Chapter 15

Mitch frowned, but stood up to strip down to his boxers so that he could climb into bed. Todrick peeked his head in the room, waving at Mitch. "Goodnight, Munchie. Goodnight, Alpha. I hope you feel better tomorrow." Mitch ran over and hugged him. "Goodnight, Toddy!" Todrick chuckled a little and then headed towards his own room. Mitch slowly started to close the door, but Avi put a hand on the door out of nowhere, startling Mitch a little. Avi looked in the room and leaned on the doorframe. "Maybe tomorrow you and I can have a civilized conversation. Figure this out." Mitch climbed into the bed beside Scott, who put an arm around him before answering. "I'd really rather not." "I didn't ask. We're gonna figure this out. Goodnight, Rookie." Scott sighed and closed his eyes. Mitch turned a little, and turned back a few seconds later. He grabbed Scott's hand, and then let go. Scott wasn't going to say anything, until Mitch turned over again a minute later. Scott opened his eyes and frowned at the boy beside him. "Are you alright? You're fidgety." Mitch froze and met his eyes. "I'm sorry. I don't mean to be." "Well, what's wrong?" "You.. I don't like when you're upset.." Mitch mumbled. Scott rolled over to face Mitch, and pointed at the wall beside Mitch. "Face that way." Mitch instantly flipped over, pressing his back into Scott's front. Scott took a deep breath and relaxed his arm as he laid it over Mitch's waist. "Better? Comfy?" Mitch nodded and felt his eyelids start to get heavier as sleep finally seemed possible. Mitch set his hand on top of Scott's, pressing it into his stomach gently. "You can tell me anything... You know that, don't you?" "Well... Sure. I mean, I guess so. There's just a lot of things I don't want to scare you with." Mitch turned a little, but Scott held him too tight for him to do what he wanted. Mitch whined. "Alpha... Just talk to me. Tell me about what happened with Drew. That's what's bothering you the most." "I just.. No. No, I don't want to. Mitch, I don't want to talk about this." Scott said, followed by a sigh. Mitch frowned and held on tighter to the arm Scott had around his waist. "But...You're hurting yourself by not talking about it..." "Honey. I'm fine. I promise. Just.. Stop." Scott took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Okay. I'm sorry." "Don't be. I'm sorry for trying to pry." Scott took another deep breath. He removed his arm from Mitch and then patted his lap, still laying down. "Come here." Mitch turned a little, and then obeyed, moving over to straddle Scott's hips. Scott grabbed one of his hands, and then used his other hand to pull Mitch's neck down in a kiss. Mitch sat up a little, pulling Scott's hand away from his neck. "No. No more kisses until you talk to me. You don't have to be nervous. You don't have to be stressed. Because I'm here for you." Scott tried to grab his neck once more for a kiss, but Mitch held his wrist. "I said no. Stop it. Talk to me. What's on your mind?" "But... I just.. I don't know. I felt vulnerable. I felt.. Like an object, almost. All I could do was sit there and let them fuck around with me. I'm sorry for cursing.. This is just how my thought process works... The object thing? I've never felt that way before. As an Alpha, it's always been what I say goes. Even Avi respects my opinions. He doesn't always agree, but he at least listens. This was something else." Mitch let go of Scott's wrist and set his hand on Scott's chest instead. "I'm sorry... I know that this probably won't help.. But I know what that feels like, remember? I feel that almost every day. But.. I can tell you that you're certainly not an object to me. You're a person. A beautiful person. You're my warrior, remember?" Scott smiled a little. "I talked. Kiss now?" Mitch giggled a little and leaned down to kiss him. When he tried to pull away, Scott held him down by the back of his neck. Mitch tried to speak against Scott's lip, but it came out a little mumbled. "Alpha.." Scott finally let go and then smiled at him. "You're such a gorgeous human being. Do you know that? Inside and out, you're absolutely gorgeous." Mitch smiled softly at him. "You're so sweet." He leaned down to kiss him once more, pulling away to whisper into his ear. "And you taste even sweeter." ********