Jax's POV

We had all been stuck in an awkward silence since Ryder and I walked in on Callum and Liam making out. 

Ryder had explained to me that he and Liam have an open relationship but I couldn't help but think there was something more to it. Most people in an open relationship don't go bat shit when someone stares at their partner. 

Nevertheless I let it go for now. It wasn't any of my business as to what type of relationship my roommates had. 

 Diner passed slowly due to the slight awkwardness that had us surrounded but I was just glad I wouldn't be fighting tonight. I was still very sore from last night and I'm not sure I could move my arms too far over my head right now even if I really wanted to.

 The rest of the day goes about as well as could be expected.

Ryder and I forgot my sheets earlier so I had to borrow Callum's extra set of bedding. I quietly folded my new clothes and placed them in the dresser closest to my bed. I began settling into my new home but I still didn't really like that I as here rather than on the street.

I'd be fighting only when I wanted to, providing for myself, only having to worry about winning and not my streak. Everything would be fine id I wasn't stuck here. 

In all honesty if it weren't for my father, fighting wouldn't have been that bad. I loved fighting. The problem came when my dad made stupid bets or rigged the fights all together. 

I simply sigh deeply as I sit down on my freshly made bed that now smelled faintly like Callum, not that I'm complaining; he actually smelled really good.

Ryder and Callum were cuddling together on Ryder's bed while Lim glared at both of them with a pout on his face. It was clear that he was in the doghouse about something and wasn't very happy with the way his boyfriend was punishing him. 

Every time he got up to join the pair Ryder would glare at him harshly, making Liam sit back down. After he did Ryder would smile and whisper something in Callum's ear before kissing his neck, which only mad Liam more jealous but all he could do was fume silently from his bed. 

Part of me wanted to jokingly open my arms to him just so I could watch him explode with utter rage simply because it would be hilarious but I figured I've made him mad enough for one day. 

"Be mad at me," Liam finally said after a whole two hours of nothing but the sound of breathing. "Yell at me, throw something, wreck my shit, do all of the above but don't just sit there like I'm not even here. You know how much I can't stand when people do that." 

There was an undertone of utter pain in the last sentence that had Ryder flinching against Callum with a slight frown against his pink lips. Liam's voice seemed to break almost but I brush away the thought away; Liam didn't seem like the type of person to cry easily.

 Ryder just looked away sadly while Callum said something silently in his ear. Liam stood up from his bed quickly while all but glaring at his boyfriend before walking closer with a slight stomp in his step. 

I can help but watch him closely as he grabs Ryder harshly by the wrist. I go to stand up angrily ready to yell at Liam for being so ruff when Callum shot me a look that told me to stay put for a second.

I frown but stay put as I watch Liam pull Ryder up and out of the cabin before slamming the door shut, leaving Callum and I in a glaring battle. Well, I was glaring at him; he was giving me a small smile. 

"Why are you looking at me like that?" I snap as I continue to glare at him. He simply smiled and bit his lip.

 "Because you actually thought Liam would hurt Ryder and ready to fight him over it." I can't help but huff at Callum as I rolled my eyes and lay back onto the bed. 

We were quiet for a while since neither of us knew each other well enough to start a conversation until Callum decided he was tired of the quietness that had lasted all afternoon. 

"Street fighter huh?" He said after a few minutes. His voice was light hearted but I could pick up the unsaid curiously in his voice.

"Yep."

 "What was that like?"

 "Painful."

 Callum hummed at my one word response. 

"I use to deal drugs," he said out of nowhere like it was no big deal. 

"What was it like?" I mimic him. 

"Dangerous. I could have died the night I was dragged here. A deal had gone wrong, people shot guns, some random person called the cops, I was taken before anything major happened though."

I didn't really know how to respond to Callum's story so I just didn't and waited for him to say something else.

 "How about you? Do you have any old war stories?"

I almost laugh out loud at his question. Oh the stories I could tell, none of them good. 

"Not any that you would like." Callum must have sensed that I was clamming up about this topic because he changed the subject quickly, though the topic wasn't much better than the last.

"Did you leave anyone behind? You know, now that you're here and won't be able to talk to them?" My dad popped into my head for a split second before I push him out.

"No," I answer firmly with a frown on my face.

 "Really," he asked, surprise filled his voice. "Not a girlfriend or a boss or anything?"

 "Well my boss was my dad and I won't be sad to see him go, so no."

"What about a boyfriend?" His voice was innocent but I could tell he was prying. 

My mind drifted to my dad yet again. I'm not sure if he ever actually knew or was just trying to make sure I never ended up as a faggot but he made sure I knew I wasn't allowed to be gay. He liked to remind me of it when I watch some of the boys fight shirtless for a little too long or when we got home after I watched too long before he hit me. 

"No," I all but spat while shaking my head away from the painful thought.

Liam's POV

I drag Ryder out of the cabin event though I know he doesn't want to be out here with me but I was a whole three minutes away from a mental breakdown.

I pull him to the lake that was surrounded by trees. No guards ever come this way at night since they are on nightshift and don't actually care about anything we do this late as long as we weren't doing it in plain sight.

"What's wrong with you?" Ryder finally asked after a few minutes of us standing silently. 

The water lapped the bank with a hushed sound as the moonlight bounced off the water and onto Ryder's face.

"I know I crossed a line," I say when I know the tears pilling up behind my eyelids aren't about to fall as I look at the ground. "I know I crossed a very hard, bold line that I should have but I did and I messed up and I'm sorry about it but don't shut me out."

My voice creaks slightly at the last sentence making Ryder's eyes widen when he hears it. He moves closer to me and takes my face in his hand and pushing it up to look at him. 

"Liam, -"

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry it just slipped out but I was just, -" 

"Liam, calm down," he cut me off with a small smile as he brought his body closer to mine. "I didn't mean to let it go this far." 

 "Just don't do that again." I say as I pull his small frame against mine and hold him close, tears finally falling fro my face. "It was really scary. Please don't."

"I won't," he promised as he let me cry on his shoulder. "I should have known better. I won't do it again. Callum told me not to but I didn't think it was still this bad."

 "It's not going to get better." Ryder went to tell me that it would but I shook my head against his skin, silencing him before he even got a word out. 

"This was supposed to be my apology." I say as I back away from Ryder and turn him towards the water before dragging him down to sit on my lap. "I know it's been a while since we got to just come sit and watch the stars."

"I love it. Thank you and I'm sorry too."

"Forget it together?" I asked while holding up my pinkie for him to connect his with mine. 

He smiled sadly at me before connected out fingers and holding them tightly.

"Forget it together."