Step-Brothers

~Chapter Four~

The next morning, Evan wakes up and is jumping out of bed to the bathroom. Waking Jared up in the process.

"Fuvking-" Not only is he nauseous, he's sore, he's naked, and he's sleeping next to Jared?? He slams his hands onto the sink and looks at himself in the mirror, squeaking at the sight of the state his neck is in and almost screaming at the mark on his shoulder.

"Oh god- oh my- no no no, my mom is gonna kill me!" Jared quickly gets up to put at least his underwear on and running to the bathroom.

"Evan-"

"Jared, I- When my mom notices- oh God, she could probably smell- I'm dead, Jared, I'm dead!"

"Well really, I'D be the one who's dead for marking you. But it's going to be okay-"

"It's not! I'm all marked up, I smell like you so much you'd think I WAS you, and??" he points at his mark.

"We're both dead, I'm sure you didn't do this without permission, and that's enough to make me dead too."

"We aren't going to be dead. I swear to you, everything will turn out okay."

".... You've... You've never seen my mom angry, have you? Trust me. We're dead."

"Evan, honey, is everything okay up there?" Speak of the devil.

"Y-Yep! Everything is fine! All good!" he rushes back to get clothes on. He's so dead. Jared follows after him.

"Evan. Please just- trust me okay?"

"I can't - I'm freaking out, Jared. I'm MARKED. I'm not even out of HIGH SCHOOL. Oh God, I am so screwed. I'm so freaking screwed." Jared places his hands on his shoulders.

"You need to calm down. Take your breaths." He breathes deep. In through his nose, out through his mouth.

"Jared, what are we gonna do?"

"We are going to try our best to hide it. Put some of your moms make up on your neck. Wear cologne." He nods vigorously. He'll do whatever he can. He has to admit though, if it weren't for the feeling of impending doom, waking up smelling like Jared would've been absolute bliss.

"Also, not to, uh, make it worse, but Drunk Evan wanted me to remind that you're my boyfriend now. And, uh, and you lost your virginity last night." He gives one pat on the shoulder. Evan feels like he should crawl under a rock and never come out.

"Okay. Wow. Thanks, Drunk Evan."

"Sorry..."

"It's... It's fine. It's good. It's fine. I... Have a boyfriend. There's something good. YOU are my boyfriend, something better there."

"Thank god. I thought some of that was just drunken ramblings. And i thought "well, I get to be his boyfriend for a night until he wakes up and decides to walk out of my life because of what I did to him" "

"Even if I wanted to, which I don't by the way, you marked me. I'm... Kinda taken now. I don't... Regret it? I guess?"

"Well, I mean you did kind of ask for it"

"I did? Gosh, Jared..."

"But.. we were happy together! That was the happiest I've ever seen you."

"That's... I'm sure I was. I'm sure it was the happiest night of my life, but... But this is something not traditionally done until you're MARRIED, Jared. We aren't married. You might as well have gotten me pregnant at this rate..." he suddenly looks terrified. "We used protection, right??"

"Yeah. You're not getting prego any time soon"

"Oh thank God. Thank God, I'm not as dead as I could be." Jared smiles the slightest by at him. Evan reaches over to grab Jared's hand.

"It's gonna make me feel so guilty not to tell her. I lie to her all the time, I... I always feel bad."

"Yeah I know.... you just.. gotta do what you gotta do Y'know?"

"You're right. Gotta do what you gotta do... C'mon, let's cover it up..." Jared gets up to get the rest of his clothes back on before sneaking into the bathroom to get his mom's make up. They successfully cover it up and Evan finds the one bottle of cologne he owns to spritz onto himself.

"H-how do I smell?"

"Only slightly like me. Like we hugged during my rut"

"Okay. Okay, cool. Good." Jared kisses his forehead. The smile falling from his face when he pulls back.

"Something the matter?"

"I just realized that you're still leaving. To New Jersey" Evan is quiet.

".... I guess... I guess I am. To New Jersey..." Jared hugs him so tight. Evan hugs back.

"I... I'm gonna miss you."

"I'm gonna miss you too... fuck- I love you."

"I love you too..."

"Please, keep in touch with me. I don't want to lose you this quickly."

"I will. I definitely will, I... I can't lose you now." There's a knock on his door. Jared jumping back from their hug and blushing from embarrassment.

"Y-Yeah?"

"Evan?"

"Uh, yeah?" He's sweating bullets.

"You sure you're alright? I heard yelling and banging and-"

"Yeah. Yeah I'm okay, I uh... Jared spent the night and I forgot he was here and... And I freaked out a little, but it's okay."

"....alright.. when does he plan on going home?" Jared shrugs.

"Um... Later?"

"Okay, we'll be careful you two" she can smell Jared so strong from just his room.

"W-We are!" She leaves.

"What are we gonna do about how strongly I smell in your room??"

"Say you're just coming down from your rut? Nothing strange about that, right?"

"That I spent the night with you on my rut? She'd definitely know we did some stuff"

"No no no, r-right after. Like... You were in rut the day before yesterday, yesterday, when you came over, you were coming down from rut, so you were much better, but the smell was still heavy, and today you're fine! L-Like that."

".............ok."

"Yep... But only if she asks. You only tell her lies if she asks or she'll know."

"Okay okay... But I've never lied to your mom."

"So let me do it. I do it all the time."

"Damn Evan."

"Look, it was only a matter of time before I shifted from lying to myself to lying to others."

"....... Have you lied to me? About anything serious?"

"... Some things. Because I either thought you wouldn't care or that you would care and I'd worry you."

"What were they?"