Three years after the war between the two families Pete finds himself in a hospital bed only remembering that he needed to go on a mission for his boss, Kinn.
Vegas on the other hand is slowly losing his mind. His husband doesn't remember the sweet...
The past week was a struggle for Pete. He still didn't remember and it was bothering him a lot. Aspen and Macau helped with trying to get the memories back, they told him stories and showed him pictures of moments that were happy and seemed unforgettable.
But Pete was lost and he didn't know why but after he got discharged from the hospital Vegas started distancing himself. Pete sometimes even waited for him to get home from work, only to see him going into Venice's room and telling him good night and after that going into one of the guest rooms.
Vegas was avoiding him all the time. He didn't eat breakfast, lunch or dinner with them and Venice started asking questions. If his parents fought or if his dad was angry. The only thing Pete could say was that Vegas was busy.
Vegas never slept in 'their' bed. He was holding back and Pete was curious as to why. So after a week of Vegas ignoring him, he went to Aspen for help, as he thought she was the one who the family trusted the most. The one who knew all the gossip. But there was another reason he went to her, she looked at Vegas with sadness in her eyes. She must know something. —————————- Kim and Aspen were in the studio, working on something, when Pete walked in.
"Oh, hey Pete." Aspen greeted and so did Kim.
"What's wrong, you seem down?" Kim asked as he observed Pete's face.
"I have some questions and I think you two are the ones who I can turn to." Pete explained.
"Why not ask Vegas?" Aspen asked.
"Because he's the problem here, he's been avoiding me for a whole week and you two probably know why." Pete answered sitting down on the couch.
"Oh, okay, so what do you want to know?" Aspen asked again.
"Everything that there is to know. About the families and the past, everything." Pete answered with confidence.
"Let's start with the family tree and then go from there. I think that we haven't told you everything." Kim said and let Aspen continue the explanation.
"You already know about the minor and major family being related but there's also Porsche and Porchay. The time they came into our lives three years ago you still remember." Pete quietly nodded letting her continue.
"But you don't remember what happened after. Their mother was our father's adopted sister, that technically makes them our cousins. That's why uncle insisted on keeping Porsche as a bodyguard for the major family."
"After Kinn and Porsche got together a lot happened so I'm just gonna skip a little, after the mission you had in the minor mansion, you got caught. I won't go into details here because this is not mine to tell but you were held captive by Vegas." Aspen stopped for a minute to let Pete process what she just told him.
"So, I basically fell in love with my kidnapper?" Pete was a little troubled by that information, he expected the truth to be dark but he didn't expect this.
"Kind of." Kim said leaning back into his chair, tired and on his third cup of coffee. He wasn't really interested in his family affairs, but Pete's and Vegas' story was very much interesting. He knew the whole story and bringing it up again was a pain in the ass. Everyone in the family knew at least a bit of their story, because after they took down the head of the major family, Vegas and Pete sat them down and told them everything. Well mostly everything.
"Should I continue?" She asked looking at Pete with concern.
"Yes, go on. I want to hear everything."
"You escaped and went back to the major family. And after a few days there was a riot between the two families. Our father went in but never came out, he was killed by our uncle in his study and after Vegas saw him he stormed out of the mansion, you resigned on the spot and went after him."
"You were to late and couldn't catch up with him, as he already took off despite the rain and wind. You drove after him but than suddenly another car crashed into Vegas' so hard the car turned around."
"I remember coming to the hospital and seeing you kneeling in front of Macau assuring him that Vegas will be okay. You had a lot of hope." Aspen stopped for a second to breath. She was trying to stay calm and collected due to the painful memories.
"Vegas had a broken arm and two broken ribs but that was irrelevant. The doctor recommended that we should talk to him even though he was sleeping, it would've encouraged him to open his eyes. But everything depends on the patient, on their physical and mental state. And due to that you thought a lot about him not waking up."
"I trusted you a lot didn't I?" Pete asked.
"Mhm, we talked a lot. And you told me quite some things about what you were thinking. And after a week of just being at the hospital and waiting me and Macau basically declared you our brother, we didn't care if Vegas didn't want you to stay as his partner because we wanted you to stay with us."
"You were the one who was holding us together. You were a life saver, literally. If it wasn't for you Vegas wouldn't be who he is now. He changed a lot since you came into our lives."
"Yeah, we all changed, for the better." Kim added. They did, mostly Vegas and Kim. They were more open with others especially with their loved ones. They were still introvertes, you couldn't blame them but they started going out more and talk more.
''Thank you for telling me all of this. I should go home now, I left Venice with Porsche and his son.'' Pete said before standing up.
''I'll go with you, I wanna see my nephew.'' Aspen also stood up and turned to Kim. ''You can do it on your own right?'' She asked.
''Yeah, of course go see Phoenix and send me some photos.''
And so they left Kim alone in the studio to work on the new song alone.
------------------------------------------------ Ah, okay. Let me present to you Phoenix Theerapanyakul.
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