[ WP ] `` Do n't even say that it hurts . ''

We did n't talk for a couple of days after it happened. I do n't think I've ever seen him mad but I guess every guy has a beast inside him. It's just a matter of what it takes to make that part of him come out. We were having some fun, rough housing around the house while our roommates were locked in their bedrooms, doing all sorts of deviant little things. That's quite alright. We're more of the shy type but we understand that in the heat of the moment some things happen and they can be quite awesome. I somehow pinned him to the ground and gave him the good ol' tickling of death to which he started laughing hysterically. It took me awhile to notice that he was actually crying, and when I questioned him about it he tossed me off of him and left. I almost didn ’ t recognize him as he did it. 
 
 Matt, his best friend, gave me a call the next morning telling me that Ben stormed into his apartment raving mad. They almost got into a fight until he calmed him down enough to talk to him. `` Look, give him a few days to calm down. He'll tell you when he's ready. Just do n't pressure him and it'll be fine.'' That was all he told me when I asked what I did wrong. They've been friends since elementary school and know everything about each other. If I did n't know better, I think I would be jealous. 
 
 Saturday rolled around and he finally came back home. It did n't look like he shaved since he left and he was still in the same clothes. I did n't want to test whether he took a shower or not so I pretended to do some housekeeping. `` Hey.'' Ok, he was n't exactly a wordsmith but I found it hysterical that this was the first thing he thought to say to me. I do n't know exactly what came over me next, whether it was mostly a joke or whether I was genuinely upset at him, but I decided to play the upset housewife. 
 
 `` Hey? Really? That's the first thing you say to me after you disappear and go who knows where?'' I stared at him for a moment as he stood there stunned. `` Well? Say something!'' I tossed the dishrag I was wiping the counter with at him, or at least in his general direction. I was never good at any task that required some hand eye coordination and the aerodynamic properties of the rag didn ’ t help. I did however hit the pot hanging over the island hard enough that it knocked it off its hook. Physics thought it funny to bounce the pot off of the counter causing the handle to strike him right in the groin. 
 
 I saw him collapse to the floor almost instantly and had the most sincere oh-my-god moment of my life as I ran over to him. Then my mouth completely betrayed my concern. I could n't keep myself from laughing as I saw his body sprawled on the ground with his two hands cupping his injured member. The laughing continued for awhile and it didn ’ t exactly stop as I asked him if he was alright. `` I'm so sorry,'' came out in between a stream of chuckles. The fact that a single tap in the right ( wrong? ) area could completely cripple someone is perhaps the most interesting part of man's physiology. and clearly the most hilarious. Though he would n't get up for another ten minutes, he was n't going to take this lying down. As I swooped down to help him up he reached out and pinched my inner thigh, hard. I yelped in pain, lost my footing and fell beside him. 
 
 `` Ow, ow, ow. That…'' 
 
 `` Don ’ t. Don ’ t' even say that it hurts. You do n't know what pain is.'' His voice was clearly pained and as soon as he pinched me his hands went back to cupping. I could n't help but look at him and crack a smile. 
 
 `` Does that really hurt that much?'' 
 
 `` You have no clue.'' He returned a smile and wrapped his arm around me. 
 
 `` I'm sorry, about everything really. There are some things that I have n't told you about my family and some of the things that happened. I…I just did n't know how.'' I saw the sadness creep into his face. 
 
 `` It's ok. It's really ok.'' I kissed him on the cheek and held him as close as I could. `` You do n't have to tell me everything. I love you so much. I'll be here forever no matter what.'' He turned to look me in the eye. I do n't know why but I started to cry. He kissed me. 
 
 And then the door swung open. Scott took one look at us lying on the floor, kissing with tears in our eyes and the pot over Ben's junk, and said `` You two are really weird. Please do n't do that in the kitchen.'' 

