On the laziest afternoons with you

Gabe had decided to take Bill to the festival that was currently going on around the city. He thought it would be a nice idea for something to do, it'd be a shame to stay inside all day with the weather being as nice as it had recently. He'd heard there was going to be a lot of music which he hoped would be entertaining and there was something to do with flowers too, which he knew Bill really liked.

"We're here," Gabe announced to his boyfriend, shooting him a small smile. There were a couple groups of people around but luckily the park wasn't as crowded as he'd expected, Gabe wouldn't have minded there being crowds they brought atmosphere, but he knew it'd wreck poor Bill's head to have so many people about. He imagined it'd be far more crowded downtown, as there was more action taking place there. Perhaps they'd head down there in the evening but for now he was happy to enjoy some sun in the park.

"Wanna sit down over there?" Gabe tilted his head towards a bench, "or will we walk around a bit first?" His legs were a little tired as they'd been walking for ages to get here but it'd be a shame to not look around them after coming all this way. He'd let Bill decide though, as he didn't mind either way.

Gabe could sense that something wasn't right with Bill, the boy had a sulky expression masking his face and he was clinging far tighter than necessary onto Gabriel. Gabe was a little bit irritated about the fact that he could see Bill's mood taking a turn for the worst considering William had been nagging at him for ages to take him out somewhere.

Realising that William's bad mood had probably something to do with the amount of people and maybe the heat, Gabe pressed a kiss to his boyfriend's cheek. He decided he'd better be extra complimentary with William today if their trip out was going to last any longer than half an hour.

"You do," Gabe nodded, "you've very pretty eyes." He could see himself reflected in William's doe-like eyes. Gabe wondered if the boy's hat wasn't working right and perhaps that's why he was irritated. But William was nervous in public and around strangers regardless so it could have been down to either of those things.

"C'mon Bill," Gabe pleaded. He tried to keep his tone light, the last thing he wanted to do was offend William. "We've just got here, let's sit down and enjoy ourselves for a while." He didn't find it as busy as William did, Gabriel and William had very different views on how many people was too many.

"We can grab somewhere in the shade," he promised, "that way you won't be hot." Gabe grinned and added, "well aside from the other kind of hot, que no se puede evitar."

Gabe tilted his head, and raised an eyebrow. He wasn't sure why William was being so irritable with him. All he had done was give the boy a compliment and a kiss on the cheek, nothing he hadn't done before. "Why was it creepy?" He asked with a hint of a frown. He hadn't liked Bill pushing him away either, but he decided to pretend it hadn't happened.

"Maybe you should take off your jacket, Bill," Gabe suggested. He could see William struggling with the heat, and the leather jacket clearly wasn't helping. He didn't know why the boy hadn't taken it off earlier, though if he thought about it long enough he'd realise that William wanted to hide the scars on his arms.

"But we've only got here...." Gabe repeated, he didn't want to leave straight away, there'd have been no point in coming all this way. It probably would have been smarter for them to have gotten the bus here, but Gabe hadn't realised the walk would be so long. At least he had enough for their fare back.

"I am?" Gabe didn't understand why he was making the boy uncomfortable, was it because there were other people around that the things Gabe said were bothering him or would they have bothered him when they were alone too? "I didn't realise, sorry." He scratched the bridge of his nose, if he wasn't able to get William's mood to take a better turn then it was going to be a very long afternoon.

While in theory Gabe had gotten what he wanted with Bill agreeing to sit down, he wasn't all that happy about it because there wasn't much point in them sitting down if William was gonna be cranky all the while.

"Let's sit there," Gabe spotted a nice bench, under some trees, well shaded and out of the way. He took Bill's hand again, determined to bring the boy over even if he was reluctant. When they sat down Gabe smiled, trying to lift William's spirits. "Thank you." He had tried to ignore the snarkiness William was giving him until now, "can I get a smile please, Guillermo? They suit you a lot better." He hoped this would work instead of having the opposite effect, which he knew it very well could.

"Alright, suit yourself." Gabe shrugged, "if I were you though I'd take it off before you faint." He was a little worried that William would end up collapsing if he kept it on, he could spot beads of sweat already forming on the boy's forehead.

Suddenly he remembered that he had a bottle of water in his backpack, he'd felt stupid lugging the bag around but at least it meant he had everything he needed. "Here do you want some water, Bilvy? It might help cool you down a bit." It wouldn't work a miracle seen as it had warmed up a bit in the bag, but it'd help.

Gabe sighed audibly. William had taken it wrong, he had predicted that might happen but he'd taken a chance on it. Stupid, he told himself. "No, I'm not saying that." Gabe argued, "you look lovely all the time, but you just look even nicer when you're happy." He laughed when William told him he looked stupid all the time, "if you say so." There was no point taking it to heart, Bill was just being a little childish .

"Seriously though Guillermo," Gabe continued, ignoring William's scowls, "I don't mean that you look ugly at all. I just was hoping we could enjoy the nice day." He glanced at Bill, waiting to see how the boy would react, not expecting much to change.

Even though William had been grumpy about it, Gabe was just glad the boy had taken it off. Bill would definitely have passed out sooner or later, he could almost see it happening. He was happy when his boyfriend started drinking some of the water, and as the water started to cool him down he could see Bill's mood lifting.

"There now isn't that better?" Gabe asked, folding Bill's jacket and leaving it down beside him. Unfortunately for Gabe the boy was too stubborn to give in that easily. When Bill shoved the bottle back into Gabe's hand , he unscrewed it again and had a sip, before putting the lid back on and putting the bottle into the backpack.

If it were a serious fight some of the things Bill said would most likely hurt Gabe, but for now he wasn't too affected by them as he realised it was just being said with intentions to hurt or annoy him. It was times when he wasn't sure if Bill meant what he said that the boy had the ability to hurt Gabe.

"No," Gabe admitted, "I shouldn't have said that. " He shifted a little in his seat. "But I didn't know you were going to misinterpret it either. " He blinked, "I didn't mean for it to sound nasty or anything. " He'd hoped it'd have got a smile but the opposite had happened.