Black Lotus [Vintaker]

Chapter Four

"We all chipped in and got you a new phone," Leic held out a nicely wrapped box. "Merry Christmas."

"Shit, you didn't have to do that. The one I have was still functioning," Vincent opened the box.

"We wanted you to actually download Heart Radius. It was a selfish wish. Don't think about it too much," Ciel shrugged and plopped down to sit on Sebastian who was lying on the floor. His back cracked.

"Damn, that felt good actually," Sebastian moaned into the carpet.

"You have weird kinks," Ciel sighed.

"Says you."

"Is that the requirement?" Vincent asked. "I have to download that stupid app in order to have the phone?"

"Yep," Leic smiled. "Either that or you have to kiss us daily for the rest of your miserable life," his eyes gleamed.

"You little shitheads," Vincent frowned and opened the app store. It was a lengthy process getting an account set up. They asked a lot of questions and required a few pictures to choose from for profile pics. In the end, his predicted information was: cisgender and bisexual.

"I don't need any of that bullshit," Vincent changed his gender to prefer-not-to-show and kept the bisexual. "This is because I had a crush on Iron Man and Black Widow at the same time, isn't it?"

"I'm pretty sure it's because you liked both Kilgrave and Jessica Jones."

Vincent shrugged, "What can I say, they were both drop dead gorgeous."

"My point exactly," Ciel leaned back to lay perfectly on Sebastian. He was the best body pillow.

"I've never actually liked real people before though," Vincent closed his eyes to think. "Never had a crush on someone I'd actually be able to form a relationship with."

"Your day will come, sunshine," Leic assured. "That's why you have the app now."

"Yeah, okay," Vincent grabbed his leather jacket and walked outside. "I'm going to the store, need anything?"

"Nope," everyone replied.

The walk to the convenience store was a short one. It was right across the street. Vincent's long time childhood friend worked there basically around the clock. It was a family run place and he was paying off a debt. Vincent's Heart Radius went off as soon as he entered, causing Diedrich to go into a frenzy.

"You should've told me you got Heart Radius!" Diedrich scrambled to Pause his account.

"You should've told me you had a crush, dude," Vincent walked over to the drink area and grabbed a tea of some sort.

"Are you really cool with this?" Diedrich rung him up and gave him his change. "You don't think it's strange?"

"I've known you forever," Vincent opened the bottle and took a long sip. "I'm not going to suddenly hate you just because you have feelings of some sort. Ever stop to think that the app might be wrong?" Vincent tossed the bottle into recycling and sat down in the chair across the counter.

"The app has a ninety-nine success rate," Diedrich crossed his arms and leaned back in his own chair. "I know it isn't wrong."

"Well, mine didn't set yours off, did it? So, sorry bro but it looks like I don't feel the same."

"You're way too chill about this."

"What do you want me to do? Cause a scene? Fuck you in an alleyway?"

"Well..." Diedrich pondered the thought.

Vincent laughed. "I wouldn't mess with your feelings like that but..." Vincent smirked. "If you pay me, I might just do it."

"You're as desperate for money as always," Diedrich ruffled Vincent's hair and the two laughed. "Why not just go back into show business if you're in such need for cash?"

"I've thought about it," Vincent sighed. "But, honestly, what person wants my shitty personality in the news? I've fucked up my looks, can't last a sentence without cursing, and developed an addiction to cigarettes. That's not the kind of person people want to obsess over. They want that nice beautiful boy type that is innocent and sings good."

"You don't give yourself enough credit. I'd be your fan," Diedrich shrugged.

"Damn right you would. If you didn't support me, I would be offended."

Diedrich's phone vibrated and he nearly dropped it. "Holy shit!" he showed the text to Vincent. "You've gone viral!"

"What the fuck?" Vincent grabbed the phone and clicked the link. There was an entire twitter feed dedicated to that performance he gave in Black Lotus. "Lau, that motherfucker," Vincent handed the phone back to Diedrich and walked out. "I'm going to kill him!"