Love Out Loud

Happiness

For the very first in in so many years Derek was able to feel the natural cool breeze blow gently over him,he closed his eyes as he inhaled the fresh air,he had been out of prison for two months and those where the best days of his life, even though he still suffers the trauma of prison and all that happened to him there he was happy to be finally out of the horrible hell of a place,a ball hit him softly on the belly pulling him out of his thoughts,he smiled as Xavier ran to him mouth full stretched in a happy laughter,he got to Derek and bent down to catch his breath,he was still laughing so hard and pointing at something, Derek wondered what could be that funny,he could not control his own laughter when he saw the reason for the amusement, Smith wore a long unpleased face, covered in the beach sand and a banana peel over his head, He looked like he was dumped in a drum of juice as sticky stuff dripped from his head,he paused a few feet away from Derek and pointed at Xavier,too angry to speak he stomped his feet on the ground like a child when he saw Derek join in making mockery of him,he approached Xavier who immediately hid behind Derek"Young man, come out from behind him,let's settle this man to man"Xavier shook his head"Never I am not a man yet sorry"he stuck his tongue out infuriating Smith the more"You!!!,you didn't think about that before you decided it would be fine to do this to me?"Xavier rolled his eyes and stepped out from behind Derek, although he was just a teenager he had abs that could make anyone drool"stop being dramatic,it's just juice"Smith stumbled forward clearly angry"hey hey stop,are you sure you want to do this?"-"why not,I want to beat the shit out of you already"Xavier smiled and nodded,this particular smile making him look exactly like Derek, Derek knew instantly he was about to play a trick but decided to just watch"Fine"then he pulled his shirt off, showing perfectly toned skin and nice abs, Derek cursed softly when he saw this and facepalm himself when he saw Smith swallow without taking his eyes off the boy, Xavier plowed forward flexing his muscles"come on fight me,you want to beat me right?then do it"and to everyone's surprise Smith stepped back,not because he feared the boy but because the boy posed an emotional challenge right now,Smith turned around and ran pretending to cry, he went to pull Eric from where he sat enjoying the free show"Do something they are bullying me"Eric shook his head and picked the peel from his head"I only see one boy,if you wanted to beat him you would have just done it,why hesitate"Smith's head jerked sharply to Xavier who was clearly enjoying himself, Smith pointed at the boy without being able to say a single word,he just pointed and ended up sitting on the floor wailing like a wounded girl, Eric pulled him up and matched towards Xavier, Derek saw this and quickly stood up to pull Xavier behind him,Eric and Derek stared at themselves for a long time before Derek averted his eyes"I am sorry for the boy's action,you don't have to hit him for your brother"Eric looked at Derek and shook his head in disbelief"what?I am not here to hit him,what do you take me for?my brother can definitely fight for himself I believe"he winked at Derek who suddenly found it difficult to breathe,he wired around and looked sternly at Xavier"put your shirt on now and apologise to Smith,you can see it does not find your jokes to be funny"reluctantly Xavier said a sorry that you could see was not genuine,Smith looked like who was ran over by a train and jumped in between the two people staring at themselves like the beginning of a war"cut it out,why are you taking it so serious,the both of you got issues with each each other?"Xavier looked confused when Smith grabbed him by the arm and pulled"Don't involve the both of us if you are looking for a reason to fight"then he looked at Xavier"come on baby,do you mind pulling the shirt again?I didn't get a clear picture the first time"Eric and Derek turned immediately to look at Smith at the same time"What?"Smith yelled"Unhand him immediately before I break your jaws"Smith let go before going to cling to Derek himself"fine,will you do the honors then,your abs seems nice too"a cold warning from behind him made him quickly let go"Smith be careful"he looked at his brother and shook his head"What?he does not belong to you,why do you shout like I was kissing or holding your wife"his brother glared at him making him shift backwards"fine fine, can we go back enjoying this beach whatever that we are having?"as the tension gradually eased he pulled Xavier with him and ran before either his brother or Derek could say a word, Eric groaned before looking at Derek again,this time his scrutiny was so obvious that Derek had to move away from him"Stop staring I don't like it,if you have something to say then say it"Eric smiled and shook his head, Derek created for distance between them while sipping on his drink,he avoided looking at Eric and was startled when  hot breathe fanned the back of his neck,he turned around,eyes closed and fist ready to punch but his fist was caught in a firm grasp,he opened his eyes and withdrew his hand from the grab"Do you want to die? Don't ever sneak on me like that ever again"Eric wanted to say something ridiculous but the look of pure terror on Derek's face made him quickly decide against it"I am sorry, didn't mean to scare you"he sat with him,but he was too close so Derek tried moving away,Eric held him by the shoulder"we could be friends you know,stop trying to run each time I am close to you"Derek pushed him back and stormed off,he didn't hate the guy but he was so used to the look in his eyes,he knew that look too well and it scared him,the looks were the same even though it belonged to two different people but the look was too familiar,it spat in disgust,he felt like throwing up when the face of the person who had first given him that look surfaced in his mind,he clutched his chest as the waves of pain starts rushing back,he hit the hot sand before he knew it, strong arms held him instantly even though he tried to fight the owner off,that look still scared the living daylight out of him,the look was nothing but pure lust and he was not ready to go through it again,but the arms that held him and the voice that whispered his name was saying something else,so he shut his eyes and allowed the darkness to pull him in as the ringing in his ears increased