When the two arrived at the 'mysterious place' the city was covered in charming lights peeking through the darkness, the weather was nice and despite the crowded streets, the atmosphere felt oddly calm, at least to Pete it did, and for a moment he almost completely forgot the situation he was immersed in.
Pete started looking around trying to guess the private place Vegas meant, "So...where are we?" He asked, finally giving in to his curiosity, "you'll see, just follow me" Vegas started walking and Pete was right next to him, the more they walked the fewer people were around them, Pete was starting to realise where they were, and his doubts were confirmed when they reached the empty small park, Pete looked at vegas in shock, "h-how did you know?" "Hm? I don't know what you're talking about, I just picked this place randomly," Vegas tried to keep a still expression but a smirk managed to escape his lips.
They sat at the pre-set-up table for dinner and Pete couldn't help but feel a little tingling in his heart, but he brushed it off quickly with sarcasm, "How romantic of you! I could almost believe that we're actually dating!" "Well, nop certainly knows how to prepare a romantic atmosphere," "Yeah, such a romantic guy, whoever ends up with him is one lucky person indeed,"
Vegas smiled slightly and took a sip of his drink, "My brother is very lucky then," a long pause followed after and Pete was just blinking looking at Vegas who was having a hard time not to laugh, "Your brother is...hold on! Your brother and Nop are dating?!" Vegas nodded, "Yeah! Trust me I'm still in shock even though it's been almost a year," "Wow! I mean they probably look cute together I'm sure, you seem very chill about it" "I wasn't at first I admit" "Very expected," "Mostly because of my father, I was scared he might lose his temper when he finds out,"
The air became thicker around them and Pete felt bad for Macau, Gun′s reputation is not the greatest when it comes to parenting, that's a secret to no one, "and did he?" "No, cause he still doesn't know, and I will make sure he won't until I know I'm capable of protecting my brother from his rage, I will not let him ruin his happiness and his life as he did to mine! I've already lost everything to him, so I have nothing more to lose, but Macau should be able to live however he wants, I'll make sure of it," Vegas's inner anger and despair managed to leak through his eyes till it became evident to Pete,
"I'm sure you will vegas, my grandma always tells me that nothing lasts forever, it's a sad statement when you think about it from one side, but from the other, it gives you hope, I mean I never thought that the mental damage I went through in college would come to an end, I even attempted to put an end to it myself multiple times but I failed," vegas could see the tears in the edge of Pete's eyes, threatening to escape at any moment, "this place was my hideaway from everything, I've had my worst moments here, my best ones too, all by myself, loneliness was killing me back then all because of-" he swallowed back his words and started wiping his tears, "sorry I got carried away, it's just, this place triggered so many memories,"
vegas wanted to hear more, " I didn't know I apologise I just thought-" he paused for a moment, "Pete if we're going to carry on with this you need to be honest with me, about everything, I need to understand your motives, is he the reason you went through all of that?" "Well, yes and no, I mean part of it was because of my chronic depression, I was mentally and emotionally fragile and he was my closest friend at the time, we met in my very first class in college, he was very sweet and well spoken I fell for it immediately, talking to him was just easy it took no effort, and we became close instantly, we were special to each other, or so he made me believe,"
Pete was visibly shaking as he started to dive deeper into the memories, "later on his behaviour started shifting to something else, but it was barely noticeable at first, so I ignored it. Now, given his popularity back then he used to get invited to parties every night which was very expected,
but one time he insisted on me to accompany him to one of those, something he had never done before, he claimed that he had no one to go with and he didn't want to be alone, it was a lie of course, everyone would've died to go with him, but he kept insisting on me so I gave in eventually but my mind and my heart were both against it, I thought it was just the social anxiety cause I wasn't nearly as popular as him or sociable, but I decided to go nonetheless.
To spare you the boring details it was exactly as I imagined, the moment we walked in he was greeted by dozens of people and I was left alone so I went to hide in one of the rooms in that big house that I didn't even know the owner of, and I told him so he would know where I was," Pete paused and looked at vegas straight into his eyes, "he was the only one who knew where I was that night," vegas gave him a confused look for he didn't fully understand, but he will do soon,
"When I was there in that room someone walked in, his face was familiar I knew he was from our department but I couldn't put a name to his face, he was staring at me with an odd look, I tried to excuse myself out but he closed the door and started walking towards me, I asked him what he wanted but no answer, he just kept pushing me back until I had no room to move, he was so tall and big and obviously up to no good," Pete took a shaky breath and continued
"then hi-his hands were all over me, at first he was gentle and calm but the more I tried to get away from him the more aggressive he turned, he started whispering some words but I didn't care to hear them, all I wanted was to get out, I remember letting out a scream but I didn't get to finish it cause he slapped me so hard I fell on the floor, my head hit something and the last thing I remember is him locking the door,
when I woke he was already done with me, I was covered in blood, my mouth, my head, and other places," Pete looked at Vegas with a sad pitiful ghost of a smile on his lips, "it was my first time," "shit..." vegas whispered to himself, he was feeling so many things and none of them was good, "Bas found me later, on the floor, broken and wounded, he got me out of there with no one noticing and took me to the hospital.
It was one of those moments when you think your life is over and it could not get worse but what Bas told me that night... made me swallow my words back to my throat," "what did he say?" Vegas asked, scared of hearing the answer, or sort of predicting it,
"he said that he saw Tay talking to someone, a guy from our department, he gave him some cash and left, that was 5 minutes before he came to the very room I was in, and you know the rest" to say that his blood was boiling is a serious understatement, vegas was raging, and despite being outdoors the air was too heavy, "are you sure it was-" "I saw the video footage of it later so...yeah, I'm sure" pete swallowed his drink in one go hoping that he won't have a breakdown in front of vegas,
"It goes without saying that he became my biggest hater after that, and his sole purpose was to make my life hell every day, and he succeeded." He paused to calm his nerves and get some cold air into his lungs, "You know I've spent months afterwards trying to find one reason why he might do that, I was going crazy, I even started blaming myself for it thinking I might have harmed him somehow,
but there was nothing, no reason, he didn't even explain anything to me he just turned against me with no warning, he ruined my life that night and kept going until I had nothing left, the gap between me and my loved ones was growing bigger and deeper and I found myself falling into the abyss unsure whether I'd reach the bottom of it." Words were soon mixed with choked sobs and Pete had to stop before it got out of control,
"I thought I had left all of that in the past and the endless therapy sessions but after I saw him last night, I knew that my wounds never healed, and for the first time in my life I decided to slap him back, and I knew how crazy he was and still is about you so I saw an opportunity and seized it," he refilled his glass and raised it, " so yeah, that's my story, hope you think my reason is good enough and...cheers!"
He drank away all his overflowing emotions and Vegas was just staring at him, the things he wanted to do were almost stronger than him but he just pushed his chair back slowly and walked to the messy man across from him, he took a napkin and started wiping his tears slowly, "I will help you get your revenge pete, I never needed a 'good reason', thank you for trusting me with such a sensitive memory, he will regret every moment he thought of harming you, you have my word for it,"
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FanfictionVegas, a busy man with so little time on his hands and no room for any romance in his life, finds himself making a deal, the likes of which he never dealt with before.
