Bail Me Out, Princess-Boyfriend? (Eugene)

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How had he ended up like this....?

Stupid! Stupid stupid stupid!  Kodi should have known that they were going to get caught eventually.  Even with all the precautions they took, what they were doing was very risky (part of what made the whole thing fun), so of course if they kept it up long enough, they were bound to get in trouble.  And stupid Jackson didn't even have to spend the night in this shitty place because he was underage, that wasn't fair....!

Kodi shivered.  He still felt traumatized after the events that led to them getting here, and kept jerking his head up whenever he heard any sort of noise, just waiting for that terrifying brute of a woman to appear again and rip out his throat.  At least in here, he had bars keeping him apart from the outside world, but hell, she could probably bend them apart with her giant meaty hands, huh?

After a time, they said they were going to allow Kodi a phone call.  A phone call!  What a joke, who would he call?  His mom?  No way, she would just yell at him and tell him what a disappointment he was.  And what would his sister think?  She was already confused as to why Kodi had stopped coming over. No... He didn't have anyone to call, and was about to turn down the offer....

Until he thought of someone he could call.... that might actually be able to help....

He hesitated before dialing the number.  Kodi had to brace himself for what would likely result in a slew of insults and sarcasm and snark, but if he played his cards right, maybe he wouldn't have to spend the whole night (or longer) in this place.  ".... Gene...?" he mumbled into the phone, barely even needing to put in effort to sound pathetic.  ".... I need your help...."

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Gene was oblivious to anything that Kodi had been through over the past several hours. He was aware that Kodi wasn’t exactly a kid of the straight and narrow, and not just in terms of his sexuality. He figured he was off doing some illegal things, somewhere, and Gene’s rule was that as long as he kept Gene out of it, as long as it happened outside of Gene’s home, then Gene didn’t care what that mangy mutt did to ruin his life.

Somehow, the little rich boy didn’t think that anything Kodi did could possibly be that bad. Gene didn’t really ask either. Maybe drugs? Don’t show up high. Alcohol? Well….he already showed up drunk. And then talked Gene into trying it which….Gene couldn’t remember much about what happened that night, and that alone made him unlikely to try it again.

But….it couldn’t get much worse than that, right? Gene hadn’t really thought about it, to be perfectly honest.

He had just finished a snack while he was playing yet another rpg when his cellphone rang. It was the default ringer….that was strange. Gene couldn’t think of anyone he knew who would call him from an unknown number, so he figured it was some infomercial caller trying to sell him a better lawnmower or something....

Gene didn't care for a new lawnmower.

He pushed the answer button and held the phone to his ear. "Who are you and what do you want?" he asked bluntly and without a shred of warmth. His face softened at the sound of Kodi's voice....but only slightly. ".....what is it?" he asked, feigning a complete lack of concern, though he was wondering why Kodi was calling from a phone that wasn't his.....actually, he was wondering why Kodi was calling at all, they usually communicated exclusively via text...

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Kodi kept all that stuff away from Gene as much as he could, apart from the drinking, which he didn’t seem to have as much control over. He didn’t want the younger boy to look even more down on him than Kodi assumed he already did, so he didn’t tell him about his arrangement with Jackson, or anyone else that he was seeing. He also didn’t tell Gene that he was starting to become his favorite really quickly…. At least, not yet.

Their night being drunk together had been one of the most enjoyable, at least to Kodi. He remembered a good amount of it, and some footage stashed on his phone that he watched on a semi-regular basis because Gene had been so damn cute.

He doubted the younger boy would be in that good of a mood tonight. And he doubted he would get in a better mood after Kodi told him what had happened. He winced at the initial greeting, and wondered how much his voice was trembling when he replied. “I… U-uh… I have a favor to ask….” he mumbled, figuring it was best to just get straight to the point. “I… Kinda… Got picked up by the p-police tonight…. And, uh… I-I’m s’posed t’spend the night here…. Unless….” Kodi swallowed and fidgeted in his chair. “I, uh… I can get bailed out… I guess… S-so if you want me t’be even more in your debt, then, uh… Y-you know..” He couldn’t just outright beg him to come and pick him up, could he? And who would drive him over? The maid? A sudden noise to the side of the room made Kodi jump and let out a small yelp, but it wasn’t the scary woman, just some other male police officer passing through. “…. Please,” he finally uttered pathetically.

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Gene would agree that the night they’d been drunk together….despite not having a complete memory of it, he also didn’t remember it being terribly unpleasant. Quite the opposite, actually. Gene wondered just when it was that Kodi started being a person he….considered whenever it was he did something. Like….damn, Gene couldn’t think of what off the top of his head.

Though at some point he started hoping that whenever his phone lit up or chimed that it would be from Kodi.

He never dreamed that he’d get a phone call from Kodi…like this. Gene’s features grew rigid and his grip on his phone tightened as he heard Kodi stammer on like the pathetic puppy he was. He remained silent throughout most of Kodi’s little sob story rant, though it was after he ‘requested’ for a pick up that Gene moved the phone away from his ear and growled down at it, barely hearing the rest of the dentokinetic thug’s blubberings. “Idiot,” he hissed into the receiver, before cutting off their connection before Kodi could finish. Gene stared down at the floor in silence, his eyes fierce and stoic. He closed his eyes and took a long, slow breath. “….idiot…” he said again. What the hell was he supposed to do about this anyway!?

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Kodi didn’t know how many other friends the rich loner had, but he liked to think he was at least one of Gene’s favorites by now. Despite their bickering and snark and insults…. He liked the boy a lot, and he liked to think the feelings were returned.

Which was why he’d thought to take the risk and try calling Gene to see if a miracle would happen and the younger boy would take pity on him and help keep him from spending a night locked up. He knew it was a long shot, and Gene would probably just get angry at him, but… What choice did he have? Kodi waited nervously for the boy to reply, drumming his fingers on his thigh. Finally, he heard that one word, and cringed. “Is…. Is that a n-?” Before he could finish the question, he heard Gene hang up the phone, and his heart dropped into his stomach. Kodi’s head drooped. Of course it had been too much to ask… he shouldn’t have said anything, now the brat was just going to have something to complain about next time the dentokinetic dared to go over there… He sighed and bit his lip, reluctantly handing the phone back to the officer that had given it to him with a slight shake of his head. Looked like he was going to spend the night behind bars…. Served him right, he supposed.

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Gene didn’t have many friends. There were maybe three people at best that Gene didn’t dislike the company of enough to stand being around them for more than five minutes, and Kodi was currently at the top of that short list. By a long shot. Gene often found himself hoping that Kodi would come over these days, though he hadn’t gotten to the point of going out of his way to invite Kodi over otherwise. Definitely not because he didn’t want to, but simply because asking people to come over….asking friends to come over….it just wasn’t something he’d done before. So he still didn’t know if he was allowed to do it. Gene wasn’t used to having people constantly in his life who weren’t his family(and even then, those people were rarely around anyway).

To hear that someone he might even consider giving the label of ‘friend’ had gotten himself picked up by the police….it was shocking. What was Gene supposed to do about it? Why had Kodi called him? Gene was a 17 year old boy who couldn’t even cook for himself, and Kodi had called him up to go bail him out of the local jail!

Gene’s head was buried into his knees for several long minutes before he finally pushed himself to his feet and wiped the dampness from his eyes. “Aggie!” he called out. “Get the car ready, we’re going out!” She didn’t need to know the details…she’d probably be able to deduce them anyway. Gene scampered up the stairs to his room to quickly change into more appropriate clothing.

[Rhea Hartman]

Gene hung up at the same time that the door to the temporary cells opened, and the terrifying officer strolled in. "Hey Jerry," she nodded to Kodi's supervisor as she walked past. Lawrence, the town drunk, was snoring a few doors down and Rhea needed to make sure his address hadn't changed in the course of the night's paperwork.

She noted Kodi's dejected expression as Jerry took the phone back. "You do know that you get more than one call, right?" she asked as she approached Lawrence's cell. "If they didn't pick up, you can call someone else."

Her voice was light and her expression faintly amused, nor was she looming out of a dark doorway this time. However, she had shed the outer layer of her uniform in favor of dark blue shirtsleeves, which made the V of her torso and thick arms much more apparent. The inside of one penny-colored forearm had a tattoo of Tweety Bird and a long, ropy scar on it.

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Kodi sighed as he fiddled with the phone in his hand. He’d so desperately hoped that Gene would take pity on him…. After all, he seemed to have no trouble taking pity on him in most situations. And the dentokinetic knew his family had the money needed – he doubted it would even be that much to them. But… Well, he couldn’t expect the younger boy to be very happy with him, could he? He probably deserved this punishment… Well, of course according to the law he did, but… Wehhh….

He jolted back into attention as he heard that terrifying voice. Oh, no… Not her….! Kodi shrunk back against the wall, eyes wide and skin pale as she directly spoke to him. He didn’t even really register what she’d said, and just nodded along in agreement to whatever it was, hoping that would keep her from reaching through the bars and strangling him. He couldn’t help but notice that she was just as big, if not bigger, than he remembered. No woman should be that huge! It wasn’t right! It wasn’t natural! He held back a strangled whimper and looked away, wishing desperately that Gene had agreed to come get him. There was no way he would be getting any sleep tonight. Fucking Jackson, what a lucky brat….!

[Rhea Hartman]

In a choice between cocky and terrified, Rhea would pick terrified for people in custody any day of the week. She rolled her eyes slightly at Jerry on her way out, but left him to handle it. A healthy fear was good, terror wasn't bad but often difficult to work with.

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Gene slid his thin arms through the long sleeves of his winter coat. It was freezing outside. Anther reason for Gene to kill Kodi once this was all over. He grabbed an extra coat and stepped out the door to the car that Aggie had pre-warmed for their outing.

Feh. Some outing….

-Ten minutes later-

Gene gripped his dark trousers tightly, until his fingers started trembling. Not just his fingers, but his hands too, his arms, his whole boy in fact, and it wasn’t just because it was cold. Over and over he was visualizing what he was going to do, what he was going to say once he finally got to see that mutt's ugly face…!!

Dammit, he didn’t have a clue of what he was doing. He should just leave that depraved being to rot in that cold, dank cell of his….

The car pulled up outside the police station and Gene stepped out. “I’ll be right back,” he told the driver, then shut the door behind him. Gene had a poker face of being calm and in control, as usual, but his aura was flaring about so much, it was all he could do to keep it as unnoticeable as possible. Nobody else would know what it meant, probably, but…. Whatever, that wasn’t important right now. He approached the front desk and made his inquiries about what he was supposed to do. Hopefully, this wouldn’t take too long….it probably would though.

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Sleep definitely wasn’t coming for Kodi. Even though the scary woman officer had left, he kept expecting her to pop up again at any moment and start interrogating him again or something. He didn’t know how this stuff worked, because (surprisingly) this was his first time in jail. Oh how proud his father would be…. Heh, that old man probably hadn’t expected Kodi to make it this long without getting caught…

He sighed for what seemed like the hundredth time. No one had told him jail was so… Boring. Well, he supposed that was sort of obvious, it wasn’t like they had any books in here. That would be really nice, though…. Would that be too much to ask? Probably.

It was a little while later when someone approached his cell again and told him that… someone had come to get him? Kodi stared at the man disbelievingly, wondering if it was some kind of sick joke. But no… His cell door was being unlocked and he was led out back the way he’d come in from, his head spinning with shock. Gene sure as hell hadn’t sounded like he was going to come, so who would…?

Kodi passed through the door and stared at that familiar, scrawny back covered by layers of dark clothing. His jaw slackened in surprise and he stared for a few moments too long, because soon he was being nudged forward again. He swallowed hard and croaked,”G… Gene…?” Maybe they’d given him some weird drug and he was having a wacky dream. He didn’t really believe that either, though. Kodi stood there awkwardly staring at him, eyeliner smeared and hair disheveled, before dipping his head and holding his hands out in a grateful gesture. They were shaking. “I… I d-didn’t think you were gonna come….” He swallowed hard. “….. I-I’m gonna be in your debt forever.”

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The process was a lot longer than he thought it’d be. A lot more complicated. And they wouldn’t actually release him until morning and people were at their stupid 9-5 asshole judiciary jobs. By the time they told Gene that Kodi was going to be released(and after a good sum of money was forked over with a long list of fine-fucking-print), the sun was already halfway into the morning, burning and stinging the eyes of the recluse gamer.

He stood on the steps of the police station, waiting for his stray dog to emerge from his holding cell. Gene covered his mouth in a yawn. Kodi hadn't gotten any sleep. Well congratulations! Gene hadn't gotten any sleep either!! Guess who was going to pay for that?

Gene didn't turn when he finally heard Kod's voice. He closed his eyes when Kodi professed his eternal gratitude, and released a long, frustrated sigh. "Just.....get in the car...." he said in calm, yet cold voice. Gene had a dissertation's worth of things he wanted to say to Kodi....he just didn't trust himself to be able to say them without exploding at the older delinquent. Gene started down the steps of the station without looking back.

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Kodi had lost track of the time that he’d spent in that cold, boring cell. All he knew was that it felt like forever and he would’ve given anything for one of his books. But he supposed it wouldn’t be so much punishment at that point, because he would be perfectly content in the quiet with a book (apart from being afraid that the scary police woman would come back).

He shivered in the cold outdoors, but Kodi wasn’t really paying attention to the weather, so it was more reflex than anything else. All he cared about was the fact that Gene had actually come for him, and he was so relieved and astounded that he almost couldn’t believe it.

Kodi didn’t expect some sort of warm, fuzzy reunion, and therefore wasn’t surprised when the rich boy didn’t respond to his gratitude. He just nodded mutely and followed along behind Gene, wrapping his arms around himself to keep warm and glancing back at the building a couple times, as though that woman might run out and drag him back in at any moment. Somehow he made it to the car and sat beside Gene, making no effort to touch him or anything of the like. Kodi didn’t think the boy would want that right now. “Um… thank you, ma’am… F-for driving…” he mumbled awkwardly at Aggie. The dentokinetic wrung his fingers together nervously in his lap. “…. If there’s anythin’ that I can do to repay you guys….” Kodi trailed off. What on earth could he do to repay them for what was probably incredibly expensive?

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Gene remained silent as they walked to the car. Admittedly, he was surprised that Kodi came without protest, though he supposed it was expected considering the turbulent night he'd just had. Maybe Gene should give Kodi a break? After all, he'd been through enough, hadn't he?

Gene might have been able to consider that if he wasn't currently fuming so much it was a wonder that steam wasn't visibly coming out of his ears. Gene climbed into the back seat of the car and scooted over so that Kodi could sit beside him. He kept his hands at his sides, gripped tight against the seat. It wasn't until the car started moving that he dared to try speaking. "Kodi....." he breathed. "Come here...."

The moment that Kodi did as he was asked was the moment that Gene raised his hand and smartly smacked Kodi across the cheek. The look he gave Kodi was a complicated mix of anger, grief, frustration, and worry. There was a dampness collecting in his eyes as he glared at the older boy, and he found that he had trouble forming words around his tight throat and quivering lower lip. "H-how...." he tried shakily. Gene swallowed and tried again. "How....dare you...call me from jail...t-to clean up your stupid mess!!" And that was as far as he got before he lost his words again and his head finally fell along with his tears.

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It didn’t take long for Kodi to notice how tense Gene was. He wasn’t a big talker on a good day, but today he was…. Even less so, and his expression visibly showed how upset he was. The dentokinetic didn’t blame him, but he still slumped slightly as they got into the car, wondering how he was ever going to make up for this. Gene would get over it eventually… Right…?

He wondered if they were going to drop him back off at Hammel, or if they were going back to the Whitakers’. Kodi judged by the route they started taking it was the latter, which surprised him a little. Did Gene really want him around…? His head snapped over as the boy spoke, and Kodi tentatively leaned towards him, not knowing what to expect.

He shouldn’t have been surprised. His head jerked to the side slightly as Gene’s palm made contact with his cheek, but Kodi didn’t protest or yell. Even as his cheek burned and stung from the slap, his head drooped, and he took in the boy’s words with growing guilt. “… I’m sorry…” he croaked, not knowing what else to say. “I’m sorry…. I’m so sorry… I n-never should have called you….” His fists tightened in his lap as he stared down, unable to look at those pained eyes. “I d-didn’t know… Who else…. To call… I should’ve just stayed there…” He didn’t look up until he heard the sound of tears, and he glanced towards Gene slowly, feeling sick from seeing the boy crying. “…. I won’t do it again…. I promise…” he mumbled; it was uncertain whether he meant doing the crime or calling Gene if he got taken in again, but hopefully the point was made. He slowly and awkwardly reached over and put his hand over one of Gene’s, prepared to pull away quickly if the younger boy didn’t want to be touched.