Love Stage: Hidden Love

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They slept for a few hours, curled together in each other's arms. Rei awoke first. His head was being crushed against Shougo's chest. He swatted at the hand holding him in place. Shougo moaned something unintelligible. Rei squirmed out of his arms. Shougo's hands flinched as if he was trying to hold onto something. His face was twisted up.

"Izumi!" He suddenly cried out sitting upright.

Rei watched as he blinked away the sleep. He reached out a hand to curl around the shoulder he had been sleeping on. It was so warm. He wanted nothing more than to push the teen back down and curl back into his side. Shougo's eyes found him in the near dark.

"Rei?" he muttered still a little sleepily.

"You had a bad dream. Izumi in trouble?" Rei asked.

He didn't expect what happen to occur. Shougo burst into tears. He clutched Rei's body to him, drawing him across the bed.

"It was horrible. They lured him away with candy! Candy! I will buy Izumi all the candy he wants just don't let him get kidnapped!" Shougo cried into Rei's shoulder.

"We can send him a candy care package in the morning." Rei promised.

"Ok." Shougo dried his tears. Rei smiled at how cute he looked using the backs of his hands to do so.

"Why don't we shower, then go out and find some food. We, uh, fell asleep before we got to the shops." Rei smiled.

"Yeah, right. I'm not a virgin any more!" Shougo called out excitedly.

Rei felt a chill settle around him. He froze in his spot. Slowly he looked at the teen.

"That, I, was your first?" he asked feeling an overwhelming amount of emotion.

"First and only!" Shougo leaned over to kiss his lover's lips. He didn't seem to see the trauma he caused inside the other. Bounding out of the bed, Shougo ran to the bathroom.

"Come on, I'll get the water warm. We can shower together. Do you like luke warm or hell fire?" he asked.

"Um..." Rei was still trying to process taking the boy's virginity. He had never done that before. A slow smile slipped over his stern face. Something told him Shougo was going to be a very interesting boyfriend.

The thought had Rei pausing again. Did he want Shougo as a boyfriend? Were they at that stage. As he was processing this Shougo continued to talk to him.

"... like it hot!" there was a giggle.

"Then hell it is!" Rei called out as he touched his lips, the smile not leaving them.

Once they were dressed Shougo took them to a nice restaurant. As they ate they discussed what to do for their first night in London. Rei wanted to go home and unpack. Shougo insisted they would have time for that later. He watched as Rei shifted uncomfortably in the seat.

"Are you ok?" Shougo asked in a soft voice as he reached for Rei's hand. Rei intwined their fingers.

"I'm fine. The first time is always a bit awkward." He smiled up at the teen across from him. He was pleased to see the blush creep over the teen's cheeks.

"Karaoke!" Shougo cried. Rei chuckled at how he jumped from one emotion to the next.

"Sounds like a plan!" He agreed.

They walked out after Rei used the card Seiya had given him for expenses. Shougo talked non stop as they got to the bus stop. He pointed out some interesting places to Rei, but soon they were getting into the night life of London.

Scantily clad women walked the streets. Men in their most bad ass outfits checked them out. Rei snorted. The scene was the same no matter what country you were in.