Kissing In A Tree 4.6
My face hurts from smiling at Kiat.
Work was interesting.
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The spinner stopped on three again.
“Grouchy goes three spaces!” Clark urged his boyfriend to move.
“That spinner has to be fixed.” Lex eyed the arrow suspiciously.
“Why? It’s not broken.”
“I suppose.”
Clark watched as the other boy picked up his piece and moved it up the proper three spaces. Lex had a way of moving things so it looked as if he was making them fly. The curly haired boy wondered why this was, but enjoyed the action all the same. He could make things look if they flew too, but he knew he wasn’t supposed to.
He bet Lex would like to run with him. He could carry him wherever he wanted to go.
They could kiss anywhere they wanted and no one would know.
Clark thought of kissing Lex on clouds. And shooting stars.
“Clark?”
Some fireworks.
“Hmm?”
“Clark?”
Or fly to the beach by the ocean. They could chase sea gulls and swim.
And hold hands on the blanket.
Clark would sing him the most romantic Disney song in the universe.
And they'd get married.
“You wanna? Really?” He giggled.
And the dolphins would wave and say...
“Do I want to what?”
The older boy was looking at him strangely as he looked up. He had that science look on him like he was thinking really hard.
“Nuthin. I’ll spin.” Clark tried to hide his blush.
The spinner zoomed around the board and finally came to a rest at the number five. Clark made his usual cookie monster roar and bounced his character up the way and it came to rest on a ladder. It went up two extra lines on the board.
Lex got agitated again.
“This game is pure luck.”
“What’s wrong with that?”
Lex traced his finger over the different shoots on the board and ignored the ladders.
“You can’t win by being intelligent.”
Lex really liked being smart. He tried to feed his head the way Clark tried to fill his tummy with cookies whenever he could. There was always a book nearby, if it wasn’t already in his hand waiting to be read. He told Clark about them sometimes, giving him answers to questions he would never have thought to ask. He even knew why the sky was blue. Clark didn’t understand when he told him why. But knowing Lex had all these answers made him feel better.
“So?”
“That’s how you win in real life.” Lex said haughtily.
“But this is Shoots an’ Spladders.”
Lex paused.
“I guess. But how does it teach you to win?”
Clark closed his eyes and then thought and thought for a moment, wanting to have an answer himself. He didn’t want Lex to quit the game because it wasn’t smart enough. The games Lex mentioned he used to play didn’t sound very nice. He knew that ‘cause mommy and daddy said bankruptcy was a very bad thing.
I don’t want him to play mean games. I just want him to...
“I know!”
Clark crawled over and looked Lex up close in the eyes.
“It teaches you fun. And being happy.”
“It does?”
“Yeah! All my games make me smile.”
“Even though you don’t become ruler over all the countries?”
Clark pressed his face to his chest a moment, and looked up at him from this very comfortable spot.
Lex looked down at him, another strange but soft expression on his face.
“That would be too lonely, Lex. Games are no fun without anyone to play with.”
They breathed together for a moment before Clark answered again, taking in the clean and warm feeling of the purple crown shirt the bald boy was wearing.
“I like winning, but I wouldn’t care if I lost to you. As long as we can play more, of course. And get snacks. And kisses.” He giggled.
Lex kissed his forehead.
“I like the way you think.”
He spun the wheel with his free hand. The other was encased firmly around Clark’s waist.
“Look Lex, you got a five!”
Lex’s losing streak was broken. It turned out that the serious boy ended up getting the longest ladder of the game after all. He did beat Clark to the very top of the gates.
But Clark didn’t mind at all.
Because there were many more games they could play.
Maybe I can show him the secret one too! Mommy and daddy said I could only show my special someone.
Clark laughed as they began a trail around Candyland.
“I hear that rumbling stomach of yours. Good thing I packed extra gummies just in case.”
Lex is my special someone!
“Why are you giggling so much?” Lex wondered, not suspicious, but more like a curious cat Clark once found in the barn.
“You’ll see.”
Clark kissed his concerned expression away.
~~~
Work was interesting.
~~~
The spinner stopped on three again.
“Grouchy goes three spaces!” Clark urged his boyfriend to move.
“That spinner has to be fixed.” Lex eyed the arrow suspiciously.
“Why? It’s not broken.”
“I suppose.”
Clark watched as the other boy picked up his piece and moved it up the proper three spaces. Lex had a way of moving things so it looked as if he was making them fly. The curly haired boy wondered why this was, but enjoyed the action all the same. He could make things look if they flew too, but he knew he wasn’t supposed to.
He bet Lex would like to run with him. He could carry him wherever he wanted to go.
They could kiss anywhere they wanted and no one would know.
Clark thought of kissing Lex on clouds. And shooting stars.
“Clark?”
Some fireworks.
“Hmm?”
“Clark?”
Or fly to the beach by the ocean. They could chase sea gulls and swim.
And hold hands on the blanket.
Clark would sing him the most romantic Disney song in the universe.
And they'd get married.
“You wanna? Really?” He giggled.
And the dolphins would wave and say...
“Do I want to what?”
The older boy was looking at him strangely as he looked up. He had that science look on him like he was thinking really hard.
“Nuthin. I’ll spin.” Clark tried to hide his blush.
The spinner zoomed around the board and finally came to a rest at the number five. Clark made his usual cookie monster roar and bounced his character up the way and it came to rest on a ladder. It went up two extra lines on the board.
Lex got agitated again.
“This game is pure luck.”
“What’s wrong with that?”
Lex traced his finger over the different shoots on the board and ignored the ladders.
“You can’t win by being intelligent.”
Lex really liked being smart. He tried to feed his head the way Clark tried to fill his tummy with cookies whenever he could. There was always a book nearby, if it wasn’t already in his hand waiting to be read. He told Clark about them sometimes, giving him answers to questions he would never have thought to ask. He even knew why the sky was blue. Clark didn’t understand when he told him why. But knowing Lex had all these answers made him feel better.
“So?”
“That’s how you win in real life.” Lex said haughtily.
“But this is Shoots an’ Spladders.”
Lex paused.
“I guess. But how does it teach you to win?”
Clark closed his eyes and then thought and thought for a moment, wanting to have an answer himself. He didn’t want Lex to quit the game because it wasn’t smart enough. The games Lex mentioned he used to play didn’t sound very nice. He knew that ‘cause mommy and daddy said bankruptcy was a very bad thing.
I don’t want him to play mean games. I just want him to...
“I know!”
Clark crawled over and looked Lex up close in the eyes.
“It teaches you fun. And being happy.”
“It does?”
“Yeah! All my games make me smile.”
“Even though you don’t become ruler over all the countries?”
Clark pressed his face to his chest a moment, and looked up at him from this very comfortable spot.
Lex looked down at him, another strange but soft expression on his face.
“That would be too lonely, Lex. Games are no fun without anyone to play with.”
They breathed together for a moment before Clark answered again, taking in the clean and warm feeling of the purple crown shirt the bald boy was wearing.
“I like winning, but I wouldn’t care if I lost to you. As long as we can play more, of course. And get snacks. And kisses.” He giggled.
Lex kissed his forehead.
“I like the way you think.”
He spun the wheel with his free hand. The other was encased firmly around Clark’s waist.
“Look Lex, you got a five!”
Lex’s losing streak was broken. It turned out that the serious boy ended up getting the longest ladder of the game after all. He did beat Clark to the very top of the gates.
But Clark didn’t mind at all.
Because there were many more games they could play.
Maybe I can show him the secret one too! Mommy and daddy said I could only show my special someone.
Clark laughed as they began a trail around Candyland.
“I hear that rumbling stomach of yours. Good thing I packed extra gummies just in case.”
Lex is my special someone!
“Why are you giggling so much?” Lex wondered, not suspicious, but more like a curious cat Clark once found in the barn.
“You’ll see.”
Clark kissed his concerned expression away.
~~~