Micah wakes up in an apartment that wasn't his. He was naked, vulnerable, disoriented in Nathan's living room on the couch.
Nathan was already up, but Micah could see him. Wondering where Nathan is. he heads to the kitchen first.
"The attack yesterday was deliberate and I wish to ..."
Micah could hear the conversation Nathan was having on the phone. Nathan looked so tensed.
"The attack could be from members of this rumoured faction, I'm worried my party members would majorly be in this. Yeah, I know the attack was for Micah and some of the candidates from his party..."
Micah overheard that.
Nathan turns and sees Micah standing by the kitchen door.
"I would call you back.", hanging the call.
"What's going on!, who was that on the phone?".
"How long have you stood there?", Nathan replied with a question.
"ANSWER ME, NATHAN!!", Micah yelled immediately.
"I don't know what's going on ??". Nathan walked towards him.
"Liar, how do I trust you?. You could be playing both the good and the bad guy. Or maybe all these is just an orchestrated chaos for publicity"
"I would never do such a thing. You might not trust me. I understand, come with me please "
Micah follows Nathan to the living room. They both sit.
"Wihlem was his name. He died from political violence, my first love. I thought I could protect him but I stood no chance. He was very much like you, Micah. He was full of love, kind, so positive like you. You remind me of him, like I have this second chance and I don't want to fail again "
Micah softens a bit, looks into Nathan's eyes and sees the tears starting to form.
"I got to go, I made toast in the kitchen. I got clothes in the room upstairs, you can grab a cloth there, you'd find your way around the house. You can leave when you want to. I keep the keys in the flower pot by the door. You are always welcome to come here anytime "
Nathan already had new clothes home.
He kisses Micah, softly this time.
"Bye, see you later."
He goes out the front door.
Rings....
Rings ...
It was Micah's phone, Nora was calling. He picks up.
"Hello Nora"
"WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU PUT YOUR PHONE AND WHERE ARE YOU?!", Nora yelled from behind the phone.
"I'm fine Nora, I will be home soon."
"You better make your ass home, I have been worried with everything that happened. Be quick"
The call ends.
Micah goes upstairs to the bedroom, grabbing a pair of sweatpants and top.
He inhaled the clothes, they had his scent.
Micah's eyes goes to the desk, he sees a folder with "confidential" written on it. He opened it, they were all about him.
His photographs, tweets, background. The papers fell from his hands.
Was Nathan stalking him?. He packed all of them, placing them on the table.
Puts on the clothes, grabs his phone and car keys .
Runs to his car, drives off.
His life has managed to turn upside down in 48 hours.
Micah made his way to his apartment. Nora was already here.
"Where have you been, Micah ?. I called your phone several times for goodness sake. You have no idea how worried I was about the bomb blast incident. But I'm glad you are okay. "
"Nora, you won't believe what has happened to me. I got falsely accused of hacking the electoral system, I got attacked getting to my car, got shot at, got stuck in an elevator with Nathan,then bomb blast "
"What the fuck man, this is real life"final destination". Did you just mention Nathan?" She asked.
"He saved me a lot yesterday ", he muttered
"Those are his clothes too?"
Micah nodded.
"What the fuck??, Micah come see this ", showing him her phone.
Micah saw a picture which was definitely him and Nathan holding hands as they ran.
"I don't know but this is trending."
"Breaking New: Senator York seen rescuing queer activist who happens to be his opponent for the upcoming elections, after the bombing.....sparks romance rumours"
"This is ridiculous mehn", Nora scoffed.
"Is this really bad?", asked Micah . Deep down he was concerned because he knew this would affect Nathan, him and even their political race.
"It's terrible, you guys have edits on TikTok. What's next, a fanfic on Wattpad?"
Nora sits beside him.
"The Nathan saving you true?. I thought he would be someone that wants you dead"
"Nora, I think he's different. Saved me, took me to his apartment. I can't trust him fully though. I just.."
"Now, you suddenly trusting him, he is your opponent and they play dirty on that side, he ain't different . You trusting him, you slept in his apartment, you are also in his clothes. Oh, maybe the TikTok shippers are right. You guys would look good together "
"Nora, just stop", the phone rings.
Micah goes to pick up.
"Alright....yeah...I will be there soon...", dropped the call.
"I'm to meet with the party leaders tomorrow. The romance rumour is worse than we thought. Fuck, my life can't get harder, can it?"
With the rumour out there. Caution must be taken, whatever happened in that apartment could ruin everything.