Distant

{15}

Evan watched as the tweets went haywire on his phone. As each tweet that said 'MAVI, HSMIDMSKEII', he gripped it harder. It eventually got to the point were he just threw his phone angrily on the ground, not caring if it broke.

Mitch made him angry. First of all, he humiliated him at a public place. Secondly, Mitch struggled every time to get out of Evan's grip so he wouldn't do anything to hurt him. Lastly, he left him for that bearded fellow that 'oh-so loves Mitch'.

Evan shook his head, standing up. He got some rope and smiled at it. He then began to laugh and bent down to get his phone. He admired his screen saver of Mitch. The tenor is smiling, but he is seen from a distance. It looked like Evan took it from far away. Evan then sticked his phone and smirked evilly.

"You're going to get it, Mitch Grassi."

~~~

"Avi, I have a question," Mitch told his boyfriend innocently. Avi nodded, directing all his attention onto the younger man. "Do you hate the fact that I don't like being touched?"

"Of course not," Avi answered right away. When Mitch sighed, Avi frowned and sighed himself. "Mitch, you went through a traumatizing event. Why would I ever hate that about you?"

"Because every time you want to hug me, I freak out. Every time you want to hold my hand, I flinch. Every time you want to ruffle my hair, it makes my heart beat fast. Heck, when you kissed me I almost had a panic attack because I got so scared. It's not fair for you to suffer because of me. I'm so sorry, Avi. I want nothing more to be touched by you."

Avi wanted nothing more than to hug the crying tenor. He bit his lip and stood up, wanting to grab something when a small hand took his arm. He looked back and noticed Mitch's eyes widen a bit.

"Kiss me. Kiss me until I say stop. I want to forget all about him."

And that was what Avi did.

~~~

A week has passed since Avi and Mitch got together and Mitch couldn't be anymore happier. He still had a hard time with Avi touching him, but he stopped having nightmares and slept peacefully. The sparkle came back to his eyes and his smile didn't seem fake. Avi made everything better in just a week. Mitch is finally happy again.

Hopefully.

~~~

Avi and Mitch walked to the bar that Evan hurt the younger man multiple times. Mitch seemed to tense, but he took a deep breath. Avi noticed this and tilted his head slightly.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Avi asked kindly. When Mitch nodded, the bearded man smiled a bit. "We can go home if it begins to bother you."

"I'll be fine," Mitch promised. He then breathed heavily and offered his hand shyly. "Please hold it."

Avi did do hesitantly, but the moment that the hands met, Mitch smiled to himself. The last time his hand was held like that, he was forced to go into the alley. He then looked up at Avi, which wasn't a lot because the older man is an inch taller.

"I'm ready."

~~~

Avi smiled to himself when saw Mitch singing along to some electronica song. He then stood up, smiling when Mitch looked up.

"I'm getting us drinks, is that okay?" Avi asked, yelling over the music. When Mitch nodded, he smiled. "I'll be right back."

"Okay. I love you, Avi!"

"I love you too, Mitchy."

Avi then walked up to the bar to get drinks. After he got them, he walked back to where Mitch was.

Keyword: was.

Avi dropped the drinks when he realized that math was no longer there. He began to look around crazily, hoping to find his boyfriend.

"Mitch! Mitch! Where are you, baby?"

Avi then ran out of the bar, hopeless. He then yelled Mitch's name once more before crumpling on the ground sobbing. Mitch is nowhere to be found.

And Avi blames himself for it.

*I'm so dumb. Why didn't I bring him with me? I just lost him and it's all my fault.*

~~~

Mitch woke up, his head hurting. Avi must have carried him to the car after drinking something weird.

"Hey, Avi. I think there was something weird in that drink you gave me," Mitch murmured, his eyes adjusting to the lights. He then looked around to notice that he is in the back of a van. "Avi? Is this some kind of sick joke?"

He then heard a low chuckle and widened his eyes. He began to scream for help, hoping that someone would hear him. The van then stopped, striking fear in Mitch. He heard the doors open and he began to cry at the person who opened them.

"Well, well, well," Evan began, crawling into the van. Mitch tried to back up, but he couldn't get far. "Isn't it 'Mister. I love someone else'. Well, guess what? You're going to love me because if I can't have you, no one can. Now, I understand that you don't like touching. Let me test that out."

Mitch was about to ask what his kidnapper meant by when a pair of hands began to go under his shirt. He screamed only to be punched. He began to cry loudly, wanting the hands to stop.

"You belong to me," Evan scolded, moving down to Mitch's stomach. "And what I say and do goes. If you fail to do what I want you to do, you will die."

Mitch bit his lip as the hands continued to touch him. He looked up to the sky, trying to ignore the touch.

*Avi, please find me! I'm in pain. I love you so much. Please come save me. I need you.*

A/N: Well, if you read my stories, 'hopefully', 'if only they knew', and 'if only they knew the truth', you would know that I love to use those sentences. Everyone else hates them and I *really* don't know why.xD Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I love you all!!!:)

-Maddie🐧🐧🐧

[a/n: ok, I had no idea this was gonna happen. So holy crap, nice job Maddie, I like this chapter a lot. xD
    ~ Katie 🦁 ]