Dangerous Liaisons

7. Is it in his kiss ?


The other morning, Orlando was woken up by his cell phone. He reached out to grab it and almost fell off the couch.

“Hmm? Yeah?” he yawned. Who the hell was calling him at this time?

“Good morning, Orli-Poo, well slept?” Keira’s voice said.

“Mmmh...” Orlando yawned again. He didn’t open his eyes and had to concentrate in order to not fall asleep again.

“Don’t tell me, you were still sleeping? It’s twelve o’clock!” Keira said far too loudly for Orlando’s taste. He spoke another “Mmmh” in the phone and sat up. He looked at his watch and frowned. How could it be twelve o’clock already? He could never sleep that long. When he took a look around, he almost fell to the floor. Why was he lying on the sofa in the living room? Why wasn’t he in his bed? And why was Johnny lying on the other couch, apparently still sleeping? What was going on?!

“What the fuck...?” He said confusedly.

“Hm?” Keira asked.

“I just woke up on the fucking couch in the living room.” He whispered and jumped up, exiting the room because he didn’t want to wake Johnny up.

Keira shrugged. “You must’ve fallen asleep while watching tv.”

“No, it wasn’t on and Johnny was on the other couch.” Orlando mumbled.

“What??” Keira cried. “Orlando, tell me immediately what happened.”

“What? Nothing. Nothing happened. I think.” He said trying desperately to recall what had happened the other night. “We came home, started watching a film and I must’ve fallen asleep sometime.”

“Okay. When did you leave anyway?” she asked. She didn’t see her two Pirates after her dance... dances with Jack. She giggled thinking about the other night.

“Don’t know. Who cares, you didn’t show any interest in us anyway as you were snogging your dear Commodore.” Orlando said trying to sound offended, but had to smile.

“God, that was such a great evening, you can’t imagine. I’ll have to thank Johnny a thousand times.” Keira said.

“Yeah. I heard he brought you together.” Orlando said, making some coffee.

“Oh, Orli I’m so sorry that our conversation yesterday was interrupted. What were you saying again?” She asked and tried to remember. “Oh, right. About you and Johnny.”

“There is no me and Johnny.” Orlando protested instantly. “Just... forget about it. It’s not important, I was just having a little depression. I’m fine, okay? Don’t worry.”

“Orlando.” Keira said. She knew that Orlando had meant everything he had said the other night.

“No, really Keira, it’s fine. I’ll just have to see Kate again and everything will be fine. Don’t tell anyone about it, alright? Please.” He asked.

Keira was quiet for a moment. What was she going to do now? She wanted to tell Johnny everything because he had helped her so nicely but now Orlando asked her not to. “Okay, ‘lando.”

He thanked her. “You’re an angel.”

“I know, I know. Well, could you tell Johnny to call me as soon as he wakes up? I need to thank him for Jack.”

“Sure, no problem. So, what’s happened between you and Jack?” Orlando asked curiously.

“Umm... gotta go, byebye.” Keira said and hung up. Orlando chuckled and put his cell phone down. He took his cup of coffee and wanted to get out of the kitchen, when he thought that Johnny might want some coffee too, so he took another cup and filled it. A cup in every hand, he entered the living room and put the two cups on the table. He looked at Johnny who was stretched out on the couch, sleeping with his mouth open and slightly snoring. Orlando had to grin, the sight was too funny. He sat down and observed him for a while until Johnny suddenly opened his eyes and looked at him.

“Stop staring at me.”

Orlando looked at him. “I’m not staring. I was just... bringing you some coffee.”

“Yeah right, you’ve been staring at me for at least two minutes.” Johnny said. He had woken up because he felt observed. He couldn’t sleep when someone was looking at him, he sensed it and automatically woke up. He sat up and took a closer look at Orlando who had a slight blush on his cheeks because Johnny had just caught him. God, he looked gorgeous this morning. Not that there was any time that he didn’t look gorgeous though. After Keira’s party they had watched a movie but halfway through he suddenly heard Orlando’s soft snoring, so he decided to switch off the television and admire something far more beautiful for a while. He must have drifted off at some moment because he had just woken up on the couch.

“So, where’s that coffee?” he asked interested.

Orlando took the cup and Johnny took it thankfully taking a sip. “What time is it?”

“Twelve o’clock already. I was sleeping until a few minutes ago when Keira pulled me out of my dreams.” Orlando explained, drinking his coffee. “Oh right, she wants you to call her.”

“Yeah? Oh right, okay. Later.” Johnny said. “So, what about her and Jack? Did she say anything?”

“No, she wouldn’t tell me what happened after the party. But maybe you’ve got more luck when you ask her later.” Orlando grinned, drinking the rest of his coffee and putting the cup back on the table.

“Alright.” Johnny grinned back. He emptied his cup and put it next to Orlando’s. Then he suddenly felt the urge to put his arms around the younger man and didn’t hesitate this time. So he put his arms around him and looked at him. “Any plans for today?”

Orlando almost screamed. He didn’t expect that, he was completely unprepared for something like this? What was he to do? His heart was pounding in his chest. Why did Johnny make him that nervous when they got so close?!

“I... um... no, haven’t got any... plans.” He stuttered, not sure what to say or do. He didn’t push Johnny away, he didn’t even know why he didn’t, but he didn’t really want him to stop.

“So what do you propose?” Johnny asked feeling Orlando’s nervousness even though he was trying to hide it. He felt mighty knowing that he was the reason for the younger man’s current state.

Orlando shrugged, not able to speak anymore. He was so nervous, he didn’t want to push Johnny away, but he also felt uncomfortably like this. He was afraid, afraid because he didn’t understand his feelings. He opened his eyes in shock when Johnny moved even closer to him, turning his head towards him, so that he now had to look at him which he had been trying to avoid before.

Johnny slowly ran his thumb over Orlando’s cheek, looking him straight in the eyes. He felt that now was the time to risk something, so he closed his eyes and placed a gentle kiss on the other man’s lips. He let his lips rest on Orlando’s for some seconds, then softly brushed his nose with his own and opened his eyes only to see that Orlando had closed his owns. His face was flushed and he looked incredibly hot and beautiful. His lips were slightly opened like he was longing for more. He leaned forth and softly kissed the sweet lips. He felt Orlando’s warm breath on his skin, realizing that he was breathing quite quickly.

Just when Johnny wanted to deepen the kiss, Orlando suddenly pulled away, opening his eyes in shock. He slapped Johnny, then got up and ran to the bathroom locking the door behind him. Johnny looked after him surprised. He held his cheek. He had expected a reaction like that. But he had kissed him. He had actually kissed him and Orlando had let it happen. A smile sneaked on his face and he was incredibly happy even though it had been just a kiss. He got up and hopped into his bedroom to fetch his cell phone. He had to know what Keira had found out the other day.

“Knightley?” Keira said when she picked up.

“Hey Kay, am I disturbing?” Johnny asked politely not really caring if Keira was busy or not.

“No, no. I’m free. Oh Johnny, thank you, thank you, thank you so incredibly much!” She suddenly yelled excitedly.

“No problem, honey. Calm down a bit, will ya?” Johnny asked chuckling. “So, what’ve you two been up to?”

“Well, we kissed and danced until my guests were all gone and then we went to my place and... well, you can imagine. The rest was highly entertaining.” She giggled.

“I’m glad for you. So, you talked to Orlando yesterday...” Johnny said.

“Right, I did. But actually I promised him not to tell anyone what he said...” Keira said, still not really knowing what to do.

“Keeeira... come on, you owe me something. I gave you the love of your life, just tell me a bit what he said.” Johnny begged.

“Alright, alright. Well, he seems pretty confused. First, he said that he was so in love with Kate, but then he confessed me that he doesn’t even really miss her anymore and that he’s confused and stuff. And guess what? It all started since you came into his life.” Keira said.

Johnny couldn’t help but smile. “Really? What else?”

“Well, actually he thinks your beautiful, but he’s very very confused. So go easy on him please. Alright?”

“He thinks I’m beautiful? Wow... I don’t think anyone’s ever called me beautiful. Only hot and sexy, but beautiful...” Johnny was honestly surprised. It really seemed like Orlando was falling in love with him. “Thank you, Keira, you’re a big help. Let me know if you find out anything else, will you?”

“Of course.” Keira promised, then they hung up.

~ * ~ * ~

Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. What had just happened?! Orlando leaned against the bathroom door and took a several deep breaths. Johnny had kissed him! And it felt good, it felt so right, but also wrong and... wait a minute. Good? Right? What was happening to him? He couldn’t understand it. What was Johnny doing to him, why couldn’t he resist him and above all, what was with Kate? He had a girlfriend, he couldn’t just kiss male strangers. Well, actually Johnny wasn’t a stranger. He was male thought. Orlando had never cared for men, why was he suddenly starting to? He sighed, went to the sink and splashed some cold water in his face. He looked into the mirror and realised his flushed cheeks. He had enjoyed it, god how he had enjoyed it. He suddenly realized that he wasn’t the only one who had enjoyed it when he looked down. He sighed again. He had to talk to someone about it. About the thing with Johnny, not about his erection of course. On second thought it was quite disturbing that a man could put him in this state. But who could he talk to? Who would listen? Who would give him the right advice? Then suddenly he knew it. He slowly opened the door, relieved to see that Johnny was no longer on the couch, then he hushed to the door and left the house.

~ * ~ * ~


“Wow.” Sean said after Orlando had told him everything. “I really... wow.”

Orlando frowned. He couldn’t really understand what was so ‘wow’ about his whole experience. “Wow...?” He asked.

“Well... yeah, I mean. Many of us hoped that you’d turn out to be gay and now it seems to happen.” Bean explained.

”What?!” Orlando called out. “I’m not gay, how can you say I’m gay and who is many of us?” With every minute passing he became more confused.

“Well, half of the cast of Rings. Didn’t you notice?”

“Notice what?” Orlando asked.

“That some of us are gay. Orli, I mean Elijah, Dom, myself, I guess even Viggo sometimes fantasized about you.”

Orlando’s eyes shut open. “What?! You... you’re gay?” That was quite a surprise.

“Well yeah. You really didn’t notice? I mean Elijah and Dom... you must’ve noticed how close they were.” Sean said.

“No! I mean... yes, they were close but that doesn’t mean that they’re in love. Jesus, you caught me off guard here.” Orlando said. “You’re really all gay?”

“Not all of us obviously. Billy isn’t and Sean of course isn’t. Viggo hasn’t quite decided yet, but he definitely likes men too.” Sean explained.

Orlando took some minutes to get over that new information. Then he sighed. “And I wanted someone neutral to help me with my problem.”

Sean laughed. “You want to tell me I’m not open-minded? Do you want to hear my opinion?”

Orlando looked at him. Somehow he wanted to know it, but he was also afraid to be told that he was gay. He wasn’t... was he? Eventually he nodded when he felt strong enough to face the truth.

“Okay, if you are gay – I’m saying ‘if’ because you are the only one who can figure that out – if you are gay, then you should go for it. Although... I’m not quite sure if Depp’s the right choice for that. You know about all the rumors and honestly he never had a real relationship, he prefers casual sex. But, well I don’t know him personally, but from what I’ve heard... I don’t know. But you know him quite well, so you probably know what kind of guy he is. So I advise you to do what your heart tells you to do. Just be careful, OB. I don’t want you to get hurt.” Sean said.

Orlando looked at him. “Can’t you just tell me what to do? I’m so confused.” He still didn’t know what to do. But he was happy that there were at least a part of his friends who supported him whatever his choice was.

“No, I can’t tell you, I’m sorry. Take your time. Take the decision when you’re ready.”

Orlando nodded. He would probably need some time to figure out what he truly wanted. Was he really in love? Could it be that Johnny had stolen his heart? Could he give in to it and let it happen? Was Johnny the right choice for this? Was he gay? Or was it only Johnny who made his heart beat faster? There were so many questions in Orlando’s head and no answers. But he felt relieved after he’d spoken to Sean. He got up and hugged him, thanking him for his help. Then he promised to call Sean as soon as there was something new and went home.


Tbc...