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Intimate Dreams

Chapter 3 - "Sorry...."

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"Uhh...Cliff?" Jack asked, nervous and unprepared for anything at the moment. Cliff smiled, lifting his hands to cover Jack's head. Giving Cliff a strange look, Jack asked, "What are you doing?" But it was hard to talk because his hands were so warm and gentle on his head, wanting him to touch him all over with those soft hands.

"Shhh...there's a really beautiful butterfly that just landed on your head!" He chuckled, taking his heads back, making Jack long for more of his touch. Slowly bringing his hands in front of Jack, Cliff slowy opened his hands to reveal a sky blue butterfly that was moving around his hand.

"Wow..." Jack watched the butterfly move to Cliff's thumb then fly away.

"You see, I could never get enough of nature's beauty." Cliff smiled, lifting his hand to stratched the back of his head. Jack turned to him, watching his hand go through his soft hair. Swallowing nervously that he was so close to him, Jack took a step back but tripped over his dog.

"Ahh!" Jack yelled, falling back but feeling his hand get caught by a strong firm one. Getting pulled back up before hurting his dog, Jack was standing up-right again. Cliff smiled, making Jack blush out of embrassment and shyness.

"Lucky I saw your dog before you fell!" Cliff waved to him, turning around. "Well, Cain and I have to get lunch now." Walking to the front of the farm, he turned back to Jack, "Know any good fishing spots?" He smiled the way that made Jack's heart flutter. Wanting again to run over and tackled him and never letting go, Jack's mouth starting again without him knowing.

"There's a good spot near the stream just not far. I get all my fishing done there." He pointed east of his farm. Cliff smiled and turned back, making Jack turn around and blush all the more. Hearing the footsteps fade off, Jack let out his breath. Everytime he thought of Cliff, his heart would ache and he wanted to get closer to him as much as possible. Seeing Happy stare at him, Jack grinned.

"And I bet you just setted that all up, huh?" Jack laughed and sat next to his dog. Looking up, he saw Blaze walk around the farm, getting used to his new surroundings. "I guess I can't blame you. I am in a happier mood when I'm near him, huh?" Jack looked to his dog who barked happily in reply.

"Come on, let's get Blaze and show him his new home!" Jack rubbed his dog's head and jumped up. Running toward the horse, Happy continued barking, following his master. Jack ran to the horse who jumped in joy.

"Woh..." Jack smiled, petting the horse's mane to calm it down. Finally getting it to settle down, Jack grabbed the rein that was tied to Blaze. Walking over to the stables, Jack took off the rope and lead the horse's mouth to the hay and water. Happily whining, the horse began to eat. Then he started to rub behind the horse's ears, feeling calm too.

"Do you think Cliff's the same as your brother? Calm and collected? Or hiding a quick-tempered person behind that beautiful mask?" Jack asked, scratching the horse's neck now. But Blaze just ignored him, too busy trying to find what piece of hay was the sweetest.

Making a face, he said, "They're all the same!" He laughed and decided to water the corn. Turning around and walking to his house. He started blushing again when the dream popped back up in his head. Feeling his heart ache, Jack felt his stomach go warm and maybe, fuzzy at the thoughts of Cliff. Going into his house and grabbing the watering can, he came back out. Walking near the little pond, Jack found his dog digging a hole to China in his field, Jack dropped his watering can and ran over to stop the dog.

"NO!!! No more digging!" Jack picked up the dog, hitting his nose softly. "You can do this in other places, not in the garden." Putting the dog back down, Happy began digging again. "HEY!!!" Moving his dog, he started scowling the dog. "No more digging, no....huh?" Jack whispered, forgetting about the dog. Looking back to the hole, Jack saw something in the dirt. Crawling closer to the hole, Jack cleaned the dirt away from what looked like a wooden box.

"What the heck?" Jack let out, picking up a wooden box that seemed to be broken. Shaking it a few times, Jack pulled out a piece of paper from his backpack. Reading the paper, he smiled.

"GOOD DOG!!! YOU FOUND THE SECRET TREASURE!!! Well, it's not so secret now, huh boy?" Jack laughed, sitting back down with Happy right next to him. Shaking the box again, Jack opened it and frowned. Didn't he remember that it played music? Looking to Happy who gave a puzzled look, Jack shrugged.

"I knew it played some type of music. Do you remember?" Jack asked, seeing that it had a dirty mirror inside and enough room in it to store things like jewelery, trinkets, and rings. "Come on, let's see if Rick can fix this!" Getting up and dusting himself off, he decided to delay the watering of the corn again. Running to the entrance of his farm, Jack whistled for his dog to hurry up. Hearing barking behind him, Jack ran to Rick's shop.

Running through town with his dog behind him, Jack slidded around the corner and knocked on the door. "Come on, don't be closed yet!" Looking at his watch, he was sure he had 20 seconds left. Hearing the door open, Rick smiled.

"Uh, hi! I'm just closing right now!" Rick smiled, walking out the door and locking it.

"WAIT!!!" Jack yelled out, startling Rick. "Can you fix this?" Jack breathed heavily, now exhausted from running so fast. Rick looked down, staring at the box. Jack gave the wooden box to him, hoping that he can atleast do something.

"I think I can." Rick examined the wooden box, "Give me a few days." Jack nodded, turning around and ran back to the farm. Hearing little footsteps behind him, Jack turned his head to make sure that Happy was still following him. Turning back, Jack hit something pretty hard. Falling back, Jack sat up, rubbing his head.

"Sorry, I should have watched where I was going!" Hearing the voice of his crush, Jack jumped up. Seeing Cliff smile at him, Jack frowned, seeing spoiled fish on the ground.

"I'm sorry! I never seen you too! I'll pay..." But Cliff cutted him off by covering his mouth with his hand.



Smiling at him, Cliff asked, "Just help me catch a few then!" Nodding while Cliff's hand still over his mouth, Jack felt his cheeks burn at the touch.

"....okay."

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