"Fight back!" Colt punched the hard ground to punctuate his words.

"No." Replies his brother in a feeble voice.

That only seemed to make Colt angrier; he rears his head back intent on smashing it into Rocky's but he's surprised when a pair of arms wrap around his neck pulling him back and off of Rocky.

"Knock it off Colt, you're hurting him." Robbie says holding onto the ninja as tightly as he can.

But trying to keep a hold on Colt is a venture better left untaken as he shook and bucked like an actual wild horse to shake the male off. Rocky only watched as his brother made a fool of himself over this; wanting to say something, he instead spots Darren out of his good eye; the creep is really laughing it up.

'Bastard.' Getting up he starts across the quad until Robbie's grunt called his attention to the Canadian.

Still attached to Colt, his brother slammed his, Robbie covered, back into the statue in attempt to beat the boy off- or break his spine with how hard his brother was making the impact. Rocky darts over to them slamming his fist into his brother's gut; Colt doubled over in pain being released by Robbie in the process. Foot sweeping his brother's from under him the fired up male drops heavily to the hard ground in an utter of pain before he's pinned down from behind by Rocky, whose got his hands on Colt's wrist and his knees on top of the back of his knees.

"Colt this is stupid, look at yourself, you're giving Darren exactly what he wants- us fighting, and its pointless...." Leaning over, he whispers. "I want you to calm down, really calm down and once you do come to our room because I wanna talk to you."

"Fuck you." He spits.

"I'm gonna tell you everything, so I think you need to come... but not unless you've calmed down, do you understand?"

Colt seemed to be thinking that over and when he felt his brother's weight ease up he nods in defeat.

"Alright. I don't care how you manage to do it, but you will be calm when we talk. I don't wanna fight you, not even a little and I'm sorry for hurting you... so this ends now." Standing, he walks over to Robbie grabbing him by the arm. "Come on." He starts for the main building.

Maggie watches them depart before going over to her boyfriend helping him up. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Nothing a few days won't heal." He wipes the blood from his mouth.

"What did he say to you?" She asks curiously having seen the blonds' lips moving when he pinned her boyfriend down.

"He said that he would tell me everything but... only if I calm down first." He mocks.

"Well, last time I checked I can be pretty calming." The girl suggests with a mischievous grin.

Smiling back, Colt shakes his head at how lucky he got to have dumped Olivia when he had.

Clapping his hands together, Darren approaches the male looking as though he'd just won the lottery. "Nice fight Douglas, you kicked your brother's ass- good for you. Let me guess he pulled out one of those Douglas family good will speeches to get you to stop. So childish; if I were you I'd still be kicking his ass."

Maggie scoffs. "Hn. If you him you'd be good looking."

Hand to his heart Darren says. "I'm hurt. Why do you say such nasty things to me Maggie? I thought we were friends. You get corrupted by this family and this is what happens."

"Whatever." Replies the girl.

Colt brushes the dirt from his clothes, the scene before playing out in his head. Darren was right to tell him whether it was just to get off on the fact that he's annoyed or whatever, because he honestly never would have known a thing and with proof now Rocky can't deny it. But... there's still the matter of what to do about it. Does he disown him, tell their parents and Tum, have his brother hated.... Its weird to think like this it really is but he can't stop the train from moving. Maybe... maybe if this whole thing is still going on he doesn't have to be the bad guy- not out loud anyway, he should instead hire a stooge to do it. And with as much pleasure as Darren seems to be getting out of this, he can only assume that he'd be an easy hire.

"Come on Colt, let's get you cleaned up."

"Okay."

.............

"Its all my fault," Robbie says when they've reached the common room and located a first-aid kit. "I shouldn't have-..."

Cutting him off Rocky says. "Is it just me, or are we the only ones that realize we're not together?"

"I-uh.."

"Because last time I checked you and I haven't done anything even remotely suggestive as to say we're a couple or something like that, bunch of shit heads." Bruised cheek landing on his balled fist, his elbow resting on his thigh he pouts in thought.

Robbie blinked but his confusion soon turned into a laugh. He didn't know what had come over the blond but hearing him talk like Sin without actually being Sin was just... adorable. And when Rocky looked at him ordering him to stop laughing he only laughed harder.

"Oh give me that," He snatches the cleaning supplies from the males hands causing him to laugh longer. Dabbing it to his lip he stands up leaving the room. He wondered if Colt were waiting for him in their room and he hoped like anything that his brother will listen to him and understand the truth without thinking there's more to it than there really is. He can't keep doing this with him, its ridiculous! Once Colt knows he won't feel so left out and then things can return to some type of normalcy.

Ellis knocked on the door frame before coming in. Robbie looked horrified wondering if she'd heard what he'd said a moment ago, but the girl seemed more interested in Rocky's injuries instantly coming to his side taking the cotton swab from his hand. The Canadian watches as the two acknowledge each other without speaking, he then figured neither of them were talking because he's still in the room.

"I should go."

"No," The girl request. "stay. I... you can stay, what I have to say is no big deal... I just didn't wanna start it so that I don't end up cracking or something, but I'm good and having you here will make not crying easier."

"What are you getting at?" Rocky asks.

'Okay, now its just getting to be weird.' Robbie thinks. Once is fine, but twice? 'Isn't that just how it was last year? I should talk to him about it.' Nodding, Robbie says that he'll stay.

"Rocky, I... tell your brother that its sweet that he cares enough about me to order you not to hurt me but its really unnecessary, I can take care of myself. And in order to do that then I'm saying good bye to you and Jack. You don't love me, I get that, so I won't force you to like me if you can't. I only hope that she accepts your love and it makes the both of you happy."

"Who?"

"The girl that you can't stop thinking about. Its written all over your face when you're with me that you're thinking about someone else. Its alright, I just wish you would have been more upfront about it. I can take it."

"But Ellis, I-.."

She pressed her finger to his lips to silence him. "Don't. ...I'm not upset, I liked you a lot but I never thought that you were the one. At least, though, when I binge on my break up ice cream I know what flavor to get" Standing she walks to the door then calls over her shoulder. "Rocky Road."

Her sweet laughter is the last thing they hear from the girl as she disappears.

".....This is awful." Rocky says quietly.

"I know, and I'm sorry... its my fault Ellis thinks that you're into someone else- I should go clear this up with her right now."

Grabbing him back he pulls him down into the seat beside him. "I didn't mean being broken up with, I meant the fact that... I really don't care." He snickers quietly. "It... actually feels good to be rid of her and having to pretend that I'm happy when I'm not."

"Oh no, it really is you isn't- Sin!? What are you doing here," Robbie asks. "Does Rocky know that you're back?"

Cocking a brow at his friend Rocky shakes his head. "Rob' relax, I'm not Sin. Its me- just me."

Shaking his head in disbelief Robbie counters that statement. "But, you just said that you don't care and you feel free- Am I missing something?"

"What, I can't talk like that. I really don't care, I didn't wanna date Ellis whether you were in the picture or not, some things just are what they are. And as far as my alter goes, he and I are together, sealed deal. I just... I don't know, he always said that he was more dominant than me so whether I want to or not I may sound like him sometimes." Rocky shrugs.

"Oh."

They sit in silence for a bit then without warning Rocky leans over giving Robbie a simple kiss.

"Happy birthday to me." He smiles faintly before standing and leaving.

............

Colt did manage to calm himself down with a huge amount of assistance from Maggie and he returned to their room so he can hear Rocky's side of the story about the reason Robbie had his lips on him. Although, even if its legitimate can he believe it? Rocky's been lying to him thus far what's to stop him from making up another lie about it so he'll back off. He only hoped his brother has come to his senses and will stop this nonsense.

The door to the room opened and his brother came through it; he looks horrible. His eye is losing the reddening and is now turning black, his lip is swelled from the bruise and he has a few cuts covered by band-aids here and there from Colt's knuckles splitting skin. But Rocky acted as though they didn't hurt even a little, he just takes a seat on his bed and sighs in thought while looking at the floor.

"Colt-" He starts but gets cut off.

"Rocky, I'm sorry. After calming down I realized what we were doing and I didn't mean to hurt you that badly."

To Rocky it seemed as though Colt had been trying to hurt him this badly, but he accepted his brother's apology- granted he not do anything ridiculous like this again for a while. Nodding, he clasps his hands together. "Okay. I said that I was gonna tell you everything and I meant it."

Colt knew better than to listen to something like this without being mentally prepared for it, though, he still can't see ever being ready to accept something like this from anyone he knows. "I want the story from the beginning, I wanna know how this happened? How do you go from punching a guy to this..." He practically flicked the pictures at Rocky.

Leaning over he picks them up from the floor looking at them with a plain expression, though in his heart he cared deeply for the memory. Looking, now, into his brother's eyes, Rocky swallows then says quietly. "Robbie and I would have been enemies, we should have been but I couldn't hate him. He helped rescue me-"

"How long is he gonna praised for that?! Don't get me wrong, I'm so happy that you're safe and okay, going back to being you but Rocky... you can't keep letting him hold that over your head- is that how he roped you in?"

"He didn't rope me into anything, I can't be bought Colt." Calming his building anger that's grown in him since rejoining with his alter, Rocky says. "I am grateful to him for helping rescue me which is why I couldn't tell him to go away when he asked to remain my friend. Yes, he kissed me but it was Sin that kissed him back, not me and I never planned on being with him but... I don't know, something happened and the more time that went by I just started to realize that out of everyone he was the only one that treated me like a person with a problem and not some rape victim or freak with a mental gift." Smiling faintly he goes on to say. "I liked it. I felt human again, he didn't avoid me because I could hear his thoughts, he didn't look at me like I was made of glass- sure, he felt guilty for it being his aunt that did those things to me but he wasn't consumed by it and I admire that bounce back."

"Stop it, because you're making me sick." Colt states in all seriousness. "I don't wanna hear a love story, I wanna know how far it went but that its stopped."

"We dated each other when I went to meet Arc," He shrugs as though its no big deal. "we said it would go no further than the week and it hasn't. He only kissed me, and to be fair, no I didn't hate it... but it just wasn't my thing being with a guy. So there, are you satisfied? Robbie and I are friends and nothing more."

"I'd be satisfied if you went back to hating him. Rocky, you kissed a guy. God didn't plan it so that men touch each other, its sick and you gotta know that. Mom and Dad didn't raise us to be stupid."

Fully offended Rocky again steadied his anger to say. "Don't preach to me Colt, not when you stick it in any female thats wearing a skirt because you assume it was put on for you, needless to say the pregnancy scare.... I've had enough of this whole thing, but I'll tell you even if Robbie and I did want to be together it isn't anyone's business but ours. Keep that in mind."

Angry, Colt stands looming over his brother. "But its alright for you to police my relationships like you're dad?"

"I'm not telling you what to do, I'm trying to open your eyes from your infatuation- nothing more, you can't see the bad in the person you have feelings for so its my job and Tum's to look out for you. Is that so wrong?"

"You were with a GUY!" Colt shouts completely worked up. "It doesn't get any more wrong than that! ....Don't tell me what I'm doing wrong- or what you think I'm doing wrong anymore because I don't wanna hear it."

"Fine!" Rocky throws his hands up in defeat.

"Good!" He mimmicks the hand toss.

"Oh real mature! You know what Colt" Rocky says not believing his own words. "I should be with Robbie just to spite you and the rest of this stupid place because you're the ones with the problem- honestly I don't see shit wrong with it."

Shocked, Colt shakes his head. "Wow, Maria really must have done a number on you for you to talk like this. I just can't believe it, you know its wrong and yet you're saying its alright. I just can't believe its coming from you."

"Shut up." He whispers feeling tears sting his eyes.

"Is this because of Maria? Rocky, just avoid blondes that's all there is to it. You don't have to be tainted mind and body- its sick." After a thought he asks. "What about Arc?"

"Don't bring him into this, Colt." Rocky warns.

"Are you gonna teach him to be okay with this sickness?"

"Jeffrey." He growls.

"Because if that's the case maybe he was better off withou-"

His words are slammed back into his mouth by Rocky's fist giving them a shove. Colt fell back on his back hand going to his mouth.

"Don't ever talk about my son, that's the end for me in boiling points." He looks down on his floor bond brother with animocity. "I'm not much in life, but I want to be everything for his and I'm gonna make sure that I do a good job in teaching my son not hate. He'll love people for who they are and never turn into some monster because he can't handle things he cannot change." Backing away, Rocky turns the knob on the door. "I'm gonna try to patch things up with Ellis, since because of you and your outburst she thinks I'm two-timing her and she broke up with me. I'm not speaking to you until you decide whats more important in life- being right or being a good person."

Colt checked his mouth in the bathroom mirror, the pain in it far too distinct to be just a bruise and surely enough his brother had cracked his tooth. He made some good points though, he should rethink his choices he doesn't want Rocky angry with him, but dammit why can't his brother see his side of things- for once! He never butts into anyone's life hating it when people do it in his own but this is something that Colt is sincere about, why can't Rocky see that?

"Fuck." He mutters.

Grabbing his phone intent on making a dental oppointment he instead checks the time then heads down the hall to the stairs. He can't just sit on his hands about this and as much as he hates it, he's gonna ask Darren for help.