Their Broken Mate.

Chapter Four: Meeting Oliver

((Oliver on the side))

The man in the white coat told me I've been here for a month. Ben will be coming to get me soon. Honestly I don't want to go back. These people who say they're my family treat me nice. I feel loved.

I keep getting these visions of them, of me with them. I think it's my memories from before the cell at Ben's. Most of the visions are of Adam. I can't get him off my mind. He's always there, whether from my past or present, somehow all I think about is him.

Then there's this other man between mine and Adams age. He came to visit it me once but broke down crying and ran off. Seeing him cry tore me up inside for some unknown reason. He's a big part of my past too. I think his name is Oliver. No one told me, it's like I just knew.

I was lost in thought, but when Adam walked into the room I completely focused on him.

"Hey, Kenny. How are you?" He asked. I've become better with talking with people normally, although it feels wrong, like I'm disrespecting them.

"I-I'm fine, th-thank you for a-asking." My body is healed, except for the broken bones and scars.

Adam walks over to the bed and lays beside me. I tense for a few seconds before relaxing. I can't help but be relaxed around him. Something about him makes my heart sore and everything else that matters be forgotten.

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I wake up when the bed creaks. I crack my eye open to see the man I can only assume is Oliver whispering to Adam.

"I can't stand to see him like this. It tears my heart to pieces to see him so broken. He can't even remember his own mates! I want to kill the bastards that did this to him. I missed him so much, God, why did this have to happen Adam?" Oliver cried.

Adam pulls him into a hug and whispered, "I don't know, Oli, I wish this never happened either, but it did. We have to push through it for him. We have to." He tries to stay strong, but his voice cracks at the end.

They sound so broken, and they hold on to each other as if they were all they had left. It hurt me to see them like this. I don't know why it hurt me so bad, but I felt like I wanted to cry. I never cry. Ben thinks it's for the weak and punishes me every time I do so.

Even though I tell myself to not cry, I feel tears rushing down my face. These two men are so upset over me. I caused them this pain. I deserve whatever punishment comes.

All of a sudden their shared whispering stopped and they are at my side.

"Kenny? Kenny why are you crying? What's wrong?" Adam asks panicked. He raises his hand and I immediately tense up and flinch. I forget about how well he's been treating me. I forget that he promised he won't hurt me. All I can focus on is the hand that is raised in the air.

He put his hand softly on my face and wiped away my tears. "I promised I wouldn't hurt you Kenny, don't you believe me?" He sounds pained, hurt that I might not believe him.

"O-o-of c-course I-I B-be-believe y-you. I-I'm s-s-sorry. A-A-Adam." I know calling him by his first name will make him happy. He says he hates when I call him sir.

"You don't have to be sorry Kenny." He smiled at me. "We came to tell you that you are being released tomorrow."

Released? What does that mean? Does it mean I'm going back to Ben's? Are they already bored of me? I can't go back. I don't want to. I like it here.

"Ich will nicht zurück zu gehen , lass es mich hier zu bleiben !" {I do not want to go back, just let me stay here!} I start to ramble in German. I've noticed that when I get worked up, I start to talk in German again.

"What? Please Kenny, just calm down. You're okay. We're right here. We're not going anywhere." Adam tried to calm me down. Oliver is behind him trying to hold in his sobs. I take a few calming breaths before I start to talk again.

"What do you mean released? Are you sending me back to Ben? I swear I'll be good, please just let me stay here. I will do anything to stay here. I don't want to go back to the cell." I try to convince them to let me stay.

"Oh god, Kenny, we meant from the hospital. We will never let you go back there. You'll be safe with us. I swear.". Oliver said and laid down on the bed on my left side. Adam followed him and laid down on my right side.

"We will keep you safe. No one will ever hurt you again." Adam promised, and Oliver nodded his head in agreement.

"I love you." Oliver whispered before he fell asleep.

"I love you." Adam whispered as well as his eyes slowly closed.

Is this love? What is love?