Once Nine finished his conversation with Lee, he returned to the guest room and sat on the bed. He grabbed his phone, not caring how his damp towel stained the bed, and stared at it.
He took a few breaths, trying to force himself to go through with his decision. Taking one last deep breath, Nine knew he needed to do this. The longer he keeps pushing it away, the more the problem will grow.
Nine needed to accept that the things between him and Quin were forever over. Quin will never love him and see him as him. And it is not like they could try to fix things anyway.
He cheated more than once with the same person. They were far from calling their relationship an actual relationship.
God, they have been far from that word for a long time, but Nine always pushed back every red flag presented in their relationship because he loved Quin more than anything.
Fuck, he still stupidly loves him, but he had to ignore that part of his heart to make the right decision. He pulled up the contact he had been dreading and sent a message.
“Let’s finally talk tonight.”
After tonight, he will finally decide, even when it will hurt him the most. Nine can’t let this continue until he breaks.
Once the message sent, he turned off his phone, sighing as he threw it on the bed. Nine rested his head in his hands, giving himself a few moments before getting up and dressed.
He joined Lee, Cassy, and Jon, wanting to enjoy the good moments of today before everything went downhill tonight.
Nine stayed with them for a few hours before honoring his “promise” of returning to Vee’s place. I wonder what he wants to show me, Nine thought.
As he was walking out the door, Lee stopped him. “Are you going to see Quin?”
“Tonight, I will, but not at this time.” Nine answered. Honestly he wanted to lie, but lying to his close friends would never end well. Plus, Lee is bright and would guess it anyway.
“Nine,” Lee sighed, wanting to say more, but Nine cut him off.
“Not in the way you think. I will finally end it. There is so much in me that doesn’t want to make that choice, but my brain tells me it is the right one. Nothing would come out of hanging onto someone who could never love me the way I love them. I don’t want to be a second choice or substitute.”
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Nine laughed, “Yes, sir!”
He left the house, making his way to Vee.
“So, where are you taking me, or should I call the police for kidnapping?” Nine joked, sitting in the passenger seat of Vee’s car as a blindfold covered his eyes.
“No matter how much you ask, I will not tell you. That is why they call it a surprise,” Vee answered, making another turn.
When Nine reached Vee’s house, he was standing outside by his car. Once Nine parked and got out, Vee quickly put a blindfold over him and put him into the car. If anyone saw the scene, they would think that Vee kidnapped him.
If only I got to see the scene from another perspective, Nine laughed to himself.
“Can’t blame me for trying.” Nine shrugged, scratching his cheek, itching to take off the blindfold.
They drove for another thirty minutes before Vee finally stopped the car. “We are here.”
“So I can finally take off the blindfold?” Nine straightened in excitement, reaching for the cloth.
Vee grabbed his hand, stopping him, “Not yet. Learn to be patient.”
Nine wanted to complain but kept quiet. Nine was just excited because it had been so long since he had done something different.
He always does something with his close friends but barely with anyone else. Nine ignored the way his heart clenched as he thought about the other person.
“Stay in the car for a few minutes; I have to set something up,” Vee spoke again.
“You have three.” Nine joked, wiggling his finger at Vee.
Vee laughed.
Nine tapped his fingers on his leg, listening to the noise Vee made as he waited. He even started to count in his head, although the three-minute thing was a joke.
When it did reach the three-minute mark, Nine’s door opened as Vee gently pulled him out. “Three minutes, sire.”
“Haha.” Nine sarcastically laughed as Vee guided him to the unknown. He stepped on the grass and leaves on the ground as he wondered where Vee took him.
Vee stopped, sitting Nine down before saying, “Pull off the blindfold.”
Nine eagerly took off the blindfold, quickly looking around; he almost made himself dizzy.
It seemed they were sitting on top of a cliff. There were trees everywhere except the area they set on. Green and red-orangish leaves fell on the ground as a slight wind pushed them off the branches of the trees. The sun hit near them, giving the spot more light than it needed, but it made a beautiful picture.
Even the beautiful blue sky filled with white clouds completed the picture. And do not let Nine get started on the picnic set around him. He might begin learning poetry to find the right words that were stuck in his throat.
His face and heart felt warm, “This is beautiful.”
“Thank you,” Vee looked out at the sky, “I found this place a few years back and thought it was beautiful.”
Nine crawled towards Vee, putting their faces together as he smiled, “Is this what you wanted to show me?”
“What do you think?” Vee smirked.
“I think you are cute.”
“Hmm, I believe the word is sexy.”
“Oh, how confident.”
“No need to be when it is the truth.”
Nine laughed, rolling his eyes. “Thank you,” he whispered before closing the gap between them, leaving a soft sweet kiss behind. He moved back, grabbing one of the drinks near him.
Vee bit the inside of his cheek, fighting off a soft smile of his own.
You’re welcome. Now, let’s eat.”
“Let’s finally talk tonight.”
Quin repeatedly read the message Nine sent before turning off his phone.
He bitterly laughed, “It won’t be that easy to leave me, Nine.”
I was violently ill for two weeks 
I havent read the chapter yet but I wanted to say happy holidays happy new year and that I hope things are improving for you since you last posted. <3
Thank you so much!
No. thank you. Lol I’ve loved your books.
Thanks very much for the chapter. Good know about you again… hope you be fine