Hushed (Book 2 of the Silent Series)

Tattoo

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Mitch was nervous when he entered the tattoo parlor. He didn't know why he was deciding to do this so soon, but he was determined to fix the nasty words sitting on his hip bone.

He has given the scar time to heal before doing this, even if it was a little early. When Manny cut the words into him, they weren't very deep. It just left a small scar their, but Mitch was going to make the words be very hard to see.

He greets the tattoo artist, he had been here a few times before. He had some tattoos already, he loved them. He had also come with Kirstie a few times, but she chickened out.

"Hey, Mitch!" The tattoo artist, Romeo, says. He runs over and gives Mitch a tight hug. "I'm so sorry about what happened." Mitch smiles at him. "Back for another tat?" Mitch nods.

Mitch opens his notebook and grabs his pen from his pocket.

I need you to cover something for me.

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Mitch was obsessed with the tattoo. Not only did it cover the words, but it was absolutely stunning, not to mention the large amount of meaning it held.

When he returns back to Scott's apartment, he was there practically 24/7, he runs into his room and hops onto the bed of the sleeping blonde.

Scott groans, he was trying to take a nap.

"Superman!" Mitch yells happily, jumping on top of Scott and straddling him. Scott opens his eyes eventually. Mitch leans forwards and pecks the tip of Scott's nose.

"I was asleep, Mitchy." Scott complains while holding onto the small boys waist. Mitch shakes his head. "Do you need something?"

"Look!" Mitch shouts, hopping off of Scott and unbuttoning his pants.

"What on earth are you doing?" Scott asks, laughing at Mitch's eagerness to pull his pants down. Mitch starts laughing when he realizes what this must look like to Scott, but continues to pull his pants down enough to reveal his hip bone. He turns to the side and shows Scott the tattoo that was blocking Travis's name.

"Mitch..." Scott whispers. On his hip was three large letters. An S, and R, and an H. Scott walks up and places his arms around Mitch's waist and kisses him softly, Mitch throwing his hand around Scott neck. "I love you."

"N-not his, yours." Scott pulls back from the kiss and let's Mitch pull his pants back up. He chuckles at the struggle. When Mitch is finished, Scott picked him up. Mitch wraps his legs around Scott's waist and loses his head in the crook of his neck.

"That's so sweet, Mitchy. I love you so much."
Scott says into Mitch's soft hair. "God, you know that is permanent right?" Mitch chuckles and nods.

"Y-you are m...ine per-perminintly." Mitch struggles to get out the word, but it was close enough. Scott knew exactly what he was trying to say and felt himself tear up at the words.

"Forever, my love. You and I will last til the end of time." Mitch smiles.

"F-forever."

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Kirstie didn't know what she was doing. She had just told Jeremy that she needed a break from all guys, but here she was with Avi right now.

"I'm so happy you're okay." Avi whispers, pulling her closer to him. "I didn't know what to do."

"I'm happy I'm okay too." Kirstie smiles into him.

"I have to go back to Arlington soon." Avi whispers, Kirstie nods.

"Why can't you stay? I hate seeing you alone in Arlington, didn't Esther leave?"

"She did."

"Why are you still there?"

"I can't leave Arlington. My parents wouldn't want both of their children moving away from them."

"You are an adult, Avi. Your job is shit in Arlington, you're alone, and we all want you to move here. You can be so much better here."

"I don't know, Kirstie."

"Think about it?" Avi hesitates at first, but sighs and nods in the end. "I told Jeremy to move on and that I wasn't in love with him..."

"And?"

"He said he felt the same. That he loved me but it wasn't true love. We had the same feelings."

"Are you okay?"

"Honestly, I don't think I've been better." Avi smiles. "But this doesn't mean I'm immediately going back to you, Avi. I still need time to get over Jeremy."

"I know, Kit. I've waited two and a half years, I can wait a few more." Kirstie smiles and pecks his cheek.

"Thank you for understanding."

"I've understood since we broke up. Things get hard, especially now that we're adults and are on our own. It's okay." Avi smiles. "Do you like the new apartment?"

"Yeah. It's smaller than the other one, so when everyone unexpectedly shows up, they literally have no place to sleep." Avi chuckles. "But in all honesty, it's really nice. I love it."

"Where is Mitchy?"

"Where is he always?"

"With Scott?"

"Of course." Kirstie laughs. "Those two haven't left each other's side since he got back. I'm glad, though. Scott betters him."

"You want to know what is weird?"

"What?"

"You practically are the reason those two are with each other right now."

"How is that?"

"Because, if you hadn't of met Scott and introduced him to us the first day of senior year, Scott wouldn't of known us. He wouldn't of come over after the first day and hung out, he wouldn't of talked to Mitch about everything. They should thank you."

"Mitch thanks me all the time, actually. He says the same thing."

"Great minds think alike." Kirstie chuckles.