F/S = favourite snack

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Something was wrong with you. You panted heavily, feeling hot. You could feel little beads of sweat forming around your face. Your head... everything was becoming blurry and dark. You tried to move but you felt too weak. You groaned, trying to say something but you couldn't.

Soon you felt yourself losing consciousness.

'Ah, shit. Not now, not here, Y/N.'

You involuntarily closed your eyes, your whole body becoming limp.

~~~

"Alec!" Leon buried his head in his hands. "What the hell'd you just do?"

"I threw her off track, that's what." Alec retorted. "Now she won't be hounding us like before. Plus, it's hard to hide in your house. What was I meant to do?"

"I'm sorry my house is so small." Leon replied sarcastically. "What were you doing without a shirt?"

"Well, you woke Y/N and I up in quite a hurry and I only had time to put on some pants since I needed to help you hide all the evidence. And you know I tend to sleep half naked. Where's my darling?"

"Y/N... Y/N!" How could Leon possible forget about you! Oh, he's the worst boyfriend ever!

Leon dashed into his room, where you were whimpering under the bed. So he was right, you were under the bed the whole time! Oh, how much you must've suffered because of your broken legs. "Y/N, i-t's gonna be a-all right. W-We'll get you out of here!"

Alec panicked when he heard your noises of discomfort. "AHHHHH! What do we do?! Y/N's under the bed! Leon! How are we going to- I'm going to get the guards."

With that, he dashed downstairs towards the backyard to retrieve the guards and get extra help. Leon looked at his bed. Although his bed wasn't the biggest, it was still quite heavy. It wasn't a job for two people as one needs to carry you and the other is not strong enough to lift the whole bed. The area in the bed was quite small so it must've taken a lot of effort for you to squeeze in there, especially with broken legs.

You were... unusually silent. There was no movement to indicate that you were there, nor did he hear any sound coming from you.

"Y/N. It's o-okay now! Grace is gone." He started scratching his arms. Why were you so quiet...? "Y/N..."

You weren't responding. He quickly ducked under to see how you were doing. Your eyes were closed. Fuck, were you even breathing?

"Y/N!" Leon screamed, his arms started to tremble. In a state of panic, he reached for your unconscious body and tried pulling you out. He held your arm tightly as he tried with all this might to get you out of there as soon as possible. However, the space was too narrow. His carpet flooring didn't help either. Leon sobbed as he pulled and pulled.

Alec burst through the door. "What's wrong?!"

"S-She's w-w-won't wake u-up!" And endless amount of tears flowed down Leon's face as he pathetically tries to pull you out repeatedly.

"Leon! Stop it, you're hurting her!" Alec roughly pulled him away from the bed and threw him away.

"I-I-It's all my fault. I'm so u-u-useless." Leon scratching his face. Why, why, why?! He didn't deserve to live. Why was he even born in the first place? He's only a burden to everyone. "I want to die..."

Alec ignored him. Right now, all that mattered was getting you out of there. "Jim, lift up the foot of the bed. Roger, lift up the side. Wyatt, help support the other side when there's space."

The guards did as they were told. They lifted the bed higher so that Alec could reach you. He scooped you up into his arms and quickly got you out of there. The guards then placed the bed back and Alec laid you gently on the bed to examine your situation. Leon also came closer to look at you.

"Y/N." Alec said in a loud voice. You didn't respond. He checked your pulse. You were definitely alive.

Alec was no doctor but he could clearly see that something was wrong. There was sweat around your face, especially below your nose, and your lips were pale and almost white. Your legs weren't faring well either. They seemed to be more dislocated than before. Leon whimpered. He was probably responsible for that.

"Y-Y/N. Please wake up!" Leon held your hand. "I-I'll do anything! Just wake up, I beg you!"

A minute passed until you showed signs of responding. Your eyes slowly fluttered opened.

"Y/N!" Both Leon and Alec cried.

The voices seemed distant from you, like some kind of barrier was between you and them. You looked around and saw the three guards as well. You started registering different things. You were in Leon's room. The last thing you remembered was hiding under the bed from Grace.

"Y/N. What's my name?" Alec asked you. His eyes seemed to be filled with relief that you were awake but also worry.

It was a random decision but you decided not to answer properly. "Bob?"

Leon gasped. "D-Don't tell me she forgot us!"

Alec asked again, his eyes narrowing. "Y/N, this is serious. What's my name?"

'Fine,' you thought and said, "Alec."

"W-Where do you think you are?" Leon looked at you. His eyes were all swollen from crying and his whole face was red. Were those bleeding scratches on his face?

"In your bedroom."

"What's the last thing you remember?" Alec's voice was gently this time, trying to assess your condition.

"Hiding from Grace."

Alec let out a breath of relief. So you were fine on the outside. "Are your legs okay?"

You looked at them. The pain was starting to return--and they were more painful than ever. "I-I don't think so."

You also noticed something else. There was a wet stain on the floor. Your pants were wet too. "I- Did I pee myself?"

Alec stroked your hair. "That's nothing to be ashamed of, darling. You couldn't help it."

Leon, finally feeling better, started to kiss your hand. "I'm s-sorry," he hiccuped, "I-I'll make it up to you. Do you want a bath?"

You nodded. Leon carried you towards his bathroom.

"I'll call my family's doctor while you wash her." Alec pulled out his phone, quickly dialing his doctor's number.

Meanwhile, you sat on the toilet waiting for the bathtub to fill up. After preparing everything, Leon was waiting too. He held your hand, giving you soft kisses and nuzzling it. It was like he couldn't let go now. He was either touching you or preparing your things. You couldn't hear what he was saying but you could hear him quietly muttering things to himself every now and then.

You were about to take off your shirt like all the times before. However, this time, Leon stopped you and asked you softly, "May I?"

You nodded, too tired to care about such trivial things. After such a crazy experience, you felt like didn't care about anything anymore.

Leon started to take off your shirt. Your pants. Then, he slowly unhooked your bra as if waiting for you to protest. When you didn't, he took of your undergarments completely. There was nothing sexual about it, just him simply taking off your clothes.

Once you were completely naked, Leon carefully placed you inside the warm water. It was his first time seeing you completely naked but it didn't matter as much as he thought it would. Still, he had to admit, you were absolutely stunning. It was more than he imagined. But he wouldn't allow himself to think of anything dirty of you. He didn't deserve it.

Leon rubbed soap all over your body, from your neck all the way to your feet. He let you do your private areas yourself but everything else was washed by him.

"Is..." You reluctantly asked, "Is your face okay?"

Leon's heart felt touched. His goddess, who just fainted a moment ago, was worried about someone as worthless as him! You were just too kind.

"O-Of course I am. I-I'm more w-worried about y-you. A-Are you feeling better?" He tried to swallow the nervous lump in his throat as he talked to you.

"Yes, I feel much better. Your face is bleeding though."

He touched his face. He must've scratched it hard. "A-Ah. I d-didn't even notice. I-It's okay though. Y-You're more important than my u-useless self."

You said nothing.

'What is she thinking about?' Leon wondered while he massaged your beautiful shoulders. 'Probably about how I deserve it for allowing this to happen to her.'

Leon whimpered, tearing up at how weak you looked just a few moments ago.

You looked at him blankly for a moment before reaching a wet hand out and placing it on his head.

"Y-Y/N?" Leon looked up at you.

"I'll forgive on one condition."

~~~

Alec's family doctor arrived after you finished bathing. He asked you a bunch of questions to which you answered as truthfully as you can. While doing so, you heard Alec and Leon discussing some matter very seriously. You could tell that both of them were distressed and unsure of what to do.

When they came back, it seemed like they had finally made a decision.

"Y/N..." Alec started.

"We've decided to heal your legs." Leon smiled.

"It's the least we could do after behaving so well." Alec grinned, as if he was as happy as you.

While you didn't like Alec's choice of wording, you couldn't help but smile back in happiness. This was progress! You knew that hiding from Grace wasn't a bad choice after all!

"That, however, means that you'll be taken to our private medical facility for an actual diagnosis and cast." The doctor told you, giving you a polite smile.

"Thank you so much!" You knew that you didn't need to thank any of them but you felt the need to.

"Get some rest today, Y/N." Alec bent down to give you a kiss. "We'll take you there tomorrow morning."

"Fine." You tried settling down as comfortable as possible without hurting your legs. "But you better not break your promise."

"Alright."

~~~

It wasn't often you saw Alec crying--in fact, you've never seen him cry--yet here he was sitting right next to you sniffling and leaking his tears all over the bed.

You had slept early today, in hopes that tomorrow would arrive earlier. However, you were woken up by someone's voice in the middle of the night. The person was gently grasping your hands and muttering quiet apologies.

"I'm sorry." He whispered. You knew who it was immediately. Alec's voice was very different from Leon's so it wasn't hard to differentiate between them.

You kept your eyes closed and waited for his next move. You were still unsure of what he's crying about and it kind of shocked you when you realized he was actually showing some type of vulnerability. Where was the cool-headed, stern Alec you saw a few hours back?

"Y/N," He placed a wet kiss on your hand. "I'm sorry for failing you."

He continued. "If I had simply concealed you better, Grace wouldn't have suspected us and come here. If she didn't come here, you wouldn't have to hide under the bed in pain. I was meant to protect you. I was meant to keep you from pain. But what have I done? I caused it instead. How? How is it that I'm good at everything except for making you happy? Why is it that I can only inflict pain on the ones I love?"

There was a small pause before Alec returned to gingerly caressing your hand and speaking.

"What is it that we're lacking? I don't understand, I-I've tried to give you everything you wanted, why are you still unhappy?"

"Because the only thing I want is freedom." Your sleepy eyes bore into his teary ones.

"Y/N!" Alec uttered you name in surprise. Realizing his pitiful state, Alec quickly wiped the tears away from his face and put on a smile. "It's too early for you to wake up, darling. Go back to sleep."

Before he could say or do anything else, you grabbed his arm and firmly said, "No. We have to talk about this."

"Do we have to?" Alec croaked. You nodded. There was so much you needed to talk about that Alec and Leon were avoiding up until now.

"Please," You pleaded softly, "What can I do for you to let me go?"

"..."

"Alec." You grabbed his face and pulled it closer.

"No, no, I can't let you go... you'll leave me, you'll be gone from my life like her..." Alec whimpered, tears resurfacing his eyes.

"Her?" Your eyebrows furrowed. Was he referring to an ex-lover of his?

"My mother..." Alec whispered, seeming unsure of himself.

"Alec," You started running your hands through his hair. "I promise I won't leave you or Leon. Just free me and we can start over again."

"You don't understand, darling," Alec shook his head, "There's lots of men in the world. What... What if you leave us for someone else?"

"I won't, Alec, I promise." The word 'promise' seemed to have triggered Alec as his expression suddenly turned bitter.

"Well so did my father! He promised to stay with mom, but he never did, did he?" Alec sneered at the thought of his disgusting father before his expression turned sorrowful. "My mom promised me she wouldn't leave me either, but look at her now."

Although you didn't know much about Alec's mother, you knew that he loved her very much. You could only imagine the pain he had gone through from losing his only parent figure. You unconsciously cried with him while trying to comfort him.

"I-It's okay, even if she's not physically with you, she's with you in your hear-"

"Don't talk to me about that bullshit okay?" Alec chuckled bitterly. "It's fine. I've accepted that she's gone."

The two of you sat in silence. By now, you were sitting up whilst Alec was hugging you from the side. You didn't know whether or not you should bring up your freedom after such a sensitive topic. Fortunately, Alec started the conversation.

"Hey Y/N. You won't leave me, right...? If I let you go." Alec nuzzled into your bare neck, making it wet with his tears.

You gave him a small peck on the top of his head since his head was lowered. "I won't. I swear. I'd like to try it out with you and Leon, have a healthy relationship where I'm not stuck here against my will. I know that you guys would treat me right."

"Hmm." Alec's eyes started drooping.

"Just consider it, okay? Please."

You looked down at Alec, only to see that he has fallen asleep by your side. You stroked his face one last time before shutting your eyes and sleeping yourself.

Alec slowly opened his eyes and peeked at you, murmuring, "I love you."

~~~

"-make sure your casts aren't exposed to water when you take a shower. Your cast may feel tight due your swollen legs so place your legs on something high above your heart if you feel discomfort. We also recommend that you to lie down."

You stared at your new casts excitedly. Although it was very heavy, it was the first step to getting it healed.

"We've already scheduled your next appointment but if anything goes wrong, feel free to come here as soon as possible." The doctor gave the three of you a friendly smile. You thanked him profusely before Leon pushed your wheelchair towards your vehicle.

"So? So? Are you happy now?" Alec grinned at you. He was back to his cheery self after what occurred last night.

"Very."

"T-The doctor said it'd take about eight weeks to heal so y-you have to be careful in this time alright?"

"Okay!" You smiled widely. Things were finally getting better.

~~~

It's been five weeks since then. Your healing process is coming along smoothly and the doctor said that you might even be healed in two weeks instead of three!

The relationships between the three of you have greatly improved and it was more or less like before. Leon would cook your meals with Alec helping out occasionally and you'd get to snuggle with them and watch TV. You finally finished studying and caught up to the end of your subjects last academic year, not that you were going to get tested on it anyways. Still, you felt accomplished.

Today was Alec and Leon's first day of senior year which made you really sad because they got to experience the beginning of the end while you didn't. Not only that, they also got to see your friends' faces after such a long time while you couldn't.

You've been trying to butter Leon and Alec up by acting extra good and gaining their trust. You hoped that one day this trust would help them make the decision of freeing you.

Over the past five weeks, you also overheard that Leon's parents weren't coming back until another few weeks or months. They apparently landed another job opportunity there and you noticed Leon's allowance steadily increasing, which was good news for them.

You thought back to your two boyfriends, who you were seeing off as they head to school. They were still preparing their school equipment so you stood at the doorway to wait for them. Looking at their backpacks made you sad again. The fact that they got to enjoy something as little as going to school and you didn't made you upset. It wasn't fair that they locked you inside this house. It was to keep you safe from things, they said.

Bitch? What things??

But you could see in their eyes that as twisted as it is, they were genuine about it.

You sighed. How were you going to get out of this mess?

You stared up at Leon and Alec, only to see them staring back at you in concern.

"What's the matter?" Leon knelt down and held you hand. You were still in a wheelchair because you had a cast on both legs but you felt like it was getting better. It certainly didn't hurt as much as before.

"It's just that you guys get to go to school--and it's the first day of senior year for that matter--and I don't." You started sniffling. You tried not to think of it but you really missed your friends.

"Aw, darling, don't cry, it's okay, it's to keep you safe." Alec hugged you.

"From what?" You cried. "If everything was so dangerous, then how come you get to roam around freely?"

"Think of it this way," Alec thought about it for a moment before speaking, "Your life is very precious. It's the reason we live."

As he says that, some kind of obsession flashes in both Alec and Leon's eyes.

"If something from the outside harms you, we'll be really upset. Turn batshit crazy. And we don't want that, do we?"

You shivered and the cold look in Alec's eyes.