The night we met

[Mood: where's my mind by the blue notes]

It's gloomy outside, clouds turning into large gray cotton balls. Fallen Leaves levitate all around as the wind howls...

Rain droplets slides down from the umbrella when Juan closed it and plopped it on the floor before sprinting inside the house.

"Hey! Slow down, you dumbass!" His sister yelled on the couch as she took in the drenched form of her brother climbing the stairs at lightning speed with wobbling legs.

Turning duff ears to her concerns, he entered his room before shutting the door with a loud bang and rushing to the bathroom while undressing his soaked pieces of clothes.

The feeling of warm water pouring down from the showerhead, kissing his ice-cold body forced Juan to let out a breathy sigh. Closing his eyes, all he could see is those ocean eyes, Making him shudder.

*Flashback*

"Alex" the husky voice of the male who's standing in front of him brings Juan back down to earth.

"Huh?" Flinching, he let out a whisper of confusion.

"The name is Alex, Alex Xavier" the male whispered back.

"Juan, um, Juan will"

"Thank you, Juan." The male, Alex whispered while putting his hand on Juan's shoulder, gently drawing circles on there. The action brought shivers down Juan's spine, looking up to him, Juan let out a breathy "sure".

He can't seem to look away from those ocean eyes, he felt hypnotized.

*End of flashback*

The knocks on his bedroom door startled him. The water bussing his bare skin felt warmer than before. His body starts to get hot. He felt feverish. 'Ughh! just fucking stop thinking about him already!'. Juan swears to himself.

"Juan, open the damn door" it's his sister. "I was taking a shower" Juan yelled from the bathroom while turning off the shower.

"Well, it's been an hour since you came up here and locked the door," Julianna replied with a huff. "No one takes this long to take a shower!" she added with an annoyed tone.

"oh my Anna, come on! You will always take more than 2 hours for a shower, what's up with this facade?" Juan asked while opening the door for her. The plush pajama he has worn kept him warm from the gust of cold breeze entering from the opened window.

"Whatever you say." She shrugged while throwing herself on him, arms wrapping around his torso a little too tightly while muttering: "you look so cuddly and I'm cold"

He rolled his eyes while walking onto his drawer, Anna still clinging to his body. He pulls out a hairdryer and starts drying his damp hair.

"Well, what happened before you got here? You looked like a total mess. Um, you and Caleb didn't fight, did you?" she asked while unwrapping her arms around him, and plopping on the bed.

"No! Not at all, you know that we don't argue often"

He retorted. Caleb and he has been best friends since the moment Caleb declared "I think you are cute, why don't we sit together?" With sparkling eyes, in kindergarten.

"That I know, but, again what's the matter?" she looked at him with spying eyes as he dropped his body right beside her on the bed. His gaze drifting outside the window, it's still raining, and the streetlight on the lane made the grasses look glisten under the raindrops.

"You know, on my way back here, I saw a man, I mean a boy, uh I don't know, he looks young but intimidating. Do you recall the alleyway near the convenience store? Well, that's where I found him. he was having a hard time bringing his body up from the ground. I guess he got into a fight or something."

*Flashback*

Juan was passing by an alleyway when a wail got his attention. Turning his head to the dark alleyway, he saw a form struggling to stand up from the ground, Letting out more whimpers of pain.

A little alarmed, his legs find their way toward the shady aisle. The sound of leaves crackling got the stranger looking up from the ground. Juan's stomach made a flip when his eyes locked with the male in front of him. His heart shuttered from the sight in front of him, he can't look away from those ocean eyes staring right back at him. Heat sprouting on his cheeks.

The man in front of him seems young and familiar. He was all drenched from the rain, the black shirt he has worn clinging to his body like a second skin and he was lightly shivering from the piercing cold wind. his bottom lip had a small cut and the blood was dripping down to his chin slightly.

Swallowing around the growing lump in his throat, he eventually let out his concern "Are you okay? Um, I know you are not but, um, I mean let me help, yeah?" his voice feels alien to his ears. A deep blush bloomed on his pale cheeks.

The glossy Blue eyes unearthing his own, Juan's breath caught in his chest. His heart hammering in his ribs as he watches the movements of the stranger's lips, bloodied but beautiful.

"Please"

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-Aryberry:)