F*cking cliché

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The party inside started to become less and less exciting.

There was just a small group left and everyone was just talking at this point.

I was talking with a random guy until Levi drags me away.

'Don't be friends with him, stay away from him,' he whispers.
'I'm sorry? It's my choice to decide who I want to be friends with or not.'
'He's dangerous.' 'You are too.'

He groans as he pinches my arm.

'You don't want to be friends with him.' 'Why are you deciding th..'
'He's a rapist Calum.'

He was so nice and that just got crushed in one sentence.

'Why the fuck are you friends with a..'
'I just know him.'

'Don't give me that look Cal.'
'I just don't know how and why yo..'
'Darling, stop it. I need my connections alright.'

He leads me to "Backstage".
The area where the toilets are at basically.

'I need to confirm something with you.' 'And you just thought of that?'
'Yupp.. it basically just hit me.'
'Go ahead.'

He softly pins me against the wall assuring me he isn't going to hurt me and stares into my eyes.

'Are you still behind the thing you told me on Christmas?' He asks.
'Remind me what I said.. I talk a lot.'
'You're mine if I want you.'
'Oh that, of course I'm still behind that. I wouldn't be kissing you if I didn't like you anymore.'

I gasp when his hand trails upwards underneath my clothes.

'I'm obsessed with you Calum.'
'I know.'

The way his hands are moving is making it so hard for me not to get aroused.

He smirks as he continues what he's doing.

'It feels good doesn't it?'
'It's so wrong though..'
'Be with me.'
I look at him with confusion.
'I'm asking you to,' he looks away, 'to be.. my boyfriend.'

My heart skips a few beats.

'Calum?'

The hopeful look in his eyes brings me back to the world we live in.

'How.. how will we make it work?'
'Well.. work is work, we can't change that, but we can make all of this work. My house and your house can be safe zones and I'm sure we will manage.'
'I.. holy shit.. I never espected you to like me back. Will you protect me?'
'I'll try to.. I can't promise you it.'
'It's alright.. I.. of course I want to be with you.. damn right I want that.'

'But?' 'But I don't know if I can deal with constantly lying about our relationship.'

He sighs deeply and closes it's eyes.. it's like he needs to calm himself down. Even his hand slightly pinches my skin to prove it.

'Levi.. you're hurting me,' I whisper.
'I don't really cope well with denial.'
'But you don't have too,' I mumble.

His hands move more and more upwards and stop when they reach just below my ribs.

'I should be feeling cold with my stomach exposed like this but..'
'But you feel warm.. safe.. loved.'
'I guess.'
'You feel this every time I lay a finger on you don't you?'
'Levi why do you need to torture me this much?' I mumble.
'Torture,' he moves his hands away and lays them next to his sides, 'I think my definition of torture is different from yours.'

I sigh and try to walk away from the whole situation.. that's just what I do.

'No,' his voice is rough as he pins me back against the wall, 'No Calum I want an answer.'
'I,' my eyes go up towards his hands digging mine into the concrete, 'You're quite intimidating.'

He mumbles a sorry as he moves his hands back.

'Levi of course I like you.. and of course I'm willing to give myself to you, but it's my dad.. he will skin me alive if he finds out I'm dating a guy.'
'Who says he will?'
'I almost drowned because he was mad at me,' I mumble.
'He did what?!'
'Levi lower your voice.'
'I'll murder him I swear.'

I grab his hand.

'Levi, don't get this angry.. I'll explain it all to you later.'
'I'll protect you from him alright.. I can do that.'

He groans when I still haven't answered this "easy" question.

'Calum do you take the honours of being my not so partner in crime?'
'You know.. fuck it, why would I hold myself back.'
'Is that a yes?' 'Yeah.'

He smiles and pulls me into an embrace almost squeezing me to death.

'Yo Levi, are you and your doll still coming or not?'
'Excuse you? He's not a doll alright.'
'Levi it's fine, don't get mad at your friends.. not now,' I whisper.
I turn to his friend standing next to us. 'Just a few more minutes, we'll be there soon.' 'Okay..'

I wait for his friend to leave and take a hold of his hand.

'Levi if it gets dangerous for one of us we'll need to end it.'
'I'm aware,' he sighs, 'but I'll try my best not to let it get that far.'
'We're going to be fine?'
'Of course we are darling.'

'

'Levi I probably need to go,' I whisper to him after talking and having fun with his friends for a while.
'I understand, let me walk you out.'

Just in the hallway of this big building he stops his tracks.

'Here take this with you,' he hands me a small glass tube, 'It's old but at least you got something to give them.'
'What is this?'

I move the tube around slowly and hold it up to the light to take a look at the liquid inside.

'It's an older version of the virus. So.. be careful with it, it's deadly.'
'Deadly? You would only know that if you tested it.' 'Correct.'
'What are you testing on?' I ask afraid for his answer.
'This batch was tested on plants.'
'And the others?' 'Animals.'
'You're horrible,' I mumble.
'It's just.. just what I need to do.'

'Anyway, wait until those two people walk out the building and walk with them, it'll make you look less suspicious.' 'Okay..'
'Oh and Calum, see you on Tuesday.'
'Tuesday?' I repeat. 'You'll see.'