I Don't Know Why You're Being Shy (Rhett)

[Joshua Ortega]

Things had not been going well for Josh all day. His teleporting had become very sloppy. The young meta hadn’t been able to make it to anywhere he wanted via teleportation, he kept ending up in the wrong places. He tried to pop in to visit Callie earlier that morning and ended up face down in the main office. When he tried to make it to class before he was any later than he already was he found himself in the middle of the pool, the only up side to that predicament was that all the contents of his pockets had been left at his previous location. Teleporting mishaps had been occurring all day for the boy and he was more than frustrated with himself. Things had gotten so bad for Josh, that he had been taken to the nurse twice on account of a bloody nose and a massive headache he had been having, two side effects that he didn’t particularly enjoy, ever. Josh was told not to teleport anymore until tomorrow and only if he was feeling better, a request that Josh didn’t really like to hear.

With classes over with for the day, Josh had spent his time after the visit to the nurse held up in his room. He was in a terrible mood and really wanted the day to be over with. However considering it was only 4pm, it was highly unlikely that Josh stay held up in his room for to long. No matter how he felt, he need social interaction, besides he hated being alone. Which is why Joshua chose to pop out of his room and over to Callie’s, she would comfort him in his time of need.

Josh should have listened to the nurse. The boy couldn’t even tell if his teleport was successful, his head was hurting so bad his vision was blurry. He stood there for a moment, wherever there was, to let his stomach settle and to let his eyes adjust. He leaned forward and supported himself by grabbing a hold of something with both hands. For a moment he thought he was going to vomit but the feeling passed. He wasn’t teleporting again for some time now, his body wouldn’t be able to take it.

As Josh's vision cleared up, he could tell that he was in the bathroom, the thing that was supporting him was a sink and he could see a blurry reflection of himself in the mirror right above it. As his eyesight cleared more he saw that he was shirtless. It wasn’t the worst thing in the world, he was a little chilly it had happened before but Josh realized that he was more than a little chilly, he was cold, real cold. Why was he so cold, that wasn’t a side effect to teleporting. With his vision back to normal Josh slowly looked down at himself. Joshua was standing there, in the student lounge bathroom wearing absolutely nothing. He was mortified.

[Rhett Goddard]

Oh anatomy, why must you be so boring? Rhett wondered as he continued reading his notes from class. They were mainly terrible sketches and drawings here and there, but the few lines of actual information from class were beyond Rhett's learning capabilities. Not like he'd go and admit it, that he was doing quite bad in biology and anatomy, he was usually quite smart and a fast-learner, but hey, he had probably read the class book and his notebook about a dozen time today, and still, he didn't get any. Tomorrow they had a quiz and he was, just as all the ones before, going to fail it. There was always the option of getting extra help from other students or even the teacher, but it would hurt his ego so much that he hadn't actually consider it for real up until now.

Now, however, he needed a rest. He didn't really felt like going to the bathroom, but anything to walk away from this book for at least one minute before going back to it one thirteenth time.

He entered the washroom silently, quickly dodging the horde of students in the lounge. The silence of the bathroom made quite a contrast to the lounge outside, it was calm, it was nice, and there were no books here. Actually, there was no one here, not like Rhett actually peaked under all the stalls to learn this, he just knew as soon as he stepped into the place.

The blonde was in the urinal, minding his business, or attempting to anyway, when a loud thumb called his attention. He looked back and the sight made him raise an eyebrow. He zipped up and took one step to the sinks.

"I wasn't aware we had casual Thursdays." He leaned into a nearby wall. "Let me guess," he was not guessing, "power mishap."

Rhett observed the boy up and down with a slight smile, not sure if because he found the situation funny or because he rather liked what he was seeing. Perhaps a bit of both. Oh anatomy, nevermind.

[Joshua Ortega]

When it rained, it poured. Joshua was learning that at this very moment when his day had gone from bad to worse. Normally, josh was perfectly fine with being seen half naked somewhere. For example he had no problem swimming at the lake or pool with just trunks on, and on most mornings and some weekends, he could be found parading around his dorm in nothing but his multicolered colored boxers. However, this incident was nothing like the two mentioned previously, and it wasn't a problem that could be resolved easily.

Before even addressing the voice that Josh dreaded hearing at the moment, the boy quickly slid his hands down to obstruct the view to his nether region. Once that was taken care of, he slowly turned to face whoever it was that caught him in one of his most embarrassing moments. Doing his best not to make eye contact with the boy, that Josh did recognize, he reluctantly confirmed the boys assumption. “Uh... yeah....” Things were very uncomfortable for him and he wasn’t even sure what to say to the boy who was eyeing him while he stood there in his birthday suit. What he was sure of though, was that he didn’t need anyone else popping in and stealing a glance. “Hey can you lock the door?” He asked, still refusing to look Rhett in the eyes for more than a few seconds. Every Time Josh glanced at the boy his stomach would do more flips than they were already doing and they had nothing to do with how queasy he felt at the moment.

Aside from the ‘lock the door plan’ Josh wasn’t sure what he was going to do next. Even if he thought he was able to teleport at the time, he wasn’t exactly in a hurry to do so. Being naked in front of one person was bad enough, he wasn’t sure he could handle teleporting and winding up somewhere with a much larger audience. Basically he was choosing the lesser of two evils.

[Rhett Goddard]

Whatever was to see, Rhett had seen before the boy covered with his hands. Joshua. The name popped into his mind as Rhett observed him spaz in shame, which was, of course, understandable. If it was Rhett, he'd be just like that, the blonde was, after all, very prudish, he, however, was not a vouyerist, something Josh was probably thinking now, but hey, it could be worse, he could be taking his cellphone out and taking pictures, but contrary to popular belief, Rhett was not that evil. At least not yet and not to someone who clearly hadn't wrong him in anyway.

Rhett was tempted to ask why would he close the door for Josh if Josh was the one who needed it close, but then he remembered his resolution to be less of a jerk, so he walked up to the door and locked it in one quick movement without saying anything. There, his good deed of the day, it already made him feel good about himself.

"You can't get out the same way you came in?" Rhett walked back to Josh while looking to the ceiling. "Phasing?" He looked down at Josh again. "Or teleporting." He hadn't heard the door open, so invisibility was discarded, and other transportation powers like through electricity, shadows and gaseous/liquids forms were so unusual that he had a better chance being right with those two. "I can only wonder, how many other guys have you appeared to," He looked Josh up and down. "like this?" Only after he said it, he realized the possible other meaning of his question, and in attempt to not add awkwardness to the situation, he rephrased. "Do you find yourself in this situation often?"

[Joshua Ortega]

More than relieved that the familiar face had complied to Josh’s wishes brought him a brief moment of relief. At least now there was less of a chance that anyone else would catch him exposed and bare skinned in the bathroom. “Thanks.” Josh expressed his gratitude in one word, it wasn’t exactly easy to form thoughts and speak words when you were focused on keeping your privates private. Josh was attempting not to move to much but couldn’t help but fidget and reposition himself every few seconds.

“I teleported and no I can’t. My powers are on the fritz today.” Josh explained still barely making eye contact. “What’s can you do? Please tell me you can make people invisible.” Josh immediately thought of Cameron, as far as he knew he could turn people invisible. He wished he was here, but then Josh might not be trying to hard to keep himself covered. Thinking of Cameron got Josh comparing the two, Rhett and Cam. He didn’t know why exactly the idea to do so came from, but he realized he got some similar feelings from this guy as he did Cameron. He quickly ejected the thoughts from his head, he didn’t need to be deep in thought about two boys he found attractive at the moment, and just like that, Josh realized he found another boy attractive, he was starting to sense some kind of pattern. that issue however would be better left for a later time though.

It was highly unlikely that Josh’s luck was going to turn around at the moment, but he did hope that somehow whatever Rhett’s ability was, it would be able to assist him in getting back to his dorm without the entire school getting a free show.

“No this doesn’t happen often!” Josh had gotten pretty riled up by said accusation. I don’t teleport naked to strangers, or anybody....” Josh looked down at himself again. “usually.” he added. “But you sure don’t seem to mind right now” He retorted defensively. It wasn’t exactly in his best interest to get defensive with his only way out of this predicament but he couldn’t help it. He spoke before he thought.

[Rhett Goddard]

"I can't." Rhett replied immediately to the question about turning people invisible. "Well I..." It had been quite some time since someone asked him about his power, probably because it had been quite some time since he met someone new (and wasn't above mad with him). "I can do a lot of things." He went into the safe, non-personal and mysterious road. "None of which I think can help you at the moment." Yes, Rhett had been trying to think some way to get Joshua out of this. "I can't even give you my pants, I'm not really wearing any underwear."

Well, that last part was a bit personal, Rhett, in all his prudishness, wasn't even sure why he told Joshua that, but "to avoid being asked to take his pants off" was the winning logic in his brain, although awkwardly, in afterthoughts, maybe it wasn't that bad of a request anyway. He shook the thoughts off a bit, Josh was far too young and... Doesn't he look a bit like... Rhett swallowed saliva a bit, Josh was tanned, dark haired and with a delicate-looking, and yet manly, face. He reminded Rhett of Talen, the one first boy who Rhett liked, and was crazy about. The connection made him feel awkward, granted, Rhett was now a bit more mature in the relationships area and most likely wouldn't fall as head over heels so quick for a person he doesn't know, but he wondered if it could happen again.

After Odion, he wasn't even sure if getting himself involved in anything in the relationships world could ever happen again.

"Well I..." Rhett found himself hesitating on what to say exactly. "happen to not feel uncomfortable around boy parts." This wasn't an "I'm gay" confession, but after he said it, he realized it may have sounded like that. "I have them too, after all."

Ok, this whole thing was a bit of an awkward situation. Any moment now, some guy would like to enter the bathroom and find it locked and find a way to unlock it, it's a school full of metas, someone is meant to have a way to get into the bathroom. For Joshua's sake, they'd have to find a way out of this as soon as possible. And yes, Rhett was already considering himself as part of the solution, maybe he could do two good deeds this day.

"I guess I can get some clothes from your room?" He asked a bit shyly, this was definitely not Rhett's usual kind of thing to do.

[Joshua Ortega]

It had only been minutes, but Josh had been naked in a public place for to long, and it didn’t seem like that was going to change as quickly as he wanted to. His luck had yet to change because whatever Rhett’s power was, apparently it was not going to help him. Josh’s chest rose and then fell as he let out a large sigh.Things were just not going to be easy for him today.

Rhett was a telepath, or he and Josh just happened to be on the same wave length. Josh was seriously considering asking to borrow the other boy’s pants, a request he had never had to make before in his life, it was a very odd and, if he weren't in the predicament he were in at the moment, funny thought. However due to the fact that Josh could have gone without knowing, Rhett was currently going commando. Rhett’s confession may have both personal and maybe even a little awkward, somehow it manage to comfort Josh a tad in his most uncomfortable moment, at least he wasn’t the only one in the room not wearing underwear. Although after thinking about it, Josh did wish that information was not known to him, especially not in his current state. He couldn’t help but continually think about Rhett....underwear-less. The other boy was now doing the opposite of helping. Josh fidgeted uncomfortably again.

Josh’s retort about blonde boy enjoying the predicament Josh was in did seem to frazzle him a bit. Josh wasn’t sure why, considering his retort was poorly thought out and didn’t make much sense. It wasn’t uncommon for boys to be comfortable around other boy parts. Like Rhett had said, he had them too and most boys had been in a locker room before. Rhett’s behavior actually seemed pretty suspicious but Josh was completely oblivious to that fact considering he was just relieved he didn't upset the boy.

Josh was also well aware that a locked door at Hammel didn’t mean to much. He himself rarely even used doors. Josh knew that it was just a matter of enter the bathroom by any number of means once they discover it was locked. Josh’s predicament was extremely time sensitive and Rhett’s next plan wasn’t exactly a speedy one, especially if Rhett didn’t have a power that assisted him in travel. “That would take forever.” Josh whined. He had a look on hopelessness on his face, he wasn’t sure what exactly he was going to do.

After a moment desperate thinking Josh eyed the blonde and what he was wearing. Maybe the boys pants couldn’t help him but maybe the other clothing items Rhett was blessed with at the moment could. Josh bit his lip, he was a little nervous asking but times were desperate. “Uh, how attached are you to that shirt.” Josh’s idea, which he would explain depending on Rhett’s answer, wasn’t exactly foolproof nor was it to sensible, but it beat the heck out of half the school catching him completely nude.

[Rhett Goddard]

As better as Rhett was getting with handling his ESP, one thing he hadn't learned how to do yet was to shut it off, or in other words, how to make it so it doesn't activates on its own. Rhett's extrasensory perception had a life of its own, and according to what he had heard and read about it, it might as well stay forever like this. With training, he could learn how to focus it and use at will, but the passive and spontaneous side of it may never leave. Things like out of nowhere learning that Josh was getting physically excited with the whole thing were just going to happen.

Upon learning so, Rhett's reflexes, and eyes, couldn't do anything different than to direct their attention at Josh's hands covering his privates, just like when someone tell you "don't watch" and that's the first thing you do. Granted, Joshua was doing a very job covering himself, and for the smallest of seconds Rhett thought that Josh's weren't too big to begin with and what it meant along with his excellent covering performance, but then, Rhett's brain and logic came in, and his eyes looked somewhere else and his mind thought of something else. Was he blushing? He could feel his cheeks heat up a bit and the blonde scratched his head and breathed deeply in an attempt to... look normal? He wasn't sure.

"You can... hide in the stall while I get you clothes?" He said casually, making his mind wander off the situation.

The younger boy was clearly right about the taking forever thing, but why wasn't hiding on the meantime an option? Of course, maybe he just wanted to make completely sure that the number of people who ran into him naked today stayed at one. The younger boy the proposed another idea, a stranger one. His shirt? Was Josh planning on covering himself with Rhett's shirt? That would just look plain dumb, wouldn't it?

"I'm not." ...attached to the shirt, he meant. "Your big plan is wearing my shirt as pants to walk out of here?" Rhett placed the image on his head and gave it some thought. "Will your legs even fit on the sleeves? Won't little Joshee go straight to the shirt's neck? Did you think of that image long enough?" Rhett apparently did. Of course, not with sexual intentions, but with good-boy and helping intentions. "Are you aware of what people will think if they see us walking out of the bathroom, both half-naked?"

Thankfully, Hammel was nowhere near an homophobic environment, maybe Josh's idea was the best one. After sighing, Rhett started to remove his shirt and quickly passed it to Joshua. It was quite a small shirt, white and very thin, he had had it for a long time now, before he started doing exercise, and thus it was a couple of sizes smaller. His body was no longer of that thin boy that came to Hammel more than a year ago, the gym had build on him muscular mass and defined his body in a very firm and handsome shape, which was more clear now that he was shirtless.

"You know, take the pants as well." Rhett said as he entered one of the bathroom stalls, unbuttoning his jeans and sliding them below the door. "Go to your room, get some clothes, bring me back mine." In some way, now they were both naked together and inches from each other, well, except for that bathroom door. "I can deal with whatever psychic or x-ray visions kid enters and figures out there's a naked guy hiding here." That sounded like a plan. Now here's to hoping it worked out all right. "Please don't accidentaly teleport back here without clothes and leave both... screwed."

[Joshua Ortega]

Josh didn’t need to know that Rhett had the ability to know things about people without them telling him to know himself that Rhett noticed Josh’s interest in him. The naked adolescent noticed the glances to his nether regions and even noticed the other boy’s flushed cheeks. That realization caused Josh to have the same reaction, he glanced down at himself, blushed, and looked away from Rhett trying desperately to think of just about anything else, but he couldn’t help but think more about if Rhett was just embarrassed or he was intrigued by Josh’s attraction. Josh might have to look more into it at a later date, that is if the two could ever look each other in the eyes again after this.

Hiding in the stall, clearly a much better plan, than walking the halls with a shirt covering himself, but Josh wasn’t thinking to clearly at the time, he was concerned with getting out of his situation and back to his room as quickly as possible, the boy was impatient, and waiting in a stall would feel like an eternity. He was not prepared to stand nude in a bathroom for an eternity.

Confused momentarily about how Rhett interpreted how Josh planned on using his shirt, Josh shook his head vigorously and explained his intent. “What? No! I’m not that stupid, I was just gonna wrap it around my waist... like a towel.” Josh knew he would look ridiculous walking through the walls in Hammel in nothing but a shirt covering his loins, but it was better than nothing. Besides, the boy didn’t mind attention, as long as the attention didn’t involve him being completely naked. He would definitely be more than okay walking to his dorm wrapped in a t-shirt. However Josh didn’t think about what people might say about the two of them coming out of the same bathroom half nude.

Partially ready to throw his idea out the window and come up with something else, Josh was shocked when RHett handed him his shirt. Josh took it, keeping one hand placed strategically around his manhood, and tied the shirt around his waist by the sleeves. It wasn’t a perfect solution but it helped a bit. However there was a new problem, a shirtless, physically fit, and attractive Rhett was now standing across from him.

“Um.. you don't have to...”Josh began as Rhett entered a stall and stripped down to nothing. Josh was relieved that the other boy went into the stall, he wasn’t sure if he could take to much more awkward nudity today. Josh did as Rhett, who had now basically switched places with Josh, said. He slipped on Rhett’s pants and put his shirt on the right way, there was no time to be picky about freeballing in the same pair of pants as someone else. “I’ll be right back and I’m not teleporting!” A phrase Josh didn’t utter often and mean it but this time it was to important for him to keep his word. He darted to his room as fast he could, slipped on a beater and some basketball shorts, and ran as fast as he could back to the bathroom with Rhett’s clothes.

Josh arrived about ten minutes later out of breathe and tossed his clothes over the stall walls. “Did... anybody... come in?” He asked between breaths. Joshua owed Rhett big time for his sacrifice.

[Rhett Goddard]

Tying the shirt around the waist did sound like a better idea than what Rhett had in mind, however, he wondered if the shirt was wide enough to wrap around Josh's waist, even Josh looked quite thin, although a more exact word was fit, Rhett had a tendency of using small shirts. When the younger boy successfully covered his groin and part of his legs with the shirt, Rhett stood corrected, felt slightly less awkward and perhaps a little less amused, maybe he did like a naked Josh more than he did a half-naked one.

"I definitely know I don't have to." I want to.

Rhett sat in the toilet as he heard Josh run away. What if he doesn't come back? He thought for a second, worrying a bit, but no, he knew Joshua wasn't like that. Granted, he could not be sure that he was going to come back, Rhett could not know anything from the future, but he knew the boy was determined to come back, and unless something happened to him on the trip to his room and back, everything would sure be fine, right?

"A couple of guys." Rhett said after he heard the familiar voice of Josh. "No one noticed." With his clothes raining over the stall, Rhett immediately started changing into them and after being done, he walked out. "Oh, hey, I had forgotten how you look in clothes." He finished arranging his shirt while looking at Josh. "You're welcome, you know."

Now what? He did had to go back to that anatomy book and those terrible anatomy notes from class, but after being stuck on the bathroom for minutes, maybe he had lost momentum, and intention. Maybe he just couldn't concentrate now. How long had it been since he saw another naked body anyway? That Brazilian boy was apparently avoiding him and his Asian acquaintance hadn't been in Vermont for a couple of weeks now.

"You know, or maybe you're not welcome." Rhett said with a serious face. "You owe me, Joshua."

Rhett wouldn't normally do this, but everything from the minute he stepped into the bathroom hadn't been normal, so what was another pebble in the river? The blonde took one step towards Josh and leaned until their lips touched each other.

"OOOHHH! Get a room!" A student yelled as he entered the bathroom, making Rhett lean back immediately.