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"Vennyyyyyyyyy" Vanitas yelled, balancing a tooth brush on his nose. "What are you, a sea lion?" Ventus asked, leaning back in his bed. "No! I'm just gifted!" Vanitas said, grabbing the tooth brush and tossing it on the desk. "Whatcha want?" Ventus asked, bouncing a ball on the ground. "Your body." Vanitas teased. Ventus blushed then turned his head away. "Whatever." he said. "Hey, we are a couple after all." Vanitas said, sitting next to Ventus. "Wait, you actually believe we're a couple?" Ventus asked, leaning back. "W-Well..aren't we...?" Vanitas asked, a little timid. "Uh...no...I mean we were kidding, still I can't believe you actually kissed me!" Ventus laughed. Vanitas' face lit up red as he turned to leave the room. "Hey Van where are you-" the door slammed closed. "Going..." Ventus sat up and walked out the door seeing Vanitas in the living room, sitting on the couch, Ventus could hear sounds of sobbing coming from the young raven haired boy. "Vanitas...are you crying...?" Ventus asked, walking over to Vanitas. Vanitas looked up at him, tears dripping down his cheeks. "Y-Yeah! I'm..fine..." Vanitas lowered his head. Ventus sat down next to Vanitas and held him tightly. "What's wrong...?" "I just...nothing just let me go!" Vanitas went to push Ventus away, but Ventus held on tight. Vanitas' lip quivered and he broke into sobs. "I just don't want you to hurt me! I don't want anyone to hurt me anymore! It was so lonely, it was dark and cold and..." Ventus looked over at the peaking flesh on his wrist. "Vanitas...raise up your sleeve..." Vanitas' eyes widened and he pulled his sleeve down immediately. Ventus grabbed at his wrist, worry in his eyes. "Vanitas, raise. up. your. sleeve. now" Ventus demanded. "Ventus just forget you ever saw it" "No Vanitas! No! Why have you always worn long sleeves?! What's under your sleeves?!" Vanitas bursted into loud sobs again. "It hurt so much! It hurt! Everything hurt and I just couldn't handle it anymore I'm sorry!" Ventus raised up his sleeve to see large cut marks circulating his wrist, they were all puffed up and large, some were even on his veins, they could've killed him...he probably wanted them to. "Vanitas...?" "Just leave me alone!" Vanitas screamed, yanking his arm away and running into the bedroom, slamming the door shut. Ventus sighed. "Shit why isn't the hot water running?!" Ventus could hear Vanitas scream from the other side of the door. "He wants...a...b-bath..?" Ventus asked, gulping. Ventus trudged over to the bathroom and staring at the tub. "It won't...hurt me...nothing...will...hurt me..." Ventus shook violently as he bent down and turned on the hot water, as it filled the bathtub. Ventus turned the drainer off as it filled the bathtub, flashbacks popping in and out of his brain. Once it filled he immediately jumped back and sat by the door, he opened it and called out. "V-V-Vanitas c-c-c-come he-he-he-here!" Vanitas opened the door and saw Ventus sitting on the ground shaking like a wild man. "Woah Ven are you okay?" Vanitas jogged over to Ventus and knelt down to him. "I-I-I-I ran y-y-y-y-you a ba-ba-ba-ba-bath." Vanitas looked at the water.
"Why were you shaking?" Vanitas asked, swishing the water around in the tub as Ventus sat on the rug, pulling at the loose strands. "It's a long story, a really long story..." Vanitas frowned and placed his dripping hand on Ventus' hair, ruffling it. "We all have long stories here man, all our stories fucked us up one way or another." "Since when were you so poetic?" Ventus asked, smiling some, blushing a light pink. "You'd be surprised how poetic I was in high school, I was like a french man." "Good with the ladies?" Ventus asked, a little sad. "Ladies and gentlemen." Ventus looked up to see the smirking raven haired boy. "Gentlemen?" Vanitas tightened his grip on Ventus' hair and leaned down some, letting the water drip off his body and he melded his lips with Ventus'. Ventus wasn't in shock this time like last time, he knew it was coming this time, and this time, he didn't wanna push away. Ventus kissed him back, he was surprisingly gentle, soft. Vanitas pulled away and smiled. "Gentleman."
