Theo's POV
My knuckles are all beaten up. Mentally and physically I'm exhausted. I can't have anyone ever hurting who I love most in this world.
Gabe and Nolan won't want to mess with Liam anymore...
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Liam's POV
I woke up from a nap, still really tired. I forgot I'm supposed to go to the movies with Theo today. I quickly run in the shower and get ready so I can meet him at his place. Once I finish and dry off and I grab a pair of jeans and throw on a grey shirt. I style my hair and start my walk towards my boyfriends house.
I check my phone and notice I'm 20 minutes early, oh well. I'm sure he won't mind if I pop in. I grab the spare key he gave me and walked in. I hear the shower running signaling he's still getting ready.
I decide to grab something to drink. I walk back into the living room and sit down. I look to my left and see Theo's shirt. Except it doesn't look like Theo's shirt at all. No not Theo's normal shirt, this one is bloody. Why's it all bloody?
I set my drink down and walk over to the shirt examining it. I smell the blood, and one more thing. More like two more things. Gabe and Nolan's scent is all over this shirt.
"Liam! You're here early. Let me just change." Theo walks over to greet me. He stops once I turn around with the shirt in my hand. "Liam." Theo slowly goes to grab my hand when I slap it away.
"Theo what the hell is this?" I firmly state. When he says nothing I get even angrier. "You should've left them be. I TOLD YOU NOT TO HURT THEM!" I shouted at him and he winced at the volume.
"Liam they put you in the hospital. I couldn't let them slide with that." Theo tried to reason with me. Now they won't stop coming for me. It doesn't help that my boyfriend did this. They already have prejudice of my sexuality.
"Did you kill them?" I whisper. I don't want to ask this but it needs to be done.
"That's what you think of me now?" Theo looks like he's going to cry. "DID YOU KILL THEM?" I shouted. I need to know.
"NO I DIDN'T! YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE I AM NOT A MURDERER!" Theo spat at me. The look on his face hurt more then his words did.
"You lied to me. You told me you wouldn't do anything." I told him.
"I couldn't just let them walk by thinking hurting you is okay because it's not Liam. It's not okay! If I don't get vengeance for you then who will?" Theo justifies.
"I see why you did it. The thing is I don't like being lied to. What else have you lied about? Your feelings?" I whisper.
"You think through all of this I don't really love you? I DID THIS BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!" Theo screams, pushing me back slightly.
"IF YOU LOVED ME YOU WOULDN'T HAVE LIED TO ME! YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BETRAYED ME AND HURT THE PEOPLE WHO BULLY ME." I scream back, I'm infuriated.
"Liam you don't understand. I love you and I did this because I love you and because I want our relationship to last." Theo pleads.
I start crying a little bit, knowing what's coming. "No you don't. For weeks you've been on and off. Hot and cold from loving to arguing. It always happens." I whisper, still crying.
"Liam that's not true. Just yesterday what happened? We were doing so good! We were so happy." Theo goes to grab my hand, causing me to cry even harder.
"Theo I don't know how long I can keep doing this." I tell him honestly. "Doing what? Being in a loving relationship with me?" Theo asks me.
"When you talk about us and happiness you keep saying were instead of are." I start to whimper.
"No Li, don't do this to me." Theo starts to cry.
"Theo I'm sorry, but I think we just need some time apart. Until we can figure out what's happening."
"You know what's happening? You're breaking up with me because you don't love me anymore." Theo cries out.
"That is NOT true. I NEVER STOPPED LOVING YOU. Never." I'm sobbing at this point, "don't make this harder then it has to be." I continue to cry.
"Back on that camping trip, you said there's nothing that would make you want to leave me. What the hell changed Liam?" Theo tried to stay calm but he didn't.
"We changed. Our relationship did." I tell him.
"BULLSHIT! NOTHING CHANGED LIAM. YOU ARE JUST THINKING OF EXCUSES TO GET OUT OF THIS RELATIONSHIP!" Theo screams so hard his face gets red.
I continue crying. "Goodbye Theo."
"No Liam, don't do this."
"It hurts me just as much as it hurts you." I whisper.
I don't give Theo the chance to respond as I walk out of his apartment, slamming the door. The second it closes I fall to the ground crying. I cry and cry until I can't feel anymore. I pull it together and run home. I slam my bedroom door shut and lay in bed. I can't believe I just hurt the one person who I love the most in this world.
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Theo's POV
Once that door slams shut I fall to the ground. My heart physically aches for this. I can't stop crying. The one relationship I got right I screw it up. How am I supposed to walk the halls at school and pretend like life is alright. Walk without the one boy who turned my life around for the better.
How am I supposed to move on from being with the love of my life. Who moves past from Liam Dunbar. The light at the end of the tunnel. The only good in this cruel world.
I guess I better get used to being alone again.