Chapter 12

Jeff went back to the sitting room. Apparently, while he was in the kitchen Sugar and Santana left, Tina was sleeping soundly cuddling with Mike. Once Jeff sat down, Nick, Sam, and Wes stood up and wished everyone good night. It wasn’t even that late but they were tired and the next day would be just as hard. The boys chatted for a few minutes when Sebastian’s phone vibrated.

Sam: My place?

Sebastian: Be there in 20. Don’t want anyone to suspect.

Fifteen minutes passed and it was time to move. “I think I’ll be going, guys. I need to get some sleep,” he said and stood up.

“I’ll be going as well. Goodnight, Mikey,” Jeff smirked.

“Sweet dreams, boys,” he said and heard the boys silently closing the doors.

The apartment fell silent except for Tina’s breathing. Mike looked at her and smiled; she looked at ease, which was surprising given what Santana had told him about her nightmares, but at that moment the girl looked lost in a perfect place where nobody could hurt her. Once again Mike promised himself that Tina will not only be safe in her dreams, but also in his arms.

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Sebastian had to pretend to be going to his room because Jeff would have suspected something. The boy may look like he can’t keep his thoughts straight but he was much smarter than he let people think. That’s why Sebastian found himself standing in front of his dorm room, watching Jeff walk away. He went inside the room, stayed there for five minutes, and then left.

He didn’t know that at that moment Jeff was going through hidden cameras, searching for him. The boy found Sebastian the moment the doors of Sam’s apartment opened and he walked in.

<~*~>

Mike snored a little and woke up immediately. He had been in the C.A.T. long enough to be used to it – a tiny sound could startle him from sleep. It took a second to realise where he was and who he was with. Trying not to wake the girl up Mike untangled himself off Tina and took her in his arms. He slowly made his way to the bedroom and lay her down on the bed. He put a blanket over her and kissed on a cheek. The boy had noticed from the beginning that a simple gentle touch could make his friend feel better. Now Tina was more relaxed around him and the others, he called it victory.

He looked at her for the last time and left the room. Waking up in the middle of the night was always a bad experience for Mike. After that he couldn’t fall asleep because he was not sleepy anymore. So the boy went to the kitchen to have some water. Once the glass was empty and he went to get more, he heard something. A voice…

“Mike…”

That was a silent, maybe a bit weak, broken but still the most beautiful voice Mike had ever heard. He quickly but still on tiptoes went to where the sound was coming from. It was coming from his bedroom.

Tina was having a nightmare, it was obvious. Mike knew that he had to wake her up, hug her and promise that it was just a dream and nothing would hurt her. But he couldn’t move.

“Please… help…”

He couldn’t make himself do it, he couldn’t let her shut up again. Santana never said anything about Tina speaking in her sleep, so maybe it was the first time. And maybe it was the last time as well. Besides, maybe they would never get a chance to sleep in the same place again. So no matter how heartless it was to just stand there and not help her, and how difficult it was to see hurt on her face, the boy sat down on the ground, hid his face in hands and rested elbows on knees.

“Mike…”

He could listen to that voice forever.

<~*~>

“Oh god!” Sebastian shouted, his sweaty face frowned.

“Don’t stop!” Sam shouted in return, never taking his eyes off the boy. “More! Harder! Just like that!”

“Argh…”

“Five… Four… Three… Two… One… Done!”

With that Sebastian growled and fell on the ground. Sam laughed and came closer. He bent over and helped the boy remove boxing gloves. Sebastian was panting, his clothes soaked in sweat. But it felt good.

“You made progress since the last time,” Sam stated walking away to bring the boy some water. “You exceeded your personal record by almost two minutes. If you keep it up, your chances of getting into the Green Squad are very high.”

“Or the Purple Squad,” Sebastian said taking the bottle from Sam’s hands.

“For ‘purples’ you will have to work harder, I told you.”

“Then make a new schedule, Sam,” he asked him, a glimpse of hope in his eyes.

Sam rolled his eyes; they had talked about that not once, not twice – too fucking many times. “Maybe later. So does Kurt ever wonder where you keep disappearing?”

“No. He usually stays over at Blaine’s anyway. Though he was in our room when I went there before coming here. I don’t know, maybe he and Blaine got into a fight; Kurt didn’t come to Mike’s place tonight. That’s odd.”

“Are they fucking each other already?” Sam asked and sat down on the ground in front of Sebastian.

“Not that I know. Unless you are talking about eye fucking but you see that by yourself,” he laughed.

“True. Just yesterday Santana and I talked about them. She said she had talked about them to Wes as well. It seems that everyone knows about them except for themselves. It’s either they are both oblivious of each other while everyone sees what’s going on, or they are secretly fucking while everyone sees what’s going on.”

Sebastian laughed; it was so true. “You should hear Kurt moaning Blaine’s name. I have no idea how he can stay at his place if they are not together. I’m pretty sure Blaine would hear it or something. They are a mystery to me…”

“I have a theory… So Kurt moans Blaine’s name, right?” Sebastian nodded. “Well, I’m pretty sure Blaine likes that and jerks off every time. Kurt doesn’t know he is loud in his sleep and Blaine doesn’t want it to stop so he says nothing.”

“You are a fucking genius, Sam, really,” Sebastian laughed and stoop up ready to take a shower. “I’m really happy Kurt stays at Blaine’s so I don’t need to make stupid excuses. Kurt kept asking stupid questions about that night when you were staying over. He suspected me doing dirty with someone. I don’t like telling those stories about one night stands. It’s much better to come here. Especially, given that you have a personal gym.”

“Oh, so this is what it is all about, you are using me for my apartment…” Sam laughed.

“And you are using me because I have much more potential than Santana. By the way, does she suspect anything?”

“No. How about Nick?”

“He has no idea. He probably thinks that it’s all because of his efforts. I let him think that way.”

Sam laughed and lay on the ground. “Okay, it’s three in the morning. Go take the shower and then off to bed. You need to be fresh tomorrow.”

“Yeah. And Sam?”

“Yes?”

“Thanks.”