Such A Wonderful Day, Not

[Runako Xanthias Bachur]

He nodded, smiling kindly at his new comrade as the handshake was accepted. A firm handshake was enough to impress him, but he suddenly felt somewhat sorry for the fellow, now that he was married. He probably didn’t have any time to himself or even to his own friends now that he was in a holy union, or something like that. He listened as Nako agreed to keeping the place a secret, and then he gave the young man a wink. “Good, then.” He chuckled softly and allowed Jacob to ramble, listening all the same and being amused about it. He watched as Jacob flung his arm around Damon’s shoulder.

“Well, I’m sure Rebekah wouldn’t mind your hanging out with friends every now and then, right? I mean, you got to have fun at times. You could tell her something like that.” He frowned. “But honestly, if she isn’t going to be nice to you and let you be yourself, eh… I don’t know.” He shrugged but let it pass by letting his dazzling smile return. “Sure, you can come in. You just got to do something, say something, and make a pact so that we know we can trust you.” He would’ve snickered if he could, but he had a serious expression on his face. Part of him felt that Jacob would be happy of his idea, but he wasn’t entirely sure about that. After all, he didn’t exactly have Jacob do some kind of initiation to know about his clubhouse. “But honestly, you can’t tell anyone.” He was serious about that, of course, but hadn’t said anything else about his idea of an initiation. He wanted Damon to seriously fall for it so that his plan could work.

[Sly Cooper]

Out of nervous habit, Damon rubbed the back of his ear. “I don’t think Rebekah likes me as—myself. She gets mad at me a lot when I be me.” He frowned, and looked away like he would.

“Aw,” Jacob reached up and lifted his chin, “I doubt that’s what it is she’s mad about. Women are always angry.” But in his head he was thinking about how he could treat the young man better, not that it could take much.

“I have to make a pact and stuff?”

Jacob turned and raised an eyebrow. He knew the other had something planned, but he wasn’t sure what. He certainly didn’t do anything of the sort, and it had him a little worried. “Right—a—pact. Now lets get to it, before Rebekah find us standing in the street—or worse—Sunshine.” He grabbed his old companion by the wrist and led him.

[Runako Xanthias Bachur]

Nako somewhat understood what Damon had meant. If he was truly himself many probably wouldn’t like him, so he had to pretend to be something that he really wasn’t just to please everyone to an extent. At least when he was alone, or now that he had Jacob, he could be himself, in a sense. But Damon probably had it bad, since he was married and all, and if his wife wanted him a certain way… That just made Nako decide against ever having a wife even more. But he needed to continue his line in case he couldn’t get out of Gatlin. But of course, that was another story for later. At this point, he just watched as Jacob and Nako shared some more words, and nodded at Damon’s inquiry.

“Yes,” said the cunning teenager as he smirked at the twosome. It seemed really good, them being together. Perhaps they would have that someday, if they managed to get out of Gatlin. But of course, he wouldn’t say anything about it. He wasn’t sure exactly how these two would feel about this town, nor even the idea of actually leaving at all. He remembered that someone tried to escape a few years ago but he had been killed just because of that. He couldn’t feel sorry for the little kid, though, as he was more occupied with his forming plan as he started for the apartment and then headed up the stairs, making sure to lock them behind him.

“Don’t worry, we aren’t kidnapping you,” he joked as he glanced at Damon before pulling down the attic. “Go on up, you first.” He said calmly as he patted Damon on the shoulder lightly and then urged Jacob in next. He would follow close behind, pull up the stairs along with the string, and then latched the door shut once again. He glanced around the attic, headed over to the window and adjusted the sheet so that it was harder to see inside, although they were at least six stories high. He was glad they had managed to get up here, all three of them, without any difficulty or anyone seeing them. “All right, then. So… You know about the place, dude. Now it’s time for you to make the pact.” He smirked, but waited to see how they would react.

[Sly Cooper]

The two of them were being pushed along. Up into the apartment occasionally one of them would say something trying to make conversation, usually Damon, to fill the silence. “So—since we’re sharing secrets and all—I” his cheeks turned bright red, “I never consummated the thing.”

Jacob looked at him strangely and dropped the subject, “Right—“ Another uncomfortable silence before Nako urged Damon in first and then Jacob directly after him.

Damon looked around, his blue eyes widened, and his inner child came out to play. “This is so cool! I love clubhouses. When I was little I used to make clubhouse, but they weren’t very good—they would inevitably fall down.”

“Yes I know. I was there for that.” He chuckled lightly, and urged him to sit down. He pushed down on the other young man’s shoulders till he sat down, then plopped himself next to him. “So now what Nako?” Damon was still to busy soaking it in.

[Runako Xanthias Bachur]

He was surprised upon hearing that part about never consummating something. He didn’t exactly know what it had meant, nor did he ask about it because it seemed like it was something personal between Jacob and Damon. He smirked as they went up into the attic, although an awkward silence had followed for the time being until he had entered in there. He nodded his gratitude and chuckled softly when Damon was in awe with his clubhouse. “My first ones did fall, too. But I’ve been practicing at them a while and I got a few good ones around the town. Don’t tell anyone that, I don’t want them thinking they can just come and break my stuff down.” He said as he leaned against the dresser where he had hidden the picture.

“Well, I know Jacob likes to draw.” He smiled, “He’s a really good artist, dude.” Now Jacob had asked him what. “Hmm,” he said calmly as he put a finger up to his chin. “Well, I had Jacob do a pact so that I know I could trust him with my secret, about the clubhouses at least. Especially this one because it’s the one I spend most of my time in if I can help it.” He looked out the window once more, having gone up to it, but kept his distance so that the shape of his face wouldn’t be obvious. Then he turned to them with a huge, evil grin on his face. “Well, there are three things you would have to do, Damon. If you don’t do any of them, I will have no choice but to kick you out but not before I cut out your tongue.” Of course, that part he wasn’t really serious about but he needed to make sure that Damon would be scared enough.

“First. You and Jacob need to kiss each other. French kissing.” He smirked at them as he watched for their reactions. “You have to kiss for…” He paused to think, “Three minutes. No! Five minutes, you have to French kiss. Tongue and all.” He pondered as to the second thing. “How old are you, Damon?” He asked calmly but continued to the next part of the pact. “Then you need to take each other’s clothes off,” said the teenager, trying not to crack up because he was more than certain their reactions would be funny enough. “If you do that, I’ll feel pretty confident that you can keep a secret, Damon. Now for the last part… You should pose with me for Jacob.” He smirked, looking across at Jacob. After all, that idea Jacob did suggest, in a way.

[Sly Cooper]

Damon’s pale blue eyes widened at the idea of getting his tongue cut out. After all he was sure that Rebekah would get mad at him if he did get it cut out. He wasn’t sure why but he knew she would. He gulped and covered his mouth. Jacob of course rolled his eyes the entire time. But once Nako began to tell him what he needed to do, Jacob’s expression matched his friend’s. “You want him to what?” he exclaimed, his cheeks burning red.

Damon was a little iffy on the matter. So far all the instructions were things he hadn’t even done with Rebekah yet. He looked down in his lap, where he was twiddling his thumbs, then looked at Jacob, then at Nako, then back to Jacob. He gulped, scared and timid as always. He bent in close to his companion, who wasn’t cooperating. “Do you want me to get my tongue cut out?”

“No, but this is ridiculous.” Jacob crossed his arms and wouldn’t budge.

So instead, Damon was a little more forceful, he got closer and pressed his lips against the other young man’s lips. And of course he loosened up and melted like liquid. This time Damon didn’t pull away and apologize. This time he didn’t run off and leave him there feeling rejected. So even though he was peeved at Nako at first, he became thankful.

The twosome positioned themselves more comfortably and continued on. Damon, foolishly did what the lad had told him to do. But it felt natural, so it wasn’t too big of a deal. The dread was put aside and so on and so forth. Then after their time was up, the both of them came back. They both turned bright red, mostly because they didn’t just enjoy themselves, but they made out in front of Nako, and then stripped down. Granted it was needed for the pact. “s-so—“ Damon started off stuttering bashfully. “I—guess this is where—I am—supposed to pose naked with you—“ he pointed at Nako, “For Jacob. That’s the easy part.”

Meanwhile, Jacob's heart fluttered slightly, his head was in the clouds, and a huge grin covered his face.

[Runako Xanthias Bachur]

He just shrugged but was grinning out of amusement at his comrades. Even though Jacob had tried to ask him exactly what, Nako didn’t say anything. He simply stood there, arms folded, and watched as they started to make out, noticing that Damon was more willing than Jacob. He scoffed softly but they would’ve not heard him. They seemed to be so into each other within the next moment that Nako couldn’t help but blush a little at the sight of them. Five minutes had passed and then he watched as they took off each other’s clothes. He tried not to giggle, as he didn’t think that part of the pact was really necessary nor that they would actually do it.

He looked at Damon as the poor fellow started stuttering. He started to snicker, feeling rather sorry for his new friend to be so bashful. But he just stood there, tilted his head to the side, and then shrugged. “Yes, you are to pose with me.” He glanced across at Jacob but it seemed like that he was in another universe, and he couldn’t help it now. He started to laugh but cut it short before collecting his cool. “Let’s see what Jacob has in his mind about this particular pose we would have to share.” He smirked as he watched their older friend carefully, waiting for a response from him.

[Sly Cooper]

Nako had asked Jacob about a pose, but he was busy not listening. He grinned, ran his fingers across his lips then grinned wider. Damon nudged him, “Oh—uh—I don’t know. It’s his pact I’ll let him decide I guess.”

Damon brought his knees to his chest and wrapped his arms around his legs, covering up as much of himself as he could. He looked up at the other to see what he had to say since Jacob wasn’t being very helpful. “He says—your pick.” He was honestly a little anxious to know what he was going to say, after all the rest of the pact seemed a little over the top, but he was grateful it was at least Jacob of all people. But then it got the wheels turning gin his head. If that’s what he had to do—what is it that Jacob had to do. Suddenly he grew more uncomfortable with the idea. “Jake—What is it you had to do? You know—for the pact.”

Jacob, still stuck on the few past events, took him a while to figure out what was going on. “Oh—uh—“ He looked at Nako to see if he should tell him there wasn’t really any pact or not—but then again--

[Runako Xanthias Bachur]

Nako forced himself to be serious now, as he watched and listened for Jacob’s answer. But he was right, Jacob was not here when he was in person. At least that was the best way to describe it, although confusing. When Jacob had come to, for apparently a really short time, he had left it up to Nako, who was more than obliged to take it up and carry on with the pact. “Hmm,” he said as he stood up straight, having been leaning on the dresser the whole time, and then shrugged lightly as he put a finger up to his chin to think. He nodded as Damon confirmed it being his choice. “Well, I was hoping Jacob had an idea or two.” He smirked at the other.

“Well, I got an idea, though.” At this point, Damon had asked what Jacob had needed to do for the pact, and he saw the look that his good kissable friend had just given him. He smirked but gave his fellow a wink before continuing. “Pretty much the same thing, except he had to kiss me and he had to get naked.” He shrugged. “I let him off easy since he‘s like the second person to know about this place, me being the first, but I figured I needed to test him some more so that’s part of the reason why I had him involved in your pact, too.” He looked across, glancing out the window, before turning to the other two. “Well, my idea was that you and I would have to hug each other, looking like we’re about to kiss, while he’s drawing that. But… I don’t know if he would want me naked or not… I’ve never actually been naked in front of anyone else for all of my life. Well, except for when I was two and running around naked around the house.”

[Sly Cooper]

Jacob had to kiss Nako and get naked. Damon’s Initial thought was, what is with all the kissing and getting naked, but then he thought of all the boys in the communal home that would do pretty much the same things, usually because they were involved in a ‘truth or dare’ or were just weird. He shrugged that off, but then a small part of him was disturbed. Not because they were both boys, not because they were almost perfect strangers that met all but a few hours ago, but he was disturbed because he found that he was a little jealous. But then he figured that was ridiculous, after all there was no reason to be, and then forced himself to think he wasn’t jealous.

So he listened intently to Nako again. “You want me to what—“ At first he was slightly freaked, but he gulped that one down like he did most things, “I mean—Naked—and—touching— I mean—you don’t think there’s been enough of that?” He curled himself up tighter. “I mean—yeah okay.” He looked to Jacob to see if he would say something along of the lines, hey no! you don’t need to be naked. But instead He just nodded his head in agreement. He had posed naked before, but no with anyone. He leaned over and whispered in Jacob’s ear.

Jacob came back to earth, and cupped Damon’s cheek and whispered back, “It’ll be fine, trust me.” He then nudged him to get up, “Go on and get positioned for me. I’ll be quick alright. Just for you.”

He obediently got up and streaked over to the spot the stool had been sitting. He stood, bright red in the face, waiting for Nako.

[Runako Xanthias Bachur]

He watched their expressions carefully, very amused by now as he grinned from ear to ear. He stifled his laughter when he noticed Damon’s reaction, being freaked out by what Nako had just recommended that particular pose. He shook his head, “We haven’t even done any touching, pretty much.” All they had actually done was just a lot of kissing and stripping, but never anything skin to skin. He wondered how he would feel about that, though, so he was partially nervous. But hey, if he was making Jacob happy enough, he knew he could be happy as well. He watched as Jacob coaxed Damon before streaking over to his drawing spot. Nako nodded with a smirk as he started making his way over to Damon.

Of course, he didn’t stop to remove any articles of his clothing because, after all, Jacob hadn’t exactly said whether he wanted Nako naked or not. The teenager was trying to make it seem like it would’ve been his first being naked, and of course, his blushing that he wasn’t really controlling was definitely helping in the long run. This would’ve been the second time he had been naked in front of Jacob, but the first time being naked or even being that close to another naked person that he had just met not long ago. “So,” Nako started as he reached Damon, “Should I stand behind him and hug him from behind or stand at his side, or should we be like facing each other?” He was by now looking at Jacob, hoping that Jacob would have a pose in mind as he wasn’t exactly sure what to do. But inside, he was laughing, although on the outside he was looking a little bit confused. Of course, he was, after all. He just stood there and waited to Jacob to respond.

[Sly Cooper]

Jacob had thought about it. It would make both of his friends uncomfortable, but on the other hand Nako seemed to want it, and it was easier to get the positioning right when they were naked. “Yeah get naked.” He waited a moment for him to strip before instructing farther, “I want you face to face.”

The color left Damon’s face. He looked to Jacob then at Nako, waiting for him to move since he himself was frozen in place.

“And try and make it look semi-believable.” Even if doing such a think may lead to jealousy on Jacob’s part, but he knew if that was the case he had no one to blame but himself. He rubbed his chin and stared, waited for his reference to place themselves before he put the pair of glasses on and studied them. His pen began to run across the paper.

“Jake—“ Damon’s pale blue yes were wide, “This is very awkward.”

A simple smile stretched across Jacob’s face, and he chuckled. “You know—Even when most people are thinking it they don’t say it.” The look of concentration was more intense then ever.

“Sorry—“

[Runako Xanthias Bachur]

Nako was reluctant, of course, or rather acting like it. But to be honest, he was quite hesitant, reaching into his tight pockets as he glanced at Jacob awkwardly, his face slowly turning red. He kept shifting his gaze back and forth between the other two, but had started by now to remove his nightgown and then proceeded to take off the rest of his attire. Now that he was in the buff, he would stand in a way where his private area would be covered by his hands but in a casual way. Well, if one could call it casual when they were being shy.

He shifted his body across to Damon’s and basically put up an arm around Damon’s shoulders. He studied the other’s face quite closely. He knew that his new friend was finding this uncomfortable, but it was part of the make-believe pact. He came up with that pact mainly for Jacob and also for his own security, and so he was quite proud of it. He just didn’t think before he had given away the third part of the pact, very carefully at least. But then again, he was mostly happy than disappointed, now that he had seen Jacob naked, but also Damon. “I know how we can make it very believable…” He smirked as he reached up and grabbed Damon’s mouth lightly just as the young man had started to apologize, while keeping his own body away from Damon's so that he wouldn't feel any more awkward.

He applied pressure to open Damon’s mouth and then leaned in for the French kiss. He knew he said that they were supposed to look like they were about to kiss, but honestly, it wouldn’t be believable if they were just staring at each other with open mouths. But it was only for a moment before Nako pulled away, but even then only to ask Jacob if their poses were okay. “Well, are we posing well?” He smirked as he glanced across as Jacob. He did feel that it was kind of awkward, and a little bit guilty since he was somewhat certain that Jacob liked Damon, quite a lot. Probably even more than Nako himself.

[Sly Cooper]

At first Damon’s jaw tensed when the other young man went to pry it open, but once he realized what he was trying to do he opened up a bit. But before he knew it he was being kissed tongue in all. A small squeak escaped from his throat. Partly he was surprised, but he was also uncomfortable.

Jacob’s dark eyes widened. Somehow out of everything, he was surprised, be trying to be professional, he quickly wiped the look of dismay off his face. “Erm—yeah that’s great. Al—although Damon—could you reach out and grab his waist.”

Damon nodded his head once, then reached out. His hands were cold to the touch, and they quaked slightly. “Sorry,” he apologized to the young man standing in front of him.

[Runako Xanthias Bachur]

He did find that Damon was attempting at first to fight the attempt to force open his mouth, but at least he had given in. He heard the squeak, but because he had been kissing he couldn’t burst out laughing. So instead, he just giggled a little before he had moved away and had asked Jacob about their posing. He saw that Jacob’s eyes were wide, and just snickered at that. But of course, part of him was pretty uncomfortable with this whole ordeal, but either way his plan to make Jacob happy was working and that made him happy as well. He just hoped Damon wouldn’t do anything stupid.

But he was very unnerved when he found that Damon was asked to put his hands on his waist, where his hips. Standing still like a statue, just hoping to somewhat fade into the background at the sound of that, he didn’t do or say anything. Once he felt Damon’s cold touch, though, he jumped almost a foot up in the air. “Whoa! Your hands are freezing! And I mean freezing! Are you sure you’re alive?” He reached forward and pinched Damon’s shoulder to see if he would hurt. But he soon got over the cold and just made his way back into the pose, placing one hand on Damon’s shoulder but wrapping his other arm around Damon’s waist firmly. “Just calm down, it’ll be over soon. I hope.” He waited for Damon to start the kissing, though, since he was basically up in the clouds at this point.