EIGHT

Connor Hartland held his sisters legs as she sat on his shoulders, her arms out to the side as she pretended to be flying. Simon watched with a grin on his lips, a mug of warm cocoa in his hands as he sat on the little bench at the top of the garden. Ciara sat on the other bench, knitting a scarf for Simon apparently, her fingers twirled in unison as she created a blue and white striped scarf for the silver haired boy.

Connor gently put his sister on the ground and she grinned at him, her teeth showing with all their childhood gaps and wobbles.

"I was thinking you and I could go for a walk?" Connor asks Simon, his hands shoved into his pockets as he looks at the man in front of him.

"Sure," Simon says, gulping back the rest of his cocoa and standing up, "Thanks for the drink, Ciara,"

"No problem, darling, you two go have fun," Ciara smiles, glancing up from her wool.

"See you later, Gracie!" Simon calls, waving at the girl who was now kicking a football around the bottom of the garden.

"Bye Simon!" She calls, waving back at him.

Simon and Connor walk round the side of the house and out to the driveway.

"Are we going for an actual walk, or are we going in your car?" Simon asks and Connor chuckles.

"An actual walk," The black haired boy says and Simon nods, hands resting in his pockets to keep them warm.

The two boys walked side by side along the street, feet tapping on the floor as their breathing created pools of cold air in front of their faces, hands tucked into warmish pockets and lips trembling in the winter weather.

"Fucking typical you pick a freezing cold day to go for a walk," Simon chuckles, the comment causes a small smile to form on Connor's lips, "You okay?"

"I'm grand, just enjoying the view," Connor replies, smile on his lips still, "And by view, I mean you,"

"You're gonna make me blush," Simon laughs, a hint of red seeping onto his already rosy cheeks.

"A bit of pink does make you look cuter," Connor shrugs, his eyes seemed to smile as much as his lips did.

"God, Hartland, you're killing me," Simon whispers and Connor chuckles.

"I haven't even done anything yet,"

"Exactly, its the suspense thats killing me," Simon says and Connor lifts an eyebrow.

"You're sayin' I'm slow?" Connor questions, a smirk on his lips.

"Thats exactly what I'm saying," Simon says and before he can say anything else Connor has grabbed his arm and stopped him, one glance is all it takes before his lips are on Simon's.

The kiss sends a shiver up Simon's spine and it created a pool of warmth in Connor's stomach, all the butterflies that were there seemed to flutter away as one hand held Simon's wrist and the other on his neck, holding him there, in the kiss. Simon's hands remained in his pockets, too anxious to move them.

A beep of a car horn is what causes Connor to shift away, and he pulls his hood over his head before shoving his hands into his pockets and walking.

"Move it," Connor barks and Simon does as he says, following behind the taller, mysterious boy. Why did he stop? Because of a stupid car horn?

The two of them reach the local village, it consisted of a post office, off licence, bank, butchers, bakery, church and two pubs at opposite ends of the street. Connor glances round, checking for the car that had beeped its horn before removing his hood and guiding Simon into the first, and largest pub: The Four Leaf Clover.

The bartender immediately recognised Connor and put in his order, and made sure to put in another for the man with him.

Connor guides Simon to one of the booth style tables and they sit down opposite each other.

"What was that about?" Simon asks as they remove their coats- luckily the pub was warm, and they were sat near the radiator.

"You do know Ireland is a Catholic country, right?" Connor asks, smirking, "My da' lives for two things; discipline and religion- he catches me kissin' some guy on the side of the street and he'll forget all about Jesus and God and he'll fuckin' kill me,"

"Oh...I see," Simon mutters, the other bartender, a red headed girl, brings over the two beers and places them in front of the two boys.

"Thanks," Connor and Simon say in unison, smiles on their faces, the woman grins back and nods, returning to her position behind the bar.

"I think someone has a crush on you," Simon says, glancing at Connor.

"Who? You? I think you're pretty much fucking in love with me," Connor winks, smirk on his lips which causes Simon to frown, "I'm jokin', I know Mandy has a thing for me, I mean...She did...I'm not even gonna' go there,"

"Nah, tell me," Simon says, leaning forwards to listen to the story.

"We were both pissed as newts, okay? We'd just left school and she dragged me round the back of this very pub and fuckin' sucked me off, it was the worst sexual experience I've ever had, it was all teeth," Connor chuckles, swigging some of his beer afterwards.

"Thats nasty," Simon says, faking a vomiting sound before copying Connor and having a drink.

"Ah, fuck you. You asked for the story, so you got it! Anyway, I'm almost certain Andy is doing her now...Andy is the other guy behind the bar, he's married, has two kids, but he can't deny himself some fresh ass," Connor laughs and Simon laughs too.

"Seamus is the fucker though, he'll bang anyone and anything- I'd keep a chastity belt on if you ever have to be near him, he'll fuck ya', finger ya' and suck ya' and you won't even see him comin'- not like he's ever done that to me," Connor says and Simon's eyebrow arches in inquiry.

"Oh really? Never done that to you, huh? I guess you were just too fast and good at spotting him, huh?" Simon hums and Connor nods.

"Alright, he might have kissed me once, but thats as deep as that gets, he's the neighbourhood fuck buddy- he'll have sex with anyone, or anything. He's down for it all, that guy," Connor laughs, having more of his beer, "I admire him, not going to lie, he doesn't care that he gets called a cum dump,"

"Cum dump?" Simon asks, choking on his beer, coughing and spluttering as he laughs.

"Yeah, even my mam calls him a cum dump, though I'm not sure she gets its real meaning," Connor smirks and Simon shakes his head, laughing again.

"This place is crazy," Simon smiles and Connor smiles too.

"And I'm crazy, about you,"

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