Habits

Amani // 20 // Vegas

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Chapter One || Amani & AJ

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AJ grinned when Amani accepted the strawberry and didn’t even have the heart to taunt him about the dribble, since he made such a big deal about it before. “I didn’t know that was supposed to be like…sexy. I thought it was just like when you’re on a date and it’s cute cause you have to have a little bit of trust in the person. To not like put a dick in your mouth,” he explained, breaking into a laugh before he could finish his reasoning. “You’re going into some very tiny details here and I’m just warning you that my memory is really shitty, so maybe we could write this down somewhere?” AJ suggested, not wanting to forget and accidentally take Amani fishing. Even though that would be a horrible date or honeymoon activity. “Chubby, little legs, aw. You have to show me pictures some time. I love babies,” he told the other with an excited smile, taking another strawberry for himself. “Hey, makeup is very important. You’ve got to let girls do their thing when it comes to that,” he told Amani sternly. He’d had enough girls present in his life to know how sacred makeup routines were and if he’d learned one thing, it was to never rush them and never judge. He smiled lightly as Amani explained how different it was to not be surrounded by people. “Yeah, that’s pretty much how my house is. My dad travels for work, so he isn’t home too often and my mom is always helping with some charity thing or organizing an event. Things are different now that I’m here though. Cause before, I was still in New York, so we saw each other all the time. When I went home this summer, I swear, it’s like they dropped everything to spend as much time with me as possible. They absolutely hate the idea of me living up here,” he chuckled, shaking his head at how ridiculously doting his parents had been this summer after years of depriving him of attention. Granted, they had a good reason to want AJ close to home, but the change of pace was still weird for everyone. “But, if you ever get lonely, you can always invite me over!” he suggested with a grin, hoping the situation could be mutually beneficial. AJ hated to be by himself and now that Layla was moving away, he no longer had a roommate to keep him company 24/7.

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“Dunno. Food and sex has always been a weird concept to me. Like why would I want to waste chocolate on someone’s body? Or what’s sexy about honey dripping over someone’s tits, right? Putting a dick in their mouth when they’re expecting food is way too risky anyway. I’d be worried about teeth,” Amani cringed, the bridge of his nose scrunching at the thought. He had to stop himself from trying to over-analyze the whole blind-folded thing before he ended up boring AJ to death with his train of thought, even though he felt the itch to continue exploring the concept. Maybe that was for another time. “You want me to write down the do’s and don’ts of dating Amani Lamere? Number one: don’t take me on a date to an aquarium,” he joked somewhat, grinning a little as his teeth pressed into his bottom lip, hoping he wasn’t making himself sound too high maintenance or picky. He always prided himself on being the exact opposite. And he’d probably end up just sucking it up and going along with whatever kind of plans AJ had in store for them, even if one of them happened to wind up at an aquarium. He considered digging his phone from his pocket right then and showing the other pictures of his niece but the idea of ‘oohing’ and ‘awwing’ over a baby while he was still trying to get laid soon didn’t really sit right with him. He smiled instead, making a note to himself that they could bond of their love of babies some other time. “I don’t mind them being interested in makeup or wanting to do it but when you’re living in a house with eight people and one bathroom, time management becomes very, very vital. And my bladder is just a tad bit more important than contouring.” He settled into AJ’s side quiet as he ate another strawberry, letting the boy take over the conversation as he went into detail about his own home life, trying to imagine being alone all the time or even having fully-functional parents that were absent for tangible reasons instead of being too trapped in their own minds. “Do like having their full attention on you like that? When they’re home, I mean? I know some people complain about suffocating parents but, I wouldn’t even know what that looks like honestly.” He smirked at AJ reminding him that he didn’t really have to be alone if he didn’t want to be, placing a hand on the boy’s thigh and giving it squeeze, “You’re welcome anytime.”

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“Yeah, I’m sure that’s it. Nothing at all to do with the amazing chemistry,” AJ mused, lips quirking into a playful smile at the casual mention. Surely, it wasn’t a surprise to Amani that AJ was interested, so there really wasn’t a harm in bringing it up. “Well, I’ll just have to invite you round for dinner more often then, won’t I? Let you be the judge of my cooking skills since you have no faith in me what-so-ever,” he teased, lightly bumping their knees together. AJ played along with Amani’s game a bit longer before he was finally granted the berry. He took a big bite of the strawberry and thankfully only managed to let a little drip down his lips, which he quickly made disappear with a swipe of his tongue. “Aw, are you not feeling spoiled enough? Don’t worry, babe, I’ll make it up to you,” he promised, taking a fresh strawberry to offer to Amani’s lips. With anyone else, things might have turned sexual by that point. It was no secret that feeding your partner chocolate strawberries was a sensual act, but AJ was grateful that he and Amani weren’t only thinking about sex. They were still conversing and messing about like normal and something told him that wouldn’t stop even when they did eventually make it to the bedroom. “Alright, so no snorkeling on our honeymoon then. Got it,” AJ made a mental note as he offered Amani a cheeky grin. “A baby? Oh my god, you’re an uncle! Is it a boy or a girl? How young are the little ones? They sound absolutely adorable. Your house was probably insane growing up, huh? Everyone fighting for hot water and who gets the last piece of chicken. Do you fight a lot or do you mostly get along pretty well?” he smiled fondly, his questions mainly going off of the movies he’d seen with larger families. AJ had a big extended family, sure, but that hadn’t affected his life growing up. He remembered occasionally getting a cold shower when Olivia was taking too long and their mother was rushing them to get in the car for school. Other than that, they were pretty close. They didn’t fight, aside from the occasional bickering. In fact, he and Olivia had had a better relationship with each other than they did with their parents. 

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Amani’s lips quirked up in a soft smirk, repeating ‘amazing chemistry’ to himself though he didn’t have the heart to tease AJ about it outloud, mainly beause he wasn’t exactly wrong about it. The two of them did mesh well, Amani never having to guess when AJ was being serious or not and AJ always seeming to pick up on Amani’s sense of humor. As dry as it could be at times. He didn’t bother to argue over the invite for more dinners with the boy, knowing he’d end up helping cook anyway or end up paying the other back somehow, whether it was by leaning up or giving him a blowjob afterwards. Amani was not easily coddled. Except for tonight of course, only letting AJ dote on him because that look of disappointment that crossed AJ’s face when Amani hadn’t reacted how he expected to the date set-up was still tugging at his guilty conscience. Which is exactly why he didn’t protest when a strawberry was presented to him, because there was no way Amani would ever admit to actually enjoying the attention. He took a careful bite, unfortunately not escaping the dreaded dribble this time around, wiping it away from his chin with the back of his hand, “You ever wonder who first thought it was supposed to be sexy to feed their partner food with their eyes closed? I mean, I get the whole watching their mouth work thing and how that’s sexy or whatever. But why would the other person close their eyes like they’re really just going to let their partner surprise them by putting whatever in their mouth.” Shrugging without giving it much more thought, he took another bite of the treat, nodding along as the other made a clarification about Amani’s fear, “Yeah, no snorkeling. Also no fishing that involves actually getting in the water. And if we do ever fish, I’m not taking them off the hook. That’s got to be someone else’s job. I also refuse to touch worms,” he rattled off, hardly blinking an eye at the whole ‘honeymoon’ comment, starting to get used to AJ dropping little long-term declarations and taking it all in stride. He was a little surprised though at the whirlwind of questions that followed regarding his family, “It’s a girl. She’ll be six months soon. She’s got the chubbiest legs I’ve ever seen. My little sisters are eight and ten. They share a room together and then it’s me and my brothers in one. It’s always a mad house in the morning which is why I learned very quickly to either take a shower at night or expect a cold, very short shower in the morning. It got a little better once my older sister moved out because she would hog the bathroom to fix her makeup. And the two little ones are too young still for that. We all get along great, despite the cramped space and little to no privacy. It was weirder for me coming here and having only one other person sleeping in the room with me, you know? Or being able to put a bag of chips in the cupboard and finding it still there the next day. You can’t do that at my house.”

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“It’s weird, isn’t it? That we could fall back into things so easily even after I was gone,” he laughed softly, thinking about how his plan clearly wouldn’t work if Amani was the exception. If time apart couldn’t put a damper on their connection, what could? “But, then you’ve got to remember what all those tiny things mean. For christ’s sake, sometimes I don’t even remember to take my toast out of the toaster,” he admitted with a shake of his head. No matter how much Amani tried to downplay it, AJ would always be amazed at how the other was able to pull off good grades in a field like medical research. “It might be a terrible way to end a date, but not such a terrible way to go out, right? There are worse ways,” he smiled lightly, shrugging to himself at the thought. With his current position, he had no idea how much time he had left, so it was important to make every day count. To treat every night like it was his last. “If I make it dribble down my chin, will you lick it off?” he teased, before giving Amani an impressed look at his own dribble-free chin. AJ leant forward for the strawberry, but before he could reach it, Amani was pulling away, a mischievous grin on his face. “Gonna make me work for it, huh?” he broke into a pout, leaning even closer into the other’s space in hopes of grabbing the strawberry. He was mildly aware of the perfectly good tray of strawberries right next to him. It would be so much easier to just grab one for himself, but why waste an excuse to get closer to Amani? “Scared of fish? Like alive ones or cooked ones?” AJ let out a laugh at the revelation, making a mental note to never cook the other salmon. “Wait, woah, what did you just say? You have five siblings?” he repeated, eyes widening in amazement. “No way, how old are they? Are you the oldest, youngest, middle? Wow, that must be so fun having such a big family,” he absolutely gushed, his face lighting up.

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“You’re charming and I’m easy-going. So I suppose two pretty chill people are bound to get on really good, yeah?” Amani reasoned, using the opportunity to examine AJ’s features up close as they sat snuggly against each other on the couch, the slope of the cushions making it nearly impossible to give himself some space between them. Not that he’d want to anyway, perfectly comfortable being squished into the others side, taking in everything from the way the boy’s green eyes still bore into him through the dim lighting, his stare always intense even if he didn’t mean for it to be. And the way his pathetic attempt at facial hair was a wispy blonde against his skin. “If it makes you feel better, I forget to feed myself all the time. I’d probably forget my own head too if it weren’t screwed on,” he smirked, recalling that old insult mothers like to use to shame you into remembering something. It was little things things that Amani retained with ease like vocabulary and useless facts, spouting off tidbits in the middle of a conversation whenever being in the present felt a little suffocating. He hummed softly in agreement, having no doubt that there were far worse ways to die than practically freezing to death in your sleep. He kept his lips pressed tightly shut at the question, making another noncommittal sound as he didn’t want to promise where his tongue would end up as he watched AJ try to bite the berry. The warmth of the other pressing closer convinced him to play keep-away with the treat a little longer, bringing back within reach before snatching it away once again, finally bringing it to AJ’s lips with a grin, having intention on letting him actually take a bite this time, “How’d this turn into me feeding you? I thought I was the one getting spoiled tonight?” he teased. “Um, alive, definitely. I can handle them if they’re behind a glass but like, the idea of swimming with them around me where I can’t see them --- that freaks me out. Plus they don’t blink.” Out of all the facts he’d rambled off, Amani wasn’t exactly expecting AJ to get stuck on his siblings though he was more than happy to share whatever he could about them, missing each of them every day, “Yeah, five. I’ve got an older sister. She’s married and just had her first baby not too long ago. Then it’s my brother Sami, then me. And I’ve got a younger brother and two younger sisters. The rest of us are all still home so it’s still a full house.”

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Chapter One || Amani & AJ

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“Come on. You love spending time with me, admit it,” AJ matched the other’s grin, too caught up in Amani’s eyes to worry over the increasingly erratic beat of his heart. If only he’d have met this guy a year ago, things could have turned out so differently. But, there wasn’t time to dwell on that when he could be focusing, instead, on Amani’s incredible company. The two of them were there in that present moment and for now, that was all that mattered. “Trust me, I still don’t understand how you do it. I can hardly pay attention in class and here you are breezing through all this medical terminology,” he puffed a laugh in disbelief. “Oh god, no. I mean, this couch is nice and all, but I’d much rather lay you down on a nice, comfy bed, so when we pass out, we’re not eaten to death by bugs and cold weather,” he assured the other, wrinkling his nose at the thought. “Lucky for you, I’m very comfortable as little spoon. Breathe on my neck all you want, big boy,” he teased with a wink, letting out a loud laugh when Amani went after his sides. He thanked the waiter when their dessert was placed in front of them before promptly shoving at Amani in scolding. “Shut up and feed me chocolate strawberries already,” he demanded, leaning down to bump his forehead against the other’s shoulder, similar to how a cat might get the attention of their owner. As he tore his gaze back up to meet Amani’s, he couldn’t help getting overwhelmed at the fact that things were so easy when they were together. Granted, it was a feeling AJ was used to. Being a generally easy-going person, he got along fine with most people. But, not like this, and never so quickly. It was strange to feel like he could completely be himself around someone he barely even knew. Sure, he and Amani had met a long time ago, but they knew virtually nothing about the other. “Hey, tell me something about you,” he requested, adorning a small smile. “Something I don’t already know.” It was a first-date, after all. This was the time to ask some questions right off the bat.

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“I do. You and me get along pretty well, don’t we?” Amani offered, allowing his fondness for AJ to shine through for a moment, admiring the other boy in his ridiculous green button up shirt and his soft curls framing his face, still trying to get used to the dimpled smile he’d been presented with throughout the evening. Thinking about how relaxed AJ made him feel and comfortable in his presence he already was, he tried not to dwell too long on how that might change for better or for worse after they’d seen each other naked. Just the thought of getting to see AJ naked made his head feel a little swimmy. “It’s not too bad when you start breaking down the terms in prefixes, suffixes and roots. Just like everyone knows that if a word begins with ‘mirco’, it means it’s small. It’s the same sort of thing,” he shrugged, never understanding the big deal people made over studying medicine. Amani was convinced that putting in a little effort and having good study habits was the only reason he was getting by in his classes so well. After all, smart people did things like get scholarships to colleges of their choice instead of working their asses off like he did. “Dying of exposure on top of a roof would be a terrible way to end a date,” he agreed, grinning to himself as he chewed on his strawberry, eyes focused up on the stars above them. He let out a surprised laugh at the shove, the bump from AJ’s forehead against his arm causing his torso to sway gently as he finished his own piece of fruit before grabbing another off the tray. “Okay but you have to really sink your teeth into it otherwise it’s just gonna dribble all down your chin. That’s the trick you see,” he insisted, proudly angling his own dribble-free chin up for AJ to inspect. He held out the strawberry for him to bite, waiting until he was leaning in before retracting his hand quickly, dangling it just out of reach with a grin. “I don’t even know what you already know! I’m scared of fish. I’ll eat just about anything with coconut. I’ve got five siblings. I had a fireant between my toes once. And I kissed a girl once in grade school but she pushed me off the monkey bars for it so that was the first and last time I ever tried to woo the opposite sex. There’s five. Now do five for you.”

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“Are you referring to like…actual dessert? Cause I was under the assumption that you were the dessert,” he shot back cheekily, wiggling his eyebrows. “Right, I completely forgot about the strawberries,” he admitted when Amani reminded him, glancing over his shoulder to see their server scrambling to make sure they were ready. He’d apparently been listening in to their conversation…oops. “I’m not even going to pretend I know what either of those words mean,” AJ let out a laugh at Amani’s villain name suggestions, too distracted with wanting everything to be perfect as the dinner part of their date came to a close. He downed the rest of his wine as well, in case he needed the liquid courage when they finally made it to the bedroom. Not that he wasn’t thoroughly enjoying the completely, non-sexual time they were spending together. “Good thing I totally planned ahead and booked us a hotel room with plenty of toothpaste at our disposal,” he teased, standing to allow Amani to tug him towards the couch. “Someone’s eager for a cuddle, aren’t they? Now this is very important for later. Are you a big spoon or a little spoon?” he questioned, narrowing his eyes at the other as he plopped down on the couch, giving Amani’s hand a pull so he’d stumble onto it as well. The moment he hit the couch, AJ was immediately all up in his space, wrapping an arm around the other to pull him close. “Now say something about how pretty the stars are so I can tell you how I barely even notice them with you in my arms,” he grinned, batting his eyelashes up at the other. A moment later, their server was placing the tray of chocolate covered strawberries down in front of them, along with a bottle of dessert wine to better suit their palettes. “And then I’ll feed you chocolate strawberries under the night sky before taking you back to our room to make sweet love to you,” he continued dramatically, giving Amani his best puppy-love expression.

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“I meant actual dessert. And if you keep up with them eyebrows I’m going to seriously start considering calling it an early night,” Amani threatened with a grin, tempted to toss yet another fry at the boy but refrained, not wanting to get AJ’s pretty clothes all full of salt. “You should see my weekly vocab I have to memorize for most of my classes. You start learning shit like bovine spongiform encephalopathy and then don’t blame people for coming up with terms like ‘mad cow disease’ for the general public.” Hearing that they had a hotel room waiting for them, Amani almost suggested taking the strawberries right down to the room but the night air still felt nice against his skin and it wasn’t exactly easy finding a nice view of the stars inside the city. Up high like this, they were on full display for him, “I kind of thought you were expecting it all just to happen on this couch or something. A hotel room though, that’s fancy,” he teased, glancing up at the sky as AJ took a seat for himself, “Definitely big spoon. I can play little spoon if I’m comfortable enough but just like..the thought of having someone breathing against my neck while I’m trying to sleep..no. I’d probably elbow them away,” he shrugged, a little too rough of a sleeper to ever really settle quietly in someone’s arms for the whole night. And as AJ pulled in him in close down on the couch with him with a little bounce, he laughed trying to pry his way out from the grip, “You’re so fucking cheesy,” he chuckled, managing to squirm away enough to tickle the boy’s sides. He quickly composed himself as they were presented with the strawberries, a soft splash of crimson coloring his cheeks until they were alone again, plucking a strawberry from the tray. “Make sweet love. You can’t say ‘make sweet love’ when one of those things on that list of yours calls for some handcuffs and hot wax,” he joked, having no idea what that list even consisted of but he had a feeling he wouldn’t have to be waiting for much longer.

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“Okay, first of all, who even eats orange sherbet? That’s just silly. Like of all the desserts in the world. You could be eating brownies or cookies or a hot fudge sundae. You could be eating me,” he pointed out matter-of-factly. “Straight up and down does it for me. I’m very easy to please,” AJ grinned brightly, not willing to let Amani’s self-deprecating comments stop him from charming the pants off of his date. “Honestly, it’s taking everything I’ve got to restrain myself right now. I’m trying to be a proper gentleman about this and literally, it’s killing me, but I’m determined to really win you over,” he fanned himself dramatically when Amani re-listed his interests. “But the acoustics in the shower are so much better than in the car! Although, if you’re suggesting a drunken night of karaoke, I definitely wouldn’t say no,” he was quick to add, laughing at the mere thought of Amani swaying on stage and babbling along to whatever he’d chosen. He’d probably still look angelic as ever. “The fact that you’d have the power to release a crazy plague just turns me on even more. I’ve always wanted to date an evil villain with a soft spot for curls,” AJ teased, twirling a piece of hair around his finger. He yelped in protest at the fry tossed in his direction, unable to control his beyond amused expression. “Hey, we were both thinking it! Besides, aren’t you the one who wanted to skip the date all together and just hang out in your dorm? You were probably hoping to get me back in your bed as soon as possible, you little minx,” he shot back playfully. “Anyway, we both know I’ll probably be the one getting on my knees for you. And don’t think I’ve forgotten about our sex-athon. I’m keeping my cool for now, but I fully expect us to get through that list,” he warned, popping a chicken nugget in his mouth.

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Amani opened his mouth immediately to argue with AJ, wanting to jump to the defense of one of his favorite kind of desserts but the image of eating AJ instead flashed through his mind, jaw still slightly slack as his lips curled at the corners, “Better question then --- why are we still eating fast food when we’ve got dessert waiting for us?” Moving the napkin off his lap, he drank down what he could of the rest of his wine, brow perking a bit as he was pretty sure straight up and down was no one’s type. But if the other boy wanted to continue to flatter Amani, thinking it would somehow better his already guaranteed chances of getting in his pants, then he wasn’t about to stop AJ from sweet-talking him. Loving the way the other was willing to play along with him so easily, Amani chuckled and buried his face in the crook of his elbow, “I better slow down with that kind of talk then, huh? We’ve still got chocolate covered strawberries to get through before we make it to the main event.” Not that the promise of sex was the only thing that had drawn Amani up there on that roof with the boy, nor was the only thing he hoped came out of their evening together. Truthfully, he hadn’t really thought much about what that part of the date would be like. He’d experienced his fair share of bootycalls and premeditated hookups but with all the conversation and food and wine --- AJ had managed to completely distract Amani’s thoughts from trying to jump too far ahead in their plans. He could only hope the two of them shared that same kind of chemistry in the bedroom has they had from the moment they met. “What would my villain name be? Pandemic? Antidote?” he grinned though the sight of one of AJ’s little ringlets being wrapped around his finger had him pulling his bottom lip between his teeth. Curls really were a weakness of his. “Not going to deny that. I did actually forget about our list we’ve supposed to get through tonight. And I refuse to attempt to even check off one while you’ve still got chicken nugget breath,” he smirked, standing up and giving AJ’s arm a tug, trying to coax him into following him over to where he had the couch for them set up, eager to both get his hands on those strawberries and AJ.

[amani-jaiden]

ooc just FYI im heading to washington dc tomorrow so idk how my activity will look. i might be on tomorrow night but thurs-friday are iffy. if i do get on though it'll most likely just be on amani since i won't have my normal laptop with all my gifs and zayn has a million gifhunts. i'll be back saturday.

[amani-jaiden]

@harleyxxxquinn: @amanigeddon have i told u lately that i love you? u know nsuck songs too :)

@amanigeddon: @harleyxxxquinn oh are we switching to van morrison now? i wasn't done with my boy band moment.

[amani-jaiden]

@harleyxxxquinn: Don't want to be your fool in this game for two - So I'm leaving you behind #byebyebye #FUCKU

@amanigeddon: @harleyxxxquinn U MAY HATE ME BUT IT AINT NO LIE baby byebyebye (byebye)

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“Ten times just cause I can make my own bed? How much more attractive does it make me if I can cook too?” he questioned, pressing his chin into the palm of his hand as he leaned forward in interest. “You’ll have to give me a preview before I can be the judge of that,” he pointed out, trying to glance over at Amani’s legs, but the table mostly hid them from sight. “Libraries and bars and broccoli? Are you trying to seduce me right now? Cause it’s definitely working,” AJ replied playfully, dramatically fanning his face as if he were having a hard time containing himself. “Oh, come on, that’s gotta be bullshit though. Everyone likes singing in the shower. I have full out concerts,” he admitted, glad he had the long hair and tattoos to add to his rocker look. Though his shower tunes were usually more along the line of Adele and One Direction. “Yeah, isn’t it possible for you to get really sick from that?” AJ questioned, suddenly a little concerned with Amani’s choice of major. “I guess you wear like…gloves or masks, right? I’m sure there are safety precautions,” he spoke, mostly just thinking aloud. It was weird to hear Amani talk so openly about researching diseases. AJ almost felt like it would be an opportune time to open up about his own illness. He was sure Amani would scold him later for not mentioning the important detail, but obviously he couldn’t drop a bomb like that at dinner. Besides, the possibilities of the date leading to anything more were slim. AJ promised himself he wouldn’t get seriously involved with anyone now that he was aware of the burden he carried. He didn’t plan on dragging anyone down with him. “Trust me,” AJ laughed, taking a bite of his burger, glad it hadn’t gone cold just yet. “There will be plenty of opportunities for you to get on your knees for me,” he teased with a playful wink.

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“I’d have to see you in action first. Or at least do a taste test before I can assess whether or not that’s swoon-worthy. Just because you happen to like what you make doesn’t automatically mean it’s good. I like chocolate syrup on my orange sherbet and honey on my chicken nuggets. You’re going to have to be really impressive to please a weird fucking palette like mine.” Amani was thankful the table blocked the view of his little chicken legs, his knees bouncing in amusement, “Nah, you’re definitely more bodied than I am. You’ve got like, shapely legs or whatever. Mine are straight up and down.” Hearing the facts about himself summed up like that was enough to prove Amani’s point to himself, just thankful there was at least something about himself that AJ seemed to enjoy. Though what exactly that was, he still had yet to figure out, his eyes rolling with a smirk as he watched the boy teasing him over it, “I honestly don’t know how you manage to stay on that side of the table with that kind of information. You should be knocking all this food out of the way, begging me to take you right here. Libraries. Bars. And broccoli,” he repeated, punctuating each interest as if that might send AJ into a heated frenzy. “No, I don’t sing in the shower. Never have. I’ll sing in the car, but that’s about it. I think I sang along to “It’s In His Kiss” from Just Dance at a party once too.” But that memory was pretty fuzzy and Amani could never be too sure if he was actually singing while other people danced or was just putting on a concert into his red solo cup. “I think you wear those hazmat suits if it’s that dangerous but usually these things are in really protected environments. Can’t risk unleashing some plague onto the world while trying to find the cure. That would be kind of fucked.” Secretly he kind of wished he would run into something that would require a hazmat suit just to feel like Chief Hopper and Joyce looking for Will in Stranger Things. The wink and joke definitely deserved the fry that was tossed at AJ, Amani only shaking his head in mock disgust, “Dirty boy!”

[amani-jaiden]

“I’m just saying! That kind of stuff is important if you’re looking for them extra tips by carrying groceries to their cars. I get to hear all about little Lakynn’s violin lessons. Fucking hashtag relatable. I believe you need an actual booty to pull off booty shorts but you can try it out and let me know how that goes for you.”

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“Just don’t tell the soccer mom’s association on me — that would absolutely wreck my rep. How is LaKynn doing these days, anyway? Still dating McKhynnleigh? Man, you’re no fun; absolutely anybody except me can wear booty shorts. ‘Sides, your ass isn’t even… that… small…”

[amani-jaiden]

“Ewwww, moms that actually do stuff for their kids? Pathetic. No, I think they moved on to McKarty. I think it was the salmon colored Sperrys that really did it.” Amani couldn’t even pretend to look offended as Ossie seemed to struggle with shedding some positive light on his situation --- or lack thereof, but it suddenly put Amani on the defense for his tiny bum as he tried to contain his grin, "I’ve got a little something! Not enough to flaunt but it’s certainly no Hank Hill situation back there.”

[fckandrewdavies-deactivated2016]

“I may be very poetic. But trust me I don’t cry that easily” he said and chuckled. “But yes I have to agree that wearing your heart on your sleeve is very brave. Something I don’t do but I admire the people that are” he added and nodded to his own words. As he heard the others question about his favorite words, he looked down at his hands. “Love because it makes me think of my parents. And hope because that is something I need in my life”

[amani-jaiden]

“What’s your favorite poem?” Amani was aware that at this point their conversation was just a slew of questions he was feeding his curiosity with, probably wasting the poor man’s time in doing so. Still, he pushed forward, fully expecting to be told to leave or dismissed once the other got annoyed enough, palms leaning against the desk, "Hope for what? Every time I think about hope, I think of Shawshank Redemption. That whole ‘hope is a dangerous thing’. Then Hunger Games took and it ruined it. Like most things from the Young Adult section will.”

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do aliens eat ass

[gingerxginger-blog]

“Don’t get all greedy on me, now,” she scolded with a toothy smile. “Besides, too many cinnamon sticks can become a stomach pouch pretty quickly. It would be such a shame for all of your work at the gym to go to waste. I will eat the majority of them for you and take the fall; just call me your personal fitness martyr.” She crossed her arms in front of her chest, the smirk never quite disappearing. “Kidding? And here I was, so proud of myself for snatching them. Oh well, they’re still someone who lives here’s.”

[amani-jaiden]

“Not greedy! I acted as a lookout on this heist. I deserve at least half,” Amani protested though he didn’t try to push his agenda too much, happily content with just taking two of those sweets off her hands. “Ah, is that what you’re doing? I suppose I’ll have you to thank then the next time I land myself a date, hm? Keeping me in top shape,” he smirked, ignoring the fact that he spent most of his days acting like a human garbage truck, inhaling whatever food was presented to him. “Putting anything in the commons area fridge is a risk. And if they didn’t know that before, now they’ll be getting their first lesson.”

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