Heaven's On Fire - Slash's POV

Denial. Pt.2

Duff quickly nods and follows Slash "You are not getting a bunch of dinos we're gonna get clothes okay?" He says in a serious tone as they walk down the strip.

Slash looks away hiding his smirk from Duffs tone. Slash is the kind of man that gets turned on by dominantion, especially by someone like Duff so he decides to not say anything so he can calm down before he gets too turned on.

"Did the cat eat your tongue or something ?" Duff jokes a bit but Slash does nothing but continue to ignore him as thoughts race through his mind but suddenly he feels Duff bump into him "Slash my man are you okay?" Slash snaps out of it, to avoid the chance that Duff could work out what's going on. "Hm?" He looks at him "y-yeah buddy I'm good" he smiles faintly at him before entering the shop.

After looking through a rack of clothes Slash pulls out a top and holds it against his body as he looks at Duff "Do you think i would look gay if i wore this? Not that I am gay... but like yknow... would i look gay?" He rambles nervously as he holds the top infront of him

"Well you have to wear it in order for me to judge darling" he smiles at him , the thought of slash wearing that top sent butterflies down his stomach

"Yeah but I don't know" he mumbles "I don't wanna look like the LA slut" he sighs, knowing that there's the occasional rumour about him already, he looks down but feels a hand on his shoulder. "You're not a slut, you're the most badass guy I know" Duff whispers in his ear making a smile plaster across the guitarist's face before he wraps his arms around Duff to hug him. Just wanting him close, craving his crush to hold him as he thinks to himself "Duff's the sweetest guy I've ever met, the sweetest dude in all of LA, he just get's me yet he can't be mine. I want him to be mine but it can't be". He sighs but then the bassist speaks again. "And I'll always keep you safe and happy, because you're my other half".

Slash gulps, thinking if he heard him right, "he cant of said that" he thinks to himself again and stops hugging him, taking a step back "what did you just say?"

"As a friend of course" he says quickly. "I knew it..." Slash thinks to himself, a pain shooting into his heart just like an arrow. "Y-yeah man. Can we just get some clothes now?"

"Yeah yeah sure" Duff nods quickly, trying to avoid the entire situation.

After the boys went shopping they decided to stop by the Rainbow to have a few drinks to lift their spirits since they were pretty down  fallen about the incident. They sat on their usual seats, in their usual booth and ordered their usual drinks. Vodka for Duff and Jack for Slash. Quickly, one drink became two and two became six and now they were pretty drunk.

"I can't feel my face" Slash slurrs as he laughs and downs another swing of jack. "And I can't feel my dick" duff snorts and lights another cigarette.

Slash giggles with a little mix of a blush "Want me to help?" Slash slurs, unable to control anything that exits his mouth. "Mmmm why the fuck not" Duff gives him a dirty smirk while looking at his lips and licking his own. This look was ecstasy for Slash, a total turn on so just like Slash would do, he hides behind his hair.

"Why you hiding??" Duff raises an eyebrow and takes a sip of his lemon vodka as he slurs his words.
Slash just chuckles in response and looks at him with an adorable smile. "You know you should smile more man , I love your smile" he ruffles Slash's hair as he smiles at his boy. With the touch and words of the punk boy, Slash blushes and makes a purring kinda sound, immediately shutting up afterwards in worry that something will go wrong but Duff says yet another compliment, making Slash blush again. "Stoppp" he pushes him playfully, acting almost child like.

"We should do drunken confessions" Duff announces, thinking it's the best idea since sliced bread. "Hmmm..." Slash thinks, a bit nervous as anything could happen, knowing the alcohol has totally taken over but nods in agreement anyway.

Duff looks around for a second so that he can think of confession "let's see ..." He pauses "When I was little I thought that maple syrup was made out of cow fat" he laughs. Slash looks at him like he's crazy and bursts out laughing "What? But it's literally called MAPLE syrup... dumbass" he ruffles Duff's hair again and then searches his curly haired head for a confession. "I did crack cocaine with my mums boyfriend when i was like 12" he shrugs it off like its no big deal, knowing that his past is a big deal but he always plays it off like it isn't.

"I'm sorry??? You did WHAT with WHO?" Duff almost spits out his drinks from the shock but Slash just shrugs it off, trying not to show any amount of emotion from his past "Crack with my mums boyfriend". He re-announces.
"How the fuck did your mom let you do that shit man??" He seemed shocked but also protective. "She was asleep and- erm... I like drugs?" He explains and chuckles, trying to push the situation aside. Now just thinking that he really wants to sit on Duff's lap.

Duff grabs his hand and he pulls him closer "And why the hell did that dude let you do drugs??" He says protective again, taking another sip of his drink.

"Hmmm I don't know..." Slash's voice starts degreasing to sound younger as he stares at Duff. "Oh you don't know?" The taller one raises an eyebrow and he puts a strand of hair behind his boys ear which makes Slash blush and snuggle into his hand.

"Are you tired?" Duff whispers into his ear. "Can I-..." Slash stummers nervously "can i sit on your lap?..."

He says something that Slash can't really hear but then Duff's voice becomes stern. "Yes. Yes you can on my lap".

Slash smiles and climbs over to sit on the tall bassists lap.

"Does it feel nice" Duff whispered in his ear as he wraps his arms around him, Slash feeling really close to him and almost in heaven, he nods and snuggles into him.

After a moment of silence and the two embracing the moment of being in eachothers arms, Duff announces something that will change the two forever.
"I-" he takes a deep breath "I love you".

'Duff's thoughts'
What the fuck did you just say to him dude ! Now he knows everything about our feelings , you possibly have fucked your friendship . Hold on a second ... what if you confessing your love to him breaks up the band , you fucking idiot Axl is gonna KILL you . You're supposed to be the one who's in control while drunk not the other way around . Fuck what if he freaks out ?? What if he creates a scene in the bar and everyone finds out you're fucking bisexual . Get your shit together and cover up your fuck up and wish he's too drunk so your lie works ! ...or if that doesn't work at least wish he forgets about it !

After he was staring into absolute nothingness since he had drowned in his thoughts he snapped back into reality because of Slash clapping his hands to get his attention.