Brenn smiled slightly at him, trying to show that he was okay, or would be okay soon. He stepped out of the bathroom and walked back to his room rather shakily and closed the door behind him. Brenn sighed quietly, not even looking at Moose who was cooing and squeaking at him. He was in pain, but he wasn't wanting Sebastian to see him like this. He just needed to rest for a bit and he'd be alright.
Sebastian let out a shaky breath. He moved to the living room, sitting down with his head in his hands. Sebastian was trembling a bit. Why had he done this? He'd been too hard on Brenn, he'd done too much, and now Brenn would pay for it. Damnit, damnit, damnit!
Brenn just laid down on his bed, curling into a ball. He sort of just felt numb at this point, well, not numb but not himself -he could feel the pain rather acutely-. He just needed some space, some time to just rest a bit, but again, it seemed like it wasn't meant to be either. There was a loud banging on the door, and although Brenn didn't want to get up and go over to Sebastian, since he knew quite well who it was, but he did anyways, seating himself next to Sebastian, not having seen the boy in his previous state, "S-sebastian?" He said quietly taking the boy's hand, "W-what should I do?"
Fabian and the woman from earlier were waiting outside the door, looking nervously at each other, there had been a few complications, and some people had seen what had happened to Brenn, and had alerted the authorities about it.
Sebastian's head shot up when the bang came at the door. He had been about to go get Brenn when he came out on his own. Sebastian gave Brenn's hand a gentle squeeze.
"Keep quiet," Sebastian said softly. "I'll take the lead." Sebastian stood, picking Brenn up and holding him close. He made his way to the door, opening it.
"Sebastian," the woman said quickly. "There's been some… complications." Sebastian raised an eyebrow.
"What do you mean, CC?" CC shook her head quickly, staring at the man in Sebastian's arms.
"Someone saw us, and they told the police. It's already reached the ears of someone we don't control. We need a cover story." The woman was quiet a moment.
"We might need to get rid of him. I'm sorry, Seb, I know you must have been having your fun with him, but we can't let them find him here. We'll get you another one soon, though, kay?"
Brenn nodded, not wanting to get Sebastian into trouble with those people. But hearing what the woman was saying sparked a memory of a promise he had made Sebastian, that he would have to sing their praises, and although, he hated to do something like that, and probably go against some laws, he also cared about Sebastian, and he didn't want to see the boy in trouble. Brenn bit his lower lip, waiting for a moment of silence, before looking up Sebastian, "U-uhm, Mr. M-merrow?" He s-said quietly, "I-i would be willing to say something to cover t-this up. . ." And I really don't want to be given away to one of his other friends, or killed. He thought with a shudder, Please. . .m-maybe, could t-this work? Brenn leaned his head against Sebastian's chest, looking up at him with pleading eyes.
CC's eyes widened a bit. Sebastian hadn't expected this either.
"Are you sure you can handle it?" He said softly. "They'll have to talk to you alone, and if they don't believe you they won't let you go…" Sebastian set his hand on Brenn's head, holding the man close.
"We can't trust him!" CC said quickly. "You ovbiously just got done beating him, and he's already tried to run! He doesn't care about what happens to us."
Brenn furrowed his eyebrows a little bit, thinking about this, "I-I made a promise to you, that I would do this for you. I won't take away a promise like that." He said quietly, "I-I'll make it believable." He added, "I don't want to see you get in trouble." He said softly for only Sebastian to hear. "I wouldn't say anything about this, I-I want you to stay safe. . ." He said glancing over at the other woman, " I wouldn't betray you at all."
"I'm sure you promised not to run away, either," CC snapped. Sebastian held up one hand.
"I'll deal with him. You two, make sure all the evidence has been erased. Try to get our agents to sabatoge the investigation." Sebastian closed the door on Fabian and CC, holding Brenn close a moment before setting the other man down.
"We need to come up with a believable lie together," he said softly.
Brenn bit his tongue, not wanting to say anything else and get himself into more trouble. "I don't know what would work, or what would be believable. Maybe we could say it was a prank or something?" He said quietly, moving to sit on the couch more comfortably. "Whatever you think is best, I'll repeat, so you don't get in trouble, I don't want that to happen." He added the last bit quietly, eyes looking down at the floor. He felt so bad of what he had done, and all the trouble he had gotten Sebastian into.
Sebastian moved to sit down with Brenn, nodding a bit.
"I think prank might work," Sebastian said softly. "We could say we met on the street, and that we hit it off from there. Then… you were in a bad place mentally, so I offered my home to you.We've gotten to know each other over the month, and when you went to go pick up your things to get more comfortable, I asked my friends to help me prank you. Do you think that would hold?" Sebastian pursed his lips a bit. He wanted it to be.
Brenn nodded, "That c-could work. I-I just hope that they buy that. But what about the bruises? Those aren't going to be easily explained away? Or the fact that I haven't gone to work in months, well moreso the fact that I just quit abruptly for absolutely no reason? I don't know how we could explain those things though?" He said sadly, feeling as though this wouldn't work. "I-I know that you're still upset, and I know that some people might not believe this, but I want to help you, I care about you. I felt bad leaving, but I wanted my home too."
"I… I believe you," Sebastian said softly. "And I'm sorry I can't give you your home. I… We could say I encouraged you to quit when I saw how bad your mental state was, and I offered you food and shelter. W-with the bruises… we could say my friends took the prank too far. If you don't press charges, they shouldn't get in trouble." Sebastian gave Brenn's hand a gentle squeeze.
Brenn sighed, trying to smile, "O-okay then, I could do that. I just, it worries me. I guess, all of this has changed me a bit, and I guess I'm just scared. I-I don't feel safe leaving, I don't want to get hurt or taken from here, even if the things are bad here, things could be worse. . ."
"I want you to feel safe," Sebastian said softly. "I won't let you get hurt, a-and I swear I won't hurt you any more either." Sebastian turned a bit more to face Brenn, still holding his hand.
"I'm not going to ever let anyone ever take you away, Brenn."
Brennnodded, trying to smile up at the other boy, "I trust you, and I hope that you and I will be alright. D-do you thin that these people will be come, if at all? I-I don't want to leave at all." He said quietly, "I know that this sounds weird, but, I guess, even though I ran, I don't know where I could go. I figured that I would just enjoy it for a few hours then come back, I don't really know where else to go. . ."
Sebastian's eyes widened a bit.
"R-really..?" Oh shit. If that was true, they'd completely over reacted to Brenn going to his apartment. Sebastian would have said that Brenn could come to his home at any time, but Brenn was practically trapped here anyway…
Brenn nodded, "I was sick of being held here, but I knew I wouldn't be safe anywhere else." he said softly, not noticing the look on Sebastian's face, "I just, yeah. . ." Brenn mumbled, moving over to Sebastian, "B0but, I'll be okay. If they do come, I'll say what needs to be said."
"I…" Seabstian held Brenn's hand a bit tighter. That was his fault. He'd left Brenn all alone almost every day for an entire month here- of course he was sick of it.
"Thank you," Sebastian said softly. He really did want to be able to bring Brenn with him out of the penthouse more.
((I swear, my spelling today SUUUUUUUCCCKKKKSSSSSS))
"It's okay, as I've said before, although I don't think your friend's will ever believe me, I don't want you to suffer. I don't like seeing anyone suffer at all. It's horrible to just be stuck, at the will of someone else. I mean, I just, you don't deserve that, you're a decent guy. . ." He said, a yawn cutting off his sentence, "W-what time is it? I-I'm tired. . ."
(lol)
Sebastian couldn't help but see the irony- Brenn hated to see people trapped in someone else's will, but here he was.
"It's almost ten," Sebastian said softly. "Do you need help to your room..?"
Brenn shook his head slightly, pushing himself to sit up, "W-wait, don't I have to, well you know." He said nodding in the direction of Sebastian's room, "I uhm, I don't want to make trouble, especially if you prefer me to stay in my old room. . ." He fidgeted a bit, not looking at Sebastian again, it seemed as though that behaviour just came and went when it came to him, sometimes he could be extremely bold, and other times extremely timid.
((Yeah, you're right, Brenn's just too tired to really think about what he's saying))
Sebastian fell silent. He'd forgotten. He didn't- he didn't want to force Brenn to do this.
"Ah… Yes. We do… Have to share a bed." He didn't want to scare Brenn, to accidently give him the wrong idea.
"I'm… Going to go get changed in the bathroom…" Sebastian stood, turning to leave.
Brenn nodded and headed to his room to change quickly. He covered Moose's cage so that the bird would actually fall asleep instead of squeaking all night long. Then, once he was changed, he padded over to the bedroom. He knew that Sebastian had said that he would change in their, but just in case, he knocked on the door anyways, waiting for the man to respond. When he did, he opened the door slightly and walked into the room and over to the bed, gingerly sitting on the edge of it. "I uhm, don't think I'm getting any ideas, please, I'll uhm . . .I. . .know that have too, a-and uhm." He gulped, "I'm sure that we'll be alright, this isn't a big deal right?"
Sebastian had dressed much, much more modestly than normal. He was say on the other side of the bed.
"Yes, o-of course. There's plenty of room for both of us, right?" Sebastian slowly laid down, his back to Brenn. It'd been a long, long time since someone else had slept in his bed like this.
Brenn nodded, "Yeah, this. . .this'll be fine." He hadn't really changed his sleepwear attire at all. It was normally just a some sweatpants a t-shirt, which just made him feel very comfortable. Feeling more calm now, he laid down on the other end of the bed, making sure that he didn't rest on any of the bruises. But, it seemed like no matter how much he tossed and turned, he still seemed to rest on one or two of them. He grumbled a bit, and just laid down on the side that had the least, and soon fell aslep.