Marc awoke to Joseph shivering next to him. He sighed and looked at Joseph's hair. It's normal pristine look was matted and looked like it had been stuck in the bun for days. He quietly undid the bun and let his hair fall down. It fell across his gaunt face and Marc sighed again. Joseph stirred and woke up. He blinked and pushed the hair out of his face.
"It's so bad." He said Marc hugged him. "I still can't believe you are here with me." He said and Joseph hugged him back. "Now let's fix your hair." Marc announced getting out of the bed and grabbing a hair brush. He made Joseph sit on his lap while he worked through the tangles.
It took about an hour for his hair to be brushed. "Alright go take a shower." Marc said and Joseph did as he was told. He came out tying the drawstring on his sweatpants very tightly. Marc told him to sit down as he went to grab a towel and gloves.He brought back to die that Marie had gotten him for Christmas. Marc started kneading in the bright blue die. It matched Joseph's eye color. They waited for it to sink in; then Joseph went to wash it out.
"How does it look?" He asked stepping out of the bedroom. Marc grinned and gave him a thumbs up. "Perfect babe." He said and Joseph blushed. Joseph went over to his bags and wrinkled his nose in disgust at what his parents packed. He sighed and Marc looked at him a questioning look. "Let's go see our friends." Joseph said putting on a shirt. Marc nodded and changed into a sweatshirt and jeans. He put on his converse and watched Joseph as he put his hair in a ponytail.
Joseph put on black jeans and a black dress shirt. His long -now blue hair- hung down his back. Marc stood up and wrapped his arms, leaning his head on Joseph's shoulder. He flinched -still not used to being touched- but relaxed. "Let's go." He said and Marc kissed his neck. "Uh huh." Is all he had to say.
They walked outside and Nina came running down the hall, Roy and Shawn trailing behind her. "I heard about what happened is everyone ok? OMG YOUR HAIRRR."She tackled Joseph and Roy pulled her off of him. "Hey. How about we go to the cafe." Shawn said and Joseph nodded.
"So, your dad is gonna teach our class on training our magic. Is he even legally allowed to do that?" Nina asked as she sipped her coffee. 'Yeah. It's sadly legal. Now I'm gonna have to wear stuff like this for the rest of the year." Joseph said. Nina nodded and the four of them chatted about the break and starting classes the next day. They said there goodbyes when the curfew bell rang and Joseph leaned against Marc while they walked back to the dorm.
They got ready for bed and fell asleep intertwined with one another. Joseph awoke to the alarm clock and he groaned shutting it off. He shook Marc awake and they got ready. Marc put on grey sweatpants and a grey shirt after showering. Joseph was ready to go eat breakfast and while they were walking he braided his hair. Nina waved them over to a table after they got their food and they sat down.
"Uhm. Hi. I saw you on TV not too long ago. Can I have your autograph?" A young girl asked Joseph. He smiled and wrote his name on a piece of paper. "Thank you so much." She exclaimed and he waved at her. "Ah. Children." He said grinning. Marc pushed a stray hair out of his face and kissed his four-head. "JJJJJOOOOOOOEEEEEE." Rosie yelled running over. She was 10 and Milo was 13. Joseph being the oldest at 16. He smiled at her and let her pick off the food he didn't want. She pouted at him. "Eat." She said and tried forcing him to eat an orange.
"Rosie I really can't eat too much. I would throw up. Don't you remember?" He asked; referring to all the times he had a ton of food after being starved and then throwing it all up. Rosie shuddered and Joseph realized something. "Wait you said you were gonna be in the hospital to be reviewed.. How did you get out?" He asked quickly and Marc shared a glance with Marie.
"Uh we may have gotten them to let me out so I could try and get you. We took the first flight we could. That's why got there so quickly. You honestly were probably there for about 7 hours. We got there at midnight. We followed you to the airport and took a private plane." Marie explained and Joseph nodded.
"Figures." He mumbled and the bell rang for them to get to their classes. The group said goodbye to Milo and Rosie and started walking to their classes. Joseph hummed to himself and Marc smirked. They walked into their literacy class. "We are gonna read *drum roll*Autoboyaugraphy." Their teacher said and handed out the books.
Marc whispered to Joseph and he giggled. "Boy's settle down." The teacher said and they started reading. The day went by fairly quickly; until they got to the class Joseph's dad was teaching. The door said 'Indoor pool today.' Joseph's heart sunk; his father knew that the scars on each of them were still visible.
Marc smirked as they made their way to the locker room. They changed quickly and Joseph looked at Marc's arms. They were still a bit red but were not as bad as they first were. They walked out and lined up with everyone else. "Today we are gonna work on our speed in the water. As you know this class is like PE so we will be racing one another." His father announced. "You all know that I have taken over your old teacher's job so treat me with respect and we will all be fine." He said smiling.
His father was handsome and looked like Milo; muscular figure, dirty brown hair, and beautiful green eyes. "Get in lines behind the blocks; we start with butterfly." He said after they warmed up. Joseph was a competitive swimmer and excelled at butterfly; the only thing his father was ever proud of him for. Marc stared at his bony figure, ribs almost popping out of his chest. He could see almost every bone. He sighed and watched as Joseph seemed to soar as he swam in the first heat.
He won and got out looking exhausted. Joseph excelled at anything that was water based; or ice based such as ice hockey or ice skating. He was in tune with water. Marc on the other hand was in tune with plants and other peoples feelings. Both powers were easy to hide but other people's powers such as; super jump were not. Marc swam his events not even as close to the ease Joseph had.
They stretched after the class was done; it being the last class for the day. Marc changed and stared at Joseph's thin figure. "How the hell did you not pass out?" Marc asked and Joseph just smiled. "Oh I've been a lot thinner than this and swam a bunch." He said answering. Marc sighed and kissed him; chlorine still on his mouth. He kissed back and wrapped his arms around Marc's waist. He pulled him in and played with Joseph's long hair.
He could feel Joseph smiling and pulled back. "Let's take this somewhere else." Marc whispered and Joseph nodded. He brought him to a stall and locked the door.
When they went to go eat dinner Joseph was wearing a tank top; showing off all of his hickeys. Marie rolled her eyes as they came to sit down. "Where did you guys do it this time? The locker room." She said sarcastically and Joseph blushed. "Exactly." Marc said smiling at her. Joseph ate a few bites of the bread and Marc watched as he finished the only food on his plate.
"It's gonna be a long road isn't it." He said sighing and Joseph nodded. "At least we have each other." Joseph announced and snapped a picture with him. He posted it and immediately comments started flooding in. He laughed at Marc making silly faces and when they finished dinner they went back to their dorm. "Today was honestly a better day." Joseph admitted climbing into their shared bed.
"Yeah. I was scared you were gonna put up your walls and scare the shit out of me again." Marc said smiling Joseph just mumbled something intelligible and fell asleep in Marc's arms. "What am I gonna do with you." He whispered and fell asleep soon after with Eddie curled up between them.
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