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"SO ARE YOU GONNA tell us who you're dating yet or continue to make me die from curiosity?"

amara scooped her ice cream from her bowl and practically shoveled it into her mouth. chase was with his favorite female brunet and tyler eating ice cream at a new parlor that had recently come out.

"curiosity killed the cat." chase stated and amara gave him a blank stare.

"did you just call me a cat?"

chase laughed lightly, putting a spoonful of mint chocolate chip ice cream into his mouth. "yes," he swallowed it and sat back in his seat. "but no. i'm not gonna tell you yet."

"clearly it must be someone we don't like if you won't tell us." amara crossed her arms over her chest.

the boy rolled his eyes, "he's not out yet and doesn't want anyone to know. i'm respecting his decisions and if you can't then you can fuck off." he spoke nicely, but his voice was laced with venom. tyler smirked, knowing chase's response startled amara. she hadn't expected that kind of reaction, but tyler did. tyler was used to it. chase licked his lips and sighed, "sorry, i just—" he paused, staring at his ice cream. "i don't feel good. i'm gonna go home." he rose from the table and tossed his ice cream out. as he made his way to his car his phone started ringing and he frowned at the random number that had called him last week. his finger lingered over the screen before he swiped to answer. "hello?"

"hey," chase could hear tom's voice. it was quiet and barely a whisper. chase hadn't even realized it was tom's number and he shook his head at himself.

"hi." the younger boy responded, leaning against his car.

"i, um, i need to talk to you." chase frowned at tom's tone and he unlocked his door.

"is everything okay?" he questioned, starting the engine.

there was a long pause before tom spoke again, "don't tell anyone you're coming here." he hung up and chase furrowed his eyes. he dropped his phone onto the middle console and pulled out of the parking lot, heading in the direction of tom's house.

when he arrived he only saw tom's car in the driveway, so he pulled in behind him and got out. he made his way to the front door and simply opened the door, letting himself in. he made his way to the basement and hesitated outside the older boy's door for a minute. as he gripped the handle his heart beat hard in his chest and he twisted it, pushing the door open. tom sat on his couch with an ice pack to his eye and chase immediately frowned, concerned.

he made sure to lock to door before making his way over to tom, sitting across from him on the table. "what happened?" tom sighed, sitting up. he removed the ice pack and placed it next to him on the couch as he looked at his lip. his eye was black, blue, and swollen. chase's eyes widened and he stood up, grabbing tom's face. "tom, what happened?" tom didn't speak for awhile as he completely avoided chase's gaze. chase wanted to be patient, but he needed to know who did this to him. "who did this?"

tom stood and started to pace. "i was at your house and i just—" he paused. "i wanted to tell alec about—about us. about how i feel for you and he punched me." he let out a dry laugh as he ran his fingers through his hair. "he wasn't happy."

chase's eyes widened and he stepped towards tom. "what? are you okay? why the hell would you tell him that? you must've known that he would've punched you. i'm surprised he didn't kill you."

"he's my best friend. i needed him to know. it felt wrong going behind his back. i'm sorry."

chase sighed, examining the older boy's black eye. "it's okay. it's nice that you wanted him to know, but—" he paused. as he scoffed he shook his head. "you know what? no. this is bullshit. you're almost twenty years old. you can make your own decisions and alec can't get mad at you for them."

tom sighed, "he's mad because you're his little brother and you're also three years younger than me. he has every right to be mad."

the younger brunet frowned, "but that doesn't give him the right to punch you."

"it's fine." tom shook his head and sat back down on the couch. chase followed, sitting next to him and leaned his head against tom's shoulder as he put the ice back up to his eye.

"is it okay if i stay here for the night? i'll grab my school stuff and come back." chase practically pleaded and tom chuckled.

"yeah, of course. i just don't know if you're going to be able to get back out of the house."

"i'm my own person. i'll be fine." chase smiled up at him.

tom pressed a kiss to his forehead. "do you want me to follow you and i'll just drive you back? matteo's gonna need the car to get to school. i can drop you off in the morning."

the blue eyed boy nodded, "yeah, sure. wait like ten minutes before you leave though. it's gonna take me a minute to get my stuff."

tom simply nodded and watched as chase left. chase got in his car and shook his head T the thought of his older brother. he knew his brother had it in him, but he never thought that he would actually do it.

as he pulled into the driveway he glared at alec's car. he made his way inside and headed straight for his room. alec was sat on his bed with the sweatshirt chase stole from tom in his hands. "what the hell is wrong with you?" chase questioned as he walked over to his closet to grab his duffle bag.

"me?" alec scoffed. "what the hell is wrong with you?" chase rolled his eyes he tossed a couple clean shirts and shorts in the bag. "he's almost twenty, chase! you need to date people closer to your age."

chase turned to look at him. "you can't tell me what the fuck to do! you're not the boss of me. you had no right to punch tom. he was trusting you! he was being honest with you and you were just an asshole!"

"chase, you don't get it. it's illegal, it's wrong, and tom can get in so much trouble." alec tried to reason.

the blue eyed boy shook his head as he shoved a pair of sweatpants in his bag. "he can't get in trouble if there is consent given and guess what, alec? there is!"

"this is the guy you're in love with." alec realized and chase nodded, zipping up the duffle.

"yeah, it is." he grabbed the sweatshirt from alec's hands. "i've never been in love with someone until tom came along and let me tell you i have a love/hate relationship with the feeling because at any moment he could drop me and i'll feel like my whole world is crashing down around me. a pile of bricks will mentally fall on me and i'll be screwed. why? because you're trying to take away the one thing that has made me happy and that has made me want to try." he looked alec in the eye. "do you want me to break? do you want me to be miserable?" the redhead was left speechless and chase took the opportunity to leave. he climbed in tom's car and left home, not wanting to go back.

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my lunch break ended 5 minutes ago but here i am posting an update because  this book is my life