𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐬

FORTY-THREE: commitment.

AS FOR RHYS and Eddie when the Munson got home, the blond glanced up from his tv, a bowl of cereal in hand and a confused look on his face at the sight of his boyfriend walking in. "Aren't you supposed to be at work?" He asked as Eddie went into the room, stripping off the sailor uniform one by one. "Yeah, but bunch of fucks broke in, stole shit, burned shit. So I've been excused from work." He says and Rhys raised his brows, tilting his head a bit to the side as he watched Eddie strip out of his work clothes.

"Uh-huh," Rhys takes another spoonful of his cereal before Eddie turned around. "Which is great because today is the hottest day all summer." He complains before walking over to the closet as Rhys rolls his eyes. "You say that everyday, darling." He said and Eddie huffs, pulling up his hair, stray strands slipping out of the ponytail he's tying up that frames his hair perfectly. "Yeah, but today it's true! I checked the temperature in James' car, it's like 1,000 degrees out there, I'm not kidding!" He says and Rhys rolls his eyes, looking back at the television playing his show.

"We should go somewhere," Eddie suggested suddenly as he pulls on a pair of random jeans he found and then a muscle tank of Rhys' which was a Black Sabbath shirt. A man after my own heart, Eddie would say everytime Rhys would play the playlist of songs dedicated for Eddie, songs by Black Sabbath, Metallica, W.A.S.P., even some KISS and Mötley Crüe. They make out a lot to Mötley Crüe.

"Yeah? Like where?" Rhys asked as his boyfriend appears in the doorway of his room now and Eddie sort of juts out his hip, shrugging with his arms crossing over his chest. "Wherever. Preferably somewhere we can swim. Or... something." He shrugs again and Rhys just glanced down at his bowl of cereal again before glancing up quickly, raising a brow with a small smile growing on his face.

And that was how they ended up about 45 or 50 minutes out of town, at a nice big lake. "We're swimming here?" Eddie looks at Rhys who snorts. "All I can afford, sorry it's not Greece, darling." He said as he starts stripping, throwing his blue button up to the ground and Eddie followed suit before they're running into the lake, screaming and laughing at one another about how cold the water is.

Once they got in the sun and out of the shade, it was quite relaxing, swimming around in the lake and Eddie never felt more happy all summer than he has here with Rhys. "I wish I could stay here forever." Rhys sighed, rubbing his hands over his face and pushing all of his blond hair back as his boyfriend stared at him. "Hm, get all gross and pruny? Hot." Eddie grins and Rhys looks over at him, smirking.

"Bet you'd like that, you little weirdo." He says, grinning wider now and Eddie giggled, looking away. "Totally." He said as he swam closer to Rhys now, reaching out and grabbing his waist. One hand is flat against his abdomen as Rhys is smirking again, not even just in a sexy way but in a smug way that made Eddie know why he's holding him like this. "Come here, darling," he mumbled and connected their lips.

Eddie kisses back, his arms slipping around Rhys' neck as the blond's go around his waist, their kiss deepening and getting steamy so Eddie abruptly pulls away. "I think we should go get tattoos." He said, smiling widely and Rhys chuckled. "Oh, yeah? Matching?" He says and Eddie refrains from cringing. "Matching stuff is so tacky." He says and the Campbell rolls his eyes, but is smiling softly.

"Then what kind?" He asked and Eddie shrugs. "I pick yours and you pick mine?" He says with a small smile and Rhys nods in agreement right away. "Totally. I have the perfect one in mind." He said then squeezed Eddie's waist gently in his hand before pulling him closer, connecting their lips in a small kiss.

"Yeah?" The Munson says and he hums softly in response. "Totally." He murmurs, smirking and Eddie sighs. "I'll have to think of one!" He said, swimming away and Rhys followed behind, watching him with a grin. "Now that you've mentioned Greece, I do actually wanna go one day. It's beautiful, I mean, have you seen Mamma Mia? It was filmed in Greece." Eddie says as he pushed all of his hair back, turning around to face his boyfriend.