Winter Rains{ManxMan}

CHAPTER EIGHT

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Jackson

You couldn't ask me how it happened, I was still wondering the same thing. Yet, here I was laughing so hard that my stomach hurt. Kevin was pouting and I couldn't even spare the chance to admire how adorable it was.

He had made the most ridiculous comment in the history of man kind. He had been on my Pinterest which I use for cooking hacks and just anything to do with food and Marvel and he had searched for funny animals. There was a meme of a hippopotamus running away from birds and the first thing that came out of Kevin's mouth was: "aw! Poor dog." I had looked over to see and seeing that it was in fact not a dog. I couldn't help but burst into a fit of laughter. This was comedy gold.

"It was an honest mistake!" He told me furiously. "I had only glanced, I didn't look properly!" He whined and I just could not for the life of me get the entire ordeal out of my head long enough to calm down.

"I mean, it looks...nothing like...a dog!" I laughed and fell back on the couch when suddenly a pillow came down on me repeatedly. I covered my head and laughed. "Hey!"

"Stop laughing!" He whined and hit me with the pillow. I was reduced to chuckles then as I grabbed the pillow.

"Okay!" I yelled, "okay!" I said as I ended up pulling the pillow so hard that he fell on top of me. I smiles widely as he continued to pout rather cutely.

"It wasn't funny." He said his lip twitching in a smile and his cheeks filling with a blush. It dawned on me out position was not one for the Innocent minded. I tried not to think about it because it was very comfortable and I didn't want to draw attention to it because it may end.

He was pressed up against me and I could feel every part of him. He was between my legs and he shifted so that his head was against my chest. It seemed like such a natural thing to do and I don't even think he noticed himself do it.

"Come on, you must admit, it was a little funny." I told him and he sighed, his head getting comfortable on my chest.

"Fine," he said stubbornly. I began running my hand through his hair like everything was normal like this was an everyday activity even though it wasn't.

If someone would ask me what was happening, I wouldn't be able to tell them, because even I didn't know what was happening. I was simply going with the flow, doing what felt okay, what felt right to me. I couldn't explain it but...just being around Kevin was making me happy. It may have been to fast but, who cares? Like Nick always told me, life was too short.

How I knew Kevin was making me happy just by being around? I was excited about each day. I was different and those who knew me, mostly my employees, could tell there was a bit of a change in me. A very positive change. Which is why I had decided that I wouldn't be difficult, I wouldn't fight any urge I may have, I wouldn't ignore any moment that came to be. I would go with the flow and do what felt right.

I know the agreement was to help him get his own life and I would do that, no matter how long it took, and in the process, I would just try and figure out what it was that was happening between us. I couldn't even tell if Kevin noticed it or what he thought about it, but I hoped it wasn't along the lines of paying me back because I was getting sick of that line. I guess I couldn't really be surprised considering how he managed to be the object of my thoughts before this even happened.