been known for making rational decisions.

"Wait, so like, you like guys?" Artemis asked incredulously getting off of his lap, looking curiously but not in a bad way necessarily towards Evan. Artemis was really slow, it's been said a million times. He has the perception of a dead possum when it comes to other teenagers.

Evan frowned at Artemis's reaction but decided that he had nothing to hide. "Well, yeah, I mean...what is there not to like about them?"

"I dunno, I don't have anything against it. I've kissed both guys and girls. They're both decent, but Jayden doesn’t know so shhhh," He winked before continuing, "All right, I'm ready for the dare then." He waited patiently for Evan to make the move, he wasn’t good at making the first move himself.

Evan was amazed at how Artemis continually managed to surprise him. He frowned at the thought that Jayden's name had come up in conversation right before their first kiss but quickly pushed that thought away. He stood up and wrapped his arms around Artemis's waist. He tentatively leaned forward until their lips were barely touching, waiting for the blonde to send across a signal for them to go further.

Artemis wrapped his arms around Evan's back and leaned further into the kiss, what was a real kiss without some tongue? Even if it was only friends only, it wasn't that big of a deal really. He tongue lapped vibrantly at Evans lip ring as their bodies moved closer quickly--it was Evan's doing of course. He had to admit, Evan did look pretty damn good with that lip ring on...

Evan slid his tongue up against Artemis's, marveling at how good he tasted. He slid his hand down his back a little and ran it over Artemis's ass. He used his other hand to pull them even closer together.

Artemis gasped into the kiss, Evan's tongue greedily entering more--Evan tasted like a mix of strawberries and whipped cream, it was an amazing taste, slightly addicting. He felt his own hand rove over Evan's back, which was nicely muscled. He felt his chest eventually meet Evan's as they moved closer and closer. It was warm, very warm, and he was cold with this t-shirt on. "Mmmm..." he got out in the kiss.

Evan pulled away suddenly, licking his lips. "Thanks for the lip ring. I could definitely get used to this."

"I'm sure...I'm considering getting one myself sometime I think..."He pondered aloud, head against Evan's chest semi-subconsciously; he knew he was there but it happened without his knowledge. He shrugged it off and kept leaning on Evan.

Evan kept his arms wrapped around Artemis and kissed his head lightly. "You'd look nice with a lip ring, I think. You should definitely get one." He let his tongue play with his lip ring for a few seconds before resting his chin on Artemis's head.

"Strawberries and cream…" Artemis breathed out lightly feeling the warm arms encircle him very comfortably. He idly wondered what his own long light pink tongue tasted like...He had no idea what he would taste like since he didn't eat anything too specifically and whatnot.

Evan looked at Artemis curiously, wondering what had caused this curious statement. "Strawberries and cream?" he repeated, somewhat amused, a smile on his lips.

"Yeah, that's what you taste like, strawberries and whipped cream." Artemis responded, moving out of Evan grasp finally, losing warmth quickly. It was getting a little too warm anyways. "So now what do you want to do?" Artemis asked simply.

Evan pulled up Artemis's chin and leaned down so that their lips touched for a moment before pulling away. "How about...you agree to go on a date with me?"

"I dunno...I-I don't think I'd be a very good date..." He sighed, “I’m a little preoccupied with someone else now, even if they don't respond...I just don't want to hurt someone like you. Maybe later though ok? We can still be friends, right?" Artemis looked toward Evan with shining hopeful eyes--he needed more friends, he had a hard time making them.

"Friends..." Evan let the word hang in the air, thinking this over. He really liked Artemis, but he wasn't sure if he could live with himself if he forced the blonde to do anything he didn't want. "All right," he said with a genuine smile. "We can be just friends. So...uh, who's this other person you like..?"

"Ahh...I'm sorry but I can't tell anyone that...nobody knows though, so don't feel bad. Jayden doesn't even know..." Artemis sighed longingly and looked away from Evans eyes and continued, “But I mean, if you want to hang out sometimes and you know…"he looked a little awkward but continued once more, “cuddle or whatever you call it…I wouldn't mind..."

Evan sat back down on the bed and leaned back on his arms. "Whatever you want to do," he said with a wink.

"Oh really, and what would you want me to want to do with you?" He grinned and moved a little closer on all fours, looking a bit like a stalking tiger.

"Mmm... What do you think?" He leaned back more, enjoying watching Artemis practically crawling toward him.

"I don't know...Hmm..." As he was saying this he was already practically rubbing up against Evan. He stopped moving and cradled himself closely to the other boy, trusting him probably way too much for the little he knew about him. He took in Evan's natural scent that smelled so much like a clean library and closed his eyes, letting himself relax.

Evan had to restrain himself from pinning the boy to the bed and ravishing him. He had just gained this boy's trust; he wasn't going to lose it. He was going to earn this boy's love in due time, in his own way...

Artemis wrapped an arm around the other boy's waist, sliding his hand over his well-worked on abs--they weren't extremely developed yet, but he was still only 17 most probably...for his age though they were quite the rarity. Artemis smiled contently when all of the sudden Jayden comes crashing through his bedroom door, panting heavily as if something was wrong. Artemis jumped away from Evan, hoping Jayden didn’t see anything much, though he didn’t know why he cared about this. He blinked a few times and started to speak when Jayden interrupted him.

Jayden blinked, thinking for a moment that he had imagined Artemis practically straddling Evan's waist. Although, it was a rather odd thing to imagine… He shook his head and said, "Hey, did either of you finish your lit homework? I just remembered that we had those stories to read, but I didn't understand them... Help?"

"I didn't do it yet...did you Evan?" He asked sighing slightly in relief that Jayden hadn't said anything about their compromising position. Not that he should care; Jayden had been caught by him a thousand times with boys and originally girls. Yeah, he thought he was bi once but it was all bull. A few months after messing around with a few girls he told him he couldn't get truly turned on by them. He saw Jayden looking towards his shirt, seeing that it wasn’t a hoodie and should that he had abs...which reminded him…SHIT, he had to wear normal shirts that showed off his body for the rest of the week. Damn Evan...Manipulative little ass...Yup, Jayden was definitely checking him out a little bit. I mean was it that big of a deal that your friend who always sees you in hoodies gets to see you in a semi-revealing shirt?

Jayden brushed off the fact that Artemis was obviously wearing a form-fitting shirt (one of the shirts he had bought him, no less), and merely said, "Oh. Well, did you want to do it with me? I really need heeelllp..." He ended with a whine. Not waiting for an answer, he shoved his book into Artemis's lap and sat on the bed next to Evan.

Artemis quirked an eyebrow at Jayden asking what was on his mind, “Why are you asking for homework help now? You normally ask like twenty minutes before it's due."

"Yeah, well, I gave up on my math homework, so I have to finish it during lunch." Jayden pouted. Evan looked between the two of them before taking the lit book from Artemis. "I can help you, Jayden. I'm good at interpreting stories; I'm just terrible at grammar."

"Yeah, but hopefully this sorry-case will do ok on the quiz on Thursday," Artemis joked at Evan, before turning to close his eyes, letting Evan teach Jayden--he was oddly tired for some reason. Maybe it was all of that cuddling.

Evan stuck his tongue out at Artemis. "Of course I'll do okay. I have you as a teacher." Jayden looked up from the textbook, slightly confused. Evan definitely sounded and acted like someone he knew, but he couldn't place it...

"So Jayden, what's up? No hot date tonight like normal huh? You getting sick or something?" He questioned idly, eyes still closed.

Jayden shrugged. "He cancelled on me at the last minute, but it's no big deal. I probably wasn't going to go, anyway. He doesn't seem all that interested in me, you know? Besides," he grinned, "hanging with you two is soo much more fun!"

"How can you possibly say that? You are freaking studying with us, this isn't anything really fun." He frowned, Jayden was acting pretty weird..."Oh have you met Evan's new lip ring?" He grinned at his own work of art, if one could call it that.

Jayden did a double take. "Lip ring?" he said dumbly, staring right at it. He felt angry for a moment and wondered why. Artemis had pierced plenty of people's ears, etc; why should this case be any different. "Well," muttered Jayden, "You two seemed to have been having some fun earlier, what with getting piercings and all. How come I'm banned from having fun?"

"Never said you were banned from having fun--besides you said you were having loads of fun with us. So hmph." Artemis looked away from Jayden pouting lightly; they're fun little loving routine of sorts.

Jayden slammed his book shut. "Come on! Let's go do something! I don't need lit! What I need right now is...ice cream!"

"Ice Cream?" Artemis and Evan said simultaneously looking incredulously toward Jayden who seemed to be having ADHD problems at the moment.

"Ice cream!" repeated Jayden. He dashed out of the room at top speed and was back within ten minutes with three bowls of ice cream. "Ice cream!" he said again.
Artemis was still only semi-used to this side of Jayden, I mean it was a quite random side of him that he couldn’t very well grasp, but Evan looked almost normally at Jayden like he wasn't a nut; which, in fact, he was.

Artemis blinked a few times and found himself with a bowl of cold multi-colored ice cream balls in his lap, staring at them like they were zombies or something equally confusing. He blinked watching the other two eat as if this was a normal occurrence.
Evan ate his ice cream feeling content. Even when Jayden held his head in his hands screaming bloody murder on account of a brain freeze, he remained unfazed. He opened up the discarded lit book and attempted to explain some of it to Jayden, who, in all honesty, was paying zero attention to anything except his ice cream.

Artemis oddly pointed out something he thought he saw going on between the two, "You two look like you'd make a very cute couple." He would find out by their responses he'd been woefully mistaken.

Evan choked on his ice cream, staring wide-eyed at the blonde. "Wh--What?" he yelped. Jayden, on the other hand, winked at Evan. For the first time, he let his eyes wander up and down Evan's lean body, his dark brown hair, and his light brown eyes. "Well?" he asked, his voice deepening a little. "How about it?" He asked and laughed at Evan's expression and said to Artemis, "Why would you say that, Arty?"

"You're just really similar, and are both pretty hot I guess...You just seem pretty perfect for each other if you ask me." He had no idea how not-perfect they were, he forgot the age old rule opposites attract. Their similarities are what made Evan not attracted to Jayden but to Artemis, he saw nothing exciting or different in Jayden, moreover he saw himself.

"But I think the cutest couple here...is you and I Jaydy..."He prowled over to Jayden and licked at his lip, looking at Evan during it. They always fooled around new friends like this, making sure they were comfortable enough with their occasional teasings to not run away with their tails between their legs so-to-speak.

Jayden couldn't keep the grin from his face as he played this age old game with his best friend. He met Artemis halfway and their lips met. He kept his eyes opened and watched Evan's reaction. Much to his surprise, Evan actually seemed to be enjoying their little show; usually their friends would freak out, but Evan...didn't.

Artemis licked up the side of Jayden's neck to his ear lightly and ran his tongue ever so slowly along the tip keeping his eyes right on Evan's. He grinned and continued the show only a little longer--soon he'd be back to himself and be as cold as he normally was to Jayden, but this was an important game of theirs. They had to make sure that their new friends felt comfortable with their occasional closeness--it was just one of their "special" quirks you could say.

Evan watched the spectacle with clouded over eyes. He hated to admit it, but the two boys looked hot together. He almost pouted when Artemis's pink tongue withdrew back into his mouth. "Why'd you stop?"

Artemis quirked an eyebrow at Evan ready to say something about it when Jayden silenced him.

Jayden, always the extrovert, slipped his tongue into Artemis's mouth. His hand snaked into the blonde's hair and pulled them closer. After a few moments, he pulled away and looked directly at Evan with a smirk on his lips. "Who said we were stopping?"

"I did." Artemis growled at Jayden moving away a little, he didn't mean for their game to go that far, his feelings for Jayden were already resurfacing too much from the initial game play...he tried hard enough to suppress the feelings that arose in him just being near Jayden 24/7. Jayden was being himself of course--the whore. Ok, so he didn’t necessarily mean whore vehemently but it was true! He had a new boyfriend every three or four seconds and it drove Artemis mad. Now he was staring off into space pouting and thinking again losing track of what was going on around him since he stopped the play for what must have been at least a minute or so of completely spaced-out-ness.

"Aww, you don't mean that Arty-baby," said Jayden with a pout. He dropped his voice a little and said huskily, "You know you want me..." He couldn't keep up the charade for too much longer and ended up nearly falling off the bed laughing so hard. Evan joined in the laughter, realizing that the two boys were merely playing with him, even though he was a little saddened that his little private show had stopped.

Artemis uncharacteristically blushed a little bit and growled slightly, "Pshh why would I want you Jay." Oh he could give a million reasons why he'd want Jayden, he was cute, funny, hot, adorable, random, sexy, smart, mood-lifting, and the list could very well go on for hours, not that Jayden needed to know. It didn't matter anyways Jayden never "dated" anyone. Not for the longest time anyways. He only played with people. It was quite mean but after a while you almost had to accept it, most people seemed to accept Jayden for him, even if he did play with a new toy every few minutes or so…