Intimidated blues

"She was hopeless!", blondie exclaimed.

Travis weakly turned his face at him, his lost mind brought back to attention.

"Edrei .... her life was a total hopeless one", he repeated in a cruel tone.

"Don't overstep it", Travis warned. His voice completely broken. His eyes were hollow with deep bags beneath it, chapped colorless lips and skin paler than anything. He looked more diseased than when his sister was.

"If she knew that's her words meant nothing to you ...…", he continued," .... than she would have died earlier".

Travis sprang shot at him forgetting his state and latched his collar furiously, piercing all the way through the deep gaze, the very ones he had admired.

"ACE YOU BITCH ....!", he yelled and pulled a punch right through his cheek mercilessly.

Ace stumbled just one step behind him, the power not even close to make him react in pain or flinch. The fuck can't be any weaker. He turned and gave Travis 'the look'. One gaze from him, and under it, Travis couldn't help but get submissive. Such eyes are a real weakness for him, it has always been. He scoffed and took back a few steps, but anger didn't leave him. Nor did he regret his actions towards him.

"Why don't you try putting that fucking energy in living once?", Ace's voice was sharp," You're exactly doing what Edrei asked you not to. YOU'RE the real bitch here!!!".

Travis fell down on the bump and covered his face with his palms.

"Continue this and get outta my range", Ace roared out," Join Edrei in her grave!".

Travis didn't speak for a moment as he dropped his hands and revealed a shattered expression. Ace did his duty, he brought him out finally. He deserved and needed this. Not comfort or consolation could have helped him, but humiliation of his sorrow. Right in to his face and hard. Travis was clueless that Edrei played such a huge role in binding him from shattering. Without her presence, he had realized that how much things were different with her around.

He started speaking with a heavy voice, close to tears," There's no one …. n-no one! No one waits for me at home any m-more! It's lonely, s-so lonely Ace ...….".

Ace felt his heart pounding judging his situation.

All these days he's been with him and watched him slowly kill himself. His father isn't doing any good, but worse. The boy is just striving to hide, but live because Edrei asked him to.

He's just not dying!

"But I wait for you at school ...….everyday...", Ace said with a lower and much soft voice," …...and you don't even show up. Guess the rumors are all false, huh Travis?".

Ain't I lonely without you too?

Ace stepped towards him slowly and came on his knees to face him. Travis didn't look too good. But Ace always had things upon his sleeves to make things work.

He reached over through his shoulders, slowly wrapping his arms around Travis as he pulled him closer and clasped him without any force. Travis was sobbing, and at the sudden embrace he broke down totally. He didn't sniff or weep like he did near Edrei, he started crying loudly. He cried out every burden which he never could, messing up Ace shirt and not caring the least. He grabbed the back of his shirt too and hid how much ever possible. With every rising sob of his cry, Ace was tightening his grip, afraid that if he let go, Travis will break apart.

"It's okay Travis, it's okay", he assured and rustled his hair, "I'm still there and I'm here too. You are too young to die for his mistake", saying Ace glared up at the sky," All you gotta do is get up and get that fucking face back ...and I'll be right beside you".

Travis grabbed him even more hard, afraid to leave.

Ace is all he has left now.

Slowly releasing him, Travis tried controlling his continuous sobs. Ace rubbed and patted his back, not leaving it alone.

Travis looked up and again found those beautiful blues gazing down at him. One stare could cleanse his sorrow away, such strength it had in them.

That's right!

He's going to live.

He'll live for Edrei, he'll live for Ace.

He won't let his efforts go for nothing. He felt embarrassed to have acted like a child all this while. He's a grown up and young, and still too young to let go. He needs to do it ...…...else Ace will be left lonely. He might be in the same situation. He won't let a stain fall on his loyalty in the field of friendship.

Not with Ace!

Because that's the guy ....

Travis pulled back his hands and approached for Ace's face.

He grabbed his cheeks as gently as possible, still occupied with a tear laden messed face. An act of intimacy, which doesn't define friendship. He looked at Ace's bare face. Little tanned, and obviously manlier than him. His end of teenage is striking him tough. His skin felt smooth somehow with a little tousled hair, rampaging due to the wind.The blonde shade shining under the sunset, emitting glow. His lips were thin and brown pink. And the added climax, that intense of a blue gaze, right down at him. That fucking gaze could ruin him. He can't meet those eyes for very long.

He closed his own eyes as he kept forwarding himself on Ace.

"You bitch ...…", came out the slow mumble outta his lips along with a light smile. He could feel Ace's smell and his tensed breath on him.

Their lips almost were centimeters apart. Still drawing closer.

All this while ...…he can't hold back anymore ...…. not with him provoking ...…

"Travis ...",

came out a not so comfortable voice of Ace. He was shifting. His body posture wasn't relaxed. His fingers loosening on Travis's shoulders.

This fucking can't be.

No!!!

Ace....this guy ...