Astral High - Chapter 7

Story by gigarandom on SoFurry

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#8 of Astral High

Oh how wonderful it is to work with these characters again...


Life is good. Life is a wonderful thing given to us by god. At least that's what my parents would say. I don't care. I love them. And apparently, they love me back. I talked with dad the whole way home, feeling a sense of new found hope. When I walked in, I was suddenly being crushed by my mother's "perfect" hugs. They admitted to not understanding me any more, and said they wanted to get to know their son. Their son, that they love.

I went upstairs to grab different clothes and replace them in my backpack, hoping they'd let me go as soon as tomorrow. They explained the whole thing with mom being pregnant. Admittedly, it does take longer than two or three days for a woman to get a growing stomach from pregnancy. They explained that mom had always wanted to conceive a child in Italy, but weren't able to afford a trip when they wanted one really badly. This child had been fertilized in her since late May, and they'd decided to let me name it.

They wanted me to know how much they loved me, and joked about naming it after me, but admitted to how absurdly confusing that'd get for everyone. They also said they wouldn't make me go to church, but would leave the option open. They'd come out yesterday about having a gay son, and everyone supposedly supported me. I doubted it, but if they'd lie about church to make me feel better, than they obviously loved me.

They offered me the choice to go to public school this year, since I'd always wanted to see what it was like. I practically embraced them right there, since their stupid Christian schools always had stupid rules that drove me insane. They wanted to know how long I'd been gay, and what it was like, and I willingly told them. I told them about Valen, and they remembered me hanging out with him more than anyone else. I told them about how Seth was born with the pentagrams, and then started getting more crap all over his body last year. How I had a foot fetish, and was afraid of the dark.

And most importantly, how much I loved them, and didn't want them to hate me.

Life is good. Life is a wonderful thing caused by the circum-happen-stance chance of the world, and realizing how fleetingly short it is, can cause anyone to realize how important others are...

Around two in the morning, I woke up to the persistent tapping at my window. I pulled the curtains away, and let my eyes adjust to the bizarre brightness of the moon, then realized Seth was waiting at my window. I opened it to hear his voice for the first time in six hours, a record time of not having a negative thought about my parents.

His voice was a low whisper, "Hey babe."

I whispered back, "You know I don't like to be called 'babe'."

"Sorry, the sexxers were watching some stupid movie where the main character kept calling his girlfriend babe."

"Sexxers?"

"Dude, when I left, Ted's ass was stuffed with a fleshy pipe called Daniel's dick. They're totally banging, and it's really uncomfortable to be around. Also, I brought your bike back here."

"How? You can't ride."

"I know, I walked it here. It's the least I could do with you trapped here with your parents. Wanna sneak out?"

"No, wanna sneak in?"

"I'm confused."

"I am too, but it's a good confusion. They actually love me, I... I don't think I've felt this happy since the first time you kissed me."

"Woah... So, can I come in? I can't stand being around the others, I'm afraid they're gonna rape me or something. They're way over sexual."

"Yeah, sure. I'm sure my parents will think it's just something cool. Finally, my parents are cool!" I moved out of the way of the window, and he slipped in, but tripped and fell as he landed hard on the floor.

"Well. That woke them up." [Me]

"Sorry..." I helped him up and we crawled into bed together, him beginning to pull off my shirt as the door creaked open.

He hid behind me as dad poked his head in, "Hey, are you okay?"

"Yeah. Seth just fell as he came in through the window."

"Through the... It's Seth- right?" I nodded, assuring him he got the name right, "Seth, why didn't you just come in the front door?"

"I... Uhh... I was already up on the roof? ... That's a valid excuse, right?" He blushed, and his lights flickered a little.

"Certainly better than admitting to how horrible of people your boyfriend's parents are. Again, I'm sorry for what we said that other day, I hope you can forgive us."

"Yeah, it's okay. I... It just freaked me out a little."

"Oh... Again, really sorry. You two behave, and sleep well!" He left the room, pulling the door shut. I felt Seth pull me closer to him, and I rubbed my butt hard into his crotch, grinding it into his boner. He moaned a little, trying to be quiet. He pulled off my shirt, and rolled over to take off his. He pulled my pants down, and even tugged a little on my underwear. I moved his hand away, and he just pulled us closer together, wrapping me in his arms. The heat from the glowing ribbons around his body, which warmed me faster than the blanket, and I fell asleep within minutes, despite my borderline insomnia. It was the best night's sleep I'd had since my parents found out...

I felt Seth shaking my arm, and I turned my head over to see the light beaming through the window. I kissed him, despite the fact that I felt watched. I glanced at the door and realized dad was standing there, wearing a suit and tie.

"So, I'm heading off to work. I assumed you guys probably had more to do at Seth's house, so I'd kinda like to lock up now, if you didn't mind." He was straightening his tie, and fixing his shirt and pants while he spoke. I was confused, simply because electricians don't usually wear suits on the job.

"Wait... why are you wearing a suit?"

"Well, had we not chased you guys off last week, you'd have found out that I work somewhere else. They said it's about ability rather than knowledge, and gave me a chance to try it out. They started me off with making more money than I did before. Expect proper birthday presents this year, Alex."

"Oh... So what's the job?"

"It's civil engineering. They map the ground work for major construction sites like highways, malls, and schools. They did the ground work for Inferno High, and the school here. Which reminds me, there's something called Star's Days at that new school in August, it's registration and such, you need to be there if you want to go."

"Wait, you're not going back to Inferno High?" [Seth]

"I've never been in public school before, I wanted to try it out." [Me]

"Well, don't be surprised at how revolting it is." [Dad]

"Dad, you know it's not gonna be that bad."

"Alex, your dad's right. Public school's awful. Especially when you've got pentagrams all over your body." [Seth]

"Well maybe it'd be better with a boyfriend."

"I doubt that." They spoke at the same time, and it was a little ominous, being that I was sure Seth was terrified, and dad probably felt awkward agreeing with the thing he probably wanted dead.

Dad turned around and started down the stairs, "You guys throw on some clothes, I'm leaving in a couple minutes." I started moving immediately. When dad says "a couple minutes" he usually means somewhere between thirty and sixty seconds. He rarely, if ever, means a couple minutes.

I bolted out of bed, and tossed Seth his clothes, and I think he got the point with how quickly I'd gotten mine on. I glanced at the clock and saw how late it was.

"God, it's one thirty! How did I sleep that long?!" [Me]

"I don't know, you were tired?"

"Not really... At least I didn't feel tired."

"Hm. Odd. So, when's your dad leaving?"

"Probably waiting at the door for us." I spun on my heel and made it downstairs in under a minute, then heard a sound from upstairs. We kinda waited by the door, and dad came down a minute later.

"You guys got ready fast."

"What took you so long?" [Me]

"For once I'm not in a hurry to get to work. The owner's pretty lenient, and I was thinking of staying at work for a later dinner. Should I assume you're gonna be at one of their houses tonight?"

"Yeah, but I think I'll come home tomorrow."

"Sounds great. Come on, let's go." He opened the door and locked it after we left. We passed X's house and were almost to Seth's when we heard someone call from the house next door.

"Hey, are you two Seth and Alex?" We turned to see an elderly, female fox at the door, holding a mug in her hand.

"Uhh... Maybe?" [Seth]

"You know a kid named-" She was cut off by someone calling from inside the house, but I couldn't make out who's voice it was.

"Uhh... Zane wants to see you."

We immediately started for the house, heading up into the first floor, taking note of another god damn basement. The first floor was nothing more than a massive living room with a kitchen and stairs in the back. There was a half-wall dividing the kitchen from the living room, but it provided clear view of the massive TV. The stairs went both up and down, and I saw Zane's magenta and cyan face near the couch. We went over to him and saw his right leg bound in a cast and propped up on a pillow.

"Woah, what happened?" [Seth]

"Car accident. The car hit the passenger side and all but crushed my leg. I'm fine though, the pain meds work and I don't have to go to stupid lessons any more."

"Lessons?" [Me]

"Yeah, I swear to god my aunt was trying to make me into some over creative cretin."

"Right, Ted." [Seth]

I laughed a little when he said this, but Zane looked confused, so I explained, "Ted's super creative. He can play guitar, piano, bass. He can draw, paint, sketch."

"No he can't. What makes you think that?"

"The five guitars and two bass...es... in his room? Maybe the six inch stack of used paper on his desk?" [Seth]

"What about the array of pencils and erasers in his desk drawer? Or the mural of a guy in a trenchcoat on his wall?" [Me]

"Okay, that was based on Protomen's Act II, but still."

"I... Whatever. Where have you guys been? Is this the first time you've come this way or something?" [Zane]

"No... I live next door..." [Seth]

"Are you kidding me? See, that's how little social interaction I've gotten this summer. I haven't even seen Garrick."

"Does Garrick live here?" [Me]

"Yeah, he lives like... over the south hill."

"Well, I think he's been getting just as little social interaction, 'cause we've been going back and forth over that hill since a couple weeks ago and we haven't seen him." [Me]

"Oh... So, is it okay if I come over?"

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" [Seth]

"Seth, I haven't seen or talked to anyone within ten years of our age. I'm coming over."

"Okay..."

Zane grabbed his crutches and hoisted himself off the couch. He grabbed his phone and headed towards the door, waiting for one of us to open it for him. We helped him down the steps, than up the steps into Seth's house. Once inside, we set him up with a pillow and gave him a controller. We played Halo a little bit, using the bullshit game mode they made earlier last year that screws me over with a magnum and they've got fuel rod cannons and infinite ammo. It made things even.

After a while, Daniel and Ted came over, greeted Zane, then Ted vanished outside for a while. We played with four players for about twenty minutes before Ted came back with an arm load of table top games. From then on, we played games like Cosmic Encounter, Sheriff of Nottingham, and King of Tokyo. Zane had to go home around eight, which was a few minutes after Seth's parents got back. We kept playing until around midnight, when we finally agreed it was too late to start another game.

When we went to bed, Daniel tried talking us into sleeping in the same bed, but Seth said they weren't gonna be naked in his bed, so they decided against it. In the morning, I found myself cold and chilled by the set of cyan blue lines that'd formed on Seth's back in the night. I had just so happened to be holding him all night. I rolled over and ruffled my half-frozen fur to try to loosen it up.

When I looked over the edge of the bed, Ted's butt was pulled tightly to Daniel's crotch once again. I got up to head into the bathroom, and kicked Daniel a little in the ass when I walked by, making both of them groan and glare at me. When I came back, Seth had his hand next to the bottle of water on his night stand. The water was freezing through the plastic, and once all of it was a single mass of ice, he broke out some of the ice and chucked it at them. It was enjoyable watching them squirm and try to roll away from it as it landed between them. Obviously, they couldn't get away from the cold since Ted was still holding Daniel's arms, and Daniel was still stuck inside of him.

We laughed as they kept moaning and shifting. Every time one of them moved, it turned the other on, which made them groan and squirm a little. It was an endless cycle that became pitiful to watch after a couple minutes, since their groans became whimpers. I was sure the ice had melted but they were still boning. Daniel groaned unusually loud and stopped moving one time, and Ted repeated the action. I knew what they'd done and felt ashamed for watching them do it. I got up, and Seth followed me out into the main room, and both of us dug our toes into Daniel's butt as we walked by, making him squirm and whimper.

We went into the bathroom, taking another shower together. When we came out, strips of Seth's fur were frozen to his body, while other strips were steaming. After coming out of the bathroom, we meant to lay down on the couch, but found it occupied by Ted and Daniel, who were stretched out and bundled up in sleeping bags and blankets, and I could tell by the odd shape around Ted that they had pillows as well.

I knew that while they were probably naked, they couldn't have been locked together since their heads were at the same level. Daniel was about a foot and half taller than Ted, who was tiny and had no where near enough muscle to compare. Seth jumped on them, landing with his butt in Ted's crotch, and I joined in, mine near Daniel's crotch. They moved their blankets to let us in, and I silently rejoiced to myself that they were at least wearing underwear. Seth's body warmed up the whole blanket, even if the ice melted and soaked us a little. The heat was so evident it was putting me to sleep when Seth's dad brought us a single platter, with enough pancakes for all of us, handing us all forks. We ate from the same plate, and I felt like my love for the others was going to slaughter my heart or break my rib cage some how.

Once finished, we set the plate aside, and I rolled over to lay my head on someone's arm and fall asleep. I knew right away it wasn't Seth's because it wasn't so unfathomably soft, but it wasn't the short, coarse hair of Daniel. I figured it was Ted, and snuggled up anyways. They turned on the TV and watched some stupid cartoon and I just let myself drift off to sleep, held by the three people I loved the most...