Adrion's Birthday

"Adrion's Birthday"


It was a problem…a predicament…a major crisis.
Akira sat glaring at his calendar, which had a big circle around July 24th. Adrion’s birthday was in a month and Akira still had no idea what to do for him. What exactly did one do for their lover’s birthday, anyways?
Lover…...It still felt strange to Akira. They had only been officially, committed “lovers” for around 6 months now. For somebody like Akira, who was used to changing bed partners almost as often as he did his clothes, it was a strange position to find himself in. It seemed more and more lately he was put in situations where he was unsure of just what was expected of him.
But on his more immediate problem…..maybe getting a new perspective would help.


“Why don’t you try treating him as if….. he wasn’t your sex toy?”
Thinking it might help, Akira had decided to try to get his friends opinions on his problem. Unfortunately, so far it wasn’t helping much. “What’s that got to do with anything?” He pouted, glaring at Arai who was settled in the chair opposite him. They were seated in the lounge, at the bar where Matthew worked.
Arai didn’t even bother glancing up from his sketch-book. “I mean, your relationship started with sex, and that’s all you really know about each other.” Danny nodded in agreement with Arai’s statement.
“So?” Akira still didn’t grasp the relevance; what did that have to do with figuring out what to do for Adrion’s Birthday? Now Arai was looking at him…..well, more like glaring.
“So,” He stressed. “Why don’t you try thinking about it as if he were someone neutral, like you would with me, or Ennis, or anybody else you wouldn’t have an ulterior motive with? Like try doing something he likes to do,” was his suggestion. “Besides sex,” He added before Akira had a chance to make a comment.
Akira thought about this, sipping the Black Russian that Matthew handed him. Arai looked disapproving, but Akira pretended not to notice. It was happy hour somewhere, right?
Matthew sat down next to Danny, who took this opportunity to speak up. “Why not call Africa and ask her for advice? She would probably have some pretty good ideas.”
“Mama? ” Akira was surprised by the suggestion.
“Yeah, didn’t she call you last week from Venice?”
It had been almost a year and a half since Akira had last heard from his globe-trotting mother. Then last week Akira had been happy to receive an unexpected call from her in Venice.
He had even considered visiting her….
”Venice…,” He mumbled as if to himself. “That’s perfect!” Akira reached for his cell. He was already halfway out the door before they even realized he’d moved. “I’ve gotta make some calls! I’ll see you guys later!!” With that he was gone, without so much as a thank you.
After a few seconds of silence Danny just shrugged, picked up Akira’s forgotten glass and drank the rest of it. There was no point in letting good alcohol go to waste.

In the early morning, on the 3th of July, Adrion was rudely awoken by somebody jumping on his bed. Waking up startled and confused he nearly fell over the side of the bed before he realized who his attacker was. “Akira,” he growled. “What are you doing here at,”-glancing at the alarm clock-“four in the morning?”
The mystifyingly wide awake red-head grinned at him while moving to straddling his lap and wrap his arms around Adrion's neck. He gave him a quick kiss on the lips. “Well your front door was locked. So I broke in!” He said cheerfully. Somehow Adrion managed to subdue his sudden urge to suffocate his irritating lover with a pillow. “Come on, get up!! We have to get going or we’re going to be late.”
He had Adrion up, out of bed, dressed, and nearly out the door; before the blonde’s sleep-addled mind could catch up. Next thing Adrion knew he was seated in a taxi next to his cheery, bouncing lover.
“Umm…Akira where are we going?” his brain had finally caught up with him. “And why aren’t we taking your car?”
“You’ll find out when we get there,” Akira completely ignored his second question, only offering him a secretive smile that said there was no way he was about to reveal his true intentions.

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Oh, also note that this is set at the beginning of Adrion and Akira's relationship. Most of the stuff I do is years down the road but this one is towards the beginning, so Adrion and Akira are still not all that familar with one another yet.