I Choose You [VegasPete]

Chapter 3 : The Reason

"Pete."

"Hm?"

Pete is comfortably lying down in Vegas' chest while Vegas plays with his hair. They both lay naked in Vegas' king-size bed. They made love for so long it's already past midnight when they both agree it's enough for today. They are both exhausted. Vegas didn't count how many rounds they made love, one thing for sure they did that in almost every corner of his bedroom and his bathroom. Vegas still has a grudge from before so he did Pete there.

"If I don't change, will you still choose me?"

It's stupid question, Vegas' knows. Why would Pete choose him if he still tortured him like before?

"No. Why would i like to be tortured? You want to hurt me again, Vegas?" Pete sounds so firm with his words.

"I'm afraid Pete. I don't want to hurt you, but I don't believe in myself. I hurt you yesterday, you almost ran from me. What if I get too angry again? My emotions are so volatile, but please believe me if I said I really regret everything I did to you."

Pete lifts up his face to meet Vegas' eyes. He gives him an assuring smile. "For you to feel regret, it's already a change. If you don't change yourself, then you won't open up to me. Then I couldn't see the real you. If I didn't see that, we wouldn't be in a situation like this. There is no way I can give you my consent to do everything we did. I will escape without a second thought and make Kinn kills you for captured and tortured me."

Vegas closes his eyes. If Pete really did that, he always knows that he deserves it. He won't ever hold any grudges if someday Kinn kills him because Pete asks him to.

"If I'm gonna die, I want you to be the one who kills me, Pete."

Pete loses his smile. His eyes suddenly turn dark.

"Don't." Even his voice isn't lovely as usual, his voice contains so much darkness, it surprises Vegas. "Don't you ever say that again."

Pete rises from his position, he sits on the bed. He doesn't look back to Vegas when he says this,

"If you die, I die."

Vegas knows Pete is deadly serious about his words. And now he is upset. He picks his clothes from the floor, wears it again, and walks outside to the balcony. Vegas is very much confused with Pete's reaction. Why is he this upset with his words?

Following Pete to the balcony, Vegas puts his clothes on too and walks there to find Pete looking blankly into the night sky. His face shows so much sadness, Vegas never saw this dreadful expression before.

"Pete, I'm sorry."

"Why do you say that?" His voice starts to tremble and Vegas needs to stop his urge to hug him and console him. "Can we not talk about death? Do you have any idea how final death is? It's a full stop, Vegas."

Vegas tries to touch Pete's hand, thank God Pete doesn't refuse him. "Pete, is there something you want to say to me? Is there something that bothers you so much?"

Vegas knows that this Pete who is standing beside him right now is his Pete, but he is really different. It feels like this Pete already experienced so many things that change how he views the world.

"What do you want to know?" Pete looks at him and there are so many emotions in his eyes right now.

"Why don't you escape from this situation? I know you are fully aware that if someday my dad finds you here or major family find you never coming back to your hometown, they will do something to us. You will be labeled as a traitor by major family members."