A week and a half earlier…
"She's gonna strike at them." Sami whispered when he saw the paramedics as Finn pulled Amanda in his arms after getting out of the ring, one arm around her back and the other under her knees and took her to the back as Sami followed them, not even bothering to look at Kevin.
In the backstage area, Amanda screamed and hung on tighter to Finn when Dean and Roman ran towards them.
"Don't scare her, damn it!" Finn growled through gritted teeth, Dean tempted to punch him.
"That punch would be better saved for Owens." Roman said quietly, Dean nodding and kissing Amanda on the top of her head.
In the trainer's room, Amanda let out a painful cry as her ribs were being examined, Finn holding her right hand between his hands.
Tears slid down her face as the door opened and both as well as Dr. Amann saw Kevin walk in.
"You've got some damn nerve! You're exactly like Seth, you know that?!" Amanda says after she pulled herself up, Kevin turning angered at that.
"I'm far from being similar to your former Shield brother, at least I attacked you while looking at you-" Kevin says, stumbling back when Finn punched him. "She's the one who pulled Sami out of the way, it's her own fault!"
"She was protecting a friend, unlike you!" Finn growled through gritted teeth, feeling Amanda's right hand on his arm.
Kevin left, Finn helping Amanda sit down and brushing her brown curls out of her face.
"Everyone in this company is crazy… well mostly everyone." Finn says, Amanda's right arm locked around her ribcage.
The alarms on their phones went off, both looking at them.
'Aw, how fucking cute of a display out there, the Demon King holding his Demon Whore to comfort her. Seriously, why don't you two stop trying to keep the secret hidden and confess already?! #Architect Knows The Truth.'
"That fucking does it!" Amanda growled, Finn seeing that she was thoroughly pissed now.
Present time…
"Where is she?!" Seth yelled as he charged into the backstage area, grabbing a small hooded figure that he thought was Amanda… only to be slapped.
"Piss off, asshole!" The woman yelled, Seth seeing that while the woman was small, she was a bit taller than Amanda.
"Sorry, miss." Seth says as a man ran towards them.
"I'm alright, JJ." The woman says.
"You looking for the tiny woman that was just out there, whipping your ass?" JJ asks after turning to Seth.
"Yeah. Mandy, you know I'll find you eventually, stop hiding!" Seth says, shouting the last part as he started to leave, JJ stopping him.
"Calm the fuck down, alright? You're too angry now!" JJ says before he and the woman walked down the hallway. "Reminds me of Ty when he's in a pissed off state, Val."
"Yeah, that was damn eerie." Val says as they reached the locker room they were looking for.
Amanda only managed to unzip her hoodie halfway, Finn reaching his arms around her and unzipping it completely before pulling it off of her.
"Could've risked further injury to yourself, Mandy." Finn says, setting the hoodie down.
"He fucking had it coming, running his mouth online." Amanda says, sharp aches stabbing at her sides and Finn resting his hands there before lightly rubbing them.
Ready For Love by Bad Company played at a low volume from the radio after Amanda flipped it on before she felt Finn's right hand wrap around her left wrist.
"You worry too much…" Amanda manages to say.
"There's a reason for that." Finn says before his left hand rested on her right side and hip… for nearly two years, he had wanted to do this.
Finn leaned in closer and he and Amanda kissed, her running her hands along his shoulders as his arms now wrapped around her back as Amanda deepened the kiss.
They had restrained themselves, both thinking it was just a physical attraction between them… but as they had gotten to know each other, they realised it was much more than that.
Another reason they had denied it was because of Seth's insanely overprotective nature towards Amanda… but given his recent actions, it had turned from overprotective to overly controlling.
The two stopped, resting their foreheads against each other's.
"Why did we wait so long?" Amanda whispered, both unaware that JJ and Val were outside their locker room until a knock at the door made them look at it. "Roman, is that you?" She asked in a raspy tone.
No answer was returned and Finn and Amanda looked at each other before kissing again.
At the hotel bar later, Seth was drinking his sorrows away when he heard a familiar song.
I never meant to cause you any sorrow
I never meant to cause you any pain
I only wanted to one time see you laughing
I only wanted to see you laughing in the purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
I only wanted to see you bathing in the purple rain
I never wanted to be your weekend lover
I only want to be some kind of friend
Baby, I could never steal you from another
It's such a shame our friendship had to end
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
I only wanted to see you underneath the purple rain
Honey, I know, I know times have changed
It's time we all reach out for something new, that means you too
The song continued as Seth sang drunkenly to it, hearing someone walk to him and turning… he had hoped it was Amanda.
"Bad night? I saw what went down on Raw." Alexa said as she sat down.
"Yeah… guess I pushed Mandy too far out of my own bitterness." Seth says as Alexa started drinking and they started talking.
Alexa pursed her lips and lightly rubbed Seth's right arm as he touched her face.
"Don't purse your lips like that, little lady…" Seth says, leaning in and kissing Alexa.
When they were upstairs and the door to Seth's room closed, the two didn't care what the morning would bring.
Seth's eyes were hard to pry open the next morning… before he pulled up the covers, seeing that him and Alexa were naked… and pulled the covers back over them as she slept.
"Fuck… what have I just done?" Seth whispered, trying to process it.
He normally wouldn't have cared if he had slept with a woman whether they were single or not… but this wasn't a normal situation.
