You Don't Impress Me Much (Eugene)

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“Don’t patronize me,” he said with a sour scowl. “I’m gonna be a doctor one day,” he announced with pride. “Or a physicist.” Maybe. Gene hadn’t quite decided which one he wanted to do yet. He knew that becoming a doctor would be the best case scenario, but it was always good to have backup options. He had to get his grades up first…sigh…

“Kodi….a nickname for what?” He had to ask, because off the top of his head, the only name he could think it was short for was… “Is your name Dakota?” he asked, turning his gaze to look at Kodi with a face that could only be described as pitying. “You poor thing. Your parents must’ve really hated you.” Because Dakota was a girl’s name. Most of the time.

That was another reason why Gene needed to be ‘kind’ to this poor person and offer him food. He probably didn’t have enough to feed himself anything good, except the basics(which Gene didn’t like eating so he assumed nobody else did either and would avoid it if they could afford to). The ‘thank you’ though….Gene looked away, his expression remaining firm and blank, though a touch of pink showed on his cheeks. “….don’t call me that…” he muttered under his breath. This guy was an annoying, buzzing mosquito, as far as Gene was concerned.

“It’s food. I like it,” Gene said simply, not responding to any of the bit about what he ate at home. That was none of his business. Gene paid with a bill that was clearly too large for a purchase of no more than $5, effectively cleaning out the store’s register of all it’s ones and fives. Gene held the wad in one hand, and the bag with his nutella in the other, staring contemplatively at the wad as he exited the store. “Don’t worry about it,” he said absently. “It’s practically nothing.” These bills weren’t going to fit in his wallet, he determined. As they continued to walk down the sidewalk towards the Lakeview neighborhood, Gene spotted a street musician, jamming out quietly(and off key) on his guitar. Gene dropped the whole wad into the guy’s guitar case as they passed by, not even sparing a moment to look at the man playing as he did so. Gene didn’t care, the guy probably needed it more than he did, if he was willing to lower himself to what was basically begging in the street. He pulled out a nutella snack and opened it, dipping in a biscuit stick and chomping on it’s goodness. Mmm…

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Kodi tried not to laugh. This guy? A doctor or a physicist? “I’m just gonna tell you now, you ain’t gonna have any patients with your attitude,” he informed the brat. “People like comfort an’ niceness, not… Snark an’ vanity.” At least, that was his opinion, but he didn’t like doctors in the first place. Kodi didn’t know what physicists were like.

“Ain’t none of your business,” he quipped. “It ain’t Dakota. You’re never gonna guess it.” Kodi doubted he would ever like the guy enough to tell him his full name, but who knew? “Maybe if you’re nice enough, I’ll tell you someday,” he smirked. He did hate his full name though.

If Kodi could mooch some good stuff out of this guy on a regular basis, well, he just might do that. The dentokinetic did like expensive stuff (mostly meat), but he didn’t get it all that often (especially steak). He wondered how much he would have to stick around to make that happen. “What? Babe?” he replied, smiling mischievously. “But you are. Ain’t anyone told you that before?” Kodi dared to reach over and brush his thumb over Gene’s cheek. “I bet you use a hella lot of products t’make your hair so shiny and your skin so smooth, huh?” Because it sure wasn’t due to his (presumably) crappy diet.

“That ain’t food. It’s like… Chemicals an’ some oil and sugar,” he snorted, but let the topic drop. Kodi wasn’t about to tell another teenage boy how to eat (at least not until he cared more). Besides, he wasn’t an expert by any means, he just wasn’t a huge fan of sweets (besides ice cream) in the first place. Kodi watched with his eyes narrowed in curiosity as the younger boy paid, wondering if he got a kick out of using giant bills often. “… Yeah, I s’pose it is nothin’ t’you, if you give out Benjamins every time you buy somethin’…” he muttered under his breath. Kodi continued to munch on his treat as they walked, wondering just how long he was going to be able to keep this up. As he’d assumed, they appeared to be heading towards the nicer neighborhoods in town. When Gene gave his wad of money to the musician, Kodi wasn’t sure if he felt more annoyed or confused. Or both. “For such a snooty person, y’sure are generous,” he said dully as they walked. “You prob’ly just made that guy’s month.” Kodi side-eyed the younger boy. “…. How rich are you, exactly?” he asked as they passed by houses that were nicer than any Kodi had been inside. He crunched into his last bite of ice cream bar.

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Gene scoffed. “Some of the best doctors in the world have a terrible bedside manner. Haven’t you ever seen House?” Gene didn’t watch much outside of anime and cartoons(and some other things), but that didn’t mean he didn’t know about some TV shows here and there.

“If it’s not Dakota, then I can only imagine it’s something even more ‘embarrassing’ than Eugene.” Yes, he was making fun of himself somewhat. Only because Kodi had gone out of his way to do it first. Gene didn’t think his name was terrible at all, actually. People who did just didn’t have any culture and only knew how to insult others in the most trivial, basic of manners.

Gene didn’t mind buying stuff for people, if it meant they left him alone when he told them to. He had a feeling this guy wasn’t going to leave him alone though. “Yes, I’m not…..” Gene blushed again, sinking his head slightly between his shoulders as he scowled at the nuisance next to him. “I’m not anyone’s ‘babe’, I’m not a ‘pretty boy’, and I’m not—!” What else did he say? Gene couldn’t remember, but his constant ‘compliments’ were really starting to grate on him. Gene’s eyes grew wide when Kodi brushed his thumb over his cheek, and he pulled away, the color of his aura deepening red once again before fading. Getting unsettled so often was making it harder to keep it down. “You’re overstepping your boundaries,” he stated outright. “Do not touch me.” The annoying chatter was one thing….having his personal bubble invaded like that - from a complete stranger no less! - was completely different.

Luckily he seemed to have calmed down by the time they were waking down the street from the store, having ignored most of what Kodi was griping about. Gene just bought him food! He had no place to be complaining over trivial things! The nutella snack helped him concentrate on something pleasant instead of the pest that kept buzzing in his ear. He kept his face fixed into one showing clear annoyance. “He obviously needs it more than me,” Gene stated simply, munching on the end of a nutella dipped biscuit stick. Then came a question that required a bit of thought. Gene stopped walking and peered up to the cloudy sky. “Hmm….I don’t know, actually,” he admitted. He’d never had to think about it before. “….my grandfather’s the director of the [insert name here] financial group in London. I’ve never asked him how much money he has.” And his mother always left him cash for spending money before she left for the day, though he did have a bank account that his grandfather put money into every month. "Hmm....does that answer your question?" he asked, turning back to Kodi, still nibbling on his nutella biscuit.

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Kodi gave the younger boy an incredulous look. “You… You know that show ain’t real, right?” he asked in a deadpanned voice. “You shouldn’t be followin’ examples from TV…” Ah, whatever, it wasn’t like the kid was going to be Kodi’s doctor even if he did become one, so why was he bothering? “I guess it’ll be a mystery forever an’ you’ll never find out,” he quipped, staying firm in his decision. No reason to actually give the brat another thing to make fun of Kodi that actually bothered the dentokinetic, wehh…

If the guy outright asked him to leave… Kodi might actually listen, and bother him again some other time. But since he hadn’t said it outright, he was going to continue to buzz around and annoy. He cackled quietly to himself, seeing how flustered Gene was getting over his ‘compliments’. “Alright, alright…. How about ‘sweet’ums’?” he asked with a snicker. There were many more the Chinese boy could use, but he finally lifted his hands in acceptance and let it slide. He wasn’t surprised that the younger boy’s aura flashed unhappily when Kodi touched him, and it made him smile smugly to himself as he went back to finishing his ice cream. “I had t’try and see what kinda reaction I got, didn’t I?” he replied coyly with an innocent blink. “It didn’t hurt you none.” He wouldn’t do it again, though. Probably.

Hpmh. Kodi eventually stopped his muttering to give Gene a bit of quiet time. He wasn’t that rude, to constantly bother someone (lies). “Right…” he replied uneasily. He wasn’t sure how to feel about the boy’s “generous” donation, so he didn’t say anything else. He did listen curiously, however, when Eugene mused over his family’s wealth. It wasn’t a very exact answer, but he shrugged and nodded anyway. “I guess so…” he mumbled, wondering if he could find out how much money a person of that status made. Ah well, he supposed it didn’t matter that much… “Sooo which one of these giant houses is yours?” he asked as they continued walking. “Will your ‘rents be angry that you’re bringin’ a stray dog home?” Kodi smirked and looked over; no, he wasn’t totally above making fun of himself, and the comparison fit pretty well.

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“Of course it’s not real,” he said with an eyeroll. “It’s based on Sherlock Holmes, and that guy was based on a real person.” Actually…he was based on a lot of people, which further proved his point! One didn’t have to be a people person to be a good doctor…it just depended on which area one went in. Gene was thinking surgeon. After all, the patients would be asleep, then he wouldn’t have to worry about talking to them and feigning pleasantries. “I suppose I’ll manage, somehow,” he retorted with boredom. It sounded like Kodi really wanted Gene to be interested in knowing his real name, but if he wasn’t going to say anything more about it…then why should Gene care? Just another guy wanting his 10 minutes of fame, no doubt.

Somehow, asking the punk to simply leave didn’t cross his mind. Eugene thought he was being fairly obvious that he didn’t appreciate his company. Then again….did Gene actually have anything more entertaining to do at the moment? Not at the immediate moment, no. Soon, though…..soon. “No,” he said bluntly. Gene wasn’t appreciating the pet names. “If you can’t do me the respect of using my real name, then I dare say that the only culture you possess stems only from your lack of hygiene.” Gene was growing impatient…no he already was impatient, and liable to lose it if this guy kept up this game.

Thankfully, Kodi could manage to keep his mouth shut for more than thirty seconds, quite the feat for a jabber mouth like him. It gave Gene the time necessary to calm himself. Being stressed made it more difficult to keep his aura hidden, and that in turn was beginning to create a migraine as large as this joker’s ego. Once they resumed walking, Gene glanced forward with a slight nod in response to Kodi’s inquiry. “Over there. In the cul-de-sac,” he said. Gene tilted his head slightly, pondering over the question about his parents. “I don’t know,” he admitted with mild apathy. Gene shrugged. “They’re not home anyway, so I suppose it doesn’t matter.” Gene did nothing to dispute Kodi’s self-comparison to a stray dog. He agreed with it. The tall, skinny boy made his way up the long walkway to the front stoop, pulling out his keys and opening the door. He turned on the light as he stepped inside and went to go set his snack-bag down on the breakfast table. “Make sure you close the door,” he instructed. They didn’t want bugs to get in, after all.

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Oookay, Kodi wasn’t going to respond again. It didn’t really matter to him what the kid chose to do, so it wasn’t worth wasting his energy on. Honestly, the guy would likely just avoid him in the future and Kodi probably wouldn’t see him all that much anymore. It was probably just going to be a short-lived, amusing distraction. Kodi wouldn’t be surprised if Eugene forgot the name he’d given him by the time they maybe ran into each other again.

The younger boy’s retort actually made Kodi raise his brow in mild surprise. It was actually pretty witty. “I’m not even gonna try t’beat that, that was pretty good,” he snickered, amused. No, the Chinese boy didn’t have terrible hygiene (at least when he was sober), but it wasn’t worth getting worked up over. “Eugeeene,” he drawled out with a thick southern twang. Fine, he supposed he’d had enough of the name-teasing game. For now.

He craned his neck and looked towards where the other boy was pointing, and nodded once he caught sight of the one he assumed Eugene was pointing at. “Huh,” he huffed with barely contained awe. “It’s… Alright, I guess.” Kodi didn’t think he’d ever been in a house that nice before. He turned his attention back to the kid when he spoke. “Ah, well, I guess that means we can get up to all kinds of mischief,” he suggested with a grin and a leer. Kodi followed him up the steps and wandered inside once the door was open, and stood in the open entryway for a few moments, mouth open as he gawked around. “Oh, uh… Right,” he finally responded to the request, and shut the door before shuffling further inside. He studied everything, from the furniture to the décor and everything else the place had to offer. “I wanna move in,” he announced once he came to stand beside Gene. “Or at least get a tour,” he added after a thoughtful moment. “You got nothin’ better t’do, right?” After all, why would Eugene have even let him in the house if he didn’t plan on being distracted?

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Gene too was convinced that this was a one-time encounter and that Kodi would eventually get bored with him and go bother someone else. And hopefully, he’d never have to see him again, save for necessary times such as the bookstore or idle passings in the hall of Hammel. Gene really only had so much stamina to put up with other people bugging him. His ‘people points’, as he liked to call them, were quickly approaching zero, as Kodi seemed to deplete them faster than most. Sigh…

The reaction he got from the quip he’d just made was unexpected. He thought that Kodi would find some way to counter it, but….apparently it had Kodi yielding in defeat…almost. Gene dipped his chin slightly, a gentle rose spreading across his cheeks. “……I read it in a book,” he admitted, mumbling in his shyness. Though it wasn’t clearly visible, the colors of his aura shifted from the dark red that’d been afflicting it to a red much more clear and bright. So he was a little proud of that outcome! Gene had been dying to use that ‘clever quip’ ever since they left the convenience store…he was just waiting for the right time to use it. Gene wasn’t sure if the opportunity would come up…he was glad it did.

Gene could hear the other boy trying to hold back his amazement at Gene’s fortuitous lifestyle, and it made Gene smile, if only slightly. Yes, of course he was envious. Gene had a good life. “Aggie might be home, so I doubt it.” That, and Gene wasn’t sure he wanted to find out what kind of ‘mischief’ Kodi was planning. Once inside, and once he’d set his snack bag down, Gene crossed the foyer to the stairs, turning his head to look at the idiot named Kodi. “A tour?” Gene wasn’t sure about that. There were some areas of the house that weren’t his to go into (like his dad’s office) and then there was the room….which he had no intention of showing to anyone, least of all Kodi. Still…Gene sighed. “Fine. We’ll start with upstairs. I need to put my bag in my room anyway.” And take off his shoes and change into house clothes. Then it was back downstairs to retrieve his snacks and to the guest den were he had his video games set-up.

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Honestly, Kodi really didn’t think Eugene was capable of making such a clever insult, so that was why he was so surprised. He was beginning to wonder how much he’d been underestimating the guy when…. He admitted it wasn’t his own retort. “… Oh,” Kodi replied with a blink. Then he laughed a little and shook his head in amusement. “Hey, you know, ain’t no shame in that. I prob’ly do it sometimes too.” He read a lot, and remembered a lot of what he read, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if he’d used some quotes before. That was probably why he didn’t tease the guy any more than he probably should have. Eh…. He’d have the chance to do that more later, probably.

“Aggie? Who’s that, your aunt? Grandma?” It sure sounded like an old-lady name. Ah, well, he was sure he could still get away with stuff, even if there was a stuffy old woman around in some room of this giant house. His eyes followed the younger boy as he began heading towards the stairs, unsure if he should push his luck and follow that far without permission. He didn’t want to, like… Break anything. But when Eugene seemed to agree, however unwillingly, to Kodi’s request, he brightened and padded over to where he was standing, eyes shining with sincere interest and excitement. “Okay!” he chirped, not acting unlike the stray dog he’d compared himself to earlier. “Lead the way, rich boy.” Whoops, so much for not using nicknames. Ah well, at least that one fit well and wasn’t really insulting. “I’ll try not t’get lost.” Wherever Gene headed, Kodi followed quietly, looking around and staring at all the fancy-shmancy things that the house had to offer. “Are there any, like, secret doors or rooms?” he asked in a quiet voice. It seemed that big houses had those a lot in books, at least, and the idea appealed to Kodi.

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So sue him if he wasn’t clever enough to quip insults better than ‘ugly’ and ‘stupid’! Hindsight was 20/20 in this case, as he often realized about a million and one(or maybe just one) things he could have said instead long after the fact. Like a day later. Or a week. Gene was allowed to be proud for actually being able to get it out this time, even if it was a quote from a book he didn’t remember the name of. “I think most people do,” he said quietly. Maybe they did. Gene wasn’t that sort of person.

“She’s the nanny,” he said casually, as if everyone had one of those stored in the back of their house. “And the house-maid.” So Kodi was right earlier when he commented that Gene had a maid to clean up after him all the time. But gene didn’t want to address that…or much else. He just wanted to get to his games. First he had to deal with this stray dog. From the stairs, standing on a step or two above Kodi, Gene stared down at the shorter boy, somehow surprised at how honestly excited he seemed. Gene looked away, nervously. “Anyway….my room’s over here,” he said, ignoring the use of yet another stupid nickname. Gene headed up the stairs and to the right, past the locked door that held his treasures behind it, and to the door further down the hall. He opened the door and led Kodi inside, huffing softly at Kodi’s absurd suggestion. “If I told you, then they wouldn’t be secret,” he replied with a slight amusement in his voice. Gene sat on the edge of his single-sized bed, dropping his bag at the foot of it, and started to remove his (boring ass) black shoes. “Don’t touch anything,” he instructed. His room wasn’t particularly exciting. There was a bookshelf that was shared between his collection of comic and fiction books. A desk where he did his studying. And a closet that had his (boring) selection of clothes for school. Gene removed his jacket and started to unbutton his shirt.

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Kodi was generally pretty good at comebacks, but this guy had been so pathetic at them for the most part so far, he almost felt bad for being too wordy or clever. It was pretty amusing, back in the bookstore, though, when he’d spouted off vocabulary that Eugene had obviously never heard. Heh, maybe he’d do that again sometime, if only to wipe the arrogant look off his face. “Yeah, prob’ly,” he replied with a shrug.

“Oh, right. The nanny. Of course, how could I have not known,” he replied blandly. Geeze, the guy really was a spoiled brat, no wonder he acted the way he did. For once, he almost felt bad for a woman, this poor woman that had to deal with Gene. Almost. “Alright,” he chirped, eager to see what he assumed would be a totally huge, decked-out room with loads of high-tech things and expensive furniture. Kodi continued to follow after the younger boy, being careful not to touch or bump anything in the hallway. He did look curiously at each door they passed, but decided not to ask about them. “So that means there are secrets in the house, huh?” he assumed with a big smile. Oh man, that was really cool! Was he a complete nerd for imagining one of them might lead to Narnia? “Oh trust me, I won’t,” he replied honestly, standing in the center of the room as Eugene began to undress. It was… Honestly a lot more boring than he imagined, but he still didn’t want to break anything.

His eyes eventually slid back to the other boy while he began to undress, and Kodi’s eyebrow rose with a sly smile. “Taking our clothes off already, are we?” he asked with a snicker, taking off his own jacket and letting it fall to the ground. “I didn’t know you wanted me that badly, I woulda talked less so we could get here sooner.” He walked over and towered (slightly) above the sitting boy with a leer. “Want me to undress you? I’m sure you're used to your nanny doin’ it for you anyway.”

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Gene returned Kodi’s bland statement with an unimpressed scowl. “Because you’re an idiot.” Back to the ‘witty’ comebacks. Gene wasn’t going to wrack his brain just to come up with something clever when he could just tell it like it is. Kodi was an idiot. This was truth, no matter how creative or simple one said it.

There were rooms like Kodi expected in the house. Ones that were filled with knickknacks and expensive vases and paintings and electronics…Gene’s bedroom was unfortunately not one of them. Bedrooms were used for sleeping, therefore it was better that anything adversely stimulating be kept out of it…save for his special secret stash of magazines under his mattress. He only had the necessities in his bedroom. His other room had all of his…stuff. And then there was the guest den downstairs which had his media entertainment. Gene might explain all this to Kodi as they toured the house….maybe. “I’m not telling you,” he said with an eye-roll. “Who knows what you’d do with that information.” And Gene didn’t trust Kodi any more than he could throw him…..actually, at this point, Gene could probably throw Kodi a lot farther than he trusted him. “See that you don’t,” Gene warned. Not only did the boy not like being touched, he also didn’t like his things being fondled by strangers.

Gene was oblivious at first to what Kodi was getting at as he continued to unbutton his dress-shirt and reveal a plain white t-shirt underneath. “What? Of course. You don’t wear your school clothes at home,” he said, as if it were something everybody did. But when Kodi towered over him as he sat off the edge of the bed…..Gene’s eyes went wide and for a moment, his aura fluttered and sputtered again. Then he scowled and knit his eyebrows. “What exactly do you think you’re doing?” he asked with complete vexation.

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Yup, that was the Eugene that Kodi knew and (didn’t) love. It was still amusing, though, to see the younger boy with so much snark and not enough intelligence to put it to better use. Ah, well.

Hopefully Kodi would get to see the other rooms at some point, because this was sort of a disappointment. Gene just… Sort of seemed like a boring nerd, if his room meant anything. But then again, the dentokinetic already knew he was a nerd, from the other day at the bookstore. “Aw, you’re no fun,” he pouted, scuffing his foot on the floor. “That just means I’m going to have t’find them myself.” If he dared. Kodi was sure he’d spend a lifetime repaying the guy if he broke anything. Mehh… But what was the fun of coming into a rich person’s house if he couldn’t do anything?

Kodi realized that Eugene had another shirt underneath his button-up, but that wasn’t going to stop him from being suggestive. It was also just another way to likely annoy the younger boy. He didn’t reply to the comment about school clothes (even though that was pretty nerdy), but instead waited until Gene caught on to what he was suggesting. He still smiled lecherously. “What d’you think I’m doin’, pretty boy?” he leered, leaning in even further, so that the younger boy would likely have to lean back. “You’re cute, I’m gay. I like your snark. An’ I ain’t too picky t’think you’re too skinny for at least one good romp.” He could be gentle enough. Maybe. Kodi, continuing the act that he doubted would actually get him anywhere (but was entertaining nonetheless), reached down and tugged off his own shirt, revealing a toned, fit body underneath, thanks to his obsessive working out recently. “Whadaya say?” His smile was quite predatory.

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“Have fun with that. Just don’t break anything,” he advised with seeming disinterest. “You couldn’t pay it back if you worked every day for your whole life, I’ll bet.” Then again, there were a lot of thing in this house that had insurance….so it wouldn’t actually be much of a loss. Or so that’s what his mother told him. Poor little sheltered Gene didn’t know how any of that stuff worked.

However, even poor little sheltered Gene knew how to recognize ‘advances’ when he saw them…at least, that’s what he thought was happening. That’s why he asked. If he didn’t know, then why not just ask. Kodi’s straightforward answer brought a new shade of red to the boys cheeks that hadn’t been there even once since they met today. Gay….pretty boy? Romp…?? Gene stiffened slightly as he leaned backwards to avoid Kodi getting too uncomfortably close….which was completely unavoidable at this point. Then his eyes went wide as Kodi stripped himself of his own shirt. Gene couldn’t help but stare with his mouth gaping open slightly. After all, they were right there, how could he not look!?

Gene closed his mouth and glared up at the other boy, a firm scowl on his face and a challenging glint in his eye. “…………I’m not saying no,” he said finally, after taking a long pause to think about the situation he’d just found himself in. A twitch of a smirk reached the corner of his lips and he scoffed nervously. “Sounds…..interesting. I guess.” More interesting than his video games waiting for him downstairs? Well….they’d still be there later…probably.

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"You’re right, I probably couldn’t,” Kodi agreed with a grimace. At least they were in agreement on one thing. He’d just have to be happy with looking and not touching, he supposed. Sigh….

Well… At least there was one thing in here that didn’t have a solid price, although Eugene was probably pretty fragile and easy to break if Kodi wasn’t careful. He smirked in victory upon seeing the flush that lit up the boy’s cheeks. So he wasn’t completely straight, as he’d hoped and guessed – Kodi’s gaydar never lied! His breath came out hot and with the faint scent of chocolate and vanilla as he leaned in close to the younger boy, his kohl-lined eyes glittering with intent. He was close enough that he could see the flicker of emotions in Eugene’s eyes, and not just his aura, which seemed to be getting brighter. Like the undeniable lust that he showed, seeing Kodi’s bare skin…

Honestly, he expected rejection. Surely the younger boy was too proud to dip to so low a level to accept such an offer from someone with Kodi’s class. So the answer that Eugene gave surprised him, and Kodi blinked in shock for a brief moment before his grin returned even broader. “Trust me, pretty boy, I’ll make it far better than interestin’,” he assured Gene, before cupping his chin firmly in his hand and locking his mouth against the skinny boy’s. Even as he did, Kodi slowly leaned forward more, until he was eventually crawling over Gene lying on the bed. His hands skimmed from the boy’s shoulders and down his sides, even as his tongue darted against Eugene’s lips in an attempt to get him to loosen up and let him in. Kodi breathed heavily through his nose. “You can touch them if you want,” he said breathlessly, speaking of his bare, tense muscles. “Since you don’t have any of your own.” He smirked as he went in for another kiss.

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Gene wasn’t gay…at least he didn’t think he was. It was obvious that he liked women…but women were too hard to talk to. And real women were never like the ones in his comic books. Even if a women like that existed, Gene knew he wouldn’t be able to talk to her. As much as he wasn’t clever, Gene was also uneloquent when it came to courting the opposite sex. So he just didn’t do it, and stayed satisfied with the women in his books, his games, his anime.

He’d never considered a boy before….and while he was adverse to this particular punk…when would an opportunity like this arise again? From either sex. Even if it was ‘unconventional’….well, that just made it more interesting. It could. Maybe. It’s not like Gene knew anything about sex(he hadn’t paid attention during Dr. Neville’s lecture), neither did he have any experience…so who was he to say that this was an unsavory idea. It was…interesting, to say the least. New. Exciting. And downright scary, actually.

Gene’s heart leapt straight up into his throat when Kodi engaged the kiss. It wasn’t a peck…but felt more like he was giving Gene mouth-to-mouth on a drowning rescue mission. Only the kiss itself was causing Gene to drown instead, the skinny boy forced to lean back on his elbows as Kodi continued to advance. For a first kiss, it wasn’t what he expected, nor did he know if it was even ‘good’. He did know that he couldn’t breath and that Kodi’s fingers trailing over the fabric of his clothes sent shivers down his spine and left tingles in their wake. Even when allowed to come up for air, Gene couldn’t breath, much less catch his breath enough before Kodi dove right back in. Slowly, with eyes shut tight...Gene’s hands slid up the other boy’s muscular arms and settled on his shoulders. Gene trembled.