Simon's PoV
Kieran was surprisingly strong when mad. Dissatisfied with my walking speed, he ended up dragging me all the way to the nearby building before releasing my arm. I moved to lean against the wall comfortably. Neither of us wanted to speak first, but my annoyance at him ignoring me for so long lent me a rare patience. His jaw shifted as he tried to figure out what to say. He found it a lot quicker than I thought he would.
"If you have a problem with me, take it up with ME. Don't you DARE bring Ethan into this. He has done nothing to you." Although certainly not short, Kieran never stood with his back so tall and firm in the month and a half I had known him. It was a little intimidating. I was certainly impressed. "You will not pick on that ray of sunshine when he has been nothing but nice to you! My brother may hurt those who don't deserve it but I thought you were better than that. I expect you to be better than that. Do. You. Understand?" He was shaking with fury at this point.
As interesting as that was, there's no way I was letting him get away with just pinning all this on me. "Oh, fuck no. I couldn't care less about him and you know it, Kieran! What I do care about is that you've been ignoring me! We live together and I barely see you so it has to be intentional. I have a right to know why!" He wasn't getting out of this so easily.
He scowled at me before responding in a scolding tone, "I'm allowed to have friends other than you, Simon!" Ouch. "You can't control me." I opened my mouth to correct him because ACTUALLY but he cut me off with just one finger. "I apologize if you feel left out. However, do not believe that because we are roommates, you are allowed to monopolize my time." I hadn't actually been prepared for him to apologize. I didn't think it'd be that easy.
I agreed and he relaxed. "I'm going back to Ethan. I have work tonight. I'll make breakfast tomorrow and we can talk then, yeah?"
"Really?" I sounded disappointed. Hell, I felt disappointed. We hadn't seen much of each other in weeks.
"You could stop being a dick and join us if you'd like" Not a chance. I would not sit there and watch as Ethan flirted his cargo-short covered ass of to MY Kieran. Kieran must've seen some expression on my face because his dropped into disappointment.
Fuuuuuuuuck. "Yeah, sure."
He brightened hopefully. "Yeah?"
"Yeah." How was I supposed to resist that look? Fuck, I had fallen hard. Kieran grabbed my hand (He GRABBED my HAND.) and dragged me back to where Ethan was still waiting.
Ethan brushed his hair out of his face as we approached. Brown hair. Very plain. He looked between us anxiously. "Is everything okay? I'm really sorry if I've been causing you two problems. I don't mean to!" He seemed genuinely upset and it made me feel pretty bad.
I jumped in before Kieran could when it looked like Ethan might cry. "No. You're fine, really. It's my fault. I guess I was kinda used to having Kieran all to myself." I glanced at Kieran. This was sure to make him happy, right? I was having a peaceful enough conversation with Ethan. Which is what he wanted. But he didn't seem to be paying me any attention! He was- Was her really admiring Ethan right now?! HELLOOOOOOO, I am RIGHT HERE.
Ethan seemed to realize he's under Kieran's scrutiny because he blushed a very (not) pretty red. Really, it looked horrible with his skin colour. Not that Kieran seemed to mind. Maybe that's it. Ethan was darker than me. It was probably just a tan so it wouldn't last. When it did, I'd be sure to get Kieran's attention back. I shouldn't have cared anyway. What do I, a God, care for a mortal's opinion and favour? A flighty one at that. I had no intention of staying once I took care of Nikolai. So really, it shouldn't have mattered to me if Kieran and Ethan became a we. But it did. Why did I have to fall for *this* dumb mortal?