OALL- Rewrite Ch6

The night found two of the three teenagers lying in the sand, staring up at the stars in an easy silence. Ben climed out of the water, shaking crystalline droplets out of his soaked hair, slowly approaching his boyfriend with a wide smile, holding out a hand.

"Come swim with me?" he asked

Kevin reached up and took the offered hand, allowing Ben to pull him up and out of the cooling sand. The brunette turned to walk away but Kevin pulled him back, sending the smaller teen crashing into his chest.

"Kevin?" he asked softly, concern entering his tone

Kevin hushed him gently, wrapping his arms around him and resting his cheek atop the other boys head

"Just let me hold you" he murmured "Just for a minute"

"Okay" he whispered, relaxing into the ravens hold as his own arms wrapped around the other man.

When they finally moved away from each other Kevin led Ben slowly to the water, taking his hand as they waded in, Gwen watching fondly from the beach. Kevin hissed slightly at the temperature of the water and Ben let out a laugh, tilting his head so his cheek was pressed against Kevin's arm. On the beach, Gwen made a fire. She completed this task with ease before fishing out her camera, clicking a few more pictures of the boys.

"Gwen!" Kevin called over his shoulder

"Yeah?" she asked, lowering the camera slowly, thinking he was probably going to tell her to stop taking pictures

"Come swim with us!" he invited instead, and Ben eagerly nodded in agreement

Gwen blinked in surprise before allowing a smile to grace her lips, getting to her feet and forming another mana platform, muttering a spell so the camera could control itself as she wished. Once it was properly set up she took off, rushing into the water and letting out a laugh as water splashed up around her. Ben leapt at her, tackling her into the water, and she shrieked through a laugh as she put a mana shield around them, water splashing against the shield.

Ben sat up, glancing around curiously before turning and smirking at his cousin

"Oh really?"

He moved his hands to her sides and she shrieked as he began tickling her relentessly. She writhed and squirmed beneath him, trying to free herself, not noticing when her shield flickered due to the lack of concentration. Ben, on the other hand, noticed this, and sucked in a breath of air right as the shield gave way and the water splashed down over them.

He surfaced and swam toward Kevin, latching onto the brute -whom was laughing hysterically- as Gwen rose from the water, drenched hair hanging in her face and reminding Ben briefly of the little girl from The Ring. He shuddered at the thought. She reached up and thrust the hair out of her face, revealing her devious smirk to the boys, prompting Kevin to take a wary step back. Her hands lit up with mana, and she chuckled

"Oh, it is ON!" she cried, lunging at the boys

Ben shrieked and clung tighter to his boyfriend

"Run!" he yelled frantically as Kevin turned on his heels and rushed away, struggling against hte resistance the water was providing "She's gaining on us!"

"Use the Omnitrix then, damnit!" Kevin cried, hands flailing at his sides as they cut through the water, trying in vain to help him gain some speed

Ben's eyes widened in realization and he smacked his palm to his forehead. A sigh escaped him and he lifted his wrist, flicking through the aliens until he found Humungousaur. He released his grip on the ruffian and splashed into the water

"This looks like a job for Humungousaur!" he cried, slapping his palm down

Gwen froze and both watched in silence as a figure rose out of the water, towering over them both. Kevin gawked up at him, and Ben huffed, throwing his hands up in frustration.

"This isn't Humungousaur!" he cried out, before sighing "Waybig!"

He leaned down and held his hand out to Kevin as Gwen let out a loud laugh, and Kevin scrambled onto his hand. Waybig stood and placed Kevin on his shoulder before taking off

"Let's go!" Kevin cried enthusiastically, wide grin firmly locked in place

"I'm going, I'm going!" Waybig huffed, straining to move in the water as Gwen gained on them

"Switch to Big Chill!" Kevin suggested

Ben reached up and slammed his palm down on the face on the Omnitrix, and Kevin yelped in surprise as he and Kevin began falling, gaze shooting over to to his boyfriend only to see that he was now -rather inconveniently- Upchuck. The Gourmand huffed in annoyance

"I hate this thing" he muttered, grunting when Gwen caught them with her mana

"Well well" she teased "What have we here?" she drawled

"I'm innocent!" Kevin yelled "I surrender! I was kidnapped!"

Gwen and Upchuck stared at him in silence for a brief moment before bursting into laughter, the Gourmand pushing his boyfriend over right as the Omnitrix timed out, allowing Ben's own laughter to fill the air

"My hero!" he choked out between laughs

Kevin picked up Ben in response and the brunette yelped as Kevin tossed him off the mana platform, sending him splashing into the ocean. Ben surfaced with a loud and indigant cry of

"Hey!"

Kevin doubled over with laughter and Gwen joined in, mana disks flickering as she once again lost concentration, disappearing a moment later and sending both splashing into the ocean. Ben laughed triumphantly and Gwen splashed him, silencing his laughter as he yelped in alarm and hid behind Kevin.

The trio shared a glance before bursting into more laughter, not stopping until their sides hurt. Gwen sighed happily as she brushed her soaked hair out of her face, another giggle escaping her as she turned and swam toward shore. She climbed out of the water and shook the liquid from her hair, tossing it back over her shoulder with a smile

"Who want's smores?" she called over her shoulder to the boys

Ben and Kevin shared a glance before rushing toward the shore, Gwen stepping back as both barreled onto the beach, Ben promptly getting tackled into the sand by his boyfriend. Ben yelped, squirming in the ravens grasp, and Kevin chuckled deviously, hands grasping the brunettes hips to turn him over, hands reaching up and grabbing Ben's, pinning them in the sand. The brunettes cheeks turned scarlet.

"K-Kevin! Lemme go!" he exclaimed

Kevin shifted the brunettes hands so both were held in one of his own, bringing his now free hand down to the brunettes side. A shriek of laughter escaped the brunette and he intensified his struggles

"K-Kevin stop!" he cried through giggles "Stop! Uncle!"

"Hmmm" he drawled playfully "First tell me how amazing I am"

"You're-" he choked on his laughter "You're amazing! Stupendous! Fantastic! And sexy!" he cried

"And?" the raven purred

Ben was practically wheezing

"You're good in bed!"

Kevin chuckled and released his boyfriend

"You know it" before the brunette could respond he leaned down and captured his lips in a passionate kiss. Ben eagerly kissed back, arms reaching up to wrap around Kevin's shoulders, pulling him closer. It was Kevin that broke the kiss so they could breathe "If Gwen wasn't here right now..." he murmured, lips brushing his lovers

Ben's breath hitched

"Yeah?" he breathed

"Then we would be-" he was cut off when Ben giggled and crushed their lips together

"I like the sound of that" he whispered when their lips parted, half-lidded eyes staring into Kevins deep onyx orbs

"Can you two get a room!?" Gwen exclaimed, reminding the other two of her presence

The two turned their heads toward her and Ben smiled sheepishly, releasing Kevin so the raven could stand, stooping once more to help him up

"Sorry Gwen" he apologized, chuckling softly as he wrapped an arm around Ben's waist and pulled him close as they headed toward the fire

Gwen smiled warmly at both

"It's fine" she assured them "Come on" she held up a bag "The marshmallows are waiting"

Ben smiled widely, turning to Kevin for a moment

"I love you" he beamed

"I love you too, baby" he murmured, pressing a gentle kiss to the brunettes waiting lips before they joined Gwen by the fire.