The Catalyst (PG-17)

Writers: Paula, Chelle
Date Posted: 15th November 2010

Characters: Rosid, Wodi
Description: The boys take a bath and Rosid notices something.
Location: Garnet Valley Hold
Date: month 11, day 14 of Turn 5
Rating: PG-17

Wodi was walking through the back corridors of the Hold to one of the common bathing areas for males. With his things in his hand, he walked inside carefully. Looking around, he saw another boy and a man that was leaving. Coming to a bench, he began to strip, stealing furtive glances at the other boy before walking into the pool to bathe, turning his back.

Rosid hated the public bath. As usual, he was trying to avoid meeting anyone's eyes. He moved further away when the other boy came in.

Wodi went about his business, using the soapsand to scrub and make sure
everything was clean. The boy took his time, but he didn't linger. When he
was done, he slipped under the water to rinse. Coming back up, he wiped
the water from his eyes and then turned, looking for his towel.

Rosid didn't notice he had picked up someone else's towel. They all looked
pretty much same. He was trying to get his hair dry before dressing up.

He spotted his towel, knowing it was his because of the small stain in the corner. "Hey umm..that's mine."

"How do you know?" Rosid asked.

"See that little mark there?" He pointed to the place on the towel. "That's from where I had a nosebleed."

"Eeew," Rosid was disgusted. "Take your sharding towel," he tossed it with force and noticed with certain malicious pleasure that it landed right into the young boy's face. "Where's mine then?" He looked around.

"I don't know." Wodi picked up his towel and walked out, drying off and wrapping it around himself. He saw Rosid there, naked, and only looked for a few moments.

"What are you staring at, moron?" Rosid asked cantankerously. He looked around and spotted his towel. It had simply slid to the floor from the bench. He quickly retrieved it and wrapped it around his waist.

"N-Nothing of course," he stated, gathering up his things. The boy had a nice backside though. And then, like most adolescents, Wodi couldn't help himself. He started thinking about what he'd like to do and then he began to realize that he hoped the towel hid it. Turning his back, he sincerely hoped that Rosid hadn't seen _that_.

Luckily, Rosid was busy staring at the wall. He was feeling embarrassed and was trying to hide a blush creeping up his cheeks.

Grabbing his things, Wodi then went to the changing area and started to dress in preparation for walking out into the Hold. It was harder now to hide his reaction and he was trying to calm himself down.

"What are you doing?" Rosid had gotten his face under control and turned to look at the younger boy.

"Just...leaving. Have to hurry or I'll be late for meal." Wodi hoped he would just ignore him. **I don't exist. He can't see me. He won't notice me. I'm nobody**

"What kind of sharding perv are you? Jerking off in a place like this!" Rosid's voice nearly

broke with disgust and shock. His face was contorting.

"I'm not jerking off. Sheesh. It's just a little cold, that's all." Finishing with his dressing, he gathered his things and started to hurry. **This could be bad**

"Cold makes you shrink, freak," Rosid pointed out with nasty tone of voice.

"Maybe you it does, but not me." Finishing with his things, he made a hasty exit. Wodi hoped that Rosid would just forget the whole thing.

Last updated on the November 20th 2010

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The Catalyst (PG-17)