Thane's pov

   "Tae, I hate to kill the mood, but can we please get off the floor? My knees hurt." Janos whined to his fiancé. I smiled at him and tussled his hair.

   "Yeah, lets," I cut myself off with a yawn, "lets get up off the floor." I stood up from the floor and pulled Janos up with me.

   "Did the change exhaust you?" Janos teased me. He lightly pinched my cheeks with a smile on his lips.

   "Hey, don't mock me! I can't help that the burden of emotions is heavy!" I pouted and crossed my arms over my chest. I jokingly turned away from him.

  "Okay, okay, let's get you to bed then." Janos wraps his arms around my waist again and teleports us into my bedroom. He gently leads me to sit down on the bed, so he could look for more comfortable clothes.

   He handed me one of his hoodies and a pair of my shorts. He then pulls out one of his outfits and leaves the room to change in the bathroom.

   I quickly pulled the outfit on and climb under my soft blankets. I reached onto the floor beside me, and picked up my stuffed dog plushie. After a few moments Janos knocks on the door.

  "Can I come in?" He shyly asked through the white door. My cheeks pulled upwards into a happy smile.

   "Yes!" I happily exclaim and hug Pup tightly to my chest. He opens the door and smiled softly. He waddled to the space I left for him and climbed under the blankets too.

  "Aww who's this little guy?" He sweetly asks, he gestured to Pup. My fingers softly clasped one of his paws.

   "This is Pup! I've had him since I was twelve; he was a gift from Sam. He gave him to me the day after he saved me, so Pup is really precious to me. I need him to fall asleep.." I trailed off and rubbed my eyes.

   I could tell Janos wasn't too happy Pup was from Sam, but I guess he let it slide. He just laid down and opened his arms towards me, making grabby hands.

  "I'll help you fall asleep, baby. I'll be your cuddle buddy!" He cutely exclaimed as I leaned into his arms. I laid my head on his chest; he wrapped his arms around my waist.

   "Thank you, Jae." I muttered as I snuggled deeper into his chest. His arms gently tightened around me, one of his hands played with my hair.

   "What are you thanking me for?" Janos asked. He pulled the blankets up to my shoulders and made sure I was warming up.

   "For saving me- for loving me enough to keep trying although I was cruel, for keeping my house stable, just everything." I ranted, sighing the last word. My left hand rubbed circles on his shirt.

   "It's my pleasure, Thane. Don't think, even for a single second, that you are unloved. You don't understand how incredibly sad I got seeing your mom sigh and bandage your wrists." Janos began. He gently picked up my scarred left wrist and kissed it.

   "Whenever you feel like doing this again," He teared up, "please call me, link me, whatever, I just hate seeing you do this to yourself." His voice cracked. He wiped his tears and kissed the top of my head.

   "I'll, I'll try, but it's become an addiction, Janos. It's been imbedded in my mind since I was eleven, I just can't stop randomly."

   "With every addiction, you must try to wean yourself away from it. It could take months, years even, Janos. I'll try not to anymore, but it's easy to relapse..." I mumbled and hid my face in his chest. He rubbed soothing circles on my back.

   "Thank you." He spoke. He pulled me close and I felt myself fall deeply asleep.

    Third pov

    "Janos I think I know a way to break the curse!" Yao exclaims as he runs into the bedroom. He was clutching a thick book tightly in his arms.

   "Ugh, Yao what time is it?" Thane slurred sleepily. He rubbed his eyes and yawned loudly. He gently shook Janos's shoulders.

   "Wake up, Yao was trying to tell you something."

   Yao rubbed his eyes confusedly and he gently slapped his cheeks. He furrowed his eyebrows and looked back at Thane.

   "So that's what I forgot to do." Janos laughs. He pats down his disheveled hair and looks at the witch.

   "I broke the curse, and got the guy, Yao." Janos smiled. He pulled Thane close to himself and snuggled into his back. Thane leaned his head back on Janos.

   "Wait, you broke the curse?! What was the act of true love?" Yao questioned. He looked at the pair in awe of how comfortable they were together.

  "He proposed." Thane shyly held up his left hand. He showed the ring to Yao, who then squealed and hugged the pair.

   "I'm so happy for you guys! Janos, I never thought I'd say this, but thank you for proposing to Thane. All I wanna know is, do I get to be a bridesmaid?"

   "Yao you're a guy—"

   "Shhhh, let me be a bridesmaid." Yao laughed. Amidst their excitement, none of them noticed as a sad Chinese teen walked out of the bedroom sadly.

   Sam silently left the Lee's house as tears streamed down his cheeks. He felt his heart shatter again each time he remembered their conversation.

   He was so happy to help finally break Thane free, but only found he already was. He found the only guy he had ever liked engaged, and in the arms of another.

  He hastily wiped the tears off of his cheeks as he stumbled towards a bar. He had turned eighteen a week ago, so it was perfectly legal for him to drink. Would it be perfectly moral to drink because of a crush?

   No. Yet he was going to do so anyways.

  He slammed the door open after showing his ID. He sat down on a barstool and smiled at the bartender.

   "A shot of tequila and a shot of vodka." He muttered.

  "Kid, those two shots together will leave you with the worst hangover—"

   "I aim to forget today, so please just bring me the shots." He quietly exclaimed as he pulled out his wallet to pay for the alcohol.

  "Okay then." The bartender sighed and poured the shots. He slid them forward to Sam who quickly threw both back, one after another.