Chapter 12
They're under the stairs, off to the left near the kitchen when she finds them.
Well, found them.
It's like they're in a state she's never seen them before this moment, in all the combined years she's known them.
Parting from a slow kiss.
Yet, pressed together still. And huddled, as if they're sharing some secret only they know.
She almost missed it on her way out. She didn't want to accidentally bump into him after last night. Even though they all cleaned the house together. That was still too close.
While passing on to the living room she heard a soft sigh, following by a muffled laugh that made her head turn in that general direction.
Curiosity got the best of her.
She found; Johnny with an arm wrapped around Mike's waist, while Mike just lets himself be slumped against the wall. Johnny is practically carrying him somehow. Albeit, he was helping Mike down the stairs and they somehow ended up here.
Which was an even stranger sight to behold. Mike, letting someone hold him like that? Propped up against the wall? In control over him?
She hears Mike make a shallow breath before speaking.
"You shouldn't have done that Johnny," she hears him warn. There's some semblance of amusement in his tone. Just a little bit. It was kinda hard to hear at first because it mixes with the overall sadness in his tone.
The dark smirk Johnny's mouth splits into makes her stomach turn however.
"Oh really? Seemed like the perfect thing to do," she now hears Johnny confess. Mike seems to be gripping tighter on Johnny's clothes to prop himself up better.
They way Johnny looks at him-
The way Mike looks at Johnny-
She can't believe it.
He was like a brother to her-how could he even be-?
They're in a little world of their own… even after all that's happened.
After all that's currently going on right now.
Even with all that Mike's done…all that she's done to Mike. How is he still able to cling to someone like that?
A few red flags that previously crossed her mind days ago, were now set ablaze. Things that most definitely proved the existence of this coupling.
Paige can't stay for a second show of their mouths intertwining, so she bolts out of the house for some fresh air for a few hours.
Her transfer can't come soon enough.