Stay (MxM)

Tough Decisions

*Sorry for the loooong Chapter*

It Ant: "Yeah, I err...baby... don't hate me for doing this?"

Dec frowns at that but before he can ask what he meant by that, Ant's hands are on his face, pulling him close... joining their lips and kissing him like there ain't tomorrow.

Dec's world stopped spinning for a moment and the voices around him disappear into a thick fog. As his ears refocus after a beat, he picks up a few activities around him:

An unmistakable noise of a champagne flute falling down and shattering on the floor... Stephen's voice frantically apologizing to someone... gasps, whispers, murmurs but amidst all these and more, Dec's senses focus on one thing, a single feeling...

The feel of Ant's lips on his own.

What happened next was not in his control. His hands move on their own to hold Ant's waist as he kissed him back with the same passion. Ant grins into their kiss and Dec grins too. He was over the moon.

As Dec kissed him back, Ant felt ecstatic. It was like he has torn down every reservation, has broken every chain and has let himself free.

Ant felt free.

Kissing Dec wasn't just an affirmation of their love. But Ant was proving himself. He was going ahead and making decisions for himself. And showing people how confident he is with his decision. How confident he is about the love of this cute, caring, kind and gentle human being now in his arms.

Ant's lips caress Dec's showing him all the love he has and they both marveled the power of love as they bravely showed the world what they feel for each other.

As they pulled apart and Ant rests his head on Dec's with his eyes closed, Dec chances to look ahead and around, over Ant's shoulders.

The first person he saw is Stephen who looked as if debating between walking to them to celebrate their coming out and walking out of the room to be found no more. Sarah was beside him with awe and happiness clear in her smile while Nana looked at them with an "I knew that" grin.

Behind them was Christine who looked as if an elephant has just entered the room and beside her stood Raymond who looked as if he is about to bolt out of the room, more due to shame than rage.

But the most satisfying was the look on Kristen who has turned red with anger and humiliation while her father looked as if his world has fallen down around his ears.

And then there is Ant. His bold, brave, lover who is still staring at him, with a face-splitting grin, stuck on his face. Dec smiles at that image of pure happiness and asks shyly.

Dec: "What was that?"

Ant shrugs at that and sighs "I don't know...but I have to say it felt great doing that"

Dec blushes at that and grins, hiding his face into the folds of Ant's dress shirt "it did"

Ant chuckles at that, hugging Dec closer and takes a moment to look around them. He turns with Dec still in his arms and had to smirk when he saw people suddenly snatching their prying eyes off them to talk amongst themselves.

He sees Nana and Sarha walking towards them and Raymond telling something to a visibly uncomfortable Stephen before storming off the hall, Christine hastily following him outside. Kristen and her dad were nowhere to be seen and he couldn't ponder much about their disappearance as Sarha reached them.

Sarah: "Oh my God! What was that?! When, how?! How?!!!"

Ant laughs at her excitement while Dec blushed from where he was hiding against Ant's chest.