Title: Brotherhood
Rating: PG for condoms and anthros
Pairing: Hinted at SidesxAmadi
No clue what I'm talking about? Ah well.
“Your brother is coming.” Psy didn't bother to look up from the pool table, aiming her stick delicately at the cue. The talk and laughter didn't really cease, but the sound of her shot echoed louder than it usually did in the Latter Day Saints Basement (used for Protestant services Monday through Thursday afternoon and Friday through Sunday in the mornings and evenings until 10pm after which it was Obi and company's exclusive domain until the priests came in the next day).
Looking up from Maedoc, Obi shifted on the beanbag to glance at the dirty-white purr, “Oh? Which one?”
“The purple one.” She walked to the other side of the table, pointedly ignoring the look Obi was flashing at her. She knew damn well he didn't believe in psychic powers, which was just fine and dandy considering neither did she, but he believed in her ears even less, leaving the male with a vaguely uncomfortable feeling that something thick, scratchy and slightly damp was being pulled over his eyes.
“You can tell his color from his steps?” Connalan scoffed from behind the broken pacman machine where he and Kaua had been trying to repair the wires for two weeks. Logically they knew that if they just asked Kaua's mom she or Babylon would buy them a new one, but there was just something about being accidentally shocked and burned by the copper tubes and microchips that gave a sense of accomplishment.
“Only one of them dances.”
“None of Obi's brothers dance.” Kaua himself was sitting in the corner, an ice peck pressed against the dark plum fur of his right arm, courtesy of a particularly hilarious mix up of wires and jutting metal piece. “Do they?”
“I'll explain it later Kaubell.” Obi nodded to Rascal, “Get the door, will ya?”
Nodding the red-head rose from his place at Obi's feet, striding across the room and pulling open the manilla door to reveal Sidestep halfway down the stairway. The younger boy hesitated, only continuing down into the room once Rascal nodded once and stood out of the doorway, acutely aware of all the eyes on him.
“What's up, Squirt?” Obi's smile should have been reassuring, it had all the right details; warm eyes, relaxed posture, not too wide not too tense, but there was something implacable in it that suggested quite faintly to the dancer that now could be an excellent time to just run for the hills and they'd never speak of this again.
“I, um...can I talk to you in private? I kind of need some advice.” Feeling this wasn't enough Sidestep shifted, “Emergency advice.”
Obi sighed inwardly, he always knew this day would come. Well...maybe not this particular day he hadn't imagined an injured thirteen year old in the corner or a dark green purr situated like a whore on his knee and he had definitely not seen that little brother B would be needing advice on little brother A but he had known, in a very general sense, that eventually little brother B would come to him for advice on courtship rituals and most likely mating. “For your date tonight?”
“It's not a date.” Sidestep said quickly, thankful his fur was dark enough to hide a blush. “He just wants to see the theatre and stuff.”
“Really? Well then I guess you won't be needing this.” Obi took a small foil wrapper out of his pocket, tossing it to Sidestep who read with well-concealed horror 'Ribbed For Her Pleasure.' “So if it isn't a date, then, what's so pressing you have to run and ask me before this completely platonic friendly g-rated excursion with my little brother?”
“Wait, I thought that Sidestep was y-”
“You thought he was straight?” Maedoc cut Kaua off quickly, flashing him the type of grin that conveyed an invitation to dinner that night with Jaws. “Where have you been, kid? Theatre, ballet... Sides what other faggy stuff are you into?”
“Hey! I'm not flaming or anything.” Sidestep glared at Obi's boyfriend, completely missing the look Maedoc was giving the injured youth. “I like to dance.”
“Like a faggot.” Maedoc laughed.
“Well at least-”
“Hey! Hi there, remember me?” Obi slunk an arm around Maedoc's shoulder, pulling him back into him and leering at Sides.“You two can fight later when I remember to sell tickets. Until then, little Padawan, what worldly knowledge of mine do you need?”
“Well...” Sidestep cleared his throat. “HowdoIturnitintoadate?”
“Come again?” Obi had understood.
“How do I turn this into a date?” Sidestep, to his credit, was attempting to maintain eye contact with the older male, though his aim was off by about a foot over Obi's head.
“Sidestep! I'm shocked!” Obi slapped a hand over his heart dramatically. “My little brother? My beautiful princess? You wish to...-deflower- him? Without that condom?”
“I didn't say that! He's still a kid I wouldn't, I mean maybe eventually in the future and when he's ready I mean if he says yes and he's older and everything but I just wanna hold his hand and maybe kiss him sometimes and” Sidestep paused to gulp down air, “hold him. Yeah.”
“Well if you want to do all that then you need to...” Obi drawled, waiting a few seconds and observing the slowly rising anticipation on Sidestep's face, “Just do it.”
“Just...do it? Like just...hold his hand?”
“See? Now you've got it!” The older purr beamed proudly. “Now, go off, see your movie, hold your hands and revel in all that young love! Oh, and Sidestep?”
“Yeah?”
“Hurt my brother and I'll break both your arms, yeah?”
“...uh....yeah...” Sidestep checked his watch, wondering vaguely why it had suddenly gotten so stuffy, “Um, I gotta go pick him up, thanks Obi!”
“No problem, and remember what I said Squirt! You need those arms to act and play with.” Obi called after the retreating back. Once Sides was up the stairs, Rascal shut the door, walking back to his place by Obi.
“He took the condom you know.” Psy grinned dryly.
“Do you think he'll use it?” Defeated for the night, Conallan crawled out from behind the Pac Man.
“Him? No. But Amadi might if Sides asks nicely.” Nipping Maedoc's ear, Obi turned his grin onto Kaua, “Now as for you, I think it's time we have a little talk about 'discretion.'”
And the night went on.
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