Triphilia - the third time has it's charm | book 3 | Scomavi

Chapter 19

Once at home, Mitch and Avi undressed and laid down in bed. Avi was propped up against the headboard and Mitch leaned against him. His eyes were closed as Avi was massaging his scalp carefully but firm enough to help with the pain.

"Is it getting better?" Avi whispered after a while.

"Mmhm..." Mitch hummed. "Feels so good. But I want to cuddle once Scott is back with us..."

"Of course, Love" Avi returned. He continued with the massage in quiet, knowing that it was helping Mitch.

It was only when Scott returned to the room and sat down on the bed with a huff that Mitch cracked his eyes open again. "What's wrong, Scotty?"

"The pictures are out, I talked to Esther, we're suing" the blonde replied graveley.

"I don't understand..." Avi said.

"They fucking photographed us  standing at Nonna's grave." Scott spat out the words, it was evident how angry he was.

"Excuse me?" Mitch sat up quickly and winced when he felt his head pound. 

"That's..." Avi didn't have any words, but he pulled Mitch back into his arms. "Shh... stay calm, Love. Your head won't get better if you work yourself up."

"I know..." Mitch let his head rest on Avi's chest again, moving hurt his head too much. "But it's just..."

"I know..." Avi returned and resumed his massage. "But as Scott said, we're suing them. Jonathan is on it already?"

"Yes" Scott said. "But still, I am so... how can they do this?" He jumped up and paced through the room. "I mean aren't we entitled to at least an ounce of privacy?" His voice got louder which caused Mitch to whine slightly. 

"Scott. Sit down and relax, please" Avi said and his voice was soft, yet with a firm undertone. "Mitch is in pain."

The last sentence caused Scott to comply. "How can you be so calm about it?"

Avi sighed deeply. "I am not calm, Scott. I am angry, I want to scream and find those who are responsible for that, but that would be wrong. We need to stick together now, Love and we need to trust our managers to handle the situation."

"I know, but..."

"Please, Scott..." Mitch whispered. "I need you, I need us." 

Scott took a deep breath. "You're right, sorry." 

"It's okay" Avi said softly. "Now... would you do us a favour and get us some water and pain meds for Mitchy?"

"Of course" Scott returned, happy that he had something to do to help his boyfriends. "I'll be back in a bit..." 

"I've got pills in my back... the good stuff. They'll make me drowsy, but I don't need to be anywhere tonight, do I?" Mitch asked.

"No, the only place you need to be right now is here in my arms..." Avi returned.

"Ok..." Scott returned. "I'll just get some water from downstairs and then I'll be with you."

"Be quick, I wanna cuddle" Mitch mumbled.

"Of course..."

Scott left the room and went downstairs into the kitchen and smiled slightly when he saw that Mitch's parents were sitting there. "Hey" he simply greeted them.

"Hi Scott, how how are you? How are Mitch and Avi?" Mike asked immediately. "We saw the pictures... "

Scott decided to sit down for just a moment. "Yes... It's bad. But I talked to Esther and Jonathan already and we're going to sue them. Apart from that we're shocked and especially Mitch is not feeling too good right now. He had a migraine coming when we were on the way back from the graveyard, but now it's even worse.