A/N: omg im so sorry it took so long to upload this. this week has been so crazy, i started school and im already loaded with homework. i hope the next chapter wont take a week to put up, i apologize in advance if it does im so sorry here's chapter three i hope it doesnt suck. ;A;
Today is Sunday, and it's too brisk and chilly for late October. The cold air nips at your face as you walk down the street, and you pull your hood over your head to block some of it out.
You're going to meet Sollux at Rocky Beach along the shore, the spot your dad used to take you. You haven't been here since you were at least eleven.
You spot Sollux standing in the rocks, phone in hand, tapping away. He's probably writing another code. You sneak up behind him, as quietly as you can on the rocky shoreline, and pull away his yellow and black striped scarf. "YOU COLD?" You yell.
He jumps and spins around "Jethus Chrisht, KK! You almotht gave me a heart attack!" He scowls at you, and you laugh. "And give me my thcarf back; my mom got that for me." He yanks the scarf from your hand and wraps it back around his neck. "How are you not cold in that, it'th like thirty degreeth out here." He asks, pointing to your extremely worn hoodie.
"Dunno," You shrug. "I'm just naturally warm. The cold doesn't bother me too much, unless it hits my face." You stand on your tippy-toes and boop him on the nose. "Now shut up and help me look for crabs." He smiles and follows you over to where the rocks fade into sand, and the two of you start looking for the tiny crustaceans.
"There'th probably not gonna be any. It'th too cold, it'th probably gonna thnow today." Sollux says, crouching beside you.
You sigh, "I know. But maybe I'll get lucky and find at least one. I used to come here a lot when I was little. I'd find a bunch of them."
"What ith is with you and crabth, by the way?" Sollux asks.
"I dunno, I just like them. They're cool."
"It'th not ath weird ath me liking beeth, though."
"Bees?" you chuckle slightly.
"Thut up, they're cool. They're all thmall and fuzzy and they fly, and I don't even know what I'm thaying."
You laugh, and he pushes you over from your crouching position. You go to kick him, and when you do, you catch movement out of the corner of your eye.
"Dude, I found one!" You say, sitting up and expertly catch the tiny crab in your hands. "Look at him!" You stand up, cupping the crab in your hands, showing him to Sollux.
"Woah, that ith kind of cool." He says. You reach up and place the crab on Sollux's head. "What the fuck are you doing?" He freezes up.
"You are now King Crab." You say. "It's a thing I used to do."
"KK, pleathe get him off of my head, I think he'th trying to burrow himthelf in my hair." You laugh and remove the crab from Sollux's head. You place him back in the sand and say goodbye to your tiny friend.
When you lean back up, Sollux is looking at you, a small smile on his face. "What?" You ask.
He shrugs, "Nothing." A slight blush spreads across his cheeks, making them rosier. You frown and tilt your head, standing on your tippy-toes again, because damn it, you hate being more than a whole head shorter than he is. He tilts his head back at you, and you lean forward slightly, and suddenly his lips are on yours and he is kissing you. It takes you a second to realize what's happening and you start kissing him back. He tastes like tea and honey, and his lips are soft against yours. His hands find your shoulders and he gently pushes you back onto your feet before slowly sliding them down your sides to your waist. Your hands wind around his neck and the light inside you explodes. Nothing has felt more wonderful.
You continue kissing him soft and slow until you both pull away to catch your breath.
You rest your foreheads together, smiling. You look into his eyes and your grin grows bigger.
"KK," he whispers, "Do you want to be my boyfriend?"
"Of course I do, fucker." You kiss him again, and when you pull away, he holds you in his arms. The two of you stay like this for a while, his thumb stroking your lower back, your head against his chest, listening to his heartbeat.
"Look," he says, "It'th thnowing." You look up, and sure enough, tiny, white flakes are falling from the sky, flittering around in the wind.
"Fuck," you say. "This is just the start, in like, a week, there'll be three feet outside and I'll want to die."
"Yeah, cuz the thnow will be ath tall ath you." Sollux teases. "You're tho thort."
"I am not!" You retort.
"KK, how tall are you? Like, five foot?" He giggles.
"I'm five foot exactly." You grumble, leaning back into Sollux.
He rubs your back again and says, "I'm cold, wanna go thomewhere for hot chocolate?" You nod yes, and he takes your hand, walking towards a coffee shop in town.
You and Sollux walk hand in hand into town, the sounds of bells from the docks ringing in your ears, and the snow dusting the ground. Everything is perfect.
Except your dad can't know. You dad already hits you for no reason, and if he found out that you were now dating a guy, that would give him an excuse to beat the shit out of you. It makes you a little anxious.
Once you reach Gumshoe Café, Sollux holds the door open for you, and asks to find a table while he orders your drinks. You choose a small table in the back, and a few moments later, he finds you and hands you your hot cocoa.
"So," you say as he sits down, "We're boyfriends now." You smile a little.
"Yup," he says, blowing on his drink. "You're okay with that, right?"
"Of course! I wouldn't have said yes if I wasn't." You say. "I just gotta make sure that my fucking dad doesn't find out."
"Ooo,tho I'm your thecret boyfriend?" Sollux says with a wink.
"Yeah, basically." You say. You feel a little uneasy. There's a lot of people here, and a lot of them probably know who your dad is. Even if he doesn't leave the house very often, he could still find out.
"You okay?" Sollux asks, reaching over the table and taking your hand.
"Yeah, I'm just-" You sigh, "I'm just nervous that my dad will find out."
"I'll make thure he doethn't." He says, rubbing his thumb over the top of your hand. "I know you two don't have the betht relationthip, tho I get why you're worried about it. But I'll make thure he doethn't know a thing." You smile.
The two of you start talking about Halloween on Friday, and Sollux invites you to his house for a scary movie marathon. You tell him that when you were twelve you watched The Ring on YouTube and couldn't sleep for two days. He laughs at you and you kick him under the table. You continue talking until it starts getting late, and he walks you home to your blue trailer.
"I'll thee you tomorrow." He says, giving you a kiss.
"I'll text you." You kiss him back. He kisses you one more time before leaving, and you walk into your house to your room and fall on your bed.
You've never felt so happy.
A/N: there's chapter three, i hope the next one will be up soon!
thanks for reading!
-smc