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Cyrus’ POV
Who the hell invented sports? I felt like I was going to die.
“Okay, Cyrus, you ready?” I shrugged and Matt nodded.
“Yeah, come on.” Since this is Matt’s birthday I guess I’ll play along. I hate doing anything that involves moving, but I’ll do it for him. I’m small, but I’m not that small. I should be able to take a hit.
Mr. Taylor hiked the ball and tossed it at me. I caught it and started running. I noticed that Matt was behind me, and I’d passed him up. I knew I was fast before this but I try to forget it. I saw Zack charging towards me and I mentally sighed. Why him of all people? I braced myself and took the hit. I flew back onto the grass with a grunt.
“Damn, could you hit me even harder?” I said getting up. “I’d bet anything you’re that strong from some late night fapping.” I breathed out. He glared at me and shoved me.
“Stupid queer, you’re lucky I didn’t knock your ass out.” I don’t know where this sudden burst of confidence was coming from but I snorted.
“How ironic is it that you called me a queer, then you mentioned my ass? What’s wrong? You want it?” I need to stop talking before I pass out, dammit. Matt came in between us and shoved Zack. My hero, I need to breathe.
“What the fuck is wrong with you?” He yelled in his face.
“What’s wrong with you man? You’re hanging with this cock sucker all the time!” He punched him, and Mr. Taylor and Uncle Sam held him back. Zack had blood coming out of his nose. Eww.
“Don’t fucking talk about him like that! If I ever hear you say shit about him again, I’ll beat your ass. You got lucky today.If I were you, I wouldn’t try it again.” The dumbass laughed at him. He’s insane. He has to be.
“What, are you a faggot too now?”
“Yeah I am. Have a problem with it?” After he said that, my eyes widened. I didn’t hear anything else that was said. Was he being serious? Oh my gosh.. I don’t know what to think. I stared at him while he yelled, then he turned around to look at me. His eyes softened and he studied me, concerned. “Are you okay?”
“Yeah… Thanks.” He smiled at me and turned to look at everyone else.
“Okay, ready to finish the game?” Then we started back up. I noticed that a few people were gone now. Not that I care, I hated half of the people on the team. While we played, I mostly followed Matt around, and avoided that spot on the ground with nasal blood. They made me run it again, and I walked to the side where Makayla and others were.
“Why am I being tortured? What’d I do?” I asked her, panting. She laughed and patted my back.
“You became friends with my brother.” I groaned and watched as he ran to tackle someone. I sighed. What a gorgeous specimen. My goodness, his butt in those shorts…
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After running a home run and passing out, I was kinda embarrassed. Matt’s gonna think I’m weak. I felt myself being carried and I opened my eyes to see him walking. He had a small smile on his face. I closed my eyes again and enjoyed the break. Soon, I was put in his bed. A few minutes after that, he pushed my hair back and kissed my forehead.
“I’m sorry Cy.”
“For what?” I asked him. He carried me all the way to the room and told me sorry, shouldn’t I be sorry for ruining his birthday?
“You’re awake?” I opened my eyes and looked at him.
“I woke sometime on the way here.” He nodded and handed me a water bottle. I was about to sit up, and he got a pillow, helped me, then put it under my head. I thanked him then drank some water. “I’m sorry I messed so much up today. With Zack and then the passing out. And you having to play a position you usually don’t.” He rolled his eyes.
“Cy, I had a great time today. It wouldn’t have been as good without you. I had fun doing things I loved with you.” I smiled. “I just didn’t know you were actually good at sports.” I shrugged and looked away.
“You ever thought about how I was chubby growing up and we left one summer and I was skinny?” He frowned and shook his head. “What about those times I couldn’t hang out with you because I had to “visit my grandparents”?”
“No… I never really thought about it. What happened?”
“Mom and Dad put me on strict diets and put me on various sports teams. I played soccer, ran track, played football, baseball, it was a lot. If I refused to not go to practice they’d refuse to feed me. Or if I lost, they’d make me run around a track until they were satisfied. It was so much pressure at one time that I began to hate sports. Those weekends were times I visited my grandparents was when they thought I was going to gain it back from eating whatever I wanted while I was here. That’s why when you went to my house the cheese puffs and stuff always had the same amount as when you last came. Because I wasn’t allowed to eat things like that. They bought them for when you came over. They threatened to make me run if I did get too big.” He grabbed my hand and squeezed it.
“I’m sorry Cy. You didn’t deserve to go through that. You’ll never have to again.” I smiled at him.
“I’m over it, mostly. Thank you though, for always protecting me.” I wanted so badly to ask him about earlier.
“Don’t mention it.” He pushed my hair from my face. “When I said I liked your haircut, I was serious you know. You look cute with it.” I blushed and he laughed. He scooted all the way on the bed and sat beside me.
“I thought you were teasing me. Like always.”
“Does it bother you when I do?”
“No, because I know you’re just kidding.”
“I’d never say anything to intentionally hurt you Cy. You know that right?” He looked me in my eye, and I nodded.
“Yeah.” My phone vibrated and he frowned.
“I hope it’s not who I think it is.” I pulled the phone out of my pocket and looked at him.
“Are you jealous?” He tried to take it, but I pulled it away. He reached across my body to get it and I shook my head. “Do you want a… replay of…” When I turned my head, our faces were so close, I could feel him breathing on my face. I licked my lips and dropped my phone, putting my hands around his neck and pulling him towards me.
Nope, it isn’t a dream this time. I just kissed Matt.
Wait, what the fuck? I’m kissing Matt. I jumped back, out of the bed and ran my hands through my hair.
“Fuck I’m so sorry Matt. I didn’t mean to. Well I mean, I did mean to, but shit.” He got up and walked over to me. I swallowed and braced myself for his reaction.
“Cy, I kissed you back, and my hands were on your waist.” He told me, smiling a bit. My mouth dropped.
“Yo– I–…. What?” He laughed and shook his head.
“We just had our first kiss and you barely remembered it.” I frowned, very confused at his reaction. He rolled his eyes, and the next thing I know, we’re kissing again. I put my arms around his neck, and this time I did feel his hands on my waist. His thumb rubbing the exposed skin on my hip from my shirt rising. He pulled back and smiled at me then pecked my lips again.
“You kissed me.” He laughed and nodded.
“I honestly wanted to talk to you about this tonight. But I guess now will do.” He grabbed my hand and looked at our hands. “Cy, have you not noticed me flirting with you, yesterday and today?”
“Well, yeah. I–I did but I thought you were kidding.”
“I uhh… I’m in love with you Cyrus Young. I have a lot of explaining and apologizing to do, I know, but–” I cut him off and kissed him again. My mind was blank at first and I couldn’t wrap my head around anything until I heard that. Matt loves me. I really fucking hope I’m not dreaming. I swear if I am, I’ll kill Matt when I wake up.
“I love you too Matthew Taylor.” I said breathlessly. He grinned widely and laughed happily. “When did this happen?” He pulled me over to the bed and we sat down. He took a deep breath.
“It’s been a while now… I knew you liked me for about a year and a half now. When I figured it out, a few months after, I broke up with my current girlfriend. Since then, I stopped treating my girlfriends like girlfriends because I just wanted you. But I was so scared that I’d hurt you or do something stupid and it’d ruin everything. You and I are so close and I couldn’t deal with not having you. I’m sorry I kept getting new girlfriends and let you go through that pain. I knew you were hurting, but I kept going. I’m a jerk, I know. And I never want you to feel that pain again. I never want to hurt you again. Yesterday, while we were texting, I decided that I’m done hiding it. I made plans for today, that I’d talk to you after the party. Then that guy came out of nowhere and I thought you didn’t love me anymore. I’m so happy you do Cy…. But the point here is to tell you that my heart is yours, and I understand if you’re mad at me for hurting you so much. I get it, but I’ll fight everyday to show you how sorry I am until you forgive me. If you want to though, I’d love it if you’d be my boyfriend.”
“I hate that you kept getting new girlfriends. I know you never touched them and you rarely ever hung out with them, but it’s the fact that I was confused and waiting the whole time. And you still flirted with me throughout that time.” He looked down guiltily. “But my heart is also yours, and I forgive you. Yes, I’ll be your boyfriend.” I said grinning widely. His head snapped up and he grinned too. He pulled me into a tight hug.
“I’ll spend the rest of my life making it up to you Cy. I’ll show you.”
“I know you feel bad about it Matt, I see it in your eyes. Also I know how much you care about me and love me. I can tell by the way you defend me. It’s all in the past now. Let’s just worry about our future.”
“Thanks for forgiving me. I pretty much know what my future for the next hour or so will consist of.” I frowned, confused.
“Huh?” He laughed and kissed me again. I have to say, this whole thing was well worth the wait. I feel like my hard work has finally paid off.
The door opened to his room, and he wasn’t about to pull away, but I did. I put my hands on his chest to stop him and he kissed my cheek. Makayla stood there looking at us smiling.
“About damn time. Cy, I’m sorry to mess up this moment, but Diane is here.” I was smiling, but it fell as soon as I heard that.
“For what?” Matt asked her, sounding defensive, holding me tighter.
“I don’t know. Mom and Dad told her no at first, but she begged. They told me to tell you to stay with him while they talk. I tried to text you and ask if it was okay but you didn’t answer.” I looked at Matt and he smiled sheepishly.
“Sorry, I thought it was Nick and I’m a bit possessive.” A bit? “Where’s she at?” He asked her.
“Downstairs.” He looked at me and raised his eyebrows as if asking if I wanted to talk to her.
“Yeah.” I said taking a deep breath. He nodded and stood, grabbing my hand.
“Okay, boyfriend, let’s go.” I blushed and Makayla laughed.
“Dork.”
“You’re just as happy as we are about it.” He said and she shrugged.
We went downstairs and Mom was sitting on the couch. When we walked in she stood up.
“Hi.” She said nervously.
“Uhh, hey Mom. What’re you doing here?” She glanced down at me and Matt’s hand then smiled a little.
“I uhh..” She took a deep breath. “I’m sorry for being such a horrible parent.” She blurted out. I raised my eyebrows.
“I know you heard Freeman and I arguing that night. I know you heard what he said. But I do love you Cyrus. You’re my son, I carried you, and changed your diapers. I’d never not love you. I was so hard on you because I wanted your Dad to love you. He never even wanted a kid at first. Your grandfather is just like him, and convinced him to just have one to carry their family name. He was never satisfied with you, no matter what he convinced me to do to you. The diet and your weight… I’m so sorry. I shouldn’t have let anyone make me treat my child that way. I’m proud of you Cyrus. And after Matthew came last night and yelled at us, I realized that I don’t want to lose you. Freeman and I are getting a divorce… I hope I haven’t ruined my chance at being your mom. Is there a chance we could kinda start over?” I thought about what she said and smiled.
“Yeah, of course.”
“Can I uhh.. Can I hug you?” I smiled and walked over to her, hugging her. “It’s a damn shame I haven’t hugged you since you were a kid.” I agree, it is. But I’m happy she’s going to work on it. It seems that today just happened to be one of the best in my life. I had no idea I’d wake up this morning and everything would start looking up for me.
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Matt and I were laying in his bed, well he told me it’s our bed. But I had my head on his chest as we talked.
“So this Nick guy. Are you going to tell him you’ve got a boyfriend now?” I laughed at his jealousy.
“Matt he knew about you from the start. I told him that my heart belonged to someone else when he approached me. The reason I was so engaged in texting him was because I was talking about you to him.”
“So I had no reason to be jealous the whole time?” I laughed.
“Kinda. If you wouldn’t have told me in at least a month, I would’ve went out with him.” He kissed my head.
“I understand why, and I’m glad I got you. I got a lot today for my birthday, but my favorite was your love.” I smiled and looked up at him.
“You’re so sweet… What are your parents going to say?” He laughed and shook his head at me.
“Babe you are so oblivious. They’ve been pushing me to go ahead and ask you out. That’s what that talk Dad gave me this morning was about. They love you Cy.”
“I’m so blind.” He laughed and nodded.
“Sorta. Hey Cy, can I take you out on a date tomorrow?” I sat up and looked at him happily.
“Fuck yeah.” I kissed him quickly and laid back down.
I scooted up, closer to him and put my head in his neck.
“I love you Cy.Thank you for giving me the best birthday ever.”
“I love you too Matt. But that was all you.”
Waking up in the morning next to my boyfriend is the best feeling ever. Yeah, I wake up to him a lot, but it’s the fact that he’s my boyfriend now.
We were downstairs now, at breakfast and we hadn’t said anything about it to them yet.
“So what’re you guys doing today?” Mrs. Taylor asked.
“Well, I’m going to take my boyfriend on a date and show him off.” Her eyes widened and she squealed.
“Oh my gosh! About time! I’m so happy for you two! I want pictures to hang up around the house.” She smiled widely and Mr. Taylor put his hand on her shoulder smiling just as wide as his wife.
“Now that you boys are dating will we have to check up on you two in your rooms every few hours?” I blushed deeply and Matt put his hand on my leg.
“Dad!” He groaned, though I know he’s more embarrassed for me than himself. He’s obviously not a virgin and I am.
“I’m just messing around with you two.”
“Now that I’ve finally got my brother to stop being a wimp, I can focus on my love life.” Makayla said and Mr. Taylor snapped his head up.
“Here we go again.” He grumbled and we laughed. Makayla never stays in a relationship. The longest one was three weeks because she always says that she couldn’t see herself with the guy anymore.
“Well this time I’ll date before I get into the relationship and go from there.” We laughed at her seriousness.
We finished up and I was going to go upstairs but Mr. Taylor stopped me.
“Cy, can I speak with you?” I nodded and let go of Matt’s hand.
“I’ll be upstairs waiting on you boyfriend.” I laughed and nodded. I looked at Mr. Taylor waiting for him to talk.
“Cy, you know, you’ve been a part of this family since you were a kid. Your father was horrible, I know, and I realized that. I always wanted to be that father you never had you know. I think of you as a son, I love you like you’re my son, and I always have. I know what they made you go through, and every single time they’d come back from those summer trips I yelled at Freeman about doing that too you. I’m sorry he never loved you and saw you for the man you are. What I’m saying is, if you ever want another father, you’ve got me.” I hugged him tightly, surprising him and he laughed and hugged me back.
“Thank you. I’ve always thought of you guys as my actual family and parents. You guys are the reason I know what family and love is. You’re the reason I didn’t spiral into depression.”
Honestly, things were amazing now. I have this wonderful family, and a wonderful boyfriend.
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