Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 07:28:18 -0500
From: Miroslav Curren <mirocurr@gmail.com>
Subject: A Kiss Around Midnight

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Writers note: This story is about what me and my friend went through and
what we are currently living through. This is pretty much the way our life
is. Why did we decide to write this? Because love has no gender, we cannot
help but to love guys, we did not choose this life, but now that we have
embraced it we love it. We changed the names of people and the location
because there are a lot of nuts out there and we really do not feel like
being stalked. There is plenty of cursing because us and our friends curse
like sailors, its that simple. We want to thank you Miro for all the help
we know you thought we were nuts for wanting to write it but thank you
anyways. Enjoy and write Miro if you want to make a comment.

Editors note: I was approached by "Kieran and Caleb" not too long ago about
writing this story after they found a couple of the Nifty stories that I
had saved on my desktop. I was very apprehensive about them wanting to
share their life and struggles with the general public. I made it clear to
them that I thought it was a bad idea but they insisted on sharing it. They
would like to help anyone out there struggling with their sexuality to be
true to themselves. This story is pretty much how things went and how
things are going for them, like all gay teens they have gone through some
struggles but they have jelously been protected by us, those who care and
love them. I have taken what they wrote (mostly Kieran) and expanded it to
make it more entertaining. The sexual content within this story was
extremely difficult to edit because it is something that I believed should
ONLY be between the boys and no one else, they wanted to add it and with
reluctance and after much thought I obliged. With that being said I guard
their true identity with absolute jelousy, it is something that I have been
entrusted with and I do not intend on breaking my promise to their parents
or to them. I welcome all comments, I will not entertain any strange
requests, so please dont even send them, thank you.

mirocurr@gmail.com

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A KISS AROUND MIDNIGHT

Chapter. 1

Kieran Lee Nabokov was born March 08, 2001. The birth of their first baby
brought joy to Ivan and to Tasha who were waiting for the perfect time to
raise a family. They wanted to have children ever since they were married
but they decided to wait until they finished with their education and were
established before they began a family. They were Russian immigrants who
knew all about hardship, their parents brought them to the country when
Tasha was 5 and Ivan 7 to escape horrid living conditions behind the Iron
Curtain.

They met in high school after everyone ranted and raved that they should
meet because of their similar backgrounds. Ivan immediately fell head over
heels for Tasha but she was interested in her education more so than
boys. After several attempts at asking her out she finally relented and she
too fell instantly in love with Ivan. After high school they both attended
college where Ivan received a doctorate in U.S. History and Tasha became a
pediatrician.  They wanted to be responsible parents and give their
children everything that they did not have growing up so they opted to wait
until their careers were in full bloom before they tried to get
pregnant. It did not take long before Tasha gave Ivan the news that they
were waiting for.

They wanted their unborn child to trust them, to love them, to enjoy their
company so they decided to be honest with their future offspring. They
decided that they were going to expose their children to LIFE, they wanted
their children to enjoy living and so they approached parenting with a
"free-spirited" mentality.

When Kieran was born they marveled at his beauty, they enjoyed every moment
they had with the boy, they just could not get enough of their son. Early
childhood for Kieran was typical; the boy had a warm and quiet disposition
about him. He surprised his parents and other adults with his probing
questions about life and the world. He soaked up information like a sponge
but what his parents enjoyed the most was seeing their baby boy enjoy life
like they had wished. Two years later Kieran Lee was joined by his baby
brother Jamie, Kieran loved him and played the big brother role perfectly
always watching after him and teaching him how to play properly with his
toys.

As they boys grew their interests grew and their proud parents began to
expose them to the world more and more. Kieran began to really show a knack
for music and so his parents supported his endeavors by buying him several
different types of instruments until he found one that fit. At the age of
10 Kieran was exposed to Electronica by his father Ivan who had been into
that type of music for many years. Kieran was instantly hooked, he enjoyed
many different types of Electronica, he really enjoyed the songs that made
the hair on the back of his neck stand on end. He enjoyed NRG simply
because of the name, Hardstyle because of how upbeat the tempo was, he also
enjoyed Hard Trance but his ultimate favorite was Trance.He said that
trance was the sound of the entire universe making love.

As he got older people began to call him eccentric because of the way he
conducted himself, he was not embarrassed to speak his mind and sometimes
that tended to get him in trouble with adults when he told them how he
truly felt about them or a situation. Kids began to pull away from him,
especially boys, when he was not shy about singing out loud in school, or
when he didn't join them in their horseplay. When he entered middle school
the girls really liked him which made the boys jealous of him and it
brought negative attention to him. Kieran also began to notice that he
found other boys very attractive, he had always known that he found boys
attractive as far back as he remembered but he really did not put too much
stock into it, he just thought that it was natural for him to have these
feelings. When he entered middle school things changed, boys became more
aggressive and because of his soft nature he became their target.

By the age of 12 he was an experienced DJ after his father Ivan bought him
a pair of Techniques SL1200's. He took up DJ'ing as if it was something he
was always meant to do. He enjoyed it so much so that his parents converted
the garage to a sound proof room where he can practice. His parents noticed
that he truly was enjoying the whole Electronica scene so they made the
decision to take them to a rave. Their friends thought they were
irresponsible parents for exposing their children to such events but they
ignored their negative comments and took the boys to a big event. When they
arrived they were instantly popular, the people flocked to Kieran and his
little brother, the ravers saw how these little ones were trying to dance
to the music and they completely fell in love with the boys, they were an
oddity being so young and enjoying the rave. Not only had he picked up
DJ'ing quickly but he also picked up some nifty dance moves that some raver
girls taught him. His parents decided to continue to expose him to these
events as long as they deemed them safe. He always came home with plenty of
bead necklaces and bracelets that the ravers called "candy" which they
freely gave to him and his little brother. He enjoyed raves because they
reminded him of outer space with all the lights, costumes and different
sounds.

His life outside of school was really good and he enjoyed every bit of it,
he had a nice group of friends from school that loved him for who he was
even though others thought he was a "weirdo"wo, it didn't matter to them,
they knew who Kieran was and that's all that mattered. They tried to defend
him as much as possible but the taunts continued. When he entered the 8th
grade he had matured to a beautiful 13 year old boy, he was now 5" – 3"
tall, 120 lbs., gray eyes, dirty blond hair that he kept long and shaggy
but not un-kept. His bangs reached down to his eyes and his ears were
covered by a mop of blond hair. His skin was tan year round and not out of
trying but because it was natural. He had nice muscle tone because of his
martial arts. Puberty had not begun to change his body much, he had grown a
few inches but his voice had not cracked. He still had boyish looks that
the girls just adored; his lips were naturally red as if he wore
lipstick. Last school year there was a rumor about why his lips looked
perfectly red all the time, some boys decided that their torture needed to
be amped up more and so they told the entire school that they found Kieran
putting lipstick on, this was of course a lie but the kids believed it. His
friends stuck by his side and tried to quell the rumor but it took a life
of it's on.

"it's okay, it doesn't bother me none, I know the truth, you know the
truth" he told his friends.

"but Kieran those assholes need to stop that shit! They need to shut their
fucking gums before I knock their teeth out" his best friend K.C countered.

Kieran simply laughed and hugged K.C to calm him down which did little to
ease his anger. K.C had known Kieran all of his life, they were in fact
neighbors so he knew who Kieran was outside of school and he desperately
wanted people to know THAT Kieran instead of the one he portrayed to be
during school hours. They had many arguments as to why he acted the way he
acted during school, K.C wanted him to stand up for himself, he just
couldn't fathom why a boy who was a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
allowed those boys to taunt him and to hurt him.

"So what? You want me to choke one out so I can please you? And then what?
I get suspended, my mom and dad will think I'm a psycho, plus if I make
them feel better about themselves by making fun of me well guess what?
That's okay with me" Kieran simply said with finality in his voice.

After that conversation K.C didn't bring up the subject again, he just
watched helplessly as his friend took all the abuse from those other boys.

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Friday morning in Encinitas California was beginning to be quite different,
the sun was already beaming and the mercury was climbing. The
meteorologists were predicting that the temperature for the next two weeks
was going to break records. In the distance the crashing and rumbling of
waves was heard. The cool ocean breeze brought temporary relief to an
unusually warm morning. Kieran was enjoying this exquisite gift nature was
bestowing upon the residents of Neptune Drive. He stood outside of his
house enjoying the silence and the cooling effect of the soft breeze that
was blowing, He raised his arms to the sky, closed his eyes and took a deep
breath, Kieran really enjoyed the smell of the ocean because it made him
feel free and alive.

"MOM!...We're going to be late...hurry up!" He yelled.

"SHHHH! Keep it down!, it's too early to be yelling...the music you
play...already...the neighbors..." she absent mindedly mumbled as she
ruffled through her purse.

"Huh? English por favor" Kieran chuckled as he jumped in the car.

Kieran really enjoyed drives with his mother; it gave them time to catch up
and to have time for themselves. He was a self-proclaimed "mama's boy" and
was not ashamed to admit it, this gave him time to be alone with her. He
had a great relationship with his father but he thoroughly enjoyed the
extra attention his mother gave him.

"Kieran please tell me you didn't forget your phone again..." his mother
asked as she remembered their usual argument.

"Uh huh" Kieran responded as he ate a strawberry pop-tart.

"I've told you time and time again that if you want to hang out after
school you need your phone with you so you can call me! I'm not going to
ask again okay?" His mom said exasperated, she was clearly irritated at
Kieran's irresponsibility.

"I'm sorry mom, it's just that I'm coming straight home, I don't feel like
hanging out today so what was the point of taking my phone?"

"why not? Is something wrong?"

"No...it's just that I want to spend some time alone" Kieran sighed knowing
where this conversation was going. He felt her hand on his thigh but he
didn't want to look at her, he knew that she would figure out that his
tormentors were at it again just by simply looking deep within his eyes. He
couldn't lie, it wasn't in his nature, his eyes would always give him away,
his beautiful gray eyes spoke the words that he couldn't speak. They were
very expressive eyes that could not be suppressed and those who really knew
him knew they could find out what was really wrong by simply looking at
him.

"Kieran..." his mother asked "are they at it again?"

"No...yeah...I guess...BUT IT'S OKAY! I don't want you to worry okay? I got
it" he pleaded.

"okay, I trust you baby but you don't have to take it, remember what your
father and I have told you...if you are ready to be homeschooled we will
pull you out of school, just say the words got it?" His mother continued.

"I know mom, but I LIKE School, just because some idiots mess with me that
doesn't mean I hate school" Kieran said in a comforting voice.

He hated to worry his parents and he truly loved school. He saw moments of
torment as learning experiences, he wasn't scared of the boys, he just felt
as if he was in a way helping them out.

"Look mom, if it gets that bad I'll tell you okay? But I can handle it
right now" Kieran told his mom trying to comfort her.

As she drove up to school she saw a familiar face that comforted her. "He
at least has some friends" she thought to herself.

"Hey look K.C is waiting for you" she said as she stopped the car in front
of where Kieran's best friend was standing at.

"Hey K.C." She yelled from inside the car waving good-bye.

"Bye mom!" Kieran yelled as his mother drove away.

"Sup buuuuuuudyyyyyyyy..."

"Nothing man...you?" K.C asked

"Ugh...long day ahead, I feel it in my bones, I already don't want to be
here and the day just started" Kieran said as he dragged himself into
school.

"Yeah but at least you'll spend some time with your girl..." K.C jokingly
said as his voice began to be drowned out by the ruckus the rest of the
kids were making in their attempt to make it to class on time.

"FUCK man can you NOT start..." Kieran angrily replied. "Plus I told you, I
don't like her."

"Shit, dunno why not, she's hot man plus she really likes you" K.C replied.

Kieran sighed and walked to his locker in silence. There was no way that
Kieran was going to indulge in thoughts about girls. He simple didn't feel
attracted to them but he couldn't let K.C or anyone know for that
matter. He wasn't so much afraid of not being accepted, he simply didn't
want people to make it a big deal. The whole "coming out" thing seemed odd
to him, he figured that since straight people didn't "come out" and
announce that they were straight there was no reason for him to announce to
the world that he was perhaps gay, bi sexual or whatever he might be, he
was still trying to figure it out, in fact he wasn't even sure what all
those new feelings really meant. He wasn't sure if it was just a phase or
not so he wasn't going to take a chance and tell people just in case he
wasn't truly gay. All he knew was that there were plenty of boys who he
loved to look at.

"Heyyyy Kieran" He heard a girl shriek as he was digging through his locker
for his biology book.

"Oh hey Vicky...sup?" Kieran responded to the blond haired girl that was
standing behind him, she was grinning in anticipation.

"Well? Can I get a hug?" Vicky impatiently asked.

"Umm?...sure? Okay?..." Kieran uncomfortably replied as he leaned in to
give her a hug. He felt odd hugging her but felt that it would be rude to
deny the girl the hug she so obviously desired.

"So want to hang out after school? She asked, excitement oozing out of
every pore in her body.

"No...Sorry Vicky, I forgot my phone and can't go out without it...sorry"
Kieran told her, half way feeling bad for disappointing her.

"Aww okay, but just call me after school okay?" She said sounding sad and
disappointed.

"Yup will do" Kieran said uninterested at her request as he closed his
locker and began to walk to his class.  K.C looked at Kieran as if he had
lost his mind, he couldn't understand why Kieran completely blew this girl
off.

"I don't get you bro..." K.C sighed as they both walked toward their first
period class.

"I just don't want a girlfriend right now man, I'm too busy and important
for that" Kieran jokingly said "plus why have one when you can be with a
bunch right?"

"YEAH! Good point" K.C replied. Both boys began to laugh as they walked
into their first period biology class.  The 8th grade was going exactly
like all the other school years thus far, boring, not stimulating and
torturous and not simply because of his tormentors but because he couldn't
wait to go home and spin his records, he found solace and happiness when he
was inside of the garage playing the music he so much enjoyed.

Surprisingly the boys in Kieran's classes left him alone during class which
was a good thing for Kieran because he was able to do his school work but
between periods that was a different story, he had mastered the technique
of ignoring whatever jeer was thrown at him. Life was beginning to become
more complicated for him, these new feelings were welling up inside of
Kieran and he was confused as to why he was finding boys more attractive.

After his first period biology class K.C and Kieran made their way to the
school gym and into the locker room, it was his favorite class period for
several reasons. He spent some time secretly looking at boys during P.E
especially when all the boys changed. He enjoyed watching the different
type of underwear his classmates wore; he especially enjoyed a boy who
everyone flocked to. He always noticed Caleb and how he was always laughing
and smiling, Kieran thought that his dimples made him look very "adorable"
as he put it. In a way he was jealous of him, everyone seemed to like him
and he secretly wished that Caleb and him would become friends but he
didn't think it would ever happen especially as popular as Caleb was.

"Ugh that just sucked ass..." He heard K.C say.

His friend's voiced snapped him back to reality and back to the smelly
locker room "err what sucked" he responded.

"I just completely pissed on myself...can you believe that?" K.C said in
disgust.

"Oh no shit?...how the hell that happen" Kieran giddily asked.

"Well wait, no no I didn't like piss on myself like you would think, I just
pissed all over my hand and it grosses me out"

"Dude its only piss go wash your hands and the problem is solved" Kieran
shrugged.

Without any warning K.C jumped on an unsuspecting Kieran from behind and
rubbed his wet hands all over Kieran's face "Now you got my piss all over
you...we're piss brothers" K.C said while laughing uncontrollably as he
bear hugged Kieran from behind.

"FUCK! Man what the hell!?...you're sick as hell...le—lemme catch a
disease and I will...I will kill you!!" Kieran grunted as he tried to get
away with no success. He felt his face wet from what he thought was piss,
but what he noticed the most was K.C's arms and hips all over him. It sent
shivers throughout his body but then he remembered he had a face full off
piss and continued the struggle to get away.

Kieran knew he could get away with great ease but he enjoyed the contact he
was having with his friend and he didn't want to embarrass him in front of
all the other boys so he just allowed K.C to pin him.

"HEY FAG BOY you enjoy getting buttfucked by K.C don't you?" a boy yelled
from across the aisle.

K.C immediately let go and rushed the other boy "FUCK YOU DUDE!" K.C yelled
as Kieran grabbed him by his shirt trying to prevent a fight with great
ease. K.C didn't even notice that Kieran was the one bear hugging him now;
all he wanted to do was hurt the boy who had verbally abused his friend.

"Yuppppp I'm all that and more bro, whatever you say is true" Kieran yelled
back as he struggled to calm K.C down. He noticed that Caleb was now
speaking to the other boy and calming him down so that a fight wouldn't
break out.

"Just calm down, its nothing new man so what that I like getting buttfucked
by you" Kieran whispered in K.C's ear.  "Wha..WHAT!?" K.C asked in shock.

Kieran winked and started laughing "yeahhh man come on you gotta laugh at
it" he said as he let go of K.C. He immediately forgot about what the boy
had said and began to laugh as well.

"Oh man I can't believe you just said that" K.C said as he continued to
laugh "sometimes you surprise me man but hey you're right I gotta forget
the lamer eh?"

"Exactly" Kieran said as he began to strip his shirt and pants off with K.C
following his lead. They both dressed in their P.E. gear and walked into
the gym to find a rack full of basketballs that the coach had brought
out. Just like the kids it seemed as if the coach himself didn't want to be
in class today, nobody wanted to fully pay attention or fully give it their
all on the Friday before Spring Break. Kieran half-heartedly picked up a
basketball and made his way to a basketball rim that was empty. He noticed
that the other boy that had yelled at them was still looking intently at
K.C. He felt something was going to happen but he didn't realize that it
would be the beginning of a life altering confrontation.

K.C and Kieran both began to shoot the basketball not even giving it their
best when they were joined by Vicky, Marcus and Mitchell.

"Hey guys!" K.C and Kieran said in unison.

"Hey...can we shoot here too?" Marcus asked the boys.

"Yeah of course man how's it going" Kieran asked Marcus, another of his
friends who had known him since the 3rd grade.

"Nothing really just can't get away from Vicky...she's a nut!" Marcus told
Kieran in a low tone of voice trying to avoid Vicky's ears.

"HA! You too?!" Kieran asked

"No man it's all you, she keeps asking questions about you and I don't know
what to tell her, it's getting annoying now, why don't you two go out and
get it over with?"

"Nah no way bro, can't do that I just don't like her man I feel bad and all
but yeah it just sucks for her" Kieran said when he noticed the boy who he
and K.C had the confrontation with approach K.C. He watched as K.C and the
boy began to talk far from the teacher's range of hearing. He noticed how
K.C was beginning to get infuriated by whatever the boy was saying. Kieran
knew that this was not going to end pretty if he didn't pull K.C
away. Marcus also noticed the commotion that was now beginning. Kieran
quickly made it to where his friend and the boy were arguing.

"He's a lamer man...I don't get why you hang out with him" the boy was
telling K.C

"NO HE'S NOT! He's my bro and I will kick it with him whenever I want" K.C
retorted "and I'm really fucking sick of you always badgering me about it,
if you don't like me hanging out with him do something about it!"

"You don't want that man, trust me you don't" the boy threatened as he
balled up his fists.

Kieran saw this as a threat so he stepped in front of both boys trying to
calm the situation down. Before he knew it he felt a sharp pain on his
stomach that made his knees buckle, all of the air escaped from his lungs
and he groaned in pain. With lightning like speed he regained his composure
and before the other boy knew it Kieran had placed him on a rear naked
choke and began to crank his arm to place pressure on the boy's carotid
arteries. At that moment Kieran didn't want to stop he wanted to show them
all how he really can defend himself but he chooses not to. He wanted to
punish this boy for all the wrong he had endured at the hands of his
tormentors.

"You ever fuck with him or with me again I promise you I will not stop I
promise you I will break your fucking neck!" he grunted as he put even more
pressure on the boy's neck.

A crowd had now gathered and they were looking in astonishment at Kieran
and what he was doing to the other boy. K.C and Marcus both rushed Kieran
and pried the boy from his grip as the coach finally made it to where the
commotion was at.

"What is going on here!?" he asked looking around to see what was going
on. He didn't see any blood so he didn't think a fight had broken out.

"Nothing coach" Kieran said as he walked up to the boy to pat him on the
back "he was just chocking on a piece of candy and I helped that's all"

"Is that true?" the coach asked.

"ye..yeah...exactly" the boy struggled to say.

"okay go to the nurse right now...thank you Kieran but next time make sure
one of you gets my attention immediately, is that understood?" he said as
he walked away.

"Whoa what the fuck was that?" Marcus said in amazement.

"That right there is my bud Kieran" K.C said as he began to laugh "That
fucker didn't know what was going on `til it was too late huh?"

Kieran just sighed, he felt bad at what had just transpired, he was now
worried that everyone would think he was a psycho, he hated hurting
people. He only liked going to his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes because it
reminded him of chess and he loved chess.

Kieran sat down and buried his head between his knees and began to sob. He
couldn't believe that he had hurt a human being; he couldn't believe that
he let his anger get the best of him. Vicky couldn't take seeing Kieran
cry. She sat down next to him and hugged him. Kieran hugged her back
desperately trying to find comfort wherever he could.

"Shhh its okay stop crying Kieran, it's okay, we all saw that he hit you
first" Vicky said as she tried to comfort Kieran. He didn't speak up, he
just buried his face in Vicky's shoulders and continued to cry. Mitchell
sat next to Kieran as well and began to rub his back trying to calm him
down.

"Why are you crying? Man? Did he hurt you or something" Mitchell asked in
bewilderment

"N-No it's not that...it's just that.." Kieran sighed "you wouldn't
understand"

"Try me...what's wrong man?" Mitchell probed.

"I just hate hurting people, I know I can, but I'm not supposed to plus I
hate it, I felt his neck crunch and yeah just never mind okay?" Kieran
whimpered.

K.C reached for Kieran's hand and helped him up. Vicky scowled at him; she
was truly enjoying the embrace she just shared with Kieran.  They took him
over to the bleachers and they all sat down to comfort their friend. They
spoke to him about different things trying to get his mind off of what had
just occurred. They saw as Jeffrey had just returned from the nurse's
station still rubbing from his neck and throat. Kieran truly felt bad for
hurting another human being but there was a part of him that felt
vindicated, he showed people that he can act and will act if pushed far
enough.

The rest of the period went without any further incident, Kieran didn't
even bother to sneak a peek at the other boys when they changed. He just
wanted to get out of the vicinity and go to his next class, his most
dreaded of all subjects, math, perhaps it would help him forget what he had
just done if he was bored out of his mind.

Vicky sat in front of him during the math class so he knew that if the
subject itself wouldn't help him forget things Vicky with her irritating
questions would. He found her funny at times and there was a part of him
that truly liked her just not in the way that she desired. Thankfully his
thoughts were correct, Vicky and math had helped him calm down and forget
things, in fact his mood even improved which was something he was truly
grateful for. He did not want to really be around people during lunch time
so he tried to avoid the crowd as he made his way through the lunch room
and into the court yard which was just adjacent to it. He sat there in
quiet mediation trying to figure out everything that was changing in his
life, he still felt bad for what had transpired but he knew that the taunts
wouldn't stop. He was resolved not to act out in anger again, or at least
he would try very hard not to. As the final school day before Spring Break
was coming to an end he wished everyone a good break and walked out the
school building thankful that nothing else had occurred and for the fact
that things would certainly cool down after a week break.

He decided to take the long way home so he began to walk on El Camino Real
Blvd. He was enjoying the extra warm weather, he heard the cars whiz by and
the birds chirp. The cool breeze that he felt this morning was just a
memory now, the sun was beaming and humidity was high. He turned right on D
street and as soon as he did his heart sank, there in the distance he saw
Jeffrey with boys he had never seen before. He decided it would be safer to
make a detour into Neptune drive, he picked up the pace and continued to
walk home.  As he continued to walk he heard the distinct sound of
skateboards coming his way, he just knew that trouble was coming so he
braced himself for more harassment.

The sound got closer and closer until he heard Jeffrey's familiar voice

"Hey fag boy, your friends are not here to protect you so how about we
finish what YOU started?" Jeffrey said as he skated past him and stopped in
front of Kieran. The other boys looked to be in high school because they
were much bigger than him.

"I started? Jeff I didn't start anything, plus my friends didn't help me
choke you out don't you remember" Kieran calmly replied.

Before he knew it he was on the ground, another boy had pulled him down to
the ground as the rest of Jeffrey's friends began to kick him. He tried to
cover himself as much as he could, but he was failing miserably, when the
opportunity came he took it, he tripped one up which stopped them on their
tracks, he was able to get up and run. He ran as fast as his feet were able
to take him, he heard them coming but he didn't dare slow down or even look
back. He felt fingers reaching out to grab his t-shirt until a boy finally
caught up to him and tripped him. He fell hard to the ground with a loud
thud that made him gasp for air, he landed in front of an unsuspecting boy
that had no idea what was going on. He was in too much pain to look up at
who he had just landed by.

"What the hell? HEY LEAVE HIM ALONE!" he heard a voice say as the person
covered him with his own body "Get the hell out of here Jeff, I told you to
leave him alone! GO NOW!" He continued to yell clearly enraged at what he
witnessed.

Kieran laid there trying to catch his breath not knowing who had come to
the rescue, he was in excruciating pain, he didn't care who it was, all he
knew was that he was thankful for him.

"Fine whatever, he got the point, we're done" Jeff said as he skated away
with his crony's.

"Holy hell Kieran are you okay?" The boy asked.

Kieran rolled over on his back and was surprised by who he saw.

"Yeah thanks for the help...can you help me up?"

"Of course come on" Caleb said as he gingerly helped Kieran up.

"I'm a bloody mess, ugh mom is going to kill me" he whimpered.

"Nah she won't, just tell her you fell or something" Caleb said as he
brushed the gravel off Kieran's shirt.

"No I gotta tell her the truth, I promised I would"

"ah okay, well cant' break the promise I guess"

"Wait...you know my name?" Kieran asked surprised.

"Yeah why wouldn't I? You're in my P.E class so why wouldn't I know your
name" He replied.

"Dunno just figured you didn't even know who I was" Kieran sheepishly said.

"What!? Of course I do you're the kid that never wants to talk to me" He
jokingly replied "okay I gotta walk you home...lean on me"

"I did want to talk to you but your friends hate me as you can see" Kieran
said as he leaned on Caleb and limped back home.

After a slow and painful walk back home he finally made it to Roseta
dr. and into his house. Everything was eerily quiet, he assumed that his
little brother was over at a friends which he was glad for, he didn't want
his brother seeing him in such a state.

"Where to?" Caleb asked.

"Just right here is cool, I gotta take me a shower quick" Kieran said as he
winced in pain. He took his shirt off and threw it down on the floor.

"Oh fuck!"

"you okay?" Caleb asked as he watched Kieran struggling to get the rest of
his clothes off "here let me help" he continued. He unbuckled Kieran's belt
buckle and then carefully undid the button on his shorts. Kieran wiggled
out of them and stood there in front of Caleb in nothing but his boxers and
socks. This was definitely not what he would have preferred as their first
meeting. Like always he tried to find humor in the situation so he began to
think about how funny it would look if his mom or dad walked in on them at
this very moment. He let out a shriek of laughter that startled Caleb.

"What? what's wrong?" Caleb asked inquisitive about what Kieran found so
funny.

"Oh man if my mom or dad walked in on us right now, me all bloody and
shit...in my boxers...and you standing in front of me...they would think
you were raping me or something" He said as he continued to laugh
hysterically.

"Wait, why do I have to rape you? I don't want to be a rapist! Plus you
can't rape the willing, thought you knew that already" Caleb retorted.

"Oh so I'm willing now huh?" Kieran said as he continued to laugh.

"Well I would think so man just look at me, you can't resist my sexiness"

"Yeah damn right, I completely agree" Kieran responded

 "Honest? You think I'm sexy?" Caleb inquired.

"HELLLLLL NO man, I'm delirious remember?" Kieran jokingly said.

What he really wanted to say was that he WAS sexy and that he wanted to
talk to him since the first day he saw him. He wanted to embrace him and
kiss him for coming to his aide. A flood of emotions came over him, he
couldn't believe that as much pain as he was in right now all he cared
about was what Caleb thought about him. He had liked him for such a long
time but he didn't want to scare Caleb off this quick.

"You sticking around? Cus I gotta take me a quick shower and wash this
blood off, my room is down the hall if you want to go in there and chill
but yeah I gotta hurry" Kieran quickly said to change the subject.

"Yeah I'll stick around I don't want to leave you just yet just in case you
need me"

"Thanks bro" Kieran said as he walked into the shower.

"Okay calm down Kieran, don't scare him off, he's only the hottest boy
you've ever seen, no big deal no big deal, just relax" he repeated to
himself as he washed all the blood off. It help his muscles relax and ease
the pain, his scrapes had stopped bleeding and he noticed that they were
not that serious. He quickly finished taking a shower and dried himself
off. He walked into his room wearing nothing but a towel.

"Could you leave for a sec I gotta change" He said as he walked into his
room.

"you're kidding right...You do know that I've seen your junk at school
right?" Caleb said.  .  "Fine then stay I was just being nice that's all".

"Oh well thanks I appreciate it but it's nothing I haven't seen".

"Oh so you admit you've stared at my junk huh?" Kieran half-jokingly said.

"Well yeah dude, you were standing in front of me that one day having a
full fledge conversation with K.C, actually that's almost an everyday thing
with you" Caleb chuckled.

"Oh crap...that's true, I just don't care man, it's no big deal I say"
Kieran responded as he looked down at his penis.

"Yup that's what I say too, people turn it to a big deal, it's just your
nuts and dick...whoopty doo, even though you got an ant eater".

"huh? Ant eater? What kinda shit is that?...you are very and I do mean very
funny" Kieran said as he reached into his dresser for a pair of boxers.

"What? its true!" Caleb replied as he looked around his room picking things
up, inspecting them and setting them back down.

"So yeah seriously thank you for stepping in on that one, that sucked man
I've never had my ass kicked like that before" Kieran said in a low tone of
voice, obviously still shaken by what had just transpired.

"Yeah I'm so sorry about Jeff, I told him to stop bugging you, I hate it
when he calls you a fag plus he doesn't know if you are gay or not, PLUS
even if you were who the hell cares man its your business".

"thanks for doing all that, I didn't know none of that, so you have been
sticking up for me all along?" Kieran inquired.

"Oh yeah, I stand up for you whenever someone wants to talk crap, it's not
a lot so don't worry but when they do, like today, I stand up for you, I
hate bullies and that's what Jeff is, trust me I am NOT talking to that kid
ever again...I guess I just lost a friend but gained a better one huh?"
Caleb said as he extended his hand out to Kieran.

"Yeah exactly, and thanks for all that, I don't know what to say..I really
don't" Kieran fell silent, he was in awe of Caleb for standing up for
him. He knew that he was popular and he liked helping people but now he
truly knew why people flocked to him, he genuinely had a good heart.

"Want to come over tomorrow? You know...so we can get to know each other
better?" Kieran asked hoping that Caleb would say yes.

"We can't hangout tonight? I got nothing to do, well unless you are busy"
Caleb replied.

"No I'm not busy so hell yeah you can stay".

"Your mom won't care?" Caleb inquired.

"Nope she'll be cool about it OH, you gotta call your mom or dad and tell
them where you're at though cus if they are like mine they would flip out"
Kieran said.

"Yeah good point, let me call her real quick kay?" Caleb said as he reached
for his phone and dialed the number.

Kieran used this time to put his boxers on while still wearing his towel,
he normally wouldnt have cared baring it all but it just seemed a bit odd
undressing in front of a boy he just met and it being out side the school's
locker room. He heard as Caleb told his mom everything that Jeff had done
and how he had helped Kieran out. He then finished the conversation with a
quick "I love you".

"thats that...she said it was cool to hang out so yeah..." he said as he
continued to look around Kieran's room.

"So what's Jeff's problem with me? I havent done ANYTHING to him why does
he hate me?" Kieran asked.

"Oh thats simple, I thought you knew it already...his ex is madly in love
with you!" Caleb smiled

"WHAT THE FUCK!? Vicky is his ex?!...that is soooo fucked up man I dont
even like her man I tried to get her off my back but she...ugh...this is so
stupid!" Kieran groaned.

"HA! I know I can tell! everytime I see you talking to her you look bored!"
Caleb chuckled.

"ITS NOT FUNNY!!" Kieran angrily yelled. "I DO NOT..I REPEAT...I DO NOT
LIKE HER! Tell that psycho friend of yours I do not like her!"

"woah hold on man It's not my fault, so dont yell at me okay?" Caleb
responded.

"Yeah sorry man its just that I'm sick of this, It's so not my fault she
likes me, I tried to get her off my back I promise".

"Yeah no worries I will talk to him but you gotta calm down okay?" Caleb
soothingly said. "You dont have to explain it to me, and plus if she likes
you so what?"

Kieran just sighed and walked toward his closet, pulled out a black t-shirt
with "Black Label" writen across it in red and his black Dickie shorts.

"So want to check something out?" Kieran asked with a huge smile on his
face.

"Yeah sure what is it?" Caleb asked in anticipation.

"Before I show you I gotta ask...what kind of music you do you like?"

"Anything except for country, its too depressing...OH! and I kinda dont
like rap, some is cool but most of it sucks." caleb responded.

"Okay good, so want to listen to my type of music?" Kieran excitedly asked.

"Yeah sure but what is it?" Caleb inquired.

Kieran didnt respond he simply walked out of his room and motioned for
Caleb to follow him. He lead him down the hallway and through the wooden
door that lead to the laundry room and through another wooden door that
lead him into the garage. Kieran flipped the light on and stood there
waiting for Caleb's reaction.

"Woah man who's the DJ?" Caleb asked as he walked towards the turn tables
that were sitting ontop of a platform, he looked around the room and
noticed the padding that covered the walls.

"What is that?" he asked as he poked at the sound proofing pads.

"Oh! that keeps the neighbors from killing me" he said with a giant grin on
his face. "I can melt your face off if you want"

"HA! Nice what kind of music do you play?" Caleb asked.

"Well its hard to describe it you just got to listen to it but its kinda
late right now I cant play any music past 5 PM and yeah its getting there
so if you want I can play it tomorrow but yeah what do you think?" Kieran
excitedly asked.

"Well I dunno I need to hear the music to let you know what I think" Caleb
responded

"NO! I mean my room, what do you think? you like?..OH shit wait up turn the
light off real quick" Kieran said as he reached over where the platform
was, he flicked on a switched and suddenly different color lazers came on
that shot across the room making different designs on the wall along with
some black lights that were attached to the ceiling of the garage. Caleb
turned the light off and the whole room was lit up by the black lights and
lazers that were continuing making different designs on the walls and the
ceiling.

"Woah no wayyy! that is so bad ass!" Caleb shrieked.

"Yeah cool huh? Well yeah thats what I do for fun but I gotta show you the
rest tomorrow...come on lets go make somethign to eat" Kieran said as he
led Caleb out of the garage, Caleb hesitantly followed Kieran into the
kitchen.

"You know what? I regret not talking to you sooner, you're pretty cool"
Caleb said as he stood in front of Kieran with a huge smile on his face "We
are going to be good friends huh?"

"Yeah man I hope so!" Kieran replied as he dug in the freezer for some
hotpockets.

He truly wanted this friendship to work, he had been wanting to be friends
with Caleb for a very long time and it was now here, he didnt want anything
to go wrong with this friendship so he tried to control his excitement, he
didnt want to seem too weird and run Caleb off.

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Chapter 2. Coming very soon!