Beat down for love

Pete jumped when he heard his door open and close and relaxed when he saw Jimmy, he blinked at the scrapes “J-Jimmy?” he asked and the boy smiled one of those charming smiles. Certainly not a traditional sort of charming but his own rough crooked version of charming, he tossed the box of compress’ on the bed beside him, “there you go man, enjoy” he sat down and let out a soft relaxing groan. “Gary is such an asshole”

“D-Did you…?” he blinked, Jimmy nodded “Kicked the living daylights out of him, almost got caught by Crabblesnitch though” he frowned. “He should leave you alone man, what did you do to piss him off so bad? He said you smarted off and threatened him” he raised an eyebrow.

“It was nothing like that” he shook his head moving the heating pad to his lower back and sighing softly but offered up no more, he was too embarrassed. But Jimmy wasn’t taking that he sat on the bed and took the compress out and put it on his shoulder gently for him, Pete smiled in thanks. “I just risked detention, possibly suspension- getting my ass kicked by Gary and will probably have a year of hell to look forward to and you can’t tell me why you pissed him off?”

“He… He was trying to get me to help him out in getting revenge on you, he’s still aggravated obviously” he mumbled looking down “He said you were a pathetic excuse for a man and belonged in jail as… As a whore- his words not mine” he said quickly but Jimmy had figured that.

“Okay, and how does this end in you getting beat up?” he asked controlling his temper. “I told him to shut up it wasn’t true… That he’s the one who belonged in jail… And if he did anything to you I was going to turn him in to the headmaster and the police”

“You… You did what?” he blinked startled. It wasn’t like Pete to smart off to Gary, but Jimmy felt warmed that he had stood up for him, but on the other hand…

“You idiot!” he snapped startling the pained young man, “W-What?” Pete stuttered looking at him, “He could have seriously hurt you! I can fucking stand up for myself” he growled, Pete looked a bit hurt and his eyes went downcast giving a soft nod “Y-Yeah I know Jimmy” he mumbled.

Jimmy groaned loudly and got up; Pete looked up when he heard the squeaking of the leather bean bag chair in the corner of his room. He blinked and inhaled sharply when Jimmy sat down “Listen man” he looked at him, “It’s not that I don’t appreciate it, fuck knows I do- you’re the only one in this joint that would do that for me” he admitted and rubbed the back of his neck, he didn’t mind being sentimental but it didn’t mean he was good at it. “I just- I don’t want you to get killed or something, and if Gary’s capable of anything I think it would be that” he laughed but it was true, he’d be very surprised if Gary hadn’t seriously thought of killing someone. “Thanks though, for standing up for me… That was pretty sweet” he smirked

Pete hadn’t expected this; he didn’t know what he had expected though to be honest but not him doing… This. Pete felt a small flutter of happiness and smiled sweetly “I-It was no problem”

“Yeah, bull” he snorted pointing to the bruises and Pete couldn’t help but laugh and lay back as the heat calmed his throbbing limbs. “I just couldn’t stand to hear him talking crap about you when you’re a WAY better person”

“Eh a little”

“More than a little” Pete looked at him, Jimmy smiled “Aw Petey, if I didn’t know any better I’d think you had a crush on me the way you’re standing up for me” he laughed when Pete’s cheeks stained. He had no idea whether Pete was gay or not, he suspected but was never sure but really he was just teasing.

“Shut up Jimmy” he grumbled crossing his arms but it hurt so badly he gasped, “Stupid” he smiled and pushed him gently back on his good arm “Lay down”

“Jimmy” he mumbled, “C-Can I ask you something?” he asked looking desperately at him, “Yeah? What?” he leaned on his palm looking at him with a raised brow- Pete looked away “What if I did have a crush on you?”

“Mm… I dunno” he said feigning ignorance, well that answered his previous question. Where was Pete getting all of this courage lately? “I guess I’d ask why”

“Why?” he asked incredulously, “Yeah why” Jimmy said nonchalantly, “What do you mean why?” he stared as though the man had suddenly missed the most obvious thing in the world and to Pete- he had.

“I mean- well why?” he asked leaning against the foot board and still Petey stared at him like he were crazy to ask this- Jimmy wasn’t sure whether that made him feel really good or worry about Pete’s mind. “I’m not particularly hot or anything- I mean yeah I’m finally taller than a piss ant now but still not exactly a model or anything” he shrugged, “Not smart, or even nice so why?” he asked

“B-But you are!” he sat up blushing, and Jimmy pushed him back again “would you stay down?” he rolled his eyes, feeling a tint on his own freckled cheeks. Pete let out a huff and looked at him blushing “I thought you were hot when you were short!” he sighed, “And you’re… You’re nice in your own way; you’re nice to me and make me feel included”

“I am not nice to you” he raised an eyebrow, he knew he wasn’t he wasn’t so stupid that he couldn’t admit that. “You’re nice enough for me” he smiled, “I don’t expect you to be a saint, I wouldn’t want you to be a saint. I like you for who you are” he said honestly. “And- okay you’re not the smartest when it comes to books but you’ve got common sense… For the most part and you know what you’re doing. Plus your grades have gotten better”

“Damn Petey you have an excuse for everything don’t you?” he said standing up and looking out the window, watching some freshman run from Trent.

“They’re not excuses! It’s just… How I see you” he mumbled.

Jimmy blinked and looked over at him “Well I think you’re blind then” he shrugged, “Pete… Seriously man, you can find someone a lot better- like a pretty girl. How about Christy? No maybe Angie” he nodded slightly.

“Why does it have to be someone else? Why not you? You like guys don’t you? I- I mean are you gay or what?” he asked, he saw Jimmy making out with girls all the time and had heard rumors that he kissed boys but those were just rumors spread by Christy mostly. But he didn’t seem disturbed or even putt off by the fact that Pete was trying desperately to admit something he had tried for two months to do.

“I like guys fine” he shrugged, no shame. “But what about you? Have you even kissed a boy before?” he asked raising an eyebrow. “W-W-Well that’s… I- I know that I like boys!”

“Really now?” he raised an eyebrow at him, “And I’m taking that as a no” he snickered, “Have you even kissed a GIRL?” he asked, Pete looked away blushing “No…” he mumbled. “Oh shit seriously!?” he looked around.

“No! Alright I’m a skinny little nobody so why WOULD anyone kiss me?” he asked frowning, “I just… I just know alright?” he blushed; he wouldn’t have spent countless hours daydreaming about gorgeous muscular boys if not, or woken up from countless dreams of Jimmy kissing him, or even more.

Jimmy scratched his jaw “Alright, I’ll make you a deal” he said leaning against the window sill, “I’ll kiss you once, and let you settle for a while, if you want.” He said, he wouldn’t care if this was just anyone or he just wanted a quick one behind the dumpsters, but Pete was his friend- his only real friend. And he could tell the small boy wanted a relationship not just a fling.

“Y-You would?” he blushed

“Sure, but you’re looking kind of freaked out so if you wanna I don’t know save your kiss for someone special or some of that bullshit, then it’s all good” he shrugged. “N-No… It’s just… What if I’m not any good?”

“Then you’ll meet my expectations” he said with a nod, Pete groaned and covered his head with a spare pillow. Jimmy chuckled and walked over “Then you’ll be like anyone else who’s never kissed- you don’t start out with knee buckling kisses Petey, you learn and anyways I bet you’ll do fine” he shrugged.

“Really?” he mumbled looking up over the pillow; he knew that was true- who started out knowing anything sexual? But he still felt like an idiot and he didn’t want to disappoint Jimmy. “Really” the larger boy assured him, “Now do you want to do this or not?” he asked.

“Y-Yeah” he nodded moving the pillow and going to sit up but Jimmy kept him pinned down “I told you to stay down” he said again. Pete inhaled deeply and exhaled nodding, Jimmy couldn’t help but want to laugh- Pete was so nervous it was hilarious. But he was flattered that Pete wanted him to be his first kiss, it was sweet.

“Relax” Jimmy whispered making Pete shudder slightly. He leaned forward closing in on his lips, it was just that one kiss for a moment but Jimmy picked it up a notch, repeatedly kissing him- he was coaxing Pete to play, the kisses didn’t take long for Pete to get the instinctual hint to open his mouth with Jimmy’s, but the kisses remained that until Jimmy ran his tongue along the inside of Pete’s mouth slightly.

Taken off guard, Pete let out a soft moan wrapping his arms around Jimmy. The freckled boy pulled back with a smirk looking at a slightly panting Petey, “Shit Pete that was nothing and I already got you panting like a whore?” he laughed, but before he could respond Jimmy came back for another deep kiss.

Pete felt horrified to feel a stirring in his pants, it was understandable- this was his first experience of course he was going to be more sensitive to this type of stuff. Jimmy felt him tense up, “What’s wrong?” he asked pulling away, Pete had his eyes closed and face slightly scrunched up, he blinked unable to figure out what was wrong until his arm brushed by it as he steadied himself. Pete bit back a moan blushing darker as Jimmy looked down “Oh.” He laughed. That laugh made Pete feel like a damn idiot, though it wasn’t mocking or condescending, nothing of the sort.

“God Pete stop acting like such a chick” he smiled, “It happens” he leaned forward when the boy’s face relaxed “You okay?” he asked, when he nodded he leaned forward and kissed him again- Pete was starting to take more action in the kisses, tongue coming out to play with Jimmy’s rolling against one another, When he felt a hand grip his erection and start fondling through the fabric he nearly jumped out of his skin “J-Jimmy stop” he said pushing on his shoulders as best as he could with a bum arm.

“What? What now?” he blinked, “I- I” he looked away, Jimmy sighed but understood and backed away as Pete calmed himself “So there you have it” he smiled softly.

“I- I definitely like guys” he mumbled putting a hand to his slightly swollen lips, this cracked jimmy up. “Well that’s good I guess, but if you’re not gonna let some guy grope you…” he meant for it to be teasing but wasn’t sure whether Pete understood that or not.

Pete cut him off “I- It’s not that I don’t want you too, it’s just that I want it to I guess mean something- more than an experiment- plus I’m kind of sore right now so I don’t think I could handle it” he joked.

“Yeah, you’re right” he nodded, “You sure? I could like- I don’t know jack you off or something?” he asked, Pete nodded “I’m sure, thank you though” he smiled sweetly. “Dork, you don’t have to say thanks for that” he ruffled his hair. “At least not to me”

“Damn it Jimmy!” he groaned and put his pillow over his head again, “What?” he blinked

“Y-You’re just confusing me!” he said, “You kiss me, and god it was a really good kiss” he mumbled, barely audible through the pillow. “You’re offering to jack me off with no thanks or nothing back but you’re telling me I don’t know what I want and that you’re not good enough for me!?” he pulled the pillow back and looked at him “I don’t get you!”

“I’m a complicated guy” he smiled, “You’re cute Petey, fucking adorable. Adorably fuckable. But do you really want to be with me?”

“YES” he sat up, it hurt but he wouldn’t be pushed down again “damn it Jimmy I really like you- I have for months” he said, “So why not? Do you not like me or something!? If you don’t just come out and say it!” he glared.

Jimmy raised an eyebrow “When have I ever not said something on my mind?” he said leaning back “Listen man I like you, you’re cute, sweet, nice and well everything I’m not” he laughed, “But I just think you can do better”

“What if I don’t want to?” he asked, “What if I think you’re perfect for me?”

“Then I’d think you need to have your head examined” he said staring at him, Pete looked rather hurt at that- he wasn’t sure why he had insulted him way worse than that with not even a blink of an eye from the slender boy.

“Alright… Alright… Listen Petey… I want you to think- REALLY hard about everything I’ve done since I came to this hell worthy school, treated you, treated everyone else and think if you’d want to really be with me”

“Are you saying that you’d date me?” he blinked, Jimmy rolled his eyes “One track mind you got there Pete, yeah I’ll give it a shot, only if you take some time to think about it, I mean it- you have to promise me that you’ll think about everything” he looked seriously at him.

This felt incredibly stupid.

But he had never expected his friend to say he wanted to date him or anything, so how was he supposed to act? He kept that in mind, almost in a chant.

“Yeah… Alright” he said with a small nod, knowing that he wouldn’t agree to it if he didn’t say he would but he already knew Jimmy’s issues, he was a disrespectful little shit- but he meant well and that was good enough for Pete.

“Alright, now I’m gonna let you go to sleep because you look like shit.” He stood up but saw Pete looked like a kick puppy at this prospect and Jimmy sighed leaning over to kiss him on the forehead, “I’ll be down the hall you big fucking baby” he said with a roll of the eyes but it made Pete smile, he knew he cared. “Alright, I’ll see you tomorrow”

“Yep” he waved his hand and gently closed his door as he walked down to his room yawning.

“Hey Jimmy” Trent said with a wave and a smile, “Hey” he nodded in acknowledgment and walked by him, Trent blinked with confusion- he’d never turned him down before, Trent was a hot piece of ass if he said so himself- sometimes he had outbreaks of acne across his forehead but still a good looking guy.

Jimmy walked into his room and flopped down on his bed with a small groan; he didn’t have any homework and didn’t feel like reading comics. Really the only thing he had on his mind was Gary and Petey. Gary was still here, and that was a pain in the ass undeniably- but the fact that he was now beating on Petey pissed him off beyond belief, who was he to do those things to him?

And Petey… God the boy was an idiot.

He lay there for a few hours, thinking about the two- he found his mind more often than not slipping to Petey’s confession. He didn’t mind dating, never really had- it’s just that no one was really interested in him besides Zoe and she was a beautiful girl- it was only a matter of time before she found interest in someone else. Though they were still good friends the betrayal hurt. Still- none of the boys had ever been interested in a relationship with him. It was… Weird but very flattering.

He was honest with him though, he knew he could do better- someone better looking, someone nicer and someone smarter. He wasn’t really self-hating- there were things he didn’t like about himself but he wouldn’t say self hating- he just knew the facts.