How Soon Is Now? [Kylux]

Six - Opportunities

Hux

The next few weeks Ren and Hux spent a lot of time together. Almost never at each other's houses (for obvious reasons), and Ren continued to spit out mixed tapes for the other. Hux often pondered how much time his new friend took out of his day to make the cassettes. Surely not a lot, because Hux wasn't worth more than a few minutes.
He leaned down and tied his skate tightly until it was like a second skin on his ankle. His coach, Anderson, walked past and gave a friendly smile. Hux nodded in response, then stood. He could already feel the ice beneath him, the slight chill on his cheeks.
As he stepped onto the rink, Anderson blew his whistle and called for warm up. The other team members started to stretch and do various moves to the quiet music that played in the background. Hux leaned down and touched his toes, then reached for the ceiling. He pushed off one foot and started to skate in little circles to warm up his feet. He closed his eyes a little and let the feeling flow through him. His passion couldn't be stopped and he flew through the air and landed gracefully. He swirled to avoid bumping into a teammate, and she turned around and landed flat on her bottom.
"Hey, jackass! Why don't you stop showing off and watch where you're going?"
Hux skidded to a halt and offered a hand. "I'm sorry,"
"Shut up," she snapped while her friend pulled her up. Suddenly he was surrounded by three boys and the girl. He knew their names (James, Gum, Trevor, and Uma), and he knew that they hated him. Why? Most likely because of his background and excellent skating skills.
"You heard her, Carrot Top," Gum crossed his arms, "What should you say?"
"I already apolo-"
Trevor shoved Hux onto the ice. Hux hit the back of his head and immediately felt the bump to check for blood. "Shut up!" Trevor yelled.
"Hey, hey!" Coach Anderson shoved past the others and lent a hand to Hux. "You alright? What's going on?"
"Nothing," Hux replied quickly, shooting a glance at the group. "I slipped."

Ren

"So do you want to come?"
Kylo stared at Rey for a moment. Did he want to go to Poe's party? It seemed like a lot of effort to go on a weekend to a party he wouldn't even enjoy.
"You can bring that guy you're always hanging with,"
Kylo shot her a look and she shrugged. Running his hand through his hair, he sighed.
"I guess I can come."

That evening Kylo climbed out of his bedroom window and walked the few streets to Hux's house. He saw that Hux's light was still on and quietly opened the huge iron gate. He closed it behind him and made his way to the lit up window. Tapping against it, Kylo looked around to make sure nobody had seen him.
Suddenly the glass opened and a shaggy looking girl with bleached hair and huge earring poked her was out.
"Ah!" She yelped. "Armie, Death is at your window."
Kylo cocked his head. "Huh? Um, where's Hux?"
Something inside him hoped that this druggie wasn't Hux's secret girlfriend or something. Yet, she looked like she could be related to him..her high cheekbones and light freckles looked familiar.
"Are you Aila?" He asked.
She nodded and popped her bubblegum. "At your service. Are you Ren?"
"Yes,"
"Ren?" Hux's voice came from inside and then his head was outside too. "What are you doing?"
"I'm waiting to talk to you."
Hux looked back into his room. "Okay. Come in."
The two moved out of the way and Kylo climbed into the bedroom, trying to make the least amount of noise possible. He glanced around the large space, frowning at all the clothes that were on the ground.
"What are you doing?" He inquired, placing his bag on the carpet.
Aila did a little twirl and laughed. "We're organizing my clothes. He thinks I should dress more nicely, while I think my dresses are just fine."
Kylo leaned down and picked up a garment. It looked more like a square cloth than a dress. "Right,"
"Well, Ren, why are you here then?"
"I wanted to see if, umm..if you wanted.."
Aila raised an eyebrow and sat on the bed crossed legged. Hux mirrored the expression.
Kylo cleared his throat. "There's a party, tomorrow night, and I don't really want to go but my friend has asked me. I'll be alone because I don't know anyone, but you could come..if you want."
"Oh, a party! Darling, you have to go!" Aila tugged on her brother's arm. Kylo bit the inside of his cheek hard. He hoped Hux wouldn't think it was some dumb attempt at furthering their friendship (which he supposed it was).
"Why not just take one of your more popular friends? They would obviously enjoy themselves more than I would-"
"But I'm not asking them, I'm asking you."
The room filled with silence, other than the quiet purring of the orange cat - what was its name again? - who sat on the bed.
"Alright." Hux nodded. "I assume it's not a formal party, but more of a-"
"A rave? Yes. It's at Poe Dameron's house. I'll come and get you."

Hux

After Ren left, Aila jumped up and down and threw a pillow across the room. "I can't believe it! He's just as I imagined him! Why would you even hesitate to go to a party with him?"
"I'm not sure what you mean," Hux said as he scooped up the pillow from the ground.
"Not sure what I..Armitage," Aila sat down on floor, "he's cute, he's semi polite, and he actually enjoys spending time with you. So again, why would you even hesitate?"
Hux scowled a little. "I'm friends with him simply because I want to be. There's no dedication or anything like that. I can make my own choices. Now, I'm going to bed." He stood in his doorway and gestured to the stairs. "If you'll please."
His sister inhaled sharply. "You're making me sleep upstairs?"
"This is my room and yours is upstairs-"
"You're just mad because I pointed out that you have a chance with-"
"Aila, shut up and get out-"
"And you are falling in love with this guy-"
"Aila-"
"And you're scared because you don't want to be a queer-"
"Get out!"
Her lip trembled and she ran past him, pushing him in the chest on her way. Her feet stomped up the stairs and Hux slammed his door closed. He climbed under his sheets and sighed, then carefully picked up Millie and hugged her close.
He felt the sore bump on the back of his head and felt like crying. He hated that he had to be on a team, he worked better alone. He wondered where Phasma had been since she wasn't at practice. He would have to remember to ask her tomorrow. His eyelids began to feel heavy and Hux slowly drifted off.

"What do you mean you're quitting?"
Phasma adjusted the strap of her gym bag. "Listen, Hux, I'm sorry, but I've got basketball, rugby, and boxing. I don't have time for skating."
"But-"
"The coach hates me! I'm not made for graceful shit like that. I'll still come for the final performance, I promise. Okay?"
Hux looked at his feet and sighed. "I guess. Thank you for being honest."
The redhead started to walk towards his next class and he began to fear his next skating practice. Phasma was his protection, and now the idiots would be ganged against him. This weighed heavy on his mind. Why should he have to fear doing what he loved? With his luck, he thought, it only seemed right that yet another thing would go wrong.
Hux rounded a corner and bumped into Aila, who looked awful. Her tube top had a stain on it (which could only be beer), and her makeup was smeared beyond repair.
"Aila-" he started, but she shoved past him and hurried down the corridor. He watched her go, and briefly thought about following her, but decided against it. She needed time alone, and she was actually at school today, so that was good. He wasn't sure how to feel about how he had acted the night before. On one hand, she shouldn't have been making comments about his personal life, but on the other hand, she was partly right.

Ren

Kylo was slipping his Watchmen shirt on over his head when the phone rang. He jogged down the stairs and answered on the third ring.
"Yeah?"
"Is this Ren?"
"Uh huh. Hux?"
"Yes?"
"What?"
"Pardon?"
Kylo groaned. "You called. What's up? I'm coming to get you in like half an hour."
"Well, that's it. I'm..um,"
"You're not cancelling, right?"
"No, no..I just..I don't really have the right sort of clothing for an outing like this." Hux coughed.
"Just wear a tee shirt."
"I don't own any."
Kylo paused. "What do you wear to bed then?"
"Proper pyjamas."
"Huh," Kylo shoved a grape in his mouth from the bowl on the table. "I'll be over in, like, ten minutes."

Author's note:

Yoo sorry it's been awhile since I updated..I was trying to plan it out and I've been busy.
It's kinda short so I'm sorry but the next chapter is the party and that will be cool and awesome so yeah also there's all this stuff about Yuri on Ice and I wanted to point out that I started writing this fic before it came out and I'm totally not trying to copy anything like it. I've only scene the first two episodes anyways so no worries I have a whole different story picked out for Hux and his skating hobby