The morning sun was up yonks ago as Kevin woke up and felt his thighs were becoming stiff. Then, he remembered that Nick had been sleeping on his lap, holding onto him. Afraid of waking Nick up, he just laid there on the couch and watched his angel sleep. He caresses Nick's cheeks and blew slightly at his ears, smirking as he felt Nick stirred in his sleep. But the striking of the clock, which was now reading 10 am, disturbed the moment.

Kevin suddenly remembered that AJ was coming to his house to pick up something and reluctantly woke Nick up.

He dragged the back of his hand along the smooth skin of Nick's face and whispered into his ear, "Nicky, darling... You have to wake up now. Nicky..."

"Mmm..." Nick moaned and slowly opened his eyes, fluttering them as he looked up to see Kevin's face.

"It's... nice to see such a handsome sight first thing in the morning..." Nick said and let out a yawn.

Kevin smiled and kissed him on the forehead. "Did not sleep too well?"

"I did. In your arms. But maybe the position isn't quite too comfy." Nick looked up to the clock and his eyes widen.

"God, it's already ten something..." he said and got up from Kevin's lap. "Quick, you gotta go home now."

"Whoa, whoa... Relax Nicky... You know AJ. He won't be an early bird and I need to wash up first. You can't just shove me out of the house." Kevin laughed.

Nick laughed and pulled Kevin up on his feet and went to the bathroom together. After that, they grab a quick breakfast of bread and coffee before leaving the house. Nick went to his private studio to work on some of his work while Kevin went straight home.

...

As Kevin fumbled with the keys in his hand, the door of his house suddenly opened. AJ stood at the doorway and stare at Kevin, shaking his head.

"Tsk, tsk... Still went out to fool around when your 'judgment' day is around the corner?"

Kevin rolled his eyes and pushed AJ aside, walking into his house. AJ closed the door behind him and went back to sat on the dark blue couch.

"AJ, why must you always use the spare key and come in?" Kevin asked while pouring himself some whisky at the small wine bar near the kitchen.

"Well, we know each other long enough for me to do so. And besides, there is no secret hidden anywhere in this house of yours. Is there?" AJ said and looked around the pale blue painted house.

Kevin cocked his eyebrows and stared at AJ. "You always came here and help yourself to all my stuff and even if I have any BIG secret, I wouldn't left them lying around. I'm not a kid anymore, Bone."

"Alright, alright... Whatever. Okay, where's the thing I told you to buy?"

Kevin laughed, "I thought you went on a 'treasure hunt' around my house? Didn't find it?" He put down his whisky; walked to the storeroom and took out the beautifully wrapped box.

"Here..." Kevin said, shoving the box to AJ.

"Thanks buddy! I know I can always count on you!"

"Yeah right. And if Amanda finds out that this gift is not pick by you, remind me not to laugh when I see your swollen cheeks."

"Swollen cheeks?"

"And with nice red palm prints added too." Kevin laughed.

AJ smile and said, "She won't, Kev. She's the sweetest thing on this planet."

"Ya right."

"What did you say?"

"Err... Nothing." Kevin said, suppressing a giggle.

"Whatever. Hey, you didn't come back yesterday? I called in and Kristin did too. We were looking for you. Where did you go?"

'Oh shit.' Kevin thought.

"I went out with the guys from Outkast."

"And Nick isn't at home for the whole of yesterday too. Both of you went out to scuba dive, right? After that, where did Nick go?"

Without even thinking, Kevin yelled at AJ, "AJ, what's up with all the questions? Alright, just go and meet up with Amanda now!"

AJ looked at Kevin with surprise. He knew that Kevin always blow up whenever he gets irritated but why was he behaving so weird? Maybe he quarreled with Nick? Maybe Nick annoyed the hell out of him yesterday?

"Kev, did Nick made you angry?"

When Kevin cooled down, he realized that he had just yelled at AJ. "Sorry, I didn't mean it... I was confused..." he apologized and sat down on the couch.

AJ could see that Kevin had lied about going out with the people from Outkast. Something must be wrong or else Kevin would not have such a frustrated look on his face.

"You know I'm here, Kev. And so are Howie and Brian. You can tell us if anything went wrong. And Kristin too."

Kevin let out a mental sigh at AJ's mention of Brian and Kristin. 'If I can let them know and still be in one piece, I would already be grateful enough.'

"Kev, just tell me what's wrong." AJ said.

Kevin could not resist AJ's offer. He really wanted someone to talk to, about him and Nick and all the things that are going through his mind right now. AJ was probably the best choice of the guys as he was the most open-minded of them. He looked up at AJ and frown. AJ look at him with a really concerned look and assured Kevin that he can tell him anything by nodding his head.

"Bone... Please try to be calm and please understand everything. I don't want things to turn out this way but I really can't help it."

AJ's imagination runs wild when he heard this line. 'Try to be calm? Don't want things to turn out this way? God, he kicked Nick out of the group? Or he killed him yesterday because Nick is getting on his nerves?'

"Kev, did you kick Nick out of the group or you kill him?"

Kevin stared at him blankly and have no idea whether to laugh or cry.


AJ would always be AJ. Imagination juice runs wild and high at all times in ridiculous ways.

"No... Bone. You know I'll never do that. Just calm down..." Kevin smiled bitterly and AJ let out a small chuckle.

"You... Erm... Remember about that time when I ask you and Howie how would you guys deal with the issue of homosexuality?"

AJ's eyes widened and gave Kevin a weird look while nodding his head.

Kevin thought for a while and took in a quick deep breath, "I love Nick, Bone."

AJ's mind froze and he turned to stare at the table in front of him.

Silence.

The things going through AJ's mind become even more ridiculous. 'What?? Kevin...loves Nick? Homosexuality? He has screw Nick? Or raped him? Or maybe... God... He... Am I hearing things?' He cleared his thoughts and turned to face Kevin once again.

"What did you say?" he asked, wanting to confirm what he had just heard.

"I love Nick. Bone, I LOVE him. And he does too. I know this is really unexpected and we just made our confession yesterday and I know what we are heading to. Nick and I really need some sort of a support right now and if it's from one of you, it would be a great, great support for us to pull through. The road I have pave for Nick and I is going to be tough. Extremely tough. I don't know about you, Bone. But I know I love him and will for the rest of my life. I'm not out to ruin him. I just wanted to be there when he needed me but not just as a band mate, friend, brother or a fatherly figure. But as his lover and maybe, husband..."

Through Kevin's ramblings, AJ understood. He could swore that his feelings for Nick must have developed and been there for a longer time then he knew. AJ saw the tense and eager look on Kevin's face searching for an answer from AJ. AJ smiled that same smile and Kevin relaxed, smiling back.

"I have to admit that I'm really surprised... I understand everything, Kev. Well, maybe not everything but you get what I mean. You were there for Nick when he is still learning about this world, following through his ups and downs like a second parent to him. I... to tell you the truth, I could tell that you have something for Nick for a while. But I am guessing that your love has been there for even a longer time than I have knew..."

AJ stopped for a while and put an arm around Kevin.

"I'll support you guys. I'm sure Howie and Amanda will too but-"

Kevin cut in, "I know. Brian and Kristin-"

AJ let out a sigh. "When are you going to let them know? I have no idea how they are going to react. Especially Kristin. You guys are into the last phrase of preparing for the wedding. I can't imagine what's going to happen. And Brian... God knows what he will do..."

"He'll probably kill me and then dump me into the big ocean to feed the sharks."

AJ shook his head and sighed. "Take it as it comes along, Kev. I'll be there to stand by you no matter what happens... Is it okay if Howie and Amanda know this? As you have said, you needed support and I really think that you needed more than little me."

"I trust the way you are going to explain to them. But if they can't accept, please don't quarrel with them. That's the last thing I need to hear." Kevin smiled a weak smile and stood up.

"I'll talk to Kristin later on. And as for Brian, when I find the courage to do so, I will."

"Alright then... I'm going to Amanda's house now. Have a good rest and don't think too much. Everything's going to be ok."

After AJ left, Kevin went back to his room and threw himself onto his bed. He had everything planned in his mind yesterday after Nick popped up that question, 'Do you remember that there is Kristin?'

The plan, a nice candlelight dinner with soft music at his house tonight and after that the big disappointment moment for Kristin. It was a really old tactic to tell a lover that you had to leave her because you have fallen for someone else. But that was all he could think of. Seeing too much soap dramas was not a very good thing but it contributed at least.

'I do hope that everything's going to be alright like what AJ had said...' he thought as the lyrics of Sweet Box's song 'Everything's Gonna Be Alright' rang through his head.

"Everything's gonna be alright
Everything's gonna be okay
Everything's gonna be alright
Together we can take this one day at a time..."

- Song featured: [Sweetbox] Everything's Gonna Be Alright

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