Once Adrienne has left, Will sits down and looks at Sonny with a smile. His muteness bothers Sonny who teases him " Hey, Love, the cat got your tongue ?" Will snorts, hiding his face in the blankets. Sonny can hear him mumble " … your mom … weird … what to say …" Sonny arches his eyebrows " But you know her! Since before you met me. And she likes you a lot !" Will's eyes reappear " She said that ?" Sonny takes a second to remember "Yes. It was when she was at the hospital and you had sent her flowers." Will gets up and takes the opportunity to sit half his bottom on the bed. "It's still weird, I was thinking, we'll be going back to Salem and tell everyone about us. My father is going to be bummed. He's not comfortable with me dating guys...". Sonny asks cautiously "Did something happen with one of your exes ?" Will looks at him for a moment, then asks " Which ex ?" It's Sonny's turn to stare "Hum, one of the guys you mentioned to Abby, one night in Common Ground." Will has a puckish, slightly shaking smile "Do you remember everything I've said ?" Sonny lifts an eyebrow. Will fiddles with a corner of the sheet and takes a breath in "I wouldn't call them exes. More like experiments... So that I could know what kissing felt like..." Sonny doesn't dare interrupt. " I toyed with the idea of a one-night stand, in fact but I couldn't. The second time, the guy insisted and I had to be very loud in saying no. My dad intervened. Not one of my best memories..." Sonny waits "And the others ?" he finally asks. Will contracts his angelic face a little and answers softly "Other than you ? No-one." Sonny lets out "You were telling Abby, you know, that after your coming out, it was, I think, you said..." A familiar half-smile comes on Will's face. Sonny stops. He can ask at least "Can you tell me what funny thing I said that has you smile that way?" Will freezes then strokes Sonny's hair who resists the urge to rub against Will's hand like a cat. Will's smile becomes a full one and he laughs and says "It's nothing, my love. It's just, that sometimes, you're rambling away... I love it... And I tend to let you go on and on because it's awfully cute." Sonny wonders if he should be vexed but he can't be when Will is looking at him with such tenderness. He's suddenly aware they've changed the subject. He states again, stressing the word " You told Abby you had kissed other guys before. I'm sure of it." Will brushes Sonny's forehead and moves back a lock. Then he lowers his eyes and Sonny mentally applies 'awfully cute' to this little boy demeanor. He hears "The thing is, you were in the room and... I didn't want you to think I was a … a loser ?" He looks up with a self-aware sneer. Sonny hugs him and whispers "I'm proud and ecstatic of being you first boyfriend. Believe me. I would rather had met you before and be your first kiss too." He kisses Will's neck but a throbbing headache makes him stop. Will looks worried. He reaches for the nurse button. "It's OK, Will, it's unavoidable with the surgery." Will doesn't look convinced and with a hesitant hand, he cups Sonny's chin "Take good care of you, Sonny. You must get better, I can't live without you. Besides, how could I tell your mom ?"
Sonny is gently stroking Will's hair, spread on his stomach, being careful not to wake him up. He's getting restless in this hospital, yet he's a little nervous at the idea of leaving. He's still wearied. They haven't found his aggressor and until now, what eases his fear is that Will isn't leaving his bedside, so he is out of danger at the moment. The doctor has insisted on Sonny not living on his own at first. Where should he stay ? With his parents at his uncle's ? With Tyler and Payne ? He knows very well what he wishes but doesn't venture wording the thought. Later. Maybe. For now, he's making the effort to chill down from the feeling of Will lying on him like that. He wants him so bad it hurts. His arm is shaking and he removes his hand. Will starts to move and Sonny feels bad about having woken him. Will won't even sleep on the bench in the waiting room. He has dark rings under his eyes almost as blue as them. Said eyes open slowly which turns, as always Sonny's world to lighter and clearer. "Go back to sleep, kitten..." Will shakes his head and place a finger on Sonny's lips. " What's wrong ?" Sonny catches two of Will's finger and plays with them. He exposes his questions about lodgings. Will shakes his head "No." "No... What ?" Will looks perplexed, as if searching for words then bursts out " I don't want you to go to your parents. I want you to be near me." Sonny's heart constricts out of love and frustration. "Seems too complicated" Will has a small smile and says "I know... But I'm scared and I can't sleep if I don't know how you are doing... When I was walking down that road, the other night, I felt like my heart was stopping every two minutes. And each time I dreaded you were..." Sonny emits a small painful pitch and crosses his fingers behind Will's head to kiss him as gently as he can. " I won't leave, Will, I can't be away from you, ever."