how did it end up like this? (brance story)

chapter 3.

Vance woke up in a cold sweat. What happened? All he remembered was when Bruce was at his door, and then it all went blank. He suddenly noticed he wasn't in his house, he was in ..
Bruce's house?
what was he doing here. He saw all the things inside his room the he closely observed when he first came to his house. His white bedsheets with the pattern of perfect shapes, the baseball awards on his wall, the dorky music bands, and just for a extra touch, he noticed there was a picture of him and his mom, at the arcade. Bruce looked really , really happy. He had the brightest smile in the world. Or at least the brightest smile Vance's loveless eyes have ever seen. It's not like- you know what. Vance didn't even care anymore. So what if he liked bruce? For the love of saint mary he just saved him from his own father! And plus, there was just something different about him. He was so beautiful. He had gorgeous eyes and soft hair. And his favorite thing of all, he had a beautiful smile that enlightened his soul. Vance knew he would stand for those words for the rest of his existence. Bruce walked in, and sat down next to him in his bed.
"Are you feeling better vance? What was going on?" He said. Vance couldn't even answer, not only for the fact that he couldn't stop staring at Bruce. Now, it actually looked like vance was dead. It's just, he couldn't explain how beautiful bruce was.
"I.. I'm okay bruce. Thanks.. for helping me.." vance said, turning his head down, and saying in a very low tone.
"What happened before I got there?" Bruce said. It seemed like bruce was genuinely concerned. No one has thought about him like that.
"I can't.. I can't tell you bruce. It's better if you dont know." Vance never liked talking about it. But people NEVER respected that. He never new why. He looked back up and say bruce. He started nodding his head. Vance was suprised. No one ever respected him like bruce.
= after this, vance started to stay at Bruce's house.=
• three weeks later. •
It had been three weeks vance had been staring at bruce's house for. Everyday, it seemed that vance liked bruce more. But he always thought bruce liked another person, perhaps Stacy, that sat behind him in science? But really, bruce really, really like vance. Even more than how much vance liked him. Everyday he would write in his dorky diary, talking about only vance, and maybe just sometimes, vance and baseball.
{ journal entry 348, good morning. it's Bruce, again. I wanted to write about my day! today I had baseball practice. As usual, I was perfect. Is that why I'm single? Is it because I'm too dorky? But at the same time all the girls talk to me. But I don't want them. I want vance. Why can't he love me? I guess he's just not like that. He likes girls. I guess I'm just weird. Anyways, today I noticed he was a lot quieter. He normally is load, and screaming. But today, he was quiet. It looked like something was bothering him. I'm so dumb, I didn't ask what was wrong. Now, he actually won't love me. Maybe I'm just thinking wrong. Boys can like boys, right?" Bruce wrote, while vance was showering. Normally, Bruce would hide his diary, before he met Vance. But now, he leaves it on his counter, hoping someday he'll read it, even though he was scared vance wouldn't like him back. You gotta try, right? Vance didn't sleep in the same bed as Bruce, he just slept in his brothers room, only because he moved away many months ago, and his room was just like vances. Posters everywhere, and very.. interesting.. for the least.. magazines. But bruce never really saw vance looking thru them, it seemed like he ignored them. Plus, it was a pretty good sign that maybe Vance liked him back.
Today was Saturday, which meant, like always, he would go to the grab n go. he has to be calm, because he seems like he hates summer. God pray for whoever just stumbles on his game. Vance walks in on Bruce writing in his journal, and Bruce closed it quickly. Vance looked at Bruce like if he just killed someone. weird.. vance thought. He shrugged. "alrighty then.. bye Bruce." Vance said. He never seemed comfortable around bruce, but what no one knew was that he was REALLY in love.
"can I come? I'm done writing anyway." It was really hard for Bruce to ever talk about him writing in a journal, it sounded girly.
"whatever. I don't really give a shit." Vance said, laughing and walking away. Bruce got up and ran to him. They started walking all the way to the grab n go. Vance opened the door, ignoring everyone that scattered around, getting scared maybe, that Vance will beat them up for no reason. Why? What was so wrong with Vance. Yeah, he fought a lot, but for gods sake he was a trouble child, misunderstood, with anger issues. It's not his fault. It's not like vance hurt people for no reason, because he didn't. Vance nit picked, but he isn't a bad person. He started playing his cute little game. Vance started to panick when Bruce leaned over on him to see if he was winning. All his friends did it, but Bruce was too close. (again, not smut. please, understand they are minors. Vance is not hOrn¥ so don't even try, because he is a minor.)  Vance won, and got so happy. He started jumping up and down, and finally, lost the attention, and everyone started going thru the grab n go again. Vance quickly grabbed all his tickets, and went to the front desk. He placed down his tickets, and tried to to talk to the manager, until he interrupted him.
"no more prizes for today. we need to save for tomorrow Vance." He said. Vance didn't want to fight right now. He didn't feel like being stared at, so he just thought for a quick second. He came up with the plan. "Do you know where the bathroom is? Me and my friend have to go." He said. The manager pointed to the back. Bruce and Vance went inside. "Look Bruce. I'm gonna take the prizes , and run away. If I leave any left, grab them. Alright?" what a crazy idea, Bruce thought. Nothing normal for Bruce, but obviously something normal for vance. He tried to answer, but vance grabbed his hand, and walked out the bathroom. He walked up to the desk. "What did you say about the prizes?" he asked. The manager started saying, "No more prizes, pinball vance. We have to save some for tomorrow, it's a busy place here." Vance sighed. He waited for a few seconds. "Well I guess I'll just have too.." vance started saying, while the manager nodded his head and smiled. "I guess I'll just have to.." "TAKE IT!!" He said quickly. He started getting all the prizes, and wired for Bruce to get the rest. They started running out side, and all the way home.

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1236 words! sorry if it's not how you imagined it, or didn't cover that much! I hope you enjoyed! Leave suggestions in the comments.

i did use the grab n gi idea from my friend so shout out to mani !! 💗

- stephswritten