"I'm glad you like it, then." Sebastian let out a faint hum. Sebastian had… quite a lot of influence. His cooperation was one of the larger ones in the world, and he had ties everwhere. It was almost impossible to escape his reach, just how he liked it. He smirked in turn.
"Shall we get a bed in here for you?"
Bren nodded a little bit, his eyes on Sebastian, "W-what about the knocking though? Are you just going to ignore it? What if it's one of your friends or something?" He said, his mood and behavior changing from calm to know basically terrified. Those people scared him, and the looks and murmurs about him when he had been lying on that bed had made him even warier of them than before. "Please, g-go look who it is. . ." He said, fidgeting with the end of his shirt, while keeping his fingers crossed, hoping that it wasn't one of those men or women. He knew that his somewhat tough exterior had faded, and that the other man could tell that he wasn't scary, he wasn't much of anything. Yet, at times, he still tried to keep that act up.
Sebastian had been planning to, but his face fell a bit.
"Alright then," He finally said softly. "I… Stay in here," he said softly. It might be better then Bren having to wear the collar. He lightly placed one hand on Bren's shoulder in assurance, then moved away. He walked out of the room, opening the door.
"Hello?" He asked.
Bren watched the other man leave, and tried to smile wanting to keep himself positive, "I'll be alright." He said quietly, then, he got a bit of an idea. He moved over to the window where he had seen a fire escape a few seconds before, and considered leaving, No. . .it wouldn't work, they'd find me almost immediately, I just know it. Although I hope they wouldn't search too much for a loser like me. He thought as he stepped away from the window and over to a soft chair near one of the bookshelves. He found a book that seemed a little bit interesting to him, and began to read, listening for Sebastian's voice, just in case the other boy called him or something.
Fabian- one of the guy's from the party earlier, well he was the one who got the idea to bring in the boy- was standing out in front of the door, his arms crossed and his face sort of unreadable. That was a normal thing for him, but he was excited and curious, mainly to see how that pet of Sebastian's was, and how his friend was treating the boy. "Hey man, just wanted to come over, see that pet of your'sl." He said as he pushed past Sebastian and entered the house, "You didn't exactly seem to like our gift when we gave him to you, but the guy's convinced me to at least see how he was holding up, and see if we could get some more of that cake too."
Sebastian was used to his friends coming and going as they pleased, sighing to himself mentally.
"He's been growing on me, I must admit." He chuckled softly. "The cake is in the kitchen still, I'll go get him while you grab some." Sebastian stepped back.
"And don't you dare take it all, I'm saving it for later." He walked to the bedroom, grabbing the collar before going to the library. He stepped in, sighing out loud now.
"It's the one who brought you here," he said quietly. He held up the collar. They had to put it back on.
Bren looked up from his book when he heard footsteps coming in his direction, Uh oh, it has to be one of his friends then. He took a deep breath, trying to his nerves, then closed the book he had been reading, trying to prep himself for the collar. When Sebastian walked into the room he stood up slowly, not wanting to say anything about the situation, Just get it over and done with. The sooner this is over, the sooner you can go back to your book, and then Moose will be here soon too. He bent his head down, to make it easier for Sebastian to slip the collar on, and shuddered a little bit when he heard the click of the leash sound, "D-do I just follow you now?" He said quietly, his voice almost inaudible. His hands were trembling a little bit out of shame and fear, and his cheeks were now a dark red.
Fabian rolled his eyes and walked into the kitchen, rummaging through the fridge as he looked for the cake. "We'll see about that, you know how good that cake was!" He made himself a plate, then grabbed himself a beer and made his way to the couch. As he ate the cake he thought about Sebastian's reaction to seeing that boy in his bed, Man, that was hilarious, but I really can't be sure that he liked it. With this guy, he might act as though he hates it, but really likes it or whatever it's just weird. But if anything, he'd at least like the boy. The kid's cute, and if he doesn't like him, I'll sure as hell take the kid for myself. He figured that this kid would last for at least a month here, than after that he and the rest of the guy's might have fun with him.
"Yes," Sebastian said softly. He took Bren's hands gently in his own when he saw them trembling, holding them. Honestly, he did hate seeing the other man like this, but his face was cool, indifferent. He took the leash in his hand, moving to leave the room. He looked at Fabian.
"You enjoying that?" he asked. He grabbed his wine glass again, sitting down. He motioned for Bren to sit down on his lap, full blown master mode now. He ran his fingers through his hair.
Bren's hands continued to shake when Sebastian held them, even if it was only for a few seconds, and the gesture, even if it was somewhat simple, calmed him. He looked up at the other boy and was kind of surprised to see him look so, well. . .disattached to the situation, as if he just felt nothing. But those thoughts were soon disrupted when he felt the tugging of the leash pull him out of the room and into the living room. He kept his gaze down on the ground and just let the other man lead him around, no matter how much it embarrassed him. When Sebastian sat down and had him sit on his lap, Bren's whole face turned red, but he just obeyed and did as the other man asked him to do. As he listened to the two men talk he quickly fixed his glasses, which had began to fall off his face. But a jerk from the leash caused them to fall to the floor and Bren just watched, unsure of what to do.
Fabian smirked a little bit as he watched the two walk into the room, Well, he definitely loves our gift to him. He took another bite of the cake and chuckled a little, "Of course I am, I wouldn't have come up to your place to get some had I not like it in the first place." He watched as Sebastian forced the boy onto his lap and laughed again ."Dang, you've only had him for about two hours and you've got him that well trained? You are amazing." He said shaking his head, it never once occurred to him that it was simply an act.
Sebastian wrapped his arms around Bren's waist, the yank from that being the one to send his glasses down. Sebastian bent down calmly, picking them up and cleaning them with a tissue before handing them back, careful not to scratch them. He dropped the leash, instead going back to having both arms around Bren and holding him close.
"But of course," he said calmly, looking over Bren.
"I have my ways." He ran his fingers through Bren's hair, kissing his cheek lightly before looking at Fabian.
"Thank you," he said. He smirked a bit, his first sign of emotion in this all. It was because of how well he was playing everyone in this situation. Fabian thought it was real, and Bren thought it was an act. He was only in this for his own enjoyment, at this point, and this was absolutely delicious.
Brenn silently watched as Sebastian picked up his glasses, then quickly took them from the other boy, and put them back on. He mumbled a quiet thank you to the man and kept his eyes down at the ground, feeling extremely awkward during this whole situation. He hadn't expected the other man to do anything like this at all, and he wasn't used to attention like this from a male, having only been with girls before, but something about this was just confusing him. But, trying to play along with it, he relaxed against Sebastian's chest and reaching for the leash began to play with it a little bit as the other two men spoke to each other. But, as the other man continued to make the act seem more real, Brenn grew more and more confused. He wasn't supposed to like any of this, at all, which he really didn't, not too much at least. He tried to tune out what the two were talking about, not really liking the way the made him sound cheap and like an object. He just continued to fidget a bit with the leash, not really paying any attention until Sebastian kissed his cheek, Oh no. . .Why did he do that? Uhm, okay? His face which had sort of turned back to it's normal tone, turned back to a red and Brenn looked back down at the floor.
Fabian leaned back watching the two interact, "Wow, I'm proud of myself this year, last year you hated the head I brought you, even though you had been talking about getting that guy's head yourself." He rolled his eyes a little bit at the comments that Sebastian had made about the boy, then when the joking had somewhat calmed down he turned to face him, "We do have a tiny bit of an issue though, the security cameras in that alley way picked up footage of when we got him for you. I already had the footage deleted and such, but some people might find out and try to get there hands on it, or at least report it to the police or something. Especially that annoying I.T guy."
Sebastian rubbed little circles against Bren's arm, glad he was going alone with the 'act' so well.
"Well, no shit," Sebastian said, laughing a bit. "I just wanted him dead, not his literal head." He fell quiet, nodding a bit more solomnly.
"I see…" Sebastian thought over the situation. The I.T man had given them a lot of trouble in the past, but, this would definitely require action.
"We'll have to make sure there are no archived records of the footage, play the normal loop. If this man tries to give us any trouble… it'll be the last time he'll be able to try." Sebastian looked back at Bren.
"And I'm sure if the worst comes to worst, he'll sing our cover story like a little bird. Right?" He reached up to lightly touch Bren's cheek that was opposite to him.
(Damn that I.T. guy)
(Damn that I.T. guy)
((Oof, I should have specified. . .welp!))
Brenn was still confused, and trying to sort out all of his thoughts, trying to understand what was going on his brain. He leaned back again Sebastain, making himself comfortable against the man's chest and was still fidigiting with the stupid leash. I don't get it. I never well. . .what's going on in my brain? It was sort of like something had been turned on in his brain. He never had been interested guy's, at least as far as he'd like to admit to himself. The guy had grown up in a family that had been extremely homophobic, so he often would try to deny and forget any crushes or attraction he had to a male. But for some reason, probably because he was in the boy's lap and he knew that they'd have to do this a lot more from now on, due to the way how this guy just came over for no reason, at least in his mind. When Sebastian referenced him he lifted his head to look at the other man and nodded slightly, "Y-yes?" He said quietly, not exactly sure of his answer, and it was obvious.
Fabian could tell that his welcome was sort of fading, not that he cared too much, when it came to his friends he always overstayed his welcome. But he could tell that the other Sebastian was trying to get the conversation to wind down, "Okay, I'll see what I can do now," He said as he stood up, "I got to get back home okay? Jess is waiting for me and expecting cake, but I'm sure he'll understand." And with that he left the apartment. As soon as the door closed Brenn tried to pull out of the other boy's arms, but it was to no avail.
Sebastian nodded to Fabian and he left, not looking at Been. He finally turned to the man in his lap, a deep shadow over his eyes.
"You know," he said, voice quiet. "You really would have to say you're here of your own choice if your were ever questioned." He held Bren's cheek in his hand, almost glaring at him. Right now, he didn't look anything like the nice, tired man from before. He was someone who could and would easily kill Been. He'd done too much to get himself were here was now for Bren to destroy it all.
Brennon nodded, "I, uhm, a-alright." He mumbled, just wanting to be left alone at that point, "A-and I would then, I just, well you put me on the spot. I wasn't expecting you to say anything to me, so t-that's why I sounded so unsure." He was hoping that the other would believe and understand that, especially since it was mostly true. He wasn't listening to what they had been talking about. So he was a little bit startled by the question, "I-I promise." He said quietly, trying to remove Sebastian's hand from his face, "Could you, uhm, stop touching me, p-please? You friend left, sooo. . ."
Sebastian waited a moment more, then moved his hand away. He took the collar and leash off, standing when Brennon was off his lap.
"That's good to know," he said. His words said he understood, but his face didn't change. It was something he couldn't well control.
"I'll have someone get a bed up for you," he said, turning around. "I'll be in my room if you need me."
Brenn was happy to be off the other man's lap and gently rubbed his neck as he watched Sebastian walk away. His hands were trembling a little bit from the shock and fear the look in the man's eyes like he could have just killed him then and there had he said the wrong thing. When the man was gone Brenn started to go back to his room, but he was sort of curious and wanted to explore the house a little bit. After all, the apartment was ginormous and he kind of just wanted to see it all, especially if he was going to stay here for a while. But he decided against it and walked back to the library, picking up his book. He opened it up and looked down at it, but he didn't start reading again. He was just too nervous to do so, and he didn't want to be interrupted again by one of Sebastian's friends. But after a little bit, he started to read once again, but his mind kept on drifting back to what had happened in the living room. He was still sort of confused about what had happened earlier, and about how weird everything seemed now.
Sebastian carefully closed his bedroom door behind him, letting out a long sigh. Had I been too harsh? He needed Bren to feel safe around him, but he also needed the man to know what was expected of him. He moved over to his mirror, frowning slightly when he saw the look on his face still. He closed his eyes, taking a few deep breaths.
In… and out.
In… and out…
In… and… out…
Sebastian got his face to relax, falling back to its indifferent mask. He ran his fingers through his hair, pulling his jacket off and loosening his tie. He undid the top few buttons as well, sighing. He loosened his cuffs, sitting down in his favorite chair.
He pulled his phone out, needing to get a bed up for Bren.
Bring a bed up to my apartment. King size. He didn't care who brought it up, so long as it came. He set his phone down, not expecting nor getting a response. It hadn't been a discussion, after all. Just a command. Sebastian relaxed into his chair, letting out a soft breath. He still hand the collar and leash with him. He looked at them a moment, smirking. He'd probably set up plenty of opportunities for him to be able to use them.
In a about ten minutes, there was a knock at the door. Sebastian had closed his eyes, falling into a light sleep. He opened them, rubbing his eyes a bit as he sat up in his chair.
Brenn had finally relaxed a bit more and was now enjoying the book, he had decided to not think about all that had gone on, he would have plenty of time to do that later, but for now, he just wanted to relax and enjoy himself. But after a while he heard the knocking and shuddered, praying that it wouldn't be anyone important and that he wouldn't want to have to wear the collar again. That thing was so uncomfortable, and he really didn't like the fact that he really wasn't in control of himself, rather someone in control of him. But after a little while of hearing shuffling and grunts the doors to the library opened and he saw some men carrying in a mattress and other parts for a bed. Behind them was Sebastian with a self-satisfied grin on his face, as he watched the men set up everything. Nervously Brenn put the book down and walked over to Sebastian's side, "Do I need the leash now?" He whispered quietly, tugging at the man's sleeve trying to get his attention. But it seemed as though the other man wasn't paying attention to him, he didn't really mind too much, he was sort of watching the bed being set up.
Sebastian was occasionally giving directions, telling the men where to put the bed and which way it was to be facing. He smirked just slightly, barely able to hear Bren's question. He ignored the other, tapping his foot a bit as he waited for the men to finish. He glanced at Brenn.
"No need for it," he finally said. He smiled a bit, turning back to the men. He needed to get Bren to think he didn't like the collar too, after all. Soon enough, the men finished, leaving the house. The bed was completely made, and Sebastian smirked.
"Is this good?" He asked, looking at Bren a moment.
Bren fell silent after a little bit, knowing that Sebastian was busy, and he understood that, watching the other men work. It seemed as though after a few minutes it was over and the bed looked as though it has always been there in the room. "Oh, that's good, I just, it's no fun." He said mumbling that bit under his breath, as he walked towards the bed. "It's perfect, and it's giant! I've never had a bed this big in my life. The bed back home at my apartment is only a twin, so this is amazing!" He said as he sat down on the bed, then back down on it, "Woooooowww, it's so friggen soft." He said quietly as he made himself comfortable. But after a few seconds he saw the look on Sebastian's face, and sat up, "Is there something I'm doing wrong? Do you need to do something?"
Sebastian tilted his head a bit.
"Ah, no, you didn't do anything wrong. My facial expressions don't usually match how I'm feeling, don't worry." The scariest time was well they did- you could never tell if he was lying or not, whether he actually felt that or was matching his mask.
"I'm glad you like it, though." Sebastian preferred harder beds himself.
"We'll be able to have your bird brought here by tomorrow, is that alright with you?"
Brenn nodded, "Alright, I understand that." He said quietly, feeling a little bit awkward at the moment, and sat up straighter looking at Sebastian, "Okay, t-thank you." He said grabbing one of the pillows, "I really appreciate that, I can't wait to see him again. I hope you like him, just as much as I do, he's a sweetheart." He said clutching the pillow to his chest, "Do you want me to stay here for the rest of the day, or is there something that you want me to do or something?" He didn't really know if there was something that was needed to be done. And he just wanted to do something rather than just lay around the room all day. He looked up at the other man sort of hopeful that Sebastian had an idea or something. But he figured that he wouldn't be able to do much.
"Well, you don't have to stay in here all day, but I don't really have anything to ask of you." Sebastian shrugged a bit. What would he ask Brenn to do, wear lingerie and call him master? The thought made Sebastian chuckled softly to himself as he turned to leave.
Perhaps someday. He put his hands in his pockets, smiling a bit to himself as he left.
Brenn nodded a little bit and got off the bed, picking up his book. Now that I have permission maybe I can go look around and see what else there is here? He walked out of the bedroom and wandered around the house, past theliving room and kitchen, and soon found his way to what seemed to be a deck or something. He opened the door leading outside to the deck and was kind of surprised to see a large pool and a cabana it seemed. He found a comfortable looking pool chair and stretched out on it, enjoying the view of the city and just the lush greenery atop the roof. He started to read his book again, but soon grew bored and began to get a bit curious. He stood up and walked over to the railing against the edge of the cabana and looked down, watching the cars and people walk by.