Josh let go of the door handle, crouching to help his boyfriend up as Jack yelped as he ran up to them.
"Baby"
Jimeno winced beneath Teo who was lifted off him by Josh carefully, his chest hurt as Teo's headbutted him, yet the pain shooting up his rear due previous event, and the recent ones being not soft either, brought tears to his eyes.
Jack kneeled at his side seeing the crystal tears leaving his beautiful small hazel eyes, his heart pounded painfully as he despised seeing pain marrying his usually happy face.
"Don't move, I'll take care of it"
He was ready to scoop him up, one arm under his knees and the other behind his back just beneath his armpit, yet Jimeno spoke softly to stop him.
"No! Just help me to stand up.."
"You're tearing up! I can't just let–"
"Do as I say, didn't you hear me?"
Jimeno groaned through gritted teeth, his sharp yet glistening eyes shifting from green to blue alike to the sea announcing a tropical storm.
"You're in pain–"
Jack remarked while helping Jimeno to stand up, who dug his fingers on Jack's arm when he tried to stand up, Teo saw him guilty as Josh held him up noticing he hit his left knee real hand in the process as he didn't held his weight on said leg and kept it slightly bent up.
"Anyways.. your brother is here…" Jimeno took a deep breath to drown a shrieking yelp which almost snuck, continuing with his statement, "so if you're planning to introduce him your boy–"
Teo jumped forward as if to beg his best friend to keep quiet, "No… ughh-", however he gasped in pain when he set his left feet on the ground"
"You ok?" Josh asked concerned, not liking seeing him in pain, fast holding him up.
"Yes… I am."
Jack held Jimeno by his waist as he spoke next, "Then you either hide him or–"
"Don't you think it's better if they talk it out like adults do?"
Jack said whilst Jimeno turned his head around to glare at him.
"You know that man is gonna snap. I told ya to not pick up the call last night"
"He's my bestie. Besides he was worried about Teo's well being" Jack defended himself as Teo realized he forgot to text his brother.
"It's my fault… I'm sorry he's like that now…"
Jack shook his head, chuckling a bit as he reminisced the words he said when he met Teo at his birthday party years ago which got his best friend riled up to the point he had to use a face mask to hide the purple bump on his right cheek from the hard punch landing on it.
"He's always been like that. You don't have to defend him. I mean, he's just looking after you making sure none uses you which is completely fine"
Jimeno stared at him as he spoke with a smile on his lips, "Always?"
"Yeah! If it weren't for that I woulda ask Teo out when I met h–"
Jack withdrew his hand from Jimeno as he realized he got too comfortable his tongue slipped.
Jimeno yelled out, standing straight up, "SAY WHAT?" his body still hurt yet his heart hurt the most as it just shattered, a tsunami of emotions wavering in his hazel eyes.
Josh frowned briefly, so he took a deep breath to calm himself, it was the past so creating a scene over this was wrong even if it bothered him a little.
However, Teo's eyes widened as he couldn't believe his luck, he had a chance to date his crush but his hopes got crushed by his brother.
So he weighed his options within his head, /If I tell my brother I have a boyfriend he might scare him like he did with hyung… Damn! I can't let that happen. I'll never get hitched at this point/, he shook his head, pouting.
His friends and boyfriend stared at him as he babbled random words, he surely missed the small bickery Jimeno had with Jack as he was lost in his own world, regardless they put his differences aside to find out if the younger was fine.
Josh turned Teo's body around, holding him by his hips firmly leaning forward until their foreheads were touching. Finally getting Teo's full attention on himself as all his ocean eyes could see where those deep gray-brownish eyes were shining with resolve as they met, his voice as gentle as if talking to an indefense creature.
"I wouldn't mind introducing myself as your whatever-you-wanna-call-me, such as: friend, boyfriend, fling or God-knows-what. Just don't tell me to hide…"
Josh's eyes wavered a bit as he finished his sentence, Teo's hands reaching for his cheeks to hold them, squishing them a little as he replied back with his soothing deep low bass.
"I'm not ashamed of you. I'm sorry if I didn't explain myself when I asked you to hide… but my brother is overprotective… he's welp a hard-head"
Jack and Jimeno hummed in unison agreeing with that statement.
"If he wants to fight we can take it outside"
Josh joked as he felt the air was tense, Teo whined, squishing his cheeks even more.
"Don't be a fool. He's large, I don't want you to get crushed"
Jack shivered at the thought alone as, effectively, Ramon was a strong man who didn't need to break a sweat when he got into fights, not like he did as he was a peacemaker, yet he had his moments.
Josh laughed pecking those pouty strawberry lips belonging to his light, then he spoke with a smile on his lips, his words were blunt yet confident.
"I've taken down larger and burlier ones with a single fist. Once I knocked down a sergeant who used to bully me for my looks, he used to call me his barbie princess and mocked me at every chance he got. The man was despicable and his personality disgusting. Our commander saw that and put us in a time out so we could solve our differences as men do. He latched at me clumsily, yet he stopped dead when I connected my right fist against his cheek after he hit my jaw. Gotta say he blacked out in that instant. My cheek got swollen but I stood my ground different from him"
Jack and Jimeno's jaws dropped, curiosity filling them up whilst Teo's eyes widened yet he kept silent, staring at his boyfriend's arms and body.
The shorter male couldn't hold back his inquiries to himself in case Ramon were to snap so he needed to know where to throw his money.
"How large was that man? Was he ripped or just buff like a balloon?"
Josh turned his head as he answered bluntly, "6 feet 2 inches height, ripped and buff, I must add he was 5 years older and training in the marine for about 7 years, in contrast I was a newbie, barely 3 months in training so I was still thin back then"
Teo moved his hands to hold Josh's arms, squeezing them slightly, feeling how tight his muscles were, biting his lips, muttering to himself, "So even a thin version of you can beat down titans?"
Josh chuckled as Teo forgot about the topic at hand rubbing his arm up and down feeling him up, his voice playful as he replied, "I would say strength resides within one's willpower. But it could also be 'cause I've been doing pull ups since I was teen hence the broad shoulders."
Jimeno and Jack wanted to touch to make sure how strong he was so they just asked shamelessly.
"Can we touch?" They spoke at the same time.
Josh laughed at their question whilst Teo glared at them with that piercing gaze of his which he used to keep anyone away.
The golden haired spoke calmly yet serious, "This is not an–".
"Yeah, go ahead." Yet he got interrupted by his boyfriend who didn't mind at all as long as they weren't touching his face, hair or down his waist he didn't see the problem with it.
Teo whined silently pinching Josh's arms so he would see him.
"What? Do you have a problem with it?"
Josh questioned his boyfriend who was clearly sulking yet he wanted to hear his reasons behind it.
"I do. They can't touch you!"
"Let's put some rules, they can't touch my face, hair, back, abs and lower body. Does it sound good?"
Teo pressed his lips to not smile, pretending he wasn't agreeing yet he giggling inside like a teen in love.
"Yeah.. but your neck is out of reach, so is your chest. It would be better if they didn't but not like someone could resist you… I mean"
Teo coughed, choking on his own spit as he slipped his mind.
Josh tried to not burst into a laughing fit as his boyfriend's words made him happy.
Jack and Jimeno chuckled a little walking over to Josh to touch him, one going for his shoulder and the other one squeezing his arm respectively.