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Paper Cuts Chapter Two
It had been a rough day for Ren. Showering in the morning with Pat, his roommate, he had barely escaped before his dick had gotten completely hard; after breakfast he realized Zach was in all of his classes, Ren had been trying so hard to make sure no one noticed him that he hadn't been paying much attention to who was actually in his classes; in second period he missed two questions on his math pop quiz because Zach kept turning to him and smiling at him; and finally their water polo team had won their match against St. Paul's, but barely because he had been too distracted by Zach's cheering Ren on during the game. It was almost like the boy was trying to purposely trying to make sure Ren saw him.
Ren managed to avoid dinner by telling the house master his stomach was upset and he didn't think he would be able to hold anything down. He didn't think it was serious enough to go to the infirmary, but agreed to go there if things got worse. He hadn't exactly lied to the man, but also not been entirely truthful. Ren couldn't get Zach out of his mind; the handsome boy was constantly there no matter what he tried. This was worse than when he had fallen for Yukio. He had hoped to distract himself by sketching. In times past he had been able to escape the real world and lose himself in a simpler world of beauty.
With Yukio everything just seemed to happen slowly over a period of a couple of years. They had been friends long before Ren discovered he had a crush on his friend. All they had done up to the day of his betrayal was hold hands and exchange a few shy gentle kisses in his family's formal garden. Yet here Zach seemed to be actively pursuing him. Didn't the boy realize this was wrong? Society decreed it so and there was no way to change that. In the end they would only destroy their families honor and be outcasts. He understood that, why couldn't this American boy.
This handsome American boy, whose smile made him quiver with excitement and whose strong arms Ren could almost feel wrapping around him to protect him from everything. Zach's gentle, but playful blue-green eyes were like deep pools that drew him in. He could spend an eternity gazing into them. No wait! This was wrong! What was going on? This was wrong and he had to stop it!
Ren looked down at his sketch pad shocked. He had drawn Zach as he was the first time they had met. Everything was there including the sweat droplets running down his chest. It almost looked like a photograph it was so detailed. Why had he drawn Zach, he had planned to draw the Administration Building for the fall festival. What was coming over him?
Before Ren was able to tear it out of the sketchbook and destroy it Pat came into the room. He quickly closed the pad and thrust it under the bed. He didn't want anyone to see that he had been drawing Zach.
"Hey Ren, are you feeling any better?" Pat asked with concern in his voice.
"Yes, thank you," Ren answered giving Pat a slight bow.
"Here I brought you a couple of rolls, some cheese and a ginger ale," said Pat. "Just in case you felt a little better and wanted something to nibble on," he said pulling the items out of his jacket pockets and setting them on Ren's desk. "Zach asked if you were ok. He offered to get any classwork you might miss from Saturday's morning class if you still weren't feeling well."
Ren blushed looking down, "Thank you...Pat, I don't think that will be necessary," said Ren pausing briefly before saying Pat's name. He hated lying especially to someone as nice as Pat. This was the second time in as many days he was becoming in debt to his roommate.
Pat as usual stripped down to his boxers after dinner and hopped up on his bed to do his homework. Ren tried to read one of the assigned Poe stories for the week, but Pat's nearly naked body was too much of a distraction. He excused himself telling Pat he was going down to the second floor to ask Max Weller about a question he had about something from his Geometry class.
Pat waited a minute before hoping off the bed to take a peek at Ren's sketchbook sticking out from under his bed. Ren had been pretty secretive with this particular sketchbook and he was curious as to what was in it. Pat was amazed at the quality of work in it. There were a number of incredible portraits of people. Several were obviously his father and mother; others were of different angles of a home more than likely Ren's.
In the middle of the pad was a crumpled, but smoothed out portrait of a handsome young Japanese boy. The page looked smudged where water marks or possibly tears had ruined it. The last picture in the book was of Zach. This brought a smile to Pat's face. Ren was obviously interested in Zach enough to have drawn him, but he wondered who the boy was in the crumpled picture. He must be a former boyfriend that Ren had loved a lot to have cried that much over the picture. He wondered if Ren still had a torch burning for this mysterious boy, if so that might throw a monkey wrench into Zach's plan. He quickly took a couple of pictures with his iPhone of Zach's and the mysterious boy's portraits.
Pat quickly put the sketchbook back where he had found it. He didn't want Ren to think he was spying on him. The poor boy was shy and sensitive enough to be spooked and end up even more withdrawn than he already was. It was going to take both Pat and Zach to draw Ren out of his shell. He climbed back on his bed, so it wouldn't look like he had been doing anything wrong.
Pat needed though to figure out who the boy was in the picture. Pat would have to involve someone else in the search and that meant involving at least one other person. He didn't want word getting around the small campus what he was doing, so he had to be careful. Suddenly it dawned on him Andrew "Dew" Church. Dew was a first class hacker, who could find anything on the internet you wanted. A cute small young looking tenth grader Pat had helped several times get out of trouble in the town, when some townies had tried beating Dew up for being gay. He would talk to Dew later to see what he could discover.
Ren came back in to the room a couple of minutes later looking a bit flushed. Pat wondered if Ren had actually gone to Max's room for help or just went to the bathroom to rub one out. He suspected the latter.
"Hey, Ben get you sorted out with English?" Pat asked with a smile looking up from his History book.
"Yes, thank you he was very helpful," said Ren trying to avoid looking at Pat. He didn't want a repeat of the night before jacking off while watching Pat get off. He told Pat a fib so he could get off before Pat had him too worked up.
Pat chuckled to himself. Yep, Ren needed to rub one out. He was just too cute trying to hide the fact. It was such a natural thing; he couldn't understand why the boy kept trying to hide that fact. He had been beating off with friends and roommates since he was ten.
"Hey Ren, I'm going into town tomorrow since there is no Saturday practice, the Wren Theatre is holding a retrospective of Miyazaki films. Why don't you join me? You can't spend your entire time here at St. Philips just on campus," asked Pat, trying to set Ren up on a secret date with Zach.
Ren looked over at Pat a couple of minutes before finally agreeing, "Yes, thank you. I would enjoy doing that." Pat was a nice boy, much better than his previous roommates. Ren had grown up where the naked body wasn't a mysterious thing, but Pat and a lot of the Americans at St. Philips seemed to be constantly displaying themselves in a sexual manner. This was a bit disturbing to Ren, who was trying to keep his true self buried. He didn't want a repeat of Funagata and the hell that resulted.
Pat didn't want to tell Ren until they got to the theatre Zach was going to be joining them along with Pat's girlfriend, Jen. She had managed to get a day pass from Hampshire Academy, St. Philips' sister school which was just a town away. After the retrospective they could all go to dinner Bennie's Books and Bistro. Maybe this way Ren and Zach could get to know each other a little better away from the school. And maybe get Ren to feel more comfortable being gay.
The boys for the most part at St. Philips didn't care if you were gay or not. A big chunk of them had fooled around with one another at one time or another. What else was there to do when you went to an all-boy's school and the closest girl's school was a town away? Granted the two schools had four dances a year together, but that wasn't frequent enough to help the boys relieve their needs and the boys had a lot of needs.
Ren plumped up his pillows and settled under his covers to read DRAWING BLOOD by Poppy Z. Brite. He had stumbled across the book in the library. It was about an artist who survived the murder of his family by his father. For some reason he was drawn to it. Ren hoped the book would distract him from Pat and his activities.
"Hey I'm heading out for a bit I'll be back by lights out," Pat said throwing on a pair of shorts and a tee-shirt. His bare feet slapped against the floor as he headed out. Pat wanted to visit Dew and get him working on finding out everything he could about Ren and this kid.
Ren felt better knowing Pat was going to be out for a bit. That way he didn't have to worry about Pat getting him horny again. He read for a while, snacking on the food Pat had brought him from the dining hall. Before he realized it was it nearly lights out by the time Pat returned. Pat gave Ren a small smile as he entered the room.
"Hey buddy do you need anything?" Pat asked with a little concern in his voice.
"No, thank you I am fine. You are very kind to ask," Ren replied surprised with the tenderness in Pat's voice. He hoped that he hadn't worried Pat too much by pretending to be sick at dinner. "I am feeling much better. I look forward to movies tomorrow," Ren said returning Pat's smile.
"Good Ren so am I," Pat said as he stripped for bed. Climbing into bed he reached over and turned out his desk light plunging his side of the room into darkness. Ren quickly followed suit falling asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
Pat felt guilty as he lay on his bed. He never expected to learn all the things about Ren at his last school that he had. Dew was extremely good at discovering information. Often by detective work, but sometimes hacking was needed. He was well worth it letting the cute teen fucking him in payment for his work, especially this time.
Pat was shocked at the amount and viciousness of bullying poor Ren had experienced at his last school. No wonder he was so shy and withdrawn. Pat was also conflicted about the video of Ren blowing the mysterious boy, who he had learned was Sugawara no Yukio, in a dorm room. Granted it was a hot video, but to post it and advertise Ren's services that was downright cruel.
Pat hated bullies like that with a passion. They could have driven the poor boy to suicide. From what Dew was able to find out a big chunk of the school had been sent a link. He wondered how many emails the poor boy had received as a result of the posting on the gay site. Dew said it had well over 37,000 views, and god knows how many downloads.
He could hear Ren's cute soft snoring, so he knew the boy was asleep. Pat very carefully got out of bed and looked at the innocent young teen sleeping peacefully. He couldn't imagine why someone would do such cruel things to a person just because one parent belonged to a different race, and because they were gay. He just wanted to hug the poor boy and tell him everything would be alright here at St. Philips. He would protect Ren like a big brother should. In the morning he would tell Zach he needed to go very slow with Ren. He didn't want Zach to rush things and scare Ren. He had already suffered enough for more than one lifetime.
Very carefully Pat bent down and kissed Ren on the forehead. "It's okay Ren, I'll protect you," he whispered as he stroked Ren's long hair. Deep asleep Ren sensed Pat's actions and smiled. No doubt he was dreaming of better times. Pat climbed back in his bed and drifted off to a restless sleep trying to think of what he could do to help Ren get over the terrible things he had experienced and bring him out of his shell.
After Saturday morning classes and a quick lunch at the dining hall Pat and Ren headed back to the room to change and head to the theatre. Pat looked like a walking advertisement for the school. Dock siders and khaki cargo shorts were the only items he was wearing not bearing the school's name or logo. He looked the part of a quintessential preppy.
Ren on the other hand was dressed in tight black jeans, a tight black V-neck Lelouch tee-shirt that barely reached the top of his jeans and black low cut converse tennis shoes topping the outfit off with a black and white striped hoodie and his grandfather's dog tags from WW II.
Pat couldn't believe how sexy Ren looked. He suspected Ren didn't even realize what a good looking teen he was as a result of all the abuse he had taken at his last school. He knew Zach would definitely make sure Ren was aware of the fact. He hoped Zach understood when he told him this morning to go slow with Ren. He didn't have time after breakfast to tell Zach everything he had learned the night before from Dew's search. Pat planned to do so after they returned to campus that evening. He just hoped all went well with the surprise double date.
The two boys signed out and walked into the small New England town. Pat was amazed Ren started showing small cracks in his shy angst ridden shell as they walked into town towards the Wren Theatre. Ren even became a bit animated during the discussion of Miyazaki films.
Ren really loved the artwork and the story lines. He even shyly mentioned he still had his stuffed Totoro toy that his father had given him as a child. Ren became quiet after mentioning that fact. Pat suspected Ren was thinking about his father who had passed little more than a year before. The pain of his loss was still pretty raw. Pat hoped it wouldn't be too bad for Ren, since one of the movies playing today was My Neighbor Totoro.
When they arrived at the theatre Pat told Ren to go ahead and head into the lobby. He told him since he invited Ren he was going to buy the tickets. Which was true, but he didn't want Ren to realize yet Pat's girlfriend Jen and Zach would be joining them for the movies. Ren was standing in line at the concession stand when Pat joined him with his arm around a cute 5'6" blond girl with big blue eyes and a big smile and Zach.
"Hey Ren this is my girlfriend Jen. She's attending Hampshire Academy our sister school in Hampshire," Pat said giving her a big wet kiss on the mouth. "You know Zach, he heard we were going and asked to join us, because he's a big fan of Miyazaki like you are," he said with a smile.
Ren was shocked; the last person he expected to see was Zach. There were too many feelings wrapped up in this boy. Zach was making him think about too many sexual things. He had already masturbated three times now in the last couple of day to images of Zach. He also wanted to feel Zach's lips pressed against his and feel his arms wrapped around him. He was terrified of what could happen at the movie, he had gotten hard as soon as he saw Zach. Ren couldn't run out of the theatre, but had to manage not to let Zach know how he felt. He couldn't risk Zach discovering his horrible secret; otherwise his life at the new school would become as hellish as the last school.
"Nice to meet you Jen," Ren said softly bowing to the lovely girl. "Zach," Ren said bowing to Zach. His cock throbbed as he looked at the teen. Zach was dressed in khaki cargos, a white tee-shirt with the school name and coat of arms, a blue basin mountain Abercrombie and Fitch sweater, black footie socks and a pair of grey Teva eVent shoes. Ren just wanted to hug and kiss him because he looked so sexy. He was glad he was wearing black jeans, because he had started to leak pre-cum. It was going to be a rough afternoon for him. Hopefully he could lose himself in the movies and not think about Zach.
The small group bought some snacks and headed into the half full theatre. Pat and Jen suggested they get seats near the back, and they settled down in the center of the fourth row from the back. The closest people sitting near them were two rows in front of them. Pat sat on the far end and then Jen, Ren and finally Zach.
They all settled down to watch the first movie, My Neighbor Totoro, they all seemed to be enjoying the film. Yet the longer Ren watched the movie thoughts of his father started to rise like specters from ancient graves. This was the first movie he remembered seeing with his father when he was so very young. He could almost feel his father's presence next to him, protecting young Ren from all the evils of the world with his strong arms. He could almost smell the faint scent of sandalwood his father wore.
Without realizing it he began to silently cry. He hadn't missed his father this much in months, but the movie brought all those feelings back to the surface. He wanted him back if only for a moment to tell him how sorry he was for his death. He hadn't meant to do it.
Ren softly whispered a single word, "Otou-sama, father."
Zach looked over at Ren, surprised to see him crying. He wanted to hold Ren's hand but wasn't sure if he was ready for it yet. So he eased his leg over towards Ren's and started slowly rubbing the cute Japanese boy's leg.
There was a brief break between the first two movies giving everyone a chance to use the bathroom and get more snacks. Ren managed to use the bathroom and get out before Zach came in. He was afraid he would get another hard-on with him there. During the first movie Zach had started rubbing his leg and caused him to start getting hard. It distracted him from all the bitter-sweet thoughts of his father, but wasn't how he had wanted to do that. Ren would have preferred anything else but his hard-on to do that job.
They all settled back in their seats just as the second movie, Princess Mononoke, started. Ren was glad Pat had invited him; he was having a good time even with Zach there. He hoped though Zach would be more careful of his personal space so that he could stay soft through the rest of the movies.
It wasn't that Ren didn't like Zach it was just that every time he was around Zach his stomach did flip flops and he would get hard-ons. There was something about Zach that made him nervous and feeling a lot like he did before Yukio betrayed him. Ren didn't want to risk that that and destroy his life at St. Philips. The few people he knew like Pat, who he was friends with would abandon him and make his life a living hell if they knew the truth. Why couldn't life be like a movie?
The third movie, Howl's Moving Castle, was one of Ren's favorites. By this point he had grown comfortable with Zach's leg rubbing against his during the movie. Every once in a while their hands bumped while reaching into the bucket of popcorn he and Zach were sharing. The first few times it occurred, he and Zach looked at one another. Ren would blush each time as Zach smiled back at him. That smile of Zach's made him feel nervous, yet wanting more.
Since Zach was sharing his large bucket of popcorn with him, Ren felt it was only right to buy sodas for both of them. He barely made it back into the theatre as the last movie, Whisper of the Heart, started. Without realizing it Ren had let his hand stay in contact with Zach's hand after handing Zach his drink. It was nearly the end of the movie before Ren realized he and Zach had been holding hands most of the movie. The whole thing had been so natural Ren couldn't remember when it had even happened. Had he started it or had Zach. It bothered him he couldn't remember.
Ren didn't know what to do. He couldn't keep holding hands with Zach. What type of message would it send to the handsome American boy if he kept it up, but wasn't sure if he did it or Zach. He didn't want to insult him, because Zach could easily tell everyone Ren did it and all the boys would know the truth about him.
He continued holding hands as the movie moved to its conclusion thinking maybe as soon as it was over he would let go and pretend nothing happened. Then he felt Zach slowly begin to run one of his fingers along the top of his hand slowly stroking his finger. He was hard in an instant from Zach's slow stroking of his finger. His skin shivered as Zach continued working his finger up and down the length of his finger. His heart started to pound in response to the stroking, it felt so good and so right, but it shouldn't. Why was his body betraying him like this? To make matters worse the last two mega sodas were starting to catch up with him. He needed to get out of the theatre and to the bathroom as quickly as possible. If Ren was lucky then his hard-on would go down by the time he got to the bathroom.
The movie finally ended, but before Ren could pull his hand back Zach squeezed it causing Ren to look at him. Zach gave Ren a warm smile as he squeezed Ren's hand again. Ren's heart was pounding even harder now, causing him to blush deeply under Zach's gaze. What did this mean? Did Zach like him? No, that couldn't be possible could it? No, he had already learned with Yukio such things weren't possible. Boys didn't really like other boys, it was only a way to embarrass or humiliate others putting them in their place at the bottom of the social scale.
Ren managed to separate his hand from Zach's before Pat and Jen could see what had happened during the movie. Ren bowed quickly to the others and excused himself saying he needed to use the restroom. Ren covered his crotch with his hand to hide his hard-on as he headed towards the bathroom.
Ren took several deep breaths before he was able to soften enough to finally be able to pee. It was a wonderful relief to finally go after holding it in for two movies. Ren's eyes were closed as he relieved himself, not paying attention to the bathroom door opening and closing as someone entered the bathroom.
Ren sensed someone start to use the urinal next to him, but didn't pay much attention at first. He opened his eyes and turned slightly to see who it was as he finished peeing when he discovered Zach's smiling face beaming at him.
"Hey, did you like the last movie?" Zach asked smiling at Ren.
He was shocked to find Zach next to him. Ren's heart started to pound as his dick started to harden in his hand. He started to panic as he realized what was happening. Even worse he looked down and saw Zach's dick start to harden as well. He was shocked to see it was so much longer and thicker than his small four inch cock. Zach's uncut cock swelled to a thick wedge shaped seven inches. He couldn't even imagine how he would get Zach's monster cock in his small mouth. Where did that thought come from Ren asked himself, as he panicked that such a thought would even enter his mind.
"That's a nice one Ren," Zach said as he started to stroke his cock.
All Ren could think to say was, "Thank you," in a soft voice.
"Go on stroke it with me," Zach huskily encouraged him as he watched Ren's cock.
Ren was mesmerized by Zach's cock and couldn't refuse Zach's request. He slowly began to stroke his thin four inch uncut cock. Each time he pulled the hood back from the hood he moaned softly, which in turn caused Zach to whisper softly "Yes Ren do it." Ren closed his eyes trying to forget where he was as he stroked himself in front of the boy he has started fantasizing about more and more often now. He wanted to stop, since he knew it was wrong but couldn't control himself. Thoughts of things he wanted to do with Zach started intruding unwanted into his mind.
Ren heard Zach shifting around at the urinal and opened his eyes to see what he was up to now. There was Zach playing with his dick in one hand and recording Ren doing the same with his iPhone.
"NO!!!!!!" Shrieked Ren in terror at what was happening. "PLEASE NO!!!!" Ren pleaded backing away from the urinal trying to cover himself with his hands as he continued to move from where Zach had been recording him. His hands groped against the wall trying to find a place to hide.
"What's wrong?" Pat asked excitedly as he rushed into the small men's room of the theatre.
Against the far wall was Ren with his jeans open and a now deflating dick hanging out. His eyes wide in terror with tears starting run down his face. The poor boy looked as if Leatherface, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Krueger were all after him. Pat had never seen anyone that terrified in his life.
"What the fuck did you do to him Zach?" Pat demanded turning to face his friend still at the other urinal.
Ren took the opportunity to slip into a bathroom stall and lock the door. He could be heard sobbing and speaking haltingly in Japanese between sobs. He was clearly in a lot of distress.
"Nothing! I swear!" Zach said agonized that he had done something to upset Ren so much suddenly.
"Well you sure as fuck did something! You fucking better think of what you did do Zachary!"
"I swear all we were doing was jacking off here at the urinals and it was all cool. Really it was, I swear! I wanted to record it because it was so hot and he suddenly freaked out. That's all I swear!!! I didn't mean to upset him. We were having a great time I swear!!! I didn't force him or even touch him, Pat!" Zach said horrified at the sudden change in events of what had been a wonderful first date with Ren.
"Shit!" Pat declared realizing at once what was wrong. Ren freaked out at the camera still traumatized by what had happened to him at his old school.
Before Pat could say anything else to Zach a twenty-something entered the bathroom and went up to the urinal and started pissing. Zach and Pat tried to make like they were just washing their hands. They both prayed Ren didn't try and make a run for it at this point otherwise it was going to get pretty hairy trying to explain why they were trying to stop a crying teen from leaving the bathroom. This was the worse place for something like this to happen.
"Give me your phone Zach." Pat demanded reaching out towards Zach as soon as the guy left.
"Why?" Zach asked puzzled at the request.
"Give me your mother fucking phone before I kick your ass and take it Zachary," demanded Pat again this time not leaving any doubt in Zach's mind that he would do it.
Meekly he handed his phone to Pat, "Here," unsure why Pat wanted it.
Pat went up to the stall where Ren was still sobbing. He knelt down in front of it. And in more tenderness than Zach thought possible after being threatened Pat began to speak to Ren.
"Ren, it's me Pat. Listen to me please. It's okay really it is. Zach didn't mean anything by it. He was just being stupid."
"Hey!" Zach started to say something else but the sudden intense glare from Pat silenced him immediately.
"Ren it's alright, he didn't mean anything by it I swear. He didn't mean to hurt you. Please come out."
Just then a father and his eight year old son entered the bathroom. As soon as the boy entered the stall next to Ren the father started to use one of the urinals. Pat thought to himself could this get any worse? Right then another couple of twenty-somethings entered talking about the movie as they used the urinals next to the father. Pat rolled his eyes not believing this whole thing. As soon as they all left Pat went back to Ren's stall.
"Ren? Please come out of there, please?" Pat begged the distraught boy sobbing in the stall.
A soft sob followed by an even more soft voice said, "No."
"Ren here is Zach's phone. You can delete the whole video yourself," Pat said pushing the phone under the stall door.
Pat sat on the floor silently praying Ren would pick up the phone and delete the video. Hoping that he could resolve the whole unfortunate situation without any permanent damage to what looked like might be a promising romance that started to slowly bloom during the movies. He blamed himself for not taking the time to warn Zach about trying to film Ren.
Pat knew Zach was famous for trying to record his various conquests to jack off to later. Zach only shared them with a very few very close friends and even then only while he was having sex with those friends. Pat knew Zach really didn't mean to spook Ren, but the poor boy already had his life destroyed once. He was terrified no doubt of what seemed to be a repeat of what happened previously. Poor Ren couldn't handle anymore and was at a breaking point.
After several minutes of agonizing waiting Pat finally saw Ren's small hand reach down and pick up Zach's phone. He heard the video start on the phone and a long painful sob came from behind the door. Finally there was no more sound coming from the stall, other than Ren's soft sobbing. At first Pat was worried Ren would drop Zach's phone into the toilet to make sure the video was gone. It would suck, but he would replace Zach's phone if that occurred. He wanted Ren to feel safe and if that was what it took so be it. Zach would have to deal with that.
Finally Pat heard Zach's phone being set down on the floor, followed by Ren's pushing it back to Pat. He looked at the phone and saw Ren had deleted the video. He motioned for Zach to take the phone back and then to back up away from the door. Now for the next step get Ren out of the stall which would be harder task.
"Ren? It's alright you are safe. No one is going to hurt you. I promise. I swear it on my honor I will protect you like a brother. Please Ren come out," Pat pleaded softly to the still sobbing teen.
Zach shot Pat a questioning look, but all Pat did was mouth "Be quiet". He nodded in agreement hoping Pat would explain later what was going on.
"Please Ren its ok. Zach didn't know better. Come out please, he very sorry," Pat nodded to Zach to say something.
Zach walked closer to the locked stall until Pat motioned for him to finally stop.
"Ren? I'm really sorry that I recorded you without your permission. I'm very sorry and it was really a stupid thing to do. Please forgive me," Zach pleaded with Ren.
"Please Ren come out. Its ok I won't ever let anything happen to you. I promise," Pat once again implored.
Just then a couple of thirteen year olds from town came in very animated about the movies. They started to piss and then looked over at Pat and Zach standing there outside Ren's stall. They looked back at one another and started whispering to one another giggling every now and then. Finally they zipped up and headed out without washing their hands.
"Fucking preppy fags," they said just barely loud enough for Zach and Pat to even hear.
Finally after several minutes Pat and Zach heard the lock thrown back and the door slowly opened. A teary faced Ren emerged from the bathroom stall. Ren's hair looked as if he had been caught in a wind storm from all the pulling he had done while in the stall. His jade green eyes were bloodshot from all the crying. Ren looked first at Zach seeing a very contrite and upset face looking back at him. Obviously Zach was truly sorry.
When he looked at Pat he saw the face of a concerned and caring older teen looking down at him. Ren stepped forward and without hesitation grabbed a hold of Pat and hugged him tightly and sobbed into his strong chest. Pat reached around and held Ren as he sobbed and gently stroked Ren's hair back into some sense of order.
"Shhhhhh, its okay Ren I'm here for you. It's alright Zach didn't mean to frighten you like that," whispered as he gently stroked and rocked Ren in his arms. Pat motioned Zach to come forward quietly next to them.
Zach carefully approached the two teens, so as not to frighten Ren anymore as he already was. He very carefully put his hand out and touched the sobbing boy's back. Zach felt Ren suddenly become very stiff and tense, but as he rubbed Ren's back softly he felt the boy once again to relax in Pat's arms.
"I'm really sorry Ren, I'll never do that to you again," Zach whispered softly to Ren. "I was stupid, please forgive me?"
Ren rubbed his face on Pat's sweat shirt drying his tears. Turning slightly to face Zach Ren asked, "Really?"
Zach's heart twisted inside his chest. He couldn't believe how much he had hurt this sweet boy by a simple foolish act. Reaching out to stroke Ren's hair he paused briefly as Ren flinched, before continuing very slowly making contact with this beautiful boy's soft dark brown hair.
"Yes really," he answered softly praying he didn't ruin his chances with Ren.
Very carefully Ren pushed back from Pat. He looked up into the older teen's face and whispered, "Thank you," to him before turning to face Zach. He just stared at him not knowing what to say. Ren wanted to say he forgave Zach, but couldn't do it yet. He still felt betrayed by this handsome American, but knew Zach was truly sorry.
Pat guided Ren over to the sink so he could clean up and look a bit more presentable after all his crying. As Ren cleaned up Pat pulled Zach away towards the bathroom door.
"Look Zach I really don't think it would be a good thing to join us for dinner, ok?"
"But...but...but...," Zach stuttered now clearly upset by the turn of events. He had totally completely fucked up his first and maybe only date with Ren.
"Go on back to campus, okay? It will be alright, trust me. I'll stop over later and explain everything," Pat said, before lowering his voice even more so that only Zach could hear, "It's a long story and I can't tell you here, okay? Just trust me okay? It will be fine." Pat hugged Zach, who looked miserable and sent him on his way.
Pat walked back grabbing and handing Ren some paper towels to dry off with once he was finished slashing water on his face. He looked much better now. Pat had been planning to take them all to dinner at Bennie's Books and Bistro. He thought Jen might like it, but decided Kyoto Gardens might be a better choice.
Once Ren had dried off his face he arranged his hair so that most of his face was once again covered. He tried to smile at Pat who had been so helpful and kind. Pat was better than any other roommate that he had ever had.
"Come on Ren let's get Jen and go to dinner," Pat said wrapping his arm around Ren and guiding him over to where Jen was busy talking to one of her friends she discovered had come to the Miyazaki retrospective as well.
"Is everything alright?" Jen asked slightly concerned.
"Hey babe, just dealing with some guy stuff. Nothing to worry about," said Pat winking playfully at her.
"Where's Zach?" Jen asked looking around for the young teen who had been watching the movie with them.
"He had to get back to the dorms. How does Kyoto Gardens sound?" Pat asked quickly trying to make sure Jen too distracted to ask any more questions about Zach.
"Perfect choice Patty," Jen said playfully kissing Pat. "Do you mind if Mindy joins us?"
"No that's fine. You don't mind Ren do you?"
Ren nodded not trusting himself to speak yet.
"Ren's kind of a shy guy, but he's a good friend and roommate," Pat said pulling Ren into a hug, causing the younger boy to try and smile in response.
The four teens exited the theatre and headed down the street to the Japanese restaurant. Jen locked her arm through Pat's and Mindy did the same with Ren. They looked like two happy couples as they strolled down the street towards dinner.
Only Pat noticed Zach looking miserable as he stood down the street in front of Ruxton's Toy Emporium looking back at them as they headed off to dinner. He wished he could have been able to explain everything thing to Zach to minimize the pain he must be experiencing at the moment. But that would have to wait until he got back to school with Ren later.
End of Chapter Two
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