Date: Tue, 9 May 2017 11:37:40 -0500
From: Kurt King <kingkurt1339@gmail.com>
Subject: The New Life of Matt King Chapter 8

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	In the last chapter, Liam noted that Matt wasn't at school, and
after school, met up with him, learning that Matt was helping Joey come out
of his shell a bit and teaching him how to play violin and dance. At
martial arts, Adam had Matt fight one of the sensei, and Matt dislocated
the arrogant man's wrist.

~~Chapter Eight – Depressing Things~~

[Matt]

	"Joey," I tell him after reading Adam's text. "We need to talk."

	"Talk!" He exclaims, and I sit him on my bed, then sit next to him.

	"Your aunt and uncle are here," I say. "It's your mom's sister, and
her husband. They're going to take you in. That means that you'll be
leaving here. Don't cry, and don't protest. They're nice people - we made
sure of that. And they've agreed to take you to lessons at the dojo, too,
so you'll get to see me and Adam on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and they're
going to bring you by once a month, so that I can keep teaching you
violin. You'll get to keep seeing me, you'll just be living elsewhere. Do
you think you can do that?"

	"No!" He exclaims, throwing himself against me and wrapping his
arms around my neck. "Not going!"

	Adam's had issues before with boys getting too attached to him,
seeing him as an older brother or as a father, but never have I had that
issue. Joey's the first one I've taken to, probably because I'm finally
coming out of my shell.

	This is hard. I don't know how Adam's managed to do it so many
times. And Joey doesn't want to leave. It's only been a week, and I'm find
it super hard.

	"Joey," I say. "You have to leave. I promise, though, that you'll
get to see me twice a week, unless something comes up that happens. And
when you hang out here for your violin lessons, we'll make and eat
brownies, too, okay? I promise, Joey."

	"I don't wanna go!"

	"Well, you gotta," I say. "You weren't supposed to be here for long
- just until we could locate someone who could take you in long-term, and
your aunt and uncle are perfect for you. Let's go meet them, they're nice
people."

	Joey clings to me, so I carry him downstairs to meet his aunt and
uncle. He doesn't want to go, and it takes us almost an hour to convince
him to go. He's scared, and that's understandable. I just hope he'll be
fine. His aunt and uncle are good, but he's had a lot of bad in his short
life, which might affect him in a negative way.

	"Trust me," Adam says once they've left. "It doesn't get any
easier. Anyway, I should be heading out, got my weekly private session to
do."

	"Bye," I tell him. "I'm heading to the park."

	It's a little bit earlier than normal, so I text Liam to inform him
of the change in plans, then get ready to go and grab my instruments. I
almost don't notice the crowd already at the table when I get there, I'm
too focused on Joey. I miss him already.

	When I sit down, I can't think too well, and end up only strumming
for a few minutes, ignoring the crowd, who are waiting, both patiently and
impatiently, for me to start. I'm here early, they can deal.

	"Liam, Matt!" A voice shouts, and I look up to see Ian and Chance
walking our way.

	"Hey, Ian," Liam greets them as they approach. "What's up?"

	"Saw you guys already here," Ian sits on the table on the side of
me opposite Liam, while Chance sits next to me. "We were coming to see if
we could hang out with you two, since you don't normally leave this
early. What's up with Matt?"

	"Joey," Liam answers. "The foster kid that Adam was taking care of
for the last week, got placed with his aunt and uncle, and I think Matt was
a little too attached. He's in a funky mood."

	"Shiny Happy People," Ian says.

	"Huh?" Liam asks as I start to play the song by REM, and that gets
me into the grove of playing. After the third song, I start up a fourth,
and Liam speaks. "Shouldn't you be doing this song with an electric
guitar?"

	"Nope!" I grin at him, moving into my rock version of 'Can You Feel
the Love Tonight' from the Lion King.

	After that, someone requests "Counting Stars' by OneRepublic, and
after that, I play a few more songs of my own preference, then I pack up my
guitar and we start to leave.

	As we're walking away, we come across an albino boy wearing a white
t-shirt with a gray design on the left side that stretches up to the collar
and the right shoulder, white skinny jeans, and white sneakers. He has a
white jacket tied around his waist, his hands in his pockets.

	"You're pretty good," he greets us.

	"Hey, Finn," Ian greets him. "He is, isn't he?"

	"You know him?" Liam asks.

	"We go to school together," Ian nods.

	Ian goes to some uppity rich school. He complains about the snobs
all the time.

	"I'm in the eighth grade," Finn nods. "A year above you guys. Was
going for a walk when I noticed you playing. Where'd you learn?"

	"I taught myself," I answer. "Name's Matt."

	"Nice to meet you, Matt," Finn says.

	"We're heading out to eat," I say. "Want to come with us?"


	"You're seriously not bothered by my appearance?" He frowns,
looking bewildered. "How?"

	"What do you mean?"

	"Most people feel uneasy around him!" Ian laughs. "He dresses like
that because it makes people think he's a ghost and puts them on
edge. Decreases the amount of people who stare at him for too long,
especially with his eyes being red."

	"Eh," I shrug. "He's just albino, nothing special. He's lucky he
doesn't suffer from some of the conditions others do, such as burning
quickly in the sunlight. No smell of sunscreen, or sign of it."

	"You can smell sunscreen on someone three feet away?" Finn asks me.

	"Not if they're not wearing it," I answer. "It's bright out, so
you'd definitely need it to keep from being burned. You're fit and healthy,
no sign at all of the usual symptoms without proper care. I can smell
something lightly vanilla on you, though."

	Liam sniffs, then takes a step forward and sniffs, then he turns
and looks at me.

	"Damn, Matt," he says. "I couldn't smell it until I was right in
front of him!"

	"Because you have an inferior nose," I respond. "My nose is
superior to yours in every way. Want to hang out, Finn? I officially
challenge you to see who can eat more."

	"Don't take the bet!" Liam, Ian, and Chance all shout, and Finn
jumps.

	"Why not?" Finn asks.

	"Matt will eat out the entire restaurant," Liam says. "And then go
somewhere else for dessert!"

	"Ever eaten at the Wolf's Dragon?" Finn asks me.

	"Once," I nod. "Their food is delicious!"

	"If you can eat," he counters my challenge. "Six entrees, three
appetizers, three sides, and three desserts, I'll pay for the meal for all
of us. If you can't, then you'll pay for it. If you can't afford it, then
I'll pay for it, but you'll owe me a huge one."

	"Challenge accepted!"

	Twenty minutes later, the five of us arrive at the Wolf's Dragon,
where Emily, the hostess, greets us and seats us.

	"David!" She yells across the room to a guy around her age, who
just walked into the lobby. "Tell the kitchen to get ready! We've got the
devourer here!"

	"The devourer?" David looks at me. "Oh, crap. Adam's brother."

	He turns around and goes back into the hall.

	"'Oh, crap'?" I ask Emily.

	"After last time," she says. "I asked your brother about your
appetite, and he told me that that was mild compared to what you can do,
especially when your nerves aren't affecting you. Glad to see you're more
relaxed. Would you all like to order your drinks now, or in a few minutes?"

	They all order soda, and I order chocolate milk.

	"Chocolate milk?" Finn asks. "What teenager doesn't just go for
gold and get soda, if their parents aren't around to stop them?"

	"Parents are dead," I respond. "I just don't like soda."

	"Really?" He asks. "What teenager doesn't like soda?"

	"How do you know I'm not ten?" I ask. "Everyone always thinks I'm
ten."

	"Ian's mentioned you before," he says. "Not to me, to some of his
other friends, but near me."

	"I'm actually twelve," I state. "I turn thirteen next month, on
Halloween."

	"So you really don't like soda?"

	"He doesn't like fizzy drinks, period," Liam explains. "That
includes sparkling water or juices."

	"Damn," Finn says. "That's really weird."

	"And you aren't?"

	"We'll call this a stalemate."

	"Isn't that what you call your dick?"

	"Matt!" Liam exclaims just as Emily returns with our drinks, and
she's smiling, though it's not her usually, happy work smile, but one that
says she heard me. "That's not appropriate!"

	"Here are your drinks," Emily says, naming each one as she puts it
down. "And a chocolate milk for you. Would you like to order your
appetizers?"

	"More milk, wench!" I order after draining my glass.

	"Jeez!" Liam exclaims. "That's twice in a row!"

	"I just sang for an hour!" I look at him. "I'm thirsty! Plus, the
milk acts a good lube for my throat, since it does get a little bit sore
from singing so much, especially when I do different voices."

	"I am so glad you five are the only customers right now," Emily
mutters.

	"That just means you can spend more time with us!" I exclaim. "I'd
like two orders of mozzarella sticks, an order of nachos with cheese sauce,
an order of chips and salsa, an order of jalapeno poppers, an order of
toasted ravioli, an order of breadsticks, and two orders of cheesy
breadsticks."

	"Okay," she says after writing the order down. "And the rest of
you?"

	"Wait, you were ordering that for you?" Finn's eyes are wide.

	"They don't call me the devourer for nothing!"

	"You only just heard that," Liam looks at me.

	"Order your mozzarella sticks already," I say. "I wanna steal
them."

	"You're getting two orders of your own!"

	"So?"

	The rest of them order their appetizers, then Emily heads off to
the kitchen. It's pretty quiet today, I wonder why. According to Adam and
Liam, it's usually getting packed around lunchtime on a Saturday.

	No matter! It only means we get our food faster and fresher!

	"Why are you flipping through the desserts menu already?" Ian asks.

	"Matt loves his desserts," Chance laughs. "They make up about half
of his lunches at school!"

	"I'm losing the bet, aren't I?" Finn asks.

	"Yes," the four of us respond just as Emily arrives with the first
round of appetizers. When she leaves, he speaks again, "I really wasn't
expecting to lose. You don't look like you could pack away that much food."

	"Watch me," I stick my tongue out at him, then start devouring the
deliciousness that this place offers.

	"So what," Liam says. "Were you going to have be the thing that
Matt owed you?"

	"I don't know," Finn hastily responds, blushing. "It's stupid."

	"You need to have more confidence in yourself," I tell him.

	"Don't talk with your mouth full," Emily clears our table of the
empty dishes, putting more down in front of me as Liam, Ian, and Chance
laugh. "It's quite rude."

	"You love the rude ones, don't you?" I grin at her.

	"Shut up," she rolls her eyes and takes our entree and side orders,
then leaves.

	"So two chocolate milks," Finn looks at me. "Then orange juice?"

	"Don't question it!"

	"So what were you thinking?" Liam presses him. "Being using that as
weight to make him perform for you is pretty shitty, in my opinion."

	"Not what I was doing!" Finn raises his hands, blushing. "I
just...don't have any friends. People just stare at me really weirdly, and
you just seemed to be unaffected by it, so I was just...never mind. It's
stupid."

	"Hoping we'd hang out?" I ask. "And of course I'm impervious to it,
I grew up with Adam, who has a whore. If that's not-hey! That's not fair!"

	"It's an order book," Emily waves the book she smacked me in the
back of the head with. "And I'm not a whore. I've never even had sex
before."

	"Yet you want a baby," I grin at her, and she looks confused. "Adam
had you on speakerphone when you two were talking. His hands were busy, but
I won't tell you what he was doing with them, because that would be
inappropriate."

	"Wasn't he knitting?"

	"Yes."

	"That's what you consider inappropriate?" Finn asks.

	"He's just screwing around," Liam laughs. "You should've seen him
just a few weeks ago - getting him to say even a syllable was nigh
impossible! So Emily's your brother's whore?"

	"I'm not a-never mind!" Emily exclaims. "Jeez! You boys just feed
off each other, don't you?"

	"In more ways than one," I grin at her, and her cheeks turn as red
as the marina she just put in front of me.

	"Behave," she says. "I know your brother."

	"How well do you know him?"

	She huffs and walks away.

	"Your brother knits?" Finn asks.

	"Scarves," I nod. "We make scarves for charity. We're preparing
them for winter, as plenty of people will need them. We make them out of
yarn and fabric. We were doing yarn on that particular day. We're almost
done with our goal of one hundred."

	Some other people show up, and the restaurant slowly fills, and we
leave, heading to Finn's house to hang out, since he does seem kind of
lonely. He really needs to boost his self-confidence.

	"Wow," Finn says once we enter his colorful room. "I got the
impression from Ian that you had a lot of anxiety, and wouldn't talk a
whole lot around people, especially in crowds. You've been...nonstop."

	"He's covering up his nerves by goofing off," Liam laughs. "I find
it cute, and it's one of the things I like about him. Wow. Your
room's...colorful."

	See? His carpet is bloodred, his walls are sky blue, his ceiling is
dark green, his bedclothes are dark blue, his curtains are purple, and so
on. He's really decorated his room with colors, despite all of his clothes
being white or near-white in color.

	"Get out of the closet, Matt," Liam orders.

	"Look!" I walk out of the closet, holding up my find. "I found
lube!"

	Finn turns bright red again.

	"It's strawberry kiwi flavored," I say. "Hey, Finn - you're all
awkward and everything, but you've done it before?"

	"No," he answers, turning redder. "That's jack-off lube, and it was
in a locked box. I only fantasize."

	"Stop being obnoxious, Matt," Liam says.

	"I also found a dildo," I pull it out of my back pocket. "You fuck
yourself with it? It seems clean."

	"I sanitize," Finn quickly snatches it out of my hand. "Leave my
stuff alone! It's depressing enough not having any friends, now you're
teasing me about not having done it before."

	"Want to?" Chance asks.

	"Huh?" Finn looks at him, and I repeat him, looking at Chance and
earning myself a glare from Liam.

	"I know I'm not quite as big as your dildo," Chance says. "And
think of myself as straight, but I just get off with my hand, too, unless I
get horny enough with these guys. At three and a quarter, I'm sure I can
satisfy you a little bit."

	"Can I film?"

	"No!" Liam exclaims. "Jeez, Matt! Stop this!"

	"Or what?" I ask. "You'll stop giving me blowjobs? Speaking of -
how come you never wait for me to give you one and just start cuddling?"

	"Do you want to blow me?"

	"Sure," I say. "But not right now, I want to watch Chance have sex
with Finn."

	"You're being obnoxious."

	"So you've said."

	Finn hesitantly agrees to let Chance fuck him with us watching, and
the two of them start to get undressed with the rest of us still in the
room. Ian also gets undressed, since it seems we're having a miniorgy, but
I just want to watch, which is why I asked Finn if he was alright with
it. Liam and I pull some chairs away from Finn's table and sit on them to
watch, sitting as close to each other as we can.

	Finn's slender, but his muscles are well-defined, his smooth, pale
white skin giving him the appearance of sculpted marble. His dick sticks
out at about three and three-quarters of an inch, cut, while Chance's is
three and a quarter, just as he said, and a little chubby, just like
him. Uncut, too.

	Chance is kind of attractive, with the small amount of fat that's
on his body. He's the only one of the team who isn't built of muscle,
keeping a layer of fat to smooth out his features a little bit.

	Ian's body has a perfect, even tan, and his three-inch, cut dick
sticks out as well, though it's quickly wrapped in his hand as he watches
Finn and Chance get on the bed.

	Chance has Finn lie on his back and lift his legs up, and Chance
first lubes up the hole, then his own dick, then slowly enters. There
really isn't much to it after that, though it makes me want to try doing
something with Liam right now. It doesn't feel right to do it with others
in the room, though. At least, to me. Plus, I really just want to suck him
off. Watching them is hot, though, and it's cool.

	When Chance finishes, he lies down, and after Finn recovers, he
asks if he can try fucking Chance.

	"Chance only tops," Ian quickly interjects, taking his hand off his
dick. He didn't get off. "But I'll bottom for you, if you want."

[Liam]

	Okay, that got me really horny, and I really want to do something
with Matt. Specifically, get fucked by him. But I'd rather not do it around
someone else, I'd feel weird doing that. We go back to Matt's house to hang
out, leaving Ian and Chance to whatever they're doing with Finn, and while
I'm not expecting anything to happen, I know Matt's going to at least
mention it.

	"So," Matt says once we're in his room and sitting on his bed. He's
shirtless and barefoot, and I'm the same. "I'm really horny, but I didn't
want to do anything with someone else in the room."

	Well, that was faster than I expected.

	"Same here," I admit to him. "Seeing them fucking like that only
made me want you in me more."

	"You want me to fuck you?"

	"Yeah."

	"I was going to suck you off," Matt tells me. "What did you want me
to do first? Suck you, or fuck you?"

	"I'd rather suck you off or get sucked than have you suck me," I
admit. "I kind of prefer getting off on my own, or as a result of what I'm
doing or having done to me, over getting sucked."

	"Really?" Matt asks. "You're weird."

	"You're one to talk!"

	Especially with his recent personality shift! I can understand
coming out of a shell, but boy did he change in a huge way in just a month
and a half!

	"You love my weirdness!" He flashes me a cheeky grin, and my heart
melts for him all over again.

	"Can you fuck me?" I ask him. "Please? If you're ready, that is. If
you're not, I'm happy sucking you off and cuddling you."

	"I don't have lube."

	"You don't?" I ask. "I thought you did."

	"Maybe I do," he shrugs.

	"Are you saying you want to try me raw?" I ask. "Fucking me without
lube or anything?"

	"Maybe," his cheeks turn pink. Yup, that's it. "I've got flavored
lube. Adam bought it for me the other day. I'm not sure why, he's never
bought me lube before. Don't really need it to jack off, since I've got a
foreskin. Got a preference on flavor?"

	Coming out of his shell, yet still entirely naïve in some
ways. That, or just plain oblivious.

	"None," I kiss him on the lips. "For the first time, let's see how
we both like it without. If you decide you'd rather have lube, then we'll
do that."

	"So how do we do this?" I can tell he's nervous, he's shaking a
little bit.

	"Light on or off?" I ask him, knowing that I only managed to suck
him off that time because we were in the dark, and so I couldn't see him,
and that relaxed him.

	"On," he takes a deep breath. "On."

	He then removes his pants and underwear at once, hastily throwing
them to the ground, probably so he doesn't change his mind. I get to see
his dick for the first time, and it's as beautiful as the rest of him. Just
over four inches long, around average in thickness, maybe a little thicker,
with the foreskin completely covering it.

	I quickly remove my pants and boxers, tossing them to the ground,
then lie on my back and lift my legs up.

	"Just enter me," I say. "Finger me if you want, first, or just go
straight in. I like both."

	Matt opts for the latter option, pushing his dick into my hole. It
hurts a little bit, as his dick is bigger than Ian's or Chance's, but I
just moan as he enters me. The lack of lube makes it rougher and more
painful, but sometimes, I like it. This is one of those times, and Matt
really gets into it after a few tentative thrusts.

	He leans forward, pressing his lips against mine, before returning
to his movements, and he starts speeding up. I'm getting close to cumming,
too.

	"The one time I come in without knocking," a voice says, and we
jump apart. I smack my head into the headboard, and Matt freezes up,
looking at his brother in terror for a moment before shoving me off the bed
and crawling under the blanket. "Matt, now do you understand why I got you
lube?"

	Matt just whimpers under his blanket while I stare at Sensei Adam
in shock and fright and pure embarrassment. Sensei Adam leaves, telling us
to finish up, and not to come out unless we're fully clothed, since he
doesn't want to do my lesson with us being naked.

	Did he seriously just tell us to finish up? There's no way either
of us can do that!

	It takes me a few minutes to get Matt out from under his blanket,
and he's pretty much just dying of embarrassment and fear. He's terrified
that Sensei Adam's going to hate him and kick him out. I think he missed
the part where Sensei Adam basically told him the lube was for us to use
when we had sex.

	He's an idiot, but at least he's my idiot.

	When I finally talk him out from under his blanket, I tell him we
should get ready for martial arts, and he gets a devilish grin. Five
minutes later, we're downstairs, looking at Sensei Adam, who's reading
something on his laptop in the kitchen.

	"Finally," Sensei Adam looks up at us and stares. "What the hell?"

	"You said fully clothed," Matt states. "We're fully clothed."

	We are. Matt broke into his winter gear, so we're covered from head
to toe in clothes. Winter boots, pants, shirts, jackets, hoodies, hats,
scarves, gloves - everything. Only our eyes are visible.

	"Go upstairs and get ready for lesson, you two dumbasses," Sensei
Adam says. "I've got a new charge, Matt, and he'll be joining us in
there. Behave. And let me know if you two need condoms."

	"If we need condominiums or condiments?" Matt asks.

	And he was dying of embarrassment five minutes ago.

	"Condoms for your dicks," Sensei Adam plainly states. "Now go
upstairs and get dressed."

	"Sir, yes, sir!" Matt salutes to him, then we head upstairs,
changing into our gis in his room before entering the dojo room.

	Standing in there is a boy around fourteen or fifteen, with wavy
brown hair and dark brown eyes, his skin pale, with freckles on his cheeks
and nose. He's kind of scrawny, and he's got a mean face.

	"You're seriously going to train me with these homos?" The kid asks
Sensei Adam.

	"You mean my two best students?" Sensei Adam asks. "Matt can kick
my ass, and Liam's above my staff's level in skill, as is his best
friend. And I told you that Matt is my brother."

	"So?" The new kid asks. "I don't want them trying to rape me, the
fucking homos."

	Before Sensei Adam can stop him, Matt has thrown the new kid to the
ground, his knee pressing into the kid's chest.

	"I'm King Matt," Matt's voice is eerily quiet and calm. "And I'm an
ass-kicker. I have eyes only for Liam, as proven when I didn't get up while
watching three other boys have sex with each other. The fact that you're
whining about me raping you when I had just met you tells me one of two
things. The first is that you're an idiot, and the second is that you want
me to fuck you as hard and as rough as I can, and might even be into
bondage, if it's rape you're whining about, not just me putting the moves
on you or trying to do something with you.

	"Now," Matt continues as the kid tries to get him off of him, but
fails. "I know for a fact that those with violent or aggressive pasts, such
as those who ended up in juvie, aren't supposed to make it into this house,
as Adam didn't get that changed yet, since it was considered a threat to me
at the time, which means that your social worker is new, and she lied to
Adam. I'm going to make one thing clear, kid: shut your mouth, behave, and
don't make a fuss. I'm not going to rape you, as I'm only into Liam, and
you need to remember that. You're not my type, so keep dreaming and stop
projecting. Try to hurt anyone, try to break anything, and I will unleash
that pain unto you tenfold. You will behave, and you will not act
out. Juvie will be a dream compared to the horrors I will inflict upon you,
should you try to hurt someone while in Adam's care. Do you understand me?"

	Matt's voice quiet, eerily calm voice sent a chill down my spine,
and when I look at him threatening the kid, his canines almost look like
fangs, his eyes just a little bit narrower, a primal force within that
gaze.

	Matt looks absolutely terrifying, and yet I doubt he's changed even
slightest. He's someone projecting a vicious beast into his appearance.

	How the hell?

	His poor victim can only nod and whimper, and Matt gets up, then
lets him up. Only once he does that does he appear to return to normal, and
he takes a deep breath, then looks at Sensei Adam.

	"You knew I was gay, didn't you?"

	You need to make up your mind on whether or not you're scared of
people knowing you're gay, Matt. Everyone at school knows, Sensei Adam was
clearly trying to hook us up, and he even bought us lube, and it's not as
if anyone could really do anything to screw you over.

~~END OF CHAPTER EIGHT~~

	Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it! As always, any feedback,
be it questions, comments, suggestions, etc. can be sent to me at
kingkurt1339@gmail.com – I try to respond to every email! You can also
follow me on Twitter @KurtMKing now, too!

	There it is, people, the answer to the question of who it was Finn
had sex with! That's the #3 question I get asked, though #1 is no longer
relevant, seeing as it got answered (Adrian's connection to Xander), so
this is technically the former #2 question, but who cares?

	Anyway – if you didn't see it in my last chapter, I've got a
massive YA fantasy story I've been working on that I'm now posting!. If you
want the details, let me know!
	I did some math, too, and it turns out that last month (April), I
posted 88,968 words between 16 chapters of three stories (two here on
Nifty, one elsewhere). That's the equivalent of a full novel in my
demographic and genres.
	I've also been asked (more so lately than before) if I'm published
anywhere else, or if I'm looking for a publisher. I am, but not for these
stories, being published on royalroadl.com with other stories. My big
project can also be found there. At this time, I'm not looking to publish a
book version of this story or NLXK (the latter of which I do get asked as
my #4 question). The Kingverse will remain exclusively on Nifty for the
time being.

	Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it, and look forward to
Chapter 9!