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TSSoaR - Ch. 5

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Chapter 5 - One Month Anniversary

Andrew was not a happy ghost. It had been three days since he'd heard from Nicolai.

Three. DAYS.

At first he thought it might have been something he'd said. He had mentioned to the other ghost it was their one month anniversary coming up. Maybe they could do something? And Andrew hadn't heard from him since. To start with he had been worried, then angry and now he was just depressed. Nicolai had been the first person that the novelist had opened up to in - well, ever. And now ...

Sighing, Andrew let his head fall back onto the cushion behind his head, looking up at the ceiling. It wasn't fair. He snorted. Fair things didn't happen to him. Otherwise he might still be alive or at least not here because of that stupid ...

Well. He really didn't want to be remembering that. He was depressed enough without bringing up that.

The doorbell rang and Andrew bolted up straight, looking at the door nervously. What if it wasn't Nicolai? Then he'd have gotten his hopes up for nothing. But what if it was? What would he say? What would he do?

Before Andrew could decide on anything he realised he was at the door and it was open. Nicolai was stood there, grinning. "Hi."

Then 'Writer did something he was sure he'd never do - he punched the ghost standing on his doorstep.

"OWW!" Technus cried, clutching his arm. The novelist may have been on the thin side, but he wasn't weak by any means.

"You JERK! Three days and you haven't even sent me a MESSAGE to tell me why you've been ignoring me! I thought I'd done something wrong! You - you - JERK!"

To his credit, the techno-ghost looked ashamed, embarrassment creeping into his grin. He let go of what was sure to be a bruise on his arm later to rub the back of his head. "I'm sorry ... I didn't think you'd miss me that much ... "

Andrew snorted, folding his arms across his chest, turning away from the ghost in a sulky pose (although he would never admit that). "Missed you? Who said I missed you, I didn't."

Grinning again, Nicolai wrapped his arm around the smaller mans waist, hugging him against his chest. "Come on, I know you missed me really ... besides, I brought you a present." His other arm came up to hold out a box about the size of a basket ball, wrapped in deep purple, tied with a silver bow.

"A ... present?" Andrew repeated, taking the box with almost reverent hands.

"Of course," the green-skinned ghost replied, kissing the other mans cheek. "It is our one month anniversary, isn't it?"

Whirling around, Andrew flung his arms around Technus's neck, hugging him hard. "I thought you didn't want to do anything for it, and that's why you were ignoring me!"

"I would never ignore you if it could be helped. I spent three days working on that."

The novelist raised an eyebrow at him. "It's not going to blow up on me, is it?"

Technus snorted. "Of course not. I take more pride in my work than to give you something faulty. That's why it took so long, actually ... it was quite a complex challenge."

Rolling his eyes, Andrew tugged off the ribbon and slit open the paper. Folding back the cardboard flaps inside he found a small bright purple cube, inscribed with the letters 'GW'.

"It's your new Quantum Keyboard!" Nicolai clarified, grinning madly. "I made it so it can fold away so it's not taking up loads of space and you can take it with you and - "

The techno-ghost was cut off by the smaller man flinging his arms back around his neck and kissing him on the lips. He blinked before returning it whole-heartedly, grinning slightly. Pulling away, Andrew was smiling brightly. "This is the best gift I've ever had! Thank you so much!"

"It was nothing ... " Technus replied, blushing slightly.

Andrew snorted. "It's not nothing ... OH! Wait here, I need to get your present!" he said, dashing off into the Library, leaving a somewhat confused Technus wondering exactly what had just happened. Appearing back at the top of the stairs clutching a parcel wrapped in green and black, Andrew grinned. "I found it," he said, clambering down the staircase quickly, passing it to the ghost.

Technus opened it, grinning. Inside was a box of chocolates (Contraband Human World ones, from Italy. The fact they were illegal made them better.) and a book on Bioelectric Chemistry - the one Nicolai had been reading through when he had first turned up on Andrew's doorstep, hiding from Plasmius. Smiling, Nicolai gave the novelist a chaste kiss on the lips. "This is without a doubt, the most thoughtful thing I've received. You are absolutely marvelous."

Andrew blushed brightly, smiling. "Well ... I remember you liking the book, and chocolates seemed to suit you, so ... "

Technus grinned, hugging the smaller man tightly. "Come on! We need to go, or we'll be late!"

"What? Late for what?" Andrew asked, blinking as he was pulled out of his Library.

Smirking, the scientist just continued pulling the novelist through the Ghost Zone. "It's a surprise. But it involves Italian cuisine."


It had been a perfect evening. Nicolai had taken them to a secluded spot in Amity Park - and had made sure the Ghost Boy hadn't bothered them, but Andrew didn't need to know that - and they had a picnic of Italian food that he had made earlier. Andrew was resting his head on Technus' shoulder, watching the city below them glittering in the dark, while the techno-ghost had his arm looped around the smaller man's waist, cuddling into him.

"So ... " Technus started, looking down at the novelist, who flicked his eyes up to stare at him curiously. "Am I forgiven for not speaking to you for three days?" he asked, smiling hopefully down at Andrew.

Humming, Andrew pretended to think about it for a moment, fighting not to snicker or grin at Nicolai's nervousness. "I suppose I can forgive you ... " he replied, smirking up at the green-skinned ghost, who smiled shakily with relief.

"Good ... " Nicolai sighed, pressing a chaste kiss to Andrew's lips. Purring into the kiss, Andrew shifted around so he was straddling the taller man's waist, wrapping his arms around Nicolai's neck.

Snickering slightly, Technus pulled away from Andrew a little to grin at him. "You can tell I've been a bad influence on you ... " he whispered. "You never would have done that in public a few weeks ago."

Andrew rolled his eyes. "Shut up," he ordered, pushing his lips back to Nicolai's. Willingly obliging, Technus leaned them back, kissing back hard. Moaning slightly into the kiss, the dead novelist wound his fingers into the others hair, pulling them closer together.

"OH MY GOD! What are you guys DOING?"

Andrew shrieked, toppling back off Nicolai the moment totally gone. Technus spun around his eye twitching slightly, electricity sparking around his fists. "DO YOU MIND?" he shouted at Danny - for it was he who had stumbled across them and unwittingly induced the techno-ghost's fury. "WE'RE HAVING A MOMENT HERE!"

Danny yelped, taking a step back before shooting off quickly. Nicolai sighed, turning back to Andrew who was still sitting on the ground, his eye twitching faintly. "Well, that moment was ruined ... " he stated, slightly unnecessarily.

"Yeah ... I want to go home now, and pretend that didn't happen ... "

Technus sighed, mentally plotting Danny's downfall in a painful and violently gory way and nodded, helping Andrew to his feet, taking him back to the portal.

I finished this one today - yay for having nothing else to do~!
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