*throws double update at you lovelies*
"I can't believe he could do something like that," Zoe said as she sat back next to Troye and handed him an ice pack which he gratefully accepted and pressed against his swollen face. He told her the whole story, not leaving out a single detail but what he didn't tell her was that he thought even previously Dylan's behaviour was strange at times.
"Yeah," he breathed out.
"What you going to do Troye?"
"I don't know."
"I think you need to leave him Troye, you don't know if he will do that again or worse."
"I will see Zoe, I will see."
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As he walked back into his apartment he felt lonesome even though he knew he had Zoe just across the hallway. But it was a sort of lonesome only one specific person could possibly fix right now and he needed to just hear the voice of that one person to make him feel at ease, at least temporarily.
Troye found the contact and placed it next to his ear, waiting for that voice to fill his eardrums, one he missed so much even if they had spoken already that same day.
"Hey Tok," he breathed a sigh of relief to hear them pick up but at the same time it was the exact trigger for his tears. "Why you calling again love, we spoke earlier?" she said worriedly as she heard him break down.
"I know m-ma," he said as he choked on a sob.
"Oh Tokkie what's wrong?" she asked as her concern grew.
"M-ma, I-I just," he choked over another sob and collapsed on his bed as the tears fell. "I'm n-not okay m-ma," he said as he then hugged a pillow close.
"Tok please tell me what's wrong," she asked patiently, taking a seat on her bed as well, trying not to cry herself after hearing her beloved son sound so broken, she hadn't heard him sound like that in a long time.
"M-mum my f-face is bruised a-and i-it h-hurts," not making much sense as he said this, trying to not choke over his sobs again.
"Why is your face bruised love?" she said as her worry increased. Troye didn't want to tell her the truth but at the same time he needed her advice on what he to do so he decided on the latter.
"D-Dylan hit m-me ma," as he said this Laurelle sat frozen and her heart increased in pace thinking about her baby being hurt like that. "I'm s-sorry m-ma, I-i know it hurts y-you t-to know that b-but-"
"Get away from him," she stated firmly interrupting his rambling. "This is not your fault Troye, but if it happens again because you crawled back to him or you let him in your life again, then it will be," Troye took her words seriously, nodding to himself.
"Thank y-you m-ma, I just needed t-to know what t-to do here," he said as his sobs became less and soon just silent tears fell and soon collected himself together again. "And mum?"
"Yes Tok?"
"I ran into Connor today," again Laurelle's heart sank in fear they had fought or one had said hurtful things but her fears were soon put to rest as Troye then sounded more upbeat. "He told me he missed me and that he is sorry he ignored me, but he did it to make sure his boyfriend would not think Connor was cheating on him with me," Laurelle then smiled that Troye's voice had somehow become happier just at the mention of Connor's name, but she also smiled because she saw right through the excuse Connor had given to Troye.
"Baby, it sounds to me like he ignored you because he loved you, not the other boy, does that make any sense to you? And maybe he still loves you, you don't know that," it did make sense to Troye and then at the realisation he couldn't help but smile, maybe his mum was right, maybe not. Either way it made him smile at just the mere thought of Connor still loving him, maybe, just maybe.
"Okay ma."
