On Land

Chapter 9: Family Issues

Ethan's POV:

His words keep swirling in my mind as I lay in bed with him, I play with his hair as our legs intertwined with each other, he smiles and cuddles with me soon falling asleep. When I wake up he wasn't there, nor were his clothes, I grunt and get up. I run a hand through my hair and get dressed quickly. I look at my phone, 8:30 am. I hiss softly and run downstairs to feel someone hit me in the back. I yelp and turn, my father stands over me as he holds a baseball bat.

"So, you running with guys now? I always knew you were more of a failure than your mother," he snarls.

I blink back tears as I get up, he tries to hit me but I dodge and run out the house. Before I reach the street, he comes after me and holds me by my collar "You will not bring him back here, or you will be out." He hits me, making me stumble to the ground again. I growl as he goes back inside. I hurry up and sprint to school, not caring my face throbbing.

By the end of school, people were asking what had happened to my face, I shrugged it off and hurried to the beach. I let my boat out and stirred it to the cave I found, when I got there I curled in a ball and looked at the water. Alas popped his head up a bruise on his wrist and arm, he winced when he got out of the water, I frown "I'm guessin' your family did that to you?" I make my hair cover my eye. He shook his head and moved to me "your father is scary and mean."

My eyes widen "H-He did that to you?" he nods and looks at me scared and frightened. I grit my teeth together as I run my hands through my hair again, not caring that I pushed my hair back, he frowns seeing my eye. He looks at me "I-I'm sorry...I shouldn't have stayed...I got you in trouble..." I sigh and pull him to me "You didn't, my dad is a dick, he just thinks people like us shouldn't be alive. I'm sorry he did that to you...what did you tell you're family?" he looks down, "that I fell..."

I snort and kiss his shoulder "Pretty clumsy for them to believe it, yeah?" he frowns "they don't, they think I'm being beaten by a friend" my jaw tightens. What the hell do I do now? I'm going to kill my old man I pull him closer and kiss him softly. He kisses me back softly "E-Ethan?" I tilt my head slightly "Hm?" he looks me in the eyes "what would you say if I would to start school with you?" I look at him "Well...I'd spend more time in school, but uh....why...I mean I wouldn't mind.." I ramble quietly, he looks away "just an idea, I mean I'm alone all day and I need to do something. And my sister goes to school, and my parents have a hard time teaching me because they work...and I need more" he rambled too.

I chuckle "Like what?" he keeps looking away, "science, more math, I mean I know a lot more than most, language arts, and I know a lot more than most humans about the history of humans" he kept rambling. I put both my hands on his neck "Calm down, I can teach them to you, besides, I don't go to school most days anyway," he looks at me "really?" I nod "Aye," he smiles softly laying his head on my chest. I run a hand through his hair "Last night was fun," he nods "mhm it was."

I bring his head up and kiss him deeply and passionately, he smiles under the kiss, kissing back roughly. I lick his bottom lip slowly, he bites mine playfully, I moan softly and hold his waist. His tongue explores my mouth, I gasp, trying to not moan. He smiles moving in my lap and moves his hips against me. I moan and buckle my hips, he smiles and stops. I whimper "Alas.." he looks at me and asks innocently "hm?"

"Tease," I whine softly, he looks down and blushes "I-I'm sorry! I-I didn't realize" he moved off me, I move him back with a soft laugh "You're so cute," he blushes harder. I chuckle and kiss his nose. He smiles at me and kisses me. I kiss him back and move us so I'm on top of him. He giggles softly, "So giggly, so adorable," he looks at me and giggles again "maybe I am" I bend down and kiss him deeply. He kisses back, I hold his waist and deepen the kiss. As he wrapped his arms around my neck I heard a gasp and a loud splash.

His eyes widen "Kuma!" he let go of me and got up running to the water's edge, I look around, confused. How the hell did she find us?