Coral Red ❤︎ [Brallon]

25.

(TW: very small mentions of blood)

Brendon's POV
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The scene that had just unfurled in front of me scared me half to death. I had never seen Dallon act like that before, and that side of him was scary.

I grip the couch so hard my hands hurt, but I could care less. I was shaking horribly, and now it was getting harder for me to breathe again. I was scared of what had just happened. I knew that Dallon had lashed out because of what Ryan did, but it still scared me no matter what.

My leg hurt where Ryan had slapped me, and I didn't realize it could hurt that much, but I guess my tail was a lot thicker skinned than my legs, so it hurt more. Usually my tail never hurt unless I got cramps, the only thing that hurt was when I got tears in my fins, my scales blocked my tail from getting cut or scraped.

I looked up and Dallon was breathing hard, blood dripping from his nose. I felt hot tears streaming down my cheeks, landing on my jeans and sinking into the fabric. He looked scary, and Ryan didn't look much better.

I still didn't understand why he didn't like me. He used everything against me, my crying, my whimpering, even the fact that I called Dallon "Dally". But the minute I did stand up for myself, Ryan lashed out at me again.

I just didn't understand.

Josh's grip slightly loosens on Dallon, but it's not a whole lot since Dallon still looked mad, but when he looks back to me, I see his eyes widen, and he suddenly stops, relaxing more in Josh's hold.

Ryan still looked very mad, and he was trying to yank himself away from Tyler. Tyler kept a firm grip though, and he held Ryan back still.

"You both need to calm down, look at you!" Tyler says, gesturing to both of them and then he gestures to me. "You're going to give him a panic attack, which I'm pretty sure you've already done!"

I had never heard of a panic attack, but I guess that's what this was that I was currently dealing with. My chest was tight, and my heart still felt like it was beating in my throat, and I was shaking like crazy.

"I don't fucking care!" Ryan yells, and I flinch. "He should learn how to deal with it himself! He doesn't need to be such a little bitch all the time, he can even take a slap to the leg! He's pathetic!"

"He's never done anything to you Ryan! He tried to be nice to you, and all you've done is treat him like he's nothing!" Josh yells, and he still continues to keep his hold on Dallon.

"That's because he is nothing. He's just a pathetic, worthless, burden on Dallon! He's nothing, so stop defending him! Do you not realize he would be nothing without Dallon?!" Ryan yells back.

That hurt.. a lot.

A weak sob escapes my lips before I think about it, and Ryan tsks. He just told me I was nothing. I was just a worthless burden on Dallon.

"See?! He's already crying again! He's so fucking pathetic! Why don't you see that?!" Ryan yells, making me flinch again.

"I c-can't br-breat-the.. D-Dally.. T-Ty, Jos-sh.." I whimper out, and my voice was hoarse and quiet, so I honestly doubted that any of them could hear my little plea of help.

Ryan wipes the blood from his lip and he just rolls his eyes. Did he hear me?

I take gasping breaths now, since I can't control them, and my head hurts, maybe from crying so much?

"D-Dally.." I try again, and I definitely know that Ryan heard me that time, because for a split second, he looks at me. Why didn't he get anyone else's attention then?