Safe in My Arms

Hours Later

After falling asleep holding each other, their legs intertwined, and hot breath against each other's skin, Perth woke up a few hours later. He slowly pulled his legs out from their sweaty position and very gently pulled Chimon's arm off of him to rest on the mattress.

As he stood up, he looked down to Chimon, adoring the peaceful sight. Then, he grabbed his phone from the bedside table and walked to the kitchen. He grabbed a cup of water and looked through a few notifications he had gotten since falling asleep. It was still raining outside. It might have even begun to pour harder with the center of the storm now closer.

As he walked back to his bedroom to a sleeping Chimon, he replied to a message.  Walking through the door, he didn't lay back down, but instead went to stand by the large window. He snickered at the message. Then he peered out the window to the heavy rain and flashes of bright white light. He could see the outlines of other houses and tall buildings in the darkness.

Meanwhile Chimon quietly rolled closer towards Perth's spot on the bed. He tried to hold his nong, but he wasn't there. This made Chimon wake up, searching for the other person. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the empty pillows. Searching the room he saw Perth standing at the window.

Perth was now looking down to his phone, trying to hold back a laugh from the new message. A short giggle escaped his lips as he typed out a reply.

Chimon watched the younger one with a glimmer of vulnerability in his eyes. He very quietly got off the bed, biting his bottom lip, and tip toed towards the window. He came up behind Perth and tried to peek over his shoulder. He looked at him with an insecure expression adorned on his face.

Perth sent his newest message and smirked at his snarky text. Then he felt the lightest touch on his back. This startled him and made his shoulders shutter.

As Chimon touched Perth's back and arm, he cleared his throat. Perth then turned his head to look at him.

Sounding nervous, Perth said, "oh- you're a- awake P'Mon?"

Chimon eyed the phone before looking up to meet his nong's gaze. "I just woke up..."

"I apologize if I woke you up. I- I was just umm...on my phone." He smiled and focused his attention on the messy, bedhead, hair of Chimon.

Then Chimon gulped and glided a hand from Perth's back up to the nape of his neck. "Who are you messaging?" He asked with an anxious tone.

Perth batted his eyes at Chimon's touch and turned to fully face him. "It doesn't matter." Then, he placed a hand on Chimon's left cheek. Cupping his face he gazed at the adorable features of his Phi.

Chimon looked away from the slightly taller guy, but didn't move. "How could it not matter? Especially if you left me alone to text them" he muttered in a fretful tone.

Perth was shocked by this, with wide eyes, he opened his mouth to say something but didn't speak. Then he gulped, before holding Chimon's face with both hands.

He guided Chimon's face to meet his eyes. "Hey...I swear, it doesn't matter. I just didn't want to disturb your sleep. I didn't go very far, P'Mon. Just right here, not even ten feet away from the bed..." he finally said in a gentle voice. He massaged Chimon's cheeks with both of his thumbs. "If you want to know, uhh, it was only Gem. He texted me a funny picture."

Chimon then gazed up to him with half lidded eyes. His face slowly grew pink from their eye contact.

Perth smiled at this expression. Then in a soft tone, "I would never leave you all alone. I swear." Slowly, he moved his face closer to Chimon while maintaining eye contact.

Chimon then lightly pressed his fingers to Perth's waist. He was now very flustered, unable to speak a word, with a rosy red tint all over his face and ears.

"Chimon is so cute," the younger one said in a breathy voice.

In a shy tone, Chimon murmured, "P'Perth." He then pressed with a firm grip onto his waist, shut his eyes, and tiptoed up to close the gap between them. Chimon delicately touched his lips to Perth's. Breathing in the familiar scent, he relaxed into the kiss.

Their soft and tender lips pressed against each other. They moved in a rhythmic pattern as they tasted each other. And then, as the kiss deepened, Perth pulled Chimon further in, closer than they already were. His hands slid from his soft cheeks to the back of his neck.

Suddenly, a loud thunder cracked outside with quick flashes of lightning shining in the window. The sound cause them to both jump a little, briefly breaking their kiss.

Even though they paused, Perth didn't let Chimon move, and simply smiled into the kiss. He kissed him two more times before momentarily pulling away. They looked at each other with flustered expressions. Then Perth messily kissed Chimon's right cheek.