~Brandon~
My head was pounding and I felt really sore. I didn't want to open my eyes but I kept hearing a persistent voice that kept urging me to open my eyes. I opened my eyes slightly and closed them again because the light was too strong.
"Come on, you can do better than that Brandon. What happened to being a tough guy?" I was pretty sure it was Ryan's voice but I wasn't sure. The voice seemed too low to be his, but then I remember that he was an Alien. And my brother was married to him...Then I remember my father.
He tried to kill me. I knew he would try; it was why I grabbed my stuff before I told him, but still. I'm his son! I didn't change anything except for the fact that I was dating a man. But then I remembered the kindness that Leo...Xe'Zhi...Showed me. Even in the lizard form he was kind to me, he treated me better than my own father did.
I tried to open my eyes again, and this time succeeding. I was staring at a gray ceiling and a face that oddly looked like Ryan's. The difference was his hair and the fact that he was covered in silver/white scales and had no eyebrows.
"R-Ryan? My head hurts..."
The alien smiled at me and handed me water.
"Xe'Zhi said that you'd say that. But at least you're awake, do you mind just sitting there for a minute. I have to call him now." He took out something out of his pocket; it was about the size of an iPod and tapped a few things. A holographic version of Xe'Zhi popped up, he looked really tired. "He's awake now. What do you want me to do?" Ryan said, smiling away like he normally did back on Earth.
"Thank the Gods..." the hologram sighed. "Give him some food and tell him I'll be home soon. Ask him some questions to make sure the translator is working. Thanks brother."
"No problem, you helped me with Steven. This is the least I can do."
Then the hologram disappeared. I looked at my old best friend and he smiled down at me.
"What happened to Steven?" I asked, still lying down. My head was hurting too much to sit up.
"He was having nightmares last night about something happening to our young. Zhi came by after we called to give him a sedative to help him sleep."
"Young?"
Ryan frowned. "You didn't know? Steven is pregnant with our children. I thought he would have told you."
"Are you saying that I can get pregnant here?" I asked, not masking the concern in my voice. There was a swooshing sound and Xe'Zhi walked into the room.
"Indeed, this is why we need to talk. Thank you for taking care of my mate, Trygg. I will visit you and Steven later to check on the young." Xe'Zhi sounded so professional, his voice was so low, that I almost couldn't help but shiver. His voice was deeper than I thought it would be, and it was very sexy.
Ryan sighed, "alright." As he stood up to leave he turned to his brother and asked if he was sure he didn't need my help. Xe'Zhi shook his head and sent his brother off.
The room was silent once Ryan left and it almost had an air of concern. Xe'Zhi sat on the bed with me, staring at me probably waiting for some sort of reaction. I wasn't sure what to do so I just gave him a smile.
"Brandon, how do you feel?" The big alien finally asked.
"My head kind of hurts and I gotta take a piss but other than that I'm fine. You?" I smiled back. I guess he was just trying to see if I was ill or something.
"How about emotionally? What you went through last night was..."
His questions were sweet. He was concerned because of what had happened between me and my father. Truth was I was livid at the man. If I ever saw him again I would probably try to kill him for what he did to me. But at the same time I expected him to do that because he said he would.
"I'm fine. Just pissed. I think he hurt my brother more than he did me. Steven had no idea what their true thoughts were until last night. He must be shocked." I tried to sit up but felt dizzy and fell back to the bed.
"Don't worry too much about your brother. He's fine at the moment, you on the other hand are not." He took his own version of the iPod and typed some things up. This gave me a few minutes to look at where I was.
I was on a dark bed that was about twice the size of a king size back on Earth. The room itself was fairly dark; the walls were deep brown, the bed sheets were black, the desks and shelves were black wood, curtains were deep brown and he seemed to have steel reinforcements everywhere.
The lamps were steel, the doors were steel, and from where I was I could peek into the bathroom and I saw steel everywhere. There were three doors that led elsewhere from the bed room; one to the bath room, one to the living area and a closed door.
"Do you get headaches often, Brandon?" I snapped my eyes back on the large lizard who was looking at me with slight concern behind the eyes a professional. His greens eyes were breath taking, there was no pupil and they were almond in shape, but they were larger than normal Human eyes. They were pale almost as if they were washed out, but all the same the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen. "Brandon? Are you okay?"
"Hmm? Oh, yeah, I'm fine. I do get headaches often enough. Sometimes they get pretty bad too."
I laughed to mask my arousal.
"What were you thinking about, boy?" Xe'Zhi growled. His eyes narrowed and he had the ghost of a smile on his lips.
"How did you...I was thinking about your eyes," I whispered. "Surprisingly you're beautiful. Almost in a predator-waiting-to-eat-me-kind of way, but breath taking all the same..."
I smelt a sweet scent fill the air and I smiled at Xe'zhi. His tail was twitching on the bed and he looked hungry.
"Thank you, Brandon. The reason why you aren't feeling well is because your brain is sensitive. This is a form of head ach. I can give you some pills to make the pain go away if you'd like?"
Xe'Zhi stood up and walked to the door that led to the living area.
"Sure, that'd be great. And could I get another glass of water while you're at it?" Xe'Zhi turned his head and looked at me. The muscles where his eyebrows should have been were raised and he folded his arms across his body.
"Brandon, use your words. I will not be ordered."
His words were dark and yet promising.
"May I have a glass of water, please, sir?" I lowered my head but kept my eyes on him. His smile was more like a smirk and he nodded.
"Anything you'd like, I can get it for you." And he disappeared into the other room. I shivered and pulled the overs off my legs. I was still wearing my tight leather biker pants and they were so constricting that I needed them off, but I was too dizzy to actually do anything.
"Ahem." I looked at the door again to see the alien smiling down at me. His eyes were low lidded and he had a glass of water in his hands.
"Your water." I blushed as I took the glass from him. He handed me half of a small blue pill and told me to take it. "If you ever need medicine come to me because dosages for my kind and yours are very different. If I were to give you what I would take for a head ache you would die. This half pill, which is also a very low dosage as a whole, will still make you drowsy. You won't fall asleep but you will feel sleepy."
"I see," I said as I took the pill. I quickly drank all the water and waited a few minutes. I felt the effects of the pill almost immediately. My head no longer hurt but it felt dull. "Thank you, Xe'Zhi."
The alien took my head in his large hands and looked me in the eye. His eyes almost seemed possessive.
"You said my name."
"Of course I did. It's your name." I smiled. I wanted him to kiss me.
"You do realize that for the longest time you've called me Leo, correct? That I have fantasized about you calling by my name for months? That not even my family calls me by my full name?" He growled, his face getting closer to mine.
"I guess I don't," I grinned, "because I'm going to keep using your full name." Xe'Zhi let out a bark of a laugh and moved away from me. He rubbed his face and patted my knee.
"You are dangerous to me, Brandon. We need to talk before we do anything like having sex. I want you to have all the information before we do anything. Knowledge is power and you need to be well informed here. Go use the washroom. I'll talk with you once you're done."
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The bathroom was very clean. There was not one item out of place and I couldn't smell anything but sterile air. It was like his whole life revolved around his job. That or he had a major case of OCD.
The toilet, bath tub, and sink were made of steel and the floor was heated sandstone. The contrast was ugly as shit but I could see why Xe'Zhi would want it. The warm stone felt great on my feet. After I pissed I walked back to the bed, only a little unsteady. I kept feeling like I was going to fall even though I knew I wouldn't. "Once the head ache leaves that will stop." I looked at the alien and laughed. He was sitting with his legs crossed in a nest of blankets and he looked so cute. Like a messed up dino-man guarding his nest. I sat down next to him and placed my hand on his leg.
"So what is it that I need to know that's so important that we can't have sex?" I pouted, of course I was just teasing him but I really wanted to know.
