p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US"Kelly is suddenly woken up by quite a loud thud and he goes into his and Matt's bathroom to investigate, "Matt? Wha's going on?" He slurs as he rubs his eyes trying to wake up./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Kelly? Go back to bed it's all good. I was just trying to get my toothbrush and then I dropped the cup on the floor," Matt replies looking up at Kelly with tears in his eyes. The silver-haired lieutenant notices quickly and he looks at his surroundings noticing that the only things on the cold tiles are the toothpaste, their toothbrushes and the plastic cup and Kelly wonders what the big deal is./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Matt, it's okay. It was an accident. You didn't mean it! Don't cry bub!" Matt looks up at Kelly. They both have names for each other when they weren't at the firehouse. Kelly would call Casey 'bub' and Casey called Severide 'baby', it always happened to make them feel safe at their worst and most venerable moments. When Kelly said it, Matt felt better, Kelly knew that he was going to be okay, so Matt knew he was going to be okay. "See," Kelly starts, "you're okay, and because of that, we're going to go into work tomorrow and kick ass because you're Matthew Casey and you can do anything!" He exclaims./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Yeah, I guess you're right," Matt giggles./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Matt lets pack up and go back to sleep before we run out of time to do so."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Nah, I got up because I wanted to go for a run. Wanna come?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Sure, why not?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"span lang="EN-US"(Kelly's PoV)/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US"Matt and I walk most of the way into the firehouse hand in hand until we get about 5 feet from the door where we let go and head our separate ways. That is until I'm sitting at the Squad table and I get a message from Matt saying to come to the locker room. Matt doesn't usually say that so I know it's bad and I have to get there fast. I shove my phone into my pocket and I get up and begin speed walking to the locker rooms and as I get closer I hear banging so I run the rest of the way there and when I get there, I see a distraught Matt leaning against my locker with a bloodied up fist and I know that he's punched a locker. I rush up to him and grab him and sit him down, "whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey, Case, what happened?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""You know what Kelly? I actually hate you, you're annoying, self-centered and it's fucking annoying!" He bursts out of nowhere. To be honest, it doesn't get to me that much because I can tell he's caught up in the heat of the moment and I know I can't get upset with him when he's forgiven me countless times./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Matt… I'm sorry you-" I'm cut off suddenly by Matt yelling again./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""No! Just shut up!" He yells, "I fucking hate your voice!" He puts up his fist and punches my locker, denting it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Matty, don't punch the locker."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""I'll do whatever I fucking want. Just leave me the fuck alone! I'm done!" Matt yells as he walks out of the locker and I know he's going to his quarters. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US"I wait five minutes and I go and sit in my quarters. I sit at my desk and I feel my entire body drop. I put my head in my hands and take shaky breaths. Before I start crying, I decide that I'm going to see Matt in case he wants to talk about it. I walk up to his door and notice that his blinds are down meaning something is really going on. I take a deep breath and then I hesitantly knock on the door. I don't get a reply so I try to open the door but I quickly find that it's locked. "Casey! Open this door!" I yell so he can hear me but what I get as a reply irritates me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Severide! Leave me alone!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""No Matt, I'm not leaving you alone! I want an explanation!" Suddenly, I hear the door unlock and it opens slightly. I walk in and sit down on Matt's bed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""You want an explanation? I'll give you an explanation," he takes a breath and I can tell he's about to cry, "I'm angry, not at you, at myself. All those things I said to you earlier, I was more saying them to myself. I hate myself and everything about me is annoying. So after I said those things to you, I was trying to hurt you, but I only hurt myself more," he explains as tears start falling down his face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Bub, nothing about you is annoying! You have the cutest voice, and you're not self-centered, you're also hot as fuck. Stop putting yourself down!" I slightly yell at him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Yeah okay. Sorry," he whispers./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""It's okay, Case. We all make mistakes. And it's kinda hard to not forgive you when you have forgiven me countless times," I watch as a smile forms on his face and I hear a slight giggle and I pull him in and give him a kiss./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US"As if on cue, the bells chime, 'em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Truck 81, Ambo 61, Squad 3, warehouse fire/em'. We look at each other, smile and we go ahead and run to our designated trucks./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Kelly? Go back to bed it's all good. I was just trying to get my toothbrush and then I dropped the cup on the floor," Matt replies looking up at Kelly with tears in his eyes. The silver-haired lieutenant notices quickly and he looks at his surroundings noticing that the only things on the cold tiles are the toothpaste, their toothbrushes and the plastic cup and Kelly wonders what the big deal is./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Matt, it's okay. It was an accident. You didn't mean it! Don't cry bub!" Matt looks up at Kelly. They both have names for each other when they weren't at the firehouse. Kelly would call Casey 'bub' and Casey called Severide 'baby', it always happened to make them feel safe at their worst and most venerable moments. When Kelly said it, Matt felt better, Kelly knew that he was going to be okay, so Matt knew he was going to be okay. "See," Kelly starts, "you're okay, and because of that, we're going to go into work tomorrow and kick ass because you're Matthew Casey and you can do anything!" He exclaims./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Yeah, I guess you're right," Matt giggles./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Matt lets pack up and go back to sleep before we run out of time to do so."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Nah, I got up because I wanted to go for a run. Wanna come?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Sure, why not?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"span lang="EN-US"(Kelly's PoV)/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US"Matt and I walk most of the way into the firehouse hand in hand until we get about 5 feet from the door where we let go and head our separate ways. That is until I'm sitting at the Squad table and I get a message from Matt saying to come to the locker room. Matt doesn't usually say that so I know it's bad and I have to get there fast. I shove my phone into my pocket and I get up and begin speed walking to the locker rooms and as I get closer I hear banging so I run the rest of the way there and when I get there, I see a distraught Matt leaning against my locker with a bloodied up fist and I know that he's punched a locker. I rush up to him and grab him and sit him down, "whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey, Case, what happened?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""You know what Kelly? I actually hate you, you're annoying, self-centered and it's fucking annoying!" He bursts out of nowhere. To be honest, it doesn't get to me that much because I can tell he's caught up in the heat of the moment and I know I can't get upset with him when he's forgiven me countless times./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Matt… I'm sorry you-" I'm cut off suddenly by Matt yelling again./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""No! Just shut up!" He yells, "I fucking hate your voice!" He puts up his fist and punches my locker, denting it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Matty, don't punch the locker."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""I'll do whatever I fucking want. Just leave me the fuck alone! I'm done!" Matt yells as he walks out of the locker and I know he's going to his quarters. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US"I wait five minutes and I go and sit in my quarters. I sit at my desk and I feel my entire body drop. I put my head in my hands and take shaky breaths. Before I start crying, I decide that I'm going to see Matt in case he wants to talk about it. I walk up to his door and notice that his blinds are down meaning something is really going on. I take a deep breath and then I hesitantly knock on the door. I don't get a reply so I try to open the door but I quickly find that it's locked. "Casey! Open this door!" I yell so he can hear me but what I get as a reply irritates me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Severide! Leave me alone!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""No Matt, I'm not leaving you alone! I want an explanation!" Suddenly, I hear the door unlock and it opens slightly. I walk in and sit down on Matt's bed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""You want an explanation? I'll give you an explanation," he takes a breath and I can tell he's about to cry, "I'm angry, not at you, at myself. All those things I said to you earlier, I was more saying them to myself. I hate myself and everything about me is annoying. So after I said those things to you, I was trying to hurt you, but I only hurt myself more," he explains as tears start falling down his face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Bub, nothing about you is annoying! You have the cutest voice, and you're not self-centered, you're also hot as fuck. Stop putting yourself down!" I slightly yell at him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""Yeah okay. Sorry," he whispers./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US""It's okay, Case. We all make mistakes. And it's kinda hard to not forgive you when you have forgiven me countless times," I watch as a smile forms on his face and I hear a slight giggle and I pull him in and give him a kiss./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US"As if on cue, the bells chime, 'em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Truck 81, Ambo 61, Squad 3, warehouse fire/em'. We look at each other, smile and we go ahead and run to our designated trucks./span/p