Capture Me Gently - 8. Chapter 8

A week later, Aiden managed to oversleep. He wasn't starting school until second period, but had overslept nonetheless. And because everyone else had started school or their work earlier, no one had been there to wake him up.

So now he was hurrying to school. Third period was already finished, and if he hurried he might suffice to get in time to the fourth class.

But when he was halfway to school, he heard some commotion from a nearby alleyway. As he moved closer, he recognized three of the voices; Marcus's, Seb's and Matt's. He peeked around the corner of the alley and saw that they had cornered another boy.

He seemed very familiar to Aiden, and he soon recognized him as a quiet junior who always walked alone in the hallways, or sometimes with Ellen Fresk, Sarah's best girlfriend. He had always seemed shy and withdrawn and anti-social to Aiden, and he hadn't actually had any interest in the boy before. He didn't even know his name.

But as he studied the younger boy now, his blonde hair and piercing green eyes, he saw that the boy actually had some guts in his slender and delicate body. He was staring straight back into Marcus's eyes, without drawing back or blinking once. He also had three books, school books, pressed tightly against his chest.

Seb and Matt were taunting the boy with all kinds of evil phrases they could come up with, while Marcus just crossed his arms and smirked lazily at the smaller boy. But suddenly, before Aiden could even blink, he leapt forward and knocked the blonde kid to the ground. His books scattered around him, getting covered in dirt and gravel.

Aiden balled his hands into fists as he regarded the scene. Seb and Matt were circling in on the boy too now, and the boy didn't do any single move to fight them back. I can't look at this, Aiden thought. He'll get hurt! They don't care how much they hurt people! Jesus, judging by how fragile he looks, they can fucking kill him!

"Hi, Marcus," he called as he walked into the alley. "Bothering innocent people again, are you?"

"And look who shows up," Marcus sneered. "Here to save the queer-kid?" He motioned to the boy, who was still on the ground. He glanced shyly up at Aiden, but quickly bent his head down again as Seb gave him a hard kick in the side.

"Leave him the fuck alone!" Aiden snapped. "What has he ever done to you, Marcus? What has anyone ever done to you?!"

Marcus shrugged carelessly, but then got an evil smirk on his lips. "I heard some disturbing things yesterday," he started. "I heard that you hit my brother. I can't let you do that and go unpunished, Aiden, you know that."

"Oh, I'm just standing here shaking with fear," Aiden returned sarcastically. He saw that Marcus's eyes narrowed, and he decided to push the other boy further. "And what is it with you and your brother? You call every single ones you don't like for queers or fags or whatever. It's getting pretty old by now. And really, I think you're one of them," he said and smirked evilly. "The fags, I mean."

The punch came as expected.

"Take him, boys!" Marcus shouted in rage. "We are finally going to give him what he fucking deserves!"

Seb and Matt did as Marcus told them; they tackled Aiden from two different sides, and he didn't have a single chance to defend himself against both of them at the same time.

He fell to his knees, but managed to give Seb a hard punch in the chest that made the other boy double over in pain and almost puke on the sandy ground in the alley. But then Marcus decided to kick him hard in the side, and then he quickly hit him with his fist in his jaw. Aiden could taste the metallic taste of blood when his lip cracked.

The blonde kid the three bullies had been bothering before Aiden had showed up had now lifted his head again, and he was now staring at the scene in front of him with big, green, perplexed eyes. He clenched his fists by his side, so hard that they started to tremble, Aiden saw before he got kicked in the temple by Marcus's foot.

He fell to the ground, and didn't to anything other than protect his face with his hands. It didn't go quite well, because Marcus's kicks were always centred on his chest, shoulders, face and head.

He didn't know how long time it took for them to stop attacking him, but as the instant pain of feet or fists hitting him disappeared and the throbbing pain from all the wounds and bruises came instead, he knew that it was over.

He slowly sat up and looked around. Marcus, Seb and Matt were gone, but the blonde boy was still there. He had a cracked lip, and he held a hand to his side, where one of those three idiots had kicked him. He was also shaking visibly.

"Hey," he said in a gentle voice. "Are you hurt badly?"

The boy slowly lifted his head and looked at Aiden with bright, teary green eyes. "You're worse than I am," he whispered.

Aiden moved closer to him and silently collected his books from the ground. "How long have they been bothering you?" He asked in a low voice.

"A few months," the blonde boy answered in a stifled voice.

"Do you never fight back?" Aiden asked, clutching the other boy's books in his hands as he awaited the answer.

"Sometimes," came the whispered answer. "But it usually lasts longer and is more painful when I fight back... And I've forgotten to take my medicine today, so I'm not in any shape to resist them..."

"Medicine? For what?" Aiden asked.

"I have epilepsy," the boy answered and bent his head even further down.

"You aren't getting a seizure or anything?" Aiden asked hesitantly. He had no idea what to do if the boy suddenly got an epileptic seizure in front of him.

"I don't think so." The boy wiped away some blood from his cracked lip. "But I'm not feeling that well. I forgot the medicine yesterday too."

Aiden wrinkled his forehead in concern as he studied the blonde boy. How in the world could he forget his epilepsy medicine two days in a row? Aiden didn't know that much about epilepsy, but he had the medicine as to avoid getting seizures, right? Did this boy want a seizure or something since he kept forgetting it?!

"What's your name?" He asked instead of all the other questions he had.

"Gavin," the boy answered. "Gavin Roebeck."

"I'm Aiden Lister," Aiden introduced himself.

"I know who you are," the blonde boy said and finally lifted his head again. When he saw Aiden's surprised look, he smiled slightly. "Who doesn't know who you are?" He said with a small smile.

Aiden ran his fingers lightly over his own bleeding lip. "I don't know," he answered a little perplexed.

"You're bleeding," Gavin stated in a low voice. "We should get to the school so you can clean those wounds."

"That's a good idea," Aiden said. He handed the books to their owner, and Gavin grabbed them and held them so tightly to his chest one could think they were his life buoy.

Gavin slowly got his feet, with a tired and painful grimace, and then he stretched out one hand and helped the much more wounded Aiden up as well.

Then the two of them walked towards the school.

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It was lunch break and Sarah was, as usual, hanging out in the boys' classroom.

"Do you two want to come with me to the kiosk?" She asked. "I didn't have any time to make myself some food this morning, and I'm starving."

Peter immediately said yes, and Alex just followed them without uttering a single word. He didn't have any better things to do, so why not?

Sarah and Peter joked and laughed and held hands, while Alex walked silently beside them with his hands buried in his pockets and his head lowered. It would've been nice if he and Aiden could've done things like that in public, he thought gloomily.

His thoughts wandered to why Aiden weren't in school for the hundredth time that day. He had seemed perfectly well yesterday, so could something have happened that had caused him to not be able to come today? He could've at least left him a message, or maybe asked Ben to tell him the reason. Not that he had seen Ben yet today, but still... Alex was going crazy without knowing where Aiden was, and if he was okay.

When they were halfway to the kiosk, Alex lifted his head a bit and the person he looked straight at was none other than Aiden. He sat on one of the big rocks that surrounded the schools parking lot with his back to Alex, Sarah and Peter.

Alex saw that there was a hand resting on his boyfriend's shoulder, a hand that wasn't Aiden's, and he lifted his head a bit more. Aiden sat halfway bent over the lap to a blonde boy he faintly remembered seeing in the halls now and then.

One of the blonde boy's hands rested on Aiden's shoulder, the other lay against his cheek.

Alex could feel a strong, dark, unacquainted feeling spread from his chest and through his body. He had never felt anything like it in his whole life; it made his insides twist uncomfortably. He felt angry, hurt and offended at the same time. It was a spiteful feeling. Jealousy, his thoughts sang. I am jealous...

"Aiden!" Sara suddenly exclaimed and ripped Alex out of his dark thoughts.

They saw Aiden flinch by Sarah's high voice, but he didn't turn around to face his friends. The blonde boy on the other hand, glanced up at them.

Sarah pushed Alex, who had stopped completely, firmly forward, and he followed her and her boyfriend reluctantly.

Aiden bent even lower down as they approached and he hid his face in his palms.

Alex, who had his eyes lowered again, noticed the blonde boy's hand remove something from Aiden's cheek. A bunch of crumpled paper, he thought. But when he looked closer he saw that the white paper was coloured red. Red from blood?!

Sarah had obviously seen the same, and she quickly let go of Peter's hand and dropped down on her knees in front of her friend. "Aiden, look at me," she demanded.

He sighed in defeat, knew that he couldn't hide his face anymore from them, and then he straightened up and focused his ice-blue eyes on her.

Sarah gasped in shock. Aiden was bleeding from the corner of his mouth, from his temple and from cuts on both his cheeks. Plus all the other miscoloured bruises he had on his face and neck.

Now that Alex had gotten over most of his jealousy, he raised his head again, and he could see that also the other boy had a few cuts on his face, though they didn't bleed as much as Aiden's did.

Aiden stroked a few blonde locks away from his eyes and looked at Alex. Their eyes locked for a moment, and then Alex stepped closer to him. Aiden slid his arms around his boyfriend's waist, while Alex wrapped his arms tightly around Aiden's shoulders. He soon felt them start to tremble in silent sobs.

Sarah's eyes rested on them for a little while before she gave Peter a can-you-see-it-now look. Her boyfriend just rolled his eyes teasingly, but he studied their two friends a little closer when he broke the eye contact with Sarah, who now had turned to the boy sitting next to Aiden.

"What happened?" She asked in a friendly tone. She knew who Gavin Roebeck was, thanks to Ellen, who was in his class and the only one in the school he actually talked to. He was silent, shy and always alone. Well, as long as Ellen wasn't with him. Not that he was very talkative with her either, though...

Gavin jerked in surprise when the auburn haired girl, who was Ellen's best friend, actually talked to him. He hadn't expected anyone of them to look at him twice, they were some of the most popular kids in school, and he was... Well, he was not.

"I was being bothered by Marcus, Seb and Matt," he answered in a low voice. "And Aiden helped me out. He was the one who felt it worst, though..."

Alex gave the blonde boy a wry look when he started to speak. His grip around Aiden's shoulders tightened considerably.

"Those three should be shot or something," Sarah hissed in anger. "I will personally..."

"No, no, no," Peter started and placed his hands comfortably, but firmly, on her shoulders. "You are not going to do anything."

Sarah turned to him with a dark look, but then smiled sheepishly. "I guess not," she sighed. "I couldn't have done much harm, anyway."

She tilted her head slightly and looked at Aiden and Alex again. Alex noticed all the forthcoming questions in her eyes, but he avoided to meet her look as best as he could. He wouldn't answer any questions she might have about his and Aiden's relationship. Not yet. He wasn't quite ready to get out to even more people. Christina was enough for now.

"Aiden, I think you should go home," Sarah said in a slightly worried tone. "You can't be at school the way you look right now. The teachers would freak." She gave a pointed look at the exposed skin on his face and neck, and then to his clothes that were dirty after him lying on the ground. His white shirt was also coloured red from drops of his blood.

"I guess you're right," Aiden said in a low tone and released his tight grip around Alex's waist. He attempted to get up on his feet, but he had to grip onto Alex and lean on him so he wouldn't fall to the ground.

"I think I should follow you home," Alex said and locked his arm supportive around Aiden's waist.

"I think you should too," Aiden said with a weak laughter. "I don't know if I can get there by myself. My whole fucking body hurt."

Sarah seethed in anger as she regarded them. Aiden was totally beaten up; in no condition to go home alone. How could Marcus, Seb and Matt do this to a person? And to Aiden who had never done a freaking thing to them!

"I'll see you later then," she said and waved lightly. "Get him home safely, Alex." She grinned wickedly. "And don't do anything I wouldn't do!"

"That's not a good thing to say," Alex answered teasingly. "Because that mean that we can do a lot of things."

"Haha, funny," Sarah replied and stuck out her tongue childishly.

Peter shook his head with a small laugh and wrapped his arms around his girlfriend's shoulders. "See you later, guys," he said.

"Later," Aiden and Alex answered at the same time.

Aiden turned slightly and looked down at Gavin, who was still sitting at the rock. "Maybe you should go home to," he suggested with a pointed look.

Gavin obviously ignored it and just shook his head lightly. "No need to," he muttered. "I only have a few bruises and a cracked lip. I'll be fine."

"If you say so," Aiden replied slowly. He was still worried about the boy getting an epileptic seizure. He had after all forgotten to take his medicine two days in a row. "See you later then."

"Yeah, see you," Gavin answered in a whispered voice. He didn't believe that it would ever happen, though, no matter what he said. Aiden was popular. He wouldn't be talking to Gavin ever again, that Gavin was sure of.

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"Is it better?" Alex wrung the wet rag in the warm water that was being coloured red from Aiden's blood. Then he glanced at his boyfriend who sat at the edge of his bed without anything on his upper body.

"Yeah," Aiden replied in hoarse voice. "It's much better." He smiled weakly up at Alex and brushed some blonde locks away from his eyes. "Thank you."

"It's nothing to thanks for," Alex said with a loving smile as he sat down next to Aiden. "When you're hurt I'm here to make you feel better. It's part of being boyfriends." He grinned and kissed Aiden's lips lightly.

"Aren't you sweet," Aiden smirked and brushed a hand over Alex's cheek. Then he bent forward and captured his boyfriend's lips with his own.

Alex closed his eyes and answered the kiss eagerly. He wrapped his arms around Aiden's shoulders and pressed their two bodies tightly together.

Aiden slowly pushed Alex back down in the bed and lay down halfway over him, not breaking the kiss once. He slowly started to unbutton Alex's shirt, and then slid his hands underneath the fabric and stroked it over Alex's shoulders and collarbone.

Aiden soon broke the kiss and moved his lips down Alex's neck; scattering small kisses over his bare skin.

Alex sighed contently as Aiden's mouth moved down to his collarbone and further down his chest. Aiden soon had his whole shirt unbuttoned, and Alex lifted his upper body up a little so his boyfriend could get it off of him.

The shirt was thrown on the floor and Aiden continued to kiss, lick and suck lightly down Alex's chest and stomach.

Alex moaned and arched his back slightly.

Aiden lifted his head slowly and looked at his boyfriend. "Do you want to continue this, Alex?" He asked in a low voice.

Alex opened his eyes and locked eyes with Aiden. "Yes," he whispered. "Yes, I want to continue this."

Aiden smiled and moved upwards again so he could run his hand over Alex's cheeks and lips. Then he pulled off his own shirt and threw it away. He smirked seductively, and bent down so he could bite his boyfriend's lower lip gently. Then he ran his tongue over the slightly parted lips, and soon caught them in a desirous kiss.

Alex gasped and locked his arms around Aiden's back, pulling him as close as he could possibly get.

Aiden ran one of his hands slowly down Alex's naked upper body. They hesitated a bit at the waistband of his pants, a bit nervous seeing as he had never done anything like what was about to happen before, but then he moved them a bit lower and unbuckled Alex's belt. After yet a little hesitation, he also unbuttoned and unzipped the fly.

He hooked his fingers on both hands under Alex's pants and boxers, and pulled them down over his hips little by little. And as his hands slowly stripped the other boy, his tongue was busy battling for dominance with Alex's own.

Soon Alex was free of his pants, underwear and socks and was lying completely nude beneath Aiden. But he wouldn't put up with him being the only naked one, so he quickly released the tight grip his arms had had around his boyfriend's shoulders and moved them downwards so he could open Aiden's belt buckle.

When Alex finished fumbling with the button and unzipped the flyer, Aiden pulled down his pants and boxers and got them off of him together with his socks.

As their hard members rubbed together and caused them both to moan lightly in pleasure, Aiden leaned over and opened his bedside-table drawer. He pulled out a pack of condoms and a tube of lubricant.

"Do I even want to know why you have that in your drawer?" Alex asked as he started to suck lightly on the sensitive skin on Aiden's neck.

Aiden tilted his head lightly to give him better access. "Ben bought it for me a few weeks ago," he replied. "He said that I would need it in the near future, and that I would thank him for it later."

Alex laughed silently, still with his mouth attached to Aiden's neck. "He's so thoughtful," he said in a teasing tone.

"I wouldn't say that," Aiden replied and bent his head down slightly so he could scatter small kisses over Alex's collarbone. He ripped open a condom with his hands over Alex's head, and then rolled it on his hard member.

He spread Alex's feet slowly with his own thighs and lay down gently in-between them. Their erections rubbed together again, and Alex tilted his head back slightly with a low moan.

Aiden opened the lid on the tube. He squeezed some out in his hand where he warmed it in his fingers before moving his hand down between them and smeared it around Alex's entrance. Then he slowly pushed one finger inside.

Alex tensed under him when he felt the intrusion, but he urged Aiden to go further. Aiden moved his finger a bit, and then he slowly inserted another one. Alex gave a little hiss of pain, but he soon relaxed again.

"You okay, baby?" Aiden whispered against Alex's ear.

"Yes," came the black-haired boy's answer just as low.

"Are you ready then?" Aiden was afraid of hurting his boyfriend, and he didn't want to do anything without knowing that Alex was okay with it.

Alex hesitated with his answer for just a nano-second, but then it came in a lust-strained whisper;"Yes."

Aiden withdrew his fingers and then twisted a bit so he lay more comfortably, before placing the tip of his cock against the tight opening and slowly pushing inside the warmth.

Alex gasped in something in-between pain and pleasure. He wasn't really sure what feeling was the strongest; the hurt when Aiden's manhood stretched him more than his fingers ever could, or the plain lust and enjoyment by finally feeling Aiden inside of him; doing to him as he had found himself fantasizing about lately. He locked his legs around Aiden's hips and helped him find a rhythm comfortable for them both.

Aiden, who had been stroking Alex's hair and whispering soothing words in his ear, now tilted his head to the side and caught Alex's slightly parted lips with his own.

Alex's hands were scratching at Aiden's shoulders, and the light pain from his scraping nails, and the pain from the wounds he had received from those three bastard, was the only thing that kept Aiden from climaxing as he was buried deep inside his boyfriend.

He pulled almost all the way out, and then thrust in again, a little harder this time.

Alex arched his back in pleasure so their sweaty chests were rubbing against one another. He moaned into Aiden's mouth, and as his boyfriend withdrew his tongue he bit down lightly, teasingly, on Aiden's bottom lip.

Aiden groaned and quickened his thrust a bit more. One of his hands were locked around Alex's neck, holding his head still as he slid his tongue into the warmth of his mouth again, while his free arms reached down in-between their sweaty bodies and wrapped around Alex's hard shaft. Alex gasped in surprise as he started to stroke him, and as a shudder went through his heaving body, Aiden knew his boyfriend was about to come.

And he wasn't wrong, because only seconds later Alex tilted his head backwards and thrust his own tongue into Aiden's mouth as to prevent a scream when he came.

Alex's walls tightened around Aiden's cock, and he soon found himself almost attacking Alex's mouth with his lips and tongue, wanting to prevent any high sounds as well as Alex had been.

Aiden collapsed over Alex, and they just lay a while in silence, heaving for fresh air and letting their bodies cool down.

After his heart rate had gone back to normal, Aiden pulled out of Alex and got off the condom; wrapping it tightly and then throwing it at the trash bin next to his bedside table. Then he reached down in the drawer again and pulled out some tissues he used to wipe of Alex's semen from their stomachs and Aiden's hand.

After throwing the tissues in the trash bin as well, Aiden fell back on the bed. He stared up at the ceiling and ran his hand through his moist, blonde locks.

Alex rolled over and rested his head on Aiden's shoulder. He stroked his hand lightly over his boyfriend's chest and then slid his foot over his hips. "That was amazing," he whispered, running his fingers over Aiden's bare, sweaty chest.

"It really was," Aiden replied with a small laughter.

They fell into a comfortable silence, just running their hands lazily over each others bodies.

"It's Monday today," Aiden mumbled after a while, brushing his hand absently through Alex's silky hair.

"Yeah, and?" Alex tilted his head back and looked up at him.

"We've only been together for a little over a week," Aiden spoke. "And we've already had sex."

"We're teenage boys," Alex said in a low voice and propped up on his elbow. "Our hormones are going wild. We have lusts and needs that just have to be filled." He smiled and kissed Aiden's lips lightly.

"When did you start thinking like that?" Aiden laughed silently as he caught Alex's lower lip gently between his teeth. "You've never had needs before. Not that I've heard of at least." He released Alex's lip and ran his tongue gently over it before sliding it into his boyfriend's mouth.

"Well, I never had you before," Alex answered with a sly smirk as they broke apart for air. "At least not in the way I wanted you." He grinned and bent down, kissing, licking and sucking lightly on the skin on Aiden's neck.

"You have me now," Aiden said in a slightly uneven voice.

"I do?" Alex asked innocently and moved his mouth up to Aiden's earlobe, nibbling lightly on it.

"Oh yeah," Aiden whispered and locked his arms around Alex's back. "And you damn well know it." He pulled Alex's face gently to his and pressed their lips together. "How about a shower?" He asked when they pulled apart again.

"A shower would be very nice," Alex smiled. He slowly removed himself from Aiden's body and sat up.

As he got up from the bed, Aiden followed him, and Alex grabbed his hands and pressed him against him, kissing him eagerly.

Aiden laughed lightly against his lips and started to pull Alex gently towards the bathroom.