You Came Back - Kit and Ty

five

As the car hurtled down the road at an alarmingly fast speed (Emma was driving) Ty allowed the voices inside his head telling him to look at Kit to get the better of him. When Ty glanced in Kit's direction he was shocked at how beautiful Kit looked with the light of the fading sun highlighting the brilliance of his already golden hair. Ty nearly audibly gasped when Kit turned around and he saw his eyes, the sunlight adding hidden depths to the familiar blue. Worried that Kit would notice that he had been staring Ty tore his eyes away, but not before he noticing a slight blush creeping across the Kit's cheeks.

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Kit had been intending to ask Ty something along the lines of 'when will we be there', he needed to say something to the Blackthorn boy that in no way would lead to another awkward discussion about his feelings but when he had turned to face Ty he had been lost for words. When he had heard people say that phrase before he had never truly believed it was possible, how could you find something so beautiful that you couldn't speak? But now Kit knew the exact feeling. Ty's grey eyes appeared to be sliver and his hair was shining in the sunlight, something about the texture of his curls in that moment looked so soft that Kit was tempted to run his hands through it. He quickly dismissed that thought in case he acted on it without thinking and he turned back to face the window. This was going to be a long car journey.

Kit had no idea how much time had passed when the car come to a halt but when he opened his eyes he found that they were at a mundane gas station, Julian and Emma were no where to be seen and Magnus was peering at him, leaning around the back of his seat and looking at Kit thoughtfully. That was when Kit realised that the weight he felt on his shoulder was not just his muscles being cramped from being in the same position for so long but the weight of a human body - Ty. When Kit realised he nearly jolted upright in shock but he stopped himself just in time, he highly doubted that Ty would like to be awoken by Kit's shoulder slamming into his skull.

"We're just getting gas, we'll be back soon, I would wake him up if I were you though. Can't have him half asleep fighting demons," Magnus smiled and left, trying to shut the car door as quietly as possible before rushing to join Julian and Emma who Kit had now spotted walking towards the gas station building.

Kit looked down at Ty who was peacefully asleep against his shoulder, his body, for once, looked completely relaxed and Kit felt a pang of guilt that he would have to disrupt it. He gently shook Ty and after a few tries Ty's eyes fluttered open. It seemed to take Ty a minute of two to realise what was happening but when he noticed he was leaning on Kit's shoulder he jumped up, mumbling an apology. Kit just laughed. He couldn't help but think of how cute Ty looked with his hair sleep mussed and half covering his eyes.

After Kit had explained where the others were Ty decided to give Kit some runes, saying something about the fact that when they arrived they may not have time, Kit just nodded. Ty slid across the seat towards him, so close that their legs were touching, Kit could already feel his heart rate quickening and Ty wasn't even that close to him. Ty then took his arm in his hand and seemed to examine it, "there's no room for new runes on here," Ty said after a few seconds of what was for once a comfortable silence. Kit peered down at his arm, Ty was right, it was already covered in the grey outlines of fading runes or the black of newly applied ones. Kit then checked his other arm. "This one's covered as well," he said, he had never thought of what happened when Shadowhunters ran out of space for runes.

"You're going to have to take off your shirt," mumbled Ty staring down at the his shoes, he cheeks oddly flushed pink. Kit debated protesting but he realised that Ty was right, he couldn't just go into battle without runes even if it would save him from another awkward encounter with Ty. Avoiding an awkward situation wasn't worth dying over, actually on second thought Kit decided that it might be but he didn't feel inclined to explain that thought process.

With a sigh he pulled his shirt over his head and dumped it on the seat next to him, when he looked at Ty the other boy's eyes remained firmly fixed on the floor. Kit coughed awkwardly. "Uh, I'm ready." He said, trying not to sound as nervous as he was.

Ty just nodded and, still looking down, shifted so that his stele was hovering above Kit's abdomen. Kit could here his pulse in his ears at this point and he just prayed that Ty's head wasn't close enough to his chest that he could hear how quickly Kit's heart was pounding. Then Ty brought the tip of the stele down onto Kit's skin and Ty placed his other hand just above where he was drawing in order to steady himself. Kit nearly flinched at the contact but managed to remain still. He watched the only part of Ty's face that was not currently obscured by his curls, his jaw. It was currently clenched in concentration.

When Ty had finished the rune he sat back, again looking anywhere but in Kit's direction, his hands dancing at his sides, his jaw was still clenched. After a few seconds Ty's hands stilled and he looked Kit straight in the eyes, something that shocked Kit into silence, he wasn't used to Ty looking at him with so much intensity. "We need to talk," Ty said, his voice unusually forceful. Kit was about to open his mouth to speak when Ty interrupted him. "No," Ty said, slightly too loudly. Kit flinched at the word and Ty noticed and his expression visibly softened. "Sorry, it's just whenever you start the conversation we never uh, we never seem to resolve anything so I'm going to speak this time." Ty said, Kit was on the verge of protesting when he realised Ty was right and resigned to a subdued nod.

In the pause that followed Kit noticed Ty's gaze drift downwards to his bare chest. "And uh, can you put your shirt back on," Ty mumbled, not sounding even close to as confident as he had a second ago. Kit just shrugged his shirt over his head and looked at Ty expectantly. "So, you know when we were by the lake?," Ty asked. Kit nodded, any hope that Ty had forgotten about it immediately disappeared. "You said you loved me and I just um- I just wanted to know if it was true."

"Why does it matter, it won't change anything," Kit said looking up, he was met with the sight of Ty's beautiful grey eyes staring intently into his own. Kit opened his mouth to speak but was cut of with the feeling of Ty's lips pressed against his own. He was frozen in place, too scared to move in case he ruined it. After a few seconds he relaxed into the kiss only for Ty to pull away. Kit still couldn't say anything, it felt as though fireworks were exploding inside him and the butterflies in is stomach were only increasing as the seconds ticked by. 

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When Kit didn't say anything Ty began to panic, Kit probably hadn't wanted to be kissed, it was just at that moment a voice in Ty's head had been screaming at him to do it and he had listened; Kit probably hated him now. 

"I'm sorry," Ty mumbled in an attempt to save the situation. 

"Why are you sorry?" Kit asked, looking at Ty properly for the first time since their kiss. 

"Because I shouldn't have done that, y-you're probably mad at me," Ty said, sounding a lot more vulnerable then Kit expected.

"It's okay Ty," Kit said and Ty watched, motionless, as Kit inched further towards him. Kit moved his hand so that it cupped the back of Ty's neck, still moving closer. "Can I?" He asked, closing the distance between their foreheads. Ty nodded, too shocked to speak. Ty had barely moved his head when he felt Kit's lips on his own. His breath caught in his throat as Kit deepened the kiss and he wound his fingers through Kit's hair, grasping onto the golden strands as if it were the only thing tethering him to reality. 

[ I can't decide whether I love or hate this part! What do you guys think? Thanks for waiting so long for this part, school started and I was stressed lmao]