When He Sees Me [Draft]

[8]

What Ben saw was not Andrew. It was some football players, but they were not Andrew.
Shaking, Ben started to back away, but one of them had appeared behind him. He was trapped inside a bathroom with nobody but the football players who'd pay to beat his ass.
Except they didn't have to pay, they could do what they wanted to him for free.
"Well, homo, looks like you've started to affect this football team." Said Danny.
Ben shakes his head, not sure what he was talking about. He backed up into a corner, terrified of the much bigger jocks.
"Our boy Andy has been distracted and playin funny ever since you came into his life, so if you won't get back to your place on the bottom, we'll put you back down there." Chimed in Tyson, the biggest of them all by far.
"I-I really don't want any trouble. Please, I'll leave you guys alone." Said Ben, his voice trembling.
"Aww, is the queer scared?" Taunted one of the jocks, just as another one threw a punch at Ben's side.
The smaller boy stumbled sideways and hit the wall when the stronger jocks fist hit him in the side. He wasn't hurt bad, but he knew how soon that could change.
After at least five minutes of punches and kicks being thrown at him, you could officially call Ben beaten up.
Once the jocks all left because of the bell ringing, Ben was left sitting in the corner of the bathroom, a complete mess. His nose and lips were all bloody, he had bruises and throbbing pains everywhere, and to make things worse, he was crying at school. The one thing you were never supposed to do, he was doing.
It seemed like hours before someone came into the bathroom. And as if things weren't already absolute crap, it was Andy who came in.
"Ben?" he said quietly, not noticing Ben on the ground at first, but knowing he was in there somewhere due to the football players telling him he was.
"Oh my God, Ben!" Andrew said, getting down on the ground next to the poor boy.
Ben looked up at Andrew, barely recognizable underneath the tears and puffy red eyes, cuts and bruises hiding his real beauty.
"I don't know why I thought that the note could be from you! I'm so stupid!" He cries out, hating himself for believing the note.
"Everyone hates me! I hate myself! I hate life!" He goes on, tears pouring out of his eyes.
"It's not like I chose to be this way! I can't help it. And I can't defend myself. They're so strong. Andrew they're horrifying!" he cries, and keeps talking on and on about hate and everything negative.
Andrew grabs Ben's wrists tightly "hey, hey, hey... I'm right here. It's going to be okay." he says softly and reassuringly.
Ben shakes his head "No, it's not. You have no idea what it's like to be hated by everyone here!"
Andrew shakes his head and leans in, not thinking about what he was doing.
The two boys lips meet and it felt like something just exploded inside of them. Like this was how it was meant to be.
Andrew leans back a little, filled with regret, but at the same time, not regretting a thing "Not everyone." He whispers, moving his strong grip from Ben's wrists, to the boys small hands.
Ben was incredibly confused, and so amazingly in love with this boy it almost seemed unreal. He sniffles, but his tears kept coming. It was uncontrollable at this point.
Andrew nodded as if he understood what Ben was thinking, and pulled the boy into a tight embrace "I'm right here, Ben. I've always been right here." he says softly, running his fingers though Ben's hair, similarly to what Ben's mother did to him when she felt protective of him.
Ben wrapped his arms around Andrews lower back as it was the only way he could hug him back due to Andrews arms being around his upper back tightly. He let himself cry into the taller boy's chest, causing the soft fabric is his t-shirt to become damp with Ben's tears.
"Why are you doing this? You could be seen in here." Ben asked between deep breaths, his crying starting to slow down.
"Because I think i'm falling in love with you." Said Andrew quietly, meaning every word he said.

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UMM SORRY FOR THE SHORT CHAPTER BUT THIS WAS SUPER WHOLESOME TO WRITE SO LIKE YIKES NO REGRETS