Wicked (MaskedMexican)

Chapter 20 - A Reveal

~Gassy's POV~

So I was curious, Ohm has been insanely different lately so I followed him as he enters his office and shuts the door behind me without noticing me. Does he really want to make this call so badly to not even check behind him like he usually does good with? I always made fun of him for being too paranoid all of the time but now that he seems to not be paranoid at all... it makes me paranoid. I lean onto his door and luckily the sergeant halls seem pretty empty right now. I think Nanners should be having his meeting and his group has an awful lot of sergeants so I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the sergeants are busy listening to the meeting. Soon enough I can hear Ohm's voice from the other side of the door, sounding a bit happy. My chest aches when I hear his happy voice again when as of lately he's been seeming pretty monotone and just... plain. Before I knew him well I'd assume he's still acting the same as always, happy even but now it's just... wrong.

"Hey V, how'd that party go?" Ohm asks pretty loudly and laughs afterwards, seeming legitimately having fun. "Come on, was the food good at least?" I turn back, leaning my back on his door feeling disturbed by this so easy and plain conversation. It isn't the fact that he's having fun with someone else, it isn't the fact that he's sounding happy for once not with me, but it's the fact that this conversation could easily be thought for someone calling his girlfriend.

"Me? You know what it's like without asking," Ohm suddenly says, his voice reverting to how it has been the past few days. "With father asking so nicely, I have no choice but... You'll let me invite him places even after... right?" Ohm suddenly asks and I slowly lean my ear on the door again, slightly hoping I'd hear things I probably shouldn't. Instead it seems to me that Ohm is purposely leaving out all of the juicy tidbits and only leaving the things that don't give me any information at all, besides the fact that he's chummy chummy with Veronica. For a second I tighten my hands into fists, determined to do some digging to find out exactly what Ohm's big deal is, I mean I have an entire base at my back but instead I shut my eyes tight and continue to listen.

"Of course, of course. I'll try, Veronica," Ohm says and suddenly I feel a jolt mixed with jealousy and anger. Before I can do anything stupid I push myself away from the door and head as far away from Ohm's office as I can. The confirmation that it was Veronica and the way he told her he'd try, it just sounded as if he was in love. I hate it, I don't want to know about any girls back where he's from, or any girl from his past. Maybe I should ask-... I take a deep breath and shut my eyes. I'm tired of being so worried over Ohm, now I'm even worried over him cheating on me. I'm even thinking about dragging Minx into this, the best source as the only other person I know who knew Ohm from before being here on base. Now that I think about it, Minx's file is awfully detailed compared to the lack of details in Ohm's file. Maybe I should look into that.

Before I can think about researching more a door down the hall suddenly opens and several sergeants come pouring out. So Nanners' mission talk should be done right now, quick considering it's a pretty busy mission. Now that I think about it, there is another man I should be worried about right now as well, a man who has gotten himself into jail no less. Slowly I approach the door and knock on the door, leaning on the door frame and glancing around the dark room.

"Nanners you still in here?" I call into the room and immediately Nanners looks over to me seeming distracted. Ohm must have told him, he'll probably be dashing out to the jail cells to see Chilled right away now that his meeting is done. That is assuming Chilled's cold condition from last night wasnt due to a fight that he and Nanners had, an option I had in my head that resulted in his condition.

"What's up Gassy?" Nanners asks so casually, seeming to not have a clue what would be wrong with him. So it couldn't have been a fight or he'd be freaking out right now. Of course they aren't fighting, I'm almost envious they always seem to be the perfect couple type while Ohm and I are stuck in this position I have no idea how to move from.