Dangerous Liaisons

5. Getting closer


When he arrived there, everything was dark. He entered the flat and stood there for minutes feeling suddenly very alone. He took a look at his watch. His eyes moved to Orlando's bedroom door. He wondered if he was already home or if he was still out, having fun with his friends while the only place he should be was in Johnny's bed. He opened Orlando's door and looked inside. His eyes needed some time to adjust to the darkness. The bed was empty, Orlando hadn't come home yet which was normal because it was still early. Johnny considered the option of joining him in the disco, then decided against it and droppped down on the couch where he fell asleep after some minutes.


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It was three o'clock in the morning, when the door was unlocked and Orlando came home. He was surprised because the lights were on in the living room until he approached the couch, seeing Johnny sleeping on it. He looked down on him and the sight of his friend sleeping caused a smile to appear on his lips. He took a seat on the edge of the couch, taking a closer look at Johnny. He had a strange feeling in his stomach though he didn't understand what it was. Somehow, he wasn't able to take his eyes off the older man and he felt the weird urge to touch him. He softly touched the sleeping man's hair looking at his face. He lowered his eyes. He didn't understand what was going on with him. While he was trying to collect his thoughts in order to find out what was happening to him, the other man slowly opened his eyes to be surprised at the sight of Orlando sitting beside him and having his hand on his hair.

"Are you okay?" he whispered causing Orlando to flinch. He looked at the older man, quickly taking his hand away and blushing. Johnny hadn't had the intention to scare him, but he had to smile to see the familiar red colour appear on his friend's face. Johnny sat up, still looking at Orlando. 'This may be the perfect opportunity to try something, but if I ruin it...', Johnny thought. He wasn't sure what to do, so he decided to put his hand 'accidentally' on Orlando's. He was positively surprised as Orlando didn't pull it away. He flinched at the unexpected contact, but he didn't react to it in a negative way. That was the last confirmation Johnny needed to know that he's plan was going to be a success.

He moved a little closer to Orlando, using his free hand to slightly raise the younger man's head. Orlando looked at Johnny with his beautiful chocolate eyes with a look of worry and uncertainty. Johnny kept looking Orlando straight in the eyes until Orlando became too nervous and broke the eye-contact. He also suddenly seemed to realize what an intimate situation he had created and quickly pulled his hand away from underneath Johnny's and got up, putting some distance between him and Johnny.

"I um... just came back, s-saw you sleeping on the couch and I thought you might... um... prefer to sleep in your bed. Well, anyway. Goodnight." He stuttered then quickly disappeared in his room.

Johnny stared for some seconds at Orlando's red bedroom-door. A few minutes more and maybe he could've kissed him. He smiled about the thought of finally kissing those perfect lips. He went to his room, getting ready for bed and was imagining their first kiss until he finally fell asleep.


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After saying goodnight, Orlando had closed the door. What had just happened there? He had never cared for men, never even considered the idea of being interested in a man and now he was staring at a man's face and even considering him as beautiful? He knew that something was happening to him, but he knew that he was heterosexual. Did he? Of course he did. He was happy with Kate, they were going to get married some day, when he had the courage to ask her and they would be happy 'til the end of their days. When he thought this, he suddenly realized that he wasn't that happy about that idea. But how was that possible? He really didn't understand what was going on with him. When he got ready for bed, he had Johnny's face constantly in his mind. Oh god, he had allowed him to touch his hand and raise his head. What had Johnny wanted to do then? Kiss him? He shivered at the thought, crawled beneath the blanket and pulled it to his chin. There was just something about Johnny... He wasn't an ordinary man. While they were staring in eachother's eyes, Orlando had felt an intense connection between the two friends that was more than only friendship. Orlando spent the rest of the night trying to fall asleep but ended up thinking all night about the episode that had just happened, not finding a conclusion and still not knowing what was going on when the morning rose the other morning.

When he got up at 7 am, Johnny was still sleeping - not that he had expected him to be awake. He stood in the living room undecided what to do. He looked at Johnny's door, then shook his head, made some coffee, then went for his morningly jogging.

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When Johnny woke up some hours later, the first thing on his mind was Orlando. He smiled thinking about the scene of the evening before and quickly got up in order to see his precious. He was a bit sad when he realized that Orlando wasn't there, but got over it quickly and drank some coffee. He didn't know what to do all on his one, so he decided to make a call.

"Rush?"

"Hey Geoffrey." He said.

"Well if that isn't my favourite co-star ever." Geoffrey said.

"It is." Johnny promised.

"So, how's Keira?"

"She's fine." Johnny teased.

"Have you fucked her?" Geoffrey asked impatiently.

"Yeah, I have, though I think it was a little in vain because she happens to never have dated your goddamn ex."

Silence on the other end of the line. "What?"

"Yeah. They went out a couple of times, but nothing happened, she didn't even like him. She's actually in love with someone else, so I've had sex with the poor girl for nothing. Not that we didn't enjoy it though."

"So she's not dating Tony. I never liked the bitch anyway, so she's got what she deserves."

"I don't completely agree with you on that matter, because Keira is absolutely charming, but at least now I'm a free man and I've got no more debts." Johnny said with a triumphing smile.

"Looks like." Geoffrey said. "So, what about our bet?"

"What about it? I'm actually starting to see some results."

"I don't believe you." Geoffrey said. "You know that I'll need some proof, right? I'm not gonna believe that you've fucked Orlando Bloom without any proof."

"How the hell am I supposed to proove you that?" Johnny asked. He didn't like this new aspect in the bet.

"There are many possibilities, luv." Geoffrey purred. "You could install some cameras in his bedroom, or take some pictures of him naked... or whatever. Just use your imagination."

Johnny thought about it for a moment, not answering. Geoffrey was always coming up with new things. Johnny wanted to win this bet, why couldn't Geoffrey just believe him when he eventually had Orlando?

"Johnny?"

"Yeah, whatever. I'm thinking."

"Great. Tell me, who were you talking about earlier? I mean, who's Keira in love with?" he asked.

"What do you care? Well, anyway, I've got to go." Johnny said when suddenly the door was unlocked and Orlando was coming in, wearing his sporty outfit. "Bye." He said hanging up. He looked at Orlando and smiled. "Hey you."

"Hi." Orlando mumbled, closing the door behind him.

"How are you?" Johnny asked. "Well slept?"

"Not really. I couldn't fall asleep the whole night." Orlando confessed.

Somehow Johnny felt sorry for him, knowing that it was probably his fault that he hadn't been able to sleep. He was feeling sorry? What the hell was happening to him? He was supposed to leave all feelings out of this, so why was he starting to get so attached to the younger man. No, he couldn't be attched to him, it was certainly only because of his eagerness to have the young man lying under him, moaning in pleasure.

"Oh, I'm sorry." He said honestly. "Try to sleep a little now?" Johnny proposed.

Orlando shook his head. "No, I'm not really tired."

"Alright." Johnny said. "So, what are we going to do tonight? Oh right, we've got an invitation to a party tonight."

"Really?" Orlando asked curiously. "Whose?"

"Keira's. It's her birthday today and she's throwing a party and invited both of us." Johnny explained.

Orlando smiled at the mention of Keira. He hadn't seen her for some time and was looking forward to seeing her again. "Really? Great."

"Yep. Jack Davenport's going to be there too, so the only one missing from the Pirates cast is Geoffrey- not that anyone would actually miss him." Johnny added on second thought.

Orlando giggled which made Johnny smile. He was just too cute to be true. It was then when he realized that he WAS growing fond of him. He could go on pretending that he didn't care for the younger man or just admit that he just liked him.

"So we've got the whole afternoon for us, any plans?" Johnny asked.

Orlando thought about it for some time. "I don't know. We could watch some movies and then get ready for Keira's party."

Johnny agreed. Johnny got dressed in order to go downstairs and get them some pizzas and dvds. When he got back, they took place on the couch and watched the first movie. After they had finished their meal, they put the pizza boxes on the table and kept watching the movie. Unfortunately, Johnny hadn't made the right choice about the movie as it was an action movie, not really the right movie to cuddle. The second one though was a romantic comedy, so he could catch up with that later.

Finally the movie was over and Johnny started the other one. He was sitting on the couch next to Orlando, moving even a little closer. He hoped that Orlando was going to do the first step, which was pretty unprobable, but he could at least give him a sign that he wanted Johnny to do something.

He had to wait a whole hour, before he finally got the opportunity to do something. It was a very emotional scene in the movie and very sad. When Johnny turned his head to look at his younger friend, he suddenly discovered that Orlando was crying. There was a tear slowly running down his face. Johnny was so moved by the look of it that he almost pulled Orlando in his arms and kissed the tear away, whispering comforting words. But Orlando would probably not let that happen, so he decided to take one step at a time and put his arm around Orlando's shoulder. Orlando turned his head to look at the older man, a look of confusion in his eyes. Johnny smiled, hoping Orlando would let it happen and was glad to see Orlando return the smile and face the screen again. They stayed like that until the movie was over and Johnny was happy like he hadn't been in ages.


Tbc...