All Chapters of Unraveled (M x M romance): Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

ELLIOTAsher was acting suspicious.He’d come to my room earlier today, told me to dress nice but casual, because he was taking me somewhere.At first, I thought he was taking me to a party. It was a Saturday night after all. Although, I knew Asher didn’t like parties but maybe he wanted to spend time together.But now I wasn’t so sure he was taking me to a party.There was another option at the back of my mind but I didn’t want to entertain the idea. I didn’t want to be too hopeful. It would be risky anyway.I had to give him props though. It was so elaborate and everything. He even borrowed his friend’s car for the night. Clearly, this wasn’t a spur of the moment thing and he had been planning this for a while.I turned to him, no longer able to hide my curiosity. “Where are we going?”He kept his eyes on the road. “You’ve asked me that several times now.”“That’s because you’re being suspicious.”“I’m not being suspicious.”“You made me leave the house without telling me where we’r

ASHERThere were a lot of moments I loved with Elliot.But this was my favourite.The one where we cuddled against each other every night in my bed, just breathing each other in and enjoying each other’s warmth.It’s been almost three weeks now since we’ve been officially boyfriends and every moment still felt so surreal.A little too good to be real. I lay on my back, one arm tucked under my head while the other rested loosely around his waist. He was half on top of me, his head on my chest, fingers absentmindedly tracing patterns over my shirt.It was one of those rare moments where we just existed in each other’s space.Everything was easy with Elliot. Maybe a little too easy.I exhaled slowly, my fingers brushing lightly through his hair.“What are you thinking about?” he asked quietly.“How do you know I’m thinking?”He tilted his head up, placing his chin on my chest, just enough to glance up at me.“Because,” he pressed down on the deep furrow of my brows, “you’re thinking a l

ELLIOTAsher and I settled into a nice rhythm.Every morning at 5am, I slipped out of his bed into my own bedroom, went for classes, ate lunch with my friends and Asher, came back home and then slipped back into his bed after dinner when everyone else was asleep.Dad and Margaret were definitely surprised we were suddenly getting along but they didn’t say anything about it. Perhaps they were afraid of ruining it if they pointed it out and were just happy that we were getting along as ‘brothers.’If only they knew.Another week passed just like that.Another week of..Another week of keeping our relationship hidden from our parents.I was thankful Asher hadn’t mentioned telling them again. He didn’t push. He was giving me time just like he said he would.Deep down, I knew I could not avoid it forever, but it still didn’t mean it had to be this soon. Our relationship was still new, wasn’t it better to enjoy it first?Later. That was what I kept telling myself. We’d tell them later.It d

ASHERThis was a nightmare.The worst possible thing that could happen.Of all the ways I thought my mum would find out about Elliot and I’s relationship, this wasn’t one of them.For a long moment, nobody moved. It didn’t even feel like anyone was breathing.I stared at my mum, my eyes wide. She stood frozen in the doorway, one hand resting on the doorknob. Her eyes flickered between us rapidly. She looked like she was replaying what she’d just seen. Like she was trying to comprehend what she’d just seen. My mind raced as I thought of what I was going to say to her. But I already knew there was no explaining this away. She saw everything there was to see.Elliot was still half on top of me, my hand was still in his hair.She saw us kissing.I wasn’t going to treat her like she was stupid.The look on her face made it painfully obvious that she understood exactly what she’d seen.Elliot recovered fast. He jerked away from me so fast he stumbled slightly as he moved off the bed to st

ELLIOTMy life right now was an epitome of what it looked like when a tornado came and went.A tornado didn’t destroy things at once. First, there was the warning, a strange pressure in the air, a feeling that something was going to go wrong long before it arrived. Then came the violence of it. Chaotic, loud and impossible to hold back once it already started. All you had to do was wait until it was finished.After that was the wreckage.That was the worst part. The silence, the debris scattered everywhere, the awful realization that you’ve lost everything, the knowledge that the damage was irrevocable and nothing could ever return to the way it was.That was what my life felt like right now.I was standing in the middle of the wreckage, unsure how to put everything back together.I wished I could take everything back. I wished time travel existed so I could go back to before Margaret found us. I’d lock the door or maybe not even kiss Asher at all. Maybe I’d suggest we go out of the