𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄; 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐧

xxxii | DANGER INDEED

lowercase intended.
704 words.
TW; slight manipulation, mention of addiction/drug use. 

     for the past few weeks, noen has been debating on leaving the house for a while. he doesn't feel safe in his environment anymore, after being attacked by jaden, almost being raped, chrystal living in the basement and chase still doing drugs he starting to smell the danger in the air. but poor thing, he's so in love that he's forcing himself to stay there and take care of chase. 

     he thinks chase doesn't know, but the older male does. and he's been doing whatever he could in his power to keep noen from leaving. chase is so in denial about his condition, he ignored it to keep noen around. the young boy had chase wrapped around his little finger, but none of it was intentional. chase was practically manipulating himself. 

     speaking of manipulation, that was the turn chase had to take to keep noen around. simply holding his hand all the time and whispering his ear how much the young boy meant to him, holding close whenever he tried to walk away and practically begging noen to think about chase felt in every situation.. chase continuously victimized himself in every situation to make noen feel bad. 

    "but if you do i'll get lonely.."

    "please stay with me, just a little longer.. i promise you can help her later."

    "my sweet boy, promise you'll never leave me.. my angel?"

     every single disagree ended up with chase's puppy eyes and pouty lip, begging noen to think about his feelings. it was inescapable, his lies were inevitable. 

     but of course, he wasn't intentionally doing this. he didn't want to hurt noen, but he knew he was. he knew doing this to him was mentally breaking him down. noen was so confused as to whether he should listen to his heart or listen to chase.. but because he was so afraid of noen leaving him and not coming back, chase continued.

     one afternoon, chase found the small boy packing his things and getting dressed. "and where are you off to sweetheart?" chase smiled. noen jumped, a bit startled. "you scared me!" he giggled, before he cleared his throat and allowed his face to go straight. "well-" he started.

     "noen, don't hesitate with me now. you know you can tell me anything and we can talk it out." chase said. noen nodded. "i don't feel safe stay here anymore." he said. chase's eyes widened. "so.. you're packing to leave me?-" chase asked. noen frowned and nodded. 

     chase started to tear up immediately. he knew he had fucked up for the last time. "but baby i need you, i need you here with me, i'll never get better if y-" he started. he looked into noen's bright, innocent eyes and was hit with the guilt. "y'know what? it might hurt my little heart, but its better for you for sure. i don't want you walking home on your own, i'll get my keys and drive you home." he said.

     "wait, you're okay with it? you're not gonna talk me out of it or anything?" noen asked. chase shook his head. "noen, i've changed your mind enough over the long while. you mentally need a break and i can see it all over your face. i'm gonna get clean, and when i do you can decide whether you want to be with me again or not. but for now- i'd rather be single and have you in a safe place than be with you and hurt you anymore." chase spoke through his tears.

     noen frowned, but smiled again after. "thank you for being so understanding." he said. he took chase hand and kissed it before he finished packing his things. he, chase and addison left to his mothers house where they dropped him off.

     chase watched as noen walked upto the door of his childhood home and hugged his mothers. "you okay?" addison asked. chase sighed. "you know what they say, if you love them you'll let them go." he said. he quickly pulled off and headed home. 

authors note !! <3

well this is short. i didn't intend for it to be but- whatever. next chapter will definitely be longer <3