Milk and Cream: Sequel to Coffee and Aspirin

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"M-Milo...?"

The name felt dry on his tongue; out of use, if you will. Harry hadn't seen, nor heard anything from his old friend in about half a decade. Why now, out of all places, with these ungodly circumstances, was Milo doing here?

Looking at him now, Milo hadn't really changed since they were merely freshmen in college. Milo still had a burly frame, broad shoulders to match; but a mysterious aroma surrounded him.

Milo, however, didn't acknowledge Harry's greeting. Instead, he followed the other two men that were in the room and Harry watched with utter shock and confusion as Milo and the other two guys were speaking to one another in hushed whispers.

Soon after, approximately twelve-fifteen minutes of the three men talking, the two mystery men left, leaving Harry with Milo.

Milo watched with apprehension as the last guy shut the door and bolted it locked. Finally, Milo's somewhat "mask" had been lifted off.

He hurried over to his old friend and gently began taking his hands into his own, pulling the chains until they released Harry. How come it wasn't that easy when Harry had done that?

"Harry..." Harry's name out of Milo's mouth felt odd yet a sense of familiarity came to him. Milo had a guilty look in his eyes along with sadness.

"What's going on, Milo?" Harry croaked, massaging his red, angry, and abused wrists. Milo gasped, as if remembering something, and turned his back to him and hurried over to the table in the darkness. Milo came back just as Harry had undone the chains from his ankles.

Harry, graciously, yet cautious, took the glass of water he was handed. He looked inside it, finding no particles at the bottom that may indicate it was a drug of some sort, and he even sniffed it but found that it was normal water. Harry eyed Milo with interest as he gulped down the water.

"I'm sorry we had to be reunited in such circumstances, Har, but I desperately need a favor. One only you can accomplish."

This greatly piqued Harry's interest. He quickly finished the water, setting the now empty glass near his chains. Licking his dry lips to get them moist, he asked, "What kind of favor?"

Milo began walking around him, looking at him as he walked in circles. "I need him."

"Him?"

Milo hummed. His circling ended, stopping when he was directly in front of Harry. At first, Harry didn't have the slightest of clues what this "him" character was, but there was only one "him" that Milo was ever so obsessed with.

"No." The strong force behind the word indicated that Harry's mind would be hard to change. He began shaking his head repeatedly, muttering "no,".

Milo's hand rested on Harry's shoulder. "You know how much he means to me."

"I-I do, really, I do. But I'm not putting my brother at risk! Not again! You ruined his life, Milo! Neither he or myself will ever forgive you for that."

Milo shifted in his spot, contemplating. Harry watched with nervousness in the silence, only finally breaking when Milo fished out his phone from his pocket and showed Harry something.

It was a video. The time above the video showed that it was 12:22 in the afternoon, and the time matched with the time in the video. Whatever this video was, it was occurring live.

The video was set high up in a living room of a house. The camera was in the corner, probably hiding. A few moments past before childish echos came from the phone.

Not a second later, a hairless cat was being chased by Harry's brother. Milo, feeling this was enough, paused the video and slipped his phone away.

Smirking, Milo asked, "Do you want to reconsider?"

Harry's mind was boggled; he had a fifty-fifty chance with this one. Either work against Milo, and warn his brother that his crazy toxic ex-boyfriend was on the loose, or work with Milo, ultimately leading to his brother getting hurt. Either way, his brother was going to get hurt. If not by Milo, than by Harry himself.

Sighing, he obliged. "Alright," he held out his hand for Milo to shake, which he did.

"Good. I knew you would come to your senses, old friend."