I'll wait

Chapter 24

The sun had finally began to set on the town at eight o' clock. After cleaning almost the whole house during the day, Kenny sat alone on the couch and watched an old movie he'd found around the house. It was a horror movie Damon had bought a while ago by the look of how beaten up the case was. Kenny cuddled close to his chest a panda stuffed animal. The movie was the typical doll movie that had been done a million times before but still made Kenny jump with the jump scares. At times he wished Damon was beside him to protect him from the monsters on the screen. However, when his hand reached over, he found nothing a blanket to his side. No one was there to protect him. The screams from the movie blared through the house and made Kenny jump a little higher. He almost didn't notice the door open and close at the front of the house a few feet away.

Kenny hugged the panda closer to his chest and tried to not reach for Damon's hand that would normally be right at his side to protect him. He didn't notice the footsteps growing closer to the couch when he squeaked softly as the doll jumped in front of the screen. He didn't even notice when a hand extended to place itself onto Kenny's shoulder.

When the hand touched, Kenny found himself jump higher than any jump scare had made him prior. Kenny froze in panic until he felt the person lean down and place a kiss on his neck.

"Hey baby.." Damon's voice filled Kenny's ears, allowing his body to relax. Kenny felt Damon slowly kiss his neck. "Bobby let me off a little early..."

"Why don't you go get some sleep for your shift tomorrow?" Kenny growled and moved away from Damon's kisses. Work was the only thing his lover cared about any more these days.

"Because I want to spend some time with you." Damon said softly and sat beside Kenny on the couch.

"Whatever.." Kenny muttered and turned his attention back to the movie, holding his stuffed animal close to his chest.

"Babe.." Damon said and put his hand on Kenny's. He watched as his love pulled his hand away and wrapped it tighter around the stuffed bear. "What'd I do?" Damon asked, finding himself growing defensive.

"Try I haven't seen you at all for the past four days hardly and I went to see you at work and you told me to leave." Kenny's eyes didn't stray from the screen, "so go sleep for your work."

"Baby..." Damon said softly, his deep voice carrying over the movie. "Baby I was busy. I had to get the car done. I didn't have time to be distracted."

"Distracted?!" Kenny snapped and turned his eyes to face Damon. "I'm a distraction now?!"

Damon paused, "I didn't mean it like that.."

Kenny stood up, shaken from the emotions running through his veins. The panda hung from his hand. "I guess if I'm that much of a distraction you wouldn't even care if I left?" Kenny's voice cracked and he tried to swallow down his emotions. "After all work is the only thing you seem to care about."

"Kenny," Damon stood, feeling like he had to defend himself, "don't talk like that."

"What?" Kenny growled through his teeth, "don't like the truth?"

"Work is not the only thing I care about." Damon said softly and turned off the television so the track would stop.

"Whatever..." Kenny shook his head and pulled the panda back to his chest.

"Baby.." Damon said and rubbed Kenny's shoulders, "work isn't the only thing I care about."

Kenny watched as Damon leaned down to kiss him and he turned his head. His eyes slowly fell to the floor. No words left his lips and Damon just looked at him, questioningly.

A sigh left Damon's lips as his hands slid down Kenny's arms and grabbed a hold of his hands. "If I called into work and got off tomorrow would that make it any better?" Damon asked softly, and squeezed Kenny's hands softly.

Kenny looked up, his eyes misted and angry, "I thought I was just a distraction to you."

"Would calling into work and just spending a day with you help?" Damon asked again, running his thumbs across Kenny's hands, "if it will I'll go in there and call Bobby right now." Kenny turned his head and Damon kissed his cheek softly, "you have to tell me, baby.."

Kenny sighed and slowly leaned against Damon, "do you promise I get to spend the whole day with you?"

"I promise." Damon said clearly. One of his hands running through Kenny's hair and the other on the lower half of Kenny's back. "I'll go call Bobby.." Damon tilted Kenny's chin so he'd look at him, "you realize this means you're stuck with me for a full day, right?"

Kenny watched as Damon walked to his room and called Bobby. One full day to be alone with Damon... He was just glad his college was on break.