Secrets and Things (MxM)

Chapter 46 - I'm not a creep, right?

"Not that you dimwit! YOU SAID THERE WAS NO ONE WE KNEW!"

"THERE WASN'T?"

"Then care to fucking explain why Erwin fucking Fonzo is here?"

"Uh he got invited? So what?" Aiden got a proper look at the man, not just his side profile and his eyes widened drastically and his jaw drops, leaving him agape. He quickly shut it with a click and pointed at him. "It's you! You're–"

"Leo's best friend," finishing off the sentence for him. I continued to add on, "you brought me to a party where Leo's fucking best friend was attending."

Aiden looked back at me and he snapped back. "How was I fucking meant to know that? It's not even my fault!"

"I TOLD YOU HIS NAME LAST WEEK!"

"I DIDN'T LISTEN TO IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW!"

"AND NOW LOOK WHERE THAT HAS GOTTEN US!"

"Well excuse me, we would've been in this position regardless of whether I knew his name or not."

"Would we?"

"Are you telling me you wouldn't have come here if you found out about Erwin earlier?" Aiden was mad. He had his fists clench and they're shaking in anger and disbelief.

My eyes softened a tad bit but the tone of my voice didn't change. "No! I would've just found another to do this without exposing myself."

"Well, it's too fucking late. We're in this nightmare and now we gotta work around it."

"Well got any ideas, Einstein?" I spat out in disdain.

"Are you seriously being sassy with me right now?

"Um, are you guys just going to forget I'm right here? Like I can literally hear everything you guys are saying." that came from Erwin who looked entertained by our quarrel but also offended. Probably because we completely, intentionally ignored him and would continue to ignore him. We reiterated that fact by saying, "Shut up!" at the same time. Fonzo put his hands up in defeat.

I turned back to Aiden to argued with him some more when an unexpected voice from behind, stopped me.

"YOU ruined EVERYTHING!"

I turned around to face Rothwell who was standing but trembling very hard in shock and rage. His eyebrows were knitted together and he was sporting a mean scowl. His fists were clenched like Aiden, ready to punch anything that came his way.

"Oh, he's back online." That was a completely unnecessary comment from Aiden. The comment clearly went over Rothwell's head when he continued to add on.

"You ruined EVERYTHING! Who do you think you are to interfere? Everything was going perfectly. Why did this happen? Why did you do this?! It was perfect. The plan was perfect."

I quickly inserted my question before he continued on his tangent. "The question is, why did YOU plan to blow the people around you?"

"She deserved it, that's why. She didn't get her consequence because of you. You know what, I'll do it manually. I'll kill everyone here on my own, after killing you."

"Wait, that doesn't technically answer my quest– oh shit!" I was interrupted by the semi-insane man pouncing at me with a knife in his hand. Where he got it, I have no fucking clue but he's about to stab with it, in the chest. Before the tip of the sharp blade could touch, however, he was knocked back by a kick in the ribs by Aiden. He was charged up (literally) and stood in front of the man, ready to have a go at him. He quickly glanced over his shoulders to look at me and instructed, "I'll take care of him, you find out a way to get out everyone safely and do it before the cops manage to get in here." I totally could've blocked that on my own, thanks.

With that being said, Aiden grabbed Rothwell by his collar, charged the sole of his feet and shot up through the force field and debris, into the night sky. He promptly disappeared. By now, people who hadn't already fainted were staring at me and Erwin like we are some circus act but a confusing circus act. The stares were annoying. The debris was annoying. Erwin was annoying. This entire thing was annoying. My day was annoying. I was tired and exhausted. But more importantly, I was disappointed that I still don't know the motive behind this entire situation. So disappointed, I had to express it out loud.

"Dammit, I still don't know the motive though."

Erwin gave out a fake cough to get attention (which works) before stating, "uh, yeah. I might be able to answer that actually."

Of course, he did.