Beaten In Lips - [boyxboy]

〔twenty-four〕

Things had been going surprisingly well. I was nearing the end of pain with my sides because my ribs were healing up just fine, my cast was due to come off in a couple of weeks and Austin and I hadn't been in a separate bed in nearly two weeks. Mike and Vic had been in total different rooms, obviously not knowing that we were both soaking up the time together. I knew eventually they'd come back, but we'd deal with that whenever the time came.

Currently, Austin and I were curled up in his bed, his arms around me while my arm was lazily tossed across his stomach and head laying on his chest. The door was shut and everyone was downstairs, thinking we were up here to work on homework. At first we were, but then Austin tossed my books to the floor and demanded that we cuddled. He was such an addiction, I could barely go a full twenty-four hours without touching him or kissing him. It sounded super cliché, but I couldn't help how I felt.

Austin hummed and kissed the top of my head, pulling me closer. I came to know that he was really clingy when asleep and awake. There had been a few times in the night where I tried to roll away because I got too hot, but he'd pull me back, holding me tighter than before. It was cute and made my heart swell with emotions, but sometimes I got a little too aggravated and had to force him away so I could be comfortable again.

"I should really be doing homework," I told him, but didn't bother to move.

"No, I really think you should be cuddling your boyfriend," he said, hugging me closer. I wiggled some away and looked at him.

"Boyfriend?" I questioned. We had never talked about that, or really never made it official. Honestly, I hadn't even thought about him being my boyfriend, as bad as that sounded.

"Oh, well um, y-yeah, I just... I just thought that since we um, we hung out and k-kissed all the time that we were...yeah," he said sheepishly. I couldn't help but smile at him.

"You're so cute, but you never asked." I pointed out.

"I-I didn't think to do so, I actually thought you would have dumped me or whatever after a few weeks." He told me quietly which caused me to frown.

"I don't think I'm going to dump you, Aust. I like you a lot." I told him truthfully, and Austin smiled so widely. He was the cutest, I swear.

"I like you a lot, too, obviously," he said. "So, I guess that leads me to ask; Alan, will you be my boyfriend?" I giggled and nodded, leaning in and kissing his lips. He chuckled too and kissed me back.

"Wait," I pulled away, "does that mean that now we get to go on those really stupid, cliché dates and like, hold hands and all the other couple-y things?" I asked, Austin grinned and shrugged, biting his lip.

"I wouldn't be too opposed to that," he mumbled. I smiled and kissed him hard.

He could barely keep up as his hands gripped my hips and pulled me closer while managing to pull me into his lap. I don't know what overcame me as I wrapped my arms around his neck. The kiss was heated and lustful, and our hands were wandering all over the place, touching, gripping wherever we pleased. I was moaning softly and gripping the ends of his hair on the back of his neck. Austin groaned against my lips and pulled me closer, forcing us both to grind against each other. My body shook with pleasure as my hips jolted forward, grinding against him once more. Were we really about to do this?

Obviously not, because Austin pulled away in a heap of breathlessness and rested his forward against mine. His chest rose and fell just like mine did and we were both trying so hard to calm down.

"I-I'm sorry," he gulped, his warm breath fanning against my lips. "I just- I don't feel like i-it's right to go further than this, not yet." He said.

"Don't apologize," I told him softly as I ran my fingers through his hair. "I don't think either of us are ready for that big step, I mean, we only just got together."

Austin smiled and leaned forward, nudging his mouth against mine for a short, sweet kiss.

"Okay, then how about we do something?" He asked, rubbing my hips.

"After I do my homework." I said, he groaned loudly and buried his face in my neck.

"Fine, but make it quick. I want to do something fun." He told me and I chuckled, climbing off of him and grabbing my books to continue on with my work.

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There was no real destination in mind as Austin and I walked hand in hand down the street, talking animatedly about everything while the sun began to set. I was over the moon when reality struck and I realized that Austin was now my boyfriend. I officially had him as my own. That was something I hadn't expected to happen, but I wasn't complaining about it either.

"Where should we go?" Austin asked, kissing the side of my head as he dropped my hand and wrapped an arm around my shoulder. He was being extra affectionate ever since this afternoon of cuddling in his bed, but I had no room to talk, because I, too, didn't want to let him go. I just wanted to hold him and for him to hold me while we kissed and hid away under his covers on his bed.

"Hot chocolate?" I questioned, leaning further into his side. Austin hummed in agreement and we began the journey to the oh-so-glorious diner where Mark and some other works were walking around, serving customers who were sat amongst the tables, scattered about. It was so weird seeing this place when it had more than just us and maybe one other small number of people here late at night. This place felt even more full of life with the lots of people here.

Austin and I found a seat at a booth, seated side by side. A waiter came and placed two menus in front of us, smiling sleepily.

"What can I get for you two to drink?" He asked, clicking his pen and hovering it above his notepad.

"Do you want to get food or just hot chocolate?" Austin asked, turning to me as he messed with the ends of his menu. I bit my lip and thought about it for a quick second.

"Both." I answered, Austin nodded and told the waiter our drink order, who wrote it down and told us he'd be right back with them. I scanned over the menu, looking for something to eat. Austin leaned over and kissed my cheek, causing me to smile wide and kiss his cheek right back.

"What are you going to get?" He asked, gently nudging my side. I shrugged and continued to scan over the menu, battling over what I really wanted. Soon enough the waiter from before arrived with our drinks in its usual Styrofoam cups. We told him what we wanted and he was off again before bringing our plates full of delicious looking food and setting them in front of us.

Austin and I ate our food and drank our hot chocolate, talking once again animatedly about things that came to mind. I couldn't keep a smile off my face as he talked, he was just the cutest ever.

Just to think that maybe a little over two months ago, I felt like the world was weighing me down and that everything had turned to shit. I was depressed, angry and wanting nothing to do with the stupid place I was put in. I was abused, still have many nightmares and came from a home that was more than just broken. But here I am, slowly becoming better, having everything pieced together by my friends and now my boyfriend. I hadn't been this happy since I was little kid, and even then, it felt nothing like this; it didn't feel blissful. But I was becoming better and I never thought that I'd be laughing and smiling this much, but I was liking this and it felt like nothing could ever change this.

After we ate, Austin and I walked around some more until heading back to the orphanage. Everyone was already asleep and Austin's room was empty of his roommates, so of course I stayed in his room, cuddling with him in his bed and falling asleep easily.

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omg have I actually updated? it's been, of course, a long time and I'm sorry, but now I have ideas and things are flowing great so expect something soon, hopefully. but this chapter was somewhat short, fluffy and almost smutty...

I've actually been thinking about having smut for this story, but I'm not 100% positive yet...so we'll have to see