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Chapter 5 -Good news... finally-
Ben's POV
I walked over to Carlos' dorm, I wanted to fix everything. I knocked on the door lightly, it was Saturday and right now it's 1PM.
Jay walked over and opened the door, I stepped inside and Jay closed the door.
Before I could even get close to the sobbing boy, Carlos yelled at at me, "BEN. GET. THE. FUCK, OUT OF MY ROOM!" I flinched, but I had gathered up enough courage. Jay pat me on the back, "Go for it, I'll be here for when things get ugly."
I slowly walked over and sat on the edge of the bed. I place my hand on his leg, but he just kicked it away. I could feel hatred coming off of him, I knew he didn't want me here, but I needed to at least try to fix what happened. I asked Xander, Doug, Jay, Mal and Evie to go investigate the two newspaper companies, I wanted to know what in Auradon is wrong with them.
I said softly, "Carlos..."
Carlos replied with a harsh, despair filled voice, "What do you want!?" I flinched, but I managed to continue, "Carlos please, forgive me. I'm really sorry, I jumped into conclusion without asking anything..."
Carlos was sobbing again, "Well yeah? Maybe you should jump back into Audrey's relationship. You two just seem perfect together." he replied coldly, this had crushed my heart. I've never seen him this furious before, so I assumed that this was the first time his heart had been broken. My heart ached painfully when I realized I was the reason to Carlos' first, and probably last heart-break ever.
I tried to place my hand on his leg again, but he shifted and said "Don't touch me." I said, "Please Carlos, I just need you to forgive me right now. I can explain what happened." He shifted around, "I'm not gonna forgive you right now, but I want an explanation. I demand an explanation." he replied, once again coldly.
I nodded as I said to him, "That picture of me and Audrey, that was a really old picture. That picture was taken like, way, way before you guys arrived. Way before I realized my feelings for you." I saw his head perk up and looked at me for a few seconds, but then he laid back down and replied, "Yeah, well like I'm gonna buy that. What about the party? The party so important that all of you had to avoid me for one entire day."
I said to him, "I'm sorry but, I can't tell you right now." He replied, "Thought so."
Carlos had stopped sobbing, tears were no longer streaming down his face.
He said to me, "Can you just leave me alone right now, I need time to recover from all of this. From you" growling at the last part, I just shivered. I never heard him so angry before, I mean sure he'd pout but he never got angry up to the point where he'd growl menacingly at me...
I stated, "Even if you hate me, can you at least forgive me...? I wasn't lying about the picture", He said to me, "I told you I need time to recover.' There was a moment of silence. Then he continued, "Come back when I'm not so deep in despair..."
My head perked up, he told me to come back at another time... Does that mean there's a small chance he'll forgive me? But what about our relationship? Does he still want to be together with me? Because I for sure will not be able to live knowing Carlos had fallen in love with someone else...
Millions of questions were running through my head as I exited his room. When I closed the door, I could hear him sobbing again. I desperately fought the tears that built up in my eyes, and this time I had won. I felt just a little bit happier knowing Carlos wants to see me again, but 90% of me was still sad I didn't achieve my goal for coming here, to have Carlos to forgive me.
At least I kinda, slightly fixed our broken relationship...
Xander's POV
I told Doug, Jay, Mal and Evie what the plan was.
Mal will use one of her spells to disguise us as the Twins, the music band currently famous. We split up onto two teams, and went to both of the newspaper company.
We planned on talking to both of them, we would lose the disguise as in about 1 hours, so we had to be fast.
After we had discussed our plans, Ben entered the room with a frown. I ran over and asked, "How did it go?" He shook his head, I frowned as he replied "He didn't forgive me but..." Mal was literally getting impatient, "But what?"
Ben replied, "He said he wants me to come back when he has cooled down." We let out a sigh of relief, at least Carlos wants to see Ben again.
I told Ben what the plan was, and it seems he agreed. We needed to get answers for what had happened to both of the news companies, the rest of the news companies had died down and posted normal news, but it was IN and AUNTK left spreading the bad news of Ben and Carlos' relationships.
-The next morning-
We got our disguises ready, and our entire plan went smoothly.
That was until we found out who ran both of the news companies.
Apparently, Jasper was running Icy News and Horace was running AUNTK. We literally had to smack the conscious out of them, just so we could kidnap them and bring them back to Auradon Prep for interrogation. It was mean, but we had to do it.
-That night-
We untied the blindfolds after the gang had gathered around the tourney field, with Fairy Godmother. Fairy Godmother asked, "Xander? What is the meaning of this?" I smirked and said, "These two, have some serious explaining to do."
Jasper smirked and said, "We ain't sayin' nothin!" (I don't really know if these two have accents because I don't really remember much about them, last time I watched 101 Dalmations was like, 10 years ago xD so forgive me ;w;)
Jay grabbed Jasper by his collar and lifted him up onto the air, then threatened "Oh yeah, then I'll make sure you talk!" Jasper just laughed and said, "What are you gonna do about it? Jafar Junior!"
Fairy Godmother then threatened, "You should talk, unless you want to make me force you to talk." and whips out her wand. She turned around for a few seconds and winked at me, and I literally picked up on that. She was holding a fake wand, but still, her threatening someone is actually really, really unexpected.
Both of Cruella's henchmen gulped, Jasper said "Alright! I'll talk! Just don't zap me with that wand."
They both explained to us what happened, and what Cruella wanted to do to her son. This made me clench my fist, but Ben's face was basically saying 'I will focking kill that woman!', that's how furious he was.
Ben got ready to kill both Jasper and Horace, until me and Jay held him back, hell we wouldn't have been able to if Lonnie hadn't joined us. I told them that I had a plan, then Evie said smiling, "I guess now there's someone else we can go to for plans."
3rd Person POV
It was Monday, and that meant Carlos had classes. He groaned as he woke up and got ready for his class. He was just thankful that Ben wasn't in any of his classes that day, he still doesn't want to see the heartbreaker.
But a part of Carlos missed Ben, his amazing smile, his gorgeous voice, his protective arms, he missed everything about Ben. But Carlos had to move on, he had to move on from Ben. 'Oh who am I kidding, I'll never be able to move on...' Carlos thought as he cried while waiting in his Robotics class.
Mr. Hatter walked in on the scene of Carlos crying, he quickly walked over. He wanted to ask what happened, but he knew 100% what happened, the news were all over Auradon. He placed an arm behind Carlos, which made the white-blue haired boy flinch, but then settled back into his sobbing position. Mr Hatter whispered, "It's okay Carlos, it's all gonna be okay."
Carlos looked up to see the weird-green but warm eyes of the red-haired teacher, and asked "How do you know? You've never felt heartbreak." Mr Hatter faked a startle face, which made Carlos smile, then he stated, "Of course I have... I've rescued a girl from an insane queen, just to find out she only wanted me as an acquaintance." Carlos frowned, and let out an "Oh.." escape from his mouth.
They had small talks as they waited for the rest of the students to come.
Carlos said to Mr. Hatter, "Thanks a lot, Mr Hatter" Mr Hatter nodded and smiled, as he walked towards the front of the desk, then Carlos suddenly remembered that Mr. Hatter was one of the counselors of the school. At least his life had brightened up since last time.
That's how the entire day went by, everyone basically comforted him. If this keeps up, there's a 1% chance that he might just move on with his life. Maybe. Ok he was just dreaming now, there's no way he's gonna be able to move on.
He spent yet another day alone, none of his friends decided to show up. His anger was rising now, his blood was boiling basically. He kicked his shoes off and huffed down onto his bed. He basically sobbed into his pillows, none of his 'friends' even cared about him anymore. Since they didn't, he'll give 0 fock about them. Sure this was a bit selfish, but none of them even cared to send a text throughout the entire day, even when they knew what he was going through. Not a single goddamn text. Not even from Ben. And certainly, not even from his roommate.
He sobbed himself to sleep that night, with his heart crumbled into dust, and blown away by the wind of despair.
-Meanwhile...-
The plan went along just fine, they managed to lead Cruella out with her minions. They promised to let Jasper and Horace go if they went with this plan, and they complied happily. Cruella looked around, the field her minions lead her to was empty.
Cruella yelled, "Where the hell are you, you ungrateful wretches!" Unbeknown by Cruella, and even the entire gang, Carlos was watching this all happen. He needed to get some fresh air after his sobs, and he couldn't even sleep, thinking over his life the entire night.
He saw Jasper and Horace lead Cruella to an empty field, then run away.
Ben stepped out of the forest, Cruella had a smirk on her face, "Oh look, if it isn't the witty king, Ben." Ben replied, "If it isn't the date-breaker, Cruella."
Her smirk grew wider, "Ah, I was just doing what's best for Carlos." That sentence had made Ben clench his fist. She whipped out her gun and said, "Now, to get rid of this wretch." She started shooting at Ben, and Ben, being the total athlete he is, managed to dodge all the bullets.
Fairy Godmother and Mal hid behind the trees, unable to do anything until Ben somehow managed to get rid of the protective pendant around Cruella's neck. Heck she would've been bippity-boppity-boo'ed if she hadn't wore that stupid pendant.
Ben kept trying to get closer, but Cruella just kept shooting. There was no way Ben could do this alone, he needed help, but he was stupid enough to admit he could take Cruella on alone, and now he's regretting that.
Ben was starting to feel fatigue, Cruella stopped shooting for a few seconds, then smirked and said "You'll never defeat me!" She shot another bullet, Ben didn't even bother to dodge, since he knew the bulletproof vest inside would protect him.
But that bullet was hit by something else that made it go off-track and hit a tree instead. That something was a rock, apparently. Carlos decides to step out of his hiding area, he didn't know that would even work, sure he had strength, speed and brain, but he didn't think he'd have accuracy too.
Cruella looked at her son and said, "Oh look at you now, you look so... good. You disgust me, son." Carlos shook his head and said furiously, "You've never been my mother, and you'll never be my mother." Cruella frowned and said, "Well then, you'll just die before you get to see me rule Auradon!" then cackled.
She shot at Carlos, Carlos didn't even bother to dodge. Ben almost dashed in front of Carlos, until he watched the bullet hit Carlos' skin and rebound towards a nearby tree. In fact, it shot past the gap between Mal and Fairy Godmother's head, which startled them up to the point where they both almost fell to the ground. Ben's eye widened at what just happened, he looked up to see it was not just a normal moon, it was a red-tinted moon.
This usually isn't anything crazy, the moon changed to three colors every 2 months, Red, Yellow and Blue for different nights. It would just be a normal night with a special moon, but Ben didn't know this would be the night where Carlos would just turn into a blood-hungry werewolf, if he was a werewolf. Thankfully he hadn't morphed. Ben ran over and looked at Carlos, hands, which Carlos flinched at.
He missed holding his hands, but this was not the time to do so. He inspected his hand, there were no marks, not even a scratch. Carlos melted into Ben's touch, he missed this as much as Ben did. Ben looked at Carlos' pupils, he was surprised to see it was red-tinted. The both melted into each other's eyes, something about Carlos in this state made him seem... hotter.
They almost pulled in into a much needed kiss, but Cruella said to them, "You two disgust me!" completely ignoring the fact that Carlos was basically an obsidian-skinned boy. Carlos acted as the human shield as Ben hid behind him and thought of a plan, they definitely won't be able to get close without a plan.
Carlos said while still protecting Ben, "Ben, I'm sorry for snapping at you like that but-" Ben interrupted, "Carlos, look, I know you want to talk and all, but this really isn't the best time to!" literally scared out of his life. Carlos nodded and said, "Oh yeah... So what's the plan?" Ben shrugged and replied, "We just need to get that pendant around Cruella's neck!"
Carlos smirked and said, "Why didn't you just say so?" and with that, he just disappeared. Cruella stopped shooting to look around, Ben literally fell onto the ground. He was leaning into Carlos, then suddenly he disappeared. Carlos instantly appeared behind Cruella, quickly snatched the pendant off of her neck, and re-appeared next to Ben after he recovered. This caused Ben to get startled.
Carlos handed over the pendant, again, something about Carlos' current state made him seem a whole lot hotter than usual, he seemed quite... masculine. Carlos asked, "What do we do now?"
Cruella yelled, "Carlos, baby, don't do this to mommy!" Carlos gave a glare so menacing it managed to catch her off guard. Ben crushed the pendant, and a golden beam with a familiar chant shot out from a nearby tree and landed on Cruella.
She shrieked as she slowly dissipated into dust. When she finally finished, Mal and Fairy Godmother came out from their hiding spot and retrieved the gem. It was a black and white diamond-shaped gem. Mal ran over and gave Carlos a hug, tearily saying "Carlos! I missed you so much!" She let go a few seconds later, noticing the red tint in Carlos' pupils, she got nervous for a second.
Ben chuckled, and said "Don't worry, he's okay. I think." Carlos seemed normal, he had to be.
A smile graced Carlos' lips and said, "I'm okay." Ben completely missed Carlos' warm smile. They walked back to the school, with the pulsating gem in Fairy Godmother's hand, Fairy Godmother let the trio break curfew that night, as a thank you for retrieving another one of the gems.
Mal hugged Carlos again, she asked "What made you decide to come out here?" Carlos replied, "I was sobbing in my room," that sentence made Ben frown, because he knew it was his fault for Carlos being like this. Carlos continued, "But I got bored of being sad, so I decided to come outside for fresh air. I didn't think I'd bump into that epic fight scene between Ben and Cruella."
Ben blushed slightly, and smiled at Carlos' compliment, "That was awesome though, all those flips and dodging Cruella's bullets." Then Ben said, "I didn't know why you were worried though, didn't you see the bulletproof vest I had inside?" Ben pulled his shirt up slightly to reveal it. Carlos just shook is head.
Then Mal stood up and stated, "Well, I'm gonna leave the two of you to fix your broken relationship. Then tomorrow, we'll fix your broken image. G'night guys." Carlos and Ben replied in unison, "Good night" They looked at each other and laughed, while Mal chuckled and left.
There was an awkward silence after Mal had left. Ben turned and looked at Carlos, and once again, their eyes locked together. It has been quite a long time since this had happened. Carlos decides to break the silence, "So... what did you want to talk about?"
Ben replied, "Carlos, please forgive me for what happened. Please." pleading at the white-blue haired boy. Carlos had this warm smile on his face, the smile that Ben had missed. The smile that Ben wanted to wake up to every morning.
Carlos decides to make the first move right then, he cupped Ben's chin and delivered a passionate kiss, the kiss they both missed so much. Ben melted into Carlos' kiss, this was a first. Usually, Ben would be the one making the move. This red-tinted moon was doing magic to them both.
Carlos broke the kiss, panting. He said, "I forgive you."
Ben smiled and asked, "So... Will you give me a second chance?" Carlos returned with another bright smile, "Of course I will. I'd never be able to live without you, my beastly-prince." Ben perked up and eyes a little bit widened at the sudden use of his nickname, then he smiled again and returned, "Thank you so, so much, pup. You have no idea how happy I am right now."
But his smile was replaced by a frown, and this caused Carlos to ask "What's wrong?" Ben didn't reply, instead he asked, "Carlos... what if this was all just the effect of the red moon? What if you forget everything about tonight and go back to hate me tomorrow morning?"
Carlos chuckled, he placed a light kiss on the King's forehead and said "I'd never forget about this special moment. Plus, if I wake up tomorrow morning and forget, I'd still remember about us making up, because I would wake up in your bed..." Carlos blushed as he continued, "...assuming you still want me in your bed."
Ben's smile was now gigantic, "Oh my god, you don't know how much I missed your presence in our bed. I missed holding hands with you, I missed making out, I missed your entire presence basically"
Ben's little speech caused Carlos to blush even more. He replied, "I missed you too."
And with that, they stood up and they went into their own rooms. Ben raised his eyebrow, "Didn't you want to sleep in my room tonight?"
Carlos answered, "Oh, I do, I just need to take care of something." Ben smiled and said, "Alright, don't take too long though, I'd go crazy if you didn't join me tonight." They both let out a light laugh as Carlos entered his room.
Jay was sitting on his bed, with an obvious hard-on. Carlos blushed, he had never seen Jay's member before, no matter how many times he tried. Jay literally jumped, not expecting Carlos to enter so suddenly. He quickly covered his member, worried that the other boy was still furious.
Carlos was still blushing but he managed to say, "You know, you can call Lonnie to hang out with tonight, I'll be with Ben." Jay's head perked up, he instantly knew that the two had made up. Jay silently thanked Carlos as the white-blue haired boy exited the room, he picked up his phone and called Lonnie.
Carlos entered Ben's room just to see Ben covered in a robe lying on the bed. This was the first time Ben actually slept with clothes on, it wasn't comfortable but he figured since they just made up Carlos wouldn't want to sleep 90% naked so soon.
Carlos walked over to the bed and started stripping himself, without Ben noticing. He stripped down to his red boxer, then he asked "Are you gonna sleep with clothes tonight? Cause' that would be a first." Ben glanced over and saw the shirtless boy. Ben blushed, he hadn't seen Carlos naked like this for a long time, and something seemed a little bit... different.
He noticed Carlos' biceps were slightly larger than the last time he saw them, his pecs were a bit more defined and his abs were slightly more defined as well. They were larger, but Ben's body was still more chiseled than Carlos'.
Ben got up and took the robe off.
They fell asleep that night, in a cuddled position.
Both side had missed this horribly, just to have each other's presence on the same bed.
Ben managed to fix everything this time, and he made sure that it would never happen again.
Yeey, so that's all for this chapter folks.
Ben and Carlos made up, Carlos being strangely nice and happy, and now the red moon has an effect on Carlos. What about the yellow and blue moon? What effect would it have? Oh well.
I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Like usual, thanks for reading and hope to see ya'll in the next chapter!
