Rain pummelled down from the drenched clouds like bullets from their chambers, hitting the ground with a splash. A lot of people had prepared themselves for the rain that early, cold morning. Making sure they had their umbrellas and coats but there was the odd person that had been foolish to not bring any of those. Like the boy at the bus stop for example. He stood there, obviously waiting for a bus, drenched and shivering from the coldness that enveloped him. 'Damn rain' he thought to himself. He looked up at the dark grey sky with his sea blue eyes half closed and lowered his eyes again. 'Where the hell is Rhianna' he asked himself, glancing up the street half expecting to see a short girl with an umbrella prodding along which he knew would be Rhianna. But there was no-one there. 'She's going to miss the bus'. He closed his eyes and just listened to all that went on around him, every now and then hearing a car in the distance. Times like these he would just want to sit at his Piano and hit the keys, knowing full well that they'd calm him down.
As he continued to listen out for the bus he noticed the rain had stopped, but somehow, he could still hear it. He opened his eyes and jumped back when he saw Rhianna smiling up at him.
"Hey, Kai," she said with her soft, sweet voice "looking a bit wet there aren't you, have you grown again, because my arm is already hurting holding this umbrella above your head." She smiled sweetly. Kaiden couldn't help smile back. He slowly grasped the umbrella and held it, making sure he covered her too.
"Here, I can hold it." he told her as she let go. He smiled at her again thinking how lucky he was to have a friend like her. How he loved Rhianna, in a friendly way of course. They had been friends for years, since their first day at high school together. Now, in college, they both studied the same thing, Music, which was both their true passions. Rhianna played the Violin and Cello, she preferred strings to percussion, even though she did like the Piano.
"Fine, but you better not be making fun of my shortness." She said, with a grin on her face. Rhianna was about five foot, maybe one inch, which left her looking upto to almost everyone in the college. Kaiden wasn't really tall himself, standing five foot nine inches himself, but he couldn't hide the fact that Rhianna did make him feel tall.
"Of course not Rhi, would I ever do that to you?" Kaiden replied sarcastically with a laugh. "Anyway, how come your so late, I thought you were going to miss the bus." Kaiden asked. He knew he had to change the subject from her shortness, otherwise he'd get a slap. Not a hard slap, Rhianna wasn't mean, but enough to inflict a bit of pain, which made Rhianna feel better.
"Urgh, don't get me started. My alarm clock broke last night and my mum was supposed to wake me up. But no, she didn't. Charlie ended up waking me up. He only woke me up 'cause he wanted food. Damn dogs. So anyway, I got up and started the shower, I still had enough time to have one, but then the water didn't turn warm for some reason. So I just had to wash, dress and go. But no, it wasn't that easy, my mum didn't do the ironing so my school clothes were all creased. Me and my luck." She explained, sighing at the end of the sentence. Kaiden just nodded and 'mmm'd' all the way through, not wanting to tip her over the edge with annoyance.
"Awwh, Rhi. Come here." Kaiden said as he put one arm around her, still holding the umbrella in his other.
"Kai, your wet!" She screamed, pushing Kaiden's arm away and wiping her sleeve to get the water off, only making it worse. "Oh well," she sighed with a little giggle, Kaiden knew she couldn't help laughing at some things Kaiden did, "I love you Kai, but you can be a real idiot, sometimes." She laughed, making Kaiden laugh too. He admired Rhianna so much, she could mouth off to anyone, but she knew her limits. She was a pretty girl, one of those naturally pretty people. She had pale skin which sometimes made her look a little ill with her natural jet black hair which was cut into layers and naturally straight which she always put in a ponytail. She wore no make-up apart from mascara. She had chocolate brown eyes and a cute button nose with very faint freckles that you could only see from close-up, with dark red lips.
"But I'm your idiot," Kaiden told her smiling his innocent smile. He glanced up the street after seeing something move, "bus is here, come on." He informed her, walking over to the pavement edge, making sure to still cover Rhianna with the umbrella. The bus stopped beside them and Kaiden closed the umbrella and gave it a shake. He gave it back to Rhianna and ushered her onto the bus, "Laides first." he muttered and got onto the bus himself, following Rhianna down the isle. She sat down about 5 rows up from the front and moved over to the window, letting Kaiden sit on the isle side seat.
"So I was thinking, maybe we should start a band or something. You can sing, play the piano, I can sing, play the Violin, or Cello, and all we need is a drummer. And I'm sure Alex wouldn't mind being a drummer for us, he's really good and if we wanted a guitarist, Zoey can do that," Rhianna said "even though she's still in the learning stages, but she's still really good." She told Kaiden. Kaiden gulped, as soon as he had heard the name 'Alex' he had blanked Rhianna out fully. It was no secret that Kaiden was gay, but it was a secret that he had the hots for Alex. Alex was a tall guy, standing at six foot, that could play the drums. He had tan skin with black hair which was dyed. He had emerald green eyes that Kaiden sometimes got lost in. His nose was straight with a kind of flick at the end of it. He had red lips that sometimes Kaiden wanted to touch, they looked so inviting. He was one of those guys that were put into the emo/goth category, but he wasn't at all. He was really funny, laid back and he gave an aura of comfiness to alot of people that were around him. He worked out a little and had some nice muscles, but they weren't bulging, which Kaiden liked. He hated body builders, they looked plastic and weird in those bikini things they wore. But Alex had the perfect sized muscles, not too big, but not to scrawny either.
All of a sudden, Kaiden was knocked from his trance when Rhianna punched him, quite hard, on the arm.
"Kaiden Jay Thomas! Are you even listening to a word I'm saying?" She asked with a face that spelled 'annoyed'. She deliberatly used his full name to let him know she was annoyed.
"Umm, yes of course I am." Kaiden replied, trying not to let his voice waver. He thought he succeeded.
"Then what did I just say?" Rhianna asked with a knowing smile. She knew full well that Kaiden had ignored her, but she loved to prove it.
"Umm, you know. Band, Alex... Alex. Erm. Oh fine, I wasn't listening, I'm just tired this morning, that's all." He replied. He wanted to just tell Rhianna how he felt about Alex, but then that would give her a come-back when he made fun of her short gene.
"What's up, Kai? Something on your mind. You know you can tell me." Okay, that was a bit of a surprise coming from Rhianna. He already knew he could tell her anything, but it was more of a fact of embarrasment. He knew that if he told her, she'd wind him up about it, but maybe she'd know her limits, like she did with everyone. Maybe she wouldn't even wind him up, but that was quite unlikely. Kaiden did know though that he did need to tell someone, but was Rhianna the right person to tell it to? Could he really tell her, or was she just looking for gossip, even though Kaiden knew it wouldn't be for gossip, because he knew Rhianna wasn't like that at all.
"I'm just a little tired, that's all, Rhi," knowing full well she wouldn't believe this, he needed to distract her from the subject, "anyway, what was it about the band?" He asked her, trying to remain casual. She explained again about the band idea, she hadn't noticed Kaiden's distraction, or maybe she did, but told herself not to push, as she was good at telling when someone had had enough. "Yeah, that sounds cool, should we ask them today?" Kaiden asked. Zoey was a rock kind of girl, she was funny and Kaiden had rarely seen her without a smile on her face. She had bright blue eyes, which looked nice behind her black framed, stylish, spec-saver glasses, which she only really needed for reading but wore them almost all the time. She had dyed red hair with a side fringe that would cover her right eye, but she usually used her glasses as a blocker, so her hair just sat atop the glasses instead. She had a light skin tone that never seemed to change no matter how long she spent in the sun. She had a crooked nose, but it didn't really look odd. She wore little make-up, like Rhianna, but she did use it everyday. She wore mascara and dark green eyeliner which made her eyes stand out a bit more, a tiny bit of light foundation with a tiny bit of blush and a pale lip-gloss. Okay, some people would say it was alot, but it wasn't near enough as much as what proper make-up lovers wear, you know, the ones with orange faces and blonde barbie-like hair. Zoey was tall, a little taller than Alex, standing at six foot 1 inch. Rhianna had told Kaiden that she sometimes got neck cramp from looking up at Zoey, that Kaiden, obviously, laughed at, which resulted in a slap.
"We can ask them today if you want. Maybe we could go to lunch the four of us and talk about it or something. What do we have first period?" Rhianna asked, looking up at Kaiden. Kaiden grabbed for his bag, opened it and rummaged through for his time-table. He finally found it after numerous sighs for Rhianna and her telling him to sort his bag out. He looked at the time-table and looked for first period.
"Monday, nine o' clock," he muttered, using his finger to find the class. "We have Music Theory, then Music in Society, then lunch." He said, folding his time-table up and chucking it back into his bag, with all the other pieces of paper. No doubt they were mostly lead sheets or some theory work that Kaiden had completed.
"Great, we have to listen to Rob going on about why music is important in the society. Who the hell cares, it just is." She laughed. Rob was our Music in Society lecturer, who played Clarinet. He wasn't much to look at, he wore big round glasses and had grey hair. He had pale blue eyes and a straight nose, faint pink lips and when he smiled he had dimples, just like Alex, which were the only cute thing about Rob really. He was a meaty man, but it looked good on him, it suited him well. If only he'd use some grey remover and change his glasses, he'd look really cute in Kaiden's opinion. Another thing that annoyed Kaiden about Rob was that he was so boring. His voice always stayed the same boring tone, but he did smile so it wasn't too bad.
"I agree. I'm sure we've heard him ask the same question at least fifty times. 'Why is music important in society?' is he trying to drill it into our heads or something because quite frankly, I think he's drilled way too deep." Kaiden said sarcastically.
For the next twenty minutes, Rhianna and Kaiden talked and laughed about college, friends, crushes (which did not involve Alex) and the weekend just gone. The bus pulled into a bus station where Kaiden and Rhianna got off. College was a five minute walk from the bus station, but on the way they stopped into a food shop. Kaiden got a cheese and ham sandwich and Rhianna got a salad sandwich, claiming to be watching her weight. They exited the shop and carried on walking towards the college. When they got to the college gates, it was about 8:48am and the entrance to the Performing Arts section was getting a little crowded. Kaiden and Rhianna made their way upto Theory and stood outside the door, with a few other classmates that Kaiden rarely talked to. He loved the class he was in, because he knew everyone knew about his sexuality and he knew they all accepted him too because they never seemed to be uncomfy around him. Kaiden wasn't one of those really feminine gay guys, he was actually quite masculine with a slight feminine side.
"I'm gonna go to the toilet," Kaiden said to Rhianna "be back in a min." He said and walked away hearing Rhianna say 'Okay'. He entered the boys toilets and did his business in the urinal, being a slight clean freak he headed to the sinks and soaped up his hands and looked in the mirror at himself.
As he stared at himself he took notice of his features. His sea blue eyes and straight nose with the slightest dip, kind of like a ski-slope. He had dark blond hair which was sticking to his face because he was still a bit wet. He shook his hair like a dog and messed it up a little. He had red lips which had never been kissed, to Kaiden's unfortunate bad luck. He was thin and to himself, he thought he wasn't a bad looker. His pupils looked quite big. Years ago, his mum thought he had been taking drugs, but due to a recent optical check-up the optician told Kaiden's mother that people with blue, or light, coloured eyes usually have bigger pupils than other people, and that they wouldn't stay big. He told her that pupils always adjusted their size depending on how much light hit them. Kaiden had even discovered that big pupils look more attractive and people feel more comfy when they stare into eyes that have big pupils and a more recent discovery, the reason they dimmen the lights in romantic restaurantes is because dim light will make them grow bigger and they look more attractive. 'Clever' Kaiden thought to himself.
He heard the door to the toilets open and then close. He didn't look back at who it was and just stared back down at his hands, making sure to wash them properly. He jumped when something touched his bum. He spun around and saw Alex standing there with a smirk on his face.
"Hey, Kai, did I scare you?" He asked laughing. Kaiden's heart was pounding, he could feel his cheeks burning and he knew he was turning red. He smiled a little.
"Fuck you, Alex. I'm gonna get you back for that." Kaiden laughed. He knew Alex only touched his bum to tease him because unfortunately, Alex was straight and just liked to wind Kaiden up a little. Kaiden sighed a little and headed over to the hand dryer.
"Sorry dude, but I gotta admit, you got a nice ass." He said in his sexy, husky voice. Kaiden looked at him trying to think of something to say. Alex winked, which made Kaiden blush a little. Kaiden though of something to say, which would probably make Alex think twice about touching his bum again.
"You shouldn't do that, it turns me on." Kaiden told him, winking at the end of the sentence and even licking his lips a little. The thing that surprised Kaiden the most is that Alex kept his stance, kept the same look on his face and didn't even break eye contact. Kaiden turned around and pushed the button to start the dryer. He heard a little mumble and spun his head around to look at Alex. "What?" he asked a little louder to cut through the noise of the dryer.
"Nothing." Alex said with another one of those smirks on his face. Kaiden turned back around and rubbed his hand together to make them dry when he felt Alex hands cup both his ass cheeks. Kaiden heart pounded, he froze in place, not wanting to move and just to leave Alex's hands there. Alex was now squeezing Kaiden's ass cheeks. Kaiden gulped and closed his eyes. He was enjoying Alex's hands there, but why was Alex doing this, maybe he was just having a little fun. Kaiden knew he wasn't gay, or not even bi. Maybe he was just horny. The dryer cut out and there was silence in the room. Kaiden moaned a little, still with his eyes closed. He leant back against Alex's chest, he didn't want to freak Alex out, so he just stayed there for a moment.
"Why are you doing this?" Kaiden asked in a soft voice. He wasn't sure if he was happy or annoyed about what Alex was doing. He could have been happy because his biggest crushes hands were groping his ass, but annoyed because he knew Alex probably wouldn't go further, or would he?
"I dunno, but I kinda like it." Alex said, with an awkward laugh. His hands moved to Kaiden's hips and slowly started moving up, passing Kaiden's rib cage. Alex's hands went passed Kaiden's armpits and glided down his arms to the tips of Kaiden's fingers.
"Okay, stop. We need to get to class." Kaiden sighed as he said this, what he would give to carry on, he knew it wouldn't have gone alot further. But Kaiden had patience, if Alex really wanted that, he'd come to Kaiden again. This way, Kaiden wouldn't get his hopes up. He moved away from Alex and put his hand on the door-handle.
"Yeah, your right. Sorry, I got a little carried away," Alex gulped a little, "let's head to class." He finally said and followed Kaiden out into the hallway. They talked a little on the way to class and met Rhianna and Zoey outside the class.
After about a minute, Debbie, our theory lecturer opened the door and let us in. Debbie was a short, thin woman with olive coloured eyes. She had a pretty, heart-shaped face that most of the boys in the class loved. One thing was odd about Debbie, she absolutely hated gum-chewers in her class, but Kaiden had never seen her without gum in her own mouth. She wasn't strict, but she knew how to handle things. She was also funny, so theory class was always a good lecture.
Kaiden took a seat in the back of the class. Zoey sat at the end of the row, then Rhianna, then Kaiden and surprisingly, Alex sat next to Kaiden. He winked at Kaiden and stared back at Debbie who was beginning the lesson.
After 2 hours, the lesson was up. All through the lesson, Alex had brushed against Kaiden's leg. It felt quite deliberate to Kaiden. 'What's he upto' Kaiden thought to himself.
The four of them headed to Music in Society together and Rob was already there. Rhianna and Zoey sat at the back of the class, but Kaiden had an idea.
"I'm gonna sit a little closer to the board, it gets a bit blury back here." He told Rhianna and Zoey, to which they replied 'Okay'. Kaiden chose a seat in about the middle on the room hoping his plan would work. After two minutes, Alex entered the room and his eyes shot to the back row. He stopped in his tracks and looked a little confused. He scoped the room and his eyes met Kaiden. He smiled, walked over and sat next to Kaiden. His plan had worked, he wondered if Alex would have sat next to him, and he did.
"So, how come your down here." Alex asked, with a little confused look. But Kaiden was in for another test.
"Oh, I thought the board was blury from back there, but it looks fine, so I'll go sit with those two." Not even waiting for a reply from Alex, he got up and sat next to Zoey. And sure enough, Alex followed. 'Okay, what's going on' Kaiden thought. The lesson started, but Kaiden didn't listen to a word Rob said, his boring voice almost put Kaiden to sleep and he was sure to not be the only one.
After class, the four of them made their way down to lunch, as the ate, they talked about the possibilities of creating a band together, they all agreed it would be a good idea.
"You and Kai have lush voices, Rhi, so you two could be the singers." Zoey said to Rhianna. Zoey was really sweet, but Kaiden really didn't think he had a nice voice, he loved to sing, but didn't think he sounded good at all, but he accepted the fact that others did think he was good and just left it at that.
"Uhh, thanks Zoey, you have a good voice too." Kaiden said honestly. He had heard Zoey sing once and she truly was good, but she didn't like to sing in front of people, which was a shame.
"What about me?" Alex asked, a little offended. "People said I can sing too." He said, looking a little upset.
"Yeah, you do have a nice voice Alex, but wouldn't it be kinda hard to sing whilst being a drummer?" Kaiden asked. "I mean, try beating on some drums whilst singing, I would have though it'd be hard, unless you had good voice control like... I dunno... Pink?" Kaiden explained.
"I suppose your right, Kai. But maybe if we do a slow song with no drums, I could sing too. Me and you can harmonize, Kai." He asked with a smile.
All through lunch they talked about music and the band they were going to make. They needed a name and Zoey told everyone to think of names throughout the week.
"I swear I have a womans bladder, I need to take a piss again." Kaiden said, getting up and heading towards the toilets. He glanced behind him and Alex was following him.
"I may as well take one too." He said with a smirk on his face. They entered the toilets and headed towards the urinals. Kaiden wasn't nervous about Alex seeing his dick, but he kinda wanted him to. He unbuttoned his jeans and unzipped. He tucked his thumbs beneath the wasteband of his boxers and pulled down his boxers a little, revealing his uncut dick. Kaiden was about three inches soft and almost 7 inches when erect. He noticed Alex glance over and Kaiden risked a glance at Alex's dick. Alex's dick must have been about 3 inches soft too, it looked similar in size to Kaiden's. Kaiden finished and walked over to the sinks, soaping up his hands and washing them thouroughly. Alex did the same. As Kaiden was about to leave the room he heard Alex say something.
"Wait, Kai..." He said quietly. Kaiden turned around and looked at Alex, waiting for him to say something.
"What is it?" Kaiden asked casually. He tried to prepare himself for what was going to coming out of Alex's mouth.
"I've been... I've been having these weird feelings. I don't know why, but I feel like I want you, Kai." He said slowly, stuttering every now and then. Kaiden couldn't believe what he just heard. 'Alex feels like he wants me?' he asked himself. There was no mistaking what Alex had just said. Then it hit Kaiden like a punch to the face, he knew Alex was joking. He must have been.
"Alex, if your joking, it's not funny..." Kaiden stared at Alex. Alex was staring at the floor.
"I'm not, Kai. I've been having feelings for you, like I want to kiss you. I don't think I'm gay, or bi, but I'm just confused, maybe it's all down to curiosity, but sometimes your the last thing I think about before going to bed." He told Kaiden. Kaiden couldn't believe it. He must be dreaming. He wanted to run to Alex and melt in his arms, but he knew, it wasn't that easy. If he was going to do anything, he needed to be patient with Alex, otherwise it could be very overwhelming.
"Umm. I don't really know what to say." He moved a couple of steps closer to Alex. Alex kept his eyes on the floor, but then watched Kaiden's feet. "I guess... If your upto it... I don't want to pressure you, but I guess we could kiss now, and we'll see if you like it or not. But I warn you, I've never kissed anyone before." Kaiden explained. He was really hoping Alex would say yes.
"Would you do that for me, Kai? I don't want to take your first kiss from you and me not like it or something." Alex replied. Whoa, Kaiden never knew Alex could be quite thoughtful like that. But Kaiden didn't really care, he'd give anything just to touch those lips of Alex's. He moved closer and closer, and now in arms reach of Alex. He cupped Alex's chin with his first finger and thumb and slowly leant in.
"Just relax, Al. I hope you like it." And with that, Kaiden's lips were on Alex's.