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His skull felt like exploding right from the moment he started gaining consciousness.
His head was spinning, the headache unbearable, his stomach a swirl and his body twice as hot as usual.
Rolling around in the bed for a few seconds, groaning softly, he soon found the strength left in him to get up, his legs and lower torso sore, making him whine in pain as he sat up and rubbed his eyes to chase the sleep away. As he opened them, his vision blurry causing him to blink a few times to clear it up. He found himself in a bedroom, which was way too familiar, but the headache was preventing him from thinking straight, the smell of alcohol reeking in the room.
Before he could have the chance to look around he was already feeling the weight of someone else on the bed, on which he was in the far left edge, the right being pressed against the wall.
As he turned his head to the side, Kai found himself quickly sobering up from his hangover, eyes shooting wide open and his throat dry.
That's why the room was so familiar.
You see, the reason why he knew he had been here before, was because he had been. Just yesterday, when he was coming along to call one of his good friends out so the team could get going towards the bar that had opened recently. The group had decided to celebrate Lloyd's 18th birthday by going to pay for his first drink.
He knew he'd get wasted, the master of fire was a born party animal. It was just insane how much alcohol he could take and still be almost tipsy. Which means he had drunk way, way too much last night for him to have black spots in his memory. What he didn't know though, was how..
In the name of all Gods above..
Did he wake up.. Pretty sure fully naked..
A quick pull of the covers confirmed it.
Fully naked.. And sore.. especially his lower torso and his legs..
In Cole's bed…
Along with Cole's boyfriend.
Staring at the space in front of his view, he stood frozen for a few seconds, jumping ever so slightly as he saw Zane move around, getting more comfortable as he snuggled against his boyfriend.
Fuck.. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck, shit what the FUCK-
Kai mentally slapped himself as he quickly gathered his thoughts. But first thing's first.
He had to get out of here before the other two woke up.
Getting out of the bed as quietly and unnoticeably as possible. Thankfully, Cole's broad figure, the bed doesn't squeak or shift too much to wake any of them up.
His eyes quickly scanned the room as he gathered his clothes, putting on his boxers, despite the uncomfortable wetness on the front. He didn't care, his room was just down the hall, and with how much he remembered everyone had gotten wasted so he wouldn't be surprised if he was the first to wake up, being the one with most experience in the drinking worl- Kai, focus!!!
As he gathered his things from the floor, and the shelf(?), he was as stealthy as he possibly could when he unlocked the door and slithered out the room, closing it back again.
Scanning the hall, he thanked whoever was watching him from above, or below, for having no one in the hallway. He quickly walked to his room, the panic and anxiety of the situation hitting him like a brick as he closed the door to his room a bit too loud for his liking, making him freeze and listen.
Nothing. No one woke up.
Good. Let's keep it that way.
The moment he had the door locked, he took a deep breath as he sent his hand up to his face, the sudden pain of the slap making him more awake.
Maybe he hit too hard. But wouldn't you hit yourself in his place as well?!
He just woke up.
With a total hangover.
In the bed of two of his best friends and teammates.. who were in a relationship for the last year and a half.
The more he thought of it, the more he panicked as he started pacing around his room, his hands gripping his hair as he was murmuring curses under his breath, smoke coming out from under his feet, burning into the carpet and leaving behind smoke and scared fabric.
He really should buy himself something else to use as a decoration to his room.
Something he couldn't burn or melt down when he was on the verge of a panic attack after realizing he had just had a fucking threesome with Cole and Zan-
He stopped dead in his tracks, his mind blank as he caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror, which stood right next to his bed. His grip on his hair loosened as his face turned bright red, smoke coming out of his ears as his eyes widened the more he stared at himself.
His chest, his legs, his neck, fuck his arms were covered in hickeys and bite marks.
What… the fuck.. happened last night?!
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"Oh, come on, Z! Loosen up!" Jay's voice echoed over the loud music, the group sitting down on the bar, everyone with a drink in hand. Well.. Everyone except Zane.
"You do know how bad of an influence alcohol has on you right? It messes up with your body and it makes you do stupid decisions which you will regret tomorrow, along with the headache, the fatigue-"
"Can I get a mochito for the blondie? Thank you!" Kai called out to the bartender, who accepted the request with a smile and got to work. Despite Zane's protests, he soon gave in into his friend's encouragement, promising it'll be only one drink.
Well…
Soon the drink turned into a second.. Then to a third.. And a fifth.. And then he forgot to count.
The room was spinning, his legs were giving in and the music was blasting louder than before, making him feel like his system would overload. Yet he was having the time of his life, dancing the night away with his boyfriend, the two laughing and spinning each other around the dancefloor.
Unbeknownst to them though, there was a pair of amber eyes staring at them from the bar.
You see, Kai has always found his friends to be attractive. And by his friends, he meant Cole and Zane mostly. I mean who wouldn't?
Cole was this big, strong and hot guy, who looked like he could crush you with his pinky, which probably wasn't far from the truth. And yet under this whole facade he put on with his dark choice in aesthetic clothing and the rock music, was a big, careful guy who'd do the smallest things for people. Plus he was like.. Stupidly hot. Kai was even surprised when Cole mentioned he had never slept with anyone before, considering how many fans he had and the fact that he was pansexual.
And the little incident when the two of them bumped into each other when Cole had just gotten out of the shower.
Yeah, Kai… felt things.
Moving on!
Zane on the other hand, was somewhat the total opposite.
The nindroid was a sweet and carrying person, making sure everyone was in their best mental and physical health. It was his top priority. But then again, if he got angry, he got angry. He remembered this one time when someone had been giving Jay a hard time in public.
Jay was just minding his business, buying himself pads and painkillers, when some rando had decided to make a little joke about them being for him, to which Jay quickly got uncomfortable, unsure if the guy was serious or not. Plus his words and choice in tongue was harsh. It made Jay unsure if he had been actually 'passing as a man' as he called it.
Well, the comment didn't go unheard on Zane's end, who was an aisle down from where Jay was, helping Kai with the choice for his hair products since he wanted to try something new.
Let's say, the guy ran out the store trembling and Kai had to melt off the ice that had gathered on Zane's hands and up his forearms. It was a scary and impressive experience to see the usually calm nindroid this pissed..
And with how attractive he had been while yelling at the guy made Kai embarrassed in himself, tripping over the shopping bags as he had sprinted to his room to take care of some 'business' the moment they stepped foot back home.
Of course, he felt awful for getting a boner from the situation, but damn did Zane's voice did things to him when he heard him yelling and cursing.
As the music blasted was now slower, more rhythmic, Kai watched as the alcohol had made Zane loosen up a bit too much, him and Cole never getting their hands off each other as their moves got more sensual, more intimate, both their bodies pressed against each other like puzzle pieces.
Kai's eyes never left them as he ordered another whiskey. His head was fuzzy enough already as he watched with a hungry gaze his two teammates. Usually, he'd keep it on the downlow, but right now he was all but shy about it, his eyes fixated right at the couple, who were now almost grinding against each other on the dance floor.
As he heard his glass getting refilled, he brought the drink up to his lips eyes still glued on white and black as he took a sip, the burning feeling filling his throat as his eyes suddenly met icy blue ones.
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With a sharp breath, Kai turned the handle to the shower all the way to the right, the freezing water hitting his bare skin immediately, making him take a deep shaky breath from the sudden change in temperature, his skin going numb and the blood vessels under his skin constricting.
He could feel his breath getting knocked out of his lungs, his body jolting and trembling as he tried to get through the cold shock. He knew he'd feel a lot better after it but it never got easier doing this routine, with his body temperature being way above average due to his powers. Which, in result, made his skin more sensitiveto the cold.
Soon enough his hand gripped the shower handle, stopping the water as he took the towel from the hanger and wrapped himself with it the moment he got it in his hands, his teeth clattering against each other, jaw shaking.
His heartbeat was fast as he soon enough was able to get his body head back to normal, using his hand, which was now aflame, to warm up his skin a bit more and dry off the water. As he put his towel around his lower waist and used another one to dry his hair he wipes the small fog that had gathered over the bathroom mirror, looking at himself.
Okay. The bite marks weren't as visible now, the cold water fixing his blood circulation.. But the hickeys were still there.. And they weren't really gonna go unnoticed.
With a groan he walked back to his room as he thought for a few seconds before he put on a high neck turtleneck and some sweatpants. Good thing it was March, still cold enough to wear a long sleeve, no one would ask why he was so covered up.
"Why are you wearing a turtleneck?"
Ooor maybe they would.
"I uh… M-my throat hurts. Maybe i caught a cold or something" Kai spoke, his back to the table where the others sat as he took out the bottle of milk, closing the fridge. I mean.. the throat part wasn't really a lie, he felt it being itchy the whole morning. He quickly shove that though away, to not cause his cheeks to go red again.
"Told you not to wear a crop top last night.. Yet, here you are." Nya spoke as he ate her cereal, eye bags under her eyes as she was on her phone. Jay, who had asked Kai about his clothing choice, sat in the seat in front of hers, on the other side of the table.
As he poured the milk over his own bowl of cereal, Kai took his breakfast and a spoon and was about to start walking to his room. His legs shaking the slightest bit as he was thankful for his sweatpants being like 3 sizes bigger, the trembling of his thighs not being fully shown to the whole world.
Mixing up his cereal he was about to go into the hallway when he bumped into someone.
"Whoa- Sorry, Does anyone have painkillers?"
Looking up, he saw the person he had bumped into was Cole, who was now in a tank top and sweatpants of his own, his hair a mess, eye bags visible and his neck-
Kai could feel his body going stiff as his eyes darted to his teammate's collarbones and jawline. Making it seem like his natural skin color was the new addition for his neck, hickeys and bite marks basically covered his skin. Just like Kai's, which were hidden under the collar of his turtleneck.
"Daaaamn, who knew Zane was this aggressive when you give him alcohol" Jay joked, taking a sip from his orange juice while Nya walked next to Cole, giving him the pills, which he had asked for a couple seconds ago.
"Not me, that's for sure." Cole chuckled lazily as he downed the pills, taking Jay's cup and drinking the rest of the juice.
"Hey!" Jay's whine was ignored.
"I think he even scratched my back." Cole said, a bit unsure as he twisted his waist, popping his back.
Trying to act normal, Kai just leaned against the wall and took a spoon full of his breakfast. He knew if he just left and didn't make a teasing comment or something along those lines the others would get suspicious.
"Yeah?" He spoke with his mouth full, to hide the trembling in his voice as his eyes darted up to Cole's neck, then back to his eyes as the master of Earth looked his way.
"I think so?" He spoke as he turned so his back faced the others, lifting his tank top as he pushed it off his head, the clothing now only hanging around his biceps.
Kai almost choked, well, not almost, he fully choked on the cereal as his eyes widened at the view of Cole's back. It was scratched as if a wild animal had attacked him, thick, red lines covering the space from his shoulder blades to his lower back, some of them even being scratch wounds.
As he was trying to settle down the little cough that erupted from his throat, Jay was almost on the floor, laughing his ass out.
"He fucking scared you dude! What the hell!?" Jay's voice was high pitched as he felt a slap on the back of his neck, the hand belonging to Nya, as she had seen how flustured Cole had gotten to his friend's teasing.
"Is it that bad?" He asked amused and with a puzzled expression as he walked over to the mirror which the team had set up in the hallway, twisting his torso around with his back to the mirror. His face went darker as his eyes scanned what he could see of his skin.
"What the hell was in those mochitos?" Cole asked under his breath as the lightning started laughing yet again, almost screaming, obviously not finding this as stressing as Kai did.
Speaking of Kai, he was sitting still against the wall with his hands slightly gripping the bowl. He could feel a pair of eyes on him and when he turned back to look in the kitchen. Just as he suspected, Nya was giving him a puzzled look.
With the little panic that had risen in his chest he got up from the wall and speed walked to his room, moving past Cole as he kept his eyes on the ground so he didn't embarrass himself or show something away.
What was he going to do?! He couldn't wear that turtleneck until the hickeys and the bite marks healed! He had training, it was getting warmer outside, and his friends would be suspicious! But then again, he could've just acted like he had a hookup last night, but as he saw Nya's state, she'd probably wouldn't have been not that drunk to not remember her brother inviting someone over for a one night stand.
As he locked the door to his room he placed his bowl on the little nightstand next to his bed and tossed himself on the mattress groaning loudly into the pillows. He was just fucked. Both metaphorically and physically. His legs felt like burning, his neck was sore and he could barely sit at this point. His spine felt like it had been snapped in half as well, but that was the least of his worries right now.
What the fuck was he going to do? He couldn't hide this forever, could he? What if they went out again and got drunk to this point for a second time? What if he hadn't woken up first and instead was Cole? Or Zane? What if-
A knock came from the door, making him jump and look back towards it. His heart was slightly racing as he sat on his bed.
"Y-yeah?" He spoke a bit louder, voice hesitant.
"Open the door"
Nya.
Fuck he was screwed. Sure, he could hide some things to a certain point from the others but from Nya? Oh she could see right through him.
Eyes darting around the room for a while, he put his old clothes in the laundry basket by his desk and walked over to unlock the door, cringing at the smell of sex and whiskey coming off from the fabric. With hesitant hands, he gripped the doorknob and unlocked it, opening it to show Nya on the other side.
Before he could ask why she was here, his sister walked inside the room and closed the door, making him stumble back a few steps. Turning over to face her brother again, she had a serious, and a bit confused expression on her face.
"What was that?"
"W-what do you mean?"
"Earlier. You were almost going to have a heart attack when you saw Cole." She spoke, her voice low as her eyes darted towards the door and then back at Kai.
"I don't-"
"Do not even try to lie to me, Kai. I'm your sister, I know when something's up."
Staying silent, the master of fire looked away from her, eyebrows furrowed as he felt the shame crawl on his back, like the markings which he, probably, left on Cole's.
After he stood silent for a bit longer, Nya's eyes softened as she placed her hand on his shoulder, nodding towards the bed. With a nod, the siblings sat, a silent agreement between them showing that this was about to be a more serious conversation than Nya thought.
"I fucked up." Kai spoke after a few more moments in silence, leaning his face in his hands as he pushed them back over his hair and behind his neck, staying quiet for a few seconds.
"Your nail polish is chopped…" Nya spoke under her breath, as she had analyzed his hands when his fingers went through his hair, as if investigating what could be wrong. Bringing his hands down, he looked at his nails, and she was in fact correct.
With a sigh from her brother, Nya seemed to be connecting the dots, but still did not say anything as to not have gotten the wrong idea.
"I-i woke up in Cole's room.. With him and Zane.." He spoke, not having the courage to look his sister in the eyes as his head hung low. The shame and guilt weighing down on him like the whole globe was on his shoulders, crushing him.
"Like.. in.. on the..?"
The brunette nodded, still looking at the matrice as he felt the slight shift on the bed sheets, Nya now leaning against the headboard of the bed as she let out a sigh and mumbled something under her breath.
"I- I don't know what happened! I thought I knew my limit I've- I don't even remember most of it!" Kai whisper-yelled under his breath as he looked down at his hands, clearly starting to panic.
"Kai, you drank around two bottles of whiskey last night-."
"So what?! I can handle 2 bottles!"
"And then you went out for a smoke and came back reeking of weed."
Okay, that explains why the alcohol hit him hard. He let her continue, a bit baffled.
"Then" Nya spoke again, a bit more sternly. "You downed another bottle and we went home because you were absolutely shitfaced."
With a groan, Kai leaned back on the bed, hitting his head on the wall to which the bed frame was pressed, ignoring the numb pain in the back of his skull.
"Is it that bad?" Nya spoke after a moment of silence, her eyes darting up and down, indicating she meant the leftovers of what had happened.
Looking up at his sister again, Kai held onto the frame of the bed to get up without his legs buckling that much and took off his turtleneck. As his head popped out of the clothing, he saw Nya's face go blown out with surprise as she saw the damage.
"Fucking hell… no wonder Zane refuses to use his synthetic skin…" She muttered under her breath, making Kai groan as he hid his face in his hands.
"What do I do?! I can't wear a turtleneck until they heal! It'll take weeks!"
"Why not talk to them?"
"Are you crazy?!" Kai spoke a bit louder, then looked at the door and back to his sister for a brief second. "They're in a relationship, Nya! I won't go in the living room, the night after the first time after Zane was drunk and say 'oh, yeah, we had a threesome by the way! Sorry for eventually ruining your relationship or our friendship!' They'll hate me!"
"I doubt it'll ruin something. Plus, Zane wasn't that drunk." Nya's words made Kai's face go pale as he was sure his heart stopped for a brief moment, his eyes blown wide open as he watched his sister in disbelief.
"W-what do you mean?"
"Kai, he's a nindroid! He can't be influenced by alcohol the way we are. He'd remember everything, the drinks only give him the experience of what being drunk feels like, without the aftermath, like the hangover."
Oh fucking hell.
His worry was probably visible as Nya quickly stood up and walked closer, hands now placed on his shoulders.
"Hey- Hey now! Don't panic, it'll be fine"
"How can you say that?! You don't know! What if i, like- forced myself on Cole?! He was drunk! That I know for sure!!"
"Kai…"
"And now Zane will tell him about everything, i won't be surprised if he has a fucking video from the bar-"
"Kai, shut the hell up for a second and listen!"
Red quickly went silent, looking at his sister with a worried and nervous expression, his hands starting to heat up from the anxiety rising in his chest. His head was a mess as a million 'what if's filled his brain, making him unable to think straight.
"Cole.. Can handle a couple of drinks.. Right?" Nya spoke slowly, so her brother could calm down and understand her words better.
"I-i guess? What does that have to-"
"Let me finish." Nya cut him off, as his voice faltered again." He.. had.. 4 drinks.. Okay?"
"A-and?"
"Plus his body weight.."
"Aha…?"
"And he took his time drinking them.."
"What do you-"
Oooh, now he got where this was going. His face suddenly went aflame, red in the cheeks as he could tell from the pats on the head he received from Nya that his hair had caught on fire as well.
Cole also hadn't been as drunk as Kai.
"Fuck…" He murmured under his breath as he started pacing around the room, pretty sure he was leaving another set of burn marked steps behind him, considering the smell of burned fabric.
"So I was the only one who was shitfaced? A-and they could've remembered everything?!"
"I'm not saying they remember! I'm saying they could! Or at least have some memory of it?"
With a groan, the male, again, let himself fall on the bed, slightly jumping from the movement of the mattress, as he screamed into his pillows making his throat itch a bit more before he soon let his voice falter.
So not only did he sleep with two of his friends, who were dating each other, but he as well embarrassed himself, clearly horny, in his drunken state in front of them! They probably felt bad about him and slept with him just to not make him even more embarrassed when they tell him the next morning about how he was, probably, begging for them to fuck his brains out. Knowing himself, he probably did. He had no filter when he was sober, so when he was drunk the word 'filter' wasn't even in his vocabulary.
Hearing soft footprints come closer to his bed, he felt a hand rub his back in a comforting manner, Nya's eyes on him as he laid face buried into his pillow, unable to grasp the reality of the situation.
He knew this whole thing was fucked up, and how deep in the mud he was when he would eventually have to confront the issue with the two, but he couldn't help but feel.. kind of disappointed..?
Even earlier when he was looking at himself in the mirror, he had felt like a total idiot for doing this when he was drunk, meaning he couldn't remember anything of it. Not a glimpse, not a feeling, and was left with only the aftermath of it all.
So, he just decided to rot in bed for the rest of the day, not having the guts to go out of his room and have the possibility of facing the couple, with his sister occasionally checking in on him, saying she told the other's he wasn't feeling well.
With the others knowing how long he took to recover from a flu or a cold, he had around 4 days to a week on his own.
He had to find a way out of this whole mess.