The Morning After [House Party cont]

[Nox]

There was so much going on. So many people in his house. There was an itch just inside his head that pressed hard that he needed quiet. The horde was there, pushing at the itch at the anxiety. It growled when Nox ignored it. The mention of Ashton pulled down his fury and his rage, but it wasn't his fault. Ashton was just surviving, Nox reminded himself before having him brought down.

Sage explained the Emissary. Hayden told truths to Seven before he even answered, but Nox wasn't about to tell Seven the whole fucking truth even though he had nothing to hide. There were people here he didn't know. Didn't trust. But Hayden wasn't wrong. "I'm alive. I'm getting up everyday and moving. Can't ask for much else." It wasn't he that he was fine, or that he wasn't fine. He had problems. Jay was part of that.

"We had a falling out is all. He didn't like me 'breaking up' with him over text." Nox air quoted breaking up the best he could with one hand. They weren't together to be broken up, but he'd said it was over and then when they saw each other it blew up. "It was poor form I admit it. But I was trying to do the right thing to make things right with the relationship he helped me blow up. So we both had our reasons for trying to kill each other." Though he'd never have killed Jay. That might haunt him more than Aria -- to kill someone out of anger? Nox shuddered.

"I can get you his number if you want it. Sage has it I'm sure. I don't currently have it in my contacts. Not that it would matter anymore." There was sadness in his voice, a little lingering hurt from the whole situation, and missing Raffe. Though with Lily in his arms squirming against him he was quickly distracted from the sadness.