Kevin.

My eyes grew huge and my heart missed a beat until my brain caught up with what was happening.

Adam's thumb caressed my hand while I was frozen with shock and stared at Mitch, who seemed far too close to crying. I could hear Brown letting out a strangled breath, but didn't dare move my head, knowing that Foust wouldn't appreciate me seeing his lover that vulnerable.

"Did you... did you already check in with the nurse, a security guard, anybody?" I asked Mitch, but my voice was wobbly with emotion and barely above a whisper. "What if you're hurt without knowing it -"

"Didn't you say you were smart?" Mitch interrupted me and a tear rolled down his cheek; everybody in the room could see he was fighting to regain his composure. "If I go to Kirstie with no visible signs of some illness everybody will think I'm getting weak and I can't have that!"

On instinct, my hands shot up in defense and I even lifted Adam's with me without noticing it at first. I gave him a nervous, but apologetic smile before I focused once again on Scomavi.

Scott had his arm around Avi's shoulders, who was currently hugging Mitch. Both lovers seemed heartbroken, but also deep in thoughts and suddenly an idea hit me.

"Punch me in the face! A few times if you have to," I lowered my hands and ignored the confused looks everybody in the room gave me in favor of smiling at Mitch. "Gimme some nice bruises and drag me to Kirstie afterward, nobody will know you're the real victim."

"I am no victim," Mitch protested and leaned against Avi. He seemed so tiny surrounded by his lovers and only then did I really notice how tired he actually looked. "Anybody in to break his nose?" he asked and managed to sound somehow bored and distant even though he was close to tears again.

Chris opened his mouth with a slight smirk, but I could see the glare Adam send in his brother's direction and the immediate reaction from Chris was to step down and close his mouth. He sure looked like he was pouting, but Adam lightly punched his chest without anybody, except for me, noticing and Chris stayed completely silent afterward.

With Rupp1 not going to punch me and none of the others moving my plan kinda didn't work out and I was almost afraid that I would find out why Lundquist was here, but then Adam let go of my hand and someone's fist collided with my jaw shoving me against the wall. I could hear Adam shouting something at my attacker, but I was still too dizzy to even progress what was happening.

With a few shaking breaths I waited for more to come before I stumbled around and faced the other people that were in the cell with me, but none of them seemed to care for me anymore. Instead, all eyes were on Rupp1, who was clutching his bleeding nose and stood doubled over in pain.

Adam, bless his heart, had reacted immediately after his brother had hit me and in return almost broke Chris' nose. Almost as heavy breathing as I was, did Adam stood over the pained form of his brother and glared at him before his complete demeanor changed and he jumped to my side.

He gently tilted my head to the side and examined my bruised jaw and kissed it before he turned back to Chris.

"I told you to leave him alone!" Adam's fury was almost touchable, even thought, the hand on my cheek made some soothing notions to calm either him or me down.

"He asked for it," Chris argued as soon as he was able to stand straight again and I could see how betrayed he felt. "He wanted visible bruises!"

"No, Chris. Kevin asked Mitch for bruises," Brown, visibly calmer than before, chimed in as he turned around in Foust's arms. "We talked about this, Chris."

Rupp1 frowned and his eyes wandered from Adam and me over to Brown before he crossed his arms and once again looked like he was about to pout. Although, he had just punched me in the face, I could see that Chris really was related to Adam and he had some adorable features to him that could rival Adam's.

"There we go, Munchkin. Your Kev is nicely roughed up and you can go to Maldonado," Brown continued as Scomavi stood up and Mitch walked over to me.

"The split lip is a nice feature," Mitch murmured and grabbed my arm before he forcefully dragged me out of the room and towards the infirmary. Adam was holding my hand again as he followed us, but the rest of his friends stayed behind and Scott was closing the door after Avi left the cell too.

The walk to Nurse Maldonado held a lot of strange stares from the other inmates, but when we got there and were completely alone, I couldn't help myself but let out a relieved groan.

"Does it still hurt?" Adam, who sat next to me on an empty bed, asked with a mix of anger and worry in his eyes, but a gentle smile on his lips. I shook my head no and gave him a quick peck on the lips before I turned away from him and to Scomavi.

Kirstie had been in full nurse mode when she saw me enter and needless to say, she had been so confused when Mitch waved her away from me, but she soon understood the more pressing matter. Both, Mitch and Kirstie, had vanished into another room where not even Mitch's lovers were allowed to follow.

For a short moment I continued to watch Scott hug a sobbing Avi, he finally didn't need to hide his feelings anymore, before I peered over at Adam, who was still watching my every movement.

"You know, Chris is actually a really nice guy," he started with a light chuckle and put an arm around my waist. "So far he has been like that to all my... love interests. You should've seen him when he found out I slept with Tim and Austin."

My eyes grew huge and I abruptly jumped off the bed and stood in front of Adam with shock written all over my face. Disappointment and jealousy boiled at the pit of my stomach and although, I really didn't want to be mad at him in a situation like that I couldn't help myself. "I beg your fucking pardon?"

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