𝙈𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙧 ; 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒

Chapter 9, I love you.

Vance Hopper pov:

I knocked on the door hesitantly. He opened it almost immediately. "Hi Bruce."

"Hey Vance, wanna come in?"

"It's fine. I don't plan on staying for long-" He grabbed my hand and pulled me inside. He shut the door and pushed me against it.

"What happened to your face, and your neck?" He inspected my face.

"Uh. I tripped."

"Tripped into a chokehold? Your whole neck is bruised." He touched my neck gently.

"It doesn't matter."

He swept some hair out of my face then grabbed my hand.

"Mom! Can you get some ice and some cream for Vance?" He shouted. His mom came rushing in with the stuff.

"What's happened honey, did you get in a fight?" She sat down in front of me and held an ice pack to my neck.

"It's fine I think. Yeah. Just a fight."

"You told me you fell." Bruce added, confused.

"I- uh- yeah. I uh-" I stuttered. I didn't know what to say.

"Sweetie, is everything okay at home?"

Bruce gasped. The blood drained from my face. "It's all okay. Everything is fine. This isn't why I'm here."

"Yeah but we need to sort this out. Have you got hurt anywhere else?" Bruce asked me.

Seeing as I was already here I thought I might as well. I lifted up my shirt. Bruce and his mom gasped. What were they gasping about? I looked at my stomach.

There was a massive purple and red bruise all down both sides of my stomach. I slowly looked up at Bruce and his mom.

"Whoops?" I awkwardly smiled.

Bruce laughed and looked down.

"Bruce don't laugh, how did this happen?"

"Fight. It was a fight."

"Okay." She rubbed some cream on my bruises and pulled my shirt down. "You can always come back if this happens again."

"Thanks Mrs Yamada."

She nodded and took the stuff back to the kitchen.

I looked at Bruce who was watching the tv. Amy came downstairs and sat next to me. "Hey Vance."

"Hey Amy. Bruce, can I talk to you?"

"Yeah sure." He replied, still watching the tv.

I grabbed his hand and pulled him upstairs. I walked into his room and shut the door. He sat on the bed and I sat next to him.

"So about that kiss, were you.. alright with it?"

"Vance." He kissed me, not roughly, just a gentle one. "Does that answer your question?"

"Yeah. Yeah it does." I thought for a minute.

"Will you be my boyfriend, Vance?"

I looked at him and smiled. "Yeah. Yeah I will." He put his hands on my waist and kissed me. I put my hands on the back of his head, kissing him back.

We both pulled away and fell back on to the bed. "I love you Vance."

"I love you too Bruce."