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Black and White - 4
by Sky Unending (skyunending@yahoo.com)

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Black and White episode 3. (MM, fantasy, rom)

***

Author's Note: Hey everyone! Back here with the third 
episode. This one took a lot of time to write, and it 
is a lengthy one. Just hope you all enjoy it.

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Episode 3


In the Kingdom of Light, far away from the material 
plane, White opened his eyes awakening from a deep 
slumber. He was immediately surprised at the form of a 
woman angel bending over his body as he lay. Frigeria 
was still there? How long had she been there healing 
him? 

The beautiful form of the raven haired angel turned her 
attention towards her Emperor. "Finally the white angel 
Witenhoem rises." Her voice reverberated as the tinker 
of muted bells across the chamber in which White lay.

"Frigeria, how long have you been healing me?" White 
was slowly trying to raise himself and Frigeria helped 
him in the task. His colossal wings opened up as he sat 
upright. He still felt enervated, but all the pain had 
vanished. There was no longer a single bruise on his 
body.

"I have been healing you but two nights. The wounds of 
battle you possessed were of a draconian nature."

"Yes," White grunted as he sat himself upright. "I was 
led into a battle with a small child; the kind that was 
the son of the devil himself."

Frigeria nodded her head in understanding. "So it was 
Pi that you fought. I reckoned as much when you 
appeared and collapsed onto your throne. My fear knew 
no bounds when I saw the injuries you bore and the icy 
shards embedded deep within you. Even your wings were 
torn and ragged. I almost thought that we had lost our 
ruler!"

White smiled at the worry expressed by the greatest 
healer in the Kingdom of Light. "Fear not Frigeria, it 
will take more than a chimerical creature to conquer 
me. I returned to you with wounds of a draconian nature 
you say, Pi did not return to the Kingdom of Void at 
all."

"So he was defeated." Frigeria took a deep breath 
absorbing the news.

"Defeated and destroyed." 

"And yet, the involvement of Pi suggests that the 
Empress herself is involved in this matter of the 
Alchemist."

"Indeed it does, all the more reason for me to hasten 
and reach the Alchemist."

~~~

In the Kingdom of Void also far away from the material 
plane, another angel albeit a dark one, was crouched in 
reverence under his ruler. The undersized ruler shook 
her head from side to side, her golden yellow tresses, 
which reached all the way to the ground, swaying as she 
did.

"He is not yet ready," she stated. "The alchemist will 
not lend us the use of his powers in his current 
state."

The doughty black angel lifted his gaze to meet the 
eyes of his mistress.

"And in fact," the Empress continued, "It might be 
quite some time before the Alchemist will be prepared. 
You Arangyunus, will have to keep wooing him till he 
reaches that stage."

Black nodded understandingly. This task was proving to 
be diabolically difficult. The dark Seraph had been 
putting in all his efforts for four continuous days and 
the mistress only stated that converting the Alchemist 
would take much more time. Black had been constantly 
endeavoring, and in the process had lost himself 
several times, lost his finesse and he was feeling like 
he was losing himself now. He felt as if the young boy 
was gradually pulling the ground from beneath him 
rather than the other way round. 

But this was no time to founder, and certainly not the 
time to possess a weak mind. The most important task he 
had ever been bestowed was upon him, and he would have 
to complete it consummately. 

"I understand," The dark seraph finally whispered back.

"Slowly poison his mind. Seduce every pore of him. 
Completely overwhelm him with yourself. And when he is 
ready to do any task you ask of him, it is then that he 
will be ready." Having lost her pet, the Empress was 
more determined than ever to thrall the Alchemist. The 
Alchemist would grant her the ability to extirpate all 
her enemies, and one in particular; one that would 
allow her to exact sweet revenge for the death of her 
pet, and revenge for a matter that went far deeper into 
time, one that very few knew of. White would suffer for 
his chicanery.

Black nodded once more accepting his orders.

"Empress, where is Pi. It had been some time since I 
have seen the chimera." Black had never been fond of 
the fanciful creature himself but was used to its 
sessile presence with his mistress. It was strange that 
the past few times he had visited the Empress in the 
Kingdom of Void, there had been no signs of her pet.

The little lass steeled herself. She would not inform 
Arangyunus that her pet had been defeated. Annihilated 
by the hands of her adversary. Destroyed by White while 
her own guardian frolicked with the alchemist. Black 
would not know of this.

"I have sent him on a task to the dark glaciers of 
Void. I am afraid it will be some time before he 
returns."

Black acknowledged the fact and raised himself. It was 
time to go back to the material plane. Time to return 
to the boy who was so infatuated with him but was still 
not ready to do as he desired. Back to the boy that he 
had been seducing. The same boy who now sometimes 
scared him.

~~~

Aiden was a little nervous while entering his class. He 
ran a hand through his hair for the umpteenth time. 
Aiden had gotten his hair styled for the first time in 
21 years of his life. He had finally gathered the 
courage and reasoning to change his hair. He had gone 
from shaggy uncombed disheveled to sleek middle-parted 
hair. He was unsure whether of what others would think 
when they saw it. But he had liked it when he saw 
himself in the mirror for the first time. And now his 
fellow engineers were going to see it for the first 
time.

Aiden took a deep breath and entered the lecture hall 
through the front door. The crowd was boisterous as 
usual, as they would be when no lecturer had yet 
entered the class, and a few took notice of Aiden's 
changed comport. Aiden looked across to where he 
normally sat on the last row with Dominic and Storm. 
Yup, they were there as usual, seemingly engrossed in 
some type of an argument. Aiden made his way towards 
them as someone commented how weird he looked in his 
new hairstyle.

Dominic had been the center of Aiden's universe for 
more than two years, in fact ever since he had entered 
the university. According to Aiden, Dominic was a 
persevering, extremely good natured person who always 
tried to keep everyone around him happy. Dominic was 
smart when the situation demanded him to be, he was 
sincere and basically the embodiment of Aiden's ideal. 

He studied hard, involved himself in a million college 
activities and organizations and was always busy. He 
was good looking with his West European aristocratic 
face and though Aiden knew that there were at least 3-4 
other guys in class that looked better than Dominic, he 
would never place them in the same category. Dominic 
possessed an athletic built that gave the impression 
that he worked out and played a lot of sports. Aiden 
knew otherwise, the guy would not touch a sport if his 
life depended on it.

The other one of his close friends was Storm McDonald. 
True to his name, Storm could eat up a storm anytime he 
wanted. With his 6'4" frame and weighing more than 290 
pounds, Storm was everyone's teddy bear. But Storm was 
hardly lazy and sluggish. He was energetic, hard-
working and sincere, the kind Aiden always associated 
with. Storm, Dominic and Aiden always sat together on 
the last row and were called the beavers of the class 
because of their industrious natures.

Aiden came over to Dominic and Storm as the two looked 
up. Both got a puzzled expression on their faces seeing 
him. 

"Hey, wadyou do to you hair? You look like a clown!"

"Thanx Randy." Aiden sneered at the commentator feeling 
a little let down.

"Hey cool!" It was Dominic this time. "That style looks 
good on you!"

Aiden immediately felt a lot better. Dominic had said 
it looked good and that overwrote what everyone else 
had to say, well almost everyone. He still had to show 
Will his new hairdo.

Aiden settled in next to Dominic and Storm as the 
professor entered the class.

Dominic asked in hushed tones. "Where you been lately, 
I don't see you at all nowadays?" 

Aiden had been spending all his free time with Will who 
somehow always had time when Aiden had free time. In 
fact he was sure that he was going to have trouble 
staying awake in class owing to the overnight workouts 
he was having with Will.

Just then Aiden's phone buzzed on silent mode. He 
looked at it to find a message from Will. 'MISSING U. 
WANNA B WITH U' it read. Aiden felt a surge of joy 
within him. He wanted to scream out loud and tell 
Dominic and everyone in the whole damn university that 
he was in love with the most amazing person on the 
planet. The hottest hunk with an awesome personality 
and heart. He wanted to tell Dominic about his 
sexuality, about being in love with him for so long and 
then meeting the most awesome person on the planet; 
Will. He somehow felt that Dominic would be happy for 
him. But Aiden knew he did not have the guts to blurt 
all that out.

"Just busy." He whispered back.

Aiden adjusted himself and concentrated on the lecture 
being delivered ahead of him. Soon his eyelids became 
heavy and he started slumping down in his seat. Dominic 
nudged at him and finally started glaring at him after 
3 attempts to wake Aiden up after which Aiden had 
promptly dozed off again. Between his nightly marathons 
with Will, his college lectures and the sports time he 
spent with his roommates, Aiden was having a hard time 
covering his shut-eye time needs.

"What the fuck are you so sleepy for?" Dominic burst 
out at him once the professor had left. "You know that 
was our HOD's lecture and he saw you sleeping! You're 
lucky our HOD is of such a great nature. He did not 
take any punitive measures against you!"

Aiden smiled back sheepishly and said sorry. He felt 
guilty for sleeping during class, the professor being 
amongst the only ones he actually liked. He would have 
to catch up on sleep somehow or he was going to be in 
bad shape.

"Ok listen sleepyhead," Dominic began, "We are 
assembling a robot for the upcoming TechFest. You 
interested in joining the team?"

Aiden knew he hardly had time these days, but it was 
Dominic asking.

"Yeah Sure! Who else is on the team?"

"Me, you and Mr. hyperactive here," Storm interrupted, 
referring to Dominic as the hyperactive dude.

"So we are going to an electronics specialist who'll 
give us pointers for a few days and help us get 
started. We'll meet him for our first meeting tomorrow 
evening at 6." Dominic already had everything planned 
out.

"At 6?" Aiden raised his eye brows and folded his arms 
across his chest. He realized his time with Will would 
be choked if the consultation were to materialize and 
occur everyday.

Dominic sat on top of their table and huffed. "Yeah, 
after college, at 6. Every day at 6 till the TechFest."

Aiden immediately understood that the robotics deal was 
something time-consuming that he had involved himself 
in; something that would last quite a while. He 
wondered how he would keep his commitments and still 
meet up with Will daily. All he felt like doing right 
now was to get into bed with Will and spend the 
remainder of his life there.

"You guys coming to the cafeteria. I wanna grab a bite 
to eat." It was Storm rubbing his tummy.

"Shit!" Aiden exclaimed. "I have to meet Tinka there. 
Almost forgot. She'll kill me if I don't reach there on 
time!"

The three headed towards the cafeteria, Aiden rushing 
them along. On reaching there he immediately left the 
other two and headed towards what was commonly referred 
to as the 'Archi area' by architecture students or 'The 
big mess' by others. A section of the cafeteria that 
was always bustling with architecture and interior 
designing related students. Tables overpiled with A3 
sheets, 32 inch folders and .1 mm microtip pens. The 
Architecture students stubbornly refused to complete 
their work elsewhere, much to the chagrin of the mess 
in charge; he had given up on getting them to do their 
work elsewhere leaving hat sectin of the cafeteria a 
sight to behold on submission days.

Tinka was furiously inking sheets as Aiden hurried over 
to her. She had 'commanded' him to meet her and help 
her complete her work before the submission.

"You're 7 minutes late!" she growled and then paused to 
take a better look at him. "Omigod! What did you do to 
your hair?!"

"Howzzit look?" Aiden beamed and waited for her 
response.

"Looks cool! How did you get it into you to... Oh so 
Will is having this influence on you?"

"No of course not. I was planning all along to..." 
Aiden paused to look at Tinka looking at him with a 
'yeah-rite' look, tapping her foot on the ground. "Yes 
he is." Aiden finally admitted sheepishly.

"It really suits you. You look all cute and all with 
that hairdo."

"It better look good for the amount of time and money I 
put into it." Aiden muttered. "That bloody hair dresser 
put some burning cream in my hair to straighten it and 
kept me there for 3 hours. Never had such a lengthy 
haircut in my life."

"Ok, stop goofing around and grab those pencil colors. 
Start scribbling in these tiles in this manner." Tinka 
pointed him towards the sheets that were overflowing 
from all sides of the table. "And be neat," she added 
menacingly.

Aiden mock saluted her, "Yes Sir!" and hastily got down 
to coloring the floor in the weird mosaic pattern Tinka 
wanted it in.

"How come I am the only non-Archi student that has to 
do Archi work?" Aiden grumbled after 2 minutes of 
frantic penciling. All around were frenzied 
architecture students trying to complete their sheets,. 
He glanced at the patched he had colored and groaned as 
he saw the vast expanse left. This was going to be one 
hell of a task.

"Cause you are the only boy from the engineering side 
who bears some semblance to a person who can draw and 
color." Tinka answered.

"So you get to be all your colleagues' envy for having 
additional help from outside, and all I get is ink 
stains and pencil marks on myself?"

"You also get my brilliant company!" Tinka replied bend 
over her work still busy limning straight lines with 
her T-square.

"Yeah rite!"

"So did you collect your contacts from that eye-shop?" 
Tinka was referring to the contact lenses that Aiden 
had recently ordered.

"Nope. Will do it tomorrow. Have my first half free 
tomorrow," Aiden replied finishing a green patch and 
looking satisfactorily at it. His mind immediately 
thought about how similar Will's eyes were to the shade 
he was using.

"So new hairdo, getting rid of spectacles, getting 
contacts and that glow on your face. Will sure seems 
good for you."

Aiden stopped coloring and placed his pencil on the 
sheet. He waited till Tinka looked up at him. "He's 
perfect!" he stated triumphantly.

"He's just too great, forget the fact he looks ultra-
hot. He's always so sweet and caring. And he always 
spends an enormous amount of time with me but still 
leaves me enough time to get all my academic work 
done."

Tinka stopped her inking and stood upright smiling, 
waiting for Aiden to finish.

"And the sex rocks!" Aiden added.

"He is remarkable." Tinka finally answered and took a 
deep breath before adding the next bit; "Isn't he a bit 
too perfect?"

Aiden was taken aback. Was Tinka stating that Will was 
too good for him, way above his league? Was she saying 
he had hidden vices? He knew Tinka would be happy as 
long as he was happy. Maybe it was just her way of 
asking him if he was not telling her something. Aiden 
opened his mouth to answer when his cellphone buzzed in 
his pocket.

Aiden fished out the set from his pocket to find 
another message from Will. 'MISS U LIKE CRAZY. U BETTER 
BE FREE IN THE EVENING.'

Aiden instantly forgot all of Tinka's worries as he 
flashed his cellphone showed her the message and 
started thumbing his keypad to send Will a reply. Tinka 
smiled at an effervescent Aiden, hoping things turned 
out perfect between Will and Aiden.

~~~

White stood atop a building as the sun was setting. So 
he had finally found the Alchemist. He looked down to 
where he could see an unassuming lad dressed in blue 
jeans and an orange sweatshirt leaning against a wall, 
apparently waiting for someone. So this boy was the 
Alchemist. And he had finally found him. The moment had 
come. But now he no longer felt nervous at having to 
accost the Alchemist. It was because he was not going 
to.

Instead he was going to ask the Alchemist for help 
without the boy knowing he had done it. He would enter 
the boy's mind and search for the answers to all his 
questions, searching through his beliefs. He would dive 
in and scour his mind and ultimately get the answer he 
was seeking; would the Alchemist lend the Kingdom of 
Light his powers or not. And it would take all of 5 
seconds. He would have his answer and the alchemist 
would never catch a glimpse of him as well.

White braced himself and concentrated for plunging into 
the boys mind. The next instant, his mind was in. 
Zooming across the thoughts and desires, through 
beliefs and faiths, through secrets and sorrows, 
seeking only the answers to the questions he had in 
mind. Zig-zagging through the meandering reflections, 
the welter of labyrinthine thoughts. Seeking his 
answers through the kaleidoscopical human mind. And 
seconds later he exited forcefully, his consciousness 
back inside his own mind.

White had received his answer. The Alchemist had 
refused to help. 

~~~

Aiden had arrived at the coffee shop he was supposed to 
meet Will at. Whenever he would plan to meet up at a 
certain time, Will would always already be there 
waiting for him. Being extremely punctual by nature 
himself, Aiden had admired this quality in Will but 
then felt guilty that he himself would be the one to 
arrive late. This time Aiden turned up earlier than the 
set time and was waiting for Will outside the coffee 
shop. The same coffee shop that they had been to on the 
first night they had met.

Aiden noticed the arrival of the black Lamborghini that 
signified Will's entry. Yup, Will was there before time 
but Aiden had beaten him. He knew it would be a minute 
or so till Will parked his car and came up to him. He 
smiled with anticipation; he could barely wait to see 
his lover again.

Suddenly Aiden witnessed an excruciating strain. He 
felt dizzy as a million thoughts ran through his head. 
Aiden lost all control and staggered unsteadily bracing 
himself against the wall for support. And just as 
abruptly as it had started, the strain was gone. Aiden 
steadied himself wondering what the hell had happened. 

"Ade, relax buddy what's wrong?" It was Will who had 
come rushing to Aiden's side as he had seen Aiden 
suddenly look dizzy and start swaying about.

"I... I don't know." Aiden finally managed to squeak 
out. He felt as if he had just spent 20 straight hours 
preparing for his Microprocessors exam. He wiped a 
trail of drool from his mouth with the back of his hand

"You Ok? What happened?" Aiden saw Will's expression of 
care and worry and his uneasiness dissipated.

"Yup, perfectly fine!" Aiden smiled and straightened 
himself. He still felt a little mentally exhausted. 

"Should I take you to my place or something?"

Aiden looked into Will's eyes. Will had on a black 
leather jacket, a bit like the biker kind. His chest 
definition was visible through the thin white T-shirt 
he had on under. Aiden thought he looked ravishing. He 
could feel his hormones surging at the sight of Will. 
"One quick coffee and we're outta here" he thought 

"No, no. Just felt a little dizzy suddenly. It's gone 
now; am fine now. Let's just go and have some coffee"

"Your hairdo looks great." Will suddenly chimed in. 
Aiden blushed. Will liked his hair makeover. The entire 
haircut investment was worth it now

Aiden grabbed Will's hand and led him inside the coffee 
shop wondering what had transpired a few moments ago. 
He had no clue that a powerful Perpetual had entered 
his mind and had rummaged it to find answers to his 
many questions. He had no clue that he had in fact 
subconsciously denied lending his help to this 
Perpetual.

Aiden entered the coffee shop and immediately let go of 
Will's hand when he noticed who was sitting inside. It 
was Aditi, the Indian girl Jason had had the hots for. 
And sure enough, Jason sat opposite her with his back 
to the entrance. Aiden would recognize the red Nike cap 
anywhere. So Jason had hooked up with Aditi after all. 
And it was a wonder that Jason was sacrificing his 
'sports time' to be with this girl.

Aditi noticed the two and waved to them. 'More to Will 
than to me' Aiden thought. He frowned thinking his time 
with Will would get a little spoiled. But then it would 
give him a chance to spend some time with Jason as he 
had hardly done so in the past few days. Aiden guided 
Will towards the pair. Jason upon noticing Aiden's 
arrival immediately raised his hand in a high five; his 
standard greeting.

"Hey wazzzup?" Jason was all smiles as Aiden high-fived 
him. Jason paused and creased his brow taking a closer 
look at Aiden. "What the hell did you do to your hair?"

"Just something a bit different." Jason then glanced 
curiously at Will.

"Hey Aditi, this is Will. Will these are my friends."

Will greeted the two warmly. Aiden was a little annoyed 
to find Aditi saying 'hi' to Will in a prolonged 
seductive manner.

"So should we sit down and interrupt you two?" Will 
asked.

"Sure." Aditi answered before Jason could say anything. 
"Just join us."

Will and Aiden sat opposite each other with Jason and 
Aditi on either side of them. Aiden would have much 
preferred sitting next to Will on the comfy sofas the 
place offered. Looked like this would have to do for 
now.

"So Will," Aditi started, "What do you do?" 

"I run a retirement home," Will continued as Aditi 
raised her eye brows at his reply. "It's called the Joe 
Black retirement home, just off shore towards the 
pier."

"Cool and how do the two of you know each other?" she 
asked swishing her manicured finger between Aiden and 
Will.

"He's just a friend," Aiden blurted out but the girl 
paid him no attention. She was waiting for Will's 
reply. Aiden looked at Aditi busy eyeing Will and felt 
a tinge of jealousy. Aditi continued asking Will 
questions, trying to keep his entire attention. It was 
then that Aiden noticed Will. Will was looking straight 
at him while he answered Aditi, not taking his gaze 
away even once. Aiden stared back at the unblinking 
acute green eyes. He was madly besotted with this man.

Aiden broke his gaze as an annoyed Jason tired to 
interrupt the conversation and get a few words in. 
Jason was apparently not happy at Aditi's obvious 
ogling. Aiden smiled as he thought about how Aditi was 
struggling to capture Will's attention as Jason strived 
to capture her's.

A young boy arrived and introduced himself as the 
waiter. Aiden immediately recognized him as the waiter 
who had been an overeager server to Will on the first 
day when he had come here. Poor chap was still vying 
for Will to take notice of him, albeit with no results. 
Aiden thought for the hundredth time how lucky he was 
to be the one that commanded all of Will's attention.

The two new arrivals ordered for coffee while Jason 
stated that he had already had some. He shot down 
Aditi's suggestion to order some more. Aditi finally 
ordered a pastry for herself which Aiden was sure, 
looking at her figure, she would never be able to 
finish. 

5 minutes of conversation later, in which Jason scowled 
and frowned at Aditi, Will perfunctorily answered 
flimsy questions and Aiden adjusted his crotch three or 
four times under the table, Aiden noticed someone he 
was not at all prepared to see.

It was the blonde guy Josh, getting up and heading 
towards the exit; and he would cross thier table. The 
same Josh who had rudely turned him down in the bar 4 
days ago and humiliated him. Aiden tried to look 
elsewhere as Josh squinted his eyes staring at Aiden as 
he neared their group. Will immediately turned to see 
who was the person he was reading about in Aiden's 
thoughts.

A loud crash was heard as Will stealthily slipped his 
foot out, tripping Josh who landed on his face with a 
splat.

"I'm sorry," Will leaped up and offered his hand to a 
dazed red-faced Josh who was trying to raise himself 
off the ground. He grabbed hold of Will's hand through 
the leather jacket as he gradually got up. Meanwhile 
Will intentionally tipped the coffee mug he had in his 
other hand and spilled its contents over him.

Josh shrieked as the hot liquid splattered all over his 
torso. "You asshole!"

"Shit, sorry. Really sorry. Didn't meant to..." Will 
continued to apologize though he felt none of that at 
all. This boy had hurt the Alchemist's feelings and 
would have to pay for it. Will felt the rage inside him 
tending to flow out when suddenly he picked up Aiden's 
thoughts.

The Alchemist did not want this boy to suffer, nor did 
he wish for anything bad to happen to him. Even after 
all the pain this boy had caused him. Even though all 
he had said during the entire episode was "Oh shit!" as 
the coffee spilled on Josh, Will read through his 
thoughts that he intended no harm to the boy.

Those thoughts of the Alchemist acted like a few drops 
of cold water sprinkled onto boiling milk overflowing 
from a container. Black immediately simmered down.

A couple of waiters rushed over to help a screaming 
Josh up and Will himself helped him for real this time. 
He cursed himself thinking of the way he had acted. Why 
was he so influenced by the thoughts the Alchemist had? 
And why had he felt so angry at this boy in the first 
place? The waiters escorted an agitated Josh towards 
the restrooms to get him cleaned up.

The four looked at each other as the profanities being 
uttered by Josh faded away.

"What was that all about?" asked a bewildered Aditi.

"Don't know, but..." Jason could take it no longer. 
"Let's go, I gotta get going."

Aditi flinched but she knew she was not having any luck 
here. "Yup let's go." She stated as she got up.

"See you guys later." She added as Jason possessively 
put an arm around her and hastily led her out.

Aiden heaved a sigh of relief and Will grinned at him.

"Whew! Good riddance with that female!" Will spoke out.

"Good riddance indeed."

Aiden had another thought on his mind. He couldn't 
shake the feeling that Will somehow knew what 
significance Josh held in his recent life and was 
somehow getting back at him for that.

"That guy you just spilled coffee on, did you know him 
from before?"

"Who me? No." Will replied truthfully.

Aiden decided to accept that and forget about it. The 
big-eyed young waiter appeared and started cleaning the 
mess beside their table. The same one Aiden had 
despised on an earlier day for ogling at Will. But this 
time Aiden felt pity. Will was downright hot. Any sane 
person would be attracted to him. But Will would not 
even give him the time of day. Maybe Will could just...

"Hey kid!" Will called out to the young waiter who 
immediately perked up when he realized it was Will 
calling out to him. 

"How was the show?" Will was referring to the episode 
with Josh that had just occurred.

"Nice show! I hate that prick. He's a total dick." the 
kid was smiling wide, all his front teeth showing. 
Finally this hunk of the first water had paid him some 
attention.

Will winked at the kid and playfully swatted his butt 
as he passed by. Aiden almost choked on his own coffee 
when he saw Will slapping the waiter's butt but kept 
grinning at Will who grinned back evilly at him. 

Will had just made the young waiter's day.

Internally, Black wondered why he wanted to fulfill 
this boy's every wish, however small it might be.

Not too far away from the coffee house, an irritable 
Aditi finally wrenched her hand and jerked herself away 
from Jason who was speedily dragging her along

"Hey easy, easy," she said slowing down. "Chill tiger!"

"What chill?" Jason asked agitatedly. He was peeved to 
the core at Aditi's behavior with Will. But he was not 
going to tell her that.

Aditi started laughing at his petulant expression.

"What's so funny?" Jason demanded.

"Well it's you and your jealousy, God you males are an 
envy-filled species!"

"What jealous?" Jason was still not going to admit his 
anger was arising because he was jealous of Will. Will, 
who so easily grabbed Aditi's attention.

"Jealous of me flirting with that hottie Will." Aditi 
had a triumphant look on her face. Jason looked at her 
knowing she hit the nail on the correct spot but unsure 
of what to say.

"But you needn't worry about a damn thing." She added. 
"They're both gay anyway."

"Who's gay?" Jason had a flustered expression on his 
face. He was clearly not understanding what Aditi was 
saying. He cursed girls and their way of communication.

"Your friend and his hunky boyfriend Will. They're both 
gay," She clarified.

"Aiden's not gay!" 

"Of course he is! Didn't you know? I thought he was 
your roommate."

"He is my roommate. And he's not gay."

"Uh-uh he is" she replied shaking her head. "You're 
such a doofus. Can't you see the way they look at each 
other. Aiden's as gay as a goose!"

Jason stared at Aditi with a shocked expression, his 
mind hardly able to register what was going on. "And 
so's Will." Aditi added with a sigh.

Jason was left repulsed at the thought that his 
roommate might be gay.

~~~

Frigeria entered the chamber where her ruler White sat 
in loneliness. The same chamber where she had spend 2 
days healing the great white angel. Only this time he 
was in no need of any physical healing. 

The great angel sat on a flat marble top in a pensive 
mood, his right elbow resting on his thigh as it 
supported his chin with the fist of his hand. His 
gigantic wings drooping behind, depicting his state of 
mind.

Frigeria settled down beside her ruler on the white 
floor, her velvety sequins swishing as she did so. She 
looked wistfully at his face. "What occurred?" she 
asked, her voice reverberating across as the dulcet 
tinker of bells.

White lifted his countenance to gaze upon the beautiful 
raven haired angel.

"The Alchemist declined to assist us." A simple 
assertion, yet the tone that White used conveyed that 
the weight behind those words was indeed not 
imponderous.

"You yourself asked him this?"

White hesitated before he replied, "I obtained the 
answer through sub conscious ingress."

Frigeria understood immediately. The mighty guardian of 
Light had been nervy when it came to matters dealing 
with the Alchemist. He had asked the boy for help and 
had been refused. And the boy had no inkling of it. The 
courageous guardian was intimidated by a mere boy and 
wished to remain anonymous in case something negative 
happened.

"But what were his reasons?"

White took a deep breath. This was going to be 
difficult to explain.

"As I raced along the insides of his minds and created 
a virtual world, I played out the entire scenario where 
I broached the Alchemist."

Frigeria swished around and made herself comfortable, 
knowing this would be a long explanation

"At the onset when I told the boy of the ancient 
legends and the power of the Alchemist, the boy thought 
I was asinine. He would not believe of the Kingdom of 
Light and the Kingdom of Void and the powers that 
watched over them. He thought of me as an imbecile. 
Then I showed him my true form and stretched out my 
wings. That's when the boy was left perplexed."

"The boy accompanied me to Immaculata and I crossed him 
over to this plane. He stayed on for about a day and 
after taking in the surroundings and seeing everything 
around, he came to the conclusion that he would not 
help us."

White paused looking directly at Frigeria. She waited 
for him to go on.

"The boy soon understood the conflict between the 
Kingdoms of Light and Void and realized what it was 
that I was asking him to do. That was when he refused."

"The boy understood that I was asking him to extirpate 
our enemies, wipe out an entire other kingdom. He 
completely refused to do so. He said that this other 
universe contained two Kingdoms that balanced each 
other out and the entities that lived in it had 
different mindsets. He said that the powers of Black 
and White offset each other and it was not his to 
intervene. Especially if intervening meant killing 
thousands of entities and taking their blood on his own 
hands. He would not under any circumstances be 
responsible for wiping out an entire Kingdom and 
slaughtering thousands, just to fulfill a prophecy."

Deep melancholy filled Frigeria's eyes, melancholy 
filled with understanding and wonder as White 
continued.

"The entire royal court begged him to facilitate the 
Kingdom of Light. Me and you Frigeria; we fell to his 
feet and cried. We beseeched him stating that he was 
the one who was designated to fulfill the prophecies 
and end the war between the two rival Kingdoms. The 
Alchemist's heart ached to see us distressed but he 
still refused to be the one to carry out the ponderous 
sinful task."

"I clearly remember the words he used before he asked 
us to return us to his home. 'Good and bad are 
variations of the same Karma. And you ask me to hoard 
such enormous bad Karma so that your Kingdom can crush 
the adversary. I cannot do that.' And with that the 
Alchemist asked us to forgive him for h could be of no 
help."

Silence reigned in the room as White finished; both 
angels absorbing what had just been said. Finally 
Frigeria opened her mouth to speak.

"The Alchemist is of far nobler thought than we are."

"Yes indeed." White nodded and rose from the marble 
top. "And such nobility will need to be safeguarded."

"So what does the great one plan to do?"

White unfulred his wings once more. "Protect him."

~~~

A naked Aiden was plopped onto the large bed as Will 
dumped him there. Will carrying the boy over to his 
bedroom and dumping him unceremoniously had become a 
sort of ritual for the two. Aiden straightened himself 
on the bed still looking lustfully at Will. He was 
stark nude and Will still had all of his clothes on, 
including a very sexy leather jacket which made him 
look like the cream of all gay men's fantasies. 

Will grinned evilly at Aiden and teasingly took the 
jacket off, showing of his broad chest and shoulders 
which were sparingly covered by the thin white T-shirt 
that attached itself to Will's torso like shrink wrap. 
Aiden's dick stood out in full glory, throbbing in 
anticipation.

Will caught hold of the ends of his T-shirt and started 
gyrating as he tantalizingly lifted the thin white 
material. Aiden waited in anticipation to see that 
perfect masculine musculature once more, but Will was 
in no hurry. 

"Tease, aren't you?"

Will replied by licking his lips seductively and 
pulling off the T-shirt in one stroke. Aiden stopped 
breathing for a few seconds as his entire being was 
riveted onto the slowly disrobing body. 

Will stepped closer to the bed and unbuckled his jeans 
still gyrating to the imaginary music in his head. He 
bend down and lowered his jeans revealing powerful legs 
that any person would kill to own. Now he was clad only 
on tight black boxer briefs which were straining under 
the pressure from his erect member, protruding 
obscenely from the band.

Aiden raised himself and reached out to grab Will's 
crotch who torturously swung out of reach.

"C'mere you tease!" Aiden wanted nothing more than to 
touch that solid perfect body.

Will instead bend over and lifted his jacket and put 
the leather garment back on. He was now clad in only 
his leather biker jacket and black underwear. Aiden 
moaned as Will stretched his arms and pulled out a 
muscular pose, the contours of his abdomen prominently 
sketched. 

Will slowly advanced once again towards Aiden who this 
time managed to hook his finger into the band of his 
underwear. Aiden slowly pulled him closer by putting 
his other hand on Will's muscular butt. He ran his 
hands along the insides of Will's thighs feeling the 
shape of the hard musculature until he reached Will's 
crotch which he cupped in his hand, feeling the weight 
of his balls, admiring the colossal sex god towering 
over him.

Slowly Aiden pulled away the underwear as Will's large 
rock hard member stood straight sticking out, pressed 
rigidly against his belly. Aiden licked his lips and 
smiled. This was the powerful tool that had been 
pounding him since the last 3 days, the tool that had 
caused him to have sore anuses, reminding him of Will 
throughout his college lectures. 

Aiden stroked the huge phallus a couple of times and 
then took it into his mouth. Will groaned in pleasure 
and inched closer towards Aiden, clutching at the boy's 
hair as he pulled him closer. Sexual bliss was not 
restricted only to the humans after all.

Aiden continued sucking on the thickly veined rod, 
trying to take in a little more each time. He tried 
taking it in as far as he could by relaxing his throat 
muscles but it was no use; he could never reach the 
hilt. Either he was not skilled enough, or more 
obviously, Will was just too large.

Aiden withdrew partially and grabbed the base of Will's 
cock, stroking it while still sucking on the top part. 
Will was moaning Aiden's name and cooing, telling him 
how good it felt.

Abruptly Will bend down pulling Aiden's lips off his 
cock, smothering them with a kiss which Aiden returned 
with heated passion. Will gradually lifted him up and 
turned his body over, resting him on the edge of the 
bed. Aiden was about to be fucked from behind while 
using the bed for support.

Will finally broke the kiss and reached out for a 
condom. He found no use of the item for himself, but 
the Alchemist wanted it to be used so it would be. He 
slowly slipped it on and stroked it till it stretched 
out encasing his massive organ. Will pressed his weight 
on Aiden and started kissing and sucking the back of 
his neck as he loosened Aiden's anus with his fingers. 
Aiden was experiencing celestial pleasures by that 
time, moaning like only Will could make him moan.

Will lifted himself and positioned himself to enter the 
boy by holding his hips on either side. He managed to 
get the head inside as Aiden's sphincter muscles 
relaxed and gradually slipped more of his member in. 
The whole time Aiden was writhing in agony and ecstasy, 
having no intention for Will to stop. Soon Will was 
in.Aiden felt complete.

Will slowly started pulling in and out causing Aiden to 
moan even louder. He worked to a faster pace and then 
started pounding the Alchemist's ass the way he wanted 
it. Will was furiously humping him, the bed squeaking 
wildly, Aiden moaning loudly and the sheets which Aiden 
had clenched with his fists coming off a little from 
the bed each time Will slammed his pelvis against the 
boy's butt. Will still had his leather jacket on and 
Aiden could feel it's velvety coarseness against his 
back.

Aiden was moaning like a sore pig now, enraptured in 
the animalistic fucking, lost in celestial bliss. He 
could feel the beads of sweat dripping of his forehead, 
dropping onto the white sheets that he had clenched and 
was tugging at each time Will slammed into him. Aiden 
felt the whole world around him rocking. He could feel 
his own steel hard dick flopping between the sheets and 
his belly. He could smell the smell of Will's leather 
jacket intertwined with his sweat and Will's own 
masculine smell. And each sensation was pushing him 
over the edge. He was very close now.

He felt Will gasping as he plunged long and deep within 
him climaxing with the last thrusts. Simultaneously 
Will grasped his cock and stroked it hard and long. The 
sensations were too much for Aiden who was immediately 
inundated by the pleasure of the Gods as he fell of the 
precipice of orgasm. Thick ropes of semen spurted out 
from his penis as he screamed in elation.

Will slumped down on his back pressing his weight 
against him as he sucked on the back of his neck once 
more. Aiden lay complacent, reveling in post orgasmic 
bliss, wondering how he could still cum so much even 
when he was involved in so much sexual activity.

Will gradually exited and freed himself from Aiden, 
then lifted him up in his arms. He gently placed him on 
the bed as the boy looked at him with a sated 
expression on his face. Will got rid of the condom and 
joined Aiden in bed kissing him softly, who reached out 
his hands and gently kneaded Will's powerful butt.

Aiden placed one hand on each solid pectoral of Will 
and pushed him back against the bed. He got up on his 
knees and swooped down to attack one of Will's nipples, 
but Will caught him halfway.

"It's time for you to be complacent, not complaisant," 
he stated firmly.

With that he pushed the boy back onto his back and 
straddled him; placing one knee on either side of the 
boy's torso. Instantly he swooped down to the boy's 
chest and started ravenously biting and sucking along 
it. Aiden gasped as Will slowly reached one hand across 
the boy's once again erect cock and tantalizingly 
teased the area around his sore anus.

"Should we try it once more?" he asked knowing what 
Aiden's answer would be.

"Yes!" Aiden managed to squeak out between gasps. "But 
harder this time!"

~~~

Aiden awoke groggily as he felt some sort of weird 
sensation. The morning sun streamed in through the 
windows as he noticed the gorgeous form of Will on top 
of him, breathing heavily, not snoring at all. His 
entire weight was on Aiden and the hard and lean 
looking body was apparently warm and soft to touch. 
Then Aiden realized why he was feeling weird. Will's 
dick was still inside him. Had he slept off like that? 
"This is definitely a first for me" Aiden thought a 
little nervously.

Will started getting hard as he opened his eyes and 
gazed at his lover pressed below him. "Hey beautiful!"

Aiden took a deep breath not knowing how to say it, but 
Will's penis was steadily elongating inside him.

"You know you're still inside me."

Will raised his eye brows and immediately perked up, 
pulling his almost erect penis out of Aiden. The penis 
was still condom clad and had the remains of Will's cum 
on the tip. 

"Not that I didn't like it." Aiden grumbled making Will 
smile.

"Then let's get it back in there." Will said getting 
off the bed and frantically searching for condoms while 
he disposed the one that had stayed inside Aiden's ass 
all night long.

Aiden giggled as Will scurried about in the room and 
then in the bathroom. He preferred to top when he had 
sex, but with Will he was bottoming most of the time. 
And he was relishing it. Will always insisted he top 
whenever Aiden felt the least bit like it. Somehow Will 
would always understand what Aiden was in the mood off. 
'100% sex compatibility' Aiden happily thought to 
himself as Will finished his distracting chores jumped 
in the bed next to him. 

Will slowly kissed the boy as he fumbled with his own 
dick, trying to gain entry. Aiden was always worried 
about his morning breath cause Will never had any. But 
if Will was noticing it, he sure was not complaining. 
Will finally found the right spot and pressed against 
it, still kissing Aiden who had him tightly enveloped 
in his arms. He slipped in easily through a 
comparatively loose anus ring.

10 minutes of hot morning sex later, Aiden raised 
himself from the bed eager to visit the loo. He knew 
all that pounding would give him some trouble, but he 
would happily bear it. He blissfully sat on the toilet 
seat, thinking for the thousandth time how lucky he 
was. 

Slowly his thoughts drifted from early morning post 
orgasmic bliss to his college and friends. Tinka and 
Steve were still the only ones who knew about Will. 
What would Jason and the others think if they were to 
find out this hot property was his boyfriend; and that 
he banged him every night? What would Dominic think? 
Would they befriend him? He pushed the thoughts out of 
his mind as he thought about the work he had planned 
for the day. 

He had to go and collect his contact lenses and catch 
up on his college assignments. Apart from that he had 
also promised Dominic for the electronics robot 
assembling Techfest thing. And he had lectures 
throughout the afternoon. Thankfully he had the time 
before lunch free so he could wrap up all his chores 
and play a little tennis with Steve. Steve who would be 
peeved that he hardly played any tennis with him these 
days. He was certain that Steve would instantly agree 
to accompany him to the courts and bunk all his 
lectures. Nothing could stop Steve from a game of 
tennis.

He flushed the toilet and came back to the room to find 
Will lazily grazing his hands across his body as he lay 
on the bed. 

"Hey Will, gotta leave now. Could you give me a lift 
back to campus?"

Will continued to distract Aiden by rubbing small 
circles on his abdomen with his fingers. "You could go 
or we could just stay here and have some more fun."

Aiden was adamant though he knew he was getting hard 
and had no clothes on to hide it. "No stop it! There's 
tonnes of work I have to finish today."

Will replied by swiftly getting off the bed and 
enveloping Aiden's thickening penis with his mouth.

Aiden managed to put in as he panted for breath, "Ah, 
ok... so you'll... you'll drop me after... uhh... this, 
won't you?"

Will nodded his head still continuing to suck on 
Aiden's penis.

"And I...uhh...I'm kinda busy today and won't... ahh... 
won't be able to meet you till nighttime."

Will nodded again, his head still bobbing along Aiden's 
shaft. Aiden was not telling him that he had free time 
today. But Will had long understood that this boy was a 
workaholic; he would never be happy if you gave him a 
100 million dollars and nothing to do. Aiden liked to 
slog his ass all the time for he felt incomplete if he 
did not constantly work on something. Will knew that 
Aiden would spend all his free time catching up on his 
friends and work.

~~~

Aiden smashed the ball hard and out of Steve's reach 
which the latter did not even attempt to reach out to.

"Good shot!" Steve commended from the other side.

This was it, Aiden thought. A few more good shots like 
that and the set would be his. This was definitely 
going to be the best he had ever played. Now if only 
his serve would click in the next round.

Aiden was playing a vigorous game of tennis with Steve. 
And he was in the best form he had ever been. He 
positioned himself to serve as he bounced the 
fluorescent ball a couple of times on the ground; 
gauging the length and power he had to put in. A lob of 
the ball and wham!

"Fault." Steve called out from the other side.

Aiden cursed and took another ball out of his pocket 
and gauged the serve length and line again. One more 
lob and wham!

"Double Fault." Steve called out.

Aiden muttered angrily under his breath. Why the hell 
was the damn ball not falling into the correct area at 
least? Aiden cursed himself using his favorite mantra 
for tennis; 'I suck at this game.'

9 more minutes and Steve officially won the game. Aiden 
was still peeved and refused to quit playing. Steve was 
however enervated.

"Firstly I hear that you are so groggy nowadays that 
you sleep in your HOD's lecture," he shouted from his 
side of the court, "And now you possess so much energy 
that you literally bounce on an air cushion when we 
play tennis. What's going on?"

"What do you mean bounce?" Aiden shouted back.

"Well, by bounce I mean what you're doing right now; 
look at yourself!"

Aiden instantly stopped his prancing footwork and 
sheepishly realized what Steve was saying.

"So it's all because of that Will dude eh?" Aiden was 
glad that Steve at least remembered the name.

"Ok, just a few more shots and I'll call it quits," 
Steve called out tugging at the collar of his T-shirt. 
"I'm pooped! After's, you can play against the wall!"

Steve stretched out and served towards Aiden. But his 
opponent was no longer looking at the ball nor in it's 
general direction. Aiden was mesmerized by someone who 
had just entered the courts.

"You Nu.." but Aiden did not hear the rest. All he 
realized was sudden throbbing pain as the ball smacked 
his head and he slumped to the ground holding his head.

Steve ran over to Aiden's side and heard footsteps 
alongside as someone else rushed to the 'serve victim' 
who sat on the ground dazed, his spectacles resting on 
his nose at an odd angle.

"What the fuck were you zoning out for?" An agitated 
Steve shouted at Steve as he cradled his roommate in 
his arms. "Are you ok?"

"You ok buddy?" Another voice asked.

Aiden could barely process anything, He felt as if his 
skull had been split into two. The intense ache on the 
side of his head felt like a 100 bowling balls inside 
his skull banging the insides to get out. What had 
caused him to zone out? It was the vision of a God. A 
god wearing tennis togas and wielding a racket that had 
entered the courts. But Aiden realized through the pain 
that someone other than Steve was bending down next to 
him. 

White had been the person Aiden had caught a glimpse of 
before the ball rocketed into his head. The human form 
of his. And unknown to the players, White leisurely 
hovered his hand over Aiden's head, healing him of his 
pain. Humans were easy to heal.

Aiden was confused; the pain in his head was 
dissipating, and fast. As it faded exponentially he 
could hear Steve continuously asking him whether he was 
all right.

Aiden finally lifted his head and was immediately 
captivated by the presence of this new comer. "I'm 
fine," he managed to squeak out.

Squatting down was the most beautiful sight he had ever 
seen. Or was it the second most beautiful? The first 
thing Aiden noticed were the deep sapphire eyes; a 
mesmerizing blue; eyes that belonged to another world. 
And then he noticed the strong noble face; a face that 
bespoke of divinity and warmth. A strong square jaw 
attributed to the most masculine roots one could 
possess. And lastly Aiden noticed the golden blonde 
hair, hair that reflected the sun and refracted its 
beams. Aiden could hardly move.

Steve wore a perplexed expression, confused why Aiden's 
face registered no signs of pain; instead he had a 
dorky look on it. He swung his head sideways to see why 
and himself paused at the sight of this new man. It was 
a few moments before he realized that the effect that 
this man had on him for just a few seconds, was the 
same Aiden was under, only more severe and prolonged.

Steve leaned over and whispered into Aiden's ear, "Get 
up you dork!"

"Uh, yeah." And then Aiden realized how foolish he must 
be looking. "Why the hell did you slam the ball into 
me?" he asked his face turning red as he raised himself 
with the help of the two people, immediately feeling 
where the new guy grabbed his arm to lift him up.

"What the fuck? I served only to find you suddenly 
zoned out in the middle of the tennis court."

"I was not zoned out!" Aiden stated indignantly. "I was 
just..."

Steve ran his hand over the side of Aiden's head, "You 
took it pretty hard, are you sure its not hurting?"

"It's not." Aiden said, running his own hand over where 
the ball had swacked him. "It really isn't."

Steve stared for a couple of seconds wondering whether 
to attribute Aiden's lack of pain to this new arrival, 
then finally decided that the pain would have been too 
intense for Aiden to hide if indeed the ball had hit 
him the way he thought it had.

Finally the new arrival spoke, "You guys still 
playing?" 

Aiden was still entranced a little by this new angel. 
He noticed his tall built and obvious physique under 
the flimsy tennis wear and eyed his well-developed 
strapping legs. Immediately Aiden felt embarrassed of 
his own legs. 'Should have worn full length tracks' he 
thought to himself.

"No I'm pooped." Steve stated. 

"I'm still playing!" Aiden hastily added with a goofy 
expression on his face.

"I'm sorry," the man stated as Aiden hung on to his 
every word staring at how his deep red lips moved, "I'm 
Scott, Scott White." Scott extended his hand.

Aiden quickly extended his hand and shook it before 
Steve could reach out his.

"I'm Aiden, and this is Steve." Aiden could feel the 
tingling warmth of Scott's hand.

"So, are we playing?" Scott questioned as Aiden 
continued smiling, showing no signs of leaving his 
hand. Suddenly images of Will came crashing through 
Aiden's mind. What was he doing; drooling over some 
stranger? He had his own hunk that was hotter than this 
guy, or maybe equally hot, but was there harm in 
looking? No, he could not make such an ass of himself 
after all Will did for him. Will was now the centre of 
his everything, and he would be the only eye-candy he 
ogled at.

Aiden averted his gaze from Scott as he spoke, "Yeah 
sure, I'll take that court." Aiden paced towards the 
other side of the net.

Steve shrugged once looking at the new guy and then 
headed towards the benches to assemble his gear. He was 
sure Aiden was going to make a dork of himself in front 
of someone who looked as hot as this guy. He collected 
his gear and headed out of the courts, whispering to 
Aiden as he passed him.

"I'm sure this one's hotter than your Will."

"No way, he's not." Aiden replied knitting his brow, 
but Steve had already passed by. Aiden looked at his 
new opponent, knowing he was going to make a mess of 
himself in front of this new guy. What had he gotten 
himself into?

Scott placed himself to serve as Aiden readied to face 
him. Wham! Aiden was not sure what had happened. Had 
the ball gone by?

"Err, I think that's an ace." Scott called out.

"It is?" an incredulous Aiden asked.

"Yup, you missed it."

A few more serves later Aiden realized Scott was 
brilliant at the game. And he understood that he was 
holding himself back. 'This guy's a real pro', he 
thought.

"You serve," Scott called out. Aiden was already 
worried that his adversary was out of his league, and 
now he would also get to witness his miserable serve. 
'Great' he thought to himself.

Aiden readied himself and bounced the ball against the 
ground, praying the ball would at least land in the 
designated area. He smacked the ball hard as Scott 
called out 'Fault' from the other side even before the 
ball touched the ground anywhere. Aiden was nervous as 
hell in front of this new chap.

A few more serves later Aiden thought to call it quits, 
thinking he must be wasting such an ace player's time. 
"You know, you should find a better opponent, I'll be 
leaving now."

"No, no stay." Scott pleaded. "You ARE a good 
opponent."

Aiden walked towards the net and leaned against the 
pole on the side. "Yeah, tell me about it."

"Your serve is pretty good, a little timing will turn 
it into a juggernaut!"

Aiden raised his eyebrows at the comment. His serve and 
timing; he knew he could hardly use the two in the same 
sentence, but that was all that was wrong with his 
serve? Nah! His whole form sucked. But yet, Scott did 
not sound like he was making fun of him.

Scott walked towards Aiden's side, "Here, serve with 
me."

~~~

Aiden led Scott toward the sideshop to 'recharge on 
fluids' as Scott had put it. The latter had offered to 
help him improve his serve, and he actually had. He had 
prodded him to time his lobs and swing at the ball at 
the correct height. Had it been that simple? How come 
he had never seen it before? But Scott had also posed 
severe problems in his tennis shorts when he leaned 
against him to correct his stance. 

Aiden had cursed his hormones seeing how genuine and 
polite this man was. 'He actually did want to help me 
out and was not at all condescending,' he thought. 
Otherwise, most of the time whenever someone tried to 
correct his tennis, his ego would prevent him from 
learning.

White on the other hand was about to embark on another 
mental dive. He was curious to know the mental state of 
the alchemist and the import of things in his life. 
Only this time he would dive subtly, skim over 
cursorily; the Alchemist would not even realize that 
his mind had been perused. White caught his breath and 
dived in.

His consciousness raced through the insides, as a 
spectator and not as an active involved entity this 
time. And suddenly White realized a cornucopia of 
feelings that overwhelmed and saturated him.

The Alchemist was drugged on newly discovered love. And 
it felt exciting and satiating at the same time. The 
Alchemist was sharing his heart with someone, and White 
was left dizzied by the feelings that flooded him. Love 
that was solid and which felt oddly familiar. When had 
he ever experienced something like this before?

"Scott, what will you have?" Aiden questioned for the 
second time from the counter.

White blinked and his consciousness jumped back into 
his own mind. He had lost himself in the tender 
feelings of adoration and affection that beleaguered 
him inside the boy's mind.

"Uh, Yeah, just any Oj type of thing." He finally 
answered. He noticed the alchemist looking at him with 
an odd expression. He would have to be very cautious 
around this boy.

Aiden asked for two Gatorades which an eager girl 
behind the counter fetched, all the while smiling 
goofily at White. White immediately offered to pay the 
trivialities but Aiden refused to accept, paying on his 
own. The two settled down on a table with their drinks.

"So what do you do Scott?" Aiden asked. "As in, how 
come you get to play on the university courts?"

White sipped his drink before he answered. He never 
fancied human food. "I organize some courses outside 
campus, just behind your back entrance."

"And that allows you to play on campus?" Aiden had an 
incredulous expression on his face.

"Yeah they do. The coach is an old friend of mine."

"How come I've never seen you before?" Aiden asked 
before he could stop himself.

White was having a difficult time with this boy. The 
great Angel might be a God who performed Herculean 
tasks, but lying and deceiving this innocent boy was 
not one of them. "Don't know timings don't match I 
guess."

Aiden seemed content with the answer as he resumed 
sipping his drink. White wanted to try one more thing. 
He mentally projected the thought of his having sex 
with the boy into Aiden's mind, and waited to gauge his 
reflections.

The boy was initially excited by the thought, but the 
fluttering feeling lasted hardly a second. Instead he 
reacted violently by foisting the thought out of his 
head, clearly repulsed and accusing his own self of 
infidelity. His face had turned a little crimson in 
those few moments. White was impressed.

'Very Well', White thought to himself. 'If this boy is 
indeed so steady and noble, I shall never ever enter 
his mind again unless a dire situation comes along.' 
And with that White pledged never to read Aiden's 
thoughts, nor enter his mind again.

~~~

A human shape dashed across the irate walkers 
apologizing as it sped by.

"Sorry," Aiden called out as he raced towards his 
destination. He was heading over to collect his contact 
lenses though he hardly had 20 minutes before his next 
lecture commenced. He knew he was cutting it close, but 
he could delay this task any longer. He wanted to wear 
his lenses the next time he appeared before Will. He 
could hardly wait to see how Will and his friends would 
react.

He finally reached the alley panting for breath and 
looked up to where the shop was. He was hoping his 
order was ready and would be delivered promptly.

And then he saw it; immediately remembering as he 
noticed it; the shop below with a flashy sign in black 
and red that read 'Horuscopus'. This was the card that 
the old frantic Japanese lady had slipped into his 
pocket the other day when he was with Will. Well he 
didn't know where that card was any longer but the lady 
had sounded desperate. He had forgotten all about it 
till now. Hadn't she insisted he call him? 

Well he was going to have to do it later, if he did it 
at all, he had no time right now. 

Aiden dashed up the spiral staircase cursing the fact 
he could not climb them any faster. Huffing for breath 
he entered the shop fishing a receipt out of his 
pocket, towards the immaculately dressed woman with her 
hair in a bun that sat at the counter.

"Hi, I'm here to collect an order," Aiden stated 
collecting his breath. "I was here on Sunday for some 
contact lenses."

The lady took the proffered card and put on a pair of 
reading glasses, reading it carefully. "Ah, yes of 
course. Have a seat, I'll just get your stuff."

Aiden was in no mood to take a seat, he frantically 
looked at his watch. 17 minutes left. It would take him 
about 10 minutes if he ran all the way back to 
university. He could make it to his lecture in time." 
He calmed himself and took a seat.

13 minutes of impatient waiting later, an irate Aiden 
asked the preened lady for the fourth time where his 
order was.

"It's just coming," she answered reassuring him and 
then called out to someone in a louder voice, "Charles! 
Get this young man's order pronto!"

Aiden was peeved to the core. He would never get to his 
lecture on time now. He might as well forget about it. 
He huffed and went back to sit on the uncomfortable 
waiting chairs. As soon as he sat down the lady called 
out, "Ah it's here!"

Aiden thanked the lady in a mordant tone and collected 
the goods. He had missed a lecture on account of their 
inefficiency. He walked leisurely out of the shop 
knowing there was no rush to go anywhere now.

As he descended the spiral stair case he noticed the 
sign for the Horoscope shop again. Well he could go 
there now, since he had the free time. Or should he?

After contemplating for half a minute whether he should 
enter a place with a banner like that, Aiden finally 
decided he would; he had glanced around and made sure 
no one who could recognize him would see him entering 
the store.

He pushed the black glass door open as wind chimes 
above the door jingled signaling his entry. Aiden found 
himself in the most colorful room he had seen in his 
entire life, filled with ominous masks and ornamental 
bands hanging across the walls. A Japanese girl, who 
Aiden estimated to be his own age, watching television 
turned to see who had entered.

"Can I help you?" Aiden noticed her white milky 
complexion and was reminded of the lady he had 
encountered having the same complexion.

"Uhh, I'm looking for a lady." Aiden stated unsure of 
what to ask for.

"The shop's closed, we don't cater to any customers any 
more."

"The sign outside..."

"We closed shop 3 days ago," the girl interrupted 
sharply as she muted the television and Aiden realized 
she had no accent. "The sign outside will be hammered 
out in a day or two."

"But I'm not here to get my fortune, uhh, future 
predicted..." The girl pursed her lips and waited for 
Aiden to continue.

"I'm here to meet an old lady who I met a few days 
back." Aiden finally managed to say. "Look, this old 
lady gave me a card to this place and asked for me to 
call her. I think she runs this place or something" 
Aiden regretted calling the lady old in front of her 
probable relative.

The girl's face went blank. "When did you meet her?"

Aiden recalled the day he had come for his lenses 
earlier, the day he had gone with Will to the 
retirement home. "On Sunday."

The girl bit her lower lip. "That's the day she died."

Aiden was taken aback. He had hardly dealt with death 
in his life before and was not sure how to react. "I'm 
sorry, I'll leave if you want me to."

"No wait, that old lady was my mother. Tell me where 
you met her." Aiden looked at the girl unsure of what 
to say. This girl had lost her mother 2 days ago and 
was talking about it so normally. She registered no 
signs of shock on her face, only one of determination.

"I met her near my friend's retirement home. She came 
after me and told me about some danger sort of thing."

"She told you of the devil that was after you," the 
girl stated flatly.

"Excuse me?"

The girl swiftly got up, switched off the television 
and turned towards Aiden. "My mom went nuts on Sunday. 
That was the day she died. In fact she was murdered. 
Killed by a demonic force."

Aiden was trying to follow what the girl was saying, 
but made little sense of it. The girl noticed Aiden's 
expression and stepped closer to him.

"Listen, you may think I'm out of whack, but my mom was 
psychic. And on that bastard day," she clenched her 
teeth, "My mom saw some sort of a vision and went nuts. 
She kept saying something like 'a boy would be consumed 
by a devil' and drove everyone else in the house mad. 
Finally she left the house to seek the boy or 
whatever."

Aiden scrunched his face and creased his brow. He had 
no idea what to make of this girl or her story.

"She returned later in the evening but was still 
inconsolable; she said she had not been able to warn 
the boy even though she had met him. We managed to get 
her to go to sleep after a big ruckus." The girl paused 
to add the next bit, "And then she was murdered by the 
devil."

"She was?" Aiden asked not at all believing what was 
being said but having no inkling on how to react to a 
girl who spoke of a dead mother and supernatural 
phenomenon with such a straight face.

"Yes, she was. When we found her, her eyes had popped 
out of her head and blood was seeping out through her 
nose, through her ears, even through the sockets in her 
eyes." The girl's tone was getting louder and louder 
and she was almost screaming as she said the last bits.

"Uhh, I..."

The girl lashed out at Aiden, "You don't believe me do 
you? But you would believe the forensic reports that 
showed that her brain had exploded inside her skull, 
turned to mushy pulp, and all while she lay on her bed 
alone."

Aiden was having a hard time processing the situation. 
This girl was getting angry as her entire face had 
turned from white to red. Suddenly the rage on her face 
disappeared and tears streamed out form the corners of 
her eyes as she tried to wipe them with the back of her 
hand. Aiden stepped away from the girl as if she was an 
explosive ticking to go off.

"I'm sorry... it's just..." the rest of her words faded 
in the sobs.

"It's ok, I'll just leave." Aiden was feeling 
miserable.

"No, no, forgive me for all that anger."

"No, no it's ok."

"No dammit! Listen to what I have to say!" the girl 
burst out again. Aiden flinched ready to run off if she 
took the slightest step toward him. He was terrified of 
this girl now.

"You are the boy mama was trying to protect. You are 
the one the devil is after."

Aiden chewed at his lips. 

"You are the one mama gave her life for."

~~~

A confused boy left the Horoscope shop. Aiden's head 
was spinning. What did the girl mean by insisting for 
him to believe in the devil? Why was she so adamant? 
And there was one thing that she said just before he 
left her that made him queasy; be careful of new people 
in your life. 

Aiden was terrified. Did she mean to refer to Will? No, 
that was impossible! Will was the kindest person he had 
ever met in his entire life. Will was a new person in 
his life after all. And then he had met another person 
lately; Scott. These were the only two significant 
recent additions in his life lately. Or the girl might 
have been referring to scores of lesser important 
people that he encountered everyday. 

Finally Aiden felt sick at himself for thinking about 
such things. Finally he came to a conclusion; he had 
been a fool who felt for a girl that was so traumatized 
at her mother's death. For all he knew, the girl would 
scream and cry at anyone who entered the shop since her 
mother died. There was no reason to believe this 
obviously disturbed girl. 

Then how did the lady who came after him in the first 
place fit into all this?

~~~

Dominic was tapping his fingers against the table 
waiting impatiently. He was a prompt person and 
disliked having to wait for anyone. And right now he 
was waiting for the most punctual person he knew.

Dominic looked up as he heard footsteps, his face 
registering surprise at seeing Aiden.

"Dude, where are your glasses?"

Aiden smiled feebly though he hardly felt like it at 
that time. "Oh, I switched to lenses."

Dominic raised his eyebrows and tried to say something 
but no words left his mouth. He started again, "What 
the hell do you mean lenses?"

Aiden's smile accumulated some joy. "Contact Lenses."

"Shit!" Dominic exclaimed. "First you change your hair, 
and now you dumped your glasses? I mean look at you! 
Who the fuck are you? I can barely recognize you!"

"So how does it look?" Aiden asked hesitatingly.

"It looks nice." Dominic thought for a couple of 
seconds before he added, "In fact it suits you pretty 
well."

Aiden was happy. Dominic had said he was looking good. 
He had been distressed throughout the afternoon, 
immersed in anxious thoughts, and had forgotten about 
the lenses till Dominic pointed it out.

"So what are all these changes for?"

"Uhh, just like that."

"Are you hiding something from me?"

The two were interrupted as a new person entered the 
room. Aiden stared wide eyed; it was Scott.

"So should we begin?" Scott asked smiling at the pair.

"Begin what?" Aiden asked confused. "Scott what are you 
doing here?" He was immediately aware of his contact 
lenses again but reckoned that Scott had met him just 
once before when he had been wearing spectacles. Scott 
would not know of the switch he had made; the switch 
that for Aiden had been so dramatic.

"I'm your guide for robot assembling. Didn't I tell you 
that I take some courses behind college?"

Aiden stared dumbfounded. Scott was wearing a half 
sleeved striped shirt and black jeans. And he looked 
seriously hot! Aiden was watching Scott's lips move as 
he spoke and was having a hard time concentrating on 
what he was saying. 'Shit' Aiden thought to himself. 
'If this hunk is gonna be my teacher here, I can safely 
say buh-bye to robotics with the amount I'll be able to 
concentrate with him around'.

"So shall we begin with our Micromouse?" Scott asked.

Scott disappeared into the adjoining room as the 
budding engineers followed. "You know him?" Dominic 
asked as they followed Scott.

"Yeah, sorta. Just met him today and played some tennis 
with him." Aiden entered a larger room where he found 
Storm already waiting, sitting on a tiny stool that 
threatened to give away any moment.

"Okay everyone." Scott clasped his hands as he waited 
for the trio to settle down. He took a deep breath 
before he started. "You all have the university 
TechFest coming up in 4 weeks time and are wanting to 
submit an entry for the Micromouse contest."

"We want to win it." Dominic interrupted. 

"Yes definitely." Scott continued. "Your contest rules 
are here with me. The maze design and dimensions are 
categorically defined. What we will need is knowledge 
in microcontrollers, knowledge of basic assembly 
language, knowledge of a few electronic devices and a 
little knowledge of design dynamics."

Aiden was impressed through the little he heard when he 
was not distracted by Scott's looks. This guy was hot, 
hunky, smart, and polite. Weren't drop dead gorgeous 
people supposed to be snobbish and dumb? He now knew of 
two people who could shatter that theory now.

"What I require from you guys is your dedication and 
hard work. We don't have much time before the contest 
and we will have to make the most of the time we do 
have. I will be starting off with some basic circuits 
that are not actual components of the Micromouse robot. 
However these circuits will help you understand what 
you're doing and impart you important knowledge that 
could otherwise be left untouched even after completion 
of the robot."

Aiden stole a glance at his engineer buddies. They were 
looking up at Scott with respect and awe. Scott's 
dynamic personality had clearly swept them off their 
feet. 'He probably has this effect on everyone' Aiden 
realized.

The group split up into different tasks; Aiden was 
handed a bunch of circuitry material to complete a PCB 
and interpret what it did. Aiden started his work, 
surprised that a simple circuit could be so challenging 
when you had to work backwards with it. After some 
fiddling he called for Scott to find out why it was not 
working.

Scott lifted the board on which the circuit was mounted 
and glanced at the components.

"There's a tiny problem here." Scott finally stated. 
"Observe your green LED."

Aiden narrowed his eyes to observe and then cursed 
himself. He had soldered the LED in reverse polarity.

"Shit! what a dork!" Aiden muttered cursing himself as 
he slapped his forehead.

Scott smiled at Aiden. "Happens to the best of us."

Aiden was smitten. This man was so polite. He loved the 
manner in which Scott made you realize your mistakes 
and was not at all patronizing. This man was actually 
making him understand all the heavy circuitry he had 
been involved in for the first time. Otherwise Aiden's 
knowledge was bookish and pedantic. He could feel his 
heart warming next to Scott. This man exuded comfort 
and also some sort of intoxication.

Aiden watched as Scott went over to Storm who was busy 
fiddling with tiny electronic components with his large 
bulky fingers, a sight to behold. The two laughed at 
Storm's attempts to insert a thin wire into the 
breadboard grooves. Aiden noticed as Storm got up that 
Scott was nearly the same height as him. But whereas 
Storm possessed a lot of bulk and looked generally 
large, Scott was in perfect shape; perfect arms, broad 
back and shoulders, and the most perfect butt. Aiden 
scolded himself, 'Ok, finish your work first!' and 
forced himself to look down at the circuit.

"He's probably straight anyway!" He reasoned to 
himself. "Plus I have Will now."

~~~

It was later in the evening when the trio left Scott 
and his gadgets. Aiden was feeling much better than he 
had been all afternoon. But as soon as Dominic and 
Storm left him he got lost in his own thoughts as he 
walked towards Will's apartment.

With the advent of the robotics project, he would now 
be meeting Scott on a regular basis. 'Scott White', he 
voiced to himself. He chuckled thinking there were two 
handsome men in his life who had last names of colors. 
'Black and White'.

Scott was immensely likeable, other than the fact that 
he could almost make Aiden cum in his underwear. He was 
attracting Aiden like a moth to a flame. And Aiden was 
having a hard time stopping himself from being lured. 
But why did he even have to think about anyone else 
now?

Now there was Will in his life. A person who seemed to 
desire him as much as he did. And he was absolutely 
fantastic. Then what was bothering him. Wasn't all the 
things the Japanese girl and lady said crap? 'What 
devil drivel!' He suddenly remembered Tinka's question. 
'Wasn't Will too perfect?' Why had his best friend said 
something like that? Aiden knew it was a harmless 
question, asked in care, but something like that from 
Tinka really affected him. Was Tinka feeling there was 
something wrong behind Will's façade? Why the hell did 
she have to feel that way? Just when he was so happy.

So now there were two alpha males in his life. Two men 
that both looked that they just stepped out from the 
cover of a romance novel. Men so handsome that they 
were difficult to fathom. So why was he so distressed?

Aiden reached Will's building, surprised he had not 
realized where the journey started and where it got 
over. He was way too washed out mentally. He was 
crestfallen and insecure. And he did not know a proper 
reason to assign for his worries. 

~~~

Black opened the swung the door open knowing it was 
Aiden who had arrived. He was immediately flooded by 
Aiden's thoughts. 

Aiden stood there in the hallway, trying to smile at 
him. But Black knew otherwise. He felt the pathos of 
unanswered questions overwhelming him. Black stepped 
forward and hugged Aiden, enfolding him within his 
arms. Aiden immediately closed his eyes and rested his 
head on his lover's strong shoulder.

Black gently stroked Aiden's back, swaying gently, 
purring sweet nothings in his ear. The boy was insecure 
and had only him to hold onto. He started analyzing 
Aiden's thoughts.

There was the worry of a fortune telling lady's 
daughter that had distressed his lover by telling him 
of a devil. So killing the old lady had not been good 
enough? There was nothing more that could be done about 
it now. If he tried to wipe out this daughter now, and 
Aiden found out, the consequences could be cataclysmic.

Then there was the matter of doubt and uncertainty 
expressed by a friend. The same girl he had met 
earlier. There was certainly no manner in which he 
could intervene there.

And then there was the matter of a new man that 
confused his lover's senses. Black decided to root out 
this man if he posed a problem again.

Black was till swaying with Aiden, still out in the 
hallway. He gauged Aiden's worries, fears, anxieties 
and doubts and felt melancholic himself. He would do 
anything in his powers to make Aiden feel better. All 
he wanted was to see this boy smile. No one would be 
allowed to harm his lover.

Black gently rubbed his cheeks against Aiden's, still 
purring soothingly as the boy stood still, holding 
onto, fearing to let go. Black knew what the boy 
wanted.

He gently lifted the boy in his arms and carried him 
inside, ever so slightly shutting the door. Reaching 
the bedroom he placed him on the bed softly and 
carefully removed their clothes before joining his 
lover.

Back made soft and tender love to Aiden, long and slow, 
completely losing himself in the tender passion and 
feelings of affection that inundated him. He wanted 
nothing more than to please this boy. To fill joy in 
his heart and rid him of his anxieties. To make him 
understand that everything would be ok. He climaxed the 
lovemaking, for the first time feeling sated himself.

He lightly ran his hair through Aiden's hair. He knew 
his next words should never have been uttered. 

"Don't worry about anything. I'll always be with you."

And with that he quietly dozed of with his lover, 
knowing that the human feelings he was experiencing 
were going to land him in trouble.

~~~

Fifteen minutes later Aiden groggily got out of the 
bed. He stepped over to where his jeans lay and fished 
out a tiny double sectioned box. Stretching the skin 
below his eyes he popped the contact lenses out and 
placed each one of them in the small compartments 
marked L and R. Having finished the task, he moved back 
into the arms of his lover, cursing the fact that 
lenses needed to be removed before sleeping.

~~~

Ok, so lots of events in Aiden's life. A lot of things 
he's going through. Black and White are now both key 
people in his life. We'll see how he deals with things 
as they come. There's still a lot of things left to 
happen.

To be continued?

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