We meet again Mr. Unicorn (Charlie)

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What was it about this guy that got to Charlie so much? Was it the combination of physical attraction and emotional repulsion that made Grayson so… so… weird? It just threw the dancer off of his usual goofy, ridiculous ways. “Oh, well if you won’t die, then I don’t think there’s any way you’ll ever see those ‘other parts’,” he replied with an overly dramatic sniff. “I’m saving those for someone special.” And Grayson was definitely not the person he would choose off the top of his head… Nope. Who knew what his grubby hands would grab?

His cheeks flushed at Gray’s ‘not so subtle’ hint, and Charlie turned his head away, refusing to acknowledge it. It was one thing to flirt with a guy… it was a whole other thing to flirt with a guy that definitely wasn’t being at all subtle that all he wanted was Char’s body. Most guys at least pretended to be interested in other, non-physical parts of him.

Charlie still hadn’t quite grasped yet that detecting lies was actually Gray’s meta ability, but he had to grudgingly accept that he seemed pretty good at it. He rolled his eyes a little as the pervert oogled over the picture, but admittedly the dancer thought it was a pretty good shot of him too. He pulled it away after a few seconds. “Winning the lottery lucky,” he quipped. Then, after a moment, added reluctantly,”Or you can just come to one of the shows at Hammel. I don’t do a lot of heel dancing in them normally, but they allow it sometimes.” Gray was on his own to find out when the next show was, though. Char wouldn’t make it too easy for him.

The fact that Grayson was so adamant about denying Charlie’s own self-deprecating comment came as a surprise to Charlie, and it made a blush reappear on his face. “Whatever,” he replied with a soft huff, turning his head away. He probably just meant his ass, what else could he be talking about? The dancer was relieved when it was finally time to go and quickly followed after the older boy, snagging the bag when it was offered to him and taking no time to douse his hands in a few large drops of sanitizer. “You have the worst customer service I’ve ever seen,” he sniffed as they left the store, rubbing the stuff into his skin. “I should file a complaint.”

He wrinkled his nose when they started walking the same direction, and remembered that Grayson’s apartment was between here and his next stop. “Well… I guess just text me when you’re done cleaning,” he spoke as they walked, keeping a good foot of distance between them. “And maybe I’ll keep my word and come over.”

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If Charlie were to ask what it was that was 'attractive' (at least enough for Charlie to sit here with him) about Grayson out loud he could be sure that Grayson had a very long list prepared. Starting with his incredible level of attractiveness and quickly following it was his wit and charm (which could be easily debated).... It was probably good that Charlie didn't ask out loud, for risk of his own sanity.

Grayson shrugged again, eyebrows raising up along with the presence of a smug grin, "You have too little faith in me. I'm already winning you over little by little." It was probably an overestimation, but Grayson was a confident--well, narcissitic guy so in his mind he was sure there was no way the guy didn't like him. Unless he was crazy. "Also I thought we had already gone over that I am indeed special, and you even agreed."

Charlie was blushing again and Grayson definitely noticed it. He moved his head, trying to follow Charlie's movement as he looked away, "Oh?" He grinned at him, leaning over the counter a bit as he inspected the color in his cheeks. "Did I embarrass you or are you considering it now?" As far as pretending to not only be interested in someone's body... well, it would be a blatant lie to do that.

"No more questions for me?" He leaned back, arms wide open with a smug expression, "I thought you were determined to knock me off my high horse, huh?" Grayson taunted him even more, motioning with him his hands that he was willing to answer more, "Do you give up this easily all the time? Lucky for you I'm pretty stubborn and willing to put up with you insulting and nagging me."

It wasn't lost on him that Charlie didn't give him any information on when these so called shows were but the younger man was missing out on some information as well, "Good thing I still know some people that go there. So I'll just ask them." The look he gave Charlie could only be described as shit-eating and smug.

He could see where someone might consider Charlie as not incredibly good looking, but as far as Gray's opinion went he found him to be quite attractive honestly. Though it was definitely enhanced by his nice body and teasing personality. That always made things better. Once again Grayson shrugged, he wasn't too bothered that the guy didn't accept his compliment, that was his perogative.

Grayson snickered when the bag was snatched from him, watching him immediately douse his hands with the sanitizing liquid. "Wow, you seriously have a problem." His tongue poked out of his mouth tauntingly, "No, I'm too cute for you to complain on." He walked alongside the younger man until they finally had to part ways. "Hey!" he grinned at him, "You should keep your promises."

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Charlie scowled. “Keep telling yourself that.” No, Gray was not winning him over, that was absolutely absurd. He would have gone long before now if he was given his purchase like any normal cashier would do. The comment about him being special, though, made Char stammer stupidly for a moment before he let out a frustrated groan. “Not that kind of special…” he muttered. Stupid Grayson, turning Charlie’s own words against him...

He scowled even more as the cretin prodded and questioned him, refusing to look at the guy. “I’m not considering it,” he said flatly. And that was that. Char had kept himself a virgin this long, no way was some sneaky snarky guy going to get some just because he was a little cute.

“I’ll think of more questions for next time,” he replied, crossing his arms over his chest. “Some really good ones that you’ll never get right.” Yeah, that was it, that way he would be better prepared. Charlie didn’t appreciate his taunting, though, and if he was less worried about germs, he would have grabbed something and threw it at the guy. “Lucky me,” he grunted, having already determined that Gray was stupidly stubborn.

Speaking of stubborn, looked like the guy wouldn’t have any trouble finding out how to stalk Charlie now. Why had he offered that information…? “Great. Just perfect. Just please don’t throw anything crude at me from the crowd, I don’t want to get kicked off the team.” He could just imagine Gray tossing handfuls of condoms onto the dance floor. Char shuddered and tried to rid himself of the image.

“Yeah, I know I do, but it’s not something I can help,” he grumbled as he rubbed the sanitizer into his skin. At least he didn’t have a worse problem, like perversion. “Right… because you’re ‘cuteness’ is all you’ve got going for you.” Char smirked slightly, sending Grayson a quick glance. Ugh, he really was cute, and he hated it. As he began to finally (thankfully) break away from the insufferable loon, he rolled his eyes and gave a small wave. “Lucky for you, I always do,” he replied as he turned away. “Don’t hurt yourself in your rush to get your apartment clean enough for me to come over. I’ll be waiting.”