A love to far gone -Ch.2- (The Outsiders) ~YAOI SLASH~

Ponyboy woke with a start instantly knowing he wasn’t in his room. He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes before relaxing into the warm embrace two strong arms offered.

‘Wait if I’m not in my room who’s here?’ Pony thought as he slowly turned around. He was greeted with the sight of seeing Darry completely naked sleeping peacefully beside him. Memories of the night before came flooding back into Ponies mind giving him a slight erection.

“Shoot.”

He muttered under his breath as pain shot up his spine when he tried to climb out of the bed quietly. Pony soon succeeded after a couple of tries and pulled his pair of jeans to some what cover him self on the way to the bathroom. He hissed slightly as he had to peel off the pants behind the now locked bathroom door. Pony boy twisted the taps until the faucet was gushing warm water and pulled the tab turning the shower nozzle on. He stepped under the falling water shivering slightly and began shampooing his hair. Pony sighed letting the water wash away the foamy mass on his head.

‘Damn it why’d it have to be Darry? I mean Christ he’s my brother and besides what’s the gang gonna think? Oh god what’s Soda gonna think. Why did we ….. It happen, I know Darry’s smart not to mention muscular an- GAH! STOP THINKING LIKE THAT!!! But anyways why did Darry kiss me instead of getting mad does he really like me that way?’

Pony shook his head bringing his thoughts to a halt as he continued to condition and rinse his hair before soaping up.

“Hey Pone hurry up or I’m gonna be late!”

“Just a second!”

Pony quickly rinsed off then turned the water off and wrapped a towel around his waist. He exited the bathroom letting Soda use the shower. Pony headed to his room grabbing clean clothes from the chest of draws and dressed himself before making his way to the kitchen. He glanced at the clock reading 6 Am before digging in the fridge for something to eat.

‘Damn we’re all out of chocolate cake!’

Pony glared at the few remaining crumbs before placing the plate in the sink and pouring himself a glass of milk.

‘Christ the house is quiet wondering what’s happening at the theater this morning?’

With that thought pony slipped on his old runners and took off towards the movie house.

The theater was only a twenty minute walk away from the house and pony boy was just nearing the lot when he spotted Johnny sleeping by the fence. He sat down beside him and lit a smoke waiting for him to wake up. The sun cast rays of gold into the morning fog reminding pony of when him and Johnny stayed in the church. He sighed grinding the stub of his cigarette into the dirt and looked at Johnny when he stirred.

“You up Johnny?”

“Mmph sorta.”

“You wanna go to the theater?”

“Nah I’m not feeling so hot.”

Pony nodded frowning slightly.

‘I wonder if his back is bothering him again.’

Johnny had stayed the hospital for two months with severe third degree burns. The doctors said when a burning timber fell on Johnny in the church it had fractured most of his vertebras nearly breaking his entry back. The burns almost reached the bone and the nurses had been astounded when they found out Dally had been the one to pull him out in time. Dally had only gotten a scar on his arm from the ordeal which he said if looked at closely looked like tangled flames. Unfortunately Johnny still suffered from occasional back pain and rare muscle spasms and had scars over his back, shoulders, upper arm and some of his neck. Dally said there scars looked alike but most of the gang thought he was just trying to cheer him, even for a little while. Johnny would not complain about the pain around Dallas and was usually told to take it easy by him. Johnny still had to complete a set amount of aerobics each day to regain a healthy muscle mass or he wouldn’t fully recover from his injuries and Dally threatened that if he found out Johnny skipped a day and ended up collapsing he’d make sure Johnny had hell to pay for it.

“Hey Pony you got a weed?”

“Yeah here.”

Pony handed him the smoke and gave him a light letting him smoke while he watched the fog slowly disappear.

“It’s getting colder out hey Johnny?”

“Yeah that’s what you get when it nears the school year.”

“Yeah you’re right.”

Both shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through the lot rattling the wire fence.

“Let’s go back to your place pony before we freeze.”

“Yeah I forgot my jacket any how.”

Pony got up and brushed his pants off before helping Jhonny to his feet who cringed and faked a smile to hide it.

“When we get there you should really lie down Jhonny.”

“I-I’m fine.”

“Lair you’re swaying on your feet.”

Johnny only nodded walking slowly towards the Curtis house with Ponyboy following close behind ready to catch Johnny if he fell. They half way across the lot when Two-bit pulled up in his car with Dally riding shot gun.

“Hey guys hop in we’ll drive you the rest of the way.”

“Johnny c’mere!”

Both complied, Johnny cringing slightly at Dally’s tone but made his way to the passenger side window.

“You slept in the lot again didn’t ya?”

“Y-yeah s-sorry.”

“Damn it Johnny the colds getting’ to your back and you know it now get in!”

Johnny nodded and blushed when Dally pulled him on to his lap. Pony gave him a teasing wink knowing the reason for Jhonnys reaction and received a glare, Dallas and two-bit missing the whole thing. It only took two-bit a minute to drive to the Curtis place and all hopped out of the car except Johnny.

“D-dally c-could ya put me down please?”

“Maybe on the couch Johnny cakes right now your backs hurtin’.”

“Jeez Dally you gonna adopt him next.”

“Fuck off two-bit.”

Dally kicked two-bit in the shin before stomping into the living room with Johnny sighing and two-bit followed turning the television on to Mickey mouse. Pony went into his room grabbing some blank paper and a pencil and sat on the bed back against the head board and knees drawn up to his chest to draw. After ten minutes Johnny walked in the room and sat at the end of the bed.

“Hey pony?”

“Yeah?”

“You haven’t told anyone about what we talked about right?”

“Of course Johnny I would never you know that.”

“Yeah I was just checkin’ cause he’s been carrying me around and looking out for me and stuff.”

Pony nodded understanding why Johnny was so nervous about it. A week into Johnny’s stay in the hospital Johnny had really believed he was going to die and had told Ponyboy everything.

~/ flash back\~

Pony sat outside Jhonnys hospital room waiting patiently while the nurse checked on his friend seeing if it was alright for him to visit that day. He had just gotten out of school twenty minutes earlier and had run to the hospital from the school. Pony reached into his back pack pulling a copy of ‘Gone with the Wind’ from its contents flipping through the pages making sure none were damaged while it was in the carrying bag.

“Mr. Curtis Johnny can see you now.”

Pony rushed inside the room setting his bag by the door and moved the small stool so that he could sit beside Johnny while still seeing his friends face in the mirror.

“Hey Johnny cakes how you feeling?”

“Not that great Pony I-I still can’t feel my legs.”

Pony frowned not just by his friends’ news but also by the coarseness of Jhonnys voice.

“I-I don’t think I’m gonna pull through pony.”

“NO Johnny don’t talk like that you will I promise you will!”

“Pony don’t make promises you can’t keep.”

“Johnny listen you’ll pu-“

“YOU LISTEN PONY I’M DYING!”

Pony felt the sting in his eyes from the hot tears that ran down his face as Johnny started crying. He wiped the tears away with the tissues on the side table and did the same for Johnny with a fresh handful of tissues.

“P-pony c-could ya listen for a moment?”

“Of course Johnny.”

“And can you keep some secrets?”

“Yeah.”

“I-I’m well I-I’m g-g qu- hom- ugh.”

“It’s alright Johnny just spit it out.” ‘It can’t be that bad.’

“I-I’m a homo- aw Christ I’m Gay!”

“YOU’RE WHAT!?!?”

“You can leave if you want I wouldn’t blame ya.”

Pony was shocked he never expected Johnny to say that and had fallen off his seat as soon as he heard the words escape Jhonnys mouth. He slowly stood regaining his composer and thinking what he would say next.

“I-I ain’t leavin Johnny.”

“What why don’t you hate me?”

“I can’t hate you Johnny you’re well just being you I guess and if you’re gay that okay to cause I don’t think gender matters in fact I guess I find some guys to be pretty uh u-um tuff you know it’s just I like girls to so yea any ways it’s okay if your gay.”

“R-really?”

“Y-yeah.”

“Even you thinking’ about some guys that way?”

“Y-yeah.”

“Okay I-I feel a bit better now.”

An awkward silence fell in the room and pony placed his hands in his pockets while he kicked at the floor with his shoe.

“How’d you know you were gay Johnny?”

“Well um you know how I admire Dally right?”

“Of course everyone does.”

“Well it kind of g-grew into more.”

“You mean you like Dally that way now?”

“Y-yeah I mean I tried to ignore it but I couldn’t and then the dreams star- forget that mentioned those I-I just couldn’t get him off my mind so now I guess it’s pretty bad huh?”

“Yeah sounds like you’re head over heels or what ever that saying is.”

“Yeah how about you?”

“Well I guess I like seeing tuff guys in movies so that’s how it started and yeah you can pretty much guess I noticed more then a nice hair cut.”

They talked until the Nurse kicked Pony out and he went home glad he didn’t have to hide part of himself from his friends any more.

~/end flashback\~

Pony grinned remembering the day him and Johnny had admitted they were gay, well he was bi but still it was something people killed over. He frowned slightly thinking the situation over.

‘I hadn’t told Jhonny everything I-I wonder if he’d be mad? Well only one way to find out.’

“H-hey Jhonny?”

“Yeah pony?

“Remember the talk in the hospital?”

“Of course.”

“Well this is one of those secrets.”

“Oh ok.”

“Well um when we were staying in the church the night after the time we swam in the pond.”

“It was more like a swamp but yeah.”

“Well I kind of well I um touched your butt when you were sleeping.”

“What! Pony why? And it wasn’t a touch it was a full on grab!”

“Shhh keep it down and how would you know?”

“Because I was awake now why’d you do it?”

“I was curious okay and well sorry.”

“You were still figuring out your preferences?”

“Yeah so am I forgiven then?”

“Hm not quite.”

Pony stared blankly at his paper before yelping and falling off his bed when he felt Jhonny give his ass a tight squeeze. Pony bit his lip trying not to shout as he felt a large amount of pain shoot up his back side from landing on his rear. Jhonny stopped laughing once he realized Ponyboy wasn’t getting up and peered over the edge of the bed where pony lied grimacing.

“Pony are you okay?”

“N-not really.”

“Pony I’m so sorry I didn’t mean to grab ya that hard I-“

“Jhonny it wasn’t you but I-I need to know can you keep a really big secret?”

“Yes of course.”

Pony got off the floor before breathing deeply and laying across the bed on his stomach.

“Jhonny this one is bigger than all the others okay?”

“I-I understand just say what you need to.”

“The reason that hurt so much I-is m-me and D-Darry had uh umm.”

“Did he hit you again Pony? I thought you guys weren’t fightin’ anymore.”

“W-we weren’t fighting we h-had s-s-se umm s-s intercourse.”

“WHAT WHY WHEN!?!”

“Quiet Jhonny the whole house will hear ya.”

“Pony w-why did ya do it?”

“I d-don’t know i-it kind of just happened and well yeah.”

“Are you ok I mean well you know.”

“I-I’m sore but otherwise alright.”

“How’s Darry?”

“I-I haven’t talked to him.”

“I think you should Pony cause this is pretty serious after all Darry doesn’t suddenly do things for no reason you know so there’s outta be a reason.”

“Um okay I will, later though cause his truck ain’t here so he’s probably at work.”

“Okay Pony now what have you been drawing?”

Pony explained his art work and both stayed there discussing random things, mostly Jhonny asking Pony what it felt like since he had never had it and doubted he would soon.