Saving Me [MxM]

Chapter 09 (Part One)

"So, out of curiosity, are you actually gay, or is it just because you haven't found your other mate?"

Nathan paused, raising an eyebrow. "I haven't found my other mate, but I have no intention of looking for her. I'm happy where I am."

Vince held up his hands. "Hey, I don't judge. You're talking to the guy who keeps waffles in his pockets. Fuck who you will."

Yes, Nathan decided, Vince was highly amusing. And he was pretty sure that whole “field on fire” thing in freshman year wasn't an accident like he said. Vince didn't seem like the “accident” type. 

"So Vince, where are you from?" Skyler spoke up suddenly, raising an eyebrow at their new addition as he turned to her with a smile.

"Born in Japan. Parent's were both in the air force, so there was a lot of traveling. Lived in the northern United States and Canada most of my life though."

"Japan? That's cool. What's it like there?" 

"Crowded. We visited there about two years ago, and I ended up getting myself Changed for a short time. Decided it wasn't for me though and reverted back. Didn't really like the idea of needles coming out of my gums either," Vince smiled. Thomas finished his food before tuning into the conversation.

"So Vince, gay? Straight? Curious? What?" he asked. Vince snorted.

"My love lies in two places-- food and breasts. I mean, if you want to try seducing me with some pancakes and syrup, be my guest."

Nathan chuckled at that as Thomas, Skyler and Vince continued on with their conversation, checking his phone to see that he had class in five minutes. "Shit. I gotta go," he mumbled, standing up and gathering his things.

"Alright, see you Monday! And bring me some pancakes! I fucking love pancakes!" Vince called after him. Nathan turned to flip him off before heading to class. 

He attracted some weird people.

Jecklynn hung around for a while, and Varian didn't mind. He liked company, at least he wasn't bored. Venerra had taken to sleeping a lot more again. This pattern was beginning to bug him, not because he didn't have much time with her, but because she wasn't usually so tired.

"Something bothering you?" Jecklynn asked, picking up his father's journal from the side table next to the couch. He'd gotten it out to read some more, but so far he'd either been too busy to crack it open, or worrying about his sister.

"My sister," he answered, walking over to Jecklynn and holding his hand out. "May I have that please?"

She looked up from thumbing the paging. "Yeah, sorry. It's just, I've never seen this one before...where'd you get it?"

"It's Victor's."

A little dent formed between Jecklynn's brows but she didn't comment, handing the journal over to him silently. "Why is your sister bothering you? She okay?"

"That's what I'm wondering," Varian sighed, sitting on the couch and staring at his lap. "She's been so tired these last few months. For most of them, she's fine, her usual happy self, but for about a week in every one she's like this."

The couch dipped with Jecklynn's weight as she settled next to him, leaning into his side, her head on his shoulder. "How old is she now?"

"Eight. She'll be turning nine in May. The seventeenth."

"Well, have you considered that her hormones are changing? It's normal for girls to get tired when this happens."

Varian paused. Venerra's hormones were changing? Well, that made sense, she was getting older. He didn't like that thought very much, but he was her brother, not her father.