Chapter 22
Alright, so… more Balthazar and Gabriel for you. I hope you enjoy this, I had so much fun writing it.
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It was a regular day on a regular Friday night with a regular soccer match where Dean was the star currently scoring most points for his team against the sobs that were the other players from their rival school; it had been a competitiveness developing further for decades and James Monroe High School had been the winner for the past twenty years which angered Wylie High School.
Castiel sat on the first row of the bleachers along with Michael, Gabriel and Balthazar, Anna was chanting and leading her team of cheerleaders to encourage the crowd to applaud for them and cheer the players. The skies were dark and not simply because night was falling upon them, the chilly wind blowing and the humidity announced the oncoming storm but everyone hoped the game was finalised before it happened. His attention was wholly fixed upon Dean, his eyes moved following every direction the boy moved in, his cheeks hurt from smiling and his throat already hurt from cheering as Dean scored a goal. Balthazar and Gabriel were currently betting on who would score the next goal, throwing snacks at each other and irritating Michael until he decided to sit between them.
"I need more skittles, Mikie, get me more skittles! Pleaaaase?" Gabriel said holding on to his older brother's arm like a child, Michael sighed closing his eyes.
"Gabriel, I bought you three bags of sweets, popcorn, those vile carbonated drinks you seem obsessed with and cotton candy. Is that not enough to give you another cavity and make your stomach ache?"
"No, and I did not eat it all myself, Balthie wasted most of it."
"Did not!" he glared at Gabriel from the other side.
"I will not get up from here and we will go have pizza after the game, do you not remember?"
"But it won't end for another half an hour, please? Just one more bag, please, Mikie?"
"It is Michael and stop behaving like a child, Gabriel."
"But, my body is begging for it! Begging for it, I tell you!" he spoke louder than necessary making the people around them turn their heads in curiosity towards them, Michael sighed in embarrassment as well as Castiel and Balthazar.
"If I give you money to go buy it yourself will you please stop behaving like this before I decide to punish you, Gabriel?" Michael spoke rubbing his temples, Gabriel seemed to think for a second.
"Yes, I will behave." he grinned; Michael took money from his wallet handing it to the young boy who took it and skipped off the field towards the snack bar.
"Will you excuse me, my dearest Michael, I really need to use the loo." he grinned mischievously but Michael did not notice, simply rolled his eyes at him.
"Hurry and do not follow your cousin, do you understand?"
"Why would I?" he smiled and left.
Gabriel stood leaning on the counter as he tried to flirt with the older boy at the snack bar who was ignoring him with the excuse he was straight, that, however, did not stop Gabriel, it simply encouraged him further to bring out his most charming pick up lines. Ian was a brunette with big and almond shaped brown eyes, pale complexion and rosy cheeks, his height surpassed Gabriel's by perhaps eight inches, his body was slender which he covered wearing an oversized sweater, black tight-jeans, black converse and a shaggy do.
"Dude, do you not understand what 'I'm not interested' means? Besides, I'm older than you." he said already annoyed with the persistent Gabriel.
"Age doesn't mean anything to me, big boy." he smirked.
"Oh yeah? What would your parents say if you dated an eighteen year-old?"
"They wouldn't care." he shrugged because it was the truth.
"You are impossible." he rolled his eyes.
"Have I managed to seduce you yet?" he batted his eyelashes, Ian tried to hide a smile but failed.
"My girlfriend wouldn't like seeing you flirt with me." he raised an eyebrow at Gabriel.
"I don't believe you have one." he smirked confident.
"Yeah? What makes you think that?"
"You would have mentioned her when I started flirting with you, I see no hickeys, you said 'girlfriend' with an expression that even you could not believe you said it." Ian laughed and bit his lip.
"You're good."
"I know." Gabriel winked at him smiling.
"You're still too young for me though." Gabriel pouted at that which Ian thought was endearing but would not say it to him fearing it would only encourage the younger boy to keep his playful and alluring behaviour.
"Am I too young for you too, love?" Ian and Gabriel's eyes turned to see Balthazar walking towards them with his hands in his pockets.
"And who would you be?"
"Whomever you want me to be, dear, your boyfriend would be a more appropriate term." he smirked, Ian widened his eyes slightly and looked away.
"Hey!" Gabriel punched his cousin on the arm, Balthazar snarled at him rubbing his arm.
"What was that for?"
"Shove off, Balthazar, you already got me in trouble with Michael."
"That is entirely your fault, do not blame me."
"Like I was the one throwing popcorn everywhere and you were the one who spilled my drink on him."
"If you had just shared with me that would not have happened." Ian looked back and forth between the two boys as they quarrelled.
"You didn't share your snicker bar with me, did you? No."
"You had three bags of sweets, you are so childish."
"I shared those with you also!"
"You did not."
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Alright!" Gabriel and Balthazar turned their heads to see Ian standing there almost with a headache, "Could you please take your childish fight somewhere else?"
"Excuse my behaviour, my cousin tends to have this…effect even on the most mature people."
"Uh huh, yeah." Ian rolled his eyes as he flipped his hair away from them, Balthazar and Gabriel both sighed like school girls. "You two are creeps." he frowned slightly.
"I don't see how that is a bad thing, I mean, have you seen yourself, darling? I could just pin you against that wall, run my hands through that sex hair of yours, and drown in those dreamy brown eyes. Why are you not mine yet?"
"Well aren't you straight-forward?" Ian smirked.
"I am when I see someone I want in this case, you." he smirked back.
"Really now? What if I said I'm not interested?"
"What if I said I think that's bullshit?" Balthazar rested an elbow on the counter and his chin on his hand, Ian smiled at him.
"Huh, well then." Ian leaned on the counter facing Balthazar, Gabriel stood there awkwardly with his arms crossed.
"What's the verdict, love? Kiss me if I'm wrong but I think you will give me your number." he stared into Ian's eyes with a smirk on his lips.
"You're lucky, you know." Ian took a pen from his pocket proceeding to grab Balthazar's arm that rested on the counter and wrote his number. Gabriel's mouth opened wide for a moment and he glared at Balthazar who simply smirked. "You are really lucky." he leaned closer to Balthazar until their lips met.
"Wha- ugh!" Gabriel walked away really angry.
"Call me anytime." Ian winked at the younger boy smiling, Balthazar bit his bottom lip with a seducing look in his eyes.
"I'd be stupid if I didn't." he gave Ian one last smile before walking away.
The skies were darker, the wind was blowing slightly stronger than before and lighting could be seen from a distance. Balthazar walked through the dark fields heading back to where he supposed Gabriel, Michael and Castiel were when he felt someone tackle him to the ground. He struggled to push the body off him ignoring the pain in his back.
"What the bloody hell?!" he said loudly realising it was the one and only Gabriel, "What is your problem?"
"You! Seriously, what the hell, Balth? He was going to give me his number before you decided to show up. I fucking hate you."
"No, you don't, and he seemed really uncomfortable with you."
"You don't know that."
"Gabe, trust me, he is not your type."
"Fuck you, you big bag of dicks."
"Why are you so harsh? I am simply stating the truth."
"That's it!" Gabriel growled, Balthazar took his cue and started running from Gabriel who had that serial killer look in his eyes. "Come back here, you bitch!"
"Get away from me, Gabriel!" Balthazar yelled as he ran as fast as he could with Gabriel almost catching up; they found their way to the field ignoring the hundreds of people around.
Michael's eyes widened as he saw his young brother and his cousin running in the middle of the field as the players of both teams stopped to see the two loony's running in a circle yelling at each other. He felt as the anger rose in him and the embarrassment as people looked his way, Castiel sank lower in his seat covering his face. Dean could be seen at a distance yelling at Gabriel and Balthazar as well as the trainer and the referee chasing after them. Chaos soon took over the field as most of the players from both teams tried to catch Gabriel who started running away from everyone in such a speed, it left them amazed; Balthazar ran in a big loop as they ran after him but was soon tackled by one of the fastest players from Dean's team.
The crowd in the bleachers were laughing hysterically while others recorded the event or took photos with their mobiles. Michael stood from his seat and headed to the field where they were holding Balthazar as they tried to catch Gabriel, he was mortified and oh the punishment that awaited for his young brother, Michael smirked at the idea running through his head. Dean was finally able to tackle Gabriel and soon everyone jumped on them to hold the little trickster from running away. Michael walked to the field until he reached Gabriel and the others.
"Get up." he said in a low voice that made others feel sorry for Gabriel, he felt a cold shiver down his spine and did as he was told as soon as the footballers got off him. Michael stepped closer to Gabriel and pulled his ear leading him out of the field which made the crowd laugh louder. He reached Balthazar, who sat there trying to hide, Michael gave him the most disappointed look before he pulled Balthazar's ear and led both of the boys away as the soccer match continued.
"Sit here." he said in that same low tone pointing at their previous seats. Gabriel was not fearless knowing Michael being silent instead of yelling at them was something that should definitely make his hairs stand on end; Balthazar felt sick in his stomach fearing Michael would call his father Azriel, he knew he would be lucky if he simply got a beating from him, which he prayed to God was the only thing his father did.
The rain started pouring five minutes before the game ended and the crowd dissipated fast running away from the rain to their cars. Michael simply sat there staring at nothing in particular before getting up to the field to help Anna and Dean with their gear and congratulating the young boy for scoring the most. Castiel threw his arms around his boyfriend not caring how sweaty and covered in dirt he was, they shared a slow kiss as the others walked towards the parking lot; the rain started falling faster and the wind blew stronger, Castiel and Dean intertwined their hands and ran with the others towards the car where Michael was already waiting for them; Anna sat in the front seat, Gabriel and Balthazar in the very back, Castiel and Dean sat in front of them. The ride was awfully silent with only small whispers from Dean and Castiel, they could feel the tension from Michael, Balthazar and Gabriel but no one dared mention anything of what had happened.
The road was dark and it was getting difficult to see in the heavy rain and violent winds, Michael was careful to drive slow fearing a tree branch would snap and fall ahead. The temperature dropped greatly making them shiver even though the heater was turned up high, hail soon started falling fast hitting the windshields with force and Michael prayed in his head that his God protect the kids in the car.
"Are your parents home, Dean?" he asked the young boy.
"Yes, they should be."
"Very well." he kept quiet after that until they reached the Winchester residence safely. The storm was by far only worst and he had no option but to park in their garage and wait in the house until the storm calmed.
"I apologise for the inconvenience, John and Mary." he said as Mary handed him a clean towel, they had long ago asked him to refer to them by their first name given that they knew him since he was born.
"Don't apologise, dear, you are like family and you are welcome here anytime." said Mary with a smile as she helped Anna dry her hair. "Would any of you care for some tea?"
"Yes, please." he nodded.
"John, do you mind if I use your office for a moment?" he turned to the man who was putting the teakettle on the stove.
"Not at all, go ahead, son." he nodded with smile.
"Thank you." he nodded back with a polite smile. "Gabriel, Balthazar, follow me, please." the two boys looked at each other wide eyed, then at everyone in the room who simply kept silent. They entered the office in silence trying not to look at Michael in the eyes for fear the look he might give them could smite them.
"Sit down." he said in an firm tone and they did. "Balthazar," he turned his eyes towards the boy and he looked up at Michael. "I will not call your father for fear of what he might do to you, however, you shall receive your punishment from me, any complaints will simply sink you deeper in more retribution, understand?" he said in a calm tone which frightened both boys.
"Yes, sir." he nodded.
"And Gabriel," he turned to his brother as the young boy looked up at him, "You will also receive your punishment as soon as we are home, pray my anger has lessened before we are there because lord knows what I might choose for you." he spoke calmly and smirked at the last sentence. "Would any of you care to explain what caused this?" they both kept in silence. "Answer me." he said in a firm tone that made both of them jump.
"It- it was my fault, I was angry at Balthazar. I should not have acted in such way. I am really sorry, Michael." Gabriel spoke like a child.
"I made him angry. I am really sorry, Gabriel, and I am truly sorry for the trouble I have caused you, Michael."
"You both are at fault, I want you to fix whatever problem may be before showing your faces out there and you better behave since you are not at your house. Am I clear?"
"Yes, sir." both said at once.
"Very well." he stood up from the seat and walked towards the door. "Come out when you have resolved this like civil individuals." he closed the door quietly behind him leaving the two boys behind. There was an awkward silence before Gabriel decided to speak up.
"I'm really sorry." he spoke quietly with guilt knowing it was his fault and thanking Michael for deciding not to call Azriel; he felt a cold shiver throughout him at the thought of the name.
"I am really sorry too." Balthazar sighed feeling tears build in his eyes from thinking what would have happened if Michael had called his father. Gabriel stood up and wrapped his arms around his cousin in comfort.
"I am an idiot sometimes, and I am sorry for getting you in trouble, I really am."
"It wasn't entirely your fault, I shouldn't have been there in the first place."
"Hey, but you got his number, didn't you?" Gabriel smiled at his cousin.
"Yeah…" Balthazar hid a smile.
"I think you're right, he's not my type and besides, he seemed to like you a lot." Gabriel winked at him, Balthazar smiled and bit his lip.
"You really are alright with this?"
"Yeah, I am." they shared a smile before wrapping arms around each other.
"I am slightly jealous though." Gabriel added jokingly after they parted.
"Why is that?"
"Well, you get the hot guy and he steals my sexiest cousin away from me, not fair."
"You'll still have me, don't worry, love." he winked at Gabriel.
"I better." he winked back. They laughed as they made their way out of the office into the living room where they found Mary, John and Michael sitting together conversing, Castiel and Sam playing chess while Dean and Anna played scrabble. They turned to Michael giving him a slight nod of assurance everything was alright and proceeded to join Dean and Anna in their game.
The storm outside continued as violent, if not worst than before, Mary and John prepared dinner for the family and Michael helped; Mary was quite surprised at the skills and talent Michael had in culinary and he himself was rather proud of it. The meal was pleasant and jovial, Mary was very happy to have more people in her house and happier it was the Novaks.
Dean could not keep the smile off his face when his parents approved of Castiel sleeping in his room, after all, they knew Castiel was still innocent for things to happen and they trusted their son. Anna took one of the guest bedrooms while Michael and Balthazar took the other, and Gabriel, well, Gabriel had wanted to sleep in the game room but Michael had said no knowing Gabriel, lucky for him Sam offered to share his room. Gabriel would never admit how stupid he felt with all the feelings rushing through him in the moment, all the flutter in his stomach and the incredible speed in which his heart beat; he managed to keep a simple smile on his face as he enjoyed the scent in the room that he knew was all Sam and he closed his eyes as he hoped sleep would find him. The sound of the rain and the warmth of the room lulled him to sleep after hours of staring across the room to where Sam slept silently and he felt like a creeper yet he could care less because it was one of the few things he could have, not Sam, not his heart, but another memory of the one he had loved for two years.
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Anyone want to take a guess what punishment the boys will get? (P.S. not corporal punishment, I don't believe in that.)