Reasons

Chapter 10: The Day to Day

Things were going much better with Sherlock and I, after Molly left. He told me everything about his high school years, what he used to do and how he figured out he was gay. He told me how his using had gotten worse after his realization and how his family had sent him to a rehab facility when people started noticing.
"They were okay with my injecting poisons into my body but the second it started to hurt the family's reputation off I went." When he came home he started dating Molly, and started doing whatever his parents told him to do.
"When I was using I didn't care, as long as I got my fix nothing else mattered, but once I was clean there was nothing to make the beatings tolerable. So I obeyed my parents, went to the school they picked out with the major they picked out and dated a girl from another well-off family. Do what they want and you don't get hit. That's why Mycroft is so uptight, he was never allowed to have fun."
"Sherlock I'm so sorry."
"It's not your fault, don't be sorry, it's just life. And besides now that I'm at uni I have a lot more freedom. Only certain things they can still control."
"Like your sexual orientation?"
"What no! They don't force me to act straight they honestly believe I am! They can never know I'm gay!"
"Never?"
"Well not until I'm on my own in London and I don't see them anymore."
"And what about Molly?"
"Well she's my best friend I hate that she got messed up with this but that's who my parents picked so that's who I have to date until-"
"Until you're on your own in London."
"Not on my own, until I'm with you in London."
I leaned in a pecked his check and we kept talking.

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About a month before winter holiday Sherlock and I actually had a healthy relationship. We talked about everything with each other and we didn't have any secrets. And our sex life was fantastic, by this point we knew exactly what the other liked and how to give it to them. In our own little world we were perfect, of course we couldn't stay in our dorm forever. So we went out and did our own thing and no one knew we were a couple.
"Sherlock?" I was laying upside down on his bed as he studied at his desk.
"John?"
"Finals are going to be over soon."
"Im aware. Your point?"
"Well after finals finish we are on winter holiday, for four weeks."
"Yes that's what usually happens around Christmas."
"Four weeks we won't be here. We will be at our own respective houses, away from each other."
"Oh" Sherlock turned to face me. "Well maybe that will be good for us? Some time apart?"
My eyebrows shot up and I rolled off the bed.
"Time apart would be good for us?" I said as I walked over towards my dorm mate.
"Perhaps?"
I reached Sherlock's chair and bent down on my knees in front of him. I ran my hand up his clothed chest and into his curls. I grabbed his head, pulling it down until our lips met. I ran my tongue along his bottom lip and he opened his mouth allowing my tongue to venture further. I pulled on his curls causing a moan to escape his mouth into mine. Our tongues moved in time with each other as I ran my finger along the top hem of Sherlock's jeans. Undoing them and pulling them off as slowly as I could just to wind Sherlock up more. I moved my mouth away from Sherlock's and down his chest, planting small kisses as I went until I reached his boxers. I bit the top of his boxers and began to pull them down with my teeth, just as his erect cock came into sight, I stood up and walked back to the bed.
"But if you want time apart, I guess I'll just start now" I laughed.
"You bloody tease!" Sherlock yelled as he walked over to me.
"Sorry babe, like you said, we need time apart." I smiled mischievously.
Sherlock bent down and kissed me.
"I was very wrong. I'm sorry we do not need time apart."
"Well in that case let me finish what I started,"
I said right before I took him in my mouth.

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I honestly hated trigonometry. It was the worst class I had for two reasons; it was terribly difficult and Sherlock didn't take it. We only had a few classes together but all of our other classes were the same just at different times. But Sherlock was taking Calculus instead, so I couldn't just copy his homework like I sometimes did with the other courses. He also wouldn't help me, he said it was a waste of time for him to use brain energy on a class he wasn't in. It was actually pretty annoying, he could waste hours sitting silently in a corner but not 10 minutes to help his boyfriend! I was sitting in the back of the class trying not to fall asleep at the mention of pi, when my phone buzzed in my pocket.

John...
-SH

I rolled my eyes, what an important message, I'm sure it couldn't have possibly waited until class let out.

What Sherlock?
-JW

Where are you?
-SH

I'm in class...where are you?
-JW

No you are not.
-SH

What are you talking about? I'm in trig right now.
-JW

You have trig on Tuesday and Thursday.
-SH

What's your point?
-JW

It's Wednesday.
-SH

Damn it! I looked at my phone, it was in fact Wednesday, which meant I was currently missing anatomy. Fuck! That also meant I sat through an hour of this boring class that I didn't need to! I gathered my stuff and snuck out the back door.

Is there any point in my coming to Anatomy now?
-JW

No, we are about to wrap up. You can copy my notes later.
-SH

Why didn't you text me sooner?
-JW

I just noticed you weren't here.
-SH

What? Sherlock how did you not notice I was missing? We sit next to each other everyday!
-JW

I thought you were just being quite, it was quite peaceful actually.
-SH

I rolled my eyes, annoyed at his lack of common sense and basic manners. I put my phone away without responding and walked to the nearest dining hall.