Quinn didn't know say anything and Caim looked over his shoulder, as though checking to see if someone was there. Quinn stuck her hands in her pockets and fixed her friend with a cold look. "So the next time you're about to get your face smashed in I'll just leave you to it." Caim nodded slowly as he turned back to face her. She narrowed his eyes and he blinked. "What?" he asked. Quinn mumbled nonsense under her breath as she looked around, her hand moving to her wrist to fiddle with her image inducer watch.

"You shouldn't play with that," Caim pointed out. Quinn looked back at him and smirked. "You're awfully talkative today," she replied, and Caim shrugged. He looked away again and Quinn briefly wondered what he was looking for. She ran her finger around the outer edge of her watch and caught Caim glancing at her from the corner of his eye. "I know what you're thinking," he told her simply. Quinn laughed and crossed her arms. "Really? What am I-"

She was cut off as a streak of red flew into her line of sight and pushed Caim over into the snow. Quinn instinctively reached to stop him from falling but she missed and he fell back with the other person falling after him. The minute they hit the ground they fought to pin each other. Within a couple seconds Caim had the other person on their back, his hands holding their wrists to the snow. Their breaths entwined in the air as their owners breathed heavily. Alex, dressed in a red jacket, laughed. "Wow Caim, I never knew you were so aggressive," he laughed.

From Quinn's position she saw Caim give his boyfriend a small smile. "I'm a lover not a fighter but I'll fight for what I love," he replied softly, kissing Alex's forehead. Quinn shifted her weight from foot to foot and looked away, wanting to leave. A second passed and she made up her mind. She started to walk away, towards the bus stop outside of the school grounds, but stop when she heard an argument start up behind her.

"-and you were just going to let them!"

Quinn turned to see both her friends on their feet, Alex with his hands balled into fists at his sides. Quinn saw Caim sigh as he spoke, "Alex, you know I would have-"

"No I don't know!" Alex shouted. He shook his head and kicked a rock, sending it flying across the pavement. "I've known you for a little over a year and I've seen you in more fights than I'd like to count. I've only seen you fight back when someone else was involved. You fight for others but you never fight for yourself. It's not that you can't, you're totally capable of kicking their asses, but you never do." Caim didn't reply and Alex turned away from him, running his hands over his blonde hair.

Everything was silent all of a sudden, save for the occasional passing car. Alex said something too quiet for Quinn to hear but clearly Caim could. He visibly stiffened and shook his head. "No," he said firmly. Alex turned his head to face him and they stared at each other for a long minute before Alex spoke, once again too quiet for Quinn to hear.

She was slightly bothered about not being able to hear what was going on but she didn't dare move closer. She didn't eavesdrop or snoop. Usually she couldn't care less about trivialities in a person's life but what Alex and Caim were talking about sounded serious and she wanted to know so she could try to help her friends. Although, so far it only sounded like the same conversation that she and Caim had been discussing as they left the school building.

"-and I'm guessing you didn't let her help you?"

Quinn snapped back to earth, realizing that while she had been thinking Caim's and Alex's argument had continued.

"She did anyway," Caim replied.

"And you sound annoyed by that fact."

"She didn't need to. I had it under control."

"Clearly." Alex rolled his eyes and crossed his arms loosely across his chest. "Maybe she's just smarter than the rest of us," he said to no one in particular as he looked away. "actually not listening to your wishes." Caim didn't reply and Alex stuck his hands in his pockets.

"Alex," Caim said softly. "Please don't be angry…"

Quinn couldn't help but think that he sounded like a child, and as she watched Alex's reaction she could tell that he thought the same thing.

"I'm not angry," Alex replied. "I just… I don't get you sometimes. There are days where I wish I could read your mind and know what you were thinking." He touched two fingers to Caim's forehead and Caim hung his head. Alex ran his hand through Caim's hair before tilting his head up and kissing him.

At that point Quinn decided it was best to leave the two lovers alone and she continued on her way to catch her bus.

AN: Hello! Yes, I know that took forever. I'm so so sorry, and I have no excuses. This chapter was actually shorter than expected... And they were actually supposed to break up in this chapter but I just couldn't do it. You're probably happy about that. Well I hope you enjoyed this and the next chapter will be up hopefully soon. Will try by the end of the week.

Hope your weekends were great!