Pete woke up early in Vegas's arms, he stared at his sleeping face for a few minutes, then leaned slowly and kissed his lips, he slipped out of bed carefully and went to the bathroom, he removed his t-shirt and then the band-aids, he stood there looking at his wounds and scars, how did he allow himself to reach this state, he should've been stronger, he- "Stop," he heard a firm voice from behind, and then two arms circled his waist gently and their owner put his head on Pete's shoulder kissing his warm skin, "did I wake you up?" "No, I'm just a light sleeper," Vegas said looking at Pete through the mirror, "How are you feeling?" "Like nothing and everything at the same time, I need a hug," he turned around and threw his arms around Vegas who took him in his arms lovingly, he hugged him tightly but carefully, "There there everything is okay, I will give you all the hugs you need till you feel better," he said patting his back soothingly, Pete kissed his neck, "Thank you, For everything,"
Vegas smiled and planted a soft kiss on his head, "Let's clean your wounds again and get ready, I wanna take you somewhere after breakfast," Pete looked at him quickly "Where?" "It's a secret, now come here let's clean them real quick," he guided Pete to sit on the bed and got the aid kit, pete was watching him treating his wounds, "You said last night that you took care of wounds before, how come?" "Well some of them were my own, since my father had his ways with parenting, and some were Kim's, I know it's hard to believe," Vegas said with a scoff, his attention was still on Pete's belly, Pete thought for a second "No it's actually not, I think you cousins care about each other, you just have an unusual way of showing it," Vegas smiled and nodded, "It's true, they're the only family I have left, okay! We're done," vegas said as he stood up and helped Pete on his feet and kissed his nose, "Let's go eat,"
After breakfast they went to change, Vegas finished first and went to check on Pete, "Do you need help?" Pete shook his head, "No I'm done, How do I look?" He said showing his outfit to Vegas, he was wearing beige overalls a brown hoodie, and a bucket hat, Vegas walked to him and squished his cheeks, "Like my cute teddy bear," and then he pecked his lips, "Let's go!" They held each other's hands and walked outside,
They arrived at the place and Pete was peeking outside the window and when they parked in front of it his face lit up, "Omg vegas it's a cat cafe!" He immediately got out of the car and Vegas followed his excited boyfriend, "Slow down baby," but Pete was so impatient and wanted to go inside "I love cats so much, Thank you baby I love you" he jumped on Vegas hugging him tightly, "you're welcome love, let's go inside," "Yes please let's go"
The moment they walked in Pete felt his heart bursting with joy, "Vegas look how cute they are!" Vegas was smiling none stop at Pete who was jumping cutely, "Be careful kitten, you love cats that much?" Pete nodded quickly "Yes a lot! I always wanted to have one but I wasn't allowed to have pets in my old apartment, they're just so adorable," Vegas made a pout and looked down "I can be adorable too," Pete looked at him and started laughing, "Awwww are you jealous of cats baby?" He walked to him and cupped his face, " You are the most adorable thing I've ever seen my big baby," then he kissed his lips and pulled away smiling but Vegas captured his lips again,
"That's enough you're gonna traumatise the poor kittens!" Someone said from behind, Pete turned around "Porsche! What are you doing here??" "Aw! How dare you! Are you not happy to see your bestie?!?" Porsche said sulking, "Of course I'm happy to see you asshole I just didn't expect it," Pete went and hugged him, "Vegas called me actually, he told me about what happened," Pete's face dropped, "H- He did?" "Yes! He said that you were feeling sad and asked me about the things you love that make you happy, and I immediately said cats!" "Oh! That's all he said?" "Yeah, why is there something else?" Pete smiled and shook his head, it's not like he didn't trust Porsche, but he didn't want to worry him,
Pete spent the entire morning playing with cats and Vegas was watching him silently with a smile, he was working on his laptop and as soon as he finished he went and joined him, Porsche was in the bathroom so Vegas took the chance and hugged Pete from behind, " I love seeing your smile, it looks good on you," Pete turned to look at him and kissed his lips, "If I'm smiling again it's because of you babe," and he looked back at the small kitten in his arms, "and this little furry baby," he said in a tiny voice and kissed the kitten, they sat there silently playing with cats, moments later Porsche came back looking upset and Pete noticed, "What's wrong???" "That asshole kinn! He just called me, he has an urgent meeting in another city or some shit and he won't be coming back till tomorrow, I don't want to spend the night alone, ei pete let's have a sleepover," Vegas wrapped his arms around Pete and glared at Porsche, "In your dreams,"
"Shut up I'm not talking to you, please Pete it's just one night I miss spending time with you, Kim took my brother and now I'm left alone, I don't want to be alone tonight pleaaaase" he said with a pout and Pete felt bad for him, he looked at vegas "baby can I spend this night with him?" "Why are you asking me? it's your decision kitten," Pete smiled and kissed him then looked back at Porsche "Okay then, I will be there at 7," Porsche's face lit up and he had a huge smile on his face, "Thank you peeeete I love you so much" he went to kiss him and vegas pushed him hiding Pete in his chest, "You can love him from there," Porsche was glaring at him, "Just so you know I have loved him more than you ever will asshole, oiii anyway I will go now, don't be late," Pete smiled and waved peeking from vegas' arms "I won't, bye bye,"
Later that evening, Vegas dropped Pete at Porsche's with a sulky expression, it didn't escape Pete's attention so he held his hand and kissed his cheeks " It's only one night baby, I'll see you tomorrow okay?" Vegas nodded "I know but I don't want to sleep without you, I will miss you a lot, I will pick you up tomorrow at 10 am," "Okay baby I will see you then," Pete said and kissed his lips and got out of the car, "Call me if anything happens okay, be careful with your wounds, I'll see you tomorrow, I love you," vegas said and Pete smiled "I will don't worry, I love you too honey," he waved and left,
He knocked on the door and Porsche opened immediately, "fucking finally! Who the fuck takes 30 minutes to say goodbye," Pete tilted his head, "Huh? You were watching us?" He said as they walked to the living room, "Yes! I was so close to going there and dragging your ass to the house, you two are insufferable" Pete rolled his eyes and sat on the sofa, that's when he noticed the table, there were snacks and food, and lots of drinks, he looked at Porsche with a side eye, "you brought me here to get me drunk?" "Asshole, I just want to watch movies and gossip, I miss talking to you, I will go bring some blankets and pillows, we're sleeping together, " Porsche said attempting to walk towards the stairs, "Why??" "Mmm because, we're gonna watch a horror movie and I won't be able to sleep alone," he said and ran upstairs, Pete laughed slightly and went to change into pyjamas, after he came back Porsche was already sitting down and picking a movie to watch, so he joined him,
"so, how is life with vegas?" Porsche asked, stuffing his mouth with food, " Well, it's good, I mean, it's the best thing that happened to me, but..." Pete stopped thinking for a moment, "but??" "But it's scary," Porsche fixed his position listening carefully to Pete, "scary how sweetie?" Pete took a deep breath, "I'm scared because I'm not used to feeling this safe Porsche, I'm scared I will ruin it because I can't move on from my past, I'm scared I will hurt Vegas and it's so unfair for him to deal with my problems all the time," Pete said and began shaking slightly but Porsche held his hands gently, "Hey it's alright Pete, things like healing and moving on take time, you're not hurting him, we're humans we have our bad times and good times, none of what happened is your fault baby don't be hard on yourself," Pete nodded looking down, "I know but...I hate to see him worried all the time, I..." he paused taking another breath, "It happened again, yesterday" he said and lifted his clothes revealing his wounds, Porsche didn't say anything, it's not news to him, "You should've seen him Porsche, he was so scared because of me,"
"He was not scared because of you, he was scared because he loves you Pete, and it's normal, vegas already lost his family once so it's normal for him to be scared of seeing you hurt," he held his hands tightly, "Listen to me, I know that asshole made you think that you're too much, a burden and your emotions should be hidden, but it's bullshit, relationships are about trust, about being there for each other in your lowest and highest, just give yourself some time and everything will be okay, vegas loves you, and I'm sure if he gets hurts you will be terrified too won't you?" Pete nodded slowly, "see, now get your shit together and give yourself a chance to be loved and love, you deserve it," "Okay, thank you, Porsche, I needed this," pete hugged him and porsche patted his back gently, "Oiii that vegas is really spoiling you, you became so clingy," "Shut up!" They laughed and sat there quietly watching their shows and drinking,
Some time after midnight the two friends were so drunk, Pete was sitting on the floor barely conscious and holding a bottle of wine, and Porsche was lying down on the sofa staring at the ceiling, "Porsche!" "Mmm?" "I want to sleep," "Go to sleep then, what do you want me to do sing you a lullaby?" Pete whined "But I can't sleep," "why?!" "I miss Vegas, I can't sleep without him Porsche, this was a bad idea I'm going to him," he said and attempted to stand up but fell back to his place, "Pete sit your ass down it's 2 am where the fuck you think you're going??" Pete started sniffling softly, "But I want Vegas,"
"I want Kinn too, fuck I miss him so much, I will kill him once he comes back," Porsche said still staring at the ceiling, pete shook his head quickly, "No! I won't kill my Vegas, I will hug him and kiss him and cuddle, I love him so much, he's my favourite person ever," Porsche looked at him glaring and threw a pillow at him, "Asshole, what about your best friend??!!" "Hey, that hurt! I know you want to hug Kinn too don't lie!" "Of course I do he's my boyfriend dumbass! But you know who I want to kill?" Pete shook his head barely keeping his eyes open, "Kim, he stole my baby brother," "I think they're lovely, but not like me and Vegas hehe," Porsche rolled his eyes "Just stfu and go to sleep," Pete frowned his eyebrows and shook his head, "No! I want Vegas I can't sleep if not in his arms," "Fuck, you really became clingy for that asshole," "Don't call him that!" But before Porsche could answer the doorbell rang,