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Bonus Chapter: The Phone Call

***ONE WEEK LATER

Chase's POV

I woke up feeling sad today. I have this sinking feeling in my stomach and I'm not sure why until I unlock my phone and see that it's...

Noen and my anniversary, I think to myself

...or it would have been if Thomas hadn't forced us to break up.
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***FLASHBACK TO 6 MONTHS AGO

It's Christmastime and my boyfriend Noen has come to stay at the Hype House for the holidays. He could barely get a foot in the door before I whisked him upstairs to my bedroom. The others complained that I was stealing him away all the time but I didn't care. We had gone longer than usual in-between visits and I missed him in a way they could never understand. I needed his touch, and badly.

As soon as we reached my room we began to make out fiercely while stumbling toward the bed. I was so eager I forgot to lock the door. We skipped all pleasantries and started to undress down to our underwear. Noen pushes me onto the bed and climbs on top of me. He kisses from my neck down to my collarbone and begins to palm me through my boxers. I moan lightly into his ear. I grip his hand and guide it underneath the elastic band. Before I can do the same on him, we hear the sound of someone opening the bedroom door.

It's Thomas! He had found it suspicious that we were so quick to run off and followed us up here. We immediately pulled away from each other and sprang off the bed. Our hands instinctively flew to our crotches trying to cover up the obvious hardness there.

Thomas yells, "What do you think you're doing!?"

"Fucking my boyfriend. What does it look like?" I answer, standing up to Thomas.

Noen senses that it could become violent so he grabs my forearm and holds me back. In an effort to deescalate, he pleads, "Babe, don't."

It doesn't work. I become even more defensive, "No. We've been dating for half a year already. I'm tired of hiding how I feel about you."

"So, the rumors are true huh? Who else knows?" Thomas probes.

Noen cuts in to answer his question, "Just our family and friends back home. We were gonna tell you guys tomorrow after opening presents."

Thomas walks up and pushes me out of the way to get to Noen. "Oh no, you won't. You're gonna pack your shit and make some kind of excuse why you have to leave, now. Don't make a scene," Thomas says before turning to me, "And remember, I don't like being lied too."

I try to plead with him but Thomas just continues to threaten us both. Once he leaves the room, Noen and I realize there's nothing we could do. He starts to pack. There isn't much as he has only been in LA for a few days. I try to help but I'm too distraught to move. I watch him through tear-filled eyes put away the gift I gave him. He was supposed to open it tomorrow morning.

"I'll keep it," he tells me, "We can open each other's presents when we see each other again, and we will see each other again."

I love him for being so sure but he doesn't know Thomas. Thomas has a need to be in control and he hates things being hidden from him. I know he will do whatever it takes to keep us apart just to spite me for daring to have privacy.

When Noen finishes packing, I walk him downstairs and we said goodbye to the rest of the members. Noen makes up a family emergency and tells them he has to go back home ASAP. Thomas has already bought him a ticket for a redeye back to Georgia. He would've driven him to the airport if I hadn't insisted on doing it myself.  I want to soak up every last second I can with my boyfriend.