Grab Somebody Sexy, Tell 'em Hey (Zach)

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Into something tolerable? "What…what th' heck d'ya consider intolerlable?" Did Kai really need all this high class niceness just to feel comfortable? Then what was his impression of people who couldn't afford this kind of lavishness, who only felt the need for the bare necessities. Those who had to share housing just to get a couple hundred extra dollars, which to them could mean the difference between getting fast food or a ramen cup for lunch. Zach should really be pissed over those implications.

But he wasn't really. He was too drunk to be much more than just appalled and irritated at how innocently insensitive Kai was. "Beacuase you're such a….ashually, I really don' hafa good reason, huh?" Just because Kai was flaunting it didn't mean he was doing it to be mean, right? And it was kinda cool.

But now he was even offering for Zach to take something, anything he wanted. "Hellll no…" He slurred, taking another drink of the wine he could no longer taste. Actually, he couldn't really feel his fingers either. "You…you can keep allay'r rich boy toys to y'rself."

No, Zach was definitely envious that Kai's parents could help him out so much. Zach had to work really hard to get where he was, but having money to help you get there…Zach felt like he had to work twice as hard and still he was nowhere near where he wanted to be. Another tasteless gulp of his drink while the excited little boy spoke and Zach was about ready to call it quits, maybe just pass out already.

He barely blinked though as Kai turned in to put their faces close together. Zach would remember thinking that he could see the individual hairs of his mustache before the lips below moved forward to meet his. He wasn't expecting it…was he expecting it? But Zach didn't push him away. He did blink though, almost confused before closing his eyes and just taking it.

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Kai stared at Zach for a moment, then looked around at his apartment, as though considering the question. Finally, he just shrugged. "Dunno. I'm used t'this stuff, I guess I'd need t'experience somethin' else t'know." Did he take the money for granted? Yes and no. Yes because he knew it would be there for him to fall back on if he really needed it, but he also knew how hard his parents had worked to be where they were, and expected the same of him. He didn't look down on people that were lesser off, not like his sister did - but he did wish other people could experience it.

He smiled innocently as Zach began to say something, then decided against it. Whatever it was, he was to engrossed in just staring at the other man to really care. "If y'say so," he slurred back, shrugging again. He'd be happy to give Zach something; he didn't know what, but he just wanted to. "I'll getcha somethin' nice f'Chrissmas." Because he was sure they would still be... In some kind of relationship by then, be it a one-night stand or something else.

Kai mulled this over in his thoughts for a little bit before the movement of Zach drinking caught his attention again. He really was attracting Kai at this point; the younger man didn't know why he hadn't seen it sooner. And as he moved in and kissed him, he was ecstatic that Zach didn't push him away. He wasn't necessarily returning it, per say, but that was something, at least. Spurred on a little, Kai gently parted Zach's lips with his own and slipped his tongue between his teeth, hoping to get a little more reaction out of him. At the same time, he maneuvered himself so that he was gradually crawling over Zach, pushing him back on the couch slowly. Kai's hand ran up his side.

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Zach would love to see how this guy fared in an apartment as dingy and craptacular as his own, a compact space that may or may not be infested with roaches in the summer that he had to share with a person who may or may not be pleasant or cleanly. Though if he knew anything about his sister, Zach would see just how bad Kai really wasn't.

The offer for a christmas gift actually made Zach smile, though he wasn't exactly sure why. He appreciated the sentiment, but…they weren't that close. And did that mean Zach would have to get Kai one too? He tilted his head, not quite intending his look to be as flirtatious as it seemed. "Ge'me a bag'a socks from wal-mar', then we'll talk." Though now Zach was briefly exploring if there was anything he could get for Kai that the guy couldn't just get himself. And thus, was it even worth it?

When the kiss came, Zach didn't know he didn't know what to do. He was a bit of a vegetable, though once thoughts started cycling again, Zach wondered if he should set his glass of wine down or just say fuck it and let it drop to the floor? The latter would be such a waste of good wine, but with Kai in front of his face like this, Zach couldn't see enough to set it down safely.

He pursed his lips out when he felt Kai's tongue breaking through them, responding slowly to the kiss, but then pulled back staring blankly up at Kai. He calmly brought the glass back to his mouth and took another long gulp of the red tinticure before arching around to place it on the coffee table. It took no more than a couple of seconds as he was soon back to where he was, practically underneath the mounting Kai, staring up at him with what looked like vacant eyes. Then he leaned his head up and met their lips again, his hands cradling around Kai's neck.

What was he doing even?

[Malachai Roen]

A bag of socks from Walmart? Kai tossed his head back and laughed, his drunkenness making that even more funny. "I can getchu a hun'red bags," he slurred in response. He'd try to remember it, at least. He didn't know why, but he wanted to. Of course, he didn't expect anything back - he really didn't need anything, because everything that he needed or wanted, he usually bought. It was just how he grew up.

Kai'd totally ignored the glass of wine still in Zach's hand; hell, he didn't care if it spilled at this point (though he would later), he was too engrossed in getting this thing going. He didn't care how sloppy or forward he was being now, he needed this.

Finally, Zach started to respond, which brought a small moan from Kai. It wasn't a lot, but it was something, and only made him more eager to continue. So when Zach pulled away, he flinched, eyes wide as he watched the other man take a drink and set the glass aside. His gaze didn't leave Zach's face until their eyes met again, and Kai waited uncertainly until he was pulled back in, meeting the man's lips forcefully with his own, making no effort to be gentle.

Zach had kissed him this time... That was consent as far as Kai was concerned. His hands slipped up underneath the man's shirt, running up and down his torso before he reached down to the hemline and broke away from the kiss just long enough to pull it off, tossing it over behind the couch before pressing his bare chest against Zach's as he dove in for another kiss. "You... I'm gonna... Make y' in so much pleasure tonight," he panted between kisses. "You... Have no idea..."

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Zach didn't need much to be satisfied, but it sure was annoying to see and be around someone who thought that one bag of socks wasn't enough. Though Zach did need socks, all of his had holes in them. "'f ya do that, then I'mma make you a chris'mas tree made'a socksss." Oh the clever! Oh the wit! What a comeback!

But Zach though he was hilarious, and it showed.

But god, what was he doing? What was he thinking? He obviously wasn't. Zach was obviously drunk and uninhibited, right? It had nothing to do with the fact that Zach had actually enjoyed his evening, that he appreciated Kai's consideration(and sometimes lack thereof), that he enjoyed watching this guy bounce around like a foolish boy, that he liked how straightforward he was, yet how innocent he could be....and yeah. Yeah, the fact that he was so good looking certainly helped...

Zach's kiss was lazy, sloppy, but no less forceful than Kai's. His head was fuzzy. He wasn't sure how much he was keeping up with what Kai was doing. But before he knew it, they were chest against chest, the weight of one pleasantly laid upon the other, and while he took one ragged breath after the other, Zach wondered where those moans were coming from. "Ok..." he breathed, his hands cradled at the base of Kai's hips. "Ok..." he said again.

-Fade To Black

[Malachai Roen]

The first thing Kai was aware of when he woke up was a raging headache. He blinked his eyes open and moaned, lifting weak arms to rub at his aching temples. Well, he tried to lift them, at least. He found one caught under some sort of weight, and he looked blearily over only to be met with Zach's sleeping form. His arms had been wrapped around the pale man.

It took only a moment for Kai to remember what had happened during the night, and he let out a small huff, unsure of what to think. Sober, he never would have been that forward. Well... Okay, that was a lie. But he didn't even remember thinking Zach was his type before he got drunk. But now... Looking at the guy he still barely knew... He felt some sort of stirring in his chest that made him bring his arms back around Zach and give him a gentle squeeze despite his aching head.

"Good morning," he breathed quietly. He wasn't even sure if Zach was awake yet. Surely he'd have just as bad a headache as Kai, if not worse. Kai hesitated, then lowered his head to press a kiss against Zach's neck, which, knowing how Kai got in bed, was probably riddled with red marks.

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Zach was out like a light. He was sluggish to respond to anything and the hangover wasn't helping. And it was hot. Hot and suffocating. Which didn't help his stomach, which was queasier than if he had eaten his brother's homemade macaroni and cheese. He really needed some water.

A deep, hushed voice stirred him from his half-awake, half-asleep state and his eyes opened just enough to focus on the figure beside him.

Who?

Then there was a kiss on his neck.

What?

Zach blinked, the sleep gradually fading from his eyes. He tilted his head to look up at the man laying next to him, his sluggish brain taking a few moments to recognize that that dark haired person was Kai. Malachai. Sleeping next to him. In bed. No shirt.

The memories came flooding back to him all at once and he pushed himself up, eyes wide, then grimaced as the piercing headache finally kicked in. "Ow…." he moaned, dropping his head and cradling it in the palm of his hand.

[Malachai Roen]

Kai stayed quiet as Zach stirred, unsure of how the other man was going to react. He remembered getting Zach's consent - he wouldn't have gone through with it if he hadn't - but Zach had also been very drunk and Kai wasn't sure how he was going to react now.

He pulled back as Zach pushed himself up, almost wincing at the look on the other man's face. Zach looked... Bewildered. Horrified, maybe? It wasn't a reaction that Kai was used to, and he wasn't sure how to respond until Zach groaned, making the Asian's instincts kick in. He sat up and reached out to the guy, trying to catch Zach's hand in his own as he pulled him against his chest. "Gotta hangover too?" he mumbled quietly. "I... Let me help."

He squeezed Zach for a moment before pulling away, lingering for a second before he pulled the covers away and stood up, fumbling over to his dresser to put on some clean boxers. Once done, he motioned to Zach to stay in bed as he blearily made his way out to the kitchen, grabbing a couple glasses and filling them with water before taking them back to the bedroom. "I... I can make breakfast or something... Once the world isn't spinning so much..." He offered a glass to Zach and sat back down beside him, taking several slow gulps himself before placing it on the bedside table.

"I..." What the hell could he say? "How are... Did you... How much do you remember?" Kai only recalled vague details, which frustrated him. He glanced up to Zach's face again, but his attention was quickly drawn back to his neck, where he now saw several purplish bruises along the side. He grimaced. "I... I can get some ice for those..." he mumbled, motioning towards the hickeys.

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Bewildered was putting it lightly. But....Zach just didn't know how to react. This was a situation he's never, ever been in before nor did he ever expect himself to find himself in this sort of situation. It was....just not....something Zach did.....

Zach continued to hold his head as Kai pulled him in. No wonder it was so sweltering. "Yeah..." he mumbled. He breathed into the man's chest for as long as he stayed there, his eyes holding still and staring straight forward, until Kai released him to rest back on the mattress. He followed Kai blearily with his eyes as he walked around the bedroom, flopping back down face-first on the bed once Kai was out of sight. He turned his head before he smothered himself and laid there, breathing slowly and deeply until Kai returned with the water. He glanced up at Kai, then started to sit up again, taking the water and putting it to his lips. The cold felt good in his stomach.

He swallowed and cleared his throat. "Mmm....enough. Thanks." Zach managed to push himself completely upright, hanging his legs off the edge of the bed and covering his lap with the sheets. He took another drink.

"For what...?" he asked, innocently confused until he saw where Kai was looking and his eyes flew down to his shoulder, where he could barely glimpse one of the kiss marks. His hand went up to cover them. "Uhh....ok." Was ice supposed to help? Zach wouldn't know.

A wave of nausea came over him and he held his hand to his mouth. "Ugh...." he moaned, scrunching his eyes shut. He needed to get some food in him or something to settle his poor traumatized stomach.

[Malachai Roen]

Of course, this was not nearly the first time Kai had woken up from a drunk night with a near-stranger in his bed. Granted, they'd all been women before - he'd only had his first relations with a man a few days prior, and now apparently he thought everyone was fair game. But, at least, he was doing his best to make the waking up as pleasant as possible - or at least not trying to make it unpleasant.

He tried once again to remember details. Everything was still fuzzy. Kai's hands hovered uncertainly around Zach as he sat up, prepared to help him if he seemed like he was going to slump over, but he seemed alright for now. Kai cleared his throat. "I, uh... I haven't really... Done much with men before..." he admitted quietly. He hoped, at least, Zach had enjoyed himself.

As Zach looked down at the marks himself, Kai's cheeks flushed; he wondered where else he had left marks that he didn't remember. Zach's reaction made him feel... Even more embarrassed. Kai had to wonder how much Zach had actually done before. What he remembered of the night before, and how he was acting now, Kai desperately hoped he wasn't the first. It wouldn't be a good one worth remembering.

"Ah..." His hands went back to hovering as Zach covered his mouth, and he sprang back to his feet, wavering only a little. "I'm going to go get something for you to get down," he told Zach, hoping he wasn't going to puke all over his bedroom. "The, um, the bathroom's just next door if you need it." He hesitated, then, his affectionate side winning over, he leaned down and kissed the man's cheek. "I'll get some ice too." With that, and still clad only in his boxers, he went back to the kitchen, starting to pull out some eggs and bread to make some French toast or something, something that would be quick and easy and not too hard on a queasy stomach. He was still woozy himself, but he could manage.

The weirdest part was how attached he felt to Zach already. He always held some sort of affection for the people he slept with, but this was... Weird. Even bleary-eyed and hungover, Zach was making Kai feel something strange in the pit of his stomach. Or... Maybe that was just the alcohol from the night before. It must be.

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Zach's eyebrows actually shot up when Kai admitted he hadn't done much with men before. "…Could've fooled me," Zach said. Little did he know that Kai's experience in that area was about as much as Zach's. Though Kai clearly had more experience in that area in general than Zach. He….remembered that clearly.

But he didn't have much time to reflect on that as he felt like his guts wanted to take a stroll all over Kai's bedroom. Maybe he should just crawl his way to the bathroom? While Kai went and got him something or other what? Zach wasn't really paying attention to what Kai was doing and the smell wafting in from the kitchen was doing little for his stomach. He stumbled over to the bathroom as fast as his bare feet could stumble. After a few incoherent noises echoing off the tile, he finally emerged, feeling only vaguely better.

Zach looked around the room, seeing where his boxers and pants had been throw at some point the night before.

Now what?

A few minutes later, Zach emerged from the bedroom, clothed at least halfway, and scanning the main room for his shirt. He grabbed it from the floor. Where was his hoodie? Did he leave it at the party…?

He wiped his face with a hand and sighed. Maybe he should make Kai call him a cab to get home? He looked over at the other man standing in the kitchen, still clad in only his boxers…..

Nope. Zach couldn't do this. He grabbed his shoes and quickly started to stuff his feet into them.

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Could've fooled me. Kai let out a short laugh, embarrassment flushing his cheeks. "I... I hope you had a good time, at least," he said quietly. Jeeze, why was this so strange? He felt like he was having his first drunken hookup all over again.

He grimaced as he heard Zach in his bathroom, almost going over to check to make sure he was alright before deciding to just let the other man take his time. He'd be fine, after he got some food down. Kai would make sure of it.

However, as he finished cooking the meal and started pulling out plates, Zach emerged from his bedroom. Kai sent a warm smile his way as he started filling the two plates with food. He was starting to feel a little better now that he was up and around, at least, and he hoped Zach would be too.

Zach...

"Hey, what're you..." Kai's brow furrowed as he watched Zach start putting on his shoes, before a small jolt of panic set in. "H-hey, what's wr..." He quickly went over to the dark-haired man and put his hand against his shoulder, worry clear in his features. "Did I do... Did I say... What's wrong?" He didn't know why Zach seemed so quick to get out of there, but Kai didn't want him to. He wanted to learn more about this guy he hardly knew; if Zach left now, they might never see each other again. This realization sent another wave of panic through Kai. "At... At least let me call you a cab or something!"

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A good time….did he? "I don't really….remember," he murmured. After all, he did have a lot to drink. A blackout or two was normal right? Especially after drinking enough for Zach to puke his guts out like he did.

Right?

……nope. Still couldn't do this. Zach appreciated the sentiment and the food and everything but…nope.

He jerked away when Kai touched his shoulder. "Uh..no. I mean. I really need to get back, I didn't tell anyone where I was. I'm sure….and my mom wanted me to stop by home early today." Zach rambled on, concentrating on tying his shoes to avoid making eye contact with Kai. "….I'm…I'm already late."

Ok. Just calm down Zach, just calm down.

Zach sighed and ran his hand back through his hair. "Yeah….actually, that'd be great," he said softly, his shoulders finally relaxing. "…I left my car at the school." Which wasn't far exactly, but still on the other side of campus.

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Kai continued to look worried and slightly panicked as Zach spoke, but he tried not to let it show too much (and didn't do that great of a job). "O.... Okay, if you're sure," he mumbled, hands hovering around Zach again, but not touching. "I'm... Sorry." Sorry for what? The drinking, the sex, this morning, everything? Even Kai wasn't sure.

Looked like he would be eating breakfast by himself. But at least Zach was agreeing to let him call a cab. "Okay... Okay, I can do that," he breathed, standing straight and fumbling over to his phone. He quickly punched in the number and asked for a taxi to come to his place, before hanging up and returning his attention back to the other man.

"Y-you can still have breakfast if you want, otherwise...." Kai trailed off, rubbing one of his arms. He looked down as though just realizing he still hardly had anything on. "C... Can I at least get your number or... Something?" Was that asking too much? Would Zach snap? Kai didn't know.

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"Don't….." Don't what? Don't worry about it? "It's fine." Was it really? He said so, but everything about Zach's body language screamed otherwise. He still hadn't looked Kai in the eye. Zach didn't know if he could.

"Thanks…," he mumbled. It would take some time for the cab to get there. Until then, what was he to do? Just sit there inside with Kai, all awkward-like and uncomfortable? It'd be so much easier if he just left as soon as possible. Like in the next 3 minutes. While Kai was on the phone, Zach finished with his shoes and pulled on his dress shirt, which he found peeking out from underneath the sofa.

Should he eat something? At least? Kai had already made it, but that would mean staying longer than Zach was comfortable with. "I….." Then Kai asked for his number and Zach felt a sort of panic set into his stomach. He stood up quickly and rounded the sofa towards the door. "Sorry, I'm…I'm going to wait outside. Thanks." Thanks for what, he didn't know. For making breakfast, for a hanging out with him last night, for being so fucking sensitive this morning….?

Zach stopped when his hand touched the doorknob and he turned his head back slightly, barley looking at his…host? "….I'll…I'll see you around, Kai." And he left.