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Chapter 2: II: The Sun

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Aidan came home from his shift at the hospital, after a slight detour. He walked into the house and heard Josh and Sally in the kitchen. He silently walked into the kitchen, tugging at the sleeve of his long sleeved shirt.

 

Sally noticed him first and curled her legs up closer to her from where she sat on the counter, as if to give him room to pass by. She didn’t need to do that, they all knew, but simple things like that made Sally seem more solid.

 

Aidan walked past her and sat at the table, folding his arms in front of his chest.

 

“Any luck with your vampire boyfriend today?” Sally asked.

 

“No,” Aidan said with a small smile. “I think when I see Henry again it will be when he comes out of hiding, because he’s ready and feels safe.”

 

“Woah,” Josh raised his arms a bit. “ ‘Comes out of hiding?’ ‘When he feels safe?’ What exactly happened?”

 

“It's… a long story,” Aidan said. He didn’t want to think about that time. “To sum up, it was life or death for him. Either he left and went into hiding, or he would be killed.”

 

Sally raised her eyebrows. “Damn.”

 

Josh noticed Aidan absent mindedly rubbing his arm. Massaging it in a way one would if they were in pain. “You okay?” he said.

 

Aidan looked up. “Oh, yeah. I just…” he paused, collecting his thoughts. “After talking about Celine, I was thinking about this and finally made a decision.”

 

“Uh…” Josh said dumbly.

 

Aidan raised his arms and removed his shirt, setting it on the counter.

 

“Must you do this in the kitchen,” Josh said, mostly to himself.

 

“Woah, you got new tattoos?” Sally asked. “They healed fast! You didn’t have those yesterday.”

 

Aidan smiled to himself, temporarily in another time. “Yeah, the tattoo guy was wigged out too.”

 

Josh ignored Aidan’s outdated slang. “Why? I mean, they’re cool, but why?”

 

“Josh, you’re an idiot,” Sally said, “They’re for us, right Aidan?”

 

“Yeah, they are,” Aidan said.

 

“Really?” Josh said.

 

“The ocean is for Sally, because she’s strong and powerful, but loving and full of wonder.”

 

Sally smiled and flipped her hair, preening under the positive words.

 

“The moon is for Josh, because it, like you, is constantly changing, but is a constant in my life.”

 

Josh gaped openly for a moment, before closing his mouth and pressing his lips together, obviously fighting back tears.

 

“I’m sorry about the moon… I can change it if you want.”

 

“No, I love it,” Josh smiled. “I’m just glad you didn’t get a wolf.”

 

Aidan barked out a laugh. “Well, I knew you would hate that. I wanted to get tattoos to represent who you are to me, not what you are.”

 

“Did you intend to do the moon and the ocean? Like, the moon is what creates the ocean’s waves and the tides. They’re connected, like Josh and I are,” Sally said.

 

Aidan smiled. “Well, that wasn’t intentional, but I do like it.”

 

“You should get one,” Sally said, “to represent yourself in our little trio of friendship.”

 

Josh smiled a little. “What thing could represent Aidan?”

 

“A bat,” Aidan laughed, getting a slight shove from Josh.

 

“What about the sun? For the funny reason of the myth that vampires can’t go out in the sunlight and because the sun is old and strong. It’s wise and, overall, it’s the thing that brought us all together,” Sally thought aloud.

 

“The sun… I like that,” Aidan said.

Notes:

aidans bisexual sorry i dont make the rules