3rd POV:

Y/N goes to his car in the driveway of his house when he looks back to see the girls looking at him from the window. He smiles in their direction, understanding why they might be disturbed, but it's nothing he can worry about right now. Nick was always there for him when he needed someone, Y/N could never forgive himself if he left Nick alone now. Y/N gets into his car and drives off. The house of Nick's mother is not very far from his, so the drive should not take too long. While Y/N drives he thinks about the day he met nick.

Seven years earlier:

Y/N just joined the Navy not that he would want to but after the orphanage he doesn't really have many good alternatives and the military seems to be the best of many bad options. Y/N and the other recruits stand in front of the barracks while an instructor briefs them on their room assignments.

"This is the building you are going to live in for the next 8 weeks. when you are not training you will stay in this building. three people will live in each room. I will now read out the room assignments, when you hear your name you will go to your room and wait for new instructions." Says the instructor in a mean tone while walking up and down in front of the recruits with an angry expression on his face. The instructor starts to assign the rooms but Y/N only half listens, he looks around and watches the other recruits.

"Room 1-14 Conner Davis, Y/N L/N and Nick Armstrong." says the instructor so Y/N and the other two recruits go into the barracks and search room 1-14. it doesn't take long for them to find their room the recruit named Davis opens the door and the three go in. The room is nothing special but you can't expect anything else from a barrack. Y/N didn't expect a 5 star hotel and it doesn't interest him he doesn't know it any other way.

"so since we will be living together for the next two months I should introduce myself properly I'm Conner" he says as he shakes Armstrong's hand and smiles at him after that Armstorg introduces himself then Davis looks at Y/N and shakes his hand.

"Hi I am Y/N" He says as he takes Conner's hand.

"Nice to meet you both. short question Y/N what's up with the bandages?" Conner asks while pointing to Y/N's forearm. since the incident a year ago Y/N has been wearing bandages it is not medically necessary but he just can't see the scars so he has fallen into this habit. He doesn't like to talk about his scars, Y/N is about to snap but calms down again he doesn't want to mess with his roommate right in the first hour

"oh this? this is nothing, just ignore it." Y/N says with a fake smile Conner just nods but Nick seems to suspect that it is not nothing but doesn't say anything because he sees that Y/N obviously doesn't want to talk about it.

Present time:

After about 10 minutes of driving, Y/N arrives at nick's mother's house. Nick's car is parked in front of the house and the door is open which only makes Y/N's worries worse. Y/n gets out of his car and runs to the front door as he approaches the door he hears a woman crying and a man screaming in pain. He runs through the door and sees Nick standing over and beating his mother's boyfriend who is lying on the ground while the man tries to protect his face with his arms.

"Nick, get off him NOW" Y/N yells as he runs to nick and pulls him off the man lying on the ground. Nick fights back and tries to go back at the man, but after a few seconds Y/N manages to overpower him.

"All right Y/N, let go of me." Says nick after he calms down a bit so Y/N lets him go.

"can you take a look at how my mother is doing? she has a wound on her head." Says Nick while pointing to a corner of the room as Y/N looks in that direction he sees Nick's mother sitting on the floor crying as she covers a wound on her head with her hand. As Y/N is about to go to her, he is addressed by the man lying on the ground as he is about to get up.

"I don't know who you are kid but thanks for pulling this whore's son off m-" Before he can talk further, Y/N turns around and punches the man unconscious. He then goes to Nick's mother and kneels down in front of her.

"Hi miss Armstrong, can I take a look at that?" He says in a calm voice, so as not to stress the frightened woman any more than she already is. Ms. Armstrong looks at him for a few seconds before nodding slightly, so Y/N begins to examine the injury. As the medic on his team, Y/N doesn't take long to examine her. Her injury is not even remotely life-threatening, but needs stitches.

"Nick call an ambulance please and we should probably call the cops on him" says Y/N as he points in the direction of the man who still lying on the ground. Nick hesitates a bit but then nods and goes outside the door to make the call. Y/N sits on the floor next to Ms. Armstrong, they do not talk but Y/N does not want to leave her alone so he just sits there.

"thanks Y/N, you didn't have to come you certainly have better things to do." Ms. Armstrong says quietly. This makes Y/N think, what does he have to do? he has the next few days off after their last mission and there are four pop stars in his house whom he doesn't know how to deal with besides, when nick or his family need help y/n will always be there no matter if he has something better to do or not.

"No problem Ms. Armstrong, nick is my best friend if he needs help I' m always there." Y/N responds. a minute later nick comes back into the house.

"They are on the way." A few minutes later, the ambulance arrives and takes Ms. Armstrong to the hospital. Her boyfriend is also taken to the hospital, but under police guard. Y/N and nick make their statements to one of the police officers before going to the hospital to see how Ms. Armstrong is doing. When they arrive they go to the emergency room and ask for Nick's mother at the reception.

"The doctor will be with you in a few minutes." Y/N nods and the two sit down in the waiting area. Y/N notices that nick is very nervous which confuses him a bit. his mother is no longer in danger, her boyfriend is with the police now and her injury is not life threatening.

"Okay what's going on nick? I know this is a crappy situation but she is doing fine." Y/N asks.

"I know it's just th-" nick says before he stops talking. Y/N turns in his chair and now looks directly at nick.

"talk to me buddy." Answer Y/N. Nick does not want to talk about it however he takes a deep breath before he starts talking.

"This situation, waiting in the hospital for news, reminds me of what happened to Conner." he Says in a low whisper.

After basic training, Y/N, Nick, and Conner became best friends and together they graduated to the Navy seals. Y/N and Nick joined a team together and Conner was drafted to another team. The two teams were sent together on a mission in Guam to prevent an attack on the Navel base Guam. The actual mission was successful and they managed to neutralize the leaders of the group behind the attack, but on the way back to the chopper, Conner was shot twice in the chest by a sniper.

Y/N, Nick and the others on their teams put Conner in the chopper and fly back to base while Y/N stabilizes Conner. When they arrive at the base, the doctors are already waiting for them and take Conner to the infirmary while Y/N and Nick walk next to the stretcher.

"Everything will be Fine buddy, just hold on. You will make it " Y/N says to Conner

"An easy day brother" Says Conner with a cough before He and Y/N fist bump each other.

"you say it" answers nick. Before Y/N and nick can follow further one of the doctors tells them that they have to wait in front of the infirmary so the two sit down on a bench in front of the infirmary, soon their other teammates come and sit with them. They wait for hours without learning anything new about the state of Conner. A few times doctors have passed by them but they can only tell them that Conner is still in surgery. After waiting 4 hours they all start to get impatient.

"Why does it take so long? We should have heard something by now." Says Y/N as he jumps up from the bench and starts pacing up and down nervously. Y/N's team leader Jason wants to calm him down but before he can start a doctor comes outside to talk to them.

"How is he doc?" Nick asks. by the expression on the doctor's face everyone could immediately see the answer to nick's question. Y/N drops back onto the bench and bangs his head lightly against the wall behind him.

"He did not make it, we tried everything but he lost too much blood. He had a cardiac arrest during the surgery and we could not reanimate him. I'm very sorry guys."

Present time:

"I understand that, what happened to Conner haunts me too but these situations are not comparable Conner had two bullets in his lungs and your mother has a small cut on her head. The only reason I wanted you to call an ambulance was because the wound needed stitches." says Y/N and puts his hand on Nick's shoulder. After that a man comes up to the two of them.

"Are you too with Ms. Armstrong?" The men asks, Y/N and Nick nod in response.

"How is my mother?" Asks nick nervously.

"She is doing well so far but we will keep her here the night because she has a slight concussion, but she is out of danger no need to worry" The doctor responds. this is enough to relax nick a bit.

"Can we see her?" Nick asks but the doctor shakes his head.

"The visiting time is over come back tomorrow morning" The doctor answers, before one of the two can answer the doctor already goes away. The two don't say anything for a few seconds before Y/N speaks again.

"want to go to the pub?" Nick is a bit surprised and considers if he should be angry that Y/N suggests to go for a drink in this situation but decides against it.

"Y/N do you really think... yeah okay let's go." Answers nick, which makes Y/N chuckle. The two leave the hospital and go to Y/N's alto before heading to their regular pub after a few minutes they arrive at the bar and sit down at the counter. The two order their drinks and start talking.

"Thanks again for being there so quickly." Nick says

"No problem buddy, i'm actually thankful you saved my ass a bit." Y/N responds, which confuses nick a bit. he turns in his chair and looks directly at Y/N now.

"What are you talking about N/n?" he asks

"I now have four pop stars living in my house" Y/N says. Nick starts to chuckle strongly.

"How the hell did that happen?!" Asks Nick. Y/N doesn't really have an answer to this question. How did this happen? How the fuck did he get the idea that this would be a good move?

"You said I should talk to them" Answers Y/N But of course he knows that he has brought himself into the shit alone.

"I told you to listen to them, I never said you should let them move in with you. Did you have any other clever ideas in the one day that we didn't see each other?" Says Nick.

"well Ahri and I almost kissed" After Y/N says this Nick's chuckling turns into a strong laugh which causes the other customers in the pub to look in their direction when Y/N notices this he slaps Nick on the back of his head to shut him up.

"Sorry, sorry, so you're telling me that the people you haven't seen in ten years are now living with you and you almost kissed one of them." Y/N says nothing to this. the two finish their drinks before nick gets up.

"well as much as I enjoy talking about your bad life choices i should leave now" Y/N stands up and hugs nick then the two walk out They say goodbye and the two go in different directions.

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