Shit, shit,<i>shit!</i><br/>The word repeated again and again in the blonde's head as the image of himself kissing one of his oldest friends (and not the right one either), replayed in vivid detail.<br/>Once hand clutched at his chest whilst the other laced into his hair and gripped at his skull.<br/>What had he been thinking? There was no going back now, what the fuck was he supposed to do? The secret was out, well not the full secret, but it wasn't like he could very well play that out as some kind of seriously warped practical joke or say it was nothing, he was just hitting him with his lips. No... that was ridiculous... wasn't it?<br/><br/>If it was bad enough to think of ludicrous excuses like that, then it was bad - very, very bad.<br/><br/>“So, who was I then?”<br/><br/>Maddison's voice sung through the rambling in his head, leading Case to lift his gaze for a moment but it would be a split second before his eyes shot away again. He couldn't look at him and he sure as hell wasn't answering that question.<br/>Mads had always been one of the smart ones. Even if he acted like a class clown, it wasn't due to being too thick to keep up with the curriculum. The guy was a braniac and this time, too smart for his own good.<br/>Each question that passed his friends lips seemed to draw him closer, even if Case wasn't looking at him, it was like he could feel his presence looming closer, his voice getting the little bit louder until eventually he was right before him.<br/>Case turned his face away, scowling at the ground, unable to bring himself to leave, whilst also being unable to meet his friends eyes. That was, until it was Maddison's turn to be aggressive. He curled his fist into Case's shirt and jerked on it, making the blonde look at him.<br/>Case's hands raised and clenched around Maddison's wrists. The roles had most certainly been reversed. Mads went on, Case clenching his jaw to keep himself quiet. He didn't want to say something stupid or give himself away - even if it was glaringly obvious already.<br/><br/>Case washed his eyes over Maddison's expression. That grin but with nothing behind the eyes, it was an expression case wore all to often. He faltered for a moment and that was all it took. Just that moment.<br/>Case lifted his right hand, settling it onto Mads' shoulder softly.<br/>"You know I don't have to hit you to hurt you right?" His voice was dull, almost as blank as the expression that had settled onto his features. Almost as soon as the words had left his lips, his fingers had pinched up the muscle between his neck and shoulder, digging his fingers under it a little to cause a sharp and severe pain. It would ache for a while afterwards, but wouldn't do any lasting damage. Just as quickly as he'd caught it, Case let go.<br/>He would once again have the upper hand in the dominance of their engagement - Case didn't like to be cornered.<br/><br/>"So you figured me out." After a moment of quite on his side, he sighed out the words and racked his fingers into his hair.<br/>"Is that because I'm<i>so</i>easy to read..." His voice drifted for a moment as his eyes levelled with Maddison and the smallest part of a grin tweaked at the edge of his lips. ".. or because you're struggling with the same kind of....desires... for something you, now, can't have?" It was painful, even to say it as a jibe at Mads, but he had to save face, despite the piercing pain shocking through every part of his body.