A New Beginning

Chapter Thirteen: Picture

CLAY POV

Clay right now is in heaven, hugging George to sleep, the boy he falls in love with. Furthermore, he is always known as straight, but things seem to change when he met George, the petit boy that seems to charm anyone he comes across. Even though Clay is handsome, he is nowhere near George's level, and Clay can only mostly attract girls with his masculinity and his hunk face. At the same time, George at the other can attract both genders with his pretty features. 

Time Check: 8:02 am

Clay wakes up first despite sleeping later than George. Clay's memories of last night come creeping. The memories of George crying on the couch right beside him still sadden him to a great extent, knowing that the torment of his parents still haunts George. He hugs George even tighter. George is against Clay's chest with his hands around Clay's waist. Clay's hands are also around his waist, his nose against the boy's hair.

His hair smells nice as well, the smell of strawberry. 

The swell around his eyes has also subsided, returning the original beautiful structure of the face. Clay did not want to let go of the small boy out of his grasp, though. He feels obligated to protect the boy that he found, so he waits for George to wake up before leaving his bed. He cannot sleep back as he wakes up. He slid out his phone from under the pillow, using the hand previously on George's waist. He checks his notifications from Twitter, over 1000+ plus notifications. Clay is astonished by the number. 

He scrolls through it, questions about George's next appearance on Twitch, how pretty he is, and how sassy he is, apparently. Clay laughs at the comment of how George can top the two beside him, especially Clay. Well, that's true. As long as George uses his face and voice, Clay will definitely obey him. There are so many pictures of George as well on Twitter. His face is plastered everywhere, trending.

Picture. 

The thought of it crosses  Clay's mind. Right now, to him, is the best time to take a picture of the two of them together lying on the bed. Especially since George is sleeping and cuddling against Clay, Clay's heart flutter since it is too adorable. Clay wastes no time to put the phone above them in selfie mode quickly. His head quickly goes to George's hair, sniffing the fluffy hair. He takes a picture and quickly checks whether the quality is top-notch or not. 

"tsk," He grunts out loud as his fingers cover the picture.

He went back to the same position and started retaking the photo. It went wrong again. He can only see himself while George is completely cut out. He's pissed at himself, but he won't let this opportunity slips away.

Again, he goes back to the same picture. This time, he glances at the phone to check whether the camera angle is good enough to take both of them in. It's good, so he looks at George's hair to make it look more natural. He did it, finally a perfect picture.

Clay and George cuddling on the bed. He sets the photo as his wallpaper on his home screen. He can't afford to put the picture on the lock screen, scared that it might creep George and make him run away from him, which he definitely can't afford.

He did not know that George was awake the moment Clay stuff his face on George's hair. 

"Are you done taking the picture? Can I see?" George asks gently and giggles at the same time. His head turns up to see a full face blush Clay, who is paralyzed when he heard George's soft voice. Clay did not want to look down at all, not wanting to meet the hazel eyes that will stare back at him. George is blushing as well, seeing how cute Clay acts.

"Can I see, please?' George said in a whiney and cute voice, making Clay falter and give in.  He passes the phone down to George but did not look at him at all. He is extremely embarrassed right now.

I wish I could die right now. I just want to jump down the building right now. I want to never wake up from my sleep at night. I wish I never did this. He definitely creeps out by what I did to him. He's going to hate me. Oh my god, I can't believe I am not careful enough to notice that he is awake already.

"This is very cute. Can you send it to me as well?" George asks, which confuses Clay.

"You don't hate me? Are you not creep out by me?" Clay's curiosity beats his mind before he could even process what he was going to say.

"No, why would I hate it? We are just cuddling, and I like it." George says. This whole time, he is still hugging Clay, not letting go once at all as well. He likes the way Clay's muscles feel, tough and safe. He likes the warmth that comes with it as well, he can sleep better, and without it, he will have nightmares. He's, in fact, very grateful that Clay does not seem to care at all.

"Really?" Clay asks again.

"Yes, Clay, I really love it as well," George says again. Clay hugs George tighter now. George hugs him back as well. George is really oblivious to Clay's feelings. Up till now, he thinks that they are just homies cuddling. Even though George's heart is beating very rapidly when he hugs Clay back, he did not know why and did not think much of it while he snuggles even closer to Clay's chest.

"Thank god, I thought you would be disgusted," Clay says in a panic tone while snuggling in George's hair with his tinted face. His heart is beating at a Swifty rate.

"I will never," George replies with confidence. "By the way, send me the picture, please." 

"Give me your phone number first." Clay queries for it.

"Hitting on me?" George giggles at his own joke.

"Maybe." Clay smirks and starts tickling George's slender body. George starts laughing and stirring around the bed vigorously while Clay keeps tickling him. Their loud touches of laughter have made Nick wake up from his peaceful sleep.

Nick bursts open the door and misunderstood the whole situation.

"Sorry for bothering your lovey-dovey moment." He says quickly and slams the door shut.

Well, it's, of course, Nick would misunderstand the whole. Clay's and George's position have completely changed. Clay is right on top of George, holding both of George's legs with his arms to prevent George from trying to kick him away, while George is right below Clay, which makes the whole scene seems really f- up.

Before they could even say something, Nick already burst out of the room. They could hear Nick laughing very loudly outside. They both blush furiously and start laughing as well. Clay is practically wheezing at this point while George is trying to hide his face.

The day has started great for the three of them.