Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:43:40 +0800 From: YoDawgs Bl.net Subject: Search For Conscience, Chapter 12 The usual legal crap goes here. There will be NO gay sex between these two kids, if you count sex as Penetration. Thanks for all the mail, so far, from readers. Hope you enjoy this part. He awoke, gasping in surprise as Sean tickled him mercilessly. He began to screech and shriek, trying desperately to escape Sean's torturous fingers. Sean leered at him. "This is revenge for yesterday! That's what you get for making me worry!" he heard Sean say, as he bucked and squirmed. "Why? What do you mean?" "I've been trying to wake you for the past fifteen minutes, if I remember correctly. You wouldn't budge, no matter what I tried. I got a little scared. Well, now that you're awake." He started tickling Cody even more intensely, while Cody squealed and bucked. He laughed so hard that his stomach began to ache, and was reduced to subdued whimpering as Sean dug into his ribs. It was as if an eternity had passed before Sean ceased his attacks and subsided to running his fingers over his chest. He yawned and stretched out with hands high above his head latched together, releasing gas from his spinal cord with satisfying cracks. He groaned with a satisfied "Awwwwww" as his spine succumbed to the stretching. He heard Sean gasp audibly. "What?" "Nothing. I've just never seen someone stretch so close up before. The shape of your body just... changed, in front of me. You've stretched your tits, look." And Cody felt Sean gently touching his nipples, stretched upwards in ovals. He moaned softly while stretching out more, knowing that the stretching would make his nipples much more sensitive, as more surface area was exposed. He could feel them hardening as Sean's fingers rubbed against the nubbins. He could hear Sean panting as he felt Sean touch his body. "Ooh, your ribs are showing as well, and you've got a little cleft where your belly-button is." He fought to keep himself from bursting out with laughter as Sean lightly caressed his navel, pinching the firm skin slightly. Next, Sean placed both hands on his torso, palms on sternum and fingers on his ribs. "Wow. You're so... warm. I've never touched someone like this before. Everything is so... beautiful. I can't explain it." Cody smiled, and remained in that position for the next five minutes as Sean carefully prodded and ran his hands over his outstretched body. In any circumstance, he would have felt incredibly exposed, both physically and emotionally, but since he was on familiar waters, all he felt was a strange sense of peace and calm, not to mention unimaginable thrills of pleasure whenever Sean happened to rub his sensitive nipples. He lay while moaning and crying out with pleasure every time Sean ran his hands across an area of his body which felt calm, or erotic. He listened to Sean's quiet comments while enjoying the touch. "You've got quite some moles, Cody." "Those veins on your belly. Wow." "Hey, you're belly button's so small." Was all he heard for the next five minutes, before Sean finally eased up and lay back down on the bed. Surprised, he asked "Hey, what are you doing?" "Going to sleep. It's only four o clock in the morning." "What?! Why did you wake me up, then?" Sean grinned sheepishly. The early morning light was beginning to lighten up the room, giving the brief impression that it was evening. "I got lonely. I tried touching you and hugging you to go to sleep, but I couldn't. I guess I wanted some company for some time." His voice suddenly took on such a forlorn tone that Cody could bear it no longer. "Turn over onto your back, Sean." Sean obliged, facing his bare chest toward the ceiling, stomach slowly rising and falling as he breathed. Cody carefully placed his hands on Sean's chest, ignoring a howl of "Aaah! It's cold!" and began to prod and poke the boy's chest. He rubbed his thumbs over Sean's hormone infused nipples, and Sean cried out. "Haaah..." "You like that, don't you?" "Mm-hmm." Sean murmured, squirming slightly as Cody continued to rub his erect nipples. Cody changed his tack and started to massage Sean's chest and stomach as he did last night, or morning. Sean visibly tensed, while groaning. "Unghh... it feels so sore after swimming. How's that going to make me sleep?" Cody continued massaging Sean, the moans and groans continuing. As he kept the activity up, he was aware that Sean was fading, by the diminishing volume and wavelength of the cries. After a few minutes, Sean's breathing settled into a metronomic rate, deep breaths taking over. Of course, Cody knew that this signified peaceful, REM sleep. He decided to whittle the time away by just looking at Sean's beautiful (in his eyes) body, lying passively beside him. As his eyes strayed over Sean's slowly heaving body, his mind wandered off. Where would he be in ten years' time? Twenty years' time? Would John and Regina, who were so far suspiciously inactive in his short stay, finance his education for that long? Why hadn't they come in when they inevitably heard the loud screaming that had emanated from the seemingly paper-thin walls of this house? As if a veil was being pulled from his eyes, he realized the truth. This was a test! John and Regina were gauging his progress, and were trying to determine if he would be eligible as a brother for Sean. He nearly groaned with exasperation at his own stupidity. A little grunt shook him from his pensiveness. Sean appeared to be experiencing the night terrors that he had informed Cody about. He started jerking slightly, while letting out small cries of terror. Instinctively, Cody ran his hand over Sean's chest, and witnessed reduced movement and less cries. He understood now the reason that Sean needed him to be awake. Sean's situation was far worse than him, at that current frame of time. As soon as he withdrew his hand, Sean visibly tensed, and a furrow was instantaneously visible on his brow. A few more seconds passed before Sean restarted the routine of bucking and crying out. Cody realized that Sean would not be able to have peaceful sleep unless someone, HE, was present, ready to offer comfort at a warning. He also was aware that Sean would need attention every night, until he was ready to pass off these terrors. He smiled, resigning himself to his fate. He carefully laid his head on the middle of Sean's chest, making a soft "thump" as his skull contacted with the hard bone there. Sean's hand automatically began to stroke his face and hair, bringing wonderful sensations of bliss to him. He turned, so that his cheek was resting on Sean's chest, and inhaled the scent that he had somewhat become accustomed to, nuzzling his face into the warm embrace of his step-brother. The cold West-London air blew in from the window, and he shivered from it, goose bumps forming along his body. He felt his nipples stiffen up, and touched Sean's only to confirm that Sean was reacting in a similar fashion. However, Sean moaned softly in his sleep as Cody rubbed his pink nipples, raising both arms above his head. Cody reached out and pulled the sheets over himself, leaving Sean's chest bare. He shifted his position; moving so that his entire body lay perpendicular over Sean, not unlike a cross. He then pulled the blanket over both of them, leaving his back half-exposed and Sean's body covered by his chest. Sean sighed gently and began to rub Cody's back, muttering incoherent words as his dream brought him on a never-ending journey. He did not sleep, but instead savoured every hour, minute and second of Sean's subconscious caressing. His own hands explored Sean's neck and shoulders, scratching Sean's miniscule Adam's apple and rubbing Sean's more developed shoulder. He enjoyed the ride that Sean's heaving body was giving him. Up and down, up and down. He smiled, and continued playing with Sean's skin, his hands moving clumsily across Sean's face. Eventually, the sun was bright enough to the extent that Cody knew that it was at least seven o clock. He looked around for a clock, but failed to find one. He looked at Sean's hands, and noticed a black G-Shock on Sean's right wrist. He realized Sean was left handed, as he glanced at the time. The watch read seven point one seven. Seven Seventeen in the morning, thought Cody. He pondered about whether he should wake Sean or not. Part of him wanted to arouse this sleeping boy and begin the day, but the other part wanted to just remain in this warm and comfortable position. He didn't have an opportunity to make a decision, as the door opened silently. A soft pattering of footsteps told him it was Regina, walking quickly to alleviate the chill. She strode over to the bed and pulled back the covers, revealing Cody and Sean in their position. Cody instinctively shut his eyes and feigned sleep. However, Regina reached over and started tickling Cody's kidney area with her long fingernails. He involuntarily stiffened up, biting his lower lip to control himself. The sensation was too intense for Cody however, and after a few mind-blowing seconds, he burst out giggling and squirming, attempting to shove Regina's attacking hand away. "There, it'll take more than that to convince me that you're genuinely asleep." Regina commented, as she stroked his bare back. "I heard the sounds coming from the room yesterday. Are you alright?" she asked, crisp middle-class accent penetrating the silence of the morning. Cody nodded. "Mm-hmm." "Listen, we are well aware that Sean has had this sleeping disorder since he Anna left for college a couple of years ago. She used to sleep below him, and stayed up quite late at night. Ever since she's left, Sean has been acting rather strangely. It didn't take long for us to figure out the main cause. So this is why you're here, Cody. You're here to be a lovely step brother to Sean, and a great son to John and me. I'm sorry we haven't been paying attention to you for the past few days. We just wanted to find out exactly how your presence in the family would affect Sean. I'm glad that we chose you to bring into our family. Someone must have been watching over us when we first saw your name, Cody Michaels. Are you ready to change your name to Cody Williams now? We need you as equally as you need us. As long as you remain in our family, you won't need to worry about anything financial at all, at least until you graduate. Wow, I've been speaking for a long time, haven't I? Your turn. What do you think?" Cody cleared his throat and blinked his eyes before answering, being all too aware of the fact that he was still resting chest-to-chest on Sean. "I don't know what to say, Mrs. Williams." "It's Regina, Cody. Remember that." "Regina... I don't know how I could ever repay you. Thank you all so much!" he said, tears of happiness overflowing his eyes and flowing down his cheeks. This was one of the more jubilant events ever since the passing of his parents. "No, thank YOU, for bringing such joy to Sean's life. I don't know what he would do without you, and honestly, I don't know what we as a family, could do without you, if you ever left." She leant forward and kissed him on his cheeks, causing him to blush. She then started tickling him again, causing him to squirm and buck, while Sean sighed, with a frown on his forehead. He squealed, moaning incoherent words as Regina tickled his ribs incessantly, his body reacting to the touch by sprouting goose bumps. Regina eventually stopped, and kissed him once again on his chest, before saying "I love you" and walking out through door, shutting it softly. Cody was left in a disheveled position, hands still gripping Sean's ribs for support, hair aloof. He gently stroked Sean's chest, toying with the moles that sparsely dotted the breast. Sean sighed in his sleep yet again, hands stretched out above his head. Cody's heart started beating again, and he reached out to once again tweak Sean's pink nipples, which were erect from the morning cold. Sean immediately tensed up and held his breath, as Cody's thumbs and forefingers massaged the hard nubbins. Cody increased the pressure, and Sean began to arch his back, chest heaved from the amount of air held by the alveoli in his lungs. After a few seconds, Cody released his hold on Sean's moderately sized pectorals and began to lightly scratch them with his fingernails. Sean tensed up again, and released his breath in a long "Uuuuuaaaaaaaahhhh..." as his back arched with the touch. Cody stopped his actions, shocked at the sudden outburst. He sat, straddled on Sean's chest, intending to just watch his step-brother squirm in front of him. However, Sean would not allow Cody to pull away from his chest, tugging at Cody's hands and placing them onto his breast. He had also started grinding his hips again, moaning softly as his groin made contact with Cody's clothing. Cody stopped immediately, afraid that Sean would cause too much of a ruckus with his moaning and screaming, as he did the night before. He laid his head back onto Sean's chest, and rubbed his hair into Sean's breast, causing the older boy to bristle. He smiled, and glanced up at Sean's serene face. He closed his own eyes. "Why did you stop, Cody?" The words jerked him out of his stupor and he started violently, jamming his elbow into Sean's sternum reflexively. Sean gasped as the air was forced out of his lungs by his disturbed diaphragm, screwing up his eyes and clutching Cody instinctively, drawing him closer to the injured area. "Hurgh!" Cody heard Sean gasp, as he felt the abdominal muscles tighten under him, and Sean's hands gripping him tightly. Sean continued gasping for a few seconds, and a thrill of fear went through Cody. Had he done something that Sean would not be able to recover from? With haste, he jumped off Sean's heaving chest, and turned him over. He slapped Sean's freckled scattered back hard a couple of times, as if that would help anything. When that didn't work, he jammed his fist into Sean's stomach. At that, Sean immediately stopped gasping and started laughing in an instant, stuffing the sheets into his mouth. Cody turned red with embarrassment, and pressed Sean's kidneys in from the back, causing Sean to moan in discomfort. "Oh, you dickhead." Sean didn't reply, but merely jabbed him in the ribs, causing him to jump half an inch from the sheets. He jumped on Sean and started wrestling and tickling him, pressing his head into Sean's stomach as his fingers tickled Sean's ribs. Sean screeched, and shoved him off, panting as he held his stomach. "Oww, it's sore, Cody. Swimming lessons, remember?" "Sorry." Cody glanced up at the slightly sweaty boy panting in front of him, and suddenly remembered his initiation into the family. "Sean, I've got something to tell you." "What is it?" "I've been accepted into your family. I'll be going to the same school, doing all the things you do with you." "Wow, when did this happen?" "A few minutes before I happened to wake you up, or have you been eavesdropping the entire time?" "No, but this is smashing! Finally! I was worried when we picked you up on Friday that you wouldn't be allowed to stay. But now, you're truly my brother!" Cody saw Sean lean forward and braced himself for the contact. Sean hugged him hard, squeezing the breath out of him. "No more sleepless nights! No more boring afternoons! Oh yeah, happy days are here!" Sean sang. "I can't wait to tell the twins, they'd be overjoyed." Sean continued, while stroking Cody's back. Birds twittered in the background, announcing their joyful presence in the Sunday morning. "What time is it?" he asked, after his elation had passed. "It's about half past seven in the morning, Sean." Sean groaned. "Awww, I feel soo sleepy. Could I have a back rub, please?" he suddenly asked, lying down on the warm bed sheet again, face down. Cody gently squeezed Sean's shoulder blades and slowly climbed down the ladder to assume possession of the lotion. He winced as he applied pressure on his foot by walking, but he noticed that the pain was not as severe as a few hours ago. He threw the lotion up onto the bed, and climbed up the ladder equally slowly. As he ascended the top rung, he heard Sean's shallow breathing and assumed that Sean had fallen asleep yet again. As a result, he didn't bother to warm the lotion on his hands, but squeezed it directly onto Sean's freckled shoulders. As soon as the icy cold substance landed on Sean's back in strings, he yelled "Oh God! Cold! Cold! Ahh! Ahh! Make it stop! Waaah! Bloody hell, Cody!" He arched his back and spread his chest so far forward that Cody thought that he would break in half. Cody compensated by using his palms to spread the lotion over Sean's shoulders and upper back, so that the heat would radiate around. Eventually, Sean's howls stopped and groans replaced them. Cody scratched the skin behind Sean's shoulders playfully, while pressing his thumbs into the spine. "Ohhhh..." Sean's face contorted, torn between the action of giggling and moaning with ecstasy. "Oh god, Cody, that feels sooo good... Aaaaaaahh!" he cried, as Cody worked the tension out of his back muscles, with force. Cody saw Sean dig his face into the sheets, hands gripping the blankets around. "Urrggghhh..." he gurgled, as Cody used the second knuckle of his fingers to dig the area behind Sean's ribs. "Arrrghhh!" he moaned, while Cody massaged his kidney area, visibly tensing up. In a matter of minutes, it was done. Sean lay on his stomach, panting slightly from the sensations of both pain and bliss. Cody just sat and witnessed the works of the body of his brother below him. The way in which the expansion of his lungs filled in the ridges in his ribs, the way in which the shiny skin due to application of the lotion heaved up and down registered in his mind. "Argh, Cody, that was the best ever. Thanks!" Sean murmured somewhere below him. "Anytime." He squeezed Sean's shoulder blades. He ran his hands through Sean's brown hair, reveling in its silkiness and smoothness. Sean sighed. Presently, Cody pulled Sean up, and offered to scrub his back in the shower. Sean nodded his assent, and dreamily followed Cody to the bathroom, rubbing his eyes. Cody shut the door, flipping the switch for the heater on. Sean collapsed on the closed toilet seat, holding his head with his hands. Cody made his way to the translucent shower room, and reconsidered, before filling the bathtub nearby with water. He remembered to plug the bottom of the tub, after the water became hot. He lay down on the carpeted bathroom floor while waiting for the water to fill. In nearly fifteen minutes time, the tub was sufficiently filled with steaming water. Cody prodded Sean awake, motioning towards the tub. He watched as Sean threw one leg over the tub and entered, without removing his boxers. He giggled, and pointed out the anomaly. Blushing with embarrassment, Sean said "Turn around. Don't look!" Cody obeyed, turning his back toward the translucent shower room and staring at the ceiling, pretending to be immensely interested in the flowery patterns. A sluicing of water confirmed that Sean had made himself comfortable, and he got ready to take a shower, when Sean's voice came echoing from the tub. "Aren't you coming in?" "I thought you wanted privacy." "No, no. Come on in. I want that back scrub, you know." "Alright, then. Don't look." Sean shut his eyes in earnest, as Cody tugged off his boxers and descended into the warm water as fast as he could. A giggle made him glance at Sean, who had his eyes wide open as Cody had one foot in the water, the rest of his absolutely naked body exposed. "SEAN!!!" he screamed, going red with embarrassment and shock. "Okay, okay, no need to get a hernia over it." He entered the tub in a frenzied rush, feeling a sense of relief as the hot water engulfed his body. Sean stared at his torso, skin flushed from the heat, bobbing up and down. Sean's chest was out of the water, exposing his soft nipples. "I'll wash your front." Cody offered. Sean proffered his chest, moistening it with the water. Cody lathered up his hands with a bar of soap that was beside the tap, and moved closer to Sean. He began washing Sean's abdomen, occasionally poking his finger into Sean's navel, causing the youth to shiver in delight and moan "Ohhh..." A few more minutes of scrubbing, and Cody moved up to Sean's chest, soaping each mound thoroughly. He was well aware that Sean's nipples had yet again hardened, despite the warm atmosphere. Sean closed his eyes and leant his head back against the edge of the tub, sighing every now and again. Cody nervously avoided Sean's nipples, afraid of his reaction if he happened to rub them. Sean perked up and said "Go on, rub them. Please." Cody proceeded, rubbing his thumbs against the smooth projections. Sean sucked in air, and heaved his chest out for a few moments, before releasing his breath with a long "Aaaaaaah...", as Cody rubbed and tweaked his pectorals. He moaned incessantly for the entire duration that Cody's fingers were on his buttons of pleasure, and was breathing heavily by the time Cody turned him around and began to scrub his back. "Oh, Cody. This feels so... hot." Sean sighed. Immediately, he tensed up. "Oh my god, I can't believe I just said that." He groaned, while covering his face with his hands. Cody looked at him carefully, and realized that Sean was genuinely upset at his own words. He patted Sean on the back. "What's wrong?" he asked. "N-nothing. Nothing at all." "Sean, do you trust me? Because, if your step-brother asks you what's wrong, that reply would be a perfect example of a really bad answer." To his surprise, Sean started crying, his shoulders jerking with each sob. Cody turned Sean around again and pulled his hands from his face. "Sean, tell me what's wrong. Do you want me to leave?" Cody was beginning to think that this whole episode was a wrong move on his part. The sight of Sean's beautiful body in front of him, heaving with sobs was too much for him to handle. He felt like a pervert. He wondered what his parents would think if they saw him in a tub, naked with another boy of his age. He was slowly becoming attracted to Sean, although he didn't know why, and didn't know how. He loved Sean's directness, never beating around the bush. He adored Sean's laughs whenever he tickled Sean's over-sensitive stomach and chest. Most of all, he enjoyed Sean's company, and the fact that he was not going to be alone for the next ten years. He admired Sean's physique, the slightly bulging chest, the flat abdomen, the muscular back that Sean owned. He wondered if Sean knew that he was subtly feeling him up, every single time he massaged Sean, or toyed with his body. How was he to explain to Sean that he was utterly and uncontrollably infatuated with him? His heart began beating arrhythmically every single moment that his eyes rested on Sean, not to mention that fact that other parts of his body began to stir as well. However, all of these were irrelevant at the moment. Sean needed his support, and he needed it now. He reached over and patted Sean's shoulder, gently persisting. "I said it's nothing, okay!?" Sean snapped. "Look, it's okay if you like me stroking and scrubbing your back and chest, but there's really no need to hide small things like that from me." "No, it's not that, Cody! It's just... just leave me alone, okay?" Sean retained his aggressive attitude. Cody knew that if he left it as it was, the blow it would deal to their friendship and brotherhood would be far worse than the blow that he would take if he were to insist on the truth. He asked again. "Just tell me, Sean. Do you not trust me? Or am I just any normal person you pick up and drop, just like that?" At this, Sean exploded. "Fine! I... love you, Cody. I've loved you ever since we met. It's only been two days, but now I feel like I can't live without you. I can't live, if I can't wake up every morning to see that wonderful face of yours. I know I have a sister, but this feeling is different. I can't help it, Cody. I get so perked up every time I run my hands over you. It hurts me that you don't touch me back sometimes. I keep asking for massages because I want to feel your hands on my body, even though I detest myself immensely. There! Now you've heard everything. You can go down and tell my parents, and they'll come up and beat the shit out of me. Well? What are you waiting for? Go on! Tell them! See if I care!" His eyes started tearing up again, and he once again covered his face with his hands. Cody remained silent, and washed himself, trying as hard as he could not to pay attention to Sean, who was sobbing pitifully at the side of the tub, resting his head onto his arms and sobbing. He wanted to punish Sean for being so cruel to him, not admitting his feelings in the first place. He wanted to let Sean know what it was like to feel the way he did. With great reluctance, he wordlessly pulled himself out of the tub and dried his body with one of the towels hanging from the metal bar suspended to the door. He then left the room, shutting the door to prevent Sean's reverberating sobs from echoing out and tearing at his heart. He dressed, pulling on his school blazer, and took a seat on the single bed, waiting for Sean to finally exit. He realized that he looked rather comical, adorned in his blazer while dressed in casual clothes. Five minutes passed. He was starting to feel a little impatient, and wondered exactly what Sean was doing in there. Ten minutes passed, he was starting to feel a slightly anxious. He was ready to confess his equal love for Sean. When fifteen minutes passed, he became worried, dreadful thoughts filling his head. He forced them out of his brain. Twenty minutes passed. Filled with dread, he rushed into the bathroom, kicking the door open. Sean was still there, but the state he was in shocked Cody. His face was barely visible in the tub, body floating slightly in the slightly cool bathwater. Cody quickly fished Sean out of the water, holding Sean's lolling head with his hands. Sean's eyes were slightly open, and his skin had gone slightly blue. The feeling of dread intensified tenfold. He slapped Sean's face. Unresponsive. A few seconds passed, before he finally realized that Sean's chest and stomach were not heaving. He was not breathing! Cody's eyes sprung wide open, and his jaw dropped. What had he done? What had he done? Cody could still see the streaks of tears on Sean's face, product of his grief during his final moments. What had he done?