Rocky, having unlocked the door using his mental gift, walks into Darren Whittles dorm room closing the door after him, locking it with his hand instead of his mind. Casting his eye about the room the male takes it in to a typical jock room, sports posters wherever there were no women tacked or taped up; Darren even has a few trophies for baseball, so he must have pitched a few winning games. A microwave sits on a small table, next to it is a bag of bagels. Typical dorm room. All he needs to do now is wait for the bastard. Taking a seat at the males desk he lets out a heavy sigh; he doesn't wanna go through with something like this, especially not to Darren but it has to be done; even the most evil person has a shred of humanity that you can make contact with and he intends to do so with Darren by telling the male about his shady past. If Darren listens he may feel compassionate enough to back off of Robbie and leave them alone to their happiness, if not than his troubles may only get worse as the male will have more than enough ammo to blackmail him with if Rocky doesn't want his business spread all over the campus. Its a scary thing having someone have something to hold over your head, it really is, because not only are you nervous of when the day might come where they stop caring about their power and just tell everyone then there's how you're going to be treated once everybody knows. Rocky knows how he's going to be treated and it sickens him to the soul.
The lock on the door flips over the knob is then turned. Darren walks into his room with a bag filled with, what smells like, dirty laundry. He must have been out on the field practicing or something, he'd have no reason to change otherwise. The male walks over to his bed stopping a second to hold onto his head as he feels a slight headache coming on. The reason for this is because Rocky is using his gift on him, holding the nerve where his vision is kept to prevent the male from seeing him right away- nothing wrong with instilling a little fear into a person every now and then, plus he deserves it for what he and his friends have done to Robbie, he actually deserves a lot more but Rocky has never been one for revenge- not right away any way.
With the door closed, Rocky looks over to it with a slight shift in though Darren turns hearing a knocking at the door.
"Who the hell is this?" He walks to the door pulling it open and with a sudden cocky stance the male asks his visitor. "What do you want Douglas?"
"I wanna talk about what you and your buddies did last night."
"Hmph. You can't prove anything, so why bother talking." The male shrugs.
"Because if it happens again I can't be held responsible for what happens to you when I find out."
"Aaaw, your concern for me is touching but terribly misplaced- I'm not into dick."
Rolling his eyes, Rocky looks over the taller males shoulder. "Can I come in?"
"I just said we're not talking, so what makes you think you can come in?"
Behind him, the real Rocky pokes the taller blond between his shoulder blades. "Because I'm already here."
"Shit!" Jumping out of his skin the male turns around wide-eyed and frightened, spinning on his heals seeing that the Douglas male is still beyond the doorway. "How the-... when did?"
His incoherent babble went on like that for a moment as Rocky released his hold on the males vision. He hates the idea of getting that trick from Maria but its actually very useful. Leaning past Darren, who's backing away in fright, to close the door and lock it. Darren continued backing away until he hit the bed. Rocky approached slowly, one step at a time until he reached the place where he was once sitting.
"Darren, listen... I didn't come here to fight or scare you shitless. I came to talk and nothing more."
Seeing that the male has a fairly innocent face and has chose to sit at his desk which is no where near his bed he composes his self and sits up. "Fine. But then I want you gone or I'll call the dean."
"Yeah, I'm shaking." Rocky waves the threat off. "Darren, I didn't come here to get an explanation as to why you did what you did to Robbie I merely came here to ask you to give us a grace period. Six months... if you do this for me than you can do whatever you like and won't be punished for it if not than..." He locks gazes with the male and says in a low tone. "I can do some serious damage to you as payback for raping my boyfriend."
"You can't prove it was us."
Smirking the male asks. "Oh really? Then how did you know there was an 'us' when I only mentioned you?"
"Y- you... what makes you think I'll just give you what you want? I'm not afraid of you, or your ninja tricks."
"You seemed pretty scared to me, but let's stop talking about this, okay? I'm gonna state my case and then afterwards you can decide what kind of person you are and do what you will, but I'm hoping that deep down you're an ok guy. You get along with Colt and you two were far worse than you and I so what changed? When we first got here you and I used to exchange little bits of conversation or notes from things missed in class now suddenly you're that same prick from our childhood?"
Darren rolls his eyes to that but Rocky can see he's gotten under his skin a little bit.
"Darren, what I wanna tell you I haven't told to anyone- not even Robbie knows." The jock seemed to be listening so he goes on. "When I was seven I was kidnapped from school and because of that one day my life changed forever."
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Darren sniffled hard by the time Rocky was done with his story. He couldn't believe all that the male has been through and for him to still be standing and that he's still willing to live is beyond amazing.
"Well?" Rocky says in wonder of the answer to his question.
"I feel sick." Darren responds. "I... I just couldn't image that all that stuff happened to anybody outside of movies."
"And you just heard about it, try living it." Rocky says quietly. "Everyday is a reminder of what happened; I'm tainted, jaded, sometimes I feel lost and I stare into space until my mind stops having its horrible flashback to let me go through my day. But Darren through all this pain I found a way to be happy and surprisingly its with another human being, that its a male is weird even to me but its not gonna stop me from holding onto the good feelings that I haven't had since starting ninja training. So please..."
"I'll leave you alone." Darren nods.
Unable to hold off his smile Rocky asks. "You will?"
"I feel... man its fucked up, about all of that and for me to mess with you... would just be wrong." He nods. "I'll leave you alone."
"Thank you."
"But man.... she raped you with a dildo?"
"Yeah." He says in a small voice filled with shame.
Darren shakes his head. "Then why are you fucking around with Ballerini?"
"Honestly, its still weird even to me... I'm not gay, I don't find men attractive even a little bit and yet with him..." He shrugs. "Maybe its because I don't know why I like him that makes me like him the way I do, but whether its good talk or bad our business is none of yours. So thank you for listening and accepting my deal. I trust there won't be any more problems between you and Robbie?"
Shaking his head the blond touches his bedpost thoughtfully; he could never imagine being bound to something, half dead, while being raped by some insane woman. Rocky just became one of the bravest men he knows without even meaning to. He should remember to his friends later to stop fucking with them. Colt on the other hand may not take it so well that their little deal is off. But who cares, that guys been a real ass most of the time anyway, he owes him nothing.
"By the way, you might wanna have a talk with the horsey."
"Colt? What about him?"
"Let's just say I was on his payroll most of the time."
Rocky felt numb. "Colt was behind this sudden onslaught?"
"I'm not saying anything directly but, yeah, and he loved every second you spent feeling guilty; that was the main topic of our get togethers, how funny it was watching you and Robbie suffer."
"I'll do that, and thank you for telling me." Walking to the door he turns the knob.
'I still think its pretty gross that you're a faggot.' Thought Darren unknowing that he was heard.
Rocky felt disappointed by that unsaid comment, but what could he do? He's no gay rights activist he's only in love with one person not all of them, he'd be the first to stand up for them but he just can't see the label there in his heart, so he let the comment go. Closing the door behind him, he pulls out his phone. "Colt. I wanna have a nice little chat with you about your friendship with Darren, try to be home when I get there." Hanging up he knew his brother would flee, Colt's not stupid when it comes to his brother's tones so he should know that that one meant business.
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Colt swings his hand lightly causing Maggie's to swing as well. The two of them are out for a walk around the area. They had lunch at Subway and grabbed a gumball from one of the machines outside of the supermarket they had passed by on their way to the park.
"How's about a kiss handsome?" Maggie asks with a playful laugh.
Snickering, Colt comments. "Isn't it the guys job to ask for kisses?"
"Yeah, but you're so slow" She pinches his dimpled cheek. "about it, I figured I'd take the initiative."
Slowing to a stop, he turns to face the girl holding a hand to the back of her head he pulls her face to him giving her a nice kiss, so nice infact, Maggie couldn't help her grin from coming out over it.
"Mmm, I should have taken the cherry gum from you, I got white- I mean, who knows what that's all about because it ain't pineapple."
Colt shoves the girls shoulder; feeling his phone vibrating in his pocket he pulls it out. Lifting it to his ear he listens to the message before putting the phone away. Taking his girlfriend's hand he lets out a small laugh.
"What's so funny?" Asks Maggie.
"I guess Rocky found Robbie, he's pissed as usual." Colt says casually.
"What do you mean 'found'," Maggie asks smirking, she knows that Colt was planning some big thing to break the two of them up. "what did you do? Hang him from the flagpole on a wedgie?"
Colt laughed at that giving the girl a light shove. "We're not kids anymore, Mags, its something way better than that."
"Like what?"
"Well, it had to be something serious, something that would ensure their breakup and what better than to hit a soar spot."
"Stop stalling and tell me!" She stops walking to give her boyfriend a shake by his shoulders.
"I had Darren and his friends give Robbie a little scare by..." He trails off waiting for her to beg to know but seeing as she only raised her eyebrows he took that. "I had him raped."
Happy expression sagged she bites. "What?"
"I had them rape him- it was just to scare him."
"Motha fucker!" Pulling her hand back she slaps the male across the face wishing she had punched him shortly after. "How can you be so fucking childish?! Pulling pranks fine, beat him up, that's what boys do! But this, is beyond fucking sick!" This time she does punch him and with a satisfied toss of her hair she expects the male to apologize to her and Robbie and his brother but it wasn't the scenario that played out.
Hand to his reddening cheek Colt laughs. "Are you serious?" He asks through his laughter. "Are you really mad?" He tilts his head back laughing harder. "Your anger is nothing compared to mine! For months I miss my abducted brother just to have him come home and act this way! I'm the one who's angry!"
Backing away the girl truly can't believe her ears. "You're sick.... you're sick, you're not even human anymore!" She shouts at him. "You've become some fucking parasite latching onto hatred that you're not even sure why its there? Feeling betrayed doesn't do this to a person, feeling saddened for someone you love only brings sadness and guilt.... no, your problem is that you're jealous of your brother- hell maybe you're jealous of Robbie- ah!" She holds her cheek.
"I'm sorry that I hit you but you're speaking nonsense right now and I can't let you say something like that to me. Why would I be jealous of Robbie?!"
"Because he's stolen your brother from you.... you couldn't save him in a way Robbie did and now you're feeling useless and that he's so grateful to the male and even loves him only adds to the pain." Pained cheek forgotten, she lowers her hand balling it up. "You wanna know what I love most of all about being with you? That we take walks, that we listen to music together and rent movies once a month to ignore while we make-out, I love that your voice gets a little bit softer when you talk to me and how after sex we just hold each other and talk about ourselves; you told me one night how you never felt close enough to Rocky and now this near stranger comes along and he treats him better than you- even loves him, when he has all the world and right reasons to hate him and where does that leave you? In the same place you've always been... number two. Two to your younger brother, two to your parents, two to Robbie and number two to life...." Grabbing a hold of the male by his jaws she says calmly. "Maybe if you'd stop acting like a damn child you can be a one to him... he'll respect your maturity- if it isn't to late to regain his respect for you because after something like that.... hell, I won't even talk to you." Releasing him she storms away not even looking back.
"So how the fuck do I get over it!?" Colt shouts after her. "You have to tell me!" Sniffling, he sags to the ground. "I... don't know how on my own."
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Rocky didn't go home to see his brother, glad that he got the voicemail he was able to calm himself down and think of how to approach his brother about this whole thing. He knows Colt is a hothead and when speaking to the type its hard to tell what might set them off sometimes so he had to make sure he's in a calm place before going in. He loves his brother and can't stand when they're fighting, which isn't often, but the few times that they do its a world war insults, fists flying, ruined objects, stolen loves.... but no, this has to stop not for his sake he could fight with Colt forever- he never means it, and knows when enough is enough, but for Robbie's sake.
Shoving the door open, a bag making ruckus in his hand, he presses his butt against it to close it.
Robbie jumped out of what seemed like a brief rest due to fatigue only to smile away the start seeing who was there. "Hey, I wondered where you went." Smelling the food he reaches out for the bag. "Mmm, China Panda?"
"Is there any other place?" Leaving the food on the bed, he goes to the microwave to grab a plastic fork for Robbie, he's going to use the chopsticks in the bag, though, he brought an extra pair incase Robbie can use them. "How do you feel? Do need an asprin or anything?"
Looking as though he were truly offended the injured male says. "What are you saying, that being ugly is painful?"
"No, I was just-..."
Robbie waves it off. "I know, but only my eye hurts a bit but not much to bother me." He reaches for his lover giving him a kiss when he's joined on the beds. "Ow. Now it only hurts when I do this..." He kisses Rocky again.
"Owww.."
Rolling his eyes he smiles and says. "Then don't do that."
"Aaaw but its soo good Rocky."
"I know it is." He comments absently while removing a box of lomein from the bag. "Can you use chopsticks?"
"Yeah, but I make a terrible mess."
"Fork it is." He hands it over. "I got rice and egg rolls too."
"Damn, I like egg fuyung. But, I'll just have to make due." Taking a bite he winces. "Ow." Rubbing his cheek gently, he takes another bite. "Man, still hurts. I guess it was that foot in the mouth."
"Robbie!" Rocky snaps. Closing his eyes so he doesn't have to look at the male he continues speaking. "I'm trying to friendly about this, like you are, but if you're in pain will you please not voice it? I can only take so much of hearing about it before I just forget about being polite and go to shove my foot through someone's teeth."
Robbie looks at his lover with sad eyes. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make light of it, I just thought it made it easier."
"Well it doesn't- not even joking.... so just... stop it, okay? This is me here, not some creep beyond our dorm that you have to impress." Looking at him now he says. "If you're hurt than please be real about it and stop joking."
".....its not that simple sometimes.. I feel like if I don't make light of things than I'm gonna start thinking too hard and... I don't know, that's when we'll break up."
"Why would we-..?"
"Because of all this, from being with you.... I'd be terrified of you." Feeling tears he shakes them off. "It was never this bad when we weren't together; before moving here I'd have girlfriends, and quietly have boyfriends, nobody would notice me or care... but moving here you and your brothers are like icons and fucking with that seems to effect just about everybody to the point where things like this" He points to his face. "become ok in everyone's eyes. No one tilts their head to say "sorry man" no one puts a hand on your shoulder to ask if you're alright.... you're just looked upon as though you've gotten what you deserve for touching what should not be touched."
Rocky let out a heavy sigh. "I'm sorry."
"Don't be, you didn't ask for it... it was given to you because you're a great person and should be loved and cared for- but damn it, I wish that people would stop forgetting that you're normal just like the rest of us, you can be hated too."
Robbie nods but then shakes his head. "I hate what's printed to you, but I don't hate you because you're nothing like the people that acknowledge that they're loved completely. People like Colt- no offense."
"Its alright. I found out today just how true that statement is."
"What do you mean?"
"My brother was the one that put Darren and his friends up to the-... well, he's responsible for just about everything Darren has been doing to you."
"Colt? ...Why?"
"I don't know why. I honestly don't, but I'm gonna see to it that he knows that he fucked up and with what happened that's the last time." He looks despared a moment at the thought of disowning his brother but its something that has to be done if Colt plans to continue on this way. Its not healthy for them to hate each other this much, or be at each others throats over something like relationships with other people. Tum was right when he said they need to step it back a second but this is getting out of hand. It just about turned Rocky's stomach when he realized that Colt was the one that wanted to take a night walk with the two of them, though, they weren't really speaking which is why Tum had to ask him instead of his brother who lives in the same building as he does.
"What about Darren?"
"I asked him to give us six months to be together and after that his aim had better be directed towards me or else."
"I see..." He has his doubts and how can he not, he can still feel this one kid ramming into saying the most sickening thing during it; that he would fuck him until he loved him, I mean, what the hell is that all about?
"You know what's funny, I think I got to the human side of Darren and not the bully. I really think that he'll leave us alone from now on, and his friends granted they listen to him. You know how cliques get when you think you're leader has fallen they over throw and do their own thing."
"And then?"
"I'll try to be kind, I'll be rational, but if it doesn't work I'm gonna have to do some injuring."
Robbie shrugs. "I guess you will."
"Let's not talk about this anymore, we've got food and I'm starving."
"Good idea." He takes an egg roll from the little red and white bag popping the tip into his mouth. "Mmm this place is the best!" He declares to the food gods.
"Hahaha." Taking a mouthful of lomein he nods. "That is good." He opens his mouth to the offer of egg roll taking a bite.
Robbie takes the chopsdtick of lomein offered to him. "Mm, hey let's mute the tv and make up the lines."
"Okay, but turn on something good, I don't want it to be like that last time when we were watching Seinfeld and we remembered all the lines anyway- its not adlibing if you're just saying what they would normally say."
"I know I know, lets see what's on.... Cosby show? No.... King of Queens? Since when did that come on this time ummm, of sweet a movie." Leaving it on the channel he mutes the tv. "Oh here, we go, here we go, you're back?" Robbie says in a female voice getting into it.
"Of course I came back I forgot my stuff, but after this you'll never see me again."
The man in the film kisses the woman grabbing a cup of coffee.
"On second thought," Rocky says. "maybe I will stay, just to bug ya."
Robbie snickers. "Bug me, or make sure I'm not spending your money on shoes again?"
The woman sips her coffee then lets out a sigh.
"Man this is too hot, I burned my tongue."
"What again? That's the tenth time this week."
"I know I know but..." The woman starts to cry. "I'm sorry, I've been having these crying spells since Lester died."
"Our handyman? I know, everytime I look at that crack in the ceiling I think about him." Rocky in his natural voice says. "What the hell is this movie about?"
"I have no idea."
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"Mom..." Colt says walking into the kitchen.
"Yes sweety, what is it?"
"I have something to tell you, I think you should sit down first."