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It was an hour later when carlos's alarm went off Carlos turned it off Almost immediately to avoid waking tk

Tk looked so peaceful he was curled into a fetal position his hands held fhs blanket tightly to his chest a soft snore coming from tks side of the bed Carlos didn't want to wake tk he but he knew he had to

Carlos ran his s fingers through tks hair softly watching as the strands just fell anywhere they wanted Carlos sat up in bed so he could have a better view of tk " T.." Carlos said rubbing his arm "hm." Tk mumbled " you gotta get up .." Carlos smiled Tk's voice was so groggy you could tell how tired he was "mm." Tk mumbled rubbing his face "there he is ." Carlos smiled " can we just stay for a few more minutes ." Tk asked "yeah ." Carlos said

Tk slept facing Carlos this time Carlos couldn't help but look tk looked so soft and cuddly he wishes this could be real Carlos's hands were drawn to tks hair again brushing out of his face only to be met by tks eyes " your hair was in your face sorry ." Carlos said but tk didn't respond but instead moved closer now laying on his shoulder "you're a horrible liar ." tk mumbled with a smile

After a bit, they finally got dressed heading downstairs to see Carlos's sisters Camila and Elena "carlitos!" camila smiled hugging Carlos " how was your guys flight? Carlos asked" well Elena over here drooled on me so no so good ." camila laughed " shut up. Elena said before pulling Carlos into a hug " and who us this ?" camila said. Looking at tk " this is tk my boyfriend tk meet my sisters camila and Elena ." Carlos said "nice to meet you guys ." tk said with a smiled " of mom must be thrilled ." Elena laughed

It wasn't till later when Elena pulled Carlos aside "so where did you find him at ?" Elena said " I told you work ." Carlos said "it's not often you find people at work to be your fake boyfriend ." Elena said "how did you know ?" Carlos said "because I know when all year my little bother says he's Not bringing anyone for Christmas then last-minute you are you might be able to fool mom but not me." Elena said " he's my friend ." Carlos said " have y'all kissed ?" she asked " once but that-" Carlos said " you like him don't you ?" Elena said as Carlos looked over at tk who was cooking with his mom " he has a lot going in in his life right now -" Carlos said " that's not what I asked do you like him ?" she said " yes ." Carlos said "Then this week is your time to make
your move ." Elena said giving Carlos a hug

Later that night tk and Carlos we're helping andrea clean up from family dinner " otto come here ." tk said kneelimg on the ground " come here boy ." tk smiled as the dog came running to him " good boy ." tk said "im officially stealing your guys dog ." tk said with a laugh "he's all yours sweetheart ." andrea laughed when tk headed upstairs " I like him." andrea smiled
" you do?" Carlos said "I think he's the first guy you've ever dated that deserves you ." Andrea said

" keep him around ." andrea said handing him to mugs Carlos came in there room seeing tk sitting up in bed " I brought you some Reyes family hot chocolate." Carlos smiled "thank you ." tk smiled "what makes this the Reyes family Hot chocolate?" tk questioned puttmg the cup on the nightstand to cool " there's a splash of Bourbon in it "oh -" tk said as Carlos noticed his face went dull "what's the matter ?" Carlos said " I don't drink -" tk admitted " im an addict ." tk blurted out "alcohol was never the problem but I try to steer clear of things that might become one." tk said shyly "can I ask what the problem was ?" Carlos said

" opioids I started taking them because my parents were always fighting even though they were divorced and then I stopped fora fee years to get into the academy and then my mom died I got back on the pills I overdosed and my dad found me so he dragged here and I've been clean since." Tk blurred out but after a breath tk let out a small laugh " wow I just made you think that I'm even more of a train wreck then you already think I am god what is wrong with me ." Tk said with a laugh Carlos just rested his hand on Tk's cheek "look at me ." Carlos said as tk turned to look at him their eyes connected Carlos just kissed tk "nothings wrong with you ." Carlos said " not a single thing ." Carlos said caressing Tk's cheek

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