Justin smirked as he thought about his new idea,
his new plan to get Josh to come to his house. It wasn’t like he needed a great
excuse or anything because he was after all his slave, if Justin said he needed
to come over Josh should come without question but he still needed a reason for
Josh to come. He couldn’t just invite him over and say; I just want to hang out
with you, I want your company. No he needed something for him to do, a reason
for him to come over and then they could hang out together, that way Josh
wouldn’t get suspicious. He looked at all the books and notes, folders that
were piled on his desk, his agenda laying next to it. He hadn’t done a single
homework assignment the past week but it was all with reason. Josh would come
over tomorrow…
***
Saturday
afternoon and Justin smiled as the doorbell rang. He went to get the door
already knowing who he would find on the other side of it.
“Hey”
he greeted nonchalantly, as always.
“Hi”
Josh returned as he slowly stepped inside when Justin opened the door a little
wider and stepped aside to let him in. Justin watched how Josh shrugged out of
his jacket and hung it neatly on a coat hanger.
“Let’s
go upstairs” Justin suggested, knowing Josh would follow anyway. As expected he
did, when they reached Justin’s room Josh was only a few feet behind him. Josh
slowly followed Justin inside.
“So…
why did you need me to come over?” he asked a bit uncertain, a little nervous
and also not at all knowing he wanted to know why he had to be here. Justin had
left him alone for a few days after he’d had mowed the lawn but it didn’t last
long. That Friday Justin had asked him to come over once again and Josh had
simply nodded, changing his plans again.
I
just want to hang out with you, Justin’s mind answered
but his mouth formed other words.
“I
got a few assignments that need to be done and well I don’t really feel like
doing them” Josh’s eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
“You
mean you want me to do your homework?”
“Well
yeah” Justin thought about it then only one answer came to mind; Josh was
right.
Josh
sighed.
“Which
one?” Josh asked, very reluctant about fulfilling this task. It had only been a
few days since he’d mowed the lawn and now he was back at Justin’s house,
another job awaiting him.
“It’s
all on my desk” Justin pointed towards his books and agenda. Josh almost
dragged himself over to the designated place and bend over the agenda, seeing
the same assignments he still had to do himself. Great, he’d have to do them
twice.
“Paper
and notebook are on your left, the textbooks are on your right and a pen; right
in front of you” he smirked, a toothy grin. Josh growled inwardly but dropped
himself in the chair, starting on the first assignment the one he liked best;
science. Noticing how Justin dropped himself on the bed, his hands folded
behind his head, watching him and doing nothing.
***
Justin
got up and stretched, three hours later and Josh was still furiously writing,
doing Justin’s homework. Justin was tired from watching him, he wasn’t tired of
it, far from it, it was just a little tiring, laying down doing nothing teased
his sleep senses only Josh kept him awake. He stalked towards him.
“How
far are you?” Justin asked as he looked on over his shoulder. Josh didn’t
reply, he’d just found the answer to question number five.
“How
long is this gonna take?” he asked impatiently.
“I
not only need to do your homework but I need to do it within a time frame?”
Josh countered, stilling his writing and half turning in Justin’s direction.
“No”
Justin huffed.
“Just
a question” he said innocently. Josh sighed.
“I
need about 30 more minutes”
The
answer seemed to satisfy Justin, at least he beamed happily as he sat back on
the bed, upright now and continued to watch Josh as he finished doing his work.
***
“Done”
Josh said relieved, throwing down the pen and closing the text- and notebooks.
Justin jumped up.
“Great!
Thanks” he said enthusiastically. He had to admit having a slave had its
benefits but that really wasn’t what he liked about it, it was who the slave
was that he liked.
“Yeah”
Josh mumbled.
“Hey
you hungry?” Justin asked spontaneously, although it really wasn’t.
“A
little” Josh answered before thinking.
“You
want to get something to eat?”
“What
now?”
“Yeah,
let’s go to the mall, I’ll buy you diner”
“Um…
I don’t know” Josh hesitated, he didn’t really want to go but it wasn’t about
what he wanted. Justin was in charge and he seemed to know that too. His gaze
said it all but Josh found a slight bit of insecurity in it.
“Fine”
Josh shrugged before he got up, going out in front of Justin out the door.
Justin followed with a satisfied smile, grabbing his wallet on the way.
***
“Do
you expect me to get you diner?” Josh asked as he noticed Justin staring at him
for a little too long. Justin had taken him to the mall and they were seated in
one of the booths of this particular fast food joint.
“No”
Justin simply shook his head.
“What
do you want for diner?” Justin asked friendly, getting up, getting ready to get
it. Josh looked at him pondering the question.
“Burger,
fries, large coke” he told him, still thinking it was weird Justin would get
this for him, not to mention pay; it looked like a date.
“Kay”
Justin smiled before turning to the counter, ordering their diner.
Josh
watched him go before staring at his back thinking how weird this was. Justin
could be very kind but Josh couldn’t help but think it was a trap. Maybe it was
unfair but he wasn’t going to give him the benefit of the doubt, he was this
guy’s slave for God’s sake. It never hurt anybody to be careful so he wouldn’t
get in any more trouble. Josh still eyed Justin’s back, watching how he stepped
forward a little when the person in front of him left with their order. He
didn’t understand why Justin had asked him to get something to eat. He didn’t
understand how he could be Justin’s slave while at the same time Justin invited
him to get something to eat, to watch TV together. Who would take their slave
out to diner? Why would Justin want to hang out with him anyway?
“Here
you go” Justin smiled as he set the tray in the middle of the table. Josh
snapped out of his thoughts, eyeing the food before eyeing Justin.
“Thanks”
Josh mumbled, starting on the fries. Justin smiled at him, Josh barely returned
it before ducking his head, avoiding eye contact. They were both silent for a
little while, pretending to be busy eating but Josh didn’t know what to say,
didn’t even know if he wanted to talk and Justin didn’t know how to start. He
wanted to get to know Josh and this would be a good time as any but he suddenly
seemed to have lost the ability to communicate. He wondered what he should
start with, he eyed Josh and ate his fries slowly, trying to think of something
to open a conversation with.
“So…
what do you like to do?” Justin asked finally after finishing his fries, eyeing
him as he took the first bite of his hamburger. He hoped it wasn’t too personal
or that Josh wouldn’t get angry, he hoped they could just talk.
“What
do you care?” he asked suspiciously, popping another French fry into his mouth.
“I’m
just curious” Justin told him innocently, however this time the innocence was
sincere.
“Right”
Josh snorted.
“What?”
Justin questioned. Josh shook his head.
“Forget
it”
“No
what?” Justin insisted, he couldn’t stand it when people said forget it, it
made him so curious about what they’d been meaning to say. Josh eyed him.
“Why
would you even care?” he asked finally.
“About
what?”
“About
what I like to do” he said in a funny voice, mimicking Justin.
“I’m
just asking, I’m not going to use it against you” Justin said, emphasis on the
second part of his sentence, making them sound preposterous, forgetting the
fact he was already using information against him.
“Wouldn’t
be the first time” Josh countered, not forgetting that fact.
“Just
chill okay, you don’t need to get all defensive on me, geez, just wanted to
talk” Justin told him, realizing he’d forgot about that fact but a little angry
Josh wouldn’t.
Josh
sighed. “Fine” he conceded.
“If
you want to talk that bad, you tell me what you like to do besides pestering
me” Josh turned the question around. He wasn’t comfortable answering and if
Justin wanted to talk; he should start. He couldn’t stop himself from adding
the last part but Justin seemed to ignore it as he answered.
“Fine,
I like to play basketball” Josh rolled his eyes.
“Something
I don’t already know” Justin sighed.
“Alright
well I play guitar” he revealed, somewhat shyly. This was indeed new, not a lot
of people knew this.
“You
do?” Josh asked. Justin nodded.
“Yes,
your turn. What do you like to do?”
“I
like to… paint” he revealed bashfully.
“You
do?” Justin asked, amazed. He finally learned something new about his crush and
he would have thought it to be dorky if someone said they painted but now that
Josh did it he thought it was special and cute.
“Yeah”
Josh returned with a duh tone of voice, he’d just said that.
“Cool”
Justin said sincerely, eyeing him. Josh halted in mid bite, staring Justin
right in the eye, seeing the sincerity and he ducked his head slowly. Justin
smiled, hoping that one day he would be Josh’s inspiration for his painting and
if he was really lucky; the person Josh would be painting.
