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Okay I was gonna give a 3 but that twist was epic af

“What exactly do you call this?”
“This?” Bay held his gaze. “This is a confession.”
Sila had to have misheard. “What?”
“I told you once already. Try not to forget it this time,” Bay said before taking a deep breath. “I love you.”

~ Idk I'm less excited about this twist after thinking about it a little

“When you came into the woods—”
“I went there to die,” he confirmed. “Imagine my utter shock when you screwed me instead and I woke up still breathing the next morning.”
Sila cocked his head, reassessing everything he thought he’d known about the older man and their interactions. No matter which way he looked at it however, there was no denying one clear fact. “Your endgame changed after that.”

~ Interesting..?

“Truthfully?” Bay shrugged. “In the beginning, I didn’t really care one way or the other. Then when it turned out it was you…You have no idea. Either you killed me, you fucked me, or you warned me off. If it was the latter, I’d force the issue until you changed your mind and went for the first. Getting to sleep with you felt more like a fantasy than a real possibility.”

~ Wtf is happening

“I mixed the pictures of you and your brother in my closet, hoping you’d stumble on them,” Bay said next. “It was a month into this semester. You never came by though.”

~ Unreliable narrator..? Okay this one is cheating. Bay was confused by which pics Sila left or kept on the wall...

“The Seaside Cinema is run and owned by the governor,” Bay informed him. “He works closely with the Imperial Family. More Royals visit to tug their dicks than you’d be able to count on both hands. Do you really think it’d be that easy to bribe one of their workers to let you into a private room?” He clicked his tongue. “No, baby. It isn’t.”

~ HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT

“You’re threatening me.”
“Sila Varun,” he smiled, but it was bitter, “My top student. Nothing gets by you.”
“Professor.”
“Actually,” he waged a finger, “a couple things do. Admittedly. We were so close, but then Haroon had to go and fuck it up by poisoning you. If you’d only remembered…” He sighed. “I guess there’s no other choice now but for me to come clean.”

~ !??!?!??!?!

“Did you buy a house to keep your professor on a leash?” Kelevra tipped his head. “That’s not an entirely bad idea.”
“There’s enough water in this pitcher for me to fill your lungs with,” Rin glowered.

~ Oh how I've missed you Rin and Kelevra

“Come here.” Sila didn’t want to listen to the two of them squabble. He held out a hand, palm up and waited, not bothering to open his eyes.
Sure enough, a moment later he felt the warm press of Bay’s hand settling in his own and he tugged, pulling the older man into a hug. He buried his face against Bay’s chest and breathed him in, that smell of bergamot and tea leaves, the smell of Bay, oddly comforting.

~ cute

I truly don't care about Sila being unsure (angry) at caring about Bay. Sila honey, do not break that man's legs. He WON'T leave you. Which is insane but that's his preference. Can we just calm down now.