What if I Stayed? (Thiam Fic)

Chapter Thirty

"You're okay? Not sick or anything?" Theo asked, looking Liam over. 

"Are you seriously asking if I'm okay after you guys nearly died?" Liam laughed, shaking his head slightly.

"It seems to be tradition for us." His hand cupped Liam's face, thumb gently stroking the skin. "The one who nearly died making sure the other one's okay."

"How about we stop nearly dying?" Liam suggested.

"You know what, I'm a pretty big fan of that plan Liam." Theo chuckled, staring down at Liam like he was the world. "Although, I'm pretty sure that the benefactor has other plans."

"Yeah." Liam stopped for a second, "Are you okay?"

"Pretty sure I died for the millionth time in my life and came back." Theo shrugged, "But otherwise I'm good."

"We all thought you guys were gonna die."

"We thought we were going to die too." Theo joked but he saw the look of anxiety that seemed to shadow Liam's face. "Hey, we're all good though. Everyone's alive and happy- okay maybe Malia and Stiles aren't too happy right now but we're alive."

"Did they break up?" Liam asked, clearly confused. "Scott seemed kind of weird about them."

"Highly possible but I'm unsure. Malia found out that she's a Hale after we didn't tell her." Theo didn't feel weird about telling Liam this stuff. It was natural, like they'd done this for years. "That one's on us."

"Hale? Like Derek and Peter Hale?" Liam's jaw was on the floor, shocked.

"Yep." Theo sighed, looking around for an empty place to sit. He was a lazy bastard and he wanted to sit down. "Let's go over there and talk."

"Yeah I actually wanted to talk to you about some stuff." Liam said, trailing behind Theo nervously. It felt like he was about to explode. There were so many things he wanted to ask about but  he had no idea where to start.

"Everything alright?" Theo asked, sitting down with a thud on the chair. He tried to act natural as Liam sat next to him, playing with his hoodie sleeve.

"Yeah it's just..." Liam took a deep breath before blurting out the next part, "what do you know about mates and soulmate stuff?"

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Isaac kind of wanted to die a bit as he awkwardly kicked the grass. Scott was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and a glare on his face. There was obviously something he wanted to say but niether could say it.

"I'm sorry Scott." Isaac couldn't handle the silence anymore, "I know I really fucked up by leaving and I'm sorry."

"You did fuck up." Scott kept his glare, not letting it up. "You said you loved me and then you left me."

"I know and I'm not going to try to come back into your life after I walked out." Isaac looked at Scott, wanting him to know he meant every word of what he said. "Especially because I know you're with Kira-"

"We broke up." Scott's eyes decided that the grass would be a better place to glare. Isaac felt his heart drop and his stomach twist. 

"That's my fault, isn't it?" Isaac asked quietly, "You guys broke up because I came back."

"Yeah. We did." Scott sounded bitter, "I mean, there were other reasons too. Definitely better as friends but you were a main reason. It's hard to date someone who isn't your soulmate while your soulmate is right across from you in math class."

"Sorry." Isaac repeated. He knew he was saying sorry too much but he didn't care. He was sorry about all the pain he'd caused. "Allison's death destroyed me. She was my bestfriend and my parents, my brother... they're dead too. I just couldn't stay here."

"Don't you think I understand that?" Scott took a few steps forward, his voice rising with emotion. "I get needing to leave this town because people keep dying. But why did you break up with me and then just stop talking to me? Don't give me that bullshit about a broken phone or anything. Tell me really why."

"Because what the fuck was I supposed to say Scott?" Isaac took a step towards Scott, they two of them only feet away from each other but still yelling. "I broke up with you so you didn't have to stress about a long distance relationship. I didn't talk to you because that fucking hurt and when I really wanted to? I still couldn't because I knew you deserved better than that."

"Why'd you come back then?" Scott's voice had gone from loud and angry to quiet. Unbearably quiet. "Why come back at all?"

"Because you were in trouble. I- I wasn't going to just let you die or get hurt." All the anger, the rage that had been fueling Isaac gave out, the wind leaving his wings. "Scott, I love you. Okay? I have loved you since before you even knew I existed. I'm not trying to make you take me back or force myself into your life-"

Isaac was cut off by Scott's lips meeting his own. He was surprised at the familair feeling of the soft lips that tasted like mint and gum. It had been so long yet every part of it felt so right. The way they fit together. He wasn't sure if he could but Isaac swore he was smiling during the kiss.

He reached his hands up to cup Scott's face, his fingertips wet with tears. Isaac hadn't noticed but at some point, Scott had started crying. Maybe Isaac was crying too, it didn't matter. All that matter was that in this moment, they were together. He knew it wouldn't last forever but Isaac didn't care.

Scott pulled away, wiping his eyes as he did so. Isaac felt frozen, his ability to move or speak seemed to have been taken away with that kiss.

"I can't forgive you yet. But I want to." Scott's voice was shakey and quiet. Isaac just nodded. "I don't know what to do. We- can we keep this, whatever we are, between us? Please?"

"Ye- yeah of course." Isaac seemed to have spluttered back into life, "I'm sorry still. About everything. Everything I did."

"Okay." Scott said before walking off, refusing to look at him. Isaac didn't blame him. He'd refuse to look at himself too.