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 Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:57 pm
OdysseyFaine So Close Apart
Overview
Michael was living the good life. He was a successful web-designer and his husband was a very powerful businessman, but all was not as wonderful as it seemed. His husband, Vick, had slowly over the past few years grown apart from him. It came to the point to where hearing the words "I love you" was like a rare treat. So when he receives a call from his long time
best friend Daniel (who he hadn't seen in nearly 6 years) to come and spend the weekend with him, he gladly goes on the small road trip to go and see him. Though he runs into more confusion and heart ache when
Daniel admits his love for him and the news that his husband has been arrested for drug dealing and buying prostitutes is being shown all over the television. What will he do?
Characters
Name: Michael
Age: 30
Appearance: Michael has smooth naturally tanned skin and long, silky brown hair. He has striking gray eyes that seem to draw in anyone that gazes into them. He likes to wear casual clothing all the time and always seems to sport his favorite brown, worn flip flops.
Played By: OdysseyFaine
Name: Daniel
Age: 32
Appearance: Daniel has a lighter complexion and nicely fair skin. He has piercing ice, blue eyes and shoulder to short length choppy dirty blond hair. He wears glasses to correct his nearsightedness and likes to dress nicely, while keeping comfortably casual. He is almost always seen with a book in hand.
Played By: The_dark_traveller
Name: Vick
Age: 34
Appearance:
With his medium short, golden blond locks and natural good looks, Vick is not hard to become attracted to. His skin is fair, but not pale and his eyes are like beautiful green jewels. Though he does seem to have a look of arrogance or over-confidence always on his face. He dresses professionally all the time, as he is a big businessman and cannot afford to look unruly, but when he is away from work he is not afraid to loosen up and slip into something more comfortable.
Played By: OdysseyFaine
Bios
Michael, Daniel, and Vick:
Michael and Daniel have been best friends since the 6th grade. They went to middle school and highschool together and would go on a trip together every summer to a cabin campground in the mountains with just one another and would have a blast. Then after high school they both went to the same college. It was during these years that Daniel finally realized that he was head over heals in love with Michael, but was too afraid to tell him or even do anything about it.
Finally, their junior year rolled around and that is when Michael met Vick. A handsom, intelligent and charismatic business major. It was not long before he and Vick began to date, and when all three were together there was always a thick atmosphere between Daniel and Vick, that Michael seemed oblivous to. Despite his attempts to like the other, for Michael's sake, Daniel just couldn't shake the feeling that there was something off about Vick.
Then one year after they graduated college, Michael got his first job at one of the cities most developed graphic web-design firms in the country. Daniel was so happy for him that he held a surprise party to congratulate him on his success. But then came the biggest shock of his life. It was on that very night, that Vick proposed to Michael and he accepted. Daniel suddenly felt a hole form in his heart that he knew would never be filled again. Daniel tried to warn Michael that he was making a mistake, that there was something shady going on. That Vick wasn't who he thought he was, but Michael waved it off because he knew whole heartedly that Vick was the one for him... after all they always had so much fun together and he was always so affectionate. Michael loved that... and then that summer, they were married.
As exprected, Vick had become a multi-million dollar businessman and owned one of the most successful corporations in the world. Daniel had gone on to open up his own small book store in the neighboring city and as of late had really begun to expand, though he and Michael had just sort of grown apart and hasn't seen his best friend since the wedding. That was about six years ago...
Personalities
Michael: Is very outgoing and fun loving. He was quite the partier in high school and even in college he strove to know where all the fun was at. Though he was still a very serious student. He is extremely kind and caring and very trusting of other people. He is well liked by all those who come in contact with him.
Daniel: Daniel is quite the opposite of Michael. He was always quiet and contemplative, but seemed just as fun when around his best friend. He is quite observant and calculating of people, which leads him to be really critical of people, especially those that hung out with Michael. But all in all he is a kind, helpful and understanding person. He tends to put others before him and often gets hurt for it and has come to the point with Michael that he is unsure if he can take it anymore. He didn't like Vick from the beginning.
Vick: At first glance, Vick is seen as a smart, charismatic and fun person. At least he was that way when around Michael, but away from school and his boyfriend he was always completely serious and plotting. His true colors showed through at these times. Vick is a go getter and he always finds a way to get what he wants. He uses his power and authority over people to rule, he is practically immune to the judicial system and is actually very cynical, selfish, and possessive. He hates Daniel with every fiber of his being... and really thinks of Michael as a trophy he won in the contest to win him over Daniel.
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What I Need
* I need a serious and at least semi-lit person to play Daniel *
* I expect that person to be on almost daily if possible, because I am usually on every single day *
* I will be playing both Michael and Vick, just for the sake of plot development and continuation *
* In the relationship between Michael and Daniel...Daniel is the seme, but rest assured, Michael can be quite pushy in his own sense *
* If you are interested in playing Daniel, please PM me a sample first post as Daniel *
* To make sure you were paying attention--put Dee Hot in the subject bar *
* After I have chosen my Daniel, I will PM that person and if you were not chosen, you will recieve no notice... okay? ^_^ *
* Let the game begin! *
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:03 pm
OdysseyFaine Golden bands of light filtered in throughout the early morning hours, leaving warm spots on the skin only where the light touched. Michael turned over unconsciously, becoming further entangled in the silvery satin sheets he slept in. His long chocolate colored hair lay sprawled and disheveled around his face, covering the ebony pillows that his arms were so uncomfortably lodged beneath.
Finally rousing due to his discomfort, Michael lifted his head and looked around, but could see nothing with the Cousin IT hairstyle he was sporting at the moment. He quickly flipped his hair up and away from his face with his free arm and made another pass across the room with his brilliant gray eyes. Upon realizing that he was indeed alone, he let out a long sigh and rolled over onto his back and stared at the ceiling with his arms flailed like wings on either side of him. "Gone again so soon...?" He whispered rather sullenly to himself, before he had stored up enough energy to get out of bed.
He treaded with heavy, drowsy steps across the floor to the master bath. He quickly went about his business at the toilet then went to the sink and brushed his teeth and ran a brush through that unruly morning hair. Feeling somewhat awake by this time, he returned to the bedroom and went to his closet and picked out a brown turtleneck and some nice, stonewashed bluejeans and his comfy brown flip flops, got dressed and headed out of the room.
He grabbed a loose hair tie that he saw laying on a bureau table at the bottom of the stairs to pull up his hair when he noticed a little piece of white that looked out of place. Turning back around, as he wrapped the last loop of the tie around the messy ponytail, he picked up the little piece of paper and noticed that there was writing on it. He scanned the note and his shoulders slumped, and the paper wielding hand fell to his side and curled into a fist, crushing the scrap between his fingers.
Vick had just come home last night for the first time in 2 weeks and already he was back on another business trip? He even left again without so much as a 'goodbye'... or an 'I love you'. Michael's whole body began to tremble slightly as a few stray tears fell from underneath his bang hidden eyes.
"Why...?" He whispered, though instantly regained his composure and headed out the door grabbing the keys to his motorcycle and helmet on the way out. His co-workers wouldn't want to hear about his marital distresses.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:06 pm
The_dark_traveller Beep, beep, beep went the black colored alarm clock near Daniel bedside. His eyelids slowly opened to reveal the light blue eyes. Reaching out for the alarm, he turned it off and sighed, when he reached for his glasses. After placing them on, he lay on his back, his eyes staring at the ceiling. The dreams events still played in his mind from the night before.
Lifting up his right arm slowly to the ceiling, as if reaching out to someone, Daniel spoke to himself. “Why did I let you go? Why didn’t I tell you how I feel for you Michael? Every night I dream about you, as if my dreams are laughing at me, taunting me. For when I wake from my pleasant slumber your not there with me. You are with him.” Daniel said the last word with disgust in his voice.
He sighed and rolled to his left side, looking at a picture of both himself and Michael at the Cabin campgrounds. His arm was around Michael as they both smiled holding up the big fish Michael caught that day, while Daniel himself didn’t have a single bite on his fishing rod. A small weak smile appeared on his lips, as Daniel remembered the memory.
His hand reached out towards the picture, and ran his thumb gently over the glass frame. “I wish we could go back to that time those many years ago, when it was just you and me Michael, but that would be selfish of me, wouldn’t it? Look what you started me on, you probity would laugh at me for having a conversation with your picture. But I miss you so much Michael.” Daniel sighed and let go of the picture and slowly got out of bed. His silk black pajamas shimmered in the faint light coming from his curtain covered windows.
It depressed him always to wake up in the morning and realise how empty his apartment was. For now he just ignored the feeling and walked into his bathroom and turned on the light as he entered. The first thing he saw was his reflection in the mirror. His dirty blond hair was in disarray. It looked much like a lion’s mane would. Yet that didn’t bother Daniel, his eyes did. His ocean blue eyes that were so filled with life and emotion when Michael was around seemed to have become dull and lifeless, hidden behind the glass that improved his sight.
He turned away and shed his shimmer silk raven black pajamas; his skin was pale from the lack of going out in the sun. He only went out for work and for groceries and other necessities. Stepping into the shower, he closed the curtain and started the shower. Letting the hot water droplets fall onto his skin and through his hair. Making him for a few minutes just get lost in the feeling of the heat.
Yet sadly the feeling didn't last long at all and the wonderful heat became cold. He opened his eyes to the feeling of his body shiver from the lack of he. Daniel image Michael was behind him, placing his arms around him and saying something lame like. "I'll keep you warm love." Daniel hit the wall with his fist. "Your haunting me, torturing me Michael. Your tearing my heart apart." He said as the tears silently fell from his eyes.
He lost track on how much time he sat there in the cold water. All he knew was that he stopped crying. Michael was on his mind so much, that his boss had to give him time off because his performance was slipping.
Slowly getting out of the water, he turned the tap off and reached for his towel. First slowly drying his face and then the rest of his body. His hair was always last. When he was dried he got dressed. "Today I am going to go outside. I can't let Michael choice ruin my life. It was my fault after all. I could have told him my feelings. But I always choked." He sighed and finished getting dressed.
He picked out a green turtle neck sweater and a pair of faded blue jeans. His socks matched his top, the same emerald green color. Which made his eyes stand out. After finishing putting on his clothes Daniel put on his glasses and looked at himself in the mirror once more. His face look depressed, even when he forced the smile on his lips.
"I won't let Vick win. I will be happy, even though losing you Michael causes my heart to ache. My boss is right I am losing it. I'm having a conversation with myself. Get a hold of it Daniel. It will be a good day today." Daniel said with a forced smile, turing away from the bathroom mirror, he placed his pj's in hamper and grabbed his wallet and one of his favorite novels from his book self , before setting off to go to a small cafe called the Blue Rose cafe. A small yet charming cafe, which wasn't like the hustle and bustle of other cafes, it was slow and steady and quiet.
Which was the perfect place for Daniel to read and to relax. Well that is what his shrink kept telling him. It was only a short walk from his apartment, so it didn't take Daniel much time to enter and have a seat at his usual spot near the window, in the corner of the small comforting cafe. A blues beat played on the classic record player. Daniel smiled and opened his book as Kate the waitress walked up to him.
"What it will be today cutie." She said with a wink of her left eye. The women was in her early 50's, yet she still had much youthful looks to her. But she was more of a mother figure to some then a potential lover.
"I'll have cafe Mocha today Kate. I'm not in the mood for coffee right now." he said with a weak smile looking up from his book. His eyes shimmering but still dull behind the glasses he wore.
"Alright cutie, I'll get you a piece of pie too. You look like you haven't eaten anything, and don't tell me no. Kate knows best." She said before leaving Daniel behind to shake his head lightly. Everyone knew not to mess with Kate, she was a strong willed women, who would never step down. Even if she was pushed.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:08 pm
OdysseyFaine The feeling of the wind against his body and the gusts whipping through the hair that protruded from beneath the back of his helmet, nothing felt better to him. He felt so free, like a bird flying through the open sky. The freeway was his sky, he could lose himself so easily on the freeway. But when his exit came up he nearly missed and had to swerve across three lanes of high speed traffic to make it onto the ramp.
He held his breath the whole time, heart racing, pounding in his chest so hard that it seemed it could actually break free from his body. Would that really be so bad? It already felt as if his heart was being broken away piece by piece anyway. Every time, Vick left without a word or a kiss... another piece of that once full and beautiful heart was lost in an abyss of dark depression.
Despite all of the heartache Michael was graced with each fruitless week, he held onto the smallest thread of hope. It was the one thing that held what heart he had left, indefinitely; the hope that all of this would soon pass. The hope that he and Vick were just going through a rough patch. Though it seemed that now the 4 years of constant recession were beginning to wear away at the fibers of that fragile thread and that pain hurt the worst. The pain of hopelessness.
Soon enough, Michael pulled into the parking ramp of the web-design firm and finally brought his motorcycle to a halt, flipping down the kickstand and stepping off the bike before allowing it to lean onto the small support. It was amazing that such a small thing could bear all that weight... The brunette removed his helmet and hung it on the handlebar and allowed him a deep sigh, before entering the ring of chaos he called his office.
The moment those electronic doors had opened, he was bombarded with a hoard of panicked associates. He hadn't even taken two steps into the place and already he had more work pushed onto him than he ever had the time to deal with. It took him a while to get there, but he finally made his way to his office and sat down at his desk and called in his assistant to calmly explain to him what it was that was going on.
"Michael, the whole Coka-Cola website is messed up. Nothing is working and no one can figure out what the hell happened to it. We have gone over all of the coding like 20 times... this is bad. We are losing 12 thousand an hour with the site down and the board at Coke is furious." He said as calmly as he could but there was a noticeable film of sweat shining on his brow.
Michael closed his eyes and waved the man away. "It will be up again by 3:45, call Coke and tell them that I am on it and maybe they will cool their jets a bit." He said and then turned on his computer and waited for it to boot up. He couldn't help but sigh again and let himself look out the window. It was an urban jungle out there. A maze of iron and concrete and glass. Oh, how he longed to get away from this place.
Suddenly, a little smile curled his lips as memories flooded his mind of the times that he had spent with Daniel out at the cabins. They would go there every summer and it would just be the two of them. They were inseparable, but somehow, they hadn't seen each other since the wedding. Michael frowned and lowered his head in sadness. "How did we drift apart?" He muttered under his breath. "I wish you were here, Daniel... I could really use a shoulder to lean on right now." He whispered now and looked back up into the blinding light of the computer screen finally starting on his work.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:09 pm
The_dark_traveller Kate walked up to Daniel with her tray. On it was his café Mocha Grande size and a big Piece of Blue Berry Pie. She smiled at the man lost in the word of his book. “Hey Sugar got your order right here. A nice Mocha and a yummy piece of my home made pie. Now don’t be shy and eat it. You’re too skinny you won’t get a lady like that, or boy if you go that way.”
Daniel was half paying attention, when the whole your too skinny bit was said, he pay full attention. His faced flushed a bit. “I’m fine Kate and you don’t need to worry I’ll eat your pie.” Kate smile with her red lipstick lips that matched her flaming red hair that now had some strands of grey. But she was still very beautiful. She would have been quite a looker in her time. Even with the small amount of wrinkles on her face, near her lips and around her eyes, she still looked beautiful to Daniel. He saw her as a woman with beauty beyond words. It was because her eyes showed so much kindness and she always looked on the bright side of things and you would never see her without a smile.
Even though she treated him like her very own flesh and blood. Daniel didn’t mind, she was one of the reasons he didn’t just stay in his apartment and rot. Before Kate left Daniel smile lightly and spoke. “Thanks Kate. I’ll pay extra for the piece of pie.” Kate just smiled and brushed him off lightly. “No need to thank me Sugar, just eat and enjoy the pie. It’s on the house.” She said with a smile and walked away from Daniel to serve the next table of customers.
Daniel smiled and went back to reading his book taking small sips of his drink. When he got to the part in his book where the main character e-mail his friend that she hadn’t seen for quite sometime it got Daniel thinking. ‘What if I send Michael an e-mail to meet and spend a weekend together to catch up on old times, maybe which would help the ache in my heart, just getting to see him will make me happy. I’ll do it after I finish this pie. It would rude for me not too eat this after Kate gave it to me free and I am now hungry. Getting a chance to see Michael again gave me the appetite I suppose.’ He thought to himself while eating as his thoughts drifted on what he would put in the e-mail and how Michael looked now. It had been so long, Daniel wondered if Michael changed or not.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:14 pm
OdysseyFaine Jessie, Michael's assistant, wasn't kidding when he said something was wrong with the site, though after going over the coding he found it very hard to believe that they had gone over it thoroughly. Michael had only gone over it once and had found out the problem. The whole linking system of the site was dead because the previous coder had completely screwed up the tagging.
He had already been re-working the codes for 3 hours straight and his eyes were beginning to feel strained and sore. He hadn't even taken a break for lunch, though he was really starving. Making it for 3:45 would be a godsend at this point, if he kept working he might just make it. But, suddenly everything got blurry and then went black. His eyes closed and he fell face first onto his desk. The stress was just too much and it finally got to the web-designer at the cost of his health.
Luckily, one of Michael's associates had witnessed him black out and ran into his office, then called some other's for help. Among those who came into the office was Jessie and and a few other cubicle workers. Together, they lifted the man and lied him on the small couch at the back of his office. Jessie began to fan him with some paper and another man went and wet some paper towel to place on Michael's forehead. "Hey, Michael... Michael! Wake up man... wake up!" Jessie urged every few moments until finally the brunette came to again.
"What happened?" He asked, there was a slight pain on his forehead from having hit it right on the hard surface of the desk. "Man, you passed right out. Are you feeling alright?" Jessie replied with some level of concern in his voice.
Michael slowly sat up, pressing his hand to his forehead. He shook his head. "No...no I'm not. I need some time off..." He said shakily. "Tell, Mr. Calson that I am taking my vacation right now... have Jack finish the coding on the Coke site." He instructed and flinched a little as a headache began to rock his head. "Jessie... will you give me a ride home and make sure my bike gets locked up somewhere?" He asked.
Jessie nodded, eyes wide. "Um...s-sure Michael. Come on get your things and I will bring you home right now." The man said and helped Michael to his feet. Slowly he gathered his cell phone and a few other small things and he left the office and went home.
Once there he went straight to the living room and fell onto the couch. He placed his arm over his eyes and turned over falling into another bout of exhausted sleep. And as he drifted into that numbing unconscious state all he found he could think about was Daniel.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:22 pm
The_dark_traveller After paying for his bill, Daniel made his way home. He seemed like a different person, just by the way he walked or the now smile on his face. It was all thanks to the fact that he might see the man that had his heart and was in control of his dreams.
He took the stairs to his floor instead of taking the elevator. He whistled all the way, which was out of his nature too, but he didn’t care right now. Walking up to his door he stopped whistling and took his keys out of his pants pocket and opened the door.
While inside he closed the door and practically rushed to his laptop to start typing. Yet when he arrived and clicked on Michael’s e-mail, he couldn’t think of what to say or write. Staring at the white screen for like an hour, Daniel sighed and placed his head against his hands. “I never thought it would be this hard, but I have not even seen or spoken too him since after his wedding. Making me seem like a total a*****e for that, I am a total a*****e. You probity won’t want to see me. Arg, why so much stress. This is why I let Josh take over being manager of my bookstore for awhile. So he became my boss. I don’t need this stress Michael, your causing me to insane slowly.”
Sighing to himself he moved away from the screen and went to make himself some herbal tea that was supposed to calm his nerves, He walked back and forth in front of the laptop. His right hand running through his hair while his left held one of his favorite cups, the one that Michael gave him for St.Patrick’s day. It had a green cat and dog on it kissing. The slogan underneath in a small clover said ‘kiss me for I am Irish and I bring good luck.’ Daniel thought it was kind of cute in a weird way, but the fact that Michael gave him the mug as a gift, made it his favorite mug.
Then inspiration hit Daniel and some confidence. He placed his mug of half drank tea near his lap top and started to type. He started to e-mail as he would a letter.
“Dear Michael
It has been so long since we have spoken or seen each other my good friend. Six years to be exact. That is mostly my fault and I am very sorry for that. I don’t know the reason why we stopped seeing each other. But again I am sorry for being such an a** and never picking up the phone or sending you an email. I really want to fix the friendship that we had long ago. I want to hang out with you and see you again. It has been so long I don’t even know if you changed your looks or not. I hope we can mend our friendship and be the close friends we were those years ago. If you are interested which I hopes you still want to be friends with a jerk like me. I want to go to the cabin camp grounds at Waterloo Lake on the mountains. I would be in charge of everything so you don’t have to worry. Reservations for the cabin we stayed at since we were kids will be made by me. All you have to do is show up on Friday at 6 pm to the camp grounds with a bag of clothes and other things you wish to bring. I hope I will see you there Michael, I just thought the perfect place to mend our friendship would be the place where our friendship first begun. If you don’t come I will fully understand and I will not be a bother in your life anymore Michael, that is a promise.
From your best friend always,
Daniel
Daniel looked over the email once more and deleted a few things, such as love Daniel at the end and deleting the real reason that broke apart their friendship. That reason being Vick, before sending the e-mail Daniel attached the same picture of him, Michael and the large fish that Michael caught. “I hope you come Michael, with out you in my life, my life is meaningless. It would crush me as much as your marriage to him did. I don’t think I could recover a second time.” He said to the screen before clicking the send botton.
Moving away from the screen Daniel walked over to the couch and collapsed on it He needed something to get his mind off of Michael for the moment. Reaching over to the remote he turned on the tv and started flipping through mindless television.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:39 pm
OdysseyFaine It was dark when Michael finally woke up. He squinted his eyes so that they would adjust to the dim light of the room and he sat up slowly and rubbed his temples. The tv was off, so he must have just fallen right asleep when he got home, but up until that point he could only remember bits and pieces of what happened.
He sat upright on the couch for a few more moments, before he got up to go to the bathroom. He walked rather lazily through the living room and into the hallway, passing up a small library and then his office. He casually looked into the room and noticed a little flashing message on the task bar of his PC. He had an e-mail waiting for him. He allowed his eyes to linger for only a moment before he entered the bathroom.
After a minute or two, Michael re-emerged and ran his now water damp fingers through his hair and went to wander towards the kitchen, when that little flashing beacon once again caught his attention. Unable to ignore the signal, he moved towards his desk and sat down in the padded wheeled chair.
Taking the mouse into his hands he clicked on the message and in a new window the e-mail popped up. He quickly scanned the information about the sender and as soon as he saw who had sent the letter, his eyes went wide and his mouth dropped open. Quickly and eagerly he scanned the letter and he closed his eyes when he was finished, a smile crossing his face.
Once he was able to gather his thoughts and calm down, he moved the mouse to the reply button and when the new message window popped up, he too stared at the screen. There were so many things he wanted to say, but somehow he couldn't bring himself to type them out. He would start on a sentence and then delete it seconds later.
After about a half hour he let out a deep sigh and x'ed out the window and turned the chair standing up. "How am I going to do this?" He asked himself. Then he walked out of the office and to the telephone. He quickly pulled open the phone book and looked up his best friend's number in the directory and then picked up the phone and dialed the most important seven numbers he had dialed in a long time.
He had tried to call Daniel before with a fruitless turnout, but he hoped that this time it would be different. His heart began to beat faster and harder in his chest as the phone began to ring.... "Daniel?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:43 pm
The_dark_traveller Daniel didn’t remember falling asleep. Maybe it was during the Cooking with Sally or some other program he had no interested in what so ever. When he slept, he dreamed one of the most desirable dreams yet. There he was at the church beside him was Michael. Both of them dressed in elegant Tuxes. His was pure white, with a hint of gold lining, while Michael’s was a traditional black tux with a gold vest. Each one of them had a rose clipped two their tuxes, both roses red a symbol of their love for each other.
They had just finished saying their vows and when the priest said to kiss, Daniel was overjoyed. “I waited for this moment for so long Michael. I love you with all my heart and soul, without you I am nothing. You are my soul mate, my other half. I love you.” Daniel leaned into Michael and their lips met to share a passionate kiss, then a ringing sound was heard in his dream, when he opened his eyes to see Michael was standing by Vick and Vick’s arm was around his waist. Michael looked sadly at Daniel. “I’m sorry but I love Vick.” Daniel placed his hand over his heart as Vick ripped off the rose on Michael’s and threw it in front of Daniel who was now kneeling on the floor. He watched with tears in his eyes as the two walked away from him leaving him alone in the church. As the rose was crushed and the pedals fluttered into the air, Daniel woke from his dream, fresh tears falling from his eyes.
Realising the phone was ringing, Daniel debated with himself to answer or not. He sighed in defeat since the phone called probity was important. Walking over too the phone while rubbing his now stiff neck, Daniel answered the phone. “Hello?” He paused for a moment before answering. “Yes this is Daniel, who may I ask is speaking?” Daniel said in a semi wake monotone voice. Looking at his reflection in the glass window, his hair was a mess and his eyes red from crying when he slept. His tired brain finally registered who was talking on the other line, it happened to be the man that control his heart and haunted his dreams.
Almost tripping over his coffee table in excitement, Daniel spoke in the phone after saying ow because of hitting his knee on the coffee table. His voice was filled with excitement, as the now fully awake Daniel spoke into the phone. “Michael is that you?” ‘Please be you, please be you.’ He repeated in his mind while waiting for a response from the person on the other line that might be Michael.
It felt like hours when it was only just minutes waiting for that response, his heart beat fast in his chest and he picked at his nails nervously.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:47 pm
OdysseyFaine The silence was torture, even though it lasted only seconds. Then there was the confirmation. The man that answered was his best friend, the one person he felt he needed more than anything else in the world. Though, there was something about his voice that wasn't right, it was his voice, but there was something different in it at that moment, as if it were hollow and empty.
Michael's body was trembling in anticipation, he tried to answer his friend, but only awkward little breathy sounds were released. Michael then closed his mouth and clenched his fist. 'Please don't hang up, please...' He thought desperately as he tried to regain his voice, when suddenly he was able to speak.
"It's me, Daniel. I got your letter, but..." There was a pause, "but, I can't wait that long to see you." He finally blurted out. "You were always so selfish, making me wait for everything when it came to you, but I can't wait. I haven't seen you in six years and I miss you. I miss my best friend. Friday is too long of a wait for me. I want to see you now!" He said, his voice having picked up speed and intensity as he spoke, though his voice became more and more hopeless sounding as sobs were clearly heard through the line.
"I...I need your shoulder to lay on." He whispered through a sigh. He was just as straight forward as ever. Michael had never been shy about telling people how he felt and with Daniel it was no exception. He knew that he could tell him anything.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:50 pm
The_dark_traveller Daniel listened to Michael’s plea for him to be there for him and be the shoulder to cry on. But the words I want to see you now made Daniel’s heart flutter in his chest and a smile form on his lips, when Michael finished speaking, Daniel spoke and a calm and caring voice, with a hint of charm in it.
“Then let’s meet today then. Should I drive to your city or should you come to mine? And the whole selfish thing is untrue I let you get your way many times Like I am doing right now. I want to see you so much too. It has been so long Michael. So what would you like too do? Come to my apartment in my city or I come to the apartment you and Vick live in. Your choice, you were always the youngest and cutest out of the two of us, so it’s your choice.” Daniel said an amuse smirk on his face.
As he waited for Michael’s response he thought back to when they were kids and it was always up too Michael choose. What project to do, when both had no clue what to decide on, Daniel would always say you decide you are the youngest after all.
Sitting down on his comfy black couch, Daniel leaned back and waited for the decision of his old friend, playing he would choose to come stay with him in his apartment. He didn’t really want to face the man that stole his friend and the love of his life away from him. ‘If I have to go to your apartment I don’t know what I will do if I see him. Vick ruined my life. I might just punch the a*****e in the face if I see him. Please say you will come here to stay with me and brighten up my apartment and my life, even if it is just for one weekend.’ Daniel thought to himself, but they were thoughts, never voiced. This is what caused him to lose Michael the first time.
‘I will speak up this time.’ Daniel said in his mind giving him the confidence to speak. “I really would like you to stay at my apartment and see the book store I have opened. It would be like a sleep over.” He said with a nervous chuckle. “So what do you say, will you come over and stay at my apartment. I know I said it was your decision, but I wouldn’t feel comfortable staying in your home, where you and Vick live. Vick and I never really got along and I don’t really want to upset him if I stayed over at your home. So I would feel better if you stayed at my home, if that’s ok with you?”
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:25 am
OdysseyFaine Michael was surprised by the quick reply. He listened to the man's proposal and frowned a little when he denied the selfish part, but perhaps that was just Michael's point of view. He even blushed a little in annoyance when Daniel talked about him as if he were still the young, immature boy he was back then. When really, he had grown a lot, and matured just as much. Though, that was something Daniel would say and the fact that he hadn't changed in that way made Michael happy.
He was about to give his answer, it was a no brainer. He would definitely go to Daniel, because he needed to get away. Away from this empty house and his breaking heart. But, suddenly, Daniel stated what he wanted. The words about Vick stung, but Daniel wouldn't have had any way of knowing what he was going through.
"Well, Vick is on a business trip... the third one this month actually and work for me has been very stressful, so I would rather go to you and be in your stress-free company than here by my self." He said lowly.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:27 am
The_dark_traveller Daniel was surprised that Vick was on so many business trips. It pissed him off that Vick wasn't spending some time with Michael. But it could be a busy month, it still wasn't an excuse in Daniel's mind. Yet he couldn't see or tell the pain and loneliness that the angel of his heart was feeling at the moment.
Daniel spoke in s caring voice, trying to cheer up Michael. "How about I come and pick you up. So you don't have to drive alone. We can talk and catch up on the drive back to my city and will have a late night dinner. I'll cook you what ever you want. Any of your favorites. What do you say? Come on will even rent some comedies or that Trilogy of movies you liked. What was it again? Something Star wars. Yeah it was Star Wars. We can even watch those.
They are not half bad. I just don't remember much of the plot, except it was something about fighting in space, the force and there was like some hairy ape, dog like creature in it and some princess and a guy in a black suit. We haven't watched that since we we're kids. Does that sound like a plan? Watch movies and eat a home made meal. Then the next day I show you my store and the city. Do some sight seeing and maybe if you manage to convince me, will go clubbing, that is if you can." He said with a amused smirk on his lips.
Daniel waited eagerly for Michael's response, he was more then willing to drive all the way to the city where his angel lived and picked him up and drive all the way back to his apartment, if it meant he could spend the weekend with his love and see his warm smile, that melted his heart.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:29 am
OdysseyFaine Michael listened in astonishment at the mention of all the things he used to like when they were kids. Daniel had remembered all of it? Just knowing that his best friend hadn't forgot about him, made him smile and he let out a little chuckle when Daniel tried to describe Chewbacca, the Wookie from Star Wars. He had already forgotten the feeling of loneliness, he had experienced only moments before.
"You would actually go clubbing with me? Where is my best friend and what have you done with him?" He replied jokingly. "I would love that, really. And that wookie description was great, by the way." He said. "Oh, Daniel I am so excited to see you and just between you and me," his voice shrunk to a whisper, "I went through withdrawals from your cooking." He said with a little smile. He could feel his heart strings beginning to repair themselves and a void finally being filled.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:32 am
The_dark_traveller “Of course I would go to clubbing with you if you convinced me. Which you probity would and for a fact I am Daniel and your best friend, not some impostor. Unless we are playing that spy game we role play with are imagination as kids. Then I am an impostor. The real Daniel is locked in my basement.” He said with a chuckle thinking back to the times when they were kids, role-playing with their imaginations.
“But funniness aside and the big hairy beast in the movie is called a Wookie. Ok now I know. I might enjoy watching those movies again. They seem to have interesting plot lines, you would have laughed at me. But I went to see star wars episode 1 in your honor. Right when it came out, I must have waited in line for like hours and the creepy fans kept quoting the movie or telling me things that would ruin the plot and one women dressed like the princess from a new hope hit on me. It was a crazy day. I’ll tell you more about it when I come pick you up.”
When Michael said he missed Daniel so much, it made Daniel’s heart flutter in his chest and a faint blush appear on his cheeks. “I am very excited to see you again too Michael, I have missed you a lot.” ‘More then you will ever know my love.’ Daniel thought the last words in his mind as he spoke to his friend.
Daniel could help but laugh. He remembered back to the first time Michael tried his cooking, he was hooked right after that. “Well I guess I’ll have to cook a lot of good meals for you when you stay at my apartment. But I am going to have to get going if I want to get to your apartment by 8pm and drive back here around 10pm. So I can start making a late dinner. All I need is your address Michael and I will be getting ready to go pick you up. Which will give you 2 hours to get ready and pack your things.” He said grabbing a pen and paper to write the address.
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