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TWO

Vegas was in love with his childhood friend Pete for 7 years. Their friendship started from hatred, with Vegas being a bully and feared by all the kids in the neighborhood and Pete being the only one who stood up to him. Vegas soon turned his bullying to the courageous kid that apparently seemed to fear no-one. The only intention of Vegas being to break the forever smiling kid. 

But little did he know that the success of finally making the cute smiley kid cry wasn't as satisfying as he had initially thought, If anything it made his heart hurt. That was the day when the young Vegas realized that he didn't want to hurt anybody especially Pete, that it was wrong to bully others. He understood that if he wanted to be friends with Pete then it was only possible if he changed for the better. And Pete being the kind and helpful kid that he was, was more than happy to help Vegas in turning over a new leaf.

And thus their friendship began. A friendship more pure than any other relationship. With both having each other's back, With each living for the other, Until one day Vegas found his heart beating for the latter. The realization struck Vegas as he started looking at Pete in new light. As he started noticing his luscious lips, his sparkling eyes, his plump ass and his light pink nipples. Thinking about doing all sorts of lewd things to his body, a thought that a friend should never possess. 

After having developed feelings for this enemy turned friend of his, Vegas didn't waste even a minute to confess his feelings to Pete. But instead of a happy ending to his love story, was met with a hard cold rejection. Considering their strong friendship of about a decade, Pete thought that Vegas would take the rejection well and within a few weeks or perhaps months will get over his feelings and they will go back to being best friends and probably laugh about it in the near future. 

But he was wrong. Vegas didn't take the rejection well. 'Why did he reject me? Does he not love me anymore? .......Why does he not love me? He should love me.....No he loves me....I just need to make him realize his feelings for me.'

After a week of avoiding Vegas, Pete gets a phone call from his Mother informing about Vegas's accident, that he had taken too many sleeping pills and was found lying unconscious in his condominium. 

Without thinking any further, Pete took off for the Hospital. All sorts of thoughts running into his mind on the way. He wanted to be away from Vegas so that he gets time to think about his feelings and maybe perhaps then they can go back to the way they were. But what a wishful thinking Pete had, instead of helping Vegas he had been the force driving Vegas to his death. 

Vegas was still unconscious when Pete reached the Hospital. His face pale as he lied on the bed. Pete had never seen him so helpless. 

"You! You did this to my son." Vegas's Mother grabs Pete's shirt as she starts cursing at him. If not for Pete her son wouldn't be in this situation.

"Mom, It's not anybody's fault. Let's go. P'Pete is hurting as well." Macau says in attempts of calming his Mother down as he looks at Pete with pity in his eyes.

It was a week before Vegas got consciousness. Pete spent every day staying beside Vegas, met with his Mother's harsh words every now and then. When Vegas finally woke up, Pete left the room silently as his Mother and Macau rushed in. 

"Vegas....How could you do this?" His mother shouts as she wails in front of her son. But instead of coaxing his Mother, Vegas continues staring out of the window, his eyes having lost the spark that they once had in them.

"I don't want to live no more....... If Pete won't be with me...Why should I continue breathing then?"

So he did commit suicide Because of Me. 

After spending some time alone thinking, Pete finally enters Vegas's room. He is happy seeing his best friend alive but the guilt is eating him up. 

"Pete....." He whispers "Why are you here?" Vegas asks.

"Vegas......Let's date." 

When Vegas hears this his face lights up instantly. He limps over to Pete and hugs him tightly. 

"I am sorry Vegas.....If only I had agreed earlier....You wouldn't..."

"Shush.....It's okay....Me getting hurt was needed for you to understand your real feelings about me right Pete?" Vegas asks as he smiles and kisses Pete softly. 

After that Pete tried to spend more time with Vegas, going on dates with him, all in the hopes that he too will develop feelings for Vegas but he just couldn't. Being tired of acting, he finally told Vegas the truth on their third anniversary, hoping that all these years Vegas would have matured. Because if he didn't tell Vegas the truth then he would just be doing a disservice to him and his friend. But again Vegas threatened him that he would die if Pete leaves him. With no other option left for Pete, he was forced to stay in this one way relationship. 

From that day Vegas started imposing more and more restrictions on Pete, ridding Pete of all his friends, stalking him and the people he contacts, even going as far as to monitor the jobs he takes up. Everything was controlled by Vegas in the hopes that Pete will be forever indebted and dependent on Vegas. But the thing Vegas didn't know was that he was breaking Pete.

Vegas and Pete had a pact, of not having sex. Pete would act as his boyfriend but never slept with him. Tired of waiting for Pete to fall for him, Vegas finally in his drunken state, forced himself on Pete. That night their shared condominium was filled with cries of help. But nothing could save Pete. Vegas was sure that once he fucks Pete, he would finally get his heart. But no, instead of coming around Pete was going to fly away, far far away.

The same night Vegas found himself on the rooftop. Pete standing on the end railing ready to fly away. Vegas ran towards him, trying to hold him in his hands, but he was a little too late, Pete had already flown away.

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