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Aphmau was tired of being sad over Aaron, tired of locking herself in her small house and crying. Hearing a soft knock on the door, Aphmau pushes herself off of her couch and walks over, taking a deep breath before opening the door. Her eyes widened in disbelief, she couldn't help but open her mouth in surprise. Michi's head shot up the moment Aphmau opened the door, fiddling with her hands behind her back.

"Uh, hi," she said quietly.

Aphmau glared in return, and if looks could kill, the woman in front of her would be six feet under. "What do you want?" She crossed her arms.   

Michi nervously bit her lip, then spoke. "Aphmau. I know you probably don't want me, of all people, standing at your front door, but I have to tell you something." Michi took a deep breathe,  "I'm so sorry. I didn't want to ruin your relationship, I was just doing my job as a prostitute. I told him he shouldn't do it, but he was so persistent. And I really needed the money. I never wanted this to happen. I'm so sorry." 

When Michi finished and Aphmau didn't respond, she took this as her moment to walk away, knowing that Aphmau didn't want to hear excuses. 

"Wait," Aphmau said.  Michi turned back to Aphmau. 

"Do...do you want to come inside for tea or something?" She said, moving aside and motioning to her small apartment.  

Michi's lips tugged up into a smile, "Sure."

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"He-He-why was he with my baby brother" Garroth cried out. 

"What was my brother so busy with? And why was Travis there?"

Laurence had his arm around Garroth's shoulders, comforting him. "Well, by the looks of it, I can come to the conclusion that Zane and Travis were most likely-" Laurence was cut off by Garroth. 

"No! Don't say that! There's no way that could be true!" 

"Well, Zane was busy. Travis was there. You said when You called Zane, he kept getting distracted. And Travis was there. Zane came out to you as gay. And Travis was there! Zane gave Travis the phone so you would hang up. Doesn't that sound a bit suspicious?" Laurence said. "If you ask me, it sounds like-" 

"Stop"

"Zane and Travis-"

"Stop"

"Were having-"

"Nooo"

"Sex"

"Ewwww," Garroth said as he covered his face with his hands. Although Laurence was wrong about them having sex, Garroth needs to know that Zane isn't a baby anymore. He's a whole entire adult. Zane can do whatever he wants to do without anyone's permission.

"Garroth, Zane isn't you're baby brother anymore. He's all grown up now." Laurence said, petting Garroth's hair in a soothing manner. 

"I know that.." Garroth replied. "I've known Zane all his life and I can't help but think of him as an innocent little baby."

"Well, the innocent baby is having sex with Travis. Most likely, they've done it more than once. Do you remember that time Aphmau caught Travis with a hickey minutes after Zane said he was at Travis's house?" Laurence said. Garroth's eyes widened. 

"You don't think-" 

"I do, Garroth. I think Travis got that hickey from Zane.."

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Michi and Aphmau talked; both seated at Aphmau's table and drinking tea.

"Why did you do it? Why did you need the money so bad?" Aphmau suddenly asked. She needed answers on why Michi would do something so horrible. Michi fiddled with the acrylic nails covering her fingertips.

"I...uh." She fumbled over her words, trying to find the right way to say her predicament. "My mother's in the hospital and my father won't pay for her treatment so I've taken the responsibility upon myself to help her." The purple haired female finally confessed. She looked into Aphmau's eyes and continued.

"I didn't want to sleep with Aaron, but he was just there. He was looking for sex, looking for a prostitute to spend his money on. I guarantee you, if he didn't sleep with me, he would've slept with some other prostitute. That's how desperate he was." She finished.

Aphmau had no idea what to say. If what Michi was telling her was all true, then that meant Aaron was planning to cheat on her all along. After a minute or two of silence, Michi spoke again.

"I'm really sorry you had to find out the way you did. I never intended for this to happen." 

"Michi..." Aphmau whispered. "I-I'm sorry to hear about your mom's situations, but you shouldn't go around prostituting yourself. You should have more respect for yourself. I don't know your mother, but I don't think she'd be happy with you selling yourself." 

Michi bit her lip and stared down into the reflection of herself in the tea. Aphmau was right, she knew that. But still, Michi had gone through with sleeping with a man that had a girlfriend, and for that she knew she was at the wrong. That's why she was there, to make amends.

"I just came here for forgiveness." Michi sighed.

Aphmau nodded, "Well you have my forgiveness, but you've also made a friend. I'm sure-- in the long run-- me and Aaron would have fallen out of love, thank you for making me realize that he was nothing but scum. Neither of us needed that." She smiled.

Aphmau smile was very contagious, and it made Michi's lips twitch up into a grin. She let the nervous grip on her tea fall, she let her shoulders sag into comfort, "So...what do you want to do today?"