Beneath The Binding

Part 1 : Chapter 2

 "Now let me introduce the Testers!" the announcer said loudly. The loudphone echoed backstage, though there weren't any devices to make the sound travel. It must have been exaggerated with their heartbeat rates. 

    "You ready Niko?" Damon asked, palms starting to sweat like how it would before every show.      "No. But let's go." Niko answered back after a pause, then the 2 walked in on stage on opposite ends. 

Niko grabbed the item on display and held it for a few seconds before pointing to the long rose quartz crystal with a spiked end up, and flowers began to fall from a dead plant that was also displayed. The plant hung from the ceiling and as the dead twigs grew, vines began to fall down, draped along the hanging pot, and flowers blossomed from the vines. Before the petals could fall though, Damon walked in, and pointed an obsidian rock that was shaped like a small dagger with only a bulged sphere as the handhold, and pointed it at the falls petals. The effect first made the flowers rise to the height of the growing plant, then Damon swished the obsidian in a circle with a wrist motion and made the petals die. It turned dark green, to grey, to black, then to ash. Both powers were magical in their own ways, however the most eye-catching part was how the 2 moved in sync and created this aroma of beauty yet also providing the message that violence can win sometimes. As the silent pair continued their show, the plant eventually rose by the ropes and the 2 looked at each other, and nodded. They walked closer together, and when they got about a foot away from each other, Damon looked at Niko and smirked, then waved his rock and it made niko float a few inches off the ground, however niko then did a motion that looked like stabbing the air with the rose quartz and from the ceiling grew vines, long ropes of green and pink, and niko swung on them, hands close to slipping off as he was nervous, but managed to get across the stage, then pointed the crystal upwards. Suddenly, more non-poisonous ivy began to grow and wrap around Damon's arms and legs. The plant adjusted the position of his arms as though he was in streamline in the water yet no movement even though he struggled and tried hard to free himself. 

Niko, smirking, moved forward towards Damon, inches away, and Niko put his hand on Damon's chest as the announcer counted up from 1. 

   "1!...2!...3!...4!..." The announcer continued to 5, but it was as though time had stopped for the duo. Niko's hand slid down further on Damon's chest to his abdomen and with all honesty, if the announcer wouldn't have cut the vines, Niko wasn't exactly sure where that hand would've stopped. 

They all went backstage and sat down, exhausted from a 3 minute show, and returned the objects back on their pedestals. "Good job boys! Can't wait to see it all again in 2 days." the announcer said in a whisper backstage directly to the 2 boys. "Yea...of course! See you in 2 days..." Niko spoke up, as Damon looked distracted, not from the adrenaline subsiding, but from the sexual tension they both could feel on stage.

"Yo...damon, you okay?"

"Y-yeah..lets go get washed up, i think the vines just were..irritating.."

In reality, the only irritating thing was what Damon thought about Niko when he touched him like that, in front of people, but the fact that Niko couldn't continue.