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“J, I’m bringing a boy home. Is that okay?” Vitalasy smiled at Subz as he spoke on the phone. The person on the other end of the call said something that made Vitalasy’s eyebrows go up and he turned to Subz.
“Are we hooking up?” She asked plainly.
“Uhhhh” Subz said dumbly. Were they? He didn’t know? There was a second where he fumbled for a response before Vitalasy read his expression well enough and shrugged.
“I’ll get back to you on that” Vitalasy replied. “You don’t have to hide if that’s what you’re asking.” The person on the other end of the call said something that made Vitalasy smile and then he hung up with a quick “be there soon!”
“Can I hold your hand?” Vitalasy asked after he put his phone away. Subz blushed and fumbled a few sentences before wordlessly sticking his hand out and letting Vitalasy fit it into hers. Oh Subz was going to die. How he survived the whole two minute number Vitalasy did was a mystery and it sure was catching up to him now. Boys this cute should be illegal.
“You’re adorable” Vitalasy giggled as she tugged Subz along. They were still in a part of campus that Subz recognized but like- only because he used to have a friend that lived over here. They were near the communications buildings? That would make sense considering Vitalasy was a fashion merchandising major. He would want to live near where his classes were.
“You’re overwhelming” Subz smiled back. He squeezed Vitalasy’s hand in his and felt long manicured nails dig into the back of his hand. Hot. Uhh who said that? “It’s been a while since someone did my makeup and did a drag number and took me home.”
Vitalasy laughed. “You don’t get out enough” he concluded.
“Hey- no” Subz argued. “I’m trying to be nice to you and you call me antisocial?”
“Noooo” Vitalasy weakly defended himself. He loosely twirled a piece of his hair around his finger and Subz wanted nothing more than to do that himself. Or maybe have Vitalasy twirl his hair with her pretty fingers.
“You totally are” Subz accused. It felt dumb but silliness could never change the tried and true flirting tactic of arguing over things that didn’t matter. Subz would one hundred percent battle “yes” and “no” back and forth with Vitalasy if it meant he got to see Vitalasy contort her face into an angry smile.
“I’m not!” Vitalasy whined and pouted. She squeezed Subz’s hand in hers and then lifted their combined hands to her chin.
“Do I look like I would lie?” he asked as he set his chin on their linked hands and beamed puppy dog eyes down at Subz. That was adorable. The eyeliner made Vitalasy’s eyes cuter and his bottom lip was shiny and Subz wanted to kiss him again so bad- Woah. He needed to focus.
Subz tried to save his clear gay-blanking by disguising it as him considering Vitalasy’s question. Would she lie? Oh that wasn’t even a question.
“Absolutely” Subz rolled his eyes. “I bet you have a fake ID and everything.”
Vitalasy gasped and reeled back. “I would never!” he claimed in a mock-scandalized voice. But before the words were even out of his mouth she was holding out an ID to Subz. Where did that come fr- never mind.
Subz took the ID with a pointed eyebrow raise directed at Vitalasy. “Would never have a fake ID” Subz’s ass.
In all honesty though Vitalasy’s fake ID was one of the better ones that Subz had seen. His picture looked real and the holographic shine that claimed legality didn’t look off. It was a decent ID. And Subz would never complain about free information. Apparently Vitalasy was 6’2? Subz was going to swoon.
“Is your full name ‘Vitalasy von Valentine’?” Subz asked with a hint of hilarity in his voice.
“I think that's enough ID time for now” Vitalasy snatched her ID back out of Subz’s hands.
“Oh come on don’t be sad” Vitalasy tapped Subz on the nose right before he started complaining. “We’re here!”
Vitalasy turned them both towards a cream colored house and its wooden front porch. It was a house-turned-duplex like most other houses on the block. Every house in their colleges area pretty much was. Vitalasy pushed open the front door to reveal two landlord-white doors that led to the individual units.
“Excuse the stairs” Vitalasy smiled. “We live on the second floor.”
“You’re the loud upstairs neighbors?” Subz asked as he led the way up the stairs. A little teasing never hurt anyone…
“Nooo!” Vitalasy whined. “We’re always very nice and polite and quiet. Promise.” The way she said “promise” sent a small shiver down Subz’s spine. Surely this was okay.
At the top of the stairs was a decent sized living room with an attached kitchen. It was actually really spacious for a duplex. Damn. Subz toed off his shoes to match Vitalasy as he took in the space. How the hell did Vitalasy get this place? It was hella fucking nice.
“Oh my god is this how tall you are?” Subz quickly turned to see Vitalasy looking at him with hearts in her eyes. Um. Subz had never been more embarrassed yet simultaneously happy about his height at the same time. Sure he was short and it was awful but if it got Vitalasy to look at him like that.
“I’m compact” Subz argued. “And I’m not eighty percent legs like you.”
Vitalasy just laughed at that and took Subz’s hand in hers. “But which one of us can reach the top of the pantry?” He asked with a smile.
Before Subz could even open his mouth to complain because that was uncalled for Vitalasy turned away and shouted “I’m home!” into the house. His yelling summed a mousy looking girl from a door just past the kitchen. She was wearing pajamas and had her hair pulled up into a messy topknot. Cute Subz’s brain helpfully supplied.
“Vi, you always pick the straightest looking gay guys” the girl remarked as she leaned against the kitchen counter and hey! Subz was wearing fishnets and a skirt and he had on eyeliner! He didn’t look that straight!
“I like to make them gayer” Vitalasy shrugged. Subz snorted as he was led over to the barstools arranged on the bar side of the kitchen island. That was admittedly pretty funny.
“My name's Jumper!” The girl introduced herself. She must be “J” who Vitalasy was talking to on the phone. “I’m Vitalasy’s stay at home wife.”
“Right!” Vitalasy snorted. This was clearly a joke that the two of them batted back and forth regularly. “And how was your date night?”
Jumper sighed dramatically and slumped towards the sink. “I think I’m going to become a lesbian” she announced.
“Bad?” Vitalasy perked up in a concerned way. Her hand still tangled with Subz’s tensed and Subz got the feeling that Jumper was not a woman to mess with.
“No” Jumper answered, thankfully making Vitalasy relax. “Disgustingly sweet. He did the dishes for me.” She gestured to the drying rack to the side of the sink that did indeed have a clean pot and spoon resting on it. Vitalasy and Subz both aww’ed.
“So it sounds like you’re not the stay at home wife” Subz hedged with a slight smile. “You already have one.”
“That’s actually a really good idea” Jumper pointed at him as a grin spread over her face. “In exchange for free labor I will give him a kiss on the lips.”
“Genius” Subz smiled back. “I’m Subz by the way.”
“Subz” Jumper repeated back to him. “You’re perfect. You’re exactly Vitalasy’s type.”
Subz raised his eyebrows while Vitalasy scoffed. “Tell me more” he asked as he leaned across the island towards Jumper.
“Do you want anything to drink?” Vitalasy asked. “Does anyone want anything to drink?” She rounded the side of the bar headed towards the fridge while Subz and Jumper laughed at his attempted deflection.
“No babe. Thank you though” Jumper replied.
“Actually can I have some water?” Subz asked. “I may have screamed for the past hour and a half straight.”
“Hour and a half gay” Jumper joked while Vitalasy asked the much more important question of “ice or no ice?”
“Ice please” Subz answered then whipped back to Jumper. “So. Vitalasy’s type?” He prompted.
Jumper seemed delighted to torture her roommate. She tipped her head back and cackled over the sound of Vitalasy complaining before bracing her hands on the counter and smiling at Subz.
“Brown hair. Short. A massive bitch. And good fashion sense.” She ticked each trait off on her fingers and smiled at Subz the whole time.
“Oh perfect!” Subz jokingly flipped his hair. Both Jumper and Vitalasy laughed which made Subz smile. That was a win for the joke department!
“He’s the full package Vi” Jumper nodded. “You have to keep him.”
“Are you wingmanning me or him?” Vitalasy snickered and slipped an arm around Subz’s waist. It was a pretty intimate gesture but Vitalasy did it so casually. Subz tried to hide the way he flushed by taking a sip of the water Vitalasy set in front of him.
“I’m just doing what I think is right” Jumper shrugged. “I mean look at you two!”
Both of them turned then to look at each other and Subz was suddenly struck by Vitalasy in normal lighting for once. They were outside under the shitty streetlamps before so to see Vitalasy in the soft lighting of his kitchen was certainly different.
She had the smallest dusting of freckles that stood out to Subz. They were just barely there over the tops of his cheeks and the bridge of his nose. He had long eyelashes and sharp eyeliner and sparkly lip gloss that Subz realized was partially on his mouth too. Vitalasy was so much prettier now that Subz could see him clearly. Damn did Subz get lucky tonight.
The Vitalasy smiled and Subz felt himself mirroring it without thinking. Oh that was beautiful. Vitalasy looked so good when he smiled. She was like a model.
“Oh my god you guys are disgusting” Jumper interrupted. It was only then that Subz realized he and Vitalasy had been staring at each other for longer than what was normal. Whoops!
“Go make out or something. Please.” Vitalasy laughed at Jumper’s tone and wrapped a hand around one of Subz’s arms. Holy hell he was practically hugging Subz now. Everything in Subz’s body zeroed into how it felt to have Vitalasy present behind him. So much so that he didn’t even notice Vitalasy moving them until they were passing through a doorway and into Vitalasy’s room.
Oh! Wait this was important! Subz perked up immediately to take in Vitalasy’s room. Though he couldn’t shake the feeling of the hand on his back and the hand on his arm.
The walls were a pale tan color but that hardly mattered when every inch of them was covered in posters or beads or string or fabric. Craft materials were strewn all around over the desk and chair too. There was even a dress form stuffed behind a couple baskets in the corner. It was definitely the room of a fashion major. It was really fucking cute.
“Sorry it’s messy I was really in a rush to make it to the show on time” Vitalasy swept some clothes off her bed and took a seat. He busied himself making the bed a little neater which was good because Subz was fighting the mental battle of where to sit. He could perch on the bed next to Vitalasy and continue talking while Vitalasy inevitably failed to keep her hands to herself. Or…
Vitalasy jumped slightly but her surprise quickly turned into excitement as Subz slid onto his lap. His skirt pulled a little awkwardly but Subz’s choice was so worth it when Vitalasy wrapped her arms around his waist and gave a little “hi!”
“Hi” Subz mumbled back. Then he took Vitalasy’s face in his hands and kissed him. Full confidence and everything.
But that confidence melted into a puddle the second that Vitalasy smiled against Subz’s lips and brought a hand to his hair. Yup! Subz was done being in control. He got them as far as a kiss and now it was Vitalasy’s job to take them elsewhere. Subz Underscore clocking out for the night.
Subz gasped as Vitalasy left a little nip on his bottom lip then made a larger noise of surprise when Vitalasy tipped herself backwards. They landed on the bed with a small bounce that Subz barely noticed because the kiss that Vitalasy gave him outside the theater was nothing like this. He sighed into Vitalasy’s mouth as a hand ran up and down his back soothingly. It matched the rhythm of Vitalasy’s lips on his and Subz could very confidently say that Vitalasy was a good kisser.
Vitalasy shifted a little so she wasn’t halfway hanging off the bed and it knocked Subz forward a little bit. They both laughed a little while they found a comfortable position again. Then Vitalasy put his hand in Subz’s hair like he was petting him and if Subz could purr he would have been fucking purring. This fucking gift of a person was sent down from the heavens specifically for-
“So are we-”
“Yes” Subz cut her off because Vitalasy could even finish his sentence. Then Vitalasy cut off his laugh before it could even leave his mouth.