"I guess you probably aren't accustomed to public transport, huh?" Ace could feel his heart beat, and Matthew looked excited to say the very least. "We've got about a half hour ahead of us."
Ace grinned, a little nervous about going someplace like Salem but desperately wnating to do something special. He looked over to Matthew "Cm'on. Now. Now, right now." Ace picks him up by the waist and places him standing in front of the couch, grabbing his hand. "There's a 9 o'clock bus around...
"C'mon, I wanna show you things ... Let's go someplace you aren't used to. Let's go into Salem, take a bus to one of the suburbs and go swimming. Tell me what I can do for you, I want to make it wonderful." Ace needed to make him happier than he'd ever been. He wanted to. Plus he owed them both...
Ace was at a loss for words "I...I'm sorry. Let's now think about that right now. Let's just be together." He whispers, cautiously running his hands through Matthews hair.
"Oh my god, I'm sorry..." Ace trails off, horrified that parents with the means to give their child the life they wanted would refuse. "Do you think you would try to go back to school once you have the company? It will be a while but you might be able to."
"It was my mother who used to read to me, before I got into it myself. After she was gone I was working full time and going to school, so I had to drop a lot of hobbies." Ace says a bit forelornly, before smiling "That's wonderful. I love that way of thinking. So what's your plan? Do you think...
"That's wonderful, I used to read like that... Do you have a favorite?" He asks quietly, noticing from Matthews face that he slipped in asking that how he did. Ace knows he has to be much more careful otherwise he will start noticing a pattern.
"The city?" He asks, genuinely curious. Ace always hoped to end up in NYC one day, but it wasn't realistic. "I grew Marblehead, that's a suburb about 40 minutes south, when my parents died I moved to Salem and got my own place. I guess that must have been, like... 5... Years ago? A little while...
Ace's eyes lingered adoringly on his beloved, estatic at the invitation to unlock what those blue eyes kept. "Mm, we'll take turns then.,.where are you from?"
Ace couldn't say anything, slowly losing control of his own body as he leant in for the kiss, teasing Matthew only a moment before fully meeting his lips with his own. The warmth and enthusiasm of the younger boy made him melt. "I'm sorry, little one..." He chuckles "it seems I just can't...
"Can't afford to miss, let alone to risk being fired." Ace murmured, not wanting to dwell. He quickly became distracted again, asking quietly "may I kiss you, Matthew?"
Bringing the drinks and setting them on the table, ace sits comfortably close to Matthew. "I've missed you." He murmurs, slowly loosing his concentration
"Soda work?" He asks plainly, grabbing one for himself too and deciding against drinking while Matthew can't. Ace waits for an answer admiring his beautiful little love.
"I'm sorry about, uh..." Ace trails off, tossing his jacket onto a rack "Would you like to sit?" he gestures to the living room couch-type thing. "Can I get you... uh, you don't drink yet, do you?"