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Eli likes everything about him
He loves the way Demetri's eyes would dart back and forth when he was lying no matter how much he tried he couldn't stop that and Hawk loved it. Demetri was good at manipulating his emotions like you could not differentiate his anger from his sadness even his anxiousness was easily masked something Eli could never do but Hawk could easily cover up with anger.
He loves how when Demetri wakes up his hair is all messed up but it still looks perfect, or how the hair grows out a bit at the end of the summer hair curling at his ears.
He loves how Demetri would always bake him cookies when he was sad, Demetri had begged his mom to give him the recipe and surprisingly she did. Even though it was a family recipe a long line tradition only for the Moskowitz family to know, but she trusted Demetri she gladly handed the paper over, as well as a bunch of other recipe's. Not daring to answer the question of why.
He loves how Demetri's eyes look like fireworks you cant really tell what colour they are without mentioning all the possible eye colours, sparks of forest green, royal blue, hazel brown, deep brown, grey, all of the possible ones. His eyelashes are long as well so when he looks up at you which was more common when they were younger, he looked through those eyelashes and it made him look adorable.
He loves how Demetri can start rambling about anything, everything and Eli could listen for hours and if he could he'd listen forever the calmness he had when he spoke about everything he loved or is interested in the way he could tell you all the details as if they were on a piece of paper laid out in from of him. Memorising every word Eli wished he could do the same, remember every line Demetri said he wished he could recite, remember every word that Demetri said at any point. So he could say it all back to him show he was listening to every word prove himself as a good friend.
He loves the fact that Demetri couldn't handle sour stuff, his face screws up every time even if its just a speck of the 'acid' he'd call it. He could never handle it and it made Eli laugh overtime he tried and failed, then Eli gets to eat the rest of the packet watching as Demetri drains his mouth out with water swearing he'd never do it again. But alternately he always tried again.
He loves Demetri's sleeping face as well the way he looks so calm and relaxed, freckle's decorating his face perfectly, long eyelashes pointing upward. Pink lips slightly parted as he breathes through his mouth, chest rising as he takes those breathes, he's calm and looks like he belongs they're in that exact spot. Like angels placed him there.
He loves that Demetri has an addiction to Chocolate Chip muffins the amount he can eat in one sitting is inhuman but Eli loves it, he loves the way he and Demetri would bake them together, how it most of the time ended up with flour everywhere and dirty bowls. As they attempt to clean them, which most of the time just resulted in a mess with the soap.
He loves how Demetri can brush off every insult that gets thrown his way, the way he can just ignore them and focus on building his lego, whereas Eli never could do that it was constantly playing in his mind.
He loves how Demetri will find a way to give him a hug when he's panicking because it helps, it's strange though he doesn't like it from anyone else. He loves how Demetri hugs him the way he squeezes his shoulders tight, it always felt nice comforting, the way Demetri hugs him, his height everything makes it good, when no-one else can.
He loves the way Demetri's face lights up when he see's a brand new comic or the way he smiles that big pretty smile when the new season of a show he likes comes out or when he finds a new movie that he knows Eli would love. When he's talking about some of the new lore he found on something he loves, the way he smiles when he finds something new about programming and is exited to tell Eli about it. Or the biggest smile he saw when they won that coding competition together, the smile as he hands over the trophy to Eli because he's scared the trophy will get knocked over by his cat at his house.
He loves the way he laughs when he finds something funny or when he finds something Eli said stupid, just the way his cheeks blush up when he laughs the light skin replaced with rosy pink cheeks.
He loves the way Demetri could always make him feel better the way just some words felt like drugs, the good kind of drug the ones that people need to stay alive. Like Mono and cancer Mono helped you it helps you feel strong again. It gives you hope.
He loved the way Demetri's voice sounds, its light soft toned but also sarcastic and deep, he could be scary if he wanted to but he chose not to, he chose to speak softly, mumble his words to him when he's having a panic attack or when he feels sad Demetri's always been so soft and caring for him. Or when their playing a game and he gets a little too into it and starts planting insults to him they have no real threat behind them, but he loves the way Demetri says the first thing that comes to his mind. He never thought of if he should say it only says it immediately and Eli loved it he loved knowing that if he did something wrong it would of been stated he loved that he didn't have to worry about that.
But Hawk wasn't supposed to, Hawk was meant to hate everything about him.
But Hawk still loved every part of Demetri
But he couldn't anymore
Eli could forever love Demetri but not Hawk
Love makes a person weak
Sensei Kreese had made sure he knew