It was three in the morning when Cashew woke up, he looked around and found Cole peacefully sleeping. He tried to sit up but found himself stuck wrapped around Cole's arms. He looked around the room and noticed the thousands of pictures on Cole's wall. He slipped from Cole's arms and walked up to his wall and looked at the pictures closely and found that they were pictures of Alice. He looked at them all with concern, he never took notice of Cole's room before, and now that he notices them, he was beginning to see how deep Cole's possessive and obsessive nature runs. As he ran his hands around the pictures, his hand brushed by a switch. Curious, he flicked it and noticed a blacklight turned on. He looked at the wall again, his eyes widened as he saw the obscene paintings that were all over the walls. The paintings were of Cole and Alice, they were nude and very perverted. Cashew looked around and saw more paintings of them in various poses, some were a bit twisted, such as the one on Cole's ceiling. It was of Alice and Cole, Alice was tied up and seemingly had cut marks made, seemingly by Cole as it showed him brandishing a knife.

"Wow…" Cashew whispered.

Cashew looked at Cole, who was still sleeping. He swallowed hard, just what was he getting into with this man? Would Cole act like this towards him, or is this only for Alice? Cashew shook his head. He was too tired to think hard about this stuff. He turned off the blacklights and laid back into Cole's arms. As he fell back asleep, Cole opened his eyes and looked at Cashew.

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=Morning=

Cole woke up early and got dressed. He noticed Cashew still peacefully snoozing away. He carefully brushed a strand of hair away from his face as he admired his sleeping face. After playing with Cashew's hair, he left the room looking for Alice. He soon found her making breakfast. He went up to her and kissed her neck tenderly.

"Mmm, Morning Cole." She said happily.

Cole purred into her neck as she snuggled into him. "We're cuddly today.." She pointed out with a giggle.

Cole hummed as he let her continue cooking. "I'm going out with Dmitri today, just to let you know." She said as she finished up.

Cole growled lowly. Dmitri was too handsy with Alice in his opinion and he hated it.

Alice booped Cole's nose. "Behave, Cole." She said.

Cole sighed silently and just hugged her. He had thoughts of following her around later when they left for their outing.

"Cole.." She began but sighed. "At least be nice?"

Cole resisted rolling his eyes at the request and nodded, although it was going to be a tedious task to pull off.

Soon, Dmitri came downstairs to fetch himself some breakfast and found Cole and Alice together. He smiled at Alice as she noticed him.

"Morning Dmitri!" She greeted.

Dmitri greeted her by grabbing her hand and pulling her in for a tender kiss. "Buenos Dias pajarita." He said to her. Alice blushed at his gesture and all but melted into a puddle of goo. Cole growled lowly as his fists clenched. He couldn't say anything, he promised to behave himself. Dmitri noticed Cole's obvious jealousy and wagged his eyebrows at him, fueling Cole's fire.

"Uh..w-when would you like to head out?" Alice said using her fingers to brush her hair shyly.

The two chatted away, making plans, as that was happening Cole was feeling more and more anxious, his foot tapped the floor impatiently, his heart was practically at his throat, pounding, and his blood was rushing with adrenaline. He hated Dmitri and his sexual nature towards Alice. Whenever he saw it, he just wanted to rip his pretty little head off.

"Cole?"

Cole snapped out of his rage and looked at Alice. "Yes?" Alice looked concerned. "I've been calling your name for a few minutes, are you okay?"

Cole smiled a bit at her and rubbed her head. "I'm fine, just thinking."

Alice smiled as she felt his warm hand on her head. "Alright, just making sure you're okay."

Alice hugged Cole and kissed his cheek. "Dmitri and I are heading out, have fun today." She said as she went out.

Cole smiled at her as she left. He then went to his room to get his shoes to begin following her, only to find Cashew just waking up.

"Mmmm, morning Cole.." He greeted sleepily. "I thought you would've been with Alice?" He asked.

Cole growled. "She's out with Dmitri.."

Cashew nodded. He could tell Cole was in a sour mood because of Dmitri and tried to think of something to do with him. But thoughts from last night kept trickling in, how he found those pictures, those paintings, it made him wary of Cole now, he wasn't sure of how he'd act around him now that they were together.

"Spit it out squirrely."

Cashew audibly swallowed. "Cole..I uh.. Noticed your wall.."

Cole looked at him. "And? Are you having second thoughts?" He asked.

"N-No..I was just wondering about it.."

"That's for Alice only." He said, cutting off the squirrel boy.

"Oh, uh okay, that's all I wanted to know." He said.

Cole grabbed Cashew's cheeks. "I know you were peaking at them last night, squirrely." He said as he bit Cashew's lip. Cashew went red. "S-Sorry, I just wanted to know more about you.." He said softly.

Cole hummed. "Is that so?"

Cashew nodded as he went up to kiss Cole. "You're so interesting… I want to know more about you.." He said.

Cole stopped him with a small smirk. "Apologise, squirrely. I'm a closed book." He said as he played with Cashew's hair.

Cashew smiled at him as he kissed his hand. "I'll get you to open up, kitty.." He said teasingly.

Cole turned dark red at the sudden nickname and growled at Cashew. "Don't call me that."

"Whatever you say, kitty." Cashew said teasingly

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Cashew was in his room reading erotica, he couldn't get last night out of his mind. Especially the painting he saw on Cole's ceiling. Does he really want to do that with Alice? How twisted was Cole exactly? What happened in his life to turn him this way?

As he read, his book was suddenly snatched away.

"We're going out."

It was Cole.

"Really? Where?"

"To lunch."

Cashew got up and got dressed. "Alright!"

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the two had left to a nearby restaurant and were sitting around and chatting.

"Hey, Cole? Why the sudden lunch date?"

Cole shrugged. "Got hungry."

Cashew raised a brow as he noticed Cole's eyes constant searching, was this really just a lunch date?

"Well.. alright."

After a few minutes of silence, Cashew spoke up.

"Uh..Cole?"

Cole looked at Cashew. "Hm?"

"About those uh.. Pictures on your wall-"

"They're none of your business." Cole cut Cashew off immediately.

"I-I just wanted to know if Alice knows about them?"

"No."

Cashew bit his lip. What's with Cole right now? He seemed to be on a serious edge right now..

"Cole.. Is everything okay? You seem really stressed out right now.." He said as he held Cole's hand.

When Cashew looked at Cole, his eyes slightly widened as he saw them.. Alice and Dmitri came in, seemingly for lunch, that's when Cashew understood what was happening. Cashew sighed.

"So that's what this is.. You just wanted to keep an eye on her huh?" Cashew said as he directed Cole to Alice.

Cole didn't say anything, confirming Cashew's statement.

Cashew sighed. He knew that he had an obsession with Alice, but he didn't think it was this deep. "You could've told me, I would've understood." He said as he played with the table cloth.

Cole made a face. "It's none of your business."

Cashew gripped the cloth. "It is when you're bringing me along." He said, slightly frustrated at the panther male.

Cole growled slightly, Cashew looked at him. "And before you give me your usual excuses, I don't care. I thought you actually wanted to go out with me and we could be on our first real date, but instead, you drag me along to satisfy your sick stalking games, and frankly, if you told me about this, I would've probably been weirded out, but I'd have little to no problems helping you see if Alice was okay. But instead, you lied to me, and well.. I'm a little hurt. I don't think I want to continue sitting here, I'll see you at home."

Cashew walked out, leaving Cole stunned. Cashew had never gotten mad before, especially at him. Cole stared at the spot Cashew sat at blankly, Cashew's scolding was still ringing in his head as he stared. Was Cashew's argument right? Was Cole wrong for wanting to use Cashew for his stalking purposes? Cole put his head in his hands, he hated this gut feeling he had, it was annoying and making him feel weird.

"What are you doing here?"

Cole looked up and saw Poe and a gaggle of emo kids.

"What's it to you?" Cole sneered.

"I figured you'd be with Alice or Cashew."

Cole almost winced at the sound of Cashew's name, the scolding still in his head. Poe noticed a face Cole was making and quirked a brow.

"Something happen?"

"No."

Poe shrugged. "Whatever you say. See you." Poe then left with his friends.

Cole sighed and left.

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Cashew was laying around in his room sighing heavily. Today was a disaster… he thought he was going to go on an actual date with Cole, but no. he was used for Cole's stupid stalking habits. Cashew heard the door open and ran downstairs to see if it was Alice.

"Alice?"

No. It was Cole. "Oh. it's you." Cashew merely said as he began to go back to his room.

Cole watched him leave frustratingly. That feeling was still there annoying him.

"Cashew." He called out.

Cashew looked back. "I have nothing to say to you right now, Cole. Just leave me alone."

Cole grit his teeth, he had just got into a relationship with Cashew, and somehow he was fucking it up. How the hell was he supposed to know Cashew would get mad at him?

"I'll talk to you later." Cashew said as he left.

Cole watched him leave with that weird feeling in his gut again, what was it, guilt? Why? What did Cole do wrong to feel this way?

"So something did happen."

Cole looked over to Poe. "Not now." Cole said through gritted teeth.

Poe shrugged, not caring about Cole's anger. "What did you do?"

Cole clenched his fists, his anger stewing over the whole situation. "It's none of your business."

"Just tryna help." Poe said.

Cole frustratingly gave in and told Poe what happened. "There, happy?"

Poe nodded at him. "Wow, I'd be mad at you too if I were him." Poe began. "Cole, he thought you were actually giving him the attention he wanted, but instead you used him to stalk Alice. Not exactly the smoothest move on your part." He explained.

Cole didn't say anything as he took in Poe's words. Maybe Cashew did deserve better than that.

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Cole had gone to Cashew's room and just walked in.

"Get out." Cashew threw his pillow at the panther male.

Cole caught it and put it back on his bed. "Cashew." He then realized, apologizing was harder than it seemed to him. "I.." He stopped midway, Cashew quirked a brow.

"I what?"

Cole sighed. "I..realized what I did was unacceptable, and I want to try again."

Cashew swallowed hard, hearing Cole apologize was sweet. However..

"Are you actually saying sorry or is this just some sort of elaborate play?"

Cole sat next to Cashew. "I am. I gain no benefit from playing around with you. I would like to have another chance to give you a good time."

Cashew was a bit wary, but he allowed himself to forgive him. "Fine, but you better not pull this again, it was really rude." Cashew pouted.

Cole nodded and let Cashew put his head on his shoulder.

This relationship is going to take some work.