Our Time Chapter 5
The two men finally decided to go to sleep after trying to sort things out. Danny had won the over all argument that he was the same Danny that Vlad had fallen in love with. They had gone to bed together just as they had so many times before, half naked in the same bed chatting with each other about nothing in particular.
That morning started much like the last one. Vlad woke the teen boy up with a plate full of home cooked food and the two chatted as they ate. Danny rushed to do the homework that was temporally forgotten last night as the older man check it over. Half an hour before school started the raven haired teen left for the day and Vlad was left alone in his home.
Just before the teen was out of ear shot, Vlad yelled after the boy. "Daniel, don't worry about coming to work today. Just go home and enjoy some time with your family." The silver haired man smiled and waved the boy off as he nodded his understanding. He was swallowing back a frown as he went inside the large house and picked up the phone, ready to dial a few dreaded numbers.
School flew by with nothing interesting to speak of. The Sam and Tucker from that world ignored the teen's existence. The boy didn't pay that any mind since he was replaying the last two day's happening in his mind.
Danny went home and stowed away in his room. It suddenly felt cold and lonely. He tried to talk to his parents since they hadn't really spoken for a few days, but they were too busy with their inventions. Jaz was off at the library studying for the end of the year exams that weren't due for another few months. The teen just did his homework and wondered why Vlad had sent him home with no real reason. From what he remember of the man, it was very uncharacteristic.
At dinner time, his parents whipped up some frozen pizza that tasted like stale cardboard compared to the silver haired man's cooking. They took their share of it and went downstairs to work more on their breakthrough invention. Danny was left to eat with Jaz who kept her nose stuck in a book. "So, uh… how're things going?" He tried.
"Fine." She said coldly flipping the page. The conversation came to a rather abrupt lonely stop after that. Danny had just finished his slice of pizza and was ready to head upstairs when Jaz spoke up. "Where did Vlad move to?"
"What do you mean?" Danny inquired as he turned to look at her.
"I walked by his place coming home tonight. There was a moving truck. I heard from a friend that he sold the diner too. Do you know why?" Danny felt the life being squeezed out of him. He bolted out of the room, through the front door, and down the street. The teen ran as fast as he could to the house he had come to know as home.
When he got to the warm inviting house, he found it empty. No kitchen ware, no green and gold bed, no Vlad. He fell down on his knees and fought back tears. The man he loved, who loved him back, was now gone. Why was life so unfair?
He felt his legs move against his will. They carried him halfway across town to the diner he had quickly come to like working in. A man was taking down the sign that proudly stated that the building was know as "V&D's Diner".
"Wh-what are you doing? Why are you taking down the sign?" Danny asked in a panic.
"The owner sold it to me earlier today. He finally caved in. It only took four month of insisting he sell it." The man smiled and went back to changing out the sign.
"Do you know where he went?" The teen questioned near tears.
"No clue. He's supposed to have a moving truck come back for the sign though. He insisted on having this for some odd reason." The man finally unbolted the sign and hoisted it to the ground. "Why he wants such a heavy sign clogging up his house is beyond me though. Oh looks like the trucks here, and right on time too." The man flagged the truck down, talked to the driver, then left the sign to him.
The truck driver loaded the sign and took off leaving an empty building and sidewalk behind. The teen was clinging to the back of the truck. He had hopped on when the driver wasn't looking. He was desperate to see Vlad again. He just needed to know why he left so suddenly. He held on for dear life as the truck drove onto the highway.
Almost two hours late the boy jumped off the now still truck and rushed into the near by bushes. He was tired and sore after holding on to a truck that was going at least ninety for two hours. The teen laid low as the driver unlatched the back and moved the large sign into the near by house. The teen did a double look and saw that it was more of a mansion at this point. He smirked, just like Vlad to show that he was filthy rich.
The man made the drop off and drove away. Danny rushed forward and up a long winding path to the door. He knocked on the door and waited. He just hoped this was where Vlad was. He was near tears remembering how the man was gone when he went to the empty house back in Amity.
The large fancy green door swung open. Masters stepped out and quickly locked eyes with the teen. Danny let a few tears fall down his dirty cheeks. "Vlad." He couldn't say anything else. He just threw himself into the older man and wrapped his tired arms around the man's toned waist.
"Daniel! What are you doing here?" Vlad said trying to pry the boy off of him. "How did you find me?"
"The sign. I road the truck that delivered the sign. I didn't want to let go…of you." Danny said in tears. He burrowed himself further into the man's sent and warmth. "I had to see you."
Vlad pried the boy off finally and held him at arm's length. "You're saying you came all this way for me?"
"I love you, of course I would." Danny yelled out as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. The teen couldn't hold back his well of tears anymore. He let them roll down his cheeks and stain his shirt. He sniffed as he grabbed a hold of the man again. "Why did you leave? Why didn't you tell me?"
"I-it's not right Daniel. Our love for each other is just wrong. We need to stop. I moved away hoping to get rid of this feeling and let you live your life." The older man was fighting to stop his arms from wrapping around the boy. He wanted so bad to hold the boy and comfort him, but he just couldn't let himself to do it.
"What's so wrong about it? I love you. I love you with all my heart and being." Danny shook.
"It's… it's not right, two men loving each other. It's against nature Danny." He man turned to walk back into his house. "Forgive me." He shut the door on the teen and went back to unpacking his belongings.
"Nothing is wrong with it. If it's against nature, then why do so many animals show signs of loving the same sex? Monkeys, bats, dolphins, cats, dogs, giraffes, fox, goats, orca…" Danny kept shouting all the animals he knew of that were known to have homosexual tendencies at the large white door. "Emu, chickens, ravens, salmon, fruit flies, silk worms…"
"Alright, enough Daniel!" Vlad yelled out as he swung open the door. "Get in here and stop causing a scene before my neighbors think there's something wrong with you." He quickly ushered the boy in and closed the door behind him, checking to make sure none of his new neighbors were poking their noses in his business.
"It's natural, love of the same gender is perfectly natural. Why else would nearly one hundred animals be known to show it?" The teen sniffed trying to calm down. A head ache crashed full force into his head. "Our love is natural and beautiful." Danny said, quoting loosely from Clock Work.
Vlad took a minute to sort through things in his mind before finally returning his attention back to the boy. "Are you sure… sure you want this?" The older man tensed up a bit, but waited for the teen's response.
"Want what? A relationship?" Vlad slowly nodded, too nervous to speak. "Yes, I want to be with you. I love you much more than you'll ever know." Danny walked up to the man and hesitantly hugged him. "I love you."
Strong arms wrapped around the boy's frame and held him tightly. "I love you too, little badger."
The teen gave a soft laugh. "I haven't heard you call me that for a few months now." The raven haired teen relished in his memories of the comforting times they had spent together that lead up to this love.