The Play of a New Cord; Dina's Fave Queer Band

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Aki watched Sol carefully, and his naturally impish expression softened as Sol fell asleep. Then he turned his attention to his drink, trapped behind Sol's icy water. He tried to maneuver around Sol without disturbing his sleep, and he stretched over the side of the table to wrap his lips around his straw. He took a slow sip, and his eyes widened as soon as the bubbles popped on his tongue. Aki was in bliss; the drink was steadily disappearing from the glass, and Aki felt the sugar and caffeine instantly working inside him.

Ryo was too busy laughing to notice Aki, who was half in Sol's lap like the puppy dog he was. Ryo moved to wrap his fingers around Quen's wrists, so that the space between his fingers would lengthen considerably. "It's okay, babe. I can see why you'd be confused," his smirk was dark now, and he examined the empty space for a moment before letting Quen's wrists go. "Your sense of size must be warped by your own tiny--"

Ryo broke off in shock. Aki was sitting innocently in the booth, still cuddled up against Sol. But the drink was empty and Aki looked like he was vibrating.

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Sol's eyes snapped open. He looked down at Aki, shock filling his own face. "Aki?"

Quen took one look at Aki, but then he looked at Ryo and frowned. "What the hell was that?"

Cal lost it. He burst into laughter, his head falling to the table. "Everyone! All your faces!" Sol felt a blush spread his cheeks. His hands rested on Aki's shoulders. He tried to lift Aki up. Quen was still frowning--he felt somewhat violated and wanted to retaliate, but he didn't know what to retaliate to. Poor Sol... No one has ever invaded his space that way that Aki was. He could feel a certain part of him reacting to the closeness and movements of Aki.

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"What? No, put me down!" Aki squirmed around, but he wasn't fighting Sol for real. It wasn't a secret he liked to be caried around. But he didn't understand what Sol planned to do. "I'm not sick! Where are we going? Can I have another coke?" His head tiled back, his heart was hammering and his words came quicker than usual. But Aki was hardly aware of it. "Wait, no. Get two. Quen! Order two more cokes! Okay?"

Ryo was watching Sol with an expression that was both amused and sympathetic, but there was a smugness in his eyes he couldn't hide. "See what you've started? Should have gotten him a lemonade~"

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The squirming wasn't helping. Not at all. Sol's lips parted slightly, then he let his head hang in order to hide his blush. "I was just going to make sure you were okay." Sol took a breath and looked up at Ryo, attempting a smirk. "What are you talking about?" He tried to put Aki down on the seat next to him. He almost said: "I actually need to make use of the bathroom." Except he knew it would be worse if he stood. At least sitting, anything would be easier to hide, but if Aki wanted to continue squirming on him, there was no way he was hiding anything for long. He hated his virgin body at the moment.

Quen watched Sol, trying to figure out why suddenly his words were stiff and slightly choppy. "No, Aki, no more. Sol looks like he is trying to figured out a way to escape."

Sol, whether or not he was able to move Aki, trying to look relaxed. "What?"

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Aki noticed Sol's discomfort, and he figured he must have been the cause of it. He wasn't exactly sure why, but he thought maybe Sol was tired, and couldn't sleep with him moving every second. He'd just let Sol sleep.

Aki crawled over and on top of laps until he fit himself between Ryo and Cal, and he moved to bury his face in Cal's side. "Why does Quen hate me?" He whispered, and for a second, he sounded genuinely hurt. But when he lifted his head, his eyes were filled with too much light and energy to have anything negative inside him. "If Quen really loved me, like you two do," Aki continued with wide eyes, "He would order more cokes. But he doesn't love me as much as you two love me, right?" He made it a double guilt trip without even blinking.

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"Wrong person to go to, Aki. I use to do this crap to my big sister and she always knew what's up. But my parents fell for it every time." He let out a laugh then pinched Aki's nose. "And we love you so much that we won't get you anymore. Why don't you cry to Sol? I'm actually kinda ticklish." He looked up, then shock filled his face. The sad, depressed look on Sol's face was so rare that Cal didn't know if it was real or not.

But then Sol's next words made him lnow for sure it was all play. "Aki doesn't love me... he left me. I guess I will be right back then..." As he got up, Cloudy guesses he was on the edge, he turned away from them and headed towards the bathroom. A smirk lifted his lips as he did so.

Quen laughed into his hands, shaking his head. "All of you!"

"Here is your pizza," the waitress put both down then left.

Quen and Cal immediately dived in on the food.

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Ryo took two pieces and folded their insides together like a sandwich. Seeing Ryo, Quen and Cal devour their pizza made Aki make a disgusted face. He wondered how they managed to stay thin when they ate like that. He crawled away from them and sat back where Sol had been siting.

He picked up a piece of the Hawaiian pizza and took off all the ham, then moved the pineapple around in the shape of a heart. Then he moved the plate over to Sol's place and began to eat him own. He thought he was acting the same as ever, but his movements were kind of rushed and clumsy, his pupils dilated, and he kept throwing pleading glances back at their waitress. She looked between him and the boys and shook her head, with a small smile playing at the corners of her lips.

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It didn't take Sol a while to calm down. He walked back towards the table. When he saw them all eating, a smirk liftes his lips. Then his eyes landed on Aki. He sat down and then let out a small chuckle, shaking his head. "Gods, what have I done?" He then looked down at the piece of pizza in front of him. "Okay, that's cute." He took Quen's phone out of his pocket--only because he still had it--then took a picture of it. Then he turned and took a picture of Aki. "You guys were right."

Cal laughed through his pizza. The pepperoni was almost gone.

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Aki finished his first piece and reached for a second. He was suddenly on best behavior, and looked up at Sol with big, puppy dog eyes. "What were they right about?" He set his pizza down and scooter over a bit, hoping Sol would sit down next to him so he could cuddle against him again. "That I shouldn't have coke? Or that I'm your favorite~?" He really hoped it was the later.

Ryo chucked. "He means we're right about you being a little puppy~ I can practically see your tail wagging, Aki."

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A grin spread across Cal's lips, "Definitely. "

Sol rolled his eyes, "They were right about both of those, Aki. No more coke, and you are my favorite. The rest are stinky and gross." He reached to take a bite of his iwn pizza, chewing carefully. He wondered if the grease would make him feel sick. Quen was smirking by then. Full, he sipped his own soda.

"Tonight, where are we going to rest?" Quen asked between drinks.

"Are we gonna meet your wife?" Cal asked. Quen shot him a warning look.