Reunion

Ten Years Later

Eitxa Cafe

'Damn, this place really hasn't changed much,' the fire elemental said as he took a sip of his red fire chili soda.

'You been here before?' The barista asked as she walked by to deliver a drink. 'That's surprising. Fire folk tend to avoid us like we're some sort of poison.'

'I grew up here.'

'How str--' She was interrupted by a water elemental rushing into the cafe, carrying many bags. 'Whoa, hun, watch those hands, they're freezing again!'

'Sorry, sis, I am not used to my new form yet.'

'You're forgiven, Trys.'

The fire elemental perked up at the mention of Trys. 'Trys -- as in Trystan Hayes?'

'Huh?' The water creature turned toward the voice who called his names. 'FELIX?!'

'Oh my word!!!! It really is you!'

'How the hell have you been? What are you doing here? I thought you were in Oathfell!'

'I'm here on business. Though now that I know you're still here, I might just stay a little longer.'

Trystan laughed. 'Still the biggest flirt.'

'Oh, trust me, I'm not the biggest. I've met quite a few in Oathfell that can put me to shame.'

The barista looked at Trystan, 'Uh… hun, are you going to be all right? He is a Fire elemental.'

'Correction, he's a dragon, and that guy I've told you about.' He winked and the barista shrugged her shoulders and walked off.

'You've been talking about me?'

'Of course. Our friendship was the talk of the schools. I wish I could stay longer though, I'm here for a meeting.'

Felix looked at the bags Trystan carried, and then dropped his jaw. 'Don't tell me. You're here to meet an artist for an assitant position.'

'How'd you know?'

Felix pointed to himself. 'You're meeting me.'

Trystan stared at him for a long time, and then shook his head. 'Remind me to kill the person managing me.'

'Don't tell me it's Dom.'

'Who else?'

The duo laughed and shook their heads. Just then, the dumbass vampire appeared out of nowhere, and he said, 'Oh… I see you met.'

Both of them stood up and slapped him.

'I guess I should have expected that. I swear I have no other motive than I've seen both your works and think you guys would make a fine duo. Don't believe me, Trys, pull out your portfolio.'

Trystan grumbled but sat down and pulled out his portfolio. Felix looked it over, and gasped. He then pulled out his own portfolio and showed Trystan. Trystan's eyes widened. 'Holy shit… Is this the product of spending so many years as roommates?'

Felix smirked and then said, 'Or perhaps many years as dream lovers?'

'What the hell is that supposed to mean?' Dom asked. 'Is there something between you that you neglected to tell me? I thought you two never dated!'

'We didn't. Doesn't mean we didn't have wet dreams about each other though,' Trys said nonchalantly. 'For what it's worth, we also had wet dreams about you too.'

'Oh I really didn't need to hear that.'

'We were teenagers! What do you expect?! It was always the three of us planning to conquer the world.'

'Well, I sure as hell hope I'm not in your dreams anymore! My partner would be jealous!'

Felix smirked and put his chin on his fist. 'A partner huh? Now I'm curious.'

'Oh, trust me Felix, not your type. He's boring.' Trys said with a smirk.

'He is not!' Dom shouted defensively.

'Yeah, straightlaced businessman who dates you in secret because he's got a wife and kids.'

'That's not true!'

'Then why don't you introduce him to me?! Why can't your best friend meet him?'

Dom went silent. Felix smirked and said, 'So, Trys is right then. You're the sidechick. You really should value yourself more.'

'Shut your mouth. You probably sleep with anyone who asks.'

'Hey, I'm not that loose. Besides, it's not easy to find someone who can handle me.'

'You or your dick,' Trys laughed.

'Hmm, both?' Felix smirked.

'You haven't changed a bit, have you.'

'Of course not. I mean, then I'd lose your interest,' he said putting a finger under Trys' chin, and tilting it up with a flirtatious smile.

'Okay, that's it, you two are not working together. I don't care if your art styles match, you'll never get any work done!'

Felix stood up and said, 'Dominic, come with me NOW!' He grabbed Dom by the arm and pulled him to the bathroom. He shoved him into a stall, and then slammed the door behind them. 'Look, you. The past ten years, you haven't let people get close to Trystan. The only reason I was able to get close to him was because I was his roommate and you couldn't do anything about it. Now, you've brought me back for some damned reason, and don't think you can make me believe you didn't know my identity. Don't you dare push me away again. If you want Trystan's love, earn it like a respectable person. Got it?'

'HOW DARE YOU TALK TO ME LIKE THAT!'

'No. How dare you treat Trystan like a piece of property! Did you see the way he was when he saw me again? He was fucking happy. He wants friends, you idiot. And you're the one who pushed me away, and I am damn tired of it. You're lucky that I care about him enough to not tell him you're the reason I went away in the first place.' He then stormed out of the stall, leaving Dominic alone.

He grabbed his drink, his belongings and then said to Trystan, 'Here's my card. Call me sometime. I hope one day we do get to work together sometime.'

Trystan watched Felix leave, yet again filled with deep sadness. That was the second time he had to watch his friend leave for a reason yet unknown to him. And he'd never felt pain like it. He had been so happy to see Felix again, and he wanted that happiness back.

Dom appeared all disheveled. 'Go after him Trystan, if you don't you're an even bigger idiot I am.'

'What do you mean?'

'I'll explain later. And I'll take your stuff back to your apartment. Just go find Felix. You shouldn't have to let him go again.'

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Park Center

'I knew I'd find you here.' Trystan folded his arms as he landed in front of Felix. 'You really need to stop running away every time something gets hard. You don't think I don't know Dom is overprotective of me to the point he makes your life miserable? I bet he had something to do with why you went to Oathfell the moment I graduated high school. But instead of running, you could have stood up to him.'

'I'm tired of fighting, Trystan. Fighting is what got me into this mess in the first place.'

'It was bullying forced by stupid pricks. And I already forgave you for that.'

'But I still hurt you.'

'And running away doesn't hurt me? Do you know how difficult it is for me to make friends? Dom and you are still my only friends, so if you're gone, I only have that idiot!'

'What do you want from me, Hayes?'

'Well Dom isn't here, you can call me by your nickname for me for starters.'

'Fine -- Tani. What do you want now?'

Trystan blushed and then said, 'Now that you know what my penname is, have you read my latest work?'

'Yes.'

'That ending… I wrote it in the hopes you'd see it.' He pulled out a ring and said, 'I planned to give you this when I graduated high school. But you disappeared, just like in the story. You don't have to wear it, but I want you to have it.' He handed it to Felix and said, 'Well, now you know the truth.'

Felix smirked slightly and put it on his finger. 'It fits.' He stood up and pulled Trystan into his arms, and kissed him fervently.

Trystan after a moment pushed him away, and tilted his head. 'Right hand? Why'd you put it on your right?'

'Well, you're a dragon, I'm a dragon. Right?'

'Wait… how do you--'

'Idiot I remember the struggle of becoming a dragon. and I have ears. "I'm not used to my new form yet." Plus you're wrapped in my arms.'

Trystan blushed. 'True… But is it really okay to wear the ring on the right hand?'

'If you're that worried about it, I'll wear it on the left. But um… Thing is… you're missing your ring aren't you?'

Trystan tilted his head. 'Y- you… want me to w-wear one?'

'Uh… did you not notice how I didn't hesitate to put the one you gave me on, even though you said I didn't have to wear it? And then I kissed you?' He smirked and said, 'Of course I want a ring on your finger, Tani. Because I've been in love with you since the moment you leaped into my bed and then curled up in a ball under the blanket at the foot of my bed that first time.'

'What?! That long?!' He blushed again.

'Well the fact you told me to basically jerk off in front of you might have contributed to it,' he teased.

'And you fucking did!' Trystan laughed. He then rested his head on Felix's shoulder. 'Okay. Find me the perfect ring, and I'll wear it. I'm very picky though.'

'Oh… I already know the perfect one. Come with me.'

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They arrived at the hotel that Felix was staying at, and the moment they entered the room, they started making out and getting involved in some heavy petting. 'Damn, I feel like we're in high school again, sneaking off to have fun.'

'You're still the only person I've let fuck me,' Trystan replied.

'Oh really? This ass is one hundred percent mine? I'm flattered.'

'I might have fucked a few asses, but even so, my dick is still yours too. It wasn't enough.'

'You sure know how to charm a guy off his feet don't you?'

'I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.'

'Oh just let me it in that beautiful ass.'

'Sure -- but only if you agree to my kinks.'

'Uh oh, am I going to regret this?' Felix tossed Trystan onto the bed and then climbed over him.

'I doubt it, since it's your fault I have them.'

'In that case, lemme guess, one of them is public sex.'

'Damn right. And I want to be fucked on a train, in the bathroom of a gay bar, and I may use our sex as reference material.'

'In other words, you want to finish all the sex that got interrupted by Dom?'

'Yeah… too bad we aren't living in the dorms anymore.'

'Yeah. Now will you shut up, I'm losing my patience here.' He undid his pants, revealing a very stiff penis.

'Shit… It's bigger than I remember!' Trystan smirked as he licked the tip.

'Well we aren't exactly teenagers anymore…' He couldn't resist the urge to grab Trystan's head, but at the same time he was glancing at the door.

'Hey… Focus.'

'Sorry… I can't help it… I keep getting this feeling of a certain someone coming to interrupt.'

Trystan smirked and then said, 'If that is the case, I better get your dick in me fast, huh?'

'It's been years, I'll tear you!'

'I don't give a fuck. I want to mate with you again.' Trystan pulled Felix toward him. 'Without you, I've felt empty.'

'Fuck, don't say cute shit like that.' He growled as he positioned himself at his love's hole, and pushed just the tip in. 'So tight. You really haven't had anyone here but me.' He smiled like an idiot.

'Of course not. Now fucking push in all the way.'

'I don't know if I can, you're that tight.'

Trystan reached around and smacked Felix's ass with both hands, which triggered him to thrust hard and deep. 'Hah! That's still your weakness huh?'

'Fuck, you know I can't stop when you do that!' He started thrusting, panting heavily.

Trystan bit his forearm to keep his sounds from coming out. But Felix wouldn't let him, and wrenched his arm free.

'I want to hear you. And see that sexy face.'

'Embar--'

'Don't you tell me that. I'm not wearing the ring you gave me because it looks pretty. I'm wearing it because I love the hell out of you. So the last thing you should be embarrassed about is showing me your lovely self.'

'You made me cum…'

'Pretty sure that's the idea behind sex, my love,' Felix purred in Trystan's ear. 'Now let's rest.'

'You're still hard though.'

'I'll soften soon, I roughed up your ass, I don't want to keep going when you're broken.'

'I'll survive.'

'No. Besides… I want to have a talk with you.' Felix pulled out, and then laid next to his lover. He pulled Trystan to his chest, and said, 'You have to tell Dom straight out that you're not interested. He's still carrying a torch for you all these years, and I think that's why he doesn't get into a meaningful relationship.'

'Okay. I promise. But you said you already knew of a perfect ring for me. When do I get to see it?'

Felix smirked, and reached down into a bag on the side of the bed. 'Before I give it to you, you have to fess up. Why were you carrying this ring around?' He flaunted his ring around.

Trystan blushed. 'Just gimme my ring please. Dom probably will come rushing in any moment now.'

'Fine but you have to tell me later.' He pulled out a ring with the setting having a firestone ruby carved like a cat head, and the band looked like two tails intertwined with each other. 'Cause you always said my name reminds you of a cat and we've always been in a tryst.'

'You're so punny.'

'But you love me anyway, Tani.'

'Yup.'

Just then they heard the doorknob turn and door open. 'You two are done fucking right?!'

Both Trystan and Felix laughed. But Trystan was the one who replied. 'If you wanted to interrupt that, you should have come ten minutes sooner.'

'No thanks. I intentionally tried to wait until you were done. I can't handle a "depressed without Felix" Trystan anymore.' Dom then continued, 'So Felix if he sheds a single tear because of you, I will murder you.'

Trystan smirked and asked, 'So does this mean you will give up on me and get a valuable relationship yourself?'

'Who are you to decide if my relationships are valuable?'

'Dominic, you deserve more than being a side chick…' Felix grumbled. 'Or is it that you are hiding being gay still with a straight relationship?'

'Enough. I am here to discuss other things.' He sat down in a chair and pulled out a planner from his briefcase. 'First off, Felix, you haven't signed any official documentation to join our team. Before I say any more, I need to confirm, will you be working with us?'

'Where do I sign?'

Dominic smirked and pulled out a couple sets of documents. 'The first is a contract for you two to work together. And the second is for me to manage your business affairs.'

'You want me to bring my naked ass over there or do you want to bring them here while my dick is covered.'

'I'm good here. Not like it's nothing I haven't seen before.'

Felix smirked and got up and flipped through the documents. Satisfied, he scribbled his signature on both documents. 'There. Now what?'

Dominic waved him off with a hand and then continued, 'I'd like for you two to do a fan signing since neither of you have appeared in public. And I would like you both to do a panel on what got you started, etc.'

Trystan sighed, 'Even though we haven't even released a detail about us, not even our age?'

'You will now.'