Forever my ride and die

Chapter 4: Your enemies are my enemies

Brian starts the car and merges back into traffic towards Dom's house. Both men were enjoying the rare opportunity to be alone, so they were not paying attention to where they were headed.

That was until they heard the loud roar of multiple motorcycles that had surrounded the car. Dom, noticing first, sighs loudly for his carelessness and says, "Oh sh*t!" Brian, not understanding what is happening, looks towards Dom for an explanation.

"What, babe?"

Dom didn't get a chance to explain further as one of the unknown Asian men tapped on Brian's driver's side window with the barrel of his gun, getting the blonde's attention. Brian looks towards Dom for confirmation, who nods instantly and rolls down the window. "Follow us," the man states while holding his gun up to the blonde.

Having no choice but to agree, Brian nods and rolls up the window. Brian, still extremely confused about what was happening, turns towards Dom and asks the obvious question, "Um, babe, who are they?" Dom, exhausted by this night already, sighs loudly again, "What nightmares are made up of? Look, babe, just follow what they say and let me do the talking. Hopefully we can both get out of this uninjured." Brian looks worriedly towards Dom while following the motorcycles. "You're joking, right?" Dom honestly is not sure but hoped he was coming off as reassuring by squeezing the blonde's hand.

The motorcycles stopped in front of an empty Chinese car park, still surrounding Brian's car. The car stopped, and both occupants exited on either side. The unknown Asian man was the first to speak up, clearly the leader, as he directed his question towards Dom when his attention was actually on the car.

"I thought we had an agreement. You stay away, and I stay away." Dom looked around him for a way out of this situation but noticed that they were completely surrounded. Dom take a deep breath, "What do you want me to tell you? We got lost." The Asian man finally looked up at Dom and asked, "Who is we?" Noticing for the first time that Dom wasn't on his own.

Dom, thinking on his feet. "Ah, Brian, my new mechanic," he said nonchalantly while pointing towards Brian. Dom didn't want Johnny to know who Brian was, but he didn't have a choice. Not wanting Brian to feel left in the dark, Dom added, "Brian, meet Johnny Tran, and that guy in the snakeskin pants is his cousin Lance." Brian has been in more terrifying positions than this; he was a cop, but he couldn't help but feel helpless and nervous. These were clearly dangerous people, and they were not fans of his boyfriend.

Dom, not letting Johnny get the next word in and hoping he could distract him so that he would let them go, asked randomly, "When are you going to give me a chance at that Honda 2000?" Johnny, not falling for the bait, poses his own question to Brian: "Is this your ride?" Brian, not sure how to even respond to the question, decided with honesty, "It was. It's his now." Dom instantly tenses up and adds, looking directly at Brian as casually as possible, trying to convey a message with his eyes: "No, it's not. I haven't taken delivery."

Dom was trying to correct the error, but the damage was already done. Johnny scoffs, not believing him. "Then it is nobody's car. But someone certainly put the wrench time." Johnny walks to the passenger side of the car, closer to where Dom is standing, and asks his cousin, who is standing opposite Brian, "What do you think, Lance?" Lance steps closer towards the blonde man with a gun in his hand, "It's an amazing machine" in an uncomfortable voice, looking directly at Brian the whole time. Attempting to intimidate the man. But Brian had come against criminals, he couldn't be intimidated.

Johnny taps Dom's arm twice and says, "Let's go," to his crew, as he walks back towards his motorcycle. "I will see you in the desert next month. Get ready to have your ass handed to you." Dom, relieved that they may have gotten out of the situation, responds sarcastically, "You are going to need more than that crotch rocket" as he uncomfortably rubs his neck.

"Don't worry, I have something for you," Johnny responds as he puts his helmet back on and starts his bike. Finally, Johnny and his crew disappear from view, and Brian and Dom are finally able to breathe for the first time.

Brian, walking around the car towards Dom's side, asks, "What the hell was all that?" Dom, not really in the mood to explain; it really had been a long night, politely tells the blonde, "I promise to tell you later. Can we please just get out of here first?" as he places a chaste kiss on the blonde's lips.

Brian agrees and starts walking back to his side of the car while Dom opens the passenger side to get in. Before they can get any further, they hear the roar of motorcycles appearing again, unmistakably Johnny and Lance. Brian walks back towards Dom to stand besides him as the men stop in front of the car. Before Dom and Brian know it, Johnny and Lance open fire on the car, causing Dom to grab onto Brian's arm and lead him away as quickly as possible.

Once they had finished putting as many bullets as they could, the car begins to inflame. Brian and Dom are both looking on in anger. How the hell are they getting home now? Because it was clear to Dom, no one from his team was concerned that he hadn't returned home in hours.

Suddenly, both men looked towards each other, instantly realising what was going to happen. They shouted at the same time, "NOS," as they reached for each other's hand to pull each other away as fast as possible and to hide behind a statute. Each trying to protect each other from the explosion. Dom ended up on top of Brian, shielding him from the explosion. Once they thought it was safe, they got up from their positions to check to see if either were injured.

"Baby, are you okay? Are you hurt? Brian asked Dom while not only physically looking for injuries but also touching Dom's body. "Babe, I'm fine, I promise." Brian, not hearing what Dom was saying out of fear and the effects of the adrenaline, continues to look for injuries. Dom grabs Brian's hands and said, "Brian. Baby. I'm okay," while trying to catch the eyes of the blonde to reassure him that he was in fact okay. "What about you? Are you okay?" It was Dom's turn to check if Brian was injured. "I'm good." Brian said.

Thankfully, neither one of them had any injuries. They looked at each other and started uncontrollably laughing. "Well, I guess we are walking until we can get a taxi," Dom states as he grabs Brian's hand to begin the 20-mile journey home. "Ahh really? Do we have to? Can't someone from your team come grab us?" Brian, exhausted, asks. Dom gives Brian a look like he has just made the most ridiculous statement in the world. "No 1, they can't enter and will not enter Johnny's territory, and No 2, they haven't contacted me in hours to find out where I am. Do you honestly think anyone is going to answer their phones?" Dom rhetorically asked.

"So, what's the deal with Johnny? Why does he hate you?" Brian asks as they start their journey home. "It's a long story, baby," Dom states, trying to avoid this conversation all together. Brian sees right through, "Babe, unless you have a magical broomstick that I don't know about, we have a 20-mile hike to your place. Come on, humour me."

Okay, so Dom was not getting out of this conversation anytime soon; he sighs and answers truthfully, "A business deal gone sour." Brian nods his head and tilts his head, knowing there is more to the story. "And... umm... I may have slept with his sister," he whispers in the last part. Brian smirked, shook his head, and laughed. "Of course you did." Dom just smirked back at the blonde, not denying it.

Brian then decides to jump on Dom's back, kiss his cheek, and wrap his arms around his neck. Dom falters slightly at the additional weight but grabs Brian's legs so they can wrap around his hips and continue on their journey home.