I own nothing. Just random slash. No real reason. Thought it was cute. Review and enjoy.
"Where are you going, Wyatt?" Mom asked when I walked past the Conservatory.
Freezing I slowly turned around and saw not only my parents, but my aunts and uncles hanging out. Sometimes I hated how close all of them were, but most of the time it was a good thing.
Right now though I knew that I wasn't going to leave until I had answered all of their questions and they were happy about the answers. And since I was already running late I knew I had to do this quickly.
"Alright," I said sighing, "I'm going to do this as quickly as possible and we can talk about it later. Okay?"
"Wyatt," Dad said shaking his head with a small smile.
"Come on, Nym's waiting for me."
"You're going to see Nym again? Why?"
Looking at the ground I took a deep breath. I knew that I was going to have to say this at some point in time, but I just wasn't sure if I was ready. No, I had to say this before I talked myself out of this.
"You know how I never bring girls around?" I asked not looking up from the ground.
"Yes," Aunt Paige said calmly.
"I'm…Well, I'm gay."
Silence filled the room making me feel worse about everything. I knew that none of my family was homophobic, but it was something else to have someone gay in the family.
"Wyatt," Aunt Phoebe said resting a hand on my arm, "We kind of already suspected that."
"What?" I asked looking at my family's faces.
"You never looked at girls and considering there's been a lot of attractive girls throwing themselves at you," Uncle Henry said shrugging, "We were just waiting for you to say something."
Smiling softly I shook my head realizing how stupid I had been acting. Of course my family knew and of course they accepted me. I don't know why I was acting like it would be different.
"You're dating Nym?" Uncle Coop said smiling.
"I am," I said nodding, "And don't worry about magic around him. He's a witch. Well, half witch."
"Half witch?" Mom said curiously, "And half…"
"Nymph. That's actually why I'm going to hang out with him today. I know you guys are amazing at making potions, but I just thought that who was better to teach me about different potion ingredients then someone who knows all of them?"
Mom and Dad shared a look before looking at everyone else in the room. Because of that I knew that they were about to say something that I wasn't really going to like, but would have no say in.
"Okay Wyatt," Mom said smiling softly, "But we want to meet Nym. Bring him here when you're done."
Nodding my head quickly I gave Mom and Dad a hug before running out of the Manor. If I didn't hurry I was going to be really late to meet Nym. Something I really didn't want to do.
I had been running for almost five minutes before I realized that I could have just orbed. Now I was too close to Nym and around too many people to even think about orbing.
When I finally came to stop in the park I was panting heavily. My eyes darted around the park looking for Nym, but he was nowhere to be found. Was I so late he had left?
"Breathe," Nym said laughing softly.
Turning to the younger man I saw him calmly fade out of the trees. My heart seemed to stop in that moment. I never thought I'd see him like this, but he was dressed like a Nymph.
A rope of dark green vines wrapped around his waist and a cloth hanging in the front and back to hide what I really wanted to see. Another set of vine ropes were wrapped around either wrist.
Around his neck was the blue orb necklace and, though he normally had a different necklace on, a halo of vines were resting on his head. While the tattoo, that was now on his left arm, was now the same type of vines spiraling around it.
"Are you okay, Wyatt?" Nym asked resting a hand on my shoulder.
"Yeah," I said shaking my head, "I'm fine."
"Okay. Are you ready for your first lesson?"
Nodding my head I let Nym link his hand with mine and start to lead me towards the trees. Slowly we faded into the tree line. I had been orbing all my life, but this was a completely different feeling.
For a moment it was like I was actually becoming part of the trees themselves. Blending with not only them, but with the air as well. It was so different, but I loved it just the same.
"Alright," Nym said bringing me to a small garden, "Our first lesson will be on the importance of herbs. Not just in potions either. I mean, they do so much in our normal lives and they work wonders on simple things too. Their meanings and what they do are amazing if you know what you're doing. You must learn and respect them. Okay?"
"Okay," I said nodding.
Between Mom, Dad, and my aunts I knew just how important it was to listen to what Nym was saying. This really wasn't something you wanted to make easy mistakes on.
Even as I listened though I couldn't help but think about what was going to happen when I told Nym that my family wanted to meet him. I had no idea how the younger man was going to react.
I loved my family I truly did, but at the end of the day I knew just how terrifying they could be when they needed to. Were they going to be like that with Nym or were they going to give him a chance?
"Wyatt," Nym said softly, "Are you okay?"
Looking at Nym I saw that he was holding some plant in his hands while giving me a worried look. I couldn't help but smile at that. It was a nice feeling knowing that he cared about me.
"My family wants to meet you after this lesson," I said stepping closer to him.
"In what way?" Nym asked cocking his head to the side, "I mean, how will you be introducing me?"
Smiling I cupped his cheek and pressed my lips to his. I had known Nym for a few weeks and had been dating him for almost two weeks now. Still every time I pressed my lips to his it was like the first time.
In these two weeks though I couldn't help but think about everything that had happened. Given we hadn't really done more then kissing I wanted so much more from this.
What exactly did I want though? How was it possible that we had only been dating two weeks? Especially since I felt like I had known the man my entire life. It didn't make sense.
Or did it? Maybe this was what it felt like. Falling in love. Is it possible to fall in love with someone this quickly? I really was going to have to have a long conversation with Uncle Coop later.
"Everything will be fine, Wyatt," Nym said pulling back.
"How do you know for sure?" I asked resting my head on his.
"Because I'm absolutely and completely loveable. I think it's genetic. No one can ever hate me."
Laughing softly at that I nodded my head. Okay, if I was right and I really was in love with him then it was a good thing he knew how to make me feel better when I felt bad. That did happen more then I liked to admit.
"Okay," I said smiling, "Back to the lesson."
Nym nodded his head and started to talk about the plant in his hand again. This time I put my complete focus on him. Magic was part of me and I needed to learn everything I could.
All my life I had been told that I was the 'Twice Blessed' and that I was the most powerful magical being in the world. Yet, I had never actually taken any time to learn what that meant.
Now was that time. I was going to learn anything and everything I could. There was no way that I was going to completely forget or ignore everything that my family had done.
"You look like your head is about to explode," Nym said almost half an hour later.
"It's a lot to take in at once," I said running a hand through my hair.
"It's a good thing I wrote everything down then isn't it? There are also a few worksheets in there for you to do before our next lesson. I bet you didn't think this would be so much like school."
"I didn't. You know you'd make a good teacher."
Nym smiled softly a slight blush coming to his cheeks. I had to admit that he looked absolutely cute right now. So cute. So innocent. I wondered what it would take to make it happen again.
"Are you ready?" I asked placing a hand on his waist.
"To meet your family?" Nym asked cocking himself to the side, "Can you not see what I'm wearing right now? I'm not meeting them in this."
"Okay, after you change then."