You fumble for your phone over all the blankets and as soon as it's in your hands, you answer. On the other end you hear Leo clear his throat, then he begins, "Hey (Y/n), Have you seen- Uh.. are you okay?"

You notice that you'd begun crying again and you were sniffing. You wipe your eyes and nose, "Yeah, I'm okay.."

"Oh, alright? Um.. so, have you seen Donnie?" Your heart sinks at just his name. You're about to answer when Leo gasps and laughs a little, "Ah, nevermind, he just got in." Leo seems to lean away from his phone to talk.

>>"Heyyy Don! Uh.. what's wrong man? Hey-"

There's a slam of presumably a door, followed by a frustrated yell, it was from Donnie.

You look to the floor, feeling sad for him. Leo grunts in confusion as he returns to the phone, "Don't know what's up with him." You start tracing your finger in circles along your carpet, "Yeah..."

Leo chuckles a little and audibly inhales and exhales, "So, I was wondering if I can drop by to game with you?"

You stop mindlessly messing with the carpet. He wants to come and play video games.. Why now..

Not wanting to shut down the sweetheart, you sigh, "Sure.. you can head over soon."

You hear him quietly say a victorious 'yes' before returning all casual, "Alright, cool.. cool. I'll see you in maybe an hour, capiche?" With an unreadable tone you agree and the two of you hang up.

You lean against the side of your bed and begin thinking. What if Donnie loses feelings? What if he doesn't want to date you at all? What if things go back to how they used to be?

You're overcome with a heartreching fear, realizing that it was Donnie..

He doesn't hold onto emotions or feelings if he doesn't think they're important. Then again, he did seem pretty upset.. but he could just get over it.

You curl into his hoodie and let silent tears run down your face. Is this how it's supposed to be? Would the two of you never get any closer than this.. or would things change? You didn't know and that frustrated you.

You forced yourself to push those thoughts aside, reminding yourself that you had company soon.

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You spend a while tidying up and changing out of Donnies hoodie. You weren't sure how Leo would feel seeing his crush wearing his brother's hoodie. You didn't want to hurt his feelings, you're not heartless.

You turn on your console and order 2 pizzas. Once you were done with all your preparations, you get to thinking about Leo.. just like last night.

He was a stand up guy.. Maybe you should consider opening up to him more. It wasn't like you had no feelings for him either, you were just drawn to Donnie more. You sigh and walk to your bathroom where you splash your face with water to relax.

Leo was so sweet and clearly was okay with a relationship with you.

For a moment all your feelings were pushed aside.. and a small spark ignited in your mind. There was only one thought you had, 'Give him a chance.'

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20 minutes later you heard a curtain someone yelling your name from your balcony window. You walk around your couch and open your 'fancy' vertical blinds.

There was your man of the hour. He had a big smile and was wearing a new jacket. The body was blue and the sleeves were a pastel yellow. It suited him.

You faintly smile back and slide the widow open. Without hesitation he jumps through- only to slip and fall flat on his face. You snort and help him up. He had pink dusting his cheeks as he straightened his stance, "I meant to do that. I always fall on purpose."

You chuckle and shove him towards the couch, "Pick a game you dork."

Leo smirks and leans back into the couch, "Not in the mood for chit-chat, pumpkin?"

You smile a little and shove your hand in his face, he laughs. "Alright, I'll pick."

He crouches to the floor and looks through the options on a small shelf. You both had already eaten through most of them several times, but somehow they never got old when you played them together.

There's a knock at your front door, and assuming its the pizzas, you grab your cash and walk to the door. However, when you open it, you're sorely mistaken.

It's your ex. Again. Wearing his best clothes with a big bouquet of flowers held out to you.

You roll your eyes and cross your arms, "What do you want." It was less of a question and more of a tasteful jab. He shifts from one foot to the other and gives you some puppy eyes, "Come on (Y/n)! What do I have to do to get you back?" You give him a fake smile, "You can leave me alone."

He huffs and taps his foot, "Look (Y/n), I just want you back already. You're really starting to piss me off."

You resist the sarcastic laugh that threatened to escape your mouth. This scum of a man was seriously the one getting pissed? After cheating on you.. Possibly more than once, then stalking you and not talking the hint? He was pissed?

Instead of laughing you assume a dignified stance and look in his eyes with impatience, "Look, it's not my fault you can't learn to keep your disgusting dick in your pants."

His face completely shifts from pleading, to utterly insulted and angry.

"Excuse me? I'm doing so much for you, at this point you owe it to me!" that sounded more like the ex you know. He points a finger in your face and at this point the flowers were discarded on the ground. "You should be grateful that at least one person likes you, you little skank!" You sneer at him and he continues, "You're lucky to have me still chasing after you, because besides me- no one else loves you!" His breathing was heavy, and his gelled back hair began to fall in his face.

A part of that statement stung a bit, but you kept your head strong, "Just leave me alone already, I don't want you in my life ever again." He huffed several times and paced around, "You- you can't do this to me! Take me back or-"

Just then a hand falls on your shoulder.

"Hey bro, is there a problem?"

You look to your left and you could see Leo protectively standing behind you. His hood was pulled up and despite his smile, the malice in his eyes was obvious. Your ex pauses and stutters pointing back and forth between you and Leo.

Leo's smile falters a little, "Why are you bothering my girlfriend, man?"

You realized what he was doing. It was a smart play. Best to play along.

Your ex's eyes widens, "Your girlfriend?!" He spits, "Listen here, I don't know who you are, but this is my girlf-"

"No, I'm not."

Your ex scoffs and stares Leo down, "Get out of her house."

Leo looks at you and winks, "No, I like it here. Plus, why would I leave my beautiful, helpless girlfriend alone with an unhinged man?"

The word helpless made you want to elbow Leo in the stomach, but he was right, your ex was a bit unhinged and you needed Leo to help you. You nod in agreement and your ex goes to step towards you. This warrants Leo to step in front of you and block your ex from doing anything shady.

"C'mon man, I don't want to have to do something you might regret." Leo said, never dropping his shit-eating grin. Your ex was getting more and more angry, you could tell. So, in a moment of anger, he throws a punch at Leo.

What ensues is a short, but aggressive fight, where Leo hands your ex his ass.

In the end, Leo stood over your ex who was lying on the ground with a bloody nose.

"Leave." Leo spat, his smile had completely vanished and he looked genuinely angry at the guy.

And like a scared mutt, your ex staggers to his feet and clumsily runs away.

Only when he's out of sight does Leo turn to you. You notice a scratch on his cheek that was bleeding a little. "Leo, he hurt you."

He smiles and shakes his head, "I'll be fine."

You pull him inside and guide him to the couch. "Stay here, I'll get a wipe and a bandage for you." Leo meagerly swipes for your hand in protest as you speed-walk into the kitchen.

Eventually, you come back with what you needed. You sit beside Leo and hold the wipe out to him. "Here, clean up."

Leo gazes at you with half-lidded eyes, "Sorry, too lazy- it's a tragic condition."

With a fond sigh, you take it upon yourself to carefully clean his injured face. The whole time Leo had a big smile on his face as he basked in the moment.

While you patted his cut, he took your free hand. This made you pause and look at your conjoined hands- then Leo. He had the most euphoric look on his face, was this heaven to him?

You smile and stick your tongue out at him. He smiles just a little brighter- even though that should be impossible. The two of you remained like that until you deemed his wound clean. That's when you put the bandage on his face and give him a thumbs up.

"All done Leo."

He groans a little, "Nooo.. that was so nice."

You laugh and let go of his hand.

"Just put in a game, you poor thing. I'm gonna throw these scraps away."

Leo reluctantly nods and sinks to the floor like jello, you sarcastically roll your eyes, "I'll be back in not even twenty seconds you big baby." You walk away. "Come backkk.." Leo jokingly begs for your return.

You smile.

He really was a great guy.