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Character Portrait: Maddox Izumi Character Portrait: Cyrus James
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MADDOX IZUMI
[The Victoriana - Dinner Date]
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Maddox had spent most of his life trying to live up to expectations. His parentsā€™, his family membersā€™, his Beta brothers, but mostly his own. Heā€™d built this idea, this model of himself that he was meant to follow. Goals he was supposed to meet and emotions he was meant to avoid, love being the very first. And he had been doing a damn good job of it, but life had different plans for him.

The night heā€™d found Cyrus in his room, drunk and disoriented, baby blues staring back at him as if looking for answers that Maddox didnā€™t even know he had, the Beta hadnā€™t thought much of it. Aside from the nagging that reminded him to not get caught, heā€™d expected nothing more than a nightā€™s hook up. Convinced himself so. If only past Maddox could see him now. Sitting across the restaurant table from the boy heā€™d deemed nothing more than ā€œjust sexā€, fine wine and candles filling the space between them, eyes locked on each otherā€™s as if they were the only two people on the planet, and a four-letter word hanging from Maddoxā€™ tongue, waiting for the perfect moment to come out. The irony of it all almost made him laugh.

ā€Would you prefer someone elseā€™s company tonight?ā€ Maybe Maddox had changed over time, but Cyrus hadnā€™t and somehow that gave the Beta a piece of mind. Maddox responded with a smirk of his own, matching the one directed at him. If there was anything the two boys had in common, it was their pride. Neither one would openly admit that, despite the flirtatious smirks and witty banter, their nerves were silently running ramped. Luckily for Maddix, not only was he skilled at hiding emotions but heā€™d also become quite skilled at reading others. More specifically, at reading Cyrus. The blonde was nervous, no doubt about it, and Maddox couldnā€™t blame him considering he felt the exact same way.

Still, he managed to keep his features smoothed out even while Cyrus brought up the subject Maddox had been most anxious to talk about. Friday night...the night of the party. The night Maddox peeled back just about every layer, every mask heā€™d worked so hard to put up over the years and laid his soul bare for no one but Cyrus to see. The thought of being so honest, so...vulnerable with someone made his stomach sink in fear of all the possible ways this could end badly for him. But what was done was done, there was nowhere to move now but forward and nothing to do but prepare for the fall.

ā€Fair enoughā€ he finally spoke after a silence prolonged by a sip of wine. He set the almost empty cup down, fold his arms on the table in front of him as his body leaned slightly forward, signaling that Cyrus had his full and undivided attention. ā€Ask me anything you want to know, and Iā€™ll answer with one hundred percent honesty.ā€ his eyes searched for Cyrusā€™, their usually cold and distant charm now replaced by genuine interest. He was done lying, some with hiding, over pretending he was something and someone he was not and Cyrus deserved nothing but the absolute truth.

ā€After all, what kind of a boyfriend would I be if I didnā€™t.ā€ the words left his mouth so smoothly and casually that not even Maddox himself realized heā€™d said them until a few seconds after. His first instinct was to backtrack, fear immediately claiming that he had crossed the line. But feigning confidence had always been what Maddox did best, so despite his urge to run from his seat and vanish before Cyrus could break his heart, he say perfectly still, eyes fixed on the ones across the table while he silently waited and hoped against all hope that the blonde staring back at him felt the same way.