Sorry it took me so long to update! It has been a very busy past week for me, but I did finally finish. I apologize if the swearing offends you, but it's second nature to me and I also feel like it fits in certain situations. This took a long time to write, so I hope you emjoy it!
The next morning, Carlos had managed to slip out from Jay's embrace and wander over to the mirror to inspect himself. His stomach sunk and he cringed at the bruise along his jaw and the scrapes lining his neck. He gingerly touched the blue bruise and pushed on it, testing to see how bad it was. The pain was bearable so he smiled softly in relief. He leaned closer towards the mirror and realized he had a small cut on his upper lip, but it wasn't too bad. After scanning himself over for a few more seconds he angrily shut his eyes and clenched his fist. He had been weak, to let that happen to himself. He could've fought back harder. But he had chosen not to from fear of being sent back to Cruella. And so now he looked like he had gotten into a fight with a lawn mower and lost. He may not be completely worthless, but he was weak. Auradon had made him weak. He was about to (regretfully) punch the mirror when he heard Jay stir. He dropped his arm and snapped his head to look at Jay.
Carlos watched as Jay pat at the spot next to him, searching for Carlos. When he couldn't find him he quickly shot up, eyes wide.
" I'm right here," Carlos spoke softly. His voice seemed to calm Jay as he slumped back down, looking less alert. Carlos stepped back towards the bed so him and Jay could talk properly.
" Oh," Jay responded as he blinked sleepily at Carlos. " Are you okay?" He asked the question as he scanned Carlos' body, frowning slightly. He truly looked like shit. But he bet Chad looked even worse, which eased his mind a little.
" I've been better," He tried to laugh as he sat himself down next to Jay. The bed sunk down and he scooted himself back under his covers, slightly pulling them away from Jay. " What'd you do to Chad?" Carlos had been debating on whether or not he should ask that question, thinking if he didn't know the answer then somehow maybe Jay wouldn't get in trouble for whatever he did.
Jay stared at Carlos for a few seconds before stating angrily," I beat his fucking face in. He got what he deserved," He didn't stop looking at Carlos as he spoke. Carlos nodded slowly, knowing they were all about to get into some deep trouble. He was happy Chad had gotten a beating, although, Carlos thought he deserved a lot more than just a few punches to his 'pretty' face.
Carlos turned his eyes away from Jay's hard stare, trying to look at anything else. Jay, however, did not drop his gaze. He couldn't keep his eyes off the array of bruises on Carlos' face, and the scrapes on his neck. His eyes landed on the brown leather necklace around Carlos' neck. Jay furrowed his brows and lifted his hand to touch at his own neck. When he found that his necklace wasn't there he gaped at Carlos.
" Dude!" Jay spoke loudly and Carlos jumped. " That's my necklace!" Jay was gaping as he pointed at the brown necklace around Carlos' neck, wondering how he had managed to take it from him.
Carlos lightly smirked before stating proudly, " Yeah. What about it?" He then grinned as he twisted it into his fingers. Jay watched him twisting at it before he looked back up at his face.
" You stole it!" Jay couldn't believe that Carlos had actually stolen something successfully. And from him…no one had ever tried to steal from him. But he knew that was why Carlos was grinning so triumphantly.
" Yeah, I did," Carlos smirked. Jay leaned closer to him so Carlos leaned back. Jay lowered his eyes at Carlos, and Carlos did the same.
" So, give it back!" Jay demanded, slightly annoyed, but enjoying the bantering. He wouldn't admit it, but he was slightly proud of Carlos. He reached forward to try to swipe it, but Carlos ducked out of the way, dodging his hand.
" No, I stole it fair and square! You don't give back things you steal, so why should I?" Carlos couldn't stop smiling as he egged Jay on, wondering what his next move would be. The necklace had actually been easy to take off of Jay. The clasp at the end had already been partially undone and Jay was too busy tending to him to notice, so Carlos took the opportunity to carefully slip it off and shove it in his pocket. Carlos was surprised that Jay hadn't realized it was gone until the next morning. He had successfully taken it without Jay knowing for like nine hours.
" You're Carlos. You don't steal things. That's my job," Jay's voice was rough as he tried to reach for the necklace again.
" Well maybe now it's mine too," Carlos stated, swatting Jay's hand away. Jay lowered his eyes and Carlos cocked his head. They stared at each other until the tension was broken by Jay's loud laugh.
" You couldn't steal anything if your life depended on it," Jay was laughing and Carlos frowned. He ignored Jay's laughs as he quickly thought of something. He smiled and sat up straighter, locking eyes with Jay.
" You can teach me," Carlos smiled and Jay stopped laughing.
The thought of Carlos stealing stuff for fun made Jay laugh, a lot. Because no way would their little Carlos be able to steal, no way at all. But when he said that, more like demanded, that he should teach him how, Jay's stomach did flops. For some reason, the thought of Carlos wanting Jay to teach him to steal, to be bad, made Jay feel things. (Really really great things). Jay scanned Carlos' face, thinking over his answer. Carlos was smirking up at Jay, and Jay realized that Carlos could be really good at stealing. With his dark brown eyes, and his adorable smile, or that flirtatious smirk, he could put anybody under his spell. He could be amazing at it.
" Fine," Jay breathed out. He scooted closer to Carlos, so they were both sitting directly across from each other on Carlos' bed, faces inches from each other. " But only if you give me back my necklace." Jay's voice was still slightly husky from waking up and Carlos tried not to shudder as he could feel Jay's warm breath on his nose. Jay couldn't help but watch as Carlos licked his lips nervously.
" No way," Carlos stuttered. His right hand automatically flew to the brown leather around his neck, thinking it would stop Jay from taking it back. Jay laughed lowly before he moved his face closer to Carlos.
"I guess I'll have to take it back, then," Jay's voice was low and Carlos was going to interject but before he could, he was suddenly pushed back and his back was lying on the bed. He yelped out in surprise, causing Jay to laugh.
" What are-" Carlos asked right before hands attacked his sides and he was laughing uncontrollably. Jay's hands were tickling his sides and Carlos tried to wiggle out of his embrace, but Jay had him caged in. " Stop!" He screamed out breathlessly, still laughing.
" Nope!" Jay laughed. Carlos watched as Jay's hand slowly made its way up his side and to his neck, headed for the necklace. Carlos tried to move his head, hoping it would make it harder for Jay to undo the necklace and take it away. He could feel Jay's fingers dancing on his neck, wiggling around and grasping the leather.
Carlos realized quickly that Jay would probably take it back if he didn't do or say something. He had stolen it fair and square and he wanted to keep it. He didn't want to give it back. He wanted to keep something of Jay's permanently. With all his might Carlos let himself scream, " Nooo!" The scream was loud and it echoed in the room. Jay immediately stopped tickling Carlos and widened his eyes in confusion. He had a sudden thought that he may have accidentally hurt Carlos.
" I want it," Carlos spoke out breathlessly about the necklace. Jay's hands were still rested on Carlos' side and neck as he stared down at the boy. Jay's eyes wandered over Carlos' face, to his freckles, the bruises. He snapped his gaze to Carlos' lips before bringing them back up to Carlos' dark eyes. Carlos did nothing but stare back, raking up and down Jay's body hovering above him.
Jay had a moment of, What am I doing? And then he felt his fingers graze something around Carlos' neck and he remembered: Oh yeah. My necklace. But he quickly forgot about it again as Carlos shifted below him.
Carlos could feel Jay's fingers grazing his neck, but he ignored them. He was too focused on the hand that was grasping his side and the way that Jay was hovering above him, breathing loudly. Carlos was having trouble breathing and his stomach was a mess. His eyes landed on Jay's lips and he watched as Jay licked them. Jay shifted as if he was going to move off of Carlos so without doing much thinking Carlos grabbed the back of Jay's neck and pulled his lips down to his own. In an instant their bodies were moving together while they kissed each other blindly. The kiss was rough. It was needy. And Carlos loved it.
Jay's lips were scraping against the cut on Carlos' lip, the harshness of Jay's mouth against his own causing it to burn and sting. But Carlos didn't mind the pain. It was dull compared to everything else that was happening.
Carlos shifted his legs so Jay could fit in between them comfortably and wound his hands up into Jay's hair, occasionally tugging at it. Jay nipped at Carlos' bottom lip as he placed his arms on either side of Carlos, caging him in. Jay knew they shouldn't be doing it, that it just fucked up everything. But he didn't care. He didn't wait to stop to think of the consequences; if anything would change later. He just went for it because he wanted to. Fuck everything else at the moment. He had to kiss Carlos.
Jay broke away from Carlos, causing Carlos to whine in protest. However, the whine formed into a groan when Jay attached his mouth to the outer corner of Carlos' jaw. Carlos could feel Jay's eyelashes flutter against his skin, tickling the spot. He smiled as he wrapped Jay's hair around his fingers, pulling at it, trying to angle Jay's head and guide it towards a spot on his neck. He shifted his head over, exposing more neck for Jay to nip at.
Jay found himself leaning into the warmth of Carlos' neck. He could feel Carlos laugh and he smirked into Carlos' skin. A familiar scent of sweat and cologne filled Jay's nostrils as he left a trail of wet kisses up Carlos' neck, a long his jaw, before meeting Carlos' lips again. Carlos' stomach was reeling and he hummed happily when Jay's lips were back on his.
Carlos swiped at Jay's bottom lip before slipping his tongue in. Jay's breath hitched and without realizing it his hips grinded down hard onto Carlos'. Carlos gladly responded back by thrusting his hips up, and they both groaned out. It seemed at that moment they both froze, forehead against forehead, and realized what they were doing. Actually understood that they shouldn't be doing whatever the hell it was they were doing.
Jay stared at Carlos, breathing heavily, wondering what the hell had just happened. After a moment of only heavy breathing Jay decided it would be best if he removed his hands from Carlos' side and got off of him. Jay slowly maneuvered himself from in between Carlos' legs.
When they both got re-situated they smiled at each other weakly. Jay glanced down at the leather necklace he had in his hand. He had successfully swiped it back from Carlos, but he had forgotten about it mid-way into their make out session. Carlos gaped down at the leather in Jay's hands and Jay lifted his hand up, handing the necklace back to Carlos before smirking. " That was lesson one."
Carlos gladly took the necklace back before he looked at Jay quizzically. " What? Make out with a person until you've stolen whatever it is you want?" Carlos was slightly hurt. He had actually enjoyed kissing Jay, but had Jay only gone a long with it so he could get his necklace back?
" No," Jay stated as he made his way out of the bed, " Distract them until you've stolen whatever it is you want."
Carlos tied the necklace back around his neck before asking again, " So, if I want to steal something from somebody, I'm going to have to kiss them to get it?" He had seen Jay do that a lot, and if that's how he had to do it, then why not. Carlos wasn't sure why he had a sudden interest in stealing. They had already promised they were going to be good. But it felt weird, being good all the time. He had to do something, had to feel something else. He was happier then he was on the Isle but he still had an empty pit in his stomach that needed filling. And being good, doing good, did not fill it.
" No!" Jay quickly interjected, spinning around to look at Carlos. Jay did not want Carlos kissing anybody else, and he did not need to give the idea to Carlos that the only way to steal was to go around kissing everyone. " You just have to distract them. That can mean anything besides kissing. You flirt a little, make compliments, offer to carry things for them. You could flirt, C. You'd be real good at it." His lips curved into a smirk and Carlos sheepishly smiled back.
" Okay," Carlos agreed, jumping up from his bed. He rushed over to his dresser and pulled a shirt out, quickly throwing it on. He danced around Jay before snatching his beanie again and placing it on his head. Jay lowered his eyes but didn't say anything.
" I think the beanie will hide some of the scrapes on my forehead," Carlos spoke as he poked at his face in the mirror. He had forgotten he still looked like shit from the night before.
Carlos was too busy looking at himself in the mirror that he didn't notice the way Jay tensed up or how he dug his nails into his palm. " We should go talk to Mal and Evie. Like now," He ground out and Carlos snapped his head over to gaze at him in confusion.
" Okay. Why?" He stepped away from the mirror and towards Jay, who was settled in front of their door.
" We need to tell them about current situations," Jay was vague in his answer and Carlos rolled his eyes.
" What? The Chad thing? Don't tell them, Jay. They'll just make it worse," Carlos sighed as he looked at Jay with pleading eyes.
" They're gonna find out sooner or later, so we might as well tell them. If they want to attack Chad again, that's their own problem," Jay threw on a leather vest and Carlos grabbed a pair of black gloves before following Jay out the door.
Jay walked down the hallway quickly and Carlos stumbled several times to keep up with him. He fumbled for Jay's hand and latched onto it. Carlos was able to keep up, then, by Jay dragging him along.
" We're going to get in trouble," Carlos huffed. He expected Jay to stop and rant at him, but Jay didn't do anything except walk faster.
" Chad shouldn't have beat you up," He responded angrily. He didn't like the way people were looking at Carlos as they passed. Some of them were whispering to each other, and staring at Carlos for a little too long and Jay wanted to turn around and yell at all of them. He glanced at Carlos and was happy to know that he could still see his freckles under all the bruises.
"129, by the way," Jay remembered suddenly as they reached the girl's wing of the dormitories.
" What?" Carlos questioned, ignoring the stares he was getting. He didn't look that beat up, did he?
" You have 129 freckles on your face," Jay responded nonchalantly .
Carlos laughed and stared at Jay incredulously. " You actually counted?"
" Hell yeah," Jay stated proudly as he smiled over at Carlos. They had finally reached the hallway leading to Mal and Evie's room, and somehow Jay had started walking even faster.
Carlos shook his head as Jay pounded on the door to Mal and Evie's room. " You're an idiot."
Jay smiled at Carlos, " Yeah, well." He pounded on the door again and shouted, " Open the door! We have some fucking major news!" Carlos was going to help Jay knock on the door before it was suddenly whipped open and Mal appeared looking annoyed and disgruntled. It took her a moment before her eyes were going wide as she took in Carlos' appearance.
" What the hell!" She exclaimed as Jay and Carlos shoved their way into the room. Evie made her way off her own bed when she heard Mal's exclamation. Evie eyed the two boys quizzically before she noticed the blue and purple marks on Carlos' face.
" Oh my god!" She shouted as she quickly ran up to Carlos to further examine him. " Are you okay?" Her fingers traced around the edges of the bruises before she looked at Jay, hoping for an answer.
" I'm alright," Carlos shrugged. He smiled weakly as he let Evie hug him. She pulled back and examined his face again.
Mal watched the exchange for as long as she could but lost patience when no one had explained why Carlos looked like he did. " Who the hell did that to him?" She tried not to yell, but she couldn't help it. Anytime one of their own got hurt, it was a blow to the whole group. Carlos was like her brother, he was her brother, and whoever had done that to his face was seriously going to pay. She laughed out loud at the thought and spoke, " Whoever it was, we're gonna fucking kill them."
Carlos flinched at her threat, knowing how serious she was. Once back on the Isle, a couple months before they had been invited to Auradon, some guys beat up Carlos to steal the furs he was carrying for his mother. It had been stupid of him to carry them out in the public eye, and he had tried to hide that he had been beaten. But then Jay saw the bruises, saw the way Carlos flinched when he tried to give him a side hug or clap him on the shoulder. So then Jay told Mal, and Mal told Evie and then they all demanded that Carlos told them what happened. He had to tell them everything, then. And they were livid. Carlos had accidentally let two names slip and the three of them were gone in a blink of an eye. He could do nothing but wait. They returned to his house several hours later. Jay had bloody knuckles as did Mal. Evie was grinning proudly and they all told him they didn't have to worry about the guys anymore.
Carlos found out a couple days later that two out of three guys who had beat him up disappeared. No one knew quite where they went. They were just gone. Of course, no one on the Isle cared. Sadly, a lot of people disappeared all the time. But Carlos knew, at least he thought he knew. But he never asked what they did. He didn't want to know. So he was scared when Mal made that threat. He wasn't sure how serious she actually was.
Carlos nervously glanced at Jay, hoping he wouldn't tell her who had done it. But he knew she was going to find out eventually. They were all spiraling down into a black hole and it was going to be hard to pull themselves out of it.
" It was Chad," Jay answered her and Mal's eyes lit up with range. Evie lightly gasped before muttering something under her breath.
" I should've known," Mal laughed angrily, " He's an idiot. Did he forget that we have magic? That we know how to use it, and we will use it on him?" Mal was ranting and Carlos watched as Evie nodded her head at everything Mal was saying.
" But we're not allowed to use it," Carlos mumbled. Jay reached for his hand and he gladly took it. The two girls looked at him as they both folded their arms over their chests.
" So?" Evie said.
" I don't give a shit!" Mal responded louder. She didn't give a shit about anything at that point. Chad had beaten up Carlos. And anytime anyone of them got beaten, picked on, or anything even minor, they always plotted revenge. It was their nature. It was the one thing that had stayed with them. Sure she had chosen good, and she definitely did not want to be like her mother, but she was being vengeful for the right reasons. Wasn't she? Chad had beaten up her best friend; mocked her best friend. Casting some spells on Chad wasn't on the evil scale, they were only doing what was fair. At least, that's how she looked at it.
" I already beat him up," Jay piped in. Mal and Evie smiled widely at him. Carlos' stomach dropped even further. He was really happy that his friends cared for him so much, but he didn't think they realized how much trouble they could get in. That if anyone found out that they were temporarily reverting back to their villain ways, they could be shipped back to the Isle.
" Guys, please think about this!" Carlos pleaded. " You can't just make him disappear like you guys did back on the Isle. No one cared there, but they will care here. You can't do anything stupid," Carlos watched as Mal furrowed her brow and Evie sighed dramatically.
" Sure we can!" Jay gritted out. Carlos turned to glare at him before looking back at Mal.
" No, he's right. Whatever we do this time has to be..." She paused a moment, sharing a look with Jay, " temporary.."
" Yeah, which means we can use magic on him. We can beat him up some we just can't..," Evie paused a moment, thinking of the right thing to say," make him disappear." She pointedly looked at Jay and Mal before smiling over at Carlos.
Carlos sighed before mumbling," Yeah fine. Whatever." He knew his friends had to do something to Chad, but he wished they didn't. He seemed to be the only one who realized how much trouble they were all going to get in. He knew that somehow everything was going to get twisted and their villain titles would fall on their heads again to be used against them.
" Great!" Evie squealed as she clasped her hands together before rushing over to her bed. Mal mimicked her, going to grab her spell book, which she had hidden in between the bed frame and the mattress.
Mal smiled at the two boys as she went to walk out the door, " You two have a fabulous day. Me and Evie here have some revenge to do." She laughed as she dashed out the door, Evie on her heels.
Chad was going to have a very bad day.
" You just want to stay in the room today?" Jay asked as him and Carlos walked around the pavement, hand-in-hand. He generally wouldn't ask that question, but people were constantly staring at Carlos and some had even come up to question him and he would have to lie and brush them off. So Jay thought that Carlos might want to be secluded from the public eye.
" Nah," Carlos shook his head, " I like being outside."
It was cloudy, but there was still a good amount of people out. They had passed a group of people playing soccer, and another group of people sitting in a circle, talking. The outdoors were a lot nicer in Auradon then on the Isle. There were only a few trees here and there on the Isle, but in Auradon there were trees everywhere and Carlos had never seen so many colorful flowers in his life. And there were birds. Birds singing and chirping happily. There were no birds on the Isle.
" Okay," Jay answered, slightly surprised that Carlos didn't mind all the stares. " Can we at least sit down?" Because he was tired. They had walked around the sidewalk about five times and Carlos didn't want to go anywhere else. They had passed a bench about every two minutes and it pained Jay to walk past it each time.
" Sure." Carlos let go of Jay's hand and dashed over to a stone bench and plopped down. Jay rushed over to it and sighed happily.
Carlos reached for Jay's hand and they playfully hit their legs together. Jay sighed as he leaned back, happy to finally be relaxing. Carlos was content in watching the birds jump on the grass and memorizing every type of flower he saw.
" What do you think Mal and Evie are doing?" Jay questioned, and he hoped they were doing something really evil to Chad.
" I don't want to know," Carlos grumbled. He really didn't. He was hoping Jay wouldn't bring it up, but he did. Jay always had a habit of talking about things that Carlos didn't want to talk about.
While Carlos was scanning for more flowers, his eyes landed on Ben. He scanned him and he spotted a gold ring on his right hand. Carlos' eyebrow perked up and he sat straighter, gaining Jay's attention. Carlos had been spotting for little things to steal all day, and now he had finally found something. It might be a little stupid because Ben was King and everything, but he's friends with him, so wouldn't that only make it easier to steal it?
" What?" Jay raised his brow as he looked at Carlos and then to what Carlos was looking at. He was confused as to why Carlos was looking at Ben.
" I'll be right back," Carlos said hurriedly as he stood up, ripping his hand from Jay's.
" What!" Jay shouted, still confused.
" His ring," Was all Carlos mumbled before he dashed off towards Ben. Jay slumped down in confusion as he watched Carlos rush up to Ben. He searched Ben's form, and when he spotted the ring he understood what Carlos meant. He wanted to get his ring. Jay couldn't help but snort and shake his head as he watched Carlos talk to Ben.
" Hey Ben!" Carlos halted in front of Ben and smiled widely.
" Hey Carlos," Ben smiled but it faltered slightly when he noticed the bruise on Carlos' cheek. " Are you-" He pointed and Carlos responded by smiling.
" Oh, that? Yeah, it's nothing," Carlos smiled as he stepped a little closer to Ben.
Ben stared at it for a second longer before speaking, " Alright. Whatcha need?" He noticed the way Carlos stepped closer to him, but found himself not minding much.
Jay watched the exchange for what seemed like an hour. At first it didn't seem like Carlos was getting anywhere, but then Jay noticed the way Carlos started moving closer to Ben, and how Ben didn't move back. He sat up straighter, thinking maybe Carlos would come out successful. Jay wasn't sure what happened, but things seemed to escalate quickly. One second Ben was pointing to something on Carlos' face and the next Carlos was leaning up and whispering something in Ben's ear as his hand grasped at Ben's arm. Jay found himself clenching his jaw and forcing himself to stay seated as he watched Carlos pull back and Ben smile at Carlos, their faces still too close for comfort. He didn't like the way Carlos pulled his hand away and then Ben pulled it back. He noted how Carlos grinned widely at him and Ben laughed at something Carlos said. Once Jay saw Ben's hand trailing along Carlos' arm he had had enough and stood up, quickly making his way over to the two.
" Hey Ben," He tried not to snarl as he placed his arm around Carlos' back.
" Hey, Jay," Ben responded startled at the sudden intrusion. Ben seemed to back off slightly and Jay smirked triumphantly.
" Hey Babe," Jay smiled over at Carlos before placing a small kiss under his ear. He looked at Ben and didn't realize he had sent the dude a hard glare. " We gotta go."
" Alright. Uh, see you later Carlos," Ben said as he backed further away.
Jay pulled Carlos away from Ben slightly before he faced him completely. He glanced back to make sure Ben could still see them.
" What-" Carlos asked before his body was pulled forward and Jay's lips were on his. Carlos wasn't sure what Jay was doing but he went with it, pulling the boy closer and entangling his hands in his hair. Jay smirked against Carlos' mouth before swiping and then biting down on Carlos' bottom lip. Carlos yelped out and Jay took the opportunity to slide his tongue in. Carlos could taste blood and his lip was stinging, almost positive Jay had rubbed too hard against the cut on his lip. His heart was beating out of his chest and was suddenly reminded of their kiss all those hours ago.
Jay pulled back for a breath before he placed one more chaste kiss on Carlos' mouth. Carlos smiled as Jay placed his forehead on his, both breathing heavily. Jay was happy to know that Ben had seen everything. He knew that Carlos was off limits, and he hoped to god that he wouldn't get all touchy like that again with Carlos. He was jealous, he knew he was. ( Which scared him. It scared him a lot).
" What was that for?" Carlos breathed as he grasped onto Jay's upper arm.
" Ben was flirting with you," Jay murmured, still trying to catch his breath.
Carlos lips tugged upwards. " So you were jealous, huh?" Carlos' stomach did twists at the thought, and it made him so happy that he had forgotten all about the ring he had stolen.
Jay froze, because Carlos couldn't know. They couldn't share feelings, not ever. " Yeah, I had to play the part right?" He hoped it was convincing enough for Carlos, because it wasn't convincing enough for himself.
Carlos smirked as he pulled away, " Right," He looked at Jay before moving behind him. " Alright, carry me." He place his hands on Jay's shoulders and Jay grumbled as Carlos jumped up and wrapped his legs around Jay's torso.
" Where to?" Jay questioned as Carlos settled his head atop his.
" I think it's lunchtime," He pointed toward the direction of the cafeteria and Jay muttered something before heading towards it.
" I got the ring by the way," Carlos spoke happily. He was shocked that he had actually gotten it. He hoped Jay was proud of him, too.
" Seriously?" Jay asked flabbergasted. He really had thought Carlos would've failed or gotten caught by Ben. " Carlos that's awesome!" He laughed and Carlos laughed back. " What are you going to do with it?"
Carlos thought a moment, wondering what was he going to do with it? He couldn't really wear it, since it belonged to King Ben. Everyone would notice it. " I'll probably give it back."
Jay grunted as he readjusted Carlos' legs before asking, " What? Why?"
Carlos shrugged even though Jay couldn't see him. " I don't really have a need for it. I just wanted to see if I could steal something from somebody else besides you."
" Alright, alright," Jay found himself laughing. " I guess it's time to go talk to Mal and Evie."
Carlos ducked his head down and hurried over to their table, hoping no one would see him. He had sent Jay in the food line by himself, and Jay had offered to get Carlos' food too, so none of the adults would question why Carlos looked the way he did. Carlos gladly accepted the offer. He only had to wait a few minutes before Jay, Mal and Evie were hustling over to the table, and a plate of two sandwiches was being placed in front of him.
" Thanks," He smiled over at Jay as he picked the sandwich up and took a bite of it. Mal and Evie glanced at each other before looking at Carlos.
Carlos slowly stopped chewing his food when he realized the two people staring at him. " What..?" He asked slowly as he looked between the two of them.
" Don't you want to know what we did?" Evie asked as she frowned slightly. She thought her and Mal did a great job and she thought Carlos deserved to know what went down.
" No, not really," Carlos responded annoyed as he continued to eat his food.
" I do!" Jay smirked at Carlos before looking at Mal and Evie. Carlos rolled his eyes as she he shoved Jay's arm.
" They can tell you later,' Carlos spat, not understanding why Jay didn't realize he didn't want to know anything that was being done to Chad.
Jay pressed his lips together as he looked at Mal, eyes wide. " You can tell me later."
Mal rolled her eyes as she stared intently at Carlos. " Fine."
They ate almost in complete silence. The only thing Mal and Evie wanted to talk about was Chad, and they quickly realized every time they mentioned it, Carlos would start yelling louder at them. Jay wasn't sure what to say, because Carlos snapped at him almost every time he spoke. So they all decided to stay quiet. Which of course only annoyed Carlos more.
" Oh my god! Somebody say something!" He yelled, not being able to take the silence any longer.
" Holy shit, make up your mind," Mal grumbled at the annoying teenager.
Jay bit his lip, still not sure what to say. " Uh.." He began and Carlos snapped his head over to look at him. " You should start wearing one of my sweatshirts." He mentally face palmed himself, because what the hell? What a great thing to say.
Carlos lowered his eyes, as did Mal and Evie. " What?"
Jay coughed and tried to not sound panicked, " Like since it's getting colder and everything, you should. It'd make it more convincing, right?" He looked at Mal for help but she simply shook her head and tried not to laugh.
" Yeah, I guess that's a good idea," Carlos shook his head and then smiled.
" Cool.." Jay muttered, " Cool."
Carlos had left lunch early and asked Jay to meet him later in the room. Jay had insisted on coming with him but Carlos stated he just wanted some alone time. The three of them had looked at each other oddly after he had left, wondering if something was wrong. It was almost the end of lunch when Jay suddenly stood up, causing Mal and Evie to lift their heads in confusion.
"I'm going to go make sure he's okay," Jay stated once he saw the confusion on Mal and Evie's faces. They both nodded in understanding as he turned around and made his way out of the cafeteria.
He was sure Carlos was fine, but he didn't want something to be wrong and not have checked up on him. He found himself walking quite quickly towards their room, wanting to talk to him immediately. He was practically running down the hallway when an unknown voice shouted his name.
He whipped around and searched for the person who had shouted his name. Down the hall he noticed a guy, about the same age as he, with black hair walking towards him. " Yeah?" Jay asked skeptically, not knowing who the guy was.
" You know Carlos right?" The guy spoke and Jay tensed, immediately in defense mode.
" Why?" He stood straighter and locked eyes with the guy.
" Well," The guy smiled and Jay lowered his eyes. " Chad wanted me to tell you that we beat him up pretty good. Carlos. It's just too bad we couldn't do anymore damage," The guy hadn't even finished his sentence before Jay was latching onto his collar and slamming him up against the wall. The guy laughed and Jay responded by punching him in the face. The guy groaned out in pain and Jay couldn't stop himself as his fists slammed repeatedly into the guy's body.
" Well tell Chad we're gonna kill him," Jay growled as he punched the guy once more before turning around and storming off down the hallway, leaving the guy bloodied up in the middle of the floor.
Carlos had just thrown on one of Jay's t-shirts when the door was suddenly thrown open and Jay stomped in. He was breathing heavily, and Carlos noticed specks of blood on his clenched fists.
" I fucking hate Chad, I'm going to kill him, C. I'm going to literally kill him!" He shouted as the door was slammed shut and Carlos thought he should've flinched at the threat but he wasn't too focused on the things Jay was saying. He was too busy watching the way Jay was breathing, how he was threatening people for him. Carlos could see the way Jay's neck glistened with sweat and his hair was messed up slightly. Carlos had decided he looked really fucking hot.
" You know, you look really fucking hot when you're mad," Carlos found himself stating loudly. And shit he had not meant for that thought to leave his mouth. Jay froze before he looked Carlos up and down, then quickly stepped forward in front of him. Jay wasn't sure what to do, except get as close as possible to Carlos.
" Do I?" Jay's voice was rough and he moved closer to Carlos. Carlos licked his lips before nodding his head quickly.
" Well," Jay started, lowering his voice some more. He raked along Carlos' body with his eyes, noting Carlos was wearing his shirt and his beanie. " you look really fucking hot when you're wearing my clothes." Jay stared at Carlos intently as he moved closer.
Carlos sucked in a breath and managed a quick " Fuck" before they both latched onto each other and were kissing one another desperately. All their kisses had been needy, but this one was the neediest out of them all. Carlos was grasping at every part of Jay's upper body, trying to pull him closer. While Jay sucked on Carlos' bottom lip he gently pushed him back towards the wall. The hands that were on Carlos' neck and hair quickly found their way to his thighs. Jay squeezed them hard, and Carlos groaned into Jay's mouth. Jay then pulled at them, hoisting Carlos up. Carlos happily complied as he jumped and wrapped his legs around Jay's waist.
Jay moved Carlos back completely, his back placed firmly against the wall. The kiss was sloppy, with teeth clanking together and nose bumps here and there, but both of them loved it that way. Jay started trailing kisses from Carlos' mouth down his jaw and neck. He kept sucking and licking trying to find Carlos' soft spot. When Carlos whimpered out and ground down onto Jay, he smirked against Carlos' skin and sucked and nipped at the spot, intent on leaving a mark.
Carlos' hands found a spot under Jay's shirt and when Jay bit down hard on the perfect spot on his neck, he found himself groaning before tugging at the hem of Jay's shirt and growling, " Off."
Jay smirked as he stopped kissing Carlos long enough for Carlos to pull his shirt off. Once it was discarded onto the floor Jay happily went back to nipping at Carlos' soft skin under his ear. Carlos tilted his head, exposing more skin for Jay. Carlos let his hands scrape against Jay's back and trace over the muscle on his stomach.
Impatiently, Carlos tugged on Jay's jaw and forcefully directed his mouth back to his own. Carlos bit down on Jay's lip before sucking on it, and Jay made a surprised noise in the back of his throat. Jay tightened his hold on Carlos' thighs and pushed himself closer to Carlos' body, wanting as much contact as possible. Carlos broke away and Jay was going to follow his mouth back, but before he could Carlos was sucking on Jay's neck. Jay bit his lip as he held in a groan and rolled his hips forward. Carlos gladly responded, and suddenly they were both rocking against each other, whimpers and groans escaping their mouths. Jay carried them away from the wall so he could grasp Carlos' back and take his shirt off, too.
Suddenly they were on someone's bed and Carlos was laughing and groaning as Jay left a trail of kisses down his neck to his stomach. Jay rolled his hips down onto Carlos, not getting enough friction and Carlos wrapped one leg around Jay's back. Jay pulled away and looked up at Carlos. They both stared at each other, breathing heavily.
" We should stop," Carlos muttered, though he rolled his hips up and Jay closed his eyes as he groaned.
" Yeah," Jay breathed. Even though he wanted to go back and leave several more marks on Carlos' neck, he decided that they probably should stop. Reluctantly Jay removed himself from atop Carlos, causing them to accidentally rub against each other, making them both whimper out again. Jay rolled over and laid next to Carlos, who was staring intently at him.
Carlos knew they were both fucked. They shouldn't have done that, but they did. And they would probably do it again. Their arrangement was no longer fake. And that freaked him the fuck out.
Jay was trying to control his breathing as he admired the small purple marks that were forming on Carlos' neck. He smirked proudly, knowing people were going to see the marks. People would totally buy the whole dating thing, then. Jay was too caught up in looking at all the love marks on Carlos, he didn't realize he had spoken to him.
" 13," Carlos spoke as he shuffled closer to Jay, placing his head next to Jay's chest.
" What?" Jay blinked his eyes and glanced down at the boy who was snuggled in his bare chest.
"13," Carlos said again, though it was muffled against Jay's chest. " You have 13 freckles."
Jay laughed as he wrapped his arm around Carlos' back, pulling him closer. " Wow, thanks."
" My freckles beat your freckles," Carlos laugh went through Jay's body, and Jay couldn't help but laugh back at his silly remark.
" You're stupid."
" You're stupider."
" Go to sleep." Jay mumbled.
" You first," Carlos retorted.
Jay smiled one last time as he closed his eyes, the perfect boy lying in his arms.
You don't love him.
