TITLE: LIFEBLOOD
AUTHOR: mana0819 ([email protected])
CHAPTER: 6
PAIRING:
Angel/Spike
RATING: R
Hey guys!! It’s the chap 7 of lifeblood!! Yay!! Have I kept you guys waiting for long? I was really busy making my own site this week or so. Btw the site is at www.geocities.jp/angelnspikerlovers/ (Jess’s notes: this site rocks!) I hope you guys visit it and I would be really happy if you guys left any messages on guest board. And for this chap, I wasn’t really quite sure what to write. But I got a couple of good ideas from my friends and readers. Thanks guys!! now, please read and review!! The drill is “The more reviews I get, the sooner I’ll update!”
LIFEBLOOD
CHAPTER 7
Good smell of coffee stirred Spike from sleep. He groaned in protest. He did not want to wake up from the wonderful dream he was seeing. In the dream, Angel kissed him passionately in the beach and they slept together in the same bedroom, Angel embracing him tightly like he never wanted to let him go. A huge grin appeared on the blond teen’s face when he remembered the sweet dream He just wanted to go back to the dream where he was wanted and treated so tenderly by Angel, where he could escape from his sorry life. He sighed lightly and turned over on his stomach. Then he smelled the scent….leather, alcohol and cigarette… When the realization flashed across his mind, he jerked his head up from the bed. Sure he was not in his own room. He was in Angel’s room!! The memory of previous night came back to him in a rush. ‘It wasn’t a dream! It actually happened!! Angel really kissed me and told me he loved me!!’ Spike thought excitedly.
He got out of the bed and walked into the kitchen. Then he saw Angel standing in front of the range with a spatula in his hand. Spike just gazed at the sight with a huge smile on his face. Angel was in a pair of black trousers, a white shirt and good dress shoes. He looked quite impressive in those conservative clothes. His hair was spiky with gel but not too greasy. He was just perfect.
Angel looked over his shoulder when he felt someone’s eye on his back. There he found the small beautiful blond smiling at him. He had rumpled curls hanging around his face lightly. Angel could not smile back at him. The blond was so adorable.
“You’re awake now.” The older guy said sweetly.
“Yeah. You weren’t in the bed so I just wondered where you were.” The blond said shrugging a bit.
“Well. I didn’t like the idea of leaving you alone but you were so peaceful and I didn’t wanna disturb you. And I wanted to make us breakfast too.” Angel said gently and flipped the omelet in the flying pan.
“Oh. It smells really great.” Spike said grinning and his stomach rumbled loudly. He flashed red from embarrassment.
Angel chuckled lightly and said gently, “Someone seems really hungry. The food will be ready in a minute. Just sit at the counter.” He retrieved some plates from the cupboard.
“You don’t need any help?” Spike asked not wanting to make the older guy do everything by himself.
“Uh, well. You can get mugs from the cupboard and pour some coffee into them.” Angel answered shrugging a bit.
“OK. I can do that.” Spike said happily and walked to the cupboard, getting two mugs out and walked to the counter where a coffee maker was set. He poured some coffee and sat down on the stool.
Angel placed the plates of omelets and toast on the counter. He sat on the stool next to the young blond and gave him a soft kiss on his temple. “OK. Now let’s eat.”
Spike happily picked up his fork and popped a small piece of omelet into his mouth. He gave him a huge smile at the brunette and said cheerfully. “It tastes really great!! Where did you learn to cook??”
“I taught myself. I’ve been living on my own for a couple of years now. And before that, I was living with Doyle. I just had to learn to cook if I wanted to survive.” Angel said chuckling lightly. He picked up a piece of toast and asked the blond, “Butter, blueberry jam or peanut butter?”
“Uh, jam and peanut butter.” The teen answered unsurely.
“Nice choice.” Angel said with a sweet smile on his face. He spread some jam and peanut butter on the toast and put it on Spike’s plate.
“Thanks.” Spike said shyly but his blue eyes were shining brightly. He was not sure what to do or what to say to Angel’s kind act. No one ever ha done those sweet and kind thing to him. Without knowing it, he stood up from the stool and circled his arms around the older man’s hard muscular body tightly. He pressed his cheek against the bigger man’s strong chest comfortably. “You know, you’re spoiling me, Angel. I might get used to it.” He whispered softly against the hard torso.
Angel caressed the back of the teen’s neck gently and used his other hand to lift the boy’s head up so that now he was looking at the boy’s beautiful eyes. He gave a soft sweet kiss on his forehead. “You can get used to it. I’m planning to spoil you more.” With that, he lifted the boy up from the floor and sat the blond down on his laps.
Spike felt himself flashing a bit. He loved the feeling the strong arms embracing him tightly. He gave a little peck on the older man’s cheek lightly and whispered slightly seductively, “How are you planning to do that?”
“Well, I’m sure I can think of something. Like this.” The older guy said and broke the jam and peanut butter spread toast into bite size pieces and brought it to the blond teen’s lips. “Open your mouth, Sweetling.”
Spike was happy to oblige. He opened his mouth and wet his lips with hit tongue sensually. Angel used all his might to keep himself under control and not to shove his tongue into the blond boy’s wet warm cavern. The older guy popped the toast into the boy’s mouth.
Spike chewed it slowly savoring every flavor and swallowed. “Mm… so yummy… Can I have more?” Spike asked looking at the brunette with his puppy blue eyes.
Angel picked up a piece and repeated the action. But this time, after swallowing it, Spike placed his lips against those of the brunette. Spike parted his lips slightly and darted his tongue. No sooner had his tongue been darted out of his mouth than it was captured by Angel’s wet tongue. Their tongues twined with each other and Angel could taste the sweet jam and peanut butter in his mouth. They were combined with Spike’s taste and Angel was sure he had never tasted anything better in his life. He purred in sensation. Spike chuckled slightly and parted his mouth away.
“Ok. That wasn’t what I had in my mind. But if that’s what you want, I have no intention to complain.” The older man smiled and kissed the blond teen’s swollen lips softly with lots of gentleness.
Angel continued feeding the younger blond from his fingers and sometimes from his lips with lots of kissing and laughing. Spike loved the every moment of it. He never felt happier and loved how the other man was treating him. Soon, they ate all the food on the plates but enjoyed the time together, Spike on Angel’s laps.
Angel had something in his mind but not sure how to tell the younger blond. He made up his mind and spoke up hesitantly. “Spike, you know, we have to talk.”
“About what?” Spike asked confusedly and raised his head from the other man’s shoulder. He stared at the dark-brown orbs.
“About us. You know, I really like you a lot. But you’re still 16 and I’m 24. It’s considered to be illegal in most of the states in the country and lots of people will see me as a pervert.” The older guy said with sadness clearly in his eyes.
“Don’t you… want me? Don’t you… want us… to be together?” the blond teen asked hesitantly with obvious fear that the older man was telling him that they could not have any relationship. Spike understood the age difference between them but he did not care about it at all. He just wanted Angel and no one or nothing else. He was not sure what he would do if Angel did not want him.
“Hell yes!!” Angel exclaimed loudly when he heard the teen’s words. “God, I definitely do want you and us to be together! What I meant was that I don’t feel much comfortable about telling others about us. But if you want to, I don’t mind telling others.”
Spike gave a sigh of relief and smiled faintly. “Thank God. I just assumed that you didn’t want me. And to be honest, I’m not sure about telling people about us. I’m… you know, I’ve never dated man or even never imagined I was gay till I met you. I need more time to come out that I’m gay.” The younger teen said resting his forehead against that of the older brunette’s.
“I understand it. We won’t tell anyone about us till we feel totally comfortable about it. Is that OK with you?” The older guy asked with a sweet smile on his face and gently stroked the younger boy’s cheek with his fingers.
“Yup. Definitely.” Spike said smiling brightly and placed a quick soft kiss on the older brunette’s lips. Then he raised his head up too see the older brunette’s angelic face and asked little hesitantly, “Can I ask you?”
“Sure.” Angel said smiling tenderly.
“Have you ever…. uh… been with men?” Spike asked slightly uncomfortably.
“If you’re asking me if I’ve ever slept with men, then the answer is yes.” Angel stated looking at the blond teen intently.
“Oh… so your friends know that you’re gay?” Spike asked trying to sound as casually as possible.
“Actually no. I’ve never told them about my sexuality. And correctly, I’m bi.”
“Oh I get it. You’re bi. I see. But how come your friends haven’t noticed if you were dating men??” Spike asked with a little confused frown on his face.
“I… I don’t know how I should tell you this coz it’s something I should be ashamed of. But I want to tell you everything before we start a serious relationship. The guys I slept with… they were all one night stand. Hell, most of the girls I slept with were one night stand too. I dated only a couple of girls in my life.” Angel said feeling guilty and ashamedly. He hated that he had to tell his colorful and regretful past to the younger blond and he was also afraid that Spike would not want him any longer after he heard it.
“I see.” Spike said nodding lightly. He had imagined that Angel should have had lots of boyfriends and girlfriends because of his gorgeous feature. But he never imagined him to be such a sleeping around type of guy. Spike himself had only 1 girlfriend in his life and the relationship ended really badly. In fact, the whole relationship was never a good one. His girlfriend had been cheating on him while the whole time they had been dating. What made it worse was that he found it out after they slept together, after he lost his virginity to her. 2 nights…they were the only times he ever slept with anyone. He just did not want to get hurt any more.
Angel looked at the beautiful boy on his laps intently. He could not help feeling scared about what the blond would tell him. “Just please believe me. You are different from those guys and I really wanna have a serious relationship with you. If I said that I don’t wanna have a sex with you, that’d be a lie. Coz I want to some day. But what I want more is to take you out somewhere and do whatever usual couples do.” The older guy said convincingly.
“Angel. I don’t judge you for what you did before we met. I like you for who you are and not who you were. As long as you are sweet Angel now, I don’t care your past.” Spike’s clear blue eyes filled with happiness and enthusiasm met the dark-chocolate eyes.
Angel smiled at the blond brightly and happily and whispered, “Thank you.” Angel leaned in placed a soft peck on the blond teen’s forehead and embraced him tightly as if he never wanted to let him go. In fact, he never wanted Spike to go. Spike did not want to get out of the comfortable position either. Angel’s protective arms were around his waist and his own arms were circling around the older guy’s neck. He rested his head on top of that of Angel. There was nowhere else they would rather be.
A sudden ringing of telephone brought them back from trance. Angel reached his arm and grabbed the receiver. “Hello?”
“Hello, Angel? It’s Sean.” The voice on the other end said.
“Hey, Sean. What’s up?” Angel asked casually giving Spike a little smile.
“I’m just calling to check that you haven’t forgotten about the meeting with Mrs. Hoffman.”
“Don’t worry. I remember.”
“Good. I’ll see you there in a half an hour.”
“Alright.” With that, Angel hung up the phone.
“Who was that?” Spike asked uneasily. He did not want to be obvious but could not help feeling little worried.
“That was Sean, my boss. You remember I told you that a friend of mine hired me for his business when I quit the band? That’s him.” Angel explained casually. He could clearly sense the other guy’s uneasiness and wanted to reassure him.
“Oh. I see. So you have a meeting today? That explains the clothes you’re wearing.” Spike said slightly relieved from Angel’s answer. He did not mean to suspect the older brunette but he liked him so much that he wanted him just for himself and did not want to share him with anyone.
“Yea. She’s a potential client and it’s quite a big business. Sean always wants me to be at the meeting with those who can bring big benefit for the company. Not that I’m complaining… coz what all I do is to sit there and smile and I can make much more money for doing that than doing my ad job. I’m really not sure why Sean gives me so much money for that.” Angel said shrugging slightly.
Spike chuckled lightly. It was obvious why Angel’s boss wanted him to be at the meeting. ‘Hey just look at him in those tailored suits and every potential clients will drool over him and sign a contract happily.’
“What?” Angel asked lightly when he heard the younger boy’s chuckle.
“It’s nothing. Good luck with the meeting.” Spike said smiling sweetly and kissed the other man’s lips softly.
“Thanks. Okay, actually I think we better get ready and get going soon. The breakfast took longer than I imagined.” Angel said reluctantly not wanting to get out of the comfortable position they were in. He just did not want to be away from the blond teen for even a second.
“I wonder why.” Spike said quietly and chuckling again. He climbed off from the older guy’s laps and landed on the floor.
Angel stood up too and embraced the smaller man in his arms again. He knew that he had work to do and place to be but the teen was just so irresistible. He whispered tenderly, “I don’t want you to go. Baby. I just wanna stay here with you for whole day.” ‘Or whole my life and forever, to be honest.’ He added mentally.
“I don’t want to go either. But you’ve got an important meeting in a half hour. If you don’t stop the whispering and embracing now, we won’t be able to leave for at least a couple of hours. It’s not really nice to be late for the meeting.” Spike said demandingly. He really loved the feeling being in Angel’s arms but he just did not want to get Angel in ant trouble because of him.
“Okay. We’ll get going now. Oh by the way, your clothes are still wet so I’ll just wash them with my laundry and I can bring them next time I drop by at your place. I’ll get a t-shirt for you to wear now.” Angel said and quickly left for the bedroom. He came back with a black t-shirt in his hand and handed it to the blond teen.
“Thanks.” Spike said and put the t-shirt and his boots on. The sunburn on his back did not seem to hurt any longer.
“Okay. Let’s go.” Angel said picking up his business bag and keys.
They left the apartment and drove to Wes’s house. They chatted about some stuffs while they were driving. When Angel pulled into the driveway for Wes’s house, they did not find Wes’s car there. They just guessed that he was not back from work yet. Spike opened the car and stepped out of the car, not before giving Angel a soft and gentle peck on his lips.
“I’ll call you when my work is over. I think Doyle and the others are gonna plan doing something tonight, probably just hanging out at Caritas. Of course that includes you.” Angel said tenderly with a sweet smile on his face.
“OK. So I’ll see you tonight.” Spike said smiling at the older guy brightly.
“See you tonight, Spike.” Angel said sweetly and drove off to his work.
Spike could not help grinning like a little boy about the thought of them now together. He happily walked up to the porch and stepped into the house. He slammed the door shut still bouncing up and down happily.