That one exception

Part 18

"Does that mean we're going out tonight?" Lui seemed to of perked up at the suggestion of a night out.

"Oh hell yeah!" Delirious chuckled "I am going get my hands on someone's ass tonight"

I saw Evan cock and eyebrow as he turned and looked at Delirious, a moment later he seemed to fidget then pull himself up to his full height before moving to lean against the wall near where Delirious was standing, a slight blush on his face which was barely noticeable unless you were paying attention. I will admit I was curious about what he saw that made him react in such a strange way, while the others were discussing where they had heard was a good place to go, I looked at Delirious to see if I could see anything. He looked confident and relax, which was pretty normal for him. He stood leaning on the frame of the window, his shoulders back and his head up as he gazed out at the city street but his eyes didn't seem to be focused on the view, I got the impression that he was plotting something, the slight smirk on his face made me realise Evan was going to have to pay attention tonight when he was alone with Delirious or he was going to find himself in an unfamiliar and compromising position.

"Tyler!" the intimately familiar voice acted like a slap around the head, I felt the muscles in the back of my neck twinge as my head snapped around to look at Mini

"What!?" I became very conscious of the fact that everyone was staring at me.

"Pass me my clothes or move your ass you deaf bastard!" his tone made it clear that he was joking but I could hear that he was hiding a little bit of irritation. How many times had he tried to get my attention? I had the feeling I was going to pay for the lack of attention later. I almost missed what he said this time because I was getting distracted by him, I mean who wouldn't, he was standing just behind me outside the door of the bathroom, wearing nothing but a towel which was wrapped low on his hips which was showing off the six pack abs and the spectacular new red and black bruising that was starting to show over the blue and purple ones from before. I licked my lower lip and stepped backwards to allow him space to move passed me, I tried to disguise the fact that I was checking him out by making it look like I was looking at the bruising just like everyone else in the room.

I heard Mini sigh as he turned to squeeze past me on one side and Cartoonz, who was pressed back against the edge of the dresser, on the other. I looked around the room as he pulled out some clean clothes from his bag, everyone was watching Mini except for Delirious who had an evil smirk on his face and was eyeing Evan as if he was prey that he couldn't wait to play with.

"Hey Lui...it's almost 1pm why don't you and the guys go save us a table before it gets too busy" I cleared my throat and pushed myself further against the wall as Mini squeezed passed again, this time tripping on both my and Cartoonz feet. Both of us reaching out to catch him at the same time. Cartoonz had managed to get hold of Mini's arm and I'd gotten my arms around his hips and chest. Mini managed to keep hold of his clothes but his towel slipped and was only being held up by the corner which was caught under my hand. He tensed up and froze as if he was expecting to hit the floor, but slowly relaxed and reorganised his feet as I lifted him back up until he was standing in front of me and back on his own feet. Cartoonz slowly let go of his arm as he steadied himself but didn't move because he was saving Mini's modesty by blocking some of the view of his front.

"Looks like I drew the Damsel card this year huh" Mini laughed nervously as he grabbed hold of the towel with his free hand.

"Uh...sort your towel out there Peach this is a family show" I grumbled as Cartoonz quickly grabbed hold of the bundle of clothes Mini was holding to allow him to use both hands. I hear a couple of the guy's chuckle at the Mario reference but my thoughts were preoccupied with keeping my body from reacting to having Mini naked in my arms and his ass pressed against me. I felt Mini quickly re-adjusting the towel and move his feet outside mine so that he wouldn't trip again, I slowly let go of him to make sure he wasn't going to over balance as he moved past and into the bathroom. I shake my head and scratch the back of my neck as I turn back to look at the guys. "Was he always this accident prone and I'm just noticing now?" I ask no one in particular.