Broken Memories [Shoey Dawceffa]

Chapter 15

Author's note

Merry Christmas everyone! Here are 7500+ words, get comfortable!

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"Do you ever thought about getting married?" Shane suddenly hears Joey asking and he shoots a glare at him right away. The light is hitting his crystal eyes, is almost sunset and the cold water from the lake on his feet is pleasant

"What the hell, Joey?"

Joey looks away from him to appreciate the blue, orange and even a bit pink sky, bare from clouds "I was just wondering..."

"I'm too young to think about that, don't you think?"

"You're never too young to think Shane."

Shane frowns looking at his best friend and thinking that Joey isn't that good at saying deep things "So, have you?"

"Yes," Shane sees a smile appearing on the side of the cheek he is facing and in the next moment Joey is looking at him again "but the problem is, I always imagine me with you." his tender voice makes Shane shiver and the words hitting him actually make his bones aching. Joey is such a surprise that Shane is constantly looking at him with eyes wide open by the amount of surprises he makes.

Since when did Joey got so close from him?

And why is Shane feeling his lips against the fragile skin from his ear? "Let's go skinny dipping" Joey whispers following it with a giggle.

Shane doesn't remember agreeing with it, doesn't even remember when he got naked on the lake with Joey, with the still visible rays of sunshine hitting the water, which at the moment has the exact colours of the sky. It's so beautiful and Shane can't stop but examine the fact that it contrasts perfectly with Joey's skin tone. And oh... he's naked, and his hair is wet and he is giving Shane a dorky smile.

That's it really, they don't speak, they just look at each other with loud smiles in their faces. Their smiles worth more than words and that's all they need and want right now, not breaking the comfortable silence, being mixed by the sound of the water. Shane doesn't know how that sounds like music to his ears because the silence is predominant.

"You're so god damn beautiful, you know that, don't you Dawson?" Shane never heard Joey treating him as Dawson. But is enjoyable and Shane can't pull the thought about thinking that it sounds dirtier than it actually is, away.

"I-I don't... I-" He stops talking when hears Joey chuckling.

"You don't need to say anything." This time Joey's smile is sweet and Shane thinks he hears love coming out from it. Which is kinda impossible. He only nods as if he is answering at his best friend's cheesy comment.

The water was colder on his skin before, now it's fine and it seems like sometimes it burns, like Joey's eyes on him. Sometimes he can feel the rocks on the end of the lake, other times he needs to swim to keep on the surface. "How are you feeling?" Joey asks

"Ehm, normal I guess." Shane replies "You?"

Joey swims - when did he learn to swim? - towards the blue eyed boy and in a blink of an eye his body is feeling Joey's on his. It's soft and warm. Warm?

"I'm very well." Joey makes Shane looking at him by his chin. He's still with a smirk on his face and Shane needs to gulp looking at him that way. He feels exposed and it's not only because he is naked, however the rocks he is feeling on his back don't bother him.

Joey leans over till the tip of their noses are touching "Joey..." Shane hears himself whispering

"Shane..." Joey's smile only disappears when his lips are touching Shane. He moves softly and Shane didn't know that he could be this close from someone. How their bodies could be connected this well, always synchronized.