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Second chance chapter 8

4 days had passed and Alexander was upset. Aristotle was keeping him busy and his younger self was monopolizing Hephaistion. Alexander didn't know how to tell Hephaistion that he was his lover from the future, to try and save him. To tell him to not drink and eat that fateful day. He was also wondering how to make Hephaistion believe him. But for three long days, he'd barely had a chance to talk to the young man. Each time they were alone, Alexander interrupted them and took Hephaistion away.

Now, all of the students had left Mieza for three days to go back to their families and Alexander was alone. He laid down on his bed completely drunk. He was finally about to fall asleep when he heard a loud noise coming from the corridor. He stood up and opened the door to see what it was and was surprised to see Hephaistion on the floor he had obviously just fallen down.

"Hephaistion?" Alexander asked worriedly.

Hephaistion felt very embarrassed. "I slipped." He said.

"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be at your families." said Alexander as he came closer.

Hephaistion didn't want to answer and be forced to explain why he couldn't go back at his parents and when he smelled the strong odor of alcohol on the breath of his teacher. He said. "You are drunk, you can barely stand up!"

"It's alright, I am used to it."

"Let me help you to go back to your room." Hephaistion offered as he placed Alexander's arm around his shoulder to help him to walk.

Finally they arrived at Alexander's room. "You'd better sleep, why did you drink so much?" he asked when he saw the two bottles of wine on the table.

Alexander didn't answer but having his Hephaistion so close to him and feeling less inhibited in his drunken state, he instead took Hephaistion in his arms and held him tightly.

" My Hephaistion." He said with a sigh, his voice full of pent up emotion.

Hephaistion was surprised and tried to break the embrace but Alexander was holding him so strongly and to his own surprise, he felt comfortable. He found himself happy to be in the man's arms. He stopped fighting, confused by his reaction and his heart began to race.

"I have missed you so much." continued Alexander

"You are drunk." said Hephaistion weakly.

They looked at each other and in less than a second, Alexander kissed Hephaistion on the lips, ravaging his mouth in his passion. Like the embrace, Hephaistion tried to fight it but the kiss was so passionate and seemed so appropriate, he was weakening with each passing moment. He loved how his teacher's lips tasted and it was as if his teacher knew how to drive him crazy by just touching him. Alexander's hands slid down and began to caress him. Hephaistion shivered and he felt their hard member's pressing against each other. He was frozen by lust and had the weird feeling of being exactly where he belonged.

"I love you so much, Hephaistion." Groaned Alexander as he was kissing Hephaistion's neck. The words shook Hephaistion's thoughts and he pushed Alexander's hands away. Only his Alexander was allowed to say such words, and he was the only lover of Alexander as well. He felt suddenly very ashamed of himself and also quite insulted by his teacher.

"How can you love me you barely know me! I'm not a whore." He yelled back.

Alexander realized what he had done and that this was not his Hephaistion.

"I…I am so sorry, I didn't want to hurt you… I …I…"

"You are drunk!" interrupted Hephaistion.

"But," Alexander wanted to tell the boy the truth but Hephaistion's face was red with anger and he was indeed drunk. There was no way in that state Hephaistion would believed him.

He went to his bed and Hephaistion exited the room to go to his. He was crying. He was so confused and angry with himself. How could he have let this man touch him, kiss him, how could his body have responded to a stranger's caress and betray Alexander like that; but more frighteningly, he shuddered at the realization that it was not only his body that had responded but his heart as well. He fell on his bed crying. He loved Alexander, how could he have done this to him?

The next day morning, Alexander woke up with a slight headache. Hephaistion hadn't slept at all. Alexander decided to go to Hephaistion's room to talk about what had happened, now that he had sobered.

Hephaistion reluctantly agreed to let him enter. Alexander started to speak.

"About what happened yesterday."

"I don't want to talk about it! When Alexander returns I will tell him. I have to be honest with him even if I risk loosing him." said Hephaistion trying to sound brave but trembling at the risk he was taking.

"You don't have to, I won't tell him."

"But I'll know."

"Fine, I'll take all the blame then." Said Alexander as he didn't know for certain how his younger self might react to the news. Then, he knew, he would forgive Hephaistion but have the teacher executed. He wondered if Hephaistion was aware of this.

"He will be upset and execute me, Hephaistion."

Hephaistion looked surprise.

"What? No, not Alexander"

Alexander thought may be Hephaistion was right, the young Alexander wouldn't do that, only the older one he became could. In that instant he understood how much he had changed and not always for the better, he wondered also how much his Hephaistion had changed. He was seeing here a younger one, so much more sensitive, with time, Hephaistion had grown stronger but also colder. He was so sorry for that, that they both lost a part of humanity.

"It's important though, we have to talk about it."

" NO!" yelled Hephaistion. «It is done! Finished!»

"Fine, I'm going to send a messenger to your family for them to come and pick you up then."

Hephaistion panicked. "What! NO!"

Alexander was stunned by the panic he saw on his lover's face.

"Why not?"

" It's…" he found himself suddenly in tears, he was tired, confused, lost "I no longer have a family." He finally said as he hid his face in his hands.

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