Neptune

Neil: When I was your height

Andrew:

Neil:

Aaron: a blueberry

Andrew: Jesus fucking Christ get the fuck out with your shit ass puns

Aaron: listen here you fat sack of shit

Neil: what’s that?

Andrew: didn’t your parents ever tell you about the birds and the bees?

Neil: what the fuck are bees?

Andrew:

Andrew: I’m arachnophobic

Neil: what

Jeaneil. That’s it.

Summary: Back in the nest where Neil decided to be kidnapped. Neil sprains his leg on court, but Riko forces him to continue to play, making it worse. At the end, Neil drops dead on the floor, knowing he has to go back to Rikos room with more pain to come. He keeps forgetting about the one person that was always there for him while he was in the Nest: Jean Moreau.

It was unfortunate for Neil to be here

The more he played, the more his shoulder felt as though it was about to fall off

Just as Neil was slowing down, he was immediately shouldered, throwing him into the walls of the court, his helmet making a noise as it connects with the inner walls and a ringing starts to form in the base of his ears

That wasn’t the worst part - the worst part was as he was slammed by the Ravens, his ankle betrays him and goes in the opposite direction

He hears a crack and he tries to contain in a scream, opening his mouth and letting out a silent yell of pain

Neil falls on all four, his leg erupting with so much pain that it shot a whole nerve up his leg

He knew that it was only sprained, the crack wasn’t his bones, but just a pop that was similar to cracking your knuckles

He hated this

He hated every passing second, every passing minute and every passing hour that he had to stay in this hell hole, but he was doing this for a cause that was greater then his own bones. He wanted to be with the foxes and keep them safe even if it puts him in more danger

The slices in his arm already felt like hell from Rikos fun time when he was in his room

The other Ravens weren’t helping with his situation, although the cuts were healing, they’d open cause of the harassment that the Ravens would force on him

Hitting him with Raquets, pushing him, tripping him

Neil himself was surprised at how long he lasted without breaking any bones

But right now, his left ankle was done, it felt fucked, it felt swollen and he felt like throwing up

His body was flaming, but what was even worse was the shouting that came with the ringing in his ears

“Nathaniel, get the fuck up; you two, get him up, now.”

Two pairs of hands grab his shoulders roughly, forcing him up and out of his crawling position

He can see Riko through his helmet and, noticed how his eyes wrinkled up, he was in fact smiling and Neil knew he was also the person who fucked up his ankle

It hurt to walk, it hurt to stand, but the player to his right shoves him forward, and he accidentally steps hard on his sprained foot

A shock run up his leg and Neil pressed himself not to fall

He was forced to play for the entire game with a limp, and was pushed around even more

He can feel Rikos eyes on him every time he was on his knees; he was enjoying this

When practice was finally over, he was thrown to the ground one last time by a random backliner while they chuckled and walked off

This time, Neil didn’t keep his mouth shut and let out a loud groan as he flips himself to face the stadiums roof

He felt trapped

He loved the court, it was the only place that allowed him to breath and keep himself up, he played exy as if his life depended on it, but in here - in the nest - he never knew he’d feel so clastraphobic in such an open space

“Get up.”

Neil takes his helmet off with a struggle and looks up at who was speaking to him, but the only French Bastard in this place was none other then the famous Jean Moreau, number 3; backliner

“You have to get up some day.”

Now Jean said that in English which made Neil look up

“I’m not helping you if you don’t ask for it.”

Neils head hits the ground which was a bad idea since he already felt a migraine forming in the base of his head

Throughout his experience in this shithole, he did in fact get closer with Jean, but Neil didn’t know whether that should have been a good thing or a bad thing

He can see how frightened Jean was when he was close to Riko and Neils bad attitude didn’t help his situation

“Help me,” Neil whispers out, breathing heavily and he saw Jean roll his eyes before crouching down next to Neil

“They are probably done with the showers by now. Get up.” Jean helps Neil up and Neil let out a yelp

“My ankle.”

“Yea I know, your limp was extremely noticeable and a lot of the others took advantage of it.”

Jean was never the talkative type, but he was starting to grow on Neil and Neils French accent sometimes slipped out as he spoke

As Jean helped Neil to the change room, Neils arm around Jeans shoulders dropped as he sits on a bench inside the change room

Jean leaves right after Neil sat in the empty change room

Typical, Neil had to work his way around himself, and he was never normally alone in the change-room, this was more of a one time thing

As Neil struggled to take off most of his armour, he hears the door open and goes into instant panic mode, refusing to turn around as his muscles tense

“It’s just me, sit down.”

Neil turns to his right as Jean looks at him with a tilt of his head, but what caught Neil’s eye was the first aid kit

“Let me see your ankle and your arms, Riko isn’t quiet about his adventures with you.”

“Get out.”

“No.”

Neil reluctantly sits down and avoids eye contact with Jean

Neil realizes his shirt was off, but Jean wasn’t staring at the numerous amount of scars that littered his abdomen

Neil starts taking off his shoes and Jean helps take off his knee high socks

Jean scrunches his nose at his inflated ankle, most of his being swollen and purple, looking as though it was broken rather then sprained

“It’s not broken,” Neil says, as if he heard Jeans thoughts

Jean himself hated this place as much as Neil, probably more

He knew once Neil is gone, he will be stuck here with Rikos abuse once again, Neil is a distraction and Jean has never felt so much freedom in a boxed up area, but every time he saw Neil being shoved, pushed, punched, kicked, hit and more, his thoughts went blank

He has been in Neil position already, and watching it from afar made his blood stop rather than boil

Jean gently touches his ankle and Neil sucks in a breath, looking down at Jean with fierce eyes

“Do you get off to pain as well?”

Jean ignores Neil and opens the first aid kit, tending to Neil's ankle (which included using wipes) and just as Neil looks down at his foot, it was all wrapped up with bandages

Jean looks up at Neil and all Neil could do was stare back

He knew Jean was tired, his eyes said it all and his face looked weak even though everyone would classify him as healthy

One of the most healthiest men on an Exy sports team

“Thank you.” Neil, at least, had manners, his mother would hit the back of his head or pinch his arm if he didn’t say the proper words to someone

Even if his mother was in the back of his head, he still said it halfheartedly

Jean gets in a kneeling position and looks at Neil's arm

“First take a shower.” Jean takes out a plastic bag from the medical kit and wraps it around Neil's ankle, meant to protect the bandages

Neil slowly stands, putting pressure on one side of his leg and swats Jeans hand away from him, rejecting his help

Neil uses the lockers and walls to get to the showers, and Jean slowly follows along, watching as Neil tries his best

Neil makes it to the showers, stepping onto the wet floors and reaches the shower heads

He hates how open everything was and how everyone could see him, but nonetheless, he was glad no one was here in the first place

Neil stops and looks back at Jean who gives Neil a blank look, “do you need help?” 

Neil shakes his head and slowly tries to take off his pants, “could you get me my change of cloths?”

Jean heads back to Neil's locker and opens it, nothing being inside and Jean sighs knowingly

“Nothing is in here.”

Jean hears Neil swear to himself as the shower head turns on

Instead, Jean goes to his locker and takes out a plain grey long sleeved Puma shirt that came with a hood, along with some black sweatpants

He takes out an unused towel as well and brings it to Neil, trying to avoid any eye contact with Neil's nude body

He places Neil's Items on the bench that was semi dry and walks away

Neil was grateful for that, even though Jean has already seen the countless of scars on his body along with the scars Riko continuously put on him, he was grateful for privacy

Jean waits near the exit for Neil as he walks out of the showers, grabbing the nearby lockers as support and sits on the bench near the door, looking up at Jean

“How long has it been?” Neil asked

Jean sighs and stands in front of Neil

Neil looks up at him and Jean crouches down, now Neil looking down at Jean instead

“Ten days,” Jean answered

Neil scoffs and looks away before going back to staring at Jean

Neil consciously places his forehead on Jeans shoulder, hiding his face in the crook of Jeans neck

Jeans breathe hitches and his throat stops before realizing that this was Neil, not Riko; who could slice his neck if desired

Jean raises his hand and places it on Neil head, ruffling his hair in the process before trying to steady his breath

“How did we get here?” Neil asks

“I noticed that all you do is ask questions and have a bad mouth.”

Neil stays quiet

“Riko broke Kevin's wrist and came back with a grin on his face.” Jean places his left hand on Neil's outer thigh for balance. “When I asked questions like you do, he took my fingers and forcefully took off my nails with clippers.”

Neil, again, stays quiet

Neil brings his head up again, closer to Jeans face that he felt his breathe fan over his cheek

“I’m okay though if that’s what you are assuming, and once you’re gone, ill most likely be here waiting to leave just as you are which would most likely never happen.”

Neil gives Jean a look, but Jean didn’t know whether he should take it as pity or frustration

“You are leaving with me, and if not, ill come back for you. Someone will.”

Jean stands up and grabs Neil's wrist, helping him up

“I don’t take promises that would never happen.”

When Kevin first got a haircut, no one noticed

Kevin was so use to people watching his every move, it was almost a shock that no one caught on 

Funny enough, the trim he got was first noticed by Andrew, which was fairly shocking to say the least

Andrew didn’t give two shits about Kevin, only that he was still standing on his two legs and away from danger - never his physical appearance

Andrew never gave Kevin the satisfaction of noticing, but Andrew was always keeping an eye on Kevin that Andrew started to play a game with himself

It was a stupid game really; notice something different about Kevin everyday

A dangerous game that ended up with his feelings getting involved

Kevin was oblivious to Andrew’s stare that lingered on him longer than anyone else

Kevin was starting to get bored with his own appearance over time, he expressed this to Andrew

Andrew thought that Kevin looked good either way

This time, he didn’t care to tell anyone and went downtown to get a different haircut that would be noticeable since his hair has always been short from the top

An undercut

Kevin didn’t like it at first

He stared at himself in the restroom of the hair parlour and was debating on shaving his whole head at this point, but rather, he leaves, pays, smiles and shows his thanks before going back to campus

Another shocking and interesting detail was the fact that Kevin didn’t come with Andrew

He was fine alone, made him think that maybe he was fine going out in public by himself

When he got back to the dorms, he was hoping for everyone to be sitting around the television, rotting their brains out with playing video games or re-watching a movie they all already watched a millionth time

Instead, in the living room, on the bean bag chair was Andrew, playing on a Nintendo DS, sipping from a water bottle on the side

When Kevin came in, Andrew glances at him, goes back to the game before glancing once more

Kevin turns to enter the kitchen, opening the fridge to get a cold beverage, - a bottle of orange juice - which he ends up taking out and drinking

He closes the door with the heel of his foot only to choke as he turns, coming face to face with Andrew standing right there

Andrew observed Kevin

Kevin sets the orange juice on the counter and leans on it, looking back at Andrew with the same glare Andrew was giving him

Except Andrew was admiring, not glaring

“An undercut?”

Andrew reaches up to place his hand on the side of Kevin's crown, scratching at the shaved spot on the back of his head

Kevin was thoroughly jarred, flinching a bit from Andrews hand, but Andrew didn’t pull away

Kevin unknowingly leans into the touch, turning his head to give Andrew the side view

“What? You don’t like it?”

Andrew was quiet, still rubbing at the back of Kevin's head

“Its stupid.”

Kevin sighs, sinking down to lean on his elbow, turning to Andrew with a raised brow

“Thanks.”

Andrew nods, “stupidly good.”

Andrew gets closer, “stupid, but you pull it off very well.”

“Is that sarcasm?” Kevin asks

“You tell me.” 

Andrew wastes no time in closing the gap between them, pulling his head closer to his, deepening the kiss further

Kevin leans down, placing his hand on Andrew cheek before pulling away

“Nice answer for my hair.”

“You want me to tell you how desperate you look right now?”

“Says the guy that kissed me first.”

Look, I know I shouldn’t be writing this, but I am going to anyways because I CAN!

If you don’t like the ship, please leave :)) thanks.

Runaway Andrew and Aaron with shop workers Neil and Kevin

Andrew normally doesn’t steal

He only does when he needs too

Hes 20 and he can’t afford to be behind bars right now

And hes running out of energy - the more he ran, the weight of his legs were catching up to him

His breathing was getting worse, so just as he was turning a corner, he spots a see through door and starts banging, peering in

“Someone open the fucking door!”

The door was obviously locked and the more he fuddles with the doorknob, the closer the sirens got

As he was about to leave, a man comes quickly, looking at Andrew weirdly before opening the door for him

Andrew dashes in, not giving the man a second glance and hides behind a shelf of canned food items

Andrew hears the siren close to his ears, possibly right in front of the store

The sirens get distant

Andrew didn’t know he was holding his breathe until he lets out a loud sigh, continuing to hyperventilate

His eyes were blurry

He didn’t even notice the boy that opened the door for him was kneeling down to his level

Andrew eyes his auburn hair, before resting his eyes on the blue ones that stared back at him

“Neil!”

Neil looks back, and Andrew sees a taller man coming down the aisle

“I need you too-“

Kevin stops abruptly, seeing the messy state Andrew was in - ripped jeans, the white shirt he wore was a bit shredded yet very bloody and Andrew was visibly sweaty

“You smell like shit,” Kevin says without hesitation

Neil swats at Kevin's ankles before standing up straight and leaving without a word

Andrew watches as Neil leaves and looks up at Kevin

“Who the hell are you?” Kevin asks

Andrew stays quiet

Instead, Andrew starts coughing and that’s when Neil runs back into the aisle where Kevin and Andrew were

He had a water bottle in his hands

Neil opens it before handing it to Andrew who takes it and chugs it all down, back to breathing heavily and stays staring at the aisle of food in front of him

“So we let a criminal into our store?”

Andrew heard a banging on the door again but, out of instinct, he didn’t take a peek

Neil walks up to the door, peers through it and wondered if he was seeing two

Right in front of him, another boy that looked almost identical as the one inside the store - except this one looked a lot cleaner and in new clothes

This time, Neil hesitates with opening the door more than he did with the other boy

Neil opens the door, only for the duplicate man to walk right past him, shouldering Neil before Neil follows with a frown

Andrew looks up and sees his twin brother

“You don’t look happy,” Andrew says

“That’s because I’m fucking livid, the day you get off your meds is the day you want to screw the fuck up huh?”

Kevin and Neil stay silent as they watch the two stare at each other, extreme tension in the atmosphere that Kevin was afraid they would throw fists at one another - the shop would be ruined if they got into a physical fight

Kevin stares at the standing one; the cleaner looking one

Aaron feels someone staring at him and his eyes meet Kevin’s, Aaron replies by looking away

Kevin starts cussing under his breathe and gave Neil a stare

“This is your fault,” Kevin says.

“And?” Neil counters, crossing his arms

“I apologize for my brother coming into your store all bloody. I’m Aaron, and this.” Aaron waves at his brother in dismiss. “Is Andrew.”

“How’d you even find me?” Andrew says, giving Neil a glance. It was hard not to look at him, he was quite intriguing - a very evident scar on his face made Andrew stare longer

“They chased me thinking I was you while I was trying to follow you.”

Aaron walks past Kevin, slightly brushing his shoulder before going into the other isle and grabbing some bandages, rubbing alcohol, water - whatever he can find that would help his brother

He returns, only to dump the stuff right in front of Andrew and crouching down, staring at his brother

“Let me see.”

“No.”

“You are already losing blood.”

“And you are some sort of doctor?”

Aaron rose his brow in a motion of irritation combined with a ‘really bitch’ look

Andrew rolls his eyes before slightly turning his shirt up, showing a huge cut

“I tried to jump over a fence.”

“I know. I saw.”

“You know you have to pay for that?” Kevin interrupts, being elbowed in the ribs by his co-worker. Neil shook his head.

“He’s bleeding,” Neil says

“Do we look like a fucking hospital?”

Neil and Kevin continued to argue in whispers while the twins listened

They didn’t pay much attention to Andrews scar, they weren’t even looking to Andrews relief

Andrew broke their little whisper competition with a grunt in pain

Neil and Kevin watched as Andrew tries to get up without toppling over, but he did anyways and grabs his brother for stamina

“We will leave now,” Aaron says

Neil looks at Kevin, but Kevin stares at the twins as they near the door

They both follow them, and opened the door while Andrew has his arm around his brother for support

Aaron looks at Kevin, but doesn’t give the slightest attention to Neil

That was fine to Neil, he had his eyes on Andrew anyways, who also was looking back at him

“Thanks,” Aaron says to the shopkeepers

“Mmm,” Andrew replies

Kevin watches as Aaron rolls his eyes before making eye contact with Kevin

“You owe me.”

Aaron nods with a sigh

“You owe us.” Neil side eyes Kevin.

Andrew doesn’t spare a word as he starts walking, pulling his brother along with him

The two shop keepers watch as the twins cross the street and speed walk away

“I call dips on the bleeding one.”

Kevin gives a stink eye to Neil, but shrugs

“I like the doctor twin anyways, hes way more good looking then the other.”

“They are identical twins.”

Kevin: okay

Aaron: knock knock

Kevin: hi

Aaron:

Kevin: Candice who?

This is a zombie apocalypse au of my favourite Exy players using Exy as a way to survive

Comedy

Don’t get upset over the other foxes not being represented in this one shot - this is more centered around these three boys rather than the others.

Andrew and Neil having a deadly wrist that knocks the fuck out of zombies in one hit by their racquet

Andrew? Can easily outsmart the zombies and crack it’s head open

Neil? Extremely stealthy, can outrun a zombie that the zombie can not even hear/smell him anymore

Neil did not like the idea of using his racquet as another murder weapon because for one; it can easily damage it and two; its worth more than he thought it would be

Andrew on the other hand didn’t care for it

He easily knew that he can buy another - or steal. Whos going to go to a sports store in this chaos?

Neil trusted Andrews intuitions and swung just as hard to get rid of whatever was stopping them

Kevin..

He stood behind them, didn’t intefer with the violence - probably because he had no weapon - but kept his racquet right by his side

Kevin looked out for both these two reckless idiots, because he can tell that Neil and Andrew are both pushing their anger and insanity into bashing the undead - healthy enough coping mechanism

Kevin kept a backpack on him with a medical kit for obvious reasons

“I didn’t get bitten, but I have a scratch, will the air kill me?”

“No Neil, the air will not kill you. You are breathing in the air, same with Andrew”

“I can die in a second without the infection if I really wanted too.”

“Andrew-”

“Andrew no-“

Going into different grocery stores and convenience stores is horrible - the headache that forms in the base of Kevin's head will kill him before the zombies do

“Andrew fucking- if you touch those cigarettes, I will have your head.”

“Neil, put those doritos down and grab the SANDWICH.”

Kevin never used his racquet as a weapon yet, but kept himself a pistol he found in an officers palm on the street

The officer was dead

“You don’t even know how to use one.”

“You still used a raquet when you were shit at Exy at the beginning.”

“Low blow Kevin.”

Kevin scared the living shit out of Neil by pointing his gun at Neils forehead

Andrew reacted almost immediately, but before he can do anything, Kevin points the pistol down and holds it in hand - checking the bullets

“I was just checking the aim, plus it only has a few.”

“Shoot the zombies next time, in coming.”

Even through tough times, they never got tired of each others presence

They knew when to help and when to give space to one another

They will protect each other from strangers/the undead, but they won’t protect each other from one another

“Andrew! Neil hit me!”

“Hit him back fuckhead.”

Most of the time, they were accidentally and unnecessarily loud, which does get them into trouble, but as long as they are a few feet away from each other, all was good

Neil was alone with Kevin on the stairs while Andrew went up to grab essentials from the top floor of the apartment complex they were raiding

Andrew tells them both to be the look out

Neil was standing on one of the landings, a few steps below Kevin who was staring at Neil as Neil was balancing on the edge

“Alright?”

“Alright.”

Not alright

Out of the corner of their eyes, a zombie runs right at Neil, slamming him against the wall with such force, Neil thought he heard his skull

Neils grip wasn’t tight enough causing his racquet to falls down the steps, sending a loud echo through the staircase

Kevin's pistol was out of reach, being in his backpack

Neils sounds of struggle sent shivers down Kevin’s back and his ears began to ring

Kevin grabs his racquet and jumps off the fifth step, body slamming into the undead

Kevin takes a hold of the shaft of his stick and bashes the sidewall of his racquet into the zombies head, knocking it dead

“Kevin-”

“Go get Andrew now.”

Just as he says that, Andrew comes running down the stairs, but stops at the top of the steps, taking in the scene

“Wow Kevin, where's your pistol? I thought your little hockey stick was too precious?”

Andrew was impressed

Neil was impressively afraid

Kevin.

They ran down the stairs

Neil and Andrew at the front while Kevin was running right behind them as they all continued down the stairs avoiding all obstacles and zombies in their way

Once in the lobby, they stop to try and catch their breathe and Andrew pushes a couch against the door just as he heard banging

Neil sucks in a breathe and they both look at Kevin who was staring at his bloody racquet

Non of them said a word, but the sound of a waterbottle opening was the only thing that was loud

Other then their hyperventaling state

Both of them were confused as to why the best exy player was not complaining about his now fucked up racquet, so the best thing Neil and Andrew could do is wait

So they waited

Kevin looks up at them as he starts slapping the racquet in his palms, staring calmly at his partners

“You both are more important than Exy now, you both are my top priority.”

Kandreil Christmas? This is gonna be fun (and a bit long)

Apologies if this isn’t what you expected!

Timeline: December of 2019; their first Christmas together 

Kandreil Christmas can be chaotic at times, but can be fun at other times

Christmas time is coming and the funny thing is; they all never knew how to play in the snow, but they all knew damn well they hated it

The cold bothered them, that’s why they always stayed in doors other than grabbing food for themselves

What was also a pain in the ass were holiday photo shoots that they were signed to do - brief description; Andrew wearing a white ‘ugly,’ knitted sweater with black snowflakes; Neil wearing a plain red knitted sweater and Kevin in a green knitted sweater with some white designs of small snowmen. Knee high candy cane socks in a christmas backdrop 

It was exhausting, but they did have fun - they were all with each other

Neil was the first to ask if they should get a tree - which to his surprise, the next day he enters the living room facing a big ass tree on display along with an ornaments box

Kevin and Andrew come in with two more boxes; each of them carrying one

They get started on decorating the tree, it was peaceful

Until Kevin tripped on a wire that lit the whole tree up

Kevin fell right on his knees and since Neil was on a stepping stool trying to place the ornaments towards the top of the tree, the tree itself pushes him causing him to fall back onto the floor

Andrew being Andrew steps back and stares at the chaos

Andrew starts to open his mouth

“Don’t say a word.”

“I’m going to go make us some drinks.”

Kevin gets up first and gets the tree off of Neil before collecting the ornaments together

Neil mumbles something about his ass being broken

Kevin rolls his eyes and throws a plastic ornament at him

Neil glares, but nonetheless continues to decorate

Andrew enters the living room and gives them the drink he made - Eggnog for Kevin, and hot cocoa for Neil

Andrew doesn’t drink much, but he did steal some of Kevin’s drink as they continued to decorate the living room area - he was lazy to make another cup for himself

What surprised Kevin and Neil was when Andrew started putting gifts under the tree

“Some are from the others as well.”

You bet they all sat on the couch and watched all the Home Alone movies together on Christmas Eve and some of their other teammates did come to visit them 

Matt and Dan came and left quickly - they had a double date with Renee and Jean, but did want to greet their friends

They gave them bags filled with goodies - Ferrero Rocher, Lindor, candy canes and homemade sugar cookies

Andrew took out a candy cane from the bag and pops it into Neil’s hot chocolate he stole

Andrew gave the visitors a nod as a greeting

That night, they all fell asleep together with the sounds of each other breath

When they woke up, Kevin was the first to make his way downstairs after his morning routine 

He was use to getting up at an earlier time

He made himself pancakes to pass the time and because he was hungry

When Neil and Andrew finally made their way downstairs, they went straight to the tree

“Eat first.”

They didn’t listen to Kevin, but they did all stop right in front of the tree - they just froze at the sight of it

“What was Christmas like for all of you?” Neil asks them, before continuing, “I only ever stopped and saw trees at cafes on the run - I did try candy canes, but never have I ever had a tree sit in front of me, nor did I have special people with me.”

Andrew looks at Neil before taking a peppermint candy off the tree and pops it into his mouth

“Christmas was in and out of different places, but it was the time I dreaded. My ‘gifts,’ were not gifts to begin with.”

Neil and Kevin knew what Andrew was talking about

Andrew and Neil look back at the Kevin, before he started speaking

“Riko gave me gifts.” 

That was all he said before Kevin walks and grabs a Christmas wrapped gift that had his name bolded on it

He opens it up and it’s filled with scrunched up tissue paper and as he went to the bottom, he pulls out a book

“Dan helped me with this one,” Neil said, kneeling down to get a better look

Kevin opens it up and on the front page it said “From: Dan & Neil,” topped with a red heart that Kevin guessed Dan added

As he went through the book, he noticed that every one of the photos have him in them, and some photos that he didn’t even notice were taken

To add to his astonishment, small paragraph written beside the pictures

“I took some on my phone and stole some from Andrew.”

Kevin looks up, “Andrew takes pictures of me?”

Somehow Andrew had a mug of chocolate milk in his hands and sips from it obnoxiously

Kevin places the book back into the box with a good feeling in his stop and grabs a nearby gift before handing it up to andrew - who in response stares at it

“I don’t get gifts.”

“Too bad.” Neil taps the box. “Its from Kevin and I.”

Andrew grabs it, quite heavy and opens it to reveal a huge unopened box, wrapped in plastic wrap

It was all the Shakespeare books with new covers that just released

Andrew stares at it

“We didn’t know what to get you, but since you like reading and we know you already read them-”

Andrew cuts Neil off, “I like them.”

Neil and Kevin tried their best to suppress a smile as Andrew bends and grabs a wrapped up small box on the floor

Andrew hands it to Neil who was about to drop it on the spot, not expecting it to be that heavy

As Neil opens it, his eyes go wide

He opens the little box so fast, he was afraid he’d drop it

In the corner of his eyes, he can see Kevins slight grin - still sitting on the floor - and Andrews amused expression

The new iPhone 11 in the palm of his hands

“I don’t use iPhones, I still have the six that Allison gave me.”

Andrew tried not to roll his eyes, but instead starts to tongued the inside of his mouth

“Andrew and I put some setups on the phone - it may be hard to use, but you’ll get the hang of the no earphone jack and home button.”

Neil sits on the couch, staring at both the boys and smiles a genuine smile, “thank you.”

Kevin nods at Neil and Andrew coughs loudly before he quickly picks up all the wrapping paper to throw away - Kevin joining him

Neil just looked so happy, it was hard for them to utter any words

For the rest of the day, they stayed inside with movies going on repeat and eating up all the gifts that were sent to them - most of it being candy

Neil testing out his new iPhone

Andrew rereading a shakespeare book with a fancy cover

Kevin going through the album again

Everything was peaceful

Someone please help, I can’t stop writing about these fuckers

Neil gets chapped lips easily, but its hard for it to be known to everyone because he's Neil

He puts on chapstick before he leaves and the funny thing is, there was never a shine to his lip so it was impossible for people to tell

Favourite lip balm? Burt’s Bees vanilla bean; a classic

No one cares much, Matt and the girls has seen him apply his lip balm occasionally

Nicky has asked Neil if he had any and Neil threw it at Nicky

Nicky was kind of shocked to see Neil have a stick version rather than a vaseline tin one - nonetheless, he just swipes his finger on the top and applies it

Aaron witnessed this and was slightly weirded out, but hey, who gives a fuck

Kevin and Andrew has not seen Neil apply lip balm

And when they did, they both stopped functioning

Neil was just getting off court on one of their midnight practices 

He takes off his helmet as Kevin jogs up next to them and they meet Andrew

Kevin walks up to Andrew who passes Kevin a water bottle

Neil however walks into the changeroom and opens his locker which held his bag inside and pulls out his Vanilla Bean lip balm

Kevin follows behind, still drinking from his bottle and Andrew just behind him with his hands in his pockets

Kevin and Andrew stop and stare

Neil whips his mouth with the back of his hand before taking the cap off

He slowly applies the chapstick in circular motions before catching the other twos eyes

Neil raises a brow, but continues putting on a little more before he starts puckering his lips

Andrews eyes narrow and Kevin almost chokes on his water

Neil closes his lip balm and uses his middle finger to slightly dab his bottom lip

He throws his lip balm back into his gym bag and looks back at the two men

Neil couldn’t tell if he was delusional or if he was seeing things - were they mad at him about something? Did Neil do something that upset Kevin back on the court? Did Andrew witness something that he did not want too?

Before he can speak up, Kevin grabs his wrist and pulls him in for a kiss

It was sudden, but Neil reacted right away

Kevin wanted to taste Neil and he did, now he realized why Neil smelled so good all the time

The small session lasted for three seconds before Kevin breaks away

He looks Neil in the eyes and licks his own lips, stepping away

Andrew observes this exchange before walking up to Neil; a few inches they would be touching

Before Andrew can ask, Neil says ‘yes,’ and Andrew wasted no time

Andrew reaches up and sucking on the side of Neils lip

He then steps back and raises his head, looks into Kevins eyes and walks away

Kevin does the same, but before he went to his locker to change, he wipes the side of his mouth, gives Neil a knowing stare and walks away

Neil on the other hand stopped functioning rather then the other two

In my opinion, Kevneil is the cutest shit ever holy fuck

Kevin and Neil, starting a new type of friendship which becomes more without neither of them knowing

Small concerning looks, nothing big

Turns into stares of longing

Guilt forms into regret

Apologies never suited either of them, but they still said it quickly before walking away

Some apologies were not forgiven, but thats okay - at least expressing it releases some form of anxiety and built up emotion

Gentle gestures, small touches

Kevin squeezing Neils shoulder at late night practices

Arm brushes

Nothing big

Until they unconsciously started hold hands while walking downtown with the foxes

Both of them flinching so hard at the unknowing contact, but nonetheless, continued holding hands - which was hard for them to do

They were walking behind the whole group anyways, avoiding eye contact with each other

They don’t hide it - there was no reason too

Kevin “iT’s bEttEr tO rEmAiN hEtRoSeXuaL” Day holding Neil “I dOn’T sWinG” Jostens hand

None of the foxes point it out, but Matt tries to break something out of Neil from time to time

Kevin staying quiet as Aaron accidentally blurts something homophobic

Cue to Andrew throwing a biology textbook at him

Nicky also has tried to get something out of Neil, but that boy would not fucking talk

It’s his and Kevin’s, not anyone else’s to share with

Kevin and Neil leaning on each other on the benches after one of their late night practices, tired and exhausted more than usual

Andrew never texting on the groupchat decides to suprise everyone by sending a photo of Kevin and Neil with a straight face

In coming with Nicky sending endless fucking emojis

Neil checking his phone only to see the photo and the blur of texts from the other foxes

Brief moment of anger before he relaxes and ends up saving the photo with a soft almost unnoticeable smile

Neil and Kevin in the locker room after the late night practice, this time Kevin decides to stay and not leave Neil behind

He had a feeling that Neil was off today, his posture and the way he played said so

Kevin can tell who someone is through exy, the movement of a player can simply tell him whether someone was ‘off’

The way someone holds their racket, their foot movement, their running, the amount of times one got hit to the ground and the seconds it takes for that same individual to get up

Kevin can tell

And unfortunately, he cared for Neil more than he’d like

They barely talk, but there movements say enough

Kevin walks towards Neil, hovering over him as Neil stops midway when taking off his uniform

Kevin raising his hands and hesitantly presses it against Neils stomach, who responds with a small step back, but stays put

Kevin doesn’t ask what's wrong, he knows that this short fucker would reply with “I’m fine.”

So Kevin stays where he was, with his hand on Neils stomach before Kevin feels a hand rest on top of his own

Neil slightly intertwining their fingers together, moving both their hands in sync from one end of his waist to the other

Kevin feels the bump of scars underneath his palm, not wanting to break eye contact with Neil

“You should have never.”

Okay listen - Baz wearing makeup

When Baz was first in watford, he discovered makeup through Fiona, which is why he started wearing it

No makeup tutorials, he learned by himself and damn was he good at it

It started off as small, just the top of his eyelid and maybe on his waterline. Many people noticed, but didn’t say anything, probably to scared of approaching a vampire

He was confident in his eyelining skill and sometimes added a wing when he felt like it (not to big)

Him wearing makeup suddenly changed when he noticed that he started developing a little crush on miracle boy

Most girls tell each other to not change themselves for boys they like, but for Baz, he constantly thought about how Simon would be grossed out about him wearing such girly products

Simon is not phased at the beginning of Baz wearing eyeliner, sure Baz is a vampire, but the eyeliner did bring out his eyes

He never said that out loud

Baz literally only wore makeup when he left Watford to go home and sometimes got criticized for it since he was ‘male’

Didn’t stop him

When he got back to Watford, he ALWAYS forgot to not do makeup. Like 2 weeks later he mentally slaps himself for wearing it

When Baz became more mature (the last year of Watford) he started wearing eyeliner once again and a little bit of blush to give himself that non vampireish look

He tried his best to look less like a vampire, and with Simon blabbering his mouth, it just encouraged him

By now, he gave no shits that Simon mother fucking Snow is going to judge him for doing something he liked. Plus, all the girls loved it. Why not fuck around and get Agatha to notice as well?

When Simon enters Baz’s house, instead of the beautiful jeans he wore (which he did notice - god they were beautiful), his sharp winged eyeliner was on full display

“You’re - You’re wearing makeup.”

Baz tilting his head in musement, the movement caught by Simon who notices his eyebrows right away

He had his eyebrows filled in as well

Mr. Pitch over here was feeling very good of himself. Who knew Mr. Golden boy would arrive and be standing in his foyer.

Penny and Agatha at Baz’s house when they both also notice his sharp eyeliner done along with his eyebrows. His cheeks glowing with mother fucking highlighter. Both of them asking where he bought it cause - sweet merlin - it was blinding

Baz showing them his bin of makeup products - he has all of Kylie Jenner lipsticks and liner, he was concerned the girls were going to faint (lets face it, anyone would faint at the sight of every lip product produced by Kylie)

Simon asks why his cheeks were glowing and why is it sparkling. Baz tries his best not to laugh at Simon and just states, “It’s a makeup product called highlighter Snow. Of course you wouldn’t know what it is.”

The whole forest scene (you all know what I’m talking about), Simon’s chest just tightens when he sees Baz’s makeup streaming down his face along with his tears. God Baz looked beautiful crying.

Simon is not a sadist, seeing Baz vulnerable broke his heart, but jesus was he good at everything

I JUST LOVE BAZ WITH MAKEUP OKAY