Nic sighed. He had answered her question. What was she mad about now?

Laurel didn't help him understand as she stood, "I'm going to go eat," she told him. She didn't sound mad, just a little tired.

Nic let her go, resting in bed some more.

--

After Raven had put away his souvenirs, given Frei her candy, and checked in with Wolfe, he went to find Laurel.

Laurel was sitting in the sun by the pool, petting Rosemary.

So when Raven found Laurel he asked if she wanted to go shopping.

Laurel seemed a little out of it, but she agreed.

Meanwhile, Wolfe talked to Rosen.

So Raven went about distracting and energizing Laurel.

When Laurel picked up for awhile before sighing, "I think... I might have made a mistake," she admitted quietly as they walked out of the candy shop.

--

Topless Rosen walked into Nic's room.

"... What do you mean?" Raven asked.

--

Nic was at his computer again, not noticing Rosen walk in.

Laurel was silent, staring at the ground as they walked.

--

So Rosen walked over to Nic, stopped behind him and then leaning down, putting his face right by Nic's neck, "Mmm, you smell good," he murmured, exhaling hot breath over Nic's neck.

"... Come on, Laurel," Raven told her gently.

--

Nic slowly stopped typing, but his body language remained mostly the same. "... Who put you up to this?" he asked Rosen as he turned off his screen. But he didn't move.

Laurel finally sighed, "I... gave everything to Nic," she mumbled, "And it's not like I regret it, because I don't. But... I think..." she shifted a little, "the timing could have been better."

-

Rosen chuckled near his ear before rubbing his cheek across Nic's. His whole aura had changed, everything about him seemed alluring and beautiful.

"... You..." Raven was silent for awhile before putting an arm around her. "But, you're happy, right?"

--

"Seriously," Nic said as he became more rigid and stood up. "Just tell me."

Laurel nodded slowly, "... Most of the time," she replied quietly, "But there's still a large wall between us. I thought... mistakingly... that getting closer to him physically would help. But I guess... being with me like that isn't a big deal to him."

--

"Relax..." Rosen breathed as he moved around to Nic's front. He looked down at Nic with captivating eyes before lightly kissing his temple.

Raven kissed the top of Laurel's head gently. "I'm sure it's not like that..."

--

"... Why are you doing this?" Nic asked, voice quieter and body still rigid.

Laurel huffed a little, "I don't understand guys..." she muttered.

--

Rosen didn't respond as his hand went AAAAAAAAAAAAANNDDDDDDD he continued to seduce Nic... because he's awesome.

So Raven comforted Laurel a little.

--

Nic's body language started to change. Raven's intuition appeared to be right. And to Rosen, it didn't seem like it was Nic's first time with a man.

Laurel sighed a little, "I feel like all you ever do is comfort me now-a-days... We used to have fun."

--

Rosen continued to go along with it, still testing Nic.

"... Well..." Raven said, "then let's have some fun!" So he dragged Laurel off to have a good time.

--

Nic kept going, but pulled away after awhile. "... Will... Laurel be mad at me?" he whispered to no one in particular.

Laurel seemed a bit lighter, having that off her chest. She quickly became bubbly and the free spirit she usually was as she started dragging Raven around.

--

"What she doesn't know... won't hurt her," Rosen tempted in a perfectly tender voice as he tried to draw Nic in again.

Nic pushed away a little, trying to think something through.

Rosen kept pushing Nic seductively, making it very hard for Nic to concentrate.

And Nic was succumbing to it. Soon he couldn't think anymore and gave in.

Rosen lay beside Nic on the bed with a hand on Nic's chest, "Dude, you are so totally bi," he chuckled.

Nic wasn't half bad. And as Laurel had experienced, he had actually expressed some emotion like a normal person. But he didn't seem to have noticed he slipped once and dropped a new name. David.

As Rosen chuckled, Nic seemed to start coming out of whatever daze he was in as his expression returned to his normal frown. "... I'm not bi," he muttered as he started to sit up.

"So you're gay?" Rosen clarified as he stayed laying down.

"I'm not gay," Nic replied, struggling to keep his voice emotionless as he looked for his shirt.

"Your body speaks otherwise," Rosen laughed alluringly.

Nic cussed a little as he started putting his clothes back on. "I'm straight," he declared even though there was clearly more to it.

Rosen shrugged, "Deny it all you want, you clearly like men."

"You seduced me," Nic suddenly spat at him, some anger coming out.

"You liked it," Rosen replied calmly as he stretched out on the bed a bit.

"You need to leave before Laurel gets back," he spat at Rosen.

"You should at least change the sheets before she sleeps in them with you," he chuckled as he got up and looked for his pants.

Nic didn't look at Rosen as he kept looking for socks and stressing.

"By the way, I'm Rosen, not David," he said, amused at Nic's name dropping.

Nic froze for a few moments. Then suddenly, still facing away from Rosen, he growled with a deep anger, "Get out!"

"Was on my way out," Rosen noted, even more amused now, "I have such a touchy new master..." he smirked before heading for the door with his shoes in on hand.

Just before he opened the door, Nic made a few things clear. "This never happened," he spat, still angry. "I'm straight. And never say that name again."

Rosen laughed outright, "It did happen, we both enjoyed it, you're not straight and David's a pretty name," he smirked before opening the door, "See you later, lover."