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The next few weeks were spent preparing for the opening of the tea shop. Keane and Lyle already handled the location and marketing and Callum helped Lian in developing recipes if helping meant dishwashing. Lian wouldn't let him near the ingredients or the oven after burning a batch of cookies because he followed the Fahrenheit temperature in the recipe instead of celsius. After that, he was banished from doing the dishes. Lian had also decided to continue his therapy and after a visit to a psychiatrist, he was prescribed some medication for anxiety and depression. Lian feared that the medication would do him more harm than good given his history with drugs but his psychiatrist assured him that his medication is not addictive and it proved true as Lian continued to take them.Lian was staring out the window as they drove to the location of the shop. Lian has no idea what the shop looks like seeing how Lyle and Keane designed everything. Callum placed his hand on Lian's thigh which wou
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"Lian!" Callum called as he ran toward his best friend."Shit, slow down!" Lian tried to warn but it was too late.Callum threw himself on Lian but the boy was unable to keep his balance. The two fell on the floor with a thud, Lian taking the brunt of it. Callum hurriedly got off of his best friend as he groaned in pain."Oh fuck, I'm so sorry," Callum quickly apologized as he tried to help Lian up but his hand was just swatted away."I'm going to fucking kill you," Lian grumbled as he pushed himself up from the ground. Callum kept his distance as Lian dusted off his clothes. He definitely does not take Lian's threats lightly. "Why did you run me over anyway?" Lian asked in annoyance. "I just missed you, man," he shrugged. "I mean, we're supposed to be spending the last weeks of senior year hanging out but you spent the last month traveling around Europe," Callum complained."Oh no, god forbid I spend time with my family," he rolled his eyes. "You're an ass you know that," Callum
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Callum and Lian parted ways after a quick kiss. Lian was smiling like an idiot. Thankfully the night has set in and no one could see how he looked like the joker with how much he was smiling, but it soon turned into a frown when he saw a piece of luggage, his luggage, being loaded up in an unknown car. A man wearing black approached him and all his senses went haywire.Lian turned to run but the man was too fast. He was quickly held down with a rag placed over his nose. He tried making a sound but it came out muffled. Lian felt a prick on his neck and his vision was starting to get hazy and his body was going numb. Lian desperately tried to fight it off as he felt his hands and legs get tied up. The dark made it impossible for other people to see them. Lian could only cry as his world got blurry with each blink. Hours had passed and Lian was awoken by the harsh winds and the sun glaring at his face. His whole body felt sore as he tried to get up from the cold ground. The harsh and pu
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6 years later..."Leaving so soon? You've been here for barely a week," Caela muttered. "Sorry, sis. I really have to go. We're setting up our new office in a new city. I have to make sure everything will go accordingly," Calum said as he put on his coat."I know that. Are you sure it's just that? I know what date it is tomorrow, Callum. It's been six years," Caela said.Callum tensed at his sister's accusation but he quickly composed himself. "Can we not talk about that, please," Callum almost begged. "We never talked about it. Callum, you need to-""Stop it, okay? Can't I just leave without any argument issuing between us," he cut off."I'm not starting an argument. You just act so hostile every time I bring that up," Caela defended. "If you're that fucking adamant on leaving, then go," she huffed before turning her back on her brother and running back to her room.Callum sighed as he rubbed his temples. It was not something he wished to deal with. He already had enough on his sh
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The night was much colder than the day and Lian's tattered jacket was not doing much to combat the cold. It was still the same jacket that Callum gave him years ago. It had Callum's last name and his player number. Callum was part of the varsity for baseball and Lian remembered attending every game that he could.He hugged the jacket closer to his body, imagining the warmth he used to feel when Callum would wrap his arms around him. He knows there is one thing that could distract him from the cold but he vowed never to use it again, but as the winds became stronger, so did the temptation. I should've grabbed the blanket. Lian thought to himself. A strong gush of wind passed him, making him shiver. Lian could no longer take it. He cursed under his breath and walked the path he vowed to no longer take months ago. His feet took him in front of a steel door with a single light bulb illuminating it. The guard immediately recognized him and opened the door."Long time no see," the guard s
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Two weeks had passed since Lian started staying over at Keane's apartment. True to his promise, the man was able to land him a job that he felt severely underqualified for. Luckily, he mostly worked from home since he just needed to arrange schedules and proofread documents. Keane also gave him new sets of clothes, more than he could ask for. He insisted that he should pay for it but Keane wouldn't budge until he finally convinced the man to at least pay back half of it. Lian has also been cooking meals and cleaning the home whenever he has free time and Keane more than appreciated it. For the first time in a long time, Lian ate three times a day, had a soft bed, and was not worried about someone barging into his room and harassing him.There is still one thing that he couldn't get rid of and he knew that night that he spent in that place was the biggest mistake he had made. One more taste and he knew he'd lose everything once again but it kept calling him. He had to lock himself in
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Lian was staring at the ceiling, not wanting to move from the bed. He feels well-rested enough and he knows that Keane was waiting for him outside. The sooner we start, the sooner it will end. Lian thought to himself and finally heaved himself off of the bed.Lian took a deep breath before walking out of his room and into the living room where Keane was sitting down and drinking some coffee."You want some coffee?" he asked as soon as he saw Lian."No, I don't like coffee," Lian answered. "You don't like coffee?" Keane feigned offense.Lian felt a little more relaxed as he sat down. Keane's joking nature was helping him to be calmer."I could get you some tea if you like," Keane offered. "No, I'm good. Thank you.""So, want to tell me your story?" Keane said. "I just realized that we should've done this much earlier," he chuckled. "Don't share what you're not comfortable sharing, I'll understand."Lian gave him a grateful smile. He has never met someone with such kindness in such a
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Callum had his brows raised as he went over his schedule for the next few months. It usually takes Keane more than a few weeks to be able to set up his schedule like this. It seemed that Keane had been more productive than usual.I should give him a raise for this. Callum thought. Callum didn't say anything to his assistant about his work. He'd rather just give the man a raise. Keane walked into his office holding two cups and coffee and a bag of pastries. The man did not utter a word as he placed the coffee and paper bag down on his desk. Keane was looking at him a bit too intently and he knew that the man had a few questions but didn't exactly know how to ask them."What was your jersey number back in university again?" Keane asked as he sat down."Twenty-eight. Why did you ask?" Callum replied.It was not the question he was expecting from Keane."Nothing, just wondering," he shrugged. Callum sighed and decided to no longer question Keane further. With how efficiently his schedul
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Lian woke up to an empty space beside him. Luckily before he even had the chance to panic and overthink, Callum, Lyle, and Keane walked into the room holding with Callum was holding a stack of pancakes overflowing with syrup with a bunch of candles stuck at the top."Happy birthday to you~~~" the three sang.It was his birthday, something he lost the luxury of celebrating. He hated how he spent his past birthdays sulking because his parents couldn't be bothered to be even present on that day. He spent years thinking about how he should've been grateful that Lyle always made an effort to celebrate his birthday with him. When he lost it all, he wished to have it all back. To have Lyle annoy him into blowing the big candle stuck on a small cupcake at precisely twelve midnight. The song finished and Lian blew out the cupcakes as tears clouded his vision. He had forgotten when his birthday was with how long he had spent not celebrating it. Lyle wiped his tears away before giving him a gen
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A few weeks passed and it seemed that everything had gone back to normal. Lian made an effort to tell Lyle or Callum whenever he felt like sticking a needle in his arm. In everyone's eyes, Lian was getting better again but Lian saw otherwise. The need to be alone and away from the world was getting stronger. He wanted to push everyone away and deal with everything on his own.Lian couldn't even understand why he was feeling this way. It was as if there were two versions of him fighting one another. If it weren't for his fear of losing his brother again, and even Callum and Keane, he would've run away a long time ago but he knew he would only turn for the worse if he did but somehow, somewhere in his mind, a voice keeps telling him to run away, be alone, he doesn't deserve the people around him.Everyone around Lian noticed this about him despite him thinking that he was hiding it well. When he would hesitate when approaching when he would spend hours staring out the door, and when he
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Callum woke up with an empty space beside him. Panic and fear shot up inside his body, throwing himself off of the bed like bread popping out of a toaster. He was about to run out the door to look for Lian when he heard whimpers coming from the bathroom. He pushed the door open and saw Lian in the tub, shivering. Callum cursed under his breath and grabbed a towel before attempting to pull Lian out of the tub."Lian, you're going to get yourself sick. You need to get out of the tub," Callum said.Lian weakly pushed his hand away, his body still shivering. "Just a few more minutes, please," Lian quietly begged. "Why?""You know why," Lian muttered under his breath.Callum sighed and pulled Lian out of the tub despite his weak protests. He quickly covered him up with the towel before ushering him to the bed. Callum made sure that Lain was thoroughly wrapped up with the blankets before grabbing a hair dryer. Lian had his eyes closed as Callum dried his hair, the air coming from the drye
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Callum woke up to an empty bed. He told himself that maybe Lian just went to the bathroom but he had an odd feeling that he couldn't pinpoint what was causing it. As he sat up from the bed, Lyle knocked and opened the door with a concerned look. He looked around Callum's room and his face fell even more."Lian's missing."Two words. It took two words for the three to start scrambling and packing their bags. Lyle somehow knew something like this would happen so he tucked a tracker in Lian's suitcase, which he took with him. All they know is that Lian's on air right now but they didn't know which flight so they took the risk and boarded a flight home. None of the three could even utter a word. Too scared to say the wrong thing that would send all of them into a panic. They all have the same thoughts in their heads but they all wish it weren't true. That he wouldn't go back there, he just got out of rehab. Lian wouldn't do that to himself. Not when everything was starting to get better
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Keane and Callum headed out to grab some groceries since Keane was insisting on cooking dinner for everyone. The brothers were left alone in the hotel and Lyle was not so discretely waiting for Lian to come out of the room. When Lian opened the door to go to the bathroom, Lyle was already standing in front of the door with a sheepish smile."Hey, can we talk?" Lyle asked."Yes, but will you let me pee first?" Lian asked with his legs squeezed together.Lyle nodded and Lian ran to the bathroom to relieve himself. When he was done, Lyle was already sitting on the couch waiting for him. Lian sighed and sat down beside his brother. He really does not want to talk about it but he knows the more he hides it, the more he'll just get frustrated earlier. "Are you mad about me and Keane's relationship?" Lyel nervously asked.Lian was baffled. It was not the question he was expecting from his brother and he definitely was not expecting his brother to be so nervous about asking. "What? No! I do
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After breakfast, Lian and Callum found themselves back in the pond, their feet dancing underneath the water's surface. it was the only place left in the city that felt truly safe for Lian. "I'm sorry," Lian said after a few minutes of silence.Callum was confused as to what he was apologizing for. He looked over at Lian and saw the embarrassment on his face."What are you apologizing for?" he asked."I couldn't even kiss you," Lian croaked out. "It's just a kiss yet I can't keep them out. The multiple amounts of therapy sessions I took feel useless now," he scoffed."Lian, look at me," Callum demanded but Lian kept his gaze away.Callum sighed and grabbed Lian's chin with his thumb and forefinger, forcing Lian to look at him. Lian kept his gaze low, too scared to see the disappointment on Callum's face."Can I kiss you?" Callum asked.Lian was shocked to hear that Callum still wanted to kiss him after what happened last night. Lian feared that he'd disappoint Callum again if he doesn
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They got back to the hotel at almost one in the morning and when Lian opened the door to their room, Lyle and Keane were wrapped in each other's arms. Lian quickly snapped a picture and then he realized that he would have to sleep beside Callum. He spotted the couch and decided to sleep there instead. Lian carefully grabbed a change of clothes from their room. There was only one bathroom that was situated in the room. The door to the bathroom opened and revealed a half-naked Callum with only a towel wrapped around his waist. Lian flushed red and stuck his gaze to the wall."Uhm, Lian, may I pass through?" Callum asked in a teasing tone."Y-yeah," he stuttered and moved to the side for Callum to pass through.Once Callum walked passed him, he bolted inside the bathroom and locked the door behind him. He could hear Callum chuckling from the other side of the door as he tried to relax himself.Definitely a cold shower. Lian thought to himself.HE took off his clothes and stepped into a
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The taxi ride back to the hotel was awkward, to say the least. They were able to leave their old house without a fuss after Lyle and their parents had a meeting. Lian had no idea what they had talked about. He could only guess it had something to do with what Lyle had planned the night before. Apparently, during the whole night that Lyle and Keane are gone, they've been taking photos of them fake dating. Lyle knew that his dating a man would make them rethink their decision instead of if it was Lian. Lyle threatened to release the photos to the public, knowing that it would have more impact on their company and would definitely plummet the stocks seeing how the majority of the shareholders were homophobic. "I was a good kisser wasn't I?" Lyle teased."Lyle shut the fuck up!" Lian whined in disgust while Keane's face turned beet red.The man was an amazing kisser. He wouldn't deny it nor would he admit it. Lyle opened his mouth to tease Keane once again but a sharp jab to his ribcage
