Rises the moon

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Sitting on the sand, with tears soaking his face.

Crying over Superman's rejection, who he expected to take the position as his father.

Superboy or his human name, Conner, whipped his tears with closed fists

The day seems like i'll never end, he was over with the sun, he wanted to his favorite moment to come with despair.

He felt like breaking, and let the darkness around solace him, it's all wrong in his life, everything has changed, his feelings, his environment, his life... just one thing stays the same since the young justice rescued him.

Rises the moon.

The moon, it's the most beautiful thing he has ever seen, the white light shinning on his eyes, and the intensity it's creating heat.

The moon...the moon, white, huge, bright, beautiful.

Blooming, raising, In front of his eyes, just for him...

Why someone like him would be so obsessed with the beautiful satellite?

Perhaps cuz' it reminds him of him.

Kaldur'ahm... The boy who showed him the moon.

The boy which loves.

Kaldur gave him everything he once whished, freedom, protection, support, love.

Perhaps the moon was so relevant for him due to precisely it reminds him of Kal.

His hair white as the moon, those blue eyes so bright as moonlight, the shine that he emanates so intense and heartwarming.

Remember the idea of him made him smile and whip with his hand the very last tear running on his cheek.

The moon has risen, everything we'll be fine. Closing his eyes, being on peace, just for a moment.

Breathe, breathe, breathe...

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Heard the knock on his door, said "Come in." so softly that he swears that the person behind the door wasn't able to heard him, or at least a part of him wishes that.

Anyways he listens the door being open and shut with delicacy.

Doesn't turns, or move, not even an inch, not until feeling the other side of the bed sink.

He turns his head slowly and try to not look surprised when he sees Aqualad on his side grinning kindly.

"I saw you today, you looked... disconnected" the boy on his side speaks softly.

"Memories, again?" mentioned.

"Memories..." Conner reply "I don't have any idea about what to do or what to say, voices in my head, they torment me, feels like someone's stills taking control of me." he admit between sighs meanwhile Kaldur the only one which he trusts on was listening to him attentively.

"Also this creepy girl, Megan or whatever, getting in my head, she just makes me feel worst" he said grumbling.

Kaldur let a laugh out that made Conner hold his breath.

"¿M'gann? She was just trying to help, even when she doesn't knows how, You know? I think she's into you.

"She's into me? I don't want her to be into me, i want you to be into me." or that is what he could say if he would be a little more brave, however, he just turned again, giving back to Aqualad, watching the moon trough the window.

"Autumn will come soon, and i don't know why, but i've got the feeling that you will like that season." Kaldur said laying on the bed, close to Conner's body.

He kept talking as Conner didn't reply "It gets dark earlier." Conner gasped and turned quickly, their gazes collided, blue against green under the moonlight.

"You mean...." he didn't end his question when Kaldur interrupted him.

"Yeah, the moon rises earlier too"

Conner grin and didn't even thought about it and jumped over Kaldur "Sounds Wonderfull!" he yell laughing, he all over Kaldur.

Everything stopped when he notice the position he took, even so, nobody moved.

Conner may have tensed a little when Kaldur placed his hands on his waist, but he relaxed instantly.

"I know how much you love the moon" he whisper on his ear.

"It reminds me of you..." Conner confessed ashamed "And you're right, I really love the moon."

He didn't know he was able to blush, but oh boy, he definetly was, Kaldur sat, therefore Conner was straddling on him "What do you mean?." he asked softly, as he stroked Superboy's hair, trying to bring peace to him.

Conner hanged his head in shame, but Kaldur took his chin, forcing him to look him "I really love the moon... because it reminds me of you."

"And why it reminds you of me?." He hesitantly brushed a hair behind's Conner's ear.

Will he have enough courage to admit it? He was allowing him to straddle him, plus Kaldur is always understanding and kind, if he proposed, it couldn't be that bad, right? "I'm as in love with the moon as I am with you..."

He didn't have time to react, when he realize, he had soft lips touching his own, that touch became a sweet first kiss, full of feelings and innocence.

As they separated, Conner slowly opened his eyes and looked into Kaldur'ahm face.

"Since when? and Why hadn't you told me?." the older asked

"Since the very first night I met the moon." he whispered so low that was hard for Aqualad to listen to him.

"But... that was... the day we met." Kaldur begun, but both of them ended saying the last words.

"You saved me, cheered me up and supported me, you showed me the moon, how I was supposed to not fall into you?." Conner said ashamed, hiding his face on his hands.

Kaldur laughed "You should have told me before."

"I didn't know how, i didn't even know how you will react, i mean, come on, look at you, you are so... perfect. I'm impulsive and immature, I don't even know how..." he start excusing himself, but haven't said that much when Kaldur interrupted him.

"Don't talk about you like that, you are mature, bringing to the table the situations you've been trough, you just need to work a little bit more about handle your emotions, but you'll get better with time, it'll be okay, I'll be here with you.

Conner Kent, Superboy, or whatever his name was, in that moment he couldn't even remember his own name, but he felt like melting on someone's arms, so he got soft and let all his weight over Kaldur, rested his head on his chest, looking at the window, admiring the moon, while he was listening to the sweet words.

"The moon will be there too, everything can change, but at the end of the day, something stays the same, rises the moon, so breathe, breathe, breathe.".

He's not the kind of guy that makes what other people tells him to, but he did exactly what Kaldur was telling him, he breathed deeply , he breathed until his eyelids were heavy, he breathed until all the worries came out of his body with a sigh, he breathed until inside the arms of Kaldur'ahm he felt in home, he breathed until he forgot everything and everyone, he breathed until fall asleep.

Fall asleep knowing that nothing can be that bad, not the next day, or the next, or the next, or the day after that day, it will be something that'll never change, because doesn't matter what...

Rises the moon.

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