Such A Wonderful Day, Not

[Runako Xanthias Bachur]

He had sat down for the time being as Jacob started to scribble away on the first sheet of paper. He would simply watch the pen move, but soon find his eyes moving up and down along Jacob’s person from head to toe, as if admiring his new friend. He quickly shook his head, surprised as how he had almost given himself away, in a sense, and blinked several times before glancing around the room. It was then that he realized his stank was starting to be noticeable, and so he stood up, reaching into a top drawer and pulled out some clothes. “I will be back in a few,” he said quickly as he headed for the attic door. “Lock the door behind me, I will knock four times so you’ll know it’s me.” At least he could have some privacy, possibly.

With that, he unlocked the doors, and then let the stairs roll down before descending them. “I need a shower, so I will be back in a few minutes, all right?” He glanced back repeating his expected return again. While he was down in the shower, Jacob had continued to draw a face, and upon his return he had found that his friend was done. His dirty clothes had been left behind to soak in the sink which was filled with soapy water, but he was wearing a new set of clothes, consisting of a white nightgown over short denim jeans over a pair of green boxers, fresh ones at that, and his hair was rather wet, almost sticking to his forehead. "Sorry about that, I was shaving my legs." He shook his head sending droplets of water in various directions, but being careful not to soak the drawing. He looked at it and was awed by Jacob’s skill. “Wow, this is really good,” said the teenager as he glanced up at the other with a grin.

[Sly Cooper]

He waited a couple of moments for the other boy to leave, then set his work down momentarily to lock the door behind him, like he had asked. He went back to his sketch till he heard the knock knock knock knocking on the door. By this point he was done with the drawing, and was just staring at it. He got up and let him in like he had asked.

Sorry bout that, I was shaving my legs. What a peculiar statement Jacob thought about that for a moment. It seemed weird, especially since the last person he could think of that actually said they had shaved their legs was Sunshine. He wrote it off as a joke, or just a personal preference of some sort. After all, what was it to him what Nako did or didn’t do. He then rubbed his chin marveling at his work. “Glad you like it. Have it if you want,” he handed the paper to the other.

[Runako Xanthias Bachur]

He was glad that Jacob had listened to him and that he had been let in according to plan. With a smile, he returned to the clubhouse and crawled under it to rejoin his friend, and while admiring the drawing Jacob had offered it to him. “Well, thanks… But I don’t know who this is.” He shrugged as he tried to hand it back, “I think you’d like to keep it, maybe show your friend when you get a chance to.” He grinned as he leaned back against the wall, putting his hands behind his head.

“So do you like it here?” He asked after a moment of silence. “I mean, here in the attic? My clubhouse might not be the best, but I got better ones out there around town.” He grinned, full of pride at his work. “I just need a few more things here and there and then this one could be better off.” He shrugged and then glanced across at Jacob. “Do you want to try and draw me?” He asked after a moment, although his face turned red a bit. It did sound a bit odd, asking for someone to draw him, but he was trying to be nice.

[Sly Cooper]

“Right—“ Jacob let it leave his head for a moment that not everyone was obsessed with Damon, the way he was, and even at that, Damon was known as ‘that kid that no one notices.’ Which of course at that a small giggle let lose. He set the picture aside, knowing full well that he wouldn’t show his friend like Nako had suggested. He then stretched and yawned, then flopped over onto his stomach with a face full of pillow. “I like it. It’s comfy. It’s warm. It’s not the communal home.”

His new companion was asking him to draw him. At first he wasn’t sure what to say. He noticed the other boy’s cheeks turning red, and he grinned. “Yeah, if you don’t mind. I heard, it feels weird at first but then you get used to it. It’s really not that big of a deal. But if you’re really that uncomfortable with it—“

[Runako Xanthias Bachur]

“You were saying something about that a while back, the communal home. About kids running around naked and screaming profanities… It’s one reason why I don’t sleep there much, another reason is that I don’t know anyone well.” He shrugged it off as he looked up at the attic door. He had made sure it was locked and all before coming here, but he needed to make sure just by looking at it. The latches were all latched, the string was pulled up into the attic and coiled together so that no one could try to pull down the door violently. Even though the string would more than likely snap apart, but Nako wanted the string to stay intact so he could get back up in here if he needed to.

He glanced back at Jacob just as the other started to speak. He quickly interrupted his friend as he shook his head with a kind smile, “No, no, I wouldn’t really mind. You never know if you’d like something unless you try it, after all.” He gave the other a quick wink before getting up and brushing the dust off his clothing. “So, um, how do you want me to pose? I mean, what do you want me to do?” He wasn’t sure how to ask, so he would just leave all the describing, the detailing, the bossing around, to Jacob. Although he was slightly uncomfortable, he felt that this would be a good thing for him to try and knew that if he liked it he would become more comfortable with it.

[Sly Cooper]

Jacob began to picture things in his head, like he would often do before drawing anything. “Alright, how about you sit up, your feet kind of close to you so that your knees are up a bit. And then put one hand rested on you head,” he posed briefly for an example, “Like this. Then put the other arm rested on your knee.” He picked the pen back up and shook it. “You think you can do that?”

A slight devious grin slowly emerged on his face. “Alright, where do I start.—“ he was joking around. He knew to start with the basic frame and move on from there. “So—Do you welcome people this easily all the time?”

[Runako Xanthias Bachur]

Well, Nako was certainly confused. Jacob was explaining to him how he should pose, and when he realized he would need to sit down for this particular drawing, he started to look around and found his old stool hiding in a corner. He dragged it out and placed it by the window so there would be good light. He had seen paintings and pictures where there was always a presentable amount of light by the subject, in particular models. He chuckled at the thought of that, him being a model. It would be temporary, of course, but he wouldn’t mind helping out a friend here and there.

He watched as Jacob showed him how to pose with his hand on his head, and so copied it as he sat down on the stool, placing one foot on the middle bar and the other on the bottom. He placed his arm on his higher knee letting his hand hang over at the edge. “How’s this?” He asked calmly, although he was feeling a bit awkward. But he was starting to think that this was fun, so smiled kindly to let the other know he was not going to back down just because of it being awkward. He shrugged gently as he smirked at the other for being a joker. “Hmm, not always. Most people I do welcome if they are nice to me. Others, not so much. I think only you would know of my clubhouse, plus a select two or three that I trust. A lot.”

[Sly Cooper]

"I only trust a couple of people. Damon being my number one of course--” Jacob let that one drop. "I want to trust more people, but--" He bit his lower lip looking at the other closely, examining him. "No--" He went over and grabbed his hand, then moved it exactly, and I mean exactly, where he wanted it. "There that should do it." With the pen in hand and a strait face, he spoke quietly “Okay, now I need you to get naked.” Of course he cracked up afterwards. “I’m just kidding. I have done nudes—I may even have them around somewhere, but I’m sure you’re not interested.” He shrugged, beginning to sketch with the pen lightly. “Plus I don’t think Damon would be too happy if I made those public.” He chuckled at the thought. “Sorry I keep bringing him up. I forget most people don’t notice him and in turn don’t know who the hell he is.”

[Runako Xanthias Bachur]

He nodded to show that he understood, somewhat. Of course, once again that name was mentioned. Part of him felt that it was somewhat familiar, but the other part felt that he had never even heard of the name. Certainly, his new friend did talk about him quite a bit, but he didn’t say anything about it at the time. He watched as Jacob apparently stared at him, and then went, to his surprise, to position Nako to the pose that Jacob was looking. Nako would’ve been blushing, but he was getting used to things being awkward by now. What set him off blushing was the comment of Jacob’s need for Nako to go naked. A moment of silence had passed, and then Nako had reached up to his collar and started lifting it just as soon as Jacob started to laugh.

Nako, blushing, chuckled with a slight roll of his eyes as he released his nightgown, pleased that the other was just joking, although things had been more awkward than necessary for the past moment or so. “Hmm,” said the teenager as he listened to Jacob, and he simply shrugged in response, adding, “I wouldn’t really mind… If you could make me look handsome and maybe if you didn’t show the drawing to anyone else… I think it’s kind of cool that you can draw nudes, though.” He chuckled nervously before realizing that once more Jacob had mentioned this Damon again. “No, no, who’s Damon? Sounds like you two are really close. Have you drawn him before? Draw him naked?” He smirked, just to try and tease his friend a bit. It was his turn, in his opinion, to try and make Jacob feel awkward or at least make him blush.

[Sly Cooper]

Jacob listened to Nako’s ‘requests’. “I can make anyone look good if I tried. But you want handsome—it’s not hard when you’re working with something that is—what do you say—attractive—yes.” His pen continued to move, till he got a little frustrated and shook it angrily. “One really nice thing about nudes is that you can see so much more of the human body works—If you understand that.” He squinted his eyes and stared at the other more closely. Then Nako foolishly asked about Damon. Jacob grinned eagerly. If there was one thing that he could go on for hours that wasn’t his artwork of course, was Damon. “You want to know—well—we are really close. He’s my best friend. Known him since he first moved to Gatlin. He poses for me frequently, including naked, which is awesome!” Jacob blinked realizing what he had said—if taken wrong—or right depending how you look at it, that could come across as being semi-homosexual. “I mean—he’s a really good reference to work from—and—“

[Runako Xanthias Bachur]

He nodded, impressed by Jacob’s explanation, or rather, bragging. In a sense, it was all good, and he was starting to feel comfortable. If his friend was confident enough to draw naked people well, then Nako actually didn’t see any need to not be so confident about how he looked. He did blush, just slightly, upon thinking at first that Jacob had just told him that he was attractive, but thought against it quickly. Before he had asked about Damon, he had listened as Jacob finished explaining how the naked body worked better for drawing, or something like that, and then had said calmly, “Well… I guess, if you want me naked… You can just tell me and I won’t mind it, then. I’m sure you can draw me well, clothed or not.” He smiled kindly and then asked about Damon. He noticed how Jacob kept squinting at him, so added quickly, “There’s a pair of glasses in the drawer where I got those papers from. Maybe you can use them.”

He smirked, even more impressed that his friend wasn’t so shy now that he was talking about this Damon. It seemed that this teenager knew the other quite well, and he simply chuckled as he found that he did draw Damon naked, but raised an eyebrow at the sudden exclamation about it being awesome. “Hmm,” he said calmly as he examined Jacob carefully, but didn’t say anything else. “Well, you got me to draw now, I’m sure Damon wouldn’t mind you having another good reference to work with, if you think I’m good, that is.” He chuckled a bit. All that time, he had been able to maintain his pose quite well, except for only a few seconds when he needed to scratch his itchy nose. But something was a bit fishy about his friend, and Nako knew it. He just couldn’t figure out just what it was.

[Sly Cooper]

“Erm—well you don’t have to get naked. I don’t usually draw nudes. It’s good to draw naked, but then you miss out with all the folds and wrinkles that clothes bring you. So really, it’s a win win either way.” He smiled, still squinting, when he was offered a pair of glasses. He then swiftly got up and put opened the drawer, where he got out the pair of glasses. After putting on the glassed, suddenly close objects became much clearer.

Jacob sat back down and picked the paper and pen back up. He got quiet after his explanation of Damon. But then the other boy offered to pose naked for him as well. Although it wasn’t Damon, which was Jacob’s favorite subject, he thought it could be nice to have someone else to draw. “Yeah, you’re a good subject. You become better the more you do it too. So, you would be great. If it’s something you like to do. I would be grateful.”

[Runako Xanthias Bachur]

He was somewhat relieved that he didn’t need to get naked, so he just remained quiet while Jacob went and retrieved the glasses. “Better now?” He smiled as he looked across and noticed the pair of glasses hanging on Jacob’s nose, pleased that his friend could see better now, as it was pretty obvious from the way Jacob was acting. He did notice the silence that had followed their short conversation about Damon, and nodded in agreement with Jacob’s statement. Until he realized that Jacob had misunderstood him by thinking he had offered to pose naked in Damon’s place. At first, Nako had hesitated, watching his friend closely.

It did seem like his friend would be glad to have another person to draw naked, so he didn’t want to upset his friend. He knew it would be awkward, that he would be at first uncomfortable, but Jacob was right. The more he would do it, the sooner he would get used to it, meaning he would be more comfortable in no time at all. “Well, if you’re sure,” he said calmly as he reached up to his collar and started lifting his nightgown over his head. The nightgown fell to the floor as Nako stood up off the stool and started unbuttoning his shorts before letting them fall to the floor as well. “Boxers, too?” He asked as he placed his thumbs inside his underwear, ready to take it off if needed, but he didn’t let Jacob answer as he let them, too, fall to the floor.

It was a bit cold in here but it was more warm. Nako was happy that he had warmed up the stool before sitting back on it, as he realized that part of it was cold to the touch. “Ha… This is pretty awkward. It feels really weird.” He said as he glanced away, trying to avert his friend’s eyes. “I’ve never even taken my shirt off in front of anyone else…” His face was red, but it would soon pass, of course. At least he hoped it would. He posed again, but he didn’t strike the pose that Jacob had wanted at first, just a little close to it. “Am I posing right?”

[Sly Cooper]

The pair of glasses sat on the end of his nose. When he would look down at the paper he would look through the lenses, but when he would look up he would peer over them entirely. Sometimes, he wouldn’t look down while he was working, and other times he wouldn’t look up. It would be for minutes at a time, without as much as a glance. It was during this time that the other boy had started to take off his clothing. Jacob, to into his sketch, didn’t notice at first till he looked up and there he was in his boxers. His eyes widened for a brief moment and then he got a quizzical look on his face.

He had been asked if those too should be removed, but in pure shook, he didn’t say a word, but that was alright, because they came off too. But then it passed, “You honestly didn’t have to get naked at all.” He chuckled quietly. “I figured it being the first time you and I have actually met I wouldn’t go there yet.” As the other sat down, he skimmed over him, then back down at the paper, then back at him, and continued this for a while. “So—if you never so much as take your shirt off then why—Why get naked?” Once again, he chuckled, and then even harder when he saw his cheek turn red.

He looked back and forth between his reference and his sketch. “No—no—“ He got up and went over to Nako. He grabbed him like he did before, with no hesitation, and moved him where he needed to be. Despite him being a teen aged boy, he was professional about it, that and it was just in Jacob’s nature to never get nervous.

[Runako Xanthias Bachur]

Nako realized by now upon seeing the surprise on his comrade’s face that he wasn’t supposed to really be naked. He blushed even more than he could upon discovering his stupidity, but he didn’t move to retrieve his clothes. If he was already naked, he might as well stay naked long enough. But of course, if he needed to be dressed, he wouldn’t mind putting his clothes back on if Jacob asked. “I, um, well, eh, I…” He stammered, trying to find a good explanation, and finally in the end, he simply shrugged. “I guess we misunderstood each other, then, ha,” he chuckled, amused at how a simple misunderstanding led to an awkward moment or two. He wasn’t sure how to answer the other’s question, “Well… I’m already naked, so might as well get on with it, right?” He had started to try and pose again.

When Jacob had come up to him, he was blushing quite a bit again. Especially now that the other was pretty much putting his bare hands on his bare body positioning him. He just let out an embarrassed scoff but smiled kindly at the other. It did feel somewhat good to have this handsome fellow moving him around, yet it felt pretty awkward as well. But Jacob seemed to know what he was doing, and so Nako decided to just put his trust in this young man. He was watching the man carefully, allowing himself to be moved to the pose Jacob had wanted in the first place, but found his eyes soon studying that face, as if he was instead the artist and Jacob the model. His eyes were pretty, his hair seemed so soft that he wanted to touch it but he didn’t move. His lips caused his own mouth to water just so slightly. All of a sudden, he found himself leaning forward to where their lips would literally touch and found his tongue sliding across Jacob’s lips. An impulse had caused him to pull some kind of basic French kiss, but Nako caught himself in time, with very wide eyes, and pulled himself back in a split second. His face was now furiously red. “Um, um, um… I…” He stammered, too confused and not certain what to say. “I…”