Chartreuse - On the Other Side

Someone To Stay

/After Initiation/
Chacho - Alexander

Language: English

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Chacho found Alexander standing alone behind the basecamp, smoking in silence.

"Oi, Papi. Here you are." Chacho smiled widely.

Alexander didn't respond. He just continued to smoke.

"You left our gang party too soon. Are you okay?" asked Chacho carefully. He stood beside him but yet not trying to make an eye contact.

"So, what's our status started from today?" Alexander suddenly asked, right to the point. Eyes to the front. Seemed blank and empty.

"Dunno. Uhm... still best-friend?" Chacho hesitated.

"Best friend on what?" Alexander chuckled. "You ARE my leader from now on. I am just a low member of MS. You even decided the woman who I should fuck one hour ago."

Chacho swallowed his inner jaw. "Yeah... kinda. She's such a big disappointment, apparently."

"Should I fuck a woman today, Armando?" asked Alexander, out of the blue.

Chacho was surprised. "I thought you've fucked her already."

Alexander finally looked at him. "She touched herself and came, but not because of me. I've just watched her do all those crazy stuffs in silence. Couldn't escape, because she said that she got order by The Great El Jefe to have sex with me."

"I can see that you're actually not quite happy about it." Chacho concluded.

"The hell I'm not!" Alexander shouted. He dropped his cigarette into the ground and stepped on it fiercely. "I am not a person like you, who loves having sex with women and got over it the next morning! You wanna fuck women, fine! But don't ask me the same thing and even locked me up with her just to fuck each other!"

"Isn't that fun? Other members had fun though. I always pick the best girls to the party. More girls to fuck, more manly you would be." Chacho seemed ready to have a debate.

"It's not fun for me, okay?!" Alexander took one step away from Chacho. "Don't force me to fuck a whore just to prove that I am a man, Armando! I am not that low!"

Chacho frowned. "Why? It's free, Alex, and it's your initiation day. All MS members could-"

"You don't understand, do you?" Alexander cut immediately.

Chacho hissed impatiently. "Enlighten me."

"I can't have sex with anyone." Alexander said in a bitter tone. "I just can't."

Chacho looked at his bestfriend in disbelief. "Seriously?" One second later, he burst laughing. "No, wait, are you still virgin, Alex? Jesucristo, I thought since you stayed in USA for eight years you had some experience with women before!"

Alexander looked at his bestfriend, eyes getting red. He seemed like he's breaking down in any minute. "My virginity was taken years ago," He answered painfully. "I had experience, but with my uncle only. I thought you knew that." Soon, his voice became almost inaudible.

The realization struck Chacho in a second. He stopped laughing. "Dios Mio, I don't know-I mean, I'm so sorry!" The gang leader was shocked hearing the hurtful confession.

"Congratulations, you made me say that for the sake of your small brain." Alexander walked away. "I am off. Go back inside and enjoy the party."

"Alex, please, I'm so sorry I fucked up!" Chacho followed him hurriedly. He hold his bestfriend's arm from behind, stopped him in an instant. "Listen, I didn't know that you're-" Chacho did not have guts to continue as soon as Alexander looked at him right in the eyes, cold. "I mean, I-I just follow the tradition of the gang, and I had no idea that you-"

"Well, now you know." Alexander said in low voice. "Let go of my hand."

"Where are you going?" Chacho did not let his hand go yet.

"I don't know, maybe just... stay away from a nuisance person like you."

"Come on, I'll take you to a quieter place. We could have our own party without distraction from another member, women, or anything you hate." Chacho offered carefully.

"Where?"

"My house. With beers and marijuana. Maybe I can cook some tajadas if you're hungry. Sounds good?"

Alexander looked at his hand. "Okay, but let go of my hand first."

"So, you forgive me this time?"

"Like I have a choice."

Chacho finally released his firm grip from Alexander's right hand. He smiled in relieved, then embraced his bestfriend's shoulder tight. "Come on, let's go."

"What about the other members?" asked Alexander, turned his head to the basecamp.

"They could have a party of their own. Doesn't really matter." The gang leader shrugged.

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