You walk with your head held high until you turn the corner and away from Ruin's gaze. Letting out a breath you didn't realize you were holding, you lean against one of the buildings.

"What the hell?" This can't be happening. They both kissed you. Gideon and Ruin. Fuck!

Now you didn't know what to do.

Did you enjoy both kisses? Yes. Yes you did.

Did you feel wrong for enjoying both? Sorta.

You start walking again. Ilona would love to hear about this...You speed walk to the building where she lives and take the stairs two at a time to get to her room. You knock on her door frantically.

"What the fuck?!" she says angrily swinging the door open. "Oh, you." Ilona smiles, looks at you face, then frowns. "What's happened to you? Come in."

She watches as you pace her room not speaking. "[Y/N]! Hello? What happened to you?" she asks again. You stop pacing and look at her. "He kissed me," you say, not specifying who.

"Who kissed you? Gideon?!" Ilona moves closer to you. You nod.

"And?"

"And...Ruin did, too." Groaning, you fall backwards onto her bed. Ilona squeals and jumps on the bed next to you. "I'm glad you're so excited about it..." you say frowning at her.

"I feel like we're having a sleepover and we're telling all our secrets! How was it?"

You prop yourself up on your elbows and look at Ilona. "It was...both kisses were very...nice." You say the last word as if you're asking a question.

"That's not good enough. More details," Ilona says eyes wide with excitement.

"I knew you would love this." You lay back down and drape your arm over your face. "They both obviously like to be in control since they both had me pinned against a wall. Well, Gideon pinned me against the door, but same idea..."

"Gideon pinned you against the door?!" Ilona asks.

"Yes, after confessing his love for me. First, he grabbed and kissed me so..."

"Oh my god. What about Ruin? I can totally see him being rough." Ilona has the biggest smile on her face.

"I was giving him a tour which he already had, by the way, then he showed me how to use his gravity spikes."

"Is that what they call it now?" she asks laughing.

"Let me finish. I had said something about his body being a conversation piece and I realized that was a horrible thing to say. I apologized then he told me I could make it up to him. That's when he pulled me between two buildings, pinned me to the wall, held my hands above my head, and kissed me." You finish.

Ilona's mouth is hanging open and you shake your head. "Which did you like better?" You knew she would ask that. You shrug,"I don't know. I didn't know it was a competition though Gideon did say he would do anything to win me over."

"He means it. He is one stubborn, headstrong old man, but Ruin is going to be a challenge for him." Ilona looks at you. "You have two men pining for you, you little bitch." She laughs and you can't help but laugh along with her.

"I don't know if I feel lucky though. This could end up being pretty dangerous..." Your smile fades.

"Listen, we have to take risks in our lives. Shit, being in the military is one huge risk that we all took. Your situation is not dangerous just risky, but you are the one in power. You can end it whenever you want." Ilona finishes and you feel a little better.

"You're right, but I still don't know what to do. You should see the tension between Gideon and Ruin. I thought they were going to kill each other this morning."

"Men are going to be men. Gideon probably feels that you belong to him, which you don't, but like he said, he's going to do anything to win you over."

"You don't think he'd hurt anyone, do you?" You ask nervously.

"I don't think so. I mean he has the reputation of being a hothead, but I've never seen him just hurt anyone for no reason."

"He kinda has a reason to now though, doesn't he?" You hug yourself. Ilona grabs your shoulders, "Stop overthinking. You're young, you're single. You are allowed to have fun."

You nod. "I think I've almost forgotten how to have fun."

"Just stop thinking so much and live. Any day can be your last. You don't want to die knowing that you haven't had sex in a year." Ilona bursts into laughter.

"I thought you were going to say something deep and meaningful!" you say.

"Being deep and meaningful all the time gets boring. I like to talk about men and sex and everything else sometimes."

"Understandable. Can I stay here tonight? I don't want to risk going back to my room and having one of them show up. I couldn't handle it right now."

"Of course you can stay, but get ready for lots of sex talk." Ilona says.

"Oh no..."

-Ruin's POV-

Ruin wasn't sure if he had recovered from that kiss yet. He shouldn't have done that. Thinking with the wrong head again.

[Y/N] didn't seem to mind though. The way she kissed back and pushed her body against his...oh man. He knew he should probably stay away, but he wouldn't be able to. He was drawn to her.

Was she drawn to him? Obviously...he hoped.

Something was bothering him though. Gideon seemed to be overprotective of her. He did know her longer but...that didn't mean he automatically got to have her.

Ruin knew he was a hothead and Gideon seemed like one too. "Shit," he says quietly. Now all he could do was think.

Did [y/n] and Gideon have history? She didn't act like they did, but he sure did. All men probably acted like that around her. She was beautiful and inquisitive and Ruin wanted her.

You've only just met the girl...Something was there though, he felt it and she had to feel it too. What if he scared her away? He would just have to wait to find out.

-A FEW HOURS LATER-

He trained for a few hours then he went to get dinner. Maybe he'd see her there.

As he sits down to eat, he watches the door closely, but there's no sign of her. That other woman walks in though...Ilona, he thinks. She seems to be grabbing food to take with her. She meets his eye, nods and smiles smugly before walking out. What was that about?

Ruin shakes his head and starts to eat again when he spots Gideon walking in with Mitchell. He tries to eat his food a little faster, keeping his eyes down. He didn't want any trouble tonight, it had been a good day, better than he's had in a long time.

"Ruin!" he hears and he groans out loud before looking up at Mitchell's smiling face and Gideon's not-so-happy face. "Evenin' fellas, how's it going?" Ruin asks trying to stay as civil as possible.

Only Mitchell answers, "Pretty good," he sits. "You haven't seen [y/n] have you?"

Ruin swallows a mouthful of food quickly. "Yeah, but that was a few hours ago."

"She's usually at dinner around this time. I hope she's okay," Mitchell says looking towards the door.

Gideon finally speaks. "I'm sure she's fine."

"She was perfectly fine when I last saw her," Ruin says reassuring Mitchell.

Mitchell takes a bite of food then asks, "What were you guys doing?"

He takes a quick look at Gideon who might as well be throwing daggers at him. "She, uh, gave me a tour."

Gideon snorts. "Irons gives everyone a tour when they get here..."

"Yeah, but I wanted another one, a more thorough one." Ruin looks Gideon right in the eye as he takes a bite of food. Don't start anything, Donnie. He had to get out of there before he really got himself in trouble. "Well, I'm off guys. Have a good one." Mitchell says goodnight and Gideon just stares.

Ruin throws his trash away and walks out, glad to get away from all that tension.

He starts walking to the barracks when he hears someone shout "Hey!"...with an accent. Ruin sighs and turns slowly to see Gideon walking quickly and angrily towards him. Here we go, Donnie boy.

"Cap-" he starts but Gideon cuts him off. "What do you think you're playing at?"

Ruin shrugs. "I don't know what you mean, sir."

Gideon moves closer to him. "Stay away from her."

He looks down at the shorter man. "I think its a little too late for that, Captain." Gideon squints, "What is that supposed to mean?"

"That really isn't any of your business, sir. Now, I'm going to walk away because I don't want any problems and I'm very tired." Ruin backs away from Gideon and turns to walk away. Over his shoulder he shouts, "You should get some rest, Captain. You seem a little tense."

Gideon was pissed, he knew it, but he had to defend himself. Donnie Walsh does not get talked down to. Besides, he didn't want to hurt the old man.

Starting trouble your second day here, that's a record.

Ruin shakes his head. Trouble seemed to follow him everywhere he went.