THERE’S ONLY BEEN YOU (11/?)
TITLE: ’’THERE’S ONLY BEEN YOU’’ (11/?)
Author: imnotskerrd
Pairing: Adam/Kris; Adam/OMC
Beta: kyndstheleo
Word count: 4500
Disclaimer: I don’t own anything. Completely fabricated.
Summary: Houseboy!Adam and Jerk!Kris.
‘’Adam, babe, please!’’ he knocks on the door so hard ‘’open the door! Where the hell is Neil? - yes, everybody, we’re together. Me and Adam are together, so go and leave us alone! Get Neil to open the door, now! Dammit!’’
Note: I'm so sorry for the late update Guys. Hope the next one won't take this long. Thank you all for reading:)
Previous chapters here: imnotskerrd.livejournal.com/2258.html
After Kim had dropped the bomb, Adam felt like somebody had just ripped his heart out. He couldn’t believe at what Kim had said, but it all suddenly became clear to him. The New York thing, the feeling of Kris hiding something from him, the phone conversation with Katy and Kris’ phone conversation with Matt.
He run to his room and locked it, he passed through his Mother in the kitchen. She followed him, asking him what’s wrong when she saw he was crying. He didn’t answer, locked the door, but she continuously knocking on it.
He slid his body down the floor and hugged his knees tightly, he was sobbing so much and he is hurting that he couldn’t breathe.
How Kris could do this to him?
He is still sobbing and shaking, when his Mother stops knocking the door. Then Kris’ voice replace her’, and he starts to pound the door, calling his name.
“Adam! Open the door, please. Let me in, babe. Talk to me, please, Adam.” He bites his lip to suppress a sound from his mouth, he feels his body numb.
“Adam, babe, please!” he pounce so hard “open the door! Where the hell is Neil? - yes, everybody, we’re together. Me and Adam are together, so go and leave us alone! Get Neil to open the door, now! Dammit!”
Adam heard everything, he is sure that the housekeepers are outside with their prying eyes on Kris and his words. This is one hell of a mess; he suddenly rubs his hands on his face then runs it through his already messy hair.
He hugs his shaking knees again, when he hear something clicking on his door knob. Seconds after, Kris is coming in, locking it. When he sees him slumped down the floor, sobbing and shaking, he runs to him and hugs him.
“baby, oh my God, baby. I’m so sorry. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry,” Adam's heart twists and he started to cry harder.
“don’t touch me, you had fooled me… why you do this to me?” it is barely a whisper, but it crushes Kris’ heart.
“Adam, babe, listen to me. Look at me, please. Stop crying, oh my God, this is killing me. I never fool you, I love you, and you know that, don’t you?” He started to kiss his head and stroke his back, while hugging him so tight. Adam doesn't move, he didn't pushed him back either. he just continued to sob, eyes locked on the floor.
After a moment, and Adam starts to calm down. Kris releases him and sit on Adam's side, his back hitting the wall. he takes his head to rest on his chest. Adam could hear and feel his heart beat racing, like Kris had just ran a marathon.
’why you didn’t tell me that you’re engaged with Katy, even before we started dating? Why do you let me believed that we actually have a future together, when you are going to get married in two months? Why do you hurt me like this, Kris?’’ a tear streaks down his face, wiping it with the back of his hand.
‘’Babe, I’m so sorry. I never agreed on marrying Katy, it was my parent’s and the O’Connell’s plan. That is why I always ran away before, because I just can’t marry anybody without being in love with them, or doesn’t know anything about them.’’ He kisses his head again. ‘’then my mom planned to let me stay with the O’Connells every chance she could, for me to know Katy better. But I just can’t love her, I don’t even like her.’’
‘’I continuously begging my mother to cancel the engagement, especially when we begin dating. Because I know, that it is you who I wanted to be with, not Katy. But of course, my mother didn’t hear me. She doesn’t care what I really wanted, instead, promised me that the wedding would take place after I graduated from college. she said, it would give me time to know her better, that maybe I am in love with her by then. That’s why I couldn’t believe she did that tonight.’’ He lets out a deep breath. ‘’ I let them think that I’m okay with it because I know I could think of a better way to call off the engagement and for us to be together, before that time comes.’’ Few moments of silence, then Kris continued.
“babe, please don’t hate me for this. I lie to you, yes, but it’s because I’m trying to come up with a plan for us, for your family before I strike back at them. I’m afraid what my mother would do to you and your family when she would find us out. That’s why I let them do what they wanted for me.” He kisses his head again, and then Adam feels that Kris is shaking. “I love you so much, Adam. I would never wanted to hurt you-and I just don’t know what to do now. i thought i have enough time to think--” His voice cracks and Adam’s eyes streaming with tears again.
They sit there for a moment, when somebody starts to pound at the door again, this time it was Kim.
“Kristopher, get out of there! Let’s talk about this, son.”
Kris begins to stiff, and suddenly he stands up. Adam thought he would open the door, but he takes his phone from his pocket instead and talking to someone and ordering them to pack some clothes for him and asks to call a taxi. Then he goes to his closet, fills a duffel with Adam’s clothes.
“w-what are you doing?” Adam asks, his voice is a little shaky and hoarse.
“we’re leaving.” Then Kris stops, looking at him intently. “Please, come with me.” He walks to him and kneels in front of Adam. “It will be hard for us, to live by ourselves. But I know, we could do it. This way, nobody could take you away from me.” He rubs Adam’s face, and then tilts his chin for Adam to look at him. “I promise to take care of you, babe. Please, come with me?”
“My family? what about my family?”
“I would ask Gab to look after them, if my mother would do something like throwing them out, I would let Gab to take care of them. He would help them, please, babe.”
For a moment, Adam looks torn. Kris feels his heart stops, thinking Adam would refused to come with him. After a while, Adam nods and says, “Okay”. Kris’ face lights up and kisses him softly on his mouth and stands up. Offering his hand to him, lifting him up. The door is being insistently pounced, but they seemed oblivious to it and just continued packing.
When they finished packing, Kris looks at him and asks him if he’s ready. He nods and Kris open the door, with his furious mother on the other side.
“Kristopher! I want you to go to your room so that we could talk abou-” then she noticed the duffel bag slung on Kris’ shoulder, with his hand holding Adam’s firmly. “what is this? What’s the meaning of this? Why do you have a bag? Where are you going?” she asks.
“we’re leaving, mother. I’m taking Adam away from here. It’s about time to think about myself and what makes me happy.” He squeezes Adam’s hand. “It’s Adam who makes me happy.”
“you will never survive without me, Kristopher. You would sacrifice everything for Adam? You’ve never work hard for anything you have, you will regret all this, you should be grateful to have a parents like us.” She shouted at Kris’ face.
“I never said that I’m not grateful to you and Dad, because I am. I would work hard just to give Adam what he needs, for us to survive. And I’m sorry that I never be the son that you dreamt to have. Goodbye, mother.” He handed his mother his car key Then he walks away, leaving the housekeepers looking at them with shock on their faces. Like everything that they had witnessed tonight is unbelievably shocking. Hell it is.
On the front porch, Aaron is waiting there with another duffel bag. He handed it to Adam and said the taxi is waiting. Kris said his thank you and whispers to Aaron’s ear to keep an eye on Leila and Neil. Before they could hop in the taxi, Leila came calling for Adam. Adam pulls his hand from Kris’ and runs to his mother and brother. They hug for a while, while Adam murmuring his apologies to them. His mother waves him off and said that she understands and he shouldn’t be worried about them, that they could take care of themselves.
“just take care of yourself, Adam. We always love you. Now, go.”
“I love you too, mom. Neil, please, takes care of mom.” Adam turns from them, crying hard. There were people from the party gathered at the porch witnessing the drama. Kris comes to him and takes his hand and guides him to the taxi, they wave to Leila and Neil one more time, before the taxi starts to move.
They stayed at a motel for that night and Adam was crying from the moment they step in the taxi until they finally fell asleep. Kris’ heart swell when he saw Adam with his family, he knows that he worries too much for them but he take the risk by coming with him and leaving them behind. Kris held him and rests him on his chest the whole ride and he holds him tight now as they lie on the bed.
He lovingly strokes his boyfriend’s pale face, silently promising him that he would do anything to makes him happy. To love him with all his heart, to take care of him until they will grow old and senile. He smiles at the thought of them in gray hairs, wrinkled skin and reading eyeglasses. But he is sure that, the feelings would never fade, it would never change, even their faces are crumpled and full of lines and their knees wobbles as they walked. Kris could see them growing old together, with grandchildren running around.
~*~
The next day, after making sure from Aaron that Adam’s mother and Neil are still in the house, they started to look for a small apartment. It is not that hard to search, because after they eat lunch at the diner’s with Allison, she told them that she knows a building near to her place that is looking for someone to rent it. She also said that she will ask the diner’s owner if they need another waiter or singer, and Kris is more than happy to hear it. They really have great friends.
They went to checked on the apartment that Allie has been telling them, they both agreed to take it. It is small, just a studio type, but it is just perfect for somebody like them that is only starting to build a life together. Kris paid it, it is still his parent’s money from his card, but he will look for a job later to start everything from his own pocket. He is determined to live with Adam and take care of him without any help from anyone.
They checked out from the motel and headed to their new place. They went out to buy some utensils and necessities and Kris never feel this happy since he found out that Adam is in love with him.
That night, they received a call from Allison, saying that his boss needs a singer. It is a regular gig, from Tuesday to Sunday, if ever they would pass the audition tomorrow.
Kris told Adam that he should be the one auditioning, because apparently they need only one singer, and Kris is more than sure that he would take the slot. He said that he would try to look for a job in some restaurant or department store tomorrow.
Kris walks his boyfriend to the diner for his audition the next morning, and leave him there after kissing him on the lips, a good luck kiss, he said. He proceeds to haunt a job, after an unsuccessful try in some restaurant; he sits on a bench trying to figure out his next move. Then like an answered prayer, he saw a flower shop across him, with a ‘vacant job’ hanging on the door.
He hurriedly run inside and found a lady arranging some flowers to make a perfect bouquet. She turns to looks at him when she heard the door opened, she is pretty, maybe in her late twenties.
“hi, good morning. I was wondering if that vacant job you’re offering is still available.” Kris begins, she looks at him up and down, and a smile cracks her face.
“perfect. You’re hired.” She said.
“excuse me? Did I hear you right? Am I hired?”
“yes, you can start tomorrow…” she trails off.
“Kris, Kris Allen. And thank you. I just really need a job right now.”
“well, Kris. you’re in luck, because you’re just perfect for the job. You’re an eye candy, and I need that. You would bring customers, you know. Michelle Dane, I’m the owner. Please to meet you, Kris.” she extended her hand to shake his.
“Pleasure is all mine.” Kris accepts it. “so, I will come tomorrow?”
“8 o’clock, Kris. we could start the training.”
Then Kris happily leaves the flower shop, and headed to the diner again. He found Adam sitting on a corner all by himself while some one is singing on stage. His face lights up when he sees his boyfriend coming.
“guess what, babe?” Kris tells him. “I got a job.”
“you do?” Kris nods “oh, I’m happy for you, baby. I just wish that I have the same luck that you have.” He sounds nervous.
“did you already sing?”
“not yet, but these guys are all good, I won’t stand a chance.” He pouts.
“Did you ever hear yourself sing? You’re the best singer that I’ve ever heard.”
“you’re just telling me that because you love me, you just don’t want to hurt me.” He continues to pout, which Kris find so endearing.
“I love you so much, but I’m not telling you because of it, it’s because that’s the truth.” He reaches for his hand and brings it to his lips and drops a kiss on it.
“I love you too. I think I’m ready to kill it, babe.”
“yeah, that’s the spirit. Go get ‘em Rockstar!” he said and Adam stands as the manager calls him name.
And yes he kills it, Kris thinks proudly as he claps his hand after his boyfriend performed. He was born to do this, singing in front of people. He hopes and prays right at that moment, that Adam would have his time and chance to do this and become famous one day. Because fuck, his talent is way beyond words.
As Kris had told him, Adam got the job as a singer at the diner. Mr. Lopez, the manager, said that he could be a waiter too if he like. Of course, Adam took it without hesitation, because they need money.
Adam starts his waiter shift at 1-6, and then he’ll have a sound check and performing at 8-10pm. Kris will be at his work from 8-5.
The days had passed, and both are doing well with their respective job. Kris would wake up and prepare breakfast for them, wakes Adam up and eat together. He would let Adam sleep again after and he will go to his work. After work, Kris would go home and cook dinner, bring it to the diner and eat with Adam before his performance. He would watched and wait for his boyfriend, and they will go home together.
After a week, Kris surprises Adam with a candle lit dinner on their house. He cooks and didn’t come to the diner until Adam’s performance is over. Kris always makes sure, he takes him home safely every night and doesn’t like the idea of Adam walking alone at night. Adam is whining that he is starving and why Kris didn’t bring him dinner, but the pout on his lips disappear when he sees the dim house and the dinner waiting for them.
“happy anniversary, babe.” He whispers at his ear as he wraps his arm around his waist from behind, and the other hand holds the bouquet of flowers.
“oh my God! Kris, I- I’m sorry, I totally forgot. Happy anniversary, baby.” Adam takes it, sniff it. Kris is bringing him a single flower every day, and he is really starting to get spoiled by his boyfriend.
“it’s okay, I know you’re thinking a lot of things, that’s why I’m here.” Then Adam turns and kisses him down, slow and full of passion.
“I love you, Kristopher Neil Allen. You make me happy more than I possibly thought possible. I hope I do too, for you.”
“more than you’ll ever know. You completes me, babe.” Then he kisses him again, they pull from each other when they couldn’t breathe anymore. Kris punches something on his phone, and then a familiar tune started to fill the small room.
“may I have this dance, beautiful?” Kris said, and then Adam rests the flowers on a small table, turns back to his boyfriend.
“sure, my love.” Then they sway to the music, like the first time they did it in Kris’ room a year ago.
“Better than I was more than I am
And all of this happened by taking your hand
And who I am now is who I wanted to be
And now that we're together,
I'm stronger than ever
I'm happy and free
Oh it's a beautiful thing,
Don't think I can keep it all in
If you asked me why I've changed,
All I gotta do is say your sweet name
It's your love
It just does something to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can't get enough
And if you wonder
About the spell I'm under
Oh, it's your love”
the night had ended with both tangled together in bed, celebrating their first year of being together and both hoping for forever and growing old together.
~*~
Adam is more than happy that everything is going great. They might not be in school now, but this is much better because he is with Kris and his mother and brother are still at the mansion. Kim Allen didn’t throw his family out, which Adam really thankful of. He would call them almost every night and his mother would call him too using Aaron phone. He mentally note to himself to get his mother a phone when he will have his first pay check.
And he did, after a month of working, they got their first check and him and Kris celebrated it by having a dinner date at the diner and went for grocery store together and buys something to fill their cupboards.
One month had passed and Adam is contended of how their life is right now. That’s why he is more than shocked when he opens the door in Monday afternoon and revealing a sad face Kim Allen on their doorway. She asks him if she could enter, Adam is bit hesitant, but she is Kris’ mother. So he lets her in and let her sit.
She roams his eyes around the small house and looks at him with pleading eyes after noticing how small the place is.
“Adam, how are you and Kris?” she asks.
“w-we’re great. He is at work and will be here soon.” He really hopes Kris will come sooner.
“I have some groceries with me, please take it. I really hope Kris is eating good and not working too hard, he is not used in working hard and you know that Adam.”
“yeah. I-”
Then before he could finish, Kris is storming in calling his name. Adam abruptly stands,
“Adam, I saw mother’s car outside, are you oka-” Kris halts on his steps when he notices his mother. “mom? What are you doing here?” he looks at Adam with worried eyes. He reaches for his hand and he protectively moves him to stand behind him, like his mother would claws at his boyfriend and he needs to protect him from her.
“Kristopher, I asked Adam to let me in. I was just checking out on you, bring you some supplies.” She pointed at the several grocery bags resting on the floor. “Son, come home. Don’t punish yourself for living like this. Bring Adam, I promise i won't talk you both into anything that you don't want to do. just please-”
“no, and who told you I’m punishing myself? We may be living in a small place like this and we’re working our butt off, but I’ve never been this happy.”
“okay, but if you’ll ever change your mind, and I hope you’ll do, the house is open for you and Adam.” She started to walk to the door, when Kris speaks again.
“bring what you have brought, we don’t need that. And don’t come back here, I don’t trust you. I don't want you coming here, especially when I’m not around.”
“Kristopher, I know I'm not a good mother to you, and I realized what I did. please, give me a chance to proved that I could be a good one. Please, take the supplies, I’m begging you. let me come back, I promised to come whenever you two are in here, if that makes you feel better. Please son?”
Then Adam is tugging his shirt, like he is giving his permission. So Kris nods, and opens the door for his mother. She kisses him on the cheek and whispers “Thank you” before she left.
As soon as he closes the door, he turns to Adam and hugs him. He was terrified when he saw his mother’s car parked at the side of the road; no one could take what they have now from them.
Since that day, Kim would visit them every Monday evening and stay for few minutes. It is really awkward at the beginning, until Kris and Adam became a bit at ease, when they make sure that she is only coming to see Kris.
~*~
After 7 months of living together, Adam got sick due to exhaustion. Adam starts to cough and his condition worsen as the day pass. He stops singing for a week now but his condition is not progressing, and the cough would never go and he started to have difficulty in breathing and having high fever too. Kris is too worried and brings him to the hospital and the Doctor who had checked on him at the ER said that he needs to be observed for few days.
Kris stops going to work too, he just can’t leave him at the hospital alone. After a week at the hospital and a week of not going to work, Kris doesn’t have money anymore. Adam had been diagnosed of having pneumonia and needs a ton of medicines and laboratory tests.
Kris started to sell some of his valuable things, but still not enough to buy the medicines. Not to mention the hospital bill and the maintenance after Adam would be released by the hospital.
Kris really doesn’t know what to do, he sit at the hospital lobby for an hour now, because he can’t not let Adam see him like this. He will be worried, and he doesn’t like that, he wants him to recover and not to worry about anything. Thank God Allison came to visit, he excused himself and now he's here, lost in his thoughts on how to get through this.
He rubs his hands roughly to his face and leans forward; he is in verge of tears. Somehow, he is guilty; he knows that Adam might push himself too much and work hard than his body could ever take. It is his fault; he promised him that he would take care of him. His heart twisted, as he remembers everything he had said to Adam, and now he is lying on a hospital bed. This is not how he wants it to be, and he doesn’t even know where to get money to pay the bills, the rent, the medicines, hospital bills, their food... God, please!
“Kristopher!” he heard his mother’s voice, he looks up and sees Leila and Neil too. he stands up to meet them and he goes to hug Leila.
“I’m sorry, Leila.” He started to cry and she is rubbing his back and shushing him.
“this is not your fault, Kris. Where is he?” she said, and Kris pulls himself and gestures for them to follow him.
This is the first time for Adam and his family to meet again, and it has to be in a hospital. Adam is very happy to see his family and Kris cannot take it anymore, he went out of the room and started to break down.
“Kristopher, oh son.” Kim brings him to her chest and hugs him. Somehow, it is comforting; she is his mother, anyway. She is shushing him and kissing his head.
“don’t worry son, he will be alright. We can transfer him to more advance hospital, he will be treated better.”
“I -I wanted to, but I cannot-” he chokes out.
“Kristopher, please, let me help you. This is not the time for your pride, just think about Adam. We could move him now to another hospital, please, be reasonable. Do it for Adam.” Kris suddenly stiffened, he did not answer and he is quiet for a while. Thinking about his mother’s proposal. Then, he said to himself, fuck it! This is Adam, and he needs the best treatment that he could possibly have, and he doesn’t care from whom he would take it from, even from his mother.
“okay” then Kim cups his jaw and he looks at her.
“Good and I want you both to come home to us after Adam’s treatment. He could better take care of at the mansion than in your little house. We will hire a personal nurse for him, until he is fully recovered.”
Kris nods, he doesn’t know if he made the right decision falling into his mother’s mercy again. He cannot think about it now, what’s important is Adam, that he would be treated the best way possible and he cannot afford it, not without his mother’s help. So he will do whatever it takes.
PART 12
~*~
Author: imnotskerrd
Pairing: Adam/Kris; Adam/OMC
Beta: kyndstheleo
Word count: 4500
Disclaimer: I don’t own anything. Completely fabricated.
Summary: Houseboy!Adam and Jerk!Kris.
‘’Adam, babe, please!’’ he knocks on the door so hard ‘’open the door! Where the hell is Neil? - yes, everybody, we’re together. Me and Adam are together, so go and leave us alone! Get Neil to open the door, now! Dammit!’’
Note: I'm so sorry for the late update Guys. Hope the next one won't take this long. Thank you all for reading:)
Previous chapters here: imnotskerrd.livejournal.com/2258.html
After Kim had dropped the bomb, Adam felt like somebody had just ripped his heart out. He couldn’t believe at what Kim had said, but it all suddenly became clear to him. The New York thing, the feeling of Kris hiding something from him, the phone conversation with Katy and Kris’ phone conversation with Matt.
He run to his room and locked it, he passed through his Mother in the kitchen. She followed him, asking him what’s wrong when she saw he was crying. He didn’t answer, locked the door, but she continuously knocking on it.
He slid his body down the floor and hugged his knees tightly, he was sobbing so much and he is hurting that he couldn’t breathe.
How Kris could do this to him?
He is still sobbing and shaking, when his Mother stops knocking the door. Then Kris’ voice replace her’, and he starts to pound the door, calling his name.
“Adam! Open the door, please. Let me in, babe. Talk to me, please, Adam.” He bites his lip to suppress a sound from his mouth, he feels his body numb.
“Adam, babe, please!” he pounce so hard “open the door! Where the hell is Neil? - yes, everybody, we’re together. Me and Adam are together, so go and leave us alone! Get Neil to open the door, now! Dammit!”
Adam heard everything, he is sure that the housekeepers are outside with their prying eyes on Kris and his words. This is one hell of a mess; he suddenly rubs his hands on his face then runs it through his already messy hair.
He hugs his shaking knees again, when he hear something clicking on his door knob. Seconds after, Kris is coming in, locking it. When he sees him slumped down the floor, sobbing and shaking, he runs to him and hugs him.
“baby, oh my God, baby. I’m so sorry. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry,” Adam's heart twists and he started to cry harder.
“don’t touch me, you had fooled me… why you do this to me?” it is barely a whisper, but it crushes Kris’ heart.
“Adam, babe, listen to me. Look at me, please. Stop crying, oh my God, this is killing me. I never fool you, I love you, and you know that, don’t you?” He started to kiss his head and stroke his back, while hugging him so tight. Adam doesn't move, he didn't pushed him back either. he just continued to sob, eyes locked on the floor.
After a moment, and Adam starts to calm down. Kris releases him and sit on Adam's side, his back hitting the wall. he takes his head to rest on his chest. Adam could hear and feel his heart beat racing, like Kris had just ran a marathon.
’why you didn’t tell me that you’re engaged with Katy, even before we started dating? Why do you let me believed that we actually have a future together, when you are going to get married in two months? Why do you hurt me like this, Kris?’’ a tear streaks down his face, wiping it with the back of his hand.
‘’Babe, I’m so sorry. I never agreed on marrying Katy, it was my parent’s and the O’Connell’s plan. That is why I always ran away before, because I just can’t marry anybody without being in love with them, or doesn’t know anything about them.’’ He kisses his head again. ‘’then my mom planned to let me stay with the O’Connells every chance she could, for me to know Katy better. But I just can’t love her, I don’t even like her.’’
‘’I continuously begging my mother to cancel the engagement, especially when we begin dating. Because I know, that it is you who I wanted to be with, not Katy. But of course, my mother didn’t hear me. She doesn’t care what I really wanted, instead, promised me that the wedding would take place after I graduated from college. she said, it would give me time to know her better, that maybe I am in love with her by then. That’s why I couldn’t believe she did that tonight.’’ He lets out a deep breath. ‘’ I let them think that I’m okay with it because I know I could think of a better way to call off the engagement and for us to be together, before that time comes.’’ Few moments of silence, then Kris continued.
“babe, please don’t hate me for this. I lie to you, yes, but it’s because I’m trying to come up with a plan for us, for your family before I strike back at them. I’m afraid what my mother would do to you and your family when she would find us out. That’s why I let them do what they wanted for me.” He kisses his head again, and then Adam feels that Kris is shaking. “I love you so much, Adam. I would never wanted to hurt you-and I just don’t know what to do now. i thought i have enough time to think--” His voice cracks and Adam’s eyes streaming with tears again.
They sit there for a moment, when somebody starts to pound at the door again, this time it was Kim.
“Kristopher, get out of there! Let’s talk about this, son.”
Kris begins to stiff, and suddenly he stands up. Adam thought he would open the door, but he takes his phone from his pocket instead and talking to someone and ordering them to pack some clothes for him and asks to call a taxi. Then he goes to his closet, fills a duffel with Adam’s clothes.
“w-what are you doing?” Adam asks, his voice is a little shaky and hoarse.
“we’re leaving.” Then Kris stops, looking at him intently. “Please, come with me.” He walks to him and kneels in front of Adam. “It will be hard for us, to live by ourselves. But I know, we could do it. This way, nobody could take you away from me.” He rubs Adam’s face, and then tilts his chin for Adam to look at him. “I promise to take care of you, babe. Please, come with me?”
“My family? what about my family?”
“I would ask Gab to look after them, if my mother would do something like throwing them out, I would let Gab to take care of them. He would help them, please, babe.”
For a moment, Adam looks torn. Kris feels his heart stops, thinking Adam would refused to come with him. After a while, Adam nods and says, “Okay”. Kris’ face lights up and kisses him softly on his mouth and stands up. Offering his hand to him, lifting him up. The door is being insistently pounced, but they seemed oblivious to it and just continued packing.
When they finished packing, Kris looks at him and asks him if he’s ready. He nods and Kris open the door, with his furious mother on the other side.
“Kristopher! I want you to go to your room so that we could talk abou-” then she noticed the duffel bag slung on Kris’ shoulder, with his hand holding Adam’s firmly. “what is this? What’s the meaning of this? Why do you have a bag? Where are you going?” she asks.
“we’re leaving, mother. I’m taking Adam away from here. It’s about time to think about myself and what makes me happy.” He squeezes Adam’s hand. “It’s Adam who makes me happy.”
“you will never survive without me, Kristopher. You would sacrifice everything for Adam? You’ve never work hard for anything you have, you will regret all this, you should be grateful to have a parents like us.” She shouted at Kris’ face.
“I never said that I’m not grateful to you and Dad, because I am. I would work hard just to give Adam what he needs, for us to survive. And I’m sorry that I never be the son that you dreamt to have. Goodbye, mother.” He handed his mother his car key Then he walks away, leaving the housekeepers looking at them with shock on their faces. Like everything that they had witnessed tonight is unbelievably shocking. Hell it is.
On the front porch, Aaron is waiting there with another duffel bag. He handed it to Adam and said the taxi is waiting. Kris said his thank you and whispers to Aaron’s ear to keep an eye on Leila and Neil. Before they could hop in the taxi, Leila came calling for Adam. Adam pulls his hand from Kris’ and runs to his mother and brother. They hug for a while, while Adam murmuring his apologies to them. His mother waves him off and said that she understands and he shouldn’t be worried about them, that they could take care of themselves.
“just take care of yourself, Adam. We always love you. Now, go.”
“I love you too, mom. Neil, please, takes care of mom.” Adam turns from them, crying hard. There were people from the party gathered at the porch witnessing the drama. Kris comes to him and takes his hand and guides him to the taxi, they wave to Leila and Neil one more time, before the taxi starts to move.
They stayed at a motel for that night and Adam was crying from the moment they step in the taxi until they finally fell asleep. Kris’ heart swell when he saw Adam with his family, he knows that he worries too much for them but he take the risk by coming with him and leaving them behind. Kris held him and rests him on his chest the whole ride and he holds him tight now as they lie on the bed.
He lovingly strokes his boyfriend’s pale face, silently promising him that he would do anything to makes him happy. To love him with all his heart, to take care of him until they will grow old and senile. He smiles at the thought of them in gray hairs, wrinkled skin and reading eyeglasses. But he is sure that, the feelings would never fade, it would never change, even their faces are crumpled and full of lines and their knees wobbles as they walked. Kris could see them growing old together, with grandchildren running around.
~*~
The next day, after making sure from Aaron that Adam’s mother and Neil are still in the house, they started to look for a small apartment. It is not that hard to search, because after they eat lunch at the diner’s with Allison, she told them that she knows a building near to her place that is looking for someone to rent it. She also said that she will ask the diner’s owner if they need another waiter or singer, and Kris is more than happy to hear it. They really have great friends.
They went to checked on the apartment that Allie has been telling them, they both agreed to take it. It is small, just a studio type, but it is just perfect for somebody like them that is only starting to build a life together. Kris paid it, it is still his parent’s money from his card, but he will look for a job later to start everything from his own pocket. He is determined to live with Adam and take care of him without any help from anyone.
They checked out from the motel and headed to their new place. They went out to buy some utensils and necessities and Kris never feel this happy since he found out that Adam is in love with him.
That night, they received a call from Allison, saying that his boss needs a singer. It is a regular gig, from Tuesday to Sunday, if ever they would pass the audition tomorrow.
Kris told Adam that he should be the one auditioning, because apparently they need only one singer, and Kris is more than sure that he would take the slot. He said that he would try to look for a job in some restaurant or department store tomorrow.
Kris walks his boyfriend to the diner for his audition the next morning, and leave him there after kissing him on the lips, a good luck kiss, he said. He proceeds to haunt a job, after an unsuccessful try in some restaurant; he sits on a bench trying to figure out his next move. Then like an answered prayer, he saw a flower shop across him, with a ‘vacant job’ hanging on the door.
He hurriedly run inside and found a lady arranging some flowers to make a perfect bouquet. She turns to looks at him when she heard the door opened, she is pretty, maybe in her late twenties.
“hi, good morning. I was wondering if that vacant job you’re offering is still available.” Kris begins, she looks at him up and down, and a smile cracks her face.
“perfect. You’re hired.” She said.
“excuse me? Did I hear you right? Am I hired?”
“yes, you can start tomorrow…” she trails off.
“Kris, Kris Allen. And thank you. I just really need a job right now.”
“well, Kris. you’re in luck, because you’re just perfect for the job. You’re an eye candy, and I need that. You would bring customers, you know. Michelle Dane, I’m the owner. Please to meet you, Kris.” she extended her hand to shake his.
“Pleasure is all mine.” Kris accepts it. “so, I will come tomorrow?”
“8 o’clock, Kris. we could start the training.”
Then Kris happily leaves the flower shop, and headed to the diner again. He found Adam sitting on a corner all by himself while some one is singing on stage. His face lights up when he sees his boyfriend coming.
“guess what, babe?” Kris tells him. “I got a job.”
“you do?” Kris nods “oh, I’m happy for you, baby. I just wish that I have the same luck that you have.” He sounds nervous.
“did you already sing?”
“not yet, but these guys are all good, I won’t stand a chance.” He pouts.
“Did you ever hear yourself sing? You’re the best singer that I’ve ever heard.”
“you’re just telling me that because you love me, you just don’t want to hurt me.” He continues to pout, which Kris find so endearing.
“I love you so much, but I’m not telling you because of it, it’s because that’s the truth.” He reaches for his hand and brings it to his lips and drops a kiss on it.
“I love you too. I think I’m ready to kill it, babe.”
“yeah, that’s the spirit. Go get ‘em Rockstar!” he said and Adam stands as the manager calls him name.
And yes he kills it, Kris thinks proudly as he claps his hand after his boyfriend performed. He was born to do this, singing in front of people. He hopes and prays right at that moment, that Adam would have his time and chance to do this and become famous one day. Because fuck, his talent is way beyond words.
As Kris had told him, Adam got the job as a singer at the diner. Mr. Lopez, the manager, said that he could be a waiter too if he like. Of course, Adam took it without hesitation, because they need money.
Adam starts his waiter shift at 1-6, and then he’ll have a sound check and performing at 8-10pm. Kris will be at his work from 8-5.
The days had passed, and both are doing well with their respective job. Kris would wake up and prepare breakfast for them, wakes Adam up and eat together. He would let Adam sleep again after and he will go to his work. After work, Kris would go home and cook dinner, bring it to the diner and eat with Adam before his performance. He would watched and wait for his boyfriend, and they will go home together.
After a week, Kris surprises Adam with a candle lit dinner on their house. He cooks and didn’t come to the diner until Adam’s performance is over. Kris always makes sure, he takes him home safely every night and doesn’t like the idea of Adam walking alone at night. Adam is whining that he is starving and why Kris didn’t bring him dinner, but the pout on his lips disappear when he sees the dim house and the dinner waiting for them.
“happy anniversary, babe.” He whispers at his ear as he wraps his arm around his waist from behind, and the other hand holds the bouquet of flowers.
“oh my God! Kris, I- I’m sorry, I totally forgot. Happy anniversary, baby.” Adam takes it, sniff it. Kris is bringing him a single flower every day, and he is really starting to get spoiled by his boyfriend.
“it’s okay, I know you’re thinking a lot of things, that’s why I’m here.” Then Adam turns and kisses him down, slow and full of passion.
“I love you, Kristopher Neil Allen. You make me happy more than I possibly thought possible. I hope I do too, for you.”
“more than you’ll ever know. You completes me, babe.” Then he kisses him again, they pull from each other when they couldn’t breathe anymore. Kris punches something on his phone, and then a familiar tune started to fill the small room.
“may I have this dance, beautiful?” Kris said, and then Adam rests the flowers on a small table, turns back to his boyfriend.
“sure, my love.” Then they sway to the music, like the first time they did it in Kris’ room a year ago.
“Better than I was more than I am
And all of this happened by taking your hand
And who I am now is who I wanted to be
And now that we're together,
I'm stronger than ever
I'm happy and free
Oh it's a beautiful thing,
Don't think I can keep it all in
If you asked me why I've changed,
All I gotta do is say your sweet name
It's your love
It just does something to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can't get enough
And if you wonder
About the spell I'm under
Oh, it's your love”
the night had ended with both tangled together in bed, celebrating their first year of being together and both hoping for forever and growing old together.
~*~
Adam is more than happy that everything is going great. They might not be in school now, but this is much better because he is with Kris and his mother and brother are still at the mansion. Kim Allen didn’t throw his family out, which Adam really thankful of. He would call them almost every night and his mother would call him too using Aaron phone. He mentally note to himself to get his mother a phone when he will have his first pay check.
And he did, after a month of working, they got their first check and him and Kris celebrated it by having a dinner date at the diner and went for grocery store together and buys something to fill their cupboards.
One month had passed and Adam is contended of how their life is right now. That’s why he is more than shocked when he opens the door in Monday afternoon and revealing a sad face Kim Allen on their doorway. She asks him if she could enter, Adam is bit hesitant, but she is Kris’ mother. So he lets her in and let her sit.
She roams his eyes around the small house and looks at him with pleading eyes after noticing how small the place is.
“Adam, how are you and Kris?” she asks.
“w-we’re great. He is at work and will be here soon.” He really hopes Kris will come sooner.
“I have some groceries with me, please take it. I really hope Kris is eating good and not working too hard, he is not used in working hard and you know that Adam.”
“yeah. I-”
Then before he could finish, Kris is storming in calling his name. Adam abruptly stands,
“Adam, I saw mother’s car outside, are you oka-” Kris halts on his steps when he notices his mother. “mom? What are you doing here?” he looks at Adam with worried eyes. He reaches for his hand and he protectively moves him to stand behind him, like his mother would claws at his boyfriend and he needs to protect him from her.
“Kristopher, I asked Adam to let me in. I was just checking out on you, bring you some supplies.” She pointed at the several grocery bags resting on the floor. “Son, come home. Don’t punish yourself for living like this. Bring Adam, I promise i won't talk you both into anything that you don't want to do. just please-”
“no, and who told you I’m punishing myself? We may be living in a small place like this and we’re working our butt off, but I’ve never been this happy.”
“okay, but if you’ll ever change your mind, and I hope you’ll do, the house is open for you and Adam.” She started to walk to the door, when Kris speaks again.
“bring what you have brought, we don’t need that. And don’t come back here, I don’t trust you. I don't want you coming here, especially when I’m not around.”
“Kristopher, I know I'm not a good mother to you, and I realized what I did. please, give me a chance to proved that I could be a good one. Please, take the supplies, I’m begging you. let me come back, I promised to come whenever you two are in here, if that makes you feel better. Please son?”
Then Adam is tugging his shirt, like he is giving his permission. So Kris nods, and opens the door for his mother. She kisses him on the cheek and whispers “Thank you” before she left.
As soon as he closes the door, he turns to Adam and hugs him. He was terrified when he saw his mother’s car parked at the side of the road; no one could take what they have now from them.
Since that day, Kim would visit them every Monday evening and stay for few minutes. It is really awkward at the beginning, until Kris and Adam became a bit at ease, when they make sure that she is only coming to see Kris.
~*~
After 7 months of living together, Adam got sick due to exhaustion. Adam starts to cough and his condition worsen as the day pass. He stops singing for a week now but his condition is not progressing, and the cough would never go and he started to have difficulty in breathing and having high fever too. Kris is too worried and brings him to the hospital and the Doctor who had checked on him at the ER said that he needs to be observed for few days.
Kris stops going to work too, he just can’t leave him at the hospital alone. After a week at the hospital and a week of not going to work, Kris doesn’t have money anymore. Adam had been diagnosed of having pneumonia and needs a ton of medicines and laboratory tests.
Kris started to sell some of his valuable things, but still not enough to buy the medicines. Not to mention the hospital bill and the maintenance after Adam would be released by the hospital.
Kris really doesn’t know what to do, he sit at the hospital lobby for an hour now, because he can’t not let Adam see him like this. He will be worried, and he doesn’t like that, he wants him to recover and not to worry about anything. Thank God Allison came to visit, he excused himself and now he's here, lost in his thoughts on how to get through this.
He rubs his hands roughly to his face and leans forward; he is in verge of tears. Somehow, he is guilty; he knows that Adam might push himself too much and work hard than his body could ever take. It is his fault; he promised him that he would take care of him. His heart twisted, as he remembers everything he had said to Adam, and now he is lying on a hospital bed. This is not how he wants it to be, and he doesn’t even know where to get money to pay the bills, the rent, the medicines, hospital bills, their food... God, please!
“Kristopher!” he heard his mother’s voice, he looks up and sees Leila and Neil too. he stands up to meet them and he goes to hug Leila.
“I’m sorry, Leila.” He started to cry and she is rubbing his back and shushing him.
“this is not your fault, Kris. Where is he?” she said, and Kris pulls himself and gestures for them to follow him.
This is the first time for Adam and his family to meet again, and it has to be in a hospital. Adam is very happy to see his family and Kris cannot take it anymore, he went out of the room and started to break down.
“Kristopher, oh son.” Kim brings him to her chest and hugs him. Somehow, it is comforting; she is his mother, anyway. She is shushing him and kissing his head.
“don’t worry son, he will be alright. We can transfer him to more advance hospital, he will be treated better.”
“I -I wanted to, but I cannot-” he chokes out.
“Kristopher, please, let me help you. This is not the time for your pride, just think about Adam. We could move him now to another hospital, please, be reasonable. Do it for Adam.” Kris suddenly stiffened, he did not answer and he is quiet for a while. Thinking about his mother’s proposal. Then, he said to himself, fuck it! This is Adam, and he needs the best treatment that he could possibly have, and he doesn’t care from whom he would take it from, even from his mother.
“okay” then Kim cups his jaw and he looks at her.
“Good and I want you both to come home to us after Adam’s treatment. He could better take care of at the mansion than in your little house. We will hire a personal nurse for him, until he is fully recovered.”
Kris nods, he doesn’t know if he made the right decision falling into his mother’s mercy again. He cannot think about it now, what’s important is Adam, that he would be treated the best way possible and he cannot afford it, not without his mother’s help. So he will do whatever it takes.
PART 12
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