Author's Note (Monster): Hello our lovelies! I'm a little late with today's update but I didn't feel like posting it tomorrow. This is chapter 21 of the 22 Riddle Me This chapters. Feel free to give me your opinion on the entire story and expectations for the last chapter! Once your done with that, tell me which story to air next; Fucked Up Inside, Make Me Levitate, Supernatural AU One Shots or Request Songfics? Replies to the reviews below, enjoy!

Previously on Riddle Me This;

While Deuce is comfortable just being around his new boyfriend Jimmy Yuma, the guilt of Danny finally coming home again, is eating him up from the inside. With the surprising call of Danny to invite him to the party, he promised to make things right. Only his blind rage had different plans when his arrival turns out for the worst and the guys get involved in a fist fight.

"Remind me again why you didn't ask Danny?" Charlie sarcastically remarked as he sat down at the table in the studio. Johnny was the one who had called them all together as he said they had some urgent things to discuss.

"Because", Johnny muttered. "As cool of a guy Danny is, he's not a part of Hollywood Undead so he won't be able to help us decide this."

"Decide what?" Jay anxiously asked. He looked around the table before gazing at Johnny again. "Where's Deuce?"

The blue masked rapper closed his eyes and sighed. "The reason I called you guys to the studio, is because we can all agree Deuce's part in the band's been more of a curse than a blessing. I think it's time we do something about it. I wanna vote him out of the band."

"You wanna drop our lead singer?" Funny Man asked.

"I do. Charlie knows all of Deuce's parts so why should we put up with his shit any longer?", Johnny asked.

"We shouldn't. Deuce needs to go", Da Kurlzz jumped in. "He's been a dick for a few weeks now."

"But what about our friendship?" Jay chimed in. "We've been friends with him forever. Why should we drop him now? He can change, right?"

"We're not dropping him as a friend, Jay", Johnny reassured him. "If he wants to be friends with us, he can but he's bad for the band, especially with his little spats with Charlie and Danny."

"You're right", Charlie sighed. "Are we gonna vote?"

"All those in favour of Deuce's departure?" Johnny asked to which Funny Man, Da Kurlzz, Charlie raised their hand. Jay looked around the table and sighed before rubbing his eyes. "I guess I'm in favour as well. I'd like to talk to him though. He might listen to me better than to you guys", Jay spoke and the guys nodded. "You can tell him he's no longer a part of the band."

"I'll try my best", Jay promised.

Deuce's POV

"Oh… hey", I murmured as I opened the door to find the blank face of Jay staring back at me. I hadn't seen him since the fight at the surprise party. I hadn't spoken to any of the guys since we fought like that.

I just ruined Danny's party and felt bad for myself afterwards but it's always been like that and I wasn't going to change.

"Hey, dude", Jay replied, offering me a small smile. "Are you alright?"

"I am."

"Can I come in?"

"You can", I replied and stepped aside for him to come in. Yuma wasn't home right now. He was out to do some shit so I was all by myself. No one to hold me back today if things were about to get out of hand.

"No Yuma?"

"No Yuma", I said before a silence fell over us. We weren't used to being around each other anymore. Times were different. This wasn't like back in middle school how we'd just hang around in each other's basement, drinking some shit. We were older now. We were different.

"How did we get into such a big mess", Jay murmured to himself like he'd been following my train of thoughts. I smiled slightly. Maybe someone understood after all. "I don't know. Times are different."

"How did you change so much?" Jay asked me, eyes pointed at me directly and I swallowed my pride right away. "I don't know. There's just a feeling inside of me, always telling me how to react and once that feeling dissolves, I realise what I got myself into. I keep doing things I regret later on but I can't do anything about it. I can't change it. I try to be a better man but it's like an endless spiral of hatred."

"I know. I know you, Deuce", Jay sighed. "I know the way you think and I know the way you feel. I know you and I've known you forever but those decisions you've been making were made by a man I don't know. It's like you don't even talk to me anymore. You don't talk to any of us. You didn't even tell me about your relationship with Charlie."

"I was scared to tell anyone. My relationship with Charlie was toxic, dude. I've chased him for way longer than I expected to but now I'm happy with Yuma, you know?" I offered and Jay smiled with no joy in it. "Then why do you keep picking fights with the guys?"

"I don't know. Blind rage. They say something to threaten me and I just… I explode."

"I know you do", Jay replied with a sigh. "It's not good for the band. When was the last time you thought about our music? Johnny's been writing new lyrics, Charlie too. We've all been trying to write some lyrics by ourselves. Have you?"

"No…"

"That's the thing, Deuce. The guys think you're not on the same page anymore. You're focusing on different stuff than we are. You're not… into Hollywood Undead as much anymore. You're just trying to find yourself these days."

"So what are you saying?" I asked but it came out way more viciously than I expected it to.

"We took a vote and we'd like to move on without you. Without you as our lead singer but I'd love for us to be friends because not being in a band doesn't cha-…"

"You're so full of shit", I groaned. "Don't be such a fucking asshole, Jay. You're kicking me out but you're telling me we can still be friends? Fuck, you're so full of shit. That's like killing a pet and go 'but we can stuff it?'. I don't wanna be friends with people who drop me when it gets tough. You guys should just… go fuck yourself."

I was thinking straight and this wasn't blind rage. I was angry with my best friend because he and the others were dropping me when things got tough. Alright, I made a few mistakes and I didn't know what I was doing most of the times but… what was my point again?

I didn't know but I was angry with them and I was thinking clear too.

Though there was a voice inside my head, screaming for me to calm down and forgive them. I didn't listen. They could just go to hell if they were going to kick me out. I made this band big by giving them my voice. I was Hollywood Undead. They were nothing without me and they would fail without me.

"Who's gonna be the singer then?"

"Charlie."

"At least it's not Danny. You guys will be nothing without me. Your songs will suck without my guidance", I scoffed but Jay's sad expression changed into a more disgusted one as he stared at me. "You're fucking unbelievable, Deuce. I thought we were on the same page for a second but then I told you and you're back to the man I don't know anymore. Fuck you too, bro but I don't wanna be your friend if you're gonna be like this."

"Then don't be my friend. You know your way out", I said before I could hold myself back. He shot me a final glare before leaving and I didn't even regret severing the connection between us. I wouldn't miss him.

I wouldn't miss my friends.

Not until long after these events, I would realize I did miss my friends but for now I had to focus on a solo career if I'd lost the band. Lost my friends too… I was no one without them.

"Deuce, you ok?" Yuma asked as he walked in with a brown bag of groceries. "You look sad."

"HU kicked me out", I sighed.

He put his arms around me. "That's ok. You can make music on your own. I'll help you."

"Thanks", I sighed in relief as I still had one friend left.

Please Review, they're our heavy fuel!

HUshipper: I remember reading your review and feeling bad for disappointing my sister. Did you not like the chapter or was it just a sad one? It was supposed to be heartbreaking. I wanted to keep Deuce from looking like a bad guy and just make him this... insecure impulsive man.

ZeroPerfection: The two had a toxic relationship in which they constantly cheated but Charlie decided to draw the line once and for all when Deuce cheated one final time. Then Danny stepped into the picture and kept the two of them from slipping back into toxic habits. I suppose you could say Deuce hated Danny for it but Deuce obviously has a new boyfriend now.

Krash-n-Ace: Combination of all three?

Boy x boy: I know this is all you and I know you've been spamming my other stories with comments of "make x and x fuck" when that pairing doesn't even make sense to the story. Yet sometimes you leave this nice comment saying you like my story. Please be more respectful in the future, I try my best and don't like to get happy over a review that turns out to be a fuckton of comments trying to pressure me into changing a story's pairing. I have plenty of Danny and Funny Man fuck fics on Love Drabbles. (well mainly Channy but the argument stands).

xx-Chanour: Thanks, baby sister but I can handle this shit.