Will woke up by his kids jumping on his stomach. When he opened his eyes, he saw his ten-year-old daughter with strawberry scented blonde hair and ocean blue eyes like his, and his twin boys with night black hair and brown eyes like their daddy sonny.
"Daddy get up," Ari yelled while still jumping up and down on the bed. She was wearing here favorite pink dress with white poke-a-dots and her hair was up in a pony tail. She was smiling, until she jumped onto the other side of the king bed. She stopped, and her smile turned to the saddest frown you can imagine. "Papa."
"Sweet heart," Will whispered, making his way to his now crying daughter while pushing his sons off of him so he could get to her. He brought her into a deep embrace, which she didn't refuse. She hugged him harder and hid her face in the cock of his neck, still sobbing. "I miss your Daddy Sonny too."
"Daddy," Lucas's innocent little voice said, "Is Papa in heaven?" Will felt like he was about to cry but he held strong for their kids, well only his kids now, since he wasn't there anymore. Even though it's been a week he still spoke as if Sonny was on a business trip or something. He made a gesture for his boys to join their hug. Once everyone was in a family hug he rocked his kids until their cries became soft whispers. "Yeah, Daddy Sonny is in heaven. That means he's in a good place where he will be happy and safe. Your Papa is probably climbing the K2 of heaven. Remember when we took you guys to K2."
Lucas laughed, "You passed out an hour and a half into the climb."
"You gave Papa a heart attack, he called an ambulance and everything. He banned you from climbing and cooking. You're not even allowed to use stairs in a mall" Justin added in, "Can he see us?" "Yeah Buddy, he's watching all of us every single moment." He began rocking the kids again and looked up at the doorway to see Victor and his Aunt Maggie practically in tears.
They moved in with them immediately after, well you could guess. None of them could live in their apartment anymore, they saw Sonny everywhere. They could barely walk into Club TBD, without breaking down.
Will couldn't sleep in any other bed, so Victor allowed him to keep his bed he shared with Sonny. Everyone thought it was a bad thing, like he was punishing himself, but in truth he felt closer to Sonny that way. At night, he sometimes would hold his pillow tight and cry and talk to him, praying he was listening. He hoped he was, he couldn't live if he knew he wasn't there, is Sonny Kiriakus was just nothing but a body in the ground.
"Morning children," Victor said in a calming voice that made all the kids jump, "I'm sorry I scared you."
"Its fine Uncle Victor," Ari choked out. Her throat still had a frog in it from the crying. Maggie walked in and picked up both twins. Two four-year old's where nothing for her. With a smile to Will, she walked out of the room towards the kitchen. Victor walked out with Ari holding his hand, so Will could finally have a moment.
Finally, alone, he looked at his phone the date was August 7th, almost a week he thought to himself. He thought there was something special about today, but ignored it and went to go back to sleep. Then suddenly his phone got over 25 texts messages from everyone. T, Melanie, Adrienne, Justin, Chad, Kayla, even Abigail saying to turn on the news. He sighed and walked over to his 75-inch flat screen and turned on channel 25 news. Sonny's murderer was arrested and was going to trial, he just fell back into the bed and cried. Cause it made it all the more real.
"Will?" Maggie called walking back into the room to find a broken and crying nephew. She pulled him into a hug and just let him cry. He refused to cry in front of people, especially his children. He didn't want to make them feel bad, he was supposed to protect them. For him, it meant not being weak, so they could lean on him.
"Aunt Maggie they got him." He said repeatedly. After about a half an hour, he passed out of sheer exhaustion and plus the fact he probally slept less than a few hours a day since sonny isn't in his bed. Its gotten better since he's sleeping in their bed, but it still is missing something. It was missing the black hair goof ball that always felt like home, no matter if he was close or a million miles away.
Sonny Kiriakus was always going to be his home.
Will woke up tucked in bed and the light shining into his eyes. He looked over at the digital alarm clock to see that it was past noon. Even though he didn't want to, he got up out of his bed and went to take a shower. And thought of something Sonny said to him once.
"You are so beautiful," Sonny said as he held will in his arms. His midnight black hair was all in a mess and his red and black plaid shirt all wrinkled. His smile made Will seem like everything was perfect in the world, even with the drama that came with the latest scandal Sami Brady was involved in.
"No, I'm not," he said turning away from sonny and hiding his face in the pillow. Sonny kissed his shoulders and turned him back to facing him. He wrapped his arms around him, so he couldn't turn away this time. "Horton, learn to take a compliment," he said smiling and laying a kiss on his forehead. The warmth of the kiss sent a calming vibe throughout Will's body that made him feel even safer in their small studio apartment.
"Ok Sonny," he whispered. He rested his head on Sonny's chest and fell asleep listening to his boyfriend's heart beat that felt like it was on the same radio wave as his, because he never missed a beat.
God, I miss you Sonny, he thought to himself. He got out of the shower and went to work on his almost late assignments from true vista.
