Smashed Love

"YES!" Declan shouted as he got of the phone to the restaurant round the corner from his house. Finally he had found somewhere to do his work experience in his last year of collage. Declan Donnelly was going to be a waiter in a restaurant and get paid for his time. he started tomorrow and Dec was over the moon.

The following morning the excited lad woke up and got ready for his first day of proper work. Although he was excited he was also very nervous. 'What if I mess up?, what if I can't handle the responsibility?', Dec thought to himself. 'Calm down man' he shook his head and headed to the restaurant.

Dec met the manager, got his snazzy uniform and his name badge. After a lot of observing and talks, Dec was finally allowed to start on his own and he couldn't be more eager. he walked over to his first table to take their order , he could see it was a group of lads his age. He smiled politely and spoke. "Hello, my name is Dec and i'll be looking after you today. Are you ready to order?". one of his customers lifted his head from behind his menu. This boy was dark haired, cute smile (well Declan thought so) and beautiful eyes. Declan was shaken out of his thoughts when he heard a voice.

"Hello Dec"

"Hi" Dec replied quietly, suddenly becoming shy. 'Pull yourself together man', Dec thought to himself. Both lads just looked at each other, neither saying a word. The other boys round the table were giving them funny looks. Clearing his throat Declan pulled himself together and got the words out of his mouth

"Erm, sorry, your order?"

"Yes, of course, I'll have burger and fries please mate"

Declan continued to take the orders of all the lads while making short glances at the handsome boy. he hadn't made any mistakes which he was quite proud of however he was sad he had to leave the table. Dec went to the bar to sort out the drink order. Meanwhile at the table the dark haired lad kept thinking about his waiter and how he needed to talk to him, so he made his escape.

"I forgot to order something, I'll be back in a minute"

He got up and started walking in the direction Dec had gone just 5 minutes earlier. That's when he Spotted him at the bar getting drinks together. Dec had his back to him so he made his way over and perched himself on one of the red bar stools.

"Anthony" he introduced himself. Dec jumped from the sound the sound of his voice. He quickly spun round to see the boy he had been daydreaming about.

"Sorry, what?" he replied

"My name. Anthony McPartlin. Most people just call us Ant or Anth"

"Declan Donnelly, or Dec"

"So how long have youse worked here?"

"It's my first day actually"

Both leaning on the bar table, the two of them carried on talking, staring at every feature of each others faces. Neither could take their eyes of each other. Anth noticed how shy Dec was while talking to him, which he found adorable. Dec noticed how Anth kept smirking at him when he said something. Not being able to take it any longer Anth grabbed Declan's uniform collar and pulled him towards him and connected his lips with Dec's. Dec froze in shock, not knowing what to do. Neither lad noticed Dec's manager heading towards them, when he saw them he marched over angrily and pulled the two boys apart harshly. Anth flew off the bar stool on to the floor as Dec flew back into the bar.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING" yelled the manager at Ant.

"I..I....I" Ant stuttered in reply.

As neither of them were watching Dec, Dec lost his footing when he was pushed and fell back into the shelves of glasses that were stacked. Dec let out a cry of pain as his head hit the shelf and fell to the floor as all the glasses followed and smashed onto the young lad.

"DECKY" Anth shouted as he watched all the glasses fall. The manager stood froze on the spot as Ant leapt up and jumped over the bar counter to get to Dec. Being careful not to cut himself on the sharp, shattered glass, Ant crouched down beside Dec and brushed of as much glass as possible off the upset lad.

"Dec, it's me Anth, you are ok now mate. Can you look at us, please"

Dec made no effort to move, he couldn't, he was still in shock.

"Please Declan, I need to see if youse are okay" Anth said softly as he moved a piece of Dec's hair from his face. Dec turned his head slightly towards the sound of Ant's voice, to reveal his face and hands covered in blood

"Oh Decky, come on, lets get youse up"

Ant put his arm round Dec's waist and kept hold of his hand to guide his and help him support his own weight. Ant looked over at the manager and saw him just stood there making no effort to help.

"Dickhead" Ant spat at the manager.

Ant sat Dec down at the nearest table and started to clean his face gently, trying not to hurt the injured boy. As he had wiped most the blood off of Dec's face he's saw there was no glass stuck in his skin and the cuts weren't too deep.

"Hey, well the good new is that youse won't need to go to hospital." Ant went to put his hand on Dec's shoulder but Dec flinched at his touch.

"Hey Dec, i'm so sorry for what happened. It is all my fault. Sorry"

Dec looked up at Ant and saw the guilt in his eyes. It wasn't his fault, it was the managers. Ant headed towards the door not wanting to cause anymore trouble for Dec. Just then it struck him. Anth had kissed him.

"Anth?" Dec spoke quietly but just loud enough to gets Anth's attention.

"Mhm"

"Youse kissed me"

"I did..."

"I liked it and I like you..."

A smile formed on Ant's face as he went back and knelt beside Dec's chair.

"I like you too Declan" Ant spoke as he leant in to try the kiss again.

Ten years later

"Do you remember when we first met, Dec?" Anth asked his husband as he climbed into bed beside Dec.

"Of course I do, how could I forget" Dec replied chuckling.

"When I first laid eyes on you Declan Donnelly I knew you were the man for us"

"Aye, same here baby. Even if I did have to go through 50 glasses smashing onto my head, it was all worth it to be here now, with you" Dec said to his Husband as he wrapped his arm round Ant's neck and kissed him softly but full of love.

"Love you Anth"

"Love you too Decky"

The two men told each other that they loved one another everyday, meaning it more and more as they found they admired each other more and more each day.

The End.