AN: I know it's been forever that's because I got to a dead end and didn't know how to continue but here I am. It was difficult writing the bar flashback so bear with me if you didn't like it. The next chapter will be the party and trust me, that's the interesting chapter. Also reason number 2 of why I didn't update was because I had another story idea which got in the way of this story. But please enjoy this one :]
~x Chapter II: Confrontation x~
Hunter couldn't sleep correctly, all night long he was thinking of Shawn. Hunter couldn't bear the image of his long time friend being mad at him. He heard someone knocking at the door, he could hear Edge talking.
"Do you know what time it is?" Edge said quietly. "Chris and Hunter are still sleeping, you could have text me."
"Hunter? Anyways, Matt and Jeff said that everyone is eating breakfast early because it's Axxess weekend. So get everyone up and get ready." John demanded, Edge let the two inside. John pushed Chris off the bed, the thud woke up Hunter. Randy and Edge laughed as Chris angrily got up to his feet.
"Ha ha ha, that's pretty funny." Chris sarcastically said as he went to the bathroom to wash up. Hunter was silent as he got up to change his clothes. Hunter had a bruise on his forearm, Randy poked it and Hunter cringed, Randy giggled. Hunter glanced at Randy and noticed he had a black eye, Hunter poked it and Randy made a funny face to cover up the pain.
"That hurt you know."
"So did you poking my arm." Hunter grinned. Once everyone was ready they headed out the door and down to the lobby.
:: Meanwhile ::
"I can comply with you. I feel the same way when Jeff never takes me seriously." Matt said as he took a bite of his pancake. Shawn sighed as he played with his food. Jeff came back with a plate of pancakes drenched in syrup and whipped cream. "Jeff, what's that you have there?" Matt asked curiously.
Jeff stared at his brother innocently, "It's pancakes with strawberry syrup topped with whipped cream and some strawberries on it, Matt." Jeff grinned as he was going to take a bite of the over sweetened pancake. Matt managed to grab the plate away, Jeff frowned. "Aw c'mon Matt, just this one time."
"What happens when you eat sweets?" Matt asked.
"I get hyper. Then I'll piss you off the whole trip and you don't like being pissed off." Jeff pouted in defeat. Shawn laughed at the brothers, Matt and Jeff smiled as if they accomplished their mission. "Yes it worked, we made Shawn smile. Now I deserve those pancakes as my reward."
Matt smirked. "Nice try, but you're not getting hyper this weekend."
:: Flashback ::
Shawn's eyes glowed with delight, it was cookie heaven. Hunter tugged on Shawn's arm and Shawn snapped back to reality, he pouted.
"It's cookies Hunter, COOKIES!" Shawn explained.
"No cookies." Hunter protested. Shawn stopped, and stared at the cookies. He glared back at Hunter and back at the cookies, trying to figure out which was more important, Hunter getting mad and eating cookies, or Hunter happy and no cookies.
"I can decide which one is better. My love for cookies or my love for you not getting mad at me."
"You can't pull that trick on me Shawn, maybe Jericho but not me." Hunter said triumphantly. Right when Shawn continued to follow Hunter, Ric threw a small paper bag to Shawn. Shawn opened the bag and gasped in delight, in the bag held 10 cookies. Hunter didn't look amused, Ric put his shoulder over Hunter.
"It's okay boy, if he does any damage you can blame them on me. Let Shawn have his time, I mean it is WrestleMania weekend." Ric said as Shawn munched on his cookies happily...
:: End Flashback ::
Shawn smiled, "I'm sure the boy can have his sweets." Jeff's eyes sparkled as he grabbed the plate and dug into the pancakes. "Plus if he does any damages you can blame them on me." Shawn said happily. Matt sighed for a brief moment then he pointed out the men coming to the table. Shawn quickly glanced and groaned.
"Anyways, you better be prepared for the tornado that is Jeff later on." Matt sighed as Jeff continued to eat the sweet pancakes. Shawn nodded, and then someone tapped him on the shoulder. It was Hunter and the boys.
"What are you guys talking about?" Chris asked. Jeff glanced up, glanced back at his pancakes, glanced at Shawn and back to the guys.
"Matt was telling me that Shawn makes awesome omelets and Shawn agreed to make me some later." Jeff said as he continued eating his pancakes. Matt patted Jeff on the shoulder.
"I only said that only if you didn't eat sweets, but since you're eating them right now Shawn doesn't make any omelets." Matt replied. Shawn looked at the two with slight confusion. Hunter looked confused himself since he knew Shawn wasn't that much of a cook. Hunter took a seat next to Shawn.
"Do you mind if I sit next to you?" Hunter said curiously. Shawn didn't even look at Hunter or the other men.
"Nope, I was just going to leave anyways." Shawn got out of his seat. "I'll see you later during Axxess Matt, Jeff. And don't worry I'll make those omelets later." Matt sighed; Shawn flashed a smile then left.
"Geez Shawn can't you cut me some slack and actually not give everything to Jeff?" Matt said. Jeff sparkled in delight.
"See you later Shawn." Jeff said finishing the last of his pancakes. Matt and Jeff acted if nothing happened while the others stared off in amazement, Hunter grumbled and placed his hand on his forehead. Jeff stared at Hunter, "You seriously hurt Shawn's feelings for some reason." Jeff said calmly.
Hunter stared angrily at Jeff then at Matt. Matt blinked to see why he was getting angrily stared at. "I know you two were talking to Shawn about what happened yesterday." Hunter grumbled.
"Really, now all of us know for a fact that Shawn cannot cook for shit." Jericho nodded. "Whatever Shawn's going through I'm sure he'll get over it by the Q&A session during Axxess."
Edge nodded in agreement, "Yeah plus tomorrow's the anniversary party. I know for a fact that Shawn wouldn't miss it for anything. Plus it's mandatory that everyone needs to go."
Hunter felt a little bit relieved, maybe he was overreacting. Maybe Shawn wasn't all that angry at him. It should all past by Shawn right? Shawn should know that whatever Hunter said last night was because he was drunk out of mind. Shawn should know that it wasn't meant to hurt him.
Axxess was starting, Hunter searched for Shawn through the sea of fans. Everytime he got close to Shawn, a fan asked for a picture, and Shawn would have been gone. He knew he would be able to talk to Shawn because they had to get ready for the Q&A Session. Shawn was already sitting in his seat, Hunter sat next to him. Shawn sighed as he knew he had to talk to him at some point. Hunter smiled in victory.
"So explain to me why you're so angry?" Hunter asked. Shawn gave him the 'You expect me to explain to you, seriously' look. Hunter could tell in his expression that he was still a bit angry, but his oceanic blue eyes told a different story. Hunter stared deeply in Shawn's eyes to figure out the puzzle, he gave Shawn a hug. "I'm sorry if I hurt you. I promise that I'll take you more seriously." Hunter claimed.
:: Flashback ::
The bar had a warm welcome feeling to it, even if some of the locals disapproved the performers' unusual rowdiness. Shawn sat next to Hunter watching the drunken men have fun. Hunter was already drunk since he was drinking his 8th beer. Shawn winced in disgusted as he could smell the hard liquor on Hunter. I have to confront him sooner or later. Shawn gave himself a few more moments to think about what he was going to say.
"Hey Hunter can I talk to you for a second." Shawn said. Hunter ignored him and continued to chug his beer. Shawn sighed as he tried to keep calm. He tried a second time. "Uh...Hunter I need to talk to you, it's sort of important." He said raising his voice so that Hunter could hear. No answer, Shawn grumbled as he pulled Hunter away. They walked to somewhere silent. Hunter looked somewhat confused and irritated; of course he was already drunk.
"What the fuck was that all about?!" Hunter said as Shawn winced at the liquor smell. Shawn didn't look pleased and of course he didn't want to make a scene, especially in a bar. So Shawn tried to explain this is calm mood.
"I was trying to talk to you but you didn't answer me." Shawn replied. Hunter seemed impatient as he clearly wanted to go back and drink some more. "How come you always seem to not take me so seriously?" Hunter stared at Shawn and started to laugh. Shawn was getting angrier now.
"You're not the kind of person to be taken seriously." Hunter chuckled. Hunter wrapped his arms around Shawn. Shawn pushed Hunter away, Hunter looked confused. "C'mon I was just joking, of course I take you seriously." Hunter explained, Shawn wasn't buying it. Randy and the others spotted the two and went to see what was going on.
"Yeah, joking while you're drunk out of your mind. Do you honestly think I should believe you?" Shawn retorted.
"Why are you guys in the dark part of the bar?" Edge said curiously.
"Yeah we can hear you all the way across the bar." Chris said sarcastically. Shawn sighed as he tried to calm himself down. I can't deal with this anymore. I'm sick and tired of not being taken so seriously. Hunter cupped his hand around Shawn as his forcefully planted his lips on Shawn's. Shawn struggled for a few moments then managed to push Hunter away.
"That's it I'm done here." Shawn said as he attempted to leave. Hunter grabbed his arm. "Let go of me."
"Not until you explain to me what you're getting mad for something I didn't even do!!" Hunter yelled. That was the limit for Shawn, he squeezed his fist and swung, but the others were quick and grabbed Shawn. "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU SHAWN?!"
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?! I ALREADY TOLD YOU MY PROBLEM THEN YOU AND YOUR DRUNKEN ASS MADE IT A BIG DEAL!!" Shawn spat as he screamed. "LET GO OF ME!!" He struggled to get out of the others grasp. They let go of Shawn but was still prepared just in case. "I'm through with all this bullshit. I'm sorry but Hunter you need to room with someone else because I don't want to see your face at the moment." Shawn said in husky low voice and left the bar, leaving everyone confused.
:: End Flashback ::
Hunter stopped and stared at Shawn. "How come I feel like you're not feeling my love here," He said in soft tone. Shawn looked down at the ground and back at Hunter, he could see the pain in Hunter's eyes.
"I already told you, I'm done." Shawn replied. Plus it's too late already. Hunter shook his head in disbelief. "I'm sorry Hunter."
"You understand I was drunk out of my mind right? I apologized and everything, I mean what else do you want me to do?!" Hunter said, his throat tightening.
"Nothing. Look can we explain this later?"
"You always say later and you never give me answers."
"Look this isn't easy to just freely explain out of blue." Shawn grumbled under his breath.
"And you think it's easy for me?!"
"I really don't want to argue right now Hunter."
"Neither do I but you give me no choice but to. So why don't you list---"
"NO I think it's time for you to listen to me." Shawn retorted. Oh God, Did I just yell at him?! "Oh god…I-I'm sorry Hunter I didn't mean to… It's just that you…err…I need to leave." Shawn got up and left, just a few minutes before Q&A started. The Hardys could hear the whole thing. Jeff looked at his brother Matt with sadness.
"Should I go do something?" Matt looked at Jeff with confusion, he knew Jeff was hiding something. "Nevermind."
"What do you know that I don't know? And I want you to spill out everything you know."
"He told me not to tell anyone and that it's just between me and Shawn." Hunter walked over as he over heard Jeff.
"What did Shawn tell you that he couldn't tell me?" Hunter grumbled. Jeff stared at Hunter with fear then shook his head. He sighed and acted like nothing happened. "Tell me what Shawn told you or else you and your brother won't tell the difference between night and day" Hunter threatened.
"He told me not to tell anyone that it will be explained at the party tomorrow. He also said that if any you guys tried to hurt me or Matt that he'll never forgive you." Jeff replied with a low tone. Hunter let out a sigh of anger and darted out of Q&A. Although I may not like keeping secrets, I have to for Shawn, especially if he's truly retiring.