Ben shook his head.
"noo cuddle me." Ben replied. Kevin kissed his head.
"this is the best cuddle you're going to get right now. I don't want to hurt you." Kevin said, hugging his shoulders gently. Ben whined softly.
"my back is killing me Kevy." Ben mutters, looking up at him pitifully. Kevin leaned down and kissed his nose gently.
"would a smoothie make it feel better?" Kevin ask. Ben shook his head.
"no, cause we'd have t' go get it." Ben whimpered.
"no, it's just on the table, I grabed yours when we left." Kevin murmured, reaching over to the table and handing it to Ben. Ben took a sip then cuddled up to Kevin more. there was a knock on the door and Kevin muttered. he pushed himself over the back of the couch so he wouldn't have to go over Ben again. he walked over and answered the door. "oh it's you." Kevin glared seeing Roxanne. "what the hell do you think you're doing here?" Kevin growled.
"to talk to ." Roxanne said softly.
"not going to happen. even if you weren't on my kill list, Bens in a lot of pain and doesn't need a volture on his back." Kevin said slamming the door shut and locking it. Kevin checked the clock. "you wanna go upstairs and lay on the bed while I go get a shower Benji?" Kevin ask.
"no my back hurts too much to walk." Ben replied. Kevin chuckled.
"I'll carry you and you know that." Kevin said.
"yeah but you're burned." Ben replied. Kevin waived that off, scooping Ben up gently, in a way that he could hold the ice on his wounded lovers back. Ben didn't even fight him, he just cuddled to him and let Kevin do what he wanted. Kevin layd Ben down gently on their bed and headed for a shower. after a fourty-five minute broiling hot shower, Kevin came out drying his hair, with only a pair of boxers on. he paused dropping his towel in the dirty laundry hamper, when he noticed something on Ben's back. he walked over, checking to make sure Ben was asleep, he reached down and moved Bens shirt a little. he stopped seeing Ben's nickname for him and his nickname for Ben. he stopped there and covered Ben's back up again. it seemed like it was supposed to be a surprize to him and he didn't want to see it before Ben wanted him to, but he was curious now. "Kev?" Ben murmured, looking up at Kevin.
"when did you get my name tattooed on your back?" Kevin blurted out before he could stop himself. Ben looked shocked and slightly upset.
"y-you saw it?" Ben ask. Kevin was confused as to why he was so upset.
"yeah, I saw it Ben whats wrong?" Kevin ask.
"it's not finished. it was supposed to be a surprize." Ben muttered, reaching around to pull his pants down and his shirt up enough Kevin could see it.
"no, don't show me then. if it's supposed to be a surprize and it's not finished, don't show me. all I saw was our names." Kevin said. Ben looked up at him and Kevin layd beside him, kissing his head. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to ruin the surprize, is that why you wouldn't let me see your tail earlier?" Kevin ask. Ben nodded slightly and Kevin pulled him to his chest gently. "then I won't ruin the surprize any more baby." Kevin murmured.
"no, it was stupid to think I could keep it hidden." Ben muttered. "it's amazing I kept it hidden for six months." Ben added.
"six months?" Kevin said shocked. "seriously? I haven't noticed for six months?" Kevin ask. Ben nodded. "holy shit." Kevin muttered.
"I was surprized." Ben replied. Kevin smirked and Ben looked at him confused.
"well Benji, guess that means I should take a few days off work and get a nice look over the rest of you, make sure I haven't missed anything." Kevin smirked. Ben blushed softly and laughed.
"okay, but can it wait until my back stops hurting so bad?" Ben ask. Kevin kissed his head.
"oh, the body search will have to wait until you get the tattoo finished." Kevin replied. be cuddled up to Kevin's bare chest.
"you'll never last that long. it's been like a month since my birthday and the day after that was the last time. you'll never survive." Ben muttered. Kevin huffed.
"despite what you think, I don't need sex to live." Kevin glared. Ben laughed.
"then let me put it this way, I won't survive. you get a little more then slightly hostile when you need to get laid." Ben laughed.
"hey I may get hostile, but I wouldn't if you weren't such a fuckin' tease." Kevin huffed. Ben laughed smiling.
"oh but Kevy, thats part of the fun." Ben giggled. Kevin chuckled softly.
"hows your back feel?" Kevin asks.
"it's sore, but it should be okay." Ben muttered. "as long as I keep some ice on it that is." Ben added. Kevin nods and pulls him to his chest. "you're not angry about the tattoo are you?" Ben asks.
"nah. why would I be? it's your body." Kevin replied. Ben smiled slightly cuddling up to Kevin the best he could. "let's get some sleep Benji." Kevin murmured. Ben nodded slightly, yawning softly.
"okay Kevy." Ben replied. he closed his eye's and relaxed as Kevin pulled him against his chest tightly, dispite the fact that Bens shoulder digging into his chest couldn't have been too comfortable.
"I love you Ben." Kevin muttered. he'd been saying a lot more outloud since Ben had woken up in the hospital.
"love you too Kev." Ben murmured, looking up at him. Kevin leaned down and kissed him softly. he wanted to show Ben all the love he could to hopefully persuade him not to try and kill himself again. Ben didn't understand all the sudden showering of love but he didn't mind it, figuring Kevin was just happy he was alive.
*next morning*
Ben yawned softly waking up. he was surprized to find Kevin still laying beside him, holding an ice pack to his lower back.
"Kevin? what are you doing?" Ben murmured. Kevin put his phone down and looked over.
"you kept whimpering. I assumed your back hurt, so I put a new ice pack on your back, then you rolled over onto your side, so I just held it against your back." Kevin shrugged. Ben nods stretching some. "how does it feel today?" Kevin ask, seeing Ben rub the base of his tail.
"it still hurts but not like it did." Ben replied.
"good I'm glad to hear that Benji." Kevin said. Ben sat up stretching. "I was thinking about a date." Kevin said.
"for the wedding?" Ben ask. Kevin nodded slightly.
"how about Friday? nothing says casual like a Friday wedding." Kevin ask.
"Friday? but todays Wednesday." Ben said. Kevin nodded with a shrug.
"we don't have to just thinking." Kevin replied. Ben thought a moment.
"well, the sooner the better, okay." Ben smiled. Kevin looked over.
"seriously? you don't even want to argue over a date? just agree to the first one I say?" Kevin ask curiously. Ben nodded.
"yup." Ben replied.
"something tells me if we want wedding rings by this Friday, we should have ordered them weeks ago." Kevin muttered. Ben laughed waiving it off.
"you're kidding right? the moment the jewelry store finds out we're looking for wedding rings by a certain date, they'll practically hand deliver." Ben joked. Kevin chuckled softly.
"shall we go ring shopping?" Kevin ask.
"only if you carry me." Ben said. Kevin rolled his eye's.
"let's get some breakfast first then I'll carry you." Kevin replied. Ben laughed getting up with him.
"you don't have to I was teasing." Ben laughed softly.
"I know. I want to." Kevin replied. Ben nodded, following him downstairs. "want huddle house for breakfast?" Kevin ask.
"sure." Ben smiled. they got ready and headed out, Ben hugging Kevin's arm as they walked. "you're acting a little funny since I woke up in the hospital." Ben said. Kevin tensed up and Ben almost regretted saying something.
"I realized there was a chance I could lose you. thats as close as I've come to loosing you since the Omnitrix stopped working all the time. I realized, I took advantage of that and I shouldn't have. I could wake up any day and you could be gone. so, I'll love you with all my heart until that day comes and you'll know I loved you and I'll know I did my best to show you I love you." Kevin replied. Ben paused looking at him.
"that was... oddly sweet. even for you. you feeling okay Kev?" Ben ask worriedly. Kevin chuckled softly.
"yes Ben. I'm fine thank you." Kevin smiled. he paused and kissed Bens cheek, pulling him to his chest for a moment. "I just realized I could really loose you. I've always thought, we might fight or break up or something, but you'd still be there, so it wouldn't really be loosing you. when Gwen called me though and I got up to the hospital, I realized, that I could actually loose you." Kevin said.
"but I get hurt and go to the hospital all the time." Ben replied.