Learn To Cope

---Austin's POV---

Alan decided it was a good idea to go running off like a mad man down the field with Tino chasing him screaming at him to behave. It seemed as though Alan adopted Tino as a son of some sort, it was rather cute if you ask me. Ahahha cute, what am I saying I sound like a girl.

But I couldn't help but turn to the smaller person next to me, her fluffy hair drifting about slightly from the warm and welcoming breeze passing through this place for once, her eyes looked almost like the field itself a wild green colour and the most important thing her small hand surrounded by my much larger ink clad one. I smirked slightly taking notice of the peculiar way she would hold my hand. She would grab hold of my smallest finger and ring finger and hold onto them with a vice grip letting me wrap my two spare fingers and my thumb around the main part of her hand. I chuckled slightly at how quirky and awkward she was in every single way possible. It was probably the most perfect thing about her not to mention the whole of her being pure perfection. She had a rare gift called natural beauty; she never needed make-up and her hair absolutely perfect. She looked lovely with her pale face left natural and her hair in its natural loose curls. She was something special that I wanted to keep. I would never let her know that though, she was very timid when I first met her a few days ago and I have just managed to get her out of the treacherously walls she has built around her. She would freak out if I told her my feelings towards her now; I dread to think her reaction!

---Hannah's POV---

After watching Alan and Tino till they disappeared behind the trees and bushes sitting at the bottom of the field I couldn't help but notice an intense stare seeping through my skin and into my bones, well that's what it felt like. I giraffed my head up towards Austin and gave him a funny look and in return I was given one of his Cheshire cat smirks. That boy and his smirking ugh.
I noticed how warm and welcoming his hand was, it was an immense feeling holding onto it and at this point I was starting to wonder if it was just my imagination of how nice the texture of his hand felt. They had a rough feeling to them, only a slight one which was taken over by his soft fingertips and the heat of them radiating onto my hands. My eyes still on our hands I heard his contagious laugh fill my ear before looking up rather startled at his outburst. It was then I noticed that his eruption of laughter was because of me staring at our hands with the most confused obscured look slapped onto my face. Now here I am blushing and keeping my head down as Austin finds it even more amusing.

"I thought you would know what hands were by now!" He cackled, his deep voice sounding croaky due to his laughing fit still not subsiding. "Sorry," I whispered under my breath as I kept my head down and let Austin lead the way into the trees that Tino and Alan had previously bolted through leaving a mass trail of broken branches. After a few minutes of walking we found Tino and Alan throwing a ball to each other and Tino giggling as per usual. I decided to sit down on a tree stump as Austin jogged over to join the boys as they started to throw leaves and lumps of grass at each other, it amused me at how easily occupied they were from the smallest of things. You could put the three of them in a white room with a piece of paper and a drum stick and they would still probably find a way to make some numb skull game to play.

"Austin! Can we make you a leaf wig!?" Tino screamed giggling to himself whilst presenting Austin a handful of leaves. Austin looked over to me with a look of pity on his face; I simply laughed at him and gave him the look to say "be nice". Austin understood my facial features and sat down cross legged as Tino destroyed Austin's crazy hair. I guess after a while Tino found a resting Alan to go annoy and Austin came over to me with puppy dog eyes and his bottom lip jutting out. "Look at what the child has done to me," Austin whimpered as he sat down in-between my legs signalling me to start plucking the leaves from his hair and what a task that was. As I started pulling out the last few leaves off Austin's head he started to lean back into my squishing my legs slightly as he nuzzled his face awkwardly into my chest, I took advantage and decided to play with his hair hoping he wouldn't mind. I slowly reached up taking caution in case Austin had one of his outbursts but he turned to look at me "please, play with my hair" He almost whispered whilst tilting his head up to look at me. I simply picked up one of his messy locks and started to twiddle it around my fingers making Austin purr like a kitten. He let out a long sigh and grabbed my other hand which was happily sat on my lap and placed it onto his broad shoulder. "Austin loves Hannah, Austin loves Hannah!" Tino and Alan pranced around singing repeatedly making Austin step out of his trance and shout at both of them "Will you two shut up? You have already tortured me for the whole day what more do you want?" before lying his head back down.

"Do you love Hannah?" Tino asked Austin childishly as he sat down crossed legged with his head tilted, he was so adorable! "Tino! Don't say stuff like that, that's rude!" Alan interrupted saving a frowning Austin from having to answer his question. Tino put his head down "Sorry Alan" he whimpered then I heard little gasps escaping his lips. "Aw Tino, you're not in trouble! It was just an accident" I cooed sitting next to him and wrapping my arms around his small body. "I don't like doing things wrong" I whispered to him. "You're not doing anything wrong Tino! You’re supposed to learn from mistakes," I explained to him as I rocked him back and forth. Alan came over telling me he will take over and Austin took my hand pulling me out of the bushes. "Yeah, sorry about what Tino said, he's still learning" Austin stuffed his hands into his pockets and looked to the floor. I just nodded and pulled him slightly so that we walked towards the main building. Once inside Austin took me back to his room where we both fell onto the bed and drifted into our sleeping fazes.

Notes

is anyone actually reading this story? ~kiera