RAYAN

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Before I could do something dumb again, my best friend Steve jumped between us. "I don't appreciate you bothering him again, Haze. You should stay away from him if you really don't want to get kicked out from here."

Since Steve has his back on me, I couldn't see his expression, but I sure as hell know, it is stern as fuck. Steve has always been a chill guy. Literally a sunshine to my midnight rain, but when he get pissed, nobody don't want to be in the receiving end because it is scary as hell. He is that kind of guy. But knowing Haze, I don't think he is intimidated, heck I don't think anything could intimidate that guy because he's insane.

"Why should I?" Haze asked innocently as if nothing had happened between us at all. The audacity.

I could see Haze's gaze on me, but I refused to look at him. My eyes are wandering on basically everything and everyone but him.

"Hey guys, calm down." Liam intervenes, he has a frustrated look on his face.

Steve looked at Liam. "Care to explain why the fuck your prick of a cousin is here, Liam?"

Oh fuck, Liam invited Haze? Now thinking about it, that makes sense. The only person who could invite him here is Liam, since they are cousins after all. The others don't associate with him at all ever since we broke up.

"Haze, I allowed you to join us, because you promised me that you would stay away from Rayan. Now what are you doing, huh? You just entered into the lake house and already broke your promise." He glared at Haze.

Haze chuckled. "I didn't give you any kind of promise, I just said I will try to. But, you know seeing him after a long time, I couldn't control myself."

I heard snickering as I looked to my left, noticing Helin, who trying his best to contains his series of snickers. "If I were you, I would have known better than to trust some manipulative psychotic bastard, even if he was my cousin."

Haze laughed. "Maybe that's why I am a manipulative psychotic bastard, dumbass. Ever thought about that?" Well he has a point.

I noticed embrassment and anger clouding on Helin's face.

Liam let out a deep sigh. "Haze, you maybe my cousin and I might owe you for the things you have helped me with, but Rayan's my close friend. If you don't leave him alone, I might have to kick you out from here." His voice is stern and serious.

Well glad to know you care enough, I scoffed to myself.

"This is kind of a bitch move, Liam. You went behind our back and invited this guy over. And you didn't even inform us about him joining here when we all got here before. Imagine our shock when this guy just walked in with no shame. You definitely did us dirty." Bruce said something for the first time and I couldn't help but agree with him.

I could see grimace on Liam's face as he licked his lips. "Guys, I am genuinely sorry about it. It wasn't my intention to hide this from y'all, but I had to, otherwise I know none of y'all would come. I just thought it was better to not tell, even though I know it was wrong. But, I can assure all of you that I would keep a close eye to Haze and wouldn't let him get close to Rayan no matter what. At least, that's the only thing I can do for fucking up."

Steve let out a scoff as he turned towards me, putting his hand on my shoulder. "Rayan, if you don't want to stay here anymore, we can leave right now. I know how hard this is for you. Your feelings matters more than anything."

Bruce, Jude and Helin agreed as I bite my lips, looking at Haze after what felt like an eternity. His black predator eyes flickered with something like....panic. His lips turned into a straight line as he looked at me sadly.

Why does he want me to stay here? Is it because he missed me? Does he really care? The fuck am I thinking, I can't let him have his way with me again.

He probably panicked because he wanted me to stay here, so he could play with my feelings. Not because he cares. Not because he loves me. Or he's trying to guilt trip me.

I know what I should say. I should tell Steve that I shouldn't stay here any second and need to leave before he fucks up with my mind again. Should say it's suffocating to stay under the same shelter as him.

"It's alright, if anything happens, I will let you know." Well, dumb ways to die. As I watched, relief washes over Haze's face as his eyes softens, smiling at me with pain. He could be manipulating me, but it melted my heart.

Steve sighs as he looked unsure. "Well...., if he makes any kind of move on you, even if it's very simple or no matter what, the first thing you should do is, talk to me about it. Then the next second we are leaving. Alright?" I nodded at Steve with a grimace.

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I sighs as I pulled the duvet over my head. I feels really frustrated.

After I agreed to stay here and my best friend allowed me to, Liam told me that he wouldn't let Haze come to me no matter what, before pulling Haze inside. Then, my other friends, including Jude, warned me that I should stay away from Haze and if he make any move, I should let them know, then they would deal with Haze which I nodded, before all of them walked into their respective rooms, except Steve, since he followed me into the room.

Steve and me had another talk in my room. He actually told me everything that happened when Haze walked into the lake house, when I didn't enter into the scene yet. He said the moment Haze pulled his jeep into the driveway, everyone was shocked to the core seeing him there. They just shared at him without a sound, too stunned to speak anything. Haze really did walked into the veranda with no shame as he greeted everyone, including Steve with a very fake sweet smile as Steve describes.

What happened next was Steve questioning him, why was he here, which he replied, to have fun with everyone. I couldn't believe the guy's audacity. I know for a fact that Haze is shameless as I was together with him for a year after all, but his shamelessness always manage to surprise me every time.

And, Steve told him he should leave as he doesn't want me to see him, which Haze replied he's here exactly to see me. When I heard that, my heart fluttered inside, but I pretended like I was irritated anyway. Then, Helin came shouting and grabbing Haze's collar, telling him to leave ASAP, which Haze smiled at him sweetly, and asked if he forgot to brush his teeth today which angered Helin more. Bruce also came shouting at him to leave, even though Jude did his best to make him calm down. Liam then came pulling Helin away from Haze, shouting at the two of them to calm down and let Haze explain. Then, Steve told everyone that they all should quiet it down, before I come rushing down and see Haze hearing all the commotion, and it is better to talk without all the commotion and making Haze leave, which made everyone oblige him and finally lower their voices. And, I realised that, that's what I heard, when I was striding through the stairs.

They all kept telling him to leave and as a response, he kept telling them he can't, and that's when I walked into the veranda absentmindedly, and the rest were history.

After some time, Jude called Steve and told him to join for having breakfast with them and take me with him, but I wasn't just ready to go out and face Haze again which I told Steve and he end up going out of the room and got both of us two plates of scrambled eggs, some toasts and bacons. As we ate together in silence, Steve told me he didn't see Haze at the dining table, but Liam was there. I was surprised because I thought Haze would definitely come in the hope of seeing me, and that was the reason I didn't join them in breakfast. Maybe, Liam didn't let him join as he did told us he wouldn't let his cousin come close to me. But, I really need know how long it would last, cause I know for a fact that no matter how much Liam says he wouldn't let Haze comes to me, knowing Haze, I know if he really wants to come to me, even his creator, Satan can't stop him.

Before Steve leaving with our dirty plates, I told him that I was gonna take a nap, so nobody shouldn't bother me for some time, which he agreed and told me that he would let me have some time for putting myself together, and if I need anything I could call him.

After he left, I laid on the bed and tried to relax my mind by getting some sleep, but it's been like half and hour and I still can't able to get a wink of sleep.

I tossed again, on the bed, for what feels like the umpteenth time. Knowing that Haze is now under the same shelter as me, got my stomach all giddy. I just couldn't stop thinking about him. When my mind is filled with thoughts or I am excited about something, it's hard for me to actually sleep.

A part of me is really tempted to go out and see him, talk to him, let him touch all over me, and let him manipulate me over and over again, which is fucked up.