Chapter Three: If walls could talk, or was that his cat?
Kale put an odd amount of money on the table not even looking at the ticket. "Come with me?" his eyes pleading. "The only thing I want from you in all this, is for you to feel happiness again." He gets up and holds a hand out to Rad, the whole dinner seemed to almost fade in the distant.
Rad looked at the hand, then made up his mind. Reaching out he grabbed Kale's hand lightly, "I...I want to be happy again. No need for nothing more." he says softly.
Kale helped Rad to his feet, stronger than he looked for a short lean thing. Kale reach across the table picking up his phone and placed it in a jacket pocket, nods at the Kim the waiter heading to the door with Rad in tow. "Would you like someplace warm to sleep, and a hot shower?" Kale gave a questioned looked.
"Someplace warm?" Rad repeated back. "Are you saying you want me to come back to your place?" Rad's eyes showing a glimmer of hope, "Or are you going to pay for a hotel for me?" That glimmer of hope faded in his eyes at the moment.
Kale pulled Rad into a fast walk out of the dinner heading north up Habersham Street, back the way he came. After a few blocks of no words, Kale walked up the steps of a very old looking house. The cold night hair made it hard to see what color it was. It was two stories, had a large front porch that looked newer than the house. It was one of the many old house that graced the Historic area of Downtown Savannah. Kale flipped keys around on his keychain, his footing very quiet as he stepped up to the large door. He looked inside via a glass window to the right then threw the dead bolt. The door opened very slowly with a small creaking sound.
"I'm offering you my home, my space, my time." Kale looked back at Rad, "We can take things slow if you like, but first lets get you in the shower ok."
"A..." Rad's words felt lost for second, "Are you saying I can stay here and did you just hit on me?" Rad stammered out really confused.
"If he was hitting on you," A small black cat walked out of the shadows of the hallway, his fur covered in small red strips, and the voice seemed just do deep and gruff. "You would know it." His sides seem big in the shadow until Rad noted the cat's wings.
"Co'da really," Kale said throwing his jacket over the cat. "I'm offering you my home, and my space. I can help you get back on your feet." Grabs Rad by the arm dragging him upstairs. "I may offer more but that is up to you."
"Wait!" Rad pulled his arm back, and pointed at the jacket, "What was that?" His mind still taking in what Kale was saying and hoping that someone could care for him. "Might make things better in the long run." His mind skipping the talking cat for second.
Kale reached out for Rad's arm again getting him upstairs. Once on the landing, which made a sound of protest, Kale pulled his own shirt off his body was not very big but his body was ripped with compact muscles, and seemed to have nice angles. He bent down to pull off his socks, which outlined a V shape of muscles that seemed to ran down his lower back and into the waistband of the sports underwear. Kale turned around looking at Rad, placing hands on his hips his small smooth belly button graced with dark line of a happy trail runing down into the pants.
Rad looked confused, "I...ummm." Rad started slipping off his shoes then his hoodie. His old button up dress shirt under seemed to barely hold together.
Slowly Rad took it off, his skin was hanging loose over what little muscles he had left, rib cage showing, and hip bones poking out. Kale giggles seeing Rad's belly poked out from after eating, which in turn made Rad blush.
"Kale?" Rad looked away feeling embrace but finding something to change the subject, "What was that down stairs?"
"Oh how good of you to notice," The black cat walked in the room, moving around the room like he owned it. "I am Co'Da his guardian." Sounding smug while he leaped up on the bed looking the human up and down.
"Rath's burn you Co'Da leave the poor guy alone." Kale throws the underwear at the cat, hooking him on the head. Kale's whole pale white body expose like he was used to being in the nude, that necklace handing down in just the right places. "Rad come with, I wish to share a shower with you. I'm not going to do anything sexual, unless you start it first."
"Kale, better warn him what happens if you do get to that point." Co'Da shot off in a very low mocking sexy voice. His tail flicking back and forth on the bed, slipping his head out from the underwear.
Rad looked at Kale then back at Co'Da shocked at how natural all thiks seemed, but averted his eyes. He stripped down to his boxers then slowly pulled them off, all the while he looked back at Co'da for a moment then headed to the shower.
"Dude, you have a talking cat that said he is your guardian." Rad tried to find a subject to ease his nerves knowing he was about to take a shower with another man. "I've never done that before."
Kale's voice trails back out of the bathroom, "Yes, and a pain in my ass!" The sound of water and then steam quickly fogs the mirrors. "Come on in, I've getting a few things out of the closet." Kale played a hand in Rad's hair and looking up at him. "Wait you nervous? Don't be Co'da may be pain but if you are in my home he'll protect you as if you are his own child." He disappears off into the room again.
"No I'm not nervous about him...I...just." With a shake of his head Rad just stood there noteing how much of a mess he was, the image faded in the mirror until nothing. Curiosity was getting the best of him, never really seeing another man fully naked in person. "Well only in magazines." Rad picked at himself.
"Come on, get in." Kael returned back with and incense holder and a stick of something spicy burning. The whole bathroom felt warm and cozy, "Hope you don't mind, I burn Dragon's Blood often when I take showers." Kael proceeded to pull a small travel bag from under his arm pits putting it on the small counter top, then walked up to Rad. "Get in, the hot water will not last too long." He swatted at Rad's rear end while getting in behind him.
"I've never showered with another man..." Rad started to protest.
"I know, I heard you." Kale beamed a smile, while pulling the shower head off and adjusting it to a spray. "Head first, and you may need to kneel." Makes a small jump to show he was kind of short.
"Well, you are just very attractive." Rad's cheeks flushed red.
"You hitting on me?" Kale playfully pecked a kiss on Rad's nose. Kale's hands worked the water in to Rad's hair getting it all nice and wet before he reached for the shampoo. "Amazing what soap can do for a guy!" Kale's laughter filling the room with more warmth. "Well, I can help you with that," and finger does the turnaround motion, "its not going to poke you but I'm kind of short." Besides I'm not really human at all."