Alex ran frantically out from the dorm room trying to find Henry but the moment he did, he was crushed when he saw him eating lunch with Danny in the restaurant. He never seen Henry smiling and blushing like this and it triggered something in Alex - jealousy. He wanted to go in and punched the life out of this guy for good but knowing how it would upset Henry, he stops himself from doing so. So he ran out from watching them further and immediately call on one person he could think of right now to calm his heart.

"Alex?" Nora's voice sound so sleepy and Alex bet she had a late night and probably sleeping in for the day. "I'm sorry for disturbing you Nora but I need to talk to someone." He says before he ran towards the centre court and walked through the foyer heading towards sports building where he spent most of his time there.

"Talk. Is it Henry?" She asks and since he kissed him, Nora is the only person he'd ever told about his feelings towards Henry. "It's Danny." He replied and he could hear Nora gasped at the mentioned of that bastard name and she hates him equally. "Noooooo. Why the hell is he there?" She cursed and Alex sighed rubbing his temple with his finger as he took a seat on the bench.

"I have no idea but now he seems interested in Henry and I'm scared Nora. What if-" Alex stops himself and Nora sighed through the speaker. "You need to get Henry as far away from him as possible. Make up stories about him. Make him steer clear from Danny." Nora suggested but Alex sighed shaking his head still feeling the pain over his busted lips when he thought of Henry.

"I don't think that's ever gonna happened. I fucked up-" Alex choked and Nora can hear how upset Alex sounds at this moment. "Oh Alex. What happened? I thought you were happy. You told me you guys kissed." Alex remember the day Henry and him kissed, she is the first person he told since he couldn't hold the excitement in him. He never did confess to her how he felt but somehow he was rather smitten by Henry and he can't deny his feelings towards him. So he told her everything that happened last night and especially the fact that he called Henry a virgin out of spite and Henry punched him. He told her how he found Henry's notes about him and regretted everything now that he can sees it clearly how Henry felt about him.

"I can't Nora. I can't ruined him. He's too- innocent." He tells her and he could hear Nora scoffed at him. "What is wrong with you?! You kissed him, you dragged him into this mess and now you just wanna leave? I don't blame Henry for punching you. I wish I was there to record it. You are a fucking idiot!" She scolded him and he clenched his jaw annoyingly at her but before he could defends himself, she stops him and continued.

"Look, you have been wanting to dick him down for good. What's stopping you? Don't tell me Alex Claremont had finally found love and -" Nora stops when she finally realized why Alex is so afraid of ruining Henry.

"Oh my god. You love him don't you?! You are scared shitless by now. The Great Alexander Claremont, the guy who doesn't do relationship and commitment finally gonna be in one. " She practically screamed at this point and Alex was beyond annoyed so he placed her on speaker setting his phone next to him on the bench to let her rambling on in her thoughts. "Alex!" She screamed through the speaker while Alex stares at his phone waiting for her to calm down.

"Are you done?" He asks and Nora finally quiet down huffing her breath through the speakers. "Are you gonna tell him?" Alex scrunched his nose towards her and shook his head unknowingly. "Don't be ridiculous Nora. I called you for Danny remember? How do I get him to stop seeing him?" Alex asks her and she was silent for a few seconds before she replied. "Tell him how you feel. He might feel the same way. Otherwise why would he be so upset."

Alex sighed longly at the thought of confronting Henry at this point. He wasn't gonna deny that he is afraid of facing him but he also didn't want to give Henry any false hope on his feelings. He knew himself. He always felt like he is ready to be in love with someone but somehow that feeling will be lost and he would wake up one day feeling bored and he didn't want Henry to be hurt, especially Henry.

Talking with Nora actually helps to calm him down and as much as he didn't want to admit, she was right. The only way for him to not feeling for Henry is to stay the hell away from him for good. Even if he knew Henry is close to a snake pit, Alex feels that he is mature enough to know the right and wrong to make decision in his own life.

So he decides to stay at the frat house for the night knowing he won't have to face Henry for today or the next few days if he had too. The boys always loves having Alex around and they won't stop partying until the holiday ends.

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Henry woke up the next day feeling sore over his neck for sleeping on the table by his desk. He was waiting for Alex to comes back and apologized for a start but to his disappointment, he didn't came back to their dorm. Henry tried calling him, texting him but he didn't reply to any of his messages and Henry knew Alex is angry at him for punching him.

Henry waited for almost the whole day until the sun was about to start setting down when he heard there was a ping sound on his phone. He had been checking his phone the whole day hoping Alex would reply to any of his text or actually read any of his messages. When he looked at the screen, he noticed the number is unsaved and he wondered who it was.

"Ready?"

The person texted and Henry's eyebrow crooked into confusion not knowing who this person was.

"Who is this?" He asks and the person replied almost immediately.

"Ouch. Has it been that long?

It's Danny.

The party?

Remember?"

Henry sighed longly at his text and he could feel himself dreading on going to this party with him. The only person he wants to see right now is Alex and he doesn't know exactly where he is right now.

"I'm sorry but I'm not feeling too good. Maybe next time?" 

Henry replied and suddenly there was a knock on the door and he immediately jumps to open it. To his surprised, it was Danny standing wearing his plain white shirt with his black leather jacket over his upper body. He is wearing his black worn jeans that cuts up over his knees with his white sneakers on and Henry gasped at his presence. Henry couldn't stop staring at his blue eyes with his hair slick to the side in a perfect amount of gel hair. He can see how Alex curls might not be like Danny's combed side but there is uniqueness in both of them.

"I told you I pick you up. Are you okay? Does Alex-" he cocked his head back towards the inside of the room which Henry denies and shook his head at him. "He's not here. Not since yesterday. I don't know where he is." Henry says and he can feel his tears betraying him right now since he almost cried in front of Danny. But he didn't expect Danny to pull him by his shoulder and crashed their body together into a hug.

Henry held his tears strongly but felt the warmth over their bodies spreading calm into his cluttered mind. "It's gonna be okay. Tonight I'm gonna make you forget about Alex and tomorrow I will help you find him. In fact-" he pushed Henry away from their hug and held his grip over Henry's upper arms tight in his palm staring deeply into Henry's eyes. "I know exactly where he might be. I will help you find him. But we will have fun first." He says and somehow it made him smiled softly at him and nodded to his plan.

He changed while Danny waited for him and soon he joins him to the party that he had planned. Danny drove his car to pick up Henry and the moment he saw his car, Henry almost stop and couldn't believe his eyes. He was driving a Mustang dark horse in dark blue when Henry saw him opening the door for him. "How the hell did you managed to get this car?? They only made six of these!" Henry excitements made Danny smiles widely pressing his lips into a thin line.

"Get in my Prince." He says holding out his palm for Henry and he blushed at Danny's gesture. He wrapped his palm over Danny's and felt butterflies spreading warmth all over his stomach when their skin touches. Henry eyed the interior of the car wanting to absorb all the moments he could while he can.

It took them almost twenty minutes drive outside of campus towards Danny's friends house and Henry can hear the music blasted from inside the house. He can't help feeling a little under dressed wearing only his grey wool sweater with his dark grey slacks and his sneakers. Danny felt him sits uncomfortably with his eyes gawked upon the big mansion before them.

"Don't worry. It's a party. No one cares what we wear." He says gripping his palm on top of Henry's hand over his laps and brought it closer to his lips before he softly kissed his knuckles. Henry smiled feeling the softness of Danny's lips brushes over his pale knuckles right above the bruised. "Let's go." He says turning off his car before they both headed out.

The party was amazing, Henry couldn't deny the fact that even though Danny's friends are filthy rich, they are not the usual snob he would expect like the kids back home in London. He was managing well participating in the crowd enjoying his drinks when Danny pulls him to the side and handed him a beer in his hand. "Let's dance?" He yelled over Henry's ear due to the music blasting over their heads and Henry shook his head at him.

"I'm the worst dancer." He yelled back and Danny smiled before he pulls him over the crowd and starts swaying his hips closer to him. Henry felt uncomfortable at Danny's attempt to brush his hips over Henry's right there in the middle of the dance floor while being watched by all these people he didn't know. He tried pushing Danny away but he held Henry by his hips closer and won't stop doing it over and over. Henry felt more uncomfortable when Danny pressed his lips over Henry's neck expecting him to show the rest of the crowd that Henry is his and here with him but Henry hated the attention that he was given.

"I- I have to go." Henry finally says pushing Danny away from the crowd and headed to the hallway trying to find his way out. Danny chased after him knowing he might get lost and surely he was right seeing Henry suddenly stop in the middle of the hallway with his head turned side to side. "Hey, what is it?" He asks pulling Henry by his elbow and he immediately pulls away from him.

"I-I don't want to be here anymore. I wanna go home." He says and Henry can see Danny's look changed from his usual soft smile into a sudden rage and disappointment. He clenched his jaw tight with his eyes stares deadly towards Henry. "Where do you think you're going? You're stuck here with me." He says still had his hand over Henry's arm and Henry can feel how tight his grip are.

"Danny please. I won't bother you, I will just call an Uber. Thank you for inviting me here." Henry says politely hoping there's a sliver of hope on him escaping and before Danny could stop him, Henry managed to slip away from his grip and disappeared into the crowd.

Henry never ran away so fast in his life and the moment he got away from Danny, he pressed his phone to dial Alex's number. He cursed when it got into voicemail and the moment Alex's voice ended with the beep, he shakily left him a message.

"Alex, please. I don't know where I am right now and I'm scared. Danny took me to a party and now I'm stuck here. Please Alex. Please call me back. I'm scared." Henry left him the message and by the time he realized it, he turned into one corner and found the familiar hallway that lead him towards the exit. He exhaled longly over the sudden silenced and the feel of the cold breeze brushes over his face the moment he stepped outside spreads relief all over his chest.

He taps on his phone trying to book an Uber when his phone suddenly signed 'low battery' and he cursed himself for not charging his phone the whole day. He had spend his time checking on Alex's instagram post or his snapchat post or even his TikTok because he usually posted literally every single thing he had encountered in his life doesn't matter how small or ridiculous it would be.

But the whole day he hasn't posted anything and Henry was spending his time over the phone feeling stupid for waiting on him. He wanted to throw his phone on the cobble covered ground but he knew it wasn't the phone's fault for his own mistake so he sighed as he sat right on the steps, thinking.

He heard the door behind him opened and the moment his head turned and sees Danny running out, he jumped and took a few step back. "Hey, hey. It's okay. I'm sorry. I was a bit of a jerk when I had few drinks in me. I'm sorry. I will send you home okay?" He says raising his palm over frightened Henry and he can see Henry scared face huffing in his breath looking around for possible alternatives but he didn't know anyone here besides Danny and he had no choice but to follow him otherwise he won't be able to go back. So he nods wrapping his arms over his abdomen following Danny to his car. 

A/N: Brace yourself for the next chapter. It's the hardest one I have ever wrote.