Suspicious
Ricky yawned and stretched his arms, scooting backwards when he noticed two eyes peering at him from the shadows of... Ren’s room? Why was he in Ren’s room? Hadn’t he been like abducted or something?
“WILLIAM HE’S AWAKE!” Ren shouted, rushing over to Ricky’s side.
“Hey! Can you please talk a little quieter? My head is pounding.” Ricky rubbed his head as if to prove that it was indeed pounding. Whatever Loverboy had given him numbed the pain from the giant bump on his head. Now that it wore off, Ricky was able to feel all the damage that Steve had done to his body. Thankfully, his asshole didn’t hurt; it appeared Loverboy had kept his hands to himself.
“Ricky!” William ran over to his beat up boyfriend and gave him an awkward side hug.
“Watch the ribs dumbass.” Ricky muttered under his breath. William and Ren glanced at each other, but said nothing. “What?” Ricky grumbled. Ren and William looked at each other again before Ren finally spoke up. “Umm Ricky,” he started. “Aren’t you going to ask like I dunno, how you got here?!”
“Yeah!” William continued, “We know that guy wasn’t really your cousin, and he sort of just kidnapped you!” They both looked at Ricky, waiting for him to say something.
Fuck, now Ricky had to come of with a cover story for Loverboy. Obviously, Ren and William would force him to report the incident to the police, leaving very little leeway for Ricky to do what he actually wanted. He chuckled darkly as he imagined how Loverboy’s face would look after being bashed in with a hammer.
“Uhh you good buddy?” Ren asked warily. “I’m fine.” Ricky covered his mouth, realizing that he had been evilly giggling for a little while. “Anyways,” Ricky continued like nothing had happened, “Loverbo- I mean Greyson is my uh… MOM’S boyfriend.”
“Wait what?!” Ren covered his mouth in shock. “Mrs. Dagger has a boyfriend???”
“Um yes… My dad doesn’t know anything about it though, so please keep this a secret guys.” Ricky forced himself to produce a few tears to really sell the story. William crossed his arms and looked at Ricky with a puzzled expression, but Ren, being Ren, wrapped his arms tightly around the injured boy. “Of course we won’t say anything! I’m so sorry you had to go through this alone.” Ricky felt his shoulder dampen. Great, Ren had started slobbering all over him. He swore that boy was just too damn emotional.
“So he’s your mom’s boyfriend, great. That still doesn’t explain why he ran off with your unconscious body, or why he chewed me out!” William countered Ricky’s cover story. “Oh uhhh,” Ricky started, wondering how he could possibly give a reasonable explanation for his abduction. “He was bringing me my lunch box because I accidentally left it at home. I guess he saw the fight and decided to intervene.”
“And then run off with your unconscious body?” William asked, not convinced. “Yes, I mean no you see, he’s a nurse and legally he was required to give me medical assistance, but he couldn’t do that at the school. As for chewing you out, Lov- Greyson has really bad anger issues, so I apologise on his behalf.”
“THEN WHY’D HE LEAVE YOU PASSED OUT ON REN’S PORCH HUH?” William questioned, convinced that Ricky was hiding something. “Well, I didn’t know about that, but I’m sure it was because my father was home. I mean, my mom’s boyfriend can’t really just waltz into the house if my dad's home.”
“Oh give it a rest Will!” Ren started petting my head. “I’m sure it's awkward for Ricky to talk about Greyson, he is dating Mrs. Dagger after all.” Ren frowned as he said this, as if infidelity was the worst possible crime one could commit.
“You're right, I’m sorry Ricky.” William leaned in for a kiss, but Ricky swerved him. “Not in front of Ren, you know it makes him sad.” That was somewhat true, Ren was emotional and wanted a boyfriend, but Ricky also used the excuse to avoid having to kiss William. Sure he was attractive enough, but it grossed Ricky out whenever the two locked lips.
“Guys, as I told you already, I really don’t care,” Ren sniffled. “I’m just fine being alone forever.” A few tears rolled down Ren’s cheeks, and Ricky looked at him, annoyed.
“Well, since you're feeling better, I need to get going. My mom said she wanted me home for dinner.” William squeezed Ricky’s hand then walked out of Ren’s bedroom, Ren shouting “say hi to Mrs. Carter for me!” as he left.
“Ricky… I know this may be insensitive.” Ren started nervously. “Just say it!” Ricky groaned, wishing he still had some of the drugs Loverboy gave him in his system. His whole body ached as if he had been hit by a truck. I mean, That was kind of true Steve Thomas was the size of a truck.
“How did your mom pull someone that fine!? Like he’s hot and RICH!” Ricky looked at Ren, unsurprised. “He’s also a creep, so stay away from him Ren.” Ren grumbled a response to Ricky’s demand, reluctantly agreeing to stay away from Loverboy.
After their brief conversation, Ren announced that he had to pee and left the room, leaving Ricky alone. He was thankful for the short break from his friend. Sure, Ren was one of the few people that he actually tolerated, but his head hurt and he wasn’t in the mood to discuss Top 10 Hottest Guys at PineCrest Highschool. He closed his eyes, hoping to fall asleep before Ren came back.
There was a loud slam as Ren’s window was thrown open and quickly shut. “What the?” Ricky muttered to himself as he slid out of bed to inspect the situation. On the floor, right below the window, was a note attached to a small baggie that contained 3 small white pills.
Thought you might need this after the tranquilizers wore off, my love.
Ricky tore up the note and threw it out the window as a fuck-you to Loverboy, then limped back to Ren’s bed, cupping the pills in his hand. He knew better than to take random drugs gifted from your stalker, but he also wanted his head to stop throbbing so damn much. Hearing Ren walking down the hallway, no doubt headed to his room, Ricky popped all three pills into his mouth and swallowed them dry.
“Woah, what’d I miss?” Ren looked at Ricky, whose face was flushed, a few beads of sweat decorating his forehead. “Noth-” Ricky started, but passed out cold before he could fully respond.
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