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Brian opened the loft’s door and entered. It was almost 3am and he was returning from Babylon. For some reason, even though he and Justin hadn’t discussed anything again since the moment they got back together about the ‘rules’ they had established years ago, he kept following them. He kept following them even during the periods of time they were not together. He couldn’t explain it but, he didn’t want to break them. For him? For Justin? He didn’t know…
The loft was dark and silent, which meant that Justin was probably sleeping. He couldn’t bet the same for the little beast. That little beast who had turned their lives upside down. For three days now, Justin was sleeping on the couch with Luna, until Brian would agree to allow her getting on the bed and sleeping with them. This was so frustrating and it was making Brian furious! Justin was using his only weakness against him; no sex. Of course he was still having sex but, it was sex without Justin. A detail that was ruining the whole thing.
Luna, who had heard the door, run at the edge of the couch and her head popped up. Her shiny eyes in the dark was the first thing that Brian saw, when he took a few steps into the loft. He knew that the two little shiny dots were Luna’s eyes but, the sight was still a little bit scary and made him stand still. “No wonder why people used to think that cats were evil,” he thought. Luna kept her eyes nailed on him and, when she realized that he was not moving, he meowed at him.
“You little shit,” Brian mumbled, not sure if he was referring to her or Justin, who was still sleeping on the couch. Well…maybe to both of them. He wanted to get to the couch and give him a kiss but, since he was still mad at him, he preferred to head to the bedroom. He got undressed and walked into the bathroom to take a shower. Luna walked back into Justin’s arms, who was awake and was only pretending he was sleeping when Brian came home.
“Did you see him? He is ignoring us,” Justin whispered to Luna. “Your daddy is really stubborn. Well, both of your daddies actually… But don’t you worry, everything will be OK and things will go the way we want it. I promise. And the best way to do it, is the offense,” he added and turned his eyes to the bedroom, as Brian was just getting out of the shower. He was totally naked – of course – and he admired his perfect body from afar. He kept watching him till the moment he laid down and then, he turned to Luna again, whispering.
“We’ll wait for him to fall asleep and we’ll sneak into the bed. OK? But you have to be quiet, so we won’t wake him up.” Luna was looking at him straight in the eyes and, Justin could swear that she had understood every word he had just said. He gave her a kiss and waited for Brian to fall sleep. About an hour later, he got up and, like a cat, walked into the bedroom and sneaked into the bed with Luna, without waking Brian up.
*****
Brian was about to wake up and, rolling over, he felt Justin by his side. “Finally, you came to your senses,” he thought and smiled. He approached him and put his hand over him, hugging him from behind. He went straight for Justin’s cock and, when he felt Justin moving a little bit, responding to his touch, he moved his hand upwards to Justin’s chest, kissing him on the back of his head. He himself was already getting a hard on.
“I am so going to f…”
He didn’t get to finish his sentence as, while he was moving his hand upwards, he felt something fluffy moving in front of Justin’s chest, which also tried to grabbed his hand. He immediately pulled his hand, jumped back and sat up with wide eyes. Seconds later, Luna’s head popped up behind Justin, looking at him playfully and meowing.
“FUCK!” he exclaimed. “What the heck are you doing there!?” he said and Luna meowed at him once again. “Don’t meow me, little beast! But I know that it’s not your fault. The only one to blame is this blond right here! Justin? JUSTIN!?” he yelled and threw at him a pillow, waking him up.
“Jesus, Brian!” Justin said jumping up. “Why are you yelling?” he added rubbing his eyes. Then, he looked at Brian who was about to explode and he immediately figured out that he must had discovered Luna on the bed. But he didn’t want to bring it up so, he acted like nothing was happening. “What time is it?” he asked, taking a look at the clock on the nightstand. “Oh my…why are you up so early on a Saturday?”
“What is she doing here?”
“Who?” he asked back, as innocently as he could.
“Don’t play dumb on me, Sunshine! What is the beast doing on the bed!?”
“Oh, you mean Luna! Well…the couch was really getting uncomfortable after three nights of sleeping there. So…I came to the bed.”
“Right…and you brought her with you…! Was the couch uncomfortable for her highness as well?” Brian commented sarcastically.
Luna, ignoring their crosstalk, grabbed the opportunity to walk towards Brian, trying to force him to pet her. He turned to look at her and she meowed at him again, looking as cute as she could.
“What do you want?” he told her sharply, while she was already rubbing against his naked body.
“See? You are yelling at her…you are being mean at her all the time…but she is still coming to you! Asking for your affection!”
“Yeah…I wonder who did she take that from! The irony of the resemblance… She is definitely your cat!” Brian said striking him with his gaze and, pushing Luna away, he got up and headed to the bathroom.
“Then you know pretty well that pushing her away won’t work!” Justin shouted at him and, smiling proudly, he picked Luna up and whispered at her.
“He didn’t remove you from the bed. We are winning sweetie! Just keep being cute – trust me, I know it works! – and we have this!” He gave her a kiss, put her back on the bed and followed Brian to the bathroom. It was time to stop being so strict regarding the ‘no sex’ punishment. When he got into the bathroom, Brian was already in the shower. Justin removed his sweatpants and joined him.
“Didn’t you shower a few hours ago?”
“Weren’t you sleeping a few hours ago?” Brian returned to him and Justin smiled wickedly. “Of course not…” Brian added.
“Wanna wash my back?” he asked him and turned around, while Brian started soaping him.
“Where is she?” he asked and Justin didn’t respond. “You left her on the bed, didn’t you?”
“Oh come on, stop being so grumpy,” Justin said and turned around to face him. “She is just a tiny ball. Why does it bother you so much if she is sleeping on the bed? It’s not like she is taking up much space.”
“I can't believe that I am going to say this but, it’s not the size the problem.” Justin looked at him pleadingly and Brian sighed. “How come and we are always ending up doing what you want?”
“That’s not true,” Justin complained playfully and kissed him. Right that moment, they both heard a thud, coming from the bedroom. Immediately, they rushed out of the shower to check out what it was. Luna was no longer on the bed. Justin spotted her beside the bed and picked her up to see if she was OK.
“Did she get hurt?” Brian asked worryingly.
“No, she looks fine,” Justin replied. “Seems like she wanted to get off the bed and her jumping skills are not fully developed yet.” He put her down and, seeing her struggling to get down the stairs, he picked her up again and helped her, so she won’t get hurt again. She immediately run towards her bowls to have her breakfast.
“Well, she seems perfectly fine. Good thing that cats have nine lives,” Brian commented relieved.
“You do care about her, even though you don’t want to admit it!” Justin teased him. Brian rolled his eyes and returned to the shower. Justin joined him and, they finished what they were about to start before Luna’s fall. A few moments later, they were enjoying their breakfast, while Luna was playing with one of her mice.
“I forgot to tell you. Daphne is in town for the weekend. She flew here last night,” Justin informed Brian.
“How is she?”
“She is fine. We arranged to go to the movies tonight and hang out a little before she leaves.”
“That’s nice. Wait! That means that you won’t be home tonight?” Brian asked realizing what that meant. “Are you going to leave me alone with the beast?”
“Relax…’the beast’ won’t eat you!”
“I am not sure about that. You are a witness of her non-stop attacks to me.”
“The only way Luna is attacking you is with cuteness.”
“Cuteness is lethal…it should be listed as a dangerous murder weapon,” Brian remarked and Justin giggled.
“Well, I am sure that the two of you will be just fine. Besides, you need some time alone with her to bond.”
“More bonding!? What did I do to deserve this?” Brian said and sighed, making Justin giggle once again.
Brian brought the cup of coffee to his lips and took a sip of the hot liquid. He knew that sooner or later he would have to stay alone with Luna so, the sooner the better. It was not something he could avoid forever. “What could possibly go wrong?” he thought.
*****
“OK, I am going!” Justin said while he was putting on his jacket. “Please, promise that I will find Luna safe and sound when I get back.”
“I can’t promise that,” Brian replied and Justin raised his eyebrow. He then gave him a kiss, waved at Luna telling her to be a ‘good girl with daddy’, and headed to the door.
“Don’t be too late!” Brian shouted before Justin disappear, in hope to stay with Luna as least time as possible. Luna, realizing that Justin was gone, she headed to the door and meowed at it.
“He is gone. Don’t worry, he will be back soon…” Brian shouted from the kitchen and then added lowering his voice: “…for all of our sake!” Luna though, stayed there looking and scratching the door. Since the day they brought her home, Brian was coming and going for hours but, Justin chose to work at home, so Luna wouldn’t be alone for many hours until she fully adjusts. Brian walked to the door and picked her up, grabbing her from the scruff, the way mother cats are grabbing their cubs to carry them around. She immediately took her intended position.
“And now the two of us…beast,” Brian said, bringing her to his face level. Luna remained still and totally helpless. She meowed softly and half closed her eyes, kind of winking at him. “Darn, why are you so fucking cute? I can’t even get mad at you.” He brought her to his chest and held her tight. “Don’t tell Justin I said that…” he added, before giving her a kiss and headed to the couch. He sat there with her, pretending to ignore her but, somehow, he was ending up either playing with her or petting her.
“You know, beast…since it seems you won’t leave us alone and you are taking over our bed, no matter what, we need to do something so you can get up and down the stairs alone. You don’t expect me or Justin to be getting up every time you decide to come and/or go, right?” he told her. Luna, who was sitting across him at the moment, at the sound of his voice, raised her gaze to look at him, bending her head a little to the side.
“A ramp maybe? Hmm? What do you think?” he asked like he was actually expecting an answer. But the only answer he received was another meow.
“Yes, meow!” he said and sighed. “I am again talking to a cat…I think I will arrange that appointment to the shrink after all…”
Right that moment, someone knocked on the door. Brian looked puzzled as he was not expecting anyone. It couldn’t be Justin since he had only left half an hour ago. He told him to be back soon but, half an hour was way too soon. Plus, Justin had keys. He turned to Luna and asked her: “Beast, are you expecting anyone? I guess – and hope – not!” He got up and headed to the door. The moment he opened it, he saw Michael’s face.
“Hi!” Michael said really excited.
“Hi…what happened? Are we celebrating something?”
“No, why?”
“You look awfully happy…”
“Well, I was hoping to get here in time! Glad you are still home!”
“Still home?” Brian asked. “Why? Am I going somewhere?”
“It’s Saturday night! Aren’t you going to Babylon? Ben is out of town for a lecture so, I was thinking to come with you,” Michael said passing by him and getting into the loft.
“Oh how sweet…the professor is giving you his permission to party!” Brian said sarcastically and closed the door.
“Ha-ha! You know that he doesn’t have a problem. It’s my choice.”
“Yeah, right…”
“But, you are not dressed yet. It’s OK, I will wait.”
“Mikey, I am not going to Babylon tonight.”
“What? Why? Are you sick?” Michael asked surprised and kind of worried.
“I am perfectly fine! I am just not in the mood…”
“You are always in the mood…”
“Plus, I can’t. I am babysitting.”
“Babysitting? Isn’t Gus in Canada? Did the girls fly here without telling me? Is JR here as well?” Michael wouldn't stop asking things that didn't make sense.
“Oh, the drama! Relax, I don’t mean Gus. And why would the...girls fly here without telling you?”
“Then who?” he asked and Brian pointed to Luna’s basket. Turning around, Michael saw Luna sleeping – or at least trying to – in her basket. “OH.MY.GOD! It’s TRUE!” he exclaimed and turned to look at Brian with wide eyes.
“What’s true?”
“You did get a cat! I heard Justin and the guys mentioning it but, I never thought it would actually be truth!”
“Why would Justin lie about something like that? Why would he lie about anything?” Brian asked annoyed.
“I don’t know…maybe because you never wanted to even hear about a pet!? And probably he was just dreaming about having one as he does with many other things? I never thought you would actually agree!”
“Well, there are many things I wouldn’t do few years back,” Brian said even more annoyed on Michael’s remarks about Justin imagining things and returned to the couch. He was really not in the mood to fight, especially with Michael. Michael followed him and sat next to him.
“So what? It can’t stay alone?”
“SHE, she is a girl. And her name is Luna. Don’t call her ‘it.’ And of course she can stay alone. It’s just that, she is still adjusting so, we don’t want to leave her.”
“We? But it’s you who’s staying home with her. Where is Justin?”
Brian rolled his eyes…Michael was always speaking before he thinks. And tonight, this was starting to get on his nerves quite early.
“Out,” he simply said as he was not feeling obligated to give a full report to Michael.
“OK…so, Justin is out fucking and you are…cat-sitting…”
“He is not out fucking and I am not cat-sitting against my will. But even if he was out fucking, what the hell business is it of yours?”
“Fine, fine! Relax! I didn’t mean anything bad,” Michael said, finally realizing that he had gone too far. “So, is she friendly?” he asked to smooth things out a little bit and Brian nodded. “Great. Then I guess I can pet her a little.”
Michael got up and walked towards Luna’s basket, kneeling next to it. The moment he did that, Luna hissed at him revealing her teeth but, Michael didn’t read the signs and, before Brian gets the time to say anything, he extended his hand to pet her. In a split second, Luna hissed at him again and extended her front legs, scratching him with her nails.
“FUCK! She scratched me!” he yelled and jumped back, falling on his ass. For some reason, Brian found the whole thing hilarious and couldn’t stop laughing. “I thought you said she was friendly! You lied?” Michael asked furious while trying to get up and check his hand.
“No, Mikey, I didn’t lie. She has never done that before to anyone. Maybe she didn't like your remarks about her daddy."
“What remarks?” Michael asked confused and Brian raised his eyebrow. Without even trying to answer his question, Brian continued.
"But it’s not her fault, she warned you. Didn’t you hear her hissing? That should ring a bell.”
“Well, I am sorry Mr. Genius that I’ve never encounter a cat before to know their habits!”
“You don’t have to know their habits or be an expert. When an animal is hissing and showing their teeth to you, what more do you need to realize that you have to stay away?”
“Oh, my! I am bleeding!” Michael exclaimed seeing a few drops of red fluid on his hand.
“You are such a drama queen.”
“I am not joking, Brian! Look!” he said and extended his hand for Brian to see.
“Oh no! You are about to bleed to death!” Brian said in a really dramatic tone, grabbing his head in despair.
“Ha-ha! Keep making fun of me. Fuck! This really hurts! Do you have an antiseptic or something?” he asked and Brian sighed.
“Check in the bathroom,” he replied and Michael run to the bathroom. “If you can’t find anything, we can pour whiskey on it!” he shouted and then giggled remembering the whole incident. Then, he turned to Luna, who was sitting like a princess in her basket. “Hey little beast, come here!” he said and tapped the couch for her to understand what he was saying. Luna hesitated for a moment but then, got up and run towards him. “Good girl,” he said and picked her up. “You scratched uncle Mikey? Good for you! That’s my girl! You should not let strangers petting you or talk shit about your daddy!” he added and laughed while Luna meowed back. Michael’s return a few moments later, found Luna on Brian’s lap, purring.
“Oh, now she is calm, I see.”
“She is always calm,” Brian commented.
“She was not few minutes ago. She was more like a beast!”
“HEY! Don’t call my cat names!” Brian commanded. He was the only one who was allowed to call her ‘beast.’ He never thought that it would bother him to hear it from someone else but, it did. “You should be more careful. As I said it wasn’t her fault. As it seems she doesn’t like strangers.”
“Don't worry. I won’t get near her again, even when I am no longer a stranger!” Michael stated emphatically. “Anyway,” he added, “since we are not going to Babylon, how about ordering something to eat? And maybe watching a movie or something?”
“Yeah, why not? I am in the mood for Thai.”
“Fine, let’s order Thai then,” Michael agreed and he went on to call the Thai restaurant to place the order. They ate and spent the next couple of hours chit chatting, while trying to watch a movie. All this time, Luna didn’t move from Brian’s lap, except from the moment she visited her litter and ate few croquettes from her bowl. Upon returning, as Brian was now lying on the couch, she sat straight on his dick and balls. Brian removed her twice placing her next to him or on his belly, but she was going back ‘there’, forming a perfect ball. After the third time, Brian gave up and let her be, ignoring Michael's comments and giggles.
*****
A while later, Justin returned along with Daphne, laughing and giggling. It was obvious that they had a great time.
“Oh, hello, Michael, I didn’t know you were here,” Justin said surprised.
“Hello,” Daphne greeted the two men.
“What happened, Brian? You couldn’t stay alone with Luna for a couple of hours?”
“Of course I could! I didn’t ask him to come. He came uninvited,” Brian replied to defend himself.
“That’s true,” Michael confirmed. “Justin, I think that with Luna around you will have to fight to get your partner back,” he added trying to tease Justin, nodding towards Luna, who was sleeping on Brian’s crotch. “He removed her twice but she kept going back…”
“Well, as Brian said, she is definitely my cat,” Justin said and smiled proudly.
“Oh, my! She is so cuuuute!” Daphne exclaimed at the same moment in a squeaky voice, noticing Luna on Brian’s crotch and getting nearer to pet her.
“I wouldn’t suggest that!” Michael tried to warn her bouncing from his seat but, Daphne didn’t even listen to him. She was already leaning above Brian’s crotch, talking to Luna like she was a baby. Luna woke up, looked at her and meowed at her sweetly.
“Emm…Daphne?” Brian said. “Please don’t do that. It feels like you are talking to my dick and, it’s weird.”
“Oh…I am sorry…I didn’t mean…Brian, I am sorry,” Daphne was trying to apologize, feeling embarrassed.
“Don’t mind him. He is teasing you,” Justin told her to make her feel better.
“Of course he does. I should have known better till now,” Daphne said and looked at Brian for a few moments strictly. “Can I pick her up?” she then asked joyful, while Michael coughed.
“As I said, I wouldn’t suggest that.”
“Why?” Justin asked puzzled.
“Because when I tried to pet her earlier, she scratched me really badly.”
“Really?” Justin asked surprised.
“He is overreacting, Sunshine” Brian said. “There you go little beast. Daddy needs a break. Go play with aunt Daphne for a while,” he added while getting up and putting Luna in Daphne’s arms. Luna was totally calm and, after a couple of meows, she was already purring at Daphne.
“Did you just call her beast?” Michael asked.
“Yep, is that a problem?”
"That's how he is calling her," Justin added.
“Well, when I called her beast earlier, you almost killed me.”
“You and me are not the same, Mikey. She is my little beast. For you, she is Luna,” he said seriously and Justin tried really hard not to laugh. “And…It was just a little scratch by the way,” Brian continued returning to Michael’s drama. “You had to see it, Sunshine. It was hilarious!”
“No, it was not!” Michael complained. “And what the fuck? Is she purring at you?" asked turning to Daphne. "That’s not fair!” Michael kept complaining, seeing that Luna was really nice to Daphne. “I thought she didn’t like strangers!”
“Well, as it seems, it’s you she doesn’t like,” Brian clarified. “We can add you on the foes’ list, while Daphne is definitely on the friends’ list. You know, Mikey, they say that animals have a really good instinct to recognize if a person is good or bad,” he added with a smirk, to tease him even more.
"You should get a puppy, cats are evil!" he commented pouting like a five-year-old and everyone laughed but him.