BIG PARTY! [open to all]

[Jen Mitchellson]

Saturday arrived. Perfect. Caelum was going to be SO hyped about this. Jen couldn't hold back the chuckles that came with the idea of her brother's reaction. Oh, this was going to be SO awesome! Sure, maybe she'd taken her prank a tiny bit WAY too far with the toilet pic, but it was just the icing on the cake. The true cake was, of course, to get Caelum out of his misery cave and, well, get laid! He SO needed it. It amused Jen that he'd only been with one man in his life when she'd been with... a few. Okay, a lot. But they were different people, that's all! She didn't fall in love like Caelum did. Not yet anyway. Still, she figured the best way to get over someone was to get... under someone else. Or behind? She really didn't know how gays worked and she really didn't want to find out. Don't get her wrong! She actually thought nothing bad about it, just... ew, her brother and getting laid, and here she was trying to get that to happen. So she was sucking up her own feelings about the whole thing and be supportive. She so was getting the best sister in the world award.


Now... Some preparation.


Jen had arrived a few minutes ago, using the key they thought they'd hidden well but hadn't to enter the house. It felt so empty, the usual three who were around nowhere to be found, or maybe hidden in their rooms. Oh well, it would be full of guys in a few minutes. So, where to start?


She looked around the house and let out a breath. Okay, so... preparing for the party. Preparing. Right. She made a tiny sound of confusion, looking around and then smiled as she made her plan for it. She walked up to the front door, opened it wide, crossed her arms and nodded in approval at her good work. "Done!" She said and moved to sit on the couch, grabbing a random magazine. Now to wait for the people to arrive...

[Malachai Roen]

Maybe this wasn’t the best idea that Kai had ever had. For various reasons, such as the stuff that had happened between him and Caelum when he’d been split from Zach, and the relationship between his boyfriend and the moth-winged man, but… Hell if Kai wasn’t going to go to this party! Not only had he not been to one since he’d graduated and started working at Hammel, but he also wanted to just… Keep an eye on his friend and make sure he didn’t find himself ending up with someone weird or creepy. Who knew who might show up to the place with that kind of advertising?

Zach was coming too, willingly or unwillingly. Kai hadn’t had to convince him all that much, but for some reason the writer still didn’t seem all that eager to go. “Come on, lighten up a little, babe,” he told Zach as they wandered up to the apartment. “We’re just going to make sure something weird doesn’t happen to Caelum, okay?” Kai honestly felt a little awkward now that they were almost there, wondering what Cales would say when he saw them, but… Too late to turn back now. He’d even bought a couple (expensive) packs of beer that he was carting along in either hand. He might be planning on getting a bit wasted, since he didn’t have work until Monday.

The door was open when they got there, and Kai paused only a moment before peeking inside. He’d come a little early on purpose, just to make sure they got there before any potential creeps did. “Hello~?” he called out, before seeing a girl perched on the couch reading a magazine. “Ah… You must be one of Caelum’s sisters,” Kai guessed, giving Jen a bright smile as he walked in, carting Zach along. He was oblivious to the fact that Jen knew who he was. “We’re friends of Caelum’s, so we thought we’d come for… You know, moral support.” Yup. He held up the alcohol. “I brought some beers too,” he added. Hopefully he wouldn’t be the only one.

[Jen Mitchellson]

Jen looked up as someone spoke and her face broke into a wide grin. "Zach!" She exclaimed as soon as she saw him, jumping out of the couch and straight to give him a hug, despite the fact that he hadn't been the one to talk. "Hey! I'm so glad you came! Caelum will be thrilled!" She said with a wide smile and then she turned to the other person and recognised him immediately. "Or maybe not." She added, losing her smile and her eyes narrowing in distrust.

"You." She said with venom... fake venom, but still. She still glared at him as best she could as she moved to pull out her phone and held it out to compare him to the picture. "Yes, I prefer you naked." She said lightly, before taking another quick picture and placing the phone back in her pocket as if it wasn't a big deal that she had his naked picture as wallpaper. She snorted as he introduced himself. "Oh, I KNOW you're Caelum's friend." She said, eyeing him up and down. "You have some nerve coming here. You work out right? You look like you work out." Dammit, Jen! Keep it in your pants. She shook her head but it was hard to ignore the fact that he was still a hottie. A hottie who'd costed Zach and K's friendship.

But then he said the magic words. Beer. Jen nodded. "Okay, you're cool. Come on in." She said, already moving away to let them through. She had to admit, even though she was thrilled to see Zach, and it was kind of fun to see his boyfriend, the famous Kai, she still felt somewhat sad that no eligible hot, single, gay bachelor had showed up yet. Nor the guest of honour. Where was Caelum anyway?

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This party had ‘Jen’ written all over it. There was no way that Caelum would have agreed to this. Zach saw the flier posted on a wooden street lamp and he nearly choked. No, Caelum also didn’t approve of that picture probably being scattered all over town! Even if the guy liked to play his own pranks….Caelum wouldn’t have gone this far against anybody! At least, he hoped he wouldn’t….

Zach wasn’t even planning on going. Hell, he had half a mind to just call Caelum up and hang out with him somewhere else, away from….from this. But noooo, Kai wanted to go out and party, like he was still a freshman in college. Didn’t he graduate? Didn’t he have a respectable job now? Didn’t he…you know….grow up??

Clearly not. “Yeah, yeah, I know….” he muttered. Of course, what was Zach expecting from his spoiled brat of a lover? Maturity? Too much to hope for. So of course Zach had to tag along. To supervise! Nothing more! It wasn’t like….like he was feeling left out or ignored or anything! It wasn’t like he was worried that Kai was going to…to do something with someone else if Zach wasn’t there to remind him who he was supposed to be dating. No, Zach was not jealous!

Even so, Zach didn’t want to be there, and so had all the plans to sit in a corner with a beer and just watch everyone else have fun. Probably Kai too. It reminded Zach a bit of the night they first hooked up. Ahh, memories…

Zach was only a little worried about being there with Kai. After all, he and Caelum were fine now. Weren’t they? Of course they were. Zach rolled his eyes at Kai’s excuse for being there. Liar, he thought. Still, he smiled and returned the hug that Jen had greeted him with. Then she turned her attentions to Kai…and Zach didn’t know whether to laugh or groan, the way she was ‘attacking’ him. His face suddenly blossomed a full red. Zach had forgotten about that picture she stole. And put as her wallpaper on her phone. That still wasn’t okay! “Jen! You better not have…” Kept that picture. And then she was taking another one of Kai. Great. Now she had two, a ‘before’ and ‘after’ set. “Jen,” he started in a very “big brother” tone of voice. “You better delete that right now….and the other one too, I’m serious!” His face still hadn’t faded to his natural pallor.

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Brooke wasn’t about to be late for this one, nope! Not, as so lovingly <3 advertised, a completely gay party! Now that just had a very deliciously appetizing ring to it, Brooke had no choice but to stick her nosy little nose into the dudette’s business. Eeeeeesspecially after taking a gander at the man in question doing his business, lololoool!! Brooke was totes gonna poke fun at that guy(she didn’t know him, why would she?) and commend him for using such an earnest photo of himself. It was too bad she wasn’t a guy who could throw himself onto the guy’s pogo-bouncy-plaything for his(her) own enjoyment. He probably didn’t really want a boyfriend, just a guy he could hold for one, single, memorable night~

Ahh, sweet young promiscuity~

Said the 18-year-old college freshman.

Who spent her days either studying or playing video games at home or at work.

Brooke’s life had truly become droll over the past year(almost) since graduation. She hadn’t even been to a party proper since that one Jade threw at their own apartment last semester, and that one was a severely toned down version of what she’d been to in the past. Growing up sucked. She needed an adventure. She needed excitement!

She needed to get somebody else drunk and watch them make a fool of themselves.

That was the primary reason why she called up her dear, old, good friend Xun, oh how he must have missed her! The baby was already 18 and was such a stick in the mud, Brooke was determined to get his goose loose for once! Maybe even hook him up with the star of the show, since that was the whole point of the par-tay. And what was Brooke going to do in the meantime? Drink. Watch. Laugh. Find herself a nice set of lips, abs, and pecs that wasn’t pointing their erection at another set of lips, abs, and pecs. One of these days she may tag Xunie herself, buuuut….d’aww who was she kidding, he was too much of a cutie for her to take his virginity.

Brooke walked hand in hand with her companion down the walkway, swinging their arms merrily as she hummed a little diddy. “You, sir, are gonna have the time of your life, my dear Xunie-baby~” She continued to pull him down the sidewalk, and held up the bag she carried in her other hand. “Trust me~” she said with an evil, manic grin. “I brought baijiu~” Because for some reason, the china-man was such a prude that he wouldn’t take anything but. Oh, well, Brooke could accommodate, and she did.

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How did this always happen to him…?

For what seemed like the thousandth time in his life, Xun found himself being dragged along to some party where he wouldn’t know anyone or anything and would likely spend the entire time awkwardly cradling a cup of water in a corner until he could escape without anyone noticing. In this case, that meant making sure Brooke got drunk and distracted enough that she would forget he was there so he could get away without her stopping him. Ai-ya…. Why was he so bad at saying no?

“Where are we even going…?” he whined as they headed towards the apartment. “Will I know anyone there…?” When did he ever? “I doubt that…” he mumbled at her words, grudgingly letting her drag him by his arm. At least he’d taken a little bit of time to put on something decent rather than just his normal tanktop and wushu pants. But only because he didn’t want to feel like a complete loser.

His eyes widened in surprise, and disbelief. “Eh…?” he asked, actually sounding interested. “How did you…? My parents have only been able to get that in China…” If she really did have the Chinese liquor, Xun might actually drink. It had been a while since he’d had the stuff, and it was the only alcohol he would consume willingly. “You should drink some too,” he urged. “You’ll really like it.”

When they reached the apartment, Xun hesitated before presumably being tugged into the place by Brooke. It took him a moment to realize who was already there, and his lips parted in surprise. “J-Jen?” he stammered, not expecting to see the other girl. His hand was still being gripped by Brooke’s. “What are you doing…. Here…?” A blush flashed across his cheeks. “Is this your party?” No one had told him who it was really for, or what it was. “I-it’s good to see you again…” Xun managed a small smile, forgetting momentarily that Brooke was beside him. He ignored the two other men there as well (although he was a little glad he wasn’t the only guy).

[Malachai Roen]

Oh wait… Zach and this girl knew each other…?

Kai supposed it was possible, since the writer was friends with Caelum, and this was presumably his sister. He stood a little awkwardly as the girl hugged Zach, but didn’t say anything as they spoke. Well… This was a nice surprise, right? She seemed nice enough, so-

Wait, what? “Me?” he replied, blinking in surprise. “Do I know you…?” Shit, had they slept together some time ago and he’d forgotten, or something? She didn’t look familiar, and Kai didn’t have a tendency to forget a face… Wait, what was she saying now? “Huh??” he stammered. Naked? What? Maybe she had been someone he’d… Kai flinched as her phone clicked, shooting a bewildered look at Zach. What’s going on? he mouthed to his boyfriend, as though he would know. “I… I’m sorry, I… Have we met before?” Kai had no idea what to say. “I… Yes?” He worked out, sure, but what did that have to do with anything…?

Well…. Okay, that wasn’t too hard. He smiled weakly as he came inside with Zach, and set the beer on a table nearby. Kai rubbed the back of his neck and glanced at the writer again as he spoke. “What are you both talking about?” he asked, exasperated. “I feel like I’m missing something…” And oh, he was. At least he didn’t mind his picture being taken. He was sure he looked good even though he hadn’t been prepared. “Where’s Caelum?” he added, still not seeing his friend. “We can’t start drinking until he comes out!” Or maybe they could – Kai wondered if he would even show up, since this likely wasn’t the winged man’s idea.

[Julien Duval]

Julien was confused when he'd happened upon the house that he assumed was Jen's because the door was open. Were Americans really that inviting? Hesitantly, he slid through the open doorway and looked around at the few bodies that were already there. Jen had texted him the address and he wasn't really sure why he was here. It wasn't his scene, he knew that much and he also knew that nobody would really appreciate the fact that he had a camera around his neck. They probably didn't want their shenanigans to be on film. He was hoping he avoided anyone getting angry at him. But he just couldn't leave his camera at home. A party had so many people, it was grounds for something interesting happening. And while he felt particularly out of place, he did have to admit that most of the reason why he'd pushed himself to go was Jen herself. She'd had an affect on him, she was the kind of person you didn't forget and well...she seemed to think he was someone worth remembering too.

There were only two familiar people in the home so far. One of them was Jen and the other was the tall, dark haired person talking to Jen, standing by another guy who was ridiculously muscular in Julien's opinion and only made him feel more like a beanpole. Zach was here? Although he shouldn't doubt Jen's social skills. She probably knew everybody.

And so he headed in the direction of people he actually knew, wondering if he'd ever steal a moment with Jen anyway, he was sure almost everyone wanted to talk to her.

[Caelum Mitchellson]

Finally! The weekend seemed like it was so far away, and it was a much needed break for the moth man. School was slightly stressing him out, as was just about everything else. So, earlier that day, Caelum had decided to take a much needed break from life in general and head out to his favorite hiding spot, the lake. Not like it was a secret place or anything, or like no one could reach him. It was just quiet, and it felt nice being there. For awhile the man just lounged around the banks, just enjoying the sunlight and the light company of people that mulled around nearby.

After an accidental nap, Caelum decided it was time to head back to the comforts of home and since it wasn't far, walking seemed like the best idea. It wasn't like he had any plans, his simple outfit saw to that. The stroll home was uneventful, for the first stretch anyway, but as he made it closer to home, the moth winged man started to notice unusual things. First of which being, random people looking at him oddly. Some of them giggling, others blushing and looking away. Had he forgotten to zip his fly? Looking down he noticed that wasn't the case. So, what could it be?

That was around the time he walked by a flyer. It only caught the corner of his eye, and barely registered with him, until he realized there was a picture of a man sitting on a toilet. With a bit of chuckle, he turned to read this glorious prank of a flyer. He didn't notice right away, in fact it took a few seconds after actually reading the flyer for the picture to set in. "What...the....hell?!" Caelum shouted, scaring some nearby kids. "I'm gonna kill her.." Now, Caelum did not get angry often, meaning he never really got mad in general. Besides, he was all for a good prank, but this was stepping over a line. Jen had no right to butt in on his private business. 

With little thought, his wings were out and he flew home as fast as they would carry him. So, naturally when he landed nearby the house, he was a bit exhausted, but had little time to get any more upset. He instantly noticed that a few people were already showing up. If this hadn't been Jen's idea, he would have been flattered actually. Though he was sure most were there for the booze. Now, growing up in the Mitchellson household had taught Caelum many things, one being, that you should never show any emotions in public. Other than that of being happy. With this thought in mind, he slowly entered the house.

Oh, he was still very angry, so angry he really didn't notice anyone who was there. Instead his eyes focused on his "dear" sister and made a straight shot for her. Reaching out from behind her, he grabbed her arm. It would have looked gentle, but it was a bit rougher. Even rougher than he intended. "Jennifer dear. My I have a word with you?" He paused and gave her a look that only she would realize meant that he was unhappy. "In private."

[Jen Mitchellson]

Kai seemed confused. Good. Served him right. "You don't know me. But I know you. Oh yeah! How do I KNOW you." She said angrily, and then nodded, rolling her eyes as he confirmed he worked out. "Of course you do." She said with narrowed eyes, as if he'd just said he did something horrible. She couldn't hold back and raised a hand to squeeze his forearm. Hmm! Muscle. And then of course Zach had jumped in, scolding her with that big brother voice she so loved. "Aw, but it's not fair! You get to keep the real thing!" She gave him big puppy eyes, hugging her phone to her chest. "Please?" Kai still seemed confused and she sighed. "Zach's being selfish." She explained, "And he won't share his toys!" Kai made new questions. A good one, actually. "He'll get here any second." That's when she saw someone else enter the house. "Oh, new people! Got to say hi!" Saved by the bell. Jen tried moving past them and hurry to the newcomers, before Zach would demand his pictures deleted. Oh! Xun! Her face broke into a wide smile, actually happy to see him.

"Xun! Great! Protect me from this guy!" She joked, pointing back at Zach and then stopped dead flat as she noticed who she was with and HOW he was with. She lost her smile and stood there, staring at their joined hands. "Oooouuuuhh." She said in an emotionless voice. She then let out a breath and a bitter laugh, rolling her eyes. "Figures." She said and gave them a forced smile. "Hi." She said, looking from Xun to the girl. Blue eyes and dark hair. He really had a type, didn't he? "I'm Jen. Xun's FRIEND, apparently." She sent a fake smile and half glare to the boy and back to the girl. Xun was making question about the party and Jen did a mocking curtsy, "I'm the sister!" She said proudly, still wearing the forced smile. "You must've seen the flyers."

Oh, Julien! Jen sent Xun a smirk and then turned to Julien. "You came!" She said happily to the French man, moving to give him a quick hug. "Perfect." She said, and then bit on her lower lip. Julien still looked as cute as ever, with that awesome hair. "I've been meaning to talk to you. I kind of want to- Uh oh." She felt that slight touch on her arm and knew immediately whom it belonged to.

"Hey!" She said with a wide smile as soon as she saw Caelum. "The man of the hour! Hello, big brother." He called her Jennifer. Uh oh indeed. "Just a sec." She told Julien as she turned to follow Caelum to wherever he was leading her to, away from the rest of the people. She kept sending smiles at everyone around, walking as if nothing and when they reached wherever place Caelum wanted to talk to she just went "What?" as if truly confused of what he would want to discuss. Oh, this was going to be great.

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“Zach had to admit it was a little satisfying seeing Kai flustered over Jen and her abstract accusations. Serves him right, for…..for dragging Zach down here in the first place! No, Zach was no jealous. Nothing had even happened yet, why would he be jealous!?

But even Zach had to take some pity on Kai. “I’ll explain in a minute….” he sighed, putting his hand on the taller man’s shoulder, though Jen’s ranting might’ve explained it all well enough. “Just…apologize and…I don’t know, ignore her.” Zach wasn’t sure how happy Kai was going to be to find out that she had a naked picture of him that she got from Zach’s phone that Zach wouldn’t have had in the first place if….if….if Kai hadn’t been so goddamn photogenic. Zach was going to have to be more careful about where he stored their ‘private time’ photos.

Zach pulled a chair from the table and claimed a seat in it. He didn’t plan on moving unless something made him. Yes, he was a creepoid, people watching wallflower, but….parties weren’t really his thing. He even hid during family events, why would he be any different here?

”Where’s Caelum?” Kai asked.

“Hopefully not here,” Zach said with a laugh. “If he never shows up…well, I guess we’ll just have to go home, now will we.” Zach smile not-so-passive aggressively up at his loving boyfriend. There was a pair who came in that Zach didn’t recognize…well, no, the girl looked a bit familiar, but maybe he was just seeing things? But then…Zach’s eyes widened and he stood. “Julien…what are you, uh…you’re here….why….?” Cue the awkward. After all, how often do you run into your co-workers at a gay themed party? He wasn’t….no, he couldn’t be, not with…well, he never actually said he was interested in Kailin, so maybe Zach was wrong? He wasn’t that great at reading signals of attraction, after all, though…that was really on towards himself.

And then….the man of the hour walked in. Zach avoided looking at him, embarrassed that he didn’t warn his friend about this whole event sooner, but…it seemed Caelum was preoccupied with ‘talking’, no doubt, with his sister. Zach sighed and crossed his arms. “Yup….she’s in trouble.” Zach knew his friend well enough to know when he was…not himself. He looked to Kai. “Well, he’s here, you going to drink or what?” Zach helped himself to one of the bottles that Kai had brought, then looked to Julien. “….you want one?” he asked cautiously. Was he even 21? Showed how much Zach paid attention…

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Brooke did a cutsy tee-hee-hee when Xun expressed surprise at her having brought the high-proof alcohol. “You underestimate my powers of internet!!” she exclaimed, swinging his arm into a full-about circle. Yes, it was easy to get alcohol on the internet. All you had to do was click a button that says “yes I’m 21” and they sell it to you. Then it can just ship right to your door, yuppers! Easy shmeasy! “To a party of course!” she replied, as if it were obvious. She just didn’t know who’s party it was.

But…apparently Xun did?? Wow! Xun knew a girl that wasn’t Brooke! That was….that was like a pig flying across a neon moon! How did she not know this sooner!? This was news worthy enough for the Vermont Voices! Brooke was totally gonna blab about this to Jade and Kristina whenever it was she saw them next, yes she was! Eeeespeciially the part where he blushed. That was a blush, wasn’t it! It was totally a blush. And a smile! He totally smiled voluntarily! Which meant…..

XUNIE-BABY WAS TOTALLY CRUSHING HER.

Much important, a life changing event that was. But looking at the girl(Jen was her name, right?)….Of course Brooke noticed where the girl was looking, at their conjoined hands. She was looking Brooke up and down. That excited greeting had quickly deflated into nothing. And her voice literally spat venom. Ohhhh, what was Brooke to do?? This girl totally thought that she and Xun were bestie-bed-fucking partners, didn’t she?

….Brooke smiled her usual cat-like smile. “Hi,” she said back. Brooke released her hold on Xunie’s hand to extend it out friendlily to the girl Jen. The jelly girl Jen. “I’m Brooke,” she introduced herself brightly. “I’m…oh, how to explain it…” Regardless if Jen took her hand or not, Brooke would pull it back and put her finger to her lips thoughtfully. “Well, I guess you could say…” She smirked again and draped herself off of Xun’s shoulder, resting her temple on the back of her hands. “We’re ‘practice partners’.” She said it strangely, as if it were a euphemism for something else. “Boy, you should see him when he gets all hot and worked up, all sweaty and shiny-like, it’s just makes you wanna…rawr!” Brooke casually slid one hand down Xun’s back and…upon her ‘rawr’ she gave that tight little bumpkin-bum a good old-fashioned squeeze. Followed by another flirtatious giggle.

Ohh, this was gonna be fun. Brooke could already see the green color of jealousy in her eyes. It’s no wonder she trotted off to some other boring looking boy who just came in. Hmm…well, he was kinda cute too. And then there was the Throne Boy, in all his clothed glory!! Brooke pointed at him. “Xunie-baby,” she said, still hanging off his arm. “What do you think about that guy, be honest now.”

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Xun didn’t know what was going on or what he should do. People were appearing through the door that he didn’t know, Brooke was still squeezing his hand, and Jen was saying… “Eh? Protect you from who?” he replied, straightening and suddenly on alert. He’d told her he’d protect her from creeps, right? He glanced at the guy she was pointing to, missing the joke in her voice, but…. Whoever this guy was really didn’t seem to be bothering her, so he just got the joke a bit late. By that time, though, Jen’s expression had dropped, and the Chinese boy stepped back a little, surprised by the sudden change. “Figures… What?” he asked in confusion. Xun looked at Brooke, then down at their hands, and his blush deepened when he realized what Jen must think. “O-oh, it’s not… We’re not…!” he stammered, trying to pull his hand away. “She was… Dragging me… And just… Uh…”

Fortunately, Brooke took her hand away to shake Jen’s hand, and Xun stood there awkwardly, rubbing the squeezed hand with his other. “We’re frie-“ he began to say, but then the cat-girl began talking, and all Xun could do was stare at her in disbelief as she told Jen… Told her… Eh?? “She means martial arts,” he added in exasperation; even he wasn’t dumb enough to miss what she was suggesting. He’d spent enough time around her to know what she was like – a lot like Jen, actually, in that kind of way. “We… Ah… She…” His throat had closed up in nervousness and he choked into silence.

It opened up again in a very loud, awkward squawk as Brooke groped his backside. “B-Brooke!” he squeaked, shuffling away from her a little. “Why are you acting l-like this? J-Jen’s gonna think…” Jen. Xun whirled around to look at the other girl, but she’d been distracted by another guy by that point, and the Chinese boy’s stomach dropped. Ai-ya, what was she going to think of him?? He wanted to go talk to her and explain what had happened, but he was too awkward to butt in on a conversation…

“… Eh?” he mumbled half-heartedly, glancing at the guy that Brooke had pointed out. He’d just walked in, or something, and he didn’t look happy. “What do I…? I don’t know, I don’t know him,” he sighed. “…. Can I have that baijiu now?” Maybe if he got some in his system, he would be able to shake off his awkwardness for once. Unlikely, but maybe. “She’s gonna hate me now….” he whined.

[Julien Duval]

"I did!" Julien said, accepting the hug. He was shocked she made her way towards him so quickly. It was a pleasant surprise actually. And there she went... "You're biting your lip again." He gestured towards her lip, smiling sheepishly. One of Jen's signature mannerisms. He was still trying to figure her out. But maybe if he spent less time trying to figure out women, he'd actually be involved with one.

He was about to intently listen to what she was going to say after she'd said she'd been meaning to talk to him. To Julien, everything she sid was interesting. But then she was torn away as soon as she'd walked over, by someone who didn't look very happy with her. Julien wasn't really sure what the party was all about...

As Jen walked off, he nodded at Zach, who was offering him a beer. He shrugged. "Sure," he replied, although he was sure he'd end up just carrying it around.

[Malachai Roen]

She knew… Him… Okay…. Kai was slowly getting an idea of what was going on, and he smiled slyly over at Zach. “Okay, what bullshit have you been telling her about me?” he teased lightly, reaching up and ruffling the older man’s hair. Of course, Zach had probably ranted and raved at her because of something Kai had done, right? That was definitely something the writer would do. Kai just wondered why she seemed… So angry. But… She was feeling him up too, okay. “There’s more where that came from, doll,” he said smoothly, flexing his arm under his shirt. Maybe a little sweet talk would mellow her out from whatever Zach had told her? Heh… Kai was good at that. Zach was telling him to do other things, but oh no, the winged man knew this girl’s type. She was totally eyeing him up despite her scolding, and Kai would play that up.

“Oh, it’s alright, I’m sure it’s a good picture,” he said with a signature Roen smile. The kind that made women weak in the knees and swoon (or so he experienced on occasion). “Zach, you can share me just a little, can’t you?” he teased, leaning over to peck his boyfriend on the cheek. Kai had no intentions of doing anything that would be considered cheating, but why not have a little fun? “Take as many pictures as you want, sweetie, I’m not camera shy.”

But now she was running off to greet someone else, and Kai chuckled, turning his attention back to Zach. “She seems… Nice,” he commented. Knowing his lover, he was probably irritated by this point, so Kai gave him another nuzzle and kiss on the corner of his mouth. “Mm… I guess we would,” he agreed when Zach started talking about Caelum. “Back to my place…” he added with a sly smile. He just wanted to make sure Caelum didn’t end up in some… Bad situation from this.

Well, speak of the devil. “Hey, Caelu-!” he began to say, but… Oof, that was not a happy look on the guy’s face, and Kai quickly stepped back to let him talk to Jen. “Yikes,” he uttered to Zach. Kai wondered how that conversation was going to go. Ah, well, meanwhile… “Yes!” he exclaimed, reaching around to grab his own bottle of the beer. “Try it,” he encouraged Julien, someone Zach apparently knew somehow. “It’s high-quality, I promise. You never get anything less with me.” He offered a hand to the French boy. “I’m Kai,” he offered, and gave Zach a nudge. “You didn’t even introduce me.” Kai chuckled and popped open his beer and promptly began drinking as he swung an arm around his boyfriend’s waist. “Are you friends with that firecracker?” he asked, nodding at Jen’s retreating figure. “I wasn’t sure if she wanted to claw my eyes out or claw my shirt off more…” Heh.