always together - thiam (ENG)

four

[four] "he dumped me, hayden."

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THEO'S POV:

what?! how?! why?! did hayden tell him? i knew that was a bad idea, i shouldn't have come back.

- liam?

- god, i'm so happy to hear your voice. - i know he's smiling, i know liam better than anyone.

- me... me too... why... why did you call me?

- i... i miss you and it's my birthday and i really, really wanted to hear your voice.

- i... i miss you too, but... i can't... i really can't talk right now.

- oh, uhm, it's okay, i guess, i didn't mean to bother, i shouldn't have called, i-i'm sorry.

he hangs up. i can't help but cry. why am i like this?!

--- NEXT DAY ---

HAYDEN'S POV:

it's morning. i wake up and go to the living room, where i find my brother asleep in the couch. why's he here? i approach him.

- liam? - i wake him up.

- morning... i had a nightmare, theo was... oh, nevermind. - he looks sad.

- what happened? is everything okay?

- i called theo last night. i said i missed him and he said he couldn't talk. i'm a mess i shouldn't have called him. - he looks down. i haven't seen him this sad in years. i can't believe theo did this to him.

- he probably had a good reason. - i hug him.

- i'm just not used to him lying to me, i guess he's changed.

- i don't think... why would he be lying? i just don't get it...

- me neither, i guess he just doesn't care about me anymore.

- of course not! he was probably just busy, okay? i'm sure he'll text or call you later.

- he dumped me, hayden. - he says a little stressed out.

- what do you mean he DUMPED you?

he dries his tears with his hands. - i don't know, hayden, i don't know.

-  wait, have you guys ever... you know. - he looks deep into my eyes.

- i don't think i should talk to you about this, it doesn't seem right.

- look, trust me, you can talk to me about ANYTHING.

- i don't think it's appropriate.

- we'll just talk about our childhood friend, okay?

- that's the problem...

- i know it's hard for you to talk about this but i need to know what happened so i can understand... this. - he sighs.

- i saw him after he left town. we met, once.

- and you two... i thought he was... why didn't you tell me?

- he said it was a summer fling and we agreed to keep it between us but hayden, it wasn't a summer fling to me. that guy is on my mind 24/7 and it kills me on the inside. - he starts crying. - we never talked after that, until yesterday, when he made it very clear that i'm part of his past.

here we go. - liam, i need to tell you something, it's about theo.

- no, wait, let me finish. - he interrupts me. - look, i'm sorry i didn't tell you before and i'm sorry i lied to you about brett, he really is a jerk and i could never be in love with him, even though we really did those things at his birthday party. anyways, i feel awful about this. i don't like lying to you, or hiding stuff, i'm sorry.