"Yeah. . ." Laurance shifted uncomfortably as he spoke, "What's up?" The brunette asked.

"Are you guys having a, uh, secret relationship or something?" Travis questioned, voice wavering slightly.

The other two males looked at each other, eyes wide. Laurance gulped, Garroth fidgeting with his fingers slightly under the blanket draped over him. Travis stared at them for a moment, and saw how their demeanor changed completely. That change gave Travis all the answers he needed, but hearing it aloud with be more satisfying. It seemed as if Laurance and Garroth were having a conversation with their eyes. There were furrowed brows, slightly mouthed words, scrunched up noses, and stuff like that. Garroth seemed to lose the conversation, it being obvious when he let out a pained sigh.

"Uh. . ." Garroth started, lips pursing, "W-What's with you and Dante then, huh?"

Oh shit. Travis' eyes widened. He wasn't feeling so satisfied anymore. If anything, his nerves were kicking up and he had chills running up and down his spine. Dante had walked out of the bathroom at this point, stopping dead in his tracks.

"All the weird comments, nicknames and ass grabs," Garroth started

"Hey, sexy." Travis grinned as he walked into the kitchen, walking up behind Dante and grabbing something that very few people got to grab

"the out of the blue winks," he continued

Travis and Dante were sitting across the room from each other, the four boys on the couch watching some trashy reality TV show (in trend of the story, Keeping Up With the Kardashians). The white haired male shot Dante a wink as a devilish grin painted across his face.

"all the blushing and stuttering,"

"Hey, baby!" Travis called out, walking into the room, "Can I borrow a kiss? I promise I'll give it back." He winked.

Dante's eyes widened, a rosy pink spreading across his face, "W-What? Come a-again?"

"and the cuddling that we walk in on whenever you two are home alone!"

Laurance and Garroth were staggering inside, lips connected and setting steamy. Despite the coldness from outside, clothes were getting looser and sliding off shoulders. They opened the door, the two barreling in. Garroth turned to close the door. His eyes widened when he saw Dante's arm wrapped around Travis, the two asleep on the couch. The blonde pulled his lover away from his neck with a nudge and a small push, motioning to the two on the couch.

Garroth and Laurance glanced at each other, wide eyes.

"if anything, you guys are worse at hiding it than we are!" Garroth exclaimed, finishing.

Dante and Travis were speechless. Travis looked over at the blue haired man in the hallway (whose jaw was ajar, about to catch flies), neither of them saying anything. He looked back at Laurance and Garroth.

"I-I guess you have me there." Travis gulped, pursing his lips. He was completely caught off guard.

"And I didn't know you of all people were a bottom," Laurance snickered, "when I saw how you and Dante were laying on the couch? I totally knew."

"Like you have much room to talk," Travis snapped back, becoming his usual self in an instant, "you came out of Garroth's room with a slap mark on your ass the other day, but neither of us said anything!"

Laurance blinked, "So that's how you knew. . ." His voice trailed off.

"Yeah! You guys aren't very discreet either."

"At least we have the guts to admit it!"

"You didn't admit it!" Travis laughed, "All that happened was that Garroth turned the subject to exposing Dante and I for the stuff we do behind closed doors!"

"And that wasn't your original intent with confronting us?" Laurance cocked a brow, "To expose what Garroth and I do behind closed doors?"

"Well, uh. . ." Travis' mouth ran dry.

"That's what I thought." Laurance's eyes narrowed.

Laurance was the type to get very defensive pretty quickly whenever he felt threatened. Once friendly banter went too far, Laurance would snap into defensive mode in almost an instant, and it wouldn't be fun and games anymore. Everyone in that house could sense the tension in the room. It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop and flinch.

"Laurance, I didn't mean to make you feel threatened or anything--" Travis started

"You don't want to make me feel threatened, I know! You just want me to tell you my secrets, to spill everything to you, when you're not willing to do the same thing? You were keeping a similar secret, yet want me to come out and spill it all? How mature, Travis!" Laurance snapped.

Garroth put a hand on Laurance's shoulder with a weary expression painted on his face, "Laurance--"

Laurance shrugged Garroth's hand off his shoulder, then stood up, "Whatever. Yeah! Me and Garroth have been having sex. Happy? I hope so." He stormed off.

Garroth glanced at the other two males, lips pursed. Laurance brushed shoulders with Dante as he made his way through the hallway

"Move, Dante." Laurance said harshly.

"Laurance, no--"

"Move, Dante!" Laurance pushed him out of the way, slamming the door to his room afterwards.

Once the door to Laurance's room slammed shut, Travis' body flinched. He let out a shaky breath, eyes wide and soon falling upon Dante. The blue haired male gave him an uncertain look as they made eye contact, then Travis looked over at the weary Garroth beside him.

"I'm sorry. . ." Travis started, throwing his pride into the kitchen trash can.

"It's fine," Garroth scratched the back of his neck, getting up as well.

The blonde went into Laurance's room, cautiously and carefully closing the door behind him.

"What did you do?!" Dante asked, quickly rushing to the spot where Garroth previously was before getting up to go to Laurance's aid.

"I-I asked them if they were together or something." Travis responded.

"And exposed us in the process?" Dante questioned, "How the hell?"

"I'm sorry! I couldn't keep it under wraps for much longer! You know about Laurance and Lucinda! I couldn't do it anymore. You knew too, but didn't say anything!" Travis' brows furrowed.

Dante pursed his lips, "I-I guess you have a point."

"Yeah, Laurance and Garroth can expose us all they wants. What good is it going to do them? Give them blackmail against us for doing something we haven't even verbally admitted to?"

The blue haired male thought for a moment, "Well. . ."

"Well, what?" Travis' voice had a tone to it that Dante had never heard before. It was worn and serious, "Is there really anything to say?"

"You started this!" Dante exclaimed quickly, "You can't get mad for something YOU instigated! I told you you probably shouldn't do it, because I knew that there was a chance of you and I getting out! Geez, Travis. You can be so oblivious sometimes!" He rubbed his temples.

"Dante--" Travis started, but got quickly interrupted.

"No, Trav. You can sulk if you want. I know you will! You can sit in here and sulk all you want, but that doesn't change what you started. And honestly, you don't have the right to get upset! If anything, Laurance, Garroth and I do!" He stood up, "You started this, and you're gonna end this. You're gonna get your sorry ass in Laurance's room and apologize for opening pandora's box. Okay?"

"Are you sure--"

"Yes, I'm sure!"

****

"Garroth," Laurance sighed, "I don't think we can do this anymore." He pursed his lips

"What?" The blonde's expression fell, "Why?"

"I can't do what Ivan did to Lucinda. You know what I mean? This-This was fun, but. . ." Laurance paused, "I'm sorry, Garroth. I think we need to put an end to. . . This." He motioned to Garroth, then back to him a couple times.

"Are you positive?"

"I think so." The brunette nodded

"This won't make things awkward between us, will it?"

"I-I'm not sure. I hope not? But. . . I don't know."

Garroth nodded, "Okay."

Interrupting their conversation, there was a knock at the door, "Go away, Travis!" Laurance exclaimed

The door opened, "Actually, it's both of us." Dante said, pushing Travis through the door, "Have fun. Bye!" He closed the door behind Travis quickly

"What do you want?" Laurance asked, arms crossed stubbornly as he glared at the white haired male in front of them.

"I wanted to say. . ." Travis started, "I'm not sorry for doing what I did. I don't regret it."

"Travis, no. . ." Dante muttered under his breath. He could hear everything that was going on. The walls were thin.

"You're slowly destroying your relationship with Lucinda, and I couldn't stand to see it anymore! Garroth, I can only imagine how you feel!" Travis exclaimed, "Whenever Lucinda is over, you have to act like you don't like Laurance when you sure as hell do! It's obvious!"

"Leave me out of this!" Garroth exclaimed quickly, "This is between you and Laurance."

"I don't think it's just between Laurance and I." Travis responded, "You still engaged when you knew what was at stake for Laurance, and how it could affect Lucinda. And Laurance? You should be ashamed of yourself for letting yourself go like this. Lucinda's fuckng hot! You're throwing away a babe for what? A bit of extra pleasure on the side? That's low." Travis snapped harshly.

"Get out." Laurance said coldly, expression unhappy.

"What was that? Couldn't hear you over your deafening arrogance." Travis responded.

"I said get the hell out!" He proclaimed, "Out!" Laurance pushed Travis out.

Garroth got up quickly and left the room, grabbing Travis by the shoulder, "We need to have a little talk. Outside." He dragged Travis outside.

What did this talk have to ensue? Travis didn't know, and he was frankly scared to find out.