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Warning: This is slash (Harvey x Mike). Don't like, don't read.


Chapter 7

Mike could sense that something was wrong and started fidgeting in his seat. Harvey had been acting a bit odd since he left Jessica's office and he had refused to divulge what had been discussed. But it couldn't have been that bad right? If it was, Harvey would have told him. Wouldn't he?

"Ow! What is wrong with you?" Mike is shaken from his thoughts by Rachel's voice. "You ask me to help you with research, then you don't do anything and now you're kicking me?"

"Sorry," Mike mumbles, "Lots on my mind."

They were in the library reading up on past cases looking for legal precedence for one of Harvey's cases and Mike just couldn't concentrate. He decided that he needed to talk to Harvey before he went stir-crazy from his thoughts.

"I'm really really sorry to dump this on you, but I need to talk to Harvey. It's really important." He pleads with Rachel putting on the best damn desperate puppy dog look he can manage and is surprised when she relents.

"Fine. You're lucky we're friends and I probably would get more done without you being here. My shins would be glad for your absence too."

Mike grins at Rachel and after seeing her smile back, he takes off for Harvey's office.

Donna spots him as soon as he approaches, stands up and says, "Unless it's an emergency, there's no way. He is in a mood and even I can't talk him out of it."

Mike looks into Harvey's office and sees Harvey standing at the windows with his back to the hall, just looking out into the city.

"Do you know what happened with Jessica?" Mike asks. "Because I know it's got something to do with whatever they talked about today."

Donna clears her throat, looks away and gives a vague shrug as if to say, 'Of course I know what happened.'

"Tell me!" Mike hisses growing more frantic by the second. Then a thought pops in his mind, "Oh my god. She found out I didn't go to Harvard didn't she. And she's so angry, she doesn't even want to see me and she told Harvey to get rid of me, and now Harvey doesn't know what we're gonna do, does he?" Mike starts to hyperventilate.

"Shut up!" Donna hisses as she grabs his lapel, "Unless you really want everyone to find out your secret... Your other secret." She arches a brow and gives him a look.

Realization dawns on Mike and he whispers, "Oh my god."

He doesn't know what is worse: Jessica finding out about him not graduating from Harvard, or Jessica finding out about him and Harvey. Mike walks past Donna, who thinks better than to try and stop him, and goes into Harvey's office.

"So I guess that's it huh?" Mike says softly.

Harvey turns around looking startled. He was so lost in thought he hadn't heard Mike come in. "What's it? And haven't you learned to knock?"

Mike replies, "You know I never knock. And that's it for our arrangement. Now that Jessica knows about us we'll have to stop seeing each other…outside of work."

"Who told you Jessica knows?" Harvey asks and looks outside at Donna who was staring at them and quickly turns her head to her screen.

Mike moves between Harvey and Donna, "I just assumed that's what you and Jessica were discussing."

Harvey sighs, "Yes, she knows. But there's no company policy forbidding inter-office relationships. So we should still be able to carry on, we'll just have to be more careful."

"What's the point?" Mike asks exasperated. "We don't have a relationship. We just have an arrangement. And now that Jessica knows, we should just stop."

It hurt Mike to say it because it was the last thing he wanted, but he knew this might be his only chance to end things. If he didn't, sooner or later Harvey would grow bored and end it and he wouldn't be able to take it.

Harvey walks over to him, "I don't want this to end yet. Do you?"

"What does it matter what I want or not? It's not like we were in any sort of relationship. We just have sex, nothing else. You said it yourself no emotions, just sex. No dinners, no breakfasts, no talks, no going anywhere –" Mike could feel all the emotions welling up in his chest and almost chokes on the words.

Harvey could see all the emotions displayed on Mike's face. Deep down, he had known that when he told Mike their terms that Mike wouldn't be able to follow through. But Harvey was selfish and wanted Mike so much that he turned a blind eye towards Mike's feelings. But now he couldn't ignore them anymore. Especially when he had some of them himself.

"Is that what you want?" Harvey asks softly, "Dinner, breakfast, talks, going out? Dating? A real relationship?"

Mike looks away, unable to look at Harvey now that Harvey knew how he felt. "I... I know that's not part of our terms and it's not possible..."

Harvey lifts Mike's chin with one hand forcing Mike to look at him, "Haven't you learned anything? As long as all parties agree, terms and conditions can always be amended."

Mike's eyes widen and he looks at Harvey hopefully. "Do you mean...?"

Harvey pulls out his phone and opens his calendar. "I've got obligations all this weekend and next. Except next Sunday night. How about it? I'll take you out for a proper night out next Sunday." Harvey smiles at Mike.

"Really? You mean it?" Mike smiles so brightly that it makes Harvey's smile widen.

"I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it. And I would never lie to you." Harvey reassures him.

"Ok!" Mike agrees, utterly happy that his dreams were coming true. Harvey just agreed to amend the terms of their arrangement and was going to take him on a date!


Can it be? Is Harvey really willing to commit to someone other than himself?

More coming soon! Kindly review =)