Hide Your Heart

Couldn't You Have Just Told Me?

  Walking into his living room, Paul's eyes grew wide. "What the hell? Gene? Bruce? Eric?"

Gene shook his head and headed to the kitchen for trash bags. Eric followed silently as Bruce stood there in shock. He finally started picking up the things that had been knocked over and setting them back in place. Gene and Eric moved through the living room silently sweeping up broken glass and other things. 

Paul had gone to his room to see if Tommy was there. He was confused as to what had caused the behavior. "Baby, if you're in hearing distance, I'm sorry. I meant nothing by it, okay?" "I think you did a wonderful job on Bruce's makeup." Pausing for a few minutes, he let out a sigh and said, "Baby?"

In the other room, Tommy was still in the closet but awake. He heard the other's voices and slowly got to his feet. Quietly slipping his phone out of his pocket, he texted Paul to apologize. 

 T:   I'm sorry. I was feeling sick and I took your comment the wrong way. :(   

When Paul's phone pinged, he saw the message and headed to the other bedroom. "Baby, please open up."

The door unlocked and opened slightly. Paul squeezed in and shut it again. "Tom, come sit on the bed, okay?" He held out his hand for Tommy to take. 

When they were both on the bed, Tommy looked into Paul's eyes expecting to see anger. When he saw concern he looked away. 

"Please talk to me. You ran off after you slapped me. I didn't mean anything by the makeup comment." Putting his arms around Tommy, he pulled him close. In his ear, he whispered, "Do you know how much I've missed you?" "If you've been sick, why didn't you let me know?"

Tommy didn't answer. He felt ashamed of his temper tantrum now and tried to pull away. He was prevented by Paul's arms.

After some time, Tommy let Paul rub his back. "I'm gonna say goodnight to the others and I'll be back." 

A few minutes later, the other three had gone after cleaning up. They left take out on the table for Tommy and Paul.

Going back into the bedroom, Paul found Tommy getting ready to take a shower. "Do you mind if I join you?"

Expecting a "no",  Paul was pleasantly surprised when Tommy smirked and pulled him towards the bathroom. He was even more  surprised when Tommy started to undress him.

"Tom?" "Are you sure?"

Even though it hurt, Tommy kissed Paul hard enough to answer the question. The bathroom door closed and locked soon. In the bathroom, Paul nearly stumbled as Tommy pulled him into the shower.