Here is the next chapter of Leon and Justin's journey! I finally wrote it! Okay I need to warn you this chapter has a bit of a dark twist and lil bit of violence on Leon's part…but hey! It's not all bad! Enjoy!
Chapter 8- Hidden truths, hidden desires.
Soon after Team rocket had blasted into the sky, Officer Jenny arrived and after finding nurse joy, who had been bound and gagged, and began to talk to Alexis and Justin about what had happened.
Justin was more than happy to talk to officer Jenny about what had happened, and with Alexis, the two of them gave there accounts of what happened, but both left Leon out of the investigation, after Justin noticed that Leon wasn't there, and felt a little disappointed, where had he gone?.
The dark haired boy didn't have much time to wonder as Jenny kept her questions coming thick and fast, in the end Jenny put her notebook away and sighed. "Well you won't be charged for damages, the center's insurance has that, but I'm disappointed that Team rocket got away again…" Jenny looked at Alexis and Justin's sad faces, then she grinned "Ah not to worry, you guys did your best, we'll find them eventually" Then with a nod and a smile Jenny walked outside to her bike and drove off.
"Well…that was an eventful day huh?" Alexis said smiling at Justin who sighed and picked blaze up from the floor, then before he could stop himself, opened his mouth and yawned. "Yeah…I feel tired now…how about you?" Alexis rolled her eyes teasingly as she stroked Pidgy's head gently.
"Again? Jeez, you remind of a Snorlax, always eating, always sleeping, but never working!" Justin mock scowled at her and nudged her gently and she nudged him back. "Well I'm going to look around town and see what's happening, I won't be too late" Justin nodded as he watched her leave and with a sigh headed back to there room.
When Justin opened the door, however he was greeted by a sight that nearly gave him a nose bleed. Leon was currently fast asleep on his and Justin's bed half naked; his dark shirt lay on the floor next to him, which Manic had decided to fall asleep on.
For a long time Justin was rooted to the spot, his eyes glued to the pale flawless skin, he was fixated, and before he knew what he was doing, Justin was slowly walking over to Leon sleeping body.
Just then Leon, unaware that he was being watched, turned over in his sleep, and Justin stepped back in shock and horror at what he saw; on Leon's back were hundreds of deep scars that looked just like… "Whip marks?" Justin whispered to himself horrified at what he was seeing etched into Leon's skin, Justin swallowed hard and stepped forward, then when he was close to the bed, he knelt down next to the bed and touched Leon's back gently.
This however, was a big mistake as Leon jerked awake at Justin's touch and fell off the bed…right on top of Justin. Leon groaned and blinked before looking down at Justin who was winching in pain from where Leon had landed on him.
Leon looked confused, the realized that he had taken his shirt off, after napping for a while and found himself to warm...then he realized that Justin had touched his back… Leon's eyes narrowed as he got up off Justin. "Just what do you think your doing Ingram" Leon snapped as he got up of the other teenager.
Justin blinked confused, Leon had never called him by his last name before, and he'd never been this angry with him before. Justin got up off of the floor as Leon turned to get his shirt…and Justin winced. Leon noticed his look and glared "Take a good look Justin, like what you see?" He said angrily.
Justin shook his head and stepped forward. "Leon I'm s-" Leon suddenly cut him off, with a fist connecting with his face, but the force wasn't strong enough to knock him back, merely startle him. "Don't you dare say you're sorry, because I know damn well you not, I thought I could trust you Justin, but you're just like everyone else I've ever known!" Justin blinked, hurt evident in his eyes as Leon put on his shirt and buttoned it up, but Leon didn't look into his eyes, he wanted to look anywhere but those eyes.
"Leon…please listen to me…I'm sorry, but you turned over and I…" Leon spun around and looked at Justin, blood was trickling down his mouth and a blood was clotting over a bruise, which was forming where he had hit the dark haired teenager. "Shut UP! I don't want to hear your excuses!" Leon said angrily, but he wasn't angry at Justin, he was angry at himself for even letting his guard down enough for Justin to see his scars, and he was lashing out at him. Leon clenched his fists, but he couldn't stop shaking, he was so angry at himself he thought he might just explode…
Then Justin stepped forward and held Leon's hand firmly in his "Leon…please listen to me, I'm your friend and I would NEVER want to hurt you! Your turned over and…I couldn't believe what I was seeing...so I touched your back just to try an convince my self I was dreaming…but I wasn't"
Leon swallowed at glanced at Justin, sincerity rang in every word he said, and Leon knew that he had seen his back by accident, he really didn't have anyone else to blame but himself. Leon sighed and sat down on the floor next to the bed, his head low "I'm sorry Justin…" Justin blinked and stared at Leon.
"I am sorry Just...I didn't want you to know about this…about anything from my past…" Leon broke off and looked at the floor. Justin knelt down next to Leon and lifted his chin up. "I don't blame you Leon, not at all…I don't know what happened to you, but I do know you can trust me!" Leon looked up and smiled weakly, before gently wiping the blood from Justin's mouth.
"Thanks" Leon whispered, his anger was gone and he felt more and more drawn to Justin, and slowly his face came closer to his. Justin swallowed; he wasn't sure what to do. Leon closed his eyes and leaned forward, not sure what he was doing, but knowing he wanted this more than anything else.
Just then a crash from nearby jerked both boys away from each other, Justin was catching his breath as his heart thumped in his chest madly, what the heck was he about to do! Leon sighed and stood up slowly before holding out his hand for Justin "One of these days ill tell you my past…but not yet…just give me some time" Justin nodded dumbly and took the hand, and Leon easily pulled the smaller boy to his feet.
Just then Alexis burst through the door, she took one look at Justin's face then glared at Leon "What have you done!" Alexis shouted glaring at Leon, He tried to pen his mouth and explain but Alexis cut him off "Jeez do you always hit your friends Leon? Hmm? No wonder you don't have many!" Justin shook his head at Alexis's accusations.
"Alexis! I ran into Leon!" Alexis stopped mid rant and stared at Justin as though he was a three headed alien "What? She whispered not daring to believe it. Justin shook his head and glanced at Leon, the dark haired teenager currently had his mouth open in shock, Justin was actually covering up for him?
"I ran in to the room so fast I banged into Leon and hit my face in the corner of the bed" Justin lied "That's all that happened Lex, Leon was just going to clean it up for me weren't you?" Justin said giving Leon the initiative, Leon blinked and nodded and went into the bathroom to get the first aid kit, Alexis's eyes watching him intently.
When he was out of sight she turned to Justin "I don't believe you, he hit you I know he did! Why did he do it Justin? Has he hit you before?" Justin's eyes widened at what she was implying. "No! He's never hit me Alexis! Jesus I fell that's all!" Leon listened to this through the bathroom door and squeezed his eyes shut angrily; she was trying to push Justin away from him. "Damn that girl, Damn her to hell…" Leon muttered as he grabbed the first aid kit and went back into the bedroom, ignoring Alexis's glares.
Leon got Justin to sit down on the bed and slowly began to clean cut he gave Justin, when he was done, the swelling had gone down a lot and he looked better. "There your all done…" Leon said, secretly thankful he'd had so much practice using a first aid kit. Leon set the box down and looked at Alexis who was looking at the two in suspicion.
"Alexis please, can't you believe me?" Justin pleaded with her "Were your friend why would we lie to you?" Justin felt guilty saying this, but he didn't want Leon to suffer because of a mistake he made. Alexis sighed and raked a hand though her hair in irritation. "Because I know your lying to me, I know when someone's got a bruise from being hit of from falling into something, and you've been punched."
Justin shook his head "Well your wrong, no one hit me I fell over and that's that!" Justin said angrily, then Alexis sighed "Fine whatever you say Justin…" Then she turned and stormed off out of the room and out of sight. Justin watched her go and turned to Leon "Are you okay?"
Leon nodded silently "Justin…'m really sorry…Alexis is right it's no wonder that I don't have any friends if I keep lashing out at those who…who are close to me…" For the first time since his mother had died, Leon felt like crying, suddenly he felt something wet and realized that he WAS crying. Justin sat in front of Leon and wiped his tears away. "Well don't worry…I'm not going anywhere you hear me? One sucker punch isn't going to get rid of me that easy, Ill always be here for you, got it?"
Leon blinked then nodded smiling, tears still flowing Justin sighed and hugged the older boy tight "It'll be alright Leon…I promise…" Leon wrapped his arms around Justin and slowly hugged him back. The two were still and silent for a while wrapped in each other's arms. Leon lifted his head and looked at Justin, Justin looked back at him, both of then had blushes on their face's, Leon swallowed, Justin was so close…
Before either of them knew what they were doing there lips were pressed together gently. Leon kept his eyes closed tight, he didn't want to open them in case what he was feeling and what he was doing was a dream. Justin however had his eyes wide open in shock 'This isn't a dream, please tell me this isn't a dream' Justin thought rapidly in his head. He'd wanted this for so long…
Leon felt his heartbeat quickened as Justin wrapped his arms around Leon's neck, the dark hair teenager opened his mouth and let his tongue slide into Justin's mouth. Justin moaned a little and closed his eyes, enjoying this so much… and neither of them wanted it to end…
But of course it had to, they needed to breath, so they broke apart with a gasp, hare arms still locked around each other. They stared at one another for what seemed like hours. "L...Leon…" Justin stuttered not knowing what to say. Loen blinked at Justin, looking just as speechless as him. "Justin…I…" Leon stopped; did he really care that much for Justin? Leon swallowed and lowered his head. Justin blinked "I'm sorry Leon; don't be mad at me…please…" Leon looked at Justin, the poor boy looked ready to cry himself, and Leon hugged him gently "I'm not mad…I'm…I don't know what I am"
Justin laughed weakly ad he rested his head on Leon's chest, they stayed like that for the rest of the night until eventually they fell asleep in each others arms.
Awww isn't that sweet? Okay Im done! For this until next time…when ever that will be…SAYANORA!
