The Boy Who Came Into My Life (part 2)
Gabe's P.o.v
We ended up talking for hours, it was a lot of fun. I didn't want it to end, and it seems Cody didn't want it to either. That was fine with me.
I couldn't deny that I found him to be a little cute, okay a lot cute..hot even.
But the last time I felt this way didn't turn out so well. To put it lightly let's just say the boy I liked didn't feel the same, and had very strong negative feelings towards the idea of guys liking other guys. That boy was Henry Bowers, the most homophobic boy I could've had a crush on. He was a complete asshole to everyone, but for some reason I found him insanely good looking. I was heart broken after being rejected, bullied and humiliated because I was stupid enough to confess to him. When I got home that day, I swore to myself I wouldn't fall in love again since it hurt so much the first time.
But I find it hard to not find Cody attractive, to try to stop crushing on him.
He didn't seem to be anything like Bowers, "so maybe it won't hurt this time..?" I say to myself full of hope. Cody seemed to be nothing but perfect in my eyes, being attractive both in personality and in looks. He was a masterpiece. I marvelled at him as he continued on his tangent.
I glazed at him, appreciating every inch of him. His gorgeous sea green eyes, full of live and wonder for the world. His long sandy blonde hair, a tad longer than most boys styled their hair, the back went to about his jawline and bangs could just be able to constrict his vision. Now, as his head lays at one end of the couch and I at the other, the slides of his hair winged out and his bangs were pushed to one side so it was out of the way. A few strands of hair rebelled and laid across his face randomly. His sun-kissed tan skin a result of the southern weather, I adored it. It matched well with all his other features. There were also unconscious mannerisms I noticed of his that I loved just as much. The subtle tug of the corners of his thin lips when he's trying hard to hold back a smile, the swirling hand motions he makes when he trying to remember what he was going to say. The way his nose crinkles up when he doesn't understand something. I suppose it would be worth risk of heart break for him.
"What do you think Gabe?" The boy asked as he lifted he head up to look at me properly, smiling widely as his eyes shined. I was about to reply, even if I wasn't sure what to, I heard a loud knock at the door.
Slowly I stood up, it being peculiar to have someone come to knock on my door front. "I'll go see who it is, stay here." I deadpanned, losing any sort of content in my voice as I swallowed thickly. "Be careful..." The smaller boy warned, sitting up and bringing a knee to his chest. I nodded as a reply, walking towards the door.
When I went out, I saw someone I didn't want to see.
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Cody's P.o.v
It be an understatement to say I was a tad worried for Gabriel's safety when he walked out to check who it was.
I became even more worried when I heard a body being slammed up against the door, there was no shouting or screaming but I could hear whenever one of them would get punched. I hoped it was Gabe, I couldn't stand the thought of him getting hurt.
Eventually the noises stopped and everything was silent, that was even more frightening then the noises because of the fear of the unknown. "Was Gabe okay? Was he the one getting punched or was he doing the punching? Did the person leave? I don't hear anything so it looks like it" thoughts and questions, even some prayers, ran through my head at lighting speed. Not giving enough time for each thought to get fleshed out. All I wanted in that moment was to see Gabe. Maybe even hold him in my arms tightly, refusing to allow him to go away again as I desperately grabbing fistful of his flannel over-shirt. Making his promise to never leave me. I had given up denying and questioning what I felt towards him, it was love. Pure, uncontaminated and deep unconditional love and support. I wanted to be with him, in whatever way he took me as. Friends or lovers. I wanted to stay here with him, I want this to be my home. And if someday he wanted to move, I'll move with him. My only goal is to make him happy.
I heard the front door creak open and shut as my now friend, and crush, walked back into the room.
My mouth gapped wide in horror and shock. His left cheek was red and looked like it was started to bruise, part of his bottom lip was busted and his right cheekbone was bruising as well. "What the fuck happened?!" I shouted in disbelief and anger, feeling my blood begin to boil under my skin. My fists clinched and my face felt scrunched up. The other boy refused to met my glaze, looking ashamed of himself almost. He wandered back towards the couch and slumped himself on it, he rested an elbow on a chair arm as he propping his head up with his hand. He stared down at floor boards, still in shock of what happened outside.
"Gabe-"
"Soooo.. what were we talking about about before?" He voice shook a bit as he spoke, not fully present to what was happening around him at the moment. Almost as if lost in thought about something. "Fuck what we were talking about before! Who was that Gabe?!" I shouted again, getting in the boy's face as I pulled him closer to me by his shirt. If I wasn't so frustrated and confused with what's going on, I would've been flustered by the closeness between us. "Dude, it was no one important. Look let's just go back to hanging out alright?" As Gabriel said this, I could tell he was increasingly getting more and more uncomfortable. It was obvious by how was acting, reverting his eyes away from me, the fidgeting he was doing with his hands but I was too stubborn to let this slide. "Like hell I would! Just tell me what's up dude!" I screamed in his face, desperately trying to find a way to help him. It hurt me to see him this way.
He pushed me away and stood up off the couch.
"Why do you even care huh? You don't even know me!"
"Because I'm your friend! And I know you enough to know you're hurting, let me help you!"
He smiled weakly, shaking his head in disbelief. "Ha everyone knows I'm hurting Cody, everyone in this stupid fucking town knows I'm broken! They never tried to help me, fuck my own father didn't even try, so what makes you any different huh?" Gabe pulled at his hair as his eyes began to tear up. He body shook and fidgeted as he tried to not have a complete mental breakdown infront of me, but I knew he was being held together by a thin thread at this moment and was at his tipping point. I was worried and was trying to think of a way, any way, to calm him down but I couldn't think of anything.
"Gabe.." I started, losing any sort of train of thought to continue it from there as I contemplated reaching my hand out to him. There was a good chance he'd swat my hand away like he had done earlier. I was at a mental road block on what to say and how to help, I didn't have a ton of experience with dealing with people other than my older sister and my mother (they were not as emotional or in need of stability and support like Gabriel needed right now). Gabe took a step back and mumbled a fraise something along the lines of "just drop it." before retreating upstairs, leaving me no time to say anything else.
I let him leave, "what good am I to him right now if I'm not able to even try to confront him" I thought as I felt disappointed in myself for not being able to help. I never was good with words, and probably never will. "But~ I am good at showing feelings through actions" I thought mischievously. I stood up quickly, having only smidgen of difficulty because of my leg. It didn't hurt much so I was happy. I went into the kitchen with quick strides, as I began to whip up a surprise for Gabriel.
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Gabe's P.o.v
I emerged from my messy bedroom and started down the stairs. I had been crying non-stop for the last hour or so. I felt bad for how I acted with Cody, he was only trying to help really and I overreacted.
"Cody look, I'm sorry about how I act-"
"-ed?" I looked around the living room full of confusion as I saw the room was empty, "did he leave..?" I questioned as I felt even more guilty.
Suddenly, I smelt a delicious aroma coming from the kitchen and I knew he was still here. I meandered into the kitchen and glazed my eyes upon the boy cooking something over the stove.
"Cody?" I sputtered out, being utterly confused my the situation.
He turned to me, being surprised. "Oh hey! Um I'm not good with words, so I decided to show how much I care about you with food!" He says enthusiastically, ushering me to come closer. I came and peered over to the biggest pot he had on the stove to see what he was making, it looked like some sort of soup. Whatever it is, it smells good. My stomach grumbled and my mouth began to drool at the thought of eating it.
"I don't know what to say-"
"You don't have to say anything, it's the least I can do for what you've done for me. Now sit, it's done." I obeyed his orders and sat down at the small dining table in the breakfast nook beside the kitchen. When I caught a glimpse of Cody's eyes, the seemed so full of love and warmth. I felt safe with him here.
A few minutes later, the blonde brought over a plate and a bowl. The plate was piled up with food, it had mashed potatoes covered in gravy, peas, califlower, sweet potatoes, cooked pork and cranberries. The bowl was filled with a thick brown broth, it also had chopped carrots, turnip and a few other things I couldn't identify.
"The stuff in the bowl is stew if you're wondering." I heard the boy call from the kitchen. He came back in and placed his own stew bowl and plate full of food. He exited and entered a few other times as he would bring in a few more things each time, such as salt and pepper, a gravy boat, the jar of cranberries, napkins and two sets of cutlery. When finally brought everything in, after refusing to let me help, we began to dig into own plates and bowls. The first bite make my eyes water out of pure joy from how delicious it tasted.
"This is amazing!" I cheered.
The smaller boy's cheeks warmed at the compliment, "aww it's rather simple to make" he giggled out.
"How'd you pay for most of this anyways?" I questioned. Cody shrugged, as swallowed a bite of food.
"I had a lot of money saved up."
I nodded and continued eating.
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Once we were both filled to the brim, us both reclined in our chair in content.
"Phew! I don't think I can eat another thing" I exclaimed, patting my stomach to emphasize.
Cody chuckled softly, "that's ashame, we have cake for dessert" he smiled at me as he said this and I could feel my heart to a somersault in my chest. I stared at him blankly for a moment before asking "what kind of cake?". He simply smiled wider at me "chocolate."
I felt my eyes widen to saucers at just the thought of it. Cody was already standing up to get me a slice before I had a chance to reply, already knowing my answer.
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It was now 10 o'clock at night. Cody and I had finished own slices of cake hours ago and was getting ready to go to sleep soon.
I was brushing my teeth upstairs, as Cody prepared where he was going to sleep that night. Abruptly a memory from earlier had popped into my head, I could recount it clearly. It was a sweet moment between me and Cody after dinner.
Cody had stood up to bring the dishes to the sink to be washed when I suddenly grabbed both his hands in mine, he sat back down slowly with a look of confusion on his face. "I wanted to say thank you, for the meal and for your kindness. No one has ever been this kind to me.." I stumbled out, looking down at the table cloth as I felt my face become flushed. The chuckled to himself again before speaking "well get used to it then, because I'm going to spoil you just for saying that."
I sauntered out of the bathroom and downstairs to see Cody sitting up on the couch, fiddling with the quilted blanket to find a comfortable placement. He noticed me walking over and smiled widely.
"Hey Gabe! Thanks again for letting me stay the night"
I smiled softly as I came near the couch, leaning up against it. "No biggie, I'm glad to help." I replied gentle as I began to walk back towards the stairs. I felt a small tug of my pajama shirt sleeve. I turned to the smaller boy as he held a flustered and anxious expression, his cheeks tinted a light pink. I snorted at how adorable he looked "what? Want me to check under the couch for monsters" I teased. Without a word he pulled me roughly by my shirt towards him. I was taken off guard by the feeling of his lips on mine. I began to kiss back after a few seconds of being dazed. The kiss was warm and sweet, it was addicting. Before I knew it, it was over. He pulled away, we were both out of breath and our faces were extremely red. We looked into each other's eyes and smiled.
"Want to sleep in my bed instead? It's a lot comfier than the couch."
He nodded and we both retreated upstairs to my bedroom.
We got upstairs and I wrapped both of us in the blankets, I held Cody close to my chest. I don't know what it was, but after the kiss we shared I didn't want to not be with him. He made me feel safe and happy, two things I had never truely felt in my life before meeting him.
"Does this make us partners?"
"Do you want to be partners?"
He nodded, nuzzling his head into my chest and wrapping his arms around my back.
"Then I don't see why not."
I felt him smile and I smiled too, even if we both couldn't see it we knew the other was. "Gabe..I think love you." he spat out randomly, I half-laughed. "I think love you too dude." I stated. I kissed his forehead lightly and closed my eyes, starting the process of sleep. I heard the boy yawn.
"G'night."
I faintly hear him reply a "night." before drifting off to unconsciousness.
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I awoke to my alarm and swatted a hand around my bedside table in hopes to find the button to turn it off. I felt a smaller body groaned quietly and shift closer towards me in means to get away from the noise. I eventually turned the alarm and sighed in relief at the absence of the loud ringing that once occurred.
"Too early..." the sandy blonde tiredly mumbled out, hiding his head at my side in thought of falling back asleep.
I sat up and stretched my arms and spine, being quite stiff.
"C'mon, get up."
I nudged Cody with my hand, he was having any of it and turned on his side. "Dude. We have to go to school, if you're going to stay here you're going to have to go to school" I spoke quietly, nudging him with my hand again. He whined and sat up, leaning his head on my shoulder. I pushed his bangs out of his eyes and his smiled slightly. I kissed his right temple lightly, "c'mon let's get ready, we have an hour." he groaned at me.
"Fine.."
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We ate breakfast, got dressed and was out the door in 20 minutes. I lived quite away from the school so we had to leave a tad earlier, much to Cody's disapproval.
On the walk there, we chatted while holding hands and sharing a few small kisses. But as we got closer I had to remind Cody that most people won't accept guys liking guys, so we we're only allowed to kiss and hold hands when we're alone. He looked a little saddened at the news but agreed that we should. Right before we turned on the finally street we had to walk, when I made sure no one was around, I gave the boy a small peck on the cheek and it seemed to perk him back up.
As I went to my first class, Cody went to the office to register. I made my way to my seat in the very back, the one right next to the window, I smiled at the thought of that I wasn't alone anymore. I had Cody now. It felt nice to have someone.