A/N: okay! Chapter 4!

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The song "Temporary Insanity" by Alexz Johnson inspired this one.

Go listen to it, it's great.

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Saving Riley

Chapter 4

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Chase stirred a little, stretching out his achy muscles and yawning. 'Why am I..." He thought as the memories of the previous afternoon came to mind "Oh yeah..." he breathed out, finally opening his eyes, looking down at the comfortable weight that was still on him.

Chocolate met hazel, Chase smiled softly down at his friend and a light blush dusted the Green Ranger's cheeks as he looked away shyly. Riley sat up, stretching slightly, looking anywhere but the Black Ranger. "Sorry for sleeping on you..." He apologized quietly, worrying his lip with his teeth, still not looking at Chase.

Chase chuckled softly at his friend's shyness, the sound's abruptness causing Riley to jump a little, Chase ignored it. He chose instead to ruffle Riley's hair adoringly saying "No problem Ry, always pegged you as a cuddler" if possible the other ranger's face became more Inflamed.

The black ranger chuckled again "Hungry?" He asked. Not trusting his voice the green ranger just nodded an affirmative. Chase grinned "I'll go get us McDonald's..." He pulled out his phone to check the time it read 10:30 "Breakfast or lunch?" He asked looking back to Riley. The green ranger just bit his lip harder and looked down "What's wrong Ry...?" Chase asks carefully, noticing the distress on his friend's face.

Riley shrugs and Chase puts his hand on the other man's shoulder, the green ranger jumps and his scared eyes snap to the Black Rangers. 'Don't hit me, Chase' was the thing that went through Riley's mind and it's almost as if the Black Ranger could read that in his friend's eyes.

"Noooo, Ry" He cooed at his friend 'Friends don't coo at each other, moron' his inner voice chided him, causing him to roll his eyes internally 'Shut up, he needs comfort' Chase thought, trying to convince himself.

"I'll never lay a hand on you Ry." He promised his friend. Riley nodded a little in confirmation. "You can tell me what you want Riley, it's okay" He reassured the Green Ranger who nodded his head again as an okay. "I..." Riley bit his lip and looked down "Don't want to..." he struggled a little as if he didn't want to say it "Don't want to stay alone..." he finally finished, blushing more.

Chase's eyes lit up with acknowledgment "Oh!" He said in understanding "We can both go" he offered with a big grin. Riley smiled shyly up at him and said "Thank you" happily and leaned up kissing his cheek.

Shock covered the green ranger's face instantly. Chase cleared his throat in an attempt to break the awkward, 'amazing' his brain supplied instead, moment and rubbed the back of his neck nervously trying to keep his smile under control.

"Yeah, um ready for some food?" He asked, not really waiting for a response, turning on his heel and heading for the door Riley followed behind quietly, scolding himself for being so stupid. 'Just because he knows I'm gay now doesn't mean he will return my feelings. Idiot.' He thought as they made the quick trip to McDonald's.

The entire walk was shrouded in silence, they both ordered and decided to take a walk while they ate. By the time they finished their respective meals, they had made it to a park, finding a bench to sit down. Chase was the one to break the silence "It's so empty..." He observed Riley rolled his eyes "Chase, it's school hours, not everyone was a delinquent like you" he chided playfully, a smile tugging at his lips and nudged the black ranger's shoulder.

This caused Chase to chuckle and roll his eyes as well "Just because we aren't all goody two shoes doesn't mean I'm a 'Delinquent'" he defended himself, not being able to hold back a laugh. 'The old Riley breaking through' but his thought was cut short when he heard Riley laugh happy unbridled laughter.

The black ranger broke out into a bright grin and suddenly hugged the green ranger. He felt Riley freeze up for a minute, he was about to retract and apologize profusely but he was cut off by Riley hugging him back. Chase smiled, even more, hugging his friend a little tighter.

Chase was the first to pull back and looked down into his friend's face when he saw the smile reaching Riley's eyes his body went on autopilot. Before he even thought about what he was doing, much less the consequences of his actions, he leaned forward and connected their lips tenderly and Riley froze.

He moved his lips softly against the Green Rangers before pulling back spluttering an apology. Riley's face was slightly panicked but mostly confused, that look turned to hurt once Chase spoke. "Riley, I am so sorry" he breathed out and ran his hand down his face in a frustrated manner "I should not have done that" he mumbled, but the Green Ranger heard him.

Chase was focused on his own thoughts now, scolding himself 'What the hell did I go and do that for?! He's going to hate me!' He outwardly groaned 'Temporary insanity, yep that my plea, he was just too cute for me to resist!' He reasoned with himself.

Riley got up silently and started to walk away. 'Stupid Stupid Riley! He doesn't want you, he's pitying you! No one wants you!' He scolded himself harshly as he felt the tears prick the corners of his eyes. He was brought out of his thought by a hand on his arm, reacting completely out of fear and ranger instinct he turned and pushed hard.

Once he opened his eyes, which he didn't even realize he closed, he saw Chase looking up at him from the ground. Hurt flashed across the black ranger's eyes but it turned to anger, Chase huffed as he got up and dusted off his pants. Riley backed up a few steps because of the anger his friend was showing.

"Chase..." he trailed off quietly. The black ranger's expression softened slightly "I'm not gonna hurt you Ry, but damn that hurt" he complained. "I'm.." Riley began an apology but was cut off by his morpher beeping, quickly followed by Chase's.

Sighing Chase brought out the offending electronic device "Yeah what's up?" He asked. "There is an attack at the park" was the response. The Black Ranger raised a questioning eyebrow like she could see him.

"The one close to Riley's apartment, speaking of we can't get ahold of him" looking around Chase responded "Yeah, Riley and I are together..." blushing at the insinuation of that sentence.

"I mean, he's here with me" he corrected quickly, not meeting Riley's gaze. "We are at the park...but we don't see anything" He continued as he surveyed the area. He turned back to check on the Green Ranger but he was nowhere to be found.

"Riley?!" He called desperate for an answer. "Guys, Riley disappeared! I don't know..." he was cut off by silence as his morpher clanked against the concrete. The breeze blew through the now empty park, rattling the chains of the swing set.