Once More With Feeling ZAINTSEE AU

A New Beginning

Nira had to leave but promising she would come and visit Saint once he was settled with Zee. "You two take care of each other ok?" She said kissing them both on their cheeks. "I love you both" she said over her shoulder as she left the room. Saint loved his Ma so much, she was an angel who had supported him through everything. Zee smiled, Nira was such a ray of sunshine. He could see where Saint got it from, they filled his life with light.

"Well seeing as your coming home to me soon I guess I better go and get cleaned up." Zee said smiling. He knew it was a touchy subject but he had to ask. "So would you like me to pick up anything for you? I could go to the shops or to..." he left the rest of the sentence hanging while he gauged Saint's reaction. "...Anywhere you want." He finished. Saint looked calm enough but Zee didn't want to push him too far too fast, so he left the offer there. Saint stayed silent for a while  then replied  "Just make sure we have plenty of food and I'll be happy..." He said quietly. "...Could you grab me some clothes and my laptop too please." He said looking away. Just thinking about that place made his skin crawl but he needed his stuff.

Saint was grateful Zee didn't make a big deal out of his request. All he said was "Sure thing!" And flashed Saint one of his award winning smiles. Zee left promising to be back to pick him up in the morning. Saint was glad to have Zee in his life, no matter how bad things got they always had each others backs. In fact Saint couldn't imagine his life without Zee and Lee in it. They meant so much to him he couldn't even find the words.

Left alone for the first time, he thought back to that night with Matt. How he'd said all the usual shit to Saint about how lucky he was to have Matt because no one else would ever love him, and Saint took it because he knew it wasn't true. He knew he'd always have Zee and Lee. But then he started saying horrible things about Zee only using him for a baby sitter so he could go and get laid and Saint couldn't accept that. He told Matt he was twisted and that he couldn't understand the love he and Zee had because he'd never had a real friend. That was what really set Matt off, he'd started screaming that Saint wanted Zee to fuck him or that they already had been fucking. He'd punched Saint so hard he saw stars then pushed him down on the bed before trying to get his clothes off. Saint was so glad he was too drunk to make good on his threats but the beating he got instead was still awful. He managed to get enough courage to knee Matt in the balls and push him off him before running to find Zee.

Saint cried for a while as he fought away the horrible memories. He was so glad he'd finally had the courage to stand up to that bullying piece of shit. He just wished he'd done it sooner, he cursed himself for being so weak. The only reason he'd let him stay so long was because he hated being alone and he didn't want to be taking up too much of Zee's time. Now he swore he'd never go back to the place he'd shared with Matt for a year. He paid for it so he would just sell it and never look back.

Zee headed straight to Saint's place, he was secretly hoping Matt would be there so he could kick shit out of him. Though he doubted the coward would dare show his face at the scene of the crime. He arrived and let himself in with key Saint had given him for emergencies when he first moved in. What he saw filled him with rage. Saint's usually clean and tidy home had been trashed. Pictures had been ripped off the wall and smashed, his table had been flipped and as he continued in the damage was apparent throughout. He got to the bedroom where Saint kept his clothes and found some of them ripped to shreds. He grabbed the ones that he could find that were undamaged and began searching for the laptop.

Saint was never without his laptop because it had all of his notes for his newest book on it. Zee smiled with pride, when they met in University and were both business students it was him who encouraged Saint to follow his passion for religion and history to write a book about it. Once they'd graduated Saint started putting all his spare time into writing and easily found a publisher. He was now a well known author in certain circles and was on to his 3rd book. He finally found the laptop thankfully undamaged under the sofa. He couldn't stand to be there any longer so he turned to leave but stopped dead in his tracks as he heard keys being put into the front door.

He froze where he was and placed the bag with the laptop and clothes onto the sofa. It had to be Matt coming through the door and Zee was going to make him pay for what he'd done to Saint. He started walking towards the door as it opened, he was about to punch Matt when he realised he was face to face with the police officer from earlier. "Oh my God," he said as he realised "You gave me a fright. I was just picking up somethings for Saint." The police officer explained how they needed photos of the crime scene and asked what Zee had touched. Zee explained about the clothes and laptop and apologised if he'd messed things up. The officer assured him it would be fine and not to worry before sending him on his way.

Zee walked out with Saints things and headed to the shop to buy all of Saints favourites. Then headed home laden down with bags. He was going to make sure Saint was well looked after no matter what. He turned on his computer and emailed all of his clients for the next few weeks cancelling their appointments and passing on his apologies explaining there had been a family emergency. He'd built up a good client base as a personal trainer so he knew they'd understand. He promised to email with updated programs if they felt they needed more help, then shut down the computer and set to work cleaning. Everything had to be perfect for Saint's home coming.