#transboyleaf

Caddimoose

Caddy was quiet during the day, which didn’t happen often. He sat there, just staring at his food and every so often taking a bite. What was up with him? Curious, I leant in closer to whisper to him. ‘Is everything alright, Caddy?’ Caddy sighed. 

    ‘No...not really. Do you mind if we take a walk?’ I nodded and walked with him outside. There was an awkward silence for a while, which made me even more worried.

    ‘What’s wrong, Caddy?’ Caddy stopped as soon as I said that, looking into my eyes. 

    ‘Ian...I...was wondering if you wanted to go to the flower festival with me?’ Caddy said under his breath. I opened my mouth wide open, shocked. ‘Oh, I guess not then.” Caddy looked really embarrassed and started turning away from me.

    ‘No Caddy! Wait! I would love to go with you.’ Caddy smiled.

    ‘Well thank fuck.’ We giggled, holding hands when walking back to the cafeteria.

Caddytown

‘Hey Luke, what is that new song your writing called?’ I was really curious. My and Luke had been dating for about a week and he was constantly telling me what new songs he was working on. It was so cute to hear him gushing over his love of music and rapping, It made my heart melt. 

      ‘Ummm...’ Luke was blushing a deep red. ‘I would...rather not say.’ I looked at him, confused.

      ‘Aww, come on Luke! You can tell me anything, you know that. Please tell me!’ Luke took a deep breath and started blushing.

      ‘It’s called...beautiful person. It’s a song that I’m writing for you...’ Luke said under his breath. I heard it, though. I gasped and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

      ‘Thank you so much, Luke. That’s so sweet.’ I was blushing furiously, as was he.

the lunch when ian decides to ask for this tutoring is spaghetti. with a gleam in his eye that’s lesser seen and a spoon in his hand, he sets his tray down next to levi, who winces. ian notices, and smiles. 

“i wanted to ask you something,” he says, and levi reacts by scrunching up his face, glasses slightly askew. 

“if it’s about my allergies, i have a list.”this makes him laugh, a good and hearty one that seems to take levi by surprise long enough to stop him glancing at the spoon in ian’s hand. 

“no, i wanted you to teach me sign language.” 

 “oh, golly,” levi says, his hands meeting and twisting over his plastic tray. he makes eye contact with a brunette girl across the room – eli, whom ian waves to – and she abruptly turns on her heel, surprising alex and asa and abandoning her friend in his time of need. 

“i’m kind of busy, but i could maybe fit you in? i do a bunch of extra curriculars.” 

ian nods, his cutlery making soft clinks on his plate as it cuts through his pasta. “sure. i don’t mind whenever. i just want to learn.” 

 he’s too busy wrestling with his food to notice that levi has been doing a tiny version of one phrase over and over with his twitching hands: “heart-flutter heart-flutter heart-flutter.”

2. the first lesson is, in layman’s terms, an ordeal. ian, however talented at other subjects he is, can’t seem to get the basic hand shapes down, and when he does, he gets them in the wrong order. there’s a look of pain on levi’s face so real ian isn’t sure if he should be ashamed or amused -- that is, until lev reaches forward to take his wrists, a little too sincerely to be considered gentle.

it’s the only way ian ever wants to be touched again.

his shoulders fall limp as soon as it happens, and levi’s mouth is moving, but no sound is reaching ian’s ears -- he simply blinks, dumbfounded at how quickly he has been won over. levi’s hands sculpt his into something wonderful ( a simple hello, now that he thinks about it ) and ian nods, a small and close-lipped smile coming over his face. “right, i - i get it now.”

“finally,” levi sighs, puffing his hair from his eyes, and ian takes that as his cue to laugh, throw his head back and really go for it. levi is taken aback for a few seconds, so severely that his arm jerks away and he hits his elbow on the side of the desk.

the laugh says it all, really; this is open, and i am happy here.