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Road Trip	By : Kip Category: DC Verse Cartoons > Justice League Views: 4334 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
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"Normal Speech"
Thoughts
EMPHASIS
Penultimate chapter…
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"Well, since there isn't any sign of the weather letting up, what do you two fancy doing with the rest of the evening?" Melly asked, settling more comfortably on the end of the long sofa. "I assume you intend to stay, since you didn’t beg a lift back from Charlie when he dropped your change of clothes off…"
"Yeah, thanks for getting him to fetch our gear," Kal added in.
"Yes, it was getting a bit airy wandering around in that sheet." Bruce admitted.
"You could have had the blanket," Kal laughed. "I offered."
Firmly resisting the urge to make a snappy comment about Kal and offers, Bruce just gave him a look. "Melly, what would you normally do if the weather was bad?" He wondered. "And you were stuck here?"
"Before or after getting plastered?" Melly smiled and rapped on one of the dressings for emphasis.
"After." He grinned back.
"Try and get a few more hours work done, and then go to bed."
"And before?"
"Take a nice loooonnnggg walk through the Hall, and do my very best not to get any insight whatever into Shiv and Pat were doing." She told him with a wry smile. "Even if it took earplugs to blot it out."
"Ouch!" Bruce empathized. "Like that was it?"
"Oh yes, and when you only have manual sex what you don't need is other people bouncing around and reminding you of what you're missing. No matter how fond you may otherwise be of them…"
"Surely you mean a sex manual … " Kal started to say and then blushed scarlet as he realized that Melly had said exactly what she had meant. "Oh …"
"Yep." Melly sighed. "And as it happens, of course I'm right handed in all things…" She gave a meaningful glance at the plaster cast currently enveloping her right arm from elbow to mid-finger level, and shrugged. "Go figure…"
Bruce gave what he hoped was a sympathetic smile. "Well, since there isn't anything much else to do, why don't we watch a DVD?" He asked, tactfully changing the subject to something that should, at least in theory, not involve the possibility of Kal's face going thermonuclear.
"Good idea." Melly smiled, "Kal, there's a whole cupboard full of them just over there. Pick something out and shove it in the player."
With a click of the remote the image on the screen was suddenly gone, but the expression on Kal's face seemed set to remain for far longer.
Bruce sat there, thoroughly enjoying the dazed look on his friend's expressive features; although personally he wasn't all that into porn flicks, he'd still seen enough of the things to know that that had been one of the tamer versions. Not that mere cinematic recreations had much power over him, after some of the real life scenes Bruce had witnessed in Gotham during his time as the Batman; however, the movie seemed to have stunned Kal into total silence.
Melly sighed, and turned off the television. "Uhm … Sorry, guys. I really didn't know that any of Patrick's pirate gay porn downloads were still hanging around," She apologized. "Although he did have rather a lot of them at one time… The idiot thought he was being clever by hiding them inside commercial cases and putting counterfeit labels on them. He swore he'd binned the lot of them after the last time Shiv found them. Shiv really hated Pat watching porn." She gave a wicked grin. "Shame it kept flickering on and off like that, just when it was beginning to get to an interesting bit too… That's why I stick to legitimate rentals, at least if there are parts missing you can take it back and complain."
Wearing a broad grin, Bruce found himself wondering precisely which parts Melly would be complaining about missing most?
"You found that interesting?" Recovering the power of speech, Kal blinked at her. "It didn't bother you at all? I mean seeing two guys together like that?"
Bruce instinctively tensed.
"'Course not! Since I am a woman, seeing naked guys can be quite a turn on under the right circumstances." Their hostess smiled mildly. "Of course that stuff's interesting, but it tends to be rather too contrived to really do it for me."
What would 'really do it' for Melly? The voyeur in Bruce would love to have his curiosity satisfied on that score, and he realized that if this played out right then he'd been handed at least one way to truly repay Melly for all her kindnesses, only there didn't seem to be a foolproof way to broach the topic without a fairly high risk of Kal jumping heavily to the wrong conclusion. For various reasons upsetting Kal was right at the top of Bruce's current mental list of Things to Avoid.
"Why? What did you think of it, Kal?" Melly turned the question neatly back on the asker. "It seemed to have caught your attention."
"Uhm… I've never actually seen any porn before." Kal admitted.
Never? Bruce couldn’t help casting a glance at his alien buddy. He knew that Kal had had a sheltered upbringing back at the farm, but seriously - just how innocent WAS this guy? Despite himself, Bruce felt a fresh tingle of interest ripple up his spine.
"In fact I'm still wondering if that bit… with them standing in the doorway… was even physically possible?" Kal finished.
"Should be." Bruce said lazily. "Assuming both parties were reasonably flexible…"
"Really?" Kal's eyes were wide.
"Oh, yes," Bruce nodded sagely. "Definitely."
"Have you ever… " Kal blushed more deeply than Bruce had ever seen anyone else manage.
"Not that exact move," With a slight smirk, Bruce shrugged. "But close." He added, without giving anything away. Let Kal interpret that how he wanted to. With any luck the response might give Bruce some additional insight into what went on inside that beautiful alien head.
"Well since we seem to be in the mood for questions and answers, and there's nothing to watch, how about a game of Truth or Dare before we turn in for the night?" Melly suggested, thereby coincidentally saving Bruce from doing all the running, which came as something of a relief, since even Kal wouldn't remain oblivious if Bruce initiated everything.
Besides, being the chivalrous type, he's more likely to go along with it, if he thinks Melly wants it…
True to the prediction, Kal grinned. "I don't object… if Bruce doesn't?"
"Fine by me." Bruce agreed. "As long as it doesn't get anywhere near to being work-related…" He knew that Kal would read far more into the comment than Melly. "After all, we are on vacation."
"Agreed." Kal nodded.
"Sure." Melly smiled. "Okay, then who's going to start?"
"Clockwise and ladies first?" Bruce suggested. There were nods from the other two. "Okay. Melly, you get to ask the first question – to Kal. Maybe after a few questions we'll change direction, just to keep it fair?"
"Sounds fine… Right then. Kal?" Melly smiled. Kal watched nervously. "Truth or dare?" She asked.
"Truth."
No surprises there. Bruce thought.
"Did the most stunning kiss you've ever had come from a man or a woman?" Melly asked. "Not counting compulsory smooshes from relatives though."
Kal looked confused. "I'm not sure, uh... In what way stunning? Bad stunning, or good?"
"Good." Melly clarified.
"Oh … "
Bruce took pity, guessing why Kal might be having trouble with the answer to that one. A lot of people wanted to kiss Superman and simply took liberties with their hero while in the middle of being saved. Of course Kal was just too charitable to even baulk at the treatment, usually attributing it to the effects of Shock if anyone started to question him about it. Not that either man could have explained any part of that to Melly.
"Perhaps you should limit the answer to kisses in which you participated voluntarily, Kal?" Bruce suggested carefully.
"Oh." Kal thought that over quickly. "Then I don't have any real basis for comparison. I haven't really kissed that many people voluntarily. Sorry …" He smiled shyly. "Bruce, Truth or Dare?"
"Truth." Bruce decided. Hasn’t kissed that many people, huh? How very interesting…
"Then the same question, to you."
"Okay. Best kiss ever, so far, was from a woman," Bruce grinned. "But I don't mind either gender." Delighted, he noticed Kal's eyebrows lift slightly. But was that surprise, or interest? "Melly?" He asked, keeping the game running.
"Truth."
"Same question to you."
"Man." Melly smiled. "Which is how I know that I prefer kissing guys." She looked at Kal. "Kal, you again."
"Truth." Kal replied without hesitation.
"Given that you don't seem to kiss that much," Melly asked. "Would you voluntarily kiss a man?"
"I wouldn't rule out the possibility … " The answer was said so shyly that Bruce couldn't help smiling. "If I felt sufficiently attracted." Kal clarified.
So he might be attracted? Bruce filed that fact away as well. At least, he didn’t seem as if he would be repulsed by the idea…
Kal was watching him. "Bruce? Truth or Dare?"
"Truth." Bruce decided.
"Okay. Then would you go further than a kissing with a guy?" Kal asked carefully.
Bruce tingled. Was that a hint? If so, would Kal ever actually get the courage to ask him directly?
"If we both felt comfortable with that, then yes…" He hoped that Kal was happy with that answer. "Melly, Truth or Dare?"
"Truth."
"Since you like kissing guys, which one of us would you rather kiss?" Bruce asked their hostess. Whichever way Melly answered, this one had the potential to be VERY entertaining!
"Cheeky, Bruce, very cheeky!" Melly grinned. "Who says I'd kiss either of you?"
"Answer the question." Bruce smiled.
"Okay – uhm, that's a toughie. When I first met the two of you I was a bit overwhelmed by both of you, Kal's so big that he looked rather intimidating at first, especially while Billy Kerris was around, but once we got talking I realised that he was just being chivalrous. Since I have a particular fondness for men with a softer side, a few days ago I would have said 'Kal' with no hesitation."
Raising a querying eyebrow, Bruce waited. "Would have? What changed your mind?"
"The way you took care of Kal after you were both out of the water." Melly answered confidently, "I couldn't believe how sweetly you looked after him until he recovered properly."
This time it was Bruce's turn to feel his cheeks scorching. The way that Kal was looking at him didn't help ease his embarrassment in the least.
"So, I don't think I could choose between you. It would have to be a tie." Melly decided. She winked at Bruce. "Your turn again Kal, truth or dare?"
True to form, Kal barely hesitated. "Dare."
"Okay, I think this time Bruce should get to choose the challenge." Melly suggested.
"So – you've chosen a Dare … " Bruce decided to try and test out a theory, and have a little fun in the process. "Okay, then Kal, since I still want to find out which of us Melly prefers, the dare is for you to kiss her. Properly."
"Kal, are you okay with that?" Melly asked.
Surprised and wide-eyed, Kal nevertheless nodded.
"Uh … You'll have to come over to me, I think." Melly suggested, "Only … " She glanced at the cast on her leg.
"Of course," Carefully, Kal settled beside her on the sofa, leaning in close so that he could carry out the task.
At first Bruce wondered if Kal might chicken out before he could complete the challenge as his friend looked distinctly anxious and unsettled.
Except that I've never known Kal to back down from any sort of challenge…
Pressing his lips lightly to Melly's, Kal traced the tip of his tongue along the line of her lips.
Initially Kal was incredibly tense: Bruce could see that from the way he held his arms rigid at her side, but as Melly let him run his tongue over her lips, Kal finally gained enough courage to slip the tip inside and tentatively explore her mouth. Slowly, his arms inched around Melly, and he gradually began to relax more. When they broke apart, Kal still looked somewhat unhappy though.
Melly's looking nicely pink, obviously she didn’t mind any of that in the least.
"Sorry, Melly, I'm not very good at kissing." Kal apologised.
"Not good? There was nothing wrong with that kiss, Kal. Once you warmed up, you were fine." Melly assured him, "Damn fine actually!"
It was clear that Kal still had grave doubts about that, and equally clear that he wasn't going to pursue the subject. "Bruce, truth or dare?" He asked, sitting back down in his previous seat.
"Truth."
"Then I want to know if YOU are any good at kissing?" Kal insisted.
"Yes. At least from what I've been told, I am." Bruce grinned. "Okay, Melly – Truth or Dare?"
"Truth."
It was way past time that Kal had a little confidence boost. Bruce decided to 'help'. "Tell us if you started to get warmed up while Kal was kissing you?" He asked Melly.
"Yes." Their new friend replied without hesitation. "Definitely. So now it's your turn Kal. Take your pick."
"Truth."
"What's gotten you most aroused so far?"
Kal looked away. "I can't …"
"You have to say, Kal, it's the rules." Bruce grinned, of course he had fully expected that any confession would have to be wrung out of his normally-reserved friend. "Go on, neither of us will count it against you."
However, Kal's expression was not what Bruce had expected. Instead of looking embarrassed, the Kryptonian appeared genuinely stricken. "I did say." He replied quietly.
"Kal, am I reading you completely wrong or are you telling us that you can't … that you don't usually get aroused?" Melly reached out and ruffled his hair.
It wasn’t the sort of question that usually got asked, and while Bruce was still reeling from the shock of the question, he heard the equally shattering answer.
"No," Kal shivered. "I … don't."
No… It can't be. But it was, wasn’t it? In that moment Kal looked as serious, and as scared, as Bruce had ever seen him.
"Doesn't it happen at all?" Melly's fingers twined in Kal's hair as she gauged his reaction. "Never?"
With a small sob, Kal buried his face in her shoulder.
When Kal finally spoke, his voice was muffled, and thick with emotion. "No…"
Melly sighed, pulling him close to her. "Oh babe, no wonder you were uncomfortable talking about it."
"You've never even had an erection? Not even morning wood?" Bruce couldn't resist asking, figuring that Kal could always refuse to say, since it wasn't technically Bruce's turn to ask. Which explains at least one part of why Kal wasn’t more bothered about waking up in bed with me, doesn’t it?
Cradled in Melly's embrace, Kal shook his head, and answered with typical honesty. "Never."
"I suppose you've had tests done?" Melly wondered.
"No one knows what's wrong …" Kal whispered.
For a moment Bruce sat and stared in total shock. It was barely conceivable that that beautiful body, so otherwise perfect in every perceptible way, could contain such a singularly devastating flaw.
Although, when Bruce thought about, that did explain a few things: like why Superman seemed to be the only male member of the League who never had to rush away to deal with unexpectedly tight clothing. Or why Kal never seemed in the slightest bit bothered by having naked and near-naked bodies wandering around him in the shower rooms, despite the bathing areas being open to all sexes.
Oblivious to the background details, Melly simply held Kal against her, her unbound arm wrapped around his shoulder, gently carding her fingers through his hair. "Oh, Kal," She soothed. "Maybe it will happen for you one day, only you just haven't met the right person yet?" Without thinking about it, she leaned forward and kissed him on the forehead.
Kal sighed, and snuggled close to her. "S'nice…" He whispered.
Melly thought that over. "Kal, you like being cuddled, don’t you? Being close to someone else."
There was no hesitation. "Yes."
"Do you get a lot of physical contact?" She wondered.
Kal shook his head. "No, at least not outside of, uhm, work."
"But you want to?" Melly asked gently.
"Yes." He sounded wistful. "Sometimes." He shifted so that he was looking into her eyes.
"Would you like me to keep doing this then?"
"Mmmm."
"Then get comfy." She told him. Kal didn’t need to be asked twice as he immediately altered position, so that his head was pillowed on her lap.
As he lay there together, with Melly stroking her hand along his broad chest, Kal visibly relaxed. "Kal, when people touch you to express affection, do you like it?" Melly wondered after a while.
"Depends on who it is." He glanced up at her. "I like you doing this. It's nice."
Bruce watched his friend and realised that Melly had just shown him that while Kal might not be able to perform in one respect, his shy Kryptonian was quite obviously still more than capable of appreciating physical intimacy. Bruce sighed, thinking that at that moment, he would have happily given everything he possessed to be able to have Kal laying against him like that.
"You're really enjoying this, aren't you?" Melly smiled.
"Mmm!" Kal practically purred.
"That's what it felt like." Melly gave him a beaming smile. "But unfortunately, nature has started to call me, and I have to answer before it starts yelling. So if you'll excuse me for the next few minutes?" Quickly getting to his feet, Kal drew Melly gently up from the couch; helping her to balance while Bruce fetched her crutch.
"I could get used to this sort of service." Melly smiled. "Occupy yourselves, guys..."
While Bruce rattled around in the ancient kitchen and made a fresh pot of coffee, Kal had investigated all of the DVD cases at his usual high speed, only to find that the only two films that might have been even half-worth watching had also fallen victim to the deceased Pat's canny efforts to conceal the last vestiges of his undercover porn collection.
"How about Alien?" Bruce suggested, looking at the case on top of the pile of discards. The withering stare that he got in response was answer enough. It was only then that it occurred to him why Kal might object to that particular choice. "Sorry, Kal," He instantly apologised. "I never even thought how that would sound. I don't ever think of you in that way."
Somehow, although the excuse sounded lame even to Bruce, Kal seemed to be utterly delighted by the confession. "Really?" He looked positively hopeful.
"Really." Bruce told him honestly "You're my colleague, and my friend, and where you came from doesn't usually even come into it - anymore than it would if I were dealing with anyone else. In fact, I think of Alfred as being more foreign than you…" For a moment Kal seemed to think that over. Bruce wondered if maybe Kal was actually doing his 'Super Lie Detector' thing but dismissed it as just his inner Bat being paranoid.
At that moment, Bruce caught the distant sounds of Melly returning.
Meaning Kal was probably listening to her, rather than checking on me… Hopefully?
tbc…
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