The sleeping arrangement set up for later that evening was rather uncomfortable. To be fair, Silver slept on the couch, while Gold, Marina, and Blue slept in his bed. It was crowded, as Blue kept on kicking Marina in his sleep, and as Marina kept tossing and turning, making Gold roll off the bed several times. After the 3rd time, he couldn't take it anymore, walking into the living room.

"So you finally gave up, huh?"

"Wahh!" Gold jumped back at the sound of Silver's voice. "You startled me!"

"Yeah?" he sat up and put his glasses on, now being able to see Gold's face clearly in the darkness. "I heard you fall a few times. I figured it must have been you."

"Huh." He huffed, crossing his arms over his chest. "And what made you think that?"

"Because you're clumsy."

Gold blushed and looked away. "Am not!"

Silver smiled. "Are too." He almost got up, but then caught himself, realizing that would go against the plan. So he decided to play some mind tricks. He was good at that anyway. "If you want, I could take your place. I kind of wanted to sleep next to Blue, anyway."

Gold didn't say anything, shaking his head.

"Is that a no you don't want me to go or a no you don't want me to stay?"

Gold shook his head again.

Silver sat up more, leaning against the edge of the couch. "Gold. I'm going to give you one last chance. If you want me. Come and get me."

Gold turned to look at him now, and all the previous feelings he had for the older boy quickly came rushing back.

Silver was good at this.

Running over to him, Gold wasted no time jumping into his lap, wrapping his arms around him and kissing him with delight.

'Heh', Silver thought. 'This was easy. A little too easy.. Wait a minute! Fuck! I'm going to be in a bad mood in the morning.'

Silver woke up from his dream, sitting up cautiously and rubbing his eyes. His anger caught up with him, growling and punching the closest thing to him.. But it just so happened to be Blue's face.

"Ow! Silverrr!" Blue moaned, rubbing his cheek.

"What the hell were you doing so close to me? Watching me sleep?" Silver threw the blanket on him and got up. Blue slowly removed the blanket off his head, looking a bit apologetic.

"But.. but.. you're so beautiful when you sleep.."

"Do you want to get punched again?" he yelled, then noticed Marina and Gold sitting on the floor watching TV, eating bowls of oatmeal. Marina turned her head slightly to look at him, and smiled.

"Oy, Silver. Do you know that you talk in your sleep.?"

"Hmm?" Silver raised an eyebrow.

Marina tried her best to imitate his voice. "If. You. Want. Me. Come. And. Get. Me."

His face remained calm, even though he was absolutely furious on the inside. "I didn't happen to mention any names, did I?"

"No," she answered, her mouth full of oatmeal. "Why, were you dreaming about somebody?"

Gold's ears perked up, tuning out the TV to wait for Silver's response.

He never answered, walking into his room and shutting the door. Inside, he was hyperventilating, clutching his chest with his hand and leaning against the wall, sinking lower to the floor. He buried his face in his knees, and then scrambled to the nearest drawer to pull out a lighter, flicking it several times before a flame showed up.

Marina, still in the living room, put down her bowl of breakfast, wondering what Silver could be doing in there. It finally clicked, and she jumped to her feet, rushing to open the door. She pulled on the doorknob several times, but it was locked. "Damn it, Silver! Open the door!" she cried in panic, banging her fists against the white-painted wood.

"Marina?" Blue looked over, watching her hands collide with the door in a frenzy. He got up to hold her back and drag her away.

"Blue! Get off of me!"

"What are you doing? Leave Silver alone, he probably wants some privacy!"

She kicked him in his leg. "Stupid! You don't know what he's doing in there! He only tells me!" She ran to the refrigerator and opened the freezer part, but she didn't find what she was looking for. Tears started welling up in her eyes. "This is all my fault. I shouldn't have teased him like that.."

Gold stood up now, more alert. "What's going on?"

"Blue! Gold! Go get some ice at the Pokémart!"

Blue and Gold looked back at each other and frowned. "With him?"

"Now!" she screamed, throwing a tantrum.

"Fine, fine. But I'm still in my PJs, it'll look silly." Blue walked out with Gold, as he locked the door behind them.

Sighing a relief that she finally got rid of them, she looked into the knife drawer and grabbed the sharpest one she could find. Stepping up to the edge of Silver's door, she got on her knees and slipped the knife under it.

"Hey. I got you something even better. The handle's twisted up a little bit, but other than that it works just fine."

(Marina thinks she's helping, but she's not. Silver doesn't want anyone to know he self-mutilates, and Marina's the only one that knows. That's why she's doing her best to keep it a secret. Another thing, she tried to get rid of Blue and Gold on purpose earlier. Just in case you didn't catch that. This chapter is a bit tricky to follow.)