When you were gone(Chapter 3)
(Cw: He/Him Angel) Can also be read here
3 years later…
Today was a special day for Angel. He was meeting up with a friend from highschool, and he saw it as an opportunity to potentially get back in contact with his family.
He was going to ask them if they were still in contact with Huxley, and possibly get his number to try and talk to him. He was so excited that he was practically jumping up and down. He had little doubt that Huxley would turn him away, but if he did, Angel would understand.
Angel didn’t think that would happen though.
The excitement Angel felt transferred to David as he sat on the edge of the bed while Angel found an outfit to wear.
He was giving his mate advice for each part of his outfit. The parts he thought would match and the ones he thought wouldn’t match. It was something the both of them enjoyed doing together while the one of them was choosing an outfit. Angel however, seems to take pleasure in making mitch match outfits for David, making him choose his own outfits in the end.
“Should I wear the blue tie or the pink one?” He said turning around holding out two ties. The blue tie had a tuxedo sam pattern, and the pink one had My melody. David wouldn’t have known anything about either characters if it wasn’t for Angels large collection of Sanrio merch and his extensive knowledge on each character.
“The blue one fits the rest of your outfit more.” David observed. “The pink one would just look out of place considering you aren’t wearing anything pink.” Which was true, all he was wearing was blue, white and denim.
“That’s a good point, I’ll go with the blue one then”
While Angel was putting the tie on, David got up from the edge of the bed to grab his mates shoes out of their shared closet. That was the last thing his outfit needed and David wanted to be the one to choose the final part of his outfit in full. He pulled out a pair of light blue moon boots to go with the theme of his mates light blue outfit.
“My love, can you help me with this tie?” Angel asked, holding the tie out for David to grab. David places his mate's shoes down and walks over to Angel to help with his tie. “I’ve taught you how to tie this before, Angel. I’m starting to think you are doing this because you like watching me do it for you.”
Angel gasped dramatically, putting a hand to his chest and looking away from David. “How could you accuse me of such things! I simply forget how to tie a tie every time I need to.”
“Oh well forgive me for assuming you have the memory of a goldfish.”
“Is that how you feel David?” Angel remarked with a smirk. “I may have the memory of a goldfish but you, my loving davey.” He paused dramatically.
“Have the ass of a planet”
“Really? That has nothing to do with what I just said.”
“But it’s true.”
David snorted, “Be quiet you snot.”
Angel giggled, thanking David for tying his tie before giving him a kiss and grabbing the shoes David had put down in the closet. “These are the shoes you want me to wear?” He asked, holding them up.
“Yea, they look best with the rest of your outfit, and I know if you picked, you would give me the option of two pairs of shoes that didn’t match your outfit in the slightest.”
“You know me so well, thank you love.”
Kissing his cheek and putting his shoes on, Angel and David continued talking for another 5 minutes before Angel announced that he had to go.
David gave Angel a kiss on the lips before wishing him good luck.
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Everything went how Angel wanted it to. He caught up with an old friend, gossiped about people they both knew in high school.
And lastly, they got Huxleys number, the thing they wanted most from this meetup, and his friend knew that.
“That’s great news Angel. I’m sure he will be excited to hear from you again.”
“Thank you Davey, I..really needed to hear that. I’ve had a slight doubt that he would want to hear from me, considering the circumstances I left in.”
David stroked Angels hair. “I promise you, from what you’ve been saying about him, he will be delighted to hear from you again.”
“Thank you Davey, so much.”
He was elated that they were still in contact with Huxley. The only downside to having his number now is trying to convince him that he was his brother and have him agree to meeting up at a park or somewhere in nature.
He knew Huxley loved nature, as did he, and he wanted the environment to be somewhere Huxley would be peaceful at.
He decided that he would text Huxley in the morning, and since it was a Saturday they could probably meet up that same day.
That Saturday morning, Angel and David got into their usual routine.
David made the both of them breakfast before they both sat on the couch to watch the morning's news.
“Do you think it’s the right time to do this Davey?”
“You said yourself he gets up early to go on morning runs, I don’t think it’s too early to text him Angel.”
“I’ll be back”
And with a kiss on the cheek, Angel left to go to his and David’s shared office. He sat at his desk and pulled out his phone.
He clicked on Huxleys contact before hitting the message button.
“Hey Hux, this is Angel! I know I haven’t seen or talked to u in a while…and by a while I mean years. I hope you are doing well and are happy. I’m not even sure if u want to hear from me, so feel free to tell me to leave u alone if u don’t want anything to do with me. But I rlly want to see u again. I know that I hurt u by leaving when we were 18 and I want to say I’m sorry for doing what I did. I’m no longer w/ Michael, i’m with a new man and he is the best thing that has ever happened to me in a romantic relationship since my last 2. If u ever have the time today, please respond even if its to tell me u want nothing to do with me. I hope that I can see u again. I’m living in dhalia too, and I have been since I left with Michael, and I heard that u live here too. -<3 Angel”
When he hit send, he stared at his phone screen.
He didn’t expect a response so fast.
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“Thanks for coming on this run with me dames.”
“You don’t have to thank me, Hux. You know I always go with you, unless I have things to do.”
Huxley snorted, “I like to thank you anyways.”
Damien walked to the fridge in the kitchen to grab a few water bottles. The ones they had been drinking when they were on the run were nearly empty by the time they got back home. Huxley was going to sit on one of the kitchen stools before his phone buzzed in his pocket.
He pulled his phone out to check his notifications. It was a message from an Unknown number.
He wouldn’t normally open random messages, knowing scammers could use messages as a way to get into his phone, but this message was different. The only reason he opened it was because of the first few words of the message.
It was from his brother.
He opened the text fast and read through it. He hadn’t expected to hear from his brother at all since they left, but to see this message made him feel like he was in a dream.
Damien had grabbed the bottles of water and saw Huxley staring at his phone in disbelief.
“You okay Hux?” Damien asked, placing the water bottles on the island in the kitchen.
“Yeah, yeah I’m okay just…I need to make a phone call”
And with that Huxley left the kitchen to go to his and Damiens room. Damien stared in huxley's direction in confusion, but didn’t follow after him, instead opting to open one of the water bottles and settling in the living room to watch the morning news.
Huxley walked into his bedroom. He hit the call button for the number that had texted him. He hoped that this wasn’t some kind of dumb prank. He hadn’t seen or heard from his brother in years, so to get a text from him after so long had him near tears.
As his phone kept ringing, he thought the person on the other side of the call wouldn’t pick up. He sat there for what felt like hours before a voice hit his ear.
“Hello?”
