Life Support {ManxBoy} | Original Write Up

Chapter 12

Chapter Twelve

Vance sat there silently as Cyro paced back and forth in front of him mumbling to himself. He had shown up despite his obvious irritation with Vance on the phone just hours ago and had been pacing around the apartment ever since. Vance couldn't decide whether or not he should do anything so he waited but it was going on two full hours of non-stop pacing and he was beyond concerned.

"Cy, you need to stop pacing." Vance sighed, finally reaching out to grab Cyro's arm but he pulled away from him and continued his pacing.

"I can't sit down right now, I just need to work through this, ya know?" Vance nodded in reply grateful that he was at least talking to him now as opposed to himself.

"Work through what?"

"That's none of your business!" Cyro snapped. "Stop trying to pry into my life!"

"It's not prying when you're pacing around my living room." Vance hated how tactless he sounded but it seemed to be the only way for him to get any response out f Cyro He knew if he tried to be calm about this it would be like every other time he'd tried to talk about Cyro's issues.

"Yes, it is." Cyro hissed stopping in his tracks to stare at Vance for a moment. He opened his mouth to say something else before shaking his head and letting out a exaggerated sigh.

"Is this about you being raped?" Vance forced himself to ask immediately feeling the rage vibrate off Cyro.

"Don't call it that! I wasn't raped!" Cyro immediately began pacing again telling Vance it was absolutely about the rape.

"Yes, you were!" Vance replied grasping Cyro wrist as he paced by him refusing to let go when he tried to pull free. "Dammit Cyro, I'm just trying to fucking help!"

"Oh really, well good for you but I'm not interested in your help." Cyro huffed. "So you can take you so called love and fuck off!"

"Why are you acting like this, I didn't mean to upset you when I said I loved you!" Vance screamed wishing he could get some self control. They were both losing there patience quicker than they were solving the issue and it was obvious they wouldn't be getting anywhere like this.

"But you did! And now I can't stop thinking about it! I feel so pressured and its not fair!" Cyro yelled back before finally sitting down in the chair farthest from Vance glaring at him.

"I'm not pressuring you Cy."

"Yes you are, when you worry about me, when you act like you care, it makes me uncomfortable."

"I've always cared about you."

"Not like this. You never acted like this before." Cyro sighed sinking deeper into his chair his eyes drifting up to the ceiling.

"I suppose, when you realize you love someone it's only natural to change how you are with that person even if it's just slightly." Vance replied moving to stand in front of Cyro, grasping is face making him look up at Vance as he spoke.

"Well it's not 'slightly' to me I can feel every bit of the difference and I hate it, you would have never done something like this before, would you?"

"I'd like to say I would have but honestly, I don't know." They stayed like that for a moment just watching each other lost in their own thought.

"I know who did it." Cyro sighed breaking the silence, grasping one of Vance's hands as he leaned into it slightly. "I know the person who hurt me."

"I'm sorry."