A Thousand Suns

Chapter One- The Blood of Innocence...

He woke up in the arms of a man and with his head on the person's chest and arms around the man's waist. Mike Shinoda, his loving boyfriend of ten years. That's who he was with. He was always with this man. Never once left his side, unless it was necessary. Like when they had to go to work or one had to use the bathroom or whatever other reason that could qualify.

He looked down and saw that a small quilted blanket was the only thing covering up their naked bodies. He smiled. The memory of last night flooded his mind. They didn't always make love. It was a special thing for them. Last night was a special night too. It was his thirty fourth birthday yesterday and last night's events where one of Mike's gifts to him.

He took a deep breath then let it out as a sigh. Mike shifted from this and mumbled a few words.

"Mike?"

The other man fluttered his eyes open and looked over to see his lover. Chester Bennington. That beautiful, gold hearted man he's loved for so long now. Funny how their love happened by accident, but a miracle they were still together. At least to Mike it was a miracle. "Hey." Mike said quietly while sitting up.

Chester moved up with him and asked, "I didn't wake you, did I?"

"No, not at all." Mike told him. He gave the man a peck on the lips before saying, "We should get dressed. The guys are coming over for breakfast, remember?"

Chester nodded his head, remembering them talking about that last night. They'd be here at around ten, and it was already thirty minutes past nine. "Is there anything special you'd like me to wear?"

The younger man smiled and said, "It doesn't matter what you wear, sweetheart. Everything you wear looks beautiful on you, so wear whatever fits your mood." Mike pecked Chester's lips one more time before getting up so he could get dressed.

Chester walked into his closet and decided that black jeans and a simple black and white flannel would work for today. He quickly got the clothing on and put his black Chuck Taylor's on so after breakfast him and the guys could go hang out outside of home.

Mike came out of the bathroom where he was changing a few minutes after Chester was done. He walked over to the vanity mirror that they had and started fixing his hair. This gave Chester the time to look at what his boyfriend was wearing.

Mike had on a black suede jacket with the sleeves pushed up to the elbows, a white t-shirt that was a bit see through so Chester could just barely see his chest and stomach and black skinny jeans that hugged his waist and showed his best curves. He had on his black leather dress boots too. "God, you look gorgeous." Chester exhaled after admiring Mike.

The half Asian grinned from this and said, "Thanks." He looked towards his boyfriend. "You do too, as always." He turned back to the mirror, still fixing his hair.

"Here," Chester said while getting up and walking towards him. "Let me do it."

Mike turned around so that he was facing the older man now. He moved Mike's long bangs out of his eyes and fixed it to where they stayed in place, that way Mike wouldn't have to worry about it later. When he was done, he turned Mike around so he could look in the mirror. He smiled again. Chester always had a way of getting his hair just the way he wanted it. "Thanks." He said for the second time that day.

"You don't have to thank me, Mike. I'm used to fixing that dorky looking hair of yours."

Mike frowned and jokingly said, "At least I have hair.", referring to how Chester had got rid of his hair earlier that year. "I don't have anything to pull on whenever we have rough sex anymore."

"Not like we have rough sex everyday. Hell, we never even have it every month. Why does it matter if I have hair or not?" Chester replied while pulling Mike close to his body.