togetherness is bliss - ben

[Salizar Slone Snighrig]

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[atrb=style, font-family: Tahoma; word-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; background-color: #000000; border: 2px solid #939393; color: ffffff; padding: 10px; opacity: 0.5] Damn he was ready for some relaxation time. He'd had a rather long day, and Ben had even come to his office about an hour earlier to see if he was going to come home at all. It had been close to him just passing out on his desk, but as he turned the key in the lock of the apartment he shared with his boyfriend, he let out a sigh of relief. He closed the door, hung his jacket on the peg on the wall and moved into the apartment, laying his keys and briefcase down on the table. "Ben?" he called out, unbuttoning the cuffs of his shirt and then reaching up to undo the buttons on his shirt as he moved towards the stairs. "Ben, I'm home," he called out, though in a softer voice, not wanting to wake the other if he was asleep. Of course, the other male could be over at Ric's. Not that he would completely blame him. Who wanted a boyfriend who worked until all hours of the night, and was always on call in case of an emergency on campus anyway. There was no one in the bedroom as he undressed from his work clothes and changed into something that was much more comfortable and moving back downstairs. He smiled at the male as he came out of the back area of their little... apartment. "Hey, babe," he stated, moving down the stairs and wrapped his arms around Ben's waist, gently leaning in to press a kiss to the other's lips. 'Sorry I made you come home without me. Maybe later I'll give you a massage or something and make it up to you." He rather liked the idea of or something if he were completely honest. He bowed his head, resting it on top of Ben's for a brief moment before moving towards the couch in the living area of their apartment and rather flopped down. He reached up at this point, grabbing hold of Ben's wrist and tugging him down onto the couch practically on top of him and wrapping an arm around the other's chest, gently stroking his fingers through the smaller male's hair gently. He bowed his head, kissing the top of the other's head gently. "How was your day, baby?" he asked softly, watching the other male for a moment, fingers moving from the male's hair down to his cheek lightly, smiling a bit more at the other. "I know mine was hectic as all get-out, I do hope yours was better." What he wouldn't do just to be able to pass out in bed right at that moment, though he needed to talk to Ben about something first. Mostly about Ric, though he wasn't entirely sure how to approach the subject. Now they had both been over to the other's apartment, and once he himself had seen how... chaotic it was, it had only solidified in his determination. They'd previously discussed the prospect of Ric moving in with them, but Salizar wanted to know how serious he was about that whole venture. He'd approached the topic with Ric, and Ric had seemed to consider the idea. But at that time, Salizar was still fairly uncertain as to the seriousness Ben had expressed. "Babe... I think that we need to talk... about Alaric." Yes, best to just start off with a direct approach.

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[Benton Kade West]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,10,true][atrb=style, background-color: #fff; width: 505px; border-top: 10px #95D9DE solid, bTable] ☼ sunshine YOU CAN BE MY after getting home, ben went on a cleaning spree. it wasn't often that he felt like cleaning his apartment. usually, it was salizar yelling at him from the other side of the apartment to pick up his clothes from the bedroom or to put his dishes in the sink. he usually just smiled and nodded and tried his best to not be a slob. ben was used to his mother following behind him, picking up after him everywhere he went. maybe he just hadn't gotten into living on his own yet. today was different though. or well, tonight. it was definitely too late to say 'day'. he'd already packed his happy butt up once and went to check on his boyfriend, asking if he was going to come home tonight. lately, ben had hated the idea of being alone in his apartment for long periods of time. normally he would jump at the chance for some alone time. he'd take the time to himself to write a song or go out with a friend. unfortunately over the past few days, he'd felt paranoid every time he was left alone in his large empty apartment. he wasn't sure what it was that made him feel paranoid or that he was being watched. the feeling sometimes even lingered with him long after salizar came home. he never mentioned it to the other male simply because he knew how his boyfriend would react to the news. he would overreact. and honestly, ben was a big boy. he could take care of himself in this situation. sure, it freaked him out to some extent, but he was more curious than anything. after playing with his cats for a while and making sure they were fed for the night, ben made himself some dinner before going on his cleaning attack. the way he saw it was, if someone or something was in his house, it would be easier with a messy apartment. sure, salizar was pretty good about keeping the place pretty clean, but ben knew of places that only people his side could hide in their apartment. maybe it would put his mind at ease if his apartment was totally open. he'd forced himself to remain level headed and not get rid of the few pieces of furniture they had, but he did move the front room around entirely before he was happy. he'd managed to finish the living room and the kitchen entirely before moving into the guest room to tear that apart as well. he'd gotten irritated with himself about halfway through sorting through old clothes in the closet of the guest room and flopped out on the bed, his eyes closing as exhaustion overtook him. he knew that if he fell asleep in here, at least his back wouldn't hurt in the morning. he also knew that if salizar found him, he could easily carry him back to their bed. he'd done it on more than one occasion and ben hadn't even woken up to complain that he was being carried. he hadn't even heard his boyfriend come into their apartment. the thing that finally woke him up was his cat, gucci, pawing at the door of the guest room, obviously wanting to get out and see the other male. after stretching and cooing at the feline, ben finally crawled out of bed and let her out of the room before moving out as well. a smile was plastered over his lips as he headed out into the main part of the apartment, feeling totally at ease. "Hey, yourself." he greeted happily, running his fingers through his hair to smooth it lazily before moving forward to push himself against his boyfriend. he was more than happy to return the kiss as salizar brushed his lips over his mouth. while ben had been totally understanding when the other had originally sent him home, he had to admit that he had been sulkish when he finally got home and realized that he'd be alone for a while. he'd considered calling ric and begging him to come over for the night, but he figured that he could occupy himself for one night without acting like a total baby. "you're fine, babe. it's not that big of a deal. but i could definitely go for a massage." or something. "i think i might have hurt my back lifting stuff in the living room." he admitted, not only giving the other a reason to give him a massage, but also hinting that he had moved around their apartment. his arms moved to wrap around salizar's gently, squeezing him affectionately before the other was pulling away and moving toward the living area. he had no problem sitting down with zar, his eyes closing contently at his lover's touch. there was something so relaxing about the simplicity of their relationship, despite the fact that the details were so complicated to other people. ben was more than happy with the life he lived and the relationship he was in. "my day was... pretty good." he concluded, wondering if he should go into details with the other, though he decided against it. it wasn't as if he really had anything interesting to tell the man anyway. "why was it hectic? anything interesting happen?" he asked, allowing a bit of curiosity to slip into his words as he shifted closer to his boyfriend. if he hadn't been relaxed before, he was totally at ease now. his head moved to rest on the other male's shoulder, his face resting against his neck. he could fall asleep right there, listening to salizar's heartbeat. all it took was for the words 'we need to talk' to surface and ben was instantly sitting up straight, total concern clouding his dark eyes. as salizar added the name alaric to the mix, ben couldn't help but feel anxiety creeping into his every move, his every thought. had the other changed his mind about this whole situation? what would ben do if salizar was tired of this three way relationship? who would he choose? the gears in his head were spinning fast and hard as he stared at the other seriously, not entirely sure how to respond for a moment. "why." was the only thing he said, feeling his jaw set seriously. it wasn't light in the way that ben would usually ask a question. this was purely a statement. a point of fingers, in a sense. "what do you want to talk about, concerning him?" he knew right away that he wouldn't choose. he would refuse. he cared about both of his boys so much. he knew that no matter who he chose at this point, he would be heart broken. 1124 WORDS OUTFIT ZAR ---------------- CREDIT

[Salizar Slone Snighrig]

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[atrb=style, font-family: Tahoma; word-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; background-color: #000000; border: 2px solid #939393; color: ffffff; padding: 10px; opacity: 0.5] Salizar smiled slightly, glad that Benton wasn't holding any grudges about having to come home alone that night. He hated having to leave his Benton alone even if the other male stated that he didn't mind being alone. Maybe it was just not liking to be away from the other male that he didnt like. He offered the other a smile as he stated that he could definitely do with a massage because he thought that he might have hurt his back lifting something in the living room. He looked around, tilting his head slightly. "You were cleaning?" he asked softly. How had he not noticed that previously? Had he been so caught up in his own thoughts that he hadn't even noticed that the other had cleaned up? Or maybe he had just not thought about it one way or the other. He probably would have noticed in the morning when he'd rested up. Though he smiled a bit at the other's thought on a massage. "Would you like a full body massage?" he asked teasingly, smiling down at the other as he brushed his hair back slightly, watching the other male carefully. "What were you lifting when it started to hurt?" he asked seriously, doctor-mode kicking in as he worried over his boyfriend. He hoped that he hadn't strained much of anything, that could be hazardous. Done something to damage his spine. He absently pulled his fingers through the other's hair gently, delighting in the feeling of the soft strands of the smaller male's locks brushing over his fingertips. With the other's head resting on him, he tilted his head back slightly. He could fall asleep like this, but he'd probably wake up in the morning sore as hell if he did. He picked his head back up when Ben stated that his day had been good but asked why his had been hectic. "I had Katana in my office again, I swear, I've seen that boy more in this first week at school than I have seen of most students in the first month." He shook his head slightly. "He was fighting me something fierce over cleaning up his wounds, he'd gotten into some kind of scrape with Vital Sage... and both of them were brought to me nearly covered in blood." He cringed slightly at the memory, shaking his head slightly as he turned his head to press a kiss to the other's temple gently. It killed a part of him every single time he had to treat a student who was completely covered in blood like that. Such troubled young people that he had such a desire to help. However, as he was lost in his thoughts, Ben was pulling away and sitting up straight and looking back at him with something akin to worry. Or maybe 'horror' would be the right word. He frowned, tilting his head slightly at the other male before the other asked why they needed to talk. "I just think its time that we had a really serious talk about what this relationship has turned into, where its going," he stated simply. "I mean, we kind of just integrated Ric into our lives and our relationship, and now it's... it's evolving into something exceptionally serious." He pushed himself up into a bit more of a sit as well, looking over at him when the other asked what he wanted to talk about concerning Alaric. "Come on... let's go ahead and I'll give you that massage while I tell you," he stated, smiling slightly as he moved from the couch and reached down to tug Ben up and towards the guest room that Ben had just vacated. He reached over, tugging the other's shirt off before playfully pushing him down onto the bed face first and moving up to straddle his hips, sitting back on the other's ass lightly with most of his weight on his own knees as he leaned down and began to dig his fingers into the muscles of the other's back. "Tell me if you need it harder or if you need less pressure." he stated easily. "So alright... this relationship with Ric has... progressed past just the first stage of 'just having fun', wouldn't you agree?" he asked simply. He put a little more pressure behind his hands as he awaited the other's answer. "When I was over at Ric's apartment the other night... I noticed that... maybe it would be better... if he moved in with us. I don't like thinking of him alone with just his cat for company, and being by himself... while we're here. It's not really all that fair to him in this relationship to be separated from us. I need to know how you feel about that. Seriously." He paused in his massage for a moment, looking down at the other male. "I know we'd talked about it previously but... I'm talking in all seriousness now. If we want this to work with us... we need to include Ric. 'course, that means we might want to get a bigger place..."

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