/”I don’t know why I like it.... I just do!”/

/”I’ve been hearing your heart beat inside of me
I keep your photograph beside my bed
Livin’ in a world of fantasies
I can’t get you out of my head”/

~Zei sunk down into his wheelie chair, almost discouragedly. /Almost./ He wasn’t even close to giving up yet, and it didn’t appear he ever would be. Sooner or later, Vale /would/ want him, preferably sooner than later. It was getting rather frustrating to have him constantly in his mind and not be able to jump his bones. Those beautiful white wings, those deep mahogany eyes, that long, silky black hair....
Instead of sighing dreamily, Zei let out another noise of frustration, sinking lower into his chair.~

~It sure was nice to have a pet. A pet wolf, in fact! Ever since she was little, Fue-chan could remember wanting to befriend a wolf and take it in as her pet.
But even that couldn’t make her completely happy. Lying lazily on her bed, petting Queeqag absently, Milan asleep in his doggie bed on the floor, Fue-chan’s mind refused to leave Nikuma. He was sooo gorgeous... She’d noticed before, but hadn’t really /noticed/ till now. He was so wonderful---and he hated her. It was enough to make her cry--actually, she had. She just /had/ to get him to love her! What did he like?
Sexy women.
Fue-chan’s eyes darted to her closet.~

~A kiss, he’d gotten a kiss! That was the happiest thought on Seibrum’s mind right now, walking happily through the trees of the nearby forest. Mmm, Bella’s lips had been so soft and sweet... it would have been ideal to go further---only with kissing, of course--but her mind had been on Sei.
That damn Sei. How could he /possibly/ ignore and insult Bella?? He was so lucky!! Seibrum thwaped a tree branch as he walked by. If only Sei’d pay a little more attention to her... if only he’d make her happy! He /should/ be treating her like the goddess she was, but he couldn’t even bring himself to kiss her!
With the mention in his mind of a kiss, Seibrum leaned against a tree dreamily. Maybe he could get a couple more in time.~

~God damnit, he should be /her/ puppet! Eriya gritted her teeth together for the billionth time, white fist balled and poised under her chin. Stupid Bella. Stupid Cojin. Stupid all of them.
To think! He’s almost had sex with her! He shouldn’t have changed his mind.... He /needed/ her, just as much as she was realizing she needed him. All this time when she’d thought she was jealous of Sami over Cojin.... when it was the other way around! She had to claim Sami from Cojin..... She had to be with him. He would see it her way in time....~

~And again, the question rose in Jethro’s mind. Should I confront her? Should I go to her? She was all he could see, that long red hair, those pretty dark eyes, the cute glasses that framed them. Jessie... that was her name. Lightly, he swooned again in his spot in front of the window.
He’s stayed cooped up in his room, too afraid she’d be out there and he’s have to say anything to her, but urgent to go out /just/ to see her beautiful face. Swooon..
Luckily, Autumn had been with that boytoy of hers, Jake--and he thought the name with some disgust--so she hadn’t been there to notice the change in his behavior. Just more teasing she could do if she found out.
With a soft sigh, Jethro knew he couldn’t stay in his room forever. Bracing himself and running a hand over his gravity defying hair, he headed to the door.~

~Had Aphrodite done something cruel to him? Ares twirled his staff around in his hand, frowning deeply. She wouldn’t... she loved him, she wasn’t that type. Especially not wedded to Hephaestus, that good-natured sissy.
But here it was, and he was madly in love with Largos. A /mortal/. Ares had thought himself above that, unlike the other gods.
But Largos didn’t want to have sex with him. He was /straight./ His frown got deeper, darker. Who cares if he himself didn’t know how men could do it, Largos could show him.
The staff dropped from Ares’ hand, falling with a loud clunk and clatter to the floor. If Gods could bleed, he would have had a serious nosebleed right now.~


/”I’ve been waiting for the phone to ring all night
Why you wanna make me feel so good
I got a love of my own, babe
I shouldn’t get so hung up on you.”/

~Zei knew Grey hadn’t been too phased when he had snubbed him. The boy was used to Zei’s moodiness and learned to just ignore the often snapping and distaste. But Zei realized he had no reason, now. Other times, his mind had been just too littered with thoughts and frustrations, the adding of /love/ never helped. Or he’d didn’t feel like ptiy or comfort for whatever he was upset over. But now... nothing. He just wanted to see Vale more.~

~Fue-chan paused, opening the door to her closet now, thinking back to Eran. Hmm.. it hurt her brain too much to think about liking both Eran /and/ Nikuma, so she stuck to Nikuma, because Eran didn’t seem to mind. Now, to the task of finding an outfit...~

~The kiss. The other kiss he’d recieved that night. Seibrum’s dreamy smile faded and was replaced with a thoughtful expression. Ketsu’s kiss. How cute Kitty had been, begging for them to kiss. Why not, they were lovers. Heh, what a funny thought now that he worshipped the ground Bella walked on. But that kiss....whoo boy, it brought back a lot of emotions that had somehow been covered up when his obsession with Bella had started. Even so....Ketsu was enjoying time with Kitty. No reason his thoughts couldn’t shift back to Bella happily.~

~This was the most confusing part of Eriya’s realization of her love for Sami. Where with Julien fit into all this? He was serenading and charming another young woman, which boiled her blood, but as soon as she’d start to get angry or jealous, a little “Sami” button was pushed in her brain and all she wanted was him. Bah, forget Julien, we’ll talk when we feel like it. It didn’t seem like that feeling was going to come anytime soon.~

~Mmm, red hair....red....hair... Jethro stopped in his pursuit down the hall. Dana.... Dana had red hair too...... He paused. Did he have a thing for red heads? Maybe it was all Autumn’s fault... he had an over-protective side to her, which transferred to the women he liked? All redheads. Scratching his own red hair a little, he wondered why he felt weird pursuing Jessie, because of Dana. Dana wasn’t his girlfriend... hell, she wasn’t even close enough to call a friend. He thought about her, and felt the feeling slowly pass, his mind drifting back to Jess. Mmm...red hair....~

~All this talk about Aphrodite was painful. Had she cast a spell on his. Hah. How could anyone, especially himself, think that? It had been her who dumped him, not the other way around, not a means for revenge. She’d been the one who’d left. Somehow, he hadn’t gotten over her....till now. How odd that was. He’d heard she was going to be visiting also, and her husband along with her, and he’d been so nervous and hurt he couldn’t do anything. Then Largos had come along, good, old, human-servant Largos. ....Maybe he could help Ares get over the goddess of love.~


/”I remember the way that we touch
I wish I didn’t like it so much....”/

~The whole talk in the kitchen kept coming back to Zei. Vale had been so friendly... he /had/ to like Zei! He’d said he trusted him. How ironic and odd. And now he was hiding. Further Zei sunk into the chair. If only this whole attraction hadn’t started...it was just another thing to worry about...~

~Fue-chan hopped a little, yanking up the vinyl skirt around her curvy hips. Damn figure.... it made fitting into clothes so difficult. The skirt was short and extremely tight, showing off her fish netted legs nicely. Sighing a little, she remembered how skinny Nikuma had been, when she’d wrapped her arms around him. But still so strong.... Mmmm....He’d better like her after this. Boys were so much trouble.~

~Seibrum really didn’t care if Bella didn’t kiss him anymore. Once was certainly fine. Just as long as she was happy and didn’t mind him tagging along, he’d be perfectly fine. His heart had raced so much when he kissed her, like a boy getting a kiss for the first time. Sure, it would be nice to get another one, but he wasn’t expecting it.~

~It was almost rather sadistic to have enjoyed kissing Sami so much because he’d been struggling so damn much. But it had excited Eriya, just made her want more. Perhaps some kinky little games, mmm... She wished she hadn’t enjoyed it so much, so maybe she would be content with just snuggling him or dragging him around with her, but now that she’d kissed him and felt his lips against hers, she wanted more. Running a hand through her glittery hair, she sighed. Stalking wouldn’t work.... she’d have to hope he ran into her.~

~It seemed like ages ago now, but Jethro remembered meeting Jess for the first time, and she’s adored his hair, giggled like a fan girl and petting his hair. Had he appreciated it? Not so much as he would have now. He hadn’t even seen her in weeks, but maybe she’d still find his hair intriguing... it could possibly be the only thing he had going for himself with her. Hair. How pathetic was that. For a moment, Jethro almost considered turning around and hurrying back to his room, but he was a man, and he knew he could handle this. Maybe.~

~It was sure as hell unfortunate Largos kept pulling away from him whenever he’d kissed him. Kissing Largos was bliss, even if it wasn’t returned, so he could just imagine if it was repaid. He’d been drawn into this hellish trap of wanting more and more and /more/ from Largos every time he saw him, and every touch just seem to build it up more. One of these days, he might not be able to control himself, and he might just have to jump Largos and pin him down and... More non-blood nosebleeds.~


/”I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional, baby
Ain’t it shocking what... love can do?
Ain’t it shocking what love can do
Ain’t it shocking what love can do.”/

/”I gotta watch you walk in the room, baby
I gotta watch you walk out, no no.
I like the /animal/ way you move
And when you talk, I just watch your mouth move...”/

~A whiny noise escaped Zei. Gaaaawds, he /needed/ to have sex with Vale! He had never been turned down like this. By now he’d be in bed screwing the guy or gal over and over. But noooo, this had to be a rejection. Zei tried to imagine what Vale’s body was like, and figured it wasn’t too different from Grey or Eran’s. Another whiny noise. This was /so/ unfair.~

~Pausing with her shirt half on, Fue-chan considered something she hadn’t before. What if she seduced Nikuma so good, he wanted to have sex with her?? Wasn’t that what this was leading up to? She didn’t want to be given the title ‘easy’---although she was sure with many people she had been. But she wondered how, if he was asking, she could possibly refuse /Nikuma/. He was probably damn good in bed. Swallowing and blushing, Fue-chan pulled her skirt on the rest of the way and decided to go as the road took her.~

~It was out of the question. Bella hadn’t hardly wanted to kiss, let alone do more. Seibrum hadn’t really thought about it himself. The thought made his throat dry, and he forced the thought out of his head. No no no no no. Sex--or even fooling around--was completely out of the question. Especially since she didn’t want it. With a little frown, Seibrum sunk down to sit on the forest floor.~

~Of /course/ she wanted sex. Wasn’t that what she’d said? Gods, no one, not even the authors, listened to her. It wasn’t so much that Eriya was attracted to Sami and wanted his body--which she was and did--it was that sex was a means of claiming someone. If she slept with him, he could be hers. Permanently.~

~No, Jethro, even being a near-22 year old virgin, wasn’t think about sex. He was more of a...romantic guy. Yeah, that was it. No sex or foreplay for him. No siree. He blushed almost as red as his hair as the elevator doors shut in front of him. No siree indeed.~

~Gawds, I just /said/ it! Ares was getting frustrated with the author. He couldn’t figure out how much more she wanted out of this damn tail! Yes, he wanted Largos, yes, he wanted to have sex with him, and he’d said it all a billion times!! How boring can you be? Tapping his staff impatiently, Ares waited for her to move on to someone else’s turn.~


/”I remember the way that we touch
I wish I didn’t like it so much.”/

/”I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional, baby
Ain’t it shocking what... love can do?”/

~Zei glared.~

~Fue-chan glared.~

~Seibrum semi-glared.~

~Eriya definitely glared.~

~Jethro blinked.~

~Ares had already glared previously in his last turn, so he just sat around impatiently and waited.~


/”I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional, baby
Ain’t it shocking what... love can do?
Ain’t it shocking what love can do
Ain’t it shocking what love can do?”/

~”Okay, the freaking song should be over,” Zei seethed, spinning in his wheely chair. He was sick of being analyzed by a stupid tail. ~

~Fue-chan was trying to ignore the repetitiveness of the author, looking over herself in the mirror. Yeah, a little description, that was nice... No one else was doing anything, for Christ’s sake, the tail /should/ be focused on her.~

~Seibrum gawked a little. He was too doing something! He was....er....sitting, right.~

~Eriya knew she didn’t need to be doing anything. The tail should focus on her just because she was the coolest.~

~Jethro tried to run away and hide from the author and the other scary voices.~

~Ares started banging his staff on the wall next to him. No one even knew who he /was/! And this was a certainly crappy introduction. He wasn’t usually so perverted and gay. Sheesh, good time to bring me in, he thought bitterly.~


/”See I remember the way that we touched
I wish I didn’t like it so much no no no!”/

~After hearing that for the third or fourth time, Zei was getting fed up. It was an idiotic 80’s song anyway. What a stupid tail this was. And she just kept dragging it on and on and on and on and on and on and---
“GAH!! Stop that!! Just because you’re running out of ideas doesn’t mean you can ramble on like an idiot!” he shouted to the sky.~

~But Fue-chan knew the author had run out of ideas long, long ago. Deciding she looked sexy, she nodded to herself and walked out of the room, confident and nervous at the same time. It was now time for the author to end her turns and let her go do her thing, being the deceitful little slut that she was.
“................HEY!” Fue-chan stopped, hands on hips angrily, “you dirty little bitch, don’t call me a slut!”
She was replied by silence.
“YOU AUTHORS ARE THE DEVIL!”
More silence, possibly a snicker, but it was probably Fue-chan’s imagination.~

~Seibrum sat. And blinked. Waved. Blinked. Smiled. Sang a song about Bella. Yeesh, no wonder he’s been skipped over so much.~

~Eriya decided the best thing she could do now, to get the author to leave her alone, was to sit and knit. And knit and knit and knit and knit and--
“Do you realize how extremely moronic you’re being right now?” Eriya’s sharp voice snapped.
Silence. Eriya’s turn had most certainly ended, hmph.~

~Jethro was hiding in the bathroom or something.~

~Ares decided to read up on his human anatomy, maybe check out some sex books, and while both he and the author knew it would be fun to follow and keep writing about him, the tail must come to an end, so he sat down at a desk at the library, smiling pleasantly.
“Good night, ladies and gentleman, and remember, keep watching the skiiis! Er, skies. o.o”~

/”I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional, baby
Ain’t it shocking what... love can do?
I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional, baby
Ain’t it shocking what... love can do?
Shocking what love can do
Hey baby yeah baby baby baby
Ain’t it shocking what love can do?
Ain’t it shocking what
Shocking what--”/