What is Love? [Emmanuel]

[houston wesley witkowski]

Love. That's what Em said. Our love. That confused me I didn't think I could love anymore, but when Em had said that I felt weird. Em made me feel weird in general, a good kind of weird, but this made the weird intensify. It felt almost like what I had with my wife. It was different though.

I decided I would take the day off of work since they really didn't need me. I decided to sit at home in my underwear all day playing video games. I tried not to think too much because I knew I would just confuse myselfand spend too much time thinking about what Em had said.

I was glad I stayed home, if I would of went I would of saw Dan and if I saw Dan I would think about Em. Then I would ask Dan questions, then he'd get annoyed at me. I wasn't in the mood for an annoyed Dan.

[Emmanuel Parsons]

It had been a fairly long day for Mr. Parsons, as first grade teacher, friendship bracelet model, tantrum manager, and, in today's rare occasion, extinguisher of young fire faerie flames. Lucky for him he always had water on hand - literally. Everyone had been so shaken up by the accidental fire, the result of an emotional outburst, that Emmanuel had scrapped that afternoon's science lesson in favor of something more relaxing: craft time. Most kids contented themselves with coloring or gluing paper to other paper until their hands stuck together. A few of the younger girls had sat on the reading carpet with him so he could show them how to tie friendship bracelets.

Despite having his mind on a million things all day, he'd kept thinking back to the previous night with Houston and Dante. He'd just been joking around with Dante like he always did and roped poor Houston into his comedy thinking it would be no big deal...maybe Houston knew that Em thought he was cute? Maybe it just freaked him out a little? But, no, it hadn't been a freaked-out face that his friend had made. It was more...questioning. And then this morning, Houston hadn't been outside during Em's morning run. Something was up.

The thought had occupied him so much that Emmanuel went straight to Houston's after work, marker and glue stains still covering him from fingers to elbows. He even had a smudge of electric blue just above his left eyebrow. He loosened his tie as he stood on Houston's porch and knocked at the door. "Hou?"

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[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Clicky!
Tagged[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Houston!
Notes[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ he forgot he's wearing pink friendship bracelets XD
Song[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater
Credit[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Desty~![/center]

[houston wesley witkowski]

I had gotten pretty drunk when I had been sitting home alone playing videogames. Not terribly, I had about 6 beers over the period of 8 hours. So it wasn't like I hadn't had time to process it, but I was still buzzed. I was a bit surprised though when I heard the knock on my door. Then his voice. Emmanuel's voice. I wasn't sure how I felt. I did wonder why he was here. Wasn't it a school day? I looked at my watch, school was over. Oh, I thought.

It'd been like three minutes since I had heard the knock. It was probably time to let Em into my house. I didn't even bother putting on pants. The door opened with a creak. Emmanuel was a mess. He had crayon and marker all over him. He looked so... cough, cough. Uhhh.

I gave him a small smile. "Uh, hi Manny. Come on in." I ushered him in, using a large sweeping motion. "You just get out of work?" I know it was a stupid question. Of course he just got out of work. "I mean, I know you got out of work. I mean how was work?" There was no stopping the bumbling idiocy spewing from my mouth.

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[/b] Clicky~
Notes:[/b] N'aww friendship bracelets [/i]
Tagged:[/b] Emmanuel [/i]
Song:[/b] Taking to the Moon – Bruno Mars[/i]
Credit:[/b] Desty~![/center][/size]

[Emmanuel Parsons]

What answered the door...well, it wasn't what Emmanuel had been expecting. Sure, Houston usually had that scrappy nerd thing going for him but... "Are those Spongebob boxers?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

He followed Houston's invitation into the house and glanced toward the game room. Empty beer bottles littered the coffee table and it was obvious his friend had been having a rough sort of day. "Yeah, just got off," he agreed, distracted. Em glanced toward his friend again and frowned thoughtfully. "Didn't see you this morning, and you seemed kinda...off last night. Thought I'd stop by and see what's up." And he was glad he did, because something obviously was.

He toed off his shoes and set his briefcase down next to them before heading toward the couch. "So, what's up?"

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[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Clicky!
Tagged[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Houston!
Notes[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ omg spongebob
Song[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater
Credit[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Desty~![/center]

[houston wesley witkowski]

I gave Em a large cheesy grin. I shrugged. "Yeah, I guess so." I twitched when he mentioned this morning and last night. It wasn't that it was a bad time. I liked hanging out with Em and his brother. It reminds me of how me and my brother were."I took the day off work. So, I slept in."

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My sentences were coming out short and choppy. I didn't feel like my usual self. Probably because I slept longer than I should have. "I just spent the day in today. I knew there wasn't going to be much for me to do today. Plus, if there were any major emergencies I knew they'd call."

I watched as he took his shoes off and down on the couch. "Do you want something to drink?"I asked as I grabbed myself a glass of water.
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[/b] Clicky~
Notes:[/b] Yuppers :3[/i]
Tagged:[/b] Emmanuel![/i]
Song:[/b] Taking to the Moon – Bruno Mars[/i]
Credit:[/b] Desty~![/center][/size]

[Emmanuel Parsons]

Houston's explanation wasn't very, well, explanatory. He stayed in today, but there had to be more to it than him just not thinking he had to go in. Watching his friend carefully, Emmanuel nodded. "Uh, yeah. Beer?" he requested.

While the other man got their drinks, Em started peeling bits of Elmer's glue from his hands, setting the remnants in a pile on the coffee table. Why he hadn't requested glue sticks only this year was beyond him.

He'd been thinking on what it was that might have shaken Houston up. When it came down to it, Em figured it had to be something to do with the love joke. "So...I mean, I dunno if I said something wrong last night. About that whole...y'know, love thing, I was just messing around with Dante. I didn't mean to, like, freak you out or something."

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[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Clicky!
Tagged[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Houston!
Notes[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ omg spongebob
Song[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater
Credit[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Desty~![/center]

[houston wesley witkowski]

I opened my refrigerator grabbing Em a beer. Trying to think of what I would tell him. Why I stayed home. I wasn't sure if the truth would be the best but my mouth had other ideas. "Yeah, I know you were just joking but, it made me think. I didn't really think I could love again after... Well, you know the story and when you said that I just felt. Well, to be honest I didn't know what I felt. Ever since I met you I've just felt different about everything. It's really weird, I just knew we'd be friends. I really took the day off to think about things. Well, actually to not think about anything. I figured if I just cleared my mind. I would maybe be able to understand what I actually felt. Oh, god I've been rambling again. This happens way to often."

I felt the words just spill out. It felt good to get out even if I sounded like a bumbling idiot. I liked Em. I might have really liked him. My mind just kept turning to my wife, Josie. I wondered what she would want for me. If this was her way of watching out for me. If she sent Em running past that day and the rain so he'd have to stop. Then we'd have to talk. I took a sip of my water to get myself to stop talking.

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[/b] Clicky~
Notes:[/b] He's such an idiot sometimes [/i]
Tagged:[/b] Emmanuel[/i]
Song:[/b] Taking to the Moon – Bruno Mars[/i]
Credit:[/b] Desty~![/center][/size]

[Emmanuel Parsons]

It took Emmanuel a moment to realize that he'd been sitting there with his jaw agape. Was Houston saying what it sounded like he was saying? Mr. I-had-a-wife-who-was-a-woman that buried himself in video games and sexual obliviousness was having...feelings? For Manny?

He caught himself smirking and chuckling at his friend's awkward ramblings, but that was nothing when he suddenly found himself on his feet, heading toward Houston. Em stood in the doorway of the kitchen, watching as the other man sipped nervously at his water, the liquid dappling his lips, a few drops of condensation catching in his five o'clock shadow. Emmanuel swallowed hard.

"Hou?" he said uncertainly. "Uh, you mean like...like you've got a crush or something? Ugh, sorry, that word sounds stupid...I plead elementary teacher. But you know what I mean. You think you've got feelings for me?" He tried to keep the hopefulness out of his voice.

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[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Clicky!
Tagged[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Houston!
Notes[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ omg spongebob
Song[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater
Credit[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Desty~![/center]

[houston wesley witkowski]

I've rambling for as long as I know. Most of them got me out of a lot of trouble. Like this one time when I was 12 I had gotten my first detention. I think it was for forgetting my homework or something like that. Well, anyway I had been in this room for what seemed like an hour (only about 3 minutes) and I decided I would strike up a conversation with the lady that manned the detention room. I talked to her about this and that. Not noticing how red her face was getting. I just kept going on and on till she pointed at the door and told me to get out.

It was also one of the reasons my wife had fallen in love with me. This ramble though was going, what I felt, nowhere. I didn't really have a point to get across, I was just... Stuck. Usually when I feel stuck I like to get my thoughts all out. Mostly for the benefit of myself but I usually like to have another person to just talk to. I hate talking to myself it makes me feel like I'm going crazy.

"I-I... I don't know." My eyes widened at the word crush. Did I have a crush? I couldn't remembering having a crush since high school. I've certainly never had a crush on a guy before. Did I like Em more than a friend?

I wanted to just stand there and let myself think, but like my mouth, my feet had different ideas. I sat down my glass and walked closer to Em.

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[/b] Clicky~
Notes:[/b] sdflfskjjasajks[/i]
Tagged:[/b] Emmanuel[/i]
Song:[/b] Taking to the Moon – Bruno Mars[/i]
Credit:[/b] Desty~![/center][/size]

[Emmanuel Parsons]

Now, a patient, socially appropriate man might have responded to Houston's uncertainty with understanding or further questions. He might have assured him that it was okay to not be sure, that he'd come out of a difficult situation and it must be very confusing to start feeling this way again.

A patient man would have insisted that they sit down and talk things out, try to figure out a reasonable solution. He might have offered something helpful like, For what it's worth, I think I could have feelings for you, too.

The thing about Emmanuel was that he wasn't a particularly patient man nor was he fond of social propriety. There was a reason he spent the majority of his life playing with six-year-olds or bickering with his little brother like they were still kids themselves. And when he felt like doing something, he had a terrible habit of just doing it.

So he did it.

Emmanuel mirrored Houston's movement, taking a step toward his friend before reaching out for him, his hand resting on the side of the human's neck. And before he could reason his way out of the decision, Em was leaning in and pressing his lips to the other man's, gently, questioningly.

"So...what about now?"

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[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Clicky!
Tagged[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Houston!
Notes[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ omg spongebob
Song[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater
Credit[/b] ~~~~~~~~~ Desty~![/center]