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Romance › Slash - Male/Male
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
25
Views:
11,085
Reviews:
65
Recommended:
1
Currently Reading:
3
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This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance of characters to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The Author holds exclusive rights to this work. Unauthorized duplication is prohibited.
Part two: Two: I am fancy
Part two, chapter two
I am fancy
"We're going out to celebrate?" Had I missed something again? There was nothing to celebrate. We'd just lost our jobs! We should have been going to ask for benefits or to look for a new job. Whatever jobless people did these days!
"... Celebrate..." I stared at him from across the room. "Celebrate what?"
"We have many things to celebrate, Joonas. We have been together for almost a week, that's one thing." Aww. "You stood up to a guy twice your size and who knows how many times your age. You told him what you thought, and you did so in a way that you knew was going to get a bad reaction, but you still did it. You were brave. That deserves to be celebrated." He moved over to me, hands on my waist, scrunching my work shirt up so he could get to bare skin.
"And," his lips roamed up my neck and I wondered if we would actually make it out of the apartment for the rest of the night.
"You got me out of that hell hole. It didn't make me happy, Joonas. You need a certain amount of money to live in this city, but it's not worth it when you're making more than you need and you have to sit and chat with those types of people. Can you imagine what it'd be like? We'd go out and talk business while they all smoke cigars. Or maybe they like to play golf. I don't like playing golf, for fuck sake!" He lifted me up for a moment, smiling up at me and my shocked expression.
"You saved me from all that. I think this means we're even. I helped you out when you came here with your anxiety, and you saved me from a job that would end up ripping my soul away."
"So where are we going? Hopefully nowhere fancy..."
"You don't like formal settings, do you?" I shook my head and he smiled again, undressing me before nudging me towards the bedroom to get different clothes on. "We're just going for a walk. Nothing big. Don't worry about it."
But for some reason he wouldn't let me take Mighty Pug along. When I asked why, he said it was a surprise. Well there was only one way to find out... Leaving the pug behind we headed out, with Sem’s arm wrapped around me.
Where he took us was definitely a surprise. I didn't even know there was a lake running through the city, but he found it easily. We walked along the side with all the other lovers. But Mighty Pug could have come along with us...
"You think my pug is opposed to water or something? He'd have liked it here and would have behaved... I don't see any 'No Animal’' signs..."
"We're just going to pop into a shop down the way a bit, which is why he couldn't come. I didn't want you to have to stand outside with him, because I get the impression that he wouldn't do well with being tied up while we went into the shop. Relax."
I didn't see any shops; the lake, trees, and in the distance the towering buildings but no shop close by, until we followed the river around a corner. Right there in front of us was a bakery.
"Bakery? ... You're right. He'd have freaked out." I nodded, defeated.
"Are you ready for your surprise?" He squeezed my hand a little tighter and I nodded.
When we entered the bakery I was astounded by the cakes. Shelves were filled with everything imaginable and the scents of chocolate and vanilla hit me. I felt like going over and pawing at the glass while slobbering... Oh wait, that's what Mighty Pug would have done.
"Over here." Sem tugged me out of my thoughts and brought me over to one side. "It’s only the two of us so a huge cake would go to waste... So pick a cupcake." I eyed the price tag and swallowed hard.
"There are... So many." Strawberry, cinnamon, chocolate, vanilla and so many I'd never even thought existed. "That one." I pointed at a cupcake that had swirled orange and brown icing on top. Chocolate orange flavour. Maybe he underestimated my cake eating abilities. The cupcake wasn't going to go far at all.
When we were done he lead me back out to a nearby bench and we sat sharing our cupcakes. His was a spiced plum. So what if the flavours didn't go well together? The people eating them did.
01010
"Hey! Hey, where are you?!"
I'd called Walker on the way home after we'd finished our cupcakes. I told him simply that I'd lost my job, and that he could come over, so we could talk about it more. It was going to be shit for him: first the news that I'd lost my job. Then news that Sem and I were an item... And I still couldn't get used to saying it like that. Me and Sem were together. We were lovers. Wow.
"He's in the bedroom, Walker." I heard Sem speak from the kitchen and moments later Walker burst into the room.
"Please tell me this is some sort of ridiculous joke!" When I shook my head, he looked close to tears, standing in the doorway and looking at the floor as if I was about to shoot him in the head.
"It's not like anyone died, Walker. It's okay."
"How can you say that? We won't be working together anymore and you might not.. You might get a new job. A better job with longer hours and what if it's far away? We won't see each other."
Oh shit.
I moved to him and wrapped my arms around him, eyes closing as memories flowed through me of our first kiss and the time on the sofa. He'd tried to take such good care of me. Could he be blaming this on himself? I couldn't think of a way to lessen the blow and thanked my lucky stars when I saw Sem moving over to us, patting me on the arm.
"Walker, it's not your fault I lost my job. It's my own fault."
"What did you do?" Slept with our boss, that's what.
"Remember what you told me before you went away last weekend? Remember what you told me to do? ... I did it."
It took a long while for the lightbulb to flicker into life in Walker's mind, but he was soon looking around, pointing to the slobbed out pug on the rug.
"So that's why your dumpling of a dog is here-"
"He has ears, ya know?" I pouted and Walker smiled.
"So what? What happened? I want to know."
"Me and Sem are... Um.. Together. He told the people higher up than him at work and... they didn't take it well. When Sem refused to end our relationship, we got told that I was fired. They are going to call other offices to see if anyone wants Sem."
"Are you serious?" Walker wasn't looking at me anymore. "You better look after him... But other offices? They have offices all over the world! You are going to be leaving!"
"There's a very high chance that we will be moving, yes." Wait, Sem said 'we'. "It depends on what I'm offered and where. If Joonas is happy with it and the job is good, then I'll take it and take him with me. I'm not going to be abandoning him. Sorry about that..."
There was an awkward moment between the two of them. They just stared at each other before Walker finally looked away."You had him first anyway. I'm well aware of that. But he's my friend. You'll come and visit, right?"
"Of course we will. And you can come and see us too." I hugged him harder, realising that in order to get what I wanted, I was going to be losing something close to my heart too.
Walker stayed for a while, laughing when I told him what I'd said to the big bear boss man, but he had a date and had to leave, hugging me hard in the hallway. We promised to talk in the next few days, and I returned to Sem's apartment, closing the door behind me and sliding down it.
Now for some more shit news to dish out.
"Sem."
"Mm?"
"Can you come here for a minute?"
"You mean you want me to sit with you and hold the door up?"
"Sure." He took one look at my expression and sat down. "I'm ready."
"Ready... For what?"
"I'm ready to tell you." I swallowed, hoping it would make the tears vanish but it only brought them down my cheeks faster.
"Are you sure? I told you I'd wait."
"You're going to think very little of me once I've told you, so I just want you to know right now that I'm pretty much head over heels in love with you. It's taken a lot for me to get to where I am right now with you, and if you leave me, though I will understand, things are likely to go... Really bad. People tell you to prepare for the worst, but it's something I can't do. So I'm just going to tell you. You can ask however many questions you want. I will try my best to answer them all honestly."
He took hold of my hands in his own and turned me to face him. I just needed to get the words out.
Author notes: Kindly edited by Eroburn.
Lisa, I believe this is what you wanted. I have.... Six more chapters that have been edited and a further two until the story is pretty much done. /kissy face