Authors Note: Sorry for this being so very incredibly late... A couple of days after posting Chapter Three my laptop decided it would break. I've only just got it back from being repaired... Well, it's more like I've got a brand new laptop –sigh-

Occasionally I've been able to peek online at friends places but never for long enough to get anything written. So hopefully you will find this chapter to be well worth the wait!

Chapter Four

Kevin opened his eyes wearily and carefully tried to sit up, only to be met by a surge of pain in his chest, he looked down at his wounds expecting his eyes to meet a mass of torn flesh bleeding profusely. Instead he found the edges of the scores seared shut, the stray fireball, which blasted him, must have scorched the wounds enough to close them. He raised his arm to feel the back of his head; it stung a little but not enough to force him to have to remain stationary. He felt a little lightheaded; he must have had the wind knocked out of him, he couldn't have been out for that long.

Ben's head rested on his lap, his unconscious form breathing lightly. Kevin inspected his wounds gently, he'd lost a fair bit of blood, the raven-haired teen panicked a little as he carefully lifted Ben's head to free himself. After replacing his leg with a pillow Kevin grabbed his phone from his pocket, which surprisingly despite the fact that he had recently sat out in the pouring rain still functioned properly, he dialled Gwen's number and waited for a response.

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Crimson hair shot everywhere as Gwen threw her head back as she found herself giggling uncontrollably.

"How he always smirks and rarely smiles! I always thought it was irritating but now I find it completely irresistible." She bellowed over the giggling of her friend.

The cerulean rental car was parked on the side of the road beside a large beautiful lake, the girls sitting inside of it as they slowly removed their clothes revealing the swimsuits beneath them. Gwen's simple white bikini shone in the sunlight, as she twitched and jerked with her schoolgirl giggles.

"He really sounds so cute!" Gwen's friend said as she pulled her shirt off over her head sending her mid-length blonde hair sprawling down her shoulders. She threw her shirt into the back of the car and looked over at Gwen. "You really are lucky to have got your hands on him."

"Ahaha... Really Eberlenne it was half forced on him and half miracle that we ended up together." Gwen smiled sweetly as she opened the car door, carefully climbed out and began to head down to the waterfront when a familiar song met her ears.

Gwen's eyes twinkled as she ran back to the rental car and grabbed her phone from her friend Eberlenne's black leather handbag. Looking down at her phone she let out a quiet squeal as the name 'Kevin' flashed on the phones screen.

It had been five days since she left for her holiday from her beloved Kevin and he was already calling her because he missed her. Crimson hair flew in the wind as Gwen twirled on the spot holding her phone close to her heart. This trip really had brought out the girl in her. Her plan was working and this was proof. The uncontrollable case of giggles returned to her full force, she held the phone away from herself and pressed the red hang up button. He needed to miss her more, despite how much she wanted to talk to him.

Gwen turned her head to face Eberlenne who was staring at her dumbfounded. Eberlenne began to open her mouth to say something however Gwen's incessant giggling cut her off. Gwen raised her hand to her mouth, her cheeks almost as bright a colour as her glistening hair. It was obvious who had just called her.

"My plan is a success Eberlenne!" Gwen blurted, trying to hold back her giggles once more.

Eberlenne raised an eyebrow to the crimson haired girls statement, and also her unusual behaviour. "Are you sure he's missing you? What happens if his in serious trouble?"

Gwen shook her head at the question. "Kevin is capable of protecting himself and if there was real danger that he couldn't handle he would go to Ben."

"I thought that was what you didn't want to happen. Kevin running to Ben in his time of need." A look of complete confusion was plastered over Eberlenne's face and she raised an eyebrow slightly questioning her sanity.

Gwen almost couldn't contain the fit of giggles, though somehow she managed to hold them back. "Kevin will only go to Ben if things are really bad. His quite sure of himself and when it comes to people he likes, He's crazily shy. Like I said before it's a miracle I managed to grab hold of him"

Her giggle fest had ended, almost as abruptly as it had began, a look of sorrow crawled onto her face as she looked out over the sparkling water of the lake. A bird flew down over its surface, diving quickly into the water and flying away holding its prize in its beak. Maybe she should return to him soon, she would never forgive herself if she allowed her prize to be snatched up.

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Kevin's heart was racing as he realised he was on his own with helping Ben. His mind drifted quickly to taking him to the hospital, though he was unsure of how they would view his wounds. He wouldn't be able to say an alien or monster had done this, they'd assume that Kevin was the cause, stabbing him repeatedly with a knife because he either hated him or it was some kind of sick sex game. His mind was like his heart uncontrollable and he realised he was in a state of panic. He had to remain calm. He had to help Ben. How could he help Ben without taking him to a hospital where his sexual preferences would be judged? He had to clean Ben's wounds and bandage him. Then he had to tend to his own.

Kevin found himself already in his kitchen by the time he had actually decided on what he was going to do; his instincts had kicked in again he was thankful to them. He grabbed the largest clean bowl he could find and filled it with warm water just cold enough to not burn the injured brunette.

He rushed the water to Ben's side, a little water-spilling out onto the floor. He needed to hurry; undoubtedly the adrenaline rush would wear off soon and he'd find himself in unbearable pain. By the time he figured out he needed clean sheets to make bandages he had already returned to Ben's side, sheets stacked in his arms. Tearing them into thick strips was the most tedious thing he could imagine having to do while watching the Tennyson boy's eyes flickering around under his eyelids like he was having a terrible nightmare.

The raven-haired teen clambered to his feet, his breathing uneven as he reached Ben's blood covered body. The brunette's clothes were shredded and barely held together. Kevin carefully tore his shirt off, he needed to be able to able to reach his wounds and the scraps of material that were once his clothes prevented it. His pants were a little harder to remove. The thick material would not allow him to simply tear it off. Kevin had to cut them, he was careful not to cut any skin that might have been stuck to them. He gently peeled off his pants and boxers to reveal the naked body of Ben Tennyson.

Kevin grabbed a strip of torn sheet from the large pile he had previously made. Dipping it carefully into the bowl of water, he squeezed out a majority of the water and began to clean the blood off of Ben's tan skin. He started with his face and head, admiring Ben's facial features as he went. He wanted to stare into his glorious green orbs and watch a smile form on his soft lips. He found the thoughts hard to push from his mind and as he travelled down Tennyson's body they became harder and harder to ignore. His hands began to tremble more and more and when he had at long last reached Ben's feet, he let out a deep sigh. He felt his cheeks hot as he looked back up the brunette's body.

The gashes on his body were little more then deep scratches, it was likely that if he had not been an alien at the time he would have been no more then a lump of tenderised and half eaten meat. Kevin did not at all like the thought of that. He grabbed a strip of sheet and began wrapping Ben's naked form tightly. Most of the scratches on his body had already sealed, though Kevin wanted to make sure that he wasn't going to bleed out while he slept, he also wanted to hide his delicate form. Even if it was only Kevin who saw it, he felt he should be covered well.

Carefully Kevin lifted him from the couch then dressed him in one of his shirts and a pair of his pants, they were far too large for him but yet Kevin found himself giddy seeing the brunette dressed in his clothing. He then carried Ben into the bedroom, gently placing him on his bed and tucking him under the blankets. Ben was finally taken care of, now he had to care for himself.

He slowly trudged his way to the bathroom. He turned on the water in the shower and undressed himself. The pain was starting to return; sharp stabbing pains began to form in his chest. Pins and needles ran all over his body, the adrenaline was all but gone. He had to move fast, he carefully but swiftly climbed into the shower, the water rushed over his naked body. Gently the raven-haired teen massaged the dirt and blood from his body, his chest muscles tensed and he let of a hiss as the water ran over his seared chest wounds. He very carefully cleaned the gashes; he didn't want to run the risk of having infected claw scores. Blood began to mix with the water running quickly down the drain, as Kevin moved his shoulders around under the warm water. He watched the steam rise to the ceiling and be abruptly forced up through the fanned vent.

Thoughts began to circle in his mind, he picked at them lightly. Ben, his old friend gone enemy, gone friend and now he had begun to wonder about whether or not he wished their friendship to become something more. Ben's delicate frame and delightful features, Kevin would gladly hold him in his arms every night as he slowly drifted to sleep and now if it weren't for the fact that his chest wounds were aching and stinging like he was being bitten by hundreds of tiny ants he would have gladly pleasured himself with the memory of Ben's naked form fresh in his mind.

He quickly turned the shower off, and climbed out grabbing a clean towel and began to dry himself, he was careful not to dry his chest He threw on his boxers and pants and headed out to the lounge to find a bandage to wrap around his large muscular chest. He then returned to his bedroom, he watched Ben sleep for a moment before climbing in beside him. He rolled over so his back was to the tiny body, which belonged to his newly realised love and he found sleep took him not long after he closed his eyes.

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End of Chapter Four

At long, long, long last here it is the next chapter. For those of you who are begging for some lemon-flavoured goodness it won't be long now! One of the boys knows where his feelings lie.

Thank you to all the people who have reviewed your kind words and awesome critiques are so good.
I'm going to try to remove all the uneeded pesky spacers and fix my silly writting errors imediately! Well tomorrow I need to sleep now lol...

Argh... Typing out text which I've previously hand written is so painful. I can't live without my precious Laptop!

A flame on a bleeding wound does seal it, but fire hurts. =D

Also fear not, you will not have to wait forever and a day for Chapter Five!

Thank you,

Val.