Say Something (Lams, Mute!Alex)

Chapter 18

(John's POV)

I was walking to class. Just walking. Then this asshole, and member of the SDR, Thomas Conway started walking with me. He tried to talk to me, and probably threaten me about something, but I just ignored him, not caring at all. Honestly, I just wasn't in the mood to care. Not around this asshole anyway. I don't want to go into too much detail, but let's just say that I grew up with this bastard, and he made my high school experience a living hell. So yeah. I just got in a bit of a pissy mood whenever he was in my line of sight. 

Surprisingly, my strategy of ignoring him worked, and it got him to leave me alone. He was gone before I got to the classroom, anyway, which automatically lightened my mood. So the rest of the day kind of continued without a problem. But when I got back to the dorm, Alex was just staring blankly at the wall. 

"Hey, Lex, what's wrong?" He just shook his head and looked down at the floor. "You can tell me if something's bothering you, ya know."

"It's really nothing. Just Reynolds being himself," he signed.

"What did he do?"

"It doesn't matter."

"It does to me." I sat down next to him and wrapped my arm around him. He leaned into the touch. I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before saying, "You can talk to me about anything."

"He just threatened me with something. It doesn't matter." His eyes flashed with a hint of fear, sadness and, was that shame? 

"What did he threaten you with?" What did I need to kill him for?

"Nothing important. Just let it go." He looked at me with pleading eyes.

I didn't want to let it go, but I knew he wasn't going to tell me. So I just nodded and held him for a little while. He cuddled into my side before eventually falling asleep. I picked him up and carried him to his bed, throwing a blanket over him. It was getting colder outside, and I had noticed a long time ago that he didn't have a blanket or even bed sheets. I needed to get some for him.

The next morning, I made sure he ate something for breakfast before going to class. I didn't have any today, so I just ended up watching Disney movies until Alex came back. But... was he crying? "Alex, hey what's wrong?"

He shook his head as to say "I don't want to talk about it," but I wasn't going to take that as an answer this time.

"Alex. Tell me what's wrong. Right now."

"It's just Reynolds. I can handle it."

"Obviously not if you're letting him get to you like this. Tell me what he's doing. Is he hurting you?" He shook his head. "Then what is he doing? Tell me." I was really concerned. I had never seen him look so broken before. He always played a strong kid who always stands up to people. So it really concerned me to see that something was getting to him like this.

"It doesn't matter."

"Yes it does. If he's making you cry, then it matters a lot, Alex."

He wiped his eyes, sniffling. "He just brought up a sensitive topic, that's all. I can handle it. Don't worry about it." I could see him building up his walls again.

"You know I'm not just going to let this go, right? You know I'm going to keep asking and pressing until you tell me."

"Yeah, I know."

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HEY GUYS! So I seriously need to stop coming up with ideas, but I can't. I think someone should take away my "Create New Story" button. A few of you, like, maybe seven of you, know what I mean, having read my latest story. 

So anyway, I hope you enjoyed this really really really short, filler chapter update. I know how much you guys like this story, though I still don't see why. But you like it, so I write it. This chapter may be a little short, but I'm sure you're okay with that, right? I hope so, because I just wanted to update this story this weekend, but it's a lot shorter than I wanted it to be. I'll try and make the next chapter longer, don't worry. Okay, well I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Until next time, adios, Mishamigos!

~MishaIsOurOverlord1