It was 3 am. Cole was awake, Alice was laying on his chest, still connected to him. He was running his fingers through her hair, letting her sleep peacefully. He purred as he thought about the encounter they had hours ago. The moment was everything he thought it would be.. Rough, sensual, loving. Alice's sounds were everything he thought they would be… breathless, beautiful. As he snuggled to her, he felt sensual sparks as he felt her soft skin, the same skin he scratched, bit, marked.. As he continued to softly pet Alice, he heard her beginning to stir.

"mmm..Cole? What time is it?"

"Three in the morning."

"Mm… Why are you awake?"

Cole purred into her neck as he tried to lull her to sleep. "No reason… go back to bed.." he said softly.

"Mmmkay.."

Soon Alice fell asleep, Cole soon did the same.

=Morning=

Cole woke up and found himself wrapped in a blanket and the smell of sausages in the air. He got up and went over to the kitchen and found Alice cooking.

Alice looked over and gasped. "Cole! Get dressed!" She cried out as she looked away in embarrassment.

Cole noticed his nudity and went off to get dressed, as he came back down, he noticed Alice's red face and couldn't help but chuckle at her easily embarrassed state. He went over and hugged her from behind, she smiled as she felt his warm presence.

"You're oddly cuddly today, Cole." She pointed out.

He hummed as he hugged her tighter. "Am I?"

Alice nodded with a blush. She didn't mind his affections, but her mind kept wandering off as the two hugged and cuddled, her mind kept wandering off to last night and how wonderful it was.. And now she was marked with scratches and some bite marks due to Cole's animalistic nature, or..was it just what he was into? She still didn't know which it was. As Alice finished up breakfast, she heard footsteps behind her.

She looked over and saw Eli wagging his eyebrows at her.

"Was it as good as I think it was?" He teased.

Alice's blush became darker as she looked away.

"Shut up!" She whined.

"HA! You're so fun to tease!" Eli admitted as he began to dig into his breakfast.

"Ahh, I wonder what Cashew would think.." He commented, knowing about Cole and Cashew's rendezvous.

"Cashew? Why Cashew?" She asked.

Eli realized his slip and coughed. "Y'know.. He reads erotica I heard, maybe you fueled his fire!" He squirmed.

Cole glared daggers at the pegasi-boy as he almost slipped. Alice snorted. "Who doesn't know that?" She said surprisingly playing at teasing the book reader.

"Who doesn't know what?"

As if on cue, Cashew walked into the room reading a book.

"That you read porn." Eli said as he ate.

Cashew choked on air as he turned red. "N-No I don't!" He stammered.

Alice and Eli snickered as he tried defending himself.

"You guys are lively as usual.." Volks appeared, looking disheveled.

"You're looking messier than usual." Eli commented.

"Couldn't sleep. Too many noises." He said looking at Alice.

Jeez did everyone know about it? Was she that loud? Alice looked away, embarrassed.

Cole meanwhile was priding himself on making Alice scream so loud. This said to him that he satisfied her well.

"Little bird, you make such wonderful sounds in the night, how I wish that it was I instead."

Dmitri walked in wagging his brows at her, making her even more embarrassed, Cole glared at him as he heard Dmitri's proclamation of wanting to have sex with her. He noticed and smirked at the possessive male.

"Will you sing for me one day, little bird?" He teased her as he wrapped his hands around her waist. Alice whined as she couldn't take the teasing anymore.

"Go awayy!" She whined.

Dmitri chuckled as he let her go and went after some food.

As everyone ate and talked, Eli pointed something out.

"Hey, I thought you hated turtlenecks?" He pointed to Alice who was wearing one.

"I uh..decided now was the time to get used to them.."

Cole chuckled to himself as he watched Alice make excuses for her outfit. Eli took notice and looked at Alice with knowing eyes as he figured it out. Alice noticed and looked away.

"Stop looking at me like that!" She whined.

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Hours flew by and everyone had their fill, today was a day of relaxing, no one wanted to do anything big today, so they all stood home and did whatever they wanted, Alice had left to do food shopping, and Cole left to stalk her. Eli and Cashew were in Eli's room talking about the encounter Cashew had.

"So spill the deets! How was he!?" He pushed.

Cashew turned red. "Um..He was real good. Like.. really good."

"That tells me nothing! Is he rough, soft, what did he do!?"

"He was rough, like.. Really rough, it hurt for a little bit, but after a while, it started feeling good.."

"Did he moan? I bet he did!" Eli snickered

"Surprisingly he's a growler, he growled a whole lot, there was hardly a moan that came out of him. But then again, it was me and not Alice…"

"But you got something out of him, didn't you? He must've enjoyed it!" Eli commented as he started snacking on pocky.

"I couldn't tell, I mean I got to.. Y'know.. But he never did."

Eli's eyes widened. "You mean he never 'finished'?! Why didn't you do anything?!"

"Because! After I finished he had left!"

"Just like that? No courtesy cuddles?" Eli asked looking like he sucked on ten lemons.

"Nope. Tied me up, had his way with me, untied me, and left, just like that.."

Eli shook his head. "I would've demanded my after-sex cuddles!"

Cashew laughed a bit. "No.. I get him, after that I decided to leave it alone. After all, he's after Alice."

Eli tsked. "You poor blind fellow, can't you see he likes you too?"

Cashew looked confused. "No? He hates me?"

Eli smiled like an imp enjoying a new game. "You'll see it soon, just pay attention to the way he is with you more and you'll see it."

Cashew shook his head. "Whatever you say, Eli.."

Their talk then ended, as Cashew was walking back to his room, he looked over to Cole's room.

Poe and Eli both say he likes him, but he doubts them. But what kind of person threatens to murder their crush? Cashew shook his head as he walked away, He looked up from his feet and saw Cole holding a camera, seemingly scrolling through pictures, Cole looked up and saw Cashew.

The two stopped. They stared at each other. It was silent for a few minutes. Cole expected Cashew to have said something already but saw he was saying nothing. Cole quirked a brow at him, Cashew did the same. Soon they walked past each other. Saying nothing. Cashew chewed his lip, this was a new approach. He was giving Cole the silent treatment until he acknowledged him. Cashew looked back subtly and was wide-eyed when he noticed Cole looking back. He walked off to his room quickly, red in the face.

=Later in the day=

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Cole was in his room, admiring the photos plastered on his wall. He occasionally turned off his lights to view the blacklight paintings he painted over his photos of Alice. They were very graphic and obscene paintings.

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With each flick, he grew more and more excited as he stared at his Alice.

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With each flick, he grew more and more obsessed with her.

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With each flick, he could feel his desire for her grow and grow.

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With each flick, he could feel his heartbeat in his ears, he could feel himself shake with excitement as he remembered his night with her, how soft she was, how beautiful she was. It was everything he ever dreamed of.

He soon stopped flicking his lights and sat on his bed. Why was it when he thought of Alice, he also thought of him. Was his obsessive nature playing with him and making him think of him? Was this a thought of hatred or a thought of.. No. It couldn't be. He was nothing to him, just a quick thing and that's it.

So then why.

Why did thoughts of him plague him so? Was this just an after-effect of what they did? Would this soon go away? Or were these thoughts here to stay? Whatever this was, Cole didn't like it one bit. Ca- he shouldn't be plaguing Cole's thoughts, the only one who should be occupying his thoughts is Alice. Cole looked around at his wall, she should be the only one in his thoughts. Yet why..? Why was he in his thoughts for?