Untouchable: Chapter 29: Political: Sean
Sean's tail popped he wagged it so hard. "Sorry... sorry, I didn't mean to come on so strong,
I've wanted to do that for years," Sean said and panted, his hips still
pinning Oliver to the couch."Wow! I-I'm light headed, that was amazing," Oliver
said, then moaned when he rubbed his hips against Sean's.Sean traced a nail along Oliver's left ear, then said,
"You're kiss number eight.""Wait, you've only kissed eight times and you're
that good?!" Oliver asked.Sean chuckled, then said, "No just the eighth
fur.""Oh, well I have only made out with six," Oliver
said."We haven't been very active for our age," Sean
said then lay and nuzzled on Oliver."Sean, do you only like me because I'm a cat?" Oliver
asked, he smelled nervous."No but it makes everything so much easier for
me," Sean said."How is it easier, you're allergic to me?" Oliver
said then shifted under Sean, which made things more comfortable."Oh I just like cats, the way you smell, the way you
move, that you're not pack, that you don't mind if things are a bit..." Sean
said then stopped before he admitted he wanted someone who wanted pain to get
off. This killed his arousal."Cats don't mind what?" Oliver asked."I don't want to say, I just realized something I'm
not proud of," Sean said then tried to lift himself off Oliver."You can tell me, I have something I've wanted to
tell you, but because I thought it might change things I haven't. It's hard for
me to talk about it," Oliver said and held Sean to him."I've never told anyone this... no one," Sean said
sinking back into Oliver's arms."I had a hard time telling anyone, I told my closest
friends and they went home," Oliver said."Wait the two other Tigers, I thought you said they
wouldn't stay with you because you're gay?" Sean asked."It was that and something else, why do you want a
feline?" Oliver asked."I'm ashamed to say it Oliver," Sean said then
moved to the other side of the couch as he pulled away."Is it one of the cat fetishes, if you're into
getting sprayed that's ok, it's not my thing, but I won't judge you," Oliver
said.Sean laughed and said, "No its not water-sports, I think
I'm just fucked in the head, I have dark fantasies, and there's that stereotype
that all cats get off on pain during sex."Oliver blanched. "I see," He said, "So you
want to hurt me.""Alpha no, I hate that shit, it just pops into my
head, when I'm getting off all the time," Sean said, "I don't know if
it was from being raped or from being sent to conversion therapy right after it
happened.""Oh... Sean I'm not into pain," Oliver said
legs huddled to his chest."I've never thought of you that way, or Xander,"
Sean said, he wished he hadn't spoken and had just held Oliver."But you have thought of someone before?" Oliver
asked."Yeah I have... telling you fucked everything up
didn't it?" Sean asked."No, I still want you here, but your fetish is kind
of a turn off for me," Oliver said."I hate it too, remember I was the 'Runt' to my
rapist, I don't want to think about causing pain or raping someone but it just
comes up," Sean said, then stood, "I...I should go.""No!" Oliver said, jumping to grab Sean,
"I have scars from my rapist too, some inside and out, I don't think there
sexy and I don't like your scars they make me think of my own," Oliver said
then pulled his shirt off.Sean was startled, and stepped back.Oliver leaned showing Sean two rumpled parallel lines of
fur on his left shoulder, then said, "he bit me, scarring my heart, mind
and body, Sean, I hate thinking about it but I will for you, we'll get
counseling remember.""I don't want to hurt anyone, but I don't know how
to make it stop," Sean said then felt along Oliver's scars."Will figure it out," Oliver said, then took Sean's
paw and kissed him, "I wouldn't miss you for the world either."Sean was pulled by Oliver back on to the couch and into
his arms."I just want that moment, you know, in the movies.
It probably doesn't exist where you get to just be with someone where
everything's right, no miss understandings or secrets, just each other and
happiness," Sean said while he tried to shape his thoughts with his paw in
the air."Sounds nice, but it would be very vulnerable,"
Oliver said. Sean felt Oliver pull him till he was draped over Oliver's chest.
He leaned his head back onto Oliver's shoulder to nuzzle cheek to cheek."You're my first," Sean said."First cat I imagine," Oliver said."The first anyone since conversion therapy that I
have been this open with," Sean said which made Oliver squeeze him tightly
around the chest."Not even Xander?" Oliver asked."Particularly Xander, we made up after my therapy,
when we went to college together, but things just weren't the same," Sean said
then left them in silence not wanting to say more."At least he still wants you in his life," Oliver
said.Sean snorted, then said, "Doesn't feel like it
recently.""He does, you're both still playing tag, trying to
talk.... You know I told you my friends left because of my secret," Oliver
said."You can tell me, you haven't kicked me out for
mine," Sean said then licked Oliver's nose."Hey!... Fine, I'll tell you," Oliver said when
he wiped his nose with the back of his paw and sat there."Ah, you still haven't said anything," Sean said."Well it's about my health," Oliver said, then
his phone rang, "it shouldn't affect you but- one second. Hey it's Oliver."Sean was curious but unconcerned, till he recognized the
voice he faintly heard on the other end of Oliver's call."If I can? Yeah I can buzz you up, I'll have the key
for you," Oliver said, when he ended the call."Why was Xander calling you?" Sean asked when
he extracted himself from their cuddle."He's borrowing Paul's car, which Paul left here for
him," Oliver said. "Oh, so you guys hangout now cause I haven't seen
him in days?" Sean said annoyed at the implied exclusion."No just Paul, but with them being joined at the hip
so to speak I have gotten to talk with him a few times," Oliver said then
stood to walk to the door then hit the door buzzer. Oliver went to the bathroom
while Sean sat in thoughts about the past he thought he had forgiven Xander
for. I got on AOL as
soon as I stopped crying and e-mailed Xander, "I'm so sorry, please
forgive me I need you right now, you don't know what it was like."My room's door knob
rattled, so I hit send and closed the browser then switched off the screen. I
stood up from where I had been kneeling still unable to sit on my hard desk
chair."Honey are
you-" Mom peaked in but recoiled at the smell, "so that's where the
air freshener went."My heart raced, I
lied, "I'm fine mom, what's up?""Well Xander
ran home and he just got here, and he mentioned you got in a fight," mom said."I didn't mean
too," I said as she advanced into my room looking concerned when she
flipped the lights on. I paced back from her across my room till my tail
brushed my bed I didn't want her to see my shorts and freak out like Xander
did. I flicked my tail up before I sat, that action and sitting made me wince,
I hoped mom hadn't seen."Honey what
happened?" She asked."I don't want
to talk about it, and I didn't mean to hit him but he wouldn't leave me
alone," I said."Him who, the
person you got in a fight with... wait you mean Xander? He said you weren't
sick, honey! You hit him, why did you two fight?" Mom asked then sat next
to me with a stern expression."Shit he told
her I got in a fight with someone else," I thought, then said, "Someone
picked a fight with me, not Xander.""But you did
hit Xander, that's why he ran home? For what reason? Sean I understand if you
got in a fight you didn't start, but I need an explanation, why would you hit Xander
and why did you lied about being sick," mom said.I sat for a bit
while I tried to think a way out of this, then said, "Xander was going to
tell about the fight. I didn't want him to tell you and he wouldn't listen and
I lost my temper.""Son you know
that's not ok, what is the punishment we decided as a family we'd get for hitting,"
mom said."No computer,
but I need to apologize to Xander?" I said trapped."You can send
one message, then I want the power cord to your computer, but I still want to
know why you lied about being sick," she said paws held in her lap, never
a good sign."I didn't want
to go to school," I said and tried not to fidget."Obviously,
but why?" She asked."Because if I
did go, I'd have to run in gym class," I said in an attempt to be
creative, but honest."So you didn't
want to run..." she said.We sat in silence
for a good while."I didn't want
to run cause it would hurt," I said."Sean why and
where would it hurt?" She asked.I thought like
crazy, "I could say, I hurt my foot kicking the attacker, no too easy to
disprove, I've been walking fine. Shit why did I say I couldn't run. My ribs, I
could say it's my ribs that hurts when you run." I wagged my tail from feeling
clever but that sent knives of pain up my spine. When I yelped mom asked,
"It's your tail they hurt your tail!" "Shit no way
out of this now," I thought. "Yeah the guy
grab me by the tail it... it hurts," I said then realized, "she might
want to see it and she'll see my shorts.""What guy Sean?
Was it someone from school?" She asked then took my paw in hers."No," I said."Who was
it?" She asked."It was no one
just a random guy," I said."Honey you
were attacked by a random guy, but you won't say who... when did it
happen?" She asked."Friday night
after the game," I said."I thought you
were hanging out with Xander?" Mom asked."I was,"
I said, I knew she didn't like my story."Really so he
was there for the fight, that's how he knows about it?" Mom asked,
"I'll need to talk to his mom."Mom got up too
leave. "Ok I wasn't with Xander," I blurted out."So you're lying
again, why can't you tell the truth, I didn't raise you to be a liar," mom
said."If I tell you
and dad you'll both freak out," I said like an idiot."Oh... so what
were you doing?" Mom asked like an immovable statue."I... I can't
say," I said while blood pounded in my ears so I couldn't think."Honey, you
mean you won't say. All I've heard is that you got in a fight, you hit Xander,
you have a tail injury, you lied about being sick, stole the air freshener,
obviously trying to hide something from me, and now you won't talk about
it," she said mixed anger and worry in the lines of her drawn brows."I can't mom,
dad would freak out!" I said it had gotten harder to breathe."Again you say
can't when you mean won't, why won't you... why?" She asked."Why can't you
tell me, does this have something to do with a girl... a gang.... drugs what's
going on?" She asked."No mom, I'd
never be in a gang, and it wasn't a girl!" I said my joints popped as I
kneaded my paws."You didn't
answer if it was drugs. Was it drugs?" She asked disappointment clearly
showing.I remember the
tangy smelling bottle under my nose which made me light headed while I was told
to shut up and be a good little runt. He hadn't used lube.I hung my head
tired of lying, not knowing what to say."So you were
doing drugs and got into a fight... I'm going to talk with your father and One
of us will need that power cord when we get back then The three of us can
discuss further punishments," mom said and stood."I didn't want
to do it," I said, unable to think of how to get out of the situation. "We all have
choices, you know that, I'll be right back," she said then walked rigidly
out of the room.My vision tunneled
as I hyperventilated, then when I calm down a bit, I change my shorts and threw
all of my bloody clothes into the closet under a blanket. I sprayed air
freshener then went to the computer.When I signed in Xander
had replied, "I hate you, you couldn't wait, you're a liar and you hit me,
what the hell was that, some friend you are."I wrote back,
"Mom thinks I'm on drugs now, why did you tell her I got in a fight, I
wanted to wait he didn't let me Xander, I'm sorry I shouldn't have hit you. I
won't be able to message, my mom's taking the power cord. I can't go to the
doctor then everyone would know."I sent the message
and heard loud voices downstairs. "They never
yell why can't they just yell, oh Alpha, I don't know what to do," I
prayed."Karl I should
be there too," mom said while I heard them come up the stairs.My heart raced I thought
about climbing out the window and running away, but sat breathing heavily. They
passed my room."It's ok I
just need to print something and talk to him, then we can talk to him about the
change," dad said.I pressed myself
against the door to listen."You really think
it's needed," mom said."Stephanie I
talked to Julian about it well before any if this happened, Sean will graduate
even if we go this route, and I think it's needed he's getting to the point
where if we don't get him on the right path there won't be another
chance," dad said while they moved down the hall."I came to
faith late in life, I know we need to be there for him, but maybe we should let
him learn from his mistakes, I mean this is drastic and we can't isolate
him" mom said till I couldn't hear them anymore."Fuck!....
fuck fuck fuck! Julian! What is dad talking to the principal about," I thought
while I paced the room and tried not to cry. "I've cried too many times,
I'm not going to be weak anymore, I won't be the runt anymore."The door opened, I
held my breath.Samantha and Sharron
came in, Sharron asked, "Sean what's going on?""I can't
say," I said and shrank back to the bed. They sat to either side of me."Are you ok,
mom was telling dad you hit Xander, why would you do that?" Sharron asked."He was going
to tell mom something I.... she couldn't know," I said and wished they
would leave."Was Xander
going to tell mom that you're gay?" Samantha asked.My heart stopped, I
said "how did you?... get out!""Sean you're
gay?" Sharron asked.I cried again,
"please just leave before mom and dad, they're going to come back.""I'm right
aren't I, I don't care if you're gay Xander came out to me a longtime
ago," Samantha said."Sam it's a
sin," Sharron said."Please leave!
Both of you just leave! I never wanted any of this!" I yelled my world
fallen apart.Sharron hugged me,
and said, "I love you, there's hope ok.""I love you no
matter what," Samantha said and hugged me too."You don't
understand... it's more there's more... please leave!" I said in sobs."Girls I need to
talk to Sean," dad said from the door.I wheezed as I
neared an asthmatic episode. Sharron and Samantha left and mom guided them down
stairs while I scrambled for my inhaler.Dad stood patiently
as an executioner safe in the knowledge that he had far more time than I did.I huffed in the
puffs and tried not to cry."Son let's
have a little chat," dad said gesturing to my bed.I sat hating
everything being a runt, Xander, being runted and bloody, myself, and dad for
putting me through this.I gingerly scooted
back on the bed and held my knees to my chest."So is there
something you want to tell me?" Dad asked."No, I really
don't, I just want everyone to leave me alone," I said, wishing he would
just understand."Fine, then
I'll share a story with you," dad said then sat next to me papers in paw."What are
those?" I asked while a chill flowed through me."There a
story, and I think they say what is really going on here, your mom said you
tried drugs, I think that could be true but isn't the issue here," he said,
"you could just tell me."I sat in the
silence."Ok," dad
said, then started to read, "March eleventh four sixteen PM, user
Shepherds-Catwolf signed into craigslist list male for male Seattle
metro...." He looked at me
while I sat in shock, then said, "I can read what you wrote but I haven't
at this point, nor did I print it for our little chat, I get that you were
curious everyone has urges, but this is a phase and behavior you can't allow to
become a habit.""How did
you... why?" I stammered."I got watchdog
when we first got a family computer, none of you knew, but son I've known
you've been looking at these forums, chats, and Alpha only knows what else
since you were thirteen, I block the sites hoping you would learn but you
haven't." Dad said.I stammered,
"I... dad it's not that... I never wanted this, I..." "It's ok son
this is a hardship but you don't have to bare it alone, we have a plan and it
won't jeopardize college for you, but before we go into that I want us to
pray," dad said.I had been for
hours and years that this conversation would never happen."Son do you see
yourself as... gay," dad said."I never thought
of myself as anything," I said."Well do you
find yourself attracted to men?" He asked."I think..."
I could hardly speak my throat was so dry, "yes I am.""Alpha help
us," dad said then he showed his throat, "we can fix this, we can
help you and protect the family from this."I choked on the
words when I asked, "How, are you going to disown me?""We will not
disown you, we will help you, let's pray," dad said still settled in
submission to the Alpha."I'm sorry, I
didn't want to disappoint you but I can't make it stop," I said."The alpha
knows, let us pray... Dear leading father... submit son, "Dad said then he
waited till I joined him in a posture of submission my silent tears rolled back
up my forehead."Dear leading
father, I put before you my son, who as you as all-knowing can see needs you,
please help us to lead him through these life decisions, Alpha we know that you
never give us something greater than we can bare, I know then that this is
something we can change please show us how," dad prayed then waited for my
prayer."I.... I can't
change, I... don't know what to do..." I mumbled."Please help
him, amen," dad said then he sat up and said, "I'm getting your
mother."I sat in silent self-hatred
while he left the room.Then I prayed,
"Why are you doing this to me, do you hate me? I've loved you in
everything my whole life, but I can't change this. Do you hate-"Dad and mom came
into my room, mom didn't look happy. "They hate me
because their ashamed of me," I thought.Mom and dad sat to
each side of me, mom held my paw. "Son we have
an alternative education program that helps those in your situation," dad said.I didn't know what
to say."You'll be starting
tomorrow," mom said with a squeeze of my paw."What does
that mean," I asked."We are
pulling you out of school, the public school isn't good for you, and will start
at Hope Wins school till you graduate in June," dad said."What! No, all
my friends, that's not fair!" I shouted."It's been
decided, you said you don't know how to change, and they know how to help
you," dad said."I've never heard
of them, where is this Hope Wins place," I said."It's not really
a school school, it's a therapy system, and camp in Idaho," mom said."You're
sending me away, please! Please don't send me away!" I said."It's already
been decided, Julian has made sure you'll graduate while we get you
therapy," dad said."But my
friends and track, I'll miss prom, what will everyone say," I yelled."Son we have
to do this before you get yourself raped and murdered," dad snapped.I burst into tears
and hugged mom, I feared dad knew what happened and hated me for it.They talked at me
but I couldn't hear them. Mom and dad let me write one last e-mail to Xander
then I was grounded from the computer. They left the room, I got back online.Xander had messaged,
"serves you right for hitting me, I was only trying to help. I've decided
to forgive you but only if you come out."I laughed bitterly
then wrote, "You got what you wanted. I'm out. But this is my last
message. We can't talk anymore. I'll miss you, I hope we can still be friends
even though this is your fault. See you after graduation. I love you still."
Sean sat looking at his message then deleted it."So I'm out
now, my parents flipped out. There sending me away. I'll miss you. Please don't
hate me if I'm different when I get back. If you want to know if I'm still me
just ask, are we good. Sean." He hit send and turned off the computer. Sean came back to himself when the toilet flushed. His
eyes were blurred. He thought, "I won't cry stop it."
His throat choked on his pain.