What's Wrong With You?

-26-

Seth was already crying, it's just that he was running his feet off to somewhere he didn't know. The running helped him as he thought it'd be worse if he sat at somewhere and cried. He ran and ran only to be interrupted by Jericho. "Watch where you're going, idiot!" he swore as Seth bumped into him. "Oh hey, Seth..." he then said, he softened as he realised that was Seth. Seth stood there awkwardly, neither being able to apologize nor run away.

"You're... You're crying?" gasped Jericho as he found Seth's flushed face which he was struggling to hide. "What's the matter, I mean... Are you okay? Anyway, I had to tell you something but... I guess its not the right time."

More tears kept forming in Seth's eyes. A drop or two rolled down his face at that very moment. Jericho looked around making sure they were alone before he spoke once again. "Will you please stop crying, Seth? Not here! Can we go have coffee? Please?" Seth followed Jericho to his car without any option as he didn't want to go back to Roman and Dean with that crying face or else they would ask him what happened at Triple H's office. Seth would not dare tell Dean he had attempted suicide as the reason was of course Roman kissing him.

There was an awkward silence between the two of them, even after they entered a cafe and ordered 2 coffees for them. "What I wanted to tell you, Seth, is that I'm sorry. I know there's a lot going in your head and you're not in a mood to deal with me but I'm really sorry for bullying you the other day."

"That's okay," said Seth quietly. "D-... Don't you now hangout with Miz and Dolph anymore?"

"I was never friends with them." Jericho replied. "It's just that I teamed up with them at that moment itself, as I came to know you're Roman's boyfriend and I wanted to bully you for that. But nah, that didn't do me any good and Roman hated me that day. That's why, I left that place right after Roman yelled at me. Moreover, I must act my age."

Seth nodded and there was silence once again. "I attempted suicide last month, don't ask me why." said Seth breaking the silence. "I thought nobody knows about it until Triple H called me to his office and asked me why I tried committing suicide. That's messed up. I have no idea how he knows it and now I'm afraid whether he also knows the whole friggin reason behind my suicidal attempt."

"Perhaps, yes." answered Jericho, not even batting an eye. Seth was very much astonished as Jericho looked like he was very sure about what he just said. "I'm sorry, its not good to hear that you had attempted suicide but I know what H's up to. You wanna know?"

He then bent closer to Seth and told it in Seth's ear. "What!??" gasped Seth on hearing what Jericho told him in his ear. "This can't be happening, he can't separate us! Is he spying on us for that cause!?"

"Perhaps he does. I dunno but the same had happened to Randy and Batista before they got accepted by The Authority." replied Jericho.

"But how did you know about that!?" Seth questioned.

"Psh! Everyone knows about that. P. S. Its been about 15 years since I know Hunter. That man's pretty much predictable, not for you guys but for veterans like us." replied Jericho. Seth felt his body tremble. Was Triple H finally about to put The Shield to an end and spying on their lives was probably his first step? Or maybe Jericho was just stating his predictions.

"B-But... He had told us The Shield would be the best faction of all time." Seth said, his voice was all shaky.

Jericho stared right into Seth's eyes intensely as he hissed, "For him, DX will be the best faction of all time and no one can do nothing about it. Maybe he'll try to promote you as individuals now."

Seth continued to shake his head. "No... No..." he mumbled. He was very much in shock. "He'd never separate us. No, he won't ever separate us. He has always wanted us to be together."