Chapter 4

A Few Days Later*

Ty's POV*

Livvy is gone. Livvy is gone. That's all I can think. I wasn't hurt physically, but it felt like it. My chest still hurts. Kit has tried to help me take my mind off of her. But I always stop him, before anything can happen. I love Kit. I love my family, but, Livvy was my other half. She was like my parabatai, without the rune to prove it. I know Kit is in the training room, he's been trying to train to protect me. I know that, but he doesn't know I know that. Livvy's always been with me. There isn't a place she hasn't gone with me. I'm on the beach, under the trees. I'm staring at the ocean. I'm sure Julian knows where I am, but he hasn't come to find me. Kit hasn't talked to me for a few hours. And I don't want him too. I want to talk to Livvy. But she's not here.

"Hey," someone whispers. Whoever it is, sitting down next to me. I don't want to look. I know whoever it is, trusts me, and I trust them. Tears start to form in my eyes, for the first time since she died. I throw myself at the person sitting next to me. I figure out that it's Kit. The one person I didn't want to talk to. I bury my face into his shirt, and I let it all out. "She's gone, Kit. She's gone," I cry into his shirt. "I know. I miss her too," Kit says in a soothing voice. We sit there like that, for however long. When I sat up, it was already dark. "Let's go back to the Institute, yeah?" Kit asks me. "No, not yet," I tell him. I shift my position so that I'm able to lean on him. He wraps his arms around me, and we tell each other our favorite memories of Livvy.

Kit's POV*

"Kit, can I talk to you?" Julian asked. He was leaning against the door frame of the training room. "Yeah, sure," I replied with a shrug. "Can you help Ty? Please, we all need him," Julian asked me. "Umm, I've tried. He doesn't want it," I tell him. "Listen, Kit, I know there's something going on between you guys," he tells me. I just look at him, of course he would know. He's practically Ty's father. "Yeah, I guess there is," I tell Julian. "Help him, please. By the way, he's on the beach," Julian said as he walked out of the room.

Why not? I ask myself. I go back to my room, shower and change my clothes. I walk to the beach, knowing Ty is here somewhere. I spot him, and say hey, then sit down.

Eventually I convince him to come back to the Institute. I know Julian isn't worried about him, because he knows I'm with him. We go back to my room. I quickly change into something for bed, careful not to put a shirt on, for Ty. I hand him some clothes, and he puts them on. I sit on the opposite side of where he is at. I'm tired, so I really want to go to bed. I start moving the covers, so I can get under them. "Ty, come here, please," I say. "What's the point of sleeping? I'm just going to dream of Livvy. And I don't think I can handle that right now," Ty explains. "I think, that you'll dream of her, talking to you, so you know she still here," I tell him. "Maybe. I like your thinking," Ty tells me. He slowly crawls to where I am, and get under the covers with me. I kiss Ty, sweetly. "Take off your shirt," I order him. He listens to me, and I let my hand rest in his chest, over his heart. It beats steadily, and it makes me happy.

Ty's POV*

Kit is sleeping next to me. He doesn't have his shirt on, nor do I. Why? I know Kit didn't put one on, probably for me. But I don't know why I don't have one on. Kit probably asked me to take it off. I didn't want to go anywhere. I just wanted to stay here, in bed, with Kit. Kit started to stir, that meant he was waking up. "Hey, Ty," he whispered. Instead of saying something, I buried my head into his shoulder. "Can you close the blinds? I don't want to get up," I asked Kit. He happily obliged. Now to room was darker. Kit returned to his spot next to me. "Let me text Julian, that we are going to stay in bed all day," Kit said to me. "Wait, Julian knows?" I ask. "Yeah, he does. He told me yesterday that he knew," Kit explained. "Okay then," I agreed.

Kit quickly texted Julian, and agreed to let us stay in bed all day. "I'll have to thank Julian later," I muttered to myself. "But, not right now," Kit told me. I leaned up, to kiss Kit's lips. "I love you," I told him. "I love you too," Kit said back. I kept kissing him, and he kissed back. Our tongues intertwined, so did our legs. Kit put a hand on my hip, and started to go below the waistband of my pants. I gasped into his mouth, never having been touched there. Kit rolled onto me. He was on top of me, keeping his hand on my bare leg. He slowly shimmed me out of the pants. I put my hands on his hips, and got him out of his pants. I let my hands run over the tight muscles in his legs.

Kit's POV*

I know Ty is going through a hard time right now. I'm trying to help him, like Julian wanted me too. Probably not the way Julian wanted me to help Ty, but it was doing the trick. When his pants were finally off, I felt him gasp into my mouth. I was touching skin that no one else had before. He caught onto the idea and took my pants off. I was letting him do whatever he wanted. I moaned as his hands started to run up and down my legs. I tore away from his mouth, and went to his jaw, and started kissing him there. I kissed down his neck, to the spot right below his Adam's Apple and sucked on it. I knew it would leave a mark, but I doubt he would care. His hands were tangled in my hair, keeping me to him. He moaned every time I kissed somewhere new. He tugged on my hair, pulling me up to his lips. We started kissing again, harder this time. Showing all of our love, in one kiss.

It was almost noon. And we haven't left the bed. We weren't kissing right now, we were watching YouTube videos on my phone. Mainly animal ones, for Ty. I showed him some music videos, for the songs he liked. Ty started to fall asleep, so I shut off the videos, and pulled Ty next to me. When we woke up, I would text Julian about bringing us some snacks. I was hungry, and I bet Ty was too.

Ty's POV*

Kit was right, about my dreams. They all had Livvy in them, and she was talking like she was still there. I told her about Kit. She was really happy about it.

Kit has helped me a lot lately. I wanted to get him a present. One that is special. Like a ring! Every Shadowhunter had one. A family ring. I was already on planning to have Tessa get me one, for Kit, for my love.

Sorry if my chapters a short. I wrote the story all at once, then cut it up into chapters. Yeah, um, please review. I'll take any suggestions, and maybe add them to future chapters. Please review!!