The Best Regret [BxBxB+]

THIRTEEN | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIES

MUSIC IDEAS FOR THIS CHAPTER: Lovely by Billie Eilish, Khalid. What a time by Julia Michaels. Another love by Tom Odell.

Five months have passed since Elias arrived in January, and Taylor got a call from Elias's mother.

"You're not taking him back!" Taylor growled into the phone, possessiveness overcoming him. "Taylor, that is MY son. I can take him back whenever I please." Elias's mother, Cheyenne, known as Chey, snapped back. Taylor tightened his phone in his grasp and sucked his teeth in. He didn't want Elias to go.

"Elisia has only been here for five months. The usual stay is 9-12 months. He cannot go back just yet." Taylor raised his voice, growing angry. His veins popped out of his hand, and he wouldn't be surprised if the phone broke from the force Taylor was using. "I'll take my chances. I decided it was a mistake to take him there. Once I take him back, I'm sure he'll be way happier. I'm picking him up tomorrow."

Taylor hung up and threw his phone, his chest heaving with deep and ecstatic breaths. The brunette slumped down into the office chair and stared at the door. There was complete quietness for a while, which was unusual since there were seven other boys in the house somewhere. Taylor stood from the chair and heard footsteps and laughter run outside the house. He huffed, opened the white door slightly, and saw Elias standing there, no shirt and swimming trunks, while tears fell from his eyes.

"My mother... is she coming to get me?" Elias choked, staring his brown eyes intensely into Taylor's. Taylor frowned and grabbed the back of Elias's head, hugging him tightly. "Yeah... It seems that way." He whispered. Taylor felt Elias shake every time he cried, and it pained him deeply he was feeling this way.

"Because you're not in the system, she can take you as she pleases."

The pain Elias was feeling was unbearable. He didn't want to go home. He never saw his parents and was always utterly lonely at the house. He was homeschooled all his life, barely had friends, and hardly knew how to live an everyday life.

Elias pulled away slightly and grabbed the taller man's shirt, pushing him down to his face. "Taylor, please. Please tell her no. You are her family... don't you think she'll understand?" Elias cried, pulling the man closer to him. Taylor's eyes widened, and his heartbeat was fast and hard from how close they were. "I... I never had a good relationship with her." Taylor said truthfully, his voice unstable with feelings he wanted to refrain from feeling.

"Taylor! Please... try and do something!" Elias's face became closer, and Elias's hands let loose a little from Taylors' shirt. "Do something..." Elias whispered. Elias's eyes were hooded, glossed with tears. Taylor tried to contain himself but failed. He'd wanted to do this since the minute he saw him, which made him angry since he'd never gotten an attachment with him like the others so fast. That's why he was always distant from Elias and barely spoke with him. It was scary. The taller man grabbed Elias's face, smashing their lips together.

Their lips melted with each other and started at a slow pace. Taylor pushed Elias back slightly, which made Elias's eyes open. Looking intensely close into Taylor, his expectations were precisely what he wanted them to be. So perfect. His skin was smooth, with a scar slithered across his eyebrow, which made him wonder how he got it. Elias wanted to know everything about the man before him and, more than anything, wanted to feel his lips on his.

Elias slowly brought his lips back onto Taylor and slithered his hands around the taller one's neck. Their breathing became louder, and their movements became sloppier with lust... but not everything can happen the way they want it to.

Elias pulled back, pushing Taylor in the process. "I... I have to go pack." The smaller one rushed to turn around, but Taylor grabbed his wrist--wanting to tell him something. Elias turned around, and Taylor frowned. "Don't tell the others. They'll be devastated. Let me do the talking." And with that, Taylor let go, releasing Elias back upstairs.