Heading home -- [/Zander]

[Mel Kucharski]

Mel woke up early. Exceedingly early. He feared he might accidentally wake up Choi and Jacob. Tonight was one of the nights that they were all in the room. Sometimes everyone was somewhere else. That could be a good thing at times, for instance when Zander and he had had an impromptu sleepover, but also bad. for instance, when no one was around because of the hurricane. Of curse he had Aoi with him at about that time, but still.

He snuck into the bathroom and slipped into some clothing he had set out the night before. This was so exciting! He was going back home! Well.. not really. He was going back to Colorado, but not to his home. A couple weeks ago Zander had mentioned something about heading back home. Mel was enthusiastic, naturally, the only downside was the fact that he suddenly had to be a girl for the entirety of the trip. He figured that he might as well make a good impression on the first day and chose his wardrobe accordingly. He thought it was quite clever, wearing a 'Bounjour' shirt. But then again, that was just Mel.

Once he had left a note to remind Choi of his absence and grabbed everything he would he was need for a long plane trip he was set. He brought along his phone to make sure he was meeting Zander at the right time and right place, sending a quick text to confirm it all. After meeting they caught the ferry to the big island, and Zander took him to a jewlery store, where he got his ears pierced. Sure, it hurt something awful, but Zander stayed with him the whole time. He really appreciated that. Afterwards, it was straight to the Honolulu airport.

Mel hooked his arm around Zander's as soon at they were out of airport security. The homeland security officer seemed awfully confused when he took a glance at Mel's passport. Double checking to make sure it really did say 'Sex: Male'. But they got through just fine. Mel shouldered his carry-on while using his free hand to play with the tiny blue roses now studded into his ears. "I don't think it hurts so much anymore!" He exclaimed, nothing but smiles. He glanced at a shop as they passed it, catching the scent of baked goods. It made him hungry, but he wouldn't ask Zander is he could get any. They didn't want to be late for the flight, now did they did they?

Mel smiled and looked down at his ticket. "I think this is it! Wanna sit down?" He stood on his tiptoes and place a quick kiss on Zander's cheek. "And you may not like this, but.. I think I got a window seat!" Window seats were always fun, especially on eight hour flights from Hawaii to Colorado.

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[Zander Alesnia]

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Zander’s alarm went off. He groaned and rolled over, slapping the snooze button. Come on, Zander, you have to go get Mel’s ears pierced. he told himself, rolling out of the bed and landing on all fours on the floor. He really needed to go to bed earlier. Zander sprawled out along the floor with a large yawn. No one was around. He always wondered where his roomies stayed when they weren’t in the room but, he never asked. He gently bit his bottom lips and pushed himself to his feet. Zander shuffled over to his dresser and pulled out his shirt and slipped on his pants. He felt like doing something spontaneous today. Maybe, he’ll get piercing too.


Zander was going to home today. He wasn’t that excited. It’ll be hard, being there, without… you know who. He had all those memories in that town, his mother, his sister. Mel had to pretend to be a girl. Mel didn’t seem to have much of a problem with that but, he sort of did. Zander had to be careful about what he said. Mel had to be careful. He sort of wondered what Mel was wearing today but, he waved that thought off as he received a text to confirm everything and then met Mel. He and Mel caught the ferry back to the island, he didn’t have the money to keep his own boat docked at the main island.


Zander held Mel’s hand tight while he was getting his ears pierced then disappeared into a back room to get his mysterious, secret piercing. Mel would never know what it was, but, again, he was feeling spontaneous. He got his hips pierced. It looked fantastic on Loki, and they were interesting. They then headed to the airport. Zander chuckled a little when the guard double checked that the pass port said Male for Mel.

”That’s good, hun.” Zander smiled, when he said his didn’t hurt much anymore. He grunted in pain a little bit his was giving him more than slight discomfort. He gently bit his bottom lip. Zander had his carry on slung over his shoulder, the other around Mel’s shoulder. When they got on the plane, he chuckled a bit. ”No, I want to stand the whole flight.” he said sarcastically, gently kissing Mel, which called from giggles from two girls behind who clearly knew Mel was a boy. Zander rolled his eyes, Colorado girls were such fan girls. Mel then talked about the window seat. ”It’s fine, I don’t mind.” Zander said, placing his carry-on under his seat.

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[Mel Kucharski]

Mel eyed Zander suspiciously, reaching up to twist his new ear piercing. It was quite conspicuous, the way his breath would momentarily emit a noise of pain. After he had stood with him to get his ears pierced, the moment that was through, he promptly disappeared into the back room. Mel didn't know what he had done back there and Zander wouldn't tell him. For about 15 minutes he was left by himself, looking around the dark building and dodging nasty looks from the occasional person who would wander in and the heavily-tattooed store clerk. Mel felt a bit upset when Zander refused to tell him, perhaps a bit betrayed that Zander didn't trust him enough to tell him what had happened. He was trying his best to ignore it, maybe Zander did have a good reason for not telling him. But it really did trouble him, not that he would allow Zander to recognize that.

When they were in the airport he had forgotten momentarily. But seeing Zander's pain made him want to ask what he had done to loose his trust. Relationships didn't work with a lack of trust, Mel knew that, and he really wanted this relationship to work. Perhaps he was overanalyzing or being nit-picky. He simply relaxed into Zander's kiss, not really working up emotion to put behind it.

He heard tittering laughter just behind them. He looked over at a pair of girls sitting not too far behind. He dropped his face, blushing madly. How did they know? Mel had tried especially hard to look female for this trip. No girl would giggle because she saw a boy kissing his girlfriend. They must have known that he was male. If they could tell, who else could? What if Zander's parents could tell? It made him shudder. Maybe this was a bad idea after all. Perhaps he had said 'yes' too fast.

With a sigh he dropped his bag before buckling the seatbelt abd pulling his knees up to his chest. He wasn't very good at hiding emotions, but he had to. For Zander's sake. The flight attendants came about , making sure that everything was set for take-off. Once the engines started up he couldn't help but lean against Zander. He wasn't exactly scared of the take-off, but all of the noise and the speed made him nervous. But no matter, he might as well get comfortable for such a long flight. His eyes strayed out the window to watch the rushing and blurred scenery of hawaii as the plane picked up speed.

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[Zander Alesnia]

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He sat down after Mel and buckled his seat. Zander gave a concerned look when Mel hugged his knees to his chest. He grinned a little when Mel leaned against him. Zander wrapped his arm around Mel’s shoulder and kissed the top of his head. He nuzzled his nose against Mel’s cheek. ”What’s wrong?” Zander asked, concern caking his tone of voice. He stared at Mel for a long second before letting his eyes trail to the window, watching the scenes pass by at a high speed. Zander let out one more painful grunt. He really hoped that it wouldn’t be much painful for much longer.


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When the plane landed and everyone told they were able to turn their cell phones on, there was a large sound in unison of everyone’s phone turning on. They then got off the plane and made it through the terminal, his carry-on over his right shoulder and Mel attached to his left hand. As they made it through the gate, his mother was latched around him immediately. She seemed to be at least a foot shorter than Zander, and very frail. Zander looked big and muscular compared to her. ”Zan-zan!” His mother said squeezing him tighter. Zander dropped Mel’s hand and hugged back. ”Hey, mom.” Zander said and gently pushed her off. She smiled up at him, their eyes and hair seemed to be almost identical, the only difference was her hair was much longer. ”Mom, this is Mel, my girlfriend.” Zander informed beckoning to Mel.

Zander’s mother seemed to examine Mel closer. She bent closer, squinting, and had one hand on her hip. She seemed to breaking down every part of him. ”What does Mel stand for?” She asked. ”Mel…..any! Melany.” Zander said, saying the first name that came to mind and, wrapping his free arm around Mel’s waist. His mom stroked her chin, as if stroking and imaginary beard. ”Cute.” Alisia said, wrapping Mel in a tight hug, hell, Zander’s mom made Mel look big and muscular. When Alisia stepped away, she spoke: ”Like your skirt. She started to walk away. Luckily, his hips didn’t hurt much more. He kind of wondered what Mel would think of them.


Zander smiled down at Mel and nodded following his mom to the baggage claim. He claimed his and Mel’s bag. Alisia smiled at Zander and Mel and led them out to the car. ”Off to Manitou.” she said, putting their luggage in the trunk then getting in the driver side.

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[Mel Kucharski]

Mel did his best to pretend as though he didn't hear Zander's question. But it was hard to ignore someone when their nose was brushing along your cheek, especially if that nose belonged to Zander. The boy bit his tongue, determined not to speak. Finally Zander moved away, with another sound of pain. Mel made a grimace, what could Zander have done to make himself feel as much pain as that.

Again, Mel tried to repress emotions and snatched the SkyMall magazine from the front seat-pocket. He flipped to the back to check the list of in-flight movies. Looked like on this particular flight the movies were to be "The Last Song" with Miley Cyrus and "Remember Me" with Robert Pattinson. Mel made a face. Just his luck. Two romance movies, both with actors he disliked. With a sigh he stowed it back in the pocket and reached down to fish in his bag for a puzzle book. Once he had one, he pushed himself up to look at the two girls who had laughed at him sitting an aisle across and one seat back. Once sure that they weren't watching, he pushed up the arm rest separating Zander and he so that he could snuggle into his side. it was a p[retty good, if not unusual circumstance. the seat beside them was totally unoccupied. A rare event on aircraft. Mel hoped that one of the girls wouldn't try to pull something funny like popping up to sit beside them.

"What are we gonna do for an entire seven hours?" he yawned. It was partially rhetorical. Mel knew that he would end up asleep eventually. Hopefully Zander didn't mind that he was reclining against him.If it hurt him at all Mel would have to settle for staring at the window. Within an hour of flying, Mel dropped off. Only waking once or twice to eat, then right back to sleep. When he finally woke up they were beginning decent into the airport. But that wasn't the only thing he noticed, somehow his head had come to rest on Zander's lap, just above the knee. With tiny squeak he scrambled into an upward sitting position, blushing madly and coughing out an embarrassed apology.

Once in the airport, they were greeted by a small sort of woman. Zander introuced him as Melany. A very nice name if Mel thought so himself. Mel couldn't help but giggle shyly when Zander said he was his girlfriend. that was actually the first time he called Mel a term ending with 'friend'. So did that mean he was now Zander's official boyfriend? It made him really happy.

His mother seemed suspicious for a moment. Mel held his breath as the woman scrutinized him. Out of the corner of his eye he spotted the two 'fangirls' walking from behind. Zander's mom seemed nice enough, he almost felt guilty of deceiving her. Almost. With a smile Mel slipped into the seat beside Zander. "Manitou, huh? I live down buy CSU. It's a really nice place."

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notes; yey!
outfit;oh la la!