The House Master

The Calm After the Storm

"Oh can't you just stay over tonight as weeeeelllll?" Adrian whines as he drops Vincent off at his house on this Friday night.

"Afraid not," Vincent chuckles. "My father would get suspicious if he didn't see me at breakfast,"

"That's - cough - an excuse - cough," Adrian scoffs, but with good nature. "So, I'll see you-"

Vincent grabs Adrian's arm and drags him closer. Adrian gasps as they now stand with their foreheads pressed together. Vincent whispers. "What a perfect time for a first kiss,"

The silver-haired boy gasps and whispers back "You want to kiss me?" he feels so elated right now, adrenaline flowing through him. He's riding through a natural high, something more powerful than any drug.

Vincent strokes down Adrian's side, grabbing his hip and making him lean back as they kiss. He guides Adrian through the kiss - its pace, its intensity.

Adrian grins, Vincent Phantomhive is dominating him, and he loves it. He loves it when Vincent's tongue explores his mouth, deepening the kiss until he nibbles Adrian's lip, he loves it when Vincent's soft hands caress his face in a loving gesture. They continue to kiss for quite a while, Adrian doesn't know how long, he doesn't need to know. All his trust is placed in Vincent.

The taller boy pulls away eventually, brushing Vincent's lips lightly with his own. "Have you made any conclusions from your experiment?"

For he knows exactly what that kiss was to Vincent - an explorative investigation into the question of his sexuality.

"I think I have," Vincent admits with a wry smile as he looks up at the flushed boy standing above him. His hair is messy and he blushes even deeper, like he made fun of Diedrich for doing.

"Will you tell me what they are, please - scientific ethics state you must share your results with experiment participants," Adrian grins.

"I have concluded that, well, I'm very attracted to you and people who look like you," Adrian knows he means guys. Vincent stops back a little. "And I'm also very attracted to Rachel, and people who look like her,"

The tall boy smiles, more genuinely, as he places a quick and light kiss on Vincent's lips.  "Are you satisfied with that conclusion?"

He rubs his chin as if deliberating a deep philosophical concept. "I'm very satisfied, I'm sure I have all the data I need now,"

Weary of angering Vincent, Adrian doesn't ask why he couldn't figure that out from Diedrich. He takes Vincent's hand in his own as they stand at his doorway. "Can you make your own way home from here?"

"Yes, I'll be fine, even in darkness," The blue-haired boy smiles just as genuinely as Adrian had, but his words remain crisp and concise. He side-steps down the stairs and out of Adrian's driveway. "Because darkness can reveal the most interesting things, things one cannot see in light."

Adrian chuckles and calls after him. "That's not how darkness works!"

He enters his house and sighs when he finds William peeking through a crack in the blinds, watching Vincent leave. He probably saw and heard everything. "Well, you probably have comments,"