Steve and Danny lay next to each other on the sand, and watched the stars shine in the sky. Neither of them had wiped the smile off their faces, Steve, especially was so relieved and happy to finally be with Danny. He had only known him for 5 days, but it had felt like a lifetime. He found himself becoming so anxious and nervous, but now, that everything was out in the open; he felt that he could truly let everything go.
Steve turned onto his side, to face Danny.
"So do we tell everyone, that we are together?" Steve asked, quietly.
Danny turned towards Steve, "I don't know, I guess so."
"You guess so?"
"I not ashamed or anything, I'm just happy, you know?"
Steve smiled and placed the palm of his hands onto Danny's chest.
"Yeah, I know what you mean. We both have never been with a guy before, so it's different."
Danny sat up and had a cheeky grin, "Hey, why don't we try and keep it a secret, and not tell anyone?"
Steve sat up too and looked directly at Danny, "Not tell anyone?"
"Yeah, it would be funny, plus it would give us some time to get use to everything."
Steve smiled, "Except we need to tell Catherine, I don't think I could keep it from her."
"Okay, we tell her, but no one else. Can you do that?"
"It will be really hard though, not to touch you or kiss you," Steve said with a sly grin.
"Well, we'll have to make up for it for the times when we are alone, "Danny said and laughed.
Steve grabbed Danny by the hips and climbed on top of him. He moved his head down to Danny's and teased Danny by brushing his lips against his, but without kissing him.
"You sure you can do it?" Steve whispered.
Danny closed his eyes and sighed, "Are you sure you can do it?"
Steve dived in for a deep and much needed kiss. Steve had kissed a couple of girls, but it never felt as special as kissing Danny. Danny's lips were rough and harsher against his own. Because he really liked Danny, each kiss felt out of this world, his whole body felt it; it ran up and down and drove Steve crazy. Danny placed his sandy hands onto Steve's cheeks and pushed his lips in closer. Steve loved the coarse feel of the sand on his cheeks, as Danny tightened his grip. As their lips collided, their body moved in pulsing sensations, like they were bound together as one. Danny slowly pulled his lips away from Steve's, leaving his hands cupped in Steve's cheeks. They both breathed heavily.
"I can do it," Danny panted.
"So can I," Steve mumbled.
Steve came out of his bedroom the next morning with the biggest grin on his face. He stretched his arms up into the air and headed for the kitchen.
"Morning Mom," Steve said happily.
Doris sat on the end of the dining room table holding a cup of coffee and reading the paper. She looked up from the paper, surprised by Steve's cheery mood.
"You're happy this morning," she said.
Steve laughed under his breath, "Yeah."
Even though he and Danny had made the pact not to tell anyone that they were together, he had no desire to tell his mother. She already didn't like Steve hanging with Danny too much, and the thought of telling anything personal to his mother made Steve shiver.
"What are you up to today?" Doris asked.
"I'm going to hang out with Danny, Catherine, Chin and Kono later on," Steve replied.
"You spend a lot of time with Danny," Doris said sternly.
Steve took a deep breath, "Yeah, I spend a lot of time with Catherine, Chin and Kono too."
"Remember what I said about Danny. I know you're just being friendly, I just don't want you to get hurt."
Steve clenched his hand around his glass of juice, "Okay Mom."
He was going to stay with her and eat breakfast but now he couldn't seem to want in the same room as her. He took his juice and headed for the bathroom.
Steve got ready for the day and headed over to Danny's house. Danny's mother, Marie answered the door, as Danny was still getting ready.
"Hi Steve, Danny's coming," Marie said.
"No worries," Steve replied.
Marie turned around to look to see if Danny was close, before turning back to Steve.
"I just wanted to say thank you for being so friendly with Danny. I really wanted him to make some nice friends over here, and he has been so happy since he met you," Marie said sincerely.
Steve smiled sweetly, "No problem, Danny is a nice, friend, to have."
Danny came running down the hallway, while doing final adjustments to his always perfect hair.
"Hello," Danny said with a smile.
"Hi," Steve replied.
"Well you boys have a nice time," Marie said.
"Oh we will," Steve said and poked his tongue out to Danny, without Marie noticing.
Danny went red, "Bye Mom."
Danny pushed Steve towards the front gate, to make sure he was far away as possible from his mother.
"Bit cheeky this morning are you?" Danny asked.
Steve grinned, "I might be."
Danny hit Steve hard on the shoulder, "So where are we going?"
Steve walked around to his truck that was parked out the front of his house.
"We are meeting Chin, Kono and Catherine for lunch."
They both jumped into the car and buckled up.
"And when is the next time we'll be alone?" Danny said with a smile.
"We're alone now," Steve said and looked around the street.
"This totally doesn't count."
Steve gripped his hand onto Danny's thigh before looking up to him.
"Don't get me started," Danny said and closed his eyes.
"Why?" Steve said and started to rub Danny's thigh.
"Why? Because we are going to lunch with people, and I'm not going to be able to not think about you, so doing this makes it's even harder" Danny said, objecting his hands up in the air.
Steve took his hand off and stared at Danny, grinning.
"Ready to go?"
Danny took a deep breath, "Yes."
Steve and Danny stood at the front of the door of the beach diner they were going to have lunch in.
Danny opened the door and Steve followed behind. Steve subtly hit Danny on the ass as he walked in.
Danny immediately turned around, "Yeah that isn't good. I mean it is good, and that would be nice in the future. But it's not good for now."
Steve laughed and ignored Danny.
Chin, Kono and Catherine all sat together in a booth on the other side of the diner. Catherine loved spending time with Chin and Kono, she didn't get to spend lots of time with them, because her mother made her study after school every day. But on weekends she made up for it.
"Hey guys," Catherine said.
"Hey," Steve replied.
Steve already noticed that Danny was more tense than usual, even though it was his idea to keep things secret for a while. Steve smiled to himself before sliding in next to Catherine. Beside Catherine was Kono, and Chin was opposite them in the booth, where Danny sat down.
"You guys know what you want?" Kono asked.
Danny looked at Kono with an intense stare, before Steve kicked his shin.
"Uh, no, I better look at a menu," Danny stuttered.
"We know what we want, so you better hurry," Kono said abruptly.
Chin laughed, "As you can see Kono is a little hungry."
"Let me choose something for you Danny, and me and Catherine can go up and order for everyone" Steve said.
Both Steve and Catherine slid out of the booth and headed over to the ordering counter together.
After they were both a good distance away from the others, Steve grabbed Catherine's arm and pulled her close.
"Danny and I, are together" Steve said softly
Catherine tightly hugged Steve, so tight, that it made Steve gripe.
"Finally!"
"Cat, it's been 5 days."
"I know, but it feels like forever. And I mean that in the nicest way"
"Don't tell anyone else yet though, we are keeping it secret for a while, to get use to things. I just had to tell you, plus you'd probably figure it out."
"Well you better look less happy, you haven't wiped that smile off your face since you walked in here"
Steve smiled even more happily, if that was even possible, to annoy her.
"Ready to order?" asked the waitress at the counter.
"So did you guys get up to anything last night?" Chin asked casually.
"What?" Danny said darting around the question.
Steve smiled, remaining cool the whole time, "Uh, we just hung out."
"Yeah, that," Danny added.
Kono squinted her eyes at both Steve and Danny, assessing the situation.
She shook her head and changed the subject, "I'm having a birthday party tomorrow at my house and I want all you guys to come."
"That sounds great Kono, I'd love to come," Catherine said sincerely.
"Yeah, absolutely," Steve said.
Danny just nodded, not telling anyone about him and Steve was getting the better of him.
"Cool, and Steve, invite Mary-Ann too okay?" Kono asked.
"Sure," Steve said.
They all ate their lunch with lots of conversation and laughs. Both Steve and Danny relaxed more as the time went on, forgetting about everything, and just enjoying themselves with their friends.
They all left the diner together, and stayed around the parking lot for a while. Chin, Catherine and Danny headed over to the cars together, leaving Kono alone with Steve.
"So have you told him yet?" Kono said abruptly.
Steve darted his eyes over to Danny and smirked a little, before turning back to Kono.
"Uh, not yet, I'm still waiting for the right moment," Steve answered, trying not to laugh or look too happy.
"Oh, okay, I thought you would have already. Maybe at my party you can," Kono said.
She crossed her arms and looked closely at Steve, she had her suspicions, Steve and Danny did seem quite happy at lunch, but she thought maybe she was thinking into it too much.
"Yeah, maybe," Steve said casually.
"Come on cuz," Chin shouted over near the car.
"See you guys tomorrow," Danny said.
Chin, Kono and Catherine sat in Chin's car, ready to go home.
"Bye guys, have a nice afternoon," Catherine said cheekily. She poked her tongue out at Steve.
Steve rolled his eyes at her, "You too!"
Chin beeped the car horn, and they pulled out of the parking lot and onto the road.
Danny and Steve jumped into Steve's car.
"How you doing?" Steve said as he started up the car.
Danny breathed a sigh of relief, "It was harder than I thought, but I think I handled it okay."
"Handled it okay? I could feel your leg shaking the whole time."
"What about you? You were babbling like a little girl," Danny said back.
Steve laughed, and pulled out of the car spot and headed onto the road.
"I was thinking, that we need to have a proper first date, to start properly," Danny said out of the blue on the ride home.
"What about last night on the beach?" Steve replied.
"Yeah the groping on the beach. I think we need to start slow, for now at least."
"What? I thought you liked the groping?" Steve said audaciously.
"Oh, I loved the groping, a lot, and I want that to happen again."
Steve pulled up in front of his house and parked the car.
"So, be ready at 6, and I'll handle the rest," Danny said.
"You'll handle the rest?" Steve said with a smirk.
Danny looked serious at Steve, "Yes, I will, don't underestimate me."
Steve grinned at Danny and went in for a quick peck. As they pulled away, Danny darted his eyes around, worried that someone will see them. They both got out of the car and headed towards their own houses.
"See you at 6. What should I wear?" Steve said sarcastically.
"Shut up," Danny said and laughed.
SO SORRY for the delay in the update! I've been crazy busy at uni, and I was having a bit of writer's block with this story. But I've figured it all out now. I've got a few days off, so I will keep writing!
Hope you like it, and thanks again for all the beautiful reviews!