Begin Again

Chapter 11

Pete woke up early in Vegas's arms, he stared at his sleeping face for a few minutes, then leaned slowly and kissed his lips, he slipped out of bed carefully and went to the bathroom, he removed his t-shirt and then the band-aids, he stood there looking at his wounds and scars, how did he allow himself to reach this state, he should've been stronger, he- "Stop," he heard a firm voice from behind, and then two arms circled his waist gently and their owner put his head on Pete's shoulder kissing his warm skin, "did I wake you up?" "No, I'm just a light sleeper," Vegas said looking at Pete through the mirror, "How are you feeling?" "Like nothing and everything at the same time, I need a hug," he turned around and threw his arms around Vegas who took him in his arms lovingly, he hugged him tightly but carefully, "There there everything is okay, I will give you all the hugs you need till you feel better," he said patting his back soothingly, Pete kissed his neck, "Thank you, For everything,"

Vegas smiled and planted a soft kiss on his head, "Let's clean your wounds again and get ready, I wanna take you somewhere after breakfast," Pete looked at him quickly "Where?" "It's a secret, now come here let's clean them real quick," he guided Pete to sit on the bed and got the aid kit, pete was watching him treating his wounds, "You said last night that you took care of wounds before, how come?" "Well some of them were my own, since my father had his ways with parenting, and some were Kim's, I know it's hard to believe," Vegas said with a scoff, his attention was still on Pete's belly, Pete thought for a second "No it's actually not, I think you cousins care about each other, you just have an unusual way of showing it," Vegas smiled and nodded, "It's true, they're the only family I have left, okay! We're done," vegas said as he stood up and helped Pete on his feet and kissed his nose, "Let's go eat,"

After breakfast they went to change, Vegas finished first and went to check on Pete, "Do you need help?" Pete shook his head, "No I'm done, How do I look?" He said showing his outfit to Vegas, he was wearing beige overalls a brown hoodie, and a bucket hat, Vegas walked to him and squished his cheeks, "Like my cute teddy bear," and then he pecked his lips, "Let's go!" They held each other's hands and walked outside,

They arrived at the place and Pete was peeking outside the window and when they parked in front of it his face lit up, "Omg vegas it's a cat cafe!" He immediately got out of the car and Vegas followed his excited boyfriend, "Slow down baby," but Pete was so impatient and wanted to go inside "I love cats so much, Thank you baby I love you" he jumped on Vegas hugging him tightly, "you're welcome love, let's go inside," "Yes please let's go"

The moment they walked in Pete felt his heart bursting with joy, "Vegas look how cute they are!" Vegas was smiling none stop at Pete who was jumping cutely, "Be careful kitten, you love cats that much?" Pete nodded quickly "Yes a lot! I always wanted to have one but I wasn't allowed to have pets in my old apartment, they're just so adorable," Vegas made a pout and looked down "I can be adorable too," Pete looked at him and started laughing, "Awwww are you jealous of cats baby?" He walked to him and cupped his face, " You are the most adorable thing I've ever seen my big baby," then he kissed his lips and pulled away smiling but Vegas captured his lips again,

"That's enough you're gonna traumatise the poor kittens!" Someone said from behind, Pete turned around "Porsche! What are you doing here??" "Aw! How dare you! Are you not happy to see your bestie?!?" Porsche said sulking, "Of course I'm happy to see you asshole I just didn't expect it," Pete went and hugged him, "Vegas called me actually, he told me about what happened," Pete's face dropped, "H- He did?" "Yes! He said that you were feeling sad and asked me about the things you love that make you happy, and I immediately said cats!" "Oh! That's all he said?" "Yeah, why is there something else?" Pete smiled and shook his head, it's not like he didn't trust Porsche, but he didn't want to worry him,

Pete spent the entire morning playing with cats and Vegas was watching him silently with a smile, he was working on his laptop and as soon as he finished he went and joined him, Porsche was in the bathroom so Vegas took the chance and hugged Pete from behind, " I love seeing your smile, it looks good on you," Pete turned to look at him and kissed his lips, "If I'm smiling again it's because of you babe," and he looked back at the small kitten in his arms, "and this little furry baby," he said in a tiny voice and kissed the kitten, they sat there silently playing with cats, moments later Porsche came back looking upset and Pete noticed, "What's wrong???" "That asshole kinn! He just called me, he has an urgent meeting in another city or some shit and he won't be coming back till tomorrow, I don't want to spend the night alone, ei pete let's have a sleepover," Vegas wrapped his arms around Pete and glared at Porsche, "In your dreams,"