A/N: Thanks to aphass who gave me an idea for this chapter!

Will pulled away from Paul's mouth when he heard the doorbell again.

"That should be the babysitter," Will mumbled against Paul's mouth.

Paul reluctantly let go of Will, "You better answer it then."

"Right," Will nodded before standing up, adjusting his clothes from Paul's wandering hands and opening the door.

Smiling at his bright eyed daughter Will chitchatted with the babysitter briefly.

"Did you have fun?" Will asked Ari as he closed the door behind her.

"Yes," Ari nodded as she bounced up and down. "We wing at park and play and play."

"Swing?" Will clarified as Ari still couldn't quite pronounce all her words.

"I say that," Ari argued. Seeing Paul, Ari waved, "Friend is back."

"Hey, Ari," Paul greeted with a smile.

"You play with daddy again?" Ari questioned as she sat down next to him on the couch.

"I was for a little bit, yeah," Paul chuckled before catching Will's eye and winking.

"Oh," Ari nodded seriously before saying, "I need juice."

Ari was happily playing in her room while Will and Paul relaxed on the couch.

"If you don't mind me asking," Paul started to say. He wasn't nervous exactly but he wasn't sure how Will would handle the question, "But how has your, um, finances been going?"

Will gave Paul a half smile and a half shrug. It had taken a long time for him to open up to Paul about how much he was struggling with only one income. But eventually Will and Paul started to trust each other with more than just their bodies.

"Better," Will admitted, "But, um, I want to start looking for a different apartment."

"Really?" Paul angled his body so one knee was on the couch. "You want to find a cheaper one?"

"Yeah," Will nodded. "This one is nice and it was Ari's first home but I think it would be best to move somewhere I can afford easily and where we might not have so many memories."

"That makes a lot of sense," Paul gave Will a small smile. "But are you sure you want to do this?"

"I think so," Will confessed. "I've been looking at a few other complexes online," Will grabbed his laptop and flipped it open to show Paul. "This one is almost $150 less a month and it's only a little bit away."

"It's smaller," Paul pointed out.

"Only by a little bit," Will defended. "But I think it would really help me out. In a lot of ways, really."

"Whatever makes things easier for both of you," Paul decided. "You know I'd support you with anything."

Will slowly felt a smile spreading across his face. He didn't know why but those simple phrases and support from Paul made all the difference to him.

"You're kind of sappy," Will informed Paul, trying to downplay his feelings.

"Uh huh," Paul agreed before grabbing Will's shirt and pulling him into a quick kiss.

Paul was respectful enough to keep things relatively chaste between him and Will when Ari was around. Ari knew that Paul was a friend to both Will and herself but she was unaware of exactly how friendly they were. The two had even made sure that whenever Paul stayed the night they were up and dressed before Ari was.

They had a few close calls in the beginning and they definitely learned their lesson.

Several Weeks Ago

Will felt something warm and comforting surrounding him. It was familiar but different all at the same time. Will wasn't sure exactly what had pulled him from his deep sleep but he found himself easily nodding back off, nuzzling against the strong arm under his head.

"Daddy?" a tiny voice whimpered before opening the bedroom door.

Will popped his eyes open and rolled out from under Paul's arms.

'Fuck,' Will thought as he stumbled around trying to find his underwear. Wincing at the slight sting in his lower back Will hopped into his undies and slowly got to Ari hoping she didn't see anything.

Edging her out the door, making sure Ari couldn't see into his room, Will asked, "Baby, what's wrong? It's so early."

"I have accident," Ari admitted shamefaced hobbling from foot to foot holding her nightgown away from her skin.

"Oh, sweetie, it's OK," Will helped her into the bathroom and took off her nightgown and pull-up.

"No," Ari shook her head, "It was bad."

"It's OK to have accidents," Will assured her. "That's why they're called accidents. You don't mean for them to happen. You just have to try again. Daddy isn't mad. It's OK."

"Sleep in your bed, now?" Ari wondered after Will made sure she was cleaned and properly dressed again.

"Sur-" Will remembered who was in his bed. "Uh, why don't we sleep on the couch?"

"No, bed," Ari complained sleepily.

"Shh," Will lifted Ari into his arms and sat down on the couch, gently rubbing her back.

Once she fell back to sleep Will laid her on the sofa and went to take off her sheets on her bed. Will put the pile in the washer to clean once Ari was up again. Thankful that he had been using disposable training pads under the sheets Will threw it away, put a new one on and remade the bed. Will went back into the living room, picked Ari up and put her back in bed.

'How could I let this happen?' Will thought before going back into his room.

Paul was sleeping peacefully on his side. Will thought about shoving him awake but knew better than that.

Lying back down on the bed Will kept his eyes open for a few moments. He could still remember how good Paul made him feel the night before. How happy, confident and sexy Paul made him feel.

'He made me feel good and wanted,' Will recalled. 'And I don't want it to go away. I don't want to lose that feeling or lose Paul.'

"Go back to sleep," Paul ordered groggily as he wrapped his arm back around Will.

"OK," Will agreed with a tiny smile letting Paul manhandle him back into place.

A few hours later a loud pounding on the front door startled Will and Paul awake.

"God," Will said putting his hand to his chest and sitting straight up. "Let me go check it out."

"Maybe I should do it," Paul offered remembering the string of murders that had been happening.

"Oh for god's sake," Will gave Paul an unimpressed look. "I'm going and you're staying."

"OK," Paul relented. "I need to find my pants anyway."

Will threw on his clothes and headed for the door. Throwing it open carelessly Will was a bit surprised to see who was standing there.

"Grandma," Will greeted when he saw Kate standing in the doorway with several bags in her arms. "What are you doing here?"

"What does it look like?" Kate shoved Will out of the way. "Now, I heard that you are still seeing Jake," Kate started saying as she tossed the bags on the couch. "And I figured you would want a few new things before things get serious."

"…What?" Will closed the door behind him and looked towards his bedroom door. 'What the hell?'

"Jake, sweetheart, keep up," Kate shook her hair behind her shoulder. "I think you'll like this one," Kate pulled a large comforter out of one bag. "But I also think this one is nice."

Will looked at the bedding in his grandmother's hands before he gave her a blank look.

"Don't look at me like that," Kate insisted. "There's no need to be shy. I know as a young, attractive male you're going to be sexually active. I figured it might be a good idea to dress up your bedroom now that you're seeing someone again."

Will gaped at his grandma like a fish before saying, "Jake and I are just friends."

"Sure you are," Kate said placating him. "As I said, once you get serious you'll be thanking me for this."

"Grandma, I appreciate the sentiment, as disturbing as it is, but I really don't need anything," Will tried to tell her.

"Nonsense," Kate dismissed. "Let's go try them out."

"That is really not necessary," Will insisted knowing he absolutely couldn't let his grandma find Paul in his room.

Kate grabbed all of her bags again and barged into Will's room ignoring all of his protestations.

"Grandma," Will practically shouted, "Don't!"

"Don't be so uptight," Kate shook her head as she tossed everything on the messy sheets and started pulling out blankets and sheets. "How do you feel about painting?"

Will, stunned when he didn't see Paul anywhere, spun in a circle looking for him.

"I'm thinking a light blue might be tranquil," Kate continued on as if Will was listening to her. "And it would go with this set."

"Uh, sure," Will agreed wanting to speed things along.

Kate sniffed the air and wrinkled her nose, "Go open a window. It smells stale in here."

Face flaming red Will followed her directions. 'Oh my god, this cannot be happening. Of all the people it had to be Grandma Kate.'

'I have to get her out of here,' Will realized. 'Before she finds out.'

"Now," Kate held up the other set, "I really think that this one is nice. However, I-"

Kate abruptly cut herself off when she looked at the floor. Dropping all the items Kate said, "Actually, I just remembered something. Why don't you keep both of these and you and Jake can put them to good use later?"

"Uh, OK," Will said as he followed her out of the room. "Well, thank you for everything. Are you sure you have to go? I could get you something to drink."

"No, no," Kate waved her hand. "It's fine. You just go back to having some fun."

"What?" Will gave her a quizzical look.

"Sweetie," Kate gave Will a knowing look. "Next time tell whoever it is in your room," Kate made it sound like she knew exactly who it was, "To take their shoes with them when they try to hide. Although I am glad to know that you were apparently more interesting than your ugly sheets."

"Give Ari a kiss for me," Kate ordered kissing Will's cheek and walking confidently out the door before he could say anything.

'Well, what the hell?' Will thought before shaking out of it.

Checking on Ari quickly, glad the pounding on the door didn't wake her; Will went back to his room.

"That was close," Paul said as he walked out of the closet. "Of all the people in the world you know it had to be that one that came knocking on the door."

"On the bright side," Will looked over the bedding his grandma brought over, "She thinks I was in here with Jake."

"How is that a bright side for me?" Paul wondered with a shake of his head. "No one needs to think you're sleeping with Jake."

"Well I'm not," Will shrugged not seeing the big deal.

"Better not," Paul grumbled under his breath.

Will tried not to smile. Seeing the messy sheets and remembering his grandma's complaint Will started pulling them off.

Paul, automatically helping Will, asked, "Why did you get out of bed earlier?"

"Ari woke up and needed me," Will responded. "And speaking of that I think we need to set a few rules."

"Like what?" Paul questioned.

"Like the next time you stay over we need to make sure we're not naked when we fall asleep," Will stated. "And that we're up before Ari."

"OK, that makes sense," Paul agreed. "What are we going to tell Ari anyway?"

"Um," Will frowned as he gathered up the sheets and headed over to the small closet with the washer again. Turning on the washer filled with Ari's sheets, Will responded, "I think we just tell her the truth. We're friends, we spend time together. She doesn't need to know doing what. I don't want to confuse her about this, thinking we're something we aren't."

Paul, assuming Will was talking about Sonny, readily agreed.

"OK," Paul nodded before checking the time. "I have to be at work in a few hours. Do you want me to leave or stay? What do you want?"

"You can stay," Will decided enjoying that Paul was asking him. "I still need some work on making breakfast stuff so you better be a good teacher, Narita."

Present Day

Knock Knock Knock

Paul sighed against Will's lips, "Who do you think this one is?"

"Well," Will stood up and moved to open the door, "I had some people after me. Now I'm guessing it's your turn."

Will opened the door and saw John and Marlena staring back at him. Will looked back at Paul triumphantly.

John, looking Will over, said in a resigned voice, "You weren't fighting in the bathroom the other week, were you?"

"No, John," Will smirked slightly before opening the door further and gesturing for them to come in.

"Will," Marlena said as she passed by him looking confused.

"Grandma," Will greeted wondering exactly how this was going to go.

"Paul," John crossed his arms and stared at him looking lost.

"Dad," Paul nodded his head feeling a bit ridiculous that everyone was only saying their names.

"Will, let's go talk in your room," Marlena grabbed Will's hand and said, "And we can let John and Paul talk out here."

Will and Paul shared a look before Will let his grandma drag him away.

Several Weeks Ago

"Hey," Will said as he answered the phone slightly out of breath.

"Hey," Paul greeted pressing his lips together, "Why are you out of breath?"

"I'm at the gym at my apartment complex," Will admitted, phone balancing on his shoulder and held up to his ear. "What are you doing?"

"Just getting finished with some stuff at work," Paul stated sounding tired.

"Modelling career harder than you imagined?" Will wondered as he finished tying up his hand.

"There's so much talking and papers," Paul complained. "I thought the pictures were going to be the hard part."

"You take off your shirt all the time," Will teased. "You've been doing that for free ever since I met you."

"Exactly," Paul said. "Why can't I just take my shirt off and be done with it?"

Will snorted before saying, "Is there a reason you're calling me?"

"Speaking of being shirtless," Paul wondered disregarding Will's question, "Are you working up a sweat?"

"Really?" Will chuckled wanting to get back to his workout.

"You shirtless and dripping with sweat happens to be one of my favorite things lately," Paul admitted.

"If you wanna find out you better come over here and see," Will said in a sing-song voice before hanging up.

Pounding his fists into the punching bag, Will was so concentrated on his hits that he almost didn't even notice when Paul came into the room.

"Looks like I was wrong on the shirtless part," Paul bemoaned as he leaned against a wall and leered at Will.

"How sad for you," Will muttered as he wiped the back of his hand across his forehead and readjusted his stance.

"I don't know," Paul pushed off the wall and stood close behind Will. "I'd say this is still a nice view."

"You looking to get punched?" Will wondered as he tried to concentrate despite Paul's distracting presence.

"Maybe," Paul pressed his fingertips to Will's hips firmly, enjoying the way his muscles twitched and rippled with each punch he threw. "I think you might owe me one anyway."

Will, rolling his eyes, said, "I have to look at that face. Why would I want to damage it now?"

"Dunno," Paul whispered stepping even closer to Will, "Foreplay?"

"You're an idiot," Will mumbled. Finally pausing, Will took a moment to catch his breath.

Running his nose along the back of Will's ear, Paul inhaled, "You smell good."

"I smell like salt and sweat," Will shook his head and made to take a step away.

Paul, keeping Will in place, argued, "You smell sexy."

Elbowing Paul off of him, Will walked over to his towel and bottle of water. Will took a deep drink and wiped off his face.

"You need your nose checked," Will decided before ripping off the tape on his knuckles.

"Nope," Paul looked Will up and down. Just as he opened his mouth to say something else the door opened and a group of girls walked into the gym.

Will, recognizing the girls, averted his eyes and picked up his things, heading for the door.

'What the hell?' Paul thought with a frown. For a second he forgot that Will didn't want anyone to know about them, that they had to be a secret.

'Oh, right,' Paul bit his bottom lip. 'This is going to be harder than I thought.'

"Where's Ari?" Paul wondered softly as he followed after Will into his apartment. 'I'm surprised Will's letting me over so often. Wouldn't that be suspicious?' Paul thought crossly.

"She's staying with Rafe tonight," Will informed Paul. "You want something to drink?" Will questioned as he went to get himself another water.

'I'm gonna need to stop buying these,' Will scolded himself as he grabbed two water bottles.

"Thanks," Paul said shortly practically ripping the bottle out of Will's hand.

"You OK?" Will frowned giving Paul a strange look.

Paul took a deep breath before shaking his head, "Yeah, sorry. Just, um, distracted."

"By what?" Will asked coyly. The way Paul was talking to him earlier and the way the girls inside the gym were looking at him made Will feel confident. If he tried Will could still remember the way he felt last night.

'The way Paul made me feel last night,' Will thought before smiling to himself and ever so slowly pulling off his sweat-soaked tank top.

"Uh," Paul licked his lips, eyes taking in the dips and lines of Will's chest and abs.

Will, smirking, toed off his shoes and socks, "Well, while you figure that out," Will pulled off his shorts and underwear, "I'm going to go take a shower."

Kicking his clothes towards Paul, Will turned and walked towards the bathroom with his head held high and shoulders back.

Paul, eyes glued to Will's naked, curved ass, admired the view before wrestling out of his own clothes and following after Will.

Author's note:

I feel like I'm as bad as the show. This present day stuff has been going on forever.

Please let me know what you thought.

Thanks for reading!

PS thanks to iluvh0rs3s for always letting me ask a million unnecessary questions.