Shy Blue Eyes - Chapter Thirty-Seven

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WARNING!!! SA (53xu4l 4bu53) "Michael..." Searchlight stared up at him, his red eyes tying their stomach in a knot. They warily eyed his hands, making sure he didn't try to touch them. "Look- I-I'm sorry, okay? What I did back then wasn't alright," he said, reaching out to touch their shoulder, which made Searchlight swat it away, clearly uncomfortable. "Will you give me another chance?" "What? Do you expect me to say yes? You followed Valentino with what you did to me. Well, spoiler alert, /no./ And I am /happily taken,/ I'll have you know." Michael's eyes turned from apologetic to angry. "You found a partner?" His tone was too calm for how angered he looked. "Yeah," they murmured softly, their voice hardly above a whisper, "and we're very happy. We've been together for a really long time, and I am /not/ going to let you ruin that," and with that, they spun around and stormed off, but he grabbed their arm. "What... the /****/ are you doing...?" Searchlight's tone was low and unsure. Michael pulled them close, tugging really hard on their arm, making them cry out in pain. "Wh- let go!" They were trying to not make a scene, so they didn't yell, but they were talking loud. "/I'm not letting you walk away after I've found you./" Michael's already deep voice ran deeper, warning them to not try anything. "I'm not gonna lat you abuse me anymore!" Searchlight tried to pull away, but he wrapped an arm around their waist, leaning down to whisper in their ear. "I'm not gonna hurt you as long as you do what I say." Searchlight heard the door and the bell. They looked over, their eyes tearing up. It was Feather. He looked at the guy they were close to, and then at their face. They could see the gears turning in his head as he tried to figure out what was happening. He nodded at Searchlight, then walked over to Lav and Tori, who were waiting for the rest of the group to arrive. He pointed at them, and they looked over to see Searchlight breathing heavily against Michael. The two stood up, flanking Feather as they stormed over. "Excuse me, mister," Feather growled, his voice low, "That's my partner you've got right there." They felt Michael tense up against them. "So you're the ***** who took her from me." Searchlight sobbed as they heard him misgender them. Lav strode over to him and punched him square in the nose, which made him let go of Searchlight and rub his face. He staggered backwards with the impact. "Oh, you're ****ing /dead./" "Try us." Searchlight stepped back, behind Feather as a kind of shield from Michael's touch.