Ant looked at the ground the golden flowers waving in the soft breeze as they were clutched in his hands. A grasshopper jumped into the air clicking as it went. Ant raised his hand to knock but hesitated. He listened for a moment. He knew Jordan was home his dogs were pawing at their fence. Ant knocked loudly. He saw two figures and he tossed the flowers just in case. Jordan opened the door smiling at Ant. A girl was under Jordan's arm.
"Oh hello Ant come in" Jordan says.
"Actually I can't I have to go to Ryan's I just came this way and thought I'd say hi" he says as his confidence falls.
"Ok well see you later Ant" Jordan said.
Ant walked back the way he came. He watched the ground's dips and curves until suddenly he was grabbed by the collar. He gasped in shock.
"Money now" a gruff voice says. Ant sighs and reaches for his pocket.
"Or I could just take this" the voice says gripping his amulet. Something inside Ant snapped and he fought back.
"Jordan got that for me I'll kick you in the man parts if you don't let me go" Ant roared.
He nailed a blow but he was beaten to a pulp his wallet stolen. He let his head fall feeling his amulet's comforting presence. The adrenalin faded away and the pain sunk in. Ant groaned dots dancing in his vision. He could vaguely feel strong arms picking him up.
Ant opened his eyes not recognizing the surroundings. He panicked until someone's hand stroked his cheek. Ant relaxed observing the ceiling. He felt the softness of the bed beneath his trembling limbs.
"Hush Ant you're safe" a voice said. Ant turned to see Jordan icing his leg.
"Here's your wallet" Jordan says tucking the small black leather pouch into Ant's pocket.
"Why'd you fight back" Jordan asks. Ant swallowed not wanting to tell the truth.
"He wanted the amulet you got me" Ant manages to stutter. Jordan's warm hand took his. Jordan smiles warmly.
"That's sweet of you Ant now get some rest" Jordan says. Ant opens his mouth to argue but closes it. He relaxes completely and closes his eyes.
He opens his eyes expecting Jordan to still be there but surprisingly there's the girl Jordan had been with.
"So you're my brother's best friend?" She asks.
He thumps his hand against his head. Of course Jordan had a sister. He then noticed his nose had been bleeding he must look like wreck.
"Yes" Ant answers. She smiled. He watched in horror unable to move much as she sat on his legs her face extremely close to his. He whimpered quietly and she ignored him.
"It's amazing how attractive you are" she says. Ant in desperation opened his mouth to call for Jordan. She closed it. Ant whimpered softly.
"Jordan" Ant managed to get out of his mouth.
She gasped as her brother opened the door with a glass of ice water for Ant. Ant looked at Jordan with helplessness in his eyes. Jordan's expression hardened. She whimpered and opened her mouth to make excuses.
"Get out sister I can't believe I thought you'd changed" Jordan hisses. She stood up and fled the house.
"Ant are you ok" Jordan asks sitting next to his friend.
Ant nodded and smiled faintly besides the pain. Jordan set a hand on his forehead. Ant sighed silently. As Jordan's hand left his face Ant could still feel the warmth lingering. Jordan started to force feed him water then stopped feeling awkward.
"Here Ant you need to uh... drink this" Jordan said quickly setting the glass in Ant's hand.
Ant sighed ignoring the pain yet it was obvious by the slight jerking of his muscles as he managed to drink from the glass. Jordan gently took it and helped Ant not being able to bare seeing Ant in such agony. Jordan set the glass down then heard the slamming of a car door. Oh of course Sky was coming for a visit today Jordan thought.
"Come on Ant let's see if you can walk Sky is visiting me for today I'm sure he wouldn't mind seeing you too" Jordan says.
Ant sighs but takes Jordan's hand. He props himself up and Jordan supports his weight. Ant manages to get to the couch with Jordan's help. Jordan rushed out the door and almost tripped over something on the walkway which he'd swept two days ago. He looked down and picked up Ant's flowers. He held them for a couple minutes before he heard Sky coming up the walkway.
"Where" Jordan whispered confused.
"Hi Jordan" Sky said happily but in his obnoxious way.
"Hi oh yes come on Sky Ant's here to but he got the living daylights beat out of him so he's not going to be much company" Jordan says.
"Oh is now a bad time" Sky asked.
"No it's fine" Jordan says and walks into the house.
"Oh ok" Sky says as Jordan steps inside.
Ant is curled up on the couch in pain. Sky's eyebrows raised at the sight of the beat up and bloody Ant. Ant opened one brown eye looking at Sky. He forced a weak smile his muscles tensing. Sky smiled back waving. Ant tilted his hand slightly in a small wave. Ant's clothing had been torn one eye blackened his arm was torn badly the other badly bruised but the worst was the gash that ran down his spine barely missing the nerves which was causing all this pain.
"Jordan you're sure today's a good time I can come back tomorrow" Sky says.
"I'm sure" Jordan says setting the bouquet in a vase of the coffee table. Ant's one open eye widened.
"Ok can I help with Ant in anyway" Sky asks.
"Just let him rest" Jordan says.
"Quit treating me like an animal" Ant choked out quietly.
Jordan looked at Ant sitting down at the minecrafters feet. Ant looked at them and his muscles twitched Jordan gently stroked Ant's arm. Ant closed his eyes and slowly dozed off. Jordan gently got up.
"Come on sky let's go to the kitchen" Jordan said leaving Ant to rest.
When Ant woke up Sky had left and Jordan was looking at Ant extremely closely. Ant's eyes widened slightly Jordan's face extremely close. Ant tilted in for a kiss then sky bumped the couch sending Ant spiraling into reality. Ant groaned quietly a pounding headache surfacing. Jordan set a glass of water in front of Ant on the coffee table.
"Ant you need some water ok so please just drink a glass" Jordan says his voice filled with worry.
Ant reached out trying to get the glass but his weak grip wouldn't allow his gloves to get a grip. He sighed and pulled one off. He didn't care about the scars anymore. He could feel Jordan looking at his hand as he managed to grip the glass and drink from it. As he set it down and retracted his hand Jordan took his hand. Ant looks up at Jordan studying his worried face.
"It's ok Jordan" Ant croaks.
"Ant what happened" Jordan asks.
"Nothing happened" Ant says pulling his glove on. He rolls over still sensing Jordan watching his every move.
"I need to get going if I'm going to get home before dark" Sky says.
"Ok bye sky" Jordan says.
Ant waves bye to Sky as he leaves. Ant feels a hand trailing down his back next to the gash. Jordan sighs and Ant's hand reaches out knowing Jordan is on the coffee table. Jordan doesn't notice until Ant's hand rests on his thigh. Jordan jumps.
"Sorry" Ant says and retracts his hand quickly. Jordan's hand takes Ant's.
"It's ok Ant you want comfort and that's why I'm sitting here" Jordan says.
Ant teared up. He felt like such a burden but here Jordan was telling him he wasn't. Maybe Jordan did care about him even if it was a sliver. Jordan looked at Ant who looked like he was in so much pain by the twitching and shuddering. Ant gasped as Jordan's arms wrapped around him.
"Sorry did that hurt" Jordan asks letting go of Ant who was to embarrassed to respond. Ant felt hands sliding beneath him and picking him up.
"Hmm what" Ant asks confused and groggy.
He slides one eye open and relaxes when he realizes it's just Jordan. Jordan sighs. He loved Ant he wanted to know if Ant loved him to but Ant was his best friend. Jordan looks at Ant's sleeping form in his arms. Jordan laid Ant down. Jordan stroked the asleep Ant and planted a kiss on his friends lips. He knew there was a spark for him but he didn't know if Ant felt it.
"Sweet dreams Ant" Jordan says softly covering the other minecrafter up.
Ant dreamt of falling. He screamed as he hit the water. He was drowning. The air was being crushed out if his lungs. He suddenly awoke. Auburn was all he could see for a few seconds. His eyes focused and the auburn color took the shape of curls. Ant sat up in pain as he realized Jordan's heavy form was on his lower torso.
Ant smiled faintly and stroked Jordan's cheek. He hummed softly to himself. Hello my name is Ariel and I'm a mermaid Ant thought. Jordan started to wake up. Ant laid down resuming the position he had been in before he woke up.
"Wake up sleepy head" Jordan said nudging Ant's cheek. Ant opened one eye.
"What?" Ant asked his voice not nearly as raspy but it shook crazily.
"You need to get some sunlight I was wondering if you wanted to go sit on the porch outside" Jordan says.
"I guess" Ant says.
"Ok come on I'll help you walk again" Jordan says helping Ant raise himself from the bed. Ant sets an arm over Jordan's shoulder.
"You can do it Ant it probably hurts but it'll get easier" Jordan encourages as Ant manages to support some of his own weight.
Ant lowers himself into one of the chairs and Jordan sits across from him. Ant notices a dark shape in the blocky sky. A slight smile forms on his face as an average sized dragon lands in Jordan's huge yard. It lumbers up to Jordan and Ant. Ant strokes the dragon's head. The smoky gray dragon purrs it's frills puffing out as it wagged it's tail.
"I guess ash missed you" Jordan says. Ant nodded as his dragon puffed out a small trail of smoke with a few sparks.
"Did you miss me" Ant asks scratching the dragon's head. It nodded quickly before it saw an emerald green dragon.
"Go get her tiger" Ant says. Ash takes off into the sky.
"So what's up" Ant asks Jordan.
"Nothing really" Jordan says.
"Ok I'm sorry I'm being such a problem" Ant says.
"Oh you're not a problem" Jordan almost shouted.
"You get lonely don't you" Ant says. Jordan nods slowly and Ant smiles.
"Maybe I could stay after I get better I live in a crudely built house anyway" Ant says.
"That'd be nice" Jordan says. Jordan smiles at Ant who looked so nice in the sunlight. He shook his head slightly he wasn't a mushy gushy type.
"You ok" Ant asked.
"Huh oh...yeah I'm fine" Jordan says softly.
"You sure" Ant asks moving to sit next to Jordan. He stumbles but makes it there.
"Ant have you ever loved someone but you don't if they like you back" Jordan asks. Ant nods.
"Really"
"Yes"
Jordan looked at Ant who looked back at him. Jordan rubbed Ant's back. Ant smiles giving Jordan butterflies. He smiled back his shades quivering as his nose crinkled slightly. Ant looks back to the ground.
"I considered confronting them but I was shot down" Ant says.
"It'll be ok Ant you'll find someone" Jordan says.