A/N so I'm wondering how often do you guys want this story updated

Weekly with 1000-1500 words

Or

Bi-weekly with 2000-2500 words

Also sorry for the short chapter

"Alex! Open the, open the door please. Alex open the door!" John was panicking it had only been a couple of hours and Lafs new roommate had locked himself in the bathroom. Now John was sure he'd hate them, and the boy was cute too. Laf and Herc looked pretty shaken up as well, and they all began pleading for Alex to open the bathroom door so they could make sure he was safe.

Alex however only heard menacing voices yelling at him to open the door. He was also pretty sure he heard someone threaten him by saying "Alex! Don't make me come in there!" He was so sure that these people might not have hurt him too, but then he fucked it up. Again. Like always.

John had tried saying anything to get Alex to at least open the door even by bargaining "Alex! I won't go in there just open the door so we can see that you're alright!" Laf and Herc however were going to force their way in by picking the lock, and every fan girl reading this can probably understand this is a bad idea (a/n r.i.p the fourth wall) Finally Laf got the door open, and there they saw Alex sitting with his back pressed against the wall. His hair was a mess, his hands on his ears and tears down his face.

"ALEX!" John had broken the silence rather quickly, and ran over to the whimpering boy. Alex looked so scared when he saw them and shielded himself more. "Alex, shh it's alright shh" the soft spoken words were like melody. Suddenly he heard John singing, and it was a small lullaby he heard as a child. Wait, John knew Spanish? That was not something he particularly expected but, it just reminded him of his mom in a nice way. "Màmà" Alex remembered his mom always sung this to him when he was sad. "Alex? Did you just call me mom?"

John had stopped singing because he was just called mom by someone who only spoke to him twice. Though soon after he said that Alex started to write apologies "Alex it's okay, did.." John was almost hesitant to ask but he needed to anyway "did something happen to your mom?" The words sent shivers down Alex's spine, it reminded him of nicknames like Whore's son which he had hated since it made its appearance. So instead of being honest he wrote that his mom was back in his hometown and he missed her. Alex began to think I guess I am a liar like you assumed me to be.

John had seemed to believe his story so no further questioning was made. Which Alex was grateful for. But he still couldn't get that nagging voice out of his head

You're a liar Alex

no one likes liars

no one likes you

If they did they would die just like your mother and brother

Alex had tried to block out the voices but without anyone talking it was hard, but he somehow managed to appear normal as no one noticed anything. After everyone chatted and exchanged numbers John and Herc went back to their dorm which left Alex with Laf. Bored and not having anything to do Alex wrote, however as it was nearing 12:00 am Laf had told him to stop. Which Alex did despite wanting to continue, because he didn't want to get hurt.

Despite speaking though, he hadn't been hit. That alone made Alex hopeful, before whenever he said anything pain had quickly followed. Maybe college isn't like high school and foster homes.

Maybe things would go fine after all?