It’d been a couple hours since Velorn had disappeared from Dom’s sight, up the stairs. The others in the group were finally waking up and they folded their blankets, besides Is and Cril who wore theirs across their shoulders. Dom was still feeling cold as he spoke in a neutral tone to the others,” Velorn made breakfast before work, he stored it in the the container on the countertop.” Some of them cheered happily as the others just smiled. Although Mik was smiling, she looked at him suspiciously from the corner of her eye. He felt Mik sit beside him with her food and he shifted his cold gaze toward her. She ate as she spoke,” So what’s up with you Dom? You seem a little icy today, haven’t heard or seen you like this since two months ago.” Dom shrugged his shoulders as he said,” Just shit you know.” but in his head Velorn’s shy face popped up with a slight flash of angry red. He knew Mik caught that anger and she asked,” Well where’s V? I know he gets home around 11 on stock days.” Dom’s mind was empty as she asked the question, so he shrugged again,” He disappeared a couple hours ago.” Mik froze beside him before she put down her food. She fully turned her face to him glaring when she asked another question,” What the hell do you mean “disappeared” Dominic?” Dom didn’t understand the issue when he told her he disappeared upstairs and she ran up there before he even finished saying stairs. He shrugged once again when the others asked what was going on in confusion. Pulling out a cigarette from his pack and grabbing his lighter Dom walked to Velorn’s backyard where he lit it and took a long drag.
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Velorn snapped awake as he heard banging on closet door. “Open this fucking door right now Velorn!” he heard Mik’s voice outside. He crawled over to the door and unlocked it. Velorn cracked the door open peaking his eyes out. His eyes searched the room to make sure no one else was there before he abruptly pulled her in the closet with him. He shut the door and locked it quickly, but as quiet as possible. No one knew about his closet hideaway but her and he wanted to keep it that way. As he crawled back to the back of the closet where he knew Mik was waiting his eyes watered, but he held back knowing the conversation already. “Tell me what’s wrong V, what happened?” Mik asked him and he laid tucked beneath her chin as she rubbed his back. Velorn burst into tears once again, his sobs wracking through his body. “I-i did it a-again M,” he struggled to talk through his tears,” b-but he was so nice a-and he’s h-hot a-and I couldn’t h-help i-it.” He rubbed his eyes as he tried to stop the tears. Mik hushed him as she asked,” What do you mean V? Who?” Velorn felt his face heat up beneath his tears as he tried to explain it. “W-well, y-you know- I j-just- I didn’t m-mean to M.” he sniffled trying to control his breathing,” b-but D-dom’s r-really hot a-and he was s-so nice to m-me. But I-i g-got it wrong a-again. I-i w-was so so w-wrong.” He could feel Mik’s little chuckle when he’d said Dom’s name. He spoke again before she could ask,” a-and s-so of c-course I-i tried to i-initiate a-a sort o-of contact, b-but h-he p-pulled away. Th-then f-for some r-reason he w-was r-really cold t-today. I-I’m n-not even V-Vel anym-more. H-he c-called me V-Velorn. I-i d-don’t e-even k-know why. I-i d-don’t think I-i did anyth-thing, s-so I-i g-guess i-its j-just me r-right?” As he once again came to this realization he froze. “It was always me, I was always the problem. It was me.” His voice was raspy from crying as he whispered it out while sitting up. “No V, we’re not doing this again. It’s not on you babes.” He heard Mik say to hi, in a stern voice. “But it is. It has to be me. But don’t worry V, I can fix it. I can fix myself. I can do this.” He told her excitedly as he turned and faced her,” I can change M! I can change and then he’ll like me too M!” He grabbed her in a hug as he squealed,” Now you have to get out M, I have to get ready.” He quickly opened the door and turned on all his lights. “I can change and make this work.” Velorn thought to himself with determination. He immediately started taking off his clothes and piercings. Velorn was so distracted that he didn’t even notice Mik’s worried gaze as she realized he was slipping, he didn’t notice her quietly leaving the room.
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Dom was sitting on the couch playing Waterconnect waiting for Mik, the others had already left so it was just them. He suddenly heard rapid steps on the stairs. He felt a pull on his arm as he looked up to see Mik dragging him towards the stairs looking crazed. “What are you doing Mik? Let me go.” He told her in his cold tone. She spun around and punched him in the arm roughly. “You need to fix this. You need to fix this now, and I mean within the next couple hours or I swear on my life I will feed you alive to the sketchiest animal I can find.” She turned back around dragging him towards Velorn’s room and all Dom could do was be confused. She opened the door shoving him in first. “M! You’re back! I need your help okay! I got out all the jewelry, but I can’t reach the rest of my back.” He could hear Velorn’s voice coming from the bathroom. Suddenly Velorn’s red rimmed eyes peeled out of the bathroom doors edge. His eyes went wide before he slammed the bathroom door shut yelling,” No Mik! I’m not ready yet! Get him out! He can’t see yet!” Dom sent a confused look towards Mik, but all he got in response was a wave towards the bathroom door. He took slow steps towards the door and slowly opened it. “Did you get him out M? I only need a little longer, but I’m no ready yet.” Velorn said to Dom thinking it was Mik. Dom heard Mik answer behind him,” Yes V. I sent him downstairs, just turn around and I’ll get your back for you.” Dom looked back at her in question to see her worriedly looking inside the bathroom. What he saw when he looked back inside the bathroom broke his icy demeanor instantly. His heart was breaking inside as he saw the top parts of Velorn’s angel wings tattoo covered. “What’s taking you so long M? Come get the rest. I have to finish getting ready for him.” He heard Velorn’s voice speaking in a rasp tone. Dom’s eyes began to tear as he whispered,” What are you doing?” Velorn whipped around with wide eyes. “No, no, no Dom. You can’t be in here yet. I’m not ready.” He could see Velorn’s little frown and his hazed eyes, but that wasn’t what he noticed. There were empty piercing holes in his nipples, his stomach jewelry was gone, his ears bare. “I’m sorry Dom, I’m still getting ready. I know you can still see the holes, but I have a way to fix that too see!” It hurt Dom deeply to see the way he smiled ass he held up the tiny patches that matched his skin. “And I have hair dye and contacts too! You can choose any color you want! I can fix it all, just tell me!” Dom watched as he pulled out different colors of everything and set them on his bathroom sink. Dom had to wipe his tears away as he asked in a stern voice,” What are you doing?” He watched Velorn freeze and then slowly stand up straight again looking confused. “I told you I’m getting ready.” Velorn said to him gently. Dom entered just next to the doorframe before he asked another question,” Getting ready for what?” He saw Velorn’s face relax as he giggled which warmed his heart some until he heard Velorn’s answer,” I’m getting ready for you silly.” Dom’s entire being froze before he looked back at Mik. He saw her sad, pleading gaze directed at him to fix whatever was going on as she backed out of Velorn’s room and shut the door quietly. He turned back to Velorn to see his head now tilted in wonder with a small smile and his hands held together behind his back. “Why are you getting ready for me?” Dom asked him in an even tone but more gently. Velorn turned back to the colors as if Dom’s questioning had been a distraction,” I’m getting ready so you’ll like me back of course.” He watched Velorn as his head moved up again and his red rimmed eyes made contact with Dom’s and he spoke again,” I just need a little more time Dom. Then everything will be fixed and I can be your Vel again. I promise I can fix it, just- just give me a few minutes. Just choose the colors you want and then I’ll be your Vel again I promise. I’ll fix it! I know I can!” Velorn’s tone was desperate, but his words were what made Dom realize the cause of this all. “No,” Dom thought to himself,” this is all because of the way I acted today.” Dom almost choked on his words so he cleared his throat before speaking to Velorn again,” Why would you think anything is wrong Velorn?” He asked him. He watched Velorn slam his hands down on the counter and glare at him through the mirror before he yelled,” No! It’s Vel! Vel! Vel! Vel! Okay! I told you I can be Vel again! Then you’ll like me back and we can go on more car rides where you’ll actually touch me though a-and you’ll make my fantasies real! A-and when I get home, you’ll greet me nicely! T-then we’ll cuddle a-all day!” Dom never knew it was possible for a heart to swell and break at the same time. This whole time he was jealous and cold for no reason at all, he was jealous of himself this whole time, it made his heart swell to know Velorn had felt this way for him, but it also broke him knowing that those feelings were causing him to break. Dom grabbed his face with both of his hands what Velorn struggled to try and get away yelling,” No! No! You have to go away! I’m not ready yet!” Dom glared at him into his eyes and Velorn froze. “Vel.” Dom said to him sternly through gritted teeth. The moment Dom called him Vel he could feel Velorn’s entire body go lax as he crumbled to the floor. Dom sighed as he put away all the stuff Velorn had pulled out. He grabbed a wipe using it to wipe away the makeup blocking his angel wings tattoo. Dom carried him bridal style before placing him on his bed. He opened the jewelry box set a top the dresser and picked out jewelry for his ears first. Once he’d arranged the jewelry in his ears he chose studded jewelry for his nipples and and a simple gold piece for his stomach. When the jewelry was done he grabbed some loose silk black pants and took of his white hoodie now realizing it was the one Vel had used the night before. He dressed Velorn in them both before sitting at the top of the bed. He moved the blankets before grabbing Vel and resting him between his legs and atop his chest. He covered them both, hugging Vel tightly to his chest as he traced patterns on the side of his torso beneath the hoodie. “My sweet, sweet Vel,” Dom whispered kissing his forehead,” I’m so, so sorry. I’ll explain it all tomorrow. You need not change at all because you are perfect.”
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