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Chapter 3

"Let's get married."

Pete was too stunned and could barely find any words to reply, "W-what?" "I mean I already have a ring with me-" "Wait, are you hearing yourself? What do you mean 'let's get married' ???" "What I mean is I need to get married, just like you want to make Tay miserable or whatever, we both have a goal and I just want to help you achieve yours," "but I still don't understand what your goal is, why do you need to get married?" Vegas hesitated and Pete could tell that he was getting upset, "It's a family thing," "You have to tell me," "Why??" "Cause I will not marry someone I barely know before I know the reason, I mean you're clearly not in love with me or anything, so there must be another purpose,"

Vegas loosened his tie and took a deep breath, "Fine, but not now, and not here, we can meet at dinner tomorrow, somewhere more private and convenient, then we can talk about it more and get into the details," "sounds good to me," "however, you will also explain your side," "but I already explained, " "I will not take that, I need more," "why!? "Why? You kissed me in front of all these people and we both know the headache that's about to follow, I think I deserve to know why,"

"Ughhh fine! Let's go back there before they think we're fucking in here or something," "I think it's too late for that, and besides that would actually be beneficial for us, the more the people believed the better," Pete stopped for a moment and looked at vegas, "Aren't you disgusted or embarrassed from the idea of being paired with me? Or you know, people saying that the Vegas Theerapanyakul is having sex with Pete in the storage room," "First of all, I would never have sex in a storage room, I have my standards," Pete rolled his eyes and looked away again,

"Second of all, why the fuck would you think like that? That's so stupid," "Well I might not be his biggest fan but even I admit that Tay is way prettier than me, so I think it would've made more sense to people if he was here with you, not me, I'm nothing next to him, it's always been like that since college," Vegas could hear the pain hidden in Pete's sarcastic words,

"well they can go to hell with their sense, and if they think Tay is that pretty they are welcome to bring him to this room and fuck him, as for me? Well I'm here, with you, aren't I?" He finished the last line and walked out before Pete could reply, his words were a bit vague so Pete didn't know how to take them, but he didn't think much of it, "are you coming?" Vegas called, reaching out to him with his hand, "let's finish the show," he said with a smirk and Pete took his hand, "let's give these people something to gossip about."

Pete spent the rest of the evening with Vegas, having drinks and talking about random stuff, mostly from college days, ignoring the continuous phone calls from their families. From how close they looked, no one doubted a thing, not even Arm who finally managed to snatch Pete from Vegas, "what the hell is going on Pete!?! Explain yourself!" "What's there to explain? I'm dating Vegas, I think it's clear enough,"

Lying to his friend was killing him from the inside, but he couldn't tell anyone, not a single soul, "oh yeah it's very clear Pete, but how come I never knew about it?? And when did it happen?! This is so confusing," "Look I know that it doesn't make sense right now, me and Vegas, we've been dating for a while now, but we decided to keep it a secret because we wanted to enjoy each other in peace, I'm sorry, I know the news must be shocking to you," "to me????! No no no if you think I'm shocked wait till Porsche is sober, no one will save you from him,"

"I know, I will handle it don't worry, are we good?" Pete asked feeling guilty and Arm couldn't stay mad at him, "Of course we are dumbass, I was just caught off guard, but not as bad as Tay," "Oh yeah where is he by the way??? I didn't see him after we returned," "Oh he already left, but he did not look pleased at all, I think you better be careful, he can be so...unpredictable," "Okay, thank you arm," "alright go back to your boyfriend or whatever,"

After everyone left Pete stayed a little more to make sure everything was okay, but this time Tay didn't show up, someone else did, "why are you still here it's too late" Vegas said walking out of the dark, "I could ask you the same," Vegas didn't know what to say, he obviously couldn't tell him the real reason, so he lied, "I'm too drunk to drive, I'm waiting for Nop," "Ah I see,"
A moment of silence followed later then Vegas spoke again,

"Hey Pete," "Yeah?" "I forgot to tell you this earlier because...you know, things happened," they both laughed slightly remembering the drama they caused, "I wanted to say, congratulations on your first gallery, it's...pretty cool actually, you did a good job," Pete smiled and faced him, "I didn't know you had some manners," "never mind" vegas turned to leave but Pete stopped him laughing, "no wait I'm sorry, hahahahah I'm just kidding, thank you, for your kind words, and thank you for coming, I appreciate it," vegas gave him a quick nod with a smile, "I'll see you tomorrow," he said and left, Pete followed shortly after.

Given the dramatic turn of events earlier, Pete was fully distracted from the biggest turn that his own life took the previous night, if it makes sense, and it was only when he attempted to open his car door, that he remembered how he had literally died 24h ago in a car accident at this time, and his whole body froze in place, he did drive earlier that day but this one is different, he was scared to go through that experience again, to die again and live the same day over and over, he started getting all sorts of thoughts until he noticed vegas' car still parked near his,

He went to it and knocked lightly on the car's window, vegas saw him and pulled it down, "you okay?" "Yeah, I- I was wondering if you could give me a ride home, I'm sort of...scared to drive,"
"Why?" "Do you wanna know everything??! I had a car accident recently and sometimes I get scared of driving okay!" Vegas tensed up upon hearing the last line, "Recently when exactly?" "Last nig- I mean last month, fuck are you gonna give me a ride or not?" Pete was a tipsy mess and his patience was running low, vegas shook away whatever he was feeling and laughed at the annoyed guy standing by his window, "alright alright get in,"

Pete got in the back seat next to Vegas, he was still visibly nervous, "maybe you should close your eyes for a second, you must be exhausted, I'll wake you up once we arrive," Pete was indeed exhausted, after all, who wouldn't be drained after their life turns upside down as his did, he closed his eyes and let his muscles relax and his brain gave up to sleep in no time.

Vegas stared at him for a moment before he asked, "Nop, what time is it now?" "It's 3:05 AM sir" Nop answered, and Vegas felt like he could finally breathe again, he leaned against the seat and let out the biggest sigh, "It passed." He whispered to himself before he also closed his eyes, and let the anxiety he held in his chest all day wash away.

'He's safe'

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