Star Gazing

[Demeter]

Cayle scrambled for the rest of clothing. He tugged on his shirt, fastened his jeans and, when he couldn't find his socks, he rooted through a basket of mostly clean laundry for a fresh pair. He hopped out to the kitchen, where he'd left Tee, while putting a pair of tennis shoes on. "Ready to go. We should get fast service, it's between the lunch and dinner rush right now. We can bring desert home," he glanced at Tee before dragging his eyes up and down, "I'll probably want to lick desert off you."

Cayle locked the apartment door behind them, told Henry that he didn't know when he'd return, and set off down the street. He slid a glance towards Tee walking next to him. "So, tell me about the glasses. I like them. They intrique me." Cayle, rather boldly, reached out and wrapped a arm around Tee's waist, yanking him close. He liked the way Tee felt against his body, even if they were still clothed.

Once at the resteraunt, Cayle secured them a booth towards the back. "What surface shall we try out after we eat?"

[Shinigami]

Tiegen found Cayle so utterly.... adorable. He had always avoided using that word, especially to describe his past male lovers, but he really couldn't help it in this case. It was a sexy-adorable, though. One he wasn't sure he was going to be able to get enough of. The process of dressing was a bit more sedate than his lover's, but Tee managed to be ready at the same time, and was just as eager to head off so they could get back.

A wides smile came to his face when asked about his glasses, and it widened a bit more when he was pulled close to Cayle. He slid his own arm around the man's waist and tucked his hand into the back far pocket of his jeans. "Its a fairly simple reasoning, but I still love telling the story of how my glasses came to be. I have a photographic memory, but remembering exactly -where- something is doesn't exactly help you remember to bring that particular object with you, and I was always leaving my glasses places. My mother hated it, always bickering at me when I had to run off and retrieve them. I've had glasses since I was about 10 or 11, but when I was 16 my mom told me 'The only time you'll ever remember those glasses is when they're attached to your face!'" He was smiling even wider at this point. He loved talking about his parents, as well as how he developed all his little quirks.

"So, she planted the idea, and a couple months later I had my glasses 'attached to my face' so I'd never forget them again. I shocked her silent when I came home, but when the reality of what I had done sunk in, she laughed at me! And she vowed to be careful what she said to me after that, too"

It was a shorter walk to the restaurant than he had thought, but he was glad for that. He was starving and they still had -many- surfaces to utilize. Tiegen smirked. "Well, if you're planning on licking dessert off of me, I vote for one of the surfaces in the kitchen. The table, maybe?"

[Demeter]

Cayle chuckled over Tee's story about his glasses. Made since to him, considering he was constantly misplacing things and then doing to panicky last minute search thing. He didn't bother looking at the menu the hostess handed him. He'd be ordering spaggetti and meatballs. He'd pass on the wine that he usually ordered.

When Tee mentioned the kitchen table, Cayle grinned bu shook his head. "That table would never hold us. I bought it second hand and it fell off the back of my friend's truck and it's now held together with duct tape, glue. Think of it for decoration."

He looked at Tee. "I have a dining room table in my living room. I never use it. My mother seems to think I needed it. Wanna break it in?" Still grinning, Cayle bit into a breadstick.

[Shinigami]

Tiegen had bypassed everything but the pasta selection on the menu, so he took a fairly short amount of time to decided on fettuccine alfredo. He made sure to order a nice large glass of water as well. Tee already drank more water than most, but after all that activity he needed to rehydrate.

When he heard about the kitchen table he raised his eyebrow. "What's the point in having a table just for decoration? At the very least they need to be sturdy enough to use as extra counter space. That's what I use mine for, at least."

Tee wiggled his eyebrows suggestively at the idea of using the dining room table. "I love breaking in furniture. What made your mother think you needed a dining room table? Most bachelors don't ever use them, let alone ones with baby grands to accommodate. I knew one guy that had a pool table in his dining room..."

[Demeter]

"I haven't replaced it yet. It'll hold things like the mail and keys and glasses but I highly doubt it could hold the both of us. And my mother thought the dining room table might turn me into a civilized young man. You know, dining room table needs a room, you'd need a house or, at the very least, something more then a apartment over a sotre, and, once you get the house, you might meet a girl impressed that a young man not only has a house but an actual table rather then a pool table and that might lead to marriage and, the most important thing, grandchildren."

Cayle grinned. "The grand came from her belief that I'd be the next Mozart. I don't think that Mozart would approve of writing the score for broadway plays and other various things. I don't do opera. She gave up on the Mozart dream when she caught me attempting to play thriller on the grand but she let me keep the piano."

He motioned with his hand, a king of what can you do gesture. "Her latest civilization attempt is try to get me to trade in the Harley and Duc for a sedate gray sedan, a three piece suit and a job where I sit in a cubical. Can't do that till I get you on the back of the Harley. And," he glanced at Tee through narrowed eyes, "a nude photo session against the Duc."

He leaned back when his plate was set before him. "My mother tries her hardest but really, I'd much prefer a life where I get to see naked men on my dining room table rather then four place settings with a Golden Retreiver sleeping under the table." He swirled some pasta around his fork. "And on the back of the my bikes, piano, couch, and, if absolutly needed, in the back of that sedate gray sedan." He sighed. "Such is my life..."

[Shinigami]

Tiegen shuddered at the thought of having a "sedate" life. He didn't have the most exciting one, not by a long shot, but he needed adventure and spontaneity from time to time. For example, his little romp with Cayle and all of the romps they're thinking about for after they eat. Plus, children intimidated him a little... the smaller ones, anyway. He just didn't know what to do with a little baby.

He outright laughed when he heard the story behind Cayle's baby grand. Tee's own parents had gotten him is first piano do give him a hobby that required creativity, but could be taken with them when they moved. Though, he had to admit his mother had been a little disappointed when one of the accomplishments he was most proud of was when he learned to play "Should I Stay or Should I Go."

An almost inaudible hiss left him when Cayle mentioned trading in the Harley and Duc for a sedan. Tiegen -hated- cars. The open air feeling of a bike was much more desirable to him. He raised a brow a smirked when mentioned being naked. "Oooo, I love getting my picture taken. And maybe we could fit the Harley into our plans today... I will eventually need to get home, and I have a rather private court yard."

Tee eyed his food as the waitress came with their orders. He had his fork in hand and at the ready by the time the plate hit the table and he was twirling is first fork-full as he continued to listen to Cayle. He sighed. "Why would any mother try to make their child something they're not?" That was one of the hardest concepts for him to understand. His parents had been rather unorthodox. "My mom and dad never tried to stop me from doing what I wanted to do, or from just being me. In fact, they -encouraged- my ideas most of the time..."

[Demeter]

"My mother apparently wants the best for her boy. Our opinions about what "the best" differ. She thinks every man needs to have a family. I think I need to have naked men on my dining room table. I don't think me being married would be condusive to having naked men on my table." Cayle worked his way through his pasta.

"Tell me about your children. Seems so much more thrilling then me. Standard, middle class English family. Private tutors, best scools, me in little schoolboy uniforms. I didn't want to leave, parents urged me to do a exchange student thing and never really left. Don't really want to go back either. I'm sure she's got twenty girls lined up for me to meet should I ever step foot on english soil again." Cayle shuddered.

"She kinda doesn't know about the liking to see naked men on dining room tables thing. I've yet to tell her. She's never questioned my, uh, close friendships with other men. I think she lives in her own, happy little world." he leaned over the table and whispered the happy little world comment into Tee's ear in a conspiratorial whisper, as though his mother was sitting at the next table over.

"Do your parents know you wouldn't mind posing naked against my duc in your private courtyard while I play with my camera?"

[Shinigami]

Tee snorted at the thought of being a married man, yet having other men, naked, lying about on your dining room table. No, that wouldn't be very conducive to a marriage. Unless you're wife -also- liked seeing naked men lying on the dining room table...

"Well, I was born in Wales, but I never stayed there for long. Both my parents studied the stars, either as an astro-physicist or an astronomist, so they dragged me all over the world when they moved on to other research locations. I learned to make friends quick, and to not get too attached to some, though there are others I made a point to stay in contact with. I did the public school thing, and always hung out with the older and eclectic crowd, so I never had a dull moment growing up."

He couldn't believe Cayle's mother still didn't know about her son's little predilection. Though, he had seen how blind some people could be to what they didn't -want- to see. Tee's attention was locked back on to Cayle as he leaned in and whispered into his ear. Tiegen leaned his cheek into Cayle's as he pulled back, but the next question made his smile falter a bit.

"Unfortunately, my parents have both passed on, but if they were still alive they certainly would expect something like that from me. I was never a wild child, but I moved where my heart took me and did whatever sounded fun and interesting, even if it was rather scandalous."

[Demeter]

"Either they died young or their death was recent," Cayle randomly commented, thinking about how young Tee looked. "Sorry either way. Can't be easy; not having your parents around. I may tried to get out of my mother's civilization attempts but that doesn't mean I don't want her around." He looked down at his empty plate. "Ready to go?"

Cayle waved down the waitress for both of the check and a take home desert. He wanted to use Tee as a plate and slowly lick the peice of chocolate cake off of his chest. He'd never done that before. And, after all, they were going to have a little fun on his dining room table...even if it was in the living room and the chairs were in peices in what the former owner of the building had jokingly called the garage.

He waited until Tee was ready to go before standing up. He wrapped one arm around Tee's waist, sticking just the tips of his fingers into the back pocket of his pants and held his bag of chocolate cake with the other hand. "Lets go take the table for a spin and then I'll take you home and we can play with my camera. The Duc will be slightly uncomfortable for you but you'll look very...delectable against it."

He walked them home, let them back into the apartment and then showed Tee the table. It stood, shoved up against the wall with the windows that overlooked the street, in the living room. He walked up and shoved the stacks of blank sheet paper and various bits of paperwork off the table and sat on it. It was a big, mahogany lake of a table that could seat tweleve when all the leaves were placed in. Currently, it was just long enough for him stretch out on. He patted the spot next to him. "Whatcha think?"

Cayle toed off his shoes while he waited for Tee to sit next to him. It payed to think ahead when it came to some articles of clothing.

[Shinigami]

Tiegen hesitated in answering. Technically his parents neither died young nor recently, but that would be a strange thing to try and explain. He was into his 70's after all, so he lived a full life with two parents. When Cayle gave him the opportunity not to answer at all (he could play it off as an emotional subject later if need be), he took it and nodded. He was ready to go, and to get on with their other activities.

He'd had his body used as a plate before and hadn't much liked it, but that was with ice cream. This was going to be with cake, and he was finding that he didn't really care much what it was, as long as Cayle's mouth was involved. Tee was already becoming giddy with anticipation as Cayle's arm wrapped around his waist and tucked into his back pocket. Tiegen returned the embrace and gave his best mischievous little smile. "I'm sure I could suffer some discomfort if it means getting you all hot and bothered.

The table was eyed critically, but it was very quickly decided that it was more than adequate for the workout they were going to give it. He toed off his shoes quickly and pulled off his shirt, making it easier to start dessert. Tiegen laid back on the table and reached up to tug Cayle closer. "I think it's perfect. Now get down here and lets start dessert." Tee latched on to Cayle's lips as soon as they were close enough.

[Demeter]

Cayle contemplated Tiegan's chest. He was sure that there was just a smidgen of chocolate ice left on him. Cayle, straddling his worn out lover, leaned down and licked away that last bit. "So, Dessert was good. Table was fun." They were naked, exhausted and very pleased. Well, Cayle was veyr pleased at the very least.

"Once I regain the available to think in a orderly process, I'll get the bike ready. You are going to be death of me, I'm sure of it. I can't seem to get enough of you. I don't think I'll be letting you go anytime soon." Cayle rolled of Tee and laid next to him. He'd never think of his dining room table the same ever again. He'd probably get a rush of guilt the next time his mother visited and he'd wash the thing down with bleach. And then invite Tee back over after wards to re-mark the table.

Once he could breathe and think properly, Cayle climbed off the table. He leaned over though and kissed Tee, long and deep, before backing away. "I'm going to get dressed, again, and find my camera. Then I'll take you home, strip you down, prop you up against the bike and take several pictures. Which I will look at when I'm lonely. They'll be all sweaty, most likely, because you seem to get me all sweaty with the strange desire to strip naked."

[Shinigami]

Tiegen was near panting as he lay back and watch Cayle as the man eyed his chest. He love this, he just couldn't get enough of it. Who knew a human could wear him out so thoroughly? His eyes rolled shut when Cayle gave his chest one last lick. Oh dessert had been very good, and the table had been amazing even if it was a little too solid now that all he wished to do was curl up with this insatiable man and sleep.

He gave a soft chuckle, all he could afford to give in his exhausted state. "It seems we'll be the death of each other, but if I die naked and sweaty with you, I'll have no regrets." And now every time he saw chocolate cake, he'd be thinking of Cayle and the activities that took place on this table. Tee was at least able to get his breathing back under control in a fairly short amount of time.

The table gave a light creak as the man next to him moved, and suddenly lips were assaulting his once more. Tiegen groaned and slid his hands into Cayle's hair as he returned the kiss, pouting when he pulled back. Tee rolled onto his side and watched Cayle gather and put on his clothing. He wanted to enjoy the sight a little longer, but once the man was dressed he finally gave in and climbed off the table in the search for his own clothing.

"You know, I might need a few pictures of you for myself." Tee smirked. "Maybe we can see if that camera of yours has a timer and get a few shots of the two of us." Tiegen had no idea how he could even be thinking of another round. He wasn't as young as he used to be, after all, but he was already plotting ways to drag Cayle into his house after the photo session... or finish things up in the court yard.

[Demeter]

Cayle grinned at Tee. "I wouldn't be adverse to having my picture taken a few times. And not only does the camera have a timer, it comes with a tripod. I'll be right back." Cayle went into his room to find the jacket and boots he used for riding. Not to mention the camera and it's tripod. He came back and waved at Tee. "So, have you ever ridden on a Duc before?"

He grabbed the keys from the hallway table. He opened the hallway closet and pulled down two full-face helmets. "I can loan you a jacket for the ride over if you want but the helmet is a must." He led the way down the stairs to the Duc. He waited until Tee was perched on the back of the Duc before swinging his leg over. With the visor flipped up, Cayle asked Tee where he lived.

After getting directions, Cayle flipped the visor down, turned the key and reved the engine. He pulled out and swung around to the front of the store. Once on the street, Cayle picked up speed and hummed along with the bike when he felt Tee's arms wrapped around his waist. When he pulled up infront of Tee's building. "Point me to the courtyard," he yelled over the sound of the idling engine.

[Shinigami]

Tiegen's eye brow quirked up at the mention of a tripod. There were many possibilities there, and he was sure he could convince Cayle to at least try most of them. After all, they both seemed to be on the same page when it came to getting naked. When Cayle wandered back with what they would need for the ride and later, he smiled. "I've been on a motorcycle before, but not specifically a Duc."

He refused the jacket, not really minding a temperature drop from the wind and he figured Cayle would be a safe enough driver. His polo shirt was just fine for the ride, though Tee never really liked helmets. They gave him that same trapped feeling as cars did, but he also understood their safety aspects while riding a motorcycle, so he was willing to suck it up for the ride home.

Getting on the bike was easy enough, and Tee sat back far enough to give Cayle ample room to swing his leg over and sit down. He slid forward so he was sitting up against Cayle, gave the directions to his house, and quickly pulled the helmet on last just as the bike was starting up. Tiegen was sure his hair would look like hell once they got to his house. It was already starting to curl up at the ends from being allowed to air dry after their naked and sweaty sessions.

Tee slid his arms around Cayle's waist, sliding his fingers along the waist of his pants as they rode. He was enjoying the warmth of the man in front of him and the hum of the bike as they wound their way further from the city and towards the apartment he called home. When they pulled up outside the building he directed Cayle around to the side and hopped off the bike to unlock the gate that led to the court yard. There were only two ways into the court yard; through the locked gate and through a door that led directly to his apartment on the second floor.

[Demeter]

Cayle eased the bike through the doorway, only half able to believe that this was happening. His greatest fantasy was having a naked man on one of his bikes. He'd never really expected it to happen. This, of course, meant that he would have to come up with a new fantasy. He wondered if he could talk Tee into that, whatever it was, as well. Cayle cut the engine and glanced around at the building. "Anyone else here? Unless your an exhibitionist, that is, and don't mind having your neighbors watch."

Cayle pulled his helmet off, still straddling the bike. "Where can I set up the camera?" He swung his leg over the bike and pulled his camera and tripod from one of the sidebags. "And don't try to fix your hair. I like it like this." He reached out and curled a lock around his fingers once Tee had his helmet off. "Why don't you strip down and straddle my bike? It will give me many pleasent dreams. And then I'll return the favor."

[Shinigami]

Once Cayle got the bike into the court yard he locked the gate back up, ensuring that any of his friends that decided to stop by wouldn't be able to interrupt much. There was a spot on the patio that couldn't be seen from the gate, so they could set up there. "Nope. I have the whole second floor, and the first floor tenants moved out a few months ago. And the patio should be just far enough off to the side that anyone peaking into the gate shouldn't be able to see us."

Tiegen didn't mind being a little spontaneous and adventurous with his lovers, but he didn't necessarily like others also getting an eyeful. He wandered over towards the patio and pulled off the helmet, starting to fuss with his hair and straighten it out a little. Tee gave a little pout when Cayle told him to leave his hair alone, like a child being chastised, but he didn't mind so much when he curled some of his offensive hair around a finger.

That pout turned into a sly smirk at the mention of getting naked, and getting Cayle naked. Tiegen directed Cayle to set up the camera and bike however he liked and started pulling off clothing. He was definitely going to try and temp his new lover into another round, and maybe a joint shower, before the day was over.

[Demeter]

Cayle kept one eye on the clock and another on the man lingering by the few rows of CDs he kept in the store. He wanted to close early tonight because Tee was coming by to take him to dinner. And then they'd probably go back to Tee's place for desert and after-desert cuddling. It had only been a few weeks since he'd met the man but Cayle still couldn't get enough of the man he was currently sleeping with at every opportunity.

And here he was, leaning on his counter, not closing early, because some bozo couldn't figure out if he wanted to purchase a CD or not. He'd have to make Tee wait while he closed up and cleaned up if this guy didn't leave in the next few minutes. When the clock ticked a minute past closing time, Cayle gave up being the nice store owner and rounded the counter. "Excuse me, Sir, but you'll have to leave. It is now past closing time."

The man, dressed in a long black coat, peered at Cayle from over his shoulder. "Can't leave yet. Haven't had my dinner yet."

"Sir, this a music store. We don't sell food here but there are several very nice resturants just down the street."

"I think you've misunderstood. I've seen how you've whored yourself out to that young mongrel. Always walks away with a smile so you must taste good." The man turned around with a nasty grin on his face. Cayle stared in facination at the fangs jutting out from the man's mouth.

When the man moved forward, Cayle moved backwards yet he just kept moving foward. There was something wrong with that man, drugs or something else. Cayle kept a louisville slugger under the counter and he dove for it now. The man dove just a second faster and grabbed Cayle by the collar of his shirt, yanking him backwards.

Cayle struggled for a moment but stiffened when he felt something sharp pierce the tender flesh of his neck. He didn't make a sound but his mouth dropped open. When the thing had finally had its fill, the man dropped Cayle to the ground with a thud. "I was right. You do taste good." And he walked away, flicking the light switch off but leaving the door wide open.

Behind the counter, Cayle curled into a ball and shivered.

[Shinigami]

Tiegen was standing among the small crowd of people waiting to get off the bus at the stop nearest Cayle's music shop. Once he had shuffled off the bus he started to quicken his pace. It had been a few weeks, but Tee and Cayle were still sleeping together, and Tee couldn't be happier. The sex was amazing, Cayle was amazing, everything was amazing.

It wasn't until Tiegen stepped onto the block that he started to feel something was off. He slowed his pace a little and looked around. There was a tingling in his senses that he knew quite well.... there had been a dark one nearby not long ago. Once he caught sight of Cayle's store, his heart dropped.

The door was wide open and the lights were out. Cayle never left the door open like that, especially not once he'd closed up and turned off the lights. The next step brought with it the scent of blood. Tiegen gasped, knowing that scent... that was Cayle!

Tee made a run for the door, on his guard in case the other dark one was still lingering, but he let his senses lead him towards Cayle. He swung around the end of the counter and froze when he saw Cayle curled up on the floor. Tiegen's moment of hesitation only lasted a split second, then he was dropping to his knees at his lover's side. He laid a hand on his shoulder and lightly rubbed his upper arm. "Cayle? Cayle, are you alright?"

As he was trying to get some sort of verbal response from him, he began to check for the man's pulse, letting out a heavy breath of relief when he felt one right away. Cayle would survive. Tiegen looked over the mark, noticing that the wound was deep and still bleeding slightly. He laid his hand over it, applying a little pressure to try and stop what little blood that was still flowing. He started brushing his other hand through Cayle's hair. "Cayle, love, can you speak to me? Are you hurt anywhere else?"

[Demeter]

Cayle tried to scoot closer to Tee but his limbs just didn't seem to work right. He could hear Tee, feel him. "I'm cold," he managed to stutter out. "Neck hurts. Something attacked me. A man, I think. Said I tasted good. I'm cold, Tee." Cayle tried to move again. He moved a few inches closer to Tee but stopped when the motion jostled his neck. He cried out, a low moan more then a cry.

When he'd been gathered up against Tiegan, Cayle clung to him. "He was the last customer. Stayed past closing. I'd wanted to close early, get ready for our dinner together. We've been doing whatever we've been doing for a month now. Wanted tonight to be special. The man, he attacked me. I think he'd been watched us or something. What happened, Tee? What did that man do to me. Why can't I get warm?"

He shivered, shuddered and tried to crawl closer to Tee's warmth. He wanted to crawl into the man's body but he just couldn't seem to get his limbs to fuction they way he wanted them to. He could only move with the slowest motion possible.

[Shinigami]

Tiegen winced when Cayle tried to move, helping him settle a bit before he attempted to gather him close. He laid Cayle's head on his shoulder and tried to almost wrap himself around his lover. He was going to change, and that was different for everyone, but he knew what that kind of cold felt like. Inside Tee was raging, that a vampire would dare attack Cayle... he couldn't even comprehend how angry it made him.

He gave Cayle a careful yet extra tight little squeeze when he heard about his plans to make their anniversary of sorts special. They hadn't exactly defined their relationship, but it was fairly evident that they'd be around for a bit longer, and it pained him to know that a night that was supposed to be special for them turned into this.

Tee pulled his hand away from Cayle's neck to make sure it had stopped bleeding. Once he determined that it had, he pulled Cayle closer and started to rub his arms, back, legs - anything he could reach to help warm him. Tiegen was going to have to answer him eventually, so he figured it would be better to get it over with.

"The man that attacked you wasn't quite human, Cayle. He was a vampire, one that was obviously watching us and assumed our relationship was something other than lovers. When he bit you, he took enough blood to turn you, and most likely by this time tomorrow you'll be a vampire, like him..." Tiegen decided to spill it all. "And like me...The cold will pass, but I don't know when. This process is different with each person, but I'll try to help you through it, make you as comfortable as possible."