Loves Protection

Chapter 2

It's now 5:15 in the evening and I am finishing up giving the pups a bath. Every day, all the dogs start to get a bath at 5 and I always finish around 5:20. It keeps them cleaned after they have been out in the yard playing with all the other dogs and visitors. The cats clean themselves most of the time, but we give them a cleaning to make sure they are squeaky clean.

"Luca, you can head out then," My boss says.

"But I still have thirty more minutes, Jasmine."

She smiles, "it's game night right? I heard your sister is coming tonight too. Go ahead and head out for the night."

"Thanks Jasmine. I'll come in early tomorrow for work," I say as I go to change.

"We won't need you tomorrow, consider it a paid day off."

"Thank you, bye now," I wave goodbye.

I'm supposed to meet my sister at the bus stop at 6 but it's 5:30. I have half an hour to spare so I just walk around until it gets closer to 6.

As I round a corner, I hear something coming from an alleyway. I got this feeling as if something bad was there, but I looked anyway. I saw four people, one on the ground surrounded by three others. They were arguing but I couldn't hear clearly.

I got my phone out of my pocket, started recording and got closer. Thank god the sun was still up, I don't know what would happen if it was dark and I couldn't get anything on camera.

"I promise I'll get you the money by Monday," the man on the ground said.

The man in the middle laughs, "you said that last week and the week before. The boss is getting tired of waiting."

"Come on guys, I have to cover my tracks so they don't know I'm taking money."

The guy on the left speaks, "it really shouldn't be that hard. You're a cop, you have a high payroll, don't you?"

The guy on the ground shakes his head, "I don't get paid until Sunday. And every penny goes to pay for my kid's chemo."

Now, the guy on the left, "Should have thought about the consequences ahead of time."

He pulls something out of his pants. Then I go pale as I witness what happens.

Thunk!

The man on the ground is now limp. The small sound that resembled a hammer hitting a nail was the sound of a gunshot.

"Move his body somewhere, the boss won't want police snooping around," The guy with the gun says.

He wipes the gun, puts it in the guys hand and leaves a note. I try to sneak away after stopping the video but I bump into a trash can. It falls over and I look at the three guys.

They noticed and I started running. I heard them yelling but I didn't stop. I looked back and saw that they were following me. I ran as fast as I could, why did the streets have to be empty? It was only 5:33 in the evening.

I was a lot faster than the three guys since all I could see was three mini figures following me. I turned a corner and bumped into someone. I fell back onto my butt and my glasses had fallen off. I panicked as I looked around.

The person I bumped into handed my glasses to me, apparently they landed at the person's feet.

As I put them on, I saw who I bumped into. It was a guy with short black hair and brown eyes. I got up and apologized.

"Sorry, I-"

Then I hear voices, "I saw him enter that alleyway. Come on."

I panicked, they were going to catch me. Are they gonna kill me once they catch me? Oh who am I kidding, of course they are.

When I passed the guy I bumped into, he grabbed my arm. The next thing I knew, he had me up against the wall. I'm around 5'3 and he had to slightly bend down to look me in my eyes.

"What are you-"

He interrupts, "helping you."

Then, he puts his lips on my lips. I froze in place, he's taking my first kiss. I close my eyes when I hear footsteps heading towards our direction.

Great, I can't hear anything over the sound of my heart beating in my ears.

After a few minutes, as I'm running out of breath, he backs away. I put my fingers up to my lips and look at him. He just looks at me before walking away, a small smirk on his face.

"Bus stop is a five minute walk from here, just take a left once you exit the alleyway."

I picked up my phone, still shocked at what happened, and the time read 5:50. I spent seventeen minutes running from those guys.

Just as the mysterious guy who saved my life said, I arrived at the bus stop at 5:55. Five minutes pass and Lizzy pulls up. I entered the car and buckled up, hoping she wouldn't ask what was wrong. To my disappointment, she spoke.

"Why is your face red? You're also dazed, what happened?"

"Long story short, I saw something bad and was about to die. I bumped into a guy and he saved my life. He also kissed me."

"Holy fuck! How was your first kiss?" She asks.

"His lips were soft... but that's not the point. I was almost killed and you ask how my first kiss was?"

She laughs, "Sorry. What did you see?"

I asked her to pull over and then showed her the video I took.

"Damn, you got a good angle here. Let's go to the station tomorrow to show this to the cops. One more thing, no telling mom and dad what happened tonight."

I nod, "Dad would kill me if he knew I was kissed by a guy and liked it."

"So, you finally had your first kiss. Did you get the guy's name?"

"No, I was too shocked to register what was happening. Wait, how come you're acting calm?"

"What do you mean?" She asks.

"I'm a teenage boy, who's first kiss was taken by a guy who looked to be around your age. Some people, like dad, would think that's gross."

She sighs, "Luca, I've known since you were little that you were gay. I don't care if you like boys, girls or objects, you are my brother and I will always support you. So, what did this guy look like?"

"He had short black hair and brown eyes. He was taller than me for sure, he had to bend down to look me in my eyes before kissing me. And he had a scar on the right side of his cheek, maybe on his jaw or something."

I tried to describe him the best I could. The whole thing happened really fast.