Ben 10 Fan Fiction ❯ After hours ❯ Stay here, stay now, stay forever, with me. ( Chapter 6 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

About an hour after Max and Gwen returned "home," it was already late into the night, ten pm to be precise. Ben was already showing his fatigue, giving yawns and lazy replies while talking to Kevin. He was laying on his back, his legs raised up in an odd manner and resting on the wall, his head on the bed. his hands held one of his many games, keeping it in sight and rapidly pressing down on the buttons. They were now back on the road, Gwen was still at the booth, her eyes going from her laptop to the two boys lounging on the bunk. She was waiting for Kevin to slip up, make just one mistake so her grandfather would separate them.

"Dude, your cousins glaring at us again." Kevin stated while glaring right back at the redhead. He never liked Gwen, from the moment he met her at the arcade he knew that they would never get along, then again Ben was the only person that ever really got along with him.

"Just ignore her, she's just jealous of you." Ben said, smirking and shifting around on the bed.

"Jealous?" The raven-haired boy repeated, not understanding what he had to be jealous of.

"Yep, she hates it when anyone but her and grandpa Max hang out with me. I don't know why, but she does." Ben gave a shrug and kept his toxic eyes on the small flashing screen. Kevin smirked down at him, getting an oh so evil plan.

"Hey, sit up for a sec, I wanna show you something." Ben looked up at him, raising a brow, pausing his game and sitting up as asked. He sat cross-legged and tilted his head ever so cutely awaiting Kevin's surprise. Gwen's expression hardened again, her hands on her spell book, ready to separate them herself. She watched as Kevin put his arms lazily on Ben's shoulders, his forehead against Ben's. His dark eyes looked over at the girl at the table before locking with the better shaded eyes in front of him. Ben blushed a bit, still finding it odd that Kevin was doing a romancy thing you'd see in a chick flick. His eyes slowly lidded, feeling Kevin's warm breath but an inch away. Gwen stood up, not wanting to see how this would play out, her book was flipped open and her stance was prepared. Just when Ben thought that Kevin wasn't going to fill the space, he felt the familiar chapped lips pressing against his softly. Kevin really was becoming soft, and he took pride in knowing that it was because of him.

Gwen muttered a spell, a blue light concealing her hand. Kevin pushed Ben on his back, ducking with him and getting out of range of her so called spell. The blue mana hit the spot of the wall where Kevin had been, leaving a small visible mark. Max immediately pulled over, heading over to Gwen and the boys. Kevin got onto his feet, glaring at the short redhead he despised.

"What the hell was that for?!" He yelled at her. Kevin knew that she would get pissed when he kissed the brunette boy, but he didn't anticipate her going so far.

"You know what that was for you gothic freak!" She yelled back, spitting out words of insult and locking eyes with him.

"Both of you! Knock it off!" Max picked both children up by the back of their shirts, holding them apart easily. "Gwen, just because you don't like someone doesn't mean you can try to attack them." He spoke sternly to her. Ben got up from the bunk, pulling on the arm that held up Kevin. Both were put back on the ground, Ben holding onto Kevin's arm to keep him from attacking Gwen, and to keep his grandfather from picking him up again. If the moment was calm, Kevin would have found Ben's reaction cute, but he was busy with the situation at hand.

"And Kevin," Max looked down at him. "I know you're trying your best, but you need to stop picking fights with Gwen." Kevin gave a loud scoff. 'Picking a fight?! He was just talking to Ben she started it! Oh wait, I should probably just say that...'

"I didn't pick a fight," Kevin did his best to stay calm for the sake of the brunette that clung to him like a sock out of the dryer. "I was sitting down and talking to Ben..." Ben nodded, confirming his words.

"What?! You kissed him! Boys don't kiss other boys!" Gwen rolled her eyes, her hands resting on her hips in a snotty fashion. Max's eyes widened a bit, now focusing on Ben and Kevin.

"So?! What, just because two people kiss its wrong or something?!" Kevin gritted his teeth, his temper seemed to be harder to tame when Gwen mentioned something that had to do with Ben. If it wasn't for Ben holding on to his arm he would have already attacked her by now.

"Kevin!" Ben shouted, receiving his immediate attention. "Let it go..." He frowned sadly, his gaze settled on the floor.

"No! She's always breathing down my neck about the stupidest things!" Kevin's voice raised, his hands now sparking with spare electricity his body still held. "When ever she does something wrong, he lets it go! But when you do something wrong, it's like the whole world has to stop on its axis just to chew you out and punish you!" The electricity crackled around him, growing larger with every word. Max protectively pushed Gwen back, watching Kevin's anger peak. Ben pulled Kevin closer to him, staring at him in the eyes.

"Stop Kevin!" In an instant, the blue electricity faded, sneaking back into Kevin's body. He looked down at Ben, yanking his arm free and opening the door to the RV, slamming it roughly before running off. Ben stood in shock for a moment, his mind perplexed. He blinked, his wide green eyes staring at the door as if it would fall of its hinges.

"Kevin!" He yelled, running to the door. His grandfather pulled him back over to speak.

"Ben, it wont work. Just let him leave." Ben's brows furrowed in anger. He moved away from his grandfather, tears welding up in his eyes.

"You don't get it!" He yelled defensively, aiming to make him understand. "Kevin is the only person my age that likes me for me! He doesn't care about the watch! He doesn't think I'm weird, creepy or annoying! He's my first and only friend! I'm not gonna let you take him from me! Not you, Gwen or anyone else!" Ben spoke through frustration and anger, the tears streaming down his cheeks as he opened the door to the night. They had weren't very far from the town they were just in, which is where Kevin must have been going.

"I'm gonna find him! If you wont let him stay, then I just wont come back!" He jumped off of the steps onto the dirt, running back to the town to find the only person that mattered right now.

"Ben!" Gwen and Max spoke in unison, watching the stubborn boy run off. "What do we do grandpa?" Gwen asked, looking up at him, filled with nothing but regret.

"We'll wait for now..."

Kevin ran, he didn't know where he would go now, his old home was now two weeks of traveling away, much to far for him to go. He clenched his teeth, the skin on his bare feet met with rocks and dirt. He stopped as a vision of Ben flashed in the back of his head. Something inside of him urged him to go back.

"And do what?! Let watch Ben get pushed around?!" He asked, screaming into the sky. His body quickly grew colder from the breeze, his hands balled into fists. 'You can't leave him now.' The voice stated.

"He's better off... With out me... Everyone is..." Kevin calmed down, his eyes watering up for the first time in who knows how long. He left him behind. Ben would be better off, right? The hot tears fell, leaving small traces of water to linger on his face only to be wiped away by his sleeve. He stopped clearing the water, looking at the arm of the shirt he was wearing, it was Ben's. Could he really abandon him like this? Would he ever care?

"Kevin!" Ben called loudly, running at full speed to get to him. "Kevin!" He yelled again. As he approached the taller boy, he cried more. He embraced him. It was so painful, it seemed as if the world was against Kevin. No one wanted him, his parents didn't, his old so-called friends didn't. There was only Ben, but Ben was the only one that really mattered.

"Ben..." Kevin spoke up, his voice weak from the yelling and crying. He bit his lip, more tears falling as he pulled the brunette as close as possible, a hand in his hair, the other around the upper part of his back. "...Go back Ben..." Kevin was almost trembling, from the decision. The younger looked up at him through glassy eyes, vigorously shaking his head.

"Not unless you come with me."

"Ben," Kevin started again. "go back. I wasn't meant to be happy."

"Shut up!" Ben yelled, his arms holding Kevin's waist tighter as if it was a life or death situation, to Ben, it was. "Didn't you say that if I really liked you then I shouldn't care what others think? Didn't you?!" Ben's expression was almost indescribable, his brows were furrowed in anger, his green eyes turning red from the tears, and his lips curved into a sad pout.

"Well, I don't care what others say or think Kevin... I just... I just want you with me! You make everything better! And you can't say that you don't want me Kevin!" The elder softened up again, leaning his head down to press his lips against Ben's.

"I've never wanted anything so much Ben... I want you, it pisses me off how much I've changed. I don't even understand myself anymore." Kevin gave a dry laugh before continuing. "At first all I could think about was revenge, but now... It's something else. I want you with me. I love living with you, sleeping with you in my arms at night. I've never felt so important Ben. I like your cockiness, your lame puns, your voice, your eyes and everything else." Kevin stopped, his eyes watering up once more.

"I've never felt so self-consious, so cool, so happy." He finished, his eyes never straying from the green ones.

"I've never had a friend before Kevin, or... Whatever we are. And I know that I've never... Loved anyone but my family. But this love is... Kinda different." Kevin's tired eyes widened at his words, he leaned in to kiss Ben again, returning all his feelings in the single kiss. The cold air seemed to disappear, both bodies heating up from the touch.

"Ben, do you really love me?" Kevin asked, blushing a bit. Ben's face grew hot, his tanned flesh turning a light red, nodding at the question.

"I know it's kinda weird, and we just became friends a few weeks ago, and even though I'm only ten and you're only eleven... I know that I do... Kevin, I... Love you..." Ben's lips were caught by Kevin's once more. A single brush of their lips turned into a small open mouthed kiss. Both boys were rapidly learning what to do at each moment, after every touch and how to do the different gestures. Ben didn't mind that Kevin didn't return the words, all that mattered to him was that Kevin accepted his feelings and wanted to stay with him too. At that moment, everything seemed so perfect, so blissful and sweet. They separated after what seemed like eternity, now holding hands and smiling at each other.

"C'mon Kevin, lets go back." Kevin could only nod in response and continue holding onto Ben's slightly smaller hand and walking back to the rv.

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Midesko