Boys Will Be Bugs ( Tomco )

Part 16

The next morning Tom and Marco packed their bags, changed into their swim suits, and walked to the beach. When they got their they noticed that the beach was almost entirely empty, a few parents sat and played with their kids, but other than that it was empty. They had a whole spot of the beach to themselves and it was nice for them to just spend the day hanging out together and having fun without worrying about anything else in the world.

"Okay okay okay, would you rather be a puffer fish or live on the sun?" Marco asked, laying his head on Toms lap. Tom laughed as he played with his boyfriends hair.

"That's a very random question, where did that come from?" Tom asked back. Marco shook his head, his eyes closed to stop the hot sun from shining in them.

"Nope, I'm asking the questions right now. Just answer the question, it'll be easier that way." Marco grinned.

"Okay, a little threatening but I'll give in. I guess I'd want to live on the sun." Tom answered. "Less of a chance of me getting caught on some assholes hook. Is it my turn to ask the questions now?" Tom asked. Marco nodded. "What would you do if  I had no skin. I mean would you still love me or?"

"I expected the same question and ended up with that? Okay um, I guess I need to know what circumstances there are. Would we have met when you had skin and then it fell off or would we have met and your skin was already gone?" Marco laughed.

"I guess, my skin fell off after we met." Tom answered. Marco nodded.

"Then yes, I would still love you. But if we met and your skin was already gone I think I might not. It would be weird to fall in love with a skinless demon." Marco answered. "Okay, have you ever been in love?" 

"Oh, you're asking the deep questions now huh? Does this count?" Tom asked back, leaning down and kissing Marco's forehead. Marco blushed and opened his eyes.

"No, now doesn't count. Although that is very cute and I will be keep in mind that you just said you're in love with me. I mean before me." He grinned.

"Yes, at least... I think I was in love with Star. Everything before you is just hazy to me now, I feel like I woke up when I kissed you. Like it was the first day of my entire life." Tom answered. "What's your biggest fear?"

"Do I have to answer that?" Marco replied, sitting up and looking at Tom.

"Y'know, I can't run my fingers threw your hair if you sit up like that." Tom pouted. "And no, love you don't have to answer it if you don't want to. These question games are supposed to be fun." Marco sighed.

"Ask a different one." Marco insisted. "Or will it be my turn now?" Tom laughed.

"Okay, if you could have any super power what would it be?"  He asked. Marco nodded.

"That's a good question. Probably shapeshifting, but not to do anything creepy just so I can like, shrink down really small and live in a shirt pocket. There's no evil or rules in shirt pocket, just naps and good company. And you?" Marco responded.

"I don't need super powers, I'm half demon Marco. Or did you forget?" Tom laughed. 

"I'm tired of questions." Marco smiled. "Let's do something else." 

"What do you suggest? We've done almost everything we could do on this beach and it's almost sunset now. We have successfully had a good day today. What else is there to do?" Tom asked. Marco smirked and leaned closer to his boyfriend.

"Well we could-" Marco was cut off by Maisy jumping over a log and landing next to their blanket. 

"We have a problem." She frowned. Marco raised an eyebrow, leaning back from Tom and sighing,

"What's our problem Maisy?" Marco asked.

"My friends are all missing. It started with Ava and Justice, then Lucy and Duncan and now Violet is missing too. I don't know how or why but I know it had something to do with our plans tomorrow so I figured I should warn you, maybe even get some help from you?" Maisy explained.

"Missing? How would anyone even know about our plans tomorrow?" Tom asked.

"There's ears everywhere on this island. I thought they wouldn't be able to track our secret meetings but inviting people who were guests on the island was a bad idea on my part, they track you guys the entire time you're here and now I don't know where any of my friends are because I was being stupid." Maisy looked about ready to cry. "I know I just met you guys, and you don't owe me anything, but please can you help me with this? I need to find them, and I need to get the rest of the people I care about out of this place too." 

"We'll help you, we couldn't just turn down someone in need." Marco promised. "Where do we start?" Marco asked.

"We start by doing our whole plan just, with a few less helpful hands. You still go to make a complaint at the front desk, me and Tom will sneak into the back, find wherever they're keeping my friends, and all three of us will go find them." Maisy suggested. Marco nodded.

"We can do that, right Tom?" He asked. Tom nodded.

"Then let the heist begin right?"