Are You Jealous? (Gene)

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What kind of idiot would give roses to someone they hated? “Just because someone’s your enemy, doesn’t mean you hate them,” he argued sourly. Why was he arguing anyway? Why couldn’t he just let this go? “If he hated you…I could see him sending you dead flowers….but not…” Not things that were obviously meant to bring comfort to the sick boy. Gene knit his eyebrows again. “Then he should’ve said so in his stupid card!” he countered, finally raising his voice higher than a persistent simmer.

Gene caught himself and looked away with a scowl, disappointed with himself that he actually lost his temper, and not in the usual way he did when he was yelling at the older boy when he irritated Gene. It was one thing when they were bantering, or when Gene was scolding Kodi for doing something stupid….right now, Gene didn’t have a good reason, and that seriously unnerved him. “….sorry,” he mumbled, looking down at the floor.

“Well, then I guess you’ll just croak then,” he grumbled back disdainfully. Gene hated feeling like this, and even more, he hated that he didn’t know why he did. That’s why he threw the tiniest of fits when he went to close the door and let Kodi think he might be leaving. That’s why he climbed up onto the bed with Kodi. That’s why he kissed Kodi, with the sweet and gentle touch that Gene preferred over the roughness that Kodi sometimes came at him with. Not that he minded those times…he just liked this better. Soft and and tender. He slowly opened his eyes when they finally parted, his breathing heightened just a tad. Gene puffed out a breath of incredulity. “You idiot, get you mind out of the gutter,” he sneered derisively. “Not everything has to do with sex.”

Gene took a breath and rested their foreheads together, holding Kodi’s head between his two hands. “…..maybe I am jealous,” he admitted, closing his eyes. “Can you blame me? You get yourself arrested, and I find out it’s because you were fucking some other lowlife kid. You get yourself holed up in the hospital, and every single person whose come by has been someone you are fucking, or you were fucking….” Gene growled in frustration and looked Kodi sharply in the eye. “I don’t like having all that rubbed in my face. That’s all.”

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Kodi held in a groan, realizing that arguing over this would be useless. Gene didn’t know Gryph, so he couldn’t understand where the dentokinetic was trying to come from. “Right… Well, he didn’t, so all I can do is guess,” he sighed wearily. “Maybe if I felt less awful about how we broke up, I’d just text him and ask.” Although that would likely just make Gene more upset anyway…

Which… Now that he really thought about it, the rich boy was making more of a fuss about this than Kodi would have expected. The apology was even more surprising, and he blinked a couple of times, unsure if he’d heard the mumble correctly. “It’s… It’s okay,” he stammered back. Geez, now he was feeling really guilty, and all he’d been doing was cuddling something soft…

The guilt stuck with him as he laid there munching mournfully on his food, when he thought Gene was going to leave, but it quickly turned to confusion as the boy basically climbed onto his lap. He was still bewildered as they kissed, but at least he felt relieved that Gene was going to stay. He kept it gentle, just as the boy liked, even if being stuck in this damn bed for so long had made him ache to do something rough and feisty. “What am I s’posed t’think?” he asked with a pout. “You’re practically sittin’ over my dick already, and it’s been ages since I’ve got any action…” Not that Kodi would actually expect any sexual favors while in the hospital. “It’d prob’ly be good for me, get my heart pumpin’ and all that.”

Kodi’s breath caught in his throat as Gene so tenderly cradled his scruffy, grubby face, surprised by how much gentleness he was showing to the hospitalized boy. He felt worse and worse as Gene listed off all that he’d done… And when it was put all together like that, it really did sound awful. “… I’m sorry,” he said hollowly. “I… I didn’t know that kind of stuff bothered you…” Kodi slowly put his hands over Gene’s own, giving his forehead a tentative nuzzle. “Does… Does this mean… that you want to be exclusive?” He wasn’t sure how he felt about that. He liked Gene, a lot, more than he was willing to admit… But were they ready for that yet? “I mean… I’ve already stopped seein’ Jackson, and… Well, most nights I’m over at your place anyway, so I ain’t been seein’ as many people as I used to…”

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“Maybe you should just do that…..” Gene grumbled. The last thing Gene wanted was for the shadow of a bad relationship to always be hanging over them whenever that guy happened to come up. But then again, Gene would rather that guy just to have not bothered at all. The two of them were broken up, they didn’t seem to have stayed friends, there was no reason for them to be contacting one another unless it was to try and repair whatever they had between them…whether that mean Kodi’s ex wanted to get back together with him, or that he simply wanted to work towards being able to be in the same room with one another again, Gene had no idea. But not knowing…that was probably what irritated Gene the most. Just not knowing. He hated not knowing what to expect.

Gene was a little(or a lot) embarrassed by his own actions, having simply climbed up onto Kodi’s lap like he was ready to ride him in that hospital bed like one of those bucking bronco rides. Gene’s cheeks were flushed the whole time he was speaking and his scowl was fixed on his face like it’d been drawn on by a permanent marker. “Well I’m not, idiot,” he griped to the stupid bedridden boy. “So get those kind of vile fantasies out of your stupid skull.” Yup, insulting Kodi made him feel a lot more comfortable, much more than this stupid ‘confession’ bullshit he was spouting off like some ugly, shy schoolgirl with a stupid crush on the most loser guy in school. It wasn’t far from the truth, but Gene refused to say it out loud.

Gene pulled back slightly, narrowing his eyes at Kodi’s question and nonsense ramblings about being exclusive. “Hell no,” he said without hesitation, his lip turning upwards in a sneer. “I’ve known you barely three months. The last thing I need is a stray dog like you clinging to me just because I feed you every so often.” That was a little harsher than he’d meant it to be, but Kodi could deal. Gene let his hands fall from Kodi’s face to hang off either of his shoulders as he lowered his gaze off to the side. “Not that I hate your guts or anything….but I don’t wanna rush into some stupid piece of shit relationship just because of some stupid attachment I got just because you happened to be my first time. And I don’t want you getting all fucking clingy with me just because you’re rebounding off some other loser.” With a sigh, Gene slid his hands down even further and took up Kodi’s hands in his own, squeezing them gently. “I like the way it is now….I just….” Gene shrunk back with another blush. “W-when you’re with me….that’s my time, got it? I don’t wanna hear about anybody else!” he declared, staring up firmly at the other boy. “And….I…I better be your favorite…or…or I won’t forgive you!” Oh good god, could he please stop talking mush now….? His face was practically on fire.

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Kodi wouldn’t call the relationship he’d had with Gryph a bad one. Not in the least, actually. It had been ridiculously wonderful and made him feel all sorts of great emotions he never had before. It was just how he’d let it all come crumbling down that he despised thinking about. He knew it was all his fault, but he also knew Gryph deserved better than him, so he tried to think of it now as letting the winged meta go so he could find someone good for him. He hoped his ex wasn’t as hung up on it as he was sometimes…

He was mulling over these thoughts until he got distracted by Gene and his suggestive movements. Really, no wonder Kodi thought he was going to get something raunchy out of it. “Alright, alright,” he relented, holding his hands up in surrender. “I’m not gonna get them out of my head ‘cause they’re hot, but I won’t expect it.” He gave the boy a cheeky grin. “And I can’t help how my body responds, either…” Kodi waggled his eyebrows and stuck out his tongue a little. Maybe it was the serious conversation that was making him especially silly now, but at least they’d gotten over that hump…

… Or maybe not. Wow, this was all sorts of awkward and uncomfortable, wasn’t it? “Phew,” he replied with a relieved sigh and a wipe of his brow. “I’m terrible at commitment.” Especially so soon after his break-up. “Has it only been three months, though? Seems like a lot longer, with all that I’ve put up with.” He finished this with a playful smile to show that he was joking. He went quiet as the boy kept talking, then chuckled dryly. “Alright, deal. I’ll just keep moochin’ off of you like I have been. And for the record, I don’t hate your guts neither.” He looked down at their hands as their fingers interlocked, and relaxed again, listening once again to the uncharacteristically talkative Gene. He figured this was all really important, if the guy was saying so much. “Got it,” he replied. “Once I get outta the hospital, you won’t hear about none’ve my other hookups.” Kodi laughed at the last bit. “’Course you’re my favorite. I wouldn’t come over every other night if you weren’t. You know how much I hate the commute t’your place?” Damn buses stopped a couple blocks away and made him walk in the awful winter weather. “Anyway… You gonna do somethin’ naughty while that door’s still locked?” Whoops, maybe his fantasies were still playing in his head a bit.

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“I cringe to think of what ridiculous lewd shit that head of yours comes up with sometimes,” he said, leering disdainfully down at the obscene dentokinetic. That expression changed little when Kodi gave his eyebrows a suggestive waggle, and he glanced down to the area that Kodi was no doubt referring to. “if it helps, I can cauterize you first,” he said steadily, not at all impressed by the older boy’s pervertedness. Gene was going to clean that brain of his out with soap one of these days. Or maybe bleach.

At least Gene was able to get some of what he was trying to say out. Well, the parts that he’d figured out. There was still a smorgasbord of emotions lingering about that Gene didn’t yet know how to put into words. In some ways, he was afraid to, but that was all something that Gene would address at a later time. Maybe. “I know you are,” he said bluntly. At least, Gene had suspected, considering that Kodi had so many partners to begin with. The joke, though, did put a small smile on Gene’s face. “That’s right. And I’m gonna put you through a lot more if you keep acting like the brainless ass you been doing,” he warned, prodding Kodi’s chest with his finger. When Kodi returned the sentiment of ‘not hating his guts’, however, Gene stiffened and his cheeks flushed red. “S-shut up! Idiot!” He didn’t know why that made his stomach tickle so uncomfortably, as if it mattered what Kodi thought of him.

Gene resolved to just crush Kodi’s hands if he embarrassed the rich brat any more, though that plan was quickly backfiring as his own hand could barely keep up a light squeeze for more than a few seconds without hurting themselves. “G-good!” he said with flustered satisfaction, at both the agreement to not hear about Kodi’s other hookups, and that he was indeed the older boy’s favorite. “I’ll make you walk over in a blizzard, next time…” he mumbled, sinking his head down between his shoulders for the millionth time. He blinked up at Kodi when he once again brought up his crude ideas for why Gene was still sitting in his lap. Gene scowled and growled. “By ‘naughty’…do you mean something like this?” Gene planted one hand over half of Kodi’s face, pushing his thumb up on Kodi’s nose, and then hooked the finger of his other hand in the boy’s cheek, pulling it out and stretching his lips as far as he could. Gene smirked in amusement. “Ha! You look dumb,” he said with a small laugh. Gene leaned in to taunt the dentokinetic. “Like a little piggy. Oink oink~” He pushed on his face just a little bit harder.

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Kodi might have gone a little pale at the offer to be cauterized. “I… Don’t think that will help. Thanks, though,” he replied, reaching forward and giving Gene’s thighs a squeeze. “I can think of about a dozen other things I’d like you t’do with it…” Apparently the lesson hadn’t been learned that he should shut up now.

He smirked at Gene’s ‘threat’, taking the opportunity to give those soft thighs a squeeze again. “Oh?” he replied, quirking an eyebrow. “I think I could live with that, as long as I still get you in bed. And in the bath. And against the counter….” Heh, the doctors should’ve just had Gene come in and sit on him sooner, this was the best Kodi had felt in days. His smile softened a little, seeing the blush on the boys face, and he gave Gene’s cheek an affectionate pinch. “Your favorite idiot,” he replied with a sly smile.

Kodi’s hand sure didn’t feel like it was being crushed, but that was probably because he had big, strong, rough, meaty man hands, and Gene’s were soft and delicate and dainty. “Ugh… Please don’t,” he groaned. “I’ll get stuck out in the cold and freeze t’death. Then you’ll have to at least pretend t’be sad at my funeral.” Kodi watched the younger boy expectantly as he responded to his naughty comment, definitely not expecting him to actually do anything… And, well, he didn’t do anything that he’d been fantasizing about, but the dentokinetic let out an ugly snort as his face got mashed, sticking out his tongue to make his face even more grotesque. “Oink,” he mimicked, eyes sparkling with amusement. “I may look dumb, but you’re dumber for puttin’ up with me an’ lettin’ me crawl in your bed at night.” Or during any other time of the day when he felt in the mood… Kodi’s fingers crawled up the boy’s legs a little, taunting him. “Maybe I’ll have t’punish you for makin’ me look so ugly once I get outta this place…” Hehehehehehe.

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Gene stared, unchanging his expression. “Or I can draw a mustache on it instead,” he said bluntly. Maybe give it glasses. And a little hat. Somehow, Gene figured Kodi might enjoy that more than be annoyed by it, though. He managed a small smirk at the imagery though.

“I…I’m not saying no!” Gene replied somewhat forcefully. “….just so you know.” With all this sappy talk, Gene wondered if the heat in his face was ever going to go away. He’d get Kodi for this later. Once he got out of the hospital. Somehow. “Meeeehhh~” he whined like a brat, closing his eyes as Kodi pinched his cheek. Even if it was true, Gene was embarrassed enough already! He didn’t need to go around admitting something as stupid as actually liking someone, as opposed to just tolerating them.

Must be why he was still clinging to Kodi’s hand like a….like a clingy person! “Maybe I’ll just have you stuffed and hang you on my wall then,” he quipped back with a sly smirk. “Then I won’t have to bother with pretending or the funeral.” The banter was helping Gene relax again from those embarrassing moments they’d had just a few minutes ago. It was dumb, he supposed, but being a dick to Kodi lightened his mood considerably. Teasing him, making fun….playing, maybe? It wasn’t behavior he associated with that word, but that’s indeed what it was. And it made the rich brat happy.

Gene mashed Kodi’s face even more, this time pushing up on his eyelid to keep the older boy from blinking. “Nothing wrong with letting a dog sleep on the bed,” he said with an amused snort. Gene leaned in even more, shivering as Kodi’s fingers tickled up his thighs, his breath catching ever so slightly. “Try it.” Gene lifted his chin a tad, smiling mischievously at the sick-minded punk. “I’ll tie you up in the garage and leave you there…just watch me.” By now, though, Gene’s grip over Kodi’s face had softened along with his features, looking at the dentokinetic now with eyes that…weren’t quite as harsh or contemptible. He brushed his thumb gently over Kodi’s cheek. “………….don’t….do this again,” he said hesitantly. “Okay….?”